bodhisattva (37) from Lothian

I like to call myself Bodhisattva, because this is what I aspire to be.

I am 37 years old and have moved to Edinburgh in spring 2007.
I am actually from Germany [to be precice: the former GDR], but in spring 1997 I moved to Japan and came to Scotland in spring 2004.

During my course of Japan studies at Humboldt University in Berlin I found the inspiration to follow my heart-felt wish to familiarize myself with religions and their influence on social structures as well as on education at schools.

So, For the last almost 15 years I've been studying and practicing Japanese as well as Tibetan Buddhism.
Tuff times in my childhood made me look for something from within that I could never get from people...
Also, the fact that my homecountry disappeared over night and was made to become one with another made me question the value and reliability on governments and political systems...
After having spent 7 years in Tokyo I came to Scotland, to live in a tibetan community near Lockerbie. I still consider that place to be my home and refuge. It was nice to have an "easy shock" back into the west.

but some time ago I came to the painful conclusion that studying and adapting ideas from other cultures requires healthy roots in ones own native background. Otherwise one stagnates somewhere mentally and psychologically too. I felt the strong urge to leave the community, in order to transform my experiences of the far-eastern cultures into my own. e normal world. Life here

I am a qualified Shiatsu practitioner and am still training in Counselling, which is a long and challenging road.

I am also a practitioner of Theta Healing. I am very interested in self-development and helping others to lead more wholesome lifes.

Besides living in Japan I spent time in India and the USA.

I write poetry in English, and my work is very influenced by my spirituality and my experiences of the Japanese culture.
I am thinking of translating my writings into my mother language at some point.

You can read some of my poems at my website

Some of my favourit things are:
my first cup of tea in the sun,
The twitter of birds,
wet grass under my naked feet,
laughing loud,
debating,
having the last word,
home made breads [I just found how one can make bread without yeast]!

And I love Edinburgh!

I want to meet people who are sensible, sensitive to others and who are honest.