Verstehen beginnt mit Staunen Die Gedichte und Fotografien sind eine Einladung, sich selbst und seine Wahrnehmung zu öffnen für ein Erleben jenseits konventionellen Denkens und vertrauter Sichtweisen. Sie können wahrgenommen werden als Ausdruck einer Schönheit und Anmut, die sich offenbart, wenn wir aufhören, überall nach Bedeutung zu suchen und für alles eine Erklärung zu finden . . . To wonder is to begin to understand The poems and pictures are an invitation to open yourself, your awareness, to an experience beyond conceptual mind and conventional point of view. They can be seen and felt as expressions of the beauty and grace revealed, when we stop trying to make sense of everything and searching for meaning everywhere . . .

Autorentext
GÜNTER SAURE born 1950 in West-Germany. For over thirty years I have lived and practiced as a psychotherapist in Bremen, in the north of Germany.Throughout these decades, my growing spiritual longing and quest has brought me into contact with different teachers and teachings, strongly influencing my path. They all served and deepened my understanding about the true nature of existence and who we are at the core of our being. In addition I was increasingly drawn to reading sacred poetry, like the poems of Kabir, Hafis and Rumi. For eight years, this journey of engaging myself in questions about the essence of life, also has borne fruit in the form of occasionally writing spiritual poems. This writing process happens in spontanious and unpredictable ways, mostly, to my own surprise, in english. I also started to engage differently when taking photographs which sometimes, more or less intentionally, brings about astounding images from nature. Thereby nature often reveales itself in unfamiliar ways, evoking in me a deep sense of awe and wonder. I hope, that the poems and images in this book will be received and enjoyed as an opportunity for contemplating the endlessly unfolding mystery of life.