English Issue 29-30/2024

Life can cry out in warning: when a cold drink brings on a sharp tooth pain, nobody postpones their dentist appointment! Back pain is a cry of life: we can put it off but eventually, we take action—the report from our nerves and muscles ultimately leads to physical therapy or a new chair. It is different when life only whispers. Just as quiet words often deliver serious advice, so it is with life. What life whispers affects the whole body, the whole biography. In this issue, Hans-Ulrich Schmutz writes about the soft whispering of Earth—the oceanic whispers, which could not be any greater. Let us learn to hear the powerful, quiet sounds.