🇧🇪 Michel by Charles
It is hard to believe that I still own my free will when I speak about my father.
30 years of work were needed to “come out” of anonymity.
Pushing him to choose how detailed his life’s description should be was’nt an easy task.
“The though way”
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*Born the 24th of October 1960 Scorpio Scorpio Metal Rat
Old school education – german protestant musician mother and belgian manager painter Beaux-Arts father
* Military service
* Came close to crisis in many fields, many ups and downs.
* “Back to the roots” choice of life since Greece – “Less is more”
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Physical – Sports
* Field hockey – first division back-up – team won Belgian championship
* Alpinism UCPA Chamonix – 19 summits of 4000+
* Officer “Béret noir – bataillon de cyclistes »
* French boxing – training with Eu champion
* Tap dance
* 3 years of cooking studies « CERIA André Viatour »
* Golf – hcp 17
Seitai introductory stay at David Leadbetter’s place
one time caddy of Florence Descampe, ex pro golfer LPGA /LE Tour
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Spiritual – Introspection
* Began meditation in 1979 with a book of Franz Bardon, never stopped since
* 21 years of family life, wife 2 kids – Father involvement “every Wednesday afternoon with daddy”
* Took part in many workshops
* Esalen Institute – California
* Monastery Soto Zen Hōkyō-ji (宝慶寺) – Japan
* Chanoyu – Japanese tea ceremony – Kyoto
*Through others, working on oneself
* attented 2 Darshan with Amma – 1 week with Mother Meera
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Business
* 3 years of failure at university
* 4 years of salaried employee
* Complete cycle of Mercury Goldman/Krauthammer training
* Streetwear company from scratch : 20 years of existence, 10+ employees
* Prive joke opening in 94 – clothes shop
* Many trips to Switzerland and Hong Kong
* “Green wall” by P. Blanc in our garden
* Wan opening in 2004, Japanese tea and potery shop
* Thousands of sessions, hundred of patients – Seitai – Medidation – Consulting
Experienced charging “by donation”
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Travel
* 1 month in India in 1985
* USA
* Africa – Safari
* 4 months Japan
* Egypt
* 4 years Glastonbury – Scotland – Pyrenees
* Road trip following Saint Michael’s line
* Corfu
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🇧🇪 Charles by Michel
As he grew up, Charles showed me that there were things I could not feel.
I first reacted by trying to make him “act like I was”.
Progressively, thanks to our courage and work, I began to see that Love was missing in my life.
Kid
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* born the 16th of October 1987 Libra Capricorn
“I want to be a lumberjack”
* my favorite food already was japanese : tako, toro sashimi, unagi, uni sushi and udon
* very strict elitist school : 1 dictation every day to train for “La Dictée du Balfroid”
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Youth
* 1 year in the national belgian golf team
* passion for cardgames and videogames
– won some games against the world champion of Android Netrunner –
– top France results in Pve HL in World of Warcraft –
* 300 kms solo walk through Norway with backpack for 3 months during winter
“There are so many true stories outside”
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Grown-up
* “Chef de rang” at “Canterbury” luxury brasserie in Brussels – 2 years
* CAP by “Les Compagnons du Devoir” – 2 years
* from 2016, freelance woodworker
mixing personnal and professional experiences with its share of joy, doubts, enthusiasm, lonelyness and bliss
through 🇧🇪Belgium 🇮🇹Italy 🇬🇷Greece 🇫🇷South of France 🥨Alsace 🇩🇪Germany
* single, eager to meet my wife
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