In times of great uncertainty, the ability to keep calm isn’t an unnecessary luxury. The ancient Stoics didn’t shy away from adversity but, instead, managed to endure while continuing their pathways of virtue. We only have to peek into the memoirs of ancient Stoic Marcus Aurelius, published as Meditations, to see how he struggled to […]
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Who Am I?
Who am I? Am I the mind? Am I the body that contains the mind? Am I a descendant of an alien race that, long ago, set foot on Earth? Am I created by God? The English philosopher, writer, and speaker Alan Watts believed that the most important question a human could ask is this: […]
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Going Through Hell (and Outsmarting the Devil)
What is hell? Is it a physical place that we go to in order to receive punishment? Or is it, perhaps, a human experience that our ancestors have tried to explain by using metaphors of terrifying worlds of torture? Many people these days would argue against the existence of a physical ‘hell realm’ where we […]
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Be Like Water
Water is the softest and most yielding substance. Yet nothing is better than water, for overcoming the hard and rigid, because nothing can compete with it. Lao Tzu Many people are hijacked by the rigidity of their minds. Thinking in categories and fixed ideas can be a great crutch for survival, as it creates clarity […]
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