Every man and woman seeks freedom. But what is freedom and how is it obtained? Does it simply mean doing as you please and living just by your…
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Pitfalls of Goal Setting
Young, adult or elderly, female or male, rich or poor, learned or otherwise, the goals we set ourselves structure the path of our own choosing to experience the…
Notes from the Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short masterpiece about a ranting, slightly mad civil servant. The stylistic inventiveness, and the insights into the absurdities and weakness of humans seem so fresh and…
Donnie McClurkin
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How free are we?
While value judgments should play no role in the distinction between spirituality and religion, there are those who may see one as preferable to the other. For this…
A Rainbow Of Pandemic Chaos
A Rainbow of Pandemic Chaos Is coronavirus a random mutation, a ‘punishment from God’ or something else? A small virus with astonishing properties emerges and within a few…
Human Endeavour
Once Upon a Time: The human Story Told Time is journey into eternity. Every creature lives in and is a part of this vitality of nature. Time actually…
Gender Narrative
Sally is a girl, same as she was at birth; Harry is a boy; Alex is …. other! There are people who identify with an inner gender identity…
The Language of Thought
The landscape of the mind changes thought by thought. ‘Be careful what you wish for’ is an often-voiced warning to temper the longing for things which may seem…
On Womanhood
‘The Eternal Feminine leads us aloft’ – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Womanhood. Not always the most comfortable topic. Perhaps I have a chip on my shoulder about…
The Art of Listening
Is it something that has been totally lost in the haste of modern life, this endearing art of listening? Do all the things we intend to deal with…
Ways Out of Depression
The feeling of being dead while the body is still alive ‘Last week I again failed to accomplish anything, was just tired and run down!’ ‘Since the breakup…
Finding Happiness
What makes us happy? When we speak of happiness we think in general of the extent to which our needs and aspirations are met. These are predominantly of…
Beyond Mortality: Another Time, Another Place
The recognition of the illusion of death is the beginning of wisdom
To Want to Die, or Not: Suicide across the Age Groups
While in many countries thousands of people are in a daily struggle to survive, an entirely different picture unfolds in the rich countries, where people do not freeze,…
Natural Disasters
FLOODS, LANDSLIDES in England, Continental Europe, South America, USA, deadly earthquake-triggered tsunamis in Indonesia, typhoon disasters in China, Japan and Philippines, bridge disasters in Italy, rail accident in…
Phantom Pain
Without prior knowledge it would hardly occur to anyone that it is possible to feel pain in an amputated limb, exactly where the missing arm or leg used…