Spirituality

Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” is in reference to a speech we have mostly read a few times, yet it does not get tiring. It was inspired after seeing a picture of Earth from space [...]

"A reader lives a thousand lives before [they die]… The [person] who never reads lives only one." (George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones author)   The more we read, the more we experience [...]

There was a boy holding two apples in his hands. His father smilingly asked his son to give him one of those apples. The boy took a bite of one apple and then, unconventionally, took [...]

“Sins are a disease, its remedy is seeking forgiveness, and its cure is not repeating.” (Ali ibn Abi Talib)   Stage 1: Experience. We experience an event. Stage 2: Realization/regret. We realize and regret the [...]

Energy flows through us effortlessly, so why not exhale the pressure? A body is like a pressure cooker. If you do not loosen up the top then the build-up will explode in the kitchen. You [...]

I have not directed away from—and nor will I—any prominent path of life which positively develops me toward pure love. I cannot force my advice inside anyone’s blood stream either. There is not yet a [...]

Much is developed for love by providing assistance for others in ways that are within one’s capacity. When one acts in love through labor and investment of their hard-earned savings (whether through charity or development) [...]

We prefer to think that our misguidance affects no one but ourselves, yet that is simply not true. What we do impacts others whether we know it, like it, or not.    People observe what [...]

There are three parts to illusion:   Actor: the manipulator  Act: the manipulation  Audience: the manipulated   An illusion is a misrepresentation of reality. There is reality, which is an objective version of perception. Then [...]

“Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir.” (French proverb)   The proverb translates to, “Prevention is better than healing.” Surely, we can stop healing the consequential pain of separatism in all ideologies if we adhere to a [...]

Beauty is becoming synonymous with how expensive art is, whereas beauty should be synonymous with an expression of art leading to God. After all, philosophy and art began with wondering about the metaphysical state of [...]

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.” (Albert Camus) The clergy walks in front of us; in [...]