The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death
Stephen Cave: The 4 Stories we Tell Ourselves about Death Reminding people of death biases them to believe, regardless of the evidence,...
My Stroke of Insight
Because I could not identify the position of my body in space, I felt enormous and expansive, like a genie just liberated from her...
St. Augustine - the father of Orthodox Theology
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True Listening - a Manifestation of Love
True listening, total concentration on the other, is always a manifestation of love.(p.127) true listening involves bracketing, a setting...


Be aware of your narrow frame of reference
"Most of us operate from a narrower frame of reference than that of which we are capable, failing to transcend the influence of our...


Mature Awareness
“Mature awareness is possible only when I have digested and compensated for the biases and prejudices that are the residue of my personal...
Lao Tzu and Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu's philosophy tends to look at the apparent discord in the world and see an underlying harmony guided by something called the Dao....
The Buddha
The highest state of enlightenment: Nirvana (Liberation). It refers to the "blowing out" of the flames of desire. The Buddha described a...
The Stoics
Stoicism was a philosophy that flourished for 480 years in Ancient Greece and Rome, and was popular with everyone from slaves to the...