It seems to matter to people that the events that happen in our lives have a purpose behind them. For a large section of the population of the world there’s definitely a need to believe that things happen for a reason.
When some people think about the injustices in the world, atrocities of war and...
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The guardian angel, in the way it is understood in modern times, is an invention of a fifth century Christian philosopher called Pseudo-Dionysius The Areopagite. According to Christian thinkig, your guardian angel is not only looking after your physical well-being but also asks God to overlook some of your sins on account of your...
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What am I, how did I get here and where am I going? The most important question is “what am I?”. If I am just a combination of my physical and mental wheels turning, then how can I expect to survive? If I subscribe to the idea of the soul, what is it? Is...
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In the beginning was science. In many different countries men with scientific curiosity gained a university education in the discipline that interested them and made use of the instruments and tools developed over the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries to accumulate knowledge of the earth and, as far as possible, the other planets....
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Aging is a natural part of the process of living. So is dying. We are afraid of dying because we do not want to be launched into the unknown and we are afraid of aging mostly because it makes us look ugly. That’s the common fear. I don’t think we aknowledge that our faculties...
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I recently watched a movie called “The Others” which featured some family photos taken in the Victorian era. What made these pictures special was that all the subjects were dead. Further investigation revealed that taking photographs of deceased members of the family was a common practice in the early years of photography.
In some...
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When we feel that we are not getting enough out of life – that neither our work lives or leisure time are giving us any reward – it’s time to take a look at how we allocate our priorities. How do we spend our time? Are we being overwhelmed by the demands of work?...
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Are you one of those people that notice little coincidences as you move through your life? At least, most people write them off as coincidences but some seem just too unusual to write off so glibly. There have been many books written on synchronicity, most have some kind of theory equating seemingly meaningful coincidences...
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There is a world outside of ourselves but we often replace it with our imaginary world.
Now that we have a real flu outbreak that may or may not turn nasty, it’s a good time to look at a couple of imaginary illnesses that gripped small communities in the not too distant past. We should...
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Terrorism is a force that can only be fought directly with as much passion as can be mustered. And there can be no holidays in a war against terror. We must be here to the end. If you’re thinking that sounds like the words of a terrorist then I agree with you. What fosters...
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