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This is often how humans relate with each other (DON MIGUEL RUIZ)

Humans use fear to domesticate humans, and our fear increases with each experience of injustice. The sense of injustice is the knife that...

10 January, 2021

Does consciousness have its source in the nature of man? (A. SCHOPENHAUER)

Those who combat the sceptical view appeal specially to the testimony of conscience. But conscience itself is impugned, and doubts are raised about its natural origin....

09 January, 2021

You are asking for the impossible (OSHO)

There is a beautiful story in the Indian scriptures about Shiva. His wife, Parvati, died, and he carried the corpse of his wife for...

08 January, 2021

The meaning of love (SCOTT PECK)

The "love" of infants and pets and even dependently obedient spouses is an instinctual pattern of behavior to which it is quite appropriate...

07 January, 2021

OBJECTIVITY AND CONVENTIONALITY (LAO-TZU)

Bend and you will be whole. Curl and you will be straight. Keep empty and you will be filled. Grow old and you will be renewed. Have...

06 January, 2021

If anyone has any doubt about the happiness of Diogenes… (SENECA)

SENECA, De tranquillitate animi 8, 3 - 7 Tolerabilius autem est, ut dixi, faciliusque non adquirere quam amittere, ideoque laetiores videbis, quos numquam fortuna...

05 January, 2021

The horse snorted disdainfully and replied…

There’s an old fable about a grumpy old goose who approached a horse in a paddock. “I am certainly a more noble and perfect...

04 January, 2021

Never let people see your devices (ROBERT GREENE)

Talleyrand was the consummate courtier, especially in serving his master Napoleon. When the two men were first getting to know each other, Napoleon...

03 January, 2021