‘FREEDOM’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE’ It is interesting to take note of how the world reacts to the dangers and inconveniences resulting from this pandemic. To the vast majority of the planet, living with serious threats to health, material welfare, and decent quality of life unfortunately are “all in a day’s …
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If there is one thing the pandemic with its lockdowns and social (life) barriers has taught us, at the very least it is that:1) we humans basically have very limited control,2) if my life is to have a purpose, what do I need to add/subtract from it? Or am I here just to travel to …
THE CHOICES ARE YOURS; CHOOSE WISELY If the pandemic with its lockdowns and social (life) barriers , has taught us anything, at least: 1) we humans have very limited control ultimately, 2) if my life is to be purposeful, what needs to be added/subtracted? Or am I here just to travel to as many places …
FREE WILL, THE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION, EXPERIENCE AND INTUITION Apologies for the lengthy title of this piece, but these four aspects of life make up the inexorable (unavoidable) ’rules of the road’ for our lives. As inexorable may translate as ‘unrelenting,’ we may think of ourselves as stuck with these—whether we like it or not. …
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DEPRESSION, HUMILITY & LOVE: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS (OR NOT) In searching for antidotes for depression, there may be some value in examining how humility enters the picture. It may initially seem counter-intuitive to connect humility with depression—since a common symptom of depression is thinking oneself not worthy. But if “humility is thinking less on oneself,” certainly …
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LIFE: A 24-HOUR ENDEVOUR Swadhyaya—self-study—the 5th step of the Fivefold Path, is a 24 hour a day job, we’ve been told. As Covid-19 containment is also a 24-hour job, the concept of constant vigilance, thus, is not new to us. Also, since the advent of 24 hour food stores, 24 hour McDonalds, 24 hour gas …
FOR DEPRESSION AND ADDICTION IT IS well-known in addiction circles that one does not ‘cure’ addiction. That may be why “one day at a time” (of sobriety) is perhaps the most famous of the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous slogans. Momentum of sobriety notwithstanding, what I do and what happens to me today, is mostly independent from …
GRACE: THE END RESULT OF EFFORT Grace is a word used often on the Divine Path that is not easily understood or even defined. Wikipedia says that in Christianity, Divine Grace means a “favour of God for mankind. God favours every person without looking at what they did.” In Vedic teachings, I feel there is …
TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE Though recently we have been writing about thriving, not just surviving, as pandemic fatigue spreads and reports of mental dysfunction and disorder proliferate, perhaps it might be a good idea to temporarily set our sights or goals a bit lower. In fact, it might be said that one of the current …
WHEN SURVIVING SEEMS TO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THRIVING Last month I wrote about thriving as a goal—not mere surviving. Life, it seems, has a way of influencing our agendas and the phase we seem to be in currently—individually and collectively—seems to have surviving being in the driver’s seat. Pick your poison: Covid-19, Climate Change, economic …
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