The Incredible Truth About Suffering and Morality in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
The God of the Judeo-Christian Tradition according to the Bible is All-knowing, All-Powerful and All-Good – and yet we have so much suffering going on in the world. The question is why? God knew these sufferings, had all the power to prevent it and refuse to prevent it. Paradox of Suffering The typical counter argument […]
Top 10 Books To The Secrets Of Emotional And Mental Toughness
You wonder how in the world will you be able to muster emotional and mental toughness, to say it simply? Well, you either learn it from years of experience or read your way to it. Remember that it involves developing resilience, emotional intelligence, and a positive outlook, as well as cultivating coping skills and self-awareness. […]
In Experience, Pain is the Noblest Teacher
As the we progress in learning in the school, we come to realize, whether it is active, dynamic or happens very fast; whether or not is passive, untimely, or punitive; whether in pain in sorrow or in joy, and in all the hues of our human understanding, feeling and willing, despite of the myriads of […]
Cheerfulness, a Recipe for Life
Having the interlocking motives reason, laughter, and balance, happiness seems to have been a lifelong project. And with great zeal and conviction, the easiest way to get through is by finding someone who can and will readily make your heart smile. But finding out if your heart is already smiling seems metaphorical. It would also […]
Suicide Prevention: Do You Know Someone Who Needs Help?
The longstanding stigma around mental health can make it difficult to ask for help. If you know anyone who has had suicidal thoughts, they might feel isolated and alone, like there is no one to turn to. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness. A therapist can help to recognize the causes of depression and help […]
Fire In Our Dreams
Aside from the gift of life, and the precious gem knit deep within us, every human being is born into this world with immense capacities. We never know how much power we have, and clueless even that we have them all the time! In fact, the rational mind is ordained for beauty, goodness, and the […]
Aphorisms: Language Of The Heart
There is a deeper reason why we need to undergo the hard time and the rough days of our lives, as gold is tested on fire, so too is our lives to make it pure, humble yet blameless. Indeed, we find ourselves in the moments of doubt and obscurity of our lives. This is not […]
Basic Steps To Contemplation
I’ve heard most people ask how do contemplation be possible. If that mystical experience be a personal, or mystical beatific hallucinations and its imperial findings may sound very superfluous. My main contention would be a personal journey of a soul towards his or her Creator that even Augustine confessed: “Lord, you made us for Yourself […]
Musings On Self and Love: Selflessness Is Love’s Manifold Greatness
When we talk about love, there will always be this stern stewing of indescribable bliss that sweeps away the mind. On great heights, it hurls us like a drug yet tactfully keeping our sinews in the slumber of sweet and heavenly delight. It entices us to see beauty, and everything is made thoughtful and gleeful. […]
Time Is A Great Healer
Life is truly precious, and more precious than just our violability or being able to live as organic and symbiotic beings. The values, and virtues that we bring as we are fashioned and knit with the latent talents engraved even in the standard faculties of the human self that of intellect and will and added […]
