𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
In the end, duality appears to be 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔. This is one of those governing, authoritative intuitions (like “all apparent opposites balance—or cancel—each other out”) that…
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲
Taking a cue from T.S. Eliot’s essay on Dante, I find myself wanting to lay aside the voluminous historical-literary notes and glosses to the 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜…
𝗔 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀
Responding to someone who has referred to the well-known religious/philosophical conception of the world (or universe) as “a mighty plan of work aiming at awakening…
𝗔 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
It now seems more accurate to designate 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 as the polar opposite of 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, rather than hate, which is an unfortunate byproduct of self-isolation. Of…
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴
I came across a passage from Jung the other day that inspired a short essay/commentary. Here’s the citation from Jung: “Empirical psychology loved, until recently,…
𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻
As a child, I recall “taking the measure” of the little world (micro-cosmos) into which I had been planted like a plump, wriggling seed. By…
Little Big Man
Tense “historical” moments—such as the one we are collectively suspended in now, with the conflict that has erupted in Ukraine—afford special opportunities for all of…
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
What is memory and how do my layers of memory shape and influence my consciousness, my sense of personal identity, as well as my…
𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆
It is both difficult and rare for persons living today to have any clear idea – let alone, an experience – of what the first…
𝗔 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀
In What Ways were the early Greek thinkers more open – or more directly exposed – to the whole than we late-born humans of the…
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘇𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆
What role does the need for 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑦 play in Spinoza’s comprehensive philosophy? What role does it play in any philosopher’s vision of the whole? Can…
𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵
Can a philosopher (also) be a reliable and trustworthy psychologist if he has only the most tenuous and guarded relationship with art, literature, and…
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼
Is Giegerich’s psychological analysis of Jung’s “flight into the unconscious” helping to initiate me into spiritual-philosophical 𝑚𝑎𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑? Have I been desperately, if unconsciously, hanging…
𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝘄𝗼
Are fraud, deception, lying, and dissimulation not only permissible for the stability and security of the state – but necessary – precisely because scrupulosity…
𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗲
In taking his bearings from men “as they are, and not from how they 𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒,” Machiavelli – like Hobbes and other modern…
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻’?
In what ways does my journaling activity support and reinforce the (illusory) idea that I am a 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛? Although (following Nisargadatta’s lead) I have…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
I find it helpful to conceive of significant artists and thinkers, visionaries and moralists, as more or less comprehensive focalizations of cultural material…
High and Low
Let us reflect briefly upon low culture and high culture. What do we mean by such a distinction? Does it pertain more to the cultural…
𝗩𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮
What is likely to happen if I begin to tire of word-knowledge – to become fed up with the inherited labels and terms…
𝗢𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿
It seems evident to me that if person A is stuck in the condition of powerlessness vis-à-vis person B, it is highly doubtful that…
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀
I know it is an extremely, perhaps recklessly broad generalization – and, moreover, once pointed out, it seems so obvious that it deserves no…
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮?
Friend: I would assert that ‘spirituality’ and idealism are modes of denial/escapism. Me: I couldn’t agree with you more, although it appears my…
𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗘𝗴𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
It would appear necessary to first go through the full development of individual ego-consciousness before one becomes properly qualified for what I might call 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝…
The Filament
We might conceive of human consciousness—and the individual ego that is a by-product of that consciousness—as a glowing filament, the sort of filament we find…
What is an Independent Thinker?
What is an independent thinker? Put differently: from what does the self-liberated thinker become independent? What new kind of relationship can the independent thinker have…
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘆
I’m reflecting upon the heated little donnybrook that erupted yesterday under a post I shared (it was a list of documented offenses committed by…
Law and Justice:An analogous odyssey
The law can be understood from a broad spectrum in society showing how it plays different roles in the woven fabric of society that constitutes…
Ethical Concerns of Social Media in Islam
Social media has transformed the world into a digital village, revolutionizing communication and bridging gaps between individuals across cities, regions, countries and continents. It has…
Law and Justice:An analogous odyssey
LAW AND JUSTICE What is justice? Justice in a legal perspective has a myriad of definitions. From the Cambridge dictionary, justice can be defined as…
Getting closure without being cornered into Explanations
If you’re in a situation where you need clarity and closure, but you also want to protect yourself from being pushed into uncomfortable explanations. Here’s…
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World | Architectural Marvels
The wonders of the modern world represent the pinnacle of human ingenuity, engineering, and architectural achievements. Chosen through a global voting campaign, these iconic structures…
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Architectural Marvels
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World represent the most remarkable architectural and engineering achievements of the ancient civilizations. Although only one of these wonders,…
Meditation and Brain Waves | Explained in Detail
If you’ve recently had a spiritual awakening, there are high chances that you’ve come across the term meditation. But what is meditation and how do…
Who is a Woman?
Is a woman her hair? What of the women who have short hair? Well India Arie already said it is her song: I Am Not…
Who is a Man?
“Your eyes saw my unformed body…” (Psalms 139:16) A man is a man because he was ordained to be a man. He was always meant…
The Love Letter 2
I knew you before you were formed in your mother’s womb. You are not alone I know life has not treated you well but I…
How to Navigate Transitions
v Pray, a lot. It may seem cliché but it helps. Prayer is communicating with God or better still talking with God. Imagine you are…
Do you Enjoy your Own Company?
True companionship starts with enjoying your own company. Are you the kind of friend that you would like? How do you treat yourself? How do…
Needs vs. Wants.
True companionship is having the grace to realize that in life we get what we need and not always what we want. “Now we know…
Fight for It.
Our goals in life require us to surround ourselves with the right people. “May you never be the reason why someone who loved to sing,…
The Gift of Authenticity
Authenticity attracts the right people, relationships and partnerships. Sometimes we don’t get what we desire because we hide ourselves. We hide our true selves. Society…
The Divine kind of Love
True companionship starts with the divine, then trickles down to yourself and to others. Believe it or not, true friendship starts in the spiritual. In…
True Friendship is Attractive
True and genuine friendship is very pleasant to watch and even more to experience. I’m sure you’ve have come across people who are friends, and…
The Strength of a Friendship
A friendship is only as strong as the grace to handle it. Friendship is not for the weak, let alone true friendship. Genuine friendship requires…
Does your Friendship Have Aligned Values
Your companionship will last as long as your values align. We have seen many friendships drift apart and some even end and we’ve wondered why….
Be your Own Refuge First
There is always a refuge you can run to, to find strength and that is including yourself. This is more mental than physical. I want…
Raise Mentally Strong Kids: 5 Essential Questions to Ask Your Kids Daily
As a parent, the best way to create a proper emotional bond with your kids is by strengthening your communication. Have you ever tried to…
Eternity is Security
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2). What you focus on grows, and the mind has a way of magnifying…
Comparison is a Killjoy, Toss it Away
Have you ever been in a place in life where you were blooming, when at least some of the things you had hoped would happen…
Work in Progress
You are a work in progress, don’t be too hard on yourself, just keep getting better. The goal in life, is not necessarily to be…
Your Uniqueness is your Security
Why is it that us human beings we often want to change things about ourselves? Our true self. Our identity, what makes us. What constitutes…
How to Level Up in Love
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. (1st John 4:18) True love is not easy to find. In whichever form…
You are loved, you can rest in that.
You are loved Not because You did something In order To receive Love This Love Is not conditional It is unconditional It is beyond Beyond…
It Doesn’t Define you.
Ø Being snatched from destruction, pulled from the mirest of clays doesn’t mean that this is what defines us it means that this journey has…
Inner Healing is the Greatest Surety in the Whole Wide World.
“Hurt people hurt people.” (Anonymous). And it goes without saying that healed people also heal people. When you have healed or are on a journey…
What are you Anchoring Yourself on?
Security comes from what we believe in, trust for, hope for within ourselves that cannot be shaken. “Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.”…
Let go, so that You may Receive.
Trust is letting go not because what we hold onto has not been a part of us, but knowing that what we exchange it for…
Magnify the Voice that Likes You-Remedy to Self Loathe.
Courage is magnifying the voice that says, Yes You Can and minimizing the one that says, No You Can’t. Thoughts run through our minds in…
Courage is Freeing.
Courage is to see the other side of fear and embrace the freedom that it brings with it. You have to see, to have the…
Courage is to Confront the Fear.
Courage at times calls us to face what we fear. It calls us not to avoid what we fear, but to face it. Avoidance may…
Courage is Fear under Control.
Courage is to feel fear and still move. It is to move despite the fear you feel. It is to remember that fear is a…
Let the Hope within Arise to Drown the Fear.
Courage is to let the hope within arise enough to drown the fear. Whatever we feed grows. When we feed disappointment, it grows, when we…
Courage is the ability to feel fear and still manage to conquer what we need to.
Courage does not in any way mean the absence of fear. It is that you feel the fear and still do what you need to….
Let your Courage Inspire.
Courage is infectious, your courage will inspire others to also embrace the courage within them. I don’t know about you but when I see or…
Do it One Step at a Time.
Courage is within you; you just need to reach out for it and do not let go until it truly is a big part of…
Courage for the Low Seasons.
Courage is to know that there will be hurdles on the way but to press forward anyway, one day, one task, one step at a…
Visualize and do.
Courage is not just to see but it is also to work. Faith without works is dead: James 2:17. Vision is good; not only is…
Increase your Knowledge to Gain Power.
Courage is to do the work that no one else wants to do in order to see the fruit that you want to see. Francis…
Seek out Wisdom.
Courage is to realize that you are not always right, and to have the wisdom to seek wisdom from those who’ve treaded this path before….
Courage is to sometimes Surrender.
Courage is to surrender yourself to power; the highest of powers to light your path with the mightiest illumination. It’s not a word You hear…
Embrace the Rhythm of your Own Race.
Courage is to sometimes wait even when everyone else is moving just so you can embrace the rhythm of your own race. The temptation to…
Courage is to See Favour and Grace and to Run Towards it.
Just because you are not used to something looking a certain way, don’t run from it. “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” (Anonymous). Many…
Courage is Shaping You into the Person You were Always Meant to be.
Sometimes as humans we are afraid that we will actually achieve what we would to achieve. This fear often steams from a place of insecurity….
Courage is built, into levels like a building block one event onto another.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day,” (John Heywood). This saying connotes that anything that is of value or that can last a long time, isn’t…
Let your light shine that is Courage.
It takes bravery to let your light shine instead of trying to dim it. And especially when everyone else has decided to dim their lights…
Feed your Spirit, in the Day of Adversary Let the Power Within Arise.
No one is ever constantly strong sometimes the battles of life can wear us down. In those moments, seasons and times what we deposited in…
Courage is Love, Courage is Power, Courage is Mental Strength.
To embrace courage is to love yourself. It is to count yourself worthy of fighting for; of going for the things, you desire; your dreams,…
Cast off the Fear of trying New Things.
v Courage is knowing that you are not alone, once you tread the uncharted waters there will always be a hand to hold you. One…
Let’s Talk Courage.
Courage starts in the mind. What you know and apply. For example, this statement: the situation may be dire but I will pull through. It…
Courage is Strength, Mental Strength.
This statement denotes that anything that is the opposite of courage results in weakness. Meaning, that fear, timidity, and cowardice results in weakness. I would…
The Solace Series-Know Thy True Self.
Peace doesn’t come from material things, people have lost millions and regained them but what keeps us sane is the routines that we do no…
The Solace Series-Don’t dwell in Worry.
Worry in itself produces nothing good. No matter how bad it seems or it is, keep your eye on the vision because this is just…
The Solace Series-Setting Boundaries and Asserting Yourself.
Check with yourself, because sometimes you have been told, that it is impossible so much or many times that you think even the mere act…
The Solace Series-Vision is a Guide find it.
An itching need produces vision that it doesn’t matter what happens along the way coz your guide will always be that vision. Is there a…
The Solace Series-Search for your Path in Life.
If you really want your path in life, you have to search for it. No one is going to come hand you on a silver…
The Solace Series-Enduring the Right Things.
Enduring the right things in the right direction produces joy. Life is not an easy feat, sometimes we have to endure things, situations, circumstances that…
The Solace Series-Life is a Gift
Du du Du du The heart is beating In and out The air is breathing With every Day Comes A Blessing A blessing In The…
The Solace Series-Stagnation can Sometimes be a Blessing in Disguise.
Stagnation can at times be a gift because it forces you to reflect with sincerity of heart where you were, where you are, and where…
The Solace Series-Reject Crippling Fear.
Change your mind to reject fear and embrace courage towards the good things you desire in life. Not all fear is bad in life. There…
The Solace Series-You are not Alone
Fear and discouragement tend to show up whenever you feel alone, but always know that you are not alone. Things look unachievable when we feel…
The Solace Series-Worth More…
You are worth more than the temporary things you pursue to bring you solace. It’s easier to reach for something to stop the pain, the…
The Solace Series-The Strength in You.
Many times, mistakes we’ve made, weaknesses that we have can make us feel like that’s all we are made of. Until we go through something…
The Solace Series-The Illusion of Easy Life.
Soft life has given people the impression that life is all easy. Yet just like a mirage when you come closer you realize that it…
The Solace Series-Acknowledging Where You Are in Order to Decisively Move.
It is so important to acknowledge where you are because acknowledging where you are is being self-aware. And being self-aware is such a necessary skill…
The Solace Series-One Step at a Time
Solace is found in knowing that God lights our paths. Once we take the step of courage, then we begin to see opportunities right where…
The Solace Series
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How do I know my Purpose?
Purpose is the reason for living. It is the answer to the question why. Why you are here on earth. Every single person, living thing,…