Are you in a spiritual confusion? We live in a world where science, philosophy and various religions are in continuous conflict. You may want the certainty, values and purpose religion offers but this often means being forced to accept internal conflict. You may like the part of a religion that says love thy neighbor but […]
A Glitch in the Universe
Have you ever run a computer program and noticed a glitch? Where the program was supposed to do one thing and ended up doing another? Maybe you tried to save a file and your computer crashed. Maybe the website you tried to open didn’t seem to format correctly. When your computer fails to work how […]
Profound Wisdom
I found myself reading Herman Hesse’s famous novel Siddhartha over my holiday break. The story follows the man Siddhartha as he goes along his quest for truth, stumbles into confusion and despair but eventually finds wisdom. There is one particular passage at the end of the novel where Siddhartha is trying to give his friend, […]
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