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Month: July 2021

Understanding Before Believing

July 27, 2021

The famous actor and atheist W. C. Fields was doing a tour of the United States. One day his manager came into his hotel room and was shocked to see him reading a copy of the Bible.“Bill!” he said, “What the hell are you doing? I thought you were an atheist.” Fields replied, “Just looking for loopholes, just looking for loopholes.” We must understand an idea or ideology before believing in it or disbelieving it. Understanding why we believe or disbelieve it will help develop self-knowledge. Understanding why others believe in it will help develop compassion. Truth, as we know,

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Mind Type

July 23, 2021

Doctors tell us that we have a particular body type. A body type results from genetic inheritance, what we have physically and emotionally experienced, and the habits & behaviours we have adopted through our life. They also tell us that our body type is unique to each of us.  What applies to our body-type type also applies to our mind-type. As a result of genetics, evolutionary biology, childhood experiences, adult life experiences and other cultural influences- each of us has a unique mind-type.  Zodiac profiles, personality tests and palm readings slot us into a type. We believe them because we

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The Highest Award

July 16, 2021

When Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, he didn’t acknowledge it for weeks. No statement, no interviews. He did not attend the awards ceremony. One can assume that he couldn’t care less about the world’s most prestigious prize. Grigori Perelman is considered the greatest living mathematician. In 2002 he solved one of the seven mathematical “Millennium Problems.” He was selected for the Fields Medal, a Nobel Prize for mathematics—which he declined. Nobel Prize, Oscar…Facebook likes… The need for validation is coded into us through evolutionary biology – to retain or gain status in the tribe. 

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Moving One End Of A Stick

July 7, 2021

If there is no punishment, no one will talk about rewards. If there is no defeat, no one will yearn for victory. If there is no scarcity, no one will hoard. If there is no suffering, no one will search for happiness. If we want to move one end of a stick, the other moves naturally. Left defines Right. Down defines Up. Dark defines Light. …And that’s how the game plays out. Our quest for meaning is not defined by choosing the better over worse. Because good and bad are two ends of the same stick. It is perhaps about

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