The Human Psyche
10-10-10 - A Beautiful Date, But Does It Mean Much?
Sunday, October 10th, 2010Today is the 10th of October, 2010.
10-10-10, a wonderful, beautiful and round number, a date which none of us here today will experience ever again (next up — 10th October 3010, or 10th October 2110, if we’re not too picky).
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Differences and Diversity in Life
Sunday, July 26th, 2009Life is not about making everyone agree with you, nor about making everyone the same as you.
And it is certainly not about shunning or even destroying those who do not have similar views or take the same side as you.
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Have You Been Investing in the Most Important Thing of All?
Saturday, July 18th, 2009What have you invested in lately?
Stocks? Bonds? Property?
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What Does It Mean To Be Alone?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Do you sometimes or often feel lonely, or alone?
What does it even mean to be alone?
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Can We Fully Enjoy Both Material Wealth and the True Richness of Life?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Can one wholeheartedly chase material wealth, yet still keep focused on the things which matter in life?
Can one fully enjoy the pleasures of materialism and consumerism, yet still swim in the warmth of kinship, warmth and love?
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In Search of Reasons and Causes
Saturday, February 21st, 2009Are you looking at a certain event or certain circumstances in your life and wondering what the cause(s) or reason(s) is / are?
Have you been seeking and searching, trying your darnest, but to no avail so far?
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Is Consumerism The Only Way To Give Our Children Something To Look Forward To?
Friday, February 20th, 2009If you have not already noticed by now, I often rant against modern day consumerism and materialism.
Quite simply, I think it is an empty shell which does not satisfy the human soul; perhaps it pleases, but only superficially and fleetingly. And it is most certainly not sustainable. At the rate the first world is consuming [...]
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Forwarded Emails - How Real are Their Stories?
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Do you frequently receive forwarded emails in your inbox?
Do you often forward them on?
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - I Do Not Wish to Fill My Life With Bad News (5 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009How often do you hear someone remarking how terrible the world has become, how horrible it is today, and how apocalypse is near because the human race has turned oh-so-evil?
In my mind, I’m thinking – oh, please.
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - I Wish to Avoid this Fear-Mongering Machine (4 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009The media is writing stories to sell. And one thing which sells extremely well is fear. The news, and the media in general, is a lot about fear mongering.
If you don’t take precautions and vaccinate yourself (vaccinations come with a whole host of poisonous chemicals and health risk, by the way. They are one major [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - I Wish to Avoid Being Brainwashed (3 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009The power and influence of mass media is subtle yet immense. It hits not only our conscious mind, but deep within our subconscious.
Some of us are aware of the negative influences of media. Yet we continue to indulge in it. Why? Because most of us think “we are different”, that somehow we are sufficiently in [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - It Presents Only a Small and Biased View of Reality (2 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Over seven years ago, I was fixated on CNN for 8 to 12 hours every day, allowing the American media to brainwash me on how evil the Taliban regime was, and convincing me, I’m sure among millions of others, to give our mandate for the American military to walk into the country by force and [...]
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Why I Don’t Follow the Mainstream Media - Summary (1 of 5)
Sunday, February 15th, 2009I no longer have the newspapers delivered to my home daily. It has been that way for a few years now. I barely read them, and I rarely watch the news on television, too. In general, I follow the mainstream media very little nowadays.
I stopped watching the news and reading the newspapers partly because of [...]
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The 8GB Thumb Drive; A Classic Case of the Lures of Consumerism
Sunday, January 11th, 2009The modern world today is one of extreme consumerism, a culture which is doing its part to exploit the third world as well as kill Mother Earth. Consciously or, probably as is the case for most of us, subconsciously, we are fuelling this culture by our actions and habits.
I have a recent personal experience which [...]
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Why Do People Dream of a White Christmas?
Friday, December 26th, 2008Generally speaking, I am hugely critical of the consumerism which Christmas now represents, or the Christmas which consumerism now represents, whichever way you look at.
Just now, I happened to be looking at an online Christmas postcard, and another though crossed my mind.
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The Contradiction of Holiday Decorations
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008I came across this thought in another article by someone else, and I found it somewhat amusing, yet also disturbing in a way.
It is Christmas time, and over in the United States, many families have put out the Christmas decorations on their lawn - infant Jesus, Mary, Joseph, wise men, sheep, manger scenes, etc. All very nice and [...]
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The Story of ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’
Monday, December 22nd, 2008I once came across this story about monkeys. Well, I cannot remember exactly if it was monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, or what, so I’ll just stick to monkeys for simplicity’s sake.
This is apparently a true story of a research project which was carried out by scientists. I cannot recall the exact details, but will reproduce it [...]
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The Conditioned Elephant
Monday, December 22nd, 2008It is said that when an elephant is “domesticated” or raised in the zoo, a rope is used to limit the area which it is allowed to roam, with one end of the rope being tied to one of its legs, and the other end being tied to a pole.
The little elephant will then be restricted to [...]
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For And Against Truth
Friday, November 28th, 2008There have been many men who have spent their lives fighting for truth. Some just work very hard, while others have suffered and died for it.
It could be truth in a big way, or just little truths which we stand for and believe in.
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Think You Know The Truth?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008How many times in life have you been convinced that you knew something, for sure?
How many times have you felt strongly convicted about something?
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Choices - Is It A Good Thing?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Ah. Freedom.
Ah. Choice.
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The Dreamer
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Do you have dreams of what you may one day be, or what you may one day have, or what you may one day achieve?
Not just dreams, but fantasies, perhaps?
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Is Bigger Necessarily Better? Do We Always ‘Know’ The Best Solution?
Thursday, November 27th, 2008The other day, the toilet bowl in my bathroom was clogged.
I had noticed that the ‘hole’ in the bowl seemed to be bigger than other toilet bowls, so I went out and bought the biggest plunger I could find.
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When Things Become Too Easy and We Get Complacent
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Do you play chess?
Or perhaps checkers?
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Life’s Plans and Expectations against Life’s Unpredictability and Uncertainty
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Ever heard of the term ‘life expectancy’? I’m sure you have. It gives us a rough gauge of how long we can expect to live.
Too much about life these days is about expectancy, projections, what’s expected, and what not.
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Seeking Solutions Instead of Looking for Problems and Obstacles
Monday, October 20th, 2008Have you thought about why you are not healthier than you are now?
Have you thought about why you are not doing the things which you know are right for your body, such as eating better food and exercising more?
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Life - Too Short or Too Long?
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every so often, we read in the newspapers about how a very young person has passed on, due to some accident or disease.
Inevitably, equally often, we hear about how it is such a waste for someone to die ’so young’ or to die ‘too young’.
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No Right Paths, Nor Wrong Paths, Perhaps; Just Different Paths
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every single day, every moment, each of us are journeying.
In our own ways, on our own paths, we are moving from Point A to Point B, then from Point B to Point C, and so on.
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Fact or Not, Divided by a Thin Line
Monday, October 20th, 2008How many times in life do we make the distinction between fact and opinion, or between fact and a mere theory?
For example.. the existence of the human soul - that surely is merely a theory, right?
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Man - So Different, Yet So Similar
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every single human being is pretty much unique.
We look different - varying skin colours, face shapes, heights, and other physical attributes.
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