Every mind holds a different set of information. This is the beauty of diversity. If we all thought the same, retained the same factoids, collected homogeneous knowledge, or “danced to the same drum”, would life be worth living? The question is required because we’re not there. We don’t live in such a society. I can …
Tag Archives: philosophy
Time To Slow Down?
There are moments in life when everything seems to slow down—and there are times when life needs to slow down. A person can only take on so much before they’re overwhelmed. For instance, how many jobs can you have in a day? Most of us can only accomplish a finite number of tasks in a …
Balance
Balance, it has been said, requires at least three points of contact. They say, “Take the stool, for example. The lowly stool is a short, backless seat; a platform with legs.” How many legs? They claim there must be at least three. Two is not enough to keep the stool from tipping. One is ridiculous. …
Near-Life Experience
Is a near-life experience as important to you as a near-death experience? Or do you assign more significance to the unknown? No one knows what it’s like after death except the already dead, and they’re not usually very conversant with the living. So when we come really close to death, almost dying, which is it …
The Convincing
For so many of us traveling through life, the meaning of individual life gets blurred with the purpose. Getting caught up in the usual struggles associated with survival can blind us to our goals. Losing sight of the basic principles of existence is like entering a room and forgetting why you went in there. Stare …
