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Thirukural – Couplets To Live By That Transcend Time

Over two thousand years ago, a sage from South India named Thiruvalluvar  wrote a collection of maxims - 133 chapters, each containing ten short, forceful couplets. He wrote in the South Indian Dravidian...

36 comments    philosophy ethics couplets
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The Tao Te Ching; The Greatest Book I Ever Read

            Many years ago, I was living in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer. Paraguay is a small, kidney shaped country in the heart of South America. As a volunteer, you have to deal with...

4 comments    philosophy china chinese
Angela Harris profile image73

Religious Song Hits

Over the years, some religious songs have crossed over and made the pop charts. Other religious songs started out as spiritual pop songs that became hits. There are more than you probably think. And there are...

13 comments    music religion video
"All is Vanity" one of Charles Allan Gilbert's finest illusions.86

Are Artistic Personalities Prone to Flirting with Disaster?

We all know it, that notable artists have this odd tendency of spiraling out of control and dying young, often due to self destruction. Van Gogh likely suffered from Absinthism from drinking the toxic...

4 comments    life art philosophy
Francis Bacon79

Francis Bacon | The Modern Scientific Method

"Men have sought to make a world from their own conception and to draw from their own minds all the material which they employed, but if, instead of doing so, they had consulted experience and observation,...

7 comments    education science philosophy
Sufidreamer profile image85

Science, Religion and Philosophy - What Do They Tell Us About Life?

In answering this question, I am assuming that you are asking: What are science and religion trying to tell us about Life, the Universe and everything. To answer this, I will have to wander off on a tangent,...

55 comments    education religion god
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Greek Philosopher: Diogenes

The celebrated Greek cynic philosopher who is said to have lived in a tub, wearing the coarsest clothing and living on the plainest food. Many of his sayings have been preseved, and serve for occasional...

2 comments    philosophy ancient greece
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How to Enhance Your Love Life with Bedroom Color Feng Shui

Stuck in a romantic rut? Sick of nonsensical arguing with your partner? Just experienced a painful breakup? Besides soothing words from friends and professional help from a psychiatrist, feng shui may as well help you improve your love life.

19 comments    love advice relationships
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Perception is an Individual's Self-Deception

Truth, what is it? Can it be known? Is it possible for the perceptions of an individual to be synonymous with the actual truth? If not then, is truth relative to the individual and his perception? These are...

3 comments    truth perception einstein
OSHO Philosophy79

My First Encounter with OSHO (philosophy)

I vividly remember the day when a young boy (probably in his early twenties), walked into my office stealthily and closed the door behind him. I might have thrown a questioning glance at him, in response to...

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