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Maya’s Veil
How do we know the world is real? How do we know our life is real? After all, what we see is what we…
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Absolute Subjectivity
Consciousness has levels. It is one of the well-accepted concepts. When we live only with our survival instinct, our consciousness level is at the…
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Spiritual Reading
There are two types of reading. One is to possess knowledge. Through reading, we can learn new things and keep them in our mind.…
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Love Our Enemies
Our human history is full of bloody incidents. We’ve been killing one another ever since. From tribal societies to modern nation-states the world has…
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Life and the Resurrection
Stones exist. We exist. What is the difference? 100 years from now on, these stones could exist, even if these would be broken down…
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Inferno
On Black Saturday, we inevitably reflect on the fifth phrase the Apostles’ Creed. It consists of the following twelve articles. And the fifth one…
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We Crucified Him
When I was a child, I wondered why Rembrandt painted himself with a blue beret in this scene of the Crucifixion. Besides, he depicted…
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Be a Servant of All
On Maundy Thursday, we commemorate the Washing of the Feet, based on the Gospel narrative. After Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of His…
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Things as They Are
When we were a newborn baby, there was no distinction between the world and ourselves. We were utterly unconscious, spontaneous, even intuitive. The world…
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Four Noble Truths
After seven weeks of fasting and meditation, Buddha found the way of how we can address the reality that life is suffering. The solution…
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By Prayer and Fasting
During Lent, we practice fasting and austerity in our daily life. Some skip one meal a day. Still, some refrain from eating meat. Others…
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We are Mobs
On this Palm Sunday we commemorate Jesus entering Jerusalem; six days before the Passover. And yet in this Passover Jesus was crucified. People passionately…
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Life Ultimatum
Three are three kinds of death; the death of someone you don’t know; the death of someone you love; and your own death. Death…
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Shadows in the Cave
We are in prison. We are in the cave. Imagine when you were a newborn baby. What did you see? There was a glass…
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True Prayer
When we face challenges, prayer comes out naturally, even unconsciously. Prayer is such a fundamental state. It is, however, often misunderstood and misused. Most…
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Divine Intervention
Causation is different from correlation. The former signifies a clear, logical causality. For example, heating water eventually makes it boiled. Putting ice cubes into…
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Losing Mind
Mindfulness is one of the recent buzzwords as an effective remedy for the quality of life. We can easily recall various advocates for this…
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We are the Light
Life is like walking in the darkness with our small flashlight. We can see only the area where its beam can point out. Throughout…
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Poor in Spirit
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Who is the poor in spirit? Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)…
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Breathing is Magic
Among our body functions, breathing is magic. It acts as a bridge between conscious and unconscious intentions. It is similar to heart-beating; still, breathing…