“It is human affliction and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom. In general, we must not wish for the disappearance of any of our troubles, but grace to transform them. For men of courage, sufferings are often a test of endurance and of strength of soul. ” The French philosopher and social activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) who lived in the midst of the world wars in Europe was described by many as a saint-like personality. Learned in ancient Greek, Latin and Sanskrit, she studied the sacred texts of the major religions and encountered mystical love during …
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Laughter is the closest distance between two people. –Victor Hugo “The sound of laughter is universal” state linguists and psychologists. Humans are born with the instinct of laughter. It’s part of the social contract. When one laughs, the other gets the urge to laugh too. Having asked the question “what makes people laugh ? ”, the philosophers of ancient Greece said that one laughs at his own past self, as well as at the sense of superiority they felt over others in the face of adversities and in unexpected situations. Nietzsche argued that laughter is simply a reaction to …
Once upon a time, a king had three daughters. The beauty of the youngest, Psyche, ψυχή was beyond description. The fame of her beauty was spread all around that people from other countries would come to see her, and were fascinated by what they saw. In her praise, they sang odes to her and surrendered her with chaplets. So much so that even the altars of Venus were abandoned. Offended by the growing exaltation of a young mortal, Venus exclaimed : “ She shall not seize my divine honors for I will give her cause to repent of …
If the Artificial Intelligence, A.I. is coded with univeral values of ethics, will it be safe and on our side. …
As the legend goes, life began with the sound of Gabriel's wings which were wide enough to cover the world. …
Avicenna, the polymath renowned with ancient wisdom of medicine, Greek philosophy and mystical Islam, a man of sacred knowledge and curing methods …
We are confined within the limits of our knowledge of the natural world, and yet we strive toward knowledge, always more knowledge… Yet we cannot ever think that we know everything. Knowledge advances yes, but it is like an island surrounded by the ocean of the unknown. “As the Island of Knowledge grows so does the shore of our ignorance.” We are actually confronting the mystery of who we are. …
Boris Cyrulnik articulates that human evolution takes place only in crises. "When the epidemic is over, we will see that we will have dusted off old values that will help us to develop a new way of living together. There will be profound changes, this is the rule." …
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement of your aloneness to learn. –David Whyte “ One wonders only when he is alone, and seeks the truth,” said Einstein. The great thinker and ploymath Goethe, discovered that creative inspiration came only when he was alone. Winnicott, the pediatrician and psychologists, defines “the capacity to stay on his own” as a crucial indicator of child development. H.D. Thoreau, the notable American philosopher and nature lover proclaimed that he made his spiritual discoveries during his walks in nature. He wrote in Walden that being on his own in nature provided …
In his new medicine of the soul, Ostad Elahi indicates that in the conscious level where the ego resides, there is a deeper layer where one can find inner guide. This inner guide speaks in the voice of conscience, which is the germ of sound reason and inspires us to take the correct course of thought and action in our decisions. …
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