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One of the most profound sentences in the Declaration of American Independence is “We are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This sentence concisely announced the arrival of the...
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A Contemporary Alternative to the Ten Commandments Abstract The Bible’s Ten Commandments joined the lexicon of Western civilization over three millennia ago. These commandments, nominally of Judaic authorship and purpose, were probably refinements and derivations of...
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Every person yearns for immortality. It is a universal desire, born from the brevity and preciousness of life, nurtured by myths and hallucinations, driven by biological imperative. We all want to see how our stories end. We all want to see what happens to our...
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“Truth is a pathless land”, wrote Jiddu Krishnamurti. In this brilliantly concise sentence, Krishnamurti defined the proper context for an honest search for truth and meaning in a world swept along by the suffocating momentum of religions, governments, and cultures....
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Why do we want to go on living? Think deeply about it. At the core of all of our answers will likely be a lust for life itself. We choose to go on living in order to inhale the exuberance of nature, to revel in our achievements, to bask in the radiance of love with...
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