The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

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...
The Ten Principles: Beyond the Ten Commandments

The Ten Principles: Beyond the Ten Commandments

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...
Immortality

Immortality

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...
Manifesto for Living

Manifesto for Living

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...