Nature of Belief: Escaping Cultural Confinement
[Exploring Life] Culture may be viewed as a universal tendency for people within stable geographic populations to create sets of beliefs, values and expectations that serve to create a sense of social coherence. It may be that culture is an offspring of the innate human need to belong. Perhaps culture originated as groups of people [...]
Spiritual Endeavor: Dark Night of the Soul – 1
[Exploring Life] On a Dark Night… Darkness means an absence or deficiency of light. From a spiritual perspective, darkness creates an intuitive space in which the fragility of our beliefs about the meaning and purpose of our lives becomes uncomfortably apparent. To enter into a spiritual darkness is to begin an excruciating journey into of [...]
Aging: What should I do with my life?
[Exploring Life] Aristotle posed the question, How should a human being lead his life? It is a universal question that touches every human life on the planet. For some, the question visits us only once in a while; for other, it relentlessly pursues our attention and demands intimacy. In What should I do with my [...]