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Contemporary Sufism
Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Sunday, September 15, 2019 3:42 PM
derivative images Why and how has Sufism become such a contested topic in the 20th and 21st centuries, and what does “authentic” Sufism look like today? Why are historical Sufi shrines in Pakistan, Mali, and Iraq being destroyed by Muslims? Why do some Muslim governments ban Sufi literature and persecute Sufis, at a time when Read More…
Healing And Knowledge
Submitted by LI – Executor on Saturday, September 14, 2019 9:41 AM
Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com Knowledge aligns our nature to the Truth. The vehicle is consciousness; the searchlight one of observation. Everything is enveloped by the Truth so healing through Works and Love base themselves upon it. The triune approach offers the supreme healing. Truth is the bedrock of the New Creation and identity Read More…
Aiming For Moral Mediocrity
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Friday, September 13, 2019 5:05 PM
Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com I have an empirical thesis and a normative thesis. The empirical thesis is: Most people aim to be morally-mediocre. They aim to be about as morally good as their peers — not especially better, not especially worse. This mediocrity has two aspects. It is peer relative rather than absolute, Read More…
Avidya (Ignorance)
Submitted by Krishna on Thursday, September 12, 2019 3:54 PM
Image by Mari Ana from http://Pixabay.com Avidya is a Sanskrit word most commonly defined as ignorance. This can be misleading if we think of ignorance as a lack of knowledge. Avidya is not simply a lack of knowledge; it is a lack of what Hindu philosophers sometimes refer to as true knowledge (Singh 394-395). The Read More…
The Invisible College
Submitted by Sci Fi Guy on Monday, September 9, 2019 12:26 AM
Image by rambotent from http://Image by rambotent from Pixabay Invisible college refers to intercommunicating scientific researchers who are working within a specified paradigm, or field of study that has some core issues in common. – Social Research Glossary There are impostors pretending to be the Invisible College, there are charlatans using that name Read More…
What Relevance Does Meditation Have Today?
Submitted by Sadhu on Sunday, September 8, 2019 3:58 PM
Image by 4144132 from http://Pixabay.com Meditation means awareness, consciousness. But don’t we already have that? Why do we need to practice (the sometimes boring) techniques of meditation? Well – there’s good news, and there’s not so good news. The not-so-good news is that actually we are rarely aware. On the contrary, we are almost always Read More…
The Bane Of Modern Society: Excessive Individualism
Submitted by MasterMind on Saturday, September 7, 2019 10:43 AM
Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com Individualism has been on the ascent across the world over the past few decades. Individualism per se is not necessarily bad. Individualism treats each individual as an independent entity and favours individual freedom over collective or state control. It encourages individuals to have a greater sense of self-responsibility and Read More…
Close Encounters Of The Texas Kind
Submitted by Beldar on Friday, September 6, 2019 11:03 AM
Image by alinkon from http://Pixabay.com The Stephenville Event, as some have called it, has quickly become one of the most publicized UFO sightings in a decade. The story showed up in newspapers as far away as China. CNN’s Larry King devoted two shows to what it all meant. “Do you believe alien beings are out Read More…
The Doomsday Doctrine
Submitted by Mad Max on Thursday, September 5, 2019 4:51 PM
Image by Fabien Huck from http://Pixabay.com Nuclear Doomsday. But why worry about a nuclear doomsday now? The Cold War is over. At its height we had thirty thousand warheads pointed at the Soviets, they had forty thousand pointed at us – but we’re each down to a fraction of that. A climate doomsday seems much Read More…
How To Find Your Sparkle
Submitted by Glinda the Good on Thursday, September 5, 2019 9:41 AM
Image by Michael Seibt from http://Pixabay.com Glinda says, "Let's have some fun and consider the following:" How to Find Your Sparkle: Five Unicorn-Inspired Tips "Don't let anyone ever dull your sparkle." "I saw this and it made me think of you," a friend said a year ago, handing me a cheery ceramic unicorn in the Read More…




































