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Sadvṛttāni — Codes Of Good Conduct

Submitted by Dr. Arati Mishra on Sunday, December 22, 2019 4:18 PM

Sadvṛttāni — Codes Of Good Conduct

Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com It is a proven fact that our physical well-being rests much on our conduct and behaviour. This note reflects upon certain guidelines prescribed by Caraka, a well-known authority of medical science in ancient India, which teaches us significant healthful ways of good conduct in life, svasthavṛttam. Being well-behaved or Read More…

Dreidel: A Seemingly Foolish Game That Contains The Moral World In Miniature

Submitted by Rabbi Ezra Stern on Saturday, December 21, 2019 10:39 AM

Dreidel: A Seemingly Foolish Game That Contains The Moral World In Miniature

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o8dp6N8pqMyFZWFB6/links Superficially, dreidel looks like a simple game of luck, and a badly designed game at that. It lacks balance, clarity, and meaningful strategic choice. From this perspective, its prominence in the modern Hanukkah tradition is puzzling. Why encourage children to spend a holy evening gambling, of all things? This superficial perspective misses the brilliance Read More…

You Don’t Mess Around With Demons

Submitted by Damos Kniat on Friday, December 20, 2019 10:51 AM

You Don’t Mess Around With Demons

Image by Stefan Keller from http://Pixabay.com Exorcists condemn book that teaches kids to ‘summon’ evil spirits … The International Association of Exorcists (AIE) took the rare step of warning parents about ‘A Children’s Book of Demons,’ a book teaching kids as young as five how to summon demons to help with problems like bullies and Read More…

Shams, Scams And Impeachment – What The Heck Is The Point?

Submitted by Rev. Jacob Reiss on Thursday, December 19, 2019 11:13 AM

Shams, Scams And Impeachment – What The Heck Is The Point?

Image by Pete Linforth from http://Pixabay.com “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of Read More…

Trending To A Multipolar World

Submitted by American Man on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 4:23 PM

Trending To A Multipolar World

Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com At the conclusion of the Second World War, the United States was the overwhelmingly dominant military and economic power. The other major colonial powers, in particular France and the United Kingdom, had been financially exhausted by the war. Germany was shattered, its industry in ruins. The United States had Read More…

Faces

Submitted by Miss Belle on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 4:01 PM

Faces

Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com Faces That Pass By in My Mind as I Close My Eyes to Sleep – Would you like to have a Netflix streaming service in your head with no monthly subscription fee?  Sounds pretty cool but I actually DO have one of those, only I never get to pick Read More…

The Paradox Of Addiction And The Limited Sense Of Self

Submitted by LI – Executor on Sunday, December 15, 2019 9:59 AM

The Paradox Of Addiction And The Limited Sense Of Self

Derivative Images The worst addiction is to our limited sense of self. It is this egoic state, which we have carefully fabricated over lifetimes, to which most of us are really addicted. Only a sharp intellect that can cut through the illusions and delusions of relative life, coupled with a yearning for genuine peace, can Read More…

Are We Food For The Moon?

Submitted by TELLUS – Presider on Saturday, December 14, 2019 11:04 AM

Are We Food For The Moon?

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from http://Pixabay.com If man is not affected in some way by the Moon, he is the only thing on Earth that isn’t.– Robert Millikan (1868-1953), US physicist & 1923 Nobel Prize winner Probably no heavenly body has received as much attention down through the ages as our Moon. The causes of this Read More…

Artificial Intelligence Rights?

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Friday, December 13, 2019 10:02 AM

Artificial Intelligence Rights?

Image by Janos Perian from http://Pixabay.com Within a few decades, we will likely create AI that a substantial proportion of people believe, whether rightly or wrongly, deserve human-like rights. Given the chaotic state of consciousness science, it will be genuinely difficult to know whether and when machines that seem to deserve human-like moral status actually Read More…

Is There A Psychic Gene?

Submitted by ANTARA – Manager on Thursday, December 12, 2019 2:40 PM

Is There A Psychic Gene?

Derivative Images "In my view psychics are born with a latent hereditary or genetic capacity, but their ability is further developed by their upbringing, their childhood environment, education and life experiences. I also believe we choose these environments, circumstances and experiences before we come into this lifetime. We choose it to give us the best Read More…

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