Original goodness: Fact or fiction?

April 23, 2022

Are human beings essentially good in character? Is love a fundamental principle in creation? Or is there truth in the concept of ‘original sin’, which has played a big part in much religious thought? On first glance, it might appear that these two ideas are opposites. In fact, both are...

Original goodness: Fact or fiction?

April 23, 2022

Are human beings essentially good in character? Is love a fundamental principle in creation? Or is there truth in the concept of ‘original sin’, which has played a big part in much religious thought? On first glance, it might appear that these two ideas are opposites. In fact, both are...

REDISCOVERING THE LAWS OF LOVE

January 10, 2022

There was a time when I thought true love meant to give one’s all to another person—to sacrifice oneself in a relationship, living for the other rather than for oneself. It didn’t work! In today’s world, most of us have limitations that make us hungry for support. If one person...

REDISCOVERING THE LAWS OF LOVE

January 8, 2022

There was a time when I thought true love meant to give one’s all to another person—to sacrifice oneself in a relationship, living for the other rather than for oneself. It didn’t work! In today’s world, most of us have limitations that make us hungry for support. If one person...

SEIZING THE REINS OF YOUR LIFE

December 4, 2021

In today’s world, most of us are led to think of ourselves as material, physical beings, with no soul. Science has claimed to explain how everything—even the utter miracle of a single living cell of our bodies, which is like a city in its complexity—arrived here through chance events taking...

How to experience real love in life

November 6, 2021

It is impossible to desire something that one has never experienced. If you were to ask any number of people what they really desire, the majority would probably answer, ‘to love and be loved’. A life bereft of love, is no life at all. That means that everyone you know...

SET BOUNDARIES, TAKE BACK CONTROL

October 2, 2021

Some cultures encourage open expression of feelings, whether of love or joy, hatred or sad-ness. Others put a high value on being respectful and restrained. Whichever way we have been brought up, most of us wish to be kind towards others and find a way to help at times of...

Developing confidence in our own judgement

August 21, 2021

We sometimes find ourselves agonising over decisions, even seemingly unimportant ones. Why is this? One reason is a lack of confidence, springing from long-held habits of being pulled and pushed by external circumstances, and conflicting offers of advice from others. Another is that if there is something going on inside...

ONLY GOD CAN GET US OUT OF THIS MESS

July 17, 2021

Forty years ago, I was very ambitious and driving myself hard as a reporter in the competitive environment of the UK’s daily newspapers. I was working as a medical and science correspondent, and had gradually become aware of how unsustainable my scoop-seeking way of life was. I learned from doctors...

How to be free from false perceptions

June 12, 2021

The essence of problems that many of us face is that we have two selves, and their interests do not always coincide. One is the sense of self acquired over time. As soon as we are born, we are surrounded by instructions and information and experiences that slowly build an...