The sun was on the top of the Egyptian pantheon. Why is this so? It’s simply because all lives depend on it. Why should we revere the sun and seek to emanate its qualities? First, we need to appreciate the inner qualities of the sun in order give it a human dimension (personify it). The sun is radiant, it gives…
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As the saying goes, we preach more by our actions than by our words. Let us be even more extreme in this regard. Let us not ever speak a single word to tell somebody off. It seems impossible, doesn’t it? It may seem to be self-repressing. Indeed, sometimes we may have to speak our minds, but it needs to be…
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When it comes to communication and consciousness raising to a wide audience, video seems to be the hype media. Indeed, we are attending to an overwhelming phenomenon which takes youth up by conquering all their attention. Are we returning to a non-littered civilization? Probably not, but we may move back to an ideographic one in which people (especially youngsters) prefer…
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Our modern education system is flawed. It has been designed to serve an economic machine which is contrary to its origins when it emerged in Greece. Indeed, the word school comes from the Greek word (by the intermediate of old French eschole) σχολή, skholế which literally means “leisure”, “free time” or “rest”. According to its roots, the goal of school…
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Human nature does not exist, it is an ideological construction aimed at reaffirming the supremacy of the human over the animal in an anthropocentrist and specististic vision. Has anyone ever heard of equine or canine nature, no, since he is the horse and the dog in the same group, the one of the animal, the of nature. When one reads…
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We all grew up in a society that shaped a large part of our identity. Some culture are more rigid than others which explains why it is difficult for some to define their identity. Indeed, some communities don’t let too much room to its members to define themselves. Sometimes, it happens that from birth to death, our behavior may only…
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As yoga becomes a worldwide craze – and especially in the West –, it seems that it has lost its essence in many of its representations. Indeed, most of school insist on the physicality and the performance forgetting its roots and the meaning of it. It is actually totally fine to learn yoga as a physical practice but you may…
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More and more societies get westernized This trend is not only the result of the economy or technologies. On the pillar of westernization of non-western countries is done through the education system. Did you know that before the democratization of education, family was the main institution to train people for a job. This explains why countries like India were cast…
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Monogamy is quite recent when it comes to human history. Indeed, although it appears naturally in some animals, in mankind it emerges as a social norm from the Neolithic. Monogamy was practiced by humans prior to this period but it was patchily adopted among hunter-gatherers. Form this time people started to cultivate crops, they were more inclined to choose monogamy…
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Your child is not necessarily of your blood Parenting seems to be an important stage in someone’s life. Unfortunately, not everyone is honored with such a gift. Indeed, many people strive to have a child or simply adopt one and are unsuccessful in this undertaking. So should they be sadden by this incapacity or maybe take a time to reflect…
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