Traditionally, societies are organized around the functions that their members perform. If we look at Maslow’s pyramid, we can see that the hierarchy of needs in the pyramid follows the structure of ancient societies. The peasants who make up the base provide for subsistence needs. The warriors provide security through their mastery of the art of war. The clerics contribute…
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One can do without all books, yet all books are essential to live and to like living. Hafid Aggoune In the age of YouTube and Instagram, the book seems to have lost some of its glory. The text remains of course present, if only in the emails we receive, the titles of videos we still make the effort to read,…
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Reconnecting with the pleasure of enjoying the present moment What drives us to want to be productive all the time is ultimately a lack of discernment about what is truly essential in our lives. Without a sense of accomplishment in the day, we can wander around for hours trying to figure out what would desperately give us that feeling. The…
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The moment of epiphany is not what you think Sometimes it’s only at the bottom of the hole that we begin to see the light and understand what’s happening to us. We are all looking for a moment of epiphany, that is to say the one that reveals the hidden meaning of existence when everything seems dark, opaque or confused.…
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To philosophize is to try to elevate one’s thinking by devoting one’s cognitive resources to objects that are both more conceptual and profound (cf. article on the levels of discussion). It forces us to take height while asking ourselves the most essential questions of our existence. It is a habit to integrate ideally into one’s daily life in the manner…
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This cherished parent, gone without saying goodbye. This eternal love, which nevertheless goes away, leaving an emptiness that silence fills with gravity. This look that we will never meet again. Those sweet words of yesteryear whose echoes warm and chill us at the same time. These tender moments that we replay, like vestiges of a time now distant. This memory…
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There are two ways to live: in God or only by God. We all live by God who governs the laws of the cosmos. However, few of us live in God. Our attention is often diverted to more tangible entities that ultimately manage to steer our existence in an entirely different direction. The development of our God consciousness will tend…
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According to the Hindu tradition, there are three types of happiness: a selfish happiness, one that is indifferent to that of others and another that contributes to that of others. What we are often shown as an image of happiness is finally a selfish happiness, made of consumption of luxury objects where the individual is brought to the pinnacle. Why…
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There are two types of plants, those that survive despite an unfavorable environment and those that disappear. Those that manage to grow despite constraints are not quite the same as what their genetic heritage had programmed for them. This explains the genetic mutations afterwards. On the other hand, the plants that do not survive did not want to modify or…
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According to the Robert dictionary, being authentic means “expressing a deep truth about oneself and not superficial habits, conventions”. Authenticity is the result of a journey that we have undertaken to go deep within ourselves to find out who we are. It is the external projection of an intimate quest that can take decades. It is the purest expression of…
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