The scarcity of a commodity In a society of affluence, the last thing we have access to is gratitude. How can we explain this paradox? Is it the fact of possessing that makes us hostage to our own possessions? Or is it that the consumerist ideology is incompatible with gratitude because it induces an ungrateful satiety? Gratitude = happiness? Gratitude…
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In a society that makes joy and good humor injunctions, it is difficult to live or at least to express moments of sadness. Why is it like this? Has it always been this way? Life is made of ups and downs. The painful moments, we must hide them, they must not pass the threshold of our door. Social networks are…
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Krav Maga lessons applied to real life. The arts of war teach us life. Life teaches us the art of war. There are some skills that we would be happy to confine to training, knowing how to defend ourselves from a physical attack is one of them. But as you know, it is when you are best prepared for war…
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We don’t all have the choice to become rich but we can all make the choice to be poorer. Poverty is most often suffered, that’s why it’s obscene to promote it, that’s why I shouldn’t really use the term poverty but rather those of frugality or sobriety. He who is happy no longer desires, he who desires is no…
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There are only a few people who have the privilege of being ahead of their time. Roughly speaking, we all live more or less at the same time, and as we get older, we end up being caught up with time and finally living out of step with the others. To be able to belong to the future, we have…
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You are not your thoughts Yes, it’s a bit of a mouthful to say, as the Buddhist teachings have already described this reality. However, you can prove it to yourself. You are at the same time a body (the physical), a heart (your emotions), a mind (your intellect) and a soul. In a society dominated by reason, we put thought…
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Why do members of the same family end up not getting along? As I look around me, I realize that all families have their problems, their unspoken words, their stories, their dark sides, their resentments engraved in stone etc. Why so much hate? Family relationships are imposed, not chosen Unlike friends, family members are imposed on us. It is birth…
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Growing up is not easy, some people stop doing it. Let’s see what the 3 stages of our evolution are. The child inherits and assimilates Childhood is characterised by the search for one or more models to imitate. Being a child means finding a mentor figure who shapes us. The basis of all learning is to imitate what others have…
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Humanity has followed a path that has materialised in a particular trajectory with regard to the notion of wealth. In time immemorial, wealth was spiritual power. In hunter-gatherer tribes, it was always the shamans who ruled over other humans. The land belonged to no one, since they had not yet initiated the sedentarisation that followed the mastery of agriculture. As…
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We are increasingly told that it is wrong to have an ego and even an identity. While this idea is rooted in philosophical or spiritual traditions (Taoism, Buddhism, etc.), it is also the work of new age movements that propose ways to achieve happiness. While it is true that it is rather disabling to have an oversized ego, it is…
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