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Looking at Suffering
We should never forget the suffering. Numbers don’t suffer. People do. Children and mothers and fathers, as you know. Husbands and wives. We know. Should we then all keep thinking about the suffering of so many who are in misery? Yes, we should, in a way. Of course, we cannot, for several reasons. We don’t Read the full article…
Solipsism vs. Compassion
Solipsism and Compassion may seem like opposites, yet they both grow from the same root: the sense that self and world are not as separate as they appear. One turns this into a prison of isolation, the other into a garden of connectedness. This blog explores how the two almost touch, why they diverge so Read the full article…