The New Middle AgesThe Middle Ages, or Dark Ages as they are sometimes called, were an over a thousand years historical period between the 5th and 15th centuries. Although the history of these ten centuries is varied and diverse, medieval times are characterized as times of ignorance and superstition, where …
The Worst Addiction: Unhappiness
The Worst Addiction: UnhappinessAddiction is acknowledged as a huge human problem, destroying lives, finances and bodies. When you add statistics of drug and alcohol addictions to statistics about all other, self destructive albeit usually legal common addictions such as smoking, gambling, porn, infidelity, workaholism, food, internet, adrenaline etc, it appears …
Life OS
Life OSThe Paradox of LifeOS: The operating system of LIFE From the moment we are born, we start building the software that governs our thoughts, actions and feelings. We are tutored constantly, at first without words, through our experiences, through the approval or disapproval of our parents, through the instinctual …
What is happiness?
What is happiness?Happiness is what every human being supposedly strive for, the elusive Holy Grail for every human being. But what exactly is Happiness? Wikipedia, the symbol of humanity’s collective knowledge and opinion openly and frankly admits: Happiness is a fuzzy concept and can mean many different things to many …
The cause of depression
The cause of depressionThe World Health Organization, the world’s foremost authority on human health, has declared a state of emergency and a call to arms to all the Health ministries and all scientists to combat an epidemic that they project will overcome heart disease as the number one killer, the …
What is enlightenment?
What is enlightenment?In most spiritual practices and pursuits, the concept of Enlightenment looms as an ultimate goal, but what exactly is it? If you google “what is enlightenment?” you first get a dictionary definition as follows: en·light·en·ment inˈlītnmənt,enˈlītnmənt/ noun 1.the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. “Robbie …
The Placebo Effect
The Placebo EffectThe placebo effect and its polar opposite, the nasty nocebo The placebo effect is defined as the measurable, observable, or subjectively felt improvement in health or behavior (such as pain or stress reduction) not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. It has been …