In Bittersweet Contrast

Question: If you had the option to never experience sadness in your life again, would you take it? Answer: I never understood the “Hollywood version” of heaven, with its blissful tranquility, soothing colors, endless love and happiness “hanging in the air”… Even in the movie “Matrix”, the architect described how Human beings could not tolerate … More In Bittersweet Contrast

Grabbing Onto Hope

Question: If everything is truly meaningless and even depressing, why is there such as thing as hope inside all of us human beings? Answer: Your assessment and question is spot on! On one hand we are on a seemingly inevitable path of self-destruction, and at the same time we are still filled with hope that … More Grabbing Onto Hope

A Real, Tangible Spiritual Experience

Question: Are people who recount spiritual experiences for real or are they just deluding themselves? Answer: It depends on what we consider spirituality. “Spiritual” means “not corporeal”, more precisely it means above, beyond our inherently selfish, egoistic nature that defines our “corporeality”. For this reason a “true” spiritual experience is very sharp, without any doubts, … More A Real, Tangible Spiritual Experience

Changing Viewpoint

Question: If you could, what would you change in this life? Answer: Before we make any changes in life we first need to examine what “this life” is. Is there an independent reality around me with the inanimate, vegetative, animate and human levels of Nature? Can I make any absolute, objective assessment about what I … More Changing Viewpoint

Changing Opinion

Question: What’s something you were convinced was true but are now convinced is crazy? What changed your mind? Answer: I was convinced that I was in control of my life, I made all the decisions, that I was an independent individual. Now I can see how crazy this thought was! After all how can anybody … More Changing Opinion