“Fish Love” They say true love is eternal. And while this statement is correct, by default we are unable to sense it this way. The love we sense through our inherently egocentric and subjective nature is – as wise sages call it – “fish love”. We love something that tastes good. In other words we … More Eternal Love
The Magical Harp According to Jewish oral tradition: “…In the middle of the night, as the wind changed direction, it would blow across the strings, and the harp would begin to be played by the wind. David would awaken with inspiration to these mystical sounds, pick up his harp, and sing his deepest feelings to … More David’s Harp
Mistaken Belief In Freedom We are born with an inherent, stubborn belief in freedom. We all think that at least to a certain extent we make decisions on our own, that at least to a certain extent we can influence our fate. Even people who believe in concepts like karma make seemingly independent decisions on … More Absolute Freedom
Egocentric Rollercoaster Life is a constant rollercoaster, we go through violent ups and downs all the time. By default these changes are one dimensional, observed by our inherently self-serving, self-justifying nature through a completely subjective perception. Up or down means “sweet or bitter” meaning whether the states, events we go through are good or bad … More The Miracle Of Freezing The Moment
Thriving For Knowledge We all have the so called animate (food, sex, family) and social (wealth, power, knowledge) desires imprinted in us by birth, and we all go through them during our lives. It is not accidental that “knowledge” is placed at the top of this desire pyramid. Getting to know our environment, the system … More The Scientist
Locked Into Our Own Caves Although even modern science suggests that our perception of reality is introverted and completely subjective, we still don’t realize how deeply flawed, unreal the world is that we seemingly see around ourselves. Due to our inherently self-serving, self-justifying nature our perception of reality serves the completely egocentric “pleasure/pain” calculations. Thus … More Observing Reality With Eyes Shut
Seeing A Terrible World We feel existing in a hostile, crisis ridden world. All our lives we are competing, fighting for resources, survival, trying to outsmart others, succeeding at their expense. Today we have reached the unprecedented stage where on one hand we realized that we inevitably act this way driven by our inherently selfish, … More Restoring The Picture
At Evolutionary Crossroads Today Humanity is in a desperate, seemingly unsolvable crisis. We keep reassuring ourselves that it is just one of those historic cycles that happen time after time, and even if there is a violent explosion like war, economic meltdown, we will recover and start building again. But this is not true any … More Two Tier Education
Midlife Crisis Midlife crisis is an elemental paradigm shift in one’s life that erupts while the person is seemingly, completely unprepared. It usually comes in life when one finally reached a certain peak of adult development, establishing a family, profession, secure existence, inching, turning towards retirement age. Today interestingly such paradigm shift appears in earlier … More Escaping Midlife Crisis
Doubtful Elijah As the sources of Judaism describe, after King Solomon’s reign Jews have forsaken their traditions, customs including circumcision which is their primary sign of covenant with the Creator since Abraham. Prophet Elijah complained to the all encompassing source of reality about this great sin, but he was rebutted and was forced to attend … More On Elijah’s Chair
Entering The Force-Field 