Whenever we find something which works for us, whether it is a new found insight, religion, worldview, diet, workout program, meditation technique, etc., it is natural for us to want to spread the “good news” to others. We do this because we are …
It has been mind-blowing to come to these insights into the origins of Christianity, the nature of life, death, and Oneness. Wikipedia defines a delusion as “A belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.” This sums up typical religiosity …
It is amazing how tenacious the human mind is in demanding explanations for everything. For whatever reason, most of us simply cannot accept the emptiness of the question, of not knowing. For most of us, not having answers is a …
There is an aversion in our society to the word “myth” because we believe this means a story is untrue. That is not at all the case. Myths, from Ancient Greece such as the “Iliad” and “Odyssey” of Homer, to the modern ”Star …
When I was in college, I took a class in which I studied different religions as well as atheism and agnosticism. This class had a profound affect on my spiritual path, as I was absorbed in the writings and theories of Immanuel Kant, John …
I have recently come across a very entertaining website entitled “God Is Imaginary.” The author is quite engaging and intellectually brilliant in his arguments for atheism and the absurdity of traditional notions of God, the afterlife, Biblical scripture, spiritual realms, …
Last time, during our exploration on death, we discovered there is no such thing as a “self essence” or an indivdual “eternal soul” that lives on forevermore after physical death since essence is of the One, not the many. For since there is truly …
And now we come to the great question… a topic so thoroughly contemplated and pondered throughout the ages in all cultures and within all walks of life… the subject of death. What is death? So many of us contemplate whether or …
What is faith? The Apostle Paul says, in Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” The more I read Paul, the more I hear him resemble the …
In our last exploration, we discovered the fact humanity’s pattern of living under fear, ego results in all the miseries of human life, including living under the “law” of reward and punishment, corruption, betrayal, insecurity, anger, drive-by shootings, poverty, the entire …