Withthe holidays just around the corner, brightly-lit stores display a mind-boggling variety of tempting products for sale. “Buy! Buy! Buy!” scream the advertisements. Showing you images of ecstatic people receiving gifts, the advertisements seem to tell you that the...
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream.—Children’s Folk song This children’s song is well known and popular. Behind its simple rhyme lies a profound truth—life is like a dream. How can this be true?...
Wars, economic uncertainty, political instability, heinous crime, exploitation of people and the planet, extreme weather and natural disasters—these are just a few of the conditions that cause great suffering to millions around the world. Why can’t we seem to find the...
Humans are driven by two innate urges—the desire to free ourselves from sorrow and find happiness. Our entire lives revolve around these basic instincts. We seek to achieve these goals in four ways— by gaining security in life, indulging in what brings us pleasure,...
A sudden tornado in Ottawa area last week, hurricane Florence in the US Carolinas, raging wild fires in California, super typhoon Manghut in the Philippines and China, tropical storm Lane in Hawaii, earthquakes in Mexico, Venezuela and Indonesia, massive flooding in...
Like corn that decays and is born again, the mortal like corn is born again. —Katha Upanishad 1.1.6. Since we are born, it’s certain that we will all die one day. Yet instead of embracing the inevitable, we deny it and fear it. Death portends the end of all that we...
