Blog posts Philosophical or historical digressions

Do religious “facts” matter?

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According to some estimates, there are at least 4200 religious and spiritual traditions. This doesn’t even count isolated cultures around the globe, nor all those [Read More…]

Blog posts Philosophical or historical digressions

The intricate relationship between religions, societies and marriage

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Something that accomunates most religions ( and secular traditions a well) is that we find a lot of emphasis on prescriptions, recommendations or perspectives about [Read More…]

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The self-overcoming principle: from martial arts to Nietzsche, a mindset to change the world

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One of the core ideas I promote is that it is better to replace our natural judgemental attitude (assigning values, categories, and making comparisons) with [Read More…]

Blog posts Scientific digressions The (Subtle) Evil Demon - Book excerpts

Why the sky is blue? The REAL reason will blow your mind

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Did you ever wondered why is the sky blue? I bet you did. As children, we wonder about anything, don’t we? Some of us, eventually, [Read More…]

Blog posts The practice of karma - Finding love and beauty in the world

What is REALLY wrong with labels

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I’d like you to imagine that I (or, even better, someone close to you, perhaps someone you love) called you stupid, bad, loser, ugly, worthless, [Read More…]

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The Holy Sound of Thunder and the meaning of spirituality in everyday life

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Today I’d like to share with you an interesting story coming from Hindu sacred texts. It is a myth describing a supernatural meaning of thunders. [Read More…]

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Illusions and insights

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The clearest example of the active nature of our perception is probably the existence of many illusions that can fool us. You probably already have [Read More…]

Blog posts Illusions and reality The (Subtle) Evil Demon - Book excerpts

The saccadic masking – one of the most impressive examples that our perception of reality is illusory

One of the core principles I often refer to in my work is that the content of our mind is fundamentally illusory, and thus that [Read More…]