Society
Only recently I learnt about the Bright Philosophy. The definition of a Bright is “a person whose worldview is naturalistic–free of supernatural and mystical elements. A Bright’s ethics and actions are based on a naturalistic worldview” and “naturalistic” means “conceiving of reality as natural (not supernatural)”.… Read the rest
Mentale Werkzeuge
Fundamentalisten sind Anhänger eines Glaubens, einer Religion oder irgendeines …ismus, die bereit sind, ihre Annahmen mit Gewalt zu verteidigen. Sie tolerieren keine anderen Glaubenssätze.
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Bücher
Der kolumbianische Schriftsteller Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913-1994) lebte die meiste Zeit seines Lebens in Kolumbien, ohne sich doch dort wirklich heimisch zu fühlen. Don Nicolás arbeitete in seiner Bibliothek (more…)
Positive Feeling
A Gallup poll a while back reported 2 out of 3 Americans suffer from low self-esteem and, presumably, a lack of self-love and for Europe it is probably the same. Low self-esteem is maybe the greatest “disease” in the Western world.… Read the rest
Positive Feeling
You are sitting in the garden, the traffic is passing by and there are many noises and many sounds. You just close your eyes and try to find the subtlest sound there is around you. (more…)
Mental-Tools
Carl Gustav Jung introduced the term of synchronicity into psychology. He understood by this that what is in your mind manifests outside.He didn’t go as far as saying that each person creates reality, but he was aware of synchronicities which couldn’t be only accidentally.… Read the rest
Bildung, Gesellschaft/Politik
“Blasphemie (altgr. ἡ βλασφημία, τῆς βλασφημίας – blasphêmía – die ‚Rufschädigung‘, zusammengesetzt aus βλάπτειν – bláptein – ‚Schaden bringen‘, ‚benachteiligen‘ und ἡ φήμη – phếmê oder dorisch ἡ φάμα – pháma – ‚die Kunde‘, ‚der Ruf‘) bezeichnet das Verhöhnen oder Verfluchen bestimmter Glaubensinhalte einer Religion.… Read the rest
