Gavril Nikolaev 
. As self-imposed period of solitude comes to an end, you’re ready to open your heart. This is what Buddhist brahmavihara helps you to do by showing you how to practice metta, karuna, and mudita — three ancient meditation techniques that amplify your compassion in ever-widening circles. As you sit with your eyes closed and … Read more
It has been said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” This verse from the Bible reminded of another famous quote by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, He said: “If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for … Read more
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world,” Wendell Berry wrote in his beautiful paean to the world and all creation. Then he added: “We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption … Read more
“A fact is a truth unsexed,” Kahlil Gibran wrote in his book of aphorisms “Sand and Foam.” Unsexed but essential, facts help us distinguish reality from fiction, real news from fake news. A good journalist will shape them into reports that later produce the knowledge necessary for a free and self-governing public — one of … Read more