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So this is Christmas?

Nov 26, 2015

“We are close to Christmas. There will be lights, there will be parties, bright trees, even Nativity scenes — all decked out — while the world continues to wage war.
Terror attacks in Paris … and Beirut

Nov 20, 2015

The world is reeling after 129 people were killed in Paris by terrorist gun and bomb attacks at a concert hall, bars, restaurants and the main sports
Faith, doubt, dark nights and maturity

Nov 20, 2015

In one of his books on contemplative prayer, Thomas Keating shares with us a line that he occasionally uses in spiritual direction.
Healing – a theory

Nov 13, 2015

All of us live with some wounds, bad habits, addictions, and temperamental ? aws that are so deeply ingrained and long-standing that it seems like they are part of our genetic make-up.
In the beginning was the Word…the power of words

Nov 13, 2015

We are immersed in words, in various forms, in everyday life — the printed word, the published word, the written word, the spoken word through discussions. Words, words, words — so many words that we sometimes despair that we have an information overload in this digital age.
Religion, secular thought, and health and happiness

Nov 06, 2015

There is no such thing as pure objectivity, a view that is free of all bias.
Socrates, thinking critically, and the 1MDB debate

Nov 06, 2015

The ability to think critically and analyse the reality of the day is, perhaps, the starting point on the road to wisdom and understanding.
Displacing ego and narcissism

Oct 30, 2015

The Buddhists have a little axiom that explains more about ourselves than we would like.
Turn to user-pay model is hurting the rakyat

Oct 29, 2015

closer look at the various measures introduced in the recently unveiled budget reveals to us that the trend towards weakened social solidarity is continuing.
The stigma of suicide

Oct 22, 2015

Recently I read, in succession, three books on suicide, each written by a mother who had lost one of her children to suicide.