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The Buddha said that life is suffering and the cause of suffering was the pursuit of material happiness. I believe this is correct, and the bible suggests this in many places. One thing that causes suffering is the...

As a Christian, I believe that what goes around comes around and it does not just come around but it comes around to haunt you. This is not my word, but the word of a guy I used to talk to at school who became a doctor. I...

Why you are ugly. A lot of people might read that title and feel offended, but it’s very simple.2 words... Beauty. Standards. Beauty standards are always changing, no one can catch up. It’s an ever lasting chase of...

For those of you who have not heard of the book, a young shepherd boy travels all over the world to find treasure and than discovers the treasure he was seeking was hidden all along behind the church in his home town that...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YE3bdcTz7rg There's so many things one can say about life: Life is precious, life is hard, life is stressful, life is unfair, life is what you make it. But one thing that's a constant is life...

An update I know I haven't posted in a while, so here's what happened: I met my boyfriend's parents - they really liked me and I couldn't be more thrilled to get such a positive response. His dad offered to gift us an...

In the modern day, it’s not hard to realise women are living in constant paranoia and fear of men. Woman these days get untreated STILL even after we have RISKED our lives and fought for years for our small piece of...

A relationship is not a soul tie or a bondage of egos or a possessive ownership of yourself by others or of others, it is a shared sentiment of dualistic companionship and combined individuals who chose out of their own...

In my opinion abortions are NEEDED. Imagine a 13 year old girl being pregnant, she would be way to young and weak to push out a whole baby it would be dangerous. The obvious way to go is abortion, the child will be safe...

In this story, a cripple chooses to situate himself in close proximity to a famed Angel capable of healing people by the waters of miraculous blessing but he lacks the auxiliary power and physical strength to open up his...

Let me just preface this by saying that these are MY opinions. I understand that other people will have different ones and that is absolutely fine, but please don't come on here acting like you don't know how to have an...

This image can be both a stairwell or an escalator depending on whether the manufacturer chooses to activate the electricity grid beneath it. In the same way, some of our goals are conquered by stair climbing up obstacles...

I like when you are... So there's a lot of negativity in the world, a lot of things to feel negative about. It's legit, I know. There are some topics I want to tackle, and eventually will; I've got half-written...

I believe that 666 is a symbol for deception and practicing deceit and falsehood. To carry the mark on the forehead is to be blind to God’s Justice. To carry the mark on the right hand, is to know God’s Justice but lie...

Lockdown has been an opportunity for me to grow spiritually. It has been a paradise for me. I had lots of time to reflect, ask questions and have new hobbies. I realised that I had been living a very robotic life....

The way I interpret this verse on a good measure that is shaken together is that giving people more social credit than the deserve leads to you being blessed beyond what you deserve so you must error on the side of...

The way I interpret this verse is that you must spend your riches wisely, when you have far more than you need, you must invest your extras in serving your family and your society and the charitable causes or institutions...

The cosmic universe has different degrees of internal architecture, some of that architecture is alterable and some of it is not, some of our powers are self imposed and other powers of ours are other imposed. The fact...

No I’m not saying that I’m a saint, there were times in the last few years where I felt upset over the achievements of others rather than happy, but God had been kind enough to show me that my way of thinking and viewing...

I am 32 and only really just coming to terms with the fact that as a woman, my weight and how I look really is secondary to my happiness. I spent a great deal of my 20’s feeling a bit unloveable and ultimately that led me...