"You are only confined by the walls you build yourself." Artwork - Marcel Ayme
“Can the purpose of a relationship be to trigger our wounds? In a way, yes, because that is how healing happens; darkness must be exposed before it can be transformed. The purpose of an intimate relationship is not that it be a place where we can hide from our weaknesses, but rather where we can ...
This is another verse about being overly proud. In this verse a good man did wrong unknowingly. His pride however prevented him from admitting his mistake and apologizing. His actions caused the people stress until he finally humbled himself and apologized. There are many verses in the Odu about the dangers of pride and the ...
“As we watch the process in which the soul becomes thought or speech, we notice that many a time we ease ourselves into convenient clichés that have little of the new insight in them. Once more we are trapped by habits that are the dunghills upon which the creeds feed. It takes vigilance and humble ...
LUNGS ON FIRE Soon after the indigenous tribes win the law suite against the fascist government, to save half a million acres of rainforest from getting drilled for oil, the forest catches fire. Sounds more like Arson. The Amazon has been burning for 17 days, the lungs of the planet providing 20% of the oxygen, ...
We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicines but less healthiness. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble in crossing the street to meet our new ...
According to the Egyptians, the human being is born with seven souls which are in a way the potential powers of the seven planets in man. The souls are manifested through the seven senses, the seven vital organs, and the seven bodily systems. Each of the seven souls has its planetary name. Saturn is the contemplative ...
"In order for true love to exist, the complete and mystical communion of man and woman is necessary in all the levels of their heart and mind. The union of a man and a woman, in essence, is a supernatural act, a reminiscence of paradise, the most beautiful of all praises dedicated to the Creator ...