Just before Buddha died somebody asked him: 'When a buddha dies where does he go? Does he survive or simply disappear into nothingness?' Buddha has been reported to have said: 'Just like a white cloud disappearing ...' A white cloud is a mystery, the coming, the going, the very being of it. A white cloud exists without any ...

The Human body is created from elements which are created from quantum particles, which are fused into elements in stars. This is true without exception. All proteins, cells, etc. are composed of elements. Elements are made in stars. Chemistry, biology, and physics confirm we are made of star stuff. We are star stuff. If everything is star ...

From classical antiquity through the 19th century, science as a type of knowledge was more closely linked to philosophy than it is now. In fact, in the West the term natural philosophy encompassed fields of study that are today associated with science such as physics, astronomy, medicine, among many others. As a slow process over centuries, the word science ...

The most fascinating thing about science is the ideas, is the lifting of the Human spirit. - We can justify what we do by the technological spinoffs, and it's true General Relativity is esoteric, but you couldn't use your GPS machine without it. Turns out the effects of General Relativity into satellites have to be incorporated, if not, within ...

I do not own anything. I do not own a car. I do not own a house. I do not own any appliances or any clothes. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service. We have access to transportation, accommodation, food and all the things we need in our daily lives. One by one all ...

Greed, hatred, and delusion are known as the three poisons, the three unwholesome roots, and the three fires. Greed refers to your selfishness, misplaced desire, attachment, and grasping for happiness and satisfaction outside of yourself. Hatred refers to your anger, aversion and repulsion toward unpleasant people, circumstances, and even toward your own uncomfortable feelings. Delusion refers to your ...

Mind wandering, independent thought, spontaneous thinking, free associating, creative imagining are some of the terms to describe what occurs to your mind when you notice its functioning, or when you allow it the freedom to be in its natural condition: open, aware and spontaneously fluid. Freedom of mind is being increasingly declared as undesirable. Seduced by a ...

You do not have to take on everything at once, in fact, it is better if you do not. Start small and just take the first step. Small actions can build on each other but you need to take that first step. Big goals can be daunting, but focusing only the next action allows you to make ...

Now, once we start to examine people's lives of course we have to look at the larger picture. Because no baby is born independently or could survive independently. Children are born into a culture, they are born into a Society, they are born into an economic situation, they are born into a whole set of circumstances, which they didn't choose and over which ...

As an adult you have been forced into a World of responsibility and practicality where money, bills, and jobs (many of which we hate) dictate how you live, breathe, and experience the World. Dreaming of what can be allows you to use your imagination again, reminding you what it feels like to be passionate about something. Somewhere ...

All energies of life have in them a possibility of an excess, of going too far. When you bring up your children, when you tell your children your various far-out ideas and the children suddenly believe in them. 'I'm horrified! Oh, my god, what will they do next?' But everybody feels that way in regard to the ...

One of the most challenging things about being the parent to a child with Down syndrome is the never-ending quest to change the World into a more accessible and nonjudgmental place. Through everyday situations, it often hits home just how far we as a Society still need to go. The reality today is that prevailing negative attitudes, ...

There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses a child. When our parents die we are orphans. When our spouse dies, we are widowed. When a child dies we are speechless. In the natural order of things, parents are not meant to bury their children. You must readapt to a new ...

Girls feel empowered, except when it comes to being judged on how they look. Girls have been told they can be anything they want to be, and it shows. They are seizing opportunities closed to previous generations - in science, math, sports and leadership. But they are also getting another message: What they look like matters more ...

Life has changed so much with the advancement of technology, changing cultural norms, new priorities, and new forms of communication. It is a natural question what the importance of the family is, a dying institution that has no place in modern life or just as relevant as it ever was. The definition of family has evolved, ...