Do not believe what you have heard. Do not believe in tradition because it is handed down many generations. Do not believe in anything that has been spoken of many times. Do not believe because the written statements come from some old sage. Do not believe in conjecture. Do not believe in authority or teachers or elders. ...

In recorded history since 3600 BC, over 14.500 major wars have killed close to four billion people. In armed conflicts since 1945, 90% of all casualties have been civilians compared to 50% in the Second World War and 10% in the First World War. Women and children are the main victims of violence in war and peace. ...

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. - Jiddu Krishnamurti Society loves to point at you and judge you without thinking a moment but deep down they just do not care. They would rather look outside than inside and discover that they might not be as good as they say. ...

Cities are part of the system we have invented to keep people alive on Earth. People tend to like cities, and have been congregating in them ever since the invention of agriculture, 10,000 years ago. That is why we call it civilisation. This origin story underlines how agriculture made cities possible, by providing enough food to feed a ...

Over 30,000 whales have been killed as a result of loopholes that allow some countries to continue hunting. Ignoring the fact that whaling is inherently cruel and threatens the recovery of decimated whale populations, there is another impact being felt that which we are only just beginning to understand – whales change climate. There is unequivocal evidence ...

Social media, the first mass medium to allow you to publicly share your thoughts, feelings and life has become dangerously inauthentic. Everyone on social media is infected with the same problem: The very nature of it causes all users to be fake. You can and you do actually project an image of a life far better ...

In our culture, people buy more homes, more cars, more clothes, and more useless things that they just do not need. In your body there is a term that exemplifies this. Something in your body takes more than it needs. When it takes all that it can take, it kills the host and it dies too. ...

Out of every living organism on Earth, Humans are identified the closest with a virus. We expand uncontrollably, we destroy our host (Earth). We have no stable means of not eradicating ourselves without expanding to a new planet. These main characteristics define us as a virus. We did not make the choice to cure the World. We decided to stay ...

Does having someone massage your feet and polish your nails calm down your anxiety? Do you get nervous when your hair stylist is on vacation? What if you miss your regular waxing appointment? Imagine, or better do not imagine, your legs, your arms, your eyebrows or your pussy. Beauty routines can become addictive. Psychologists typically reserve the word addiction for ...

Being attracted to negative news is ingrained into the psyche. Biologically speaking, it is a trait that makes you aware of danger, and therefore more likely to avoid it. But in the modern World, the negative headlines do not help you avoid danger. In fact, the depressing news drag you into the biggest danger in the ...

Life exists here only because it teeters in a delicate and truly improbable balance. Our atmosphere, proximity to the sun, and countless other beautiful coincidences not only permit living things to survive and evolve, but also to thrive. And yet, here we are, sitting at desks and in coffee shops and walking down the street like ...

Buy a case and screen protector. Designate a safe place to keep and store your phone when not in use. Keep your phone dry. Clean your phone regularly. Recharge your cell phone regularly. Turn off the ringer on your phone when you are in a class. And most important do not use while driving. To stay safe ...

Smartphones provide you an escape from reality, an escape from what is. You have become a modern slave, enslaved to smartphones, and addicted. You have become addicted. You are addicted. Your brain on 'smartphone' is the same as your brain on 'cocaine'. You get an instant high every time your screen lights up with a new notification. 'SNS monitoring addiction', in which you ...

Often the main problem is not medical, it is loneliness. People need someone to listen to them, and to find purpose in life. Isolation is having a deep impact on physical health and there is a significant link between loneliness and life-span. The most common pathology is not heart disease or diabetes; it is loneliness. Loneliness is a ...

Bullying can occur in nearly any part in or around the school building, although it may occur more frequently during physical education classes and activities such as recess. Bullying also takes place in school hallways, bathrooms, on school buses and while waiting for buses, and in classes that require group work and/or after school activities. Bullying in ...