Materialism is the belief that everything in reality, including consciousness, results from material interactions. This is closely related to physicalism, the view that all that exists is fundamentally physical. In the materialistic view, the mind is nothing more than...
In the last few years, I have been exploring what some call the meaning crisis. There are many ways to conceive of this crisis but at its core is the collapse of our ability to make sense of our lives. In a way, this crisis is a natural by-product of our imbalanced...
As the fire of this year fizzles out, I am called to reflect on it. Once again, I am reminded about the unpredictable and indeterminate nature of life. We can have an intricate vision, we can plan and organize but ultimately life unfolds in a way that is beyond our...
A few years back I came across a rebel wisdom podcast featuring Iain McGhilchrist, a psychiatrist who has been studying brain hemispheres differences for decades. In the episode, McGhilchrist shares his theory of the divided brain which suggests that there is an...
When we look within ourselves one of the questions that often arises is “What is my purpose?” What follows is usually an endless loop of getting nowhere. Not because we don’t have a purpose but because the idea of purpose is usually thought about in complicated and...