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Affirming better relationships

The physical world is, to a large extent, revealed to us in accordance with how we believe that it will be. This is particularly true in our relationships. Our thinking is not done in the physical world; it is done in the powerful astral world. Most of the time, most people think about the way things are, and form judgments about it. To some degree, thinking about what has already […]

Here's why words too have an emotional meaning

Many objects and people have an emotional meaning. From the last pair of woolen socks knitted by your grandmother to your child’s last toy, everything has an emotional attachment. Now, according to a new study, it turns out that the same applies to words as well. Turns out, people associate neutral signs, words and faces with their emotions within a few hours, weeks or months. The findings of the study […]

India vs Australia: Virat Kohli & Co script history, break 70-year-old jinx

A dominant India won a historic first-ever series in Australia on Monday with a 2-1 victory after play in the fourth and final Test in Sydney was abandoned due to rain. Australia were still 316 runs behind when the match was called off as a draw, leaving India with a series triumph after wins in Adelaide and Melbourne. Australia were all set to resume their second innings on six without […]

Religion is losing importance among Americans

The Pew Research Center undertook two distinct surveys during the end of 2017 to answer the perennial question: What gives life its meaning? The first survey involved an open-ended query asking Americans to describe what makes their individual lives satisfying, meaningful, or fulfilling. The second survey had a closed-ended or forced-choice question set asking them to rate the quantum of fulfillment and meaning which they get from each of 15 […]

Knowledge is not awareness

In our search for knowledge, in our acquisitive desires, we are losing love, we are blunting the feeling for beauty, the sensitivity to cruelty; we are becoming more and more specialized and less and less integrated. Wisdom cannot be replaced by knowledge, and no amount of explanation, no accumulation of facts, will free man from suffering. Knowledge is necessary, science has its place; but if the mind and heart are […]

Cheating behaviour, human nature and decision-making

Questions concerning human nature provoke controversy across disciplines, particularly when it comes to explaining evil or ‘immoral’ behaviours. Endeavours to explain actions that are considered immoral strike at a fundamental philosophical issue: whether people are innately good and it is the world that corrupts them; or whether people are innately evil and their tainted proclivities are more or less inevitable. While it is now apparent that the extreme version of […]

Love, hate, friendship and friendliness

Friendship is love without any biological tones; it has become a rare phenomenon. It used to be a great thing in the past, but a few great things in the past have completely disappeared. It is strange that ugly things are stubborn; they don’t die easily; and beautiful things are fragile; they die and disappear very easily. Today, friendship is understood either in biological terms, economic terms, or in sociological […]

Volcano tsunami' hits Indonesia, 168 killed, nearly 700 injured

At least 43 people have been killed and over six hundred people have been wounded in a tsunami that hit Indonesia on Saturday and acknowledges that the injuries were severe as like the one who meets with accidents involving car vehicle. The tsunami is likely to have been caused by a volcano known as the “child” of the legendary Krakatoa, officials said. The death toll is likely to increase. The […]

Simple ways to cheer someone up

Life always has its ups and downs. But it’s not easy seeing someone we care about wear a frown. Whether it’s a bad break-up or a rough day at work, we would go through great lengths to make them feel better again. But sometimes, the way to cheer someone up is simpler than slaving in the kitchen all day. Just because you can’t give them an all-expense paid vacation doesn’t […]