’ In times of uncertainty, and whereas you feel you've done all you can, maybe you're feeling as despairing as I've been feeling: where life just feels like a limbo -- it doesn't seem to get any better and really, you've been doing the best you can to live a life that compliments what you feel would give you a sense of purpose. If things aren't working work, and the overall picture of life doesn't seem to look like it's getting any better -- I mean, look around; all the neg

Why I love what rationalistic thinking does for me: Just as the title suggests, I guess for my part, I would I rather understand reality than live a lie. For some reason, every time the world seems so -- insane to me, I think about this idea: “At least for me pain is obvious. If I can identify it, I can fight it. But confusion is more subtle, it’s torture in the mind. For me, it’s a concept worse than literal pain.” -The Sixth The thing is, it seems that nearly every da

I was curious the other day. In my own personal life, I’ve started to actually see the drawbacks of what physical stress and despair was doing to my health. Indifference, and apathy towards my life, and a feeling of being personally convinced that in this doomed world I have no power to fight getting dragged down by it. As someone who has trained many clients in physical fitness and wellness, I knew all along that thinking positive couldn’t be anything but beneficial to

Schools don't teach you metaphysics. They're not allowed to --- whatever practical values (and I'm not talking trying to prove or disprove a deity, but virtues that are being mastered) that any religion might offer, they are cut down because we are afraid that a school may start to impose one particular religious doctrine on everyone else. As a result of living in our fears, no one benefits with a deeper understanding of the other essential variables that really matter to