There is a beautiful Hindu story about the beauty and usefulness of cracks. Throughout our lives, we allow the freshest and most creative parts of our being to pass through them. The main character of the story is a water bearer from India who carried two large pots hanging from each end of a stick … Read more
Once at the bottom of a large crystal river lived a community of beings. The river flow calmly streamed over all of them – young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, following its path, knowing only its crystal self. Each creature in its own way clung tightly to branches and rocks at the … Read more
As we walk the paths of Tolkien’s heroes, a deep longing for adventure like Bilbo’s or Frodo’s surely awakens in many of us. Or the need to return and restore our destroyed home like Thorin’s. We could also imagine ourselves as one of their companions, ready to follow them on their journey, or find ourselves … Read more
For a long time, it was believed that the American continent was uninhabited until about 11,500 years ago when Asian and Siberian tribes, following mammoths in hunting, crossed the Bering Strait, which became passable during the Ice Age. According to genetic analysis, present-day Native American tribes are indeed direct descendants of Asian tribes. However, genetic … Read more
“When God created time, he said nothing about hurry, African proverb says. However, regardless of that, the fact is that time escapes us. We suffer from a chronic lack of time. Our time is measured by a chronometer, or a clock, while in other cultures time was weighed, which was the task of Kairos, the … Read more
Plutarch, a Greek philosopher and biographer, was born around 46 in Chaeronea in Boeotia, at a time when Greek culture was in decline. Due to his great erudition and noble character, he gained much respect not only in Greece but also in Rome. For many years, he served as a priest in the most famous … Read more
