Khalil Gibran is a Lebanese-American poet and painter, of exceptional sensitivity and talent. In his life (1883 – 1931), he had the opportunity to get to know both the East and the West; he experienced many personal tragedies and losses, but also formed wonderful friendships and great loves. He was born in northern Lebanon, in … Read more
An attempt to explain women should be freed from demands and expectations, because every attempt to write about a woman is limited by rational discourse. To truly learn something about a woman and have a direct benefit from it in our life, we must empty our minds and be open to the new, as in … Read more
“Some say, ‘Everything!’ Others say, ‘Nothing!’ Nietzsche said, ‘He is dead!’ Atheists say, ‘He doesn’t exist at all!’ Perhaps the question should be posed in a different way: not, what does God do, but rather what does He do with us? I tried to find Him on the cross of Christians, but He wasn’t there. … Read more
A Bit of History Let’s turn our gaze back; let’s go back about thirty-two centuries. In a part of Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, there was a great city that we will later recognize as Troy. In this great city lived brave people who were attacked by others, equally brave people. There was a battle, conflict, … Read more
Safety is the fruit of knowledge Self-confidence is one of those states that human beings strive for the most, and at the same time, it is the most difficult to attain. It is synonymous with self-trust, self-assertion, that intimate security that allows us to be, and as a result, to do what we have chosen. … Read more
Miguel León-Portilla (1926 – 2019), a Mexican anthropologist and historian, is the foremost authority on the Nahua culture, the dominant culture of pre-Hispanic America, whose most famous representatives are the Aztecs. The study, as well as the tireless work on the preservation of indigenous Mexican cultures and languages, has been his lifelong preoccupation. Citing authentic … Read more
