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By Sophie Levasseur - Aug 17, 2010 ...
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DuelHow come we feel so upset when our beliefs are not shared by others? Why should disagreement over our convictions get us so often into trouble with one another? How do we come to despise or detest someone only because they disagree with what we say? When our freedom of thought is not at stake, why should we resent being contradicted by someone who thinks differently? Feeling annoyed, contemptuous, or even angry because someone thinks differently from us is decidedly an indication that our ego has been somehow hurt. “What? He doesn’t agree with me? How could that be?” My beliefs emanate from me, they represent an important part...
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By Helena Verhooven - Jul 4, 2010 ...
Tags : Ethical practice, Ethics, Helping others,...
Focus on qualityTo do good, as we all know, is not only helping, supporting and comforting others. It is also and above all doing it with as selfless an intention as possible, by trying to put aside our own egotistical intere...
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Prof. Bahram Elahi The Ostad Elahi Foundation for Ethics and Human Solidarity (Fondation Ostad Elahi – Éthique et Solidarité humaine) recently celebrated its ten-year anniversary. In the address he delivered in Paris on that oc...
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By Sophie Levasseur - May 10, 2010 ...
Tags : Belief, Faith, God, Metaphysics, Philosophy,...
FootprintsIn attempting to reconcile faith and reason, philosophers have produced what is traditionally called “proofs of the existence of God”. These proofs usually present themselves as sophisticated arguments. As such...
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By Paul DeBell - Apr 23, 2010 ...
Tags : Psychology, Science, Spiritual Experience
Spirituality as a science?Many years ago, I was reading a chapter in Bahram Elahi's The Foundations of Natural Spirituality when a paragraph leaped out and grabbed my attention. "God is in everything, everywhere and with everyone. Whet...
By DAC - Sep 30, 2009 ...
Tags : Christ, Ethics

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