“What does it all mean? What is the meaning of life?” We’ve been told that in the absence of a meaningful answer, there is a great void in our lives that must be filled with something: An idea, a God, a myth or a person. But what if this is an imaginary problem? What if it is an illusion or story we’ve told ourselves for millennia?
Writing
Let's talk about endings
in story, Psychology, Writing, Photography
I have observed that people who seem to be in a state of perpetual equanimity, are more often than not, those who embrace endings. This could be the ending of a relationship, a friendship, or an idea that was once held dear. These folk seem to identify the imminence of endings in the same way that we identify the impending signs of the change of seasons…
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"untitled (sven)" by Pierre F. Lombard | Cape Town
To Breathe
A meditation: How to capture the present moment.
By Pierre F. Lombard
Cape Town, Aug 2018
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I breathe
Chilled air suffuse my lungs
Gravity settles me
I breathe…
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To Love
Arianna Huffington read this piece and asked for it to be published on Thrive Global. The Chinese have an insightful word for the concept of 'nature'. It is pronounced, 'Ziran,' and means 'of itself', 'naturally' or 'spontaneously.'
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To Embrace
in Writing, Philosophy, story, Spiritual
A mentor of mine once shared, that sure, it is a good thing when you learn to tolerate those with other world views, but it is an even greater thing when you learn, not only to tolerate, but to embrace.
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the intellectuals
The Intellectuals
A whole new world has opened for me. The religious teachers in my formative years have told me not to touch, and not to handle... that it will lead me off the straight and narrow. Now, some years later, I can see exactly why. Because it did indeed lead me off the path they have wanted for me...
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