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Does The Perennial Philosophy Reveal the True Purpose of Religion?

May 13, 2020April 20, 2020 by Ronan

Religion gets a bad rep in the modern world of rapid scientific progress. Many liberal, educated, materialistic people dismiss religion as an outdated artifact, belonging to a formerly ignorant world. Over one billion people now identify as atheist/secular. When taken at face value, it’s no major surprise that we’re so dismissive of religion, particularly those …

How the Fear of Death Influences The Decision to Have Children

May 13, 2020April 7, 2020 by Ronan

What if I told you the decision to have children is largely influenced by your fear of death and the desire to be immortal, whether you’re conscious of it or not? Would this supposition surprise or interest you? If so, keep reading. Literal and Symbolic Immortality According to Ernest Becker, all human activity is driven …

How Covid-19 Gives Us All the Chance to Accept Impermanence

May 13, 2020March 30, 2020 by Ronan

In the space of a few short weeks, the Covid-19 outbreak has flipped our way of life on its head. An unfeeling, unconscious, and invisible pathogen has ruthlessly undermined the large-scale human cooperative effort that we call modern globalized society. Countries closed their borders, airplanes stopped flying, bars and restaurants shut, and millions of people …

6 of The Best Buddhism Books Everyone Should Read

May 13, 2020October 28, 2019 by Ronan

Best Buddhism Books Buddhism is not only a religion. Buddhism is a philosophy; a way of approaching life and dealing with its ups and downs. The beauty of Buddhism is in its universality. You don’t need to be a practicing Buddhist to get something of value from it. I’ve decided to write this blog post …

Do Babies Have Innate Knowledge? Exploring Human Nature

July 28, 2019 by Ronan

[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] Do Babies Know Anything? Having recently become a father for the first time, certain questions about human nature hit me that for some reason I had never contemplated in my daily life. One of those questions was related to life’s absurdity, which I wrote about in another post. Seeing my daughter absolutely captivated by …

Finding Meaning From Life’s Absurdity

July 22, 2019 by Ronan

The Absurd Condition of Human Existence According to Albert Camus, the French author who popularized the philosophy of absurdity, the fundamental question in life is whether man should commit suicide or not. In his famous essay, The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus describes absurdism as the contradiction and disharmony between man’s constant search for meaning and …