Insight comes by catching sight of the link between things already in sight
Whenever we encounter some especially insightful people, we may wonder, “How do they get such insights?” Insightfulness may be an inborn gift in some, but [...]
The environment is not ours to take or leave, it is ours to make
We are living in an age of considerable climate change. For the past several centuries, the mainstream cultural ethos was that the environment is ours [...]
Education centers not on building our resume, but on broadening our reality
Today’s academic culture often makes students obsessed with building their resume. When they have to decide which course to take or which co-curricular or extracurricular [...]
Even if our worldview stays out of view, it shapes our every view
Suppose a beautiful bird is seen in the sky. A nature lover would reach for a camera to shoot its photo, whereas a hunter would [...]
What the moonlight of reason shows dimly, the sunlight of revelation shows clearly
Some people think, “Reason and revelation are contradictory. If I accept revelation, I will be giving up my rationality and end up believing crazy things.” [...]
To believe whatever we see is to live like an animal
Some people assert, “Seeing is believing.” Their intent in making this assertion may be good – they don’t want to unintelligently, gullibly believe anything and [...]
We may forget gravity, but gravity won’t forget us
Suppose an intoxicated person forgets about gravity and steps off a ten-story building. Gravity won’t forget them; it will act and put them out of [...]
Materialism reduces organism to mechanism
Materialism is the ideology that matter is all that exists. Mechanism is a material system that works according to material laws, with certain causes producing [...]
Our longing for equality points to our spirituality
In today’s world, equality is among the most cherished values. Few things provoke as much indignation as incidents of discrimination or even allegations of discrimination. [...]