by Jeremy Ostler | Jul 30, 2019 | Culture, How To, Personal Development, Relationships, Religion
You are not who you think you are. In the immortal words of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Tragically, for far too many, this human experience has...
by Jeremy Ostler | Jul 6, 2019 | Culture, How To, Personal Development, Relationships
We misunderstand love at our own peril. Indeed, our misunderstanding of what it means to love wreaks havoc on individual lives as well as society at large. Intuitively, we recognize the supremacy of love over all other principles. This is why hearing, “You don’t love...
by Jeremy Ostler | Jun 29, 2019 | Culture, How To, Personal Development
We’re terrified to learn of our badness. That isn’t to say we aren’t also good. In most cases, we most certainly are. However, “bad” and “good” are relative terms. Bad according to whom? Good according to whom? Further complicating matters, we’re conditioned,...
by Jeremy Ostler | Jun 11, 2019 | How To, Personal Development, Relationships
All of us intuitively understand that for relationships to survive and thrive character matters. What is less understood, however, is why character matters so absolutely. The short answer: because we love imperfectly. In other words, if being in love means that we are...
by Jeremy Ostler | Jun 25, 2018 | Culture, How To, Personal Development
“You can be anything you set your mind to.” It’s a thought that tickles our ears, no doubt. However, it has no basis in reality, which is why anyone that subscribes to it inevitably ends up suffering devastating spiritual and psychological consequences. That is...
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