Idealist or realist? On religion Religious, metaphysical, and ethical beliefs are greatly influenced by whether a person is predominantly an idealist or a realist. Continue Reading →
Abandoning Family for a Guru When I discovered meditation at the age of nineteen, I was overjoyed, and felt that my life’s purpose had been found. Continue Reading →
Souls, Selves, and Afterlife Contradictions More powerful than beliefs in Gods, our notions of the afterlife shape our self-consciousness. Continue Reading →
Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion Afterlife notions are mirrors of our cultural and social needs Our notions of heaven and the afterlife reflect what is valued in our Western culture–today it’s eternal youth, reunion with loved ones, and spiritual prowess. Continue Reading →
Can Societies Survive Without Religion? Historian-science writer, Nicholas Wade, in The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures(2009) argues that no society could have existed without religion. Continue Reading →
