Tag: wisdom

A parable of two pebbles

May 29, 2012 | 6 comments

Many years ago, in a small Chinese village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a local rich man.  The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed

Don’t fear opinion

May 23, 2012 | 6 comments

  Do you ever get tense, anxious, fearful, or angry when other people vent opinions contrary to what you believe? Millions of people in this world hold billions of opinions on topics of all persuasions, from politics to religion to

Do you trust your eyes?

May 11, 2012 | 2 comments

Christian Science teaches again and again that you can’t often trust your eyes. They frequently give you reports that are not true. Below is an example. Those circles are not moving!  Your eyes are making them move. To test this,

Protect your identity

April 30, 2012 | 7 comments

Reports of identity theft are too frequent today.  International banks and major retailers losing social security numbers to hackers, individuals having their computers hacked into, vital information lifted from papers getting into the wrong hands, and more – have led

The dry bites of mortal mind

March 7, 2012 | 6 comments

While taking a quick run through the Australian Museum of Natural Science, mostly because I wanted to see the display of dinosaur skeletons on the third level, I side-stepped into an exhibit on poisonous reptiles in Australia. The below panel