What is the Essence of Spirituality?

What is the Essence of Spirituality?

“Some of our richest days are those in which no sun shines outwardly, but so much the more a sun shines inwardly.” – Henry David Thoreau The essence of spirituality is to know yourself as presence instead of merely person. Spirituality is to discover the sun that...
The Constancy of Change: Heraclitus

The Constancy of Change: Heraclitus

You have probably heard the statement, “Everything flows” or perhaps “You can’t step into the same river twice”. Both are statements attributed to the great philosopher and mystic Heraclitus of Ephesus. If one ploughs through the surviving fragments that we have from...
Was Epicurus an Atheist?

Was Epicurus an Atheist?

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus (according to Lactantius)...