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Nurturing the Inner Compass: Talking to Children About Spirituality, Energy, and Intuition.
In a world increasingly dominated by technology and materialism, the importance of nurturing a child's spiritual, energetic, and intuitive understanding often gets overlooked. While traditional religious education provides a framework for some, a broader, more inclusive approach to spirituality can help children connect with themselves, the world around them, and a sense of something greater than themselves. This connection fosters resilience, empathy, and a deeper appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. But how do we introduce these complex concepts in a way that resonates with young minds?
By Wilson Igbasiabout a month ago in Humans
Truth, Expansion, and the Maturity of the Soul
Truth, Expansion, and the Maturity of the Soul Human beings have always lived between two great forces: the need for truth, which anchors us, and the need for expansion, which pulls us toward growth. Every spiritual tradition, every philosophical lineage, every era of human history has wrestled with these twin impulses. They are not opposites. They are partners. But when they fall out of balance, the consequences are profound.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warriorabout a month ago in Humans
Bianca Bulgaru, Reporting From Kyiv Under Fire: Civilian Life, Drones, and Propaganda
Bianca Bulgaru is a Romanian journalist and Kyiv-based correspondent for Beta News Romania. Reporting from cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy, she focuses on how civilians adapt to air raids, infrastructure strikes, and the long psychological aftershocks of living under threat. She also tracks the parallel war over narrative: propaganda that inflates fringe extremists into state-defining myths, and the language politics that can turn a reporting choice into an accusation. Scott Douglas Jacobsen spoke with Bulgaru about habituation to danger, the ethics of witnessing, and why transparency matters for sustaining Romanian support for Ukraine.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsenabout a month ago in Humans
The Quiet Violence of Merit
We like to believe in merit. We say the word as if it were a clean equation: work hard, get results. Study longer, rise higher. Try again, succeed eventually. Merit promises fairness without sentimentality. It offers order. It tells us that outcomes are earned.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Humans
Three-stranded braid of failing Cs: Christianity, Capitalism, Consumerism
Scrooge. What a word. Invented by Charles Dickens back in the 1840's as the name for his deplorably wealthy antagonist in the story "A Christmas Carol". Now, in modern English, a Scrooge is a miserly, greedy "person" who deprioritizes actual people in order to better fixate on money.
By Sam Spinelliabout a month ago in Humans
Is That Really Them?
You're browsing the internet in the age of AI. You use the internet with a sense of open minded curiosity but with a greater sense of caution and common sense. You're a well-rounded and intelligent person. You'd know if something looked off.
By Jasmine Aguilarabout a month ago in Humans
The Customer Service Conundrum
The customer service system is broken. You're nodding, aren't you? You know it. You feel it. You can tell it's broken because there are just too many examples of horrendous service. They're becoming tropes. Stereotypes of bad service.
By John R. Godwinabout a month ago in Humans
Broken Buckets. Honorable Mention in A System That Isn’t Working Challenge.
In nursery school, I learned a funny song about a man (Henry) who tells his wife (? implied by "dear Liza" and their mundane banter) that there's a hole in his bucket, then she admonishes him "so fix/mend it", therefore "with what?" As it goes back and forth repetitively, she advises him to plug the hole with straw. Well, the straw needs to be cut, the knife needs to be sharpened, the stone needs to be wet, and of course he should fetch water - with a bucket!
By Ellen Stedfeldabout a month ago in Humans
