‘The real tragedy of our time lies not so much in the unprecedented external events themselves as in the unprecedented ethical destitution and spiritual infirmity which they glaringly reveal.’ Paul Brunton There is little doubt that we are living in an age of extreme contradictions where opposing trends appear to exist side by side. It [...]
Durante 2020, el año que comienza, proseguirá un proceso ya iniciado y que vemos desplegarse a nuestro alrededor por todo el globo. Muchos de nosotros nos preguntamos: ¿se ha roto la realidad? Casi se diría que sí. La realidad –sea lo que sea o fuese eso– se ha ido retirando gradualmente al abrigo de un [...]
The year ahead into 2020 will continue a process that has already begun and which we are seeing unfolding around us across the globe. Many of us are asking - is reality broken? It almost seems so. Reality – whatever that is or was – has been gradually retreating behind a spectacle of make-believe. One result [...]
El final del año 2019 ya está aquí: qué rápido ha llegado. Ha sido un año extraño, por decirlo suavemente ¿no os parece? Nada ha parecido real, sea lo que sea «real» en estos tiempos. Tengo la sensación que en algún lugar del camino nuestra realidad pasó de ser una obra de Broadway a una [...]
The early years of childhood are our formative years where the hearts and minds of young souls are nurtured and developed. It is also the period of compulsory schooling, a form of social and informational programming that reaches us early before we can become fully formed adults. What we understand today as ‘modern’ forms of [...]
La pregunta a la que nos enfrentamos es colectiva y nos concierne a todos. ¿Por qué tantos de nosotros, de nuestros congéneres humanos, nos comportamos tan mal? Y no solo mal, sino de una manera perjudicial para nuestro bienestar. Se diría que es algo más que extraño, rayano en lo demencial, que cualquier criatura desee [...]
The question we are confronted with is a collective one, and it concerns us all. Why are so many of us, our fellow humans, behaving so badly? And not only badly, but in a way that is detrimental to our own well-being. It would seem more than strange, verging on the insane, that any creature [...]
Hay algo esencialmente erróneo en cómo está el mundo ahora mismo. ¿No lo ves, no lo sientes? Somos una especie con un carácter noble, un gran espíritu, y un alma sagrada. En nuestros corazones solo deseamos el mejoramiento de todos, el amor, la justicia y la comunión. Y aun así lo que estamos presenciando en [...]
There’s something fundamentally wrong with how the world is right now. Don’t you see it – feel it? We are a species with noble character, with a great spirit, and with a sacred soul. In our hearts we wish only for the betterment of all people; for love and justice and communion. And yet what [...]
ɔːˈtɒmət(ə)n/ noun a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. a machine which performs a range of functions according to a predetermined set of coded instructions. used in similes and comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way. “Don’t you wish you were [...]
ˈspɪrɪt/ noun the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character. the prevailing or typical quality, mood, or attitude of a person, group, or period of time. A moment of enlightenment is of no use to someone who needs a good week of it. Idries Shah We may need [...]
ˈspɛktək(ə)l/ noun a visually striking performance or display an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact Now the death of God combined with the perfection of the image has brought us to a whole new state of expectation. We are the image. John Ralston Saul, Voltaire’s Bastards Magical thinking is the [...]
