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The irony of our world is that we are standing knee-deep in water and we are dying of thirst. For example, money. Everybody complains that there is little money. But look at the derivatives market. Everyday, seven trillion dollars are traded in the derivatives market. As of August 2008, the amount is a staggering $450 trillion. This is 14 times larger than the whole world economic production. This is the amount that can be transfered anytime in the computers and the amount used for speculation.... Read More

Sometimes, considering the many problems that beset humanity today, we get overwhelmed and feel helpless and even hopeless. Yet with all the bad things that humanity can do to himself, animals, plants and the planet as a whole, it is still the finest examples of being human that we draw inspiration from. History is filled with examples of human courage, optimism, love, selflessness, martyrdom that inspire us to be our highest selves and bring out the divinity in us. There is a beautiful mystery... Read More

The irony is not only everywhere in our society but within us as well. Look at how we spend our lives earning a living and when we retire we are already too old or too sick to really enjoy life. In our quest for life, life passed us by without our noticing it. Look at how we lose our health to make money, yet when we have the money we spend it to cure our health. Look at how we worry so much about the future that we lose the present. Yet when the future comes in the present, we do not live in it... Read More