Did Einstein believe in the existence of God or was he an atheist?

Overcoming the myth of Seperatedness

In the context of leadership, separation manifests as leadership by domination—those trying to achieve power over others rather than finding power with others.

50 Short Habits of Lifelong Learners

Successful lifelong learners nurture their intellectual curiosities. Helen Keller, Einstein, Confucius, da Vinci, Richard Feynman, and many of history’s geniuses were lifelong learners. They were self-learners. They never settled but were committed to personal growth...

Experiences of awe in nature can boost both our feeling of connectedness to others

When my family moved from the United States to the north of England a few years ago, we soon adopted the local custom of going for a weekend walk in the Peak District National Park.

Watch the two spiritual leaders laughing their guts out

The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams focuses on ways to cultivate joy in the face of widespread human suffering on both, on a personal and collective levels.

A brief journey through Western concepts of what makes a meaningful life

The concept of a “meaningful life” is a topic that has been debated for centuries. Philosophers have long sought to answer the question of what constitutes a good life, and their ideas have played an essential role in shaping our…

The Return to Wholeness Is What We Need Now

Human beings made a bad bargain when we gave up our wholeness. Every other living creature takes wholeness for granted, meaning that bacteria, ferns, horses, and chimpanzees survive and thrive simply by being who they are — they have no other choice.

How to bring more Love into your life

As the Beatles told us, “All you need is love” and how sure this is. Your highest vibration, your essence, who you really are, is pure love.

How to Think More Deeply About Play

Play is a serious business. But seriousness does not exclude fun.

Learning Through Play

Play is an essential way of learning about the world.

The playful wonderland behind great inventions

Steven Johnson argues it is not necessity which is the mother of inventions but playfulness

Cooperation and competition is key to evolution

It turns out Darwin’s theory of evolution was incomplete. Evolutionary biologists such as Elizabet Sahtouris have concluded that the survival of the fittest is but one stage of the larger evolutionary cycle and that without intra- and inter-species cooperation built...

Enlightenment is Accessible to everyone

Interest in higher consciousness has grown over the past few decades, even though enlightenment, in the Eastern sense of complete awakening, once was considered quite foreign in the West.

Know Thyself

The Ancient Greek Aphorism “Know Thyself” is Literally The Key to a Meaningful Life

Loving Kindness

You can make kindness as your default response

Bridging Differences — The Greater Good

In an interesting article on Bridging Differences, in UC Berkeley’s The Greater Good, they say, differences don’t necessarily need to divide people, but we do have a tendency, rooted in evolution, to split the world into “us” and “them”—and to treat members of our own...

Deepak Chopra’s Book of Secrets

“Finding the hidden dimensions in yourself is the only way to fulfill your deepest hunger,” writes bestselling author Deepak Chopra. He is convinced that all the wisdom and guidance we need for the arduous journey of life is already present within: all we have to do...