Each person deals with the Corona crisis and the accompanying measures in his own way. Find out how the twelve constellations relate to this intense age. Do you recognize yourself in your horoscope? Aries: tough as hell for or against Left or Right: Aries takes this situation very seriously. One group Aries is passionate about … Read more
Two and a half millennia ago, while devising the world’s first algorithm and using it to revolutionize music—a hallmark of our humanity—Pythagoras considered life’s purpose, concluding that we must “love wisdom as the key to nature’s mysteries.” Through the abyss of ages and civilizations, Jane Goodall Another sage of the ages, revolutionized our understanding of … Read more
This article is excerpted from Chapter VI of thinking. “I am determined to stand out,” Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810–July 19, 1850) writing to her former mentor. She is fifteen. The year is 1825 and she is ineligible for any formal education, so she has taken charge of her character herself, with the firm guidance … Read more
From the Stoics to the Snail, by Music, Matter, and Reason. By Maria Popova It is an annual ritual to look over the shoulder of time each year and to think of what has made it more livable and worth living through my writings–always the clearest mirror of what bothered my heart and my mind … Read more
Decades into his long life, poet Robert Graves defined love as “the recognition of the integrity and truth of another person in such a way that…you both shine when you perceive the quality in the other.” A generation later, poetic playwright Tom Stoppard defined it as “knowing each other…knowing oneself, its truth, its truth, on … Read more
When my grandfather the atheist engineer died, my atheistic engineer grandmother leaned on the body in an old man’s bed that contained half a century of shared life and love, paving the skull in which his stubborn and sensitive mind dwelt, and whispered in the ether-lit halogen: “Where did you go, my love?” Whatever our … Read more
Admittedly, they weren’t ashamed of rape here or flooding there. However, you can learn a lot from the stories of the Greek gods who once inhabited Olympus. About how to live, and how best to deal with the absurdity of your existence. These are the six most important lessons you can learn from these divine … Read more
According to Maya, the sun has twenty different rays that alternately shine on us. These are the solar seals, as the “horoscopes” in Mayan astrology say. For example, there are more astrological movements. We highlight four of them, as well as Mayan, Chinese, Vedic, and Spiritual. Vedische Astrology Karma and Remedies Vedic astrology, also known … Read more
When you enter a cafe in Taiwan, it smells great, it’s quiet, people talk about everyday things. They are tasting tea. Gong Fu Cha It is the name of the Chinese tea ritual practiced here, with gong fu meaning as much as it means elaborate, refined, or literal. It is above all: with interest and … Read more
Treating yourself to a rest in the Italian mountains or in Bali is of course the best part about being kind to yourself, but self-care doesn’t always have to be luxurious (and expensive). On the contrary: simplicity is also very effective. Especially if you are used to paying attention to yourself, right at home and … Read more