Category: English Articles
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The Principle for a Better Learning Curve
Learning is crucial for survival, as it helps us stay informed and manage our lives. The methods and focus of our learning determine the depth and breadth of our knowledge. To maximize learning potential, we must expand our attention coverage, make connections between different elements, and view the world from various angles to gain deeper…
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“Consciousness Precedes Matter”
The question of whether matter arose before consciousness or vice versa is a complex and has long been debated to no avail that it has no definitive answer. However, this piece of writing is not to answer whether matter or consciousness came first, but instead focuses on how consciousness can determine matter. To start, the…
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How Knowledge May Weigh You Down
“Knowledge is power”, “knowledge is treasure”, “knowledge can change lives”, etc. There are many views on knowledge, but most are positive. Is knowledge always good? The answer is… it depends. The line lies between knowing enough and knowing as much as possible. If you aim at obtaining sufficient knowledge to do a certain thing in…
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On Contentment
It is generally agreed that excessive greed is unholy, thus the source of misery and unhappiness. Individuals as well as collective groups fight one another over personal and local-scale desires. It is the fact that people do not feel what they have as enough that they continue to seek more. The more they gain what…
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Presetting the Faculty of Perception
A saying goes, “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional,” which is true, but mostly applies in time of peace. Imagine, during wartime, when people are constantly facing the risk of death at any moment; life is simply miserable. Is suffering inevitable, then? But as we are living in peace, most of our suffering comes…
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Maturity
Growing is a continuously never-ending process. All beings grow physically, but in terms of maturity, humans also have the mental aspect to it. Physical growth has never been a matter of much heed. Born to life, we grow and age, get sick along the way and eventually death comes to pick us up on his…
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“Promise”
What is a promise? There are actually many more “promises” in our lives than we think, but the problem is, we, as a result of subconscious habit, only see a word as a promise only if given officially, usually when it’s straight out said “I promise”. Other than that, many don’t tend to think of…
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On Gratitude
The world is in a race into the future. The rate at which digitalisation is taking place is exponential and never-before-seen. Humanity is now living in societies more and more steeped in materialism. People are becoming pragmatic and materialistic more than ever, obsessed even, to the point that many even forget fundamental spiritual and mental…
The Way of Balance 