Articles on millennia-old wisdom on philosophy.
Our purpose? We are living on a beautiful planet among billions of stars. This makes us often philosophize about the purpose of life. Are we here solely to be? Or are we here with a greater purpose? Maybe, there is no grand purpose. Our purpose is to be a human. Being a human on planet […]
Ever since, I’m well known for being the curious guy who is always asking the challenging and often uncomfortable questions. Questions about life, philosophy, religion, science, health, politics, or business. It may be to optimize my life, to innovate, to think outside the box, or to call bullshit and detect and fight corruption. Ultimately, I […]
The question: ‘what is reality at all?’ — is a really tricky one. If I’d have to reply in three words, my short answer would be: Perception is reality. But as soon you challenge your perception, your understanding of reality becomes much more loose.
Wishful thinking is like a drug. It is a bubble you create around yourself, in which everything is fine and everything will turn out alright. Wishful thinking is the easy way. It keeps you lifeless and inactive, in times when you should move and act. Wishful thinking is different from being an optimist. An optimist […]
What do we want to do? Sometimes it is more, Sometimes it is less. Whether ambition drives us, or the calm rests us: both are good – In moderation. The key is not to only rest. But also not to work without rest. Balance is key.
There’s a philosophical question I asked myself today. There are many people you truly love. You value them and you really like them. In return, they love you too. But somehow, there are some people you truly love but hate spending time with. They might be friends from school or work, parents, or relatives. There […]
Some time ago I read about a Buddhist saying which says: “Good or bad, who knows?”. The notion behind this saying is that you should never condemn a situation which didn’t work out as planned. I want to explain the notion of this saying with a situation I experienced yesterday.
From Printing to Re-Editing Everything Yesterday I just wanted to print around 50 samples of a new personalized newspaper I was working on. Well, this five-minute job became, in the end, a five-hour task and my whole day was literally over. Good or Bad?
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