Earlier this week – on May 6th – it was Sigmund Freud’s birthday. Happy 156th birthday, Siggie!
I think he raised some interesting questions, but I’m not a fan of the answers. There’s a world of difference between Freudian analysis and Time-Light, and here are just a few of the differences:
The spiritual path can be a lonely one. At times it will lead you away from old friends and make you question long-term relationships. It was perhaps this realisation of being alone that inspired the idea of the gathering and eventually the church, a place where like-minded souls could meet. I had two reminders of …
It’s been a week of packing and unpacking as we move offices. Things that I thought were lost—such as part of my driving licence—have been found, and papers that inexplicably I’d saved have been thrown away. I also uncovered some very early notes and jottings I’d made as I was working though the ideas that …
Science is one of the great triumphs of modern times. It has given us so many luxuries and benefits—and a few problems, too—but some of its over-zealous advocates go further and argue that science is synonymous with truth, and is its only expression. This way of thinking—which fails to appreciate the modest ambitions of the …
Every religion has the concept of karma, or ‘reap as you sow’ as Christianity puts it. The idea suggests that we shape our future by our actions today, but I think it is far more subtle-and interesting-than that. At its heart, the idea supposes that we are actualised beings who make decisions and take action. …
