Allegory of the Long Spoons – How to make heaven on earth? Have you heard of the parable of the long spoons? It goes something like this: Hell A man was once taken on a tour of hell and was surprised by what he saw: All hell’s inhabitants sat at long tables in a dining […]
Category: Inspirational and Motivational
VISUAL & ARTICLE | All credit went to a man, just because they were women.
These women have changed the world with science. Too bad a man was given all credit. Many people are familiar with the famous case of Rosalind Franklin, the British scientist who first discovered the helix shape of DNA by using her knowledge of x-ray diffraction techniques to take the first photo of DNA. Without her […]
ART & VIDEO | “Only inner-mastery can bring outer-mastery.” ― Bryant McGill
Philippe Faraut is a figurative artist specializing in life-size portrait sculptures and monumental stone sculptures. His media of choice are water-based clay and marble. From his extensive research of the human face he developed a technique of modeling the portrait that he shares with his sculpting students during his numerous sculpting classes and seminars taught throughout the US. Check out […]
ART | Nothing but intense concentration, amazing skills and loads of practice.
Intricate Paper Cutouts by Kirie Artist Akira Nagaya Akira Nagaya, a self-taught Japenese Kirie (literally “cut paper” in Japanese) artist has spent the past 30 years of his life learning one of the most ancient and beautiful arts in the world. It requires patience, and brilliance, but most importantly… a willingness to endure years of paper […]
VIDEO & INFOGRAPHIC | The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer: [Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D. (October 5, 1958)] Source: LYBIO.net The most astounding fact is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on Earth the […]
QUOTE | Judge me by my size, do you?
Artwork credit to Yoyo Ferro.
ARTICLE | 100 year-old tortoise acts as mom to baby hippo
A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian […]
NOTES | Intelligence vs Intellect
Buddha is very much in favor of intelligence, but remember that he does not mean intellect by it. Intellect is a heavy thing, intelligence is more total. Intellect is borrowed, intelligence is your own. Intellect is logical, rational; intelligence is more than logical. It is super-logical, it is intuitive. The intellectual person lives only through […]
QUOTE | Because your values become your destiny.
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]eep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. ~ Mahatma Gandhi.
ARTICLE | How to be happy in 12 easy steps
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]appiness–it’s what we all strive to find and keep, even when it’s as elusive as ever. Nobody is jolly and elated all the time, but some individuals are definitely more fulfilled than others. Studies reveal that happiness has little to do with materialistic needs, goods, or wants, or high achievement; it boils down to your […]