MEDITATION TIME: Know Yourself and the World Around You
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
MY WORLDVIEW IN A NUTSHELL
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The title says nothing and everything at the same time.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does life have meaning outside of the religious narrative? This is the question being debated here.
THE ULTIMATE FOUNDATIONS
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever so elusive, the mystery of the obvious, namely the beingness of what is, within and without, is inviting all manner of metaphysical frameworks th...
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When tolerance becomes leniency toward hate and incitement to violence, the defence of liberty turns into destructive chaos, but otherwise freedom of ...
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The difficult topic of euthanasia. When it makes sense against every pro-life argument.
THE BRIGHT SIDE
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much about happiness hinges on a positive attitude that can turn a bad situation to good account.
THE COSMIC STRIPTEASE
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The universe only manifests its creative potential incrementally in the course of evolution, from one stage to another of growing complexity that corr...
THE PUZZLE OF LIFE
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life, by nature, loves life, and since life is profoundly interconnected with its natural and social environment, the self at the core of life should ...
THE EMOTIONAL MINEFIELD
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The buzzword for this part of self-management is emotional intelligence. This is all part of the art of living.
THE SPECTRUM OF LIFE AND LOVE
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Love described as the highest form of awareness in the communion of our mind with the very foundation of being, but also in our embodiment of this fou...
GOD AND DIVINE LOVE REVISITED
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to make sense of the concept of God as Love within the scope of a rational investigation about the nature of Nature.
HAPPINESS
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A wholesome roadmap that defines the art of living.
THE FIELD OF THINGS
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This chapter argues in favor of soft determinism, blending randomness and necessity, in the image of improvisational jazz finding inspiration in a mel...
THE MIDDLE WAY
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The middle ground between commitment and detachment in the face of possibilities and limitations.
THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How the fall of man in the book of Genesis resonates with our experience in the face of the daunting challenge of surmounting our state of ignorance a...
THE SPONTANEITY OF BEING
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is in defence of naturalism that puts squarely the cause of everything within nature itself and its spontaneous unfolding according to la...
THE EXERCISE OF WONDER
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whereas we can easily become numb with a sense of familiarity after years of exposure to the richness of life, we must re-awaken our sense of wonder a...
THE ETERNAL NOW
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Past and future are but traces of memory and flights of imagination. There is never anything else but the present, which becomes the past present and ...
RETURN TO THE STREAM
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All too often caught up in the moment of our daily habits, we should reconnect with the very foundation of our being, both in terms of the universal p...
THE ART OF LIVING
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Life may be given; the art of living it well is acquired by way of a difficult adaptive process.
THE DIVINE MAGICIAN
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No matter how familiar we are with reality's "act," we should stay mindful of the truly magical nature of this act.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arguments in favor of the philosophical enterprise at a time when science is often quick to dismiss it, even though it cannot do without it.
THE QUESTION OF TRUTH
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The difficult relationship between reason and reality.
RATIONALITY AND REALITY
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rationality is also "fractionality," whereas reality is profoundly united or intimately interconnected.
THE NATURE OF NATURE
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unravelling the mystery of the obvious that unfold before our very eyes.
THE TRILOGY OF OF BEING
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The three levels of being that are integrated into our living whole. From our creative foundation to our true human nature, whose common expression co...
THE FIELD OF THINGS
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The blend of necessity and randomness in life, which adds richness to it.
THE MIDDLE WAY
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Delicate balance between attachment and detachment. Knowing when to hang on and when to let go.
THE STRANGER WITHIN
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The process of self-discovery.
INNER PEACE
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making peace with life all the more readily as we have done our best and have no regrets.
MENTAL HYGIENE
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clarifying with whom you want to be and what you want to do, and structuring your time accordingly.
HERE AND NOW
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Living in the moment where life is happening, as opposed to being absorbed by memories of the past or imaginings about the future.
SELF-REALIZATION
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making the most of life. No regrets.
SELF-AWARENESS
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taming the inconvenient truths.
THE ART OF COPING
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Autobiographical introduction to the search for meaning.