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Mid-life | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 14 April, 2011. When you get to a certain age you realise that more and more people you know are dying: classmates, friends, friends’ partners, relatives…. What effect does it have? Does it give you a renewed determination to live your remaining years to the full? Or, does it rather simply reconfirm your belief that “life is crap and then you die” – so why invest any energy in it? With me, it’s the latter. But why? From → consciousness. Leave one →. Web therapist ...
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100 things to do before you die | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 100 things to do before you die. 23 November, 2010. Have you noticed how every bookshop has shelves full of book advising you what you simply must do before you die? There’s: unforgettable places to see, unforgettable journeys to make, unforgettable walks to take, and even unforgettable places to have sex … before you die. By the way, why must they all be. Here’s a few of my suggestions; can you add more? Be with a dying person; let yourself really know that you, ...
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Between Monster and Saint | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). Between Monster and Saint. 11 May, 2010. It is a harsh world, indescribably cruel. It is a gentle world, unbelievably beautiful. It is a world that can make us bitter, hateful, rabid, destroyers of joy. It is a world that can draw forth tenderness from us, as we lean towards one another over broken gates. It is a world of monsters and saints, a mutilated world, but it is the only one we have been given. From → consciousness. Larr; A small victory for common sense.
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Mombacho | Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). | Page 2
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 8220;I hope the wretched organisation will vanish entirely”. 19 April, 2010. This from an interesting interview with Phillip Pullman in the Guardian. The other subject of his vitriol is the Catholic church. “It’s been caught with its trousers down, in many different ways, hasn’t it? I ask him if he thinks the scandal will change the Catholic church. “I hope so,” he says quickly, and then draws back. “Well why do I hope so? From → Doubt and certainty. 16 April, 2010.
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“I hope the wretched organisation will vanish entirely” | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 8220;I hope the wretched organisation will vanish entirely”. 19 April, 2010. This from an interesting interview with Phillip Pullman in the Guardian. The other subject of his vitriol is the Catholic church. “It’s been caught with its trousers down, in many different ways, hasn’t it? I ask him if he thinks the scandal will change the Catholic church. “I hope so,” he says quickly, and then draws back. “Well why do I hope so? From → Doubt and certainty. What's b...
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Church and State | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 12 September, 2010. Joseph Ratzinger will shortly visit the UK as the Head of a State – the Vatican. But Ratzinger is also the Head of a Church – the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, for a billion Catholics, Ratzinger is the direct successor to the apostle Peter to whom, according to some interpretations of some texts, Jesus handed the leadership of his church. Is it opssible to do justice to two roles – spiritual and secular? From → Religion. Larr; Dread of death.
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Dread of death | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 6 June, 2010. I recommend Irvin Yalom’s excellent book on death anxiety ‘Staring at the Sun’. Here are some thoughts that I have retained from it. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom and, inevitably, diminish and die. Our wish to survive and our dread of annihilation will always be there: they are hard-wired into us. Epicurus offers three pieces of advice:. The two states of non-being, one before death and one after it are...
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A small victory for common sense | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). A small victory for common sense. 29 April, 2010. Reports that the UK High Court has disallowed a man the right to challenge his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to gay couples. He had claimed that his Christian beliefs did not allow him to deal with gay couples. Are we finally beginning to understand that so-called ‘religious beliefs’ are just that: beliefs and opinions? From → Religion. Between Monster and Saint →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Looking in ...
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100 things to do before you die (2) | Mombacho
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Life, and what it ‘means’ (if anything). 100 things to do before you die (2). 26 November, 2010. Read a story book with a warm-bodied, wriggling, innocent, full-of-wonder-for-life, little three-year old;. Observe the warmth and affection between an old man and his equally old dog;. Hop all the way around your garden / up your street, just because you can;. Stick your nose in an aromatic herb plant;. Paddle on the sea shore and squiggle the sand between your toes;. From → living. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.