Category: Life

Self-Compassion: An End to Suffering

Self-Compassion: An End to Suffering We all experience pain, failure, and difficult situations in life. It’s a fact that we cannot escape. But how we deal with these experiences can make all the difference. Enter self-compassion therapy, a powerful approach to overcoming suffering that combines Buddhist philosophy with the techniques of psychotherapy. At the core…


How Rock Music Influenced So Many People

Rock music has had a profound influence on people around the world for decades. From its roots in blues, rock and roll, and other genres, rock music has evolved into a diverse and multifaceted art form that has touched the lives of millions of people. One of the main reasons rock music has had such…


Ikaria – The Secret of Long Life

Ikaria – The Secret of Long Life   Ikaria is a Greek island thirty miles off the coast of Turkey in the far east of the Mediterranean Sea. The Island is known for nonagenarians and centenarians – people who are above 90 years of age. Because of their long and healthy life some writers have…


Come! Let’s Open The Gates of Heaven

Come! Let’s Open The Gates of Heaven Japan is a beautiful country with amazing culture and traditions. The people of Japan love their old traditions and cultural values. It is a country of sweet-smelling beautiful flowers, magnificent gardens, artfully crafted old and ancient temples, shrines and monasteries. Looking at the ancient buildings and visiting them…


Zen Mindfulness: Let’s live in the Present, let’s live in Peace

Zen Mindfulness: Let’s live in the Present, let’s live in Peace Two monks were traveling from one monastery to another. While walking they came to a river. As they were preparing to cross the river, they saw a beautiful, young woman standing at the bank of the river. She was colorfully clad in her elegant,…


How to Win the Battle Against COVID-19

How To Win the Battle against Covid-19 The entire world is passing through a very challenging time. COVID-19 or coronavirus has spread its tentacles all over the globe. It’s an invisible enemy equipped with the deadliest weapons for which humankind has no remedy. People are constantly being given guidelines on how to protect themselves from…


Pakistan: Human Rights Violations

Pakistan: Human Rights Violations Junaid Hafeez has been sentenced to death for blasphemy by the sessions court of Multan, a city in the Province of Punjab, Pakistan. The death sentence was awarded on December 21, 2019 in the Central Jail of Multan where the court proceedings were held because of security reasons. Junaid, a 33…


Dilemma of Pakistani Christian Asylum Seekers

Dilemma of Pakistani Christian Asylum Seekers Asia Bibi is free at last. She spent ten years in prison accused of insulting Islam and its   Prophet. She was charged by the state under the notorious Blasphemy Law known as        Section 295 – C of the Pakistan Penal Code. Anybody accused under this law…


Professor! Keep your liberal & secular philosophy to yourself!

Professor! Keep your liberal & secular philosophy to yourself! Professor Khalid Hameed is no more in this world. He has left all his students and faculty colleagues in deep sorrow. The professor did not die of any physical ailment. He did not die due to old age. He did not die because he did not…


Freedom from Oppression: Thanks to Canada

Freedom from Oppression: Thanks to Canada Rahaf Mohammed Al Qunun is free. She has arrived Canada and has been received by Chrystia Freeland, the Foreign Minister of Canada. She has been granted asylum in Canada. Rahaf, who is a teenager, slipped out of her family during their visit to Kuwait, made her way to the…