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Meditation can be harmful – and can even make mental health problems worse

Miguel Farias, Coventry University

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THE AUTHENTICITY OF SELF REVEALS WHO WE REALLY ARE

This is one of those pieces of mine that reads quietly but stays loudly in the mind.

18th-century Sufi poet and philosopher Baba Bulleh Shah placed self-knowledge far above scholarly accumulation. He warned that one could drown in books, and still remain a stranger to oneself:

Parh parh alam te faazil hoya
Te kaday apnay aap nu parhya ee na
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REASON AND RELIGION

My reading today involves Maimonides, a 12th-century Jewish theologian, philosopher, rabbi, and physician. Maimonides’ full name was Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon


These are some excerpts and my understanding of Maimonides’ philosophy:


1. Faith must be based on reason, and reason should have some base in faith.]


2. Reason is the only way to m...


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2025: Another Year of Cementing Words (With a Smile)

As 2025 slips quietly into history, it leaves behind another satisfying year of relentless typing, enthusiastic pondering, and happily overworked fingers. It’s been a super year of writing, sprinting across territories as varied as politics, social issues, religion, environment, entertainment, sports, health, humour—and the occasional philosophical detour where answers are op...


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MORAL SHORTCUT LEADS TO SILENT EROSION OF ETHICS

I recall that, years ago, when I undertook a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine in India, I obtained a special permit to have my ‘darshan’ of the deity. The privilege obtained through personal ‘connection’ enabled me to bypass the miles-long queue of devotees behind me, who had been waiting for hours. Contrary to my pious spirit of spiritual invocation, it was an unethical act on ...


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