Speed Reading or Slow Reading
Author: Antonin VinklerJuly 27, 2024
Speed reading has its benefits – it saves time where there is a lack of available hours or days, and the volume of pages is staggering, or where the attractiveness of the content does not exceed that of an instruction manual. The problem generated by speed reading, though, can be summarised with the following quote from the witty actor and director Woody Allen: “This is how I read War and [...]
For Your Soul to Grow
Author: Jorge Angel LivragaJanuary 3, 2022
I am not referring to your Divine Spirit which, because it is so, can neither grow nor diminish, be born nor die, but to that higher part in us which we commonly call Soul. It is common knowledge that physical exercise, for example, develops muscles, and that any learning must be based on tenacity in exercising that which we want to grow, whether it is the mastery of a language or that of any [...]
Is Being the Highest Giving ?
Author: Sukesh MotwaniJuly 20, 2020
Deeply inspired by great philanthropists in our times, one often struggles with the dilemma of how and what we can do in terms of charity or social service. Generally, such noble intentions first veer towards sending supplies and relief material to victims of natural disasters, accidents or riots. One might also perhaps commit a part of earnings regularly towards charity (as is instituted as [...]