I have often thought that there should be at least one day set aside for personal reflection. Two days come to mind: my birthday and December 31st. Although birthdays are more personal and I do reflect on that day anyway, I have chosen Dec 31st to be the day more appropiate for me as my [...]

“To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache [...]

Although these forms of divination have all been around for centuries, they exist because people have a need to know what their future holds. Perhaps they think that the future - something that doesn’t exist yet - is already set and fixed, that if they know what it may be, that they will in some [...]

This is the subject I have had the most trepidation writing about, mostly because there is such strong feelings about it. Reincarnation, seen by the West as totally conflicting with Judeo-Christian Theology, has been so misunderstood especially here where it’s been associated more with people who have rejected the commonly accepted theology of heaven and [...]

When I refer to education, what I’m talking about is more than just what schools do. That is just one part of it. I’m expanding education to include how a culture, a society, or a country educates the newer generations on the culture itself. Schools as we know them now teach reading, writing, arithmetic, history [...]

Although we accept that there is an intimate connection between thoughts and actions, do we really understand how intimate that relationship is?
We know pretty much what actions are. They are tangible, and we can see them. They exist here in the corporeal level. We can be held responsible for them, and we can even be [...]

History teachers take note: The way history is taught, at least in the United States, is wrong. First of all, I was taught History in the NYC Public School System and that is a problem in and of itself. The American School System would have you believe that American History began with the Plymouth Rock [...]

If I were to ask someone, if they thought that things they did in life, good or bad, would come back to them in some form or another? Most would probably say yes. But if I asked these same people if they believed in KARMA, they would probably respond along the lines: Oh that’s an [...]

I remember growing up on some of the most respected science fiction films of all time. Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The day the Earth Stood Still, The Time Machine, etc. I also remember Star Trek. I recall how so many issues relevant to the time were presented using science fiction as a [...]

I have thought long and hard about approaching this subject. There will be some that will say that since I have never been a parent, I have no right to say anything on what it takes to be a good parent. However, my response will be that I have been someone’s child and that gives [...]