buddhism
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Imagine, for a moment, that everything you think you know about yourself is an illusion. Not in a scary, existential-crisis kind of way—but in a liberating, life-changing one. This is what the Buddha discovered 2,500 years ago, and his insights still shake the foundations of how we see ourselves today. Most of us walk through
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– Maq Masi You pour a cup of tea. Steam rises. Somewhere, quietly, something is shifting. Not a riot. Not a declaration. Just a whisper: “Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.” It sounds cryptic. Perhaps poetic. Or even absurd. How could such words—so weightless—change the weight of history? Yet, they already have. In my youth,
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A fictional piece Eleanor had always lived a life of faith. Raised in a devout Christian family in England, the church was at the center of her world—Sundays filled with hymns, prayers, and sermons that affirmed her belief in God. As she grew older, her faith remained, but so did her curiosity about the world