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From the School of Hard Knocks to the University of Life

Life is full of a vast array of positive and negative emotions, it’s just part and parcel of the deal. We can sail through life for years feeling comfortable and happy. Spiritual life and relationships can feel so easy in that mode of living, everyone is your friend with smiles all around.  The real defining factor of our destiny is actually decided by tests in the guise of a supposed injustice; some form of negative experience or some moral dilemma. Through this process, I felt there were 3 key phases that we can learn and develop from... Thesis How we view spiritual life usually goes unchallenged by our judgement in the early stages of our chosen path, we tend to imitate what others are doing or can be easily coerced into adopting a role that others have envisioned for us, through this we develop our initial thesis of what we feel spiritual life is all about. Following the dictations of others can work out well, if there is a relationship based on love, trust an...

Beyond the Classroom

Presenting philosophy through classes and seminars in a charismatic way is a great way to provide the initial inspiration for new and aspiring spiritualists. As we progress, it's important that we evolve to become mature spiritual people who know philosophy, how to apply it on a daily basis and how to connect ourselves with others. Let’s become people who others can inquire from, be inspired by and more importantly let’s take care of and establish  deep and meaningful friendships with others based on love and trust , not based on authority and autocracy. People want to be loved not ruled. We cross paths with a lot of great presenters of philosophy, but there must be an evolution from the classroom to play an active role in helping to cultivate other's spiritual desires and support them to grow into committed and mature spiritualists. Being enthused by an inspiring presentation i...