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Eight years have passed since I read this book for the first time. A neighbour from across the hall recommended it during a dinner party, and I was intrigued by the title. I was not sure what to expect, so I was delighted as I read it and found an interesting and easy to read [...]
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I just read a ‘damn Interesting’ article. On it, the author explains how the ‘mentally disordered’ have a much more accurate view of our world than that of ‘normal people’. As he explains in the opening paragraphs, although “realistic perceptions [of our world] have been considered essential to good mental health”, this is far from [...]
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Image by OrangeAcid (a poem by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer) ¿Qué Es Poesía? ¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas En mi pupila tu pupila azul. ¡Qué es poesía! ¿Y tú me lo preguntas? Poesía eres tú. ~~~~~~~~~o~o~o~o~o~o~~~~~~~ (Loose translation) What is poetry? whisper your lips while you stare into my soul. What is poetry! And you [...]
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Over the last 12 months , I have been on a journey of self-exploration and disclosure. Through this journey, I’ve had some difficult times and challenging moments. I also have had people I respect tell me I lost the plot. One thing in common in both instances was that I let my emotions and my [...]
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Six months of Change Six Months of Suffering Six Months of Love Six months of happinessThe nature of Samsara: to realise through daily life of the emptiness of ‘I’. To live in all its glory the teachings of enlightened ones That nothing lasts, All changes, and we just are ripples on a pond; ripples that [...]
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Have you heard of Gabriel Garcia Marquez? I thought you’d have. And I bet you have not heard of German Castro Caycedo. Unlike Garcia Marquez, Colombia’s most famous writer, German focuses on non-fiction. His prolific work has covered an incredible range of topics that expose Colombia’s modern and complex social landscape; to name a few: [...]
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