We reside in an imbalanced nation.
We reside in an imbalanced nation. The proliferation of women artists creating Goddess pictures serves to counterbalance the negative portrayal society imposes on them. Similarly, violent music resonates so deeply because our lives are often mundane and predictable, and these tales of individuals expressing our deepest desires connect us to the way we yearn to […]
Alain De Botton On Love
Every heartbreak, disappointment, and failure contains a lesson that will nurture our spiritual evolution. Without gaining wisdom from pain we are bound to endlessly repeat cycles that hinder our spiritual maturation. Spiritualists believe being unable to gain wisdom from our experiences results in reincarnation. Which means they believe transcendence is depended on our ability to […]
Alain De Botton On Happiness
Maybe because we’ve grown accustomed to our poverty, become acquainted with our loneliness, and developed such an intimate relationship with our sadness we are unable to accept the possibility, and actuality, of being happy. A small part of ourselves may struggle believing its deserved, strangely fearing the life we deeply crave. We are so quick […]
Alain De Botton On Spiritual Love
Why does the inherent normality of our lovers become the exact reasons we love them. The regular smiles with gap teeth that are slanted a little far left began to shine like the sun peering through winter clouds, or regular brown eyes take on a special twinkle, and our eyes continue to discover the specialness […]
Alain De Botton On Authenticity
The world is polished and refined, for we only see the end products of everything. The books have been rewritten, edited, and rewritten again. The websites have undergone constant change before being seen by the public. The food given at restaurants has been thoroughly cooked and delicately prepared. Unfortunately, the mythic mirages of social media […]
Alain de Botton on Relationships
The beginning of love is always delusional. Seeping in idealization, but soon, only with the passage of time, our eyes become acquainted with the truth. In the early stages of love we suspended our judgement. Allowing people to be fully themselves, and viewing them through a lens of adorability. Once this idealization fades our lovers […]
Alain De Botton on Meaning
The world must be built anew from the actions of every man. We must gather those that are willing to commit to righteousness. For the majority would rather sleep in their collective delusion. The reconstruction of everyday life can only be healed with the willingness to love. Only those that choose to stake their lives […]