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  Excerpt from  Weekly Soul  by Dr. Frederic Craigie: -10-   The heart of most spiritual practices is simply this: Remember who you are. Remember what you love. Remember what is sacred. Remember what is true. Remember that you will die and that this day is a gift. Remember how you wish to live.   Wayne Muller   In May of 1995, actor Christopher Reeve was taking part in an equestrian competition in Virginia when his horse abruptly stopped before a jump, throwing him forward onto the ground. Unable to break his fall because his hands were entangled with the reins, he landed on his head and suffered a broken neck. The former Superman, Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down for the remaining nine years of his life. In the immediate aftermath of the injury, Reeve considered his profound disability and told his wife, Dana, that “maybe we should let me go.” Her response was, “You’re still you, and I love you.” Outwardly, of course, Reeve was not at all who he had ...

In an era of endless connectivity, why do so many feel profoundly alone? Philosophy has long grappled with alienation—what Marx saw as estrangement from labor, what Sartre described as the burden of radical freedom, and what Simone Weil considered the soul’s hunger for rootedness. Today, alienation has morphed, expanding into new domains: social media performance, algorithmic labor, and the commodification of identity. 🧠  From Roots to Rhizomes: Lost Anchors of Meaning Traditional communities once offered deep identity through shared rituals, languages, and sacred ground. Now, these have been replaced by what philosopher Byung-Chul Han calls “smooth communication”—efficient but shallow, reducing dialogue to data. We’ve traded anchors for networks, but the latter often lack spiritual or emotional depth. ✨  The Self as Product Where once we were human  beings , now we are human  brands . Philosophers like Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò interrogate the politics of positionality: are w...

  In a world increasingly shaped by metrics and immediacy, the trio of truth, ethics, and aesthetics might seem like distant cousins—each speaking its own language, each pursuing its own ideal. But look closer, and you’ll find they’re reflections in the same mirror, bending light toward meaning. 🧭 Truth: The Compass Truth is often cast as the cold, hard compass—pointing us toward what  is , regardless of what we  wish  it to be. But truth isn’t just factual; it’s relational. In caregiving, for instance, truth might mean acknowledging decline while still honoring dignity. In art, it might mean revealing a deeper reality through metaphor. And in ethics, truth becomes the foundation for moral reasoning—what we owe to others, and why. ⚖️ Ethics: The Anchor Ethics asks:  What should we do?  But it also asks:  Who should we be?  It’s the anchor that holds us steady in turbulent waters. Yet ethics without aesthetics can become rigid, and ethics without ...