Philosophy

To understand the point of anything in our lives (including this blog) we must find some way of understanding the point of everything. That’s difficult when the universe appears to have no deeper meaning, and our lives no special purpose.
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When I was about 20 and writing about my early explorations of the world and my ideas about life – earnest, ill informed, occasionally interesting but protected from any serious …
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From a remote mountaintop in Borneo to the UK general election – I confront my need to fight for change in the face of forces we can’t control
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Although it is true this little blog is pretty much unexamined by other people, I’m not about to stop writing Soulchaser simply because it has a small readership. Even if nobody …
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Happiness is a place within, from which love, wonder, laughter and joy can erupt easily and without judgement. The question for me, then, is how do we build this place inside us?
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I was asked by a friend how I afforded my lifestyle, and it made me think exactly what sort of lifestyle he thought I led, and why.
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I began to understand, in a profound way that is hard to articulate, that old idea that change starts within us, and then around us, and that the saying “be the change you want to see” is not some trite little quote that we should raise a cynical eyebrow to. This little seed that was planted up on the mountain has grown into a firm, plucky little sapling that is still putting down roots and stretching it’s young branches out toward the sunlight.
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