Category Archives: Life Purpose

A Stack of Books

Posted on February 26, 2025 by paulyr2

One stack of books among an arrangement of seven on a table in basement. I have many more books down there and throughout the house. Here are titles from bottom to top. What is the meaning of this? Get wisdom! … Continue reading →

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Horror, Halloween and Hell

Posted on October 21, 2024 by paulyr2

Horror is a real thing, a reaction in feeling and thought to looming doom for oneself or another, in an ugly, painful fashion. Horror includes a recognition of no escape, no way out from dire threat. An example: “While violence … Continue reading →

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Burial: Right and Rite

Posted on June 22, 2024 by paulyr2

Human beings have a long-standing custom of burying their dead. Around one-hundred-thousand years ago, human individuals were buried in a cave, Qafzeh Cave in Israel, with coloring tools left in-situ. The stone tools, including lumps of ochre, indicate primitive artistry, … Continue reading →

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Sekazi Mtingwa: He’s not Jesus Christ, He’s a Physicist

Posted on April 4, 2024 by paulyr2

A recent article in ScienceNews magazine (March 23, 2024) offers biographical highlights of this man’s life and career. As a youngster, Mtingwa thought he was “the second coming of Jesus Christ,” but learned in Sunday School that he was unwilling … Continue reading →

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Two Vectors, One Point

Posted on March 8, 2024 by paulyr2

Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French writer, a well-respected philosopher and novelist, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1964), which he declined. In philosophy, Sartre is known as an existentialist, one who theorizes about the meaning of being. In 1944, … Continue reading →

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Training with Weights

Posted on October 11, 2023 by paulyr2

Latest issue of HealthU, a free quarterly magazine published by Hackensack Meridian Health, has a one-page article on self-improvement about the benefits of weight training. I have some weights at home which I use in exercise Monday through Friday. I … Continue reading →

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Mourning and Memory: a ‘Lion’ Lesson

Posted on August 8, 2023 by paulyr2

The movie, ‘Lion,’ was released in 2016 and was successful financially and in popularity and was nominated for numerous Academy Awards in U.S. The movie is based on fact. A little boy, maybe five years old, is separated (by accident) … Continue reading →

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Basics of Buddhism

Posted on June 5, 2023 by paulyr2
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Aphorism

Posted on May 26, 2023 by paulyr2

Definition: “a concise statement of a principle; a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment” (Merriam-Webster) Book: James Geary, Geary’s Guide to the World’s Great Aphorists (NY: Bloomsbury, 2007) Geary’s book (437pp.) is a compendium of famous speakers and writers … Continue reading →

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And Now, a Word of Encouragement

Posted on May 12, 2023 by paulyr2

From Saints Paul and Barnabas, comes the following saying/teaching: Through many troubles must we enter the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22) The Greek word for “troubles” may also be translated, ‘afflictions,’ ‘persecutions,’ or ‘distress.’ A person travelling the road to … Continue reading →

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