In the following article, Jean Ebert proposes an exercise to begin to approach this simple yet profound question. Why are we here? Maybe you've asked yourself this question many times in your life. And maybe not. Whatever the case may be for you, here's an exercise that you might want to try. Why are we here? Us. Human Beings. A species on a planet. It is quite a question to ask oneself. And to ask oneself without immediately trying to fill in an answer. If you wa

From the time we are born, we are subject to outside influences that shape us in one way or another. So how much of us is really us? Here Teresa Sullivan offers her thoughts. Sensing One's Self “No, no, no. Do it this way.” Has anyone ever said this to you? So much of our life, we are expected, instructed and directed to conform. As a baby, you watch your parents and do as they do, absorbing like a sponge the fundamentals of living. It gives you a good start in life. This c

In this article, Jane Goodman opens up some of the many wonders, questions and challenges a person inevitably faces when choosing to explore one of the most basic yet often unconsidered questions of existence: "What does it mean to be Human?" In this life, fragments of each of us are, each day, each moment, experiencing life near and far. While doing so, it’s a ponder as to how often the question is asked by you, by me, by anyone of the over 8 billion people alive and cons