All over Europe, and much of the rest of the world, there are vast majestic cathedrals dedicated to God. Now that, as society at least, we have pretty much lost God, where are the new cathedrals? Who are they dedicated to? I’ve had a few ideas for potential candidates and I’m going to run a little series exploring each [...]
As mentioned a few posts ago, I've had exams over the past few weeks, hence the short updates; I've been working more or less all day every day for a month and it's had a significant effect on me, changing my outlook and depositing a load of new ideas.
One of the first things that hit me was [...]
I feel as though I am finally coming out of my time of reforming now; over the last few days things seem to be slotting back into place, although this could well be just another stage on the path of transition. I've got back into a lot of the things that have been dormant in [...]
Last week I did a fast (eating and drinking nothing but water), only for 24 hours, but I have never done one before so it was a new experience. I decided to do one for various reasons; primarily just for the sake of self discipline but also to try and focus my mind and have [...]
I think not having the internet for so long has helped me in breaking my addiction to materialism, well, to the internet at least. I thought I'd die not having the internet for such a long period of time, but I actually got used to it fairly quickly. Granted I still had access to my email and [...]
Well, I can only apologise for the amount of time it has taken me to post, but I have finally got the Internet sorted at home, so updating should be back to normal from here on in. I apologise in advance for the self-orientation of this post, but I feel it's good to set the [...]
I am becoming increasingly disillusioned with materialistic culture. Every time I buy something or use something it seems as though I am on a path to the day it breaks and I need to replace it. I buy a bike, it breaks after a year or two; I buy a computer, the graphic card goes [...]