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Just found this forum while surfing for something else, liked the subjects under discussion, decided to join. I am an Indian, living in a village in the southern state, Kerala. I'm not much into traditional philosophy. I am no specialist, and realize that, in this specialist age, no man—not even any...

How well did they sell? The book is not yet complete. Still doubting if it is worth publishing. Is that why you're here? Are you looking for feedback to help you to decide? If so, you can forget me, as I really don't want that kind of responsibility. I'm at a place right now where I feel that knowl...

SpheresOfBalance wrote: How well did they sell?

The book is not yet complete. Still doubting if it is worth publishing.

So you don't think that mans knowledge of his ultimate fate has anything to do with it? How about the fact that the formation of religion was a result of this fear, and that today man has steadily been loosing that religion to science and other things. Yes I'm saying that materialism/consumerism/co...

I see that it's mans SELFISHNESS that is the origin of his problems, and I also see that the cause of this selfishness is the fear of his own mortality. . I agree to your suggestion that it's man's SELFISHNESS that is the origin of his problems;I disagree to your suggestion that the cause of this s...

I see that it's mans SELFISHNESS that is the origin of his problems, and I also see that the cause of this selfishness is the fear of his own mortality. . I agree to your suggestion that it's man's SELFISHNESS that is the origin of his problems;I disagree to your suggestion that the cause of this s...

If you believe that my slide does not account for mankind's 'progress' that's not true as it's implied with ones knowledge of Darwin's theory of evolution, and how it goes without saying, as it's the law of nature to constantly select it's best options in the face of adversity, to adapt, and popula...

The solution will automatically become clear once we can understand the cause behind the causes of our problems. And it is no easy process that this is a step-by-step process and that we cannot overstep this process. Just imagine the following scenario: You are riding comfortably on train. You look ...

The deepest truths are simple. They exist right in our front and staring us on the face. But we have been conditioned by our present society in such a manner that we don’t believe these truths. Similarly, the solutions to most problems that mankind faces today are such simple that they become visibl...

Mankind, like millions of the rest species in nature, lived for millions of years without books or even without writing. The invention of writing has been a very recent phenomenon in the evolutionary timescale-- approximately in 200 B.C. when the first use of ideograms began. And the last 2500 years...