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Spirituality

Wabi-Sabi: Finding Beauty in the Life Already Here

awakening-publisher October 5, 2026

A favourite cup rarely earns its place in our hands by being flawless. Its glaze may gather unevenly around the rim; its surface may have grown familiar through years of use. Yet we reach for it while the immaculate replacement waits on a shelf. What are we recognising in that ordinary object?

An open hand beside a sapling on a sunlit riverbank, with an eight-spoked wooden wheel across the water.

Religion

Buddhism and the Difference Between Craving and Care

Vegastar October 4, 2026

A plan changes, a conversation goes badly, or something we hoped would last begins to disappear. Alongside the practical problem, another struggle can develop: the insistence that this moment should be different. Buddhist teachings invite a close examination of that struggle. What are we holding on to, and what would it mean to loosen our […]

Fictional adult cycling on a park path, illustrating the challenge of relearning a familiar skill

Awareness

The Backwards Brain Bicycle: What Relearning Reveals About Awareness

Vegastar September 30, 2026

Smarter Every Day’s reversed bicycle makes familiar habits visible. Explore what the experiment shows about practice, motor learning, and pausing before an old response.

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Spirituality

Optimistic Nihilism: Choosing Meaning in a Vast Universe

Vegastar September 30, 2026

Kurzgesagt’s Optimistic Nihilism turns a vast-universe question into a practical reflection on meaning, responsibility, and the commitments we choose.