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A Historical Perspective on Happiness

Posted on March 29, 2008 by

There are two aspects I want to focus on in my summary of Jennifer Hecht’s Happiness Myths: Wisdom gathered from history about happiness and the influence of money on our society. The book is very well written and contains much … Continue reading →

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Money = Life Energy

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

That is the key of the Your Money or Your Life (YMOYL) program devised by Joe Dominguez back in the 1960s “to extricate himself from the shackles of wage slavery” (xv). The longer version of this equation is: “Money is … Continue reading →

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Essential Elements of Buddhism

Posted on January 22, 2008 by

Now that I have bashed Buddhism, I want to step back and look at its essential elements. If we assume that Theravada Buddhism is the most original, we can look at some of those renditions. I have studied some of … Continue reading →

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