humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Empathy, Imagination, and the Soul’s Curriculum:
There is a long‑standing belief in spiritual traditions that the soul comes into this life with lessons to learn. Some call it a curriculum, some call it growth, some call it refinement, or the soul contract and some simply call it becoming more human. The idea is not that suffering is required, but that understanding is. Compassion, humility, forgiveness, courage, and clarity are not abstract virtues; they are lived experiences. Yet not every soul needs to endure every possible hardship firsthand. There are other routes to understanding, and one of the most powerful is empathy.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 days ago in Humans
When Institutions Reward the Disordered
The claim that modern society has “gone insane” circulates constantly in political commentary. The phrase is crude. The frustration behind it is real. When citizens watch institutions make decisions that appear detached from ordinary human consequences, people begin searching for explanations. Some assume incompetence. Others assume corruption. A smaller but growing group points to a psychological explanation known as political ponerology.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin5 days ago in Humans
My Unexpected Arrest Fucked With My Shame for Years. Top Story - May 2025.
My annus horribilis Rushing to get my six-and-a-half-year-old daughter ready, I grabbed our coats; we were on our way to a lunch and cinema date with a friend and her thirteen-year-old twins.
By Chantal Christie Weiss5 days ago in Humans
Staying Awake in a Culture That Fears Awareness
Staying Awake in a Culture That Fears Awareness There is a strange trend unfolding in the modern world, one that reveals more about the collective spiritual condition than most people realize. A subset of society has begun to mock the idea of being “awake,” twisting the word into an insult, a punchline, even a supposed symptom of instability. They use it as shorthand for delusion, as if awareness itself were a threat to public order. They speak of being awake with a smirk, as though clarity were a flaw and compassion were a weakness. It is a cultural inversion so complete that it would be comical if it were not so revealing.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 days ago in Humans
The Anatomy of Spiritual Ego and the Culture That Cannot See It
The Anatomy of Spiritual Ego and the Culture That Cannot See It Most people have no idea what ego actually is. They think it’s arrogance, or pride, or the part of them that wants to be right. They think it’s the voice that gets embarrassed or the part that wants to win an argument. They reduce it to Freud’s vocabulary, as if the ego were nothing more than a psychological structure. But spiritual ego is far older, far deeper, and far more destructive than anything Freud ever described. It is not a personality trait. It is not a mood. It is not a quirk of temperament. It is the force that bends consciousness inward until a person can no longer see beyond themselves.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 days ago in Humans
The World Is Addicted To The Dopamine Rush Of Hatred
A Spiritual Diagnosis Of A Culture That Has Forgotten How To Feel Anything Else Something in the human spirit has shifted. You can see it in the way people speak, the way they react, the way they hunt for the next spark of outrage. Hatred has become a stimulant. Outrage has become a pastime. Judgment has become a form of entertainment. What looks like anger is often nothing more than a chemical chase, a search for the next hit of emotional electricity. The tragedy is that most people don’t realize they are addicted.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 days ago in Humans
what does true freedom mean in the modern world?
freedom is one of the most powerful ideas humanity has ever imagined. entire civilizations have risen and fallen around it. revolutions have been fought in its name. constitutions have been written to protect it. people have sacrificed comfort, safety, and sometimes their lives so that future generations could experience it.
By Arjun. S. Gaikwad5 days ago in Humans
Take Me to Church: The Gospel of What They Tried to Make Us Hate
A lyrical essay on Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” as a meditation on shame, sexuality, institutional judgment, and the reclaiming of humanity through love. Hozier has described the song as being about sex, humanity, and the way church doctrine can teach shame around sexuality, while emphasizing that it is not an attack on faith itself.
By Flower InBloom5 days ago in Humans
The Voice in the Dark
In the history of big cities there are moments when everything turns into chaos and people don't know where to go in those moments only the people with real character and tarbiyat can lead others to safety this is the true story of Rick Rescorla who was born in a small town in England and later moved to America he was a man who had seen many wars and he knew that safety is not something you get by luck it is something you prepare for every single day
By Hazrat Umer6 days ago in Humans
The Tragedy of Mahsa Amini: When a Woman's Freedom Becomes Dangerous. AI-Generated.
Mahsa Amini In countries like Iran, women are required to wear the hijab, and the rules are extremely strict. Even a small violation can have serious consequences. The tragic example of Mahsa Amini shows just how dangerous this pressure can be.
By Andreea Petrache6 days ago in Humans
