In the words of Jeremy da Silva, the expert in question, “empathy and compassion compensated for the physical disadvantages of bipedalism”.

The second is the very fact that difficult moral moments usually arise when we have to make what seems like competing, mutually exclusive choices, all within acceptable moral norms.

Mother Earth embodies so well that innocence as she generously entertains everyone and tries to give us joy, sustenance and her great purifying powers.

There is one relationship that is beyond the boundaries of family and that is said to be even more long-lasting and essential for human life. It is the bond between student and teacher.

How many of us have ever wondered how come we perceive beauty ? And how come the entire creation around us is so beautiful, in a way that universally speaks to all mankind?

The roots of loneliness and isolation are many but eventually a “shell” settles within us and we have a very hard time breaking through it and reconnecting.

But what is culture ? Every definition - and there are dozens and dozens - that we can find is human-centric.

But on closer inspection Christmas appears as a perfect time to reflect on the primacy of the Spirit / Self over matter.

We are all used with the linear thinking that everything that happens is an effect of something else, of some cause. Most often though that cause is also an effect of yet something else which could be called as its cause, and so on.

If wisdom is more about about establishing the target, discretion is more about actually getting there. It also has something to do with being able to relate to the people involved in the respective situations.