(reading «Say «Yes» to Life» by Viktor Frankl) Has all this suffering, this dying around us, a meaning? For, if not, then ultimately there is no meaning to survival; for a life whose meaning depends upon such a happenstance –…
I was inspired to write this article by the metamorphosis that happened in April this year. Just as the warm weather established, and delicate leaves developed, and trees began to blossom, and bees were humming, all of a sudden, the…
I don’t like to give specific psychological advice. Particularly, advice about children. The reason is parents simply confuse psychology and pedagogics. Educating valuable members of society is not the main problem of psychology. A psychologist is called in to eliminate…
A books is not just the best present but a way to strengthen the relationship. No, not those books with bright adult photos but the serious literature. I give credit for this method to my husband. In the first year…
First, a man plays a role, then the role plays the man. Vladimir Levi «Men don’t cry!», «Big boys don’t hold their mommy’s hands!» – the gender role programming follows our children at every step. Numerous trite phrases (sometimes truly…
I express my thanks to Robert Wright from Princeton University whose lectures inspired this article. We have two characters: Helen, a girl, and Blossom, a monkey. Both are not Buddhists but both represent the carbon based lifeforms that passed through…
From time to time, everybody experiences the depressive feeling that came to be known as «a bad mood», «stress», or «discouragement». We often generalize these «symptoms» as a «depression» while the true depression is far from melancholy and sadness which…
Virtual reality came to stay in our daily life. We spend more and more time at computer, and less and less time is spent on communication with friends and walking outdoors. Many people believe that spending time on playing computer…
