09.12.09 Posted in Articles by Okan
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I want to write about Truth and Absurdity.
I say… that for every “Truth,” there is an equal and opposite “Truth.” Of course I am not talking about the physical world but the world of a human, the one that is lived in his/her head. The human’s world that describes right and [...]
09.12.09 Posted in Articles by Okan
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You need a reason to get healthy, I got THE ONE for you.
Is there anyone out there that has any doubt that we do not take care of our selves? For years the industry has been coming up with “hows” and “whats” and gadgets and labels and infomercials and books and…. well [...]
09.12.09 Posted in Articles by Okan
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This article is about creating and committing to what is possible with he-she-it-they in your life. I will take your thinking through a journey that will have you come to a place where the landscape is one that you have never seen before, and you will be left with knowing that if [...]
09.12.09 Posted in Articles by Okan
Lately when I catch movies on television, I notice that I am paying attention to who is dead or who is still alive. I like old movies and when I happen to see one, I first look at when it was made and try to guess the ages of the actors. Noticing that some or [...]
05.16.09 Posted in Humanity, Short Posts by Okan
Nelson Mandela
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of [...]
05.16.09 Posted in Articles by Okan
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In America we have been preaching this life-balance crap for a while now; everyone who has a family and a career should devote time to their families and make them a priority in life, spend time with their children, attend soccer games, eat together,,,, blah, blah, blah… Who makes this crap up?
So [...]
04.27.08 Posted in Humanity, Meaningless, Philosopy, Waking up by Okan
Keep constantly in your mind how many doctors die after a lifetime of wrinkling their brows in thought over the sick; and how many astrologers die after predicting with much ceremony the death of others; and how many philosophers die after exhausting their minds with countless discourses concerning death and immortality; and how many military [...]
02.23.08 Posted in Meaningless, Philosopy, Truth, Waking up by Okan
It is a very interesting thing this “Comparing.” It is one of the greatest sources of suffering of our times. If you are not happy you are most likely comparing.
My mother was 64 years old. She struggled with breast cancer for 8 years and passed away in January. As people poured to our home, there [...]
10.06.07 Posted in Humanity, Truth, Waking up by Okan
This man is dying. Or is he?
09.29.07 Posted in Meaningless, Philosopy, Truth by Okan
From the book, Sartre for Beginners by Donald Palmer
A group of friends on vacation go for a day hike in the Alps. Half way to the mountain top, which is their goal, they turn a bend in the path and find their way blocked by a huge boulder that has fallen in such a a [...]