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The Folly of Russia’s New Anti-Gay Law

February 17th, 2014 | by Harmonist staff

If people and countries cannot understand the science behind natural variations such as homosexual orientation and transgender identity, they should at least approach the issue from the platform of kindness and human decency


The Gospel According to ‘Me’

August 6th, 2013 | by Harmonist staff

Rich Western democracies have merely switched one notion of God for another—abandoning their singular, omnipotent deity and replacing it with a weak but all-pervasive idea of spirituality tied to a personal ethic of authenticity


Danda Meditation

July 30th, 2013 | by Harmonist staff

At life’s most complex and complicated moments, we may ask ourselves, “Should I walk here? Should I move there? Will I be safe?” How will we know? Who will come to our aid


Nature’s Limits

May 19th, 2013 | by Harmonist staff

\"Researchers and policy makers generally don\'t see the earth that predates humans as an optimal original state. \'Obviously the best thing for the environment is to kill ourselves,\' Jahn says.\"


Lessons From the World Around Us

March 12th, 2013 | by Harmonist staff

\"However it so happens that the beasts manage to live not only at ease within the great chain of being but also in concert with the tides and the season and the presence of death, it is the great lesson they teach to humanity.\"


The Art of Living in Modern India

December 16th, 2012 | by Harmonist staff

Every class, we worked on our breathing – in and then out, in and then out, in and then out – until our minds went blank in a cascade of bliss. Except for my mind. It just didn’t work for me


A Neurosurgeon Near Death

October 9th, 2012 | by Harmonist staff

\"The plain fact is that the materialist picture of the body and brain as the producers, rather than the vehicles, of human consciousness is doomed.\"


Cultivating a Culture of Debate

September 20th, 2012 | by Harmonist staff

The privatization of moral, religious, and philosophical views in liberal democracies and the cultural relativism that often underlies Western multicultural agendas are a much greater obstacle to a culture of debate than religion



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