Afraid of the Light
January 28, 2024
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. (Plato)
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. (Plato)
Truth is a very foundation of life itself.
This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are. (Rumi)
In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise.
Live not by lies. Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me. (Aleksander Solzhenitsyn)
“…it is to systems sometimes built with great hardship that men sacrifice reality and truth.”
Etty Hillesum on Nazis
Truth is like a surgery. It hurts but it heals. A lie is like a painkiller. It gives instant relief but has side effects forever.
What is “The Search for Truth”? Is it a prize to win? Or a mountain to climb? What if truth isn’t something you find — but something that grows? Learn how Truth itself grows when you tend to it — like a gardener helping his garden to flower.
In two neighboring anthems — Israel’s Hatikvah and Palestine’s Fida’i —
we hear humanity’s oldest choice echo again:
to build or to burn.
Everyone knows Chazara works. So why do so few Daf Yomi learners stick with it? Turns out, the path to truth isn’t about moving faster—but going deeper. Here’s how repetition sharpens your mind, ignites your curiosity, and helps you truly own the Daf.
WHO KNEW? While few people intentionally purchase products involving enslavement and exploitation of workers, the harsh reality is our global supply chain relies on 40.3 million victims trapped in slavery.
VIDEO+TRANSCRIPT: What are the best food sources of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?
SHORT COMEDY: One determined math teacher takes on post-truth America.
Why may those who consume meat have up to three times the risk of developing dementia compared with vegetarians? AGEs may be one explanation.
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