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Sun, July 3, 2022 | 18:38

To be free from greed

“More, faster, more efficiently” seems to be the slogan of contemporary people. Why do we want to eat more? Why do we want to have more and more? Why are we trying to get more information, become more efficient, and satisfy more needs?

2022-02-13 16:47

The hatted Buddha

Throughout the year, rain or shine, day and night, the steep, rugged mountain path is always teeming with people. They want to offer a prayer to the Buddha on the mountaintop at an elevation of 830 meters. They are mostly women, carrying on their shoulders a little backpack or a cloth-bag, containing candles or rice for offerings.

2022-02-10 17:00

Lost in a dilemma

The media and the public all are focused on the presidential election now which is just several weeks away. Having volunteered for the Fair Election Agency, I needed two weeks' prior instruction to be conducted indoors. Yesterday, while absorbed in studying the Fair Election Aid program with 20 other volunteers, I got a call from a local health clinic, saying that I needed to...

2022-02-09 16:46

Itching to travel abroad once more

After almost two years of being stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I am anxiously waiting for the day when I will be able to go places as I please. The first thing I want to do after the restrictions on international travel are lifted is to take a Mediterranean cruise which is on my bucket list. In the meantime, I console myself by reminiscing about the Caribbean cru...

2022-02-08 16:39

Knowledge consumerism

Be admonished: of making many computers there is no end; and much reading of websites is a weariness of the flesh. Computers are everywhere and are used for everything. Websites number in the millions and blogs as well. I limit myself to one Korean anatomist's blog.

2022-02-07 16:36

Nagging

How do you feel when someone keeps nagging? In general, we feel bad and hurt when someone continues nagging. Little by little, nagging builds up barriers in our hearts. When the heart is closed, human relationships become unstable.

2022-02-06 17:00

How is milk produced?

Numerous animals have been killed for people's meat consumption, although we don't want to know the details. Milk and dairy products, we may think, are produced in a non-violent process. In fact, it involves violence against cows, in the current factory farming system which is so prevalent.

2022-02-03 16:30

North Korea's failure and South Korea's success

North Korea is once again rattling the cage. Over several weeks recently, the regime has carried out four ballistic missile tests. Pyongyang describes them as essential for self-defense.

2022-02-02 16:45

All for one, one for all

Our present U.S. president has just completed one year in office, and already there is talk and news about the next election in 2024. The Democrats and Republicans are continuously at each other's throats. Their rhetoric prevents me from belonging to or supporting either party.

2022-01-27 17:00

First time traveling in 2 years

It has been almost two years since the last time I traveled. I had almost forgotten what a plane smelled like. In my memory, it smelled like a faint scent of air freshener in a stale closet, always signalling a new exciting adventure. This time however, it only smelled like my disposable mask.

2022-01-26 18:59

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