humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
I Love You to the Moon and Back
I recall those Valentine’s Days when I was single — there were many — where I felt that sting of loneliness and a sense of FOMO. During those years, I believed being adored by a man would help me validate my worth, without the comprehension that I needed to honour myself too.
By Chantal Christie Weiss8 days ago in Humans
Learning as Love and the Unlearning of Human Ways
To say that learning is a form of love is to make a profound claim about the nature of the soul, the nature of truth, and the nature of the Divine. It suggests that learning is not merely the accumulation of information or the refinement of intellect, but an act of devotion, an opening of the heart, a willingness to be changed. It implies that the soul learns not to become more knowledgeable in the worldly sense, but to become more aligned with the Divine. And it suggests that the greatest obstacle to this alignment is not ignorance but the deeply ingrained habits, assumptions, and defenses that constitute what we call “human ways.” To embrace divinity, we must unlearn these ways. We must release the patterns that keep us bound to fear, separation, and illusion. We must allow ourselves to be taught by something greater than the mind. Learning becomes love when it becomes surrender.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior8 days ago in Humans
Huston, Australia has 99 problems.. Content Warning.
Huston! We have a problem. It's a big problem. It's not one I can sit still observing anymore. Honestly, I have adrenaline writing this as I feel I am going to be firstly, trying hard not to upset any one person. I am here attempting to do the unthinkable. I am not a hero. I am just a relentless force that is attempting to bring down too many walls so people can start seeing the argument clearly, of course after the dust has settled. I am not here to silence any group. I am here to bring a discussion and unite groups back together. I have always been a fence sitter, up until lately I can see the fence but I am no longer sitting on it.
By Louise Spathonis8 days ago in Humans
The Veil of Nothingness: Reality, Meaning, and the Hidden Architecture of Existence
The phrase “veil of nothingness” carries a strange and paradoxical power. It evokes both emptiness and concealment, both the absence of substance and the presence of a barrier. It suggests that something essential is hidden not behind a wall or a curtain, but behind a kind of metaphysical emptiness—a void that obscures the deeper nature of reality. Throughout history, mystics, philosophers, theologians, and psychologists have wrestled with this idea in different forms. Whether described as maya in Hindu philosophy, sunyata in Buddhism, the cloud of unknowing in Christian mysticism, or das Nichts in existential philosophy, the veil of nothingness has served as a metaphor for the limits of human perception and the mysterious ground from which meaning arises.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior8 days ago in Humans
The Shadow That Follows the Seeker
The phrase “the shadow of doubt” is so deeply woven into our language that we rarely pause to consider what it actually means. It appears in literature, philosophy, psychology, and sacred texts across cultures, always pointing toward a particular kind of inner experience—an obscuring, a dimming, a sense that something once clear has become partially hidden. Doubt is not described as a wall, a storm, or a wound, though it can feel like all of these. It is described as a shadow. That metaphor is not accidental. It reveals something profound about the nature of doubt itself, the structure of the human psyche, and the way spiritual growth unfolds. To understand why doubt takes the form of a shadow, we must explore the interplay between light and obscurity, certainty and uncertainty, ego and humility, and the ancient human struggle to discern truth from illusion.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior8 days ago in Humans
I AM and the Mirror of the Self: Navigating Objectivity, Subjectivity, and the Spiritual Ego
Spirituality has always lived at the crossroads of two powerful forces: the objective reality of the Divine and the subjective experience of the seeker. Every tradition, every mystic, every philosopher has wrestled with the tension between what is universally true and what is personally felt. This tension becomes especially vivid when we return to the moment in Exodus 3:14 when the Divine names itself simply as “I AM.” That declaration stands as one of the most profound statements in the history of spiritual thought. It is not a metaphor, not a symbol, not a psychological projection. It is a claim about the nature of Being itself. Yet the moment a human being encounters that truth, it becomes filtered through the lens of the psyche, shaped by memory, culture, trauma, longing, and the developmental stage of the soul. The result is a paradox: the Divine is objective, but our experience of the Divine is always subjective. How we navigate that paradox determines whether our spirituality becomes a path of humility or a performance of superiority.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior8 days ago in Humans
Love Between Two Enemies Part Seven
The Cost of Saving Her Ethan Ashford became a ghost overnight. Not officially—his name was still on buildings, still whispered in financial circles—but something fundamental had shifted. The man who once walked into rooms and bent them to his will now moved through the city like someone marked.
By Ahmed aldeabella8 days ago in Humans
Love Between Two Enemies Part Four
Secrets Don’t Stay Buried The photograph felt heavier than paper. Ethan stared at it under the dim light of his office, long after midnight had swallowed the city. Two men stood side by side, their hands clasped in a firm handshake—smiles restrained, eyes calculating.
By Ahmed aldeabella9 days ago in Humans
