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Can you be happy and be alone?

You Can't Be Happy Alone – Was Aristotle Right? Aristotle believed that human happiness, or eudaimonia ("flourishing"), cannot be achieved in isolation. He argued that we are social beings by nature and that a life...

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A video to cheer me up

Hi folks I have little energy to write entries as I am completing a book on Chard, a place in South Somerset. However, I cannot resist the impulse to publish this video. I reckon the UK will be the last country to...

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HInts for making life worth living

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt It is not what we have, but what we enjoy, that constitutes our abundance.” — Epicurus “When we see men of a contrary character, we should...

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Why there is little hope for us in the UK

Join matthew Goodwin's substack for more of this excellent material Here are four things that happened in the United Kingdom in the last three weeks. First, a migrant from Sudan was filmed trying to behead another man...

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Gregg Braden talks about the Essenes

Humanity at a Crossroads Ancient Wisdom, Human Potential and the Future of Our Species The Continuity Between Past and Present One of the greatest misconceptions of modern life is the belief that the past is somehow...

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Visit to Rudolph Steiner House in London

This is a lecture given on Friday May 15th 2026 by Michael Merle on this topic: drawing on Steiner's lecture content from presentations in Paris in 1906 and indications given in his truth-wrought words, The Individual...

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Sightless Eyes

I saw this haunting image in the corridor of the RUH where I went for my injection. My right eye has started to show symptoms of wet macular degeneration so I must have treatment for it as well.  The left eye has shown...

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This is worth a read

Greetings, beloved ones, we are the Pleiadian Council of Light. It is always wonderful to connect with all of you. Thank you for this transmission. The Energies of the Alcyone Photon Belt are currently experiencing an...

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