Have you ever noticed how one small moment can change your entire day? A stranger smiles at you, and somehow you feel lighter for the next few hours. Then, on another day, someone ignores you or speaks harshly, and that single moment keeps replaying in your mind long after it has happened. The interesting thing … Continue reading The Mirror and the Window
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From Another Corner
From Another Corner is a fortnightly newsletter that explores everyday life from fresh perspectives. Through simple ideas, practical reflections, and thought-provoking analogies, it aims to help readers navigate life with greater clarity, confidence, and meaning—one different point of view at a time. The newsletter is published through LinkedIn. To receive each new edition, subscribe to … Continue reading From Another Corner
Finding Balance Between Self and Others
Many of us grow up learning to ask, "What will others think?" before asking, "What do I think?" In some cultures, this habit is strongly encouraged because social acceptance is closely linked to belonging, respect, and identity. Over time, however, this can create an unhealthy pattern where we become experts at understanding everyone else's needs … Continue reading Finding Balance Between Self and Others
Existence, Emptiness, and the Limits of Human Understanding
Among the deepest questions humanity has ever asked is whether absolute emptiness truly exists. At first glance, emptiness appears to be a simple concept—the absence of everything. Yet the more carefully we examine it, the more mysterious it becomes. Modern science has never observed absolute emptiness. Every attempt to remove matter reveals something else that … Continue reading Existence, Emptiness, and the Limits of Human Understanding
A Layered Model of Reality: Space, Consciousness, and the Experience of Time
Introduction The nature of reality has been one of humanity's oldest questions. Physics explores matter, energy, space, and time, while philosophy and spirituality often explore consciousness and existence. The model presented here is a speculative framework that attempts to bring some of these ideas together into a simple conceptual picture. In this model, reality is … Continue reading A Layered Model of Reality: Space, Consciousness, and the Experience of Time
The Missing Dimension in Suicide Prevention: What Is Spiritual Well-Being?
Modern approaches to suicide prevention are typically built around three major areas: biological health, psychological health, and social support. Considerable effort is invested in understanding mental illness, reducing psychological distress, strengthening coping skills, and improving social connectedness. These efforts are essential and have helped countless people. Yet an important question remains: What happens if we … Continue reading The Missing Dimension in Suicide Prevention: What Is Spiritual Well-Being?
Space as a Pattern of Existence: A Reflection on Reality Beyond Space
Most of us grow up with a simple understanding of space. Space appears to be the vast container within which everything exists. Stars, planets, people, atoms, and particles all seem to occupy positions in space. The natural assumption is that space is the stage and everything else is placed upon it. Yet a closer examination … Continue reading Space as a Pattern of Existence: A Reflection on Reality Beyond Space
A Balance
Human beings live between two powerful psychological needs: the need for control and the need for mystery. We seek certainty because certainty helps us survive. The visible, measurable, and explainable parts of reality allow us to predict danger, organize society, reduce anxiety, and feel psychologically secure. Much of modern science and technology emerged from this … Continue reading A Balance
When a Small Trigger Awakens a Large Trauma Response
Sometimes a relatively minor event can trigger surprisingly intense emotional reactions. A disagreement, criticism, rejection, misunderstanding, change of tone, or interpersonal tension may suddenly produce overwhelming anger, fear, humiliation, anxiety, or emotional collapse. Even when the actual situation appears manageable, the internal response may feel much larger than the event itself. This can be deeply … Continue reading When a Small Trigger Awakens a Large Trauma Response
Conditional Acceptance of Death
It is not uncommon to hear people say something like this: “If I found out I was going to die soon, I think I’d be okay—because I’ve lived a good life.” At first glance, this sounds like acceptance. It conveys calmness, even wisdom. It suggests that peace with death is possible if one has lived … Continue reading Conditional Acceptance of Death
