Death and the Miser, or Making Sure You Don’t Leave the Most Important Things Behind

Posted by Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. | Posted in Happiness, meaningful living | Posted on 27-02-2009 | Print This Post |
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Meaning can be found in the strangest places. It's not just the joyful things that help us feel our lives matter; often it's the most painful things. It's a venerable paradox. The more you dive into life and love those around you, the more you risk losing when death comes. Yet, if you don't love strongly, fully, and heedlessly, life is hollowed out and is just a shadow of what it could be. read more

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The Recession and Me(aning), Part 1: If You Are What You Do, Who Are You When You Lose Your Job?

Posted by Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. | Posted in Happiness, recession | Posted on 24-02-2009 | Print This Post |
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The ubiquitous ritual of beginning conversations with strangers with some version of "Hi, I'm so-and-so. What do you do?" creates the impression that the most important thing about us is our job. Perhaps we are what we do? What happens, though, when the sacrifices you've made for your employer are repaid in worthless company stock or a pink slip? read more

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zeitgeist the movie all the world’s a stage documentary truth

Posted by friend | Posted in all the world's a stage, documentary truth, zeitgeist the movie | Posted on 20-02-2009 | Print This Post |
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Zeitgeist, the Movie is a 2007 documentary film released online for free and on DVD, presenting Christianity, the attacks of 9/11, and the US Federal Reserve Bank as instruments in plots for social control and world domination.Zeitgeist The Movie, Final Edition | English Subtitles Part I, entitled "The Greatest Story Ever Told" questions religions as original god-given stories, arguing the

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the amero currency north american union defacto

Posted by friend | Posted in Hal Turner muestra el Amero, the amero currency north american union defacto | Posted on 20-02-2009 | Print This Post |
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The North American Currency Union is a theoretical economic and monetary union of the three principal countries of North America, namely Canada, the United States, and Mexico.picture (c) by ^Berd from flickrImplementation would probably involve the three countries giving up their current currency units (U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, and Mexican peso) and adopting a new one, created specifically

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What is the Meaning of (Your) Life?

Posted by Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. | Posted in Happiness, Well-Being, meaning in life, psychological science | Posted on 16-02-2009 | Print This Post |
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Psychologists don't study "The Meaning Of Life" (cue portentious music).  Instead we study the meaning in life... read more

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