The Chessboard as a Metaphor for Life

In most religious traditions time is like a circle: it closes where it opened. In Hinduism, for example, the world spins along an endless cycle: creation, rise, decline, destruction, and rebirth. This conception is very much fatalistic in nature.

Christians, however, see time as linear. It ...

... it has to have a monster, which has to be threatening in some way. The monster is often otherworldly or violates the laws of nature, as in Alien or Jaws—but some argue that a human character can be a monster, as in Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Halloween.

1. If we want to be in a relationship, the best way is to not need any relationship and invest in our own learnings, health and happiness.
2. A display of honesty and vulnerability makes other people think we are great to the point of perfection.
3. The more we cling ...