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Early this Sunday morning, on my meditation desk, the question about ‘light’ bothered my mind and my intellect got illuminated and I began to reason, research and write. The notion of light has greatly influenced centuries of philosophical speculation and led to metaphysical, cosmological, and noetic theories. In the mythologies of early cultures and religions, light was conceived as an important condition not only of life but also of sight and knowledge. Although usually connected with the divine, in many religions light was not so much a constituent as an attribute of the deity–a life-giving factor, a cause of happiness, wealth, health, knowledge, and beauty. Light as a Symbol: Light is one of the most universal and fundamental symbols. It is the spiritual and the divine, it is illumination and intelligence. Light is the source of goodness and the ultimate reality, and it accompanies transcendence into the Nirvana of Buddhist doctrine. It is the SUN, and it is the avenger of...

The most astonishing thing I have realised over time is that people don't progressively become happier as their status in life increases.Let's take instances in this white knuckle ride. Think of yourself being in a job that pays you 40,000Naira in a month. You have got needs to meet and wants to fulfil. Then you are afraid that the job isn't paying enough . What happen? Your worries lead you to become sad ,unhappy and unfulfilled. Assuming that on the eve of the day after work while you sit in your couch drinking a sad sweet coffee, an old friend calls you to announce a new job offer that pays 70,000Naira.. The question I want to raise here is; Does this new pay have what it takes to make you happy for a lifetime? While I allow you to chew over that, let us consider yet another instance. When we contest for a position (maybe political) or a prize and eventually wins. Does the outcome keep us at the state of perpetual happiness? OK, how about the losers of el...

Vladimir Putin has issued a complete ban on Microsoft products in Russia. Putin  has also put  Bill Gates  on a Federal Security Service watchlist due to “concerns over security and reliability,”. The removal of all Microsoft software has now begun in Russia with immediate effect YNW  reports : Government spokesman Sergei Zheleznyak explained that Microsoft had been caught carrying out “minute-by-minute surveillance” on millions of Russian citizens – as well as citizens of other countries. “The US, which presents itself as a bastion of democracy, has in fact been carrying out minute-by-minute surveillance of tens of millions of citizens of Russia and other countries.“ “All the main internet companies that were formed in the US are involved in this ugly story, and these companies operate on the territory of our country,” said the Kremlin spokesman. Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ place on a Federal Security Services (FSB) watchlist has al...