People who died and lived again
Inner AwarenessBy Jaime Licauco
The other Inquirer story that caught my attention recently was the case of a Cebuana, Laura D. Banzon, who was clinically dead for one hour and then came back to life.
The other Inquirer story that caught my attention recently was the case of a Cebuana, Laura D. Banzon, who was clinically dead for one hour and then came back to life.
In the Jesuit Novitiate in Novaliches, there used to hang along its main corridor on the ground floor a framed poster with the caption, “Dreams are like the stars. We may never reach them, but they are always there to guide us.”
I have been writing this column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer since 1987. That’s 25 years ago, believe it or not! It has survived the predicted end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, and three editors of the Lifestyle section.
“Let’s get out of our Egypts so we can go to God.” Using the Biblical Egypt to portray slavery, pestilence and sin, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle delivered this message in his homily on the Feast of the Holy Innocents on Friday.
For Singaporean couple Mike and Evelyn Thung, it was compassion that led them to trade their comfortable life in Singapore with a life of service here.
And then, I opened my eyes… That was the end of another meditation session—which followed the ritual of closing my eyes, quieting my mind, and reconnecting with my inner self. I used to roll my eyes over meditation and all that so-called fancy talk, but lately it has started to work better for me.
“Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.” (“The Courage to Teach,” by Parker Palmer).
I have been asked not just once, but several times by different people, “Are you a religious person?” and my reply has always been consistent: “No, I’m not religious at all, but spiritual.” “What’s the difference between them? Aren’t they the same thing?” you may ask. Unfortunately, they are worlds apart in meaning—although ideally, they [...]
Back in college, we took a course under Fr. Tom Green, SJ (famous for his books on spirituality, his retreats and spiritual direction) on Philosophy of Science. One of our textbooks was Thomas Kuhn’s groundbreaking “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” (1962). In it, Kuhn talked about scientific revolutions caused by paradigm shifts. It was a [...]
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