Category: Books

RATING: ★★★★ The book starts with a vivid account of the author’s experience in natzi concentration camps. It’s an interesting, subjective and yet scientific, point of view that can introduce a new perspective even if one has heard countless survival stories. One of the key points this part makes is that human suffering is absolutely relative.…

RATING: ★★ The buddha was an ordinary man who realized that people suffer from all sorts of things, most of which suffering can be eliminated by becoming aware of the root cause and letting go of it. And then, cultivating this awareness by sitting in silence and breaking the random chain of thoughts our minds play all the…

RATING: ★★★★ The book challenges the standard sexual model and offers an alternative way to think about how our ancestors may have lived. It focuses on sexuality, but goes much further and paints a pretty comprehensive picture of probable prehistoric human life. It’s a long read, but also entertaining and the boring bits are easy to skip.…