Articles - Religion en-us http://www.chatafrikarticles.com N/A http://www.chatafrikarticles.com matto1@msn.com 20 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2720/1/FORGIVENESS-AND-IGBOS/Page1.html This essay is written out of exasperation from reading about Igbos always dwelling on the wrong that was done to them in the past; it asks Igbos to do what Christians are expected to do: forgive the past and love in the present and in doing so experience peace and happiness, the gifts of God. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2719/1/Open-letter-to-Alhaji-Sani-Yerima/Page1.html If Egypt could have disallowed child abuse on the pretext of Islamic marriage, then what business is it of Nigeria to have condoned such a criminal act? We cannot be more Arabic than the Arabs. oluseguncs@yahoo.co.uk (Olusegun Fakoya MD.) Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2712/1/WHY-ARE-PEOPLE-PROUD/Page1.html This piece tries to understand why despite what would seem to make them feel like they are insignificant, the human body, to the contrary human beings feel like they are special. It says that pride in the ego and its body is a futile effort to make that which is nothing seem like it is something important. Human grandeur, it says, lies in spirit not in ego and body. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2700/1/LOVE-BASED-POLITICS/Page1.html This paper points out that human politics is based on pursuit of the idealized self, that is, on rejection of the real self. It says that much of the social conflicts and wars that characterize politics are rooted in this rejection of the real self and pursuit of an imaginary, idealized self. As long as human beings reject who they are and seek to become imaginary, ideal selves they will disturb their personal and social peace. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2689/1/SPIRITUAL-POLITICS/Page1.html This paper points out that the current economic difficulties experienced by the Western world cannot be resolved through old means; it says that mankind needs to evolve a new and different political and economic order, one that is inclusive and sees all mankind as members of a family and works for their wellbeing. The old system that saw some persons as others and exploited them for ones group's welfare will no longer work. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2678/1/RELINQUISHING-THE-EGO-SEPARATED-SELF/Page1.html This paper shows how the human individual is aware that he does not have a separated self but instead of accepting that spiritual reality makes the world seem to attack and oppress his body and ego so that he defends them and in doing so convince himself that he has a body and ego. It says that one must understand the ego and body and know that they do not in fact exist and let them disappear to the nothingness from whence they come and not feel that one has a separated self. In doing so one returns to the state of spiritual union that is human beings natural home. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2662/1/PERCEPTION-AND-PERSONAL-REALITY/Page1.html What A course in miracles is teaching is really simple; it asks one not to respond from ones ego ideal perspective for such response leads to anger and fear; that, instead, one should respond from love and forgiveness so as not to feel fear and anger, to feel peace and joy. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2661/1/PERCEPTION-AND-DISTORTION-OF-REALITY/Page1.html This paper says that we do not respond to things as they are but as we think that they are. In effect, we are responding to our perception of things. The question is: what are things in themselves and can we ever know? africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2660/1/PERCEPTION-PROJECTION-AND-SOLIPSISM/Page1.html Is the idea that the world is in our minds, that we projected out this world possibly true or just an idle thought? africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.chatafrikarticles.com/articles/2654/1/THE-PURSUIT-OF-A-BIG-SELF-AND-MENTAL-DISORDERS/Page1.html The desire for a false important self to mask perceived unimportant self is the root of all mental disorders. Mental health lies in having no false, special self that one defends and protects with the various ego defenses. This does not lead to having no self but to having a realistic self, a self guided by love; to have no ego separated self at all is to return to undifferentiated unified spirit self. africainstitute@yahoo.com (Ozodi Thomas Osuji Ph.D) Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600