Author: Shikha Phillips

The Plague of Purposelessness

The Plague of Purposelessness

“Find something to do that makes you want to wake up in the morning!” “Find your purpose!”, “Do what you love!” In our world which in the recent years has become the most vibrant, advanced and technologically adept than humanity has ever seen, I’m sure you must have heard this ‘life advice’ being thrown around …

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Fearfully and wonderfully made – A walk through an Anatomy Museum.

Fearfully and wonderfully made – A walk through an Anatomy Museum.

5You hem me in behind and before,    and you lay your hand upon me.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,    too lofty for me to attain. 13For you created my inmost being;    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well {Psalms 139:5-6;13-14} I had the privilege …

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Why ‘anything’ exists?

Why ‘anything’ exists?

It was a quite morning in one of our graduate classrooms at the beginning of a new semester. Students in the classroom constituted of both graduate and undergraduate levels. Every was called upon to introduce themselves – who they were, where they are from and what did they liked to do in their free time. …

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My confrontation with Consciousness

My confrontation with Consciousness

It’s strange how sometimes the most distant memories of our past can surface if one peers long enough into the days gone by. What’s more intriguing is how crystal clear these past memories can be inside our minds, remembering every little detail of those moments. One such memory surfaced to my mind recently. It is …

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Injustice : A case for Atheism or a crown of Theism.

Injustice : A case for Atheism or a crown of Theism.

The prevalence of injustice is a painful reality experienced by humans in every corner of the world. It is a timeless truth that has defined the human past and continues to be one which seemingly cannot be evaded even in our current ‘progressive‘ era. Although human history is marked with success, glory, triumph and progress, …

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The Wonder of Existence…

The Wonder of Existence…

About two years ago, I came across a post on Instagram from the handle of @humansofny which struck me quite profoundly, click here to read It was about a young man’s dilemma, about life, consciousness and existence.It reads… “It’s a question of point of view. How can consciousness exist in a material world? Perhaps consciousness is …

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