Cycles of Change

Few debates have divided thinkers as deeply as the puzzle of human purpose and selfhood. For over two thousand years, ancient scholars taught that every living creature possesses an innate blueprint. In early Greek thought, an acorn carries the inner form of an oak tree long before its roots strike [...]

Death is the primary sign of existential isolation. It is the point where every person must exist as a separate self. This happens apart from social groups and emotional systems. The change is a solitary process. Friends provide social support, but the experience of dying belongs to the individual [...]