The Pursuit of Freedom & Independence
On the 1st March 2019, South Korea celebrated the 100th anniversary of the March 1st Movement, a mass demonstration of Korean resistance against Japanese Colonial rule. The Korean flag is […]
Epic Journey Through China – Part 3
Temple of Heaven Extract from This Is Your Quest – Chapter 7 – Page 100: “The idea of building huge temples and monuments was to instill the idea that the rulers were of a different class than the average man. The other way the rulers imposed their authority upon the rest was to make up stories/narrative in order to make […]
Epic Journey Through China – Part 2 – The Forbidden City
“Welcome” to the Forbidden City! The Forbidden City was the official residence of 24 Ming & Qin Dynasty Emperors & their entourage with 9,000 rooms built and hosting up to 30 000 people. The name “Forbidden City” describes very plainly the fact that the City was forbidden to the “Common People”. No commoner was allowed inside these walls and there […]
Epic Journey Through China
I have been travelling throughout China following in the footsteps of explorers & adventurers and picking up some amazing stories along the way and some Chinese Wisdom too. The Great […]
Be An Explorer – The Lost City of Atlantis
The world is full of unsolved mysteries. Rather than the land we live, what seems strange to us is the Ocean, which is home to many myths, legends & mysteries. Lost cities, hidden treasures, mystic ships are all part of the alluring marine world. Of all of these, the lost city of Atlantis tops the list. The lost city of […]
Book Review from London – The Most Interesting Self Help Book I Came Across
This Is Your Quest is a self-help book, I despise the phrase because it describes pop-psych, hippy nonsense, espousing spiritual mantras and upper colonic irrigation. If those are your tools for leading a kinder, simpler life, then so be it. However, if you want to read a book, you need something a bit more cerebral. This Is Your Quest is […]
Unconditional Love – Part 2
The amazing and true story of Professor Ueno and his dog Hachi is described in This Is Your Quest – Chapter 14 – Page 184: This story takes place in […]
Unconditional Love – Part 1
Extract from This Is Your Quest – Chapter 14 – Page 183: Storge is a natural form of affection that often flows between parents and their children; but it can also be found in the unconditional love that dog owners get from their dog. Dogs are the only species who, like a child, run to their owner when they are […]
Book Review – Jan Haringa from Holland
“Interesting reading from beginning until the end, now and then I felt like being at school again. I am familiar with the name Beguine women but never realized their background. I lived in Netherlands in a city called Haarlem about 20km West of Amsterdam. Haarlem is an old city with a long history and still has a Beguinage (Beguine courtyard) […]
Walk The Talk
Aristotle’s followers are said to have discussed philosophy while walking about with him. They literally walked the talk! Every person, great or small has important work to do. There is for each and every one of us a goal that we must follow. A path that bears our name. A hand that we must hold. A word that we must […]
Breaking News! Joanne Reed’s Interview with Ariana Diaries
My gratitude goes to Ariana Diaries for giving me the opportunity to talk to her about How to discover your Life’s Quest. When asked why her self-help book is different from others Joanne Reed said: “People who read self-help books are interested in personal development and self-actualization. Most self-help books are written from the perspective of the author and through […]
Chinese Wisdom
To celebrate Lunar New Year, I would like to share with you some Chinese wisdom provided by Lao Tzu who was an ancient Chinese philosopher, writer and founder of Taoism. […]
Media Exposure 📰 – Conquer the Long & Winding Road to Happiness
Thank you 😀🙏 to the Indian Magazine Inidna for writing 8 articles on This Is Your Quest and for recommending my book 📖to their readers! According to the journalist Dipsikha Samantaray This Is Your Quest is one of the best and most inspirational books of all time. In fact it is one of the best self-help book published in the past decades! According […]
“To Be or Not To Be “- Finding Meaning in your life
To be or not to be is one of the most famous line of Shakespeare’s [1] play Hamlet. The main character, Hamlet, lives through a full-blown tragedy with no happy ending in sight; the play deals with questions about life and existence, sanity, love, death and betrayal. Tragedies are part of our everyday life. The philosopher Henry David Thoreau [2] […]
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