The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is a book by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu published in 2016 by Cornerstone Publishers. In this nonfiction, the authors discuss the challenges of living a joyful life.
One of the most interesting questions I have in life, is "How can God allow so much of the world to be wrong?" Here's a breakdown based on the approximate global population of ~8.2 billion people and the religious texts that they most revere: Religious Text Faith Est. Believers % of World Bible Christianity ~2.4 billion ~29% Quran Islam ~1.9 billion ~23% Bhagavad Gita / Vedas Hinduism ~1.2 billion ~15% Tripitaka / Buddhist texts Buddhism ~500 million ~6% Torah / Talmud Judaism ~15 million ~0.2% Guru Granth Sahib Sikhism ~30 million ~0.4% Tao Te Ching Taoism ~20–50 million ~0.3–0.6% A few important nuances: Overlap is real. Many Hindus also revere Buddhist texts. Many Christians also read the Torah (it forms their Old Testament). Chinese people often blend Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism simultaneously. Cultural vs. devout believers. Someone may identify as Christian or Muslim without regularly reading their scripture. Conversely, many secular people have read the Tao Te Ching or Bhagavad Gita purely philosophically. The unaffiliated. Roughly 1.2 billion people (~16%) identify as religiously unaffiliated, atheist, or agnostic — though some still engage with religious texts culturally. China complicates things. China has ~1.4 billion people, many of whom practice folk religion blending Taoism, Buddhism, and ancestor worship, making clean categorization difficult. The big picture: roughly 74% of the world's population identifies with a faith tradition tied to one of these texts, with Christianity and Islam alone accounting for over half of all humans on Earth. John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. There is a mystique
Eleanor Pringle Fortune meets the millionaires who amassed their seven-figure fortunes through an underconsumption lifestyle, which has opened up doors for flexible working and early retirement. How do the rich stay rich? Apparently, by acting like they're not. In a world of fast fashion, TikTok trends and next-day delivery, it might be easy to splash a six-figure salary on all the latest consumables. But the high net worth individuals and $100,000+ earners Fortune spoke to said the opposite: They try and keep their discretionary spending as minimal as possible, preferring the impact it has on their finances. While their friends might enjoy eating out a couple of times a week, they choose to cook for themselves—in fact, they even buy frozen groceries because they're cheaper than fresh. Some choose not to own cars, mend their own 'capsule' wardrobes and find some of their children's toys on Facebook marketplace. These individuals—in some cases unconsciously—are living an 'under-consumption' or 'low consumption' lifestyle. The phrase began to spread on social media sites like TikTok after individuals started sharing their weekly grocery shop or make-up cabinet to counter the infinite shopping hauls or wishlists often found on the app. The advice from the 'underconsumption core' community included setting no-buy challenges or decluttering spaces packed with items you're not using. For the individuals Fortune spoke to, these habits are already second nature. And having lived the underconsumption life for most of their adult years, their bank balance is reaping the rewards. 'I shop in the frozen section at Aldi' Author and entrepreneur Shang Saavedra and her husband didn't build a multi-million dollar net worth overnight. In fact, it was in their respective childhoods that they learned the value of frugal living. Renting a four-bed home in the suburbs of Los Angeles, the pair share
May is upon us and we are now truly ready to plant our gardens - clearing and cleaning up the beds as we see the early spring bulbs blooming fully. "Meditation is the breath of your soul. Just as breathing is the life of the body, meditation is the life of the soul."—Osho
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