Stop squeezing my cheeks!!!

Dear Rich Family,

Please think of this as a thank you gift from your great-grandchildren. They are happy, well educated and live in an increasingly healthy environment because of the decisions and actions you have made. They now live in a world with less poverty, less warfare and less hunger.
They thank you for your altruistic acts, which have led to the world becoming increasingly peaceful, compassionate and just. They thank you for supporting education around the world, which has increased un… Continue

Take yourself back through the 100 million years of mammalian evolution that has resulted in Homo sapiens, just one expression of Life amongst millions of others. Humans are, however, different from other animals. But are humans different from each other? If so, is this sufficient to explain why the symptoms of mental illness are considered a deviation in Western cultures and in pre-literate indigenous cultures, similar conditions are respected?

Such a question involves investigating the ways o… Continue