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Why We Defend What We Know Is Wrong: Bias as a Meaning Distortion
Why do we defend what we know is wrong? This article explores bias as a meaning distortion and shows how it shapes perception, decisions, and polarization.

Luis A. Marrero
7 days ago6 min read


Why Knowledge Isn’t Enough: What Neuroscience Explains—and What It Leaves Out
Why doesn’t knowledge change behavior? Discover how neuroscience explains habits—but meaning determines decisions, actions, and outcomes.

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 255 min read


Why the World Feels Increasingly Unstable
Why does the world feel unstable? Discover how the meanings guiding human decisions shape behavior, institutions, and the future of society.

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 165 min read


The Meaningful Path: Choosing Direction in an Age of Human Capability
Has the world actually improved? Explore the paradox of progress, happiness, and meaning—and why meaningful purpose ultimately determines human flourishing.

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 116 min read


Has the World Actually Improved?
Are things actually getting worse, or does it only feel that way?

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 47 min read


The Elusive Pursuit of Meaning: A Short Video
Why do so many people still feel stuck—even after reading the books, attending workshops, and deeply reflecting on meaning?

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 261 min read


Is the World Getting Happier? — And What We’re Missing
Most of us assume that if the world becomes wealthier, healthier, and more technologically advanced, people should also become happier.
But that’s not what the data show.
Over the past two decades, we’ve made remarkable material progress — yet many people feel more stressed, lonelier, and less hopeful than before. The puzzle is not a lack of solutions. It is a deeper problem of meaning.

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 203 min read


A Different Starting Point for Change
Most change approaches start with behavior: what to do differently.
Meaningful Purpose Psychology starts one layer deeper — with how we understand what is happening, why it matters, and what is actually guiding us before we act.

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 111 min read


Why Meaningful Purpose for Practitioners Module One is the Foundation
Without a clear foundation in Meaningful Purpose Psychology’s view of meaning, many change efforts remain fragile and short-lived — because the meanings guiding action were never fully examined, a pattern repeatedly documented in research on failed change initiatives.
With that foundation, wiser action and more humane outcomes become genuinely attainable.

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 102 min read


Why Meaning So Often Fails to Take Root: Lessons from the Parable of the Sower
Why do good ideas, therapy, and meaning so often fail to last? A simple reflection using the Parable of the Sower on why real change begins with preparing the ground, not adding more insight.

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 53 min read


Logoteleology and the Parable of the Sower: A Method That Begins With the Ground
Logoteleology arose from a simple but persistent question raised by history and data alike: if meaning has been so abundantly offered, why has durable human flourishing remained so uneven and fragile? Its answer was methodological—to go first to the ground through which meaning is received, before tending to the meaning itself.

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 45 min read


Peace on Earth Requires Goodwill and Forgiveness
The article highlights forgiveness as a powerful force for personal and collective peace, particularly in a world marked by conflict.

Luis A. Marrero
Dec 19, 20245 min read


Awakening the Mythical Typhon: Understanding and Addressing the Sleeper Effect with Logoteleology
This article explains how Meaningful Purpose Psychology deals with the Sleeper Effect and other unconscious meanings.

Luis A. Marrero
Apr 21, 20249 min read


Harmony in Meaning: Unlocking Peace, Confidence, and Happiness through Meaningful Purpose
Out of clutter, find simplicity. Albert Einstein Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying...

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 26, 20246 min read


Transform Your Practice: Become a Meaningful Purpose Practitioner
Are you a positive and idealistic practitioner who yearns to make a profound difference in your practice, team, organization, and the...

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 24, 20243 min read


Following the Path to Healthy Meanings
Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless. ~ Paul Harris ~ This article explains what makes...

Luis A. Marrero
Mar 8, 20244 min read


When Our “Why” is Intelligent: A Logoteleological Perspective
Intelligence is the door to freedom, and alert attention is the mother of intelligence. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn ~ We live in an era where...

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 23, 20246 min read


Measuring the Quality of Meaning
It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong. Can meaning be measured? Based on what standards?...

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 9, 20247 min read


Meaningful and Meaningless Meanings: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter?
. .. we have to choose between what is important and what is not, what is meaningful and what is not. We have to become selective and...

Luis A. Marrero
Feb 5, 20246 min read


Whisperers of the Mind: Meaning’s Self-talk
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. ~ Confucius ~ Based on the previously...

Luis A. Marrero
Jan 29, 20248 min read
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