The Pleasure of Pointlessness “Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.” ~James Joyce What’s the point of it...
Breaking Open the Third Eye“We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle.” ~Terence McKenna The third eye is a metaphor for...
The Beauty of Solitude and The Power of Magic Elixir“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ~Honoré de Balzac Solitude and meditation are a combination of...
Amor Fati and Radical Acceptance“Amor fati is a sentiment of willingness to accept at last the way things have gone and will go; to love a life that tries in almost...
7 Habits of High Achievers“We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take...
What Is Self-inflicted Philosophy? (Transcript)“The business of philosophy is to teach man to live in uncertainty. Not to reassure him, but to upset him.” ~Lev Shestov A settled...
Jung’s Four Stages of Character Transformation“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” ~Rumi The Alchemical process of transformation has four distinct stages:...
Weekly Self-infliction #1: Fallibility (Transcript)“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” ~Jean-Luc Godard Self-affirmations are overrated....