by The New Agora | May 5, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
The Power of The Wise Fool By Gary Z. McGee “The wise man pretends to be a fool.” ~Shakespeare On a long enough timeline, all timelines disintegrate. The road to self-mastery is a journey not a destination. It’s a process not a result. It’s...
by The New Agora | Apr 28, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Radical Self-integration: Strong Back, Soft Front, Wild Heart By Gary Z. McGee “The strong back is having grounded confidence and healthy boundaries. The soft front is staying vulnerable and curious. The mark of a wild heart is living out these paradoxes...
by The New Agora | Apr 20, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
6 Ways to Humiliate the False Self By Gary Z. McGee “The Spiritual journey is not a career or a success story. It is a series of small humiliations of the false self that become more and more profound.” ~Jung What is the false self?...
by The New Agora | Apr 14, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Philosophy in Action: A Way of Becoming By Gary Z. McGee “To win true freedom you must be a slave to philosophy.” ~Seneca What does it mean to be a slave to philosophy? It means surrendering yourself to inquiry. It means sacrificing...
by The New Agora | Apr 4, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
How to Keep the Tyrants of Reason and Realpolitik in Check By Gary Z. McGee “Socrates created a tyrant out of reason.” ~Nietzsche Before Socratic reasoning there was the amoral and Machiavellian realpolitik, which did not...
by 4Freedom | Mar 27, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
The Power of Self-deprecating Philosophy By Gary Z. McGee “To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.” ~Blaise Pascal A ruthless sense of humor is a sword of truth. It cuts through all things. It even cuts through all...
by 4Freedom | Mar 18, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Shadow Mastery: How To Integrate Suffering By Gary Z. McGee “Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It’s just...
by 4Freedom | Mar 10, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
7 Books That Will Unleash the Hidden Potential of Your Mind By Gary Z. McGee “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” ~George R.R. Martin There it is: your mind –all leashed-up, bored, bookless...
by The New Agora | Mar 3, 2024 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
4 Ways to Become More Conscious By Gary Z. McGee “Until they become conscious, they will never rebel; and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.” ~George Orwell We would all like to become more aware, more...
