by The New Agora | Mar 22, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Masks and Mayhem “The philosopher is not a person who wears no mask, but one who knows how to play with a number of masks, skillfully shifting from wearing one to wearing another, as circumstances demand.” ~Raymond Geuss The self is not a monolith...
by NewNow | Mar 16, 2025 | Forever Free, Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
The Parable of Blue Elk and Fool’s Feet “With great power comes great responsibility.” ~Stan Lee As long as there is poverty, “being rich” is an illusion. Why is this? Because richness loses its legitimacy when it’s built on, or indifferent to, the...
by The New Agora | Mar 9, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Zen and Anarchy “Zen is the practice of anarchy in the strictest and most super-orthodox sense.” ~Max Cafard Let’s unpack the concept of “Zen and Anarchy” by exploring its proposed seven components: authentic rebellion, direct action...
by The New Agora | Mar 2, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Humorous Fallibilism “I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish.” ~Mary Oliver Humorous fallibilism, what a delightful little paradox to chew on. It tastes like one might imagine an Everlasting Gobstopper tasting. Fruity with a hint of...
by The New Agora | Feb 19, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
How to Think Like a Man of Action and Act Like a Man of Thought “Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” ~Henri Bergson In a world where people believe more than they think and think they know more than they believe,...
by The New Agora | Feb 5, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
The Existential Paradox By Gary Z. McGee “The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.” ~Epicurus The existential paradox, in essence, is the tension between the human search for meaning and the apparent meaninglessness of the...
by The New Agora | Jan 30, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
God Reborn: Redefining God as The Infinite Interconnectedness of All Things “We are all mothers of God, for God is always needing to be reborn.” ~Meister Eckhart In the spirit of rebirth, it is our responsibility as evolved, and evolving,...
by The New Agora | Jan 24, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
The Mask That Out-masks All Masks “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” ~Oscar Wilde If the Self is defined as ‘masks all the way down perceiving delusions all the way up,’ then...
by The New Agora | Jan 11, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Cosmic Heroism and The Art of Eminence “God emptied to the limit is man, and man emptied to the limit is God.” ~ Alan Watts A cosmic hero is a man emptied to the limit realizing that he is one with God while also understanding that God...
