The Sevenfold Secret By Gary Z. McGee “Being unconquerable lies within yourself.” ~Sun Tzu 1.) The secret to happiness is freedom: “To win true freedom you must be a slave to philosophy.” ~Seneca You want to be happy?...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
Everything is a Battlefield By Gary Z. McGee “Elevate yourself above the battlefield.” ~Robert Greene. Life is a battle. It’s a battle against bewitchment. It’s a battle against sloth. It’s a battle against the pollution of the mind,...
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...
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...
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...
