by The New Agora | Dec 30, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Become a Blackbelt in Badassery “Living well does not mean avoiding suffering; it means suffering for the right reasons. Because if we are going to be forced to suffer, we might as well learn how to suffer well.”...
by The New Agora | Dec 17, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Art of Animism: The Frog, The Duck, and The Fox “A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.” ~Martin Heidegger You are a multifaceted animal. All humans are. You...
by The New Agora | Dec 12, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Become a Disturber of the Peace by Gary Z. McGee “I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.” ~Spinoza The job of the philosopher has always been to upset the settled mind,...
by The New Agora | Dec 6, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Integrate the Hero When the Shadow Has Won by Gary Z. McGee “The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to fear, to all of it....
by The New Agora | Nov 28, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Hold the Tension Between Opposites By Gary Z. McGee “Self-mastery, maturity, and wisdom, are defined by our ability to hold the tension between opposites.” ~Louis G. Herman What exactly is this...
by The New Agora | Nov 24, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com What Should We Do About the Wild and the Tame? By Gary Z McGee “What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home.” ~Jeanette Winterson...
by The New Agora | Nov 10, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Art of Rebirth By Gary Z McGee “As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn’t go. Be like the fox...
by The New Agora | Nov 6, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Terrible Beauty of Becoming Whole By Gary Z McGee “I’d rather be whole than good.” ~Jung Becoming whole is not for the faint of heart. It’s the height of maturity. It takes courage. It takes...
by The New Agora | Nov 2, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Eightfold Path of Good Character By Gary Z McGee “Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become...
