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...
by The New Agora | Oct 29, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Life as a Quest—The Cure for a Wasted Life By Gary Z McGee “I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry rot. The proper function of...
by The New Agora | Oct 26, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Live on Purpose with Purpose By Gary Z McGee “Always and everywhere, human beings have felt the radical inadequacy of their personal existence, the misery of being their insulated selves...
by The New Agora | Oct 21, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Good Joker By Gary Z McGee “Everything is a mask that is not death.” ~Emil Cioran The Good Joker might seem like a bit of a misnomer. There’s so much evil inherent in the fictional name...
