by The New Agora | Feb 17, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Direct Democracy: Everyone is a Chief By Gary Z McGee “We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regime of their barbarous ancestors.”...
by The New Agora | Feb 14, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Overcome the Fear of Mortality By Gary Z McGee “I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. I believe in nothing; everything is sacred.” ~Tom Robbins Some say death is a compass. Others say it’s a...
by The New Agora | Feb 8, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Punch Fear in the Face By Gary Z McGee “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; make it hot by striking.” ~William Butler Yeats Life is short. We have from this day until the day we die to live the life we want...
by The New Agora | Feb 3, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Kill the Constructed Self, Birth the Discovered Self By Gary Z McGee “Resiliency comes from a discovered self, not a constructed self. It comes from the gradual emergence of your unique, inborn...
by The New Agora | Jan 27, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Pleasure of Pointlessness By Gary Z McGee “Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.” ~James Joyce What’s the point of it all? Why is there something...
by The New Agora | Jan 19, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Breaking Open the Third Eye By Gary Z McGee “We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle.” ~Terence McKenna The third eye is a metaphor for perception beyond ordinary...
by The New Agora | Jan 16, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Beauty of Solitude and The Power of Magic Elixir By Gary Z McGee “Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ~Honoré de Balzac Solitude and meditation are a combination of the...
by The New Agora | Jan 13, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Amor Fati and Radical Acceptance By Gary Z McGee “Amor fati is a sentiment of willingness to accept at last the way things have gone and will go; to love a life that tries in almost every moment to make you hate it and...
by The New Agora | Jan 8, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com 7 Habits of High Achievers By Gary Z McGee “We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us.” ~Marcel Proust 1.)...
