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.)...
by The New Agora | Jan 5, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, SuperConscious Realities
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Jung’s Four Stages of Character Transformation By Gary Z McGee “And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?” ~Rumi The Alchemical process of transformation has four distinct stages: Nigredo,...
by The New Agora | Dec 30, 2021 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Only Good President Is No President By Gary Z McGee “It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves...
by The New Agora | Dec 22, 2021 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Nihilism by Disorientation and How to Overcome It By Gary Z McGee “What does nihilism mean? That the highest values devaluate themselves. The aim is lacking. “Why?” finds no answer.” ~Nietzsche Why does “Why?” find...
by The New Agora | Dec 19, 2021 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Shadow Work: Transforming the Shadow into Sharpness By Gary Z McGee “Doctors study medicine. Teachers study education. Healers study darkness.” ~Mark Lundy Everyone has a dark side. Anyone who tells you...
