by The New Agora | Mar 2, 2022 | Gary Z McGee
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Archetype of the Trickster Sage By Gary Z McGee “The sage battles his own ego; the fool battles everyone else’s.” ~Sufi Proverb The trickster sage battles both his ego AND everyone else’s. He’s a double-edged...
by The New Agora | Feb 26, 2022 | Gary Z McGee
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Will to Humor Vs. The Will to Power By Gary Z McGee “Life is a matter of oscillation. Life is vibration. The question is: how are you going to interpret that. Is it tremble, tremble, tremble; or is it laugh, laugh,...
by The New Agora | Feb 23, 2022 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com Beyond Independence: Embracing Interdependence By Gary Z McGee “If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.” ~Leonard Cohen In a world filled with “seasick” people living in an...
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...
