by The New Agora | Jul 30, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
Supranational: Going Beyond the Zeitgeist By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ~Krishnamurti How do we know that our society is profoundly...
by The New Agora | Jul 26, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
How To Be Happy Despite Happiness By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness. Aiming thus at something else, they find...
by The New Agora | Jul 21, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
Monkeyshines And the Tilting of the Wheel By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the...
by The New Agora | Jul 15, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
Fuck Fear! Transform it into Fuel Instead www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.” ~William James Fuck fear! Fuck angst! Fuck...
by The New Agora | Jul 7, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
Trickster Therapy: The healing properties of inverted humor By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live.” ~Kenshin Trickster is a psychosocial symbol for the chaotic and...
by The New Agora | Jul 5, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
The Abyss We Refuse to See By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they means toward discovering them. Reason is our only way to grasp reality. We are free to avoid the effort of thinking, to...
by The New Agora | Jul 3, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
Upsetting Settled Minds By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “The business of philosophy is to teach man to live in uncertainty. Not to reassure him, but to upset him.” ~Lev Shestov A settled mindset is a trap. A trapped mind is a...
by The New Agora | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
Community Versus Commodity: The Hidden Battle That Affects Us All By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “We abuse the land because we see it as a commodity belonging to is. When we see the land as a community to which we...
by The New Agora | Jun 17, 2021 | Featured, Gary Z McGee, The New Now
No Rulers, No Masters, No Gods By Gary Z McGee www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com “Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti We do not need rulers because we can rule ourselves. We do not need...
