The Modern Myth of Health

Do not comply

    www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com     The Ache of High Humor By Gary Z McGee “The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.” ~Mark Twain   In the face of an absurd universe, we have the choice to balk, to fear, to ignore, or to laugh at the absurdity of our finite condition within a seemingly infinite precondition. Of the four, only laughter has the power to get us out of our own way. Only...

In many ways, the news functions like these electric shocks. We are continually bombarded with distressing reports that provoke stress

There’s nothing much left of the original species (the human)

Intuition is a process that works below the threshold of conscious awareness.

Knowing that everybody is insane, you won’t be able to go higher than that to sanity.

Delighted by Death’s Details

The Shadow of Mortality       “The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.” ~Ernest Becker   We are uniquely cursed with the awareness of our own mortality. This knowledge casts a shadow over our lives, a quiet dread that philosopher Ernest Becker described as the root of...

There is a Solution for this World ``& We All Know What It Is``   By Julian Rose   But we keep putting it off. We always find some reason for not engaging that solution.  For explaining to ourselves why ‘it can’t be done’.  In many cases burning hours of creative energy convincing ourselves that ‘it simply isn’t possible.’   You see, the world and the cosmos have moved into quantum reality. Well, not exactly ‘moved’, they...

  The Power of Narratives and How They Shape Our Reality   ''The Creative and Destructive Potential of Stories We Tell Ourselves and Others''   Franklin O'Kanu     Narratives are the stories that are told about reality. These narratives paint pictures of how things have been and how things came to be.   Narratives frame our perspective on how we see reality. Narratives create realities. Narratives have power....

THE WILL TO PURPOSE: Activating our Inner Drive & Intentionality   By Kingsley L. Dennis   ‘A sincere reflection on human behavior is enough to convince us that the power of choice plays much less part in the life of man than we think.’ J.G. Bennett   We are familiar with the concept that a person has no real choice, and we generally regard this in relation to our commercial choices. That is, what we choose to buy is...