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 | Nov 29, 2021 | The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Subtle Art of Offending People “Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?” ~Diogenes of Sinope We live in a world filled with thin-skinned status quo junkies walking on eggshells....
by The New Agora | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, The New Now
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com What Is Self-inflicted Philosophy? By Gary Z McGee “A philosophy of life is something that we all need, and something we all develop, consciously or not. Some people simply import wholesale whatever...
