“The Spiritual journey is not a career or a success story. It is a series of small humiliations of the false self that become more and more profound.” ~Jung 5 Ways to Humiliate the False Self youtu.be/3gf24QerFn8?si… via YouTube

“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” ~William Saroyan Become antifragile. Learn how to benefit from shocks. Thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, disorder, and stress. Practice resilience. Fall in love with

“Trust those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.” ~Andre Gide Dance in the tangled mess of not knowing. Curious doubt transforms lemming hearts into a Phoenix rebirth. It’s the thunderbolt that jolts the soul, the backward step that reveals the path was never as

“The whole universe lies in uncertainty. Live immediately.” ~Seneca Certainty is a wall that blocks comfort zones from stretching. Expectancy is the bane of a well-lived life. Clinging to safety and security is ultimately unhealthy for those seeking adventure and Eudaimonia.

To move forward spiritually, not religiously, we must redefine God as the Infinite Interconnectedness of All Things. Anything less is nothing at all. self-inflictedphilosophy.com/single-post/sq…

“There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.” ~H. L. Mencken Challenge accepted! The ache in our humor is felt in retrospect through the

Philosophy should serve as a chisel for the hardened beliefs within us. For The Love of Wisdom youtu.be/VprPoYouFYY?si… via YouTube

“The art of living requires the most delicate balance between order and disorder, control and vulnerability.” ~Martha Nussbaum Sometimes the only way a higher order can be discovered is by sowing a little disorder into the current order. Use the infallible unwritten laws of the

Behind every weak man there is an anthropomorphized god made in his image. Behind every strong man, there is God properly redefined as the Infinite Interconnectedness of All Things indifferent to his image.

“Elevate yourself above the battlefield.” ~Robert Greene Everything is a battlefield. It’s a battle against bewitchment. It’s a battle against sloth. It’s a battle against the pollution of the mind, body, and soul. Most of all, it’s a battle against entropy. On any battlefield,

“Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world.” ~Ludwig Wittgenstein Keep the will to humor (soul) ahead of the will to power (ego). Don’t take yourself too seriously. Give yourself permission to play. Cultivate the “skyhook” of Beginner’s Mind lest the “anchor” of

From disasterpiece to masterpiece: The disasterpiece is a Disaster Shaman’s seed. It’s a Philosopher’s Stone tossed into still waters. It’s a red pill of reckoning forced down the throat of a blue pill world. It reorders outdated order through artistic disorder. This is what a

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.” ~Michel de Montaigne A defeat of the false self is a defeat more triumphant than a victory. When you are humble, you can admit that you are fallible, imperfect, uncertain, and prone to mistakes. Humility gives you the

There is a terrible joy in embracing madness that the order-clingers and status quo junkies will never know. self-inflictedphilosophy.com/single-post/pr…

“Anyone who perceives his shadow and his light simultaneously sees himself from two sides and thus gets in the middle.” ~Jung Why is it vital to “get in the middle”? Because otherwise, we are behind the curve. Otherwise, we are outflanked by idealism, idolatry, and idleness.

The cure for certainty is curiosity. Don’t believe what you think; be curious about why you think it instead. 7 Reasons Why Doubt Is the Origin of Wisdom youtu.be/rXpls6Nh9P0?si… via YouTube

Inflict yourself with philosophy... If you want to continually remain ahead of the curve and become the sole owner of your soul, there is no better method than self-inflicted philosophy. Self-inflicted philosophy is a discipline of persistent self-interrogation. You “inflict”

“Beware the man who would kill a god. He will stand before the throne, look the void in the eye and laugh.” ~Okayophelia If you question things far enough, gods fall. They trip over their self-righteous halos. They stumble into the puddle of their own hypocrisy. Which was really

“The confrontation with death—and the freedom to choose one’s attitude toward it—gives one the chance to live authentically.” ~Rollo May Existential angst arises from the collision between our desire for meaning and the apparent indifference of the universe. We crave purpose,

“I want to keep smashing myself until I am whole.” ~Elias Canetti Learn how to rearrange the nightmare. Transform chaos into catharsis, wounds into wisdom, death into rebirth, and pain into purpose. Channel it into self-discipline. Reroute it through routine. Let the routine