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An Existential Excavation
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But if I have not ventured at allâwho then helps me?
â SĂžren Kierkegaard
If you are like most people, you think about making significant changes to your life (a leap...
Purposeâthe meaning you assign to your existenceâis the central question of your life.
It is your north star; the highest good that you can imagine. It is responsible for your greatest triumphs and you...
Put an animal in a cage. Divide the cage with a small fence. Shock the animal when it occupies the left side of the cage.
What will it do?
Jump to the other, non-electrified side of the cage. Just as yo...
Lasting progress doesnât happen overnight, no matter what your feed says.
The internet is overflowing with answers.
So why are we still searching?
Every creator...
Every guru...
Every influencer...
...has t...
Perfection is an illusion.
Even if you work hard enough and are lucky enough to achieve a situation that approaches perfection in your estimation, it is sure to be short-lived.
Things change.
We change.
T...
A mysticâs musings on the interplay of intellect and intuition.
I know youâve felt it.
Or at least, I hope you have.
Magic is real, and it permeates our world.
Iâm not talking about that particular form o...
There it is again.
Singing in the shower, and suddenly an unseen hand drives an ice pick through my vocal cordsâno sound will come, save ragged gasps and strangled yelps. My face is wet from more than ...
What other people think about you is none of your business.
We spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about what other people are thinkingâabout us.
When It Matters
Okayâonly bona fide sociopat...
You all do it all the time, whether or not you are aware of it.
There is a constantâusually silentâvoice in your head that notices, interprets, judges, decides, remembers, projects. This phenomenon is ...
New Yearâs resolutions: the promises we make ourselves for change in the coming calendar year. Everybody does it. And everybody breaks these promises, because we all know that New Yearâs resolutions a...
In 1888, Friedrich Nietzsche published Twilight of the Idols, in which he wrote: âWas mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stĂ€rker.â (What doesnât kill me makes me stronger.)
This sentiment was a critical p...
The lack of meaning in life is a soul-sickness whose full extent and import our age has not yet begun to comprehend. - C.G. Jung
Ask people to list the most important things in life, and you will typic...
There is no shortage of important discussion topics in the personal transformation/self-improvement/positive psychology world in which I work. My current focus is on helping people who are facing majo...
Ask people what they really want, and you will find that there are two main principles that underlie their initial list of material stuff: love and freedom. Both are important for long-term, sustainab...
What would increase your well-being and satisfaction? More health? More wealth? Better relationships? Whether you want fame and fortune or just peace and quiet, it all starts with one question: Are yo...
