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Self-inflicted Philosophy Blog


Forget Yourself; Become the Universe
“A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.” ~Martin Heidegger Down in the...


Weekly Self-inflictions #10: Fear (Transcript)
“You want to get y our fear behind you where it’s pushing you forward instead of in front of you where it’s stopping you.” ~Jordan...


The Anti-statist: A Rebel for Our Times
“One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn All flag worshipers have the same unhealthy religion:...


Humble Thyself: The Core Axiom of Self-inflicted Philosophy
“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” ~Dostoevsky On a long enough timeline everything is...


Weekly Self-inflictions #9: War (Transcript)
“It’s better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.” ~Chinese Proverb War is two “rights” obliterating each other’s...


The Archetype of the Trickster Sage
“The sage battles his own ego; the fool battles everyone else’s.” ~Sufi Proverb The trickster sage battles both his ego AND everyone...
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