How to Become a Blackbelt in Badassery“Living well does not mean avoiding suffering; it means suffering for the right reasons. Because if we are going to be forced to suffer,...
10 Things You Don’t Want to Know About Yourself“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?” ~Diogenes 1.) You are an animal: You are a naked ape. You are blood...
The Art of Animism: The Frog, The Duck, and The Fox“A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.” ~Martin Heidegger You are a...
How to Become a Disturber of the Peace“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.” ~Spinoza The job of the philosopher has always been to...
How to Integrate the Hero When the Shadow Has Won“The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to fear, to...