Yesterday, I was reading the second book of “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”. I had a moment of deep internalization after reading the following passages: “But now learn this too: the will itself is still a prisoner. Willing liberates; but what is it that puts even the liberator himself in fetters? ‘It was’—that is the name of …
This year I’ve taken on an experiment with biohacking. Over the last couple years, I had come across a man from Iceland called “The Iceman” whose method (The Wim Hof Method) has taken the world by storm throughout the pandemic. His method is fairly simple. It’s about 10 minutes of deep breathing and 3 minutes …
In Nietzsche’s book “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, he talks about a type of person he saw as both poisonous and destructive. “Lo! I teach you the Superman! The Superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the Superman shall be the meaning of the earth! I conjure you, my brethren, remain true to …
You’ve heard the common advice to “be yourself”. Everyone tells you to just do it, but it has little translation as to what it actually means. How can you be yourself if you don’t know who you even are? One common metaphor that people use to describe this way to “be yourself” is to chisel …
Kierkegaard’s main idea in “Either/Or” is that individuals must choose which mode of existence they will live. His definition is quite binary as noted in the title of his book. You might live an aesthetic mode which is characterized by a focus on personal pleasure and enjoyment. This is an “A” type of life where …
I spent so much of my life hiding away. My aspirations were always kept to myself. My thoughts would remain locked in this hollow cranium. I always had the desire to do the right thing in any situation I encountered, even if that made enemies out of old friends. I couldn’t live with myself if …
There’s been one thing that has been bothering me for the last few years. It is our relationship with entertainment. Just last year, I wrote a book about my big break up with being mindlessly entertained because I had found the only way to find fulfillment in my life was to not seek distance from …
There’s a common German folk saying that “We are too soon old and too late smart.”. This is often in reference that by midlife, we come to a realization that we know very little about the world and that we aren’t actively seeking new knowledge. Thus by the time we acquire the wisdom and insight …
About two years ago, I got COVID. At the time, the world was in a deeply confused state. I was filled to the brim with anxiety and overfilling with dread each new day. One night, I had trouble breathing. Not to the point of needing medical assistance, but enough to scare you straight into a …
A few years ago, we put our daughter through a Montessori school. This type of schooling promotes the idea that an individual should exercise their freedom and autonomy, but within certain boundaries that are necessary for maintaining order. As you may understand from my other posts, I am a person who believes in the power …
