Agree you need intensity and discipline to build and accomplish but if you lose sight of the important things like faith and family, you’ll eventually wind up worse than where you started
So great! I will add what I like to call "positive tension": when two seemingly contradicting forces create perfect tension allowing for optimal action.
You have many here. Another is humility + courage: humility that the world is grey & complicated AND courage to take action anyways.
1. I just discussed how survival is our base element, which is then followed by creation. These are also the two base chakra points, so when you mention survival is key, this is highlight supported from a spiritual level as well: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/creation-and-survival-the-base-energies
2. Life is a mind game and we need a mental map to win. My other series on how to navigate this psyche and experience creation helps in understanding ideas like purpose, but specifically how and why you need to master the impulse (https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/creation-and-survival-the-base-energies). This is a primordial sense of energy and we need to use it in our modern times.
Totally agree here and echo these sentiments. I disagree with the evolution piece, but agree wholeheartedly with the spiritual nature here. Seeing the mind as a spiritual unit brings everything together.
“Everything is a religion. Your morning routine is a religion. Your political opinions are a religion. Your identity as a gamer, a lifter, a minimalist, a stoic, a craft beer enthusiast… all religions.”
If everything is religion, then the follow-up question becomes what we worship, what we value, what we build liturgies around, and what we desire—and whether it is making us wiser, kinder, and more alive… or just turning us into unpaid interns for a meme with great branding. 🤔
If I could go back to 18, there’s one thing I’d do without hesitation: study philosophy.
Yes—learning philosophy can truly set you free.
I also suddenly understand why, no matter which field you study, when you earn a doctorate, you’re called a Doctor of Philosophy.
There’s clearly something beyond just knowledge.
Nice article as usual!
I came for the dopamine, and stayed for the serotonin.
Understanding evolution is the best way to understand human psychology and in turn how to grow yourself. Amazing letter as always
Agree you need intensity and discipline to build and accomplish but if you lose sight of the important things like faith and family, you’ll eventually wind up worse than where you started
So great! I will add what I like to call "positive tension": when two seemingly contradicting forces create perfect tension allowing for optimal action.
You have many here. Another is humility + courage: humility that the world is grey & complicated AND courage to take action anyways.
Couple comments as I was reading this:
1. I just discussed how survival is our base element, which is then followed by creation. These are also the two base chakra points, so when you mention survival is key, this is highlight supported from a spiritual level as well: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/creation-and-survival-the-base-energies
2. Life is a mind game and we need a mental map to win. My other series on how to navigate this psyche and experience creation helps in understanding ideas like purpose, but specifically how and why you need to master the impulse (https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/creation-and-survival-the-base-energies). This is a primordial sense of energy and we need to use it in our modern times.
Totally agree here and echo these sentiments. I disagree with the evolution piece, but agree wholeheartedly with the spiritual nature here. Seeing the mind as a spiritual unit brings everything together.
“Everything is a religion. Your morning routine is a religion. Your political opinions are a religion. Your identity as a gamer, a lifter, a minimalist, a stoic, a craft beer enthusiast… all religions.”
If everything is religion, then the follow-up question becomes what we worship, what we value, what we build liturgies around, and what we desire—and whether it is making us wiser, kinder, and more alive… or just turning us into unpaid interns for a meme with great branding. 🤔