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Mapping Civilization: An Attempt to Understand How Knowledge and Meaning Shape Each Other
This essay is an attempt to describe civilization as a living system that learns through reflection. It begins in abstraction, branches into two movements — one building knowledge and the other building meaning — and loops back when reflection reshapes both. It is not a conclusion but a working map toward truth and coherence.
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The Jungian Transition: From Faith to the Cult of the Self
The modern obsession with self-expression and therapy didn’t emerge by accident. It’s the endpoint of a 2,000-year intellectual journey—from ancient faith through Protestant guilt, Kant’s subjectivity, Hegel’s spirit, Marx’s history, and finally Freud’s psyche. The result? The cult of the self that now rules our digital age.
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Mastery
A man sought to meet a Master; When the Master was a student he grew tired of the world; For what he saw in the world could only be called entertainment; As a serious man devoted to his art; He tried this and that; He traversed deserts in the search of something; Until he found…
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Transcendence of the Self: a psychological perspective
Buddha started his life in a palace, surrounded by pleasure. The king, his father, intentionally created a world of beauty and Order. Despite this, he stepped out and saw the real world. He saw Suffering and misery and only then reached perfection. Humans build their lives into this Order, but in the insecurities, judgements, and…
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The Pursuit
Man possess gifts bestowed to him by Nature Most miss them Several attempt to realize them Only to stop or fail or give up Knowing that they have done well A few see it and are compelled by it Like metal to the magnet Without a choice Like moth to a flame They live for…
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The Ego
What does it mean to have an ego? Where does the ego arise from? Man seeks to answer these questions through intellect He traps himself in the way of the Mind The Ego looks at the past, it sees the future, it perceives and creates desire Little does this man know, that these multiply his…
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2020 in Books
Just some books I like
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What to Say When You Talk To Yourself: Notes
The subconscious mind is a powerful tool, and also a very trusting one. Most of our lives, we are bombarded by external noise- be it in the form of our culture, parents opinions and suggestions, or anyone for that matter. This helps define our subconscious beliefs, actions, feelings and expressions which shape the mind and…
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: Summary
When you encounter unkindness: See whether it is true or it is false, if it is true, accept it, if false, present the facts. Remind yourself how many mistakes you’ve made, and be affectionate, speak directly to them. Ask yourself what nature has given in order to counter the defect. Be kind. Be good. No…
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Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do: Notes
-there is the idea of taking the ordinary and adding to it philosophy, which makes you detach from action, as you detach from action, you become far more comfortable with reasoning. But this skeptical view does not lead to reason. -consider the story of the railway, 5 people, one worker, and fat man on the…