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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
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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
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The Ego
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2020 in Books
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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…