Author: admin
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Stoicism: My Chemical Virtue (I’m Not Okay)
Whenever I want to read about how to cope with my emotions, I don’t want to read it between the word virtue as if it were a whitespace. Yes, Stoicism is all about the virtue. The Stoics have virtue’O’s for breakfast, don’t cut themselves, but virtue themselves. They go to the Virtue Parade. No, they…
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Socrates, Plato and Diogenes: the Philosophy Gigachads of Yore
Ah, Plato. The philosopher everyone points to when they want to sound like they’ve read a book. The guy with the perfect public image, so polished you could mistake him for an ancient Greek influencer. I mean, he’s the one everyone quotes, right? I’ll leave my favourite one here. “The untrained mind keeps up a…
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Introsync Tenet #1: Embrace Relentless Curiosity
Ever watched a baby discover its own hands?There’s that moment when they just stare at them, turning them over like,“Holy fucking shit — what are these?“Fast-forward: crawling, putting everything in their mouth.Suddenly, your job as a parent isn’t “care” — it’s survival management.They touch, poke, and taste everything.It’s exhausting. But it’s also inspiring.That’s the relentless…
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Remixing the Greatest Hits of Philosophy and Religion
Alright, time to make some people angry. People love their schools of thought and religions, their esoteric practices, their philosophical idols —and for many, those ideas are their personality. Their identity. Their safety blanket wrapped in Latin quotes and Sanskrit verses. But we here, we’re gonna sample, mix, remix, loop and put a fat beat…
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Introsync: How to Dance with Your Inner Contradictions
Ever heard a philosophy say, “Pick your flavor — no one’s judging”?No?That’s because most systems don’t give you agency.They give you answers.But introsync isn’t here to hand you the truth.It’s here to hand you a shovel, a mirror, and a fucking map — and I dare you to dig all the way down to the…
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How to Recontextualize Your Memories, and the River Within
At the end of the last post, I urged you to talk back to your mind.But why?What’s the actual goal here?It’s memory recontextualization — and it’s fucking important.In the last post, I also laid out ways to break your old loops through reflection.I showed you tools like systems thinking, process thinking, and radical non-duality —…
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Reflection: Ways of Thinking That Shatter Old Patterns
Reflection. Serious thought or consideration. This too is a skill, and again, a definition I’d say does not really capture the entire thing. Make it “Serious thought and consideration approached from all angles you are capable of.“ “We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.”…
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Patterns That Run Us ― And How To Break Them
Mathematics, at its core, is a language of not just numbers, but also patterns. From simple sequences to the intricate symmetries of the universe, recognizing patterns is a huge part of how we understand, predict, and navigate the world. I’d even consider it a superpower, when applied deeper than looking for weirdly shaped clouds.Patterns are…
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Practical Introspection for Real Life (No Monastery Required)
Introspection isn’t some mystical shit reserved for monks or therapists. It’s just the art of noticing that you’re having a thought or feeling — and then seeing what happens next.There’s no need to force it.Once you have recognized that thought, let it take you on a journey.Let everything happen,hear everything it has to say,feel everything…
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Introspection Is the Most Important Skill You Were Never Taught
What if the most important conversation of your life is the one you’ve never truly had ― with yourself?The portal for that conversation is introspection. And am I really alone in feeling like no one ever fucking told me this shit even exists? Before we can change our lives, or forgive ourselves, or even begin…