Craving is Caused by the Ego
The craving that causes suffering is not due to seeking pleasure, but by the demands of the ego.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Jul 13
- 9 min
No Blaming, No Wishing, No Hoping
Blaming, wishing and hoping take us out of flow by diverting our attention to what the external world can do for us
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Hermes Solenzol
- Jul 2
- 13 min
You Are Your Unconscious
Realizing that the unconscious is part of ourselves increases our creativity, intuition, flow and inner peace.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Feb 17
- 10 min
Healthy Masculinity and Toxic Feminism
The feminist description of toxic masculinity includes qualities of healthy masculinity
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Hermes Solenzol
- Jan 17
- 11 min
How Identity Politics Sabotaged the Left
Identity Politics is undermining the Left by denying social progress and espousing divisive ideas.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Dec 22, 2023
- 11 min
What Has Philosophy Ever Done For Us?
Philosophy criticizes science while it has been unsuccessful in epistemology, metaphysics and ethics.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Dec 16, 2023
- 10 min
How to Avoid Hurting the One We Love
How emotional abuse creeps into relationships.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Nov 30, 2023
- 6 min
Should Animal Rights Be Included in the Progressive Agenda?
Animal rights do not belong in the progressive agenda because they conflict with environmentalism, science, humanism and social movements.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Nov 24, 2023
- 13 min
Is Everything Made of Information?
Information as the basic nature of reality avoids the pitfalls of materialism, idealism and dualism.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Nov 18, 2023
- 1 min
The Way of the Warrior
The Way of the Warrior philosophy of life summarized in seven points that help me find meaning in my life.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Aug 23, 2023
- 13 min
Leaving Catholicism During the Franco Dictatorship in Spain - My Spiritual Journey, Part 2
I struggle to break up with Catholicism while attending an elite school ran by Opus Day in Madrid.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Aug 22, 2023
- 9 min
Growing Up in Spain Under Franco and the Opus Dei - My Spiritual Journey, Part 1
I grew up in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela being indoctrinated by the Catholic organization Opus Dei.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Aug 1, 2023
- 13 min
The Hunt for Personal Power
Personal power is to have the mental fortitude to live with meaning and happiness.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Jul 30, 2023
- 7 min
The Octopus Fisherman
When an old fisherman tried to sexually abuse me in his boat, I escaped swimming. Years later, I visited him on his deathbed.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Jul 21, 2023
- 11 min
The Uniqueness of Human Suffering
Unique characteristics of the human brain let us experience suffering as extending to the past and the future, and to others.
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Hermes Solenzol
- May 30, 2023
- 11 min
Ten Common Strategies for Dishonesty and Abuse on the Internet
Ten strategies of dishonesty and abuse in the internet, used to attack, discredit and silence.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Mar 20, 2023
- 10 min
The Traps of the Ego
The idea that we deserve the best, as well as craving happiness and virtue, are traps of the ego.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Mar 19, 2023
- 15 min
The Way of the Warrior Writer
A writer’s Way of the Warrior has intellectual honesty, self-reliance, humility, courage, restrain and personal power.
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Hermes Solenzol
- Mar 8, 2023
- 12 min
The Way of the Warrior: A Philosophy of Life Based on Egoless Action
The Way of the Warrior is a philosophy of life consisting on acting with focused attention
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Hermes Solenzol
- Feb 24, 2023
- 8 min
Death is Nothing to Us
Since there is no consciousness after death, we experience nothing, so there is nothing to fear.
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