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The Way of the Warrior Writer
A writer’s Way of the Warrior has intellectual honesty, self-reliance, humility, courage, restrain and personal power.
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 19, 202315 min read


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
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 8, 202312 min read


Death is Nothing to Us
Since there is no consciousness after death, we experience nothing, so there is nothing to fear.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 24, 20238 min read


How to Be Intellectually Honest
Intellectual honesty is a commitment to examine the evidence, think rationally, tell the truth, and act according to the truth.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 12, 202310 min read


A Review of 'Radical Ecstasy'
Review of Radical Ecstasy, by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy, a book about the intersection of BDSM and mysticism.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 9, 20233 min read


We Are Stardust - Finding Meaning in the Universe
The Universe has meaning because it produced consciousness, intelligence and culture.
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 4, 20238 min read


One-Legged Love
Dating an amputee made me discover her inner strength and find a new meaning for beauty.
Hermes Solenzol
Jan 29, 20235 min read


The Evidence for Free Will and How Denying It Devaluates Freedom
Denial of free will is based on religious or mystical ideas and can have dire consequences by making it ethical to control the mind.
Hermes Solenzol
Jan 2, 20238 min read


We Need to Have a Conversation About Having Difficult Conversations
An exploration of the things that hinder the conversations needed for social change.
Hermes Solenzol
Dec 24, 202211 min read


Pain Is Not Suffering
Pain is a sensation that is not always unpleasant, while suffering is a state of being based on emotions, values and meaning.
Hermes Solenzol
Dec 6, 202214 min read


Musings About My Ego
The ego appears when shame and pride take over our consciousness and fill it with cravings.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 21, 202212 min read


Love On Trial
How romantic love is poisoned by myths about sexual exclusivity, possession, jealousy, eternal love, mind reading and dependence.
Hermes Solenzol
Nov 5, 20228 min read


Not Just Intelligence - The Things That Make the Human Mind Unique
The mental qualities that make humans different from animals
Hermes Solenzol
Oct 20, 202213 min read


The Case Against Animal Rights
Animals do not have rights because they are not end in themselves and cannot enter a Social Contract.
Hermes Solenzol
Sep 22, 202215 min read


Remember When…?
Series of satiric questions remarking how progressivism and conservatism have both strayed from their original goals.
Hermes Solenzol
Aug 17, 20221 min read


My Spiritual Path
This has been my quest for self-knowledge, self-transformation and meaning I started developing my philosophy of life when I left...
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 26, 20225 min read


The Erotic Revolution
A conversation about sex, political change and inner liberation Excerpt from my novel “Games of Love and Pain”, to be published on June...
Hermes Solenzol
Apr 18, 20227 min read


A Sex-Positive Manifesto
The principles of sex-positive culture are interdependent and logically anchored in personal freedom and autonomy Sex-positive culture...
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 11, 202210 min read


How to Find Happiness
Happiness is not pleasure, joy, love, or the absence of suffering. Happiness is not an emotion, but a state of being. Should we be happy?...
Hermes Solenzol
Mar 6, 202211 min read


Is casual sex unethical?
Sex is ethical without love or outside a relationship
Hermes Solenzol
Feb 2, 20226 min read
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