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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.

The Traps of the Ego

The idea that we deserve the best, as well as craving happiness and virtue, are traps of the ego.

The Way of the Warrior Writer

A writer’s Way of the Warrior has intellectual honesty, self-reliance, humility, courage, restrain and personal power.

Death is Nothing to Us

Since there is no consciousness after death, we experience nothing, so there is nothing to fear.

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.

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.

Musings About My Ego

The ego appears when shame and pride take over our consciousness and fill it with cravings.

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...