Rules have a multiplicity of purposes. But at core they’re there to protect. To protect you. And to protect others from you. But the fundamental fall...
Service and contribution are central to the notion of a deeply personal rebellion. But crucially one that comes from the inside out and not from the i...
All powerful claims to your personhood begin by laying claim to something buried deep inside. All of the best sales pitches, from religion to the mar...
Systems try and build a sense of urgency. A speed that is often not your own. They seem in a rush. Constantly imperilled by the sense of being extingu...
What is worthwhile. What is worth doing. What gives a life meaning. If the answer was singular, it would have been sold to you by now with a lifetime...
The greatest risk of absorbing the values and beliefs of a system outside of yourself, is it leads you to judge yourself. Often harshly. Inappropriate...
Whose myths will you believe? Yours or the world outside? It’s easy to fall into the slipstream of mythologies and beliefs that aren’t your own. All...
Contemporary society in particular diagnoses stress and burnout. An aberration. A disorder. A disease. A personal failure. Mounting stress on stress....
What does the market provide? A lens from which to view the world. A collective mass of desires and opinions. Rewarded and provided for. Undesired and...
External voices drown out conviction.
Nothing about personal rebellion is a dismissal of the reality of societal pressure and tension. Instead it's a question of alignment. Alignment behin...