#self-knowledge

Pearl Diving: The Yoga of Twisting Thought Until Love Remains

Jñāna bends the mind, bhakti opens the heart, karma releases the work — and none of the names gets final custody of me.

The Fine Land of Rescind

Once upon a steed mightier than Wind, I raced through Time, which seemed to melt away, and found the land the Ancients called Rescind…

What Levinas Knew About the Other Person

The face of the Other exceeds your categories. That is not a poetic statement.

The Calm That Slowly Appeared

Stories Behind The Photo — Paestum IV

Thirty Years of Zen, and I Still Can’t Tell You If It Works

Everyone from Tom Hanks to the app on your phone now promises meditation will change you in five minutes. After thirty years near Zen, here…

Masculinity And Femininity Dating Coaches Are Making Things Worse

How Their Script Harms

Why You Keep Attracting the Same Kind of Relationship (Even When You’re Trying Not To)

At some point, most people notice a pattern in their relationships.

From Monash to the Human Condition: Reflecting on My Essays

A look at my recent Times of Israel essays on history, technology, human nature, Jeremy Griffith, and the human condition.

Why You Keep Running Into the Same Problem at Work

You’ve changed jobs. Maybe more than once. Different company, different team, different industry even.

I Got My Saju Read at Twenty-Five. Here’s What It Actually Taught Me.

I was twenty-five when a teacher first looked at my Saju chart.

Koreans Have Been Using This Self-Knowledge System for 1,000 Years. Here’s Why It Hasn’t Gone Away.

Think about how many wellness trends have come and gone in the last twenty years.

Why Every Personality Test Has Felt Slightly Off — And What to Try Instead

You’ve probably taken at least a few personality tests in your life.

A Clueless Person’s Guide to Knowing Oneself and Choosing a Partner

Because this has been on my mind for quite some time, and I am sure someone on the internet could relate :)

What we probably haven’t yet understood about digital technology, AI… and ourselves.

AI AI AI tell me my story.

You Know Your Star Sign. But Have You Heard of Saju?y Different Systems

Here’s a question worth sitting with: how many people share your zodiac sign?

What is Saju? A Beginner’s Guide for the Curious Western Mind

You’ve probably heard of birth charts. You’ve seen people post their “big three” on dating profiles. You know what a Scorpio is, even if…

Title: The Three Pillars of Unstoppable Success

Sonnets for Ale (xii.)

In the school of life, the false advantage goes first to him whose hand is in the air, ready with the one-size-fits-all bandage, the right…

Sonnets for Ale (viii.)

Honor is less out-of-date and abstract than mates, at times, may try to make you think, for a man signs one enduring contract and does so…

THE TEST THAT DOESN’T DEFINE YOU:

WHY DISC, MBTI AND THE ENNEAGRAM REVEAL HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF, NOT WHO YOU ARE (PART 2 OF 3)

Fifty-four: Using My Powers For Good

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

I Stopped Listening to My Body While Travelling; Here’s How I Came Back to Balance

The Slow Decline I Didn’t Notice

What If Medium Never Existed in my life?

Medium, brilliant teacher for growing and self knowledge

Does our mirror know everything?

✨When eyes don’t look outside. (BL WC 5)

Know Thyself: You Are More Than An Algorithmic Brick In The Wall

Reinterpreting the Socratic imperative through the lens of Gödelian incompleteness — and why your irreducibility matters in a world that…

Vitruvian Man

“The knowledge of all things is possible.” — Leonardo da Vinci.

Inventários de Vida

Reflexões sobre o Envelhecimento e o Protagonismo.

Wanting to See and Know: Positives and Negatives of Trans Visibility

A tiny Chanukah reflection

M2E #1— Exploring who I am not

This is a post in an M2E (Month 2 Explore) series: a new approach to learning. In the month of May 2018 I want to explore how the not-self…