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 139 min read
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 213 min read
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 1710 min read
Healthy Masculinity and Toxic Feminism
The feminist description of toxic masculinity includes qualities of healthy masculinity
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Hermes Solenzol
Jan 1711 min read
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, 202311 min read
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, 202310 min read
How to Avoid Hurting the One We Love
How emotional abuse creeps into relationships.
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Hermes Solenzol
Nov 30, 20236 min read
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, 202313 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 202313 min read
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, 20239 min read
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, 202313 min read
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, 20237 min read
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, 202311 min read
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, 202311 min read
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, 202310 min read
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, 202315 min read
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, 202312 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
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Hermes Solenzol
Feb 24, 20238 min read
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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