Why you should always pet a cat whenever you meet one on the street.
Yes, I’m aware that Jordan B Peterson has a chapter with the same or a similar title, I’ve got the book 12 Rules for Life, and I must admit that Continue Reading
If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom.
“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who Continue Reading
Those that we leave behind
I watched Jordan Peterson’s interview with Elon Musk recently and to be fair it was pretty interesting, but I was staggered to hear that one of Elon’s Friends, namely Larry Continue Reading
Nietzsche, Men, Women and Trans
Life is unapologetic, it’s ever expanding, always conquering new frontiers, life in short never feels ashamed of itself, as the great German philosopher Nietzsche once said, life is a Will Continue Reading
The Timeless Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius – ‘Meditations’ Is it worth reading?
Have you ever wondered about the impact of Stoic philosophy on modern life or how such ancient wisdom could guide us through the complexities and challenges of today’s world? If Continue Reading
Unlock Your Potential: Carl Jung’s Guide to Shadow Integration
“I have learned from my own experience that the most powerful factor, as well as the one that is more difficult to handle, is the shadow. Everything negative in human Continue Reading
There is something at the core of our being that is universal and timeless.
It’s always been there, unchanging and aware, your sense of self has always been the same, it’s never changed. We come into the world with our characters fully formed. The Continue Reading
Thoughts on Carl Jung: Good advice for young men!
Advice for young men. If I could go back in time, like many of the plot of a good sci-fi romcom to meet my younger self and give Continue Reading
Carl Jung: Life is a Psychic Experience!
Let’s begin by stating the obvious, life is a psychic experience, not just the random happenstance of a deterministic universe unfolding according to physical law. There’s something else going on Continue Reading
The Doctrine of Flux
Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Ephesus, in what is now Turkey, around 535-475 BCE. At Standupphilosophers, we embrace his doctrine of flux: Heraclitus believed that everything Continue Reading
What is God?
In order to answer that question, we’d best take a look at the revolutionary work, ideas and metaphysics of the Swiss Psychiatrist and father of analytical psychology Carl Gustav Jung. Continue Reading
Nietzsche: The Ascent of the Will
In a rugged, mountainous landscape, where the earth meets the sky, a solitary figure stands at the base of a towering peak. The mountain, majestic and imposing, Continue Reading
Crash Course Death Anxiety part 2: Embrace Mortality, Finding Meaning in the Cycle of Life.
Crash Course Death Anxiety part 2 When you are young, the pain of mortality is incredibly severe, very often the thought of death and dying when you are Continue Reading
Nietzsche’s Modern Manifesto
“Nietzsche’s Modern Manifesto” – Can his ideas still be applied to our world today? Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas, often provocative and challenging, continue to resonate in contemporary discourse, raising pertinent Continue Reading
Love your life and get a better one!
What the greatest minds of antiquity through to modernity have always told us is that before we can change anything for the better, we must first not only accept the Continue Reading
Nietzsche’s Strong Man
“The strong man, a man in whom the instincts characteristic of robust health are powerful, digests his deeds in just the same way that he digests his meals; he Continue Reading
Looking for God – A Jungian Analysis
One of the very fair critiques that I often hear from Atheists is that there’s no evidence for the existence of God in the material world, the Epicurean world Continue Reading
Looking for God?
One of the very fair critiques that I often hear from Atheists is that there’s no evidence for the existence of God in the material world, the Epicurean world of Continue Reading