OR, ==> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE. Self-Mastery: A 90 Day Spiritual Challenge At the core of my upcoming book is the principle of freedom for excellence, or “disciplining the desires to make the good, at first accessible, and then effortless.” I am not a moral relatavist, if you couldn’t tell. Some things, I […]
Archives for January 2019
90 Day Self-Mastery Challenge – Day 1
I told my email list this morning that I’m embarking on a self-imposed 90 day self-mastery challenge which essentially involves becoming an ascetic. It’s not quite on the level of, say, a Carthusian monk, but the challenge is rigorous, and pretty much involves changing fundamentally everything about yourself, because why not. Disciplines include: Daily prayer and […]
Why I Became Catholic (In Spite of Hating Religion)
For most of my life I had about as well formed an animus toward religion as could be conceived. Then, one day, people saw that I’d become a Catholic. How did this happen, my readers and listeners have wanted to know? And why, of all things, Catholicism? Why not, like, anything but Catholicism? Why not […]
Exploring the Mind-Body Problem: Part 1 – Consciousness and Materialism
Having spent considerable time these past few weeks debating the issue of consciousness among colleagues of mine (some, in fact, dear friends) who are atheists and materialists and so on, I would like to examine a series of objections that the existence of mind poses to the materialist paradigm–serious objections, and perhaps deadly ones. Side […]
Weekly Round Up: Carb Cycling 101, How to Improve Any Skill Quickly, Mindful Living, and More
Last week was an enormous amount of content. This week, mostly because of everything I’ve got going on with the book, was considerably lighter. That said, here’s some stuff I hope you’ll find interesting. … Here’s a podcast on carb cycling and why you might want to consider it. Here’s a podcast on how to […]