About Ethan

Actually, “becomes convinced” isn’t even the right phrasing to describe this process, because when identification with thought is strong enough, there simply is no alternative to it. The mind is not merely “convinced” (as though it were persuaded by a sound argument), but rather the ego structure takes it as an undeniable fact that it is what it says it is.

What you did was not okay. It did hurt people. You were not your best self. You must own your decisions and feel the complete pain of their legacy; only then will you be offered the grace which is your birthright.

At its worst, I'd curl up in fetal position, pulling my hair and pinching myself, desperate to feel anything other than the crushing weight of "How could I have been so f*cking stupid??"

It would rather be the suffering protagonist of a tragic story than risk being wrong and discovering it might not be the center of the universe.

A king once made a demand so absurd it revealed the deepest delusion of the human mind. Wanting to know every detail of his land, he hired a cartographer to chart his territory.

Yet feet are perhaps the most neglected area of the Western body. We overlook their critical importance in structuring our entire musculoskeletal system and rarely exercise or stretch them intentionally.

I ask you, "What does the color blue mean?" Notice what happens in your mind right now — maybe you see the sky, feel coolness or sadness, remember the ocean. Your friend, on the other hand, might experience tranquility, see a uniform, recall their childhood bedroom walls.

Ah, but how much of your intelligence can you truly take credit for? Did you design the neural networks that generate your thoughts? Do you consciously orchestrate the billions of calculations happening in your brain each second? Can you summon a flash of insight on-command?