The Big Things
What Is Self-Knowledge?
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” - Aristotle
We all carry an image of ourselves, who we are, what we’re like, how we move through the world. But most of that image is inherited. Shaped by early experiences, family expectations, cultural conditioning, unspoken rules, and the survival strategies we developed before we even knew we had choices.
Self-knowledge is the lifelong process of unraveling all of that.
Not to tear it down, but to see it clearly, so we can choose what stays, what evolves, and what was never ours to begin with…
Individualism Is Only Half the Story
Self-Knowledge in Service of Something Greater
There’s a story we’ve all been sold.
That the pinnacle of life is to be free, independent, unbound by expectations. That success means becoming a fully individuated self. Self-made, self-sufficient, self-fulfilled.
But that’s only half the story.
The other half, the part often left out, is that we are also woven into a living web of relationships - to the earth, to the past, to each other, and to that which is greater than us. We are not just individuals. We are descendants, participants, stewards…
Learning To See Both The Small Details And The Big Picture
Self-Knowledge Begins With Noticing
Noticing how you respond.
What you avoid.
What patterns keep showing up.
What part of you is trying to protect something tender.
Where you feel aligned. Where you feel off.
These are the small, daily details of your life, the internal signals most people override or dismiss. But this is where real change begins. Not in grand declarations, but in attention. Consistent, curious, structured attention.
At the same time, those small details don’t exist in a vacuum.
They are part of something larger…
When The Self Becomes The Center Of The World
Individualism, Greed, and the Collapse of the Public Good
There’s a difference between self-knowledge and self-obsession.
Between healthy individuality and pathological individualism.
And the culture we now live in has lost that distinction almost entirely.
We are living in the aftermath of decades of conditioning that taught us the self is the only thing that matters. That success is personal, that wealth is proof of worth, that life is a competition to be won. That our obligations extend only as far as our desires.
But that story comes at a cost, and we’re paying for it now…
Billionaires Are Bad for Society and Humanity as a Whole
The moral, structural, and spiritual cost of extreme wealth in a collapsing world.
We’ve been told a story -
That billionaires are proof of success.
That they’re visionary geniuses.
That they work harder, think smarter, create more value than the rest of us.
That their wealth is deserved, inevitable, even aspirational.
That story is a lie.
Not just a misunderstanding.
Not just an exaggeration.
A lie, one with staggering consequences.
Because billionaires are not evidence of a functioning system.
They are the clearest symptom of one in collapse…
A Functional Society Requires Functional Individuals
Taking Our Power Back Through Language, Imagination, and Collective Will
There’s no such thing as a functional society made up of disconnected, depleted, divided individuals.
Society isn’t an abstract concept.
It’s made up of us.
Our choices. Our consciousness. Our capacity. Our care.
And right now, much of that has been hijacked.
Not by accident, but by design…
Needless Wars, Death, and Destruction
Power Hungry Dictators Vs The Peace Hungry Masses
It’s one of the most painful contradictions of our time.
That everywhere you look, there is violence, war, exploitation, displacement, devastation, when most people, in their hearts, just want to live in peace…
To love their families.
To be safe.
To share laughter.
To make meaning.
To rest without fear.
To be left alone by those who hunger for power.
To contribute something useful, and be part of something good.
This isn’t a naive wish.
It’s a deeply human one.
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
What Makes Us the Same And What Makes Us Different
To be human is to be a walking contradiction.
Flesh and spirit.
Instinct and imagination.
Individual and collective.
Utterly unique and yet completely ordinary.
We are all made of the same stuff as stars, soil, and sea.
We come from people who came from people.
And still, no two of us are built the same.
Not in body. Not in story. Not in soul.
This is the mystery.
The gift.
The challenge.
The Interior Journey
Where Wholeness Begins And Where the Future Is Reclaimed
There comes a time for each of us when the old stories no longer work.
When external measures of success ring hollow. When the emptiness inside can no longer be satiated with acquiring more ‘stuff’.
When certainty falls apart.
When the noise of the world becomes unbearable, and something inside you whispers…
There’s more than this.
That moment is not a failure.
It’s a beginning.
It’s the start of The Interior Journey, a return to your own inner architecture, a reconnection with what is real, and a reclaiming of your choice to live in integrity, with yourself, with others, and with life itself…