Journal

Here you’ll find my articles, essays, occasional poetry, and, above all, philosophical meanderings. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

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Authenticity: The First Principle

14 September 2025 ~ 5 minute read

We spend much of life trying to balance what feels unbalanced, as if the measure of a good existence were found in juggling health, work, purpose, spirit, and love without letting any piece fall. But beneath all our striving lies something older and more essential — the ground itself, the first principle without which no pillar can stand: authenticity.

Time in a Bottle

14 September 2025 ~ 6 minute read

We like to think we have time — that tomorrow or next year we’ll finally sit down and give life to the things that matter most. But time has never been ours to control. This piece is a reminder, to myself as much as anyone, of what’s lost when we wait, and what’s possible when we stop waiting.

On Quality of Life: Choosing Where We Belong

12 September 2025 ~ 7 minute read

Life on the island has taught me much about simplicity, authenticity, and the contrast between calm community living and the noise of the modern world. As I prepare to leave, even if only for a while, I reflect on what quality of life truly means — and the choices each of us must make to live in alignment with our deepest values.

Massive Empathy

08 September 2025 ~ 6 minute read

We live in a realm layered with illusions, where truth is hidden beneath veils of distraction, distortion, and control. Yet for those willing to look deeper, to question what has been handed down as unquestionable, a path opens — one that is both perilous and liberating. What follows is a reflection on that journey: the remembering, the breaking, and the rediscovery of what has always been real.

True Power is Peaceful

06 September 2025 ~ 2 minute read

Power in this world is paraded as force, domination, or control. Yet these are only shadows — fragile, temporary masks of something deeper. The essence of true power cannot be seized, sold, or inverted. It rests quietly, waiting in the stillness for those who remember to listen.

True power is peaceful.

They Own You

07 August 2025 ~ 4 minute read

There comes a moment — quiet, unmistakable — when you begin to sense that something isn’t yours. The thoughts, the fears, the definitions you’ve lived by. You can’t quite name it yet, but you feel it: the weight of an authority you’ve never truly consented to. This piece is a mirror held to that moment. Not to provoke outrage — but to call something deeper forward. Something you’ve always known.