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The Wisdom of Silence
Knowledge enters through the brain. Wisdom enters through the bones. I've been honored to meet a few individuals in my life who have...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Dec 10, 20222 min read
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The Nature of Peace
After four days of fasting in the Inyo mountains, our group sat in a circle and we each told what happened to us during our time alone....
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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What does it mean to be "spiritual"?
I was recently asked, "When people say they are "spiritual," what do they mean?" I thought it was a brilliant question — one that...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Nov 9, 20222 min read
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Love is the Strongest Magic
Love is the strongest magic we have. It is the fire that transforms anything that's thrown into it. It turns "hawks into doves," enemies...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Psychosocial Fields
Thumbnail Credit: Esteban Sayhueque - Instagram: estebansayhueque Have you ever noticed the way a charismatic person can light up a room?...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Oct 4, 20224 min read
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Love's Invisible Rivers
Photo by Sindre Strøm from Pexels I asked a friend of mine recently if he loved himself. He approaches most things in life with humor...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Sep 19, 20223 min read
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The Messiah Archetype
For most of my life, I had a certain habit which I'm not entirely proud of. I wanted to save others. In Western culture, the archetype of...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Sep 15, 20223 min read
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The Trap of Grand Ambitions
"How will you be remembered when you're gone?" Legacy is a big point of anxiety for a lot of people I work with. We know we'll die some...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jun 22, 20222 min read
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How to Swim with Snakes
Last Thursday, I found myself at the bottom of a pond. And there was something down there with me. I've been afraid of deep water ever...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
May 18, 20223 min read
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The Psychology Behind Manifestation
There’s an idea in various metaphysical traditions that “thought is causative.” That is, our thoughts have a direct, metaphysical...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
May 11, 20225 min read
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How to Parent Your Inner Child
One morning, I went for a walk. My anxiety and self-consciousness had returned to hound me. I was exploring the archetypal idea of the...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
May 11, 20224 min read
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Addiction and the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
I'm constantly amazed how certain religious myths map onto human psychology. Psychologist Gabor Maté wrote a book called "In the Realm of...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
May 11, 20223 min read
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Were You Abandoned? Or Engulfed?
It feels like a lot of people around me are yearning for intimate connection right now. I keep coming back to "Journey of the Heart" by...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Feb 18, 20223 min read
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Anger is a Sword
For a long time, I tried not to be angry. My father was an angry man. His father was an angry man. At some point, I decided, "I will not...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Feb 18, 20226 min read
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The Meaning of Life
Listen to the original podcast episode here. What’s the meaning of life? Seriously though. I don’t think it’s love. Or happiness. It’s...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Aug 18, 202110 min read
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6 Keys to Mature Heroism
by Daniel Lev Shkolnik Odysseus, the Greek hero, didn’t get his name because he went in search of his Odyssey. Rather, The Odyssey was...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Aug 5, 20214 min read
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What if God were Change?
This article pairs well with the following episode with Taj Smith: God as Change There are a few descriptions of God out there that I can...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Jan 20, 20216 min read
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Without God, Is Anything Truly Wrong?
The Christian apologist William Lane Craig says that one of his most popular arguments against atheism is that it is morally repulsive....
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Dec 23, 20205 min read
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Positive Nihilism
When I was a teenager, I became convinced there was no meaning in the world. I’ve done a lot of thinking since, but that basic insight...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Dec 9, 20204 min read
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How are you not yourself?
None of us are really ourselves. In my favorite existential comedy “I Heart Huckabees,” two existential detectives hound Jude Law’s...
Daniel Lev Shkolnik
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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