# Zen Medicine
> Literary microdoses on self-mastery, natural medicine, & the art of living.
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## Pages
- [About EB.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/about.md) - More about the man and the mystery.
- [Apotheosis.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/apotheosis-retreat.md) - ABOUT. Born out of HighExistence as a way to bring our community together, Apotheosis has grown into a force of its own as a boutique, world-class plant medicine retreat and transformational initiation. Apotheosis has made me into the man I am today, both through my own experiences and the initiato…
- [Asha Urban](https://www.zenmedicine.co/au.md) - Guide Lead, Mindbloom
- [Writing](https://www.zenmedicine.co/blog.md)
- [My Library](https://www.zenmedicine.co/books.md) - Books that have shaped me. May they benefit you as well. Commentary inside.
- [Bushido of Bitcoin.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/bushido-of-bitcoin.md) - ABOUT. This was a fantastic opportunity to help bring a brilliant masterpiece to the world. Working with Aleksandar Svetski on the full production/release of his work 'The Bushido of Bitcoin'. We ran the full end-to-end production and release. Completing the writing, copyediting, book design, Kicks…
- [Ethan Nelson](https://www.zenmedicine.co/en.md) - AI Entrepreneur & Zen Practitioner
- [Exodus.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/exodus.md) - ABOUT. Exodus—now a NYSE-listed crypto company—is an OG in financial sovereignty technology and early self-custody crypto wallet. They offer a built-in exchange/swap ability, with self-custodied keys. A fully-remote, salary-paid-in-Bitcoin company, founded by a legendary designer & hacker duo. A tr…
- [HighExistence.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/highexistence.md) - ABOUT. HighExistence was an OG first-mover in the Web 2.0 blogging era, becoming one of the largest digital hubs for those exploring altered states, psychedelics, meditation, and alternative lifestyles. It grew into a major publication and expanded into an online community, eventually releasing pro…
- [Home Hero](https://www.zenmedicine.co/home-hero.md) - I’m EB — Mixed Medicine Artist. I write literary microdoses on self-mastery, psychedelic medicine, natural philosophy, and the martial arts. With private clients, I'm equal parts therapist, mentor, and sacred sparring partner. Welcome to the Yakudō: Way of Medicine.
- [Jon Brooks](https://www.zenmedicine.co/jb.md) - Creator, HighExistence & Stoic Handbook
- [Justin Noppé](https://www.zenmedicine.co/jn.md) - Executive Performance Coach
- [Mark One.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/mark-one.md) - ABOUT. Mark One was an SF-based, VC-backed health-tech startup. Creators of 'Vessyl' automatic nutrition-tracking cup, and 'Pryme Vessyl', a hydration-tracking cup with a proprietary personal hydration algorithm and app. Industrial design from Yves Behar of Jawbone fame, placements in Apple, Amazon…
- [Mindbloom.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/mindbloom.md) - ABOUT. Mindbloom is a mental health startup specializing in at-home ketamine therapy. They are now the largest provider of psychedelic medicine on the planet, with over 660k+ individual sessions administered. I joined as one of the earliest collaborators and wore every hat I could. Social media/mar…
- [Now](https://www.zenmedicine.co/now.md) - This is what I'm doing now.
- [Nils Paar](https://www.zenmedicine.co/np.md) - Founder, Microdose Pro
- [The Ango: Private Clients.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/private.md) - Self-mastery mentorship & sacred sparring partner.
- [Rustom Patel](https://www.zenmedicine.co/rp.md) - Marketing Lead, Microsoft
- [Tags](https://www.zenmedicine.co/tags.md) - Browse by theme. My archives of previous publications (Serious Play & Blood x Ink) live here too.
- [Works](https://www.zenmedicine.co/works.md)

## Posts
- [34 Quotes for 34 Years.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/34-quotes-for-34-years.md) - A story of challenge, initiation, revelation, and integration.
- [The Dokkodō.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/dokkodo.md) - Exploring a master samurai's living wisdom.
- [The Courage List.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/courage-list.md) - A practice with the potential to change everything.
- [Ho’oponopono.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/hooponopono.md) - The art and technique of emotional reconciliation.
- [The Tamamuri Tales.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/tamamuri-tales.md) - Facing existential terror and the great Bone Dragon.
- [The Way of the Superior Man.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-way-of-the-superior-man.md) - David Deida explores the most important issues in men's lives—from career and family to women and intimacy to love and spirituality and relationships. A guidebook for living a masculine life of integrity, authenticity, and freedom.
- [Tamamuri: The Bear Bone Doctor.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/tamamuri-the-bear-bone-doctor.md) - Healing a spine with a new ancient ally.
- [Accept All Challenges.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/accept-all-challenges.md) - The only effective orientation for the Curriculum of Life.
- [Flawless Fundamentals.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/flawless-fundamentals.md) - The simple path to difficult greatness.
- [Yakudō: The Way of Medicine.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/yakudo-the-way-of-medicine.md) - Exploring medicine as martial art and mastery path.
- [The Opposite of Suicide II.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/opposite-of-suicide-ii.md) - A deeper exposé on the opposite of suicide.
- [Adopt the Posture.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/adopt-the-posture.md) - Embodying existential orientations with the internal martial arts.
- [The Jungle Trifecta.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/jungle-trifecta.md) - Part university, part hospital, part monastery.
- [33 Thoughts for 33 Years.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/33-thoughts-for-33-years.md) - Maxims, ideas, and a couple banger quotes.
- [The Apprenticeship.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/apprenticeship.md) - Exploring and honouring the deepest calling I've ever received.
- [F*ck What You Say.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/fck-what-you-say.md) - A timeless mantra on the radical embodiment of ideals.
- [Answering Your Questions Pt.3](https://www.zenmedicine.co/answering-your-questions-pt-3.md) - Role models, True vs. Good vs. Beauty, John Galt, & Quantum Bitcoin.
- [// July 2025](https://www.zenmedicine.co/july-2025.md) - * Disciple of Kumankaya. * Steward of Apotheosis. * Creator of Zen Medicine / Ango.
- [A Variety of Religious Orientation.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/a-variety-of-religious-orientation.md) - Spiritual traditions are dojos of self-mastery for the best of us.
- [Podcast: EB on Medicine, Bitcoin, & Purpose.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/video-eb-on-medicine-bitcoin-life.md) - A 3-hour hero's journey into the life, practice, and philosophy of EB.
- [The Deification of Nature.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-deification-of-nature.md) - Architecture as a worship and compliment of the natural world.
- [Answering Your Questions Pt.2](https://www.zenmedicine.co/answers-2.md) - Hacking creativity, BTC sovereignty, and my personal fears.
- [Intellect, Intuition, Instinct.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/intellect-intuition-instinct.md) - Zen, athletics, and the art of harnessing instinct.
- [Opening a Private Practice.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/opening-a-private-practice.md) - Sewing new seeds for a vision of personalized medicine.
- [The Sound of the Rain.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/sound-of-the-rain.md) - Riffing on one of the greatest-ever Zen maxim's.
- [Great Medicine: Mahābhaishajya.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/great-medicine.md) - Turns out Buddhism is the greatest medical treatment ever created.
- [The Marosa Meditations Pt.1](https://www.zenmedicine.co/marosa-meditations.md) - Love, fear, & loathing in the heart of the jungle.
- [Modern Bloodletting.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/bloodletting.md) - How an ancient medicine blasphemy became an established medical practice.
- [Walking Dead: Chronic Stress Injury.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/chronic-stress-injury.md) - Understanding chronic stress as a personal psychological injury.
- [Predator or Prey?](https://www.zenmedicine.co/prey.md) - Unearthing shadow material from the collective unconscious.
- [Confronting the Digital Shoggoth.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/confronting-the-digital-shoggoth.md) - To 'create content', or not to 'create content', that is the question...
- [Don’t Lose the Mystery.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/dont-lose-the-mystery.md) - Rapture and rupture at the origin-moment of the organic cosmos.
- [MMA: Mixed Medicine Arts.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/mma.md) - Fundamental groundwork for the psychedelic shaolin.
- [The Way of Tea.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-way-of-tea.md) - What tea taught me about life.
- [Wilderness First Response.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/wilderness-first-response.md) - The overlap of emergency medical treatment and becoming unshakeable.
- [What Are You Doing Man?](https://www.zenmedicine.co/what-are-you-doing-man.md) - Rewiring an orientation to the feminine.
- [Details of the Magnificent.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/details-of-the-magnificent.md) - …splashes of rainbow across the countertop; first signs of morning light. …branches rustling in the wind; digressions of weather in a dance of limb and leaf. …when she brushes her hair behind her ear after every smile; refined grace. …quiet walks in the forest, ancient trees wrapping their arms aro…
- [The 4th Pillar of Health.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/4th-pillar-of-health.md) - Sleep. Nutrition. Exercise. ???
- [The Heretic’s Guide to Depression.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/heretics-guide-to-depression.md) - Your 'Rated R', underground blueprint to getting over depression.
- [On Depression.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/on-depression.md) - Painting the crushing picture of depression, and all that remains.
- [Rescuing the Lover.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/rescuing-the-lover.md) - What is one to do with an endless fountain of love and creative energy?
- [Schrödingers Stuckness.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/schrodingers-stuckness.md) - What dead cat's teach us about living language.
- [The Invisible Koan.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-invisible-koan.md) - Blood, ink, and the 'great doubt' of Zen.
- [Long Live the Underground.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/long-live-the-underground.md) - LONG LIVE THE UNDERGROUND. The avant-garde. The fringe. The edges. The unknown and as-yet unspoken. The emerging and the fiercely passionate. Everything meant for mass appeal must be watered down. Made digestible. Politically correct. Carefully constructed. Slowly, the soul is carved out, like gutt…
- [The Opposite of Suicide.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-opposite-of-suicide.md) - A radical decision to come fully into life.
- [Anti-Triggers: Introducing Glimmers.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/anti-triggers-introducing-glimmers.md) - The opposite of triggers, and the great adventure of your life.
- [The Tale of the Dragon Riders.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-tale-of-the-dragon-riders.md) - Flowing with change vs. Fighting against chaos.
- [Medicine is a Sacred Practice.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/medicine-is-a-sacred-practice.md) - The art, science, dance, and discipline of bringing people back to life.
- [Anthem](https://www.zenmedicine.co/anthem.md) - Rand’s classic dystopian future—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—anticipating her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
- [The Beauty of Everyday Things](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-beauty-of-everyday-things.md) - The philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks as we know them today: anonymity, quality, simplicity, honesty, and wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection.
- [On Ideal Conditions.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/ideal-conditions.md) - A guest piece from a long-forgotten friend.
- [Plant Your Seeds in Spring.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/plant-your-seeds-in-spring.md) - Aligning with natural cycles makes habit formation 100x easier.
- [Ode to the Gentleman.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/ode-to-the-gentleman.md) - Reclaiming the spirit of excellence, chivalry, and human dignity.
- [The Zen Bible](https://www.zenmedicine.co/zen-bible.md) - Bodhidharma, Haiku, and the Ch'an Wrecking Crew.
- [// March 2025](https://www.zenmedicine.co/march-2025.md) - * Living in Toronto, Canada 🍁 on a semi-sabbatical (~3 months). * Preparing to apprentice at Kumankaya Healing Center. * Writing Zen Medicine and dreaming up a book on the 'Bitcoin Koan'. * Director of Apotheosis Retreats – boutique world-class plant medicine retreats.
- [Answering Your Questions.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/answering-questions.md) - My thoughts on Ayn Rand, Blindspots, Bitcoin, Order x Chaos, & more.
- [You Deserve Better.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/you-deserve-better.md) - Fort Knox, Philosophy of Government, & the Radical Promise of Bitcoin.
- [Zen Medicine: Anon Q&A](https://www.zenmedicine.co/qa.md) - An experiment with open, anonymous questions.
- [Aposematism in Human Social Signaling](https://www.zenmedicine.co/aposematism.md) - Finding predatory warnings in evolutionary biology and human society.
- [Free Men Don’t Ask.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/free-men-dont-ask.md) - Aragorn, Leonidas, Thelema, & Zen pointing the way to fundamental freedom.
- [Back On the Mat](https://www.zenmedicine.co/back-on-the-mat.md) - The thread weaving yoga, martial arts, and psychedelic medicine together.
- [Welcome to Zen Medicine.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/welcome-to-zen-medicine.md) - Chasing the intersection of medicine, bitcoin, martial arts, & zen.
- [Blood & Ink: Heretical Ideas](https://www.zenmedicine.co/96.md) - overton windows / courageous questions / leading by example
- [Blood & Ink: What Was That?](https://www.zenmedicine.co/95.md) - action & words / grounded in reality / betting pools
- [Blood & Ink: The 3P Warrior Framework](https://www.zenmedicine.co/94.md) - fierce purpose / unwavering patience / absolute persistence
- [Blood & Ink: Practice](https://www.zenmedicine.co/93.md) - the purpose of practice / no hurry, no pause, no mercy
- [Blood & Ink: No is Life Affirming.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/92.md) - age of abundance / sacred space / life-affirming boundaries
- [The Unbelievable Impact of Waking Up Early](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-unbelievable-impact-of-waking.md) - positive domino effect / the keystone habit / solar consciousness
- [Blood & Ink: Perfect First Draft](https://www.zenmedicine.co/91.md) - art of refinment / fear of the first / unlocking flow
- [Blood & Ink: Bitcoin & Everything Else.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/90.md) - eth foundation / decentralization / global sound money
- [Blood & Ink: Real Toxic Masculinity](https://www.zenmedicine.co/89.md) - truly toxic / honourable men / paternal pattern of structure
- [Blood & Ink: Train Everything.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/88.md) - Now is the time. In the words of the late great Terence McKenna, from his classic Exponential Weirdness rant: “I look for: the invention of artificial life, the cloning of human beings, possible contact with extraterrestrials, possible human immortality, and at the same time appalling acts of bruta…
- [Blood & Ink: Straight and Narrow](https://www.zenmedicine.co/87.md) - virtuous living / walking The Path / deepest trust
- [Blood & Ink: Reflections on Social Media…](https://www.zenmedicine.co/86.md) - toxic relationships / trivial addictions / cultural zeitgeist
- [Ranking the 26 Books I Read in 2024. 📚](https://www.zenmedicine.co/ranking-the-26-books-i-read-in-2024.md) - The Gita, Ayn Rand, and a few hidden gems.
- [// January 2025.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/january-2025-2.md) - Life * Living in Bitcoin Jungle on a Bitcoin standard in Costa Rica with my partner Chloe and our cat, Nora. * Writing at Zen Medicine and drafting my first book. * Obsessed with Zen, Shaolin Kung-Fu, natural medicine (ayahuasca, red light, & methylene blue), and Bitcoin game theory. Work * Founder…
- [Blood & Ink: When Things Don’t Work Out…](https://www.zenmedicine.co/85.md) - we'll see / realignments from God / moving homes
- [Blood & Ink: Murphy’s Law](https://www.zenmedicine.co/84.md) - quasi-intellectual nonsense / noticing absence / finding optimism
- [Blood & Ink: The Year of Courage](https://www.zenmedicine.co/83.md) - the courage exercise / annual theme / the righteous path
- [Blood & Ink: Trust in God](https://www.zenmedicine.co/82.md) - need for control / nishkama karma / better than expected
- [Blood & Ink: IDD, Not ADD](https://www.zenmedicine.co/81.md) - A.D.D isn't real / social narratives / reclaiming intention
- [Blood & Ink: Purpose x Pleasure](https://www.zenmedicine.co/80.md) - trivial pleasure / the gift of minimalism / radical reset
- [We Who Wrestle With God](https://www.zenmedicine.co/we-who-wrestle-with-god.md) - In We Who Wrestle with God, Dr. Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world.
- [Blood & Ink: Busy by Design](https://www.zenmedicine.co/79.md) - self-honesty / chronic busyness / deeper focus
- [Blood & Ink: Decorating Pain](https://www.zenmedicine.co/78.md) - healing vs. growth / fatherly wisdom / no fear, no fascination
- [Blood & Ink: Sacred Knowledge](https://www.zenmedicine.co/77.md) - indigenous knowledge / deep responsibility / the ignorance excuse
- [Blood & Ink: Adolescence was Manufactured](https://www.zenmedicine.co/76.md) - prussian education / domesticated humans / forced compliance
- [Blood & Ink: Strength Through Submission](https://www.zenmedicine.co/75.md) - accessing life force / shi heng yi / discipline of surrender
- [Blood & Ink: The Privilege of Difficulty](https://www.zenmedicine.co/74.md) - nietzsche's banger / the most intelligent men...
- [Blood & Ink: New Years Eliminations](https://www.zenmedicine.co/73.md) - anti-resolutions / cultivating space / generative emergence
- [Blood & Ink: The Year of Courage](https://www.zenmedicine.co/72.md) - heart courage / the 2025 wish
- [The Sacred & The Profane](https://www.zenmedicine.co/sacred-profane.md) - Renowned anthropologist and historian of religion Mircea Eliade attempts to describe how religious people experience the sacred.
- [Blood & Ink: Day 1](https://www.zenmedicine.co/71.md) - judo founder's deathbed wish / new year energy / blood & ink updates
- [Blood & Ink: Incomplete Idioms?](https://www.zenmedicine.co/70.md) - curiosity killed the cat / great minds think alike / jack of all trades
- [Blood & Ink: Pathological Emptiness](https://www.zenmedicine.co/69.md) - discipline as punishment / accessing wholeness / hungry ghosts
- [Blood & Ink: How to Survive Bull Runs](https://www.zenmedicine.co/68.md) - bitcoin / 100k vs. 0.1M / important reminders
- [Blood & Ink: Ganbatte.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/67.md) - cheer up / be courageous / do your best
- [Blood & Ink: Musashi](https://www.zenmedicine.co/66.md) - samurai arts / shaolin plant medicine / aesthetic sensitivity
- [Blood & Ink: People as Jazz](https://www.zenmedicine.co/65.md) - community engagement / insightful prompt / playful conversation
- [Blood & Ink: Once You Know Better, Do Better.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/64.md) - maya angelou's advice / grandmother willow / playful evolution
- [Blood & Ink: The Age of the Lost Boys](https://www.zenmedicine.co/63.md) - peter pan syndrome / no real men / growing up
- [Blood & Ink: Soulmaking Dharma](https://www.zenmedicine.co/62.md) - rob burbea / the imaginal realm / dharmic dreams
- [Blood & Ink: Great Men](https://www.zenmedicine.co/61.md) - dune wisdom / real virtue / answering the call
- [Blood & Ink: Beliefs are Not Facts](https://www.zenmedicine.co/60.md) - freedom from opinion / updated self-image / belief vs. fact
- [Blood & Ink: Natural Anarchy](https://www.zenmedicine.co/59.md) - democracy is self-destructive / taoist political philosophy
- [Blood & Ink: Courting the Muse](https://www.zenmedicine.co/58.md) - thoughts on inspiration / chasing the dragon / creative advice
- [Blood & Ink: Family Time](https://www.zenmedicine.co/57.md) - ram dass' timeless challenge / old identities / family dynamics
- [Blood & Ink: The Power Problem](https://www.zenmedicine.co/56.md) - definitions of power / "McMindfulness" / the binding problem
- [The Tao of Physics](https://www.zenmedicine.co/tao-of-physics.md) - An exploration of the parallels between modern physics and eastern mysticism.
- [Blood & Ink: Anger Addiction](https://www.zenmedicine.co/55.md) - the journal entry / anger & aliveness / addicted to negative emotion
- [Blood & Ink: Commit, or Quit.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/54.md) - total commitment / wet fish energy / all or nothing thinking.
- [Blood & Ink: On Self-Sacrifice](https://www.zenmedicine.co/53.md) - the altar of nature / natural law is metal AF / you are that.
- [Blood & Ink: Gentle Violence](https://www.zenmedicine.co/52.md) - escaping hell / cultivated gentleness / the spark in the eyes
- [Blood & Ink: The Mind-Body Reality](https://www.zenmedicine.co/51.md) - plato's broad shoulders / scholar-warriors / mind-body harmony
- [Blood & Ink: Cracking the Koans](https://www.zenmedicine.co/50.md) - unsolvable riddles / joining the dance / transcending opposites
- [Blood & Ink: Regret vs. Failure](https://www.zenmedicine.co/49.md) - regret & failure / stuck in time / bold courageous action
- [Blood & Ink: Bottom-Up Evolution](https://www.zenmedicine.co/48.md) - real changes / effective integration / bottom-up evolution
- [Blood & Ink: The Zen Maxims](https://www.zenmedicine.co/47.md) - joshu’s bowl / zen maxims / back on the horse
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/46.md) - courage vs. fear / trusting life / no answers.
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/45.md) - savour vs. saving / deep intimacy / the samurai arts
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/44.md) - tim ferriss' sage wisdom / aligning with natural law
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/43.md) - lord byron's banger / master plant diet / apotheosis retreat
- [Blood & Ink: Sunday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/42.md) - the warrior ethos / self-authority / fierce conviction
- [Blood & Ink: Saturday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/41.md) - plato's ideal citizen / scholar-warriors / broad shoulders
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/40.md) - eternal mantra / way of being / real growth
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/39.md) - enlightened consciousness / beauty & dwelling / task at hand
- [Blood & Ink: Wednesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/38.md) - infinite games / go further / MMORPG's
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/37.md) - real priorities / long-term games / radical simplicity
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/36.md) - tibetan warriorship / trunpa’s wisdom / human bravery
- [Blood & Ink: Sunday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/35.md) - one month check-in / writing rituals / winning the day
- [Blood & Ink: Saturday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/34.md) - reclaiming elitism / political parasites / pursuing excellence
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/33.md) - mental health mistakes / behavioural disorders / choosing differently
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/32.md) - "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” — Plato, The Republic This quote smacked me… At some stage of an individual’s awakening, they begin to wrestle with the important opportunity to take total responsibility for their li…
- [Blood & Ink: Wednesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/31.md) - buddhist wisdom / shambhala prophecy / my favourite mantra
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/30.md) - the external mirror / challenging conclusions / the greatest game
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/29.md) - timeless latin maxim / moving the world / discovery vs. creation
- [Blood & Ink: Sunday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/28.md) - proof-of-work / deceptive sophistry / grounded examples
- [Blood & Ink: Saturday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/27.md) - backwards accountability / deep integrity / gift of respect
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/26.md) - obesity & starvation / counterintuitive science
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/25.md) - vision & destiny / voluntary exposure / champion mindset
- [Blood & Ink: Wednesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/24.md) - joy & duty / musashi’s dream / the action antidote
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/23.md) - St. Augustine / Hope’s Two Daughters
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/22.md) - wisdom of the shaolin / yogic posture / mind-body
- [Blood & Ink: Sunday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/21.md) - direct path / shortcut consciousness / faustian bargains
- [Blood & Ink: Saturday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/20.md) - gentleman’s code / basic dignity / reclaiming aesthetics
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/19.md) - masculinity vs. civilization / ancestral men / dynamic tension
- [6 Health Interventions to Rocket You to Deadpool-level Vitality 👺](https://www.zenmedicine.co/6-health-interventions.md) - rewiring the kinetic chain / hormone blood panels / toxic seed oils
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/18.md) - LARP’ing the Warrior / immovable foundations / psychological growth
- [Blood & Ink: Wednesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/17.md) - tea ceremony / realistic etiquette / controlled power
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/16.md) - political testosterone / unbalanced opinions / the biology of belief
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/15.md) - the orgasm test / hell yes or no / undoubtable
- [Blood & Ink: Sunday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/14.md) - overcoming fear / redefining failure / moral courage
- [Blood & Ink: Saturday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/13.md) - faith as justification / fuel for change / self-authoring
- [Is Christianity the Psycho-Spiritual Immune System of the West?](https://www.zenmedicine.co/christianity-immune-system.md) - pascal's new wager / spiritual psychotechnologies / intelligence challenges
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/12.md) - genuine enemies / public criticism / faceless mobs
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/11.md) - ethical disobedience / buffered authority / living standards
- [Blood & Ink: Wednesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/10.md) - worship of ashes / preservation of fire / tradition
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/09.md) - bushido / sudden violence / martial skill
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/08.md) - mental gymnastics / god loves onlyfans / the evil no
- [Blood & Ink: Sunday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/07.md) - no destination / path and practice / already-awake
- [Blood & Ink: Saturday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/06.md) - psychological strength / body-mind connection / warrior initiations
- [Blood & Ink: Friday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/05.md) - the secret of bodhidharma’s eyes / intense aliveness / buddha’s journey
- [Reckoning With the West 🏛️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/reckoning-with-the-west.md) - the epitome of evil / western inheritance / incremental improvement
- [Blood & Ink: Thursday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/04.md) - psychological defeat / persistence / unbroken
- [Blood & Ink: Wednesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/03.md) - being a good man vs. being good at being a man
- [Blood & Ink: Tuesday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/02.md) - the emptiness machine / empire of nothing / problem of difference
- [Blood & Ink: Monday](https://www.zenmedicine.co/01.md) - musashi’s twofold way / man vs. civilization / arc of history
- [🕍 Cathedral Consciousness: Three Uncomfortable Truths.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/cathedral-consciousness.md) - the lost arts of legacy, transcendence, and economic bedrock.
- [Coming soon](https://www.zenmedicine.co/coming-soon-67a8d08966f8ba001b5e92b9.md) - This is Blood & Ink. Subscribe now
- [How to Be Prepared for the Future Without Losing Your Cool.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/how-to-be-prepared-for-the-future.md) - Finding the sweet spot between spiritual passivity and neurotic hyper-vigilance.
- [POV Perversion & the Splitting Western Psyche 📸](https://www.zenmedicine.co/pov-perversion-and-the-splitting.md) - An insidious development in collective self-perception.
- [I Was Made for Times Like These… ✊🏻](https://www.zenmedicine.co/i-was-made-for-times-like-these.md) - A mantra to never forget who you are.
- [An Antidote to Ontological Shock. 💊](https://www.zenmedicine.co/an-antidote-to-ontological-shock.md) - Exploring Zen's role in ontological fluidity, Tier 2 thinking, and surfing reality.
- [32 Reflections for 32 Years. 🪷](https://www.zenmedicine.co/32-reflections-for-32-years.md) - A reminder to myself on my birthday.
- [Radical Redesign: The Blueprint to Holistic Lifestyle Design 🗺️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/radical-redesign-the-blueprint-to.md) - Open-sourcing our guide to creating a life of meaning, purpose, and passion.
- [The Art & Science of Digital Lockdowns 🔐](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-art-and-science-of-digital-lockdowns.md) - How to slay the algorithmic hydra technocracy ravaging your attention.
- [How Excellence Re-Orients Your Life ☀️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/how-excellence-re-orients-your-life.md) - Exploring greatness as the driving engine of humanity, and a meta-virtue for all.
- [The No-B*llshit Guide to Reinventing Yourself 🗺️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-no-bllshit-guide-to-reinventing.md) - Radical change is possible. This is your blueprint.
- [Bodhisattva-Warriors: Mahakaruna for Eternity 📿](https://www.zenmedicine.co/bodhisattva-warriors-mahakaruna-for.md) - Exploring the shared DNA between Warriors and Bodhisattvas.
- [On Sparring Partners & Growth Challenges 🥋](https://www.zenmedicine.co/on-sparring-partners-and-growth-challenges.md) - Being challenged to greatness is an act of love...
- [Stop Plashing Around 🤭](https://www.zenmedicine.co/stop-plashing-around.md) - No, that’s not a typo...
- [Why Resolutions Are Designed to Fail. ❌](https://www.zenmedicine.co/why-resolutions-are-designed-to-fail.md) - And the timeless formula for what actually works.
- [A Counterintuitive Approach to Banging the Drum. 🥁](https://www.zenmedicine.co/a-counterintuitive-approach-to-banging.md) - Flipping the script and sharing words of wisdom from the heroic voices.
- [Using AI to Imagine the Future Heroic Self. 🪬](https://www.zenmedicine.co/using-ai-to-imagine-the-future-heroic.md) - How Bing Images lets you alchemize a potent future visualization.
- [The Misogi: A Different Way to Do Resolutions ⛩️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-misogi-a-different-way-to-do.md) - Embracing the subtle art of getting shit done.
- [Exploring the 26 Books I Read in 2023. 📚](https://www.zenmedicine.co/exploring-the-26-books-i-read-in.md) - Anarchist philosophy, Warrior archetypes, and the 6 books I re-read every year.
- [3 Lessons from Taking 100’s of People Through 100-Day Initiations 💯](https://www.zenmedicine.co/3-lessons-from-taking-100s-of-people.md) - The spirituality of discipline, the profundity of support, and mistakes as gurus.
- [Going from Altered States to Altered Traits 🤟](https://www.zenmedicine.co/going-from-altered-states-to-altered.md) - Integration as trait development for the initiated.
- [You Are the Masterpiece. 🎨](https://www.zenmedicine.co/you-are-the-masterpiece.md) - An invocation and invitation to a radically divergent worldview.
- [6 Immaculate Insights After 100 Days of Warrior Initiation ⚡️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/6-immaculate-insights-after-100-days.md) - Personal and transpersonal reflections on the WARRIOR100 experience.
- [Overcoming the Tyranny of the Dull Mind](https://www.zenmedicine.co/overcoming-the-tyranny-of-the-dull.md) - A path to presence and purpose in a world that's lost its mind.
- [Reflections on the Recent Convergence of Interdimensional Hyperspace Entities 👾](https://www.zenmedicine.co/reflections-on-the-recent-convergence.md) - Or: a recap of my visit to Meow Wolf Denver.
- [The Most Disturbing Thing...](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-most-disturbing-thing.md) - ...is that no one is disturbed.
- [Standing on the Edge of Initiation 🌀](https://www.zenmedicine.co/standing-on-the-edge-of-initiation.md) - Reflections on 2 weeks of Warrior training.
- [Creative Evolution & the Death of Aspiration 🌱](https://www.zenmedicine.co/creative-evolution-and-the-death.md) - A living thesis stoked from the sparks of inspiration.
- [What an Obscure Zen Program Teaches You About Freedom ⛩️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/what-an-obscure-zen-program-teaches.md) - Exploring the 'ango' and sacred structure in your life.
- [My Biggest Blindspot of the Past Decade 🎯](https://www.zenmedicine.co/my-biggest-blindspot-of-the-past.md) - The antidote to hyper-individualism and why community changes everything.
- [What Bowling Teaches You About Skillful Meditation 🎳](https://www.zenmedicine.co/what-bowling-teaches-you-about-skillful.md) - Understanding 'deviation' and how to correct for it.
- [100 Soul-Igniting Reasons You Need the Warrior100 🔥](https://www.zenmedicine.co/100-soul-igniting-reasons-you-need.md) - An uncompromising manifesto on why warrior training will radically transform your life.
- [Your Attention *is* Your Life.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/your-attention-is-your-life.md) - How to develop the single most important skill you have.
- [The Unexpected Traits of True Warriors 💀](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-unexpected-traits-of-true-warriors.md) - Or: holistic self-mastery as your reason for being.
- [Reflections on 100 Days of Heroic Discipline ⚡️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/reflections-on-100-days-of-heroic.md) - Insights, evolutions, and lessons learned from the Hero100.
- [A New Chapter: Welcome to Serious Play. ⚡️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/a-new-chapter-welcome-to-serious.md) - 50% serious. 50% playful. 140% awesome.
- [Live by Choice, Not by Chance. 🌹](https://www.zenmedicine.co/live-by-choice-not-by-chance.md) - The profound wisdom and challenge of making your life your own.
- [How I Became My Own Bank 🏦](https://www.zenmedicine.co/how-i-became-my-own-bank.md) - A step-by-step blueprint for total financial sovereignty.
- [Comfort is a Skill Developed Over Time](https://www.zenmedicine.co/comfort-is-a-skill.md) - How to expand your 'comfort zone' to literally everything.
- [How to Dance With Resistance](https://www.zenmedicine.co/how-to-dance-with-resistance.md) - The only thing separating amateurs from the pros.
- [The Twin Peaks of the Human Experience](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-twin-peaks-of-the-human-experience.md) - What retreats and festivals teach you about the art of living.
- [The Dual Definition(s) of Discipline](https://www.zenmedicine.co/the-dual-definitions-of-discipline.md) - Or: the role of passion, purpose, and play in cultivating personal discipline.
- [Your Personal Invitation for Greatness](https://www.zenmedicine.co/hero100.md) - Introducing the Hero100, a 100-day heroic incubator.
- [8 Thoughts & Techniques for Dancing with Death](https://www.zenmedicine.co/death.md) - & a letter to my Grandfather. 💛
- [What Native Warriors Can Teach the Internet Generation 💻](https://www.zenmedicine.co/dog-rope.md) - Cheyenne dog soldiers, rawhide ropes, and absolute spiritual conviction.
- [On Reclaiming Healthy Ambition](https://www.zenmedicine.co/healthy-ambition.md) - Or: how I redefined my relationship with New Year resolutions.
- [A Summoning into Devotional Discipline 📿](https://www.zenmedicine.co/retreat-review.md) - A behind-the-curtain look at our 7-day DIY at-home retreat.
- [Exploring the Discipline of Surrender 🧎🏻‍♂️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/discipline-of-surrender.md) - An alternative Way of Being as the New Year blooms before us.
- [A DIY Blueprint for an At-Home Psychedelic Retreat 🧘‍♂️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/diy-retreat.md) - The what, why, and how of designing a week-long transformational retreat..
- [Limit Your Options to Maximize Your Freedom ⚡️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/brightlines.md) - Exploring bright line rules and the psychological scaffolding of greatness.
- [The Nearly Lost Secret of the 3rd Fundamental Day in Human Existence... 🤫](https://www.zenmedicine.co/third-day.md) - You know the first two, but there is a third important day in every humans life.
- [The Most Fundamental Realization of Your Life ✨](https://www.zenmedicine.co/fundamental-realization.md) - Like a fish in water, this has always been right in front of your face.
- [5 Key Techniques to Hulk Smash Through Psychedelic Plateaus 😵‍💫](https://www.zenmedicine.co/psychedelic-plateaus.md) - How to keep evolving in psychedelic therapy.
- [What Steve Jobs, Whiplash, and Psychedelics Teach You About Greatness 🌱](https://www.zenmedicine.co/greatness.md) - How to unlock the bleeding edge of your own capability.
- [Why Bitcoin is the Juggernaut of Currency ✊](https://www.zenmedicine.co/bitcoin-currency.md) - Exploring money from first-principles: the 5 fundamental requirements.
- [Treasuring the Unrepeatable Nature of a Moment. 🎋](https://www.zenmedicine.co/treasuring-the-unrepeatable-nature.md) - Exploring ichigo ichie: one chance, one encounter.
- [16 Characters That Will Change Your Life ⛩️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/zen.md) - Exploring the 4 pillars of Zen & the Ch'an wrecking crew.
- [Truth is Medicine to Heal Diseases of Bullshit 💊](https://www.zenmedicine.co/truth-medicine.md) - Overcoming self-deception with nuclear Truth-bombs.
- [What Gandalf Teaches You About Moral Victory 🧙‍♂️](https://www.zenmedicine.co/gandalf.md) - Servants of the Secret Fire. 🔥
- [Why I've Been Going to... Church!? 💒](https://www.zenmedicine.co/sacred-space.md) - Reclaiming sacred space in a world of the profane.
- [17 Honest Thoughts, Ideas, & Current Beliefs](https://www.zenmedicine.co/a-collection-of-current-observations.md) - I haven't written in a long time. I am back in beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina after 2 months visiting friends and family in Canada/USA. The weather is clear and crisp. The people warm and inviting. A lot has happened this year. Good and bad. The world and my world have been going through massive…
- [From Plant-Based to Animal-Based: Changing My Mind on Food](https://www.zenmedicine.co/plant-based-animal-based.md) - Changing your mind is hard. This struck me the other night as I was wrestling with my own stubbornness around rarely sharing personal details of my life. As I got thinking about it, I realize I don't have many examples in my life of people who have seriously changed their minds about anything. Most…
- [Bitcoin, Sound Money, & the Global Renaissance](https://www.zenmedicine.co/sound-money-bitcoin.md) - "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." — Archimedes When dropped in a particular way, real gold is known to make a specific sound. Thus, the origins of the term 'sound money'. When the world was on the gold standard, it was a technique to verif…
- [Exploring the Bible of Modern Yoga: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali](https://www.zenmedicine.co/yoga-sutras-patanjali.md) - For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting. – Patanjali, Yoga Sutras, Book 1:21. I'm a connoisseur of cultures. A sommelier of sacred texts. A disciple of direct experience. I love learning how different groups answer life's most fundamental question: "What…
- [True Spirituality is Sacred Suicide](https://www.zenmedicine.co/true-spirituality.md) - "Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretense. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true." ― Adyashanti The Absolute Truth of Re…
- [Ceremony is the New Punk](https://www.zenmedicine.co/punk.md) - Ceremony is the new punk. Self-sovereignty is the new counterculture. Personal responsibility is the new alternative. In a system predicated on total control, attempting to automate and regulate every aspect of your existence — cultivating self-sovereignty and personal autonomy becomes the most reb…
- [How to Cultivate True Genius](https://www.zenmedicine.co/genius.md) - Genius is your true nature. Life is the archetypal genius. That which does all things, without effort, on time, without fail. You are a part of Nature. Indeed you are Nature. You are the archetypal genius. It is sewn into your bones. Maturity is the process of bringing your unconscious essence, you…
- [Overcoming Addiction: Physiological, Psycho-Somatic, & Ontological Patterns](https://www.zenmedicine.co/addiction.md) - I have flirted with several addictive patterns in my life. Validation, marijuana, nicotine, video games, pornography, cocaine, psychedelics, and work. Though I'm happy to say now that there is no substance, distraction, or activity that binds me in the throws of addiction. A solution for depression…
- [Thank You, Covid.](https://www.zenmedicine.co/thank-you-covid.md) - "I'd invite you to explore this piece with an open mind. To listen from the heart for the energetic imprint being conveyed here beyond the words themselves. Written with love. 💛" 🙏🏻 Thank you, Covid. Thank you for illuminating our widespread complacency. Thank you for bringing to light the inade…
- [Exploring Finite & Infinite Games: Book Summary](https://www.zenmedicine.co/finite-infinite-games.md) - "There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite; the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play..." This single proposition, the opening line of 'Finite & Infinite Games' by James Carse, has had a pr…
- [Emotional Interoception: Cultivating Self-Awareness & Breaking Karmic Loops](https://www.zenmedicine.co/interoception.md) - "You're really activated right now mate, what's up?" "What does that even mean, and why does hearing that annoy me so much?" This is a paraphrased conversation a good friend and I had at about hour 4 of a shared acid trip we had together in nature last year. A topic about his life had sparked a str…
- [Death Practices: A Pedagogical Progression](https://www.zenmedicine.co/death-practices.md) - "Waking up is an endless losing what you think you know, like a wave of destruction that leaves nothing but what is true." – Unmani "If you die before you die, you won't die when you die." This is one of the most powerful sentences you will ever come across. It was the tagline of the Eleusinian mys…
- [Existential Minimalism: Hungry Ghosts, Wabi-Sabi, & False Security](https://www.zenmedicine.co/minimalism.md) - "Minimalism is beyond time. It is the stillness of perfection." — Massimo Vignelli It was the third class I had skipped that week. My room wasn't organized, the carpet wasn't cleaned. How could I be expected to focus in class if my room at home wasn't clean? Going through university was a beautiful…
- [CryptoPsychedelic Sovereignty: Reclaiming Human Agency](https://www.zenmedicine.co/cryptopsychedelic-sovereignty.md) - This essay has been been percolating in the caverns of consciousness for nearly 5 years. It starts with a story. In the early months of 2018, fresh off the winter wonderland that became known as the 2017 Crypto Winter – a conference was held on the picturesque beaches of Tulum, Mexico... The Crypto…
- [Experience Design: Wonderland on Demand](https://www.zenmedicine.co/experience-design.md) - Experience Design is an externally-facing tool in the Yoga of Becoming, Cultural Architecture, and Embodied Awakening. See those essays to explore why external engagement is central to any work you want to do. 👁 The Significance of Experience Experience is at the core of your existence. You could…
- [Regenerative Renaissance: Cultural Enlightenment for Thriving Futures](https://www.zenmedicine.co/regenerative-renaissance.md) - From collective breakdown to holistic breakthrough.
- [Embodied Awakening: Facilitating Identity-Level Transformations](https://www.zenmedicine.co/embodied-awakening.md) - Exploring embodiment in the awakening process.
- [Hedonic Engineering: Building a Psycho-Spiritual Growth Stack](https://www.zenmedicine.co/hedonic-engineering.md) - Designing a personal evolution growth stack.
- [The Creative Evolution Manifesto](https://www.zenmedicine.co/creative-evolution.md) - A declaration of and for creative evolution.
- [The Yoga of Becoming: The Art & Science of Personal Evolution](https://www.zenmedicine.co/yoga-of-becoming.md) - The art and science of personal evolution.
- [Phoenix Culture: The New Generative Frequency](https://www.zenmedicine.co/phoenix-culture-2.md) - An evolutionary culture stewarding human sovereignty.
- [Cultural Architecture: Infinite Games, Ontological Design, & Sacred Duty](https://www.zenmedicine.co/cultural-architecture.md) - How to begin playing the infinite game.
- [Ritualized Rebirth: Maslow’s Misinterpretation & Sacred Death Practice](https://www.zenmedicine.co/rebirth.md) - How to find your Self by losing your self.
- [A Journey to the Edge...](https://www.zenmedicine.co/introduction.md) - An introduction and synopsis of the Edge of Being.

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