Notes from undermind: Ideas to soothe, ruffle, and challenge your unconscious mind

Hey everyone, As an avid reader and keen humanitarian, I have long believed that there are certain fundamental and timeless ideas about the human condition—the Tao de Ching, the teachings of the Buddha—that have been recycled over the centuries and distorted along the way. The psychologist Ernest Becker has rightly said that knowledge is in a state of useless overproduction and that the most important and life-changing ideas have been sidelined by a thousand different competitive voices. Trivial disparities and meagre points of contention are magnified out of proportion while the common and most significant insights are marginalised and overlooked. This daily newsletter at Substack gives me a chance to fit together this vital knowledge into a coherent whole and I hope to encapsulate the most useful insights into the human condition. I'd love you to read it and let me know what you think. Cheers!