Has anybody else picked this up yet? It’s really done a number on me. Prior to reading it I would consider myself a Stoic. One of my central philosophies being that “The choices I make define who I am”.
So obviously being told that my choices were never even mine to begin with was kind of a slap in the face.
It rings true though. The choices we make at any given time are a result of our genetics, or environment, the media we’ve consumed, how tired we are…
I’m not a stranger to the concept of Ego death but it had been a hot minute since I thought about it.
My life is guided by my daemon, or inner genius. This concept comes from the ancient Greeks. Genius was never supposed to be about great intelligence. Your genius is the inner god who works through you, mainly through inspiration. Phrases like “The Voice that is Great Within Us”, the title of a famous anthology of poetry, is simply the same concept expressed differently.