People think I am promoting a religion or rejecting Western frameworks. Neither. I am neurodivergent. My brain needs concrete principles, not metaphor. Eastern philosophy gave me that.

#Neurodivergent #AIGovernance #Compliance #UNLOCK

https://open.substack.com/pub/tjbrewer/p/this-is-not-a-religion-its-how-my?r=7nzepv&utm_medium=ios

Watched a documentary on Christian Nationalism and had to sit with an uncomfortable truth: as a pastor’s kid who reads the Tao Te Ching alongside the Gospels, I would be a target.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tjbrewer/p/i-would-be-a-target-of-christian?r=7nzepv&utm_medium=ios

#ChristianNationalism #FusionFaith #UNLOCK #ThinkersNotFollowers​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

If you believe in the intersection of philosophies…

The idea that everyone has something right…

Please subscribe!

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The West made awe into an argument for human greatness. Taoism made it into an invitation to stop arguing.

New essay exploring what several philosophers do with the same four seconds of overwhelming experience.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tjbrewer/p/the-creature-that-cannot-bear-to

#Philosophy #Taoism #TheSublime #LongformEssay #Awe

Western therapy builds the self. Eastern tradition says the self is the problem. What if they’re both right, just at different stages of the same journey?

#Philosophy #Psychology #Buddhism #Taoism #EasternPhilosophy #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #Spirituality

https://open.substack.com/pub/tjbrewer/p/building-the-self-to-dissolve-it?r=7nzepv&utm_medium=ios

East and West don't disagree about eternity. They disagree about what eternity means.

One is a noun. The other is a verb.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tjbrewer/p/eternal-balance-or-eternal-destination

#Philosophy #Taoism #Theology #YinYang