Fierce Individuality

Either you take the path of individuality and absurd rebellion or you take the demoralizing path of conformity and suppressed individuality.

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By Eric Maisel

[Kirism is a contemporary philosophy of life that I’ve developed over the last several decades. It is psychological, philosophical, and existential and takes into account human nature, the human predicament, our contemporary understanding of the world, and our pressing individual and species-wide challenges. I hope that you’ll enjoy learning more about it. In the first four posts of the series, we looked at the idea of absurd rebellion. In these four posts, we look at the issue of individuality, an idea that matters to Kirists. This is the first of those four posts. To learn more about Kirism, please take a look at Lighting the Way, in which Kirism is introduced. To be in touch with me about Kirism, please drop me an email to ericmaisel@hotmail.com.]

It’s likely that you’re an individual. Most people are born conventional and prize conformity. But some people prize their individuality. Kirists know to prize theirs. They know that individuality and freedom are linked and even identical.

You may have been stubbornly prizing your individuality since birth. That can’t have been easy. From…