The Astraean Individualist Society (AIS) gathers resources here for the enlightenment and inspiration of its members. Enjoy reading, thinking, and discussing!
The following articles are collected from previously posted items at the Astraean Individualist Society Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/489922809377197 -- which is a private, AIS-members-only group.
Posted here for you: whoever you are, wherever you're at in life, whatever your background, education, occupation, or purpose -- however much intelligence, competence, or ambition you have -- if you value the sacred gift of life first given to you, if you care to grow and protect your true loves -- if you choose to realize the romantic nobility of your highest self -- the ideas outlined in these articles will help move you further along on this, your quest for personal heroics and real, pure happiness.
What is happiness? Is it real, or an illusion? How do you get it? Does it take work? Is it achievable? Does it depend on fate and luck? Does it come from others, serving and sacrificing for their needs? Alone, could you be happy? Rich or poor, could you still be happy? Free or enslaved, could you still be happy? Could you be happy, yet despise yourself? Do you deserve any happiness at all? Should you even want to be happy? Isn’t suffering the normal state, the universal constant, and happiness a fleeting delusion? Isn't it safer to just get by, or more fun to just let loose and do whatever you feel like doing? Why make of happiness such a big, serious deal? Why struggle and hope for it? Why not just resign to the misery and malevolence in life? Why seek happiness? . . . Finding the answers is a vital part of happiness, if you want to choose it, if you want to choose life -- because your happiness is, really, the ultimate, moral purpose of your life.
The following articles are collected from previously posted items at the Astraean Individualist Society Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/489922809377197 -- which is a private, AIS-members-only group.
Posted here for you: whoever you are, wherever you're at in life, whatever your background, education, occupation, or purpose -- however much intelligence, competence, or ambition you have -- if you value the sacred gift of life first given to you, if you care to grow and protect your true loves -- if you choose to realize the romantic nobility of your highest self -- the ideas outlined in these articles will help move you further along on this, your quest for personal heroics and real, pure happiness.
What is happiness? Is it real, or an illusion? How do you get it? Does it take work? Is it achievable? Does it depend on fate and luck? Does it come from others, serving and sacrificing for their needs? Alone, could you be happy? Rich or poor, could you still be happy? Free or enslaved, could you still be happy? Could you be happy, yet despise yourself? Do you deserve any happiness at all? Should you even want to be happy? Isn’t suffering the normal state, the universal constant, and happiness a fleeting delusion? Isn't it safer to just get by, or more fun to just let loose and do whatever you feel like doing? Why make of happiness such a big, serious deal? Why struggle and hope for it? Why not just resign to the misery and malevolence in life? Why seek happiness? . . . Finding the answers is a vital part of happiness, if you want to choose it, if you want to choose life -- because your happiness is, really, the ultimate, moral purpose of your life.
| four_tenets_in_brief_-_ais.pdf |
| justice_defintions_-_ais.pdf |
| ais_-_a_look_back_and_a_look_forward_dec_2021.pdf |
| romance_for_reason_and_rights_-_ais.pdf |
| truth_and_beauty_-_orator_-_ais.pdf |
| happiness_for_life_-_ais.pdf |
| who_needs_philosophy_-_ais.pdf |
| why_be_moral_-_to_live_-_ais.pdf |
| romantic_love_vs_selfless_love_-_ais.pdf |
| rationality_a_good_choice_-_ais.pdf |
| no_right_to_violate_rights_-_ais.pdf |
| capitalism_vs_altruism_-_ais.pdf |
| altruistic_nazis_-_ais.pdf |
| need_for_romantic_art_-_ais.pdf |
| rands_recipe_-_4rs_-_ais.pdf |
| rand_quotes_-_impetus_for_ais.pdf |
| who_is_ayn_rand_-_100_voices_in_answer_-_ais.pdf |
| letters_of_ayn_rand_-_ais.pdf |
| head_up_and_forward_-_ais.pdf |
| more_zarlenga_quotes_-_ais.pdf |
| the_best_within_you_-_ais.pdf |