PsycHacks Episode 591: You are a killer (dominate your mind)
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Jan 26, 2026 A provocative take on mental self-mastery that frames inner peace as a garden needing aggressive protection. Discussion of confronting and destroying harmful thoughts and internal programming. A call to personally fight for psychological liberation and build a mind that feels like home. Practical urgency around vigilance and refusing to surrender mental control.
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From Prisoned Mind To Peaceful Garden
- Orion Taraban describes his younger mind as a prison filled with internal criticism and programming.
- He explains it took time to recognize that programming and how it caused his suffering.
Peace Requires Aggressive Maintenance
- A garden is artificial and requires violent, deliberate maintenance to remain peaceful and ordered.
- Taraban argues mental peace likewise needs aggressive removal of threats, not passive understanding.
Dominate Your Mind Actively
- Dominate your mind by actively breaking up destructive patterns and pulling out the weeds of harmful thoughts.
- Make your mind bend to your will to create a stable home within yourself.
