Rebel Philosopher
Stop Numbing Out. Start Cutting, Through!
Modern Philosophy for People who are done with self-deception, spiritual fluff and productivity porn.
Rebel Philosopher is a home for the ones who feel the itch under the skin – the sense that your life is meant to be more than scrolling, coping, and pretending you’re fine.
Here we don’t chant mantras over the same old habits.
We sharpen a blade: attention, honesty, and deliberate action.
Not a Religion.
Not a Hustle Cult.
Rebel Philosopher is a mix of modern philosophy, Zen, and blunt honesty aimed at one thing: helping you stop lying to yourself and start building a life that actually fits.
Cut through the noise - See where culture, comfort, and fear are steering your choices more.
Face your own bullshit - Not to hate yourself, but to stop repeating the same loops.
Turn ideas into practice - Small, concrete actions instead of vague “someday” intentions.
Start Here: Choose Your Path
However You Landed Here - A Clip, A Quote, A Friends Recommendation, - Here Are Three Ways To Begin.
The Field Manual
Comfort is a Cage
A short, sharp PDF to help you see where comfort has turned into a cage and how to start breaking out of it in seven small moves.
THE BLADE OF ZEN
Read The Book
The Blade of Zen is the core philosophy – a book about waking up without drifting off into spiritual la-la land. Expect clean cuts, not soft pillows.
BEHIND THE BLADE
Watch The Blade
Longer conversations and breakdowns where we go deeper into the ideas, the failures, and the experiments behind the work
Start with the book if you want the full philosophy. Start with the manual if you want something you can deploy this week.
From Comfort To Movement
The Work: Breaking Free & Beyond
Change doesn’t come from reading one more clever sentence. It comes from running a protocol – something clear, repeatable, and just uncomfortable enough to wake you up.
That’s what the Rebel Philosopher ecosystem is for!
BREAKING FREE:
The Anti-Comfort Protocol
A 5-module mini-course designed as a 7-day protocol to get you out of “stuck” and into consistent, honest action. No motivation speeches. Just the exact moves to make when your brain wants to numb out again.
Status: In development. You’ll see this go live here first.
Level 7 Archive (Future Access)
A private vault of deeper materials – extended PDFs, experiments, Q&A sessions, and the things that don’t belong on social feeds.
Status: Future phase of the project. If you stick around, you’ll know when the doors open.
Who Is This For?
This Is For You If:
You feel like you’re drifting, scrolling, and coping more than you’re choosing.
You’re allergic to fake positivity and “just manifest it” advice.
You can handle blunt honesty, including from yourself.
You’d rather build a life through small, hard actions than wait for a miracle
This is NOT for you if:
You’re looking for a guru to tell you what to believe.
You want quick hacks
without changing anything.
You’re deeply invested in staying comfortable and calling it “self-care”.
Stay In The Dojo
I send the good stuff by email – field reports, experiments, and tools I actually use, not just tweet-sized wisdom.
No spam, no shallow life hacks.
If you want to be here when the Field Manual and Breaking Free go live, that’s where you’ll hear about it first.
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© Brian Boyd – Rebel Philosopher Project
No gurus. No cults. Just the work.
Brian Boyd is the writer behind
The Blade of Zen and the Rebel Philosopher project.