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This Famous Novelist Played Russian Roulette Against Himself and You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next
After he pulled the trigger, an unlikely event changed the entire world
“If a crisis looms before us, then suddenly disappears, we are hurled into a state of happiness and optimism.”
-Colin Wilson, Super Consciousness
There’s nothing that makes you feel alive like the prospect of your own imminent, violent death.
There was a great English novelist — who I will introduce to you in about five paragraphs from now — who experienced this vividly and directly, whose story can help you feel more alive every single moment from now on, without resorting to sticking a loaded gun in your mouth and hoping for the best.
But first, I have to tell you why you’re more like a jet airplane than you think you are, and why this can be a huge advantage to you in life.
You see, the New Existentialists (a branch of philosophy championed by Colin Wilson) believe in human agency, and the power of the individual to shift their own mental states (to a reasonable degree) in a positive direction by a direct effort of will.
One of Wilson’s biggest personal discoveries along these lines was that most people are living beneath their full capacity. His…
