Epictetus, Stoicism, Anger

The exact date escapes me, but I remember that my studies of Buddhism started around the summer of 2012. Stoicism came into my life a few years later in a form of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. Currently reading Epictetus’ Discourses I come upon a point after point where similarities between the two philosophies are striking. Buddhism, personally, […]

Far away worries

The dense block of wisdom that is Aldous Huxley’s The Perennial Philosophy provides many quotes for contemplation. “Sufficient not only unto the day, but also unto the place, the evil thereof. Agitation over happenings which we are powerless to modify, either because they have not yet occurred are occurring at an inaccessible distance us, achieves nothing […]

Thoughts

I wonder what people think about. I wonder why human beings stick to the same old patters of thought day after day. Year after year. Passing of someone close; birth of a child, are certain to have a profound effect on one’s patterns of thinking, thus, in a majority of such circumstances it must be […]

Caught Up in an Activity Trap

“It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy -very busy- without being very effective.” “People often find themselves achieving victories that are empty, […]

Thinking About: Liberty vs. Freedom

Thinking about this today:

“Liberty is the condition of the environment. Freedom is the condition of the person. Liberty means that we have many options or alternatives to chose among in our environment. Freedom means we have the internal power to exercise those options.”
– Stephen Covey

Ocean and Waves

“Our practical projects have run into confusion again and again through failure to see that individual people, nations, animals, insects, and plants do not exist in or by themselves. This is not to say only that things exist in relation to one another, but that what we call “things” are no more than glimpses of a unified process. Certainly, this […]

Agent of Change

The human body is an organism of change. It is change. We go through life often like a water float that is anchored to the water bed – moving here or there but not really going anywhere. Do not think of yourself as a powerless spectator in the events that are happning all around you. To try if […]

On Change

All of us seek change in one form or another, but it is how we go about it that determines the success of our action plan to change. Change is so much more than a single decision that is made in hopes of changing the schematic of one’s everyday existance. Change is about a methodical approach […]

On Understanding and Truth

There is a point of realization that one must come to in order for the thing that one is thinking thinking about to suddenly become clear. Like a pot of water that is set to boil, so can a mind be set to a fire that will eventually bring about knowledge. That knowledge can only be brought about […]

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