J.E.SYour thoughts shape your world as well as everyone and every things around us. Learning stimulates growth into one consciousness. OUR thoughts are connected to everything around us. Feeling disconnected? Communication, verbal and nonverbal, is essential.We are all capable of greatness together. We all have potential. You may find that not all greatness is found in light but discovered and lost in darkness. All we need is a spark to ignite our universe. Never give up on us. Photographer &amp; Writer

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Jessica Stuber on Aug 19

So you must not think a man has lived long because he has white hair and wrinkles: he has not lived long, just existed long.For suppose you should think that a man had had a long voyage who had been caught in a raging storm as he left harbor, and carried hither and tither and driven round and round in a circle by the rage of opposing winds? He did not have a long voyage, just a long tossing about.

The Most Inspiring And Thought-provoking Quotes By Seneca

You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.

People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped the world. The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.

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Life is long if you know how to use it. From the author of Letters From A Stoic (Epistulae Moralis), comes another brilliant, timeless guide to living well. Written as a moral essay to his friend Paulinus, Seneca's biting words still pack a powerful punch two thousand years later. With its brash rejection of materialism, conventional lifestyles and group-think, On The Shortness of Life is as relevant as ever. Seneca anticipates the modern world. It's a unique expose of how people get caught up in the rat race and how for those stuck in this mindset, enough is never enough. The 'busy' individuals of Rome Seneca makes reference to, those people who are too preoccupied with their careers and maintaining social relationships to fully examine the quality of their lives, sound a lot like ourselves. Includes biographical sketch 'Seneca The Stoic.'

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca or Seneca the Younger); ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero, who later forced him to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to have him assassinated.

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On the Shortness of Life

It’s not that there is no God, it’s the thought of having to deny yourself, live righteous until the end, not surrendering to the world and be born again that leads many away from God. Many won’t admit that.

The Real Truth About Non-believers.

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Melody on Aug 17

We all have our ideas about happiness and how to achieve happiness. The main question is: Is it short term happiness? Or is it long term fulfillment? Of course, we can enjoy the finer things in life, however, we should not forget long term happiness and fulfillment. We will discuss what real happiness meant to the Stoics and how they were able to lead fulfilling lives and achieve long term happiness.

What is happiness?

According to the Stoics, the highest in life you can aim for is a virtue and all the rest will follow. The Stoics believed in these four main virtues: <ol><li>Wisdom </li><li>Courage </li><li>Temperance </li><li>Justice</li></ol>

The four Stoic Virtues

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil?” — Epictetus This is not about reading books and gain a lot of wisdom. This is about the ability to look within yourself and focus on the influences you control. This way the improvement you seek is always within your control and what the Stoics referred to as wisdom.

1. Wisdom

“‘If you seek tranquility, do less.’ Or (more accurately) do what’s essential—what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. This is about controlling your desires (emotional and material desires), about not attaching emotional value to those. It’s okay to want nice things, but don’t let them consume you.

2. Temperance

“Don’t you know life is like a military campaign? One must serve on watch, another in reconnaissance, another on the front line… So it is for us—each person’s life is a kind of battle, and a long and varied one too. You must keep watch like a soldier and do everything commanded… You have been stationed in a key post, not some lowly place, and not for a short time but for life.” — Epictetus, Discourses, 3.24.31–36 This is about standing your ground. To dare to take that path of most resistance, to take that fear head-on. Because you know it will make you stronger.

3. Courage

“And a commitment to justice in your own acts. Which means: thought and action resulting in the common good. What you were born to do.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.31 This is about following your path and doing what is right. To follow your path, you need to fight resistance and resistance comes in all shapes and forms. If you fight it the path is laid out for you. <ul><li>For example if you want to work out, resistance will be there in the form of a couch and television. </li><li>If you want to have a powerful relationship with your spouse, resistance will be there in in the form of temptations. </li></ul>

4. Justice

We all have our ideas about happiness and how to achieve happiness.
My question to you is: Is it short term happiness? Or is it long term fulfillment?
Of course…

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What is the definition of happiness? The four Stoic Virtues

<pre class="ql-syntax">The 21st Century is a century where we feel a more peaceful life than several centuries before. Now there are more and more job opportunities. Now our task is to develop ourselves and our environment for the better. Our task is not only to fight, but to develop the world around us. But matters of personal life seem to be more diverse in this era. Maybe the cause is technology that some people can't use wisely. This results in social anxiety, stress, envy, and so on. So here are some quotes that might help you in dealing with life today.
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Life In 21st Century 

“I do not regard a man as poor, if the little which remains is enough for him.”

“Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.”

“Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.”

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”

“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”

"So other people hurt me? That's their problem. Their character and actions are not mine. What is done to me is ordained by nature, what I do by my own."

"Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control."

“It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.”

The Best Stoic Quotes For 21st Century Life

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One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it she is enrolled in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. Thus begins Jostein Gaarder's unique novel, which is not only a mystery, but also a complete and entertaining history of philosophy.

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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses meta-fiction in his works, writing stories within stories.Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled "A Novel about the History of Philosophy." This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone.In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000

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“III. I have often wondered how it should come to pass, that every man loving himself best, should more regard other men's opinions concerning himself than his own.For if any God or grave master standing by, should command any of us to think nothing by himself but what he should presently speak out; no man were able to endure it, though but for one day.Thus do we fear more what our neighbours will think of us, than what we ourselves.”

Meditations (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, romanized: Ta eis he'auton, lit. 'things to one's self') is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of the work were written at Sirmium, where he spent much time planning military campaigns from 170 to 180. Some of it was written while he was positioned at Aquincum on campaign in Pannonia, because internal notes tell us that the first book was written when he was campaigning against the Quadi on the river Granova (modern-day Hron) and the second book was written at Carnuntum.

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History

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known, noncontemporaneously, as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calmness and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD.

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A king built a palace of mirrors and placed a rare rose in front of it whose image was reflects by hundreds of mirrors. The other day he released a pigeon in the palace. The pigeon, in a very powerful desire to attain the rose, kept finding it and kept hurting his beak into every mirror. He thought this one or that one would be real, but none happened to be. His beak was paining, tired by the mirages, he laid down in the courtyard where he noticed the actual rose. He found it when he stopped searching it at the outside.

Story

When I find my soulmate, I'll be happier. When I'll buy a Bugatti, I'll be happier. When I eat that piece of chocolate, I'll be happy. When I drink coffee, I'll be happy. This is what we keep saying to ourselves. But the thing is that Happiness lies inside, not outside. It is when you accept yourselves, you become happy. Happiness is not an external factor, it's internal.

Happiness Is Not What You Think It Is

It is how you see the world, which leads to suffering. Learn to see the world as it is. See both the sides of the coin.2 people, lost job, one observed the situation, the other just resents. The first got another job, the other just depressed.The latter chose to suffer.

You Choose To Suffer

Cigarette isn't a healthy desire. You will get irritated without it. A cup of tea maybe a healthy desire. You won't get irritated without it. The thing is to develop healthy desires. Which can be toggled when needed. If you have an unhealthy desire like sleeping in the afternoon, and you have it bad, you can't live without it, then just drop it for a month. Go for a walk or read a book.

Healthy Desires

You can only have strong ties with yourself when you have one within. Self-love. Have yoga (union) with yourself.

Relationship Starts Within.

Now get comfortable and close your eyes. Picture a tortoise withdrawing into its shell. Like that tortoise, you’re withdrawing your attention from everything around you and channeling your focus inward.  Imagine a light, warm and radiant, emanating from the center of your forehead. Take your time and visualize this comforting light in great detail. You should feel yourself growing more restful, relaxed, and self-accepting. Now you can turn your mind to your chosen thought. Dwell on it and gently return to it when you find your mind straying. "I am fearless""I use the body, I am not it

Meditation

Do opposite. Opposite you emotions. Opposite your actions. Everything.Every time you change your thought or action into its opposite, you’re removing control from your lower self and redelegating it to your higher self – that is, to your sovereign self.

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Claim your spiritual birthright of freedom, wholeness, and joy through the perennial wisdom of yoga’s ancient spiritual texts What would it be like to have complete sovereignty within your own life? To feel confidently aligned with the power of your true Self? The beloved texts at the heart of yoga offer us timeless pathways to this experience, yet without years of formal study, accessing the depths of their wisdom can seem overwhelming. In Sovereign Self, Acharya Shunya demystifies yoga’s most influential texts: the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita, making their profound teachings both accessible and immediately practical for modern seekers. The first female lineage holder in a 2,000-year-old line of Vedic spiritual teachers and the first to teach in the West, Shunya has a personal and authentic understanding of these classic scriptures. With Sovereign Self, she shares a comprehensive guide to their essential teachings, expertly adapting their wisdom and spiritual practices for Western students. Filled with hidden insights and engaging guidance, Sovereign Self will help you align with your greater Self—the Self that is always present, all-powerful, ever-joyful, and completely sovereign.

Unshackle your mind and claim your spiritual birthright of freedom, wholeness, and joy through the perennial wisdom of ancient yoga There’s a reason that the Vedas, a 5,000-year-old collection of celebrated verses from ancient India, have given rise to several world religions and influenced Western thinkers from Emerson to Ram Dass—they provide us with a uniquely accessible and effective path to liberation and sovereignty. With Sovereign Self, Acharya Shunya shares a groundbreaking guide to the wisdom of these classic texts so that each of us may emancipate ourselves from restrictive belief systems and discover our true nature—that which is always whole, joyful, and free. As the first female lineage holder in a 2,000-year-old line of spiritual teachers, Shunya provides a rare opportunity to receive these authentic teachings from a genuine Vedic master—one with a distinctly down-to-earth, feminine flavor who never lets us forget that our humanity is to be embodied and enjoyed. Throughout Sovereign Self, Shunya adeptly guides us through the core concepts and practices of the Vedas, demystifying and contextualizing sacred concepts for modern life. In this masterful guide, you’ll explore: • Beginning the journey to radical self-acceptance—recognize your innate worth and wholeness • How we create our own prisons of shame, compulsion, blame, and obsession—and how you can begin to break free • Learning to embody personal autonomy in your life and relationships • Clear advice from a Vedic master for avoiding countless obstacles on the path to liberation—from spiritual bypassing to the true meaning of guru • Original meditations and contemplative practices taken directly from Shunya’s 2000-year-old lineage • How to wake up from being a “sleepwalker” and find authentic freedom, everlasting joy, and unshakable sovereignty Filled with hidden insights and engaging guidance, Sovereign Self will help you awaken and recognize your potential to be joyful, resourceful, abundant, limitlessly expansive, and sovereign.

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Sovereign Self

The is–ought problem, as articulated by David Hume, arises when one makes claims about what ought to be based solely on statements about what is. ... This is one of the biggest epistemological questions.David Sloan Wilson (recalling a conversation) proposes to insert a third word: "want": "If I am thirsty, I want water from a well so I ought to go there." Wanting something is how one moves from a fact to a value statement. It also means that rationality kicks in after desire.

Solving the is–ought problem

Listen to The Michael Shermer Show # 154 (audio-only): http://bit.ly/MichaelShermerShow154 Atlas Shrugged vs. Atlas Hugged — a conversation with David Sloan Wilson on individualism, objectivism, cooperation, altruism, and collective action problems In episode 154, Michael speaks with renowned evolutionary theorist David Sloan Wilson about his new novel Atlas Hugged: The Autobiography of John Galt III, a devastating critique of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and its impact on the world. Shermer and Wilson discuss: the role of fiction and film in spreading ideas, good and bad; empirical/pragmatic/mythic truths; individualism vs. collectivism; why liberals/progressives/feminists don‘t like Rand; the nature of human nature; how small groups best operate and how to scale that up to whole societies; capitalism: good and bad; income inequality; Objectivism and Christianity; and more… See more episode notes: https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/david-sloan-wilson-atlas-hugged-individualism-objectivism-cooperation-altruism-collective-action/ This dialogue was recorded on January 6, 2021 as part of The Michael Shermer Show (formerly Science Salon) presented by The Skeptics Society, in California. Listen to The Michael Shermer Show via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn. https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/ Learn more about Skeptic https://www.skeptic.com/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST You play a vital part in our commitment to promote science and reason. If you enjoy the podcast, please show your support by making a donation. Your ongoing patronage will help ensure that sound scientific viewpoints are heard around the world. https://www.skeptic.com/donate/ #sciencesalon #michaelshermershow

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Listen to The Michael Shermer Show # 154 (audio-only):
http://bit.ly/MichaelShermerShow154

Atlas Shrugged vs. Atlas Hugged — a conversation with David Sloan Wilson on individualism, objectivism, cooperation, altruism, and collective action problems

In episode 154, Michael speaks with renowned evolutionary theorist David Sloan Wilson about his new novel Atlas Hugged: The Autobiography of John Galt III, a devastating critique of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism and its impact on the world. Shermer and Wilson discuss: the role of fiction and film in spreading ideas, good and bad; empirical/pragmatic/mythic truths; individualism vs. collectivism; why liberals/progressives/feminists don‘t like Rand; the nature of human nature; how small groups best operate and how to scale that up to whole societies; capitalism: good and bad; income inequality; Objectivism and Christianity; and more…

See more episode notes:
https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/david-sloan-wilson-atlas-hugged-individualism-objectivism-cooperation-altruism-collective-action/

This dialogue was recorded on January 6, 2021 as part of The Michael Shermer Show (formerly Science Salon) presented by The Skeptics Society, in California.

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amor fati : love everything that happens to you to take away something from every bad situation. your lamenting over things will not bring them back. eg. after thomas Edison's factory caught fire and started burning his son was very shocked but thomas told his son to call his mother and her friends because she may not get the chance to see this kind of huge flame. and next day he started rebuilding that because it was exciting and challenging for him

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From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.

From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.

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