Stoicism
Yufa and
Stoicism
Our minds often wander into darker thoughts like a curious but cautious cat exploring a dimly lit room. It takes great willpower and a blend of wisdom, perspective, and a touch of whimsy to extract oneself from these shadowed corners
5 Philosophical Ways to Get Your Mind Out of Dark Places
Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
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The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
Sisyphus is grateful for all his relationships, that they took place when they did and ended when they did.
Lonelinesses
Meditaciones (Spanish Edition)
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A beautiful editorial of Marco Aurelio's meditations. It's crazy to think how a mind that's almost over 2,000 years old can teach our times ways that sometimes feel lost in modern caveman-like/primitive ways.
An enlightened being sees their agony without diminishing its reality. In other words, it doesn’t just turn away from it—but, on the other hand, simultaneously sees everything, including that agony [and] including hell, actually, as bubbles of bliss in an ocean of bliss. That’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that the ordinary mind cannot get arou... See more
Nirvana and Samsara Are the Same Thing - Sounds True
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