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What The Daily Stoic Says About Meditation
91 episodes about meditation
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Key Insights on Meditation
Meditations opens with Marcus Aurelius thanking all the people who helped him become who he was
- Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations 5:20 that the mind converts any obstacle to action into a means of achieving its purpose.
- According to Gregory Hays' translation of Meditations, when people obstruct our tasks, they become as irrelevant as the sun or wind.
- Pierre Hadot's The Inner Citadel The ref-book-meditations:Meditations:Meditations of Marcus Aurelius explores the Stoic art of turning obstacles upside down to our advantage.
- Marcus Aurelius in Meditations warns: 'Don't be overheard complaining, not even to yourself' - notice how often you catch yourself whining instead of accepting or acting
- Marcus Aurelius in Meditations 6:11: 'When jarred unavoidably by circumstances, revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help'
- "Nothing is more pathetic than people who run around in circles delving into the things that lie beneath" - Marcus Aurelius in Meditations
- Marcus Aurelius in Meditations teaches that 'every event is the right one' - we must make our timeline right through our actions
Episodes
It’s So Hard To Find | Stop Looking For This
12 Stoic Rules For A Better Life
Which Of These Are You? | What's In Your Way Is The Way
It Goes In Only One Direction
Step Outside, But Not To Brawl | How to Get Out of Bed When Life Feels Heavy
You Have To Be Both These Things | The Long Way Around
What Our Fathers Teach Us, For Better Or Worse | Tom Junod
How To Love Your Country Without Lying About It | Ty Seidule
Recognize These Signs of Weakness | 7 Daily Habits That Will Change Your Life
BONUS | Not Everything Has To Be Productive (with Chris Guillebeau)
The Terror of Knowing What The World Is About | Try The Other Handle
You Can’t Help But Leave a Piece | Ask Daily Stoic
A Sense of Urgency. A Sense of Urgency. | Practice True Joy
They Give You Direction for Life | The Stoic Secret to Finding Real Joy
This is What Money Is Jealous Of | The Stoic Is A Work In Progress
How To Think Better in the Age of AI (From the Stoics)
Gavin Newsom on Ego, Power, and Stoicism
This Is How You Release Your Anxiety | Quality Over Quantity
How Much Is Left? | The Stoic Protocol for Your Next Zoom Call
The Stoic Code General Mattis Lives By
No, This Is The Mission | Kindness Is Always The Right Response
It Can Change Everything | A Real-Life Example of How to Build a Coaching Tree
We Owe It All To Them | What Marcus Aurelius Learned From His Mother
Rock Bottom, Recovery, and Starting Over at 40 | Jon Gustin
BONUS | 6 Stoic Rules of Arete (Excellence)
It Can’t Think About You | How to Be a Better Friend, According to the Stoics
This is the Part To Love | How a Stoic Deals with Obnoxious People
When Your Passion Is Master of Your Reason… | We Are a Product of Our Habits
40 Hidden Lessons From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
What Comes After Surviving the Unthinkable | Kyle Carpenter
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