To snap out of it, the real MVP, reality can't be sugarcoated.
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âWhenever you experience the pangs of losing something, donât treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and wonât be troubled. So too, whenever you kiss your child, sibling, or friend, donât layer on top of the experience all the things you might wish, but hold them back and stop them, just as those who ride behind triumphant generals remind them they are mortal. In the same way , remind yourself that your precious one isnât one of your possessions, but something given for now, not forever . . .â
âEPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.84â86a
At a Roman triumph, the majority of the public would have their eyes glued to the victorious general at the frontâone of the most coveted spots during Roman times. Only a few would notice the aide in the back, right behind the commander, whispering into his ear, âRemember, thou art mortal.â What a reminder to hear at the peak of glory and victory! In our own lives, we can train to be that whisper. When there is something we prizeâor someone that we loveâwe can whisper to ourselves that it is fragile, mortal, and not truly ours. No matter how strong or invincible something feels, it never is. We must remind ourselves that it can break, can die, can leave us. Loss is one of our deepest fears. Ignorance and pretending donât make things any better. They just mean the loss will be all the more jarring when it occurs.
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âMeditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swept by us and carried away . For substance is like a riverâs unending flow, its activities continually changing and causes infinitely shifting so that almost nothing at all stands still.
ââMARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.23
Marcus borrows this wonderful metaphor from Heraclitus, who said,âNo man steps in the same river twice.â Because the river has changed, and so has the man. Life is in a constant state of change. And so are we. To get upset by things is to wrongly assume that they will last. To kick ourselves or blame others is grabbing at the wind. To resent change is to wrongly assume that you have a choice in the matter.
Everything is change. Embrace that. Flow with it.
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Embracing the Incredible Energy of Isha Kriya .!âĽď¸kaviâ¨Breath work #
Can one honest conversation be the difference between sanity and chaos?
simple? Just wing it and Stay .. silence can be way louder than words. That's when souls start chatting. simple.â¨
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âDonât trust in your reputation, money , or position, but in the strength that is yoursânamely , your judgments about the things that you control and donât control. For this alone is what makes us free and unfettered, that picks us up by the neck from the depths and lifts us eye to eye with the rich and powerful.â
âEPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.26.34â35
In a scene in Steven Pressfieldâs classic novel about Alexander the Great, The Virtues of War, Alexander reaches a river crossing only to be confronted by a philosopher who refuses to move. âThis man has conquered the world!â one of Alexanderâs men shouts. âWhat have you done?â The philosopher responds, with complete confidence,âI have conquered the need to conquer the world.â
We do know that Alexander did clash with Diogenes the Cynic, a philosopher known for his rejection of what society prizes and, by extension, Alexanderâs self-image. Just as in Pressfieldâs fictional encounter, in Diogenesâs real confrontation with Alexander, the philosopher was more powerful than the most powerful man in the worldâbecause, unlike him, Diogenes had fewer wants. They were able to look each other in the eye and see who really had control over himself, who had achieved the self-mastery required for real and lasting power.
You can have that too. It just means focusing inward on acquiring power rather than outward. As Syrus, himself a former slave, put it: âWould you have a great empire? Rule over yourself!â
Wouldn't life be hilarious if our only companions were characters from our favorite books or Soaps đ
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