Stoic Week 2020 Saturday, October 24th, 2020 Theme: Resilience Today’s theme and midday exercise reflected on resiliency training. Stoics believed that we could practice our way into being more resilient. They accomplished this by repeatedly facing that which brings up passions, either head on or through negative visualization. It works in a way to inoculate…
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Stoic Week 2020 Friday, October 23rd, 2020 Theme: Emotions Stoics are not emotionless, contrary to popular belief. If they were, I’d be a horrible Stoic as I frequently experience Joy, delight, contentment, excitement, and wonder. Instead of being emotionless, Stoics distinguished between both good emotions and bad emotions or passions. Passions are misguided feelings that…
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Stoic Week 2020 Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 Theme: Happiness Stoic happiness, or eudaimonia, is understood as the overall goal or purpose of your life rather than a feeling. Eudaimonia is more stable because it is entirely dependent one what we can control rather than determined by outside force. It adds meaning to our lives and…
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Pages: 277 Ideal Reader: Everyone. Especially those who are interested in Stoic philosophy in general or as a philosophy of life, anyone seeking peace of mind and tranquility throughout their life, and those who wish to better manage their emotions. Ideal Issues: Managing Desires and negative emotions Interacting and relating to others Depression Anxiety Personal…
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Stoic Week 2019 Saturday, October 12th, 2019 Theme: Resilience: Resilience and Preparation for Adversity Stoic resilience is not about being an emotionless rock unaffected by the world around oneself. Unfortunate things will befall the Stoic, however they will not be overly emotionally reactive when these things occur. This is not a natural response. You are…
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Stoic Week 2019 Friday, October 11th, 2019 Theme: Emotions: Values and the Passions Our judgments of things harm us (and our relationships with others) more than the things themselves. We are more to blame than what is outside ourselves, however it is best to accept things as they are, attributing no blame to self or…
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Stoic Week 2019 Thursday, October 10th, 2019 Theme: Community: Relationships with Other People and Society Morning Reflection: Affection for others is part of our nature; beginning in the family we are born into and expressed to others as we age. This affections can be directed toward ourselves and flows outward to others so that we…
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Stoic Week 2019 Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 Theme: Virtue: Clarifying Your Values When we say virtue, we do not mean virginal or chaste or however its mostly interpreted today. Instead, virtue can be understood as the qualities a person possesses (and will express) that enable us to lead a happy life (you know, one according…
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Stoic Week 2019 Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 Theme: Happiness: The Goal of Life Alright, so I really wanted to stay with the format I had on day one of Stoic Week, but with a topic like “happiness” the morning, midday, and evening meditations and exercise all kind of blend together (in my head and in…
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Pages: 283 Ideal Reader: Everyone. Especially those bothered by negative emotions, searching for peace of mind, are bullied or insulted frequently, or who are looking for a guided way to live their life. Ideal Issues: Being insulted Depression Grief or Bereavement Anxiety Negative thinking Dealing with change and transitions in life Facing personal hardship Feeling…
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