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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When life gets hard, do you find more peace in controlling your reaction or in letting yourself feel the full weight of it?”
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Wisdom, as one of the four Stoic virtues, is (I believe) the most important virtue. The others, Courage, Justice and Temperance (or Self Discipline) all need Wisdom to be used soundly.... - Adam1...
I read a lot of ancient philosophy, Greek and Roman but some Chinese and Asian. A couple of the Chinese quotes that I like are "What is in your path, becomes the path" and "The Obstacle is the Way." This goes hand in hand with the Stoic philosopy that our only true freedom is the... pastiche of thoughts: I’d be excited to hear what you find in doing this podcast. There’s a trope in emotionland that rage alchemizes into ecstasy when fully felt....