As we all know
1. Life is
what it is
Life is what it
is, because,
2. We want
too much
- Our irrational emotions are taking control of our mind.
- We don't really know what is good and what is evil.
Ancient Greeks would say that we suffer because we are sick; and we are sick because we are ignorant.
We go by our days without really questioning what really matters. We care more about external outcomes than strengthening our soul;
and as a result, we suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Epictetus
There is a solution to the internal turmoil, which is to :
3. Transform oneself.
As our nature, at its very core, does not need much to live well.
We need to make an agreement with ourselves to see the world a bit differently, to:
Seek being rational
Seek being Good
Seek temperance
To live good is to live a bit more philosophically, ... But not in the sense of an academic pursuit, but in the sense of practicing philosophy, just a little bit, every day
Seek wisdom ... to find happiness
Our mind can change when we work on
understanding the world around us and our attiturdes
Becoming:
Reasonable
Conscious
Tempered
Awake
You can mold your
mind by
4. Exercising
Your reasoning
And trying to live like a philosopher
It is about choosing the way you want to live, changing your opinions and your views on the world, shaping your internal discourse, liberating yourself from your preconceptions of what you think should be,
by refining your character
You can transform yourself by Exercising
I won’t lie to you, it is a journey, not a quick self-development fix.
I will accompany you
in entering a new, comprehensive philosophical system. Based On Stoicism
mainly, but I also lean towards other philosophical systems sometimes and found also truth in eastern spiritualities like Buddhism and Taoism. And in psychological views which echoes to the way I have chosen to see the world.