Theory: ‘the good life’ can be attained through practice because beauty is in the eye of the beholder who also is conscious and good is conscious but good is not bad. The good is conscious of truth and beauty and unification.
The self then has soul as an individual, a group and as vitality, truth, beauty and intelligence which is unified with the good.
This is the spiritual equivalent of consciousness as good. By the soul of the individual prepares to be contacted through consciousness of good. He must study first principles to reduce his thinking in a form called reason, discipline, order and precision. In this manner, the soul can unify with the group and ultimately with the good.
Imagine a curious, studious individual preparing to encounter consciousness of good, knowing he will not be able to retain any body or form. What can he do? By practice of conscious thought or reason, he can reason what he experienced what he knows right up to the point he does not know and examine this dream or learn what he can when he is again conscious of good, the group is souls in humanity and as himself as a soul of his individual unique self.
This individual has just gone on an experimental journey beyond all by contact with universal consciousness. Can this individual learn ‘the good life’ from this manner? It is a spiritual concept. What is the harm? What is the best? What is now? And what is the proper use of impressions?
This is what the man is contemplating while being contacted by this consciousness of good.
Join in if you dare and explore consciousness. Prepare by studying first principles and be disciplined in your approach.
I like not knowing better than knowing mindfulness or the “good life”.
Should you? I am not a Guru (blog or internet).
Don’t even go below to read the AI dialogue (it is intense rambling with normal AI goop.
Face your fears, really, maybe, who knows?
I like math or how my mind subconsciously works to build habits or how my consciousness does the same. How does math work for your intelligence.
What about how does philosophy work for my intelligence and discipline?
The truth and beauty and bliss I associate with consciousness and my soul (spiritual) category is Aristotle like to me. I like to study happiness using my reason in the discipline of Ancient Greek Philosophy.
Experiencing death and dying is a lesson we all have within our lifetime.
It hurts, the pain comes in a myriad of ways.
With me it started with my senses. Things tasted bad. I lost my appetite. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t move. I lacked power,energy, I lost weight. It is demoralizing, depressing and painful….
To value inner peace and freedom under theses conditions seem impossible or at least improbable.
This can occur when we perceive proper use of impressions, doing no harm, doing our best and being present.
Epictetus suffered like I did and it left an impression upon him which he build into a philosophy.
Although this philosophy became a practice which he taught, it allowed him to enrich his life in many ways.
Most people want to but find the lifestyle change too challenging to get a win win for change verses health.
Now a days, more people have managed to stop or give up their smoking habit. Why not continue changing to prevent disease like diabetes, heart disease and cancer?
The data is good for a holistic approach to living a good life.
Change to be here, do no harm and to do your best.
AI: That’s a good question. I think it depends on how you define a lifestyle and something more. For some people, Stoicism is just a set of tools and techniques that they use to cope with life’s challenges and improve their well-being. For others, Stoicism is a way of life that shapes their values, beliefs, and actions. For some, Stoicism is even a spiritual path that connects them with the divine reason or logos that governs the universe.
What do you think? How do you see Stoicism in your life?
Me: It is about Cicero, On Living and Dying Well. I referred to a big piece of it in my last blog entry on Michael’s Space. “Grab Hold Of Yourself And Stop Being Afraid Of Your Freedom”. My blog will continue to have elements in future blog posts. But first, do no harm to myself and others. And remember this is about being and doing.