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Debunking a few other things in our lives….

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Why not examine our lives for holes?

If you have ever gone down the YouTube rabbit hole, you know what I mean.

Nothing wrong with YouTube or other users.

It is just the hole I find myself in from time to time.

I get stuck: depressed and tired, angry, obsessed, addicted and lost!

Getting to know myself is the solution.

Awareness is key, but the truth can be more painful than I am prepared to live with on this or any occasion.

Sometimes it is good enough to know I am in a hole.

Sometime I need to stop look and listen.

Maybe it is time to turn off YouTube and go to bed.

What other holes am I stuck in at the moment?

The Meaning of Philosophy

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The literal version is “the love of wisdom “.

The purpose of Philosophy is to secure reality and experience.

What a belief to explore….

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/philosophy

Romantic Freedom

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Socrates did it best.

He took the test: the proper use of impressions.

Or so says, “Xenophon’s Recollections of Socrates”.

She says,”The Memorable Thoughts…” or things of Socrates by Xenophon.

He gave his guidance through oracles and divinations.

He knew himself to abstain from all vices and practice all virtues.

He loved wisdom and showed himself to those through his questions and tolerances for all those who may take offence to his reason and his actions.

He suffered those others to be a citizen of the world.

He did not take fame, fortune, or foul play.

Practice and routine and ritual made great habits of virtue for the man Socrates.

He died as he did live: wisely.

He took responsibility to be free.

He worked his entire life as a philosopher and he became free.

The National Day For Truth And Reconciliation

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Orange shirt day started in 2013 as a way to recognize and remember the Canadian treatment of native children in residential school and to understand the harm done at this time in the country of Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Shirt_Day?wprov=sfti1

https://www.orangeshirtday.org

Practical Stoicism

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Beware your passion or use a little common sense when you act on the following convictions.

Use a page worth on each journal entry.

The idea is to think about what you may want to practice.

Get up! Or get at it. Do it. Be here and do it now.

It is all about character and virtue or doing it right.

Epictetus, Discourses 1.2

Of one thing beware, O man: see what is the price at which you sell your will. If you do nothing else, do not sell your will cheap.

Work on your virtues or character. What do you value. What is important to you?

Assess the way you do your life. Think about your own stuff.

You may find the following useful. Check it out.

A Stoic Discourse

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To journal about the stoic way.

To be present in my conscious awareness of being stoic.

It is the good life and doing no harm.

To state the principles and steep myself in the conversation and my voice to discover my way.

Much like the morning and evening stoic routine, it is a form or means to become conscious and discover the here and now, what is important part of my life.

To discipline myself in the art of living, is to discover my next step.

In a way, the reward is doing the step forward, committing to the choice, a better way to move now.

Letting go of the desire, or tolerating the aversion in whatever form it manifests.

A bit like Sting’s song about ‘every breath you take’. But do no harm.

Humanity’s Right To Be Fair

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To be fair is not an entitlement.

But it is a right.

Music, math,myth, mate,

Music to warm the soul.

Math to model a better future.

Myth to demonstrate the truth.

Mate to make love, prosper and engage the world.

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There Is Some Politicking With COVID-19

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www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-how-did-conservatives-come-to-be-so-attracted-to-extremism/

Opinions vary, but the left and the right are showing off to people all the time.

Call them who you may, the COVID-19 crowd may be a conservative taking selfies with protest leaders or liberals mocking those who do.

But you may want to stay informed about COVID-19 politics.

It is time to rejoin society in most aspects.

You may have always been a little apathetic about ‘the vote’.

Education is key.

Please read the above article and stay informed in all your affairs.

What Are You Trying To Do….?

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There is no substitute for good ideals like compassion, and courage and the pursuit of truth and contemplation.

The meaning of life is not a secret.

These ideals will make you more alive.

Some will want to pursue a system too abstract or too ideal.

This system is called contemplation of the self.

But these ideals can be corrupted by counterfeiting and end up harming yourself and others.

So why bother at all?

It is good , during formal education to think about and ‘try on’ ideal to live a good life.

At best you will be happy!

At worst, you will get on with your life.

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