A piece of wisdom from
October 25, 2020 · Sunday
The quote
“Maat is great and its effectiveness lasting. It has not been disturbed since the day of its creation.”
— Ptahhotep · Maat
The concept
Stoicism
A 2000-year-old operating system for hard days.
Stoicism is the most-tested philosophy in human history, practised by Roman emperors, freed slaves, and quietly today by anyone reading a book by Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, or Seneca. At its centre: a brutal clarity about what is, and is n…
A practice for today
Notice one moment today when the lesson of Stoicism. A 2000-year-old operating system for hard days.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 4.8
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्। धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे॥
“For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and to re-establish dharma, I am born age after age.”
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