Maybe I should start regular postings on #stoic practices.
I consider stoicism a universal action based philosophy that trains people to understanding existence, virtue, and to improve and sustain our stoic practice.
Any folks here into #stoicism?
What I appreciate a lot about stoicism is that it is an action based philosophy. This means that it does not seek to prove itself through speculation but through observation and considerations of our place in the universe.
One important lesson that Stoics point to is that we are not in control of everything. There are things that are in our control and things that are outside of control. Things in our control include how we react and respond to events or ideas. Things outside of our control is our fame, wealth, people's opinions, and anything that happens.
Since we cannot control what happens to us, we can at least control how we respond.
So that's an important lesson or principle that many ancient and contemporary stoics point to. But what about the action-oriented feature? This is where practical activities help us practice what we believe in.
There are so many different practices. One practice is journaling and morning and evening reflections. This is where you keep notes about your life, what you experience, and what you observe about yourself and your responses to events. Morning and evening reflections are also a great way to practice this observational part of Stoicism.
Since I'm becoming more active in posting onto #nostr, maybe this is another great way of practicing, writing. Writing forces us to make legible our thoughts that may be incomplete. By expressing a thought in written form, I force myself to internalize the meaning and express it in a way another can understand.
Anyways that's all for now.
#philosophy #ethics #virtue