A piece of wisdom from
April 11, 2023 · Tuesday
The quote
“You are made of three selves. The Unihipili is the child within — your subconscious, your body, your memories. The Uhane is the mother — your conscious mind, your decisions. The Aumakua is the father — your higher self, the One.”
— traditional Hawaiian teaching · Hoʻoponopono
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
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Stoicism. A 2000-year-old operating system for hard days.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 7.7
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव॥
“There is nothing higher than I, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on me as pearls on a thread.”
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