Plato in part gave me purpose and confidence, and Epictetus taught me that a Large part of being unhappy is being upset about things that are not under my own control (externals) and that being apathetic to these things ends much of the anxiety people put themselves through. Simply, happiness comes from within.
That’s really not something we’ve learned, little reptile. That’s something we’ve been practicing.
BUT - if we take a good look at that - we may learn how to Not do these things.
Its all just a part of our pre-conditioning. So we need to reprogram ourselves - change our patterns - dare to be different.
Anyway, is any of this all that important except for how it may change us?
If we are in a philosophy forum and remain the same - then we truly are dummies, aren’t we?
Ah, et merci, mon petit ami reptilien. Et comment êtes-vous s’en sortent aujourd’hui? Est ce moment vous traiter gentiment? Et comment est-ce champ d’énergie merveilleuse palpitante qui vous aimez vous planterai?
It really Does take Much More energy to rant and argue - why do we Not conserve it for clarifying things - as opposed to muddying the waters? Clear clean waters make for clearer reflections of ourselves.
I love words - they are so like putty in my hands.
But I’m still working on being completely ‘real’, little reptile. I want to be like the little velveteen rabbit - and each one we meet is capable of making us more real…or sadly, more unreal, unless we strive to [bracket] ourselves and simply [be] who we are, really are, in the moment.
But there is a lot in life that is [artificial] that is stil goodl…as in artificial lighting.