January 13, 2007

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                              I've been trying to get important stuff out of the way, because it seems that's what really impairs my ability to enjoy these days. Fuck I think I'm going to delve into Stoicism ,  "Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire." - Epictetus. I never realized we have the ability to get rid of pain, and that we are slaves to emotions and such. We only know about feelings such as despair, pain, and depression because we are taught to feel them in certain situations. What if we were never meant to be taught? "The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself."- Marcus Aurelius. "Get rid of the judgment ... get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself."-Marcus Aurelius.

  We think we have freedom yet we are slaves unto ourselves.

  "No man is free who is not master of himself." - Epictetus

   

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

   

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