I branched this off from another topic.
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Hi…I too am a recent follower of Stoicism, my question is that how Do U remember those immense number of stoic lessons?
Because, everytime I read or learn a way of stoic, in the real scenario I totally forget to apply that…
Right now I’m trying to use a lesson as a mantra to meditate on and make it permanent on my behavior…let’s see how that goes​
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Have you read works by Epictetus or Marcus Aurelius? I’ve had the Meditations of Aurelius on my reading list for a while now.
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I use Memory Palace for remembering the rules of Stoicism! I think it is easy to remember the rules of Stoicism,as the rules/ideas are related to realife. And you can instantly apply them in your life!
I don’t think,there are a lot of rules to follow in Stoicism!
The three most essential parts/pillars of Stoic philosophy worth carrying with you every day, into every decision and actions of life are as below:
PAC(acronyms)
- Control your perceptions. (Perception)
- Direct your actions properly. (Action)
- Willingly accept what’s outside your control. (Control)
A good way to apply the Stoic rules,like the Stoics recommend, is to maintain a journal of what you did whole day and what you should have done! Reflecting upon your behaviors,actions is an effective way to understand what needs to be changed in our daily actions!
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My first introduction was by " The Little Book of Stoicism" which gives a good introduction and tries somewhat to apply it to modern life.
The book is repetetive which is critizied a lot but from repetition comes memorising after all. What I find interesting about the books are the 55 practices.
Some are of the type of foreshadowing, imagine yourself in bad situations and thinking about what could happen and how you could react, some are of the type “in time”…how to react when it happens like being insulted.
I’ll try to memorize the 55 practices with a memory palace.
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I discovered Stoicism a couple years ago. I’ve read quite a lot about it. I have a memory palace for it.
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For those of you interested in Stoicism here is a question: What is the core tenet of Stoicism?
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I got into Marcus Aurelius when I was a teenager. The first quote that got me into memorizing quotes (before I knew about memory techniques) was:
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
That quote gave me the courage to go out into the wilderness, because I was worried about things like mountain lions, bears, scorpions, snakes, spiders, alligators, crocodiles, and other dangers. It was the driving quote for my life for about 20 years. I don’t know much about stoicism other than reading Meditations, but definitely would recommend the book.
I read part of Epictetus’s Enchiridion last year but didn’t finish it yet.
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