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50 Importants Lessons From Meditations Flashcards

1
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Say no.

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We have to do less, ask our selves is this really essential?

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Philosophy is medicine

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You learn about life, should make you feel better to understand it

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The 3 disciplines of stociscm

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Perception -> what is in my control, how do I see this clearly
action -> what do you do
will -> perseverance,

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4
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Pierce through the veil of ego

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See things as they actually are, see through them

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Dont just read ACT

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Marcus aurelius was like I need to throw my books away but why? He needed to ACT instead of reading, the stoics didnt like the inkt and pen philosphers, you have to live in the real world not in books

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  1. Keep to your own standards
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People will always have opinions about you so set standards for yourself and keep them to it

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  1. Stoic prescription for succes
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Objective judgement
Unselfish action
Willing acceptance
Formula for turning a obstacle upside down

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  1. Pilosophy is for everybody
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If you are a janitor or a emperor its for everybody

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  1. Momento mori
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You could leave life right now, let that determine what you do say and think

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10
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  1. Do it for yourself
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Idc if ots your journal or something only for you, care about it

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  1. Do it now
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Fools always get ready to do it, not doing it now

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  1. Concentrate like a roman
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Do it like its the last thing you are doing, as it could be the last thing

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13.Cherisch your loved ones

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It could be the last time that you see them, think everytime you see time this could be the last time so make it worth it

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14
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  1. There is enough time
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We waste a lot of time, so stop saying we dont have enough time, just stop waisting time

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15
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  1. Stay a student
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Even at older age marcus takes up his tablets and continue to work on them, his lesson here is to be student your whole life long

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16
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  1. Commit to rereading
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Everytime you read it you learn something new, even ryan holiday after reading it for 15 years

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17
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  1. Follow the river of time
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Some people who where sometime really powerfull are now gone, where are they now?

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18
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  1. Such is life
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Someday you will die, so live in the now and enjoy

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  1. Dont ask the impossible
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Is a world without shameless people possible? No, you will run into them. The world is like this, so accept it and move on.

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20
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  1. People will be frustrating
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Mensen zijn irritant, en koppig en stom. Zo is het nou eenmaal

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21
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  1. They are still like you
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They did not have the same training as you, they cannot distinuigish good from bad but they are still like you and we are made to work together

22
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  1. Be ready for attacks
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Life is not easy, and if you think it will be like a happy dance you are wrong. Be ready for negative things to happen

23
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  1. Avoid false friendship
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We have to avoid false friendship at all cost.

24
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  1. Your reward is internal
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Dont do it for validating or for other external things do it for yourself

25
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  1. Work towards common good
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Want hurts the hive, hurts the bee. We all have to care about other people, and not only them in direct contact with us.

26
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  1. Think realistically
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Quite straightforward

27
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27 be pragmatic

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dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

28
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  1. Its called self discipline
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Be strict on your self but lenient on others.

29
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  1. You will stumble
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Marcus arleius was also a human he made mistakes but he tried to be a better person each day

30
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  1. Follow your inner compas
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We love ourselves more than other people, but value their opinion as more important

31
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  1. Take platos view
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Think about the faxt that we care about such unimportant things in life

32
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  1. We are all interconnected
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Borders, ocean dont matter we are all in this together

33
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  1. Philosophy is everywhere
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Use the lessons from philosophy and apply them to daily life

34
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  1. Everything transitory
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The most import man alive would think about fame as transitory he is not around to enjoy it? So live your best life now

35
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  1. Be like a rock
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We are like a rock thrown in the air, we dont gain anything going up but also not losr anything going down

36
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  1. Strive for the ideal
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Fight to be the person philosophy tries to make you.

37
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  1. Hold yourself accountable
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Marcus was the most powerful man no could say him no, so he had to say it to himself, as we all should

38
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  1. Time flows like a river
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Tijd vliegt voorbij als een rivier, het nu is dan zo weer voorbij gestroomd

39
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  1. Dont be all about business
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Blijf niet altijd daar mee bezig zijn

40
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  1. Love you fate
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Comes from nietze not to bear what is necessary, still less to conceal it.. but love it

41
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  1. The obstacle is the way
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You cannot chose what is happening but you can chose to accept the obstacle

42
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  1. Acceptance is not resignation
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Acceptance is not doing nothing and just wait, its the first step in an active approach

43
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  1. Obstacles are fuel
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What you throw in the fire becomes the fire

44
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  1. Rise to the occasion
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The obstacle is the way

45
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  1. Return to the rhythm
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The rhyhtm is life is always there and you can always come back there

46
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  1. Be free to remain neutral
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You dont have to have an opinion

47
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  1. Be a free agent
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Dont identify with small groups be a pilospher

48
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  1. The ego is the enemy
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Pride is the deceiver of perception

49
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  1. Fades fades
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We dont last for ever and so does our name, its a humbeling though

50
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  1. Moderation is key
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