Acceptance of Folly & Death

Описание: LL and I do a short breathing meditation, then a zoom out contemplation. After checking in about recent challenges, we discuss Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Book 12, Entry 36, the last in the book, seemingly shortly before his own death, which discusses one’s place in the cosmos and the relation to death.

Man, thou hast been a citizen in this great state [the world];121 what difference does it make to thee whether for five years [or three]? for that which is conformable to the laws is just for all. Where is the hardship then, if no tyrant nor yet an unjust judge sends thee away from the state, but nature who brought thee into it? the same as if a prætor who has employed an actor dismisses him from the stage.122⁠—“But I have not finished the five acts, but only three of them.”⁠—Thou sayest well, but in life the three acts are the whole drama; for what shall be a complete drama is determined by him who was once the cause of its composition, and now of its dissolution: but thou art the cause of neither. Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.

00:00 Introduction
00:47 Invitation to do an Exercise Snack
01:23 Brief Breathing Meditation
08:07 Zoom Out Contemplation
16:02 Reflection on Zooming Out
18:10 Spirituality Without Dogma?
22:23 Daily Spirituality Despite Bad Decisions
33:20 Anger is Usually a Secondary Emotion
35:17 Magical Thinking in Difficult Situations
40:50 Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations,” Last Entry: “The god who lets you go is at peace with you.”
48:27 Coming to Terms with Death & Chuang-Tzu’s Dialogue with a Skull
53:37 Near-Death Experiences (NDE) & Acceptance

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