#23 Meditations (Marcus Aurelius, 161-180AD)

An episode of the Will & Luke Discuss podcast, hosted by Will & Luke Discuss, titled "#23 Meditations (Marcus Aurelius, 161-180AD)" was published on June 29, 2021 and runs 59 minutes.

June 29, 2021 ·59m · Will & Luke Discuss

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Summary

We discuss some timeless wisdom from Roman Stoic (and Emperor!) Marcus Aurelius. Stoicism teaches us that our perception of the world is what determines how we feel, not the reality of the world itself. With that in mind, we cover ideas of striving vs. acceptance, active participation in life, a willing acceptance of 'fate', death, praise, goal setting, self-deception, values, truth, freedom, and the importance of working on one's character. This is one of Will's personal favourites. Hope you enjoy.  Will & Luke 00:00 Introductions  4:00 About Marcus Aurelius and the book  5:00 Overview of Stoicism (perceiving things objectively, active participation and cooperation with the world, willing acceptance of fate) 14:15 Structure of the book and links to current self-help books  17:30 Striving vs Acceptance (focusing on the moment, aiming high)  24:40 Working on your character, telling the truth, and self deception. 'If it's not right, don't do it. If it's not true, don't say it'  31:55 Striving, goals, and death  41:00 Each moment being a chance to choose your reaction and action. Choose now. Cost of goals ahead of means. Don't loose values in attainment of goals (we can forget).  46:55 You can choose to within at any given moment to renew (and others opinions)  49:11 Luke's stand outs (Other's praise, Death, Truth + Nature, Popular beliefs, Freedom through redirecting to be free from an old way of thinking, Harm through inaction)  57:45 Final thoughts This specific episode can also be seen on: https://youtu.be/j-lAMUOxKlk Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365 Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public.

Episode Description

Hope you enjoy.

Will & Luke

00:00 Introductions
4:00 About Marcus Aurelius and the book
5:00 Overview of Stoicism (perceiving things objectively, active participation and cooperation with the world, willing acceptance of fate) 14:15 Structure of the book and links to current self-help books
17:30 Striving vs Acceptance (focusing on the moment, aiming high)
24:40 Working on your character, telling the truth, and self deception. 'If it's not right, don't do it. If it's not true, don't say it'
31:55 Striving, goals, and death
41:00 Each moment being a chance to choose your reaction and action. Choose now. Cost of goals ahead of means. Don't loose values in attainment of goals (we can forget).
46:55 You can choose to within at any given moment to renew (and others opinions)
49:11 Luke's stand outs (Other's praise, Death, Truth + Nature, Popular beliefs, Freedom through redirecting to be free from an old way of thinking, Harm through inaction)
57:45 Final thoughts

This specific episode can also be seen on: https://youtu.be/j-lAMUOxKlk

Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos

Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW

Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365

Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public.