Stoic practice to attain mastery of all things that can be controlled and leave that which is not..

[ajay0]

Found an interesting article based on stoic philosophy and practice , to attain mastery over all things that can be controlled while accepting serenely that which is beyond one's control, thereby increasing our efficiency and destressing ourselves.

This simple philosophy can calm your inner control freak

The basic idea is that it is imperative to use our mental energy to focus on what is under our complete control, while regarding everything else as indifferent. For those things that are not under our complete control, it isn’t that we stop caring about them, but rather that we come to a deep understanding that we cannot guarantee that these indifferent things will turn out the way we wish them to. The way we come to this understanding is through constant practice.

 

[Secret Chief]

I've read a couple of books on Stoicism and did find the philosophy both insightful and practical.

One was Guide to the Good Life, by William Irvine.

(can't remember the title of the other one...)

 

[MNoBody]

oddly enough some of these things work, I am living proof, for myself, in any case.