I started reading a book ”A Guide to the Good Life” by Prof William Irvine based on idea of Stoicism by ancient Greek philosophers. It is a very good book, whose ideas I have surprisingly discovered through my own trial and error and practised as I was growing up. I shall write about what I learn for the next few weeks. One of the things the book talks about is negative visualization, a mind trick that engenders satisfaction of our presence and enlivens our spirits towards the future. I have stopped practising this for a long time now. It is about time I started using this tool again. ...   read more



 

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