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Responsibility

New Zealand has undoubtedly been touched by a deeply traumatic event. The events have brought to light the viral and seemingly uncontrollable nature of social media platforms. Amongst this, there is an obvious ‘call to account’ for those running social media platforms. I read a number of headlines targeting social media platforms – with questionable bias from ‘traditional media’. Whilst Facebook, YouTube and others should be accountable for what is shared on their platforms, we should not lose sight of our own responsibility for what we interact with on social media.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Friday, March 29, 2019

Mental Health and Mental Illness

What is the difference between mental illness and mental health? I had the pleasure of attending a recent workshop and one of the first topics brought up was the concept of mental illness versus mental health. Surprisingly often used interchangeably the two terms have a very different meaning. We all have mental health, we don’t all have a mental illness. We have mental health in the same way we have physical health.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Thursday, March 28, 2019

How to Think like a Roman Emperor

Donald Robertson’s latest book How to Think like a Roman Emperor is an exciting and unique mix. We have many books on the life of Marcus Aurelius and separately his Stoicism mainly from Meditations. In How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, Donald combines both to give context as well as guidance. Robertson starts with an introduction to Marcus Aurelius, his birth in 121 A.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Monday, March 25, 2019

Ego

Does ego work with us or against us? Friend or foe on our journey through life? Ego or something else? Being egotistical is often thrown outwards towards others. Often ego in that context is mistaken for outwards selfishness rather than being about true ego. Equally if someone goes about their business with certainty or confidence they can be mistaken for being ego-driven. It seems easy to wrongly categorise externals with the ego label.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Sunday, March 24, 2019

Being Stoic

Stoics and the practical philosophy of Stoicism are gaining renewed attention. What is Stoicism and why might it be raising interest? Stoicism is an incredibly practical philosophy, designed to be lived not just studied, Stoicism and Buddhism have much in common in this respect. Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. – Epictetus When did Stoicism start? The first Stoic is largely regarded as Zeno of Citium. Citium located in Cyprus was the birthplace of Zeno in 334 BC.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Saturday, March 23, 2019

Who founded Stoicism?

Who founded Stoicism, a philosophy that along with Buddhism provides much common sense in today’s world? Founding a philosophy is no mean feat. Zeno of Citium is regarded as the founder of Stoicism. Zeno was born in Crete around 300 BC and found his way to Athens by way of being shipwrecked, losing all his possessions in the process. Stoicism was founded in Athens, Greece, and derives its name from the word Stoa, a public covered walkway or porch where early Stoics would meet.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Worse than anger?

Anger hurts, and anger hurts us back. What could possibly be a worse sentiment to carry than anger? You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger – Buddha Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned – Buddha Anger hurts, there are few arguments to the contrary in either ancient or modern philosophy.

Posted by Evolved Inspired on Wednesday, March 20, 2019