Stoicism's first principle goes like this :
Stimulus => Judgment/Opinion=> Reaction
In yoga philosophy, they call the judgment/opinion as Vrtti - the chatter-it is the perturbations of manas (mind), buddhi (intellect) , ahamkara (ego), and Chitta (shuttle that links mind to memory);
it is the Vrtti (Chatter) that leads to the mental tone;
Vrtti is of 5 types:
- Right Knowledge of Reality
- False knowledge of Reality
- Imagination (No reality at all )
- Memory (Impressions of indriyas -senses on Manas)
- Sleep
In this post, I am going to focus on Vrtti called Sleep
Sleep throws me into a disturbance; Why? While the body gets to rest, my mental tone is disturbed;
So the first thing I need to do in the morning is to Tone it up! through Practice
Like body needs to be done through physical exercise, I need to tone my mind through the right notes
by Reading inspirational books
So the first thing I need to do in the morning is to Tone it up! through Practice
Like body needs to be done through physical exercise, I need to tone my mind through the right notes
by Reading inspirational books
Books Like - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - Letters from a Stoic by Seneca - golden sayings of epictetus are my morning tonic to
set my mental framework right
And so when I do that reading and taking notes day in my notebook day after day, I am able to sync out - the false knowledge - Imagination
And so when I do that reading and taking notes day in my notebook day after day, I am able to sync out - the false knowledge - Imagination
By this way, of mental toning, I shall reduce the friction in the 'system,' 'environment' and stay engaged