I came across a sign along a path in the woods, and on the back it said "He who is in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe -Marcus Aurelius"; it has always stuck with me.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:30 AM, ngriffis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I came across this thought #55 in Book 7 in "Meditations" by Marcus > Aurelius > (Roman Emperor and Philosopher, 121 to 180 AD): > > > > "Do not look around at the directing minds of other people, but > keep > straight ahead to where nature is leading you - both universal nature, in > what happens to you, and your own nature, in what you must do yourself. > Every creature must do what follows from its' own constitution. The rest of > creation is constituted to serve rational beings (just as in everything > else > the lower exists for the higher), but rational beings are here to serve > each > other. So the main principle in man's constitution is the social. The > second > is resistance to the promptings of the flesh. It is the specific property > of > rational and intelligent activity to isolate itself and never be influenced > by the activity of the senses or impulses: both these are of the animal > order, and it is the aim of the intelligent activity to be sovereign over > them and never yield them the mastery - and rightly so, as it is the very > nature of intelligence to put all these things to its' own use. The third > element in a rational constitution is a judgment unhurried and undeceived. > So let your directing mind hold fast to these principles and follow the > straight road ahead: then it has what belongs to it." > > > > I think this quote touches on some of what Mr. Persig built his > philosophy upon, perhaps similar ideas from different sources. It gives us > an idea of the foundations that brought us to MOQ. I am always delighted > when historic knowledge dovetails into present-day leading-edge knowledge. > I > hope the subscribers to MOQ find this of interest. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
