The quiet art of attention

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thewanderer1983 ◴[13 Oct 24 22:43 UTC] No.41832384[source]▶

Stoicism explores these ideas. One of the basic premises is that all external events are out of our control and to focus on what is, basically what is in our mind and our actions. Then we should try to discipline our ideas around virtues which are always good instead of outcomes and externals. That summary doesn't do it justice, if interested in exploring further. There are some good books on amazon or check out dailstoic for a quick overview. https://dailystoic.com/what-is-stoicism-a-definition-3-stoic...

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maroonblazer ◴[14 Oct 24 00:37 UTC] No.41833051[source]▶

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Buddhism explores these ideas too.

For a modern approach to this mindset I highly recommend "Seeing That Frees" by Rob Burbea.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/08772fe1-564c-4a95-9a5d-...

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1. jackschultz ◴[14 Oct 24 13:50 UTC] No.41837520[source]▶

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Seeing that Frees for sure is the one that I suggest people read. Long and slow read where every paragraph seems like I could read it and sit and appreciate what he says before needing to read the next paragraph.

Burbea has many talks as well, youtube or on other podcast platforms. Hours and hours and hours of talks that are all so helpful on understanding in the word form.

Channel of his talks: https://www.youtube.com/@boubabuddha

I find this playlist great as a starting point if you want to get into it, and one that I can go back to: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6hhaAzLmioyOxMi8ELP...

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