The quiet art of attention

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865 points billwear | 1 comments | 13 Oct 24 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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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. samspot ◴[15 Oct 24 16:53 UTC] No.41850528[source]▶

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I kept expecting a Buddhism pitch in the article. It reminded me so much of the opening premise of The Untethered Soul.

I'm not too interested in Buddhism specifically, but I have been separating myself from technology more, and It's been great savoring the little moments I used to completely miss.

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