604 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2016
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Be guided in a meditation based on the classic book, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, who was a Roman emperor who ruled from 161-180 A.D. You'll be guided in a meditation on a reflection from his book. His reflections are based on Stoic philosophy which emphasizes living a peaceful life by practicing self control to attain inner peace by overcoming adversity, and honoring your true nature -- not forcing yourself to be a particular way. This is so aligned with how I share meditation so I'm excited about this week's series. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Episodes 604-610. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: *a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join *a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating *a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better *a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique *a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating. Resources: Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller. I'd love your feedback! Please let me know how you're enjoying the meditations by leaving me a review.. Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group. Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller. Want to connect with other meditators from around the world who listen to the daily meditations? Join our free private Facebook Group at www.SipandOm.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I am a meditation teacher who shares |
| 0:09.1 | a different meditation technique on the podcast every single day. And the techniques are customized |
| 0:19.2 | around a weekly theme. |
| 0:22.1 | And in today's episode, which is episode 6004, |
| 0:28.0 | you're going to be guided in a meditation on this week's theme, |
| 0:33.5 | which is a little different than what I usually do. |
| 0:42.6 | We're going to be exploring a book called Meditations by Marcus Aurelius now this is a famous book and you may have |
| 0:53.2 | heard of it or you may have read it and it's not |
| 0:57.2 | really about meditation but it is a very thought-provoking book. |
| 1:05.4 | The book was written by Marcus Aurelius and he wrote 12 books of the meditations. |
| 1:18.6 | And he did these books as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. |
| 1:25.9 | So they were kind of like his personal reflections and his diary. |
| 1:31.3 | In fact, he didn't make these public at all. |
| 1:34.3 | They were his private writings. |
| 1:37.3 | Now, Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD. |
| 1:45.0 | And these were just simply private notes to himself. |
| 1:48.0 | And what I really like about this book is that it follows Stoicism. |
| 1:55.0 | Now this is a school of Hellenistic philosophy and it was founded in Athens by Zeno of Scythum in the early |
| 2:04.6 | third century BC and I love what the Stoics taught they taught that destructive |
| 2:13.6 | emotions resulted from errors in judgment and the active relationship between cosmic determinism |
| 2:21.9 | and human freedom. And they really had a strong belief in your will as in accordance with nature. |
| 2:35.0 | And that's very similar to how I share a lot of the meditations on this podcast. |
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