Affirmation for Mental Balance

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Behappy, Mental Health, Meditation, Anxiety, Sleep, Mindfulness, Alternative Health, Guidedmeditation, Health & Fitness, Focus

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🗓️ 9 August 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:19.8	This is episode 1,887 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you back to day two of our seven part series we are exploring this week all about mental balance with the wisdom of the ancient Greek Stoics. I am coming to you from Greece as I record this series and I happen to be in Athens and I
0:41.6	had the chance to visit the actual Stoa or meeting place in the Agora, a big gathering place where different philosophers would share their
0:57.8	teachings with their students and so I was able to visit the Stoa of Zeno.
1:06.4	It is under construction,
1:08.7	so I wasn't able to wander through it, but I was able to be right next to it and view it and take a look at it.
1:20.0	And these are really fascinating places along the ancient Agora, which is of course in ruins now,
1:32.0	but you can still see where the different philosophers met and shared their
1:40.3	teachings. And what I notice about the Stoics is that they believed that when you lived a virtuous life and I'll be starting you off on the virtues,
2:01.4	the four fundamental virtues of the Stoics tomorrow and you'll continue that through
2:06.7	this week's series.
2:09.4	To get you started, I want to share with you the premise of the four virtues of the Stoics.
2:18.0	The virtues are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
2:26.4	And these virtues were emphasized
2:29.6	as a way for you will
2:33.7	the best person you could possibly be
2:38.0	not so much for yourself
2:41.6	so that you will have a better life, so that you will be happier,
2:48.0	but rather so that you could make the world a better place. So by following these virtues,
3:01.2	the Stoics believed that you would find the answers within you.
3:08.0	Regardless of whatever trial you may face, you will be able to have this sense of emotional balance to
3:19.7	manage stress and anything that comes your way.
3:26.8	When you focus on cultivating virtues within yourself. You know what to do. The answers are there.
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