THAT SACRED PART OF YOU
“Hold sacred your capacity for understanding. For in it is all, that our ruling principle won’t
allow anything to enter that is either inconsistent with nature or with the constitution of a logical creature. It’s what demands due diligence, care for others, and obedience to God.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 3.9

The fact that you can think, the fact that you can read this blog, the fact that you are able to reason in and out of situations—all of this is what gives you the ability to improve your circumstances and become better. It’s important to appreciate this ability, because it’s a genuine ability. Not everyone is so lucky.
Seriously—what you take for granted, others wouldn’t even think to dream of.
Take a little time today to remember that you’re blessed with the capacity to use logic and reason to navigate situations and circumstances. This gives you unthinkable power to alter your circumstances and the circumstances of others. And remember that with power comes responsibility.

#Lesson_for_men
Men if you sick and tired of being Mr. Nice Guy
#Hit_the_gym
The dumbbell and everything there will bit the Mr. Nice Guy out of you. Am not saying you would become egoistic or narcissistic but I promise you, you would be that guy that is dedicated to become the better version of himself.

  The trick is don't plan ...just go to the nearest gym and register, start working out. Everything else is secondary.

#Update
I got ppl in U.S that would buy me the objective mirror and eyepiece
That's one step up.(Cost me much but what ever it takes)

Next challenge: there is no one come from U.S any time soon ppl I know of. So I need to find someone that could come from U.S.

TIMELESS WISDOM
“For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or bad outside my own
reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.”
—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.10.18

In the mid-twentieth century, there was an Indian Jesuit priest named Anthony de Mello. Born in Bombay when it was still under British control, de Mello was an amalgam of many different cultures and perspectives: East, West; he even trained as a psychotherapist. It’s interesting when one sees timeless wisdom develop across schools, across epochs and ideas. Here is a quote from de Mello’s book,


The Way to Love, that sounds almost exactly like Epictetus:
“The cause of my irritation is not in this person but in me.”
Remember, each individual has a choice. You are always the one in control. The cause of irritation—
or our notion that something is bad—that comes from us, from our labels or our expectations. Just as
easily, we can change those labels; we can change our ennoscriptment and decide to accept and love what’s
happening around us. And this wisdom has been repeated and independently discovered in every century
and every country since time began.

I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you


I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you.

I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

U2(poet)

I read this book during my time in air force military training. When I think abt it Idk how but I finished this and other books. The story line and everything is dope.
My favorite story is "የስብዓት ፂም "(it's abt aboy sebehat , his wife..how she cheatedon him.. and how he was in deep meditation state to write ), "በለስ" (this one is abt the snake in the garden of eden... U would feel sry for the snake...the depiction and the everything I mean wow) and "እቴ ሜቴ ሎሚ ሽታ"(the song we know when we were a kid, adam reta write a story abt it).
That's my recommendation for you guys.

It would be truly wonderful if each one of us could leave behind a school, a hospital, or even just a well, so that death may not completely dissolve us into nothingness.

- Anton Chekhov

Ig today am all over the place.
Philosophy, paradox, space science .... Idk where I'll end up. We'll see.

If u are in discussion abt something make sure that that person follows the same reasoning you have. Some one said to me today in discussion abt one topic "I believe what I believe in cause I believe in it." Circular fallacy. And for what ever reason I was offended alot. How some one thinks in this way?🤔🤔
I mean "some one believe in what he believes in because he don't know"
What does even mean??🤔🤔

Why we got a thinker mind??
Are we just robots??

Let have some controversy.

Gym time

Done

WHAT RULES YOUR RULING REASON?
“How does your ruling reason manage itself? For in that is the key to everything. Whatever else
remains, be it in the power of your choice or not, is but a corpse and smoke.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.33

The Roman satirist Juvenal is famous for this question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchmen?) In a way, this is what Marcus is asking himself—and what you might ask yourself throughout the day. What influences the ruling reason that guides your life?
This means an exploration of subjects like evolutionary biology, psychology, neurology, and even the subconscious. Because these deeper forces shape even the most disciplined, rational minds. You can be the most patient person in the world, but if science shows we make poor decisions on an empty stomach—what good is all that patience?
So don’t stop at Stoicism, but explore the forces that drive and make Stoicism possible. Learn what underpins this philosophy you’re studying, how the body and mind tick. Understand not only your ruling reason—the watchmen—but whoever and whatever rules that too.

Damn

Me and my little brother.

Most of the times.