Practicing Wisdom: The Perfection of Shantideva's Bodhisattva Way

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Though all lived in the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries, the lives of the Roman Stoics were very different. Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE), left, was adviser to the Roman Emperor Nero, and was eventually exiled and forced to take his own life, as depicted in Peter Paul Rubens’ famous 1615 painting. Epictetus (50 CE - 135 CE), center, was a slave who gained his freedom and set up a philosophical school. Marcus Aurelius (121 CE - 180 CE), right, was Emperor of Rome during a time of constant crisis, be it war or plague, and outlived most of his children. Make a point of taking regular TV and social media breaks, and read as often as humanly possible. Furthermore, read a wide variety of books in various genres and topics. This type of active learning keeps you engaged and saves your eyes from the strain of staring at screens for hours on end. Does a tape start running in your head that admonishes you not to eat too much or not to eat certain types of foods? Or that you’re a failure if you do? Write down what you say to yourself. Turning toward the speaker, not just with your head, but positioning your whole body to face the speaker.

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Yes, your pet will likely live longer due to the available medicines, but this is where knowing yourself and your motivations are important. Would you be extending their life to benefit them, or you? Are you allowing your fear of loss to take precedence rather than letting them go peacefully and painlessly? You can find your compassionate voice by writing a letter to yourself whenever you struggle or feel inadequate, or when you want to help motivate yourself to make a change. It can feel uncomfortable at first, but gets easier with practice.Going to places you've never been before is a great way to get some life experience. Such as booking a trip to another city, or taking a road trip to the next town over. Make an effort to eat at a restaurant that's popular with the locals, rather than going to your favorite chain. Every chance you get, choose newness over the familiar. Don't go into a new situation presuming that you know just what to do. Examine the problem from all angles, meditate or pray, and then act according to your conscience. It's all you can do. Simply put, gaining wisdom as individuals helps the collective on every level. If that isn’t an incentive to wise up as often as possible, then what is? As a bonus, reading creates new pathways in the brain, thus lessening your chances of developing Alzheimer’s and dementia. 3. Allow yourself to make mistakes and own up to them when you do. Allowing means letting the thoughts, emotions, feelings, or sensations we have recognized simply be there. Typically when we have an unpleasant experience, we react in one of three ways: by piling on the judgment; by numbing ourselves to our feelings; or by focusing our attention elsewhere.

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Read about topics you love and those you’ve never heard about. Delve into history, biographies, non-fiction, and nature. Learn about ancient cultures and modern sciences, and familiarize yourself with as many different subjects as you can handle. Explore and compare the wisdom of Stoicism, Existentialism, Buddhism and beyond to forever enrich your personal philosophy. Get Instant AccessRogers, C. R. (1961) On Becoming a Person. A therapist’s view of psychotherapy, Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1967 – London: Constable).