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A Year of Contemplation

Philosophy as Medicine of the Soul (Day 31)

1/31/2019

 
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We wake up, prep for our days, and get on with it… over and over… again and again. With every action in our habituated days, we have the potential for drifting from our center, from our authentic experiences. We need to reconnect to ourselves, and offer relief to our dis-ease.

Philosophy, religion, martial arts, etc… these activities, when properly engaged, can heal us like potent medicine, and therefore, must be approached in that spirit.

Coming at these renewing and healing practices with a sense of heartless obligation, repetitive work, or a lack of mindfulness turns these soul-healing medicines into placebos of ignorance.

Want to get clear? I do.

Take the medicine.

No one said it always tastes good, but it’s always good for us.

(See y’all tomorrow)

ENDNOTE: Remember, the first third of this journey is about perception, and the first quarter of that perception work is all about clarity. Please, join me in going back over January’s clarity contemplations. Turn this month’s work into an ongoing practice.

Tomorrow, we begin a 28-day exploration of the nature of our Passions and Emotions, how to perceive them, and how to perceive THROUGH their lenses. Gods be good, you’ll join me!

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    Awakening the desire to explore Stoicism, and how it relates to his existing beliefs, Rev. William committed to working through the text, The Daily Stoic, a year-long journey to awaken the Stoic mind. 
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    Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Rev. William attended Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado where in 2007 he graduated with a degree in Religious Studies, minoring in Psychology. Currently residing in Longmont, CO, he is one of the Priests and founder of Mountain Ancestors Grove.  He spends his time playing mandolin (and some guitar), writing, engaging in LGBTQIA+ advocacy and education, community service, and sharing a larger vision of how a polytheist perspective can lead to greater human understanding, acceptance, and gods be good, peace. 

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