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A Year of Contemplation

Push for Deep Understanding (Day 24)

1/24/2019

 
Marcus Aurelius says that from his teacher, Quintus Junius Rusticus, he“... learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something.” (Meditations 1.7.3)

According to Paul Johnson, acclaimed historian and biographer, one should read books, “... as if the author were on trial for (their) life.” (Intellectuals) 

Lots of modern pagan and polytheist folx believe themselves to be pursuing this kind of deep understanding, myself included. But, are we? 

To what teachers and authors do we “give a pass”? Who do we accept the word of without critical examination? What teachings do we get lost in because they serve our own internal agendas? 

Scholars? Religious leaders? Organizational leaders? 

We must seek to deepen not only our understanding of study material, but of ourselves as well. 

No one wants to be a rube, or a sucker, or a bumpkin, hayseed, or hick, or a hillbilly, or a yokel, right? 

I know I don’t. 

But… don’t the words “pagan” and “heathen” mean exactly those things mentioned above? 

Hmmm… *returns to seeking deeper understanding*

(See y’all tomorrow) 

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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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