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A Year of Contemplation

The Opulent Stoic (Day 240)

8/28/2019

 
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The title of today's post is derived from the pejorative name given to Seneca (typically, behind his back) by his Roman contemporaries. Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a wealthy person, you see, during a time when it was fashionable for those who practiced and studied philosophy to apparently be poor, of mendicant status, or to be supported financially by wealthy patrons (of course, the flow of finances was dependent on the appraisal value of the lessons given by those ignorant to their inherent value in the first place - #EgoBullshit). 

It was true, Seneca did indeed have vast wealth, but I believe the difference between most people’s relationship with wealth and Seneca’s was that Seneca KNEW he didn’t NEED this wealth to be happy. There was no dependence upon it, no identity created by it’s existence, and no addiction to it… simply put, he understood his wealth to be something beyond his control, and that he himself must only do good in the world, regardless of whether he was wealthy or not. This type of approach to wealth is pragmatic, like this month’s core-lesson. Most other approaches to wealth come down the moral road, but just like in Seneca’s case, we’re trying to separate ego from wealth. 

Remember, financial success does not come with a requirement that one must live beyond one’s means. 

Ultimately, we can be happy with next to nothing… if we want to. 

(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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