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Topic: Stoic Thought of the Day (27th October)

Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk started this discussion 8 years ago #67,588

What we perceive as the past is actually just a memory stored in our brain. There is nothing intrinsically physical about "the past" apart from this. It doesn't really exist except to our minds. A similar argument can be applied to show that "the future" doesn't really exist either.

The only thing which does exist is the present. You can look, feel, touch, smell and see that the things around you are real.

That being the case, why do people choose to torment themselves over their past or their future?

If you live only in the moment, you will always be happy.

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 41 seconds later[^] [v] #826,461

> intrinsicly

Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #826,462

@previous (B)

Thanks, I missed that.

Anonymous B replied with this 8 years ago, 5 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #826,463

@previous (Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk)

> Thanks, I missed that.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #826,509

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> > Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk started this discussion
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> Stopped reading there.
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> enis
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> Stopped reading there.

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> enis
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> Stopped reading there.

Anonymous C (you), 4 days ago[^] [v] #824,223
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Anonymous C (you), 18 hours ago[^] [v] #824,046
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You really prove how dumb you are every time you post that.
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Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #826,515

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> Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk started this discussion

Stopped reading there.

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Thanks for using my may-may!

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 14 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #826,521

@OP
Can you recommend any stoic music?
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