The Daily Stoic - You Must Let the Mind Go Lax

Episode Date: September 7, 2020

"People think they are too important, the stakes of their work are too high, that there is not a minute to lose. So they never relax. They never shut off their minds. They never check out, or let go. And far too often they end up losing it."Ryan describes the importance of getting calmness and relaxation in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. You must let the mind go lax. Musonius Rufus, like a lot of the Stoics, was a strict man. He was strict with himself. He was strict with his students. He believed in hard work. He did not ease up just because other people did or because he'd been successful.

A friend would describe one evening when in Athens, they were enjoying the Saturnalia, quite pleasantly, in fact. We did not, however, let our minds go lax, he wrote, for Musonius says to let one's mind go lax is in effect to lose it. Unfortunately, this is a common belief, not just among the stoics. People think they are too important. The stakes of their work are too high and that there is not a minute to lose, so they never relax. They never shut off their minds. They never check out or let go, and far too often, they end up losing it.

The mind must be given relaxation, Senaka said, it will rise, improved, and sharper after a good break. Just as rich fields must not be forced, so constant work on the anvil, will fracture the force of the mind. All muscles need rest, and the brain is no exception. Fields must be alternated, computers must be occasionally shut down or rebooted. To not do this is to risk injury, poor yields, or damage.

Do not forget that. And if you're looking for a way to let your mind go laks, check out my book, Stillness is the Key, which is all about this. Stillness is not just meditation, it's a way of living, it's a way of thinking, it's something the Stokes talk about. A ton of Marcus Reales uses that word stillness close to a dozen times in meditations. So I wrote this book to fuse Eastern and Western philosophy to help you

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