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Ricardo Guaderrama Caraveo
Ricardo Guaderrama Caraveo

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2 days ago

About Reading, And Living, For That Matter

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” — Harper Lee Not living in the moment, with the moment, with the things at the moment, will hurt your ability to be intelligent and comprehend what is happening. I noticed this while…

Reading

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Reading

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3 days ago

The True Satisfaction That Comes From Any Work

It’s rather simple, it’s about the challenges and obstacles that you can overcome more than anything else. We have it all wrong. We believe that what makes us happy is not having to do anything other than playing video games and, I don’t know, going to museums and walking around. …

Stoicism

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Stoicism

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6 days ago

On Living Willingly

Living by choice and not by the forceful pull of life. An excellent Stoic analogy compares living as if one would be tied up to a wagon, that keeps on moving. …

Stocism

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Stocism

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Mar 23

Attention Is Without A Doubt The Most Powerful Thing There Is, Here’s Why

Concentrate, just… concentrate. I recently watched a video featuring Jordan Peterson discussing the Egyptian god Horus, who was highly revered by the Egyptians. Horus is often represented by an eye, similar to the one found atop the pyramid on the US dollar bill. The video emphasized the immense power of…

Stoicism

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Attention Is Without A Doubt The Most Powerful Thing There Is, Here’s Why
Attention Is Without A Doubt The Most Powerful Thing There Is, Here’s Why
Stoicism

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Feb 17

Clean The Dishes, Clean Your Soul

“Washing dishes is at the same time a means and an end. It is a means of cleaning and also a means of practicing mindfulness. Just as we need to keep our physical environment clean in order to avoid the spread of disease, we also need to keep our mental…

Spirituality

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Clean The Dishes, Clean Your Soul
Clean The Dishes, Clean Your Soul
Spirituality

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Feb 12

The Hard Part Of Stoicism. What Determines Whether You’re A Slave Or A Free Man

You will ever remain a slave as long as you do not disentangle your relationship with the externals (stuff that you cannot control). The only thing that you can really control is your choices. The externals are many, basically everything. Your health, your wealth, the health of the people you…

Stoicism

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The Hard Part Of Stoicism. What Determines Whether You’re A Slave Or A Free Man
The Hard Part Of Stoicism. What Determines Whether You’re A Slave Or A Free Man
Stoicism

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Oct 19, 2022

Stoicism, First Things First, The Power Of the Gods

The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us. — Ward Farnsworth All right, it’s time to get to the Stoic basics, again, cause they are so easy, so painfully easy, forgotten. …

Stoicism

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Stoicism, First Things First, The Power Of the Gods
Stoicism, First Things First, The Power Of the Gods
Stoicism

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Oct 6, 2022

That The Wise Man Is Content With Himself

“And this is what we mean when we say the wise man is self-content; he is so in the sense that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them When I speak of his being ‘able’ to do this, what I am saying in fact…

Stoicism

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That The Wise Man Is Content With Himself
That The Wise Man Is Content With Himself
Stoicism

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Sep 27, 2022

The Art of Digesting, A Life Full of Patience

Just give it to me! Give me the damn advice and get on with it! AGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I imagined Cartman from South Park. It kind of feels like that sometimes. We are so hurried all the time. It’s 8:18 am for me as I write this. And, at precisely 8:30 am…

Stoicism

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The Art of Digesting, A Life Full of Patience
The Art of Digesting, A Life Full of Patience
Stoicism

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Sep 8, 2022

How To Use Purpose To Stop the F Hurry

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”― Epictetus You are what you do daily. And that is wonderful news. I didn’t really understand what this meant until today. Let me tell you about it cause I’m sure you don’t really understand it either. I want to be a lot…

Meaning

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How To Use Purpose To Stop the F Hurry
How To Use Purpose To Stop the F Hurry
Meaning

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Ricardo Guaderrama Caraveo

Ricardo Guaderrama Caraveo

386 Followers

Mountaineer, writer, Stoic, Gryffindor.

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