- Reasoned Choice
- Our ability to choose how we categorize, respond, and reorient ourselves to external events.
- Suffering
- Our suffering comes from our perception of things, and not the things themselves.
Something key to understand, and that which is not covered in “The Daily Stoic” is this idea of “suffering” as it has been translated into English and other romantic languages. More often than not, suffering connotates an idea of pain and misery. The original intent of the Buddhist tradition is not exactly this meaning. The Western world adopted the word suffering from the word “dukkha”, which literally translates to, “incapable of being satisfied”. So when we look at suffering through this lens it is easier to relate to the daily pressures of the constant pursuit to have more (wealth, prestige, friends, etc.).
- Perception
- How we see and make sense of the world.
- Action
- The decisions we make, and to what end, all based on our perceptions.
- Will
- Dealing with the things we cannot change.
- Attaining clear and convincing judgement.
- Understanding our place in this universe.
