Stoicism and Mindfulness: A Powerful Concept
Channel: Isaac Chanakira
Date: 2017-10-30

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So where do Stoicism and mindfulness cross paths? I believe it is explained in a quote by the great Emperor Marcus Aurelius:

"both the longest-lived and the earliest to die suffer the same loss. It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if indeed this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have." - Marcus Aurelius.

One of my favorite quotes by Aurelius that isn't well known. That's what I like about his Meditations, there are so many jewels.

My interpretation of the quote is that in life it's not about the 'years' that you have lived. The past and future being concepts that only live in the mind. What is real is the present moment, and it is the thing we lose when we die.

So life isn't about how long you live, but about how present you are to each moment, the only thing that can be deprived.

Mindfulness is all about paying attention to what arises in consciousness. To be more mindful you must simply be more aware of what is happening in life.

It becomes incredibly easy for us to lose our presence and in turn focus on the past or speculate about the future. We must always remind ourselves to pay attention to what's truly important, the now.

An easy way to train your mindfulness is by doing mindfulness mediation in which you sit quietly and just observe everything that arises in awareness. 

Do this daily and the skill will trickle over into your daily life without any effort on your part.

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