Letting Go Of The Anger And Resentments Of The Past

 

We all nurse some form of anger or resentment about wounds we received in the past.

Why is this? Where does it come from?
And how can we free ourselves from it?
This podcast focuses on these questions.

My podcasts are available here on SoundCloud and iTunes.  Brought to you courtesy of Fortress of the Mind Publishing.  

The 5 Essential Elements Of Creativity

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Everyone wants to be creative.  Everyone wants to soar with the eagles.

What conditions must exist for creativity truly to flourish?  And how do we go about establishing those conditions?

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The Importance Of Boldness (Podcast)

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In this podcast, we discuss boldness and action.  We discuss the nature, importance, and features of boldness.

How can we cultivate boldness?

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7 Observations About Getting Older

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I’ve gotten questions now and then about what it’s like to get older.  How do I keep my mental and physical fitness like you?  How do my thoughts change?  How do my relationships change?  

It’s a question that deserves an in-depth discussion, since the answers are complicated.

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My Own Ten Commandments (Podcast Reading)

This is a reading of My Own Ten Commandments, one of the most popular articles to appear here in 2015.  It lays out some key points in my worldview.

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Lecture On “The Dream Of Scipio”: The Out-Of-Body Experience, The Nature of Glory, And The Immortality Of The Soul

This lecture discusses Cicero’s visionary essay The Dream of Scipio which I included at the end of my book Stoic Paradoxes.  It relates a philosophical conversation arising from an out-of-body experience high above the Earth.

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“Stoic Paradoxes” Lecture 7: Only The Wise Man Is Wealthy

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Welcome to the seventh and final lecture in our series on Stoic Paradoxes.

In this lecture, we discuss some of the most critical points of Stoic ethics:

  1.  What is wealth?
  2. Who can be considered wealthy?
  3. Is the wise man rich?  If so, in what way?

I hope you’ve enjoyed this lecture series.  If so, please rate me on iTunes, and on Amazon.com, so that others may find these lectures, and enrich their own lives.

Please feel free to email also, if you have questions about any of the ideas discussed here.

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“Stoic Paradoxes” Lecture 5: Misdeeds Are Equal, And Good Deeds Are Equal

 

Fortress of the Mind Publications brings you the fifth lecture in our series on Stoic Paradoxes.

In this lecture, we discuss the following proposition:  misdeeds are equal, and good deeds are equal.

Is this true?  If so, to what extent?  And what does it mean for us?

Join us here (for SoundCloud) or here (for iTunes) to find out the answers…

“Stoic Paradoxes” Lecture 4: Discussion Of Paradoxes 1 And 2

This is our fourth lecture on Stoic Paradoxes.  In the first three lectures, we discussed some important background information: the life of Cicero, the basics of Cicero’s thought, and a summary of Stoic fundamentals.

In this 15-minute lecture, we get into the book proper, with a discussion of the book’s first two propositions:

  1.  That what is honorable is the only true good.
  2. When a man has virtue, he will lack nothing for proper living.

You can listen to the podcast by clicking here.

By the time you’ve gone through my book and we conclude this lecture series, you will know Stoicism better than any college professor.

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“Stoic Paradoxes” Lecture 3: The Fundamentals Of Stoic Doctrine

We continue our lecture series on Stoic Paradoxes with a detailed discussion of the essentials of Stoic thought.  What are its main tenets?  Where did they come from?  How were they applied?  Are they reasonable?  Tune in with me to find out…

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As always, let me know if you have any questions or comments.