Humainologie creative dialogue tonight Wednesday March 10 Keep Moving and Keep Growing
- Arthur Clark
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min read
“We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
“It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” - Rumi
Our topic for tonight Wednesday March 10, starting in just a few hours (6:30 PM), is Antiracism and our theme for the month is Personal Growth.
The Stoics have always been helpful for my personal growth. I will append below this message today’s entry (March 10) from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. It might help you with your personal growth. Perhaps I would take Martin Luther King Jr. as my inner Cato. Who would yours be?
You already have the “good questions” for tonight’s creative dialogue. A simplified version might read: 1) Share with us one innovative idea you have come up with to combat racism. 2) Share one thing you would really love to have accomplished by the end of this year (an almost impossible dream), for your personal growth.
Here again is the Zoom link from Shinobu
Topic: Humainologie creative dialogue Time: Mar 10, 2021 06:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Every week on Wed, until Apr 28, 2021, 9 occurrence(s) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83720756307?pwd=WVU2OGo3ZjMzWVMwdlVZUzY1RVMwdz09 Meeting ID: 837 2075 6307 Passcode: 12345
One thing is for sure. If you want to keep growing, you must keep moving. You can try walking slowly
or more briskly
or even try dancing
Whatever else you do, just keep moving and keep growing!
Arthur
From the Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday:
March 10
Find Yourself a Cato
“We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect, by whose example it can make its inner sanctum more inviolable. Happy is the person who can improve others, not only when present, but even when in their thoughts!”
- Seneca, Moral Letters 11.9
Cato the Younger, a Roman politician best known for his self-discipline and for his heroic defense of the Republic against Julius Caesar, appears constantly throughout Stoic literature – which is interesting because he didn’t write anything down. He taught no classes. He gave no interviews. His bold and brave example is what made him such a commonly cited and quoted philosopher.
Seneca tells us that we should each have our own Cato – a great and noble person we can allow into our minds and use to guide our actions, even when they’re not physically present. The economist Adam Smith had a similar concept, which he called the indifferent spectator. It doesn’t have to be an actual person, just someone who, like Seneca said, can stand witness to our behavior. Someone who can quietly admonish us if we are considering doing something lazy, dishonest, or selfish.
And if we do it right, and live our lives in such a way, perhaps we can serve as someone else’s Cato or indifferent spectator when they need it.
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