Meditation: The Dichotomy of Control Training
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The first chapter of Epictetus and his handbook deals with the dichotomy of control: the line between what is up to us and what is not. This meditation is a training exercise to help that principle sink past the intellectual level and into how you actually live.
Epictetus made big claims for it. Hold this distinction, he said, and you become genuinely free, free of resentment, free from anyone having the power to harm you. The idea is simple, the practice less so. Find somewhere quiet and let me guide you through it slowly.
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