Required Reading: Letter 20: On Practicing What You Preach
“…I do not say that the philosopher can always keep the same pace. But he can always travel the same path.“
The road of the philosopher is a narrow one; he or she must be the scapegoat; the sacrificial lamb; the captain of the ship; the pilot of the aircraft; he is the last to partake yet the first to serve; a hard calling isn’t it? But what did you sign up for? To be the herd or the sheperd?
Hope the latter; hence, you must journey on; assemble your life so that everything is in a cosmos; in tune; in harmony so says the teacher “the highest duty and highest proof of wisdom—that deed and word should be in accord.” Yes! You will crave wealth. Yes! You will crave luxury. Yes! You will crave to be a part of the crowd. But No! You are not the same! You must curb desire; trim the excess and live simply. Would you be celebrated? Not really; but is that bad? Continue reading “Discourse 20: Regarding On Practicing What You Preach”