[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":49},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-03/04":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/03/04","stoicism/03/04","Awareness Is Freedom","Meditation for March 4, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"The person is free who lives as they wish, neither compelled, nor hindered, nor limited — whose choices aren't hampered, whose desires succeed, and who don't fall into what repels them. Who wishes to live in deception — tripped up, mistaken, undisciplined, complaining, in a rut? No one. These are base people who don't live as they wish; and so, no base person is free.","Epictetus","Discourses, 4.1.1-3a","2021-03-04T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","awareness",[20,17],"meditation","never","/C8F9A366-C900-4BB5-8601-EC57AAE7DBFF.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":43},"minimark",[26,35,40],[27,28,29,30,34],"p",{},"We have obligations to family and work, but Epictetus is referring to haughty commitments we make. Those actions made to\ndazzle others. Attempts to quench the insatiable desire for ",[31,32,33],"em",{},"more",".",[36,37,39],"h3",{"id":38},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,41,42],{},"Taking inventory of our most precious gift. The gift of time. This should be the measurement to determine which\nactivities are obligations. All other activities lead to self-imposed slavery.",{"title":44,"searchDepth":45,"depth":45,"links":46},"",2,[47],{"id":38,"depth":48,"text":39},3,1793716902559]