[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":53},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-04/09":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/04/09","stoicism/04/09","Test Your Impressions","Meditation for April 9, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"From the very beginning, make it your practice to say to every harsh impression, ‘you are an impression and not at all what you appear to be.’ Next, examine and test it by the rules you possess, the first and greatest of which is this — whether it belongs to the things in our control or not in our control, and if the latter, be prepared to respond, ‘It is nothing to me.’","Epictetus","Enchiridion, 1.5","2021-04-09T07:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","unbiased thought",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_9627.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":47},"minimark",[26,39,44],[27,28,29,30,34,35,38],"p",{},"The world will tell us to ",[31,32,33],"em",{},"\"do what feels good/right\""," or ",[31,36,37],{},"\"go with your gut\"",". Life experience will often refute these\nclaims as they more often than not lead towards more misery.",[40,41,43],"h3",{"id":42},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,45,46],{},"Our opinions are biased, colored by emotions and generalizations. A Stoic should question any bias. Test all of our\nsenses. Trust only what we can verify.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":50},"",2,[51],{"id":42,"depth":52,"text":43},3,1793716904391]