Read, understand, internalise and implement
Marcus was more leaning towards Greek wisdom, probably due to his
predecessor and great uncle, Emperor Hadrien.
The French novel " Mémoires d'Hadrien" by Yourcenar is a real
classic . Almost a treatise on how to work out a biographic fiction.
When I read about how she went about that task, it was mind boggling.
The clue to Greek wisdom is their deep awareness of the basics of human life
which no modern, illusory progress can transform.
Incidentally, Hadrien travelled up to India and met some sadhus also.
Great work for that epoch!!
However, if wisdom could be measured in kilos.
We may have a few hundred trillion kilos around the world in various
places, multiple places and available in different languages, arts, preachings,
scriptures, books etc.
Out of these we may be fortunate enough to come across a few hundred but
internalise less than ten.
Of these, we may have a conducive atmosphere or situation to implement a
few and we may end up successfully ending up using just one or two on one or two occasions.
If only all those, who have read most of the religious scriptures,
philosophical texts, listened to the advice of elders, could implement a few of
them in their life the world would be really a great place to live in.
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