Rubrik & arsip
Epictetus
-
The Quiet Art of Enduring: A Philosophical Contemplation on Steadfastness
Bagaimana Anda tetap tabah di masa-masa sulit? Hard times are not an interruption of life; they are one of its most demanding teachers. Yet the question is not how to avoid suffering—no…
-
The Silence That Understands
Why does true listening remain so rare? Through a Javanese village parable and voices from Confucius, Rumi, Lao Tzu, the Upanishads, the Pali canon, and the Stoics, this essay traces listening as…
-
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
Does misfortune carry hidden purpose, or only the meaning we build afterward? A potter’s cracked jar opens a meditation across the Gita, Tao Te Ching, Stoic philosophy, Rumi, Confucius, and Javanese Serat…
-
The Water That Remembers: On Learning to See Oneself
A spring that never clouds becomes the measure of two lifelong friends — one who learns to kneel before his own reflection, one who never stops walking. Drawing on Confucius, the Stoics,…
-
The Small Gate at the Edge of the Field
A farmer’s small gate above a rice terrace becomes the doorway into a question every tradition has asked: which single habit reshapes a life? From Javanese eling to Sufi listening, Confucian self-examination…
-
The Iron That Learns to Wait: On the Hard Years
A smith folds iron through a drought that will not end, and in his patience a wider constellation opens — Javanese nrima ing pandum, Stoic prohairesis, Taoist water, Confucian burden, Sufi fire,…
-
Ketika Kebodohan Duduk di Singgasana: Catatan tentang Kuasa yang Tak Ditopang Kebijaksanaan
Kisah Kertapati di desa Ngadirojo menggambarkan bahaya keputusan cepat tanpa kebijaksanaan. Lurah yang terburu-buru menutup sumur lama justru menyebabkan penyakit. Pelajaran dari cerita ini mengingatkan pentingnya berpikir mendalam dan melibatkan kebijaksanaan bersama…
-
The Threshing Floor: On What We Do With What the Mind Brings Us
Di desa, terdapat seorang wanita bernama Mbah Sri yang menampi padi dengan percaya pada angin untuk memisahkan biji dan kulit. Ia mengajarkan bahwa pikiran negatif tidak harus menjadi penilaian tentang diri kita.…
-
On Fear, and the Crossing
Konten ini menggali berbagai pandangan filosofis tentang ketakutan, menjelaskan bahwa ketakutan bukanlah musuh, tetapi teman yang perlu dipahami. Dari ajaran kuno hingga pemikiran modern, ketakutan dianggap sebagai bagian dari pengalaman manusia yang…
-
The Spine of the Soul: On Living by Principle
Pentingnya prinsip hidup terungkap melalui pandangan berbagai filsuf dari berbagai budaya. Prinsip memberi arah dan tujuan pada kehidupan, menghindarkan individu dari kehidupan yang tanpa makna. Rumi, Socrates, Confucius, dan Kant, masing-masing menekankan…