{"id":26632,"date":"2024-05-27T20:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=26632"},"modified":"2024-05-27T20:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:30:34","slug":"surrender-all-else-jan-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2024\/05\/surrender-all-else-jan-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrender All Else (Jan 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=1024%2C802&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=1024%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=1222%2C957&amp;ssl=1 1222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=897%2C702&amp;ssl=1 897w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?resize=684%2C535&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jan12.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d348dde4c7e0eeef53711a873db96ea3 wp-block-paragraph\">__<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Stoicism&#8217;s universal principles speak<br \/>of &#8216;God and fortune&#8217; in a general sense,<br \/>that can be simply be thought of as &#8216;Karma&#8217;.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Further Reflections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">67:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What you can control are your choices,<br \/>not others&#8217; choices,<br \/>even if they affect you,<br \/>but you still have choices<br \/>on how to respond<br \/>if they affect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">68:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You cannot be free<br \/>from your freedom to choose.<br \/>Use this &#8216;trap&#8217; to further free yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">69:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results of our actions<br \/>depend on both past karmas<br \/>and present efforts<br \/>(which create present karmas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just do your best<br \/>with your past karmas,<br \/>as you creater better present efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">70:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past karmas will transpire or expire,<br \/>unless they are disabled in time,<br \/>while present karmas<br \/>will bear fruits sooner or later,<br \/>unless they are disabled in time too.<br \/>(Karma is thus dynamic.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">71:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only way to cast your destiny in stone<br \/>is to keep creating the appropriate karmas,<br \/>till they are non-retrogressible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>__ (Stoicism&#8217;s universal principles speakof &#8216;God and fortune&#8217; 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