My family agreed to try the Stoic practice of weekly death meditation to help us appreciate our time together, but my kids just use it as ammunition for why they should get to do whatever they want since 'life is short,' and now I'm wondering if I've created a monster.
More people experience this than they realize.
Teaching mortality awareness to guide better decisions is instead being weaponized to justify impulsive or irresponsible behavior.
“Where Are You with The Stoic meditation on death as time amplifier?”
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