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Gunther Hammel

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A Stoic prokopton learning how to live, processing lessons through writing haikus. 📖 poetry: www.ghammel.com/way ✍️ guntherhammel.substack.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/notasage

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · Mar 26

My target audience is people:

who enjoy philosophy, poetry, and sparse retro movie quotes

Trying to improve their moral character

wanting to find ways to conquer faults

interested in management of their thoughts

who help others because it is good and right to do so, not for praise

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Lori Perry @lorilulu68.bsky.social · 1d

#Stoicism

Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 1d

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 1d

Living for yourself
is not the mark of life lived,
but that of restraint.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 2d

… to be a bright light
in a dim room by seeking
moral improvement,
and keep your wishes
in line with what fate ordains
as your coming path.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

In all that you do,
recall that outcomes are not
fully up to you.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 8d

Would a star athlete
watch tapes and then do nothing?
Only if they’re hurt.

Luckily, if so,
your mind is unaffected
if you choose it’s not.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 9d

How many of us
revert back to our old ways
when things get messy?

That’s exactly WHEN
you need to conduct yourself
the way you’ve studied.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 11d

Learn from your mistakes,
but do not lament your past.
Do not brood; reflect.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 11d

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Stoicism Isn’t About Denying Pleasure — It’s About Mastering It

Another in the short takes on shit takes of Stoicism

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 12d

Stoicism as a traditional philosophy is beautiful when it is practiced correctly. However, it is unfortunate that the broics and Silicon Valley hustle culture has misappropriated it and warped it into something unrecognizable.

Kuma_BozuVT💜👁️ @kumaakumubozu.bsky.social · 12d

Having a big think about how stupid some folks get about the idea of stoicism, especially lately, so may talk about its philosophical context later just to get it off of our chest.

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 12d

Live in such a way
that leaves no question about
your integrity.
And when you are wronged,
recall, they are acting on
what they see as right.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 13d

It is not enough
to want to be virtuous.
The work is required.
And it’s not one act;
a lifetime of improvement
can be expected.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 13d

Epictetus I think 🤜💥🤛

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 14d

But if we step back,
these self-imposed bothers shrink
as we see the rest
of the cosmos come
into view, dwarfing these things
over which we stress.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 15d

New post is out today, discussing the voice in our heads which guides our actions.

#Poetry #Substack #Article #Writing #Blog #Stoicism #Philosophy

(Poem Discussion): On The Daimon

Be attentive to that voice in the back of your mind.

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 15d

100%. Thank you for being true to the philosophy!

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Rob Thompson @sirchutney.bsky.social · 15d

Is your Stoicism feed full of lone wolves and hustle culture? That's not Stoicism. It's "Broicism." The ancient Stoics taught that our greatest duty is to each other. Let's reclaim the compassionate, community-focused heart of this philosophy 👇
medium.com/stoicletters...

#Stoicism

Beyond “Broicism”: Reclaiming the Compassionate Core of Stoic Philosophy

Social media has twisted Stoicism into a cold, selfish pursuit of power. It’s time to remember what it’s really about: community…

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 15d

I carry reason,
gratitude and compassion
wherever I go,
and will employ them
to navigate the tempests
in which I reside.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 15d

Hello to my new followers 👋 a little about me ⬇️

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · Mar 26

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bkeithb @bkeithb.bsky.social · 16d

“Consider who you are. Above all, a human being, carrying no greater power than your own reasoned choice, which oversees all other things, and is free from any other master.”

—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.10.1

#Stoicism

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 16d

Examine events
with a cool head regardless
of your petty wants.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 17d

“What, then, is virtue?“

It is the good we can do.

“What’s defined as good?“

Courage, wisdom, and

living in agreement with

nature and the gods.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 18d

Think of the events
that occurred; their specific
order of passing,
all the unlikely
odds against the chances of
them even coming -

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 19d

So - learn from the past,
do not predict the future;
live in the present.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 20d

Hope holds ideals;
actions hold reality.
Not all acts are yours.
Keep this in mind when
things unfold counter to how
you would like them to.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy

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Gunther Hammel @stoicpoetry.bsky.social · 21d

Can you take action
to change out outcomes? Then do that,
and do not complain.
Can you not change things
which are done? Learn to accept,
and do not complain.

#Poetry #Haiku #Stoicism #Philosophy