Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. - Epictetus
The Stoa is a space that does not need to be named The Stoa. It is a space where people come, not for a reason, as they are coming for something that is beyond a reason. It is a space that holds space for what wants to emerge when people encounter each other.
This can only emerge if we see one another as a mystery. We see this at the knife’s edge, when we speak to what is most alive. When one speaks what is most alive one feels alive. This is how live players are created and this is how dead players are freed from the scripts that are no longer in service to themselves or the world.
The Stoa is not a school, think tank, clinic, or commune, and it is definitely not a fucking YouTube channel. The Stoa is a stewarded daemonic fire—on an obscure hill in the noosphere—serving as a beacon to find the others. It is a surprise, for those who have become weary of the endless pressure to know. It is also a portal, to a new world. A world that you might have stopped believing in, but have always been secretly longing for.
WISDOM GYM
Collective Journaling w/ Peter Limberg and Co-Hosts. Daily @ 8:00 AM ET. Patreon event. 90 mins.
Collective Presencing w/ Ria Baeck and Co-Hosts. Every Tuesday @ 3:00 AM ET. RSVP here. 90 mins.
Collective Presencing w/ Ria Baeck and Co-Hosts. Every Friday @ 8:00 AM ET. RSVP here. 90 mins.
Collective Presencing w/ Ria Baeck and Co-Hosts. Every Friday @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here. 90 mins.
Stoic Breath w/ Steve Beattie. Every Sunday @ 10:00 AM ET. RSVP here. 60 mins.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
The Jhānas w/ Leigh Brasington. October 18th @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
A Guide to Green Burial w/ Caitlyn Hauke. October 18th @ 6:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
The Meta-Crisis as a Forcing Function for Sovereignty w/ Jordan Hall. October 20th @ 12:00 PM ET. Beyond Self-Discipline event. 90 mins.
Monastic Practice as a Solution to Existential Risk w/ Yuli Jadov and Vīrabhadra. October 21st @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
Out of the Mind & Into the Body: Mapping Hell to Regain Heaven w/ Jasun Horsley. October 22nd @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
Enlightenment Transmission: Experience First, Understand Later w/ Dave Oshana. October 23rd @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here. 90 mins.
The Stoic Hustle: Finally Get That Fucking Thing Started/Finished Edition w/ Peter Limberg and Daniel Kazandjian. October 24th @ 12:00 PM ET. Patreon event. 360 minutes.
Origins of the Self: An Integrated Model w/ Bonnitta Roy. October 27th @ 12:00 PM ET. Beyond Self-Discipline and The Pop-Up School event. 90 mins.
Part Moon, Part Traveling Salesman: On the Enduring Relevance of Ivan Illich w/ David Cayley. October 25th @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
Practicing Compassionate Self-Inquiry w/ Susan Campbell. October 28th @ 12:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
Power & Systems w/ Barry Oshry. November 4th @ 4:00 PM ET. RSVP here.
Awakening the Subtle Body: Embodiment Practice w/ Schuyler Brown. November 10th @ 12:00 PM ET. Patreon event. 120 mins.
Sex, Dating, and Why Modern Relationships Are So Fucked Up (And How to Unfuck Them) + Socratic Speed Dating w/ Raven Connolly. November 12th @ 8:00 PM ET. Patreon event. 120 mins.
Visit The Stoa YouTube channel to see previously recorded sessions.
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