Tame: Mind Over Matter

Welcome to Episode 15 of Tame, the podcast where we discuss quotes from Marcus Aurelius' 'Meditations' and how we can apply the lessons and logic from the book to our own lives to be stronger, kinder and better people. Today we're discussing the following three quotes: "Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors." Book 3, Chapter 7 "So other people hurt me? That’s their problem. Their character and actions are not mine. What is done to me is ordained by nature, what I do by my own." Book 5, Chapter 25 "Don’t be irritated at people’s smell or bad breath. What’s the point? With that mouth, with those armpits, they’re going to produce that odour. —But they have a brain! Can’t they figure it out? Can’t they recognise the problem? So you have a brain as well. Good for you. Then use your logic to awaken his. Show him. Make him realise it. If he’