Philosophy: letting go (myth of Sisyphos)

12 окт. 2023 г. In this 30-minute video I philosophise about the notion of letting go. I do it by discussing the ancient myth of Sisyphos. Themes I cover: - The story of Sisyphos in brief and how it is a metaphor. - Why I think what happens to Sisyphos is not punishment. He is doing it to himself in his ignorance. - We do not let go of what we treasure the most because we identify with it. We consider it an extension of our self. - The self is not immutable. It is not constant. It changes and does everything around us. - What comes to our possession or, generally, what we associate or interact with, does so by coincidence. We can still not identify with it. - We are like travellers who paths converge only to eventually diverge. - The concept of non-ownership, which I describe with the Greek word aktisia (ακτησία). - How difficult it is to let go as it requires courage and magnanimity. - We can start with small and inconsequential things. This way we can practice and develop the capacity it takes to let go. - A story about how Atlas, my dogs, has learnt to let go. We can do the same. * * * Find all my publications on my website: