230926 What I learned in my studies this morning 3

Another change today.
Simplify simplify simp.
Wait. What? That's not what . . .

Today's Meditation(s):

I've come to really love my daily studies. Especially on those days when I get to do a deeper dive into one of my meatier manuals.

My wife and I will be going on a Big Vacation in 2024 and I keep this and another quote from Seneca forefront in my mind when I think about it.

A change of character, not a change of air, is what you need . . . . And if you want to know why all this running away cannot help you, the answer is simply this: you are running away in your own company. You have to lay aside the load on your spirit. Until you do that, nowhere will satisfy you. (Moral Letters, 28.1-2)

I need to find peace within myself if I want to find it anywhere on our journey.

That and bring a good book.

I mentioned something along these lines a while back. Wondering why it's always just assumed that people understand, through direct experience, one presumes, what is meant by 'moral law' or 'following Nature.'

But, while common, it's neither universal nor consistent.  Forgetting psychopaths, sociopaths, and those who are physically damaged for the moment, two people raised in the same basic environment — even twins from the same household — can have vastly different ideas of what their foundational moral drive includes and demands.

I need to read some more. Specifically, explorations of this area of moral theory.