3559: Seeking Stillness by Keith Wilson on Inner Peace and A Meaningful Life

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3559: Keith Wilson explores the overlooked power of stillness in a world that celebrates hustle, achievement, and noise. Through timeless wisdom and modern-day relevance, he illustrates how cultivating inner peace can unlock clarity, strength, and a more meaningful life. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/change-becomes-you/seeking-stillness-2765447bba6a Quotes to ponder: "Stillness is not about inactivity, it’s about presence." "It’s in stillness that we can hear the whispers of wisdom, truth, and clarity." "We are always reacting, always on, always responding. But stillness invites us to observe before we act." Episode references: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Penguin-Classics-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0140449337 The Daily Stoic: https://dailystoic.com Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu: https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Lao-Tzu/dp/1590305469 Stillness Is the Key: https://www.amazon.com/Stillness-Key-Ryan-Holiday/dp/0525538585 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	by Keith Wilson of Keith Wilsoncounseling.com, and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:39.4	I'm going to jump right into today's post as we optimize your life.
0:46.9	Seeking Stillness by Keith Wilson of keithwilsoncounseling.com.
0:52.4	Most feelings seem like wild carnivores that ambush you, jump out of the bushes,
0:58.5	seize you in their jaws, carry you off, and consume you till there's nothing left.
1:04.1	Stillness is not like that.
1:06.6	Stillness is like a rare flower, easily overlooked, but if you find it, you'll want to collect
1:12.4	and grow it in your garden. By stillness, I mean serenity, equanimity, calmness, tranquility, peace,
1:21.8	quiet, repose. It's the opposite of agitation, hyperactivity, hypervigilance, spastic, crazy, hectic, chaotic, nervous, excitable, frenetic, and troubled.
1:37.5	The Greeks called it Hesikia, the Buddhists, Opeka, Hindus, Samatvam, and the Arabs, Islam, related to the name of their
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