The Diogenes Way of Life

De: Deepak Gupta

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

It's not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours. - Diogenes of Sinope.

Nikolai Gogol deeply clarified; the human obsession with purpose is merely a distraction from the absurdity of existence. Suppose you were the first and last human in this universe, would you still do what you are doing right now and I know, the answer is no. Definitely, you would forget your reputation of what people think of you but live for your soul because now, you have no one to judge you or give you any validation. Subconsciously or you can say unconsciously, we are caged by people's expectations of what they see in us. Even a good person has the responsibility to remain good otherwise people would stop respecting him. That's why I always say, a good man doesn't look so good in front of everyone because he's different and difference may seem wrong to this society but overall that man’s integrity prevails in his core character. When society see a good man, he admires him for his goodness because in their eyes, goodness is a sense of true character but in reality, a true character is never bound with good attributes but being honest with himself. When a soul is honest and living up to his expectations, he feels much differentiated from others and it seems a brutal core to be in front of a majority who believe in the same thought. Now the void inside feel so cursed that people even laugh with their enemies so they don't have to sit with their souls.

Diogenes of Sinope, the true cynic and a founder of cynicism was an ancient Greek Philosopher who was known for his extreme ascetic lifestyle; it's a simple & strict way of living a life, often derived by inner beliefs that focuses on self-discipline, discarding monetary pleasures or possessions and focuses on spiritual growth & finally, a complete detachment from material things. Living in Sinope, Athens and Corinth all this life, when Alexander was creating the largest empire of the world, there was a genius man, Diogenes who was living with absolutely nothing. He was the philosopher who lived for himself, sought greed for nothing. Diogenes's life is the perfect instance of an honest life of how anyone can live in the flow of the energy of the universe and still left with a satisfied face. This is truly a question mark on everything we call essential.

The Diogenes Way of Life, the fourth book in Ideology Series, focuses on the minimalist strict and honest lifestyle of Diogenes where you will deeply understand his life where he lived like a dog in a giant ceramic jar and the astounding part is; the World's Powerful Warrior at that time, Alexander the Great met him at that time and offered him anything he wanted but; he denied honestly!

Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I also bite my friends in order to save them. - Diogenes of Sinope.