{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dying Every Day (Stoic Meditations)","title":"Day 137: The Flame You Carry: Musonius Rufus on Exile and Loss","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b7bfcfc2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":449,"description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\n\nWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 137.\n\nThe boxes are packed. The room echoes. The keys are handed over. \nSomething stable disappears, and suddenly the life that made sense yesterday no longer exists today.\nAnd the question appears, quietly but insistently: Where do I belong now?\n\nThis is the problem Musonius Rufus addresses when he speaks about exile. And unlike many philosophers, he knew the subject firsthand. A first-century Stoic teacher—and mentor to Epictetus—Musonius was exiled more than once by Roman emperors who distrusted his influence. \nHe lost position, stability, and home. Yet he insisted: exile is not evil. [...]\n\n---\n \n 🖇️ Stay Connected: \nNewsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations\n---\n \n 🦉 Additional Resources: \nPerennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archive\nListen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZXakSCMxFHH1oG3VgdUsG44cgfMs_Sd_Ny4UbaxvH-U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MGM0/NjFhZGE3ZDI1MjZj/ZmJkMzEwNjQ1NGI3/YTRkMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}