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Hi Everyone, I want to propose a possiblity for having a fun Friday Night Epicurean Zoom meeting, and this is for anyone who needs to liven up their Friday evenings! Everyone attending is encouraged to eat and drink the food and beverage of their choice during the meeting. This is open to all members (new members are welcome to attend also). If at least 3 other people besides myself are interested in attending, then we will move forward with setting a time. The time will be determined according …

We may not have it every Friday. Thinking perhaps on December 2nd, but looking to add in a few more people, or at least one more. The hope is that we all feel comfortable with eating, drinking, and talking all at the same time during the Zoom

We are going forward with planning for December 2nd for our first Friday Night Epicurean Happy Hour Zoom Discussion. The main topic will be Epicurean Therapuetics: How might Epicureans deal with negative emotions. We will open up the discussion to a more intuitive approach while also remaining true to what we know of the extant Epicurean texts.

(Quote from Kalosyni) A slight change in the planned topic of discussion -- I want to let everyone know that it will still be Epicurean therapeutics -- but instead of "getting rid of something" -- I want to focus on adding in the good things -- so Epicurean philosophy meets positive psychology. After-all it is going to be "happy hour"! What: Epicurean Happy Hour Zoom meeting When: December 2nd, 8pm Eastern Time New members message me if you have questions about how to attend

Root304 -- thank you for letting us know you are hoping to attend. (Quote from Root304) I will see what I can gather and post in this thread soon. My hope is that we reference Epicurean sources as a kind of basis for therapeutics, but of course we adopt it to our modern times. As for meeting logistics: we'll create a unique Zoom meeting link, and send out that link by private message a few days beforehand. If anyone else is interested, you can post in this thread, or private message.

I tried to find the thread which I thought I started on therapeutics, but so far haven't found it. (may start a new thread). Here are possible therapeutic topics for the Epicurean Happy Hour: --Choices and Avoidances -- using prudence and wisdom in the pursuit of pleasure --Friendship as an "immortal" good -- cultivating and maintaining friends --Self-sufficiency -- clarifying what it is --Crowding out anxiety with truth -- not removing anxiety but seeing the truth through the senses and reason …

(Quote from Godfrey) Thank you! I was thinking about it and yet missed getting it on the list, so thank you for adding that

Natural Good or Good Practice DescriptionSourceChoices and Avoidances How we make choices for action PD8 PD21 FriendshipFriends whom we enjoy spending time with and on whom we can depend for help in times of need PD27Self-sufficencyWay of living that brings freedom GratitudeRemembering the good events that we shared with friends or past pleasures we experienced WisdomAbility to navigate through challenges by seeing the big picture, and seeing things truly as they are PD2 PD4 PD16 Starting up thi…

See this thread for more on friendship: Cultivation of Friendship within Epicureanism

(Quote from Cassius) Thank you Cassius posting the reminder for tonight's happy hour! I will have an simple outline, yet it will be a slightly different format than the above. I do want to keep this very informal, and also I want bring in an option of interpersonal exploration of practical therapeutics, if anyone wants to try a kind of talking through of a therapeutic method as it would apply to real life. And I want to move in the direction of "happy" hour -- so focusing on additive choices (an…

Hi Charles, we are starting tonight at 8pm ET. (Which is sort of late for happy hour, but in case anyone on the west coast wants to join, and also this was a good time for Martin)

Here is a very rough draft of some ideas about Epicurean Therapuetic Principles (hope these are readable):

Cassius brought up a good question tonight (if I can remember it correctly): -- Does trying too hard for happiness get in the way of happiness? And to respond, I would say it depends on how you go about it. You need to put effort into doing the things that are the causes of happiness, and effort into doing the things that result in happiness. So you aren't chasing some amorphous idea of happiness. It could be more like a science experiment where you chose certain compounds and mix them together …