The meditation is based on the concept of ascent or ascending, specifically of ascending to false opinions. A stoic wants to keep his or her glass clear so that when it gets fogged up with our emotions, we wipe the fog away before we make judgments about what we're looking at. This requires that we get a little glass cleaner and keep that window clean of smudges," he says.

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