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Printable practice cards

Each practice on this site as a small card, laid out to print on ordinary paper and cut out. Keep one on the fridge, in a pocket or by the door. The steps are the same as on the pages; nothing is added.

Use your browser’s print command (or the button below), choose A4 or Letter, and keep ‘Background graphics’ off to save ink. The dotted line is for scissors.

3 cards

Epicureanism

The Twentieth supper

120 min

A monthly meal with friends in the spirit of the Eikas.

  1. Invite two or three friends on or near the 20th.
  2. Serve bread, olives, cheese, fruit and water or wine.
  3. Phones away. Talk about what each of you is grateful for.
  4. Raise a cup to Epicurus and to the friends who are absent.

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Epicureanism

Evening review of desires

10 min

Check which desires drove your day.

  1. List what you wanted today.
  2. Mark each one natural-necessary, natural-unnecessary or empty.
  3. Note one empty desire to drop tomorrow.

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Epicureanism

Premeditate small loss

5 min

Weaken fear by imagining losing something you have.

  1. Pick one ordinary good: your coffee, your bed, a friend.
  2. Imagine it gone for a day.
  3. When you return to it, taste it freshly.

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A note on the cards

The cards are a plain copy of the practices, so the cautions on the pages still apply. Nothing here is medical advice. Take what helps and leave the rest. For the Pagan practices, read the notes on cultural borrowing before you borrow anything. For the forest-bathing ones, Build your own practice covers staying safe outdoors.