Zeno of Citium

Founder of Stoicism / Philosopher of Alignment / Master of Inner Freedom / Bridge between Reason and Nature

Zeno of Citium founded the Stoic school around 300 BCE, teaching in the Stoa Poikile (the Painted Porch) of Athens.

His philosophy emerged from the fusion of Socratic ethics and Heraclitean cosmology, forming a path of inner mastery through reason, virtue, and natural law.
In your mandala, Zeno represents the Western archetype of Jnana Yoga — the disciplined intellect illuminated by divine order.

He taught that the Logos (universal intelligence) pervades everything and that freedom arises when the human will aligns with it.

In that sense, Zeno’s doctrine foreshadows both Christic surrender (“Thy will be done”) and Vedantic detachment (I am not the doer).
He bridges Greek reason and Eastern realization, translating spiritual alignment into civic and ethical life.

Founder of Stoicism / Philosopher of Alignment / Master of Inner Freedom / Bridge between Reason and Nature

Zeno’s teaching restores the sovereignty of the soul through reason anchored in the divine.
He reminds us that peace is not given — it is cultivated by aligning one’s perception with the order of existence.
He is the Western precursor to the yogic and Christic understanding that freedom begins when resistance ends.