“Choose not to be harmed- and you won’t feel harmed.

Don’t feel harmed- and you haven’t been.” (Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4:7)

Why doesn't Yaakov take that path and what guidance does this offer us?

Sources:

Meditations 4:7

A Bhuddist Text from the Pali Canon Medium Collection (Chap. 87) cited in Walter Kauffman’s Critique of Religion and Philosophy, pp. 396-402