"The true power lies in self-mastery, controlling passions, and inner freedom that arises from the ability to accept what cannot be changed. 🌿🌟" - Epictetus
I am a student of philosophy; mostly I read Buddhism and Buddhist philosophies, and l love listening to and learning from you a lot. Thanks for sharing all that great Westen knowledge and wisdom Ryan.
No. 6. When I was in training I was told; No such thing as a stupid question. You can either look like an idiot for a few moments whilst you ask the 'stupid' question. Or you can remain an idiot forever. Some of the things you're going to learn will be obvious, to you. Some of the things will not be. Chances are, you're not the only one. Don't be the idiot. Always stuck with me.
Great meditation to start the day- feel a sense of prescience every time I do my meditatio malorem meditation. Also, have a sense of solace that I don't need to accept external judgement to value my self worth- Acta Non Verba is such a powerful mantra=]
Many thanks. I was speaking to my Latin teacher years ago, and the general consensus among classic scholars based on the current pronunciation of words in Italian, is that his name would have been pronounced Epehck teh toos. I thought it was an interesting enough to comment and makes a lot of sense so I thought I would share.
what is about peddling tubs for cold water when one can use their own bath to do the same? Why pushing people to spend money on something perfectly redundant? unless there is a commission. Not exactly stoic?
He is a marketer and he is using TH-cam to sell his products and, as many other TH-camrs, he has the video sponsored by somebody that wants to sell their product. This is basically an ad. What you see in the video is prepared so you have an idea of his everyday life but I wouldn't bet on that. I read some of his books, I suggest you do too, you won't find this contradictory collaborations
Love this Ryan. I think Victor Frankl embodied Stoicism when he was incarcerated. Imagine feeling free in a concentration camp.. accepting it and making the most of it..wow!
What even is the point of these videos/channels beyond giving the "creator" a living. Just read Seneca/Epictetus/Aurelius. Or watch a channel that actually is about the philosophy like Greg Saddler instead of these Stoicism bro's who just cherry pick a few quotes and rehash the same old thumbnails.
Some people says: amor fati. I think that dont dwell with stoich . We should use each vehicle and push the point so far so we can. Don't just accept what happend without doing anythings against that. There is always more ways also more destinys. I reckon switching from one fate to the other is possible.
Great meditation to start the day- feel a sense of prescience every time I do my meditatio malorem meditation. Also, have a sense of solace that I have a collection of stoicism in my personal library so I don't need to accept external judgement to value my self worth- Acta Non Verba is such a powerful mantra=]
Nah, I’ll stick to my Bible and Quran. The stoics have little to nothing but a headache, no modem, no rhythm, nothing on money, nothing on fundamentals, you know G, it costs money to pay your rent, for cloths, transportation, necessities and food. Something the stoics had no knowledge and wisdom in handling. Also, most like Seneca to Nero, all committed suicide, so they didn’t even value their own lives, why should I take advice for people who didn’t value theirs? The Bible breaths life, serving our God, Philosophies are just man made crap that got no civilization anywhere.
The Bible is a collective mass of our time here on earth, the content in the Bible is our history book. The statutes and commandments given to Moses, states Moses didn’t write them, he was given tablets by God who it states by the finger of God, were they written down on. You also do know that stoics and epicureans are mentioned in the Bible right? Paul contends with them and they convert to following Christianity. Those who rebelled or stayed in their own ways like the philosophers does off and created nothing to follow. Funny how Ryan doesn’t tell the whole truth of the people he wants to follow, Seneca died by suicide, he doesn’t mention that to his audience, so did Nero, so does a arbitrary of over a thousand Roman’s and stoics died by suicide. Why would anyone want to follow the teachings of people who didn’t even value their own life let alone value life in itself or value God? The Bible like the Quran had men spoken too and given things from God, books like the King James Version is a book written by man, it was only transferred to English in the 16th century, that book is written by a transfering of historical text, our history, but the content that already existed in Semitic, and origin status of North Africa and the Middle East, along with Asia, had its content of historical facts given by God, whether the statutes and commandments given to the prophets like Moses or the oral teachings given to prophet Muhammad stated by the Quran. They are all our tie to our Gods and ways of life. You wanna follow stoicism, which did what? Made their founders commit suicide., funny how the correlation of modern day athiest shows consensus published by Cambridge university, World Health Organization, and others that atheist commit suicide more than all religions combined, that’s the same as the ancient stoics, they all commited suicide in an act of rebellion against not only Hod but life itself. You’d be wise to actually know the content of what Ryan is putting out. Compared to the religions you mock. But it’s all already stated in our holy books, not just the Bible, and Quran, but also the Mahabharata, the Gita, and Buddhist books, these religions are called our history books. You being a complete idiot probably don’t even know the definition or origin of the word religion, religion comes from the Greek word, to bind, to latch onto, we as goes our religions bind and latch onto the teachings of our Gods, you who are athiest all reap the same, suicide or death by homicide because you break the simple statutes and commandments of life given in the book of life’s laws. Ryan is a systematic strategist, this is why he appeals to people in sports and military, for Roman’s were strategy makers, mainly for war, and barbarism. A act that is not acceptable in any religion because you are already planning on hurting another life by being a strategic idiot of anti-God. God is life, creates life and judges what life is exceptable or not. You’re just dust in the wind, and without a soul connected to the spirit world, you’re a talking bobble head that will reap the same. Bible is life.
You miss the point of the Stoic Philosophy bro. You're talking about external things like rent, money etc. When in reality, your internal state will determine the outcome of your future... If you're willing to commit and delay gratification.
@@sevrusthetalisman Is that why Seneca commited suicide? He delayed something called life, we go by seasons, once a season is gone, it’s gone, you cannot wait an entire winter to plant again in summer, you’ll die from starvation. How stupid can you be to not know that. Seneca says, treat each day as if it’s a separate life. What does that mean? He was bowing out to the day, unwilling to do anything, not wanting to face his adversity, since he had no source of power, he disbelieved in God so had no internal consensus. Now let’s look at a man who believed in God in an exact same situation of adversity. King David, who says, Lord, teach me to number my days, so I know how frail I am. Teach me to number my days so I can gain a heart of wisdom. -Pslams 90:12-17 David unlike Seneca was willing to face his day of adversity, even in weakness he pushed on, unlike Seneca who copped out, even after all that bullshit talk of throw me to the wolves and he’ll come back leading the pack, even after that statement he states even to live takes an act of courage, he was in a suicidal state, a man of non faith because he chose to disbelieve in God. Seneca was told by Nero to commit suicide, and he did, where was his Witt’s, where was his wisdom, where was anything to do with life? He was a bitch, to give in to someone else’s wants, what happened to his stoicism? That proves to be stoic is to be a bitch. Now let’s look at another prophet from the Bible who faced literally the exact situation of facing a tyrant ruler, Daniel, who Nebacanazzer, Daniel confronted the king, just like Seneca confronted Nero, and Daniel with the faith of God instructing him, told Nebacanezzer his reign was over as a cruel king, Nebacanaezzer ordered to kill Daniel, threw him in the firey furnace with his 3 friends, because Daniel did what God asked him, God send is angel to protect him in the fire, the king tried many ways to kill Daniel even throwing him to the lions, but because of the faith of God Yahweh, his willpower was unbending, unlike Seneca who boasted and pratted of himself, stating the gods couldn’t take his free will, and yet he was so weak minded he bowed out to a human, and took his own life on the accord of Nero, stoics talk about facing adversity, but when they did, they bowed out. Not the men of faith who had a source of power to pray to, to worship who gives back 10 fold what you give him. a relationship with God makes a man unconquerable, this is why David never lost a battle, while rulers even as rich and powerful as Nero, was so vain with fornication and wickedness, once sinful nature took a hold of him it consumed him, even Nero committed suicide. Those are the people you follow? You do know that stoics contended with Paul the apostle right? Paul did not have the iota of wisdom as king Solomon who Paul knew, and yet Paul converted the stoics into Christianity, if the stoics ditched their own philoshies why would we follow them? They didn’t have logic they had broken logic, there is no internal world, and external world, there is only the world, either you’re going to face it or not, stoics didn’t face it, majority of them commited suicide because they couldn’t cope with problems they faced, unlike Jews like David who had wise counsel and asked God for answers. Which he provided in the statutes and commandments given to all the prophets Moses, Abraham, Noah, David, Solomon, Isiah, Daniel, Eziekiel, and others all the way to Jesus and even prophet Muhammad. You know nothing of what you are talking about. To be a stoic is to be a bitch. The Roman’s only knew how to take things by force not wisdom, this is why in the book of acts when Paul debates the stoics and epicureans, he tells them even the wisest of men’s wisdom is foolishness to God, this is why they ditched stoicism and followed him, this is why there are 500,000 churches in Europe today and not even 1,000 schools of stoicism in Europe where people practice it, because it doesn’t work. Christianity works and why there is 2 billion followers, not even 1 million people follow stoicism, because it doesn’t lead to life, religion derives from the Greek word to bind, to latch onto, to bind yourself to life, to higher powers and to God, David says anyone who says there is no God is a damn fool. Rightly so. How about you go learn the facts before you back something you know nothing of.
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
- Marcus Aurelius
I’m the one
Shout out to all the stoics out there in the modern era attaching their identity to good character.
7:30 "He who asks is a fool for but a moment, but he who never asks is a fool forever"
This is gold. Thank you. I have listened to this 20 times so far.
The Plunge ice bath is definitely my favorite Epictetus philosophy about freedom.
Thank you for the work you do. I think stoicism could save us all.
I know it can save individuals. Society is another question.
Death is philosophy's only problem.
"The true power lies in self-mastery, controlling passions, and inner freedom that arises from the ability to accept what cannot be changed. 🌿🌟" - Epictetus
I am a student of philosophy; mostly I read Buddhism and Buddhist philosophies, and l love listening to and learning from you a lot. Thanks for sharing all that great Westen knowledge and wisdom Ryan.
Great way to start the morning. Didn't even mind the product pitch in the middle. Well done.
A great way to start the morning thank you so much
No. 6.
When I was in training I was told;
No such thing as a stupid question.
You can either look like an idiot for a few moments whilst you ask the 'stupid' question.
Or you can remain an idiot forever. Some of the things you're going to learn will be obvious, to you. Some of the things will not be. Chances are, you're not the only one.
Don't be the idiot.
Always stuck with me.
I really, really, really, REALLY needed to hear this today......Thanks Ryan 💝
Epictetus' Freedom! 🌌
Great meditation to start the day- feel a sense of prescience every time I do my meditatio malorem meditation. Also, have a sense of solace that I don't need to accept external judgement to value my self worth- Acta Non Verba is such a powerful mantra=]
Many thanks. I was speaking to my Latin teacher years ago, and the general consensus among classic scholars based on the current pronunciation of words in Italian, is that his name would have been pronounced
Epehck teh toos. I thought it was an interesting enough to comment and makes a lot of sense so I thought I would share.
Too good . Very helpful
This book is currently on my list but after this, maybe I read it next month 😊
Thnx so much, it is a great job you are doing.
Excellent video
Yes! It's not about the waking up, it's how QUICKLY we wake up from when we go astray, our snap back, if you will.
looking forward to the new book
Super hard read stoicism book
"The only way to be happy is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will." - Epictetus
what is about peddling tubs for cold water when one can use their own bath to do the same? Why pushing people to spend money on something perfectly redundant? unless there is a commission. Not exactly stoic?
He is a marketer and he is using TH-cam to sell his products and, as many other TH-camrs, he has the video sponsored by somebody that wants to sell their product. This is basically an ad. What you see in the video is prepared so you have an idea of his everyday life but I wouldn't bet on that. I read some of his books, I suggest you do too, you won't find this contradictory collaborations
7:08 skip to #6
How to focus on a long time goal like losing 60 kg weight or 6 hours long walk?
How to focus?
Living the life of a stoic is a great goal. Can cold hearted people call themselves stoics? I think not.
wow to be stoic you need to spend between 5000 and 9000 dollars to "punish" your body? I am impressed.
Had me till the add
The only stupid question is the one you don't ask.
So I just accept being short and be happy?
Easy for you to say.
I’m sure you don’t know what’s it like being treated as inferior by EVERYONE.
The coins are made cheap I had to wash mine cuz I got some stuff on it and the gold rubbed off
This is probably the most annoying person on TH-cam
Love this Ryan. I think Victor Frankl embodied Stoicism when he was incarcerated. Imagine feeling free in a concentration camp.. accepting it and making the most of it..wow!
Had to share this video. Pillars of truth are worth respecting.
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What even is the point of these videos/channels beyond giving the "creator" a living. Just read Seneca/Epictetus/Aurelius. Or watch a channel that actually is about the philosophy like Greg Saddler instead of these Stoicism bro's who just cherry pick a few quotes and rehash the same old thumbnails.
Your teachings are great. But keeping connecting them with your ads, I don't like it.
Some people says: amor fati. I think that dont dwell with stoich . We should use each vehicle and push the point so far so we can. Don't just accept what happend without doing anythings against that. There is always more ways also more destinys. I reckon switching from one fate to the other is possible.
Great meditation to start the day- feel a sense of prescience every time I do my meditatio malorem meditation. Also, have a sense of solace that I have a collection of stoicism in my personal library so I don't need to accept external judgement to value my self worth- Acta Non Verba is such a powerful mantra=]
Going to have to go back and watch that sam Harris episode
I am new. Tell me where to start about stoicism?
Make more eye contact with camera bruh you seem so distracted and not interested
Nah, I’ll stick to my Bible and Quran.
The stoics have little to nothing but a headache, no modem, no rhythm, nothing on money, nothing on fundamentals, you know G, it costs money to pay your rent, for cloths, transportation, necessities and food.
Something the stoics had no knowledge and wisdom in handling. Also, most like Seneca to Nero, all committed suicide, so they didn’t even value their own lives, why should I take advice for people who didn’t value theirs?
The Bible breaths life, serving our God, Philosophies are just man made crap that got no civilization anywhere.
Men wrote the bible 😂😂😂
The Bible is a collective mass of our time here on earth, the content in the Bible is our history book.
The statutes and commandments given to Moses, states Moses didn’t write them, he was given tablets by God who it states by the finger of God, were they written down on.
You also do know that stoics and epicureans are mentioned in the Bible right? Paul contends with them and they convert to following Christianity.
Those who rebelled or stayed in their own ways like the philosophers does off and created nothing to follow. Funny how Ryan doesn’t tell the whole truth of the people he wants to follow, Seneca died by suicide, he doesn’t mention that to his audience, so did Nero, so does a arbitrary of over a thousand Roman’s and stoics died by suicide. Why would anyone want to follow the teachings of people who didn’t even value their own life let alone value life in itself or value God?
The Bible like the Quran had men spoken too and given things from God, books like the King James Version is a book written by man, it was only transferred to English in the 16th century, that book is written by a transfering of historical text, our history, but the content that already existed in Semitic, and origin status of North Africa and the Middle East, along with Asia, had its content of historical facts given by God, whether the statutes and commandments given to the prophets like Moses or the oral teachings given to prophet Muhammad stated by the Quran. They are all our tie to our Gods and ways of life.
You wanna follow stoicism, which did what? Made their founders commit suicide., funny how the correlation of modern day athiest shows consensus published by Cambridge university, World Health Organization, and others that atheist commit suicide more than all religions combined, that’s the same as the ancient stoics, they all commited suicide in an act of rebellion against not only Hod but life itself.
You’d be wise to actually know the content of what Ryan is putting out. Compared to the religions you mock. But it’s all already stated in our holy books, not just the Bible, and Quran, but also the Mahabharata, the Gita, and Buddhist books, these religions are called our history books. You being a complete idiot probably don’t even know the definition or origin of the word religion, religion comes from the Greek word, to bind, to latch onto, we as goes our religions bind and latch onto the teachings of our Gods, you who are athiest all reap the same, suicide or death by homicide because you break the simple statutes and commandments of life given in the book of life’s laws.
Ryan is a systematic strategist, this is why he appeals to people in sports and military, for Roman’s were strategy makers, mainly for war, and barbarism. A act that is not acceptable in any religion because you are already planning on hurting another life by being a strategic idiot of anti-God. God is life, creates life and judges what life is exceptable or not.
You’re just dust in the wind, and without a soul connected to the spirit world, you’re a talking bobble head that will reap the same.
Bible is life.
You miss the point of the Stoic Philosophy bro.
You're talking about external things like rent, money etc.
When in reality, your internal state will determine the outcome of your future...
If you're willing to commit and delay gratification.
@@sevrusthetalisman Is that why Seneca commited suicide? He delayed something called life, we go by seasons, once a season is gone, it’s gone, you cannot wait an entire winter to plant again in summer, you’ll die from starvation.
How stupid can you be to not know that.
Seneca says, treat each day as if it’s a separate life. What does that mean? He was bowing out to the day, unwilling to do anything, not wanting to face his adversity, since he had no source of power, he disbelieved in God so had no internal consensus. Now let’s look at a man who believed in God in an exact same situation of adversity.
King David, who says, Lord, teach me to number my days, so I know how frail I am. Teach me to number my days so I can gain a heart of wisdom.
-Pslams 90:12-17
David unlike Seneca was willing to face his day of adversity, even in weakness he pushed on, unlike Seneca who copped out, even after all that bullshit talk of throw me to the wolves and he’ll come back leading the pack, even after that statement he states even to live takes an act of courage, he was in a suicidal state, a man of non faith because he chose to disbelieve in God.
Seneca was told by Nero to commit suicide, and he did, where was his Witt’s, where was his wisdom, where was anything to do with life? He was a bitch, to give in to someone else’s wants, what happened to his stoicism? That proves to be stoic is to be a bitch. Now let’s look at another prophet from the Bible who faced literally the exact situation of facing a tyrant ruler, Daniel, who Nebacanazzer, Daniel confronted the king, just like Seneca confronted Nero, and Daniel with the faith of God instructing him, told Nebacanezzer his reign was over as a cruel king, Nebacanaezzer ordered to kill Daniel, threw him in the firey furnace with his 3 friends, because Daniel did what God asked him, God send is angel to protect him in the fire, the king tried many ways to kill Daniel even throwing him to the lions, but because of the faith of God Yahweh, his willpower was unbending, unlike Seneca who boasted and pratted of himself, stating the gods couldn’t take his free will, and yet he was so weak minded he bowed out to a human, and took his own life on the accord of Nero, stoics talk about facing adversity, but when they did, they bowed out.
Not the men of faith who had a source of power to pray to, to worship who gives back 10 fold what you give him. a relationship with God makes a man unconquerable, this is why David never lost a battle, while rulers even as rich and powerful as Nero, was so vain with fornication and wickedness, once sinful nature took a hold of him it consumed him, even Nero committed suicide.
Those are the people you follow? You do know that stoics contended with Paul the apostle right? Paul did not have the iota of wisdom as king Solomon who Paul knew, and yet Paul converted the stoics into Christianity, if the stoics ditched their own philoshies why would we follow them? They didn’t have logic they had broken logic, there is no internal world, and external world, there is only the world, either you’re going to face it or not, stoics didn’t face it, majority of them commited suicide because they couldn’t cope with problems they faced, unlike Jews like David who had wise counsel and asked God for answers. Which he provided in the statutes and commandments given to all the prophets Moses, Abraham, Noah, David, Solomon, Isiah, Daniel, Eziekiel, and others all the way to Jesus and even prophet Muhammad. You know nothing of what you are talking about. To be a stoic is to be a bitch. The Roman’s only knew how to take things by force not wisdom, this is why in the book of acts when Paul debates the stoics and epicureans, he tells them even the wisest of men’s wisdom is foolishness to God, this is why they ditched stoicism and followed him, this is why there are 500,000 churches in Europe today and not even 1,000 schools of stoicism in Europe where people practice it, because it doesn’t work. Christianity works and why there is 2 billion followers, not even 1 million people follow stoicism, because it doesn’t lead to life, religion derives from the Greek word to bind, to latch onto, to bind yourself to life, to higher powers and to God, David says anyone who says there is no God is a damn fool. Rightly so.
How about you go learn the facts before you back something you know nothing of.