to be happy with less and to make the most out of little. Also remember: one man's heaven is another man's hell. happiness is a poor beggar with an empty bowl in one hand and a $100 bill in the other...
1. Ignore what others are doing 2. Your reality is made by your opinions 3. Do less 4. Death is knocking at your door 5. You're stronger than you think 6. You are rising for the work of mankind 7. Never complain 8. You can live happy anywhere 9. Help the common good 10. Be grateful for your blessing cheers!
I have kept my progress in a book, i'm crossing off every day i haven't looked at social media, cross off everytime i train, write down important life lessons from either psychology or stoic teachings/mindsets.. And it feels absolutely amazing, no more feelings of missing something, no more jealousy, no more un-important news, no more hysterical events, no more drama and stress! I really recommend it!
Stopped social media/TV about 5 years ago. I was so intellectually starved of stimulus and genuinely bored that I decided to go back to college. Best decision I've made. I'll be changing careers very soon
Number 2 is a complete misinterpretation of what Marcus Aurelius wrote and stoic teachings in general. The stoics borderline worshipped an objective law/truth/reality called the logos and based much of their philosophy around it. But his quote is actually saying that objective reality is not what causes you distress or happiness. He is saying that your perception of and reaction to reality (i.e. your perspective) is what causes your emotional state. So, he's basically saying how you react to external events is 100% under your control because you can choose how you frame things in your mind. You can consciously choose to view things negatively, positively, neutrally, or any number of other ways.
My summary/interpretation of the 10 principles from this video: I. Ignore what others are doing. - Ignore everyone and focus at the task at hand. II. Your reality is made by your opinions. - No external “reality” exists outside of our perceptions. If you interpret others actions as irrelevant how can you be hurt? III. Do less. - Many of our actions and words are unnecessary. IV. Death is knocking at your door. - Live every day as your last. When people know death is close many won’t waste their time. V. You’re stronger than you think. - How lucky I am, that it has left me with no bitterness; unshaken by the present and undismayed by the future. The thing could have happened to anyone, but not everyone would have emerged unembittered. VI. You are rising for the work of humankind. - Everyone has a gift. Try to do everything you do as good as you possibly can. VII. Never complain. - Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. Do your hate your obligations? Quit them or make efforts to make them less painful. VIII. You can live happy anywhere. - Dedicate all of your creative energy to doing something personally meaningful. IX. Help the common good. - What doesn’t help the bee, doesn’t help the hive. X. Be grateful of your blessings. - Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Number 9.. I told both my kids "Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do..know one will ever know you did but you..and that is reward enough"
“Objective judgement, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance-now, at this very moment-of all external events. That’s all you need.”
I totally understand what's he's saying with #8 by being happy anywhere. It's true you should never rely on external things to create our own happiness. But I will also say that I moved from a cold climate to a warm climate and it absolutely improved my mental health and happiness levels. Waking up every morning to warm sunshine just puts me in a good mood.
I was following these principles for the past couple of years .. without even knowing about the concept of stoicism. I just stumbled onto it today. I guess i picked up those traits from my dad. Thanks papa for teaching by example rather than advice.
Same here. Although I believe he spent most of his time ruling while near the frontlines and seemed to prefer it that way. So I guess it’s more likely it would have to be in some military tent in Germany.
#4 "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure; these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." -- Steve Jobs
Alexander Jenkins 😂 that’s funny but I totally agree. Dangling the carrot of death in front of some people might persuade them to build bombs instead of iPhones
This is great. The power and clarity comes when we re-focus on what is important today. As an "Original Transcon RR history enthusiast", I look at past men who rose to big challenges.. One is General Grant, who when he was terminally ill with throat cancer, wrote his memoirs in a few weeks, and Samuel Clemons, (Mark Twain), promoted it, even before it was published, and Grant died after seeing the project thru. Grant's son, had wasted the family wealth on a Ponzi scheme, and the former President was broke and in debt. Quite a story, when we consider Marcus' admonition to "treat today as if there is no tomorrow". Thanks for the morning.
Me too. I always feel that if someone ad hominem attacks me, or is out to get me, that somehow I've already got them. I may not have tried, but they feel that I have. A good feeling sometimes, but others I want to have more compassion because I don't need to compete if I've already won.
Marcus Aurelius was The Man......an amazing thinker/human being and generously shared powerful wisdom for all future generations. What an inspiration.....thank you for this video.
You should watch the documentary children full of life. It's about a japanese elementary school teacher with a different approach to schooling elementary kids.
George Treepwood I promise you read my damn mind. But hammering these things into the impressionable minds of children would create a nation of freethinkers ... and that’s just not acceptable
Agree with every single point. I was living like a Stoic long before I found these TH-cam videos but they are certainly much appreciated to keep reminding myself who I actually am, and not what others would like me to be and whatnot. Create your own character and role in life or society will do this for you. By striving for and achieving financial freedom, you will always be in charge no matter what.
I have no social media apps any more. I only use this media to learn, nothing more nothing less. I deal with negative people by learning from them, they educate you in so many ways. Life is so simple if you allow it to be. Love and Peace.
I'm genz and I'm out of social media, it becomes tough sometimes to explain others why I'm out, but I've learned "The subtle art of not giving a f*ck" to their opinions ❤️
Interesting you talk about cancer, when I was having cancer treatment, lots of patients carried on smoking drinking and spent the day watching TV. I made 100 % recovery, not everyone did.some people never change.
I deactivated all my social media platforms 6 -7 months earlier & positive changes came into my life which makes me more happier & positive person now.
It's not about deleting your social media, it's more about understanding that they are not the most important thing in life. From Plato to Kant it was about understanding the hierarchy of things we desire
I dunno. The SM algorithms are powerful beyond our reasoning and deleting them is much better than us self-regulating our use of SM. FB, IG , et al are hoping more people just try to use it less, rather than give it up.
*10 Stoic Teachings Of Marcus Aurelius We Desperately Need Today (Practical Stoicism):* *1) Ignore what others are doing:* Don't waste your time on what your neighbor is doing. Focus on your goals in life. *2) Your reality is made by your opinions:* No external reality exists beyond our perceptions. See everything in a positive light. *3) Do less:* Stick to essentials. *4) Memento mori:** Don't waste your time. Focus on important things. Do this every day. *5) You are stronger than you think.* *6) You are rising for the work of humankind:* Use your skill to serve people. *7) Never complain:* Why must we complain? Do something about it or accept it and compromise. *8) You can live happy anywhere:* Living in everyplace has its pros and cons. *9) Help the common good:* Help others and forget it. *10) Be grateful of your blessings:* We can't have everything in the world. Happiness is being grateful for what you already have.
@warlocks4life thanks god for the redpill movement woke me up hard to the reality and sickness of the modern world. Cheers sir, have a happy and prosperous life!.
@@DarthTaterson lool i get my faCTSs from reading real books not western propaganda, also there is the redpill movement and MGTOW. you talk about facts......what facts leftist propaganda anti white profeminazi shit!& Facebook and instagram are full with cunts looking for attention, most women are addicted to social media. As a white male of european descent i dont give a shit about your diversity and facts all i want is for my culture survive and prosper. WAR IS COMING MY FRIEND CIVIL WAR IN THE STATES, CANADA AND EUROPE MARK MY WORDS.
@@marcelcostache2504 you turned from a seemingly nice guy to a triggered physco in a heartbeat.. Lol... I think its best you stay well away from social media.. There's a good lad.
@@tuduloo7799 way you dont like the truth!? im a very nice person its funny when i speak the truth most people stuck on the left call me phyco ect ect ect stop reacting as a women the social media and western society is at open war with white males! wake up and smell the coffee my friend i know i sound agressive but it is necessary or there will be no future for us white hetero and european people.
This is all good advice, so long as it's built on a foundation of conscience and not selfishness, or else all of this could be used to excuse awful behavior.
Number 6: "you are rising for the work of humankind". So essentially what you're saying is "this is all good advice, but I've formed an opinion about it without watching it all or paying attention to all of it".
I was a stoic till now and i didn't know that i was a stoic....i was thinking to myself why I'm thinking like this..but now i know that I'm a natural stoic
Well Ive found this to be the natural way that my brain works.. this stoicism that I’ve only just found out about now comes very naturally to me. I deleted my social media long ago. I quit my jobs long ago. I started doing exactly what I want and stopped caring about everybody else and I have social media to thank for that surprisingly. I sold my car and everything else and went hitchhiking for fun across America. Most people are still caged by social media and it is the source of their unhappiness and to be happy they must first give it up and realize that it literally means nothing and nothing is actually happening and maybe they will start looking up for happiness. God bless you all.
A more concise quote of him: "If you seek tranquility, do less. Or do what’s essential - what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’" Stop wasting so much time on social media, watching youtube, tv, movies... don't drown yourself with addictions: video games, porn, drugs, alcohol, sex. I'm not saying to not do those things, but if you do, don't complain you don't have enough time to do what you want. Do what is essential and you will have more time than you think.
Just a gentle reminder to viewers - especially young adults - here to be mindful and consciously return to the present. Pay attention to the now of your life. It will help with studying, concentration and so much more! Just be present.
1. Ignore what others are doing 2. Your reality is made of your opinions 3. Do less 4. Death is knocking on your door 5. You are stronger than you think 6. You are rising for the humankind 7. Never complain 8. You can live happy anywhere 9. Hello three common good 10. Be grateful for your blessings
1. Ignore what others are doing 2. Your Reality is Made by your opinions 3. Do less 4. Death is knocking at your door 5. You are stronger than you think 6. You are rising for the work of humankind 7. Never complain 8. You Can Live Happy Anywhere 9. Help the common good 10. Be grateful of your blessings
That bit about opinion early on. I came upon one of M.A.s sayings I personalized until I had it as, "The universe is change, life is opinion," that I internalized for myself, that life always changes. We go through changes growing up, and often reach a point where life seems perfect, or it changes and we perceive we have lost the perfect situation. AND, others around are lamenting their lost perfect situations. My goal, to always live in the present, not to give thought to that "perfect" time, but making today perfect for myself. I struggle with that, with Caesar, the patriarchy, convincing Feminists I, the hereditary feudal victim of patriarchy, am the historic patriarchy, and poison being dumped from the sky and on land, in the water, to achieve their stated goals, on the Georgia Guidestones, to kill 14 out of 15 of the world population, and to save the earth for themselves by excluding the remaining 6.66% of people from most of the earth, so the earth's scars can heal in the pattern of their own paradise. Me, I just want to pattern on God, with pure water, pure air, pure land, pure body, pure family, pure relations, and God's pattern for pure creation, expression of my creativity.
There's a fine line between "Stoicism", and being a narcissist, or sociopath, who's consumed in the self. And not considering the needs of others. Definitely want to balance your intake reaction by an outward interaction. Prevent, or limit negative intakes, but also engage in the positive activities you know the world around you is lacking. Otherwise, you're just enabling an environmental life cycle of egotism, in which we all offer nothing of ourselves, while expecting everything of others.
I tried making positivity out of my wife's insults. It infuriated her. She threatened to divorce, I was thinking, hey thats definitely a positive. And to my amazement, she is totally under my control now
Actually Marcus Aurelius never argued that there isn't an objective reality. He simply argued that nothing was neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so. He differentiated between factual claims (the Earth is round, not flat) and value judgments (life is not worth living if i do not have a beautiful woman to love me at all times, unconditionally, and perfectly.)
I loved this video ... Now I got to know some practicality in Stoicism . Point no. 3 was very impressive - Do Less . "According to my interpretation it *IS* the essence of Life .
i think the main cause of unhappiness (along with chronic physical pain or discomfort) is understanding and focusing on social relativity and judgment. no matter how much you believe you have an independent thought process and are resilient in this regard, i guarantee 99.8% of you are not. donate all of your money and try being homeless for a while as a pure exercise of will. you will see how much you really can't even force yourself to do it, due mostly, to feeling regarded as a, "loser," over and over again by others. it's extremely, interestingly difficult to endure a complete lack of importance or decent regard on a consistent basis. i mean, when you look at the pure reality of it, there is little real danger in it; you can still eat and survive. even if this is just an exercise, this will tell you about how inextricably bound you are to conventional societal judgments. i did something extremely similar to what i suggested and it took me years and years to truly and slowly address each of my emotional inadequacies, one by one, until i feel i was able to put things in a properly cogent, independent regard (unbound from bs judgment of what a, "winner," is, etc and allowing myself to follow my own internal reasoning i secretly saw for who i should be and why i am here (which ended in a place of vastly increased intellectual understanding, being more altruistic, loving, and compassionate to others)). all roles we play as individuals are relative and no role deserves to have everything while another role suffers (though each end DOES deserve approximations of this in terms of social regard. so, for instance, the one who doesn't help society as much as the business mogul (the non criminal so called, "bum"), does deserve basic life and health, he doesn't deserve all the other things that come with expanded utility one received by his own actions' natures).
In my experience,too many people have negatively steered the course of my life,and steer the opinions of others to hate on me too which does eventually become too much.
I have never watched a stoicism video or searched anything related. I used the name Aurelius ONCE in a reply to a youtube comment, now YT puts this in my recommendations. I hope you understand the implications.
I practice Stoicism through learned experience and to know more about Marcus Aurelius helps me in what I wish to give back to humankind. A sense of purpose! Great video mate!
@@mynameismynameis666 Well stoicism does not imply "super human" or without foibles, and he was a Roman after all, that civilization had a penchant for excess in a variety of ways. His accomplishments and place in History remain.
Number three is why I tore up my bucket list. This whole thing explaines my entire life, having been born with a neurologically atypical brain. Known to be an introvert it was more than a few times that I came to discover that I had a nick name no one wanted to let me know of if.
All good a part from number 4. Hate the ‘love each day as your last’. Impractical. Ok then I will. I won’t go to work and I will spend all my money now.
It's unbelievable that these teachings are more relevant than ever. The sad thing is, that we already have the answer in the modern society's happiness, but we don't want to listen. Great video by the way!
Creativity historically has not been born out of constraints in most people, but as a trend, it hinders creativity as people do not have the time or money to focus on creativity, so they just abandon their dreams.
I don't like how you hardcore skewed some of these toward optimism. I don't think that was his point. Optimism can blind you just as heavily as pessimism can.
I understand your point, but that's not what it is saying. It is saying, "Nothing can suddenly disturb your peace of mind. Every tragedy should already be priced in".
I don't think it's all about being overly optimistic. It's more about trying to focus on things to be optimistic about. That's what I get from Stoicism. It's easy enough to look at Stoicism and think "easier said than done". But the point, that I take anyway, is why should it be easier said than done. We should put in to practice looking into the optimistic parts of life that we can control. That doesn't mean allowing unrealistic ideas of life come to fruition. It just means it's easier to deal with negative aspects of life. Again, that is what I get from Stoicism. But in saying that, it's absolutely changed my life for the better.
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The last good Emperor?
@Johnny Casteel Talk to your doctor about the hazards of second hand smoke.
@Johnny Casteel dumb comment.
A video of positivity meets insane negative commenters...why am I not surprised?
"Happiness isn't having everything in the world, rather, happiness is being grateful for all the blessings we already have."
Noted.
Contentment breeds happiness.
Gratefulness should become fashionable..has this something to do with secularism?
to be happy with less and to make the most out of little. Also remember: one man's heaven is another man's hell. happiness is a poor beggar with an empty bowl in one hand and a $100 bill in the other...
1. Ignore what others are doing
2. Your reality is made by your opinions
3. Do less
4. Death is knocking at your door
5. You're stronger than you think
6. You are rising for the work of mankind
7. Never complain
8. You can live happy anywhere
9. Help the common good
10. Be grateful for your blessing
cheers!
Bruh you just copy pasted the video description
I would be blessed if the common good would drop dead and get out of my life.
Good artists copy, great artists steal
@chemical smile and USA
Did everyone forget his lesson think positive side of life he copy pasted because he knew that someone will never look at the description
I have kept my progress in a book, i'm crossing off every day i haven't looked at social media, cross off everytime i train, write down important life lessons from either psychology or stoic teachings/mindsets.. And it feels absolutely amazing, no more feelings of missing something, no more jealousy, no more un-important news, no more hysterical events, no more drama and stress!
I really recommend it!
I'm On A Social Media Detox Rn 🙏
I agree with that
🙏 thank you for sharing this! 😉
Would youtube be considerd social media ?
TH-cam is kind of social media, you interact with others online.
Marcus Aurelius knew the dangers of spending too much time on facebook. Smart guy.
lmao
Well...they did have tablets back in Roman times...lol
A man ahead of his time!
I was just talking about this with my dad
You get it .
Stopped social media/TV about 5 years ago. I was so intellectually starved of stimulus and genuinely bored that I decided to go back to college.
Best decision I've made. I'll be changing careers very soon
Yeah! Punks not dead, we just got wiser 🤘🏾
I feel the same way. checkingg6out college courses.
@@orianna9200 Academics. Athletics(healthy activities). Social. =the formula
From what career to what career?
Depression (lol) and day work to Health Care.
Number 2 is a complete misinterpretation of what Marcus Aurelius wrote and stoic teachings in general. The stoics borderline worshipped an objective law/truth/reality called the logos and based much of their philosophy around it. But his quote is actually saying that objective reality is not what causes you distress or happiness. He is saying that your perception of and reaction to reality (i.e. your perspective) is what causes your emotional state.
So, he's basically saying how you react to external events is 100% under your control because you can choose how you frame things in your mind. You can consciously choose to view things negatively, positively, neutrally, or any number of other ways.
Thanks for clarification needed
This is exactly what he was saying in the video.
@@giedre8921 No its not
My gosh thank you. I was dying because of how wrong he was. Thank you.
The fulfillment of Stoicism is definitely to nit-pick TH-cam videos and then argue with others about it.
Whoever made this video, infinite thanks.
Great stuff
Definitely! If ever there was a time to be stoic it is now 👌social media, Facebook, Brexit! 😲😲
My summary/interpretation of the 10 principles from this video:
I. Ignore what others are doing.
- Ignore everyone and focus at the task at hand.
II. Your reality is made by your opinions.
- No external “reality” exists outside of our perceptions. If you interpret others actions as irrelevant how can you be hurt?
III. Do less.
- Many of our actions and words are unnecessary.
IV. Death is knocking at your door.
- Live every day as your last. When people know death is close many won’t waste their time.
V. You’re stronger than you think.
- How lucky I am, that it has left me with no bitterness; unshaken by the present and undismayed by the future. The thing could have happened to anyone, but not everyone would have emerged unembittered.
VI. You are rising for the work of humankind.
- Everyone has a gift. Try to do everything you do as good as you possibly can.
VII. Never complain.
- Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. Do your hate your obligations? Quit them or make efforts to make them less painful.
VIII. You can live happy anywhere.
- Dedicate all of your creative energy to doing something personally meaningful.
IX. Help the common good.
- What doesn’t help the bee, doesn’t help the hive.
X. Be grateful of your blessings.
- Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Impressive notes. Roman numerals nice touch.
Thank youu
Thanks a lot
Thanks 🎉
Number 9.. I told both my kids "Do the right thing because it's the right thing to do..know one will ever know you did but you..and that is reward enough"
“Objective judgement, now, at this very moment.
Unselfish action, now, at this very moment.
Willing acceptance-now, at this very moment-of all external events.
That’s all you need.”
I totally understand what's he's saying with #8 by being happy anywhere. It's true you should never rely on external things to create our own happiness. But I will also say that I moved from a cold climate to a warm climate and it absolutely improved my mental health and happiness levels. Waking up every morning to warm sunshine just puts me in a good mood.
Sunlight...yeah!
You can’t be happy everywhere, and this is the proof
@@ChocoParfaitFra You can be happy everywhere, but you can also definetly be happier in another place.
There it is, Stoicism is the key answer to all my miseries. Thank you
I was following these principles for the past couple of years .. without even knowing about the concept of stoicism. I just stumbled onto it today.
I guess i picked up those traits from my dad. Thanks papa for teaching by example rather than advice.
Same here. 😆
I would love to have a beer with Marcus Aurelius and chill at his palace.
Same here. Although I believe he spent most of his time ruling while near the frontlines and seemed to prefer it that way. So I guess it’s more likely it would have to be in some military tent in Germany.
chill is a keyword, the man loved opium
prallund feucht when in Rome...
He wasn’t popular in Rome and he didn’t like it, so he kept away as much as possible.
Should be a verse in the Slim Dusty song :)
#4
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure; these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." -- Steve Jobs
I guess this doesn't fit with people that suffet anxiety
@Vampiresoap imagine the procrastination...
Alexander Jenkins 😂 that’s funny but I totally agree. Dangling the carrot of death in front of some people might persuade them to build bombs instead of iPhones
Possessing the combination of strong mental and physical health is what it means to be modern day super hero.
Thanks for the lesson.
This is great. The power and clarity comes when we re-focus on what is important today. As an "Original Transcon RR history enthusiast", I look at past men who rose to big challenges.. One is General Grant, who when he was terminally ill with throat cancer, wrote his memoirs in a few weeks, and Samuel Clemons, (Mark Twain), promoted it, even before it was published, and Grant died after seeing the project thru. Grant's son, had wasted the family wealth on a Ponzi scheme, and the former President was broke and in debt. Quite a story, when we consider Marcus' admonition to "treat today as if there is no tomorrow". Thanks for the morning.
"I'm glad that someone is talking shit about me..It means, that I'm not boring..and doing something interesting"..😂...I LOVE IT
sean woodfork yes I have been saying this for a while myself!
Me too. I always feel that if someone ad hominem attacks me, or is out to get me, that somehow I've already got them. I may not have tried, but they feel that I have. A good feeling sometimes, but others I want to have more compassion because I don't need to compete if I've already won.
yeah, our world desperately needs these kinds of attributes. Thank you, Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was The Man......an amazing thinker/human being and generously shared powerful wisdom for all future generations. What an inspiration.....thank you for this video.
THAT is what they should teach in schools - what years and pain we would save.....
Agree with you,
The Christians and Secularists would be in an uproar.
You should watch the documentary children full of life. It's about a japanese elementary school teacher with a different approach to schooling elementary kids.
George Treepwood I promise you read my damn mind. But hammering these things into the impressionable minds of children would create a nation of freethinkers ... and that’s just not acceptable
No, this is what PARENTS should teach their children. However, we know that will never happen.
So much Wisdom in one video...! Marcus Aurelius indeed a great Man..!! Gratitude for the video
Agree with every single point. I was living like a Stoic long before I found these TH-cam videos but they are certainly much appreciated to keep reminding myself who I actually am, and not what others would like me to be and whatnot. Create your own character and role in life or society will do this for you. By striving for and achieving financial freedom, you will always be in charge no matter what.
In solitude we find greatness... in company we find joy...
I have no social media apps any more. I only use this media to learn, nothing more nothing less. I deal with negative people by learning from them, they educate you in so many ways. Life is so simple if you allow it to be. Love and Peace.
I have been living this way for 7 years now,and I'm very happy
I honestly gave up instagram and tik Tok since Thursday, and I low-key feel emotionally better, I've been devoting more time to becoming productive.
Just finished. Quite a good message! Thanks! Agree 100%... "Do your best and forget the rest". Words to live by.
I'm genz and I'm out of social media, it becomes tough sometimes to explain others why I'm out, but I've learned "The subtle art of not giving a f*ck" to their opinions ❤️
Interesting you talk about cancer, when I was having cancer treatment, lots of patients carried on smoking drinking and spent the day watching TV. I made 100 % recovery, not everyone did.some people never change.
Thank you so much for the excellent lesson from Marcus Aurelius! Hope that all of us will have a better and creative life....
I deactivated all my social media platforms 6 -7 months earlier & positive changes came into my life which makes me more happier & positive person now.
It's not about deleting your social media, it's more about understanding that they are not the most important thing in life. From Plato to Kant it was about understanding the hierarchy of things we desire
I dunno. The SM algorithms are powerful beyond our reasoning and deleting them is much better than us self-regulating our use of SM. FB, IG , et al are hoping more people just try to use it less, rather than give it up.
*10 Stoic Teachings Of Marcus Aurelius We Desperately Need Today (Practical Stoicism):*
*1) Ignore what others are doing:* Don't waste your time on what your neighbor is doing. Focus on your goals in life.
*2) Your reality is made by your opinions:* No external reality exists beyond our perceptions. See everything in a positive light.
*3) Do less:* Stick to essentials.
*4) Memento mori:** Don't waste your time. Focus on important things. Do this every day.
*5) You are stronger than you think.*
*6) You are rising for the work of humankind:* Use your skill to serve people.
*7) Never complain:* Why must we complain? Do something about it or accept it and compromise.
*8) You can live happy anywhere:* Living in everyplace has its pros and cons.
*9) Help the common good:* Help others and forget it.
*10) Be grateful of your blessings:* We can't have everything in the world. Happiness is being grateful for what you already have.
Thankssss
Thabks for having the common decency to list them in the description so that I dont have to spend 10 minutes watching a video. You get a like from me.
"Is you cucumber bitter?"
- Marcus Aurelius
😂😂😂
This is on of the many reasons i dont have facebook, instagram and any social media except TH-cam.
@warlocks4life thanks god for the redpill movement woke me up hard to the reality and sickness of the modern world.
Cheers sir, have a happy and prosperous life!.
@@marcelcostache2504 hey make sure you dont learn anything from anyone! Gotta protect yourself from diversity and facts.......
@@DarthTaterson lool i get my faCTSs from reading real books not western propaganda, also there is the redpill movement and MGTOW.
you talk about facts......what facts leftist propaganda anti white profeminazi shit!&
Facebook and instagram are full with cunts looking for attention, most women are addicted to social media.
As a white male of european descent i dont give a shit about your diversity and facts all i want is for my culture survive and prosper.
WAR IS COMING MY FRIEND CIVIL WAR IN THE STATES, CANADA AND EUROPE
MARK MY WORDS.
@@marcelcostache2504 you turned from a seemingly nice guy to a triggered physco in a heartbeat.. Lol... I think its best you stay well away from social media.. There's a good lad.
@@tuduloo7799 way you dont like the truth!? im a very nice person its funny when i speak the truth most people stuck on the left call me phyco ect ect ect stop reacting as a women
the social media and western society is at open war with white males!
wake up and smell the coffee my friend
i know i sound agressive but it is necessary or there will be no future for us white hetero and european people.
Very wise words, a true genius of his time! Thanks for putting this on!!
A whole day seminar beautifully done in 10 minutes,! Bravo
This is all good advice, so long as it's built on a foundation of conscience and not selfishness, or else all of this could be used to excuse awful behavior.
Michael Meyerhofer “aim solely at the common good”. I think MA had it covered.
Number 6: "you are rising for the work of humankind". So essentially what you're saying is "this is all good advice, but I've formed an opinion about it without watching it all or paying attention to all of it".
A lot of people mistake self-love for narcissism.
@@reybladen3068 i worry about this too
Conventional selfishness is a sleazy package-deal of selfishness and predation, evading the creation of values.
If you go for greatness... challenges will come... if you don't... even greater challenges come...
I was a stoic till now and i didn't know that i was a stoic....i was thinking to myself why I'm thinking like this..but now i know that I'm a natural stoic
Daney Raju omg I didn't know I was one until a few months ago when I found out about the philosophy
Same
Same. There are several things I do naturally that stoicism teaches.
I have been embracing stoicism more and more over the past year. It just...makes sense.
Well Ive found this to be the natural way that my brain works.. this stoicism that I’ve only just found out about now comes very naturally to me. I deleted my social media long ago. I quit my jobs long ago. I started doing exactly what I want and stopped caring about everybody else and I have social media to thank for that surprisingly. I sold my car and everything else and went hitchhiking for fun across America. Most people are still caged by social media and it is the source of their unhappiness and to be happy they must first give it up and realize that it literally means nothing and nothing is actually happening and maybe they will start looking up for happiness. God bless you all.
Good stuff!
(Since 95% of our life is pre-programmed ...by someone else).
A more concise quote of him:
"If you seek tranquility, do less. Or do what’s essential - what the logos of a social being requires, and in the requisite way. Which brings a double satisfaction: to do less, better. Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’"
Stop wasting so much time on social media, watching youtube, tv, movies... don't drown yourself with addictions: video games, porn, drugs, alcohol, sex. I'm not saying to not do those things, but if you do, don't complain you don't have enough time to do what you want. Do what is essential and you will have more time than you think.
Thank you so much for all of your videos. They have changed my life!
Thank You marcus, my life is more organized because of you.
I love great men of history like Aurelius
This video is incredibly inspirational and touching. Thank you so much for making and sharing it.
Thank you for your effort and to introduce to me, Marcus Aurelius.
Count your blessings
Just a gentle reminder to viewers - especially young adults - here to be mindful and consciously return to the present. Pay attention to the now of your life. It will help with studying, concentration and so much more!
Just be present.
1. Ignore what others are doing
2. Your reality is made of your opinions
3. Do less
4. Death is knocking on your door
5. You are stronger than you think
6. You are rising for the humankind
7. Never complain
8. You can live happy anywhere
9. Hello three common good
10. Be grateful for your blessings
I got a lot of benefit out of this video. Thanks.
1. Ignore what others are doing
2. Your Reality is Made by your opinions
3. Do less
4. Death is knocking at your door
5. You are stronger than you think
6. You are rising for the work of humankind
7. Never complain
8. You Can Live Happy Anywhere
9. Help the common good
10. Be grateful of your blessings
That bit about opinion early on. I came upon one of M.A.s sayings I personalized until I had it as, "The universe is change, life is opinion," that I internalized for myself, that life always changes. We go through changes growing up, and often reach a point where life seems perfect, or it changes and we perceive we have lost the perfect situation. AND, others around are lamenting their lost perfect situations. My goal, to always live in the present, not to give thought to that "perfect" time, but making today perfect for myself. I struggle with that, with Caesar, the patriarchy, convincing Feminists I, the hereditary feudal victim of patriarchy, am the historic patriarchy, and poison being dumped from the sky and on land, in the water, to achieve their stated goals, on the Georgia Guidestones, to kill 14 out of 15 of the world population, and to save the earth for themselves by excluding the remaining 6.66% of people from most of the earth, so the earth's scars can heal in the pattern of their own paradise. Me, I just want to pattern on God, with pure water, pure air, pure land, pure body, pure family, pure relations, and God's pattern for pure creation, expression of my creativity.
11. Lessons. Be all that you are excell
Another great stoic lesson from Marcus Aurelius, thank you for making this video.
“Unto thine self be true”...is the truth on many levels. Meditate on its meaning
Marcus Vespasian Yes. Shakespeare also agreed.
There's a fine line between "Stoicism", and being a narcissist, or sociopath, who's consumed in the self. And not considering the needs of others. Definitely want to balance your intake reaction by an outward interaction. Prevent, or limit negative intakes, but also engage in the positive activities you know the world around you is lacking. Otherwise, you're just enabling an environmental life cycle of egotism, in which we all offer nothing of ourselves, while expecting everything of others.
Help yourself by associating with a narcissist.
I read the Tao, the Art Of War, Bible, and several others. Marcus Aurelius speaks of truth beyond the moment. Future rendering stuff. Wisdom.
Beautiful accent ❤️ Much love from depressed Poland
chin up brotha
It’s not Poland but your outlook
Why do you think Poland is depressed? Just curious.
Alan watts philosophy cheered me up! Good luck bro
No ganja today?
This video is sheer brilliance and genius
I tried making positivity out of my wife's insults. It infuriated her. She threatened to divorce, I was thinking, hey thats definitely a positive. And to my amazement, she is totally under my control now
Van Vu hahaha but why do you want her under your control?
I am now 20 years old, and thank God I saw this!
Actually Marcus Aurelius never argued that there isn't an objective reality. He simply argued that nothing was neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so. He differentiated between factual claims (the Earth is round, not flat) and value judgments (life is not worth living if i do not have a beautiful woman to love me at all times, unconditionally, and perfectly.)
Man...this is very much helpful and removing the pain in my ass. Been struggling for something and I found it here. Awesome. Thank you so much!
I loved this video ... Now I got to know some practicality in Stoicism . Point no. 3 was very impressive - Do Less . "According to my interpretation it *IS* the essence of Life .
Yup literally its the thoughts and opinions we tell ourselves that help determine a positive outcome
Omg I wish I had found this channel a decade or more ago… thank you this is life changing and much needed
You see everything in a positive light
This type of content needs to be revitalize
This video is purely free gold.
A sage of the Logos by the name of Marcus. What a lad!
thank you so much this was way more meaningful than i expected i love it! god bless you and marcus aurelius
Good job ol' Marcus didn't tell us to switch youtube off :)
"Count your blessings" Says the emperor of the greatest empire the world has known.... even still, he was a great man.
I love Marcus !!!!
One of the best video i have ever seen
I adore your Content. Do remember Good People searching for Extraordinary Content like this on TH-cam are just 5% of the population. 😉
Ignoring social media for a week is harsh but i will give it a try
i think the main cause of unhappiness (along with chronic physical pain or discomfort) is understanding and focusing on social relativity and judgment. no matter how much you believe you have an independent thought process and are resilient in this regard, i guarantee 99.8% of you are not. donate all of your money and try being homeless for a while as a pure exercise of will. you will see how much you really can't even force yourself to do it, due mostly, to feeling regarded as a, "loser," over and over again by others. it's extremely, interestingly difficult to endure a complete lack of importance or decent regard on a consistent basis. i mean, when you look at the pure reality of it, there is little real danger in it; you can still eat and survive. even if this is just an exercise, this will tell you about how inextricably bound you are to conventional societal judgments.
i did something extremely similar to what i suggested and it took me years and years to truly and slowly address each of my emotional inadequacies, one by one, until i feel i was able to put things in a properly cogent, independent regard (unbound from bs judgment of what a, "winner," is, etc and allowing myself to follow my own internal reasoning i secretly saw for who i should be and why i am here (which ended in a place of vastly increased intellectual understanding, being more altruistic, loving, and compassionate to others)). all roles we play as individuals are relative and no role deserves to have everything while another role suffers (though each end DOES deserve approximations of this in terms of social regard. so, for instance, the one who doesn't help society as much as the business mogul (the non criminal so called, "bum"), does deserve basic life and health, he doesn't deserve all the other things that come with expanded utility one received by his own actions' natures).
Thanks!! this is one of the best videos about stoicism I've seen on youtube
In my experience,too many people have negatively steered the course of my life,and steer the opinions of others to hate on me too which does eventually become too much.
This is exactly what I needed today
Please don't stop making such videos!
My faith in humanity returns
I have never watched a stoicism video or searched anything related. I used the name Aurelius ONCE in a reply to a youtube comment, now YT puts this in my recommendations. I hope you understand the implications.
Thank you Downtown success for sharing with us this timeless advice from the Great Marcus.
Thanks and blessings for the wonderful presentation.
I practice Stoicism through learned experience and to know more about Marcus Aurelius helps me in what I wish to give back to humankind. A sense of purpose! Great video mate!
marcus aurelius stoicism ended at opium. for which he was a fiend
@@mynameismynameis666 Well stoicism does not imply "super human" or without foibles, and he was a Roman after all, that civilization had a penchant for excess in a variety of ways. His accomplishments and place in History remain.
Thank you so much for making this lovely video. It has made a huge impact on me :)
Number three is why I tore up my bucket list. This whole thing explaines my entire life, having been born with a neurologically atypical brain. Known to be an introvert it was more than a few times that I came to discover that I had a nick name no one wanted to let me know of if.
All good a part from number 4. Hate the ‘love each day as your last’. Impractical. Ok then I will. I won’t go to work and I will spend all my money now.
It's unbelievable that these teachings are more relevant than ever. The sad thing is, that we already have the answer in the modern society's happiness, but we don't want to listen. Great video by the way!
Creativity historically has not been born out of constraints in most people, but as a trend, it hinders creativity as people do not have the time or money to focus on creativity, so they just abandon their dreams.
I don't like how you hardcore skewed some of these toward optimism. I don't think that was his point. Optimism can blind you just as heavily as pessimism can.
I understand your point, but that's not what it is saying. It is saying, "Nothing can suddenly disturb your peace of mind. Every tragedy should already be priced in".
I don't think it's all about being overly optimistic. It's more about trying to focus on things to be optimistic about. That's what I get from Stoicism. It's easy enough to look at Stoicism and think "easier said than done". But the point, that I take anyway, is why should it be easier said than done. We should put in to practice looking into the optimistic parts of life that we can control. That doesn't mean allowing unrealistic ideas of life come to fruition. It just means it's easier to deal with negative aspects of life.
Again, that is what I get from Stoicism. But in saying that, it's absolutely changed my life for the better.
Literally right before I turned on this video that was in my recommendations I was watching “ Gladiator “ , what a crazy coincidence lol
Thank you so deeply much!!! It has inspired me to work on my attitude: to see everything in a positive life. Life is opinion.
This video has helped me more than any other self help anything.