Marcus Aurelius - Overcome Your Inner Coward
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In this video, we talk about Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, fear, courage, and overcoming your inner coward.
During his reign as the emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius faced immense uncertainties that would strike fear into the hearts of most people, such as times of war, plague, internal conspiracies, the death of some of his children, and the death of his wife, and yet, he faced all of these problems with an unshakable courage.
And the secret to his unshakable courage lies within a collection of notes he wrote to himself roughly 2000 years ago, many of them written in the midst of war, with the gravity of imminent death on his mind. Today, this collection of notes is referred to as Meditations, and based on my readings of these notes, I've determined 5 principles that we can use, like Marcus, to overcome our inner cowards and become courageous. And along the way, you will hear many other stories and ideas that are not from Marcus, and they will help illuminate the emperor’s words in greater depth. So without further ado, let’s begin our journey through the 5 principles.
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Principle 1: Look for solutions, not people to blame.
03:49 - Principle 2: Don’t second guess yourself.
05:55 - Principle 3: Find the beauty in your mistakes.
07:19 - Principle 4: Humble yourself.
09:06 - Principle 5: Do your best, and trust that things will work out the way they’re meant to.
11:18 - Conclusion
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
That self-talk is the most important thing in your life.
Five principles to overcome the inner coward, based on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius:
1. Look for solutions, not people to blame
2. Don't second guess yourself
3. Find the beauty in your mistakes
4. Humble yourself
5. Do your best, and trust that things will workout the way they're meant to (carry your faith and it'll carry you)
Love this!
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I’ve taken a screenshot of this , thanks
This is a good reminder whenever we feel defeated by negative thoughts. To just F*ck it and move forward and give your best. So that whatever result it will be, there will be no regrets because you know that you gave it all.
Keep fighting for that dream everyone!
Overthinking turns me into wimp - paralysis by analysis.
Gotta work on that, thanks for the video! ❤
Nice. I like that. Me too
Right? Fear itself is a whole lot of nothing.
@@scarfycoolcat but it’s strong like its something. Very mysterious and evil
Yes! Been thinking that for years. All that disintegration from being afraid of myself.
@@TheWorldBelow360 I hear you! It's a journey, but we'll get there ❤🩹
Every mistake is a lesson waiting to be discovered and every lesson you learne only makes your soul beautiful
Ignorance = pain = lesson = gain = better
If anyone can refute me - show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective - I'll gladly change. It's the truth I'm after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self deceit and ignorance
Ignorance = pain = lesson = gain = better
Do your best and trust that all is for the best
5 principles to overcome your inner coward
1. Look for solutions not people to blame
2. Don't second guess yourself
3. Find the beauty in your mistakes
4. Humble yourself
5. Do your best and trust that things will work out the way they're meant to
Fear not pain nor death nor loss. Fear only fear for it is the diminution of your soul.
Serious quote!!!
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” - Nelson Mandela
When a person tries to free themselves from an addiction, they are forced to battle with the conditioning of the past.
The way through the battle is from articulation and reflection.
Nobody quits an addiction because they simply want to.
They only quit once their mind is READY.
How to make the mind ready?
It's so much more beautiful and simple than you could ever imagine.
Ok so how then? It sounds intriguing
The battle involves articulation and reflection. Its a gradual journey forward-where you learn new truths about yourself others and life in general.
You need to find out what you hate and then move to change it. There you find the battle and the journey.
Get away from social media and unplug and it enhances it.
@@fern-cx3bf I teach The 533 Routine which is a powerful writing meditation that can free anyone from a life of compulsion or addiction. Let me know if you have any questions and I hope you take good care! ❤️
That's what A. A. does in a group setting. We articulate our past fears, etc. and reflect on our words as a collective. It is free therapy and a community. 😊
@@bgoodfella7413 they are engaging in articulation and reflection which is powerful. But it can be leveraged to be even more powerful with The 533 Routine.
You can speed up the quitting process by an unimaginable capacity once you understand this fact.
Make your opponent, in a calm but superior manner, understand that his bad behaviour stems from his fear of becoming great again and how to do just that. This way you confront him and at the same time give him perspective on how to improve his own life. This makes it impossible for him (or her) to become violent towards you as you are not playing his game. Courage then just becomes a side product that stems from your compassion with all people. In other words: Kill 'em with kindness.
All hail Marcus Aurelius ❤❤❤
Thankyou for your meditations Advice 😊
Your videos are so enlightening! Thank you for inspiring me
Principle5: I think Elizabeth Holmes had the same attitude. She had faith. She believed in her success. Having faith doesn’t mean you are on the right track.
She did go further than most
She violated principal 1
@@dennykeaton9701So did Hitler, thus proving the point that going far is useless if the journey you are on is in the wrong direction
Inspiring content as always! thank you very much
Good reminder than we are meant to act, and not to overthink!
It good message. The message to overcome can help an individual who suffers from social anxiety disorder (S.A.D). 1:23 to 9:07.
Absolutely amazing for this type of content 🔥🔥😃😃
Thank you for this
Greatly appreciated!!
glad for this
Thanks for this
Your best yet
loved this !
Great video, but is the CEO of Starbucks the best example of a modern application of Meditations? 😂
Jordan Peterson is a better comparison
😂But that Martin Luther King Jr comparison was🔥
@@cahlendavidson2921His dream was to OD on benzos and define his late career throwing a tantrum about a Twitter ban. Mad respect.
Yes, because he persisted even when things were difficult. Against all odds and against the ideas of others he kept his vision and we see the fruits of it today. Just because someone isn't a popular figure doesn't mean that they can't be an inspiration or role model.
@@dudleysquibbles6366 The fact that they're an asshole whose business is tanking does.
this was so nice
Coward ness can only be beaten out of a man. Well that sounds harsh. Guess what I want to say is that the obstacle is the way!
Aye this is facts Brody bro!!!
Great video. You have gained a subscriber.
You r the best❤
Great video!
Not suyre it's the right niche but Schwerpunkt has been uploading a series on Traditional religion and Marcus Aurelius as well. It's not for everyone but when you get the actual historical meaning it blows your mind
Such lovely videos ❤
i got my inner coward over when I noticed,I'm not important and my time is limited
brilliant just brillant
in times of adrenaline rush and fight one must choose to think or fight ..
Practice of art like painting is a great way to learn how to be ok to make mistakes
Finding beauty in mistakes is all well and good but within reason. There are fatal mistakes to make out there in life.
We are so lucky to have the wrightings of our ancestors cause we were all born yesterday.
Very nice
I think that men become courageous when they are needed to become courageous. I fall upon God, knowing that if my lack of courage or confidence in a situation simply means it was for a learning experience. When a man of God is faced with hardships he knows he must face, he WILL rise to the occasion
Similar to centipede's dilemma is password typing. When you type withou thinking it just flows, when you think what to type it slows down and you forget some letter and numbers.
Please 😢 make on confidence/social anxiety/shyness
Thank you so much. You are one of the biggest inspirations in my life, and your videos have and will help me to truly become my self , thank you.
You should watch david goggins and discuss his philosophy
Congratulations! Very good interpretation!
You first have to have energy and a mind over matter foundation. Some people do have these two traits and some don't. If you don't, find the best way to cope. You can reduce it to, what do I have to do right now. If your energy does not allow you to get up and do it. Well there you go. It's like athletics, some people are really good and there are some that can't hit a lick. Try not to get down on yourself and move forward the best way you can. We all die and as far as I know, those in the grave are not worried about what they did on earth.
I clicked this video not because I wanted to be braver but because I’m an Ancient Rome fan and read Marcus Aurelius in the title lol
I found microdosing shrooms helped a lot with staying in the present moment and taking action.
Hello!
Can anyone tell me please in what program can create the animations like on this video? ❤
"What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance." --- We live in a time where a third of the population does exactly that. And they have no intention to change.
If the future will "turn out how it is supposed to," that means that it will be the same whether you take action or not. If the future is set, then there is no point in working towards it. All effort and thought are made useless, so might as well have some wine and relax. What if it's not cowardice, but a realization that you can't influence the outcome of things...for good OR evil?
More videos like this you watch
More you are what you avoid
If I was emperor of Rome, I would also have no one else to blame for my problems. :) But yes, for ordinary folks, most things can't be blamed on others.
Maybe. A general could miscalculate a strategy and lose half your legion in theatre.
Good 👈❤️
Which book within Meditations is this from? Or is it a collection of all books related to cowardness?
What if i keep making mistakes that ruin my life? Am i deluding myself? Should i stop? Or does it also depend on weighing risk vs outcome?
We will make mistakes all our life,thats inevitable but you are deciding whats good and bad.Failure doesnt exist unless you are dead,you can always try again.Its just our perception/interpretation of events.
@@Rope001 i think i see, like every consequence is a reward or lesson or somethin. But its also not a failure so long as you're still alive and able to make decisions?
@@blizzardwarrior8738 Indeed.
go get help, go to AA, a family member/friend, or a therapist. Most people dont improve on their own
@@sp123tbh i think I've already reached a point where im beyond therapists help since I've done it all my life growing up and got to a point where they cannot do more for more. I guess they're job is done.
I think i have all the tools i need to help myself now, and i been make progress on inner work so that's good, along with forming a support system, and learning new ways to deal with my trauma and other issues while showing compassion, understanding, honest, showing courage, and making positive affirmations all that x3
That message was bigger then it needed to be xp
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thank you so much.
Its easy to look for someone to blame everyone wants what comes easy the difficult thing to do it to change no one wants to put the work in unfortunately
Our duty as humans is to love mercy, do justly and walk humbly with the Lord our God. Nothing more nothing less. But I i tell you, if you will not believe the prophets, you will not believe even if someone came back from the dead.
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Schultz said, we shall break unions and exploit the working class.
No bg music ❤️
Oh dear god how did i end up here i was looking for seal clapping and sheep herding ...
Beo u say overthinking is caused by cowardess then give an example demonstrating that it is being caused by paying attention to details...
This is exactly I have to hear these days
3:48 …and they killed him for it. Introduced reganomics and crack into his communities. Be the change you want but don’t forget that Marcus Aurelius was a King. He could’ve lived his life in anyway and it would’ve been historic. Just be the best you!
I might be the werird one out here, but 1:41 is that Sasuke?
1st one
11:20
Ur welcome😅
I MUST make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says, "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Martin Luther King
crafty individuals are skulks.
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الترجمة العربية؟
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I agree with the first point, "don't look for people to blame" in principle. Yes, MLK rightly didn't blame all White people for the hatred levied at Black people. That's true. But to say that they aren't responsible for their hate is where I differ in opinion. I have a slightly different take. My mantra to myself when I start overthinking or looking for someone to blame is to worry about myself. See, we agree in that worrying about what other people do, think, feel is not our burden to bear. If everyone worried about themselves, including those with hate in their hearts, we would accept responsibility (in theory) and try to change. I think that's a better way to look at it. At least for me.
I'm told I'm a coward for not raising kids I didnt make
Not a coward. Maybe a bit naive.
Not a coward. Maybe a bit naive.
@@dannyp8503How is he naive for not raising someone else kids? 🤷🏿
Why do all these stoic videos have the same types of voices?
Note that "they are not totally responsible for their hate" doesn't mean they don't have any responsibility, but it recognizes the nuance of a human being. It humanizes people rather than demonizes them.
The people who created segregation were literally separating whites and blacks.
That wasn't the best example, with your lack of understanding of working within the confines of what's truth compared to making excuses could argue someone who didn't want diversity decided to create a law of segregation.
The only problem with your explanation is that it lacked context and didn't really drive the accountability aspect that's so important in the notes. Nice effort
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MLK was a champion for the working-class/poor citizens of all countries. Howard Shultz is quite the opposite. MLK was a positive in this world and was a man ahead of his time. Shultz is an unenlightened greedy CEO and represents all that is evil and wrong with this world. Shultz tale isn't one of courage but rather psychopathic callus and complete disregard for the working-class and the poor. He worships profits of lives.
That tittle made laugh 😂
Unless we can join a legion somewhere and have wartime experiences, I suggest a better path to learn about Faith, Stoic relationships and emotional context is FIRST to expand oneself out of the broken, dried turd language of English. You’ll find in so many better languages that English is not merely broken, and that's sad but, English itself is responsible for the decline of the West and the cultural disquietude of many non-English speaking cultures. You don’t know what you can’t know from inside a room with no windows but, there is a door. I can clearly demonstrate with Spanish in my free lexicon, and I have no product to sell, how Faith is nothing more than fully excepting what is, not what could be. Emotion is a learning tool, not a reaction. In summary, English is worse than wet cat shit on a carpet and responsible for most evil in the world today.
To be honest everything that is psychological and behavioral guiding is toxic for your mentality in general ….. so don’t go down the rabbit hole it’s exhausting.
What do you mean?
Oh that's MLK. My guess was Will Smith 😂
Play at 2x speed......
The narrators voice out me to sleep
I like this video and the messages but your voice is wayyyyy too monotone 😶
So is yours, go away.
Wow what a thinker. A pity the people he murdered in foreign lands did not benefit from such great wisdom 😂
I was with you till you beat me over the head with faith talk. Thats weird religious talk.
Nobody black is a coward in this society. Lol
The Martin Luther King example was far fetched given the fact he redact alot of those statements when he started hanging with malcom x but dope video for the most part
Thank you for this