Marcus Aurelius says “Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been”. We hope that you enjoyed this video and for more videos to help you find success and happiness using ancient philosophical wisdom, don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks so much for watching.

@OmarGabra

Жыл бұрын

Any books on Stoicism you can recommend? Thank you

@nonalino

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making these videos.

@Cramhead43

Жыл бұрын

Similar conclusion as the finale of the film “Adaptation”: I would do well to remember these words.=> kzread.info/dash/bejne/qm1kqc6eg7vXeco.html

@Cramhead43

Жыл бұрын

@@OmarGabra Books are good; Carl Jung’s “The Red Book” seems to be helpful for me as well as looking up his works about Shadows and the Soul here on KZread

@Gabriel-wi7bx

Жыл бұрын

This is like the eightfold path. The idea is to deny your own perspective. You become like a "judge" who is impartial and determines the best way forward to protect all parties involved and all of the property. They're a practice of self denial.

*”Do not fear having no friends. Fear having bad friends”* ~My life taught lesson

@Forbidden.wisdom.

Жыл бұрын

more wisdom with us)

@ganiibrahim2482

Жыл бұрын

That’s me 😢

@sirfer6969

Жыл бұрын

Try having no friends first...or being abandoned by yr family before you speak of such things

@Pazaluz

Жыл бұрын

well said 🤝

@WetbackNoSetback

Жыл бұрын

Exacto mundo

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this and you will find great strength." -Marcus Aurelius

@GladysAlicea

Жыл бұрын

IOW, we have the power to control how we react to an event, but not the event itself. Aurelius was a great general and a great common sense and intellectual thinker, a very unique, special combination.

@Belief_Before_Glory

Жыл бұрын

@@GladysAlicea That explains the point very well🙏💜 Here's a quote that I think supports it quite well: "While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us." -Benjamin Franklin

@qubek533

Жыл бұрын

I don't like it tbh. From my point, I feel like I have a lot of influence over my life, even if it's actually lacking, I can always gain more. Maybe that's just my view

@Belief_Before_Glory

Жыл бұрын

@@qubek533 Friend, I think you may have misunderstood the quote. I think these clarify it quite well: "The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own…" -Epictetus "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." -Marcus Aurelius All the best!✨

@nadinemila1504

Жыл бұрын

Isnt jugdement our compasitie to calculate thinks in advance to avoid our self from unpleasant experiences ? His fillosphie sounds to me like a cheap commercial sentence. If i watch sth terrible, is it easy to choose to not judge this terrible. Where is ethik and morality without judgement. I even dare to doubt there is reason and intelligence without comparison,judgement and analyze

I love studying stoicism. The peace I’ve gotten from living this way is unbeatable

This is crazy, my great grandfather told me when I was very little as that key to happiness was getting up early in the morning and doing the right thing. He said it’s not always going to be easy or fun but if you live by those morals your going to be happy with your life.

@SolidSiren

Жыл бұрын

That's not exactly what the point of all this is but I'm glad it helped you if it did.

@MaIContent

Жыл бұрын

@@SolidSiren nonsense. that is EXACTLY what this is about. Just one branch on the Tree of Stoicism. This is part of its beauty; that it is eminently applicable to every aspect of life. Doing the right thing is a central tenet.

@phylis3917

11 ай бұрын

Go go papa!

@padraig5335

10 ай бұрын

My dad always says you do the right thing because it's the right thing to do.

@heatherberry01

9 ай бұрын

@@MaIContenthmmm I beg to differ…I don’t think waking up early is the key to happiness. I think the key to happiness is contentment in where you currently are but always working towards a goal and enjoying the journey along the way. It’s not about the destination. It’s about the lessons learned along the way.

1. Train your perception 2. Learn how to control your emotions 3. Dichotomy of control 4. keep virtue in mind ( wisdom, justice, courage, temperance) 5. Always consider the big picture are good stoicism philosophies to live by day to day. These render peace of mind.

Every time I watch a lesson on stoicism I realize I had achieved some sort of stoic enlightenment by myself and just recently learned to deal with my anger against myself.

If we can stay away from judging others and everything around us, life would be much more pleasant.

@noremac4807

Жыл бұрын

Very difficult not the judge. Even this video talks about judging between what is good, bad or indifferent

@carolinejohnson1249

Жыл бұрын

@@noremac4807 the key is always do the right thing we all have good or evil Choose the choice

@uxjared

Жыл бұрын

One of his quotes is basically not to expect people to be perfect. That’s not natural. Expect people to be needy, greedy, judgmental, etc. He wasn’t saying be pessimistic but realistic, focus on the good while acknowledging nature and the brevity of life. Too brief to overly focus on the negative.

@ujjalbose7732

Жыл бұрын

Very true.

@MIDNIGHTSUNALASKA

Жыл бұрын

I think it’s important to use healthy discrimination and wise judgment.. Say you need a babysitter for your kids. You’ve got two options. 1) A sweet lady with good standing within the community. 2) A known child molester. First you need to judge which person is right for your kids, and in order to make a good choice you’ll need a modicum of discrimination. Your children will appreciate your judgment.

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” - Marcus Aurelius. This is very helpful for everyday like. Thank you for this. ♥

@ShannonJacobs0

Жыл бұрын

The original business model of KZread was annoying, but at least the ads were reasonable. New flood of invasive, repetitive, and offensive ads are EVIL. Google is now fully dedicated to doing any evil that seems profitable. And censoring complaints, too.

@mesolithicman164

Жыл бұрын

So, someone is stabbing you but if you don't acknowledge it, you're fine.

@salladpatron3395

Жыл бұрын

It helps you find happiness without control. But it is possible to do the opposite. Have actual control and obtain your desire. Both however are probably needed together throughout life. Sometimes using internal control sometimes external. Always depends moment to moment

@HB-he2eh

Жыл бұрын

​@Mesolithic Man if you are hyper focused on it, the pain will be overwhelming and all consuming. If the focus is on the fact that it is superficial and temporary it is significantly less. There are many ways to view something. What we feel is directly related to what we choose to focus on.

@DuncanTheLaughingDragon

Жыл бұрын

Very true. Love it

Marcus Aurelius was the GOAT

"Take a step back! Look at the Big Picture. Let go." 🌞💪💪😁👏👏💐

The greatest thing to learn from people such as Marcus Aurelius is that the answers are in the mind and heart. Everything gives a chance to learn and grow, then you will never fail. 💯

I need to play this everytime i have too much struggle perceiving things this way. My day is already brighter from this

I've often returned to this little observational gem: We are often frightened more than hurt, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality - Seneca

@thzzzt

11 ай бұрын

"There's been a lot of terrible things in my life, and most of them never happened."

@loneghostkitten

10 ай бұрын

This is eye opening, very deep.

I am pretty sure the world would have been a much better place if people applied Marcus Aurelius' teachings to their life. Excellent video as always.

@ShannonJacobs0

Жыл бұрын

The original business model of KZread was annoying, but at least the ads were reasonable. New flood of invasive, repetitive, and offensive ads are EVIL. Google is now fully dedicated to doing any evil that seems profitable. And censoring complaints, too.

@sysonic917

10 ай бұрын

People would be less impulsive and think more critically.

As an Abuser, whenever any of my victims call me out for being abusive, I link them this video and hopefully that sends them down the stoic pipeline of learning to accept my abusive behavior. "Do not judge everything based on emotion", I'll remind them when they are rightfully upset at me. "Train your perception" is a doozy I also pull out when they start trying to point to specific instances of me being a "bad guy". "Always consider the bigger picture!" or "Doncha think you should try taking a cosmic perspective?" I will condescendingly remark. Stoicism is truly my favorite philosophy (for you, not for me). Ciao.

@Purvisvarietyoflife

4 ай бұрын

Just wondering if you worked on your abusive behavior because that is something in your control.

Fatigue, stress, hunger and other distractions make rational thinking a skill to learn

What Marcus Aurelius said about the need to make sure that people must have clarity on thoughts is the most important part of the thought process and as such is beyond doubt incredibly so true is this fact which is too often ignored by emotional impulses.

The universe showed me stoicism to help my ptsd and be stoic instead of emotional thank you for the very good video ❤

@salladpatron3395

Жыл бұрын

I try to see emotional as a state worth experiencing on its own. Stoicism the same. Combining them equally the same. And deletion of both and attempts to find a third separate way between opposites. Unity of them is good Balance of its individual separateness. As opposites as duality is good to consider. Each side by itself without its pair in mind is useful. And consideration of full removal of each is useful. To me anyway. So I do that to all I study

@mavrosyvannah

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you manned up! Congratulations 🎊

@parkosterwich7274

Жыл бұрын

The universe 😂🫵🥜🧠

@1234KeithB

8 ай бұрын

@@parkosterwich7274people will say anything but God lmao

I wish we all gave each other grace, kindness, and patience. I know it requires practice but if anything should be practiced it should be those things.

Absolutely the best video because it also gives the right advice on what to do and how to do it instead of just ordering people to change their views and saying to them that their way of thinking is not right. Advice without suggestions is useless, just frustrating! Thank you for this very helpful video!

This video has totally changed my perspective.

With knowledge comes power, with power comes responsibility. For when good men that fail to act is when evil prevails. If you are reading thus, it is a sign that you are a good man. Sometimes we lose direction, but all roads lead to Rome when your end goal is set in stone. A problem I see with most men is lack or direction. I've always just wanted to die happy, the way I will do this is knowing that I never gave up on myself, only on those that had given up on themselves. Great men and women lead by example, live your best life and you will show others the wisdom they need through your own happiness. Be happy kings and queens, with little and alot. God bless 🙌

Dear Lord, kindly grant me strength to accept those things that I cannot change. Let me have the courage to change the things that I can... and have the wisdom to know the difference. Amen.

@bunnykatsoracle3275

Жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@kittytam1545

Жыл бұрын

@@bunnykatsoracle3275 , Welcome to our Amen club. Bro.

@bunnykatsoracle3275

Жыл бұрын

@@kittytam1545 thank you! It's great to be here 😊 👊🙏

@kittytam1545

Жыл бұрын

@@bunnykatsoracle3275, You will be our Amen club Treasure..

@bunnykatsoracle3275

Жыл бұрын

@Kitty Tam i accept my new appointment with gratitude and humility, thank you 🙏. I look forward to serving on this board

Thank you, this is priceless GEM for this generation and the ones to come

What a Wiseman Marcus was These days we have almost fools as our political leaders, corporate heads and army commanders who mismanage the world to its destination.

so many lessons from this video. thank you for this!!

As a young adult I was once described as a stoic, in a flippant way. I never understood the full, meaning until I listened to this video. In simplistic terms, this video describes me, my inner thoughts, my thinking and ultimately my resulting behaviours - even why, in a crowd or audience, I am stand on my own. I've often heard the term "the grass is often greener on the other side" but that is only half the story! What we subsequently come to find out is that it [the grass] "is just as hard to cut". Thank you so much for posting this video

IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS....ITS HOW YOU DEAL WITH WHAT HAPPENS. IT WILL SET YOU FREE.

@phylis3917

11 ай бұрын

👏🏾

@phylis3917

11 ай бұрын

👏🏾

I don't know why they don't teache us such useful philosophy at school

@farshimelt

Жыл бұрын

Because the people who teach don't know.

@Pazaluz

Жыл бұрын

"They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. Thats against their interests. Thats right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table to figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it." -George Carlin

For me the hardest thing is to control emotions . Not easy at all as it sounds

Explaing yourself to the one who hurt you can give them a greater chance of manipulating you

@loneghostkitten

10 ай бұрын

This one hit hard.

@markperalta7722

9 ай бұрын

I just experience this recently. You are correct if you stop and respect yourself to analyze and not cloud your judgement .when you explain yourself your already on a losing path.im glad stoicism found me in a low point of my life. I noticed that ive become calmer and managing the goals i set myself on the everyday is easier done

"Live in accordance with nature" is at odds with "fairness". A constant readjustment of the concept to compensate for balance is a real grind. A worthy and admirable ideal.

This video is one of my top 10 all time favorite

I love all his wisdom

Very informational, concise, and practical approach. Thanks for making it and educating us. Thanks

Meditations is fantastic. Couldn’t help but click. Thank you!

I pick people to talk with about certain subjects not all humans can remove themselves from a situation to actually think it through and have a real conversation. People seem to think everything is a judgement to their character without the ability to remove themselves they just see judgement of their character or situation and seem to hop right on the defensive I can't and try really hard not to talk to people who can not remove themselves from a situation. They stress me out

What a great video, THANK YOU ❤

Jesus, this has been my journey since 20 years old..the last thing I learned is controlling my emotions. But, as he said at the beginning, it's a constant application. It's easy to fall back into the initial reaction...but it's important to step back and no matter what, remember one thing, that you need to step back..and when you're not doing what you're supposed to, It actually feels off. This is how I feel like you've achieved this truely.

@jlucer53

Жыл бұрын

Meditate

@elizabethbarefoot1111

Жыл бұрын

Look up “The Frame Technique” by Aaron 🙌🏽

@jrlara9222

Жыл бұрын

Grew up on church. My family departed from going to church when I was 14 but I would remember Gods word and his love and I would always feel bad or get a bad feeling whEnever I done something wrong

@petesaria-hf1xh

Жыл бұрын

@@jlucer53 You missed the point.

Through my personal experienced in life. This thoughts give me goose bumps all through my intire body and this true. The higher virtue you obtained in life the easier to you move and think clearly. Thank you for this wonderful video keep spreading the good vibration in life. #always look at the big picture.

When it comes to anger, the stoic philosophy should be clear here. Silence can be also a way of solving problem. The more you keep silence, the more you stop people from taking an advantage on you.

Thank you for taking the initiative to make this video.

... Thank you... This was a great digest of stoicism!

And there are no shortcuts to wisdom. I knew already from the moment i've read my first sentences years ago that this is something I'm gonna practice everyday for the rest of my life. This is not some quickfix to get over shortterm effects. Build a strong foundation. Be untouchable.

This was beautiful- I am sending it to all my kids ❤

Indeed impressive, powerful and knowledgeable philosophy. Kudos Marcus Aurelius 👍

Thanks!

I love the stoic philosophy! If only it applied to our day. There have been so many cultural and economic changes that it really doesn't apply to current day. Some things maybe, but for the most part our modern cultures will kick your ass if you solely apply these philosophies.

Thank you for creating this video.

thank you for this video

excellent video. thank you

. Undo your judgement. . Learn to control emotions. . temperance . Always see like the third person

I really resonate with the advice to deal with your anger by asking if what you are thinking of doing will be helpful. Now, I've just got to slow the process down enough to be able to take that view. Wish me luck!😂

Getting rid of judgement has single handedly been one of, if not the most impactful component which has helped me to significantly reduce my self induced stress, and start getting over depression. Eventually you will look at things objectively, try to learn from your past, and choose to see things through an optimistic lens. With this approach you can open new doors to exciting things which once bored you, and shut old doors that once made you feel trapt. This one simple thing can really change one's life. I'm happy to say that I actually feel like I'm finding my way now. 😌 One other huge thing that I overlooked which is really helping as well is forming a reading habit! Instead of being passive all the time by watching tv or playing videogames, set aside a bit more time each day to actively engage your brain by reading and/or trying to learn new skills!

@AnonymousUser-ss2qr

6 ай бұрын

Yeah having opinions on matter outside of your core purposes can cause stress because often we have negative opinions. And such thinking creates negative feelings or attitudes.

This video itself is relaxing

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." - Marcus Aurelius

thank you for these videos 🙏❤️

Absolutely love your videos, thank you!

Excellent... Thank you❤️

Thanks for suggesting perspective - take a step back and look at the whole picture.

Here's one from me "Life is full of pain, wisdom is your aspirin"

@jennyhernandez690

Жыл бұрын

I like it 👍 thanks

@petesaria-hf1xh

Жыл бұрын

How about, "Anybody who hates dogs and kids can't be all bad."

@bloodybonescomic

Жыл бұрын

Anesthesia is the medication that puts you to sleep.

@mightymoon420

Жыл бұрын

@@bloodybonescomic you are not wrong buddy! I meant aspirin 🤣🙏

@zensvlognotapro

21 күн бұрын

Wow I will borrow that🙌 😊

This is so helpful. I was judging sometimes and not even aware of it. Staying objective is key.

@teriw56

Жыл бұрын

Hard to do, but if it was easy everyone would be doing it.

@lisakadams3767

Жыл бұрын

@@teriw56 it’s called sarcasm

@lisakadams3767

Жыл бұрын

@@teriw56 it’s called sarcasm I dumb dumb

My namesake, MARCUS AURELIUS is sure my model of life. Therefore, I may mimic him: "Be an open-minded person always. Do not complicate your short existence and so filter only the best moments life can offer you." Simple as that!

When your practical, and realize feelings are a season or flavor, not the beef.

Another excellent video on stoicism in this series. This is now my second favourite of the philosophy series (after How to manage your time - Seneca). Much appreciated all your videos, your narratives speak right into me, resonating. I now believe we are all connected to one another and to the universe.

@todddavidson2545

Жыл бұрын

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@goldenbuddha316

Жыл бұрын

Affinity 🫡❤️🙏🏾❤️🫡

This find this video very useful to me. It gave a much clearer way to view myself and the problems that I am currently facing in my life... I hope to see more similar videos from your channeling in the future.

@kittytam1545

Жыл бұрын

And help people like us.

What an amazing class! Thanks for the quality content. Sub ❤

"Harms can only be,if you consider them as harms",,,Marcus and the the whole philosophy teachings has really changed my perception of life in a Broadway,,,"The meditation"is the book of all times 2nd from the Bible.

needed this video, thank you 🙏🏽

This is a really, really, really, really, really, really good video. A fantastic mix of the knowledge and the actionable insight. Thank you for it.

This is truly helpful

We must be the change we wish to see in the world! Mahatma Ghandi

quality videos like this deserve more views! just want to say thank you for putting together all these really valuable knowledge, i really feel like after watching this i took a brand new look on my life and decided to make a change!!

This is one of those rare KZread videos; where due to the subject matter being discussed, commenters will really need to think carefully before they type anything scathing or negative.

The way we think is very important

Educational and discipline- many thanks!🎈

Thank you x

So beautiful music. I like it.

Good lessons.❤❤❤

Brilliant

❤wise words. This man is a legend❤

My biggest rule in life, gained from many years is Honesty is a personal choice Truth is a perception Treat everyone with honesty and your understanding of the truth without anger, frustration or spite Never compromise on these and your life will be so much better

The offense someone does is what it is, can be detrimental, and could always be. How you react to it doesn’t weaken the offense, especially one which causes permanent damage. However, you can move on from such a violation and not let it continue to hold you. I don’t believe the mind has the ability to negate the wrongdoing, but does enable the healing.

*Thank you for the video!*

"In the beginning there was the word". They can create or destroy.

6:24 I LOVE this one! 👌

Excellent lesson...ty

Love this . 🙏💜🙏💜🙏

Legend✨

LOVE FROM THE ARCHAIX FAMILY 💚138...

thanks for this inspiring and amazing episode!

I appreciate how Stoicism emphasizes the importance of self-control.

@farshimelt

Жыл бұрын

Self is the only thing you can control. Zen looks at it differently.

Great Work! Thanks a lot!!

So nice! I do all of those things and more and I never knew about Stoicism : )

A "personal force field" will definitely help me to not be judgmental, once I can't hear all the unsolicited personal and private experiences my coworkers tend to share. I'm going with Soundcore's Liberty 4.

Luckily I learned to think this way in Kindergarten. My father always had to work late and I was the last one to get picked up. While no one was around anymore and I didn't really know what to do, I liked to just sit there, watch the birds, play with leaves and think "Maaaaan. It's not boring like other kids would say. I just am now. And that's crazy enough!" Do you know what I mean? To just be is kinda awkward. But you have to be, because you can't be. Therefore you can't think when you aren't so as a consequence you just can think that you are here now and exist. I'm not good with words so I can't explain what I mean concisely. But I wanted to say that from now on, your life or a moment can never be boring again. Because you're in a vast place and you can do everything you can do

@phylis3917

11 ай бұрын

Yes just sit. 👍🏿

Thanks for sharing

i do and don’t need this video when i don’t need this video generally but actually kind of do for my own thinking for a bit of situations and thinking kinda of below a crayon short for a bit of situations when i shouldn’t but can and have to for specific situations.

All this is really possible,ever since I started working on my mind and the way of thinking I live a more calmly life,I no longer stressed or moody always feel relaxed and most of the time I’m in high frequency

@ceodasala3297

Жыл бұрын

Same with me ! Though i did not master it of course, Do you have any advice ?