00:00 intro 02:01 1. Get up early 02:32 2. Know you have enough 03:38 3. Stop rushing 04:32 4. Control your desires 04:55 5. Be present 06:27 6. Look for beauty in the mundane 07:38 7. Control your inputs 08:24 8. Make time for peace
This stoic way of life has changed me! I have tried rehab for drug use for the past 12 years and usually have religion at the core. I have not relapsed for the first time after leaving rehab and every day I use the stoic journal and readings to learn and grow. It has been a true blessing in my life!
As someone who's childhood was ripped apart by addiction I have such admiration for anyone who manages to break free of that cycle. I know you know it will be a life long struggle but I also know you know its worth it. I am so proud of you. You can do this.
I wish id had this when my kids were little. I found philosophy when i was around 15 then stuff happened and i forgot all about it till pretty recently...in the mean time i had kids ,and i couldve really used this... Im 55 now and feel the most important moments couldve been so much better if id just had this. People are so lucky now to have all this information so readily available. Im lucky at least to have come back to it all these years later. This stuff is the best foundation for any life.
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1.Get up early 2.Be present 3.Know that I have enough 4.Find the beauty in the mundane(ugly life) 5.Stop rushing through this moment 6.Control what I read,control and listen to 7.Focus on the thing I am doing right now, don't worry about being late for reply 8.Take time for yourself, be outside
I m here today because I find it increasingly difficult to find peace when the world seems so crazy. We had far-right riots every the past few days across different parts of the country in the UK where I am from. The Olympic hysteria and bullying, the stock market plummeting. I know they are all out of my control, and I m clearly affected by all of these emotionally and literally and I just feel so vulnerable. I need to find a glimpse of light.
Adaration is the application simplifying a reaction to your thoughts and questions. Why or why not? The obstacle is the way. Cycling through my components is completions. There is only str!ngth in the populous. Awaredness is rest. I want a moderate size book of paperpets
The vikings also had a thing or two to say about getting up early. Though with different motives. Here from Hávamál 58:) "He must rise early, the one who wants to have another's wealth or life; seldom does a lying wolf get a ham or a sleeping man victory."
My second favourite koan: A zen master and his student approach a stream and find a geisha who wants to cross but there is no bridge. To the shock of the student, the master offers to carry the woman across the stream on his back. They walk for a long time after leaving the woman behind before the student finally blurts out "I can't believe you did that." The master says "I let her down on this side of the stream. Are you still carrying her?"
I am facing very hard life. I am a simple guy, dont want complex things but this world is chaotic that i am dying daily. Why is there no way where no one disturb another and let them live a peaceful life
I like Ryan's books and what he has done for Stoicism, but I recently saw him speak and instead of being inspired by Stoicism he went on a rant trashing Trump, putting down people who opposed vaccine mandates and vaccines, claiming that Carter was one of our greatest president because he installed solar panels on the White House, and so forth. I never realized he was such a partisan Leftist. I will still read his books though, because he inspired me to read the Stoics. I just wish he would use Stoicism as a force to bring people together during this challenging times.
For me waking up early is horrible. Whenever I wake up early the rest of the day I am dragging my ass with zero energy. I still force myself to get out of bed at 6 am but at this point I’m questioning if it’s actually helping me at all.
@@FTW_666 Consistent waking schedules are beneficial, but don't let toxic positivity destroy you - sometimes a slow morning is necessary. And furthermore, not everyone is a morning person. I think the culture of attaching personal value to work and productivity has infected certain philosophical currents such as Stoicism.
Clearly the stoics didn’t surf……cuz sometimes ur in a hurry because there’s only so much time before the wind blows onshore…….or it’s near sunset and pumping and there’s only so much daylight left……. WE GON HURRY
Didn't watch the full video but seems like contradictions. Be "zen" content, while being super ambitious. I say do you; but true wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord. Everything else won't matter when you stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Selah.
I don’t thinks it’s truly a contradiction because what I think he means is, be ambitious or “worry about what you can control, which is how you act/play/work. But don’t worry and stress about the things that you cannot change or control” and also nothing he did contradicts with scripture at all?
