This PHILOSOPHY Changed my LIFE 

Surrender what you can't control and Max out on what you can!

I just realized I'm practicing stoicism without knowing anything about it prior. I came to this state of mind after facing a lot of disappointments and misfortunes in my life. I don't think people can start practicing stoicism by themselves only life experience can teach them.

1) accept what u can't change 2) let go and go with the.flow.of.nature 3) imagine your death .. death meditation .. (it will motivate u to strive for work as u will have a pov that life.is so short) 4)

Varun's not gonna read it but am far too happy to discover his work & thoughts ! Trifecta of reality was just marvellous and the content on his channel is way beyond appreciable !💯🤝

Recently discovered you and I must say your content and knowledge is just out of the box and just next level. The way you talk about stuff and explain things I just love that. Keep up the great work

I used to be a stoic before but then I Discovered Bhagvan Gita ..the superset of all mindset

Here's the chronology 22nd April- I ordered Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 29th April- I watched your first video and subbed(my fastest subscription, i never subscribe channels after just watching one vid) 30th April- The book gets delivered 1st may- I'm watching this vid

A lot of things you said had been given in our Yoga and Ancient Indian Spirituality too... But yeah good to see other places too such thought process and philosophy converge.... Even many Eastern philosophies too it is present....

Tbh I am a very satisfied, uninterested, not influenced person who does not want anything from life.. now watching your video I realized there is too much of stoicism in me.. I didn't know the word but I knew how I am functioning. And this completely acceptance of situation of life is also not a good thing because this led to me disinterested in my own life and don't wish to live life because there is nothing to achieve it as I am already satisfied of everything... So actually I am trying to think opposite of what u are proposing.. I am trying to unaccept and change my circumstances and be more curious and trying to set small goals for myself.. trying to be little passionate about things than before.. trying to engage in my life and exploring new things.. I think thats the difference between a passionate and not so passionate person, a pessimistic and an optimist person .. beacuse for u Stoicism is a life changer Philosophy but for people like me opposite of that is what I need .. I think this is because passionate people are too restless they want to accomplish and concern new things while I am always in rest which sometimes makes me frustrated

1. Acceptance for freedom of mind 2. Don't try to control the things out of your control 3. Write-outlet as punching bag

The way you explain subject is awesome, i tried to understood it earlier but couldn't do it. Kudos

"The world is nothing but change. Our life is only perception." - (Book four) Meditation

Not hate to anyone but Shree Krishn ji already taught us stoicism many many many years ago , we don’t need foreign authors 🙏

6:36 i think i can describe what you're describing better. its not about not feeling sad or angry but to feel it in its entirety and focus on it and remember exactly how it feels so you slowly become comfortable with it. you seperate emotion and action and simply becomee comfortable with the emotions you do feel instead of suppressing them. just sit and observe your emotion and exactly how it feels and instead of suppressing it focus on it as much as you can and you'll start accepting and processing emotions in the best possible way

We have read similar philosophy in childhood in Kabir's poem.He celebrated death of his son and all his bhajan somewhat explain the same thing.

Stoicism is bad for humanity but really good for one's peace of mind.

Sages already defined this so called stoicism with state of sadhana with equal reaction to all kind of situation

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Amazingly explained, Stoicism is a great way to live life.

And if any one wanna know more on stoicism, you have your own "Desi Stoic" 👋🏻

the thing he said about joe rogan about equanimity was written in bhagvad geeta it self. Bhagvad geeta contain everything.

Changing the perspective is a way to peace. 💆🏻‍♀️ Thank you so much 👏😊

"the cheif task of a philosopher is to separate things that are in our control from the things that are not in our control"

I just found out that I practiced stoicism without even knowing about it... Thanks for the perspective

There is a fly on your coke can at 5:25. You can't change it now.

As the saying goes - Hope for the best prepare for the worst

If you have read geeta then you wouldn't need these philosophy

thankyou for making such amazing and wonder ful creation had been going around with some frustration and this really told me why feeling much better now thankou for much time

Brilliant ! Rehash old, native wisdom and give it a big, foreign name, and our ever-distracted countrymen, always eager for some new crutch to grasp are game. But on the positive side, there is the hope that this just, might resonate and have some salutary effect on our people.

Such an amazing video dude, thanks a ton, I really appreciate it

Those talking about vedas and bhagwad gita , sorry as an atheist I don't believe in soul or god so it won't really help me. Stoicism keeps god away from the talk and hence is better . vedas maybe beneficial for you because you can reason everything by saying it's god's will.

you changed your life by stoic philosophy, now I suggest vedanta philosophy to figure out who is 'you'..... whose life changed? who is that? You will say varun's life changed but who varun is? Is varun a name of body? mind? thoughts? emotions? memory? figure about who you are and everything will be figured out :)

Embrace Shiva.He will detach from outcome and move forward towards your porpuse to nature and world

I didn't knew that something like this existed. I have been doing it since childhood without knowing that I'm practicing stoicism. People call me crazy for always thinking worst case scenarios.

The whole stoicism can be relatable to the teachings of bhagwat gita..! And its amazing..

You just made soo beautiful video covering the basics so nicely........i love Stoic

these are the learnings I have picked with my life experiences, without knowing it has a name 🙆 so stoicism it is!

I'm clearly a deep stoic. Thank you for talking about the aspects of this.

No matter what, you can't fill the void if you remove the only CONSTANT that innate human nature already recognizes.

Nice one Varun!

WTF DUDE 🤯 I am practicing it since last 4 years without knowing I was in depression kind of state bcoz of COVID and backlogs and changes in life. So I started accepting them and weighting then down only mistake I did was overdo it and not focusing on improving it like in a day I used to think atleast 10 times i have backlogs ,I have work to do . But not do it rather write it get off with it and start wasting time but soon i realised this is not working and then after i started working on it with writing and that habit continue till date .

Watching this video after AeVy TV. I can find a ton of resemblance in Achna’s and Varun’s delivery

I hope you can answer this. On one hand you are trying to practice stoicism in which ideally , you won't be unsatisfied with whatever nature is throwing at you , and on the other hand, you are celebrating the massive increase in life expectancy through human efforts (whose driving factor is unsatisfaction and hunger for more ) . So which side are you inclined towards ? I know you are into Stoicism to some extent but I am sure not fully, else you won't have wanted and worked for a better life probably.

The Cero soundtrack gave me a deja vu

Therapy is expensive, so i watch this video.

On this topic if you want to go deep you can read vedas too which tells you the permanent answers of youur questions

Nothing is random. Your Karma decides your life. Which also means if we take charge of our actions 100 percent and consciously, nothing will seem random anymore.

This was so well put. Thank you! ✨

Marcus had lots of pain in life and so he needed Stoicism as an anti-depressant, why do you need it Varun?

Great video Varun! If someone wants to get started with Stoicism, a good starting point is the book "A guide to the good life" by William B. Irvine

Thanks for the video. I am finding one of the biggest solution for life now.

damn, this was a really great video varun!

I also strongly believe in Stoic philosophy ✌️🙃

superb background and video !!

You really added one more value in me , what to say no words bro. Just keep it doing dear . I think i want to meet you.

Bhai...seems like quite a lot of people (including me) practice these things without giving it a fancy name. Try Advaitha vedant ..havent read, but its teachings are very similar, probably better

Loved it. Thanks you the crazy insights

happy that i stumbled on your page ,keep bringing up informative videos buddy. ps- comment box hit the century with my comment

It’s a year old video but if you’re reading my message, please answer this. Am I manifesting low mode around me by meditating upon it?

Varun is a gem

All time favourite movie.Songs, acting and story everything is awesome.

I think all these philosophical approaches happened after Buddha's teachings. Stoicism us 3 century BC. Buddha time was 4 century BC. Buddha teachings foundation is Virtues. ( Called Sila ) and also emphasis on Meditation. Try to read and do research on Buddha teachings.

I didn't knew about this but I do this thing lmao

Mind-blowing

This is great video.

Great insights varun bhaiya, Your content is awesome..

We deserve a collab between Varun and TRS (Ranveer) after this video😃

Bhagavat Geeta. ❤❤

Thank you for the deeper insights on Stoicism!

omg...so impressive....appreciate this

So much zen!

You must try Sadhguru Inner Engineering. My two cents: Stoicism feels like it's still on the surface. To dig deep and get to the core of who we are!

It’s so much similar to the verses of Bhagwat Gita ..!

U are awesome Varun currently I m a college student ur videos just helps me alot

Following this for quite sometime now, without knowing the name for the same!

thanks for this much great video brother

5:36 anyone observed a fly on the coke

Loved this one! Subbed in 1 min. Awesome 😎

Dude, an stoic video with Goku. You got yourself a subscriber.

This will make you resilient in life, but if you don't feel elated about something positive then is it a good thing?

I am a student of Stoic philosophy since 7 years. I am happy that people are encouraging and using it to bring about a change in their lives. But there's a fair share of criticism and limits the this philosophy or any other as a matter of fact. Stoicism is basically a branch of asceticism and it is NOT for everybody. I would have loved the video if it came with the valid criticism that this philosophy has.

6:37 good point

Great message. However the average age of humans living until age of 40, 100 years ago is incorrect.

I have unknowingly been stoicist

Oh its too much positive to take

Awesome

Whats the background music

Varun you can do gaming we will love to see it please try heroic game

bro made a 12 minute video just to explain "it is what it is"

Money can't buy wisdom.

Such a wise words..

I was completely catching up until the end part where u mentioned what Marcus said at the start of the his day, don’t u think that it’s completely in contrast from what the law of attraction teaches or at least preaches, that whatever we think and feel the universe will ultimately make it a reality by altering situations around u. What are ur thoughts on it?

Baba Varun 😂, btw love your content and loved the video !!

So true

Very helpful 👍

Stoicism? I thought you were talking about some verses of Bhagwad Gita.

Stoicism is child infront of vedant.

This background music in this vedio is so peaceful....it was also in Cero2...I love it....CAN ANYBODY PLEASE tell me name of this background track???

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Acceptance is fine but being completely pessimistic and spreading fear in minds of people is not right every thing can be projected from a solution point of view if intented but the content is good I appreciate your efforts to raise awareness about AI and sharing your knowldege through your channel