Aye, we are very much in control of our response to sensory input, if we choose to be. Choosing kindness and impartiality over being right and taking sides feels like peace is retained. Also identifying our own reactions like anger or despair, without judging or identifying with them.

Who said this quote?

@@robertshuxley The great philosopher Richy Hicken, as inspired by Einzelganger

Bulls hit

That is incorrect Seneca said a wise man would not be bothered by the attacks of idiots but if a smart person attacks you it should still bother you.

any specific lecture from Seneca that you would recommend?

Letters From A Stoic by Seneca is what got me interested about Seneca's work. The one that was most meaningful for me was On the Happy Life (De Vita Beata) Hope that helps! @@MrPlant597

So being born in rich family is luck? What about being born in poverty? Being born in earth is no differ than hell because you sold your soul to the devil because you trade your precious hour to the corporates. Pay bills till you die. You hope to gets rich etc but in the end nothings matter.

❤ well said !

"It is part of the cure to wish to be cured." Seneca.

Just checked your channel garageman BRUTAL training keep it up grandpa🔥

Age is a number in the head - usually in the heads of others. Live your best life whatever phase of life you are in 🙏 Most importantly, always stay young in your heart and never lose your childlike wonder.

thats really unrelated

@@mcfurrynuttell me you didn’t watch the whole video without telling me you didn’t watch the whole video…

Why does everyone spill their guts online. You lost me at knee surgery or whatever.

@@CraigStCyrPlus oh well you didn’t read my comment. My life didn’t change with you reading my comment. I’m stuck at home all the time because I’m disabled. I don’t get to talk to many people because of things like my “knee”.

hardest to achieve is being unbothered by anyones opinion

@@CraigStCyrPluswhere’s your empathy? Not interested in other people? He sounds absolutely lovely with interesting things to say. Just like he said, not everyone will get you. At least I appreciate his contribution. Merry Christmas 🎄

​​@@scarbahurt people hurt people more often than not. Rather a hurt helping people or grinding down away at myself than anybody else anywhere not given a valid reason at all to be triggered, what's worse is finding out that an awful lot of humans in a failing soy-society seem get their energy supply fueling from the hardships of others trying to pick on those they assume are weaker than themselves like a true coward or maybe a lot of people are catching a lot of other people on their many bad days and events in time where everyone is simultaneously just being a bunch of dickheads aholes all at the same time in some chain of events that so frequently happen to take place ... The next thing you know all of us more or less apart of that dickchain despite being straight ASF... So like then it becomes a situation where everyone has to question themselves about how much less of a dick do we individually want to be in our lives and start questioning exactly why and where all these dickings coming from especially if it's males dealing with other males in this world that failed learning anything at all about being decent and Respectful and other things because we all know the most garbage things that modern whammins can and been doing in this beta clownworld soy-society. 💯💊😒 People just have to learn in life how not to be huge aholes now 💯💊😓☕

But of you doing all that talking snd waiting for someone to help you then I would brush you off to like the rest

Yes

​@@Apxllxn For sure

What principles would those be, in your view.

​​@@CraigStCyrPlus"If You live my Life you are me, If i live your Life i am You" Like if You live Hitlers Life you are Hitler. Many ppl say No because they think they are better but Nobody is better. The worst is the best We can do. The Last will be the First. Something Like this😂

Exactly. That’s true Stoicism

"He who is brave is free." - Seneca Stay Free. Stay Resolute. Stay Stoic.

Your appreciation for Seneca's writings on grief highlights your depth of understanding of his philosophy. It's inspiring to see how his teachings on balancing the processing of loss with the maintenance of virtue resonate with you. Great observation! In what ways do you find his advice on handling grief applicable or challenging in your own life experiences?

I rationalized to a carpenter mentor of mine "Heck, Russ. If the work is hard, it just makes us stronger." He replied:"Maybe it makes YOU stronger, but it just makes me tired." Kinda, worksmarter/pik-ur-battle perspective. Russ was a genius, as well as far stronger and as stoic as i could hope to be.

Your comment reminded me of that movie/book Holes.. "Digging holes builds character!!" 😅🙌🧅

@@NotMadNomadZephyr haha... i'll give it a view. A metalsmith i knew advertised his blacksmithing class "Blacksmithing! Garuanteed to build sex-appeal!" ha

he is not wrong! LOL@@christianpnorris

If you tell them, you show them that you care about their opinion. You can stand your ground more firmly by not reacting to their insult. They might try to insult you more, but if you don't react, they will eventually stop.

That’s why he was considered a crazy loon 😂 I’d say just ahead of his times

​@@howeworthit's not necessarily about us caring about that person's opinion, but about how they're treating us. to tolerate bad treatment in that kind of instance is to permit it happening again.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@howeworth It seems you’ve never worked at a bar lol. Letting someone crash and ruin your birthday party seems very stoic, but unless you’re the only one at your birthday party, they’re ruining everyone else’s night too. Some situations call for the correct application of righteous anger. Of course, you could also reach out to the person who’s trying to hurt you and try to help them become a better version of themselves. But some people can be very hard to reach.

Yes, but you can't control whether they do or not, hence the whole point

That leaves you wide open to manipulation my friend

​@@tims9434same as being biased help you remain in a manipulative relation.

@@tims9434elaborate

congratulation on noticing this and focusing in remaining unbiased

How so? Because he forms an unbiased opinion from biased informations?

Fun fact - Alan worked for the cia..

​@@BhutJolokia24 How closed minded are you? The spirit lives on forever....

at that point, i don't think he is facing the dangers, the dangers are facing him! haha

hot pockets kid?

@NewLife-qj9mx, 😂 That's so funny! Good answer. I think really tall people must get tired of the "How's the air up there?" People have a tendency, it seems, to believe that their reality is the normal one. For instance, I'm retired, and don't need to stick to any strict bedtime. I returned a text to my niece at 11:30 pm, and the answer I got the next day, was, "What were you doing up so late?" and I thought, you, niece, go to bed EARLY. I understand why, of course. I had to get up at 5am for all the years I was working. I now love the luxury of sleeping late in the morning. I wouldn't be saying to her, "Why are you going to bed so EARLY?"

congratulations!! I will love to be your friend dear as well. as sharing some ideas which you're benefiting.

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Yes please How does this trading stuff work? I'm really interested but I just don't know how to go about it. I heard people really make it huge trading

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Could you elaborate?Is it that you imagine yourself in some bad situation and then some negative emotions are released based on the imagined situation?

Journaling is good. The rest I haven't bothered to read. Your journal will make sense to you and that's what's important ❤

I think this view is a modern take on the way to apply stoicism, of course not the only one. Our own minds can become the creator of injury, real or not (as the 'shadow' that he states)

@angeladawn805, A good way to look at it! Your thoughts remind me of something Mohammed Ali the boxer once answered to a waiter in a restaurant, back in the 1960's. The waiter said to him, "We don't serve blacks." He said, "That's okay, because I wasn't going to order a black. I'll have the hamburger with fries, please."

Dear Y, I still love you. I treasure this relationship ❤️and hoping that we’ll be together 😘But most importantly, do you feel the same way?or you have changed your mind?pls be honest to yourself. Whatever your decision would be, I will accept and respect.

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I think, in terms of physical harm, i understand it like that: You argue with someone and the other turns to physical violence, since he can not fight you with words, he trys to invalidate you and your words with the strengh of hes body. There is no need for you to turn to physical violence by your self to strenghen your point, you already won the argument anyways. How i understand you, i see it like the following: A Stoic, will not try fight a lion with words, if the lion only wants to eat hes pray, neighter i think will the stoic accept to get eaten, without trying to save hes live. The same goes for humans, with the sole reasion to hurt or kill you, the stoic will still try to defend himself, but he accepts the fact that all they want is to hurt or kill.

What do you love about it? Expressing a strong emotion about something should be explained not just brushed off....

I too love it, stoically....@@tims9434

she sounds terrible, but you did the right thing by indulging in content like this. Continue to do so. There will always be idiots, you should never try to avoid them. Instead, you should learn to simply not allow them to affect you. It's hard to develop this mindset but watching videos like this really changes you for the better. I promise!

Woah its ok if you did react ??im glad ur ok

Thanks so am I... just gotta be more careful next time!

Thank you for your kind words! It's always a journey to acquire wisdom, and sharing insights is a part of that process. Is there a particular area of wisdom or philosophy you're currently exploring or find intriguing?

Hot or cold , cool or warm .❤