Path of Stoicism: How to become a Stoic in the Modern World

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0:44: 🧘‍♂ Learn to become stoic in the modern world and find lasting peace of mind. 3:56: 🧠 Stoicism teaches that relying on external things for happiness leaves us at the mercy of a turbulent universe outside our control. 5:44: 📚 Practicing voluntary discomfort and adopting a stoic mindset can help change our attitude towards purchases and pleasures. 8:25: 🧠 The importance of not hating or being angry at others, and focusing on self-improvement and education instead. 11:26: 🤔 The ongoing culture war is characterized by anger and insults, with genuine attempts at persuasion taking a back seat. Recap by Tammy AI

[@StoicPhilosophyLessons]

"Freedom is not achieved by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it." - Epictetus

[@bleonitkrasniqi7083]

Desire has becomes something that plagues this new generation the desire of lust the desire to be better then others the desire for revenge and excetera if humans eliminated desire there wouldn’t really be much from stopping them from reaching they’re goals

[@StoicPhilosophyLessons]

@@bleonitkrasniqi7083 Wise words, my friend.

[@philiproe1661]

Sounds a lot like Buddhism.

[@artyzartifacts9799]

Everyone alive is dealing with something, everyone you see while living your life is trying to make it through some struggle, even the ones that seem to have it all together. The only time I have been able to achieve a stoic mindset is when I remind myself of this and I realize not only am I not alone, but we have the ability to make life a little better for everyone by simply by being a bit kinder to one another and to ourselves. I hope you find the strength to face whatever you are going through no matter how trivial it may seem to others.

[@puffdaddy4537]

I was unknowingly living a stoic life, discovering it’s values on my own in 2019. I was 18, just graduated, and more than anything I wanted to travel the country. So I saved my money, bought a minivan, threw a mattress in it, and had the adventure of a lifetime for 18 months. I went to every state you can drive to (except Hawaii and Alaska). I was basically homeless, but I was the happiest I’ve been in my whole life. Everyday was new, everyday was different. Just finding somewhere to take a shit required planning and effort. Nothing was simple, everything was work, but everything felt fulfilling. Living with the absolute bare minimum and being happy with such taught me how deluded we all are from birth to want to acquire things over experiences. I began to focus on this concept everyday and would practice ways to value my life not for its rewards, but for what I gained through doing things that are not easy. I built up my philosophy of life around this. Like most 19 yr olds, I was unaware of any of the great philosophers at that point in my life. Hadn’t read or heard any of their ideas. But about a year after I had completed by journey, I discovered Meditations and there were points where it felt like I was reading my own diary. My whole point with this is, it is rather unfortunate the conditions alot of people are born into. With external pressures never really giving them the freedom to have these freeing thoughts. It wasn’t until I was completely removed from society, only interacting with others when I’d stop to get gas or go into town for supplies, that I could understand the errors I’d made in my thinking and life. And seeing as how people separated by oceans and millennia can come to these same conclusions given the right conditions, I feel that stoicism is mostly a rational concept. It is being more attached to the idea of why things are rather than how they are.

[@HanTian777]

Give a TLDR bro wtf

[@liamp1]

Honestly that’s my dream, so much stuff (I’m guessing you live in the USA) in our beautiful country to see. I’m not even old enough to drive yet, but that’s my dream to be honest, just driving around the country, seeing all the national parks and stuff, seeing the different geography, etc. hope you enjoyed it and I’ll probably never see you again so hope you have a great life!

[@puffdaddy4537]

@@liamp1 you have a bright future dude. Having those big dreams and enjoying this kind of content at a young age is awesome. It was the best decision I ever made. It was 5 years ago and feels like yesterday. I’ve since joined “the real world” and have a corporate job where the freedom and individuality I could take advantage of everyday is near non existent - but the memories I gained from the experience stick with me everyday and gives me hope for the future. I sincerely hope you get the chance to do it yourself and that your dreams are supported by your loved ones. (Side note) you still have so much time to save the money you’ll need to make doing this possible. My biggest piece of advice is to find a way to generate passive income that can be made no matter where you are. That’s one thing I wish I’d done so that I could of continued traveling indefinitely

[@mauritzventer2092]

Did this myself, now 30 years later I have to put an effort to remind myself of this everyday. Modern society is designed to maximise profits. It tough fighting it. In myself it is.

[@Emilybronte-o3q]

I guess you were lucky since you didn’t run into a serial killer or human trafficking ring or organ mob or heroin users etc …

[@StoicEvolution1]

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Seneca

[@VIRTUEVIBES007]

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Marcus Aurelius

[@user-ye3sr9lp6l]

Was just rewatching some of your previous philosophy videos and then you upload this: I'm so glad! Keep up the good content, I really enjoy it and believe the way you portray these ideals is wonderfully executed.

[@user-ye3sr9lp6l]

@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist8 Amen! I believe philosophy and religion can coexist as both actually share some common principles.

[@deskmat9874]

Imagine the face on Marcus Aurelius if he was able to find out that millions of people have been looking at his personal diary for thousands of years

[@baronghede2365]

Stoicism and Bushido has changed my life for the better, Blessed Be.

[@TheStoicsResilience]

Life can be so much easier when you apply stoic mindset, it changed my life completely.

[@mustbecome]

With so many distractions in the modern world seducing and sedating us into lethargy, we need to arm oursleves with cognitive weapons like Stoicism. Thank you for this content. It really inspires my own so I greatly appreciate it.

[@egodumpster]

I didn't realize I was a stoic until now. I've been implementing this, but not at a high enough level

[@haijin7484]

I’m always having a terrible day either from work or bad things happening in my life. I’m aware the world is not fantasy and rainbow, it’s wicked place with other people also suffering and wicked people roaming around freely, sometimes I keep having some thoughts that maybe ending it is the only way to end this torment and suffering. In the end either I’m a coward or simply I just don’t want to give up and keep trying till the end.

[@patriciaayebare9408]

Thank you for speaking my mind

[@nataliam4081]

When I have bad time with my mental health and happy arguments dont really help with suicidal thougths (like live because life is so beautiful, full of joy) i just think i dont want to do this because i dont want to create more pain. In my worse days im just focusing on not creating more pain.

[@pauldirc..]

​@@nataliam4081Great video Please help me through this problem after reading Dr Robert sapolsky books behave and work of other neuroscientist like vs ramachandran I am fairly convinced that Free will and soul does not exist and it has givens me whole new level of existential crisis even when I turn atheist that does not to give me problem because reading stoicism and absurdism philosophy of albert camus give me that I can create my own meaning but after knowing the fact that I don't have free will how can I create meaning means I am the victim of law of Physics which navigate my life and I can't do anything like if I am miserable or lazy it is in my genes not my fault

[@Zimboprenuer]

"Just switch off your phone" - Me 2023😂

[@GlowBowlPhilosophy]

Can I quote you on this??

[@andyc9902]

​@@GlowBowlPhilosophyyes 😅

[@Zimboprenuer]

@@GlowBowlPhilosophy 😂😂

[@Jaysin412]

I deleted all of my social media apps, no Facebook, Twitter, snapchat, Instagram, no fuckin tiktok! none of them. I keep KZbin to learn, but as far as social apps go, they're long gone. Nothing but stress comes from those apps

[@Quiteazy]

"Just switch off your phone" - a wise man

[@poiseful]

Stoicism needs to be taught to all young people today.

[@dense_and_dull]

Having had great interest in history from a young age, I inevitably learned of the Romans and more specifically Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. Learning of stoicism has changed my life dramatically and for the better.

[@jasonphoenix3569]

@@dense_and_dull how long did it take u to actually become stoic? how difficult was it to get there?

[@jasonphoenix3569]

@@dense_and_dull being able to control my emotions in a tough situation is a satisfactory goal for me. hopefully i can achieve that some day. but congrats to u on overcoming that hurdle, it's a life-changing feat imo

[@ChronoTriggers]

“The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” -AC

[@floofer9954]

Marcus Aurelius be up there with the Buddha and the wisest Sikh Gurus

[@frrgile]

0:44: Learn to become stoic in the modern world and find lasting peace of mind. 3:56: Stoicism teaches that relying on external things for happiness leaves us at the mercy of a turbulent universe outside our control. 5:44: Practicing voluntary discomfort and adopting a stoic mindset can help change our attitude towards purchases and pleasures. 8:25: The importance of not hating or being angry at others, and focusing on self-improvement and education instead. 11:26: The ongoing culture war is characterized by anger and insults, with genuine attempts at persuasion taking a back seat.

[@klazerix]

What about things that were in control but no longer is? For example:- getting bad grades, you cannot do anything about it now, but you could have studied harder and avoided this.

[@snmnk283]

Simply accept that it has happened and do better next time

[@snmnk283]

Blaming yourself over and over won't get your grades up in the long run anyway

[@fishover2077]

What he said ^ dont dwell in has already happened. Learn from it and move on, find solace in knowing you will be better prepared next time.

[@ashwinbhat95]

Learning from failures is the key to success. We cannot change the past, but can learn from our previous mistakes and take measures to correct them. The important thing is to have a learning mindset from failure i.e. understand what you could have done better and correct them for next time.

[@shanverma1589]

You can study now, that’s in your control

[@MecanismoEstoico]

Very good! I'm at the beginning.. I'm going to mirror myself in you!!

[@TheZenMindfulness]

I'm going through a misfortune right now so this vid was great to watch. I guess there are things that I can't really control. Mind control is really hard in difficult times.

[@KuntSmasher-f4j]

Thank you for these videos, very calming. Well most of them.

[@1776Rob2012]

In other words, don't allow anyone or circumstance to insult/offend you. It's a waste of energy. Instead, recognize your power to GO WITH IT. Enjoy the stress free frequency of *'FUCK IT'.

[@aidanblattner8893]

Bro do you have a podcast? If not you should really consider making one because I love listening to your videos.

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

Strength of the Mind......That's Stoicism.❤

[@Kleinbwai1382]

PLEASE apeture,add more volume to the music,it makes it more magical

[@universemath]

Your videos are therapeutic....Thank you so much!

[@SneakySteevy]

Human are flawed. Knowing these flaws and accept them is the key. Most of us wants human to be « not human » by wanting or hoping humans to act against their nature. Our ego is really in the way of our happiness.

[@andysemper7556]

"We often fear more in imagination than in reality" - Seneca

[@ronaldwalker1009]

This King of Rome, was simply saying, you can use Imagination to get over re-action . For example ( someone say something to hurt , just imagine it was your mother or father , said it, who you wouldn't re act to .)( You need cabbage for dinner but your wife cook cauliflower, just imagine it's cabbage you are eating, just not to causes argument. He is also saying , try to learn how to live with less think or simply think,eat simply and healthy instead to go for beauty, feel good and taste. (Learn how to do things the hard way, so when the easy way comes it would feel pleasing.

[@mocerlaalacbaino]

One must imagine Sisyphus to be happy. But I imagine he must be having fun as much as sliding down a slide on a playground as a kid! I imagine Sisyphus to be happy!

[@joesan.youtube]

Where did you Spotify playlist of great quotes go? That was my way of getting the day started while exercising.

[@whbi-senpai1085]

I have been in this mind set for almost a year now, it really helped me with depression and the things that I can't do shit about them. I don't know if it's a healthy mindset or not though but it's at least functional.

[@bleonitkrasniqi7083]

Yeah like he said if u can do something about a bad situation u should try to but if u can’t then keep moving with your life don’t get attached to inanimate objects live your life perceiving others as people and not as competition ore a means to an end find genuine connections

[@1PlainOne]

The virtues of Stoicism avails nothing, if one is not firmly convicted in, (therefore clinging to) Faith in Christ and His finished work on the Cross. Much love, joy, and peace to all ❤❤❤

[@abulletant1147]

sisypus finna be forced to roll the boulder if he stands on it, not to mention it'll fall 💀

[@rednarok]

These are stoic values worth trying out!

[@DawitMengistu_a]

I searched "vent synonyms" for a youtube channel name and aperture came up. I wonder if that was the process for your channel's name? Love your content.

[@SilverZekken]

I being using stoicism for a while with knowing because I was raised that way that is why I love my mom she raised me right.

[@MrPaytonw34]

This channel is very underrated

[@shannonspage9360]

Stoic has always been my natural state, I don't know why it just is. I have never been able to understand why people react in the ways they do to things. Most good choices never come when in a hightend emotional state, at least from my observation

[@valorwarrior7628]

As a Christian, I learned to become a Stoic person by surrendering to the will of GOD, rest in His hands, and finally, accept the fact that the flow of time and space, and all happenings still happen to be part of GOD's will.

[@vidalskyociosen3326]

Make a video about Jacque Fresco, at-least to me he is most simplest and untelligent during my lifetime.

[@projectstoicism]

A few notes of constructive criticism: 1:25 that's Epictetus in the picture, not Zeno. The description Zeno uses for the dog being dragged by the horse is for destiny and fate, not so much the dichotomy of control. in this example there would be a slight difference but it's mostly that you're being led toward a certain end, you can accept that or fight it. Overall, lovely video and especially a banger of a thumbnail !

[@Fede_uyz]

Reading the meditations and knowing those were personal and never to be published necessarily, I wonder how many great works may have been penned but lost because they were never supposed to be published

[@ji-l3433]

Great video thanks

[@longthien9438]

Together we change the world!

[@lucidthc]

I first discovered your channel through stoicism !

[@mdhasiburrahman8806]

So if a force attacks us makes you/us their slave, would you just accept it? Shouldn't we fight it? If Things were just like that, We wouldn't had any victory in any war , any reconquest, or any laugh of victory. Or any redemption , we still obviously need to fight where is necessary.

[@johnfarrell3506]

Those are situations where you have control, therefore yes, fight. Stoicism deals very often in what we cannot control. A dog is not capable of untying himself from the cart, humans are.

[@PrimaWhiteKitty]

Like he says in the video, it's about the effort you put in. If you put in as much effort as you could, and you still lost the war,**THEN** YOU SHOULDN'T WALLOW THAT YOU LOST THE WAR FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. Should you remain sulking, and angry everyday for the rest of your life? Stoicism says NO, you shouldn't. If you've done all you could, and it didn't go your way, then from there on you try to go about your life and the best you can to decrease the physical and mental suffering.

[@chadibelhidane6420]

WOW I'm so impressed ! i've always appreciated your work on stoicism, never been dissapointed, it's definitely the subject/philosophy that you mastered the most.

[@xtoicsyt]

😊

[@IFYOUWANTITGOGETIT]

That thumbnail is awesome lol 😂

[@c_n_b]

The food one is also wrong. Stoicism is about seeing the positives in things, so you should appreciate your food if it's nice.

[@theonewiththegoldentouch]

5:57 That's literally me with my 4+ year old phone lol

[@dkchariot2716]

My phone is losing life everyday but it’s the best phone I’ve had

[@theonewiththegoldentouch]

@@dkchariot2716 Do you mind if I ask what phone you have? I personally have had my Samsung Galaxy s10e since May 1st of 2019. Hoping to get a few more years out of it

[@kerz5383]

1.8 upvotes and only 8 downvotes on this video because aperture is just pro like that

[@gn-sxlo]

Love your content bro

[@dsiepiela6449]

If coffee being gone is devastating to you , your a wimp.

[@martinmartinmartin2996]

What you stoicism , I call self discipline .

[@xotwod3254]

I love the thumbnail

[@rockobukkako813]

It is raining as I watch this video

[@hapotus410]

Hey! Not sure if you'll ever see this, but have you deleted the Cosmic Calendar video?

[@takenname8053]

When I can control my own emotions, how can I help others who can’t?

[@christianlopez1627]

Not the point

[@takenname8053]

@@christianlopez1627 Alright

[@christianlopez1627]

@@takenname8053 the point is to focus on yourself only. Not as a tool to control others…

[@takenname8053]

@@christianlopez1627 It's not about control it's about helping others. As someone who is older, when seeing a younger person struggling I feel compelled to help them in any way I can.

[@n0110]

I will reach eudaimonia and end up in paradise into the idea of going to Cwcville

[@jbk3692]

How do i get into stoicism? Where to start?

[@martinmerencsics2650]

Meditations from Marcus Aurelius is probably the best first book on Stoicism to read. If you find it hard or boring to read, you can switch to something from Ryan Holiday, but I encourage you to read more ancient books. Also, try to practice it on a daily basis in some form.

[@Supra-mk4-3i]

For me pain is part of life.. There will be end of life down the road anyway so the end of pain as well.. So yaaa i just wanna enjoy what I have today....what you think about it?

[@penguingobrrbrr353]

What if u never die ?

[@Supra-mk4-3i]

@@penguingobrrbrr353 gladly for my knowledge I don't have that luxury... Practically I will die one day... And even if in hypothetical situation if I could not die... I swear everyone ever around me will be fu@ked up.... 😜

[@penguingobrrbrr353]

@@Supra-mk4-3i what if no one else dies ? 🤔

[@gmfrunzik]

Nihilist cope

[@OrganizationXIII]

12:04 Where are they

[@BennieVredestein]

Man your original video on Stoicism helped me so much, thank you for that. Great to see a sequal

[@SneakySteevy]

You can’t win against the reality - Stoicism

[@habituatedstoic]

Ya, Those are Best Path of Stoicism To be Habituated.

[@elpouleto1861]

one must imagine sisyphus happy

[@mjolninja9358]

I’d imagine him as ecstatic

[@alihasnain3280]

"A Man can only lose that which he Has"-Epictetus

[@Turdfergusen382]

Yeah just give up and go with whatever happens

[@milliybro1628]

Actually live has the meaning. If don’t accept or you don’t know about it or even don’t find it yet, doesn’t mean life is meaningless.

[@hungrymusicwolf]

You're wrong on the culture war aspect. This culture war started when both sides disagreed and one side tried to talk with the idea that the others might be misled, wrong, or just have a difference of opinions. That side then got attacked, lied about, smeared, threatened, kicked out of jobs by mobs going after their employer, and more. After several years of trying to talk and being increasingly harassed and lied about until they gave up on it and started returning the favor albeit not quite as unfairly and unjustly (not mobbing people in their job if they actually do good work in it).

[@United_Wings]

Yes❤

[@simrangupta96305]

Bro is still uploading even with less reach huge respect 😭🙏🏼

[@rahulisgreat4911]

We cant change the outcome we can influence it a bit by hardwork

[@coolsai]

It is all about detachment!

[@ProGamer-wj3oj]

Amazing video Keep it up

[@richoord3631]

If only you know what the future says, you'll know that indeed cryptocurrency is the future, investing in it now will be the wisest thing to do. Hold!!! And you"'ll thank yourself

[@shiromk1689]

Wow the timing is so perfect It's scary XD I was just looking about stoicism also It's by birthday

[@duumsdaddy4165]

Happy birthday

[@shiromk1689]

@@duumsdaddy4165 thank uu very muchh

[@JohnAranita]

I was going to write somewhere in my digital life "stoic penis." But, after learning about Stoicism, maybe it doesn't make sense.

[@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1248]

Harder to do when youre autistic (high functioning too) but after a while you get better at managing your symptoms by simply adopting the stoic mindset. You get more used to it the more you try. A case of reinforce until it sticks i suppose.

[@Levanooo]

Why would it take more effort when you are autistic?

[@MuhammadMuhammad-yz7je]

This world any way people think shock me sad part is we forgot one and only GOD of us all and all what been told and remind time after time through prophets. In Quran ALLAH Rabul Allamin told us whoever forget HIM HE make them forget themselves and they will end up in hell. It's to true that nothing is in our control and this is also explain in Quran and in it more clear explanation how much we are bound to events in our life's but how we react is make a difference, unfortunately in today's world we have universities but we just do business and teach things to make more money rather then teach humanity peace or compassion and if we teach humanity we just teach use condom before fuking each other otherwise you will need more money to murder the baby or respect we teach do respect of mentally sick people who say them normal and have power and money, any way lot we teach to change the world and looks like a time to harvest what we had seeded. My message to if any one lesson try to read Quran It is a light which show them a way who believe. I see in my life how one and only GOD of us all bring me out of darkness and show me the light AlhamdULLAH I m thankful to God for everything

[@McD-j5r]

Very good graph. I was not a stoic once. I don’t know how it did happen but I am a stoic person now. They talk my language now a days. Isn’t it funny? I even didn’t get deep into it through the knowledge available in books and other places. I feel lucky.

[@JustinArmstrong-u5w]

"Just switch off your phone" - Me 2023. This really gives a new meaning to "don't be a drag"..

[@owlalt9678]

I edge to your videos

[@Roping87]

Stoicism, according to this video, sounds a lot like the gospel that Jesus taught when he was on earth. When you think about all of the people as a child of God, you are less likely to want to do harm or cause fights. Some things are just out of your control. Deal with it. But what you can control is how you view the world.

[@CaldoHits]

Wabisabi is another great concept that seems to go well with stoicism.

[@FlywithMe365]

I completely left social media

[@suesmith9665]

Men think they can solve all the problem, they cant

[@AddictionFreedom]

Remember this, people do not quit doing something because they want to quit. They only quit once their mind is ready. If there's a battle going on in your mind, then that battle is stripping your soul of precious energy and future progress. Keep your chin up. Falling down as part of nature.

[@manishkudumula3115]

when I am deeply involved in the content, there comes the ad. it's an annoying feeling. Why can't you just put it in the beginning or at the end so that we can skip it😅.

[@likebot.]

Stoicism is simply realizing that you aren't special among others, yet being special to those around you as they are to you.

[@AtrumVox-DE]

It's fascinating how an ancient philosophy like Stoicism can still be so relevant today. It shows us that, even though times change, human challenges remain the same.

[@2godless]

The imagine of being a dog running behind a cart is depressing.

[@HappilyCarnivore]

This really gives a new meaning to "don't be a drag".

[@Ping.DiKyngPyn]

Sighs* this is an excellent closer for my day.

[@jonasweiss5817]

We create our reality. The whole idea of no control is false.

[@rodrrico]

People who take their phone to the bathroom have issues.

[@josedelapinio]

The thumbnail is really confusing imo. The true stoic is like sysiphus, he does what has to be done and never says anything about it.