5 Stoic Ways to Stop Worrying - Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
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Marcus Aurelius - How To Stop Worrying (Stoicism)
In this video we will be using some of the Stoic wisdom of Marcus Aurelius as motivation to help keep you from worrying and stressing too much about the ongoing pandemic as well as all the other things that we tend to worry about in our everyday, modern lives. During his rule, Aurelius found the time to construct a series of autobiographical writings, now known as the Meditations. In these writings, Marcus Aurelius offered a number of key insights on how to stop worrying.
So here are 5 important insights we could use to stop worrying from the writings of Marcus Aurelius -
01. Everything is just history repeating
02. Ignore the noise
03. Practice mindfulness
04. Serve yourself
05. Serve others
I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope that these insights will keep you from worrying.
Even though Marcus Aurelius wrote it 2,000 years ago - his insights on Stoicism still carry strong weight today. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.
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@@PhilosophiesforLife Hi. Do you have video regarding buddhism or any of buddha? thanks
I am and agree, however what our mentor neglects to relate which I am sure is true from experience is that acting on certain worries made him an old man, far from dismissing a worry you should act upon them, and only then they never come to pass, and if they do, your worry was justified.. it is being able to Discern what is worth worrying about and what is not that is the balance..
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Has everyone stopped worrying now ? Nonsense temporary fix ! Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow has enough worries of its own ! Jesus said that he's the highest form of philosophy and only he has the real answer he is the truth! I've been down the road of Jung Patterson philosophical thinkers my philosophy is live in the moment not the tomorrow or the past this is what Jesus was talking about learn of the master go to to the author of life why go anywhere else ?
Worrying is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do but doesn't get you anywhere
Love your comment!
Well said. As someone who's had extreme anxiety before, this is a great quote to ground yourself with
Excellent analogy, well said
Ahh. I like that!
Wow that’ fuck me up dam Thas. A good one
Seneca, Roman Stoic, 5bce-65ce. "We suffer more from imagination than we do from reality."
is that 70 or 71 yo? was there a year 0?
@@kosmaslemo There wasn´t, so it would be 69/68 years (depending on the months he was born and died)
I am a philosophy professor and yet I still fall victim of "what other people think of me" syndrome. And overworrying. Thank you for this little presentation which helps me in a big way.
Basically most of emotional pain or anxiety is in your head and you can simply forget about it all and move on with your life. Live today, keep a rational mind, don’t give up.
Very well put my friend
Amen.
Television and toxic things on internet can change one's perspective of life itself
Word up
HOW THOUGH? I know it's all just trash in my head that doesn't help me, but the 'simply forget about it' bit is something that I cannot master
Nearly two-thousand years later his words still inspire.
Exactly!
Thats what you call a legend
*Nature does't hurry, yet everything is accomplished.*
Everything except making it possible to peel an orange without having to take a bath after you've eaten it
Ain't nobody got time fo' that!
Steal that line by any chance? you imply it as your own, how can a man who cannot master his own mind teach others? or are you inviting them on a journey? ..
But this video is about stop worrying START DONATING right?
She doesn't hurry, but certainly maintains a tight schedule!🤣
While reading meditations by Marcus Aurelius i decided to use the same introduction for my own journal. In that introduction he lists what he learned from about each and every person he knew either directly or indirectly. Example: 'From my mother I've learned x.' It's a very satisfying exercise and makes us aware of what we have learned as well as grateful and calm.
Thats cool🔥🤘
Love this! I will do the same thankyou 🙂❤
Mindfulness is simply what Teddy Roosevelt wrote down quoting Bill Widener "Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are."
Practical sensibility ~
Stoicism is required the most today
Very true
Truth
Stoicism makes so much scenes leaving in powerful vocal society like the Roman Empire or the United States
Ken Barb what??? No one is talking about politics
It;s done wonders for helping me get through mental illness. I'm in a much better place for reading Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Seneca- even though my material circumstances aren't any better and arguably worse, my ability to cope is much better and my mood is mostly stable and I feel calm. Even when it isn't, I just accept it and let it pass.
“If I see ten problems walking down the road toward me, I can be confident that nine will fall into a ditch before they reach me.” President Calvin Coolidge
I love that quote. It is very smart, but very funny too.
Ah... but that one problem, might just be the one that hits you hard.
I can work with that!
I started to watch your videos in the evening, instead of watching TV and staring at my phone while not really paying attention.
Listening to these storys while learning new ways to see the world is really relaxing and sends my mind on a journey at the same time!
I just wanted so say thank you for creating this content. It must be a lot of work to create this videos AND connect it with the modern live!
I'll stay tuned fo the next one!
Thank you...this means alot to us
So kind of you
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What do i think about religion ? No divine creator.
We are a very special blank slate at birth, an empty matrix with a very fast processor
with state of the art audio and video input channels and pressure sensors and feel good chemicals.
You get super heavy negative feedback so you you learn . . fast . . . . . . then you are a teen. . . . then the body dies and you are . . . . backed up in flash.
No Pendjeo you are dead.
The ancients 3000BC had a Sun God with a hot line to the King.
The Bible in context of Early East Asian Mesopotamia IS the same as existed under Hammurabi - One aspect is that
Jesus Sermon on the mount was to forgive them their debts. all makes since now. The LAWS were carved in a stone
Selen. this was the really important one, well enough forgive them their debts so they can prosper on their land and let the bond slaves be freed . . . . . . i give you justice and equity
PS this is why we let rich creditors screw poor debtors out of basic living things like homes.
We become slave labor we have no property and must share our income with the creditors.
WHO MADE THESE LAWS ( the creditors amigo )
The PIC forgot to mention that WE copied the economy & laws from the Greco - Roman Empire that was a FAILURE.
The PIC do not put this in text books. why give it away ? they are killing us the same exact way
*Marcus Aurelius - How To Stop Worrying (Stoicism):*
*1) Everything is just history repeating:* Millions of others in the past have gone through the same things you are worrying about now. Everything is momentary and nothing is new.
*2) Ignore the noise:* Don't pay too much attention to people and don't worry about what they think about us. Concentrate on improving your life. We can't satisfy all of people.
*3) Practice mindfulness:* Focus on what you can do in ant situation and doing that well. Concentrate on the present and make the most of it. Don't worry about the future. Focus on what you can do to avoid the undesirable outcome. Worrying won't change the outcome. Meditate 5-10 minute a day.
*4) Serve yourself:* Shift your worries from long-term problems to daily routines that will help solve those problems. Instead of worrying about living longer, focus on taking a walk each day. Make the most of your present.
*5) Serve others:* Be kind and helpful to others.Thus you can be proud of yourself.
I like the highlights you noted, it helps when I don’t have a chance to watch the video
Thank you sir
I keep coming back to this video, watching it again and again, because I feel like it helps me with my anxiety and worries. I have a copy of Aurelius' Meditations, and Seneca's "letters To A Stoic", and I think I am going to have to read them now. I find solace in Stoicism, and in the teachings of Jesus.
Thank you for this video!
I just do what needs to be done to stay alive until I die. So far so good.
Marcus was not just a man beyond his time but a man beyond time itself
One of the greatest role models.
Perfectly summated. Thank you for that❤
We are the people 2023 and he's still ahead our time. I assume people ahead of our time will keep agreeing on it
Marcu Aurelius sounds like a genuine nice dude/geezer, Oh to have leader like that. Be the leader that you desire.
I read the book "meditations" By Marcus Auralius, a few years back,It very accessible and very funny in parts !
Well fortunately I don’t think he was strangled by his son like in the film Gladiator.
Wise words, true words . Nothing really new under the sun.
I think this will really help me with work, school, and social 'anxiety'.
It resonates with me, I'll have to read up on Marcus' original work.
@@JamFlexx
Marcus was paraphrasing the Old Testament.
Hare Krishna
Good
He was a thinker
Not a stinker
I honestly didn't know about Marcus Aurelius. Now that I know him, tremendous respect grew in me! I thank you for making and sharing this video with us. Love and respect
The portion having to do with Mindfulness stood out to me most. Sometimes it is the most difficult thing to turn your mind off, give it a break and do something productive that has nothing to do with the stresses that you have in your life. That has always been the most difficult thing for me. Sometimes when you constantly worry your body freezes up and you don't have the ability to do anything. It is the worst feeling because not only are you overcome with stress but you feel terrible because you are completely unproductive. My way of practicing mindfulness is creating a routine that starts early in the morning with meditation, prayer and short exercise which relieves stress and prepares myself for the day ahead. Thanks for the video, I found it inspiring.
Nothing is positive or negative, it is how you perceive the situation!
but virtue is positive and the desirable indifferents are also not bad ;)
Thank you, this has been a kind of self help video for me lately, I'm an anxious and worrywart about people judgement because I failed many things in life, I have no connection to anyone right now because im afraid i will just get hurt more, holed up in my house for the last two years. All i want is peace but doing this has just amplified my worries
I wish we had leaders like him today.
We need someone like Marcus Aurelius more than ever before.
So he basically said, "Same shit, different day."
Lmao yea
Practice not caring about negative things people say about you, also being humble by not caring about the positive things people say about you. It's very hard to do this without glowing, but it makes the former easier too.
Also what i needed to hear today, thank you
So, be stoic?
Brilliant video! I could feel your love for people and your desire to help, support, encourage. Thank you for your heart(s)!
That Marcus Aurelius was one smart dude.
Aurelius sounds like my precious husband.
Nice to hear a wife speak so highly and lovingly of her husband
@@darrelldamon2745 you assume she is a wife, he is a husband also
You then deserve each other. Enjoy the ride…
@@AA-ek5kz Well in the normal world, it is.
This is a great video. I plan on using these tips to reduce stress and increase mindfulness. It is important to note to not care about others opinions and focus and controlling what you can control. "the more we desire the approval of others the more we become a slave to others."
This video will help me probably to live a more happy daily live without worrying about things that I can't change or can't do something about. And to focus on the things that really matter to me. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you for this video. really needed today!
one thing I've come across my personal experience that I think wouldn't hurt to share with everyone else is that mindfulness is an ongoing process and living in the present moment requires awareness of where we putting our energy and attention.
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"The Masters' power is like this:
He lets things come and go,
effortlessly, without desire.
He never expects results;
thus, he is never disappointed.
He is never disappointed;
thus, his spirit never grows old."
~ Lao Tzu
What happens when you actually want to get something done? This whole philosophy is great if you're just chilling all day without any goals.
Taoism seems to have been one man's (or a composite) retrospective views and disgust.
@@krntiger81 Some things have been... but the Tao is beyond is and is not.
@@zeph6439 Of course. Intangible.
@@krntiger81 Just like....em....99 odd percent of this universe.
Damn. It's all about balance, man.
I hope whoever reads this finds that symmetry.
I think this is the best and most unbiased and realistic advice I have heard during this whole pandemic.
this guy gets it !!!! thanks so much for sharing this really comforted me
These kind of videos are very much important in current situation. Thanks a lot.
I appreciate these videos based on his Meditations. I understand these thoughts were strictly personal and not meant to be shared. I have kept a copy of the book near me for decades and that alone has brought me a form of peace more so even than any religious text.
You are a good man, it's sad that we see so few like you in places of power, imagine what the world could be.
I think this pandemic has taught most of us that life is incredibly short, so you might as well say and do what you want
Thank you Marcus Aurelius, and thank you Philosophies for Life for translating his ideas for the modern audience. I will ponder and hopefully benefit from this wisdom.
I don't watch the news. I listen to Walden every night while I sleep.
Thanks, I needed this badly in my life. I promise I'll repay your kindness
So glad I found this path and I thank you for all your hard work bringing these thought provoking Videos 😁🍻💙✝️🇺🇸
marcus aurelius was a stoic philosopher and became emperor of rome. .his being such, was plato's fulfilled prediction of political and social formula for a perfect state. . In plato's works Utopia he stated a perfect state is attainable when a king became a philosopher or a philosopher became king. . . .greek philosophers before christ are far better than todays religious founders, crusaders and evangelists. .their wisdom were impeccable truly unwordly. .unlike today where so- called religious founders and exponents are living in palatial dwellings and mansions while majority of their members are wallowing in poverty. .
Precisely.
Not all. It's ok to be wealthy if you gained it without evil ways.
I'm not sure how calmed I feel by considering that bad stuff has also happened to others before me.
The best of philosophical contribution---knowing the original text AND bringing it home into things positive and useful for the next wave of human creativity. Thanks!
Thank you for this inspiring and enlightening video gives you an insight of LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL RIDE. YOU ARE AWESOME
I find Marcus repeating the words of the Buddha in almost verbatim phrases. Thank you for sharing his wisdom.
Marcus is repeating Buddhism 101!! Buddha lived 600-700 years before Marcus Aurelius.
Marcus was the student of Zeno, who was the first to espouse stoicism. Don't know if he had any contact with Buddha, but ideas are often not original. So nobody copied nobody, they simply came to the same conclusion
I really needed to hear that. You guys are amazing😁😁
Thanks for creating this, chilled me right out. Take things 1 day at a time 🙏 best of luck everyone.
Thank you for making this. I needed this badly. ❤
Everything is momentary. Reminds me of ''Nothing is important, serious and wretched in the whole of life.'' Also from a Stoic (How to practice Stoicism in Daily Life).
PERFECT! Now, I'm worried that I'm worrying too much 🤣
This video is magnificent in every way. Thanks for sharing🌟
Thank you for the upliftment.
If you want to stop worrying and having anxiety, having a true relationship with God and fully trusting him is the only true way. It’s a peace like I’ve never felt before. God bless.
Anthony E quite true..
Stop watching news.
One of the greatest decisions I've taken yet.
Especially news outlets with a strong bias....
No fake news!
I stopped watching ALL news at the end of the G W Bush era, and I've never been so calm and carefree in my life. Get off of "social" media, too (the worst invention ever), turn off the TV, and watch what happens. It won't happen overnight, so be patient, but your life will most definitely improve.
@@itsahellofaname Good point added 👍 thanks.
Needed this today thanks!
I love you and your advice. ...thank you! !!
You knew Marcus Aurelius..?
I didn’t say I knew him, I said he touched me on the shoulder once!
Life is hard but We gotta be HARDER
I have read "Meditations" ,truly an insightful man concerning Virtues ..
Thank you for sharing this video at this time!
I've been watching a lot of videos about stoicism, and I realised that all my worries in the past would have been easier if I was following this philosophy. Because living a life without a defined philosophy is like finding a needle in a haystack; hard and almost impossible.
A man who is burnt by fire knows exactly how hot it is. A man who isn't burnt, only knows that it is hot. So the idea is to treat past mistakes as gaining a deeper insight into things.
I accidentally discovered several Stoic coping mechanisms myself, but when I found out about it, I was like wow. I wish I'd known all this years ago, so I didn't have to learn it the hard way.
Wow i dint realize i was listening til it almost finished, the voice in my head worried the whole timee
Well presented video. Thank you for this work!
This was awesome. Thanks ❤
"The future lies in uncertainty, live immediately". Confine yourself to the present.
Living in the wreckage of the future is an exercise in futility. “God, grant me the serenity...
Amén
I had to let you know how much this has helped me. To turn OFF one hour before bed. I'm in excellent health and condition, but just could not get any restoring rest. Not any more! Thanks.
Excellent.Thx for posting.
The most important thing in life to remember is that whatever happens to you is YOUR fault, not sombody elses. Some people are stoics, most people are not. Saying to someone who is having a breakdown, "suck it up", is not useful. Ask them if you can help. If you can, do so. If you can't just say so. Only by picking themselves up will they gain confidence and thus mental toughness. But most of all, do not judge people who have difficulty doing this. Show empathy.
Okay, being robbed, raped and killed is victim's fault. Go it.
Yep - not buying into that first statement either!
A newborn baby does not ask for cold distant parents
There is worse they can do (as parents)
But even cold and distant is damaging enough
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR APPEARING SO IN TIME🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I needed something exactly like that and having all these wisest and precious advices from my all time favourite who was always number 1 for me and as an emperor and as a brilliant phylosopher Marcus Aurelius was magically in time!😌😌😌
Thank You and God Bless You!💛💚🧡
STAY SAFE AND SOUND!🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹
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@@PhilosophiesforLife You did!!!😌👌🏻
Have a very nice and blissful day!💛💛💛
Fantastic Video 🙌🏾. Ancient philosophy is so fascinating and surprisingly practical.
What a great video! And so needed in the world today, tomorrow....
Hard just waking up every day dealing with life, continuous thoughts of failure and health problems. I'm tired
I feel you ... 100%
I know it’s hard but please try & do at least a little walk a day. It does help, honestly 😊
Relate
Heather Stephens Yes, it absolutely does. Especially if you can take it out in nature for a half hour or so.
Marcus Aurelius was a victim of this plague. Death motivates me not to worry. Nothing is worth worrying about.
To put it simply. Thank you 🙏🏽
I genuinely love this channel.
Nice..I love Philosophie
Always progressing 🤘🔥❤
That this level of civility and humanity actually existed in a political leader 2000 years ago way before the enlightenment is quite remarkable. I have no illusions that someone in his position had to do tough things and make harsh decisions that may seem contradictory but nonetheless I find his overall message quite inspiring. I find the part about being mindfulness and not being overwhelmed by the negativity constantly circling in our head of particular resonance with me. I have adopted a strategy of simply saying to myself the words, NO Negativity, as soon as these thoughts circle around in my head and this seems to work for me.
Myself is mentally strong it's always the others picking on me. I'm doing my best to ignore them.
This is such a very good videos specially in time like this...I do need encouragement and motivation right now..I mean my family is one of them but this video has added hope for me and apparently my worry remove...God bless this channel😊💕💕
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Worrying is effective because 99% of things I worry about never happen. Lol
Awesome video, can tell by how you narrate your very passionate about the message in this video, your a good man🙂
True wisdom. Thank you.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
"Why do we worry so much when it's just life repeating itself again and again?"
Idk about anyone else, but the whole groundhog day thing is one of the biggest existential nightmares I deal with. The fact that everything is just repeating in big circles is actually the very thing that terrifies me. We're just hamsters in a wheel. The story of Sisyphus.
And even though one might know they are about to get punched, they likely won't know where, or how hard. You're just gonna have to deal with it, regardless. Maybe just take the hit, because, hey man nothing to worry about except brain damage and falling into a coma. It's happened before! And you''ll do just fine!
I'm having my own struggles in accepting the cyclical nature of... well, nature. It's difficult but you're not alone in that struggle.
I always think... okay this has happened before, so what's so special about me? But then think "well, I might not be special, but the fact that my experience is not new means I get to learn from the mistakes of others who have done it before me. That gives me a greater advantage and I get a headstart because of that"
Replace a negative with a positive. Though I'm not always successful... we might as well try
"You KNEW Marcus Aurelius???!!" Sorry I couldn't resist....for all my Gladiator fans lol
I didn't say I knew him, I said he touched me on the shoulder once...
HA!!! YES!!!
What do you want? Hmm? Girl? Boy?
Death smiles at us all, you can only smile back
"Stress is caused by giving a shit." - This changed my life.
We could do with Marcus today. What a wise, compassionate ruler.
Their voice needs to be ignored! Such a life changing thought!
I practice winefulness every day and have no worries what so ever....
Marcus aurilus is right history repeating himself now we have covid-19
Big, big, BIG +1! Thanks so much for this video!
I just bought and downloaded the Aurelius book.
The only thing new in life is thought, every thing else is already here.
Very true!! And part of that thought is imagination and creativity
"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest", say the Son of God. (Matthew 11:28)
Thank you! Yes, Jesus was a great teacher also but people tend to never mention Him.
This is very helpful for my anxiety 🙏🏻
Thank you. Beautiful.