6 Stoic Ways To Keep Your Calm - Seneca (Stoicism)
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- In this video we will be talking about 6 ways to keep your calm from the wisdom of Seneca. Seneca is renowned for his teachings on stoicism, and one of his most popular works is "Letters from a Stoic", a collection of letters that he wrote to his friend Lucilius.
So here are 6 ways to keep your calm from the wisdom of Seneca -
01. Keep your impulses in check
02. Practice forgiveness
03. Focus on your highest aspirations
04. Accept your fate
05. Ignore other people’s opinions
06. Review your day
I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope you find these insights from Seneca very helpful in keeping your calm.
Seneca was a prominent Roman philosopher and playwright who published several essential works about Stoicism. He counselled Emperor Nero, and thought that anger is a temporary madness, and that even when justified, we should never act on the basis of it because it affects our sanity. Seneca wrote a book specifically on anger called “De Ira” which defines and explains anger within the context of Stoic philosophy, and offers advice on how to prevent and control anger and that’s why in this video we are going to look at 10 ways we can control our anger from the teachings of Seneca.
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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Seneca says “The Stoic sage pays no attention to what others consider shameful or miserable. He does not walk with the crowd”.
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I used to think I wasn't normal by not reacting and kept the emotion to myself whenever something or someone upset me so I started to react so I can be normal. I became too emotional and it caused my relationship with my gf. Now through stoic philosophy, I'm re-learning how to keep my emotions together like how I did back then.
It’s ok to express how you feel and to have feelings because at the end of the day you are a human being. Stoicism helps for not letting negative emotions take control of you.
Its about not letting it spill out to everyone and certainly not about repressing it. It's about silently acknowledging it, accepting it and yourself and then letting go. We mostly jump to conclusions about events and spin them in our heads because we don't have the full information about the situation or we are fighting back against something that will happen anyway.
Happened to me as well. I had a family member I was looking up to and working for when younger, and didn’t want to see his failures. One day he was somehow angry with my calmness and said something like “why don’t you react? Nothing matters to you?” Or something. I didn’t know he was trying to manipulate me in general and when I found out it was a bit late. I already got anxiety disorders, ptsd, and trust issues from his betrayal. I managed to change my life since then, but still fighting against high blood pressure and sleep disorders..
I relate to this all too much
@@Leopar525 It is my sincere hope you have found the fortitude in you to put all those experiences behind.
I can relate too, I indeed had a very similar situation many decades ago, still bugs me a bit, but life marches on, and we march through, if I can do it so can you, heal and keep on moving my fellow man.
It’s unbelievable how necessary it is for me to hear this right now 💪🏼
"We are disturbed not by events, but by the views which we take of them." - Epictetus
I was told at 53, from out of the blue, that I had a terminal illness and to put my affairs in order. I was told they might be able to prolong my life, but didn't know for how long. Try applying Amor Fati to that with a sense of calm. I have no family support, but I'm told by my friends, that I deal with this very well, but controlling that fear of the future is not possible for me. And comments like "we're all going to die someday" are hurtful because they are dismissive and lack compassion. I still find moments of happiness almost daily even though I'm in physical pain. But it is a ceaseless challenge and it's mentally exhausting.
I wish you all the best in your everyday struggle! I wish you to have plenty of beautiful things in your everyday life! Stay strong!
I pray for health recovery and strength and courage and peace over your life in God's might name.
Buster, how are you doing?
@@astuari169thank you for asking. Recently I've been doing pretty well. My health has been the most stable it's been in 7 years, since my diagnosis. I'm trying to enjoy what I'm able to do without predicting how it's going to be in the future. I have multiple serious medical problems, but I know how to handle them, and I keep working towards taking care of myself so that I can do things that I enjoy. It's a lot of work. But the payoff is that I can go walking in nature and that makes me feel more alive than anything.
@@buster9106 I’m glad to hear that Buster, I’ll pray for your health and it’s further improvement.
I need to take this to heart. I need to cultivate greater calmness.
Indeed, forgiveness is a long process, but when you take the decision to forgive, you reward yourself with inner peace. People do not deserve your forgiveness because they always think that you deserved what they did to you. In fact, you need to forgive and let go to gain your inner peace.
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in many ways I am a stoic and didn't know it. TY.
Im enjoying your soft tone of voice ..relaxing...doing yoga stretches ...insomnia
The concept of forgiveness is super important, and I think it’s a good thing to focus on. Even when we feel betrayed, letting go of those feelings of hurt can bring us solace. All the other points made were great too. Love the content! 💙
I agree that you can let go of the feelings but I learned that I can let them go without forgiveness. Forgiveness is reserved for those who accepted that they made something wrong and who shows regret. Others won't get forgiveness, I only let go of the feelings and take it as a lesson for the future
@@nico3064 I think you're right that forgiveness is for those who have accepted their mistake and regret it, but it can still be beneficial to let go of the hurt even if the other person doesn't repent.
@@SearchOfSelf That’s exactly what Nico said.
What a wonderful and inspiring episode! Thanks!
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Very useful practical lessons.
Thanks for making Philosophical and psychological issues easy to understand 😊
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Thank you this is good advice
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This is great advice but alas easier said than done! I’ve been working on better stress management for many years! I’ve made progress but still need to work on this
Omsakthi , thanks a lot
Thank you
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I've listened to nothing but Johnny Cash, D. Ray White, Chris Ledoux, and Marty Robbins back in the day. Now I listen to nothing but The Steel Woods, Steeldrivers, Creed Fisher, and Cody Jinks. I became a stoic in that manner.
Good one Seneca
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My goals and desires is something that I know as an older man. But as a teenager to when I was young, I had no clear direction. What type of advice could I give my 17 year old son, to maintain mindfulness of the current moment? He currently doesn't know what he wants to do. I would like to instill some wisdom to help him for his future.
Really good
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The narrator has a soothing, Rupert Spira-like voice.
And I think the ideas echo Eckhart Tolle 🙏🏽
Like anything else, this advice has to be executed with wisdom. If you repress your emotions under the guise of stoicism, there will be a decline in health spiritual physical and emotional
It’s not about suppressing….it’s about controlling the reactions and not overreacting causing more problems down the lone
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you know how many jerks past my path 🤣🤣 thank god I am no longer in the corporate world.
But I'm happy that helped a lot of people at work so people when they see me out and about they always say hi and they missed working with me. If people just say good morning and be nice to each other, the world will be a good place for the next generation 💙
It's a strange thing in the uk, the further up north, in my experience, the friendlier people are but also to a certain extent the poorer people are. In my village we all say morning or smile to each other. The more money people have and further down south the more people just ignore each other. Its so sad. There are obviously so many variables to this though! Xx
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I think the idea of being stoic boils down to expectations
„Letters from a Stoic” isn’t a true title of this collection of letters. It’s a title of a modern eng. edition… they are called „The Moral Letters” - „Epistulae morales” in Latin.
14:42 Better than that you can use them as Red Team. You wouldn't feel bad for considering the consequences of actions in chess or poker so why do you feel here? The question "how you're going to surtain yourself" used to cause me great pain until i started to study philosphy and science and ended up becoming pretty fricking smart with useful stuff as i byproduct, i didn't even want to study all that stuff, even though it was interesting i rather watch anime, but i was desperate.
Same with mma, i care so much about defense and staying away from bullshido not simply cause i like it but cause punishment is very real. You can still face it corageously and win in spite the risk, that's why i love sports.
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10:48 accept your fate
Also, apologies don't repay debts.
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Seneca, thank you!!!!( Corrected by me)I am getting better at spelling on these tiny machines that I love and abhor.( Lol) Have a sense of humor, overlook my ignorance please.
1.Empicletetus: the slave
2.Marcos Aurelius: the emperor
3.Seneca: the powerbroker and playwright.
Three radically different men who led radically different lives.
Journeling they all had in common.
@Zed Kay
Why ask me who Seneca was? Read philosophy.( Corrected by me)
Thank all of you for taking an interest in my spelling.
@@cheri238 I'm assuming you didn't get Zed's sarcasm...the name is spelled "Seneca".
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I got it. Thank you!!!!
"Keeping your impulses in check" sounds like bottling up your emotions till you explode
Serenity now! Go crazy later!
@fosmin thats why you are a slave slaved by your emotions. low IQ! hope this helps.. peace out
This sounds like a lot of work when we're all just dead at the end of the day.
LOL. . you are so right. It is a struggle just to survive these days.
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Too calm
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Its not easy to do especially when you are suffering
Isn t it Nietzsche accept all good and bad and perceive it like useful life experience?
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Easier said than done
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Basically everything that Jesus is teaching us.
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Hard to remain stoic when this channel deluges you with so many stupid ads.
The first method is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Love your fate, even if it is horribly tragic, like the death of child -- because it leads to self-growth? I don't think so. This sounds like gaslighting yourself or the most toxic New Age thinking.
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Keeping calm is fantasy land pretty much.
God lives within us, and with Him, we are capable of everything. Conversely, without Him we are capable of nothing ❤
I can see why Seneca ended up worse off than other Stoics. That's lousy advice. A Stoic should aim to not harbor hatred or revenge, not forgiveness. You'll be forgiving others all the livelong day following that idiotic line of reasoning, constantly reacting to stimuli. Worry about your own debts for your own actions, not the debts of others towards you. That's their burden.
but why Nietzsche hated The Stoics?🤔
he hated them?
@@sschikerema Yes
@@a.4558 okay i did search more about it
@@sschikerema he hated everyone. More so just had to critique about other philosophies all the time.
@@thebrotherhood246 do you think he was right tho
Not "fate" but God's will for us
This what should be taught to kids instead of taking them to transvestite strip shows.
LOL. U r right
They want us easy to control, not difficult.
No one ever does that. No parent does that. Faux News pretends its a thing. It's not. Any person can put on a show. It takes a parent to bring their child there. I hope you have a great day.
Ha. They present an image, but we don't know what Seneca looked like, come on.
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These philosophies are just as delusionals as religions.
And like religion, find whatever makes YOU feel like you're being/ becoming a better human being. This is philosophy.
Spot on! 👌
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Andrew Tate is a strong stoic, no wonder he's so successful 😏
But he ended up getting arrested in Romania for human trafficking 😄
He's a woman abuser, find yourself a better role model. A real man treats others, especially women, with respect. A man without emotional intelligence is nothing more than a beast/sociopath. I swear, people obsess over any person that goes viral on the internet no matter if they're good or bad people.
@@fosminclorin when did he disrespect women please don't be a sheep hate never comes from above anyway he, s free from jail now held for false accusations keep hating love it ain't gonna take you nowhere
@@fosminclorin women abuser where is the proof God dammit you idiots low class haters for real like a sheep no logic no independent thinking just jumps on to the hate bandwagon
@@shijagurumayumdeosharma he thinks that women should give him the money that they make, that it's ok for him to sleep with other women, but not for them, it's ok to beat them, even the footage of him doing that. I don't care about biology and "traditional" values, women deserve to be a man's equal and be treated with respect.
Jesus Christ said to forgive those who wrong you he said we should love one another treat others the way you want to be treated But that doesn't mean to look the other way to the sins of others especially blasphemy