"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'"
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
You are now well armed, by one of the greatest humans to walk this Earth, Marcus Aurelius.
I am a Marcus fan, believer, acolyte, whatever it's called.
Please, please read "Meditations", to start your journey.
Imagine if you will that you are made king of the entire known universe. And instead of deciding that you are going to fuck all day and eat amazing food and drink stupendous wine, you decided to become a REAL MAN instead. Whatever it takes. Or REAL HUMAN, for the ladies, here.
That is Marcus. One of the best humans that ever lived, in my estimation.
Follow Marcus. He will point the way. And the more you follow Marcus, the more it will nicely dovetail into following Jesus' teachings, if you object to the idea of following someone other than Jesus. Logic is as logic does and the rules of the universe are chaos or love and you choose. Choose love.
Yes. Stoicism has been vilified in the Western mind as being inhuman, or uncaring, etc.
No one cares about you more than Jesus. The next one in line is Marcus. His message to you reaches across the stardust and its only goal is to make your life great.
If we can learn to see what we have as an amazing gift, whatever happens, we can be happy. If we instead allow those who wish to make our lives miserable to chain up to the ring on our nose, we're going to get pushed, pulled, and prodded. None of which is gonna be a fun time. Say NO. Claim your sovereignty. You own you. You decide how you think about anything. Or you and Jiminy Cricket (JC = Jesus Christ) on your shoulder, if that is how you roll (and I hope it is).
Sounds very interesting. I am very faithful and love God very much. I know my faith in Jesus grants me eternal life and I am grateful for that. I also believe in taking great ideas and blending them together. Sounds like reading some Marcus Aurelius would offer all sorts of gems.
Those who are faithful can often find themselves unwilling to listen to Marcus, because he is not Jesus.
Also a lot of Christians are focused on the afterlife.
What I am here to say is, you can have your afterlife, and you should be thinking about that with every move. But you can also make this life great. Zero suffering. Not that you will not experience crap. You will. But that you can train yourself to be bulletproof. That stuff will just bounce off. The sort of faith one sees with someone singing "What a friend I have in Jesus"... that can be your literal default position.
I have a purpose. I know what I control. I know how this ends. I know what I will do and what I won't do.
That's all. That's all that is needed. Remember, faithful one: no weapon formed against me shall prosper. For I will walk through the Valley of Death and will have no fear, because I did the homework (Marcus) and Jiminy Cricket is on my shoulder.
I assume it's a provocation to see if I am not one of those. That's cool. All assertions must survive the fire!
What I mean, in this ridiculous method of communication here, is that we must all become the best versions of what we can be. A real man is one that pushed himself to the end of his abilities, and did not break. And maintained his faith/stayed true to his direction. Or with careful thought changed his direction!
A "real man" is not what we see in movies. A real man is he who is seen with favor by the Lord. Righteous, or perhaps these days we could say "congruent". You say what you will do, and you do what you say you will do, and you're not a liar or a hypocrite. And hopefully you also know that pasta should be served al dente. Otherwise you are hopeless.
Feel free to probe the wounds, Tomas. You are on my team.
P.S. One warning I will provide is that his son was a total shitbird. Commodus. He is the "Caesar" of the movie Gladiator.
It in a way is another lesson.
You have the power over yourself. You can influence others, but not control them. If your own son wants to become a shitbird, you cannot actually prevent that.
No, now you need a shitload of money, big house and expensive car to get a woman that was riding the cock carousel and has already hit The Wall. Marriage is a sham.
Let me give you some advice on this one. Sounds like you may have been burned in the past or have witnessed some bad stuff about women. Not all women are like this. Change your thought projection and realize that your lionness is out there. She will love you regardless of money. Those women exist. You may find yourself a sugar momma like I did. She wasnt always making money for me though...i bought her first first gas tank fill ups while she was still finishing school. I am a nobody that dropped out of school...miracles happen friend.
Work on yourself and the universe sends you a soulmate..promise
I agree...just want to point out that the way you have decribed them is not the way they are intended to be. Hope you are doing well and prepping for moass fun :)
I look at big, expensive houses to drool over. When I collect my tendies, I'll look for an acre or so to have a house built. Get a car worth less than $50,000. I'll fly private to Japan though and stay for a month.
Feminism and marriage being a bullshit contract between the man and the state killed romance. Plus easy, no-evidence-needed accusations of rape and abuse. Who can logically fault men for walking away from relationships?
LOL no, women with more baggage than assets consider themselves to be the "prize." Unemployed welfare queens consider themselves to have higher value than men with a steady job. Then you go to the more normal side, men seem to pick up the cost of everything, as if they're treating a child to everything. Why? If we all believe in equality, women can pay for half of everything.
This is why I have basically zero interest in a relationship. Everything is one-sided.
I believe our ancient ancestors (specifically prophets) saw our day and were horrified by the level of persecution we endure. We don’t notice as much because we were born into it, used to it, and are just starting to wake up/deprogram ourselves. There is still a lot for us to uncover. The evil runs deep …
This is why I believe we may be further into the tribulations of Revelations than I used to think.
Yup. It's not alot about what happens to you, it's more how you respond to it.
This harkens to the 80-20 rule, the Pareto Principle, or "vital few and trivial many" concept that around 20% of most anything (ex. happenings/events, customers, problems) drive or are responsible for 80% of results (ex. media hype, sales, effort to fix or resolve). Note that the reverse way of stating it - that 80% of most of these examples can be said to stem from only 20% of the examples as well.
So, if 20% of life events drive 80% of one's time and effort to deal with it, that means that one is spending (wasting?) 80% of one's time on something that comprises only 20% of the events that happen in one's life.
Looking at both the "% cause driving the % effect" and the "% effect driven by the % cause" perspectives can help with decision making as to how to conceptualize and deal with many things in life, in business and in other areas.
It’s actually an alien, the watch is his radio to alert others that someone is seeing the real situation. It’s the movie, “They Live”, imo a disclosure of information
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."
"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'"
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
You are now well armed, by one of the greatest humans to walk this Earth, Marcus Aurelius.
Peace be with you.
These are fantastic!
Thank you u/marvinthehaggler 👈🏻
Are they all from one book or have you gathered them from various sources?
I am a Marcus fan, believer, acolyte, whatever it's called.
Please, please read "Meditations", to start your journey.
Imagine if you will that you are made king of the entire known universe. And instead of deciding that you are going to fuck all day and eat amazing food and drink stupendous wine, you decided to become a REAL MAN instead. Whatever it takes. Or REAL HUMAN, for the ladies, here.
That is Marcus. One of the best humans that ever lived, in my estimation.
Follow Marcus. He will point the way. And the more you follow Marcus, the more it will nicely dovetail into following Jesus' teachings, if you object to the idea of following someone other than Jesus. Logic is as logic does and the rules of the universe are chaos or love and you choose. Choose love.
Ah, thank you Marvin! It's called being a stoic, right?
I will check the book out!
Yes. Stoicism has been vilified in the Western mind as being inhuman, or uncaring, etc.
No one cares about you more than Jesus. The next one in line is Marcus. His message to you reaches across the stardust and its only goal is to make your life great.
If we can learn to see what we have as an amazing gift, whatever happens, we can be happy. If we instead allow those who wish to make our lives miserable to chain up to the ring on our nose, we're going to get pushed, pulled, and prodded. None of which is gonna be a fun time. Say NO. Claim your sovereignty. You own you. You decide how you think about anything. Or you and Jiminy Cricket (JC = Jesus Christ) on your shoulder, if that is how you roll (and I hope it is).
Sounds very interesting. I am very faithful and love God very much. I know my faith in Jesus grants me eternal life and I am grateful for that. I also believe in taking great ideas and blending them together. Sounds like reading some Marcus Aurelius would offer all sorts of gems.
Thanks again Marvin!
This is why I mentioned Jesus.
Those who are faithful can often find themselves unwilling to listen to Marcus, because he is not Jesus.
Also a lot of Christians are focused on the afterlife.
What I am here to say is, you can have your afterlife, and you should be thinking about that with every move. But you can also make this life great. Zero suffering. Not that you will not experience crap. You will. But that you can train yourself to be bulletproof. That stuff will just bounce off. The sort of faith one sees with someone singing "What a friend I have in Jesus"... that can be your literal default position.
I have a purpose. I know what I control. I know how this ends. I know what I will do and what I won't do.
That's all. That's all that is needed. Remember, faithful one: no weapon formed against me shall prosper. For I will walk through the Valley of Death and will have no fear, because I did the homework (Marcus) and Jiminy Cricket is on my shoulder.
What's a "real man?"
I assume it's a provocation to see if I am not one of those. That's cool. All assertions must survive the fire!
What I mean, in this ridiculous method of communication here, is that we must all become the best versions of what we can be. A real man is one that pushed himself to the end of his abilities, and did not break. And maintained his faith/stayed true to his direction. Or with careful thought changed his direction!
A "real man" is not what we see in movies. A real man is he who is seen with favor by the Lord. Righteous, or perhaps these days we could say "congruent". You say what you will do, and you do what you say you will do, and you're not a liar or a hypocrite. And hopefully you also know that pasta should be served al dente. Otherwise you are hopeless.
Feel free to probe the wounds, Tomas. You are on my team.
P.S. One warning I will provide is that his son was a total shitbird. Commodus. He is the "Caesar" of the movie Gladiator.
It in a way is another lesson.
You have the power over yourself. You can influence others, but not control them. If your own son wants to become a shitbird, you cannot actually prevent that.
Tough lessons.
Tinder killed Romance.
People forfeited romance by using it
In the olden days you had to succeed with charm and character. Now it's swipe, swipe, wham, bam. The Thank you is optional.
No, now you need a shitload of money, big house and expensive car to get a woman that was riding the cock carousel and has already hit The Wall. Marriage is a sham.
Let me give you some advice on this one. Sounds like you may have been burned in the past or have witnessed some bad stuff about women. Not all women are like this. Change your thought projection and realize that your lionness is out there. She will love you regardless of money. Those women exist. You may find yourself a sugar momma like I did. She wasnt always making money for me though...i bought her first first gas tank fill ups while she was still finishing school. I am a nobody that dropped out of school...miracles happen friend.
Work on yourself and the universe sends you a soulmate..promise
Relationships are always an option, not something everyone must do, just like having kids.
I agree...just want to point out that the way you have decribed them is not the way they are intended to be. Hope you are doing well and prepping for moass fun :)
I look at big, expensive houses to drool over. When I collect my tendies, I'll look for an acre or so to have a house built. Get a car worth less than $50,000. I'll fly private to Japan though and stay for a month.
Feminism and marriage being a bullshit contract between the man and the state killed romance. Plus easy, no-evidence-needed accusations of rape and abuse. Who can logically fault men for walking away from relationships?
It's not an US vs them. It's about life long companionship.
LOL no, women with more baggage than assets consider themselves to be the "prize." Unemployed welfare queens consider themselves to have higher value than men with a steady job. Then you go to the more normal side, men seem to pick up the cost of everything, as if they're treating a child to everything. Why? If we all believe in equality, women can pay for half of everything.
This is why I have basically zero interest in a relationship. Everything is one-sided.
I believe our ancient ancestors (specifically prophets) saw our day and were horrified by the level of persecution we endure. We don’t notice as much because we were born into it, used to it, and are just starting to wake up/deprogram ourselves. There is still a lot for us to uncover. The evil runs deep …
This is why I believe we may be further into the tribulations of Revelations than I used to think.
Yup. It's not alot about what happens to you, it's more how you respond to it.
This harkens to the 80-20 rule, the Pareto Principle, or "vital few and trivial many" concept that around 20% of most anything (ex. happenings/events, customers, problems) drive or are responsible for 80% of results (ex. media hype, sales, effort to fix or resolve). Note that the reverse way of stating it - that 80% of most of these examples can be said to stem from only 20% of the examples as well.
So, if 20% of life events drive 80% of one's time and effort to deal with it, that means that one is spending (wasting?) 80% of one's time on something that comprises only 20% of the events that happen in one's life.
Looking at both the "% cause driving the % effect" and the "% effect driven by the % cause" perspectives can help with decision making as to how to conceptualize and deal with many things in life, in business and in other areas.
A couple references about the 80-20 rule:
https://effectiviology.com/80-20-rule-pareto-principle/
https://www.simplypsychology.org/pareto-principle.html
Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Find a better narrative. I did. God's Word.
Love it.
Thongs are getting objectively worse
I have to back up a second and ask this question:
Why is the zombie about to eat his watch?
It’s actually an alien, the watch is his radio to alert others that someone is seeing the real situation. It’s the movie, “They Live”, imo a disclosure of information