stoicism

Day 75 completed. New rank achieved - SPARTAN GENERAL! ( 100 DAYS SPARTAN CHALLENGE) Currently on FLATLINE. Status NO P, NO MO, still i need to work on how to better avoid all the the things that are hidden in plain sight. Before I had Instagram, Telegram, Twitter, P-subs comics. etc. Now with...

Thought in this thread we could share quotes from Stoic philosophers that we've found helpful and share how they've helped us.

Love can turn into hate, pleasure becomes suffering. Happiness in sadness. All these are extreme states of mind, you can’t keep any of them forever. Suffering comes from getting attached to these shallow feelings and states of mind. I find the middle path a stoic approach sort to speak more...

Last year, I got Ryan Holiday's The Daily Stoic, a yearly devotional about the principles of stoicism, along with Lives of the Stoics, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic, and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. I had several friends in my AP group (A, F, G, and N) who helped me begin my insight into...

I was never really looking for my 'why' or my 'purpose' on this journey, until it came to me. It took away my grades, my friends, potential love interests, I couldn't even look people in the eye! Two filthy bastards- one of them called PMO, the other called caffeine. Together, they help...

Welcome to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius challenge! This is a knowledge and discipline driven challenge. The aim is to combine reading, knowledge, discipline and reflection to create a challenge that leaves you with a wholesome feeling of self-improvement. First, a bit about the man...

Hey I've been of the forums for quite some time (this being because I was using it as an alternative for social media). Although I recently came across something that I wanted to share. I found about the idea of stoicism and in that a form of meditation called death meditation. This is a form of...

I've suffered two relapses today, both about half an hour ago and they both involved PMO. I've decided that this time I'm going to approach the situation a little differently. Instead of shutting myself away from society out of the guilt, embarrassment and whatever labels I decide to put on...

Have you ever felt like you are stuck in a deadlock and looking for way out but can´t find none? Would you ascribe this rather to external factors than things within your control? Then the following is probably what you need to read. Check it out. Once I was playing cards with some friends...

Morning/Afternoon/Evening everyone, I got out of a realtionship that lasted just under a year this September, 2 weeks after going back to Uni. It had been going pretty bad during the summer, and naively I thought that things woukd improve once we'd meet each other again... But they didn't. So I...

I beg anybody who has achieved stoicism or something similar to impart some wisdom. I find my whole day being ruined because of some politicized hashtag trending on twitter or some stupid irrelevant opinion some provocateur spouts. How does one stop caring?!?

Continuing on from my first philosophical submission to this forum, I have begun to read through the works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. I will read ten to twenty letters each day, and submit relevant and thought-provoking lines from the tutor to Nero below so that they too might offer insight on...

Greetings all, I have gathered here a collection of sayings, quotations and statements from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus that I feel may be helpful to us all on our NoFap journey. May you find wisdom in his words. Book II “Whatever it is that I am is flesh and a bit...

Hey everyone! I’m new here. Basically, I realized that all of my problems stem from a lack of discipline. At first I thought, “If I just fix my sleep schedule, everything will be fine,” but I find that I’m struggling to make myself go to bed at a reasonable time. Then of course, it’ll be...

This will be the story of my evolution, of uncovering my authentic Self & actualizing my greatest Self. Come along for the ride. I will touch upon topics such as: Personal Growth | Self-Improvement | Spiritual enlightment | Meditation Conquering my insecurities , becoming a master over my...