Stoicism summarized

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

This sounds like an excuse to be complacent. If something is out of your control, then put in effort and eventually you will control it. Absolute dominance is within the power of humans, the jews running media, politics, education, banking, government etc will tell you that. Or if they won't tell you, at least they will be thinking it.

The world doesn't need more complacent people. The dissident political sphere definitely does not need more complacent people. Your ideology sucks.

[–]bobbobbybob 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

yep, you are in for a baaaaad time

[–]soyboy77 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed, we need fewer NPCs

[–]ReeferMadness 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think so. You can use the excuse that something is out of your control to be useless, but that is not what the meme says. It says "know when something is out of your control and know what isn't." It is a common propaganda tactic to convince people not to do things that they can with the excuse that they aren't doing something else.

For example "you are stupid for trying to organize protests when the problem is that jews control the media". In that way they "nip the problem in the bud". They stop you from ever gaining any momentum. They stop you from ever doing anything because you are wasting your time trying to figure out how to overthrow an entire system.

[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

All the top posts are memes today, so I had to contribute my own.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Been a while since I saw the "you're gonna have a bad time" south park meme! Nice one

[–]shitface9000 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It takes real discernment to know what is and is not in your control. For me, it takes spiritual insight as well.

[–]ReeferMadness 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It's important to realize that in many cases you can extend your sphere of influence by recruiting the help of others. Finding these possibilities usually takes some thought. And clear thought takes a clear mind, so meditating is always a great idea. Is that what you mean by spiritual insight shitface?

[–]shitface9000 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, but also having a spiritual frame of reference to perceive the world and its events. Perception is always in our control, and dictates our experience. Perception viewed through a spiritual lense however gives us the best experience possible. More specifically perceiving as God would have us. How does this happen? Prayer, vigilance, study, meditation. Align your thoughts with God’s and you will think and perceive as God does. The effect will be true control over your life.

[–]latuspod 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If we are talking about Stoicism it boils down to a hard dividing line between what you can control and what you cant. Influence kind of muddies the whole thing up, other people are never something that is in our control, or up to us.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

/u/Jesus, grant me the wisdom to know the difference...

[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hah.