The Stoic Circle

Summary

January 8, 2021, 12 min

The Stoic Circle is an image for Epictetus's teaching that peace comes from focusing on what is within one's control and letting go of everything outside it. The video adds Tad James's cause-and-effect equation and describes yoga as the most self-reliant Indian system, with resonant breathing as a way back to an inner bubble of peace.

In this video

Teaches

StoicismBeing at cause

Discusses

EpictetusNon-attachmentHRV Resonance

Mentions

Time Line TherapyTad JamesVedantaSankhyaMitrananda

Key moments

00:00The Stoic Circle: a made-up image to sum up Stoicism 00:48Epictetus and the manual his student wrote down 01:42Epictetus: your own opinion provokes you, not the other person 03:17Non-attachment to ideas, opinions and results 03:49The bubble: your sphere of control versus everything outside 05:35Tad James's cause and effect: which side are you on?07:09Moving to cause puts the power to change back in your hands 08:14Yoga as the most self-reliant of the Indian systems 09:33Return to the breath and carry the bubble of peace 10:43Self-reliance as a power shift; get a tattoo of it