all america lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. we live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. what they dreamed, we live, what they lived, we dream. T.K. Whipple, Study of the Land
Perhaps the Land remembers the dreaming of souls upon the earth… The Call of the Folk-Spirit…read “the awakening land trilogy” by Conrad richter. For a darker purpose read “Blood Meridian”…at times it’s almost as if the land itself demands a sacrifice.
I am 57, lived a very adventurous life. When I was a teenager I played with anacondas near the Amazonas, on school trips...I kid you not...in south America. Later in I joined the special forces and remember my survival training in the snow...frozen, hungry and exhausted but still enjoying all this in a way. Later in I moved to the south of Spain. Spearfishing sea bass and a blue shark suddenly turned up and stole my catch...one of the most beautiful and special moments of my life. Now, due to circumstances , I now live in the Netherlands, a small, over organized country, no nature, and a hyper sensitive, emotionally unstable population being happy with their electric car, little house and looking forward to buying the next gadget that makes their life more comfortable. On my holidays I like to go running in the mountains in eastern Europe...places where encounters with bears are still possible, love the feeling The dutchees hear my story and think I am nuts. Oviously, I don't connect to the people nor the country... Looking forward to my next adventure in a different country ... To the younger generation, get out there, take some risks and connect to mother earth. The real deal....not a video game I feel blessed....
Dutch guy here. I feel like a tiger in a cage more and more, thank god there are some descent sized forrests around where I live, thank god for lifting weights and the heavy bag. I do think my people are still capable of greatness, but they are in a domesticated slumber right now.
@@heyfriend8519 , yes, that's how I feel. I try to get lost in these forests but impossible 😆 . Indeed, a comfortable cage in which it is relatively easy to get by. I understand people like that idea...a house, 2 electric cars, holidays in Torremolinos and snowboarding in December. Decent healthcare system and practically impossible to end up on the streets due to social security acts and pensions... Cool...but everyone is asleep....
Those fantasies as a child when you drifted off to sleep, weren’t fantasies. But the ancestral spirit calling to you across time and through blood. (Literally and Figuratively) I had the same as a child. Dreams of great Forrests with warriors running wild. Without any contextual reason fir them at that time. Then I started searching out History on a subconscious quest for My Tribe… before I even knew what I was doing.
I usually dream of expansive and remote places aswell. Perhaps it’s the need to claim something for oneself, represented in the dream as land, or battle where you can attain glory and resources.
It seems that ancestral calling of our tribe is much less abstract, and much more real than we ever could’ve thought. Time and again I find us expressing the exact same path, using the exact same words, seeking the exact same thing. We sense it, or dream it before we even know what it is.
@@BearsArms45 we do all speak the same language and have similar cultures. I wonder how a Chinese guy, and Iranian guy describes and feels this phenomenon
I am 42 year old Irish man, i started training martial arts when i was 6 and since train today, at 18 i moved away from home to a foreign country in order to live my life but ended up finding a teacher that changed my entire life and taught me to be a better person via learning his family's art. Then I spent my 20's and 30's working security in various places some safe some not so safe, but i would not change a single second of it, i have been hit, beaten and stabbed a few times but i am still here and back in my home country honouring my ancestors and someday will do as my teacher did before and take on someone to learn this is the way it should be an older man teaching a younger man the way to live and survive, well i think so anyway
I was in a fight at age 6. I beat up three other boys, bigger than me. They had been picking on me, cuffed me around, and at some point i lost it. One of them was the son of someone important. My mother locked me in a closet. I dont know how long i was there, but i soiled myself. My dad took me out of it, washed me up, and told me never to fight again. To this day, even though i was military, and have 2 second degree black belts, i am scared to fight. Not because im afraid of pain. Because im afraid of punishment. Dont do this to your sons.
@@exothermicforstability7915 did you NOT understand what I was saying? I have done. That's not the point. I was trying to talk about the very real consequences of being punished for winning, as a child, by your parents. Lifelong anxiety. Obviously I beat it practically. I was a tournament champion. I currently take nothing from anyone. In your case, I would suggest you have a weakness to confront your own demons, which is precisely what I was doing here. If I didn't have this emotional programming, I would have been more successful. As it is, I have done very well. But that emotional crippling prevented me from full greatness.
What a fantastic video. Im almost 23, and personally not having a present father figure i really relate to needing an initiation. Subconsciously, i have been searching for this, such as moving across the country completely on my own and taking up working out, running, and Jui-Jitsu. All of these things have taught me an insurmountable amount of things about myself, however, the itch of a proper initiation has not been scratched. There is a deep burning desire to prove my own manhood to myself. Because of this, i have decided to enlist in the military, with the hopes of learning all i can spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically about what i am capable of. Thanks for making this video. It confirms that i am on the right path and it is up to us, the younger generations, to turn the tides of modernity.
Do as you must young blood. And do it with heroic pride. A great many of us have experienced the same thing. Followed the same path. I am perhaps too old to lead the charge against modernity, but I am certainly with you in the fight and more than happy to follow wherever you raise the flag of battle. Hail!
As a man who's in the strange middle ground of "getting old" I would like to pass on two pieces of advice to all young men watching: Find and be yourself, know who you are at your core and don't give a d4mn what other people think. 2. Be good to others, and take risks. I have far more regrets of things I DIDN'T do. Don't hurt other people for it, but don't be afraid to reach for what you want out of life.
Its not violence itself that completes man, but adversity. Violence is just a type of adversity. The modern world has largely robbed man of proper adversity, and substituted it for poor facsimiles.
Yes! although, not all adversity. Being locked in a zoo, or fat from junk food are forms of adversity... it must be transformative & acquaint one with nature, within and without 🌲🐺
@@HeroicIdealAt the commencement, the noble caste was always the barbarian caste: their superiority did not consist first of all in their physical, but in their psychical power-they were more complete men, more complete beasts
Struggle and endurance completes man. Struggle with the internal and the external. With the mortal and the immortal. Nothing else completes men. "Be radical, have principles, be absolute, be that which the bourgeoisie calls an extremist: give yourself without counting or calculating, don't accept what they call 'the reality of life' and act in such a way that you won't be accepted by that kind of 'life', never abandon the principle of struggle."
I remember the first time I boxed I was 14, I was very nervous to spar it was my first day but I thought that if I didn’t try that day I never would. The gym was in a rough area there were some tough kids. I entered into the ring and got punched head on in my nose, blood spurted everywhere 😂. Now every time I overcome the fear of sparring it’s a reassertion to myself that I have courage. Men are born to fight and struggle.
"The Institute" in the Red Rising book series is a secular, futurist variation of the Koryos ritual. Every Gold child, regardless of the standing of their family, is sent to a private wildlife excavation along with other groups of Gold children. Each group is given the same directive: "Build an army, conquer your foes." They stay for years, and each group of children must outcompete & outmaneuver the others in order to come out on top. The stay there is brutal & unforgiving, as there are no rules; the children are allowed to brutalize & violate each other in any way they can think of. After defeating another group, you can either choose to kill them or enslave them. The group which dominates all the others will be crowned the victor of the trial, and the leader of the victorious group will be distinguished & favored in society for the rest of his life.
When reading Red Rising, it’s hard to not root for Gold sometimes. They are in a sense right, even though they are cruel (or maybe because they are cruel). It’s a great series and encaptures the struggle between good and great very well
@@HeroicIdealbefore they even enter the institute they’re put into rooms in pairs and told only one will be allowed to leave alive, so 50% are cut out at the start
@@duskshard2446 The Gold Caste, and The Society as a whole, are the ultimate ideals imo. It's a realistic future that I could easily see us realizing IRL. I completely & wholly rooted for The Golds.
Man, so glad to watch that somebody else read that amazing saga. I too, admire and repulse the Golds. At one side, they are tyrants who rule an unfair system. Privileged from the very start of their lives by their genetics, and even if the try to act like it is, their cast system is not a true meritocracy where the fittest and smartest rule. At the other side, the ideals that their Society is built on are admirable (strength, competition, discipline, pride, etc), the huge majority of them follow those ideals at some extent and some of them do it righteously. Such an amazing people and story.
I remembered that, back in my teenage, our greatest struggle was to convince our parents to go out in the wild to sleep in a tent under a starry sky...and we were so happy when we finally made it every once in a while in the summer!
We are so weak now, compared to even our grandfathers. And to make men tougher you need to "force them" to step on this path. I believe initiation rituals did exactly that, as well as wars, famine, etc. Thanks for this video.
That's why extreme genres of metal like death metal and black metal exist and are mostly performed by men. Screaming like a beast, aggressive and brutal drumming. I suppose this helps us to release the tension that civilization creates due to our violent nature being suppressed by the societal norms.
I miss Boy Scout summer camp. Definitely watered down from sending your child to the wilderness to fight wolves but I learned how to shoot bows, swim better, climb rocks, make fires and so much stuff. I cherish those memories. Wow what you said about watching the walking dead as a teen and fantasizing apocalyptic scenarios :0 I resonate with that so hard lmao, even to yhis day I still think “if there were zombies what would I do”
I always avoided conflict in my younger years because i didn't know how to fight. One day it was unavoidable and the guy just kept coming at me, everything was slow from the adrenaline, i saw him move and i saw everything around us moving as well. It was the most blissfull feeling id ever had before or since. For the first time in life i was purely and entirely in the moment. No worries of the future or regret of the past, purely focused on that moment. No thoughts of winning or getting my ass beat, just me, him and the muffled world around us. I just copied what id seen in mma fights and he dropped his right hand when he went for a punch, i swatted his hand and got three solid left hooks in his cheek. It felt like moving through water. It couldn't have been more than a few minutes but it felt longer. Years later and that experience has remained with me as one of my clearest memories. Ever since then i haven't felt anxious about conflict 😅
I was at the barbershop yesterday and i saw this gorgeous Mexican woman w 4 kids. The oldest had the most feminine face and body language. What you need to understand is that whatever lifestyle or mindset you embrace will affect how your face looks physically. Dont take my word for it, go look at a man whos lived violence vs a man whos been pampered his whole life. I honestly felt bad for the kid. A man (the womans friend) pulled up by chance and they started talking. This was a masculine male and you could see her body language, tone and interest in conversation instantly turned into this soft and engaging orchestrated movement of patterns. Point is you can believe whatever you want in society but at the end of the day, nature doesn't care about anyones feelings
The wild man ventures to find a place to live, others follow. It becomes a camp, then a village, then a city. Then they evict the wild man that built it.
Best way to make this today... Martial arts, it can be fencing, karatê, whatever. Teenagers could pratice it since childhood and then finally go to sparring once they come of age. I remember when on my HEMA group a member finally came of age, he made 18 years and I did his first spar with him, that was an awesome moment.
@@HeroicIdeal look, real brothergood is something you will rarely find. You will meet a lot of people who like to spend time with you, but few who you will be actually be able to trust with your life... For life. Don't forget it.
I’ve got 100 acres of forest owned by my family in Appalachia on a mountain. I planned on going out there but now I must go out there and survive, hunt, and try to contact the spirit of the woods or Odin or Cernnunos. I’m the alpha.
90% of the Manosphere is a grift. 9% is a meme. 1% speaks truth so dangerous to the status quo that even figures like Jordan Peterson are compelled to lie and strawman that truth to the point where their own hypocrisy is put on full display. When truth is so powerful it exposes everyone as frauds and hypocrites, that's when real progress in one's development takes place. Anyone who needs a personal Jesus, be it a political figure like Donald Trump, or a surrogate dad like Jordan Peterson, the moment one takes that plunge into the dark aspects of the psyche and understand who they/we are as humans, that's when you'll never submit to anyone's authority willingly ever again. You'll throw books like Peterson's 12 Rules in the trash; you'll never cast a vote in political elections for people you don't personally know and can't vouch for; you'll never watch self help content thinking its you whos broken; you won't care about being "Alpha male" and following whatever dude-bro standards the cultural zeitgeist says you must adhere to in order to be "successful"; and you will never accept anyone's religion or rules to abide by ever again. You will act accordingly doing whatever is best for you and you will find like minded men. I know because I have.
I wouldn't call this channel manosphere imo or what I think of when I think of manosphere which includes clowns like hamza and andrew tate. I view this channel as far superior and infinitely more interesting
@@MrFredstt I agree what's typically called manosphere now is just a bunch of clowns as you say now capitalizing on the popularity some steering it in unhealthy ways towards hating women number one promoting Islam number 2 materialism number three and maybe Ambiguously homosexual .
Awesome video! Being fit and fighting other men regularly is a game changer in life. Hunting is really big in my area and is probably the most visceral way to directly experience nature in a way almost every man through history did. Especially bow hunting. Hope the rib is healing up, I know how painful that can be. Once your intercostal muscle strengthens your ribs should be less injury prone but unfortunately it takes time and pressure. Make sure to strengthen your neck too. Neck injuries are extremely debilitating. Looking forward to more videos man, keep up the great work!
If you are able, id suggest learning two archery styles, classic Mediterranean style and Indigenous American style. Some of us teach it on reservations. @@HeroicIdeal
I see a member of our tribe has been watching Asha logos. And learning from his glory. At least I assume as much, and if I’m wrong for whatever reason- trust me when I say you not should, but must start watching his creations. This is the first video of yours I’ve seen and it all feels very close to home. Very familiar. Very necessary. Your diction, literary composition, and visual aesthetic are a page laid down directly in his playbook. And you’ve done it true justice with this masterpiece. It suits you. I suits… I feel… all of us. As peoples bourne from the same foundation and living the same mode of existence. The same historical trajectory. I cannot express enough how many of the specific words and sentences you spoke have been swirling through my head for some time now. All part, in my view, of the same idea that you’ve laid out here- yet all connecting seamlessly to other ideas and forming part of something much bigger. A last aside- right from the start you mentioned something that I first heard from Asha logos and that made so much of our history and existence; more clear. Make more sense. That there seems to be a tradition among these people of sending off the best of their young men to start something new; which would account for thheir dispersal through time and the similarity in their cultures. This notion has popped up in my daily life ever since. Anyway…. Though this is the first I’ve heard from you.. I already sense a wider familiarity that I’ve encountered time and again from our larger community. You have gifted to us something truly great with this video. I’m off to see if you’ve made more, and watch them. Hail!
Reminds me of Judge Holden's thoughts on war, from Cormac McCarthy's _Blood Meridian -- The Evening Redness in the West._ Whatever you may think of the character, and he does have some qualities most would deem vile, he wasn't wrong about that subject. I came to the same conclusion when studying Man's biological imperative in college: all life is necessarily contained in struggle, without which a constant striving for we are doomed as sentient beasts...and war, the divination of might, the most noble incarnation of struggle.
I say this with stoic, sombre seriousness. This is the most important video created on RUclips in a very, very long time. Very rarely is content created that hits on something so esoteric, hidden yet of mortal importance. Our society, is sick. We are on a rudderless boat, without a captain or a sail headed for the very cliff of the world's edge. The Abyss awaits us without even a single care or hint of notice. And yet we sleep. Blissfully we sleep. Ignorant and foolish we sleep. The message within this video is like cold water in an endless desert without end. It is needed.
@@HeroicIdeal I do not say things like that very often, about anything. I truly meant what I wrote. I found your channel with the "The Death of Liberalism & The Return of Nature" (which initially caught my eye) followed by "The Cult of The Body [getting jacked is a political act]. I immediately subscribed. I sense your channel growing subscribers similar to how I subscribed. Listen, you will be targeted and censored. Your content and your message is Kryptonite to the designs of those who truly tug at the strings of this world. Who would see its people enslaved and compliant. The West is dying and it is not from old age. It is being intentionally driven off of a cliff. To destroy the West they must weaken and demoralize its Men, dominate and confuse its Women (destroy the Family). Your content, I believe, shows people who they truly are and where we truly came from. It points to Truths that are incorruptible and eternal. Our Myths, our Legends, our Heroes, our old Gods, our Heritage contain these Truths. Distilled and bottled up in the great works of Authors and Artists. These truths remain as potent as ever and can rebuild our society, one Man and Woman at a time. I believe you are showing people what they've all collectively forgotten and exchanged for dopamine and cheap self satisfaction. I haven't yet seen all of your content yet because I only just subscribed. But I certainly will in the coming days. I look forward to contemplating your videos and watching your channel grow.
@HeroicIdeal I do not say things like that very often, about anything. I truly meant what I wrote. I found your channel with the "The Death of Liberalism & The Return of Nature" (which initially caught my eye) followed by "The Cult of The Body [getting jacked is a political act]. I immediately subscribed. I sense your channel growing subscribers similar to how I subscribed. Listen, you will be targeted and censored. Your content and your message is Kryptonite to the designs of those who truly tug at the strings of this world. Who would see its people enslaved and compliant. The West is dying and it is not from old age. It is being intentionally driven off of a cliff. To destroy the West they must weaken and demoralize its Men, weaken and demoralize it's Women (destroy the Family). Your content, I believe, shows people who they truly are and where we truly came from. It points to Truths that are incorruptible and eternal. Our Myths, our Legends, our Heroes, our old Gods, our Heritage contain these Truths. Distilled and bottled up in the great works of Authors and Artists. These truths remain as potent as ever and can rebuild our society, one Man and Woman at a time. I believe you are showing people what they've all collectively forgotten and exchanged for dopamine and cheap self satisfaction. I haven't yet seen all of your content yet because I only just subscribed. But I certainly will in the coming days. I look forward to contemplating your videos and watching your channel grow. (This comment was instantly deleted and censored after I sent it and had to change some words, tragic and sad what our society has become)
@HeroicIdeal I do not say things like that very often, about anything. I truly meant what I wrote. I found your channel with the "The Death of Liberalism & The Return of Nature" (which initially caught my eye) followed by "The Cult of The Body [getting jacked is a political act]. I immediately subscribed. I sense your channel growing subscribers similar to how I subscribed. Listen, you will be targeted and censored. Your content and your message is Kryptonite to the designs of those who truly tug at the strings of this world. Who would see its people chained and compliant. The West is dying and it is not from old age. It is being intentionally driven off of a cliff. To destroy the West they must weaken and demoralize its Men, and Women (destroy the Family). Your content, I believe, shows people who they truly are and where we truly came from. It points to Truths that are incorruptible and eternal. Our Myths, our Legends, our Heroes, our old Gods, our Heritage contain these Truths. Distilled and bottled up in the great works of Authors and Artists. These truths remain as potent as ever and can rebuild our society, one Man and Woman at a time. I believe you are showing people what they've all collectively forgotten and exchanged for dopamine and cheap self satisfaction. I haven't yet seen all of your content yet because I only just subscribed. But I certainly will in the coming days. I look forward to contemplating your videos and watching your channel grow. (This comment was instantly deleted and censored after I sent it and had to change some words, tragic and sad what our society has become)
Despite having finished college, and being a lifelong martial artist, in my case what made me refer to myself as a man, what ended being my manhood "ritual" was finishing a bodyguard course wich involved a very violent self defence exam wich I had to protect a client. After I recovered psychologically from the course and exams I felt that I was finally a man, it was late, I was 30 or 31 at the time but it felt great!
I feel really bad for people who didn't grow up in the country. Having a dad to shoot, camp, hunt and fish with. Not having a farm to grow up on with animals and crops to take care of. Even just having to cut wood and split it to heat the house. Coming of age rituals can be all sorts of things. For me it wasn't the first animal I hunted but the first time my dad trusted me to do what needed to be done most.
All these ideas are very reminiscent of my 20s reading and studying what was called the men's movement at the time. The best stuff was with Robert Bly. I highly recommend his book Iron John. For me that was 30 years ago. Still relevant today
@HeroicIdeal yes the book iron John was a revelation of understanding of the roles of mother and father and how there is a problem especially today with the lack of fathering. Even when the father is present. As necessary as a mother is in the beginning of a boy's life it will be a hindrance to his growth without the father's intervention later on to help him become a man.
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Please put these up on Spotify as well! Fantastic work
This video is truly fascinating and thank you for sharing this wisdom I try my best do martial arts and meditation as a way to get back in tune with my primal self.
It's also the lifespan, people from 18th century and below had harsher shorter life by our standards, we too have an equivalent of harshness, of course mundane living has it's difficulties too when you look past surface level convinience and technology, besides conflict in terms of spiritual warfare has been ever present, even during hunter gatherer times too.
Skull Knight: Heed my words, Struggler. Soon a rain of blood, the likes of which you cannot imagine, shall fall down upon you. It will be a storm of death. But take heed, Struggler. Struggle, endure, contend. For that alone is the sword of one who defies death. Do not forget these words.
It's cool and all but we evolved past that life for a reason, when we fantasies we tend to forget that life could be a living hell and you have to put 100% of your efforts only to survive and nothing else Now we can do almost anything and have resources like never before if all we do is pitch about our life and how everything used to be better it is truly a waste, instead we can do so much in this modern world we can find meaning everywhere Use your time and resources wisely I know things can look gloomy but reality is flexible and we have infinite possibilities and potential just expand, explore, learn, get out of the box try to do better every day GOOD LUCK ❤
We haven't evolved past anything. You're just enamored with your normalcy bias too much to understand that all of this is another passing fad in the saga of man. In our lifetimes what you know as normal will be proven to be a fickle mirage supported by nothing but careful lies and empty promises. The law isn't a real thing that can touch you. The dollar is just a number on a screen. The show never goes on forever, and this has happened all before.
Being a adventurer would be unending entertaiment , but obviously dont go running on 4 legs lol go sprinting on 2 legs ! you are a human ! thanks for the great editing mixed with great commentary ! i enjoyed this video🤩
Combat, adversity, struggle and challenge are natural aspects of life. The problem is that we must not lose ourselves in those things - they are ASPECTS, not our totality. If we are to engage in those things, we must take them as facets of the infinite diamond called "humanity". So, go and learn how to fight, how to play, how to push yourself, but always aware of your limits at that moment. And in the Epic of Gilgamesh, he is a half-god, while Enkidu is a half-beast, but they together learned how to be HUMAN.
I Am the Whole I Am the Whole I Am the Whole and I Am Not the Nothing I Am Peace I Am Love I Am the Fury and I Am the Rage I Am the Lover CareGiver ❤️ 💚 💜 I Am the Fury that Veils the Sacred
Human beings are intrinsically drawn to the truth of reality. Unfortunately, many obstacles hinder this realization. Modern adolescents lack meaningful rites of passage (beyond alcohol and drugs) to truly test themselves. True testing is both physical and mental. It involves the individual in nature, facing the elements, engaging in physical exertion beyond their limits, and being morally invested in the challenge, emerging either alive or dead, diminished or elevated.
Roughly half can achieve initiation through combat sport/violence…the other half through music and poetry…then a smaller number still through both…the warrior-poets.
Meek as we understand it today is a misinterpretation of the Bible. The original text refers to a tranquility when it came to one's passions, specifically anger. To not just be moved by your passion and impulsively act or exact violence. Turning the other cheek referred to a gesture to stop revenge. Instead of an eye for an eye you stopped the cycle of revenge by sacrificing more. Not just to get kicked down. In the Bible it mentions two more examples to prove that point. It's a very different picture from the modern interpretation. PS: The first part hit hard. As a child I loved My Side of the Mountain. I dreamed about being a pirate or a frontiermans. Building out a section of nature for myself. I think every kid wants that and every man needs that tbh. Read up on the childhood of depression era boys and girls and frontierspeople. New rituals for an industrial age.
A fundamental misunderstanding of violence creates a world you wont wish on your worst enemy. This is a time tested recycled mistake thinking your personal toughness and fortitude is going to reshape the world in your image if only you can convince enough people on the ride. Warrior spirit is worth cultivating, yes you have a biological imperitave to embrace your animal self. And you should hone your body and prove what you are. But dont fall for the big trick.
Look I get it. Fight club came out when I was 17. I GET it. This impulse to satisfy initiatory rites through the expression of learned violence. It IS a part of us. I have fought professional mma. Grew up wrestling. Work as firefighter in a stupidly violent and blighted city. Side work as a SWAT medic. I’ve seen real violence and murder and vengeance. It’s not romantic at all. Nietzsche was an incredible thinker but he was also a very physically weak, neurotic person who would be eaten alive if life played by the rules people champion about him. Absolutely a prey animal. Most people are. Have some children. And i promise you will quickly be disabused of the fantasy of walking dead when you marry that to real, experiential violence. Horrific stuff. And that idea becomes what it is. Very silly. I agree with you. We DO need young men to have initiatory experiences and they DO need exposure to violence and butt-whippings albeit in a controlled setting. I have both my boys now in wrestling. We go camping and hiking. They serve at Church (Orthodox). Giving people over to mindless gang-style violence only breeds psychopathic pathologies that destroy communities. I live in one. It sucks. God bless ☦️
@@KaiserBellicagreed. Same with depression, bpd, schizophrenia, narcissism, etc. I think many mental illnesses are hereditary and genetically entrenched within certain people, and can sometimes only truly reveal themselves if left idle to grow and fester, or when the person goes threw insidious trauma.
@@KaiserBellic you are welcome to think that. You must live in a nice area. I agree there are some people are possibly genetically predisposed towards that pathology. But whole populations following patterns of socially learned violence isn’t genetic. Watch inter generational gang violence. Watch it to the point where you got some kid’s brains leaking into your lap on an ambulance. Watch a whole segment of population behave this way because they learned there is no value to a person and might makes right. Or talk to the people that get out of that cycle. They aren’t genetic psychopaths. They are people who made a series of bad decisions that carried on from the series of bad decisions their parents made and so on. I’d say very few are ‘genetic’ psychos. You gotta widen your gaze dude. Or read some more books on violent ideologies possessing a population.
@@KaiserBellic I’m sorry that experience is so widespread. And yours was rougher than most. I guess I’m confused on the point if you grew up that way. And saw people making choices, how do you prescribe to a ‘it’s all genetics’ theory? Because that takes away the ability to choose. Almost a purely biological fate? I agree with your sentiments. In my little area we have a very high number of homicides and it’s all…within its own ethnic group committing violence against themselves. That’s why I have a hard time thinking that just that ethnic group has a genetic issue. You can see how saying that out loud sounds like a form of racism in itself maybe? In any event. Appreciate the dialogue. Stay safe
I think you misconstrue the message of the video! As to children, I agree. I hope to have many of them. But man must also have adventure, brotherhood, and higher purpose. I want to explore new frontiers with my children, not suburban malls, and to hand them great civilization projects!
The funny thing is that this feels more easily achievable than it seems. I personally feel as though i have "rewilded" myself by engaging with social challenges and little else. Emphasis on the word challenges. Initiation rituals were/are a forced challenge that either makes or breaks a person. Thus, those who go without true challenge become weak are soft, as many of our generation are. But, I wish to point out something. The center point of this video isn't on violence, protection, ancient rites, or primal experiences. It's not a call to reject modernity and to embrace our ancestral past as some hidden truth. It is truly a fantasy to imagine it as such. No, the point that this video is trying to make is that in order to be a man, you must risk yourself, challenge yourself, and dominate yourself. And this can be achieved by going into the woods and learning survival skills but it is also achieved by learning how to accept responsibility for yourself by creating independence in your own life, learning financial skills, creating a social life, or basically anything that you have been afraid to do for your entire life. I say these things not because i disagree with the video's contents but rather that i wish to point out manhood is found in many places inside as well as outside of civilization. You can become a man by learning a fighting skill, but you can also learn how to become a man by truly forgiving someone who you hate, negotiating between disagreeing parties, fitness and self discipline like in the military, or even in something as mundane as managing your finances to the point that you only spend what you need or want but without any significant influence from impulse, bad habit, or fear. The video is right for calling our generation soft but it is also true that there as many ways to manhood as there are men. 🙂
For those who wish to learn more about the Historical Koryos, Dan Davis has a good video on this subject. That explains the mythological and historical aspects of The Koryos. A few actually. The One I am referring though is titled, “The Cult of The Ancestors,
I am guessing that I'm a generation or two older than you Mr. Ark, and grew up in perhaps the last age that straddled the analog technologies of the 20th century, and the interconnected digital technologies of the 21st. We still had scouts, cadets, and grew up essentially wild little barbarians getting ourselves in and out of trouble with essentially no surveillance. Your generation in one way has been given a monumental challenge in that the pervasive surveillance and safety culture, combined with it's anti-masculine, anti-human, anti-freedom, and anti-western ideology means that real challenges and a very real spectre of oppression hangs over your generation and it's ability to assert itself and direct it's own fate and destiny. However, I'll let you in on a secret, which perhaps is not so secret to you. It does not matter how advanced surveillance and enforcement becomes. It is always more costly and self-destructive for an authority of any kind to attempt constant control and punishment of an unwilling subject or population, than it is for the subject / population to rebel and refuse compliance. This is why authoritarian models always implode and collapse, they are fundamentally untenable and they know it. To the degree that your generation, hopefully with the help of others that recognize your plight, simply disregard the presumed authority of the establishment media / gov't / etc., and act decisively in your own interests, for the restoration of a civilization and set of values that you / we determine for ourselves, they will be unable to stop you. Their power is largely illusionary because the resources necessary to actually force compliance do not exist. They can only get their way when people believe in the illusion and participate in the narrative willingly. Withdraw your consent to be governed, craft a world of your own, and you will end up standing on the necks of those who would enslave you.
@@HeroicIdeal If you have not already, read the 4th Turning, it explains a lot. If you look at when it was written, and observe the course of events since, it's prophetic. There's an epochal change coming, and that will be our opportunity to reclaim our Sovereignty as individuals, and as a civilization. Crisis and opportunity are two sides of the same coin. At the critical moment, we must seize the future.
One of the greatest videos I have seen in some time. I would be interested in discussing how you would go about creating a new brotherly organization like the one you described. Is there anyway to contact you privately?
I would suggest extreme sports as very helpful about everything you said, even more than martial arts. I used to train martial arts and I fought in the streets as well but extreme sports are somehow different and it really changes you. But again maybe that's because I was always fighting, since I was kid, so maybe that is not so life changing for me.
You may not have realised, but all your videos seem to be describing Odr. Odr (Anglo saxon: "Wod") is the ecstatic rush of divine inspiration. It is Odins breath of life that fills us with passions, desires, and inspiration. This is because the gods would not be so cruel as to sire the human race and then leave us with no meaning or reason. Odr (pronounced "oh-thur") is in my opinion, similar to the hindu "Rudra" the vital power that moves mountains and destroys the illusion, creating a visceral and real experience. The Ulfhednar and the Berserker rituals where ways of harnessing ones Odr, and then channelling it into battle. Odr, the spirit of Wotan, is what gives the human race our primitive and primal desires and functions. The desire to fight, the ability to endure hardship, feelings of hope and optimism, creative writing, the desire to have s3x, to progress and evolve as a species, and so on so forth, are what gives life meaning. A man without Odr is emasculated and separated from his true primitive nature. The Vikings had a word for men like this "argr" which was so offensive to say in the Viking age it was actually illegal and would often demand the receiver of such an insult to stand up and fight back immediately. (Your basically implying the receiver of such an insult is not worthy of calling himself a man) This is because everything for the Vikings was honour, spirit, and the strength of ones character. Their sense of morality one of endurance and chivalry. Time and time again we see in the sagas that the hardship you endure strengthens your spirit and actually brings you closer to the gods and the natural world. I could go into how this was linked with the Norse pagan concept of "hamingja" but that's another can of worms... The point is, if we are to truly experience spirituality, we must first understand the (very primitive) human spirit. I would recommend "the laws of human nature by Robert Grene" although I must confess I have not listened to the audiobook past the first few chapters. In an age of high speed internet p0rnography, vaping, laziness, and stupidity, we need more people returning to nature ideally sooner rather than later. Most Norse pagans often experience Odin as their first deity before meeting the others. I think the all-father is trying to wake us back up to our inspiration, the beating drum that is our heart. Spiritually speaking, this could also explain why Paganism is booming while the abrahamic religions are slowly but surely losing numbers and starting to dwindle. We need to go back to nature. For some, it is a gradual transition of lifestyle adjustment and reframing self image. For others, it can be a rather rude awakening. In my Taijitsu class, we have been learning knife defence due to the rising rate of knife crime here in Europe. The instructor informed us that he watches CCTV of knife attacks and street fights to see what people could have done better. In other words, if you got back in touch with your power, it just might save your life - especially considering the rather alarming statistic that people who are lazy and inactive are 20% more likely to die from literally anything. I am currently recovering from surgery, so I am unable to be physically active for the time being, so I am studying up, reading books, listening to podcasts, and doing what I can. As soon as I'm on my feet again, I want to be doing home hiit workouts with dumbbells. I would highly recommend Caroline Girvan. Search her up on RUclips. Thank you for another interesting and philosophical video.
The REAL PROBLEM is that most people define VIOLENCE …WRONGLY. - remember that “definition” by itself is only a useful tool until it isn’t. A good servant but a bad master. As can be said for any “tool”. As well as that predators use violence as an (action used only to eat in nature.) …But its only an action! Not personal not a lifestyle / brand to sell. Just a very quick completely in the moment action, made to ensure victory and survival and non suffering. The minute our ego touched the fight ……… all hell broke loose.
I have always anticipated a post apocalyptic road warrior type world from my youth... a time when my inner rage can express itself against this feminized society I find myself in...
Very good video my man, but here are some my thoughts and life lessons. First, initation rituals are only for Chads. If life learned me something, if you are avarage guy you will not be allowed to grow and tame the beast. It is wieved by society as dangerous from you and you will be put down. Second, brothership is dead. Older men do not want you to be part of tribe. They do not need to. Why? It is simple, back in the day we lived in small tribes. Maybe you do not like someone in a small tribe, maybe you hate his guts, but he passed initiation ritual as you and you cannot waste his live. But now our society is so big and there is so much people that all are replecable. Third, this is part of plan. Look at Europe, they do not wish for Europeans to rise up, they just want us to vanish. Fourth, lifting and exercise is good, like really good but not magical. For many exercising and heavy weight lifting will lead just to solitude. It is because nobody cares about your progress and determination in bodybuilding unless you look like Chriss Hemsworth(back to Chad only matters). On the one gym there was nice slogan. Are you depressed and fat? Thant be just depressed and join us. Fith, going to nature is good just for you and your mental health. Once again I am not against it, but it will not get you attention of women. Women care only about Chad, if you are that strange fella who goes hiking than you are still strange fella for people.
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all america lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. we live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. what they dreamed, we live, what they lived, we dream. T.K. Whipple, Study of the Land
Beautiful!
Very well said.
Very poignant
Perhaps the Land remembers the dreaming of souls upon the earth…
The Call of the Folk-Spirit…read “the awakening land trilogy” by Conrad richter. For a darker purpose read “Blood Meridian”…at times it’s almost as if the land itself demands a sacrifice.
I am 57, lived a very adventurous life.
When I was a teenager I played with anacondas near the Amazonas, on school trips...I kid you not...in south America.
Later in I joined the special forces and remember my survival training in the snow...frozen, hungry and exhausted but still enjoying all this in a way.
Later in I moved to the south of Spain.
Spearfishing sea bass and a blue shark suddenly turned up and stole my catch...one of the most beautiful and special moments of my life.
Now, due to circumstances , I now live in the Netherlands, a small, over organized country, no nature, and a hyper sensitive, emotionally unstable population being happy with their electric car, little house and looking forward to buying the next gadget that makes their life more comfortable.
On my holidays I like to go running in the mountains in eastern Europe...places where encounters with bears are still possible, love the feeling
The dutchees hear my story and think I am nuts.
Oviously, I don't connect to the people nor the country...
Looking forward to my next adventure in a different country ...
To the younger generation, get out there, take some risks and connect to mother earth.
The real deal....not a video game
I feel blessed....
@user-xf5ty9yk7z , not a boomer bro 😂 Gen X...Thanks anyways .
And right !..that's the attitude you guys need...fu***N stand for something.
Regards
Dutch guy here. I feel like a tiger in a cage more and more, thank god there are some descent sized forrests around where I live, thank god for lifting weights and the heavy bag. I do think my people are still capable of greatness, but they are in a domesticated slumber right now.
@@heyfriend8519 , yes, that's how I feel.
I try to get lost in these forests but impossible 😆 .
Indeed, a comfortable cage in which it is relatively easy to get by.
I understand people like that idea...a house, 2 electric cars, holidays in Torremolinos and snowboarding in December.
Decent healthcare system and practically impossible to end up on the streets due to social security acts and pensions...
Cool...but everyone is asleep....
Nature is the great healer! Even in her savagery
Lmao howd you end up here? @user-xf5ty9yk7z
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” -
Mike Tyson
off to plebbit you go
@@Musipictbe not afraid, it’s a robit
Everyone has a Mike Tyson till plan get in face the punch
...or has to wake up and go to work...
@@toddianuzzi9296 sorry my for english bad
MMA practicioner here. Great video. Also healing from an injury. Cant wait to get on the mats again. Hail victory
Those fantasies as a child when you drifted off to sleep, weren’t fantasies. But the ancestral spirit calling to you across time and through blood.
(Literally and Figuratively) I had the same as a child. Dreams of great Forrests with warriors running wild. Without any contextual reason fir them at that time. Then I started searching out History on a subconscious quest for My Tribe… before I even knew what I was doing.
Highly based! I believe in ancestral memory, or instinct at least
I usually dream of expansive and remote places aswell. Perhaps it’s the need to claim something for oneself, represented in the dream as land, or battle where you can attain glory and resources.
I had these visions too! I thought i was the only one.
It seems that ancestral calling of our tribe is much less abstract, and much more real than we ever could’ve thought.
Time and again I find us expressing the exact same path, using the exact same words, seeking the exact same thing.
We sense it, or dream it before we even know what it is.
@@BearsArms45 we do all speak the same language and have similar cultures. I wonder how a Chinese guy, and Iranian guy describes and feels this phenomenon
I am 42 year old Irish man, i started training martial arts when i was 6 and since train today, at 18 i moved away from home to a foreign country in order to live my life but ended up finding a teacher that changed my entire life and taught me to be a better person via learning his family's art. Then I spent my 20's and 30's working security in various places some safe some not so safe, but i would not change a single second of it, i have been hit, beaten and stabbed a few times but i am still here and back in my home country honouring my ancestors and someday will do as my teacher did before and take on someone to learn this is the way it should be an older man teaching a younger man the way to live and survive, well i think so anyway
I was in a fight at age 6. I beat up three other boys, bigger than me. They had been picking on me, cuffed me around, and at some point i lost it.
One of them was the son of someone important.
My mother locked me in a closet. I dont know how long i was there, but i soiled myself.
My dad took me out of it, washed me up, and told me never to fight again.
To this day, even though i was military, and have 2 second degree black belts, i am scared to fight. Not because im afraid of pain. Because im afraid of punishment.
Dont do this to your sons.
Your dad said you should never fight again because you lost, if you want to fight, Win!
@@ZanderJaverson I won the fight. That's why I was punished. Because one of the boys was the son of a politician.
If you want to fight, become stronger.
@@exothermicforstability7915 did you NOT understand what I was saying? I have done. That's not the point. I was trying to talk about the very real consequences of being punished for winning, as a child, by your parents. Lifelong anxiety.
Obviously I beat it practically. I was a tournament champion. I currently take nothing from anyone.
In your case, I would suggest you have a weakness to confront your own demons, which is precisely what I was doing here.
If I didn't have this emotional programming, I would have been more successful. As it is, I have done very well. But that emotional crippling prevented me from full greatness.
@@exothermicforstability7915 I did. No idea what you're even talking about. Fear of punishment doesn't stop me, but it is an unnecessary burden.
The pre-civilized world fantasy still keeps me awake at night
What a fantastic video.
Im almost 23, and personally not having a present father figure i really relate to needing an initiation. Subconsciously, i have been searching for this, such as moving across the country completely on my own and taking up working out, running, and Jui-Jitsu. All of these things have taught me an insurmountable amount of things about myself, however, the itch of a proper initiation has not been scratched. There is a deep burning desire to prove my own manhood to myself. Because of this, i have decided to enlist in the military, with the hopes of learning all i can spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically about what i am capable of.
Thanks for making this video. It confirms that i am on the right path and it is up to us, the younger generations, to turn the tides of modernity.
Godspeed 🫡 I always found military training appealing
Do as you must young blood. And do it with heroic pride.
A great many of us have experienced the same thing. Followed the same path.
I am perhaps too old to lead the charge against modernity, but I am certainly with you in the fight and more than happy to follow wherever you raise the flag of battle.
Hail!
I hear that brother - I’m 33 and I still have the same feeling
As a man who's in the strange middle ground of "getting old" I would like to pass on two pieces of advice to all young men watching: Find and be yourself, know who you are at your core and don't give a d4mn what other people think.
2. Be good to others, and take risks. I have far more regrets of things I DIDN'T do. Don't hurt other people for it, but don't be afraid to reach for what you want out of life.
Its not violence itself that completes man, but adversity. Violence is just a type of adversity. The modern world has largely robbed man of proper adversity, and substituted it for poor facsimiles.
Yes! although, not all adversity. Being locked in a zoo, or fat from junk food are forms of adversity... it must be transformative & acquaint one with nature, within and without 🌲🐺
@@HeroicIdealAt the commencement, the noble caste was always the barbarian caste: their superiority did not consist first of all in their physical, but in their psychical power-they were more complete men, more complete beasts
Struggle and endurance completes man. Struggle with the internal and the external. With the mortal and the immortal. Nothing else completes men.
"Be radical, have principles, be absolute, be that which the bourgeoisie calls an extremist: give yourself without counting or calculating, don't accept what they call 'the reality of life' and act in such a way that you won't be accepted by that kind of 'life', never abandon the principle of struggle."
I remember the first time I boxed I was 14, I was very nervous to spar it was my first day but I thought that if I didn’t try that day I never would. The gym was in a rough area there were some tough kids. I entered into the ring and got punched head on in my nose, blood spurted everywhere 😂. Now every time I overcome the fear of sparring it’s a reassertion to myself that I have courage. Men are born to fight and struggle.
"The Institute" in the Red Rising book series is a secular, futurist variation of the Koryos ritual. Every Gold child, regardless of the standing of their family, is sent to a private wildlife excavation along with other groups of Gold children. Each group is given the same directive: "Build an army, conquer your foes." They stay for years, and each group of children must outcompete & outmaneuver the others in order to come out on top. The stay there is brutal & unforgiving, as there are no rules; the children are allowed to brutalize & violate each other in any way they can think of. After defeating another group, you can either choose to kill them or enslave them.
The group which dominates all the others will be crowned the victor of the trial, and the leader of the victorious group will be distinguished & favored in society for the rest of his life.
Sounds like they one-upped the Spartans haha
When reading Red Rising, it’s hard to not root for Gold sometimes. They are in a sense right, even though they are cruel (or maybe because they are cruel). It’s a great series and encaptures the struggle between good and great very well
@@HeroicIdealbefore they even enter the institute they’re put into rooms in pairs and told only one will be allowed to leave alive, so 50% are cut out at the start
@@duskshard2446 The Gold Caste, and The Society as a whole, are the ultimate ideals imo. It's a realistic future that I could easily see us realizing IRL. I completely & wholly rooted for The Golds.
Man, so glad to watch that somebody else read that amazing saga.
I too, admire and repulse the Golds. At one side, they are tyrants who rule an unfair system. Privileged from the very start of their lives by their genetics, and even if the try to act like it is, their cast system is not a true meritocracy where the fittest and smartest rule.
At the other side, the ideals that their Society is built on are admirable (strength, competition, discipline, pride, etc), the huge majority of them follow those ideals at some extent and some of them do it righteously.
Such an amazing people and story.
I remembered that, back in my teenage, our greatest struggle was to convince our parents to go out in the wild to sleep in a tent under a starry sky...and we were so happy when we finally made it every once in a while in the summer!
We are so weak now, compared to even our grandfathers. And to make men tougher you need to "force them" to step on this path. I believe initiation rituals did exactly that, as well as wars, famine, etc.
Thanks for this video.
Bruh lmao I am 10 times tougher than my weak ass Boomer grand parents
Indeed. Although many do not need to be forced, since the call is within them. Them simply need a purpose and outlet!
Boomers are actually weaker than older generations.
That's why extreme genres of metal like death metal and black metal exist and are mostly performed by men. Screaming like a beast, aggressive and brutal drumming. I suppose this helps us to release the tension that civilization creates due to our violent nature being suppressed by the societal norms.
I miss Boy Scout summer camp. Definitely watered down from sending your child to the wilderness to fight wolves but I learned how to shoot bows, swim better, climb rocks, make fires and so much stuff. I cherish those memories.
Wow what you said about watching the walking dead as a teen and fantasizing apocalyptic scenarios :0 I resonate with that so hard lmao, even to yhis day I still think “if there were zombies what would I do”
I always avoided conflict in my younger years because i didn't know how to fight. One day it was unavoidable and the guy just kept coming at me, everything was slow from the adrenaline, i saw him move and i saw everything around us moving as well. It was the most blissfull feeling id ever had before or since. For the first time in life i was purely and entirely in the moment. No worries of the future or regret of the past, purely focused on that moment. No thoughts of winning or getting my ass beat, just me, him and the muffled world around us. I just copied what id seen in mma fights and he dropped his right hand when he went for a punch, i swatted his hand and got three solid left hooks in his cheek. It felt like moving through water. It couldn't have been more than a few minutes but it felt longer. Years later and that experience has remained with me as one of my clearest memories. Ever since then i haven't felt anxious about conflict 😅
I was at the barbershop yesterday and i saw this gorgeous Mexican woman w 4 kids. The oldest had the most feminine face and body language. What you need to understand is that whatever lifestyle or mindset you embrace will affect how your face looks physically. Dont take my word for it, go look at a man whos lived violence vs a man whos been pampered his whole life. I honestly felt bad for the kid. A man (the womans friend) pulled up by chance and they started talking. This was a masculine male and you could see her body language, tone and interest in conversation instantly turned into this soft and engaging orchestrated movement of patterns. Point is you can believe whatever you want in society but at the end of the day, nature doesn't care about anyones feelings
Yes you make a very good point.
The wild man ventures to find a place to live, others follow. It becomes a camp, then a village, then a city.
Then they evict the wild man that built it.
Best way to make this today...
Martial arts, it can be fencing, karatê, whatever.
Teenagers could pratice it since childhood and then finally go to sparring once they come of age.
I remember when on my HEMA group a member finally came of age, he made 18 years and I did his first spar with him, that was an awesome moment.
Hell yeah! There's a strong sense of brotherhood in fighting sports as well
@@HeroicIdeal look, real brothergood is something you will rarely find. You will meet a lot of people who like to spend time with you, but few who you will be actually be able to trust with your life... For life.
Don't forget it.
i sparred at 14 with no protection when i just joined martial arts lol
@@Idek324 we don't do this here.🐈⬛
Or become an infantryman
I’ve got 100 acres of forest owned by my family in Appalachia on a mountain. I planned on going out there but now I must go out there and survive, hunt, and try to contact the spirit of the woods or Odin or Cernnunos. I’m the alpha.
Highly based
these manosphere self help accounts are getting a little wild recently...
What color is your aspis
As I mentioned in an earlier comment this is not new. Very good video though. Go get a copy of Robert Blys book Iron John.1980s
90% of the Manosphere is a grift.
9% is a meme.
1% speaks truth so dangerous to the status quo that even figures like Jordan Peterson are compelled to lie and strawman that truth to the point where their own hypocrisy is put on full display.
When truth is so powerful it exposes everyone as frauds and hypocrites, that's when real progress in one's development takes place.
Anyone who needs a personal Jesus, be it a political figure like Donald Trump, or a surrogate dad like Jordan Peterson, the moment one takes that plunge into the dark aspects of the psyche and understand who they/we are as humans, that's when you'll never submit to anyone's authority willingly ever again. You'll throw books like Peterson's 12 Rules in the trash; you'll never cast a vote in political elections for people you don't personally know and can't vouch for; you'll never watch self help content thinking its you whos broken; you won't care about being "Alpha male" and following whatever dude-bro standards the cultural zeitgeist says you must adhere to in order to be "successful"; and you will never accept anyone's religion or rules to abide by ever again.
You will act accordingly doing whatever is best for you and you will find like minded men. I know because I have.
I wouldn't call this channel manosphere imo or what I think of when I think of manosphere which includes clowns like hamza and andrew tate. I view this channel as far superior and infinitely more interesting
@@MrFredstt I agree what's typically called manosphere now is just a bunch of clowns as you say now capitalizing on the popularity some steering it in unhealthy ways towards hating women number one promoting Islam number 2 materialism number three and maybe Ambiguously homosexual .
Awesome video! Being fit and fighting other men regularly is a game changer in life.
Hunting is really big in my area and is probably the most visceral way to directly experience nature in a way almost every man through history did. Especially bow hunting.
Hope the rib is healing up, I know how painful that can be.
Once your intercostal muscle strengthens your ribs should be less injury prone but unfortunately it takes time and pressure.
Make sure to strengthen your neck too. Neck injuries are extremely debilitating.
Looking forward to more videos man, keep up the great work!
Thanks brother! The rib was a couple years ago at this point. I've always wanted to go bow hunting, but never got to it. I loved archery as a child!
If you are able, id suggest learning two archery styles, classic Mediterranean style and Indigenous American style. Some of us teach it on reservations. @@HeroicIdeal
I see a member of our tribe has been watching Asha logos. And learning from his glory. At least I assume as much, and if I’m wrong for whatever reason- trust me when I say you not should, but must start watching his creations. This is the first video of yours I’ve seen and it all feels very close to home. Very familiar. Very necessary.
Your diction, literary composition, and visual aesthetic are a page laid down directly in his playbook.
And you’ve done it true justice with this masterpiece.
It suits you.
I suits… I feel… all of us. As peoples bourne from the same foundation and living the same mode of existence. The same historical trajectory.
I cannot express enough how many of the specific words and sentences you spoke have been swirling through my head for some time now.
All part, in my view, of the same idea that you’ve laid out here- yet all connecting seamlessly to other ideas and forming part of something much bigger.
A last aside- right from the start you mentioned something that I first heard from Asha logos and that made so much of our history and existence; more clear. Make more sense.
That there seems to be a tradition among these people of sending off the best of their young men to start something new; which would account for thheir dispersal through time and the similarity in their cultures. This notion has popped up in my daily life ever since.
Anyway….
Though this is the first I’ve heard from you.. I already sense a wider familiarity that I’ve encountered time and again from our larger community.
You have gifted to us something truly great with this video.
I’m off to see if you’ve made more, and watch them.
Hail!
Reminds me of Judge Holden's thoughts on war, from Cormac McCarthy's _Blood Meridian -- The Evening Redness in the West._ Whatever you may think of the character, and he does have some qualities most would deem vile, he wasn't wrong about that subject. I came to the same conclusion when studying Man's biological imperative in college: all life is necessarily contained in struggle, without which a constant striving for we are doomed as sentient beasts...and war, the divination of might, the most noble incarnation of struggle.
I say this with stoic, sombre seriousness.
This is the most important video created on RUclips in a very, very long time. Very rarely is content created that hits on something so esoteric, hidden yet of mortal importance.
Our society, is sick. We are on a rudderless boat, without a captain or a sail headed for the very cliff of the world's edge. The Abyss awaits us without even a single care or hint of notice.
And yet we sleep. Blissfully we sleep. Ignorant and foolish we sleep. The message within this video is like cold water in an endless desert without end. It is needed.
Thank you brother! Such high praise keeps me pushing
@@HeroicIdeal I do not say things like that very often, about anything. I truly meant what I wrote.
I found your channel with the "The Death of Liberalism & The Return of Nature" (which initially caught my eye) followed by "The Cult of The Body [getting jacked is a political act]. I immediately subscribed. I sense your channel growing subscribers similar to how I subscribed.
Listen, you will be targeted and censored. Your content and your message is Kryptonite to the designs of those who truly tug at the strings of this world. Who would see its people enslaved and compliant. The West is dying and it is not from old age. It is being intentionally driven off of a cliff. To destroy the West they must weaken and demoralize its Men, dominate and confuse its Women (destroy the Family). Your content, I believe, shows people who they truly are and where we truly came from. It points to Truths that are incorruptible and eternal. Our Myths, our Legends, our Heroes, our old Gods, our Heritage contain these Truths. Distilled and bottled up in the great works of Authors and Artists. These truths remain as potent as ever and can rebuild our society, one Man and Woman at a time. I believe you are showing people what they've all collectively forgotten and exchanged for dopamine and cheap self satisfaction.
I haven't yet seen all of your content yet because I only just subscribed. But I certainly will in the coming days. I look forward to contemplating your videos and watching your channel grow.
@HeroicIdeal I do not say things like that very often, about anything. I truly meant what I wrote.
I found your channel with the "The Death of Liberalism & The Return of Nature" (which initially caught my eye) followed by "The Cult of The Body [getting jacked is a political act]. I immediately subscribed. I sense your channel growing subscribers similar to how I subscribed.
Listen, you will be targeted and censored. Your content and your message is Kryptonite to the designs of those who truly tug at the strings of this world. Who would see its people enslaved and compliant. The West is dying and it is not from old age. It is being intentionally driven off of a cliff. To destroy the West they must weaken and demoralize its Men, weaken and demoralize it's Women (destroy the Family). Your content, I believe, shows people who they truly are and where we truly came from. It points to Truths that are incorruptible and eternal. Our Myths, our Legends, our Heroes, our old Gods, our Heritage contain these Truths. Distilled and bottled up in the great works of Authors and Artists. These truths remain as potent as ever and can rebuild our society, one Man and Woman at a time. I believe you are showing people what they've all collectively forgotten and exchanged for dopamine and cheap self satisfaction.
I haven't yet seen all of your content yet because I only just subscribed. But I certainly will in the coming days. I look forward to contemplating your videos and watching your channel grow.
(This comment was instantly deleted and censored after I sent it and had to change some words, tragic and sad what our society has become)
@HeroicIdeal I do not say things like that very often, about anything. I truly meant what I wrote.
I found your channel with the "The Death of Liberalism & The Return of Nature" (which initially caught my eye) followed by "The Cult of The Body [getting jacked is a political act]. I immediately subscribed. I sense your channel growing subscribers similar to how I subscribed.
Listen, you will be targeted and censored. Your content and your message is Kryptonite to the designs of those who truly tug at the strings of this world. Who would see its people chained and compliant. The West is dying and it is not from old age. It is being intentionally driven off of a cliff. To destroy the West they must weaken and demoralize its Men, and Women (destroy the Family). Your content, I believe, shows people who they truly are and where we truly came from. It points to Truths that are incorruptible and eternal. Our Myths, our Legends, our Heroes, our old Gods, our Heritage contain these Truths. Distilled and bottled up in the great works of Authors and Artists. These truths remain as potent as ever and can rebuild our society, one Man and Woman at a time. I believe you are showing people what they've all collectively forgotten and exchanged for dopamine and cheap self satisfaction.
I haven't yet seen all of your content yet because I only just subscribed. But I certainly will in the coming days. I look forward to contemplating your videos and watching your channel grow.
(This comment was instantly deleted and censored after I sent it and had to change some words, tragic and sad what our society has become)
Fight Club often comes to my mind when watching your videos. Keep up the great work, brother.
Thanks brother! 😎
Lets get it brother
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Violence is a primordial force. Every species, large and small, engages in violence to some degree in some form
Despite having finished college, and being a lifelong martial artist, in my case what made me refer to myself as a man, what ended being my manhood "ritual" was finishing a bodyguard course wich involved a very violent self defence exam wich I had to protect a client. After I recovered psychologically from the course and exams I felt that I was finally a man, it was late, I was 30 or 31 at the time but it felt great!
I haven't seen a video on this channel yet that I haven't dug. Kudos, young sir.
Appreciate it Sir 😎
I feel really bad for people who didn't grow up in the country. Having a dad to shoot, camp, hunt and fish with. Not having a farm to grow up on with animals and crops to take care of. Even just having to cut wood and split it to heat the house. Coming of age rituals can be all sorts of things. For me it wasn't the first animal I hunted but the first time my dad trusted me to do what needed to be done most.
Agreed! I haven't gotten to hunt, but I grew up semi-rural, camping, milking cows, and playing in the woods.
I believe modern urban life is the greatest abomination man has ever produced.
All these ideas are very reminiscent of my 20s reading and studying what was called the men's movement at the time. The best stuff was with Robert Bly. I highly recommend his book Iron John. For me that was 30 years ago. Still relevant today
Several people have reconvened Iron John!
@HeroicIdeal yes the book iron John was a revelation of understanding of the roles of mother and father and how there is a problem especially today with the lack of fathering. Even when the father is present. As necessary as a mother is in the beginning of a boy's life it will be a hindrance to his growth without the father's intervention later on to help him become a man.
Please put these up on Spotify as well! Fantastic work
This video is truly fascinating and thank you for sharing this wisdom I try my best do martial arts and meditation as a way to get back in tune with my primal self.
Wow brother you're really striking deep cords here
Thank you brother! 🐺⚡️
Your local Active Club chapter mimics Boy Scouts but for grown men.
WE MAKIN IT OUT THE INITIATION RITUAL WITH THIS ONE!! 🗣🗣🔥🔥
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You are a deep drink of water bro
Not a guy but I am now subbed
It's also the lifespan, people from 18th century and below had harsher shorter life by our standards, we too have an equivalent of harshness, of course mundane living has it's difficulties too when you look past surface level convinience and technology, besides conflict in terms of spiritual warfare has been ever present, even during hunter gatherer times too.
thank you for these video brother
Thank you for watching!
Skull Knight: Heed my words, Struggler. Soon a rain of blood, the likes of which you cannot imagine, shall fall down upon you. It will be a storm of death. But take heed, Struggler. Struggle, endure, contend. For that alone is the sword of one who defies death. Do not forget these words.
It's cool and all but we evolved past that life for a reason, when we fantasies we tend to forget that life could be a living hell and you have to put 100% of your efforts only to survive and nothing else
Now we can do almost anything and have resources like never before if all we do is pitch about our life and how everything used to be better it is truly a waste, instead we can do so much in this modern world we can find meaning everywhere
Use your time and resources wisely I know things can look gloomy but reality is flexible and we have infinite possibilities and potential just expand, explore, learn, get out of the box try to do better every day
GOOD LUCK ❤
We haven't evolved past anything. You're just enamored with your normalcy bias too much to understand that all of this is another passing fad in the saga of man. In our lifetimes what you know as normal will be proven to be a fickle mirage supported by nothing but careful lies and empty promises. The law isn't a real thing that can touch you. The dollar is just a number on a screen. The show never goes on forever, and this has happened all before.
Be strong and Balance your energy to stay stable. Hooraa!
Being a adventurer would be unending entertaiment , but obviously dont go running on 4 legs lol go sprinting on 2 legs ! you are a human ! thanks for the great editing mixed with great commentary ! i enjoyed this video🤩
Incredibly done brother. Bravo👏👏
Thank you brother!
great stuff.
Love your work. My PA will reach out to you for a podcast
Combat, adversity, struggle and challenge are natural aspects of life.
The problem is that we must not lose ourselves in those things - they are ASPECTS, not our totality.
If we are to engage in those things, we must take them as facets of the infinite diamond called "humanity".
So, go and learn how to fight, how to play, how to push yourself, but always aware of your limits at that moment.
And in the Epic of Gilgamesh, he is a half-god, while Enkidu is a half-beast, but they together learned how to be HUMAN.
I Am the Whole
I Am the Whole
I Am the Whole and
I Am Not the Nothing
I Am Peace I Am Love
I Am the Fury and I Am the Rage
I Am the Lover CareGiver ❤️ 💚 💜
I Am the Fury that Veils the Sacred
Human beings are intrinsically drawn to the truth of reality. Unfortunately, many obstacles hinder this realization. Modern adolescents lack meaningful rites of passage (beyond alcohol and drugs) to truly test themselves. True testing is both physical and mental. It involves the individual in nature, facing the elements, engaging in physical exertion beyond their limits, and being morally invested in the challenge, emerging either alive or dead, diminished or elevated.
Indeeed! Beer and weed is not enough
be violent all you want , you wont be able to stop love no matter what ! 💙✌️🌎
This is absolute GOLD!!! I talk about this on my channel. We have to challenge ourselves. This is the only way to save ourselves.
Let the rewilding commence!
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Great work brother ! Keep going ☀️
Thanks brother! ❤️🔥🌞
Roughly half can achieve initiation through combat sport/violence…the other half through music and poetry…then a smaller number still through both…the warrior-poets.
Meek as we understand it today is a misinterpretation of the Bible. The original text refers to a tranquility when it came to one's passions, specifically anger. To not just be moved by your passion and impulsively act or exact violence.
Turning the other cheek referred to a gesture to stop revenge. Instead of an eye for an eye you stopped the cycle of revenge by sacrificing more. Not just to get kicked down. In the Bible it mentions two more examples to prove that point.
It's a very different picture from the modern interpretation.
PS: The first part hit hard. As a child I loved My Side of the Mountain. I dreamed about being a pirate or a frontiermans. Building out a section of nature for myself. I think every kid wants that and every man needs that tbh. Read up on the childhood of depression era boys and girls and frontierspeople. New rituals for an industrial age.
Truth brother 💯 👍💪
great video. thank you.
You must achieve Kóryonos status, and lead your pack.
A fundamental misunderstanding of violence creates a world you wont wish on your worst enemy. This is a time tested recycled mistake thinking your personal toughness and fortitude is going to reshape the world in your image if only you can convince enough people on the ride. Warrior spirit is worth cultivating, yes you have a biological imperitave to embrace your animal self. And you should hone your body and prove what you are. But dont fall for the big trick.
Julius Caesar’s Koryos ritual was invading and conquering Gaul… He would return to Rome and tear down the rotting but stubborn Republic 🐺
hell yeah
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Look I get it. Fight club came out when I was 17. I GET it. This impulse to satisfy initiatory rites through the expression of learned violence. It IS a part of us. I have fought professional mma. Grew up wrestling. Work as firefighter in a stupidly violent and blighted city. Side work as a SWAT medic. I’ve seen real violence and murder and vengeance. It’s not romantic at all. Nietzsche was an incredible thinker but he was also a very physically weak, neurotic person who would be eaten alive if life played by the rules people champion about him. Absolutely a prey animal. Most people are.
Have some children. And i promise you will quickly be disabused of the fantasy of walking dead when you marry that to real, experiential violence. Horrific stuff. And that idea becomes what it is. Very silly.
I agree with you. We DO need young men to have initiatory experiences and they DO need exposure to violence and butt-whippings albeit in a controlled setting. I have both my boys now in wrestling. We go camping and hiking. They serve at Church (Orthodox). Giving people over to mindless gang-style violence only breeds psychopathic pathologies that destroy communities. I live in one. It sucks.
God bless ☦️
@@KaiserBellicagreed. Same with depression, bpd, schizophrenia, narcissism, etc.
I think many mental illnesses are hereditary and genetically entrenched within certain people, and can sometimes only truly reveal themselves if left idle to grow and fester, or when the person goes threw insidious trauma.
@@KaiserBellic you are welcome to think that. You must live in a nice area. I agree there are some people are possibly genetically predisposed towards that pathology. But whole populations following patterns of socially learned violence isn’t genetic.
Watch inter generational gang violence. Watch it to the point where you got some kid’s brains leaking into your lap on an ambulance. Watch a whole segment of population behave this way because they learned there is no value to a person and might makes right.
Or talk to the people that get out of that cycle. They aren’t genetic psychopaths. They are people who made a series of bad decisions that carried on from the series of bad decisions their parents made and so on. I’d say very few are ‘genetic’ psychos. You gotta widen your gaze dude.
Or read some more books on violent ideologies possessing a population.
@@KaiserBellic I’m sorry that experience is so widespread. And yours was rougher than most.
I guess I’m confused on the point if you grew up that way. And saw people making choices, how do you prescribe to a ‘it’s all genetics’ theory? Because that takes away the ability to choose. Almost a purely biological fate? I agree with your sentiments.
In my little area we have a very high number of homicides and it’s all…within its own ethnic group committing violence against themselves. That’s why I have a hard time thinking that just that ethnic group has a genetic issue. You can see how saying that out loud sounds like a form of racism in itself maybe?
In any event. Appreciate the dialogue. Stay safe
Based comment. Psychopathy and mental illness can be hereditary but are generally triggered by developmental issues and trauma in early life
I think you misconstrue the message of the video! As to children, I agree. I hope to have many of them. But man must also have adventure, brotherhood, and higher purpose. I want to explore new frontiers with my children, not suburban malls, and to hand them great civilization projects!
The funny thing is that this feels more easily achievable than it seems.
I personally feel as though i have "rewilded" myself by engaging with social challenges and little else.
Emphasis on the word challenges.
Initiation rituals were/are a forced challenge that either makes or breaks a person. Thus, those who go without true challenge become weak are soft, as many of our generation are.
But, I wish to point out something. The center point of this video isn't on violence, protection, ancient rites, or primal experiences. It's not a call to reject modernity and to embrace our ancestral past as some hidden truth. It is truly a fantasy to imagine it as such.
No, the point that this video is trying to make is that in order to be a man, you must risk yourself, challenge yourself, and dominate yourself.
And this can be achieved by going into the woods and learning survival skills but it is also achieved by learning how to accept responsibility for yourself by creating independence in your own life, learning financial skills, creating a social life, or basically anything that you have been afraid to do for your entire life.
I say these things not because i disagree with the video's contents but rather that i wish to point out manhood is found in many places inside as well as outside of civilization. You can become a man by learning a fighting skill, but you can also learn how to become a man by truly forgiving someone who you hate, negotiating between disagreeing parties, fitness and self discipline like in the military, or even in something as mundane as managing your finances to the point that you only spend what you need or want but without any significant influence from impulse, bad habit, or fear.
The video is right for calling our generation soft but it is also true that there as many ways to manhood as there are men. 🙂
For those who wish to learn more about the Historical Koryos, Dan Davis has a good video on this subject. That explains the mythological and historical aspects of The Koryos. A few actually. The One I am referring though is titled, “The Cult of The Ancestors,
He's good!
Fantastic video and topic
Thanks!
Wisdom.
It's the unironic use of a photo depicting the lamb of christ being torn apart by wolves for me.
I am guessing that I'm a generation or two older than you Mr. Ark, and grew up in perhaps the last age that straddled the analog technologies of the 20th century, and the interconnected digital technologies of the 21st. We still had scouts, cadets, and grew up essentially wild little barbarians getting ourselves in and out of trouble with essentially no surveillance. Your generation in one way has been given a monumental challenge in that the pervasive surveillance and safety culture, combined with it's anti-masculine, anti-human, anti-freedom, and anti-western ideology means that real challenges and a very real spectre of oppression hangs over your generation and it's ability to assert itself and direct it's own fate and destiny. However, I'll let you in on a secret, which perhaps is not so secret to you. It does not matter how advanced surveillance and enforcement becomes. It is always more costly and self-destructive for an authority of any kind to attempt constant control and punishment of an unwilling subject or population, than it is for the subject / population to rebel and refuse compliance. This is why authoritarian models always implode and collapse, they are fundamentally untenable and they know it. To the degree that your generation, hopefully with the help of others that recognize your plight, simply disregard the presumed authority of the establishment media / gov't / etc., and act decisively in your own interests, for the restoration of a civilization and set of values that you / we determine for ourselves, they will be unable to stop you. Their power is largely illusionary because the resources necessary to actually force compliance do not exist. They can only get their way when people believe in the illusion and participate in the narrative willingly. Withdraw your consent to be governed, craft a world of your own, and you will end up standing on the necks of those who would enslave you.
I appreciate the encouragement! I am, indeed, a zoomer-and I still have high hopes for my generation can, will, and must, accomplish
@@HeroicIdeal If you have not already, read the 4th Turning, it explains a lot. If you look at when it was written, and observe the course of events since, it's prophetic. There's an epochal change coming, and that will be our opportunity to reclaim our Sovereignty as individuals, and as a civilization. Crisis and opportunity are two sides of the same coin. At the critical moment, we must seize the future.
It was soft when we were growing up to, relax
This video is lit 🔥
Thanks!
omg... where have you freaking been all my freaking life!!!! I use to go outside as a kid and pretend I was a caveman!!!
Hahah based!
Nietzsche recognized this 150 years ago when he described the Dionysian drives of the Greeks
Indeed!
Check out Dr James Hollis' book "Under Saturns Shadow", it will really elucidate more on the sunject. Great video man.
If by violence you mean violent repression by the police then you are correct 💯
Great.
Great video
One of the greatest videos I have seen in some time. I would be interested in discussing how you would go about creating a new brotherly organization like the one you described. Is there anyway to contact you privately?
Instagram! I'm going to create an online community, which could be the first step
This reminds me of the sedentary pre islamic arabs sending their children to be raised with nomad family in the desert
Ooh interesting
I would suggest extreme sports as very helpful about everything you said, even more than martial arts.
I used to train martial arts and I fought in the streets as well but extreme sports are somehow different and it really changes you.
But again maybe that's because I was always fighting, since I was kid, so maybe that is not so life changing for me.
What kind of extreme sports?
@@HeroicIdeal Primarily skydiving but rock climbing, kayaking, scuba diving, rafting as well.
@@Igor-my6ml awesome! I've done lots of canoeing and camping, but not much of the others
I was with you until you mentioned jiu jitsu but great video man keep it up😎🍻
Incredible video. A lot of young men nowadays could stand to watch this and practice what you recommend.
Thank you 🙏
You can still perform the koryos/animal aspect warrior rituals if you have the knowledge. Its just not going to be legal.
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You may not have realised, but all your videos seem to be describing Odr. Odr (Anglo saxon: "Wod") is the ecstatic rush of divine inspiration. It is Odins breath of life that fills us with passions, desires, and inspiration. This is because the gods would not be so cruel as to sire the human race and then leave us with no meaning or reason. Odr (pronounced "oh-thur") is in my opinion, similar to the hindu "Rudra" the vital power that moves mountains and destroys the illusion, creating a visceral and real experience. The Ulfhednar and the Berserker rituals where ways of harnessing ones Odr, and then channelling it into battle. Odr, the spirit of Wotan, is what gives the human race our primitive and primal desires and functions. The desire to fight, the ability to endure hardship, feelings of hope and optimism, creative writing, the desire to have s3x, to progress and evolve as a species, and so on so forth, are what gives life meaning. A man without Odr is emasculated and separated from his true primitive nature. The Vikings had a word for men like this "argr" which was so offensive to say in the Viking age it was actually illegal and would often demand the receiver of such an insult to stand up and fight back immediately. (Your basically implying the receiver of such an insult is not worthy of calling himself a man) This is because everything for the Vikings was honour, spirit, and the strength of ones character. Their sense of morality one of endurance and chivalry. Time and time again we see in the sagas that the hardship you endure strengthens your spirit and actually brings you closer to the gods and the natural world. I could go into how this was linked with the Norse pagan concept of "hamingja" but that's another can of worms...
The point is, if we are to truly experience spirituality, we must first understand the (very primitive) human spirit. I would recommend "the laws of human nature by Robert Grene" although I must confess I have not listened to the audiobook past the first few chapters. In an age of high speed internet p0rnography, vaping, laziness, and stupidity, we need more people returning to nature ideally sooner rather than later. Most Norse pagans often experience Odin as their first deity before meeting the others. I think the all-father is trying to wake us back up to our inspiration, the beating drum that is our heart. Spiritually speaking, this could also explain why Paganism is booming while the abrahamic religions are slowly but surely losing numbers and starting to dwindle. We need to go back to nature. For some, it is a gradual transition of lifestyle adjustment and reframing self image. For others, it can be a rather rude awakening. In my Taijitsu class, we have been learning knife defence due to the rising rate of knife crime here in Europe. The instructor informed us that he watches CCTV of knife attacks and street fights to see what people could have done better. In other words, if you got back in touch with your power, it just might save your life - especially considering the rather alarming statistic that people who are lazy and inactive are 20% more likely to die from literally anything. I am currently recovering from surgery, so I am unable to be physically active for the time being, so I am studying up, reading books, listening to podcasts, and doing what I can. As soon as I'm on my feet again, I want to be doing home hiit workouts with dumbbells. I would highly recommend Caroline Girvan. Search her up on RUclips. Thank you for another interesting and philosophical video.
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Work physically demanding jobs and work as hard as you possibly can, makes you experience all that while in society
As an MMA practioner, I've never understood this perspective in my life. Just feels like some nerd shit
What is this outro music,i need this on repeat in my life
The REAL PROBLEM is that most people define VIOLENCE …WRONGLY.
- remember that “definition” by itself is only a useful tool until it isn’t.
A good servant but a bad master. As can be said for any “tool”.
As well as that predators use violence as an (action used only to eat in nature.)
…But its only an action! Not personal not a lifestyle / brand to sell.
Just a very quick completely in the moment action, made to ensure victory and survival and non suffering.
The minute our ego touched the fight ……… all hell broke loose.
I subscribed - you should too 👍
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1:10 my imagination was that of a post apocalyptic one. Quite the same in it's implication though
Nvm you did too
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I have always anticipated a post apocalyptic road warrior type world from my youth... a time when my inner rage can express itself against this feminized society I find myself in...
GO FISHING BOYS!!!!!!
Me after watching Game of Thrones:
RAAAAGH! Then back to RUclips
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Hunting.
Danger is coming!
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Very good video my man, but here are some my thoughts and life lessons. First, initation rituals are only for Chads. If life learned me something, if you are avarage guy you will not be allowed to grow and tame the beast. It is wieved by society as dangerous from you and you will be put down. Second, brothership is dead. Older men do not want you to be part of tribe. They do not need to. Why? It is simple, back in the day we lived in small tribes. Maybe you do not like someone in a small tribe, maybe you hate his guts, but he passed initiation ritual as you and you cannot waste his live. But now our society is so big and there is so much people that all are replecable. Third, this is part of plan. Look at Europe, they do not wish for Europeans to rise up, they just want us to vanish. Fourth, lifting and exercise is good, like really good but not magical. For many exercising and heavy weight lifting will lead just to solitude. It is because nobody cares about your progress and determination in bodybuilding unless you look like Chriss Hemsworth(back to Chad only matters). On the one gym there was nice slogan. Are you depressed and fat? Thant be just depressed and join us.
Fith, going to nature is good just for you and your mental health. Once again I am not against it, but it will not get you attention of women. Women care only about Chad, if you are that strange fella who goes hiking than you are still strange fella for people.