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THEY ARE BUILDING THIRD TEMPLE TO HEAL THE VIRUS AND CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD BUT IS A LIE, A CURSE. THE FALLEN ANGELS, ALIENS, NEW WORLD PEACE IS PRETENDING TO SAVE US FROM ALL ILLUMINATI CORRUPTION AND EVIL BUT IS AN APPLE; A LIE, THE DECEPTION OF THE END OF THE WORLD
Anthony A Camus forgot to mention that it's impossible to become absolutely free. It's the Human Condition, 'stupid'. (I'm not calling you stupid, just paraphrasing a saying. I love Camus. I have read his books several times).
Pehaps he did not mean absolutely free as in an absolute sense of freedom but just as free as free can be. Absolutely free returns us to the void from which we came
@@sambridhathapa4313 That is because most do not think critically, they assign the value of someone based upon the notions that have already pre-established. So when they hear from someone else that a certain individual is a terrorist, then they go along with it since it affirms the notion that is already pre-established
This sums up such a mindset. Some take comfort in often and consistently pointing to externalities as causes and not themselves. They don't want to face their own shadows.
@El Pacificador dont spread that misleading religious garbage, why dont you go give all of your money to the church and please dont use the internet anymore.
@@TrudeaisaWEFpuppet This is a moment in your life where you need to make a choice for yourself, and on behalf of yourself. Ignore the media and people's opinions - what do you feel is correct?
@@TrudeaisaWEFpuppet Alright, allow me to make some assumptions: The wordage is very final, very extreme. You sound like a man who's had his fill - would that be correct? You don't have to resign yourself to death if you loose your job. Why not see it like this: Your life happens regardless of how good and/or bad it is, why not make it good/positive? Death will only finalise the situation. Why not see this as a test of your character and stoicism; how much hardship you can absorb, before life eases up? What have you to loose? Your life will end one day, regardless of what you do, why not experience all the pain and joy in the mean time? Perhaps your life style changing massively - completely against your will - is exactly what is required for you to get to a far, far better place further down the line. And that maybe you'll look back on this and think 'thank god, I worked through that crap!' I myself was homeless after serving my country. I resigned myself to death on the literal streets, yet realised that actually, why not see what happens.
Great quote. That's something I've thought about for the past few days. Sometimes the fight for freedom means taking major risks, being ostracized, arrested and/or worse. But if you live with conviction, I think it's worth it. It's scary. Extremely so. At least for me. But I see how important it is and I hope I can conquer my fear of those risks. I'm nowhere near there. I suppose that's why developing a strong sense of character and sense of self is crucial.
What gives me hope is that seeing im not actually stuck or trapped as much as i think i am. Nietzsche, Jung and other philosophers you quoted knew that sense of tyranny and oppression, still they managed to pass their thoughts and ideas across all the way to us in 2020.
Anybody else going thru the stage of sadness, loneliness & dejectedness! Not one decent thing to look forward to, everyone around you blind as bats, completely apathetic. It's absolutely brutal some days.
@@elevidence8380 That is exactly the reason I have shed my fear of it(sic). But, I will not "check myself out". I'm going to rage against the dying of the light til my last breath. Godspeed, bros & sisters! Something better awaits us on the other side.
@Desert Solitaire Thank you for being sweet enough to respond with such kind words. I am not completely without hope. I am working toward a simple goal. To live right on a beach where I can see & feel the ocean & look forward to waking up every day.
The liberation of the minds of our people is the goal to strive towards. Those in power today erect their will on those of us without power. Without unity. Therefore the goal of a individual is to create the life he wants for himself and the ones he love. A world where love is the normal is the world of our choice. There is no greater goal than one which surpasses ones self without taking the freedom of another. This is the hardest to obtain since it requires teaching of truth to everyone. This takes many centuries but we are getting there. Once you become aware help those around you to do so. In whatever means you find suitable
@@deborahlagarde7182 I discovered recently how Garvey funded and rallied one million black americans to march through the streets of New York dressed in full uniform in solidarity, both men and women. What a sight that would have been.
I love that this man is using this time we are in to put out educational warnings. Very productive use of what feels like our last few breaths of freedom as a society.
In some ways, I feel like he is preaching to the choir. We are surrounded by low IQ people and people heavily into the cult trance. If at this point they have not seen the truth, they never will. It's truly sad. We must create our own society to be free from this madness.
Good news! Recently came across a study that showed how we are more alike and supportive of each other than what media (good & bad) leads us to believe. However, there is the tipping point where people begin to actually BELIEVE a false narrative, when the divided conflicts becomes widely accepted and we end up falling over the cliff of complete hostility. We need to back-up on all these supposedly conflicts and differences of opinions THEY SAY we have when in fact we are in agreement 85% or more of the time!
@@sharongillesp I firmly believe this. I have been given the benefit of the doubt and support from others more than is accounted for by luck or my own deserving of it. I think this might flow from some kind of innate golden rule: to do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but by a more primitive driving force. It has promoted and continues to promote the human species. I have run into far more people of good will than people who would rip me off, given the chance. It seems that when it’s driven by a political goal that it goes awry and becomes an evil force, a hypocrisy.
well.. are you telling me that u are not quarentinned inside ur house rn (hypocrisy)? go on, spread the disease. fill all hospitals with people that can't breathe. and u see where it goes.
If RUclips existed for no other purpose than to carry Acedemy of Ideas, it would be worth it. These are the only channel's productions I listen to multiple times in a row to take it all in.
Not really. This virus is merely a blip in time with little consequence on it's own. What it has done is shown us the frailty of man and how quickly he looks for a saviour. Very few make the Right choice and they will parish, loose their souls, their freedom.
It’s actually the exact opposite. Anti-science paranoia is the manufactured crisis. Pandemics have always, and will always be a part of human existence. With masks and quarantine being the only helpful response for the last 1000 years. Science, and germ theory have have proven this to be true, more recently. The fact that you dispute these very basic human truths, proves that you’re a sheep being herded. A sheep with no mind of his own, who follows his shepherd to whatever end. Sir, you have lost your autonomy. The state is a true threat to freedom and the pandemic has exposed non autonomous people like you, who lose all sense of self and common sense due to fear. This type of foolishness will carry the state in to total dominance. Currently, its not the case, but y’all are being deceived into overthrowing the current system, only to be replaced by... all of your worst fears.
Thank you so much for making these. It has been so hard being abandoned by so many people. It has been very hard to find people who understand anything important. We talk a lot about your videos and gain a lot of comfort from them. You have helped me to look past these trying times.
Thanks for your comment. My own doubts come to me unbidden and on each occasion a conscious effort is needed to not dismiss them entirely . Ah , such is discipline.
You’re making me cry. You’re addressing my greatest fear, and showing me the way to the path I needed to be shown. I’m so emotional, I need to shush - God bless you good sir, and your loved ones.
I have recently woke up myself, to the real reality of 99% of the entire world has been enslaved to governments and corporations.we are the sheep working to funnel all wealth to the top 1%. Forced to work to buy goods, services and pay taxes . It's modern day slavery, it started since birth and taught by parents unknowingly to their children, then school teaching you just enough to be an obedient worker, get married, get a job, buy a house. All of which keeps you distracted and in debt to continue working until the day you die. Your children will be slaves, your grand children etc until people wake up to the greatest deception of mankind. Everything around you is just for distraction. Open your mind and your eyes and you will see it for what it is. Modern Day Slavery.
@@feriafyre True story Dave, now everyone around me think I'm weird for not getting married and even considering retiring at 35, I'm 34, everyone is like "you can't just do nothing", an indication of how deep the indoctrination has gone.
@@jacobjacob4139 show them this. Maybe it will help them better understand. ruclips.net/video/vb8Rj5xkDPk/видео.html It should be a viral video and shared everywhere. Maybe more people will wake up to reality
@@feriafyre I'm saddened by your post. It is defeatist. My wife and I work. We are very middle class. Our needs are met and sometimes we get to buy a toy. "Forced to work to buy goods"? We as humans have never gotten goods without working for them. Since day 1 we had to hunt and gather to survive. Today we have a system set up that makes it easier to hunt and gather and we still work to that end. We have corporations that make things we need to survive. For the most part, we have a capitalist system that allows for competition to insure a fair price. I say for the most part because it is questionable that Google and other Social Media giants aren't monopolies. However, the government hit Google with a Anti-trust lawsuit just last week, we'll see. School is always what you make of it. "school teaching you just enough to be an obedient worker, get married, get a job, buy a house" ?? Heavens no, we wouldn't want THAT to happen. My wife and I both went to college, married, paid off student loans, bought a house, almost have paid it off. Some people get a trade or become technicians. World needs them badly. My mechanic has his own business needs another certified mechanic, CAN"T FIND ONE! It's certainly a noble profession that anyone should be proud of but "kids today" are glued to electronics and don't want to get their hands dirty. No offense but then they hear things like what you posted, and they think they have an excuse to be lazy. What your post really does say is you are a slave if you work, pay taxes, and buy the things you need to survive. NO offense meant at all, but I couldn't find an answer in there anywhere and your message was "don't work, if you do, you will be a slave"
5:07 As a Christian I've always pondered autonomy sense one common theme in Christianity is death to self because 'self' is deceitful. Verses that come to mind is the heart is wicked or lean not on your own understanding. But this quote connected the dots. Autonomy isn't for the self-absorbed consumerism reasons one might think. It's so that we can "...learn to take responsibility for our actions, and develop the capacity to assume a measure of responsibility..."
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.” - Robert A. Heinlein
“ Out of all I do horribly, living freely is one thing I have excelled at. Ironically only recently have I lived freely compared to the years I have lived, it was not my ability to survive outside the herd that granted me freedom but the ability to act and think outside myself.”
Freedom is a scary place for most people. Dealing with uncertainty, the shame and guilt of trying and being wrong time after time, the planning of your own life, these are no easy tasks. So it's much easier to pass these responsibilities to others.
Interesting, theres so many interpretations of this quote. One, of the many, I interpret is that "Slave" is made emphatic. "Said one slave to the other slave". It seems the idea is not whats being said but who's saying it. In a sense whats being said is minimized and negated because a "slave" is the one making the comment.
You dont have a choice but to be a slave. You need a social security number to exist in the U.S you must pay taxes to live. You must get permission to hunt and fish. You are a slave to the system. You also need permission to leave. ie (Passport) So you can sit and be happy as a slave in the US because that's what you are.
@@MrHeat1up Hmmm...., let's see. I live virtually moneyless as my "job" is "live on" property caretaker for a friend's property here in the Mojave Desert and that pays room and board only. I haven't paid taxes nor used my social security number in years. I long ago let my drivers licence lapse and usually - unless I get a ride on the rare occasion - walk or ride a bicycle wherever I go. I've never asked permission to trap (I don't hunt as that's a huge waste of calories for something that usually results in going home empty handed and empty bellied, and I don't eat fish because I am allergic). I have no need to "leave" the U.S., but I'm pretty sure I could cross the border if I wanted too, just not by way of accepted avenues. Hell, other than social media and the internet, I'm pretty much completely off the grid. I don't even have healthcare, and if I get severely hurt I guess I'm fucked, but that's life lived intentionally. LOL, ever stitched up a gash in your own leg when the hatchet you were using glanced off the branch you were cutting and embedded itself in your calf? I have. Good times!!! Honestly? I don't see myself as a slave like the vast majority of people are. Living intentionally can still be done, but most of society frowns upon those of us who live contrary to the status quo. We all make our choices on how we want to live. It's not hard to walk away from the BS (I did, and am very, very happy), it just takes balls (or clit, whatever the case may be). Peace.
You my friend have the gift and calling of teaching everyone who watches your videos of how to be the best human beings possible and to motivate us to that goal. Thank you for your work.
A free mind refuses to tolerate physical debt. It must settle it no matter how uncomfortable it may be because a free mind knows that physical debt results in spiritual slavery.
Freedom is rooted in internal self-control. Physical freedom, financial freedom, health freedom…..that is, all other external manifestations of freedoms are the fruit of this first, internal freedom.
Why this channel is different then others? Because like a HERO described by JUNG takes up the path full of challenges and make his own way, rather to choose the easy. I love the way, Academy of Ideas takes up the burning issue and study it in such a comprehensive perspective. IT IS LIFE SAVING, i mean it.
I can not begin to count how many times I have listened to this on the way to work or to the grocery or while in my gym. One of the best talks about keeping ones own personal freedoms. My people are the people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) it was my people who shared our natural laws we call the Great Laws Of Peace where a better part of the US Constitution is based off of. Thank you for this great video.
I am astonished by the extraordinary and beautiful choice of paintings and illustrations that accompany these WONDERFUL videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Academy of Ideas! I am profoundly grateful for THIS and for ALL materials put out by PEOPLE WHO THINK and can carry their ideas from one place to another, and connect the dots. Blessings.
@dwiggins01 empty promises, ones they don't deliver, bit note that you said they were paid for by the wealthy. That's is part of the problem. Corrupt politics, bought and paid for by the elite. Why do you think every election these days is summed up as "the lesser of two evils" by both sides? Because the game is rigged and the masses don't get the ones they actually want, they are just presented with the illusion of choice. Much of the wealthy also stand to gain by polarizing the masses so that the false dichotomy remains and the status quo goes on. The masses can't get actual representation is they are too busy splitting hairs and being at each other's throats over the differences of the hand picked puppets.
@dwiggins01 see yer bottom 50% does that include the unemployed, retired, seriously ill, children and housewives !!! Also you failed to acknowledge sales tax and any other non income based taxes ...
I think I read that 50% of the population pays NO federal income tax in fact they get payouts e.g earned income tax credits. But you are right. The "rich" pay most of the countries taxes..
This is your best video I've seen (and I've seen at least 20). I write this April 26th, 2021. I'm amazed you published this April 15th 2020. More important than ever!
Yes, I totally cringed when I heard that. Flaunting my command of vocabulary in RUclips comments is how I flout authoritarianism and maintain my freedom.
"Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”
An Oscar Wilde quote to add to the mix. "Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion."
Love the composition of thoughts in these vids, and the cherry on top is the misc paintings in between the quotes. Really impressive how you guys put it all together
This may be my favorite video ever. I have developed many of these attributes over my 57 years of craving freedom despite being indoctrinated by society's institutions. I'm more at peace than ever.
That's great to hear. Could you help me reach that level of freedom? I don't know where to start but this idea is on my mind for some time and i don't like how my life is headed, i don't want to live how society thinks i should and how it is supposed to these days
@@academyofideas but Nietzsche writes something very similar in will to power. From my memory it roughly goes from this,"does not one, ironically, have to defend the strong from the weak?"
@@vitiate7750 As a side note, The Will to Power is only a collection of Nietzsche's notes. His awful sister made it and she was an amateur at best who didn't understand much of his philosophy. Needless to say, her editing was horrible, and, furthermore, Nietzsche never intended to publish such a book. It's only valuable for understanding N's method and the development of his thought, the notes are not completely developed and don't approach the philosophical polish of his published works.
Living on Canada in 2021 we have curfews, police checkpoints,no right to travel within our own country, no right to work, go to church,visit family have friends over. We can still buy essentials if we mask up and pass a temperature check.
I’ve always loved your videos, but after that introduction I have a ton of respect for you. First person I’ve heard with the same fears as I’ve had through this, and I’ve really needed some reassurance I’m not crazy, happy to know someone sees what I think is so obvious.
I've spent weeks watching and reading pep talk after lecture about motivation, when this was all the inspiration I needed. Thank you. Keep the fires of liberty burning!
Wow, the most on point words , seemingly from the deepest truth of my heart, that I have ever herd , in such a eloquent and clear way!!!! I with I could pay for this to be full page in every news paper ....
This is so unbelievably good, I am just left speechless. I can't express my gratitude for your work, this is pure intellectual gold. Thank you so much!!!
"Ultimately, freedom has to do with why you are in the world and what brought you into the world. You are not here by accident. You did not simply wash up on the shore one day. You are not simply just a product of the mechanisms of nature. You have come here for a greater purpose. You have come here to do something unique and special. You were sent into the world to make a contribution to the world, to the quality of life, and ultimately your freedom is about this." “Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom-freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things. Seen in this way, the picture becomes more complete. For you have a greater destiny in the world, a greater purpose for being here, a purpose that you are not living now, despite your definitions and proclamations. It is to free you from the life that you are living now to prepare you for a greater life in service to the world that represents the core and essence of all spiritual development.” A few quotes from The New Message from God. You can read or listen to its many teachings at *newmessage org*
@@anidemolimacnauj Actually I think you are wrong. No offence intended. I know part of the texts on the New Message website and they do give do address every aspect outlined in this video or presentation. It addresses fear and give you the opportunity not te be fearful, they tell you what is ahead of us and explain how to deal with it and even how to make use of it for your own development. This New Message really is a teaching of today based on current events and it addresses everything we are experiencing now. Even or especially for those who sense more.
@@francoispellicaan8538 No offense taken and thanks for being polite, it is a rare and valuable behaviour in the internet. What I meant is that both the content and the audience of the channel are strongly driven by non-theistic systems of thought. For example, an important feature of the channel lies in the exploration of nietzschean ideas.
Thank you for this guidance, from a country that has still not relaxed its restrictions on our basic liberties after more than two years in the name of defending the population from the disease. Love from Beijing
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are you an anarchist?
Please slow down
THEY ARE BUILDING THIRD TEMPLE TO HEAL THE VIRUS AND CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD BUT IS A LIE, A CURSE. THE FALLEN ANGELS, ALIENS, NEW WORLD PEACE IS PRETENDING TO SAVE US FROM ALL ILLUMINATI CORRUPTION AND EVIL BUT IS AN APPLE; A LIE, THE DECEPTION OF THE END OF THE WORLD
@@slyanna3688 I think he's a libertarian or something similar.
In the very first line in the video you said "In a such epics" instead of "in such ephocs"
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
Anthony A Camus forgot to mention that it's impossible to become absolutely free. It's the Human Condition, 'stupid'. (I'm not calling you stupid, just paraphrasing a saying. I love Camus. I have read his books several times).
@@PaulSmith-pf2uq lol
Just being in a meat body alone keeps one from absolute freedom.
Pehaps he did not mean absolutely free as in an absolute sense of freedom but just as free as free can be. Absolutely free returns us to the void from which we came
@@sambridhathapa4313 That is because most do not think critically, they assign the value of someone based upon the notions that have already pre-established. So when they hear from someone else that a certain individual is a terrorist, then they go along with it since it affirms the notion that is already pre-established
Most people do not want to be free because that means being responsible for the self.
This sums up such a mindset. Some take comfort in often and consistently pointing to externalities as causes and not themselves. They don't want to face their own shadows.
I guess this is the sad result from the ultimate success and ill effects of propaganda
Freud
There is no freedom without responsibility. And vice versa
@El Pacificador dont spread that misleading religious garbage, why dont you go give all of your money to the church and please dont use the internet anymore.
“it is no measure of health to be well adapted to a profoundly sick society”
jiddu krishnanurti
Yea and what are suppose to do ? Be homeless neurotic wanderers?
@@kershaw1450 I don't think neurosis is attached to being homeless or a wanderer.
I don't want to be well adapted to a sick society but above and beyond it.
Boom
" There is hope in people, not in society,not in systems , but in you and me "
- Krishnamurti
Each month this video becomes more and more relevant.
Scary, isn't it.
While I think it's ok to feel scared. I don't think it's ok to stay scared.
At some point you must find courage to move forward.
Only have to look at Australia over the past year and especially the last few months!
@@thewaywardgrape3838 I'm going to get fired if I don't take the vaksine :/ idk what to do
@@TrudeaisaWEFpuppet This is a moment in your life where you need to make a choice for yourself, and on behalf of yourself.
Ignore the media and people's opinions - what do you feel is correct?
@@TrudeaisaWEFpuppet Alright, allow me to make some assumptions: The wordage is very final, very extreme. You sound like a man who's had his fill - would that be correct?
You don't have to resign yourself to death if you loose your job. Why not see it like this: Your life happens regardless of how good and/or bad it is, why not make it good/positive? Death will only finalise the situation.
Why not see this as a test of your character and stoicism; how much hardship you can absorb, before life eases up? What have you to loose?
Your life will end one day, regardless of what you do, why not experience all the pain and joy in the mean time?
Perhaps your life style changing massively - completely against your will - is exactly what is required for you to get to a far, far better place further down the line. And that maybe you'll look back on this and think 'thank god, I worked through that crap!'
I myself was homeless after serving my country. I resigned myself to death on the literal streets, yet realised that actually, why not see what happens.
"The state may exile me, it may torture me and even spit on me while in chains but I will always be free in my mind and Soul'' - St John Chrysostom -
Great quote. That's something I've thought about for the past few days. Sometimes the fight for freedom means taking major risks, being ostracized, arrested and/or worse. But if you live with conviction, I think it's worth it. It's scary. Extremely so. At least for me. But I see how important it is and I hope I can conquer my fear of those risks. I'm nowhere near there. I suppose that's why developing a strong sense of character and sense of self is crucial.
Nice! A quote of Chrysostomos
Next time Palamas!
I love it❣️
Yessir
“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants” - Albert Camus
lnteresting, had to look Camus up. He wrote "The Plague". Prescient.
@@gcxred4kat9 He's got some good quotes. I'm not an absurdist though, and I wouldn't recommend becoming one lol
@@CrucemDomini why not? It's quite a liberating philosophy to adopt
@@achintobe5410 It presupposes that the universe is utterly meaningless, and as I am a religious person, I tend to disagree very strongly.
@@CrucemDomini ah ok. I respect that
"life is like a dream - when you become aware of yourself, you can do whatever you want."
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody call me, Giorgio.
nice try
@@webbit1518 Bring me in on the joke?
True 💜
False
"No one can enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." - Robert A. Heinlein.
He may have paraphrased that from some other philosopher.
Hm what if free man will become immortal?
What gives me hope is that seeing im not actually stuck or trapped as much as i think i am. Nietzsche, Jung and other philosophers you quoted knew that sense of tyranny and oppression, still they managed to pass their thoughts and ideas across all the way to us in 2020.
Anybody else going thru the stage of sadness, loneliness & dejectedness! Not one decent thing to look forward to, everyone around you blind as bats, completely apathetic.
It's absolutely brutal some days.
death is the only escape
@@elevidence8380 That is exactly the reason I have shed my fear of it(sic).
But, I will not "check myself out". I'm going to rage against the dying of the light til my last breath.
Godspeed, bros & sisters! Something better awaits us on the other side.
@Desert Solitaire Thank you for being sweet enough to respond with such kind words.
I am not completely without hope. I am working toward a simple goal. To live right on a beach where I can see & feel the ocean & look forward to waking up every day.
The liberation of the minds of our people is the goal to strive towards. Those in power today erect their will on those of us without power. Without unity. Therefore the goal of a individual is to create the life he wants for himself and the ones he love. A world where love is the normal is the world of our choice.
There is no greater goal than one which surpasses ones self without taking the freedom of another. This is the hardest to obtain since it requires teaching of truth to everyone. This takes many centuries but we are getting there. Once you become aware help those around you to do so. In whatever means you find suitable
@@elevidence8380 there is no death. you are the observer of life
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.”-Bob Marley
Actually, Marcus Garvey...Marley just adopted this saying in his "Redemption Song."
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I was about to post that :)
@@deborahlagarde7182 I discovered recently how Garvey funded and rallied one million black americans to march through the streets of New York dressed in full uniform in solidarity, both men and women. What a sight that would have been.
Jesus is the Way
"A land of smothered opportunities." What a powerful quote
It’s eerie watching this for the first time over a year later, and seeing how prophetic it turned out to be.
Just watched it today for this first time. It's even more relevant a year later.
How are you not free?
Bruh, the governments lifted most of the covid limitations, there is no "tyranny" anymore.
It's not prophetic when it's been going on for decades now right in front of everyone.
I love that this man is using this time we are in to put out educational warnings. Very productive use of what feels like our last few breaths of freedom as a society.
Schoolastistm, born out of the Catholic church.
In some ways, I feel like he is preaching to the choir. We are surrounded by low IQ people and people heavily into the cult trance. If at this point they have not seen the truth, they never will. It's truly sad. We must create our own society to be free from this madness.
Good news! Recently came across a study that showed how we are more alike and supportive of each other than what media (good & bad) leads us to believe.
However, there is the tipping point where people begin to actually BELIEVE a false narrative, when the divided conflicts becomes widely accepted and we end up falling over the cliff of complete hostility.
We need to back-up on all these supposedly conflicts and differences of opinions THEY SAY we have when in fact we are in agreement 85% or more of the time!
@@sharongillesp I firmly believe this. I have been given the benefit of the doubt and support from others more than is accounted for by luck or my own deserving of it. I think this might flow from some kind of innate golden rule: to do unto others as you would have others do unto you, but by a more primitive driving force. It has promoted and continues to promote the human species. I have run into far more people of good will than people who would rip me off, given the chance. It seems that when it’s driven by a political goal that it goes awry and becomes an evil force, a hypocrisy.
I was extremely shocked by how easily people handed over their freedoms and rights...
@Francisco Villares try again
I was not
well.. are you telling me that u are not quarentinned inside ur house rn (hypocrisy)? go on, spread the disease. fill all hospitals with people that can't breathe. and u see where it goes.
@@emmarose7491 yeah, every state wants it's economy down, so the news are for the state's herd-people like me :l logic.
but the ones who think they have freedom and dislike the lock down are mostly from the US :/
"Seems like everyone feels the need to put an interesting quote here"
- me -
Lol
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This really be vibing rn, like do we need Albert Camus to tell us to get the virus or is this a quote jerk circle
Lol
and for the win!
If RUclips existed for no other purpose than to carry Acedemy of Ideas, it would be worth it.
These are the only channel's productions I listen to multiple times in a row to take it all in.
narrowness to some level.
You may enjoy “Vox Stoica” and “Einzelganger” as well.
@@Dank_Engine Very cool recommendations. Thank you!
and migala. If you dont know spanish learn it a little, it is worth it
Hugs people 💓
One of the best video's about corona without even mentioning it.
100 percent 👏
Definitely 🙏🏽
Not really. This virus is merely a blip in time with little consequence on it's own. What it has done is shown us the frailty of man and how quickly he looks for a saviour. Very few make the Right choice and they will parish, loose their souls, their freedom.
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It’s actually the exact opposite. Anti-science paranoia is the manufactured crisis. Pandemics have always, and will always be a part of human existence. With masks and quarantine being the only helpful response for the last 1000 years. Science, and germ theory have have proven this to be true, more recently. The fact that you dispute these very basic human truths, proves that you’re a sheep being herded. A sheep with no mind of his own, who follows his shepherd to whatever end. Sir, you have lost your autonomy. The state is a true threat to freedom and the pandemic has exposed non autonomous people like you, who lose all sense of self and common sense due to fear. This type of foolishness will carry the state in to total dominance. Currently, its not the case, but y’all are being deceived into overthrowing the current system, only to be replaced by... all of your worst fears.
Absolutely brilliant video.
I give these video essays a massive amount of credit for helping me turn my life around.
This channel is truly a gem on here.
This is an amazing channel.
yes. but, how many will it move???
@Timmy Timster
statism too strong within you? don’t answer. we already know
Timing...whewwww
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
*~ Edmund Burke*
My eyes have been opened. It’s ridiculous, spineless. I’ve lost respect for so many.
“At least I’m safe inside my mind”
- Spongebob Squarepants
NickLeo Smash lmfao
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At least I’m safe inside my mind
-Patrick Star
Freedom is not always safe...rarely is....this is better than safe slavedom
What a masterpiece of a video. You guys really blow my mind each time. The individual creates the world. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for making these. It has been so hard being abandoned by so many people. It has been very hard to find people who understand anything important. We talk a lot about your videos and gain a lot of comfort from them. You have helped me to look past these trying times.
I’m really appreciative of how you pull together all these works of art and quotes that so fully capture what it is to be the fish swimming upstream.
You know you're a critical thinker when you hear or read something that you believe to be true and then look for anything that could disprove it.
Haha fr
Thanks for your comment. My own doubts come to me unbidden and on each occasion a conscious effort is needed to not dismiss them entirely . Ah , such is discipline.
Not anything. Anything can be found. Truth is deciphered.
Best comment!
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Get to the whole truth on the matter. A lot of news, or concepts are distorted for the benefit of commerce or special interests
You’re making me cry. You’re addressing my greatest fear, and showing me the way to the path I needed to be shown. I’m so emotional, I need to shush - God bless you good sir, and your loved ones.
Research Agorism.....
I have recently woke up myself, to the real reality of 99% of the entire world has been enslaved to governments and corporations.we are the sheep working to funnel all wealth to the top 1%. Forced to work to buy goods, services and pay taxes . It's modern day slavery, it started since birth and taught by parents unknowingly to their children, then school teaching you just enough to be an obedient worker, get married, get a job, buy a house. All of which keeps you distracted and in debt to continue working until the day you die. Your children will be slaves, your grand children etc until people wake up to the greatest deception of mankind. Everything around you is just for distraction. Open your mind and your eyes and you will see it for what it is. Modern Day Slavery.
@@feriafyre True story Dave, now everyone around me think I'm weird for not getting married and even considering retiring at 35, I'm 34, everyone is like "you can't just do nothing", an indication of how deep the indoctrination has gone.
@@jacobjacob4139 show them this. Maybe it will help them better understand.
ruclips.net/video/vb8Rj5xkDPk/видео.html
It should be a viral video and shared everywhere. Maybe more people will wake up to reality
@@feriafyre I'm saddened by your post. It is defeatist. My wife and I work. We are very middle class. Our needs are met and sometimes we get to buy a toy. "Forced to work to buy goods"? We as humans have never gotten goods without working for them. Since day 1 we had to hunt and gather to survive. Today we have a system set up that makes it easier to hunt and gather and we still work to that end. We have corporations that make things we need to survive. For the most part, we have a capitalist system that allows for competition to insure a fair price. I say for the most part because it is questionable that Google and other Social Media giants aren't monopolies. However, the government hit Google with a Anti-trust lawsuit just last week, we'll see. School is always what you make of it. "school teaching you just enough to be an obedient worker, get married, get a job, buy a house" ?? Heavens no, we wouldn't want THAT to happen. My wife and I both went to college, married, paid off student loans, bought a house, almost have paid it off. Some people get a trade or become technicians. World needs them badly. My mechanic has his own business needs another certified mechanic, CAN"T FIND ONE! It's certainly a noble profession that anyone should be proud of but "kids today" are glued to electronics and don't want to get their hands dirty. No offense but then they hear things like what you posted, and they think they have an excuse to be lazy. What your post really does say is you are a slave if you work, pay taxes, and buy the things you need to survive. NO offense meant at all, but I couldn't find an answer in there anywhere and your message was "don't work, if you do, you will be a slave"
"I may be locked in this chair, but in my mind I can be always free." - Stephen Hawking
Anubis which book was this?
Except if you have a brain injury that traps you.
In theory.
If you believe that dumpling ever uttered a word, you are still sound asleep...
That’s a good one, I’m gonna quote you on that 🧐
The powers-that-be do not understand how this seemingly harmless channel is a powerful force that is red pilling young intellectuals. I love it.
Sure they don't 😆
5:07 As a Christian I've always pondered autonomy sense one common theme in Christianity is death to self because 'self' is deceitful. Verses that come to mind is the heart is wicked or lean not on your own understanding. But this quote connected the dots. Autonomy isn't for the self-absorbed consumerism reasons one might think. It's so that we can "...learn to take responsibility for our actions, and develop the capacity to assume a measure of responsibility..."
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me.
If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
- Robert A. Heinlein
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Imad Morsli hahahaha
Dmitry TKR you guys made my day
@@poseypapusdiazfamily4630 who, dear? Who do you obey?
“ Out of all I do horribly, living freely is one thing I have excelled at. Ironically only recently have I lived freely compared to the years I have lived, it was not my ability to survive outside the herd that granted me freedom but the ability to act and think outside myself.”
I'll definitely write a song. I'm inspired!
Timely. Powerful. Uplifting. Positive, and Inspiring. Thank you. I needed that.
Freedom cannot blossom without courage, courage does not surface without conviction, conviction is the privilege of unbiased reason and strength.
Wow. Very impactful. I love it.
Freedom is a scary place for most people. Dealing with uncertainty, the shame and guilt of trying and being wrong time after time, the planning of your own life, these are no easy tasks. So it's much easier to pass these responsibilities to others.
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” - Richard Branson
Right then, who’s up for a revolution?
tom howarth boogaloo 2021 😎
Is it 420 friendly?
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General Strike on May 1st Workers day! Let the people see how evil our leaders really are. Spread the word!
If you up-vote this comment then you're going on a terrorist watch-list;(
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven...
Up to a point.
I love that I can come here and get full nourishment in what I’m trying to learn. Thank you for making this available.
Freedom is so precious. Don't take it for granted.
"Liberty is the mother of order, not the daughter."
Order breeds restrictions not liberty
@@ellyqueen8504 well if u don t have some order or discipline in life u will be chained too
Part of the problem is many, at least in this society is that many confuse patriotism (statism) with freedom. They are not synonymous.
Patriotism is not statism. Patriotism is loving your country.
"Be free in your mind," said one slave to the other slave.
What else are you supposed to do?
That's the one thing nobody can take away from you.
Interesting, theres so many interpretations of this quote. One, of the many, I interpret is that "Slave" is made emphatic. "Said one slave to the other slave". It seems the idea is not whats being said but who's saying it. In a sense whats being said is minimized and negated because a "slave" is the one making the comment.
An ant got upset to the mountain, and mountain didn't even notice.
You dont have a choice but to be a slave. You need a social security number to exist in the U.S you must pay taxes to live. You must get permission to hunt and fish. You are a slave to the system. You also need permission to leave. ie (Passport) So you can sit and be happy as a slave in the US because that's what you are.
@@MrHeat1up Hmmm...., let's see. I live virtually moneyless as my "job" is "live on" property caretaker for a friend's property here in the Mojave Desert and that pays room and board only. I haven't paid taxes nor used my social security number in years. I long ago let my drivers licence lapse and usually - unless I get a ride on the rare occasion - walk or ride a bicycle wherever I go. I've never asked permission to trap (I don't hunt as that's a huge waste of calories for something that usually results in going home empty handed and empty bellied, and I don't eat fish because I am allergic). I have no need to "leave" the U.S., but I'm pretty sure I could cross the border if I wanted too, just not by way of accepted avenues.
Hell, other than social media and the internet, I'm pretty much completely off the grid. I don't even have healthcare, and if I get severely hurt I guess I'm fucked, but that's life lived intentionally. LOL, ever stitched up a gash in your own leg when the hatchet you were using glanced off the branch you were cutting and embedded itself in your calf? I have. Good times!!!
Honestly? I don't see myself as a slave like the vast majority of people are. Living intentionally can still be done, but most of society frowns upon those of us who live contrary to the status quo. We all make our choices on how we want to live. It's not hard to walk away from the BS (I did, and am very, very happy), it just takes balls (or clit, whatever the case may be).
Peace.
You my friend have the gift and calling of teaching everyone who watches your videos of how to be the best human beings possible and to motivate us to that goal. Thank you for your work.
How to be free:.. get out of debt, and you will be free to do as you please with a free mind.
i agree. definitely, step 1. I cut up my debit and credit cards many years ago (after paying them off). Only work for myself, only use cash.
I am now 79yr, and get out of debt and stay out of debt has become my mantra it has set me free to be who I am.
@@shirleyjust3305 so agree. well done.
A free mind refuses to tolerate physical debt. It must settle it no matter how uncomfortable it may be because a free mind knows that physical debt results in spiritual slavery.
Freedom is rooted in internal self-control. Physical freedom, financial freedom, health freedom…..that is, all other external manifestations of freedoms are the fruit of this first, internal freedom.
Why this channel is different then others?
Because like a HERO described by JUNG takes up the path full of challenges and make his own way, rather to choose the easy.
I love the way, Academy of Ideas takes up the burning issue and study it in such a comprehensive perspective.
IT IS LIFE SAVING, i mean it.
"I just keep moving forward, until my enemies are destroyed" - Eren "Freedom" Jaeger
lmao
“We’re born free. All of us. Free. Some don’t believe it, some try to take it away. To hell with them!” -Eren Yeager
“Because we’ve all been special since the day we were born! We’re free!” -Eren Yeager
If someone tries to take my freedom , I'm gonna take theirs
Thank you for never failing to quote Nietzsche
Also, keep up the great quality content.
I love you Academy of Ideas, a true blessing.
I can not begin to count how many times I have listened to this on the way to work or to the grocery or while in my gym. One of the best talks about keeping ones own personal freedoms. My people are the people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) it was my people who shared our natural laws we call the Great Laws Of Peace where a better part of the US Constitution is based off of. Thank you for this great video.
I can't speak highly enough of this channel. Thank you for all your work, I've learned so much.
The guy who creates this videos isn't monster, he is just ahead of curve
Joker?
Harry Browne wrote a book: How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World.
Yes. That book saved my life. I was in a bad way, and then I ran across it just at the right time.
I am astonished by the extraordinary and beautiful choice of paintings and illustrations that accompany these WONDERFUL videos. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Academy of Ideas! I am profoundly grateful for THIS and for ALL materials put out by PEOPLE WHO THINK and can carry their ideas from one place to another, and connect the dots. Blessings.
Think free. Be free. STAY FREE.
I stop everything and watch these whenever they are uploaded
"We have socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor"
Martin Luther King Jr.
@dwiggins01 empty promises, ones they don't deliver, bit note that you said they were paid for by the wealthy. That's is part of the problem. Corrupt politics, bought and paid for by the elite. Why do you think every election these days is summed up as "the lesser of two evils" by both sides? Because the game is rigged and the masses don't get the ones they actually want, they are just presented with the illusion of choice. Much of the wealthy also stand to gain by polarizing the masses so that the false dichotomy remains and the status quo goes on. The masses can't get actual representation is they are too busy splitting hairs and being at each other's throats over the differences of the hand picked puppets.
@what 😂😂😂 well said!
@dwiggins01 see yer bottom 50% does that include the unemployed, retired, seriously ill, children and housewives !!! Also you failed to acknowledge sales tax and any other non income based taxes ...
I think I read that 50% of the population pays NO federal income tax in fact they get payouts e.g earned income tax credits. But you are right. The "rich" pay most of the countries taxes..
@@kurts4867 Do you think the poor should pay the most in taxes??????? With what money?
Watched this twice already, needed this right now. Thank you.
This is your best video I've seen (and I've seen at least 20). I write this April 26th, 2021. I'm amazed you published this April 15th 2020. More important than ever!
You are a strong voice in this time. I encourage you to continue. Thank you. Charge on....
We need this message in 2021 more than anything else!
Gentle correction: we flout the law not “flaunt” the law, only oppressors “flaunt the law.” Exemplary work otherwise.
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Thank you.
Total pet peeve for me.
Yes, I totally cringed when I heard that. Flaunting my command of vocabulary in RUclips comments is how I flout authoritarianism and maintain my freedom.
"Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”
Topic itself indicates human goodness. Freedom is the highest attribute.
An Oscar Wilde quote to add to the mix. "Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion."
DROP EVERYTHING!!!!
A new vid from the Academy!
Love the composition of thoughts in these vids, and the cherry on top is the misc paintings in between the quotes. Really impressive how you guys put it all together
This may be my favorite video ever. I have developed many of these attributes over my 57 years of craving freedom despite being indoctrinated by society's institutions. I'm more at peace than ever.
That's great to hear. Could you help me reach that level of freedom? I don't know where to start but this idea is on my mind for some time and i don't like how my life is headed, i don't want to live how society thinks i should and how it is supposed to these days
Of course I can help...message back and send your email...I'll start writing you.
That's truly the big question we have to ask ourselves. It starts with you to take action against it.
1 million subs! Congratulations! I cant stress how helpful this channel has been for my own growth.
Excellent! Many thanks & greetings from Cancún, México 🇲🇽
How to be free in an unfree world
*quarantine intensifies*
I think your chanel ties here neatly owing to it dealing with an unfree dystopi
TheNeonArcade Can relate..
Marci Hamar very true
Bro i live in Hungary also
@A D Most countries are doing that, Coronavirus is a weapon of many sharp edges.
"The Individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe..." Nietzche not Kipling?
It’s Kipling. Often wrongly attributed to Nietzsche.
@@academyofideas I see. Thanks for clarifying, and thank you for your videos.
{The Tribe}
@@academyofideas but Nietzsche writes something very similar in will to power. From my memory it roughly goes from this,"does not one, ironically, have to defend the strong from the weak?"
@@vitiate7750 As a side note, The Will to Power is only a collection of Nietzsche's notes. His awful sister made it and she was an amateur at best who didn't understand much of his philosophy. Needless to say, her editing was horrible, and, furthermore, Nietzsche never intended to publish such a book. It's only valuable for understanding N's method and the development of his thought, the notes are not completely developed and don't approach the philosophical polish of his published works.
I have watched this 10x, so that I can explain it simply to others
Living on Canada in 2021 we have curfews, police checkpoints,no right to travel within our own country, no right to work, go to church,visit family have friends over. We can still buy essentials if we mask up and pass a temperature check.
All for a virus that you need to be tested to know you have it.
I needed this at the times of forced lockdowns
Checkout the channel during lock down. 💯
I've always been told that less freedom needs to be applied for us to be more orderly. Turns out we are of more order the more we are free
Done deep shit you speak of and if so true. Trying to awaken people to such seems to be blasphemic. Sad. Keep your freedom my friend
Freedom is order
When someone restricts your physical actions in the same time he restricts and shapes your mentality no matter what you think
This video is both art and education.
I think this will be a necessary watch for my kids.
Academy of ideas is hands down, my favourite channel, and probably the most important one I've found.
I just want to thank you for your videos. The're so well put together and the beautiful art really deepens my understanding.
Realize you are already free, stay strong, be bold and courageous 🔥❤🔥 big love from another youtuber
I’ve always loved your videos, but after that introduction I have a ton of respect for you. First person I’ve heard with the same fears as I’ve had through this, and I’ve really needed some reassurance I’m not crazy, happy to know someone sees what I think is so obvious.
I've spent weeks watching and reading pep talk after lecture about motivation, when this was all the inspiration I needed. Thank you. Keep the fires of liberty burning!
Wow, the most on point words , seemingly from the deepest truth of my heart, that I have ever herd , in such a eloquent and clear way!!!! I with I could pay for this to be full page in every news paper ....
Absolutely amazing content. How this gets under the radar of the censors,...is a miracle
Society is just fools leading fools towards nothing live for yourself and your happiness some say it is selfish others will say it is wise
This is so unbelievably good, I am just left speechless. I can't express my gratitude for your work, this is pure intellectual gold. Thank you so much!!!
I am psychologist and this channel giving life, keeping bringing them on🥰
Best RUclips channel hands down
"Ultimately, freedom has to do with why you are in the world and what brought you into the world. You are not here by accident. You did not simply wash up on the shore one day. You are not simply just a product of the mechanisms of nature. You have come here for a greater purpose. You have come here to do something unique and special. You were sent into the world to make a contribution to the world, to the quality of life, and ultimately your freedom is about this."
“Spirituality is fundamentally a quest for freedom-freedom from certain things and freedom for certain things. Seen in this way, the picture becomes more complete. For you have a greater destiny in the world, a greater purpose for being here, a purpose that you are not living now, despite your definitions and proclamations. It is to free you from the life that you are living now to prepare you for a greater life in service to the world that represents the core and essence of all spiritual development.”
A few quotes from The New Message from God. You can read or listen to its many teachings at *newmessage org*
You're in the wrong channel pal
I don't agree with you but ok.
@@anidemolimacnauj Actually I think you are wrong. No offence intended. I know part of the texts on the New Message website and they do give do address every aspect outlined in this video or presentation. It addresses fear and give you the opportunity not te be fearful, they tell you what is ahead of us and explain how to deal with it and even how to make use of it for your own development. This New Message really is a teaching of today based on current events and it addresses everything we are experiencing now. Even or especially for those who sense more.
Holy moly. Yes.
@@francoispellicaan8538 No offense taken and thanks for being polite, it is a rare and valuable behaviour in the internet. What I meant is that both the content and the audience of the channel are strongly driven by non-theistic systems of thought. For example, an important feature of the channel lies in the exploration of nietzschean ideas.
Freedom is the right of every sentient being
Optimus Prime
Wrong... Freedom is not given, freedom is taken
@@Bunuffin It is both. It is your right to be free, therefore if you are enslaved you should fight and take it back
Lmfao.
"My body may be shackled, but my mind wanders free." - Tugg Speedman
How did he achieve that?
Anyone can sit in a prison cell and withdraw into daydreams, dreams and thoughts, but is that really freedom?
This is one of the best artistic works I've ever seen.
THIS will change the world.
Thank you for this guidance, from a country that has still not relaxed its restrictions on our basic liberties after more than two years in the name of defending the population from the disease. Love from Beijing
Very inspiring. Particularly the choice of quotes. May I just say for the sake of my freedon of individuality that it is pronounced 'ee-pok'
Thank you for pronouncing "Yung" correctly! So tired of hearing RUclipsrs say his name incorrectly.
Every time I watch V for Vendetta I can't help but think that's the society we're heading for. Then I panic a little because nobody else sees it.
Your work is immensely rich, and nourishing to the soul