I imagine the Christians over there are better then ours as well. they have to believe in it in opposition of cultural norms. those people believe. The ones we get use the title to not have to work on themselves. I'm guessing its the same over there?
The evolution of consciousness has created a man who can be best described as a unit of conditioned subjectivity presenting itself as a tool to be used to model the world to ones needs. This has led us to a self detachment from our inner and outer worlds as we do not any longer represent a wholistic part of nature. Wu Wei is the Chinese meditation representing a form of neuroplasticity best described as a mental state of passivity used in rewiring ones mind to promote the synergy between yin and yang also known as the meaning of one.
The Wu Wei philosophy is about acceptance, creativity, self discovery and flexibility. *Adjusting the mind to the changing world* is what keeps us young and happy to be alive. We can lean a lot from this ancient wisdom.
You find the universal DAO the living energy consciousnesses stream of life or being i e. God for Christians "living God" hidden in the fabric of reality always there.... DAO the unseen forces that amount to universal God minds... Its all the same, you find the same being just different interpretation for it... Its timeless, there is no time in it, it is the fabric of reality itself. One with it. You find them in both feminine 👠👠 👗 collective many feminine but aggressive tones, and One singular Masculine 👞👞♂️ Energy, soft and drawing almost sensitive like Christ but rough as Satanic could be if you step out of line, it's an instant shift in energies.... I'd say "God" or source shows up as the only Male authority 👞👞♂️ accompanied by a bunch of feminine entourage presence that do the work of roughing up for him 👇kinda like a panel ... Some are nicer and others more rough. Then they merge into One singular mind, or one single energy source where you can't tell them apart but they're all there, they come apart separate as individuals then form thought as One consciousness unable to tell which is which or what is what. They become One thought. Think of it as, your eyes being the portal to the mind.... Energy flows in a stream of energy like water 🌊 then you're the vessel body hollow, still here, but empty of form or self or being, Now you can see and sense fabric of reality as part of this vessel body, and only Spirit (consciousness) exists... Because it is moving timelessly with the fabric of reality, so the only thing that remains is your essence.... Your mind goes into Hawkeye absorbs the fabric itself vast ... Flying you go mentally or in spirit hard to say or tell... Fly 🕊️ fasterrrrrrr now you're embedded into the fabric itself, ta da, you're timeless like magic ✨ I think the Christiana call it, "dreadful to come into the hands ✋✋ of the living God" lol 😂 it's living alright.... It is conscious everywhere.... Feeling and seeing and living everything... 😅he sends his hello 👋
Years ago I took a Tai Chi class. That winter I slipped on some ice while walking down a hill. What I learned in that class trained me to go with the fall which I'm sure saved me from a broken bone. That sounds like a practical use of Wu Wei to me.
Had a very similar experience avoiding injury from a fall by applying technique from my Aikido practice. Having not practiced for a few years now I forget the name of the technique, but it is basically falling on ones back in a fluid rolling motion. Without going into too much detail I probably would have gotten hurt pretty bad without it.
I read the Tao Te Ching for the first time a couple years ago, and couldn’t believe how it seemed be exactly how I perceived life. The synchronicity of the universe and the flow of just letting things unfold how they may. I used to have this saying “I live my life like a leaf in the wind”. I can attest that if you let go, everything will be.
Exactly. I feel like I've been like this naturally, if anything, almost everyone around me tried to push me away from this kind of life. People perceived my calmness about watching life unfold in front of me with little to no effort as something bad, even after it lead me to great things I would have never achieved if I tried hard. Ironically, none of these people had achieved what I had and yet ... I listened to them. I listened to the "if you don't have a plan, you're part of someone else's plan" the "you should plan your future now so you don't suffer later" so, I resisted myself and tried to actually have a plan and work "hard" to achieve it. I saw everyone around me working "hard" so I thought, it's not fair that I had success with minimal effort, I must try "hard" too, I must worry about "future" too. Fuck that... After about 5 years of "trying hard", all it had caused me is pain, suffering, complete exhaustion and burn out. I felt like a complete failure like it's impossible to control life. Here I am today watching a video about Wu-Wei, realising I was on the right path before and I let people sway me from it. This is a point were life is bringing me back to where I was. In fact, this is a very important moment of my life, I'm going back to going with the flow of my life, I'll stop "having a plan" and trying to bend reality to achieve it, fuck that man.
@@yuzan3607 Im exactly the same boat as you. During my better years (16-22, Im 26) I was following this way of thinking without knowing it. I always thought to go with the flow and do the best you can with what you have, basically make the most of what you got. And it worked super well, I didn't have to try that hard to succeed. I agree with the feeling of "its not fair for other to try so hard and not get the same result as my minimal effort". A lot of my peers believed that was a lazy way of going about my studies and life. I let that get to me and began changing due to peer pressure and societal pressure. Obviously, even friends started saying it to me, family as well. I believed them and paid it with 4 years of my life where I "tried hard" and got nothing but fat, stressed, mentally ill, an addiction to weed, and a marriage that was falling apart. That started a cascade of problems that until NOW Im getting around to resolving. It truly is an amazing thing and I take it down as a huge lesson learned. Much love and compassion to you!
I like this concept a lot, it's difficult to apply this to life when we are conditioned to be in control all the time. It's even more difficult to slow down and enjoy life when the world is so demanding that everything needs to be done yesterday.
U can do it.. yes not all d time but u can for atleast 20 mins to an hr daily.. just take that time whenever it works to just relax n BE.. every morning with my mug of tea n toast, i enjoy some short meditation or music with d phone on airplane mode😝 n realize that a relaxed start to my day, at my pace, really helps a lot... don't let d world dictate yr time or peace of mind! 🎵
Chapter 41 in Daodejing talks of this; quoting Lok Sang Ho's translation: "Those whose mind shines with the Dao Appear to be dull and stupid. Those who make progress along the Dao Appear to be falling behind."
Wu Wei best describes how I've lived my life, though I don't subscribe to any belief system. If I set a goal in the morning to change the breaks on my truck, I get the tools together, go over the procedure and begin. If I run into a series of obstacles, I let it go, set it aside and choose something else to do with my time that day. I work on the obstacles and return to the task another day. This approach to life caused me problems with my marriage, as my wife took a polar opposite approach to life. She would put her head down and stubbornly drive forward determined to succeed. I saw her unhappy and frustrated a lot. She felt my approach was lazy and would lead to never getting anything done. Ultimately, she divorced me saying we were incompatible, and she couldn't be happy with me. I have two masters programs, a teaching credential, an administration credential and was a county commissioner. I wrote several million dollars worth of grants over my career in education which created jobs in my community and moved families from dependence on government assistance to independence. I own three timber properties in two states, own , maintain, repair and operate heavy equipment as well as a sawmill. I build furniture. I built my first house starting in 1981. I'm building another now. My former wife left me for another man, then left him for yet another, and I'm told she will be leaving that one as well soon. She has a vision of what she wants her life to look like, and she has spent her life chasing that vision and trying to force it into reality, her perceived reality. I have always let life be. I put forth effort every day, but have no expectations. What will come is what will come, and I accept that.
Another point of Wu Wei, is that you want to not trying to be anything, and soon you will find use on yourself, when the time comes. There is a use for everyone, no matter how obscure it is.
True, instead of letting the ego decide what career we want based on needs of status, ambition, financial gain... we can allow the true self to spontaneously manifest and flow with the Dao, guess it takes a lot of faith to do this and trust that the bills will be paid though
some times you need to go with the flow of life, flow with the situation. like a leaf in a river or stream. the leaf does nothing yet goes far. I know not where the river will take me, but i will try to enjoy the ride.
But what if you see that the river will drown most of the people? If enough leafs gather together you can change the direction of how the river flows ;)
***** I guess that misunderstanding/frustration is also something that we can avoid to be created. Creating this seperation will only feed suffering and hate against each other.
Wu Wei= Neutral Jing. "Neutral Jing is the key to earthbending. It involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike." I love it, seeing the philosophy in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I am so glad I found this particular video! As an artist I agree so much with this philosophy so much and I wish I had found this earlier. 道 (Wu wei) is a perfect discriptor of a type drawing/meditation called zendoodle and my own personal philosophy.
Excellent video! One remark: re: 2:49: the drunk who falls from a cart is not uninjured because of his "spiritual momentum", as you suggest. It's rather that he doesn't resist his fall, and his lack of resistance reduces his likelihood of injury. (Maybe that's what you meant. But "spiritual momentum" doesn't effectively communicate that).
improv is going with the flow. You have an idea of where you want to take the skit, then your partner changes it and you go with it. It's a life lesson.
honestly, I love philosophy and literature, but I think it's the voice of the narrator that actually allows me to watch these videos continuously for hours.
This is how I start my day. Alain's voice is soothing. The concepts of peace, steadiness and stillness, being in and with nature and forests and mountains and simple living are simply calming, helps me to slow down. More Easter philosophy, please.
+Micah Buzan > “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.” -- Bruce Lee That does sound very Taoist.
being from a Judo background since 1974 , Wu wei and the dao is the very essence of what Judo is all about .Looking at the Chinese Calligraphy of it ,I recognised it as "Mushin " in Japanese ,which means no mindedness . In Judo there is a Zen saying of " Seiriyokuzenyo " which means maximum efficiency through minimum effort . where by we use the opponents brute force against himself . This philosophy from Judo is applied to everyday problems in life . Bruce Lee graduate at the university of Seattle in Philosophy major . His subject was ...WU WEI .
This is me. I learned about wu-wei in highschool from my English teacher during a unit of Chinese Taoist poetry. This was about 20 years ago, and the philosophy struck a chord and resonnated ever since.
I would suggest providing some sources from the research and the artwork used in the video. Something for further reading if as in my case, the video -peaked- *piqued* your interest. This would be highly appreciated as I often have trouble finding some good reading on these eastern philosophers. For me it is especially hard to find the artworks used. This is just a suggestion, it might just be a problem that I have. Overall another good video. EDIT: spelling
+Viktor Johansson If you feel brave, The Way of Zen provides an incredible balance of knowledge and accesibility. The Suzukis are more knowledgeable, but less accesible, and lots of pulp on the subjet are more accesible but lack context or depth. I know Daoism is not Zen, but Zen would not be without Daoism. The concept of wuwei is central to both and quite extensively visited in that book. Source: Read 4-6 books on Zen and Daoism.
+Viktor Johansson A slightly convoluted workaround but whenever I want to look up some of the more obscure paintings and stills in videos like these I just go into fullscreen, take a screenshot and then drag the image into Google's 'search by image' function. You can usually find out the pieces name and author relatively easily that way and find a few tangential rabbit-holes to go down from there. Not ideal and a little messy but works for videos that don't have description sources et al
Thanks, Alain & Co. I'll be sure to buy something from your shop to keep you going. I can't express how much I (and thousands of others) appreciate the insightful, short and helpful videos you create.
Sun Tzu's method in strategic battles is to adapt to the enemies movements like water the way of Dao so that one may attack what is weak and avoid what is strong
Although the video looks great, I find some issues with the content. For one, wuwei means not not doing, but being devoid of acting. So it refers to reactive natural acting to fit into a situation. Like non purposeful participation, without agenda. The action you describe belongs to ideas of song dynasty neo-confucianism, just like the Taiji diagram you use. The style of acting is taiji-acting. Which also is using naturality, but through polarisation (Taiji) action, so with an agenda, opportune acting or timely action if you wish. Wuwei relates to wuji in daoism. It is being devoid of polarity, from which things spontaneously arise, following Dao.
As ZenBuddhist\Taoist I must compliment how well done this video is in giving individuals that are unfamiliar with Taoism, a nice understanding of some of the terms of this tradition that appear to counterintuitive. For those wishing to understand the TAO from a scientific perspective, please research the Quantum Void or Zero point energy Field
I appreciate the languages of Tibeto Burman and other types of languages in those linguistic types and all that. The writing styles of The East is most impressive works and seem to have a more calm and collective nature to them compared to many other non Far Eastern Philosophies.
Really enjoyed this video :) Well explained and illustrated. Eastern philosophy has always attracted me due to the articulation of things naturally and intuitively felt.
What really gets me from Eastern philosophy, is that different people from thousands of years ago. Their thoughts and philosophy still rings true today
Great video! Like a lot of principles in Taoism, Wu Wei can seem paradoxical and contrary to our active lifestyles we choose to lead day to day. Another way of thinking about Wu Wei is the muddy water analogy and the idea of the way that sages would have lived in regards to it: "The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance. They were careful as someone crossing an iced-over stream. Alert as a warrior in enemy territory. Courteous as a guest. Fluid as melting ice. Shapable as a block of wood. Receptive as a valley. Clear as a glass of water. Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself? The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. Not seeking, not expecting, she is present, and can welcome all things." Chapter 15 of Tao Te Ching
I knew it. this 'wu wei' is what all those master jedi must have learned. To flow with the force. The opposite of those that always try to bend the force to their will, the dark side. So may the dao be with you, my friend.
Samuel RF i have to vehemently disagree with you here buddy, i break my back every day fighting my multiple illnesses, including C-PTSD, and i do not have the luxury of being lazy.
~Animal Jam Fanatics~ the C in C-PTSD stands for "complex", which means that the person underwent multiple traumatic events. i literally went through hundreds of traumatic events.
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, it's a good thing to read as to get more interested in taoism. it's just a basic, really banal understanding, but in fact that really matches taoism itself. I really like to go back to this tiny book
As someone with a LOT of anxiety, I find this philosophy the most comforting and the most difficult to follow at the same time.
i know man tell me about it
How about approaching the way with meditation. All my best wishes.
I love you. You are a wonderful being.
Agree. I’m in this situation as well.
Remember to breath, let go of all expectation and simply be. It does wonders for me
As an Asian, It's actually very interesting listening to the eastern philosophy explained in English. And the interpretation is very accurate too.
That's interesting, I'm always skeptical of foreign things taught by non native people
@@user-ch6uw4pf2x It really is explained perfectly. I grasped wu wei’s meaning 20 years ago and this is one of the best explanations I’ve ever heard.
I imagine the Christians over there are better then ours as well. they have to believe in it in opposition of cultural norms. those people believe. The ones we get use the title to not have to work on themselves. I'm guessing its the same over there?
The evolution of consciousness has created a man who can be best described as a unit of conditioned subjectivity presenting itself as a tool to be used to model the world to ones needs. This has led us to a self detachment from our inner and outer worlds as we do not any longer represent a wholistic part of nature.
Wu Wei is the Chinese meditation representing a form of neuroplasticity best described as a mental state of passivity used in rewiring ones mind to promote the synergy between yin and yang also known as the meaning of one.
The Wu Wei philosophy is about acceptance, creativity, self discovery and flexibility.
*Adjusting the mind to the changing world* is what keeps us young and happy to be alive. We can lean a lot from this ancient wisdom.
You find the universal DAO the living energy consciousnesses stream of life or being i e. God for Christians "living God" hidden in the fabric of reality always there.... DAO the unseen forces that amount to universal God minds... Its all the same, you find the same being just different interpretation for it... Its timeless, there is no time in it, it is the fabric of reality itself. One with it.
You find them in both feminine 👠👠 👗 collective many feminine but aggressive tones, and One singular Masculine 👞👞♂️ Energy, soft and drawing almost sensitive like Christ but rough as Satanic could be if you step out of line, it's an instant shift in energies.... I'd say "God" or source shows up as the only Male authority 👞👞♂️ accompanied by a bunch of feminine entourage presence that do the work of roughing up for him 👇kinda like a panel ... Some are nicer and others more rough. Then they merge into One singular mind, or one single energy source where you can't tell them apart but they're all there, they come apart separate as individuals then form thought as One consciousness unable to tell which is which or what is what. They become One thought.
Think of it as, your eyes being the portal to the mind.... Energy flows in a stream of energy like water 🌊 then you're the vessel body hollow, still here, but empty of form or self or being,
Now you can see and sense fabric of reality as part of this vessel body, and only Spirit (consciousness) exists... Because it is moving timelessly with the fabric of reality, so the only thing that remains is your essence....
Your mind goes into Hawkeye absorbs the fabric itself vast ... Flying you go mentally or in spirit hard to say or tell... Fly 🕊️ fasterrrrrrr now you're embedded into the fabric itself, ta da, you're timeless like magic ✨
I think the Christiana call it, "dreadful to come into the hands ✋✋ of the living God" lol 😂 it's living alright.... It is conscious everywhere.... Feeling and seeing and living everything... 😅he sends his hello 👋
Years ago I took a Tai Chi class. That winter I slipped on some ice while walking down a hill. What I learned in that class trained me to go with the fall which I'm sure saved me from a broken bone. That sounds like a practical use of Wu Wei to me.
Not very practical if the fall is 150ft.
Tubeite if the fall is 150ft it wouldn't matter what you did. What's your point?
Had a very similar experience avoiding injury from a fall by applying technique from my Aikido practice. Having not practiced for a few years now I forget the name of the technique, but it is basically falling on ones back in a fluid rolling motion. Without going into too much detail I probably would have gotten hurt pretty bad without it.
@@Tubeite That's like saying having a healthy diet and exercising is pointless if you get hit by a truck.
TaijiQuan is good I use to do it but I like Qi Gong.
Wu Wei. The ultimate Wei of life.
Good one!
The Wultimate Wei of life
He knows da wei
The mind shall vanquish the sword - Sima Yi (Dynasty Warriors)
This is wei too good
Like Alan Watts humourously quipped "The moment you know you're being natural...you're not".
I read the Tao Te Ching for the first time a couple years ago, and couldn’t believe how it seemed be exactly how I perceived life. The synchronicity of the universe and the flow of just letting things unfold how they may. I used to have this saying “I live my life like a leaf in the wind”. I can attest that if you let go, everything will be.
Exactly. I feel like I've been like this naturally, if anything, almost everyone around me tried to push me away from this kind of life. People perceived my calmness about watching life unfold in front of me with little to no effort as something bad, even after it lead me to great things I would have never achieved if I tried hard. Ironically, none of these people had achieved what I had and yet ... I listened to them. I listened to the "if you don't have a plan, you're part of someone else's plan" the "you should plan your future now so you don't suffer later" so, I resisted myself and tried to actually have a plan and work "hard" to achieve it. I saw everyone around me working "hard" so I thought, it's not fair that I had success with minimal effort, I must try "hard" too, I must worry about "future" too.
Fuck that...
After about 5 years of "trying hard", all it had caused me is pain, suffering, complete exhaustion and burn out. I felt like a complete failure like it's impossible to control life. Here I am today watching a video about Wu-Wei, realising I was on the right path before and I let people sway me from it. This is a point were life is bringing me back to where I was. In fact, this is a very important moment of my life, I'm going back to going with the flow of my life, I'll stop "having a plan" and trying to bend reality to achieve it, fuck that man.
@@yuzan3607 Im exactly the same boat as you. During my better years (16-22, Im 26) I was following this way of thinking without knowing it. I always thought to go with the flow and do the best you can with what you have, basically make the most of what you got. And it worked super well, I didn't have to try that hard to succeed. I agree with the feeling of "its not fair for other to try so hard and not get the same result as my minimal effort".
A lot of my peers believed that was a lazy way of going about my studies and life. I let that get to me and began changing due to peer pressure and societal pressure. Obviously, even friends started saying it to me, family as well. I believed them and paid it with 4 years of my life where I "tried hard" and got nothing but fat, stressed, mentally ill, an addiction to weed, and a marriage that was falling apart. That started a cascade of problems that until NOW Im getting around to resolving. It truly is an amazing thing and I take it down as a huge lesson learned.
Much love and compassion to you!
Be water my friend.
Exactly! That's the point.
bruce lee was quoting laotzu !
Water is the substance that flushes turds down the toilet.
Become The TEAPOT
Become the hat. Be MAGA my friend.
I meditate by watching 2016 election night reruns. "Complicated business."
More eastern philosophy please!!
Yes, more please. Americans sure as hell don't get enough of it.
+Fernando Jurado True.
+Maria Mison eastern philosophy- jainism
+Ankur Jain I think that'd be good if a video is made on Jainism. I haven't known much about Jainist philosophy compared to other disciplines.
+Maria Mison filthy weaboo
I like this concept a lot, it's difficult to apply this to life when we are conditioned to be in control all the time. It's even more difficult to slow down and enjoy life when the world is so demanding that everything needs to be done yesterday.
This.
U can do it.. yes not all d time but u can for atleast 20 mins to an hr daily.. just take that time whenever it works to just relax n BE.. every morning with my mug of tea n toast, i enjoy some short meditation or music with d phone on airplane mode😝 n realize that a relaxed start to my day, at my pace, really helps a lot... don't let d world dictate yr time or peace of mind! 🎵
Chapter 41 in Daodejing talks of this; quoting Lok Sang Ho's translation:
"Those whose mind shines with the Dao
Appear to be dull and stupid.
Those who make progress along the Dao
Appear to be falling behind."
@@hnaku8748 interesting
Wu Wei best describes how I've lived my life, though I don't subscribe to any belief system. If I set a goal in the morning to change the breaks on my truck, I get the tools together, go over the procedure and begin. If I run into a series of obstacles, I let it go, set it aside and choose something else to do with my time that day. I work on the obstacles and return to the task another day. This approach to life caused me problems with my marriage, as my wife took a polar opposite approach to life. She would put her head down and stubbornly drive forward determined to succeed. I saw her unhappy and frustrated a lot. She felt my approach was lazy and would lead to never getting anything done. Ultimately, she divorced me saying we were incompatible, and she couldn't be happy with me. I have two masters programs, a teaching credential, an administration credential and was a county commissioner. I wrote several million dollars worth of grants over my career in education which created jobs in my community and moved families from dependence on government assistance to independence. I own three timber properties in two states, own , maintain, repair and operate heavy equipment as well as a sawmill. I build furniture. I built my first house starting in 1981. I'm building another now. My former wife left me for another man, then left him for yet another, and I'm told she will be leaving that one as well soon. She has a vision of what she wants her life to look like, and she has spent her life chasing that vision and trying to force it into reality, her perceived reality. I have always let life be. I put forth effort every day, but have no expectations. What will come is what will come, and I accept that.
Another point of Wu Wei, is that you want to not trying to be anything, and soon you will find use on yourself, when the time comes. There is a use for everyone, no matter how obscure it is.
True, instead of letting the ego decide what career we want based on needs of status, ambition, financial gain... we can allow the true self to spontaneously manifest and flow with the Dao, guess it takes a lot of faith to do this and trust that the bills will be paid though
some times you need to go with the flow of life, flow with the situation. like a leaf in a river or stream. the leaf does nothing yet goes far.
I know not where the river will take me, but i will try to enjoy the ride.
Very inspiring. Thank you!
But what if you see that the river will drown most of the people? If enough leafs gather together you can change the direction of how the river flows ;)
***** I guess that misunderstanding/frustration is also something that we can avoid to be created. Creating this seperation will only feed suffering and hate against each other.
+mrvrabeca
LEL
+Nathan Ricard Exactly! Fighting against the current would not only be futile, but frustrating as well.
All those Drunken "Kung Fu Master" movies my Dad loves just took on a deeper meaning.
Drunk on the Dao.
Some suggestions?
Your dad has good taste.
Were my favourites as a child.
This wisdom is making me salivate. I hope your all enjoying your day on earth!
This is fascinating. I may have been a Daoist this entire time.
Lol
nah you're just lazy
@@HandheldGamingHQ i'm wondering if you understood the concept of wu wei or if you're doubting this comment
@@saga_oneil 🤙
@@NoName-gr8px ? 🤔
This is the reason I keep coming back to this channel.
Wu Wei= Neutral Jing. "Neutral Jing is the key to earthbending. It involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike." I love it, seeing the philosophy in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Haha I thought of Bumi immediately too!
hola! sabes si existe un video que explique los 85 jings? gracias.
Another synchronicity I need to watch this show!
Heh. A man of culture, I see. Bumi's a mad lad with what he does, yet his way of thinking is what makes me like him more
I am so glad I found this particular video! As an artist I agree so much with this philosophy so much and I wish I had found this earlier. 道 (Wu wei) is a perfect discriptor of a type drawing/meditation called zendoodle and my own personal philosophy.
Excellent video! One remark: re: 2:49: the drunk who falls from a cart is not uninjured because of his "spiritual momentum", as you suggest. It's rather that he doesn't resist his fall, and his lack of resistance reduces his likelihood of injury. (Maybe that's what you meant. But "spiritual momentum" doesn't effectively communicate that).
My friend fell of the back of a motor bike when drunk not even a broken bone
@M Farraday I agree. That's the one thing they could improve.
This is a representation of Wi Wei 😄
@@wowwowwow185 that is good to hear :)
improv is going with the flow. You have an idea of where you want to take the skit, then your partner changes it and you go with it. It's a life lesson.
I never know how much I need each video until they come out.
You don't need videos ...everything you need is within you if you listen carefully.
honestly, I love philosophy and literature, but I think it's the voice of the narrator that actually allows me to watch these videos continuously for hours.
Its Alain de Botton, isnt it? Not sure if I have his name right, but I agree.
This is the best video I've seen on RUclips in a very long time!
Agree
This is how I start my day. Alain's voice is soothing. The concepts of peace, steadiness and stillness, being in and with nature and forests and mountains and simple living are simply calming, helps me to slow down. More Easter philosophy, please.
The simplest way is the most effective, natural, principle driven.🥂
My favourite quotation for someone time now is ‘Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished -Tzu’
Love you Alain, okay 👍
Bruce Lee incorporated this philosophy into his martial arts.
+fernando
Sick existential advice bro
+Micah Buzan
> “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”
-- Bruce Lee
That does sound very Taoist.
I don't get it. What's becoming the cup mean?
musardus I think it means: adapt to the situation.
To "become the cup" would mean to be open and accepting, let "the water" flow into you
I love you, the uploader of these videos. I am forever grateful for the past tales of enlightenment that I have been able to hear
being from a Judo background since 1974 , Wu wei and the dao is the very essence of what Judo is all about .Looking at the Chinese Calligraphy of it ,I recognised it as "Mushin " in Japanese ,which means no mindedness . In Judo there is a Zen saying of " Seiriyokuzenyo " which means maximum efficiency through minimum effort . where by we use the opponents brute force against himself . This philosophy from Judo is applied to everyday problems in life . Bruce Lee graduate at the university of Seattle in Philosophy major . His subject was ...WU WEI .
This is one of the most beautiful RUclipss I have seen, in every way. Thanks Alain and the School of Life.
Such a great series! Please keep on introducing non-western ideas and philosophies.
"stop trying to hit me and hit me" ~Morpheus That scene is a great example of Wu Wei
+ben crompton Aikido is as well..Using the opponents energy against them.
@@apextroll Akido doesn't work
i madeittothelibraryyay! You should train with Endo Shihan at least once, maybe you’d change your mind 😉
@@chaosdweller Aikido doesn't work for you, because you tell yourself it doesn't work
I've never seen it in MMA not once
When you "zone out" or "stare into space". This is a form of Wu-wei. Ride it out instead of trying to refocus.
If I did that, I would never get anything done.
How? The moment you realize is the moment it's over
worst advice ever.
This is me.
I learned about wu-wei in highschool from my English teacher during a unit of Chinese Taoist poetry. This was about 20 years ago, and the philosophy struck a chord and resonnated ever since.
I would suggest providing some sources from the research and the artwork used in the video. Something for further reading if as in my case, the video -peaked- *piqued* your interest. This would be highly appreciated as I often have trouble finding some good reading on these eastern philosophers. For me it is especially hard to find the artworks used. This is just a suggestion, it might just be a problem that I have. Overall another good video.
EDIT: spelling
You might want to check out this one:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221421/trying-not-to-try-by-edward-slingerland/9780770437633/
+Viktor Johansson if you are interested in eastern philosophy i suggest you try out Alan Wats
+Viktor Johansson If you feel brave, The Way of Zen provides an incredible balance of knowledge and accesibility. The Suzukis are more knowledgeable, but less accesible, and lots of pulp on the subjet are more accesible but lack context or depth.
I know Daoism is not Zen, but Zen would not be without Daoism. The concept of wuwei is central to both and quite extensively visited in that book.
Source: Read 4-6 books on Zen and Daoism.
Raven Garibaldi Gaston Alejandro Trivi miner10022 Thank you for the suggestion! I will check it out.
+Viktor Johansson A slightly convoluted workaround but whenever I want to look up some of the more obscure paintings and stills in videos like these I just go into fullscreen, take a screenshot and then drag the image into Google's 'search by image' function. You can usually find out the pieces name and author relatively easily that way and find a few tangential rabbit-holes to go down from there. Not ideal and a little messy but works for videos that don't have description sources et al
Thanks, Alain & Co. I'll be sure to buy something from your shop to keep you going. I can't express how much I (and thousands of others) appreciate the insightful, short and helpful videos you create.
Sun Tzu's method in strategic battles is to adapt to the enemies movements like water the way of Dao so that one may attack what is weak and avoid what is strong
Wow, I love this! Thank you for that connection!
This video is a representation of Wi Wei at it finest. Such a succinct and beautiful reminder that we are One with nature. Thank you
brilliant and brief. A genius explanation. thanks.
Read the 'Tao of Pooh'..... Literally the best translation of what Taoism is in the most simplistic way. Changed my life.
Although the video looks great, I find some issues with the content. For one, wuwei means not not doing, but being devoid of acting. So it refers to reactive natural acting to fit into a situation. Like non purposeful participation, without agenda. The action you describe belongs to ideas of song dynasty neo-confucianism, just like the Taiji diagram you use. The style of acting is taiji-acting. Which also is using naturality, but through polarisation (Taiji) action, so with an agenda, opportune acting or timely action if you wish. Wuwei relates to wuji in daoism. It is being devoid of polarity, from which things spontaneously arise, following Dao.
As ZenBuddhist\Taoist I must compliment how well done this video is in giving individuals that are unfamiliar with Taoism, a nice understanding of some of the terms of this tradition that appear to counterintuitive. For those wishing to understand the TAO from a scientific perspective, please research the Quantum Void or Zero point energy Field
Taoism works especially well when being attacked by an angry Grizzly bear.
"Be the lunch. Be the lunch. Be the lunch. . . ."
Love the graphics on this one. Zen, anyone?
I've been trying to understand nonaction for like a week ;thank you for explaining it in a way I could actually understand!
Great video! Drunken Master isn't just a martial art discipline. Nor is "doing nothing" a weakness when things get tough.
Absolute Gold when put to practice.
More Eastern Philosophy! Please m8, this is the good stuff
This is an important message during these hard times.
This is beautiful.
your videos on eastern philosophy have been great!
Pure wisdom and a useful, encouraging video! Thank you!
One of the most thoughtful videos I’ve ever watched
I appreciate the languages of Tibeto Burman and other types of languages in those linguistic types and all that. The writing styles of The East is most impressive works and seem to have a more calm and collective nature to them compared to many other non Far Eastern Philosophies.
I wish I could give this vlog a million thumbs up!!❤
Really enjoyed this video :) Well explained and illustrated. Eastern philosophy has always attracted me due to the articulation of things naturally and intuitively felt.
What really gets me from Eastern philosophy, is that different people from thousands of years ago. Their thoughts and philosophy still rings true today
Great video! Like a lot of principles in Taoism, Wu Wei can seem paradoxical and contrary to our active lifestyles we choose to lead day to day.
Another way of thinking about Wu Wei is the muddy water analogy and the idea of the way that sages would have lived in regards to it:
"The ancient Masters were profound and subtle.
Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it;
all we can describe is their appearance.
They were careful
as someone crossing an iced-over stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.
Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?
The Master doesn't seek fulfillment.
Not seeking, not expecting,
she is present, and can welcome all things."
Chapter 15 of Tao Te Ching
wooooow, I'm speechless....this is exactly my jam!
please make videos on indian philosophers
Mais pourquoi personnes ne me l'a dit avant. Il y a un exercice qui est fabuleux. C'est un bien être assurer. C'est une pure merveille 🤩
00:53 The patience to wait for music to become free on RUclips.
Bird dropped its rockin' headphones on the Buddha.
Thnx! 💚
Could you include some middle eastern/south asian philosophy? I'd love to see a video on Rumi
When you stop struggling, you float.
Mr Alain de Botton, how many languages do you speak? You pronounce most of the French, German, Chinese etc in the videos very accurately.
ummm "quee?"
are you sure? I have trouble figuring out whom he's talking about most of times
The Chinese words were all pronounced in a heavily English accented manner. “Wooo wey”
I knew it. this 'wu wei' is what all those master jedi must have learned.
To flow with the force.
The opposite of those that always try to bend the force to their will, the dark side.
So may the dao be with you, my friend.
Beautiful. :)
This is beautiful.
Had so many questions about daoism and apathy.
They have now been answered.
woooo weee!
Love the philosophy behind wu-wei
i discovered and mastered wu wei before i even learned its name.
now i know what to call it. :)
lol. that's a way of saying you lazy.
Samuel RF
thanks?
Samuel RF
i have to vehemently disagree with you here buddy, i break my back every day fighting my multiple illnesses, including C-PTSD, and i do not have the luxury of being lazy.
~Animal Jam Fanatics~ the C in C-PTSD stands for "complex", which means that the person underwent multiple traumatic events.
i literally went through hundreds of traumatic events.
How did you master it? Tell us!
if you "strive" for wu wei, you will have failed, for non-striving is at its heart
Carlos Casteneda's master also taught him this concept which he called "the doing of not doing"
Don Juan :)
Wow. This sounds fascinating. This is the first video that I am trying in this eastern philosophy series, and it looks like I chose the right one!
i must commend on your great translation. :) i'm impressed. it is far more elegant in Chinese but, this is quite good. fantastic.
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, it's a good thing to read as to get more interested in taoism. it's just a basic, really banal understanding, but in fact that really matches taoism itself. I really like to go back to this tiny book
"wu wei" is essentially to not to act, when not acting has better outcome than acting.
Thank you
Being in flow with life means complete presence and being conscious no thoughts or concepts.
beautiful video!
Altjough I agree ww is usegul, it is not the Only way. Stress is needed to feel great joy. Such as childbirth.
This is great. Thank you
Miyamoto Musashi please!!
Omg yes! and Takuan too
@@RaccoonLTD *who's them?*
And Old Samurai and his friend/máster, wich had his own philosophy for life too.
@@RaccoonLTD & wat is that
Unbelievably beautiful thank you
I wrote a book in Japan on my experience about Wu Wei; it is on amazon : "Wu Wei Journey" by Leonardo Romanelli
bellissima spiegazione!! Grazie mille al traduttore!
do chinese legalism of han fei and shang yang please
love the illustration style on this channel
that's why Asians are so chill at school
Lovely!😍🙏🙏🙏
Could you do a video on the concept of Kung Fu? Not the martial art, but the skill developed through constant effort.
That is the correct definition of Kung Fu because it is not only based on the martial art.
Kung Fu is deeply influenced by Taoist philosophy. What the Chinese created is related to Taoist philosophy.
Eastern philosophy is amazing!
Very similar to Lord Krishna's teachings in Bhagavad Gita, especially the concept of nishkaam karma or akarma.
It doesn't matter what krishna ,buddha ,mahavira etc said if v haven't experienced it ourselves, and if we had ,
it doesn't matter who said it.
Thank you. This is enlightening
One from Indian Philosophy please
that's because it's already famous in America and the world...And Most people think it's from China....so it does count
Doing nothing. I have been following this eastern philosophy for quite a long time now!
Valiosísima emisión. Gracias.
5:20 i do believe alain de botton just pronounced Qi as "kwee."
More videos on eastern philosophy please!
Could you do a video about pets or the homeless