the fear of truly living

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    Becker, E. (1975). The denial of death. 1st pbk. ed. New York, Free Press.
    Krishnamurti, J. (2021). The Awakening of Intelligence ([edition unavailable]). Krishnamurti Foundation Trust UK. Retrieved from www.perlego.com/book/2077821/... (Original work published 2021
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  • @Sisyphus55
    @Sisyphus55  Год назад +80

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  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh Год назад +3532

    “Living in fear is just another way of dying before your time.”

    • @juniorvicepresidentofzimba4946
      @juniorvicepresidentofzimba4946 Год назад +32

      Fk that's so good. Who said it?

    • @ensco7
      @ensco7 Год назад +47

      I personally think that's true. It feels like I have been dead for half my body's age.

    • @juniorvicepresidentofzimba4946
      @juniorvicepresidentofzimba4946 Год назад +20

      I wish I knew a shortcut to feeling no fear. I think maybe it's accepting all the bad things that can happen, and then living between them. But something about this doesn't seem right.

    • @ensco7
      @ensco7 Год назад +7

      @@juniorvicepresidentofzimba4946 It doesn't feel right, especially if just a single person wants to convince you that things don't have to be that way. I'm often wondering whether there's a chance to accept the fears to a point where you can manage them in an almost completely apathetic manner. And if I made progress to that point, is the hope that others tried to instill in me just a barrier, causing more pain, trying to face the fears and thus thinking even more of them, tormenting myself by coming to the same conclusions over and over again? Or is it just the biggest, seemingly undoable step of overcoming? Overcoming.. for what? If there is something to overcome, then there has to be something new, something to achieve on the horizon. But I don't see anything.
      Okay, this isn't exactly the topic. I'm just depressed and don't even know what I would do if I didn't have anxiety.. Sorry guys.

    • @chaosthecat9360
      @chaosthecat9360 Год назад +1

      @Junior Vice President Of Zimbabwe Mike Cooley

  • @thinclient
    @thinclient Год назад +2167

    1. Get inspired. 2. Randomly tear up. 3. Euphoric creative state. 4. Realize fear of failure/success will strike back soon.
    That's too familiar. Thank you for showing, once again, that we are not alone experiencing the scary side of full humanness ❤‍🔥

    • @anthonyrebuffo9509
      @anthonyrebuffo9509 Год назад +34

      The answer most of the time is saying FUCKIT and do it anyway

    • @anthonyrebuffo9509
      @anthonyrebuffo9509 Год назад +3

      @𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐝 after it happens if it happens

    • @WinterReflections
      @WinterReflections Год назад +3

      That just sounds like bipolar disorder.

    • @anthonyrebuffo9509
      @anthonyrebuffo9509 Год назад +7

      @@WinterReflections guess for you it sounded like a switch of attidude, but the fuck it attitude agaisnt existensial hustle is perpetual, i assure you, you can do nothing about it so why do you care that you cant do anything about it?
      Do it anyway and be happy

    • @volstrekt
      @volstrekt Год назад +2

      ​@@WinterReflectionsyou're telling me that's a disorder? Maybe it's not that extreme lol

  • @Ryan-oo9zj
    @Ryan-oo9zj Год назад +424

    "A man has 2 lives - the first begins when he is born, the 2nd when he realises he only has one life to live"

  • @saltiestsiren
    @saltiestsiren Год назад +560

    i think the worst part is being aware you're living in fear, so aware of it so many times a day, and still...doing nothing about it. doing nothing about what makes you afraid or why. i'm in therapy but that's only half the battle. they teach you how to act, but if you're too afraid to act, then you're just taking lessons in a subject you never intend to master.

    • @Iammany
      @Iammany Год назад +44

      "i think the worst part is being aware you're living in fear, so aware of it so many times a day, and still...doing nothing about it. doing nothing about what makes you afraid"

    • @yanxixi17
      @yanxixi17 Год назад +24

      "you're just taking lessons in a subject you never intend to master" was said perfectly I don't think I'll ever forget it.
      But there's some comfort in being in the arms of fear for too long-you will always find it there, and in some time you'll never be "afraid" enough to act upon it. Because it's still and always with you, to a point it doesn't stir conflict in you anymore. Just like when you remove something from a familiar picture or environment and it feels like there's something missing, and you can't tell because you never looked at it enough, it just feels wrong. That's the kind of intimacy we have with always being afraid.
      I think we've grown into the fear, man's attachment to unchanging and ever-present things,
      unlike the fleeting reality around us.

    • @uzulim9234
      @uzulim9234 5 месяцев назад +3

      The lessons will accumulate and at some point you will probably start acting on it. Suddenly but powerfully.

    • @jackwuotila4895
      @jackwuotila4895 2 месяца назад +2

      dude yeah. been in therapy for a while and ive got the same thing going. fuckin ell mate. lets get over it !!

    • @RandomCatFromFrance
      @RandomCatFromFrance 2 месяца назад +1

      I am so confused
      Maybe i really am blind
      That's why i need His help
      Because He sees everything
      I feel like i'm so close to figuring it all out, but i actually know nothing:
      All i know that He knows all.

  • @ariasaber9737
    @ariasaber9737 Год назад +651

    I'm scared of starting something and actually becoming successful. It feels like it would be too much pressure. The thought of succeeding makes me so anxious but I am also terrified of failure as well. I want to be great. But my entire existence pushes against it.

    • @daryl9799
      @daryl9799 Год назад +37

      I've been very successful at one point its a constant battle to maintain and once you have it your terrified of loosing it. It's nice to have alot of money, status and things but there's alot that comes with it.

    • @jangdi.
      @jangdi. Год назад

      So why don't you slowly build up everything you need, gradually gaining knowledge and do it one by one everyday???
      What is wrong with doing it slow?
      Who the f*ck cares about failure and success if you didn't do nothing?

    • @yanxixi17
      @yanxixi17 Год назад +32

      it's like having too much, a cup filled to the brim, that I'm afraid I'll end up spilling it. So I end up not seeking my fill, and live with just enough so as to not have something to absolutely not lose. Some things will be unavailable to you for being too cautious, and you can't move to enjoy other things because there's something you can't let go of. I'm afraid of pursuing only one occupation in my life because I might find that I long for something else, and I have climbed too far up to not get hurt in backing down. It's constantly distressing, I can never decide :(

    • @ariasaber9737
      @ariasaber9737 11 месяцев назад +20

      @@yanxixi17 I totally feel this. I can't choose an occupation either because I feel like one thing will never satisfy me. Once I choose i'll be stuck, and I can't do every at once. But i'm running out of time and I can't be undecided forever. I'm afraid I might choose something unfulfilling. Truly frustrating.

    • @blackwolfdavinci575
      @blackwolfdavinci575 9 месяцев назад

      Same, I feel the exact same way.

  • @wiosna4
    @wiosna4 Год назад +130

    I've done a couple of things recently that I've been too afraid to do before like: walking my dog at midnight, randomly doing pushups in the middle of a road or walking shirtless through the streets and these activities brought me such a feeling of freedom that made me realize that it's not worth it to live in the world of what ifs instead of just doing stuff you want to. As a certain #1 mage sang: "The less you think, the more you win". Thinking is meant to protect you from danger. By overthinking about simple stuff, you give up control to fear and that's why you live as a coward and not yourself. Take that control back and just do what you want. Yes, it is that simple. Just do it. Overthinking is a waste of time. Don't think too much.

    • @commenteroftruth9790
      @commenteroftruth9790 9 месяцев назад +2

      this why I want brain helpy juice

    • @darth6129
      @darth6129 7 месяцев назад +2

      I realized several times this year that I was just too afraid of taking risk. And you can't have reward without risk. It's what makes things like video games or extreme sports fun. The risk vs. rewards dichotomy. It's also what makes things like gambling and alcohol so fun. So it can be damaging when overdone. But having absolutely no risk is a dull life, almost akin to death. Risk will always be a fact of life. Also, think about our society's obsession with wealth, but also our society's obsession with comfort and security. You don't tend to get rich, unless you take a big risk. For example, business owners who make it big are taking such a huge risk, but they get the biggest reward. People who seek only job security only tend to take minimal risk, and they get whatever minimal reward is allotted to them by others. In my opinion, risk is true freedom. That is why I have never seeked to "climb the corporate ladder" as many do. Because that is not true freedom. It's at least not the life I want for myself. But we are constantly told to take the easy way out, because it's safe. For some reason I don't fully understand, it feels wrong to choose a safe life over one filled with risk and reward.

    • @rafhael636
      @rafhael636 7 месяцев назад +2

      overthinking makes us afraid of overthinking

  • @roflzspas
    @roflzspas Год назад +558

    I never thought you would talk about Krishnamurti; he is such a treasure. Expanding upon what you mentioned in the video, he also says something very fascinating. Basically, his fundamental view is that everything that happens (whether outside us or inside us) is a totally new and unique moment that has never happened before and will never repeat itself again. He asks whether we really feel "fear", or, rather, do we simply project our individual anxiety on what is a completely unprecedented affect?
    Are we really 'afraid' or are we simply rushing to label what's happening inside us because it's too scary to live with something totally new?
    The realization of this is what he calls "freedom from fear". He doesn't intend for us to be stoics, but very much the opposite. He wants us to feel whatever we're feeling so intensely, so utterly, never naming it, that we are wholly liberated from trying to escape ourselves, our emotions, what-is.

    • @hugoboch3098
      @hugoboch3098 Год назад +4

      What book do you recommend from him?

    • @LibertyScholar
      @LibertyScholar Год назад +18

      @@hugoboch3098 I'm starting with "The First and Last Freedom". It's the most widely read of his works, and probably the broadest introduction to his teachings.

    • @LibertyScholar
      @LibertyScholar Год назад +1

      @@binodtharu4784 He published quite a few books in his lifetime.

    • @binodtharu4784
      @binodtharu4784 Год назад +1

      @@LibertyScholar oh sorry, chatGPT is giving wrong information 😅. Just AI things

    • @gamerrex5940
      @gamerrex5940 Год назад +1

      ​@@binodtharu4784 binod.

  • @jessbunz3046
    @jessbunz3046 Год назад +328

    Yet again he makes another well timed video-

  • @swamp6825
    @swamp6825 Год назад +194

    I have a fear that I’m not “built” for living or existing here. I’ve been trying really hard to do things even though they give me major anxiety but everything is overwhelming. I don’t know, might as well go after what you want “the time will pass anyway” and “do it scared” are two of my favorite quotes

    • @seanmccullough3863
      @seanmccullough3863 Год назад +1

      Change your lifestyle and values. If you’re too anxious to be alive, clearly something isn’t right with your thought patterns.

    • @swamp6825
      @swamp6825 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@seanmccullough3863 Oh yeah for sure I’m diagnosed with an anxiety disorder but it’s a lot better than it used to be so I’m working on it

    • @aydennreda
      @aydennreda 11 месяцев назад +2

      I feel the same way.

    • @BobbyFisaher
      @BobbyFisaher 11 месяцев назад +10

      I feel like we think our decisions are super critical to our survival but 90% aren’t the consequences usually aren’t too negative and plus we can learn from them so nothing is really a failure unless we don’t learn from it. Although I still stress a lot and with you with that thought what happens if I’m not built for all this, I try to keep this in mind when my mind wanders, family helps too and prayer

    • @rafhael636
      @rafhael636 7 месяцев назад

      Part of the pain we suffer comes from our own mind and not the problems itself

  • @Onkruid
    @Onkruid Год назад +112

    Oh hell yeah, another rock to push up on a sunday morning

    • @InfectedChris
      @InfectedChris Год назад +12

      But I'm going to be the best rock pusher I can!

    • @allyson--
      @allyson-- Год назад +8

      You are the rock

    • @evank0385
      @evank0385 4 месяца назад +3

      @@InfectedChrisyay absurdism lol

  • @myseelium13
    @myseelium13 Год назад +84

    After attempting suicide when I was in my late teens and having a near death experience, I was faced with what I believe was ego death, however I had no guide nor the cognitive framework ready for when I didn't die to process what I had experienced. It destroyed me (I have complex ptsd as well from many things before & after) and I have been swirling in a void of in-betweenness ever since. I only started resurfacing at the start of the pandemic when I was faced with a similar isolation as the one that had ultimately led to my suicide attempt. I am still working on rejoining the world again at 30 years old but your video has really put some things into perspective for me. Thank you for showing me a different level in the simulation :)

    • @mrhirstteaches8370
      @mrhirstteaches8370 11 месяцев назад +9

      Keep going friend. It’s worth it and you’re worth it.

    • @myseelium13
      @myseelium13 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@mrhirstteaches8370 thank you, it always helps to hear it when you've heard it so little

    • @johnscallobs8273
      @johnscallobs8273 10 месяцев назад +8

      you are seen. i hear you my friend. may it give you some comfort that we are all lost and scared in this together

    • @YeshuaLovesYou.
      @YeshuaLovesYou. 3 месяца назад +3

      1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NLT - Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you-unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

    • @Helenurrrr
      @Helenurrrr 3 месяца назад +1

      The world is so blessed you are still here

  • @chriswilliams8159
    @chriswilliams8159 Год назад +288

    The relationship between thought and uncertainty is indeed tumoultous and rocky. We as humans are like kids stuck between the parents with a broken marriage, constantly fearing what lies ahead or rather how different things could potentially become.

  • @BossBelsham
    @BossBelsham Год назад +117

    Patiently waiting for “the fear of dying” counterpart. Not being able to see out my goals or ambitions to the best of my ability is alarming.

    • @kyshim1247
      @kyshim1247 Год назад

      I don't understand, could you elaborate?

    • @mcfuckinanotheraccount808
      @mcfuckinanotheraccount808 Год назад +3

      @@kyshim1247 For me personally the way this felt familiar is that i often get frustrated at the fact that it feels like i don't have enough time to get as good as i wanna get and know as much as i wanna know about things i'm passionate about

    • @danielrogers6862
      @danielrogers6862 11 месяцев назад

      I fear dying improving myself because I have hiv I'm not gonna risk moving to a new city and being the next homeless guy that dies from aids

    • @astros69
      @astros69 2 месяца назад +1

      I understand this comment with all my heart…

  • @turbovirgin_
    @turbovirgin_ 10 месяцев назад +12

    You're talking about ego death. That feeling of liberation, and possibility, and rawness, and oneness with the world around you. I've felt it before. It's awesome in the classical sense, and utterly terrifying.
    What I've learned about ego death is that it's temporary. The ego doesn't really die, it just shuts down in self-protection. Then there's nothing protecting you from the full, overwhelming force of all your emotions. When you stop weeping in joy and start interacting with the world again, you start noticing the parts of the world that aren't extremes of majesty and terror. The little annoyances, the chores, the people around you, the posters you hung up in your room. That's when your ego starts back up, when it's safe. Your sense of self comes back, it always does.
    My goal isn't to kill my sense of self and live without fear. My goal is to develop a sense of self strong enough to withstand the fear, and the dread, and the awe, and the sheer possibility of life, and come out the other side intact. I don't just want to live in the moment, I want to take the moment and make it a part of myself. I want to graft experiences onto myself, and digest them, and share them with others. I want to take the fear, and awe, and possibility, and wield it. I want to make the moment that others experience. But that's just me.

    • @anikabharwani
      @anikabharwani 4 месяца назад

      you are beautiful

    • @matteobosa
      @matteobosa День назад

      It’s good to see someone with the same goal. Thank you for writing it so beautifully

  • @andrewcabrera505
    @andrewcabrera505 Год назад +73

    One of my biggest fears is that I’m not actually cut out for it. Like I dream of being a writer, and in my head that dream can be realized and I can always imagine being an incredible writer. But if I try to write and end up being horrible, or can’t make ends meet once it comes to a point where I need to make actual sacrifices, suddenly the dream is dead. The only way I can assure it survives is by making sure it’s never realized.

    • @cooperriehl944
      @cooperriehl944 Год назад +12

      It can be truly satisfying to have a dream and never act on it. The flip side of this is that, by holding on to the dream, you're also putting a limit on your ability to experience the world even more fully. Keeping the dream inside you is like setting up camp at a fork in the road. Maybe one path leads to ruin and another to ecstasy. Maybe both to ruin. Maybe both to ecstasy. You'll never know unless you either follow your dream, or let it go.

    • @shadow8594
      @shadow8594 Год назад +5

      I recommend you do isha kriya meditation on youtube. It creates a distance between your mind and body giving you freedom and clarity. It makes you a more joyful and balanced person and it especially helped me in terms of mental health so I hope it helps you too.

    • @LeakyOrifices
      @LeakyOrifices Год назад +5

      Maybe you could start with small steps? Lessen the fear so that you can begin to approach your passion, look at writing with curiosity, that sort of thing?

    • @swalan124
      @swalan124 Год назад +5

      By shifting your mindset and focusing on the joy of writing, personal growth, and the process itself, you can continue dreaming about becoming a successful writer, regardless of the outcome. Don't let the fear of failure discourage you from pursuing your dreams. Embrace the possibilities, stay resilient, and keep nurturing your creativity.

    • @mrhirstteaches8370
      @mrhirstteaches8370 11 месяцев назад +4

      Live your life so that you can sing My Way by Frank Sinatra. If you write or not, whatever you do, make sure you don’t regret it

  • @joshavery
    @joshavery Год назад +68

    Looking at the fear of living through the psychedelics lens is fascinating.
    People can experience "ego death" while tripping; it's a complete loss of a sense of self. In this state, one is directly faced with the incomprehensible and absurd. The "goal" is to release your fear and live completely in the now, however insane it may seem or however helpless you may feel.
    That experience sounded a hell of a lot like you described any other moment, tripping or not. Living in the present is absurd and incomprehensible. It's hard to let go. But when you're able to, beautiful things happen.

  • @soullessvacuum
    @soullessvacuum Год назад +17

    That reminded me that I have absolutely no idea how to live my life anymore.

  • @LeakyOrifices
    @LeakyOrifices Год назад +41

    I was watching this in the kitchen while doing some work and the part about sorrow for encountering the world “as it is” made me want to pause the video and let the point you were making marinate a bit.
    It made me think of how I got bullied relentlessly in school through the near entirety of my compulsory education years. Thinking about that made be have to confront the feelings I associate with that fact pretty head on and I cried a bit.
    Immediately as I was doing this, I realised the radio was on (y’know, just as idle background noise) and it was playing Mambo No. 5. I immediately found the contrast of the situation very funny and laughed while crying at the absurdity of this meta-meta situation I experienced just as I was watching a video on this whole schtick.
    This is the kind of human experience I want to etch into my very being. Just these little things that contrast deep, absurdly meaningless suffering and make such things a bit easier to live with.

    • @thalissacarvalho4109
      @thalissacarvalho4109 Год назад +1

      you got me laughing (respectfully lol)

    • @bruitdefond
      @bruitdefond 11 месяцев назад +2

      This capacity to wonder at trifles - no matter the imminent peril - these asides of the spirit, these footnotes in the volume of life are the highest forms of consciousness, and it is in this childishly speculative state of mind, so different from commonsense and its logic, that we know the world to be good. - Nabokov

    • @architchoudhary4782
      @architchoudhary4782 11 месяцев назад +3

      That happens to me too: I'll be crying one moment, mourning every aspect of my existence, and then I notice something so funny I can't help laughing out loud. It's quite interesting.

  • @lmzaadi
    @lmzaadi Год назад +40

    I’m just a fan, you didn’t have to make a whole video just for me. I’m honored 🥺🥰💐

  • @proof-xx1vv
    @proof-xx1vv Год назад +16

    so that's why it feels so good after an intense workout session! i get into this state of almost zero thought and 100% observation. I become a lens in some sense in whih information simply flows through my senses withouth being interpreted or become muddied down by my own thoughts of the past. It feels amazing. And since i have intrusive thoughts (pure-OCD) that vanish after the workout session the contrast is even more stark. i don't feel fear, i don't feel anxiety but i feel only awe and true calm. This video summed what i have been trying to explain to my friends for the past three years.

  • @user-qb4on2qm7z
    @user-qb4on2qm7z Год назад +9

    The thing holding me back in my journey I found to simply be myself. My own beliefs about myself and my beliefs about myself in relation to others. For the longest time one of my main beliefs was that I am worthless and deserve suffering and deserve to never be loved. Its all about how deeply you believe something. The world is made of pure consciousness and by simply imagining it and accepting it your world restructures itself to meet your beliefs. Every bad thing that has happened to me was necessary for me to get to this point.

  • @L9-Mi
    @L9-Mi Год назад +44

    Thanks bro! This is kinda how I’ve been feeling for the past month… 😢

    • @datardi
      @datardi Год назад +8

      bruv watched the vid on 12x speed 🤣

    • @Ten_Thousand_Locusts
      @Ten_Thousand_Locusts Год назад +3

      ​@@datardilmaooooo

    • @L9-Mi
      @L9-Mi Год назад

      @@datardi 100x speed

    • @johnson_934
      @johnson_934 Год назад +1

      same no idea what doing in life LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @caraboo_9543
    @caraboo_9543 11 месяцев назад +8

    “Many people find it easy to exist, but only very few can truly live.”

  • @_def_not_am4613
    @_def_not_am4613 Год назад +20

    These videos remind me to take a step back and take a breath, they are like a passing butterfly in that sense - something that you must focus on focusing entirely on in order to enjoy it.

  • @hamcoon817
    @hamcoon817 Год назад +2

    This came at a weird timing in my life.
    thank you Sisyphus, watching your videos help comfort me in my worst moments.

  • @alice_so_kattish5445
    @alice_so_kattish5445 Год назад +2

    Your videos always come at the perfect time, as if you know exactly what I’m feeling.. I’m glad to know I’m not alone.

  • @CallumBruceBell
    @CallumBruceBell Год назад +1

    Every aspect of this is beautiful - the music, the video aesthetic, the cartoons, the philosophy, the citations, the emotional content, your gentle narration. You do great, helpful work. Thank you.

  • @jacobblackwell1789
    @jacobblackwell1789 Год назад +136

    I love your videos man but sometimes it’s really hard to watch them. It takes so much out of me emotionally. Regardless I love it and I love you!

    • @r3i960
      @r3i960 Год назад +8

      Its fuckin hard to understand and keep up.

    • @thederpydude2088
      @thederpydude2088 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@r3i960 The topics are thought provoking, but I do feel like I would have to rewind and ponder the ideas to really understand the point. Though I wish I understood it immediately a bit more intuitively, it's still kinda fun to think it over and figure some things out myself.

  • @mridul407
    @mridul407 Год назад +3

    the fact that you post videos about the thoughts that haunt me in the recess of my mind makes me really appreciate you. Though I am too afraid to look into my shadow for an answer you give a rope/make a way to begin that journey. Thanks sisyphus.

  • @flavertex658
    @flavertex658 Год назад +1

    This comes to me at an auspicious time, in which just this exact issue is the forefront of my thought and living. Thank you deeply.

  • @alexandersomera9974
    @alexandersomera9974 Год назад +17

    The way that you are able to guide viewers from the foundations of western philosophy into the possibility of sincere psychological transformation is fucking remarkable. You have such a gift and it is wonderful that you are so willing and able to share it. Thank you.

  • @redgreen2453
    @redgreen2453 Год назад +45

    Im not afraid of dying or being forgotten, I’m afraid of being punched or people thinking I’m stupid

    • @tylerdurden-ch8ip
      @tylerdurden-ch8ip Год назад

      That is easily avoided. The latter, not so much

    • @yureikertia6940
      @yureikertia6940 Год назад +4

      Pain is temporary. Time will pass anyway. It's up to you to decide if that really matters to you in the grand scheme of things

    • @cooperriehl944
      @cooperriehl944 Год назад +2

      Some people believe fear and anxiety protect us from being punched. I look at it the other way - fear and anxiety prevent us from being able to choose whether we want to be punched or not.

    • @redgreen2453
      @redgreen2453 Год назад +8

      @@cooperriehl944 kinky

    • @RandomCatFromFrance
      @RandomCatFromFrance 2 месяца назад

      ​@@yureikertia6940
      Oh no
      Oh no
      How did i get to this point
      How did i get to the point
      where this sentence, that calmed so many, cause such despair on me?
      Maybe it's because what i think is completely, absolutely and utterly irrational?
      Maybe if i did it
      I'd have wasted my existance
      Or maybe it's because it is true
      And if i avoid it
      I'd have wasted my existance?
      What i feel
      could be easily cured with a present i've already received.

  • @zanzacool2618
    @zanzacool2618 Год назад +1

    this was a great video, amazed by the quality that you've been putting into these lately. keep it up!!

  • @yatsuu_39
    @yatsuu_39 Год назад +20

    dude how are all your vids perfectly timed with whatever i’m feeling at any given moment?? fantastic videos btw keep it up 😁

    • @kyubeyo
      @kyubeyo 7 месяцев назад

      Fr tho

  • @MDrummKid2
    @MDrummKid2 Год назад +3

    this channel is severely underrated. Such concise and thought provoking content. Not going to lie sometimes even just seeing the title/thumbnail causes me anxiety, because I know that what's about to happen when I click the video is that I confront myself or maybe even hear words which express or explain the feelings and the fears which I so desperately try to repress. But I force myself to watch anyways because I know that I need this, so thanks for helping open all of our eyes!

  • @owlman135
    @owlman135 Год назад

    You always put out videos of what im and seemingly a lot of other of people are feeling right when they can hear it. Love seeing a Ram Dass quote, would love to see a full vid from you on him!

  • @uzulim9234
    @uzulim9234 5 месяцев назад

    this really resonated with me, thank you. i realised that i can love freely, but in a way that is full, healthy, and responsible.

  • @Jabjabs
    @Jabjabs Год назад +3

    Always great to see Ram Dass making an appearance. I love his style of "Be here now" followed by what is essentially "watch out for that because here is 500 ways it can drive you insane if you aren't careful." It is an angle that one can really appreciate, it shows how even those that look like they have it together have to keep an eye on how things are actually going.

  • @vincentpomerleau6865
    @vincentpomerleau6865 11 месяцев назад +1

    You ve made me realise a patern ive never seen about holding on to sorrow. Thank you ill try keeping myself in check

  • @eric_grossman
    @eric_grossman Год назад +1

    This was exactly what I needed to investigate today. Thanks dude, fantastic work

  • @smokeofthebear979
    @smokeofthebear979 Год назад

    Keep it up big man tons of hype and positivity from me can’t wait to the next

  • @joshkostek5037
    @joshkostek5037 Год назад +1

    Every upload from this guy in the past 3 weeks has directly pertained to my life and I have no idea why and no clue how I stumbled upon it but I’m here for it

  • @nathannationwide5549
    @nathannationwide5549 Год назад

    Amazing video as always and even better timing. Somehow you always do this.

  • @davidblackwell614
    @davidblackwell614 Год назад +2

    Love this ❤ my only addition would be a line on how Grief and sorrow are the shadows of love and joy; they arise together, out of each other. Would fit nicely to support the hard to counter intuitive point you’re making,

  • @scaredyghosts
    @scaredyghosts Год назад

    You are good at what you do. Your voice is calming and it made me relaxed

  • @joshshergill2
    @joshshergill2 Год назад +1

    i love your videos bro don't stop

  • @slamjam2221
    @slamjam2221 11 месяцев назад

    your videos are very calming to listen to while reading

  • @melimelz4948
    @melimelz4948 9 месяцев назад

    This was beautiful. Thank you ❤

  • @martianwildfowl7166
    @martianwildfowl7166 Год назад +1

    Found this at a powerful moment. Great stuff!

  • @meditate_ssbu
    @meditate_ssbu Год назад

    Really needed this today, thanks Sisyphus55

  • @cagastian1
    @cagastian1 Год назад

    the amount of bliss i get from your videos makes life worth living

  • @dimosthenistserikis5901
    @dimosthenistserikis5901 Год назад +1

    To die is to simply live without a future…. That’s deep man, great work keep it up!

  • @evaenda
    @evaenda Год назад

    i love your work!! thanks sisyphus55 for this great video

  • @pedropalacios9346
    @pedropalacios9346 Год назад

    Been binging your videos, and this one hit the hardest!

  • @charlesjoshi5154
    @charlesjoshi5154 Год назад

    This is awesome! thanks for making this 😊

  • @volstrekt
    @volstrekt Год назад

    I resonate so much w this channel. Thanks for doing what you do

  • @nikhilpatro6376
    @nikhilpatro6376 Год назад +2

    Suprised and also happy to see that it is not just the western Philosophers but many Indian Philosophers who are helping to propagate the Indian philsophy and in the meantime seamlessly blend in with those of western ideas.
    The video in itself is a masterpiece! Love it!

  • @RelaxKing845
    @RelaxKing845 Год назад +1

    Hey sisyphus 55 I just wanted to say that I like your videos a lot and appriciete it so much also you have so nice voice! Please dont stop posting

  • @afaf6478
    @afaf6478 Год назад

    Wow, this video is my favourite. So well written. It felt so relevant to my own experiences

  • @ethanwood2934
    @ethanwood2934 Год назад +17

    A man who let’s all things flow in, through, and out of himself is the only man to have truly lived for he has touched the universe more than any other soul.

  • @shmeeve
    @shmeeve Год назад

    Your “on su****” video really helped me reflect on my personal struggles and thoughts. I think about it often. Thank you

  • @danieldalton
    @danieldalton Год назад +9

    Thanks for this one Sis ❤

    • @brayd890
      @brayd890 Год назад +2

      Why do you get to comment 10 hours before the video comes out

    • @amaan06
      @amaan06 Год назад

      @@brayd890 because he scheduled the video.

  • @justinolm
    @justinolm Год назад

    Im a new suscriber I want to say that this format inspire me to maybe some day express my opinion on the internet in this way but in spanish. Love your content!!!

  • @evan4766
    @evan4766 Год назад

    You're truly one of my favorite artists. I'm so excited to share your stuff with my kid...
    (Is there a Playlist of your most kid-friendly pieces)??

  • @tonylefaive
    @tonylefaive Год назад

    Such a beautiful video. Thank you

  • @bigpoopoo69
    @bigpoopoo69 11 месяцев назад

    man this video’s a masterpiece, I really learned a lot man thanks

  • @jacquelineroman2708
    @jacquelineroman2708 Месяц назад

    Thank you I needed this video right now. I’ve recently graduated and I feel so afraid to steer off into a new path. I feel comfortable where I’m at, but I’m not exactly happy. And I’m afraid of what would happen if I were to begin a new career.

  • @Fear_Therapy
    @Fear_Therapy 11 месяцев назад

    This is the kind of fear that not everyone is aware of but deep inside they have this. 😢

  • @TheSabotaje
    @TheSabotaje Год назад

    I always find your videos inspiring thought and try watch them as fast as possible ❤

  • @LibertyScholar
    @LibertyScholar Год назад +1

    So happy to hear you talk about Krishnamurti! He's one of my favorite thinkers. I recommend his book "The First and Last Freedom" with an introduction by Aldous Huxley.

  • @sauceman2saucyboogaloo530
    @sauceman2saucyboogaloo530 Год назад

    Really needed this today, thank you

  • @xMXWLx
    @xMXWLx Год назад

    our ideas of living has been co-opted and the connotation of living comes with some kind of work or struggle that we already know is ahead, all the time.

  • @arii69420
    @arii69420 3 месяца назад

    i fear my contemplation on everything you said now and thereafter will all have just been but a thought as i miserably continue to live vicariously, all too aware of how weak i am for realizing this and not taking any action. every week passes before i'm able to grasp at the courage to truly live and i'm afraid that before i know it, i'll be standing having the same thought 20 years later.

  • @923raio_
    @923raio_ Год назад

    The fear of success would be a nice complimentary follow up to this.

  • @mischiefner
    @mischiefner Год назад +1

    I love your work!

  • @nekaylasmith
    @nekaylasmith Год назад

    This is so very humbling.

  • @cosmostardust5624
    @cosmostardust5624 Год назад +4

    I’ve had too much despair thinking about the scale of everything. Once I developed an apathy for all things in my life, I simply delude myself into thinking I don’t care. Whether this is a trauma response, or a protective measure, it forces me to do nothing (in the face of everything I’ve ever wanted).

    • @cosmostardust5624
      @cosmostardust5624 Год назад +5

      Having anxiety all my life, eventually broke me some way. Hearing all this, I relate to it, but only in the terms of my past self. Anything that happens is blocked from eliciting emotion from me by the wall of apathy I built with the hopes of protection, and a sense of caring about specific things and not others. But that’s not how it ever turns out. The apathy is too proactive, ruining my joy and progress. I am depressed and unhealthy because of a lot of things in my life, not least of all, me. I fear that nothing will ever change while actively doing nothing. If only things could change..

    • @kkounal974
      @kkounal974 Год назад

      I never understood why people feel despair about the scale of everything. Am i not ambitious enough, or have i made peace with it a lot sooner than most people? I just don't get it.

  • @donaldquirk7801
    @donaldquirk7801 Год назад

    I forgot about this channel. I'm so glad I found it again.

  • @Ellenweiss1
    @Ellenweiss1 9 месяцев назад

    This is really brilliant!!

  • @annaantoinette
    @annaantoinette 6 месяцев назад +4

    also like capitalism makes in incredibly hard to live a full life when youre not from a semi-wealthy household. i know why im a afraid to live life to the fullest, because it causes me to have to risk my whole existence. And sure i could take that existential risk and thats a wall. But we shouldnt have to be afraid to die bc we want to live our lives like we want to.

  • @redgreen2453
    @redgreen2453 Год назад +46

    It’s not the meaninglessness of the struggling that gets me down, I’m ok with meaninglessness.
    It’s the struggling that gets old

    • @mjgeolin6956
      @mjgeolin6956 Год назад +3

      THIS but i’m struggling with time as well

  • @tealwave77
    @tealwave77 Год назад +1

    Sisyphus55 will always be my favorite RUclipsr

  • @michaelchen2718
    @michaelchen2718 2 месяца назад +1

    From the very first second of this video you see the perfect balance of depth and comedy.

  • @dreamking4321
    @dreamking4321 Год назад

    this one was really great man

  • @BryanMotives
    @BryanMotives Год назад +1

    was just looking for something to watch before sleep

  • @phylippezimmermannpaquin2062
    @phylippezimmermannpaquin2062 11 месяцев назад +5

    Im scared of spending my time doing new things only to have it all wasted. Im terrified of wasting time. I can enjoy doing nothing but i recoil at the idea of wasting time

  • @Catthepunk
    @Catthepunk 6 дней назад

    I'm battling this fear to live rn. I didn't realise as clearly how afraid of allowing myself to feel my overstimulation fully, that i ended up burnt out and scared of confronting people in challenging times. I only realised this clearly today when i did a meditation for releasing emotions i can't label, by this youtube channel called The Mental Level.

  • @relatvity
    @relatvity Месяц назад

    Amazing stuff man

  • @zog6243
    @zog6243 Год назад

    Your videos always come out at the perfect time for me. I just watched the film Gerry. To anyone reading- I recommend it, it’s beautiful.

  • @abdullahisskhan7628
    @abdullahisskhan7628 Год назад

    Beautiful, just beautiful.

  • @sterlingrussell2485
    @sterlingrussell2485 Год назад

    Was waiting for the eastern thought, lol. Great vid!

  • @insignifikant
    @insignifikant Год назад +1

    Been in a depression week and this video popped up in my recommendations. What a coincidence.

  • @ibacon1999
    @ibacon1999 Месяц назад

    i really felt the double taps on the endless sequencer lol
    but really great video, the whole creation from start to finish but not boring! very nice, with most op1 jams i loose track of what the person playing is actually doing :l

  • @georgepliskin5199
    @georgepliskin5199 5 месяцев назад

    To live without future... This is one of those things i want to learn someday. A hard lesson indeed, but a crucial one to live life fully.

  • @Pyarilovely
    @Pyarilovely Год назад +4

    "To die is to simply live without a future, without a tomorrow. To find out what it means to die is to live without fear "
    ~Krishnamurti

  • @kosmo4633
    @kosmo4633 Год назад +9

    If you view the world as it is you realize you can't get lost. The path was never there.

    • @cunnylicious
      @cunnylicious Год назад

      Wdym? Lots of people think as if there is a path to take, especially the well-adjusted ones.

    • @sniffxy
      @sniffxy Год назад

      bro that sounds depressing stop😭

  • @bardofvoid174
    @bardofvoid174 11 месяцев назад

    I think it'd also be super interesting to add onto this conversation by adding what maslow's inspiration for his hiearchy of needs was, which was inspired by the blackfoot's nation's beliefs, which has 3 tiers, has a greater focus on community, and has "self-actualization" as the bottom tier. It'd be a really interesting addition/focus if you ever focus on it or return to this topic.

  • @MayankJairaj
    @MayankJairaj Год назад

    best vid I watched today!

  • @muhammadruzbianvari106
    @muhammadruzbianvari106 10 месяцев назад +1

    why tf do u know what's on my mind dawg
    good vid