The One Thought That Can Change How You Feel About Everything
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2021
- Thank you to the book summary app Blinkist for sponsoring this video. The first 100 people to go to www.blinkist.com/pursuitofwonder will receive free unlimited access for 1 week and 25% off if you decide to get the full membership.
In this video, we look into the nature of death and its unique, intertwining relationship with human consciousness.
Pursuit of Wonder books available here:
Guided writing journal here: www.amazon.com/dp/B09K1ZVMM8
The Hidden Story of Every Person: www.amazon.com/dp/B095L8LP33
Notes from the End of Everything: www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88
(Also available to more international locations here: pursuitofwonder.com/store)
If you are interested in further supporting the channel,
you can shop Pursuit of Wonder merch here: www.pursuitofwonder.com/store
Or contribute to the Patreon here: / pursuitofwonder
Special thank you to our very generous Patreon supporters:
Zake Jajac
Alan Stein
Zinzan
Heather Liu
Siddharth Kothari
Stanley Chan
Dave Portnoy
Jaad Van der Wee
Justin Redenbaugh
Fathy Abdalla
Christian Villanueva
George Leontowicz
Kelly J. Rose
Asael Ramirez
Terry Gilmour
Follow Pursuit of Wonder on:
Instagram at: / pursuitofwonder
Facebook at: / pursuitofwonder
"Don't try to be a hero, or a sage, or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough."
🐢
@@starlufts ah yes. The bri'ish 🐢 that made me question my existence many times.
@@starcrystal2580 ah yes, inquisitive criticality philosophers whom are familiar with the perpetually mad turtle with a third eye and a cat. I have found thee.
I don't think there is any right way to do it after all. Do as you please. Be a sage or a warrior but, don't be deluded and ignorant.
@@ojesavbatra3678 ruclips.net/video/7g1pmHSWHe0/видео.html That quote will work well with context. This is the video where I got it
"The mystery of life is not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience." -Jamis, Dune
I'm pretty sure the quote was originally made by Kierkegaard
ikr, maybe if you want to be happy, stop thinking about unsolvable, unexistant abstracts, and focus on whats real in front of you.
That's so deep
@@dodojef301 yep it was the danish giant who made this quote
A month ago I wrote down on my diary, "Do you want to solve problem or do you want to live?"
"The meaning of life is just to be alive.
It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."
-Alan Watts
There's no meaning to life. Life would be what it is whether we gave it meaning or not.
@@e.t.tribeentertainment especially there is no meaning in life If you think about how big the universe is.
Why should we have a meaning? Why not some other planet with human like creatures?
@@maxderholzrusse7301 or how brief a moment of space-time is the ~14B “Earth years” that enclose all that we meaningless motes can conceive - to internalize meaninglessness and transcend its imaginary threshold from the meaning it lessens
I love this quote and Alan Watts' philosophy.
@@e.t.tribeentertainment yeah bit life itself is meaning so there is meaning and isn't.All truths are paradoxical
I can't even imagine how much brainstorming and minute observation you have to do to bring this wonderful content. 👍🏻😊
Not much tbh…none of this is “original” per se, just ideas that have been thought of and refined + great video production
@@period5304 For your knowledge, anyone can work and bring a content similar to this, but not anyone can reach as excellence. Your talking is ludicrous, making this video look super easy. I appreciate if I don’t see you in the comments ever again.
@@Thesalamanca the “+ great video production” already covered what you’re blabbering here
@Bender Bending Rodriguez "Smart people" or not.. you just negated a shit load of work as if it was drinking a glass of water. Life must be very easy for you to have gained such a perspective.
I get along with myself and generally - I am my own best friend - and typically I face few problems - as long as I don't think about the sex I didn't get to have.
General Patton often said, "We keep coming back, till we get it right." There was an event in his life - that may prove his statement. When Italy was finished in WWII - Patton ask his staff to take him to an ancient Roman battlefield - so his staff did the local research to find this battlefield - so they got in a couple of jeeps and took Patton to this so-called battlefield. When they got there - Patton explained this was not the correct location and instructed them to drive on - as they did - soon Patton told them to stop - he got out of the jeep and started telling his staff all about this battle in great detail. He looked at his staff - who all had dumbfounded looks on their face - and he asked, "You know how I know?" "I was here all those years ago - it was me - I fought here." Their dumbfounded looks turned to disbelief.
In 1965 - archeologists - discovered a stash of buried weapons - it was tradition to bury weapons that lost a battle as such weapons may bring bad luck.
So the location of that battle was changed in the history books.
NOW - is that proof of reincarnation - maybe - maybe not - the alternative is that our brains in various degrees inherent knowledge and experiences from previous generations - perhaps Patton inherited a rare vivid experience from previous ancient generations of his own bloodline - perhaps such DNA skipped many generations, however, deeply buried in the chroma of reactive conscientiousness.
The bleakest thing about these masterpiece is the "this video is sponsored by..." After a rollercoaster ride of nihilism and deep thinking
Agreed 100%
Why get bothered though
Good. Capitalism should rub you the wrong way. That means you're actually thinking about things.
I get what you are saying, but on the other side he put time into this and its free to you and me. He should be paid by someone if he desires that. What is wrong with that?
@@bobbiema6671 it's not his fault it's just shitty that it's necessary I think that's their point
I had just recently quit my job in retail that I hated an also just found out the son I thought was mine was not. Today was my first day at UPS and it was a good day. I came home to watch this video and it really made the day more wholesome. Thank you once again for another amazing video.
I hope you continue to find happiness, brother. You should look up Meditations by Marcus Aurelius if you're not already familiar.
Is this a bad time to tell you that you were adopted?
I'll have your baby
I've been with UPS for 15 years. Stay out of management and you'll be fine. Enjoy the ride!
I am your son you didn’t know about.
I had the biggest smile when you said "Absurdity", because I wrote this word at the bottom of my monitor, to always remind myself.
Always enjoy the small things and be present.
An excellent word indeed 😌
same it’s my favorite term
You know what's truely absurd? the fact that your constantly dying, everything about you is falling apart, argubly there is no "you" to be alive.
@@thegrandnil764 my meat vessel is dying, i am alive though,
@@thegrandnil764 your body is not in a state of decay until somewhere in your twenties so this is just not true.... Even if your body falls apart there is still your thoughts (neurons in the brain don't naturally decay until death, because of illness or when major changes in the body occur).
I'm going to be 47 next month. I have read a lot of books in my time. Becker's "Denial of Death" had the most profound effect on my life, of any book I've read, with Thucydides' "The Peloponnessian War" being a close second. It is a book that once you read, you will be affected by, especially if you seek to know what is at the core of the human condition.
Thank you
I'm 47 right now -- Never worried to much about it, I mean heck - I was a highrise window cleaner and cell tower climber for 25 years. - Not to afraid of much. I believe the big D is what it was like before Birth. I think it will be peaceful -== enjoy this miracle we call life -- it truly is a miracle -= No matter what you believe in.
Im so glad that ive found these types of videos in early parts of my life
@@klol-ld8jr That's a good thing to realize. Information is out there, and it is critical to know what is true as opposed to false. Unfortunately, we didn't have access to the kind of things we have today when I was young. Check out a channel called Academy of Ideas, if you like this stuff, you'll like them too. All the best in your endeavors.
@@TheLacedaemonian300 thanks
I know my input isn't important, but I have long had a different but similar interpretation of existence. Rather than fearing that one day I will die, I find relief in it in times of struggle. No matter what pain or failure, I will eventually die. It is always there, the final stop on this journey. As such, I see no reason to despair. Instead, knowing it does not matter in the end, I simply do my best and try to enjoy myself along the way.
The writing is just...beautiful...
Im getting smacked with beautiful facts too.
This was interesting to watch and listen to
Ernest Becker sounds like a 20th century Epicurus who once said
"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."
"You are driving blind through the most impossibly complex maze that you know ends in a head-on collision with a wall."
You know, this one sentence is very comforting.
As you wait in line for 2 hours to board a 3 minute theme park ride you can obsess over the ending of the ride or you can just enjoy it while it lasts. Life is like a short ride as well, knowing that experiencing this ride a gift and a privilege that billions of souls wish they were on should be a cause for celebration not misery.
True
When the wind blows, dust shatters the pessimism of the intellect and the optimism of the will. An invisible life headed for a nameless grave (I don’t remember the author of this).
Don’t let your spirit grow old and do more of what matters.
Okaygee
.
This is how I've naturally lived my life. I've alway felt alienated by peoples apparent need for meaing in life. When I've always found the only thing that means the most to be now.
That’s called procrastination.
@@noahl.1003 it's not, meaning is subjective
@@noahl.1003 Missed the whole point of this video..
@@noahl.1003 Nothing that you do matters unless you gain satisfaction from the act of doing it.
"We create and engage in symbolic constructs, cultural activities and beliefs, in an attempt to refuse our cosmic insignificance and convince ourselves that we matter"
What a powerful statement
The ego of man. Free yourself from the confines of the learned behaviors we have been taught as children. Grow up, look at the stars and realize that you are not that important in the grand scheme. At that moment, you are truly free. Feel the connection of the Earth, Sun and Moon and beyond and stop walking on eggshells out of fear that an imaginary guy in the sky is going to burn your soul for eternity because you want to have a good time. It's time for humanity to grow the fuck up.
@@carson21211 You’re right, but you gotta remember, all the people around you have been taught this. In a way, it comforts the soul of man to think he will be in heaven with all his dead relatives and family. You take that away from him, he’ll go off the deep end. Man needs religion to believe all this has meaning. Of course, it’s absurd and there our many people that I truly love and would never want to burst their bubble and speak the truth. We really aren’t special or significant compared to the universe. But like I said, why would I want to hurt some of the people I love. I know they aren’t ready for this. I just feel that most of the population isn’t ready to be Red Pilled. People that have hard lives yearn for something they can hope for and look forward to. I don’t want to be the prick that smashes all their dreams, especially to people that are in morning over loosing a loved one. People need to Red Pill themselves. Whenever I see a guy debating a religious person over God, I think to myself, how pointless. To me, it’s an exercise in futility. Let man have his religion and let that be his comfort to ease his pain. I know the world for what it truly is, a very brutal, hard existence. Compassion is my remedy for the human condition. To just enjoy what little time we have on this rock in space. Never loose your sense of humor. It’s probably man’s greatest armor as he goes through his life. Keep it frosty brutha~~
@@nightowl5475 It's funny, the odds of our existence being important are almost none, at the same time, in our ignorance, we can't really prove anything, neither that we are special neither that we are not. As socrates himself said, we can only know that we know nothing. So we shouldn't take this line of reasoning as something to be proud of, trying to feel superior to someone who is religious is just as poinless and the worse thing that we can try to do. We are all equally lost in this, we just have to accept that, on the way to death some of us try to have a little hope and trully believe that all of this has a purpose, almost no one finds it reasonable to have all of this be made for nothing, and that is a totally plausible reasoning. Personally I don't see any problem in life not having any meaning, but I discovered that it's really hard to see things that way and almost nobody has the capability of living a healthy life like that. I do have faith, but a different kind. Without ANY faith or hope, the only option is suicide
@@nightowl5475 chaos, hostility, murder (per the Bavarian filmmaker Werner Herzog)
@@thiagomeneses6373 “almost no one finds it reasonable to have all of this made for nothing” … that is one half of a paradox, in that almost everyone fails to either divine any reason to conclude that our collectively perceived universe was created, or to postulate that our perceived capacity to reason over meaning had itself emerged, ultimately, from nothingness and meaninglessness
Probably the most eye-opening video I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
Hahahaha i just wrote a long ass comment and posted it, refreshed the comments, and my first sentence in it said “eye-opening” too
This is definitely POW's best.
If you've never heard Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot, I highly recommend you do a quick RUclips search for it and take a listen. It's like the other side of this existential coin. POW has detailed how we can make our own lives have meaning and importance, and Sagan shows how we can do so as a species.
I agree 100%
One of many that some very talented people have been making lately
You'll forget this in no time
His thoughts feel strongly similar to Camus' "absurdism", in the sense of recognizing the universe's lack of meaning despite our desire for it. Great video! I'll be sure to check out the book soon
Intense read but definitely worth it.
"Fame is like a puzzle, everyone recognizes the front of box but nobody recognizes all the pieces that make you"
i am 14 and when i was 12 and had just decided to become an astronaut. at that point i knew what resposibility i would be taking and why i would be doing such a thing. i never wanted the world to remember me or my name to be taught to the future generations, but rather to push my limits and to push science further. i never thought of it as a way to be a "hero". i knew, i always knew that the impact i could make had no meaning that i would be forgotten and thta humanity and everything we have ever known, wanted, had, lost, loved and hated were pointless. but who was i? who was i to stand upon my throne of ignorance as i felt that i somehow mattered. because i didn't. i am not some, WE are nto some superior beings. we are jst as insigniicant and unimportant as a bug on the pavement to you. maybe less. and so i decided. i can't do anything but to live in my own world of misery. but if i am stuck with this mindset and in this fucking awful world, why not change it? why not make the best of it? not for me, but for who is to come after me. thank Pursuit of Wonder. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks for this comment and good luck with your dreams!
Our real work in life is to give it meaning. The first step towards giving life meaning is to believe YOU matter.
this channel is so underrated...
I don't understand why people don't like these topics
Every word, every sentence, very well written, brings awareness to people.
thank you so much for these nice articles I hope you continue to write more...
i don't fear death, each death is like a drop of rain rejoining the ocean of which it's always been a part of, there is a time before me and there will be a time after me, and I don't mind it
“Shines a proportionally bright light on what matters, right now” that just did so much for me for some reason. Life is amazing.
I agree, however I also believe we all already know what happens after death. We have all already experienced it before being born. We come from that “place” so we are simply going back to a place to which we are way more familiar since we spent all eternity there (minus our current existence). So let’s try to not be greedy and accept that place when it’s our time to go back.
P.S. we can’t comprehend that place as of now but it’s still fun and interesting to think about possibilities so keep up the good work philosophers!
Afterall we are just walking eachother home .
- Baba Ram Daas
Love it!
We will remember as soon as we die and it will be more beautiful than anyone can imagine.
@@Mistical1982 I think when you die there’s nothing because humans are just their mind. If we didn’t have eyes or brain we are nothing are sense of self doesn’t exist.
You just changed my whole way of thinking. Thank you for this.
We choose the meaning of our lives. We can decide that human life is meaningless and not do things. Then, our life is meaningless. Or we can decide what meaning we want our lives to have, and what standards that meaning should aim for. It is up to us. That is our one shot.
This video may make you feel sad in some respects, but honestly, it made me happy. I realize I’m not alone with the way I think. Great work!
it's hard to live in a society that try constantly to change you.
There is NOTHING as perfect in this fragile and hopeless life as when you arrived at the end of a challenging yet finally comforting 10 minutes that talked me out of my existential despair with "This video is sponsored by Blinkist".
When I was young, I never really took it in. Sure, I knew I was going to die and frankly I didn't expect I'd last very long either. But it never really resonated with me in a way that felt real. I didn't really care. Now I'm in my autumn years, it does resonate and I do care. And despite the fact that it's not only a fundamental part of the premise upon which all life exist, but also in some way I cannot fully articulate, probably equally fundamental to the value of life and the way I perceive everything which is built on contrast, I still cannot fully accept the fact that my micro universe is about to collapse and vanish forever.
I've tried to figure out why this (which seems to me something of a dichotomy) is a thing, and I think I know the answer. It's basically the same reason the godhead was so sceptical about letting us eat the fruit in the garden of Eden, and which has gotten us into so much trouble: Our particular form of self awareness, in which we experience ourselves experiencing, also gives us an absolute monster of an ego.
All humans are narcissists, and by the definition of many religions, that narcissism is pathological in nature. The perceived importance of our selves is absolutely preposterous. Even though all of creation and everything we know about the facts of life and the universe tells us otherwise, we still refuse to accept our mortality.
But maybe at the end of the day, we have just intellectualized a base instinct, which is the drive to survive. So maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe the pinnacle of the ego and folly is to intellectualize death to the point where we embrace it. Ouch I think I just bit my own tail.
Nah, I think that death truly is our safety valve and that the godhead barred the path to the tree of life for good reason. People like Aubrey de Grey are the biggest fools after all.
And perhaps in your denial of death you are making profound statement that you love life. I envy your micro universe. It is amazing that even in the autumn of your life you resist death and dont invite it.
It would be far worse if you hated life, hated your body, was unable to ever love. Its hard to see life as not worth living at all. To see yourself as a worthless scum with no right to life without being able to anything give to world. There are some people myself included, that dont see this life as a fun and wonderful ride with no end in sight but as a gaping black pit. There is no beauty, there is emptiness.
@@TheIgdrasil1 Yes, I agree with everything you said. I probably do love life, despite the fact that I kind of got a raw deal from it. Or maybe precisely _because_ I got a raw deal. I've noticed that the pets that were rejected or mistreated, often interface in the most loving and joyful way when they get a second chance. Or people who've had near death experiences. In the same way, the smallest acts of kindness or sign of presence or intelligence, or just flora/fauna, weather, observing people, enjoying the fact that I have food and shelter and so on, all of these give me joy almost every single day. No matter how dark in the space around me, there's always a door a crack open where a light shines through.
I have no idea why I came out this way, I take no credit for it whatsoever. It may also change at any given moment. I don't know life, just a portion of my own. I can't say that I know that I have made a single choice my entire life. It's all been dictated by circumstance, which I suspect goes for everyone else as well.
I wonder why some have this light and some only see darkness, when apparently we're all exposed to the same pulse of life, vitality, complexity and diversity and so on. "Every night and every morn, some to misery are born. Every morn and every night, some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night." - W. Blake.
Thanks.
@@QualeQualeson Dude, don't give up on not knowing. Look, seek, try to find out.
Love your words, but just because you write so well, one detail I disagree, and I think you'll agree too with my disagreement: people have egotism just because they do NOT have self awareness, they abuse the mind's power (the Arabian "genie" is the mind) to believe anything.
@@peacesound1101 Good point. It's hard to define self awareness, let alone different forms of it. I think that's it's entirely possible to not have an infantile ego and still be completely caught up in mind constructs, as you can get caught up in not being caught up in them. From a Buddhist perspective, that's still infantile I guess, so yes. This gets tricky, and that's why we're kind of trapped. But I do get what you're saying and I appreciate the addendum.
Death is the price of living.
~ persuit of wonder🌑
Every word here is real. He said the absolute truth we can't deny
Absolute Truth? Get real, there are billions with absolute truths no one can deny. This video is neither wrong or the truth, it just is a tour de force of the higher path of atheism, which the "lower path" is believing atheism is "fundamental" or the truth everything is built upon
This channel confirms that so many are actually aware of their fear of death and the apparent meaninglessness of life, even if they don't have immediate friends to discuss such fears. This one particularly brought some insight to the reason for my diversions.
We come from the earth. We return to the earth. And in between, we garden.
Was expecting to be depressed but was inspired. Great content.
PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way.
GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what?
GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.
PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad.
GANDALF: No. No, it isn't.
I love this dialogue ❤️
Been the hero, the sage, the warrior. It passes. All that is left is the experience and my continued life.
That last paragraph was the best most beautiful words I’ve ever heard.
This just makes me feel like crying
Look it by different perspective
Thank you for finding the right words at the right time.
I am in complete admiration. Your essays are always provoking - both of heart and of mind - and your delivery of them is like poetry.
Been watching your channel for a few years now. You’re a powerful narrator and I think as things evolve and people look for answers/meaning in this life this channel will continue to help people. I’ll be right there with you baby it’s time to change the world.
I love that you went on to say that the appreciation of every moment in the face of death is not to put pressure on oneself, which I often felt was missing in messages like this where it was always, its gonna be your last this and your last that so go do it all now as long as you still can. You very precisely and profundly summed up how living life to its fullest means accepting and forgiving oneself while trying to make the most of it but getting enjoyment out of living in on its own terms so to say. Not tryna get everything perfect which has this very shallow motivational speaker vibe to it ignoring the true state of human nature being one of trial and error and not ideal performance. Thank you 🙏
Always loved your videos, helps me when Im a bit sad and unsure with my life.
Me, a suicidal:
"Did i just hack the system???"
Don't even want to feel what you've gone through that now producing such master pieces, hats off to your suffering.
Non existence has been my lifelong dream. The peace of knowing one day, it will all be over. And that brings me comfort. What does that say about me? Why am I this way. Why do I yearn for it all to end. Why am I this way?
Why not?
You're not a question. You are an exclamation!
@Satevo. You are this way because you feel the suffering of the world and it is overwhelming. I feel the same. The end of everything is the end of pain for all living things.
i was just thinking this last week we are getting to a state of consciousness where we don’t need to focus on survival anymore but there is nothing else that has meaning besides survival so people get stuck
I must say above all thoughts and purposes.....you are a man truly intrigued with the concept of death.
What an amazing video with a truly life changing message.
I'm so happy I got recommended this channel❤
Thank you for highlighting Becker's work! Long story short, Becker inspired much of my current philoshical discourse. Much of what he says is a deep, but accessible, understanding of Freudian, Heideggerian, and Hegelian concepts. However, despite his success ~40 years ago, Becker seems to have, unfortunately, fallen out of fashion in the halls of universities.
@black crow denial of death
Fantastic video as always. I plan on purchasing several of your books off amazon to show my support. Keep up the good work man
This channel gives me so many ideas for writing a book! Thank you do much!
As a cancer patient I found this video to be very comforting rather than terrifying. ❤
Everything will be great!
@@peaceduke1 Thank You ❤
Your videos and visual story telling are top notch... Thank you so much, and keep up the great work 👌
The Denial of Death is a proper eye opener, everyone needs to read it!
I am materialistic. Through that materialism, my life has meaning. I go from one thing to another, each time with a level of joy and excitement that I assume others experience in things like friendships and love. It’s not the path I want to be on, but here I am anyway.
Atoms only exist in your mind.
@@alevinval so is your mom
@@blackfoxgames4431 indeed, nothing dies, nothing is born.
Your channel is rapidly becoming my favorite!
If you are reading this in 2071, probably I am dead by now.
Right!? It feelz like this knowledge is completely lost on the waking world.
we live on a mountain of dead and all face the same fate, And yet the majority ignores it.
People end up being so petty and selfish in denying they are any different then the homeless nobody's.
to top it off, Pretty much no one is looking for the cure to this 100% fatal disease.
Its positively hilarious how much the world ignores death.
no
@@ViolenVaymire with the way you explained it, it's crazy to think that we ourselves are conscious. Wild to believe that, I dunno. It's just. Wild.
@@ViolenVaymire Looking at death as a disease is petty and selfish. No different than the 'disease' of nonexistence that preceded your (everyone's) birth. Death is 100% a gift. One that once properly understood, should have you calmly letting go of your demand for a return receipt.
@@jaybingham3711 Your wording is so conflictual and contrary to what your saying.
There is a real argument to be made that Death can give life meaning and create good character, however I believe you are not the one to be convincing people of that.
Gosh your narration coupled with the classical music in the bg works in complete harmony for some reason.
Another awesome video, happy holidays and cheers to 2022.
Thanks for this beautiful reminder.
I just have to say it, I love this content, never stop! 🤗
I think this is an honorable ad that I can benefit from. I enjoy books that show their homework on how they came to an idea and how it all fits together and operates but I'd like to skip over the details and read the main ideas. If it captures my attention and I remain curious, then I can buy the book and invest the time it takes to read from cover to cover. I like what you standing for.
This is easily my favorite video from the pursuit of wonder and I've been following you guys for a long time. Keep making thought-provoking content.
The last minutes of this video are so spot on and healing.
We're like a bunch of AI's being created without purpose, it's like programming an AI with a free will to do anything without knowing why, or what's outside their plane of awareness. Life is like some sick experiment to test what humanity will do amidst a perilous labyrinth of ignorance that will only light up with the more experiences we gain, but it will never light up what's beyond the maze, and never will.
The story videos are really amazing, entertaining and educational but these type of videos are even more educational and interesting for me personally
Thank you So much, this was Wonderful
Your videos are literally speaking to my soul 🙏
We are NOT the only life form on this planet "to think conceptually". We just think we are. We have a lot to learn from Nature and all of Her brilliance. We will soon realize we are simply that mold, or cancer, that has learned to exist in this atmosphere, on this planet, at this place and time. We aren't special, and we ignore others that are.
I understand where you are coming from, however, mould and cancer, the examples you give, have simply survived as a result of random beneficial genetic expressions that result in adaptions that allow them to thrive. None of that is learnt nor conscious.
@@alfieworth6233 How do you guys do this? I can barely think of what I want to write to anyone.
@@DjmanG take some time to reply, formulate your response carefully. Not all insights are written in seconds some thoughts take time to ferment in your mind. It’s not a race.
@@seangreen3126 couldn't have said it better myself.
Excellent perspective on something we all can relate to. It’s both depressing and exhilarating.
bless you for giving us these amazing videos my guy
My thing I do is dirtbike riding and it definitely gives you an idea of how much time you have and how free you can be it’s the only true freedom I’ve found in my 15 years of experience
I have held these thoughts for many years. Life is not "precious;" it is abundant. Every creature -- the human, the dog, cat, ant, etc -- is an entire living entity unto itself. Humans believe that they are somehow special, that their lives are meaningful, when, as we can observe and as described in the video, they are not. Respect life; enjoy it now.
The timing of the video is interesting because a week ago I found Becker's book on the library "bargain" shelf, bought it for 50 cents, and began reading it. So it was quite interesting to start watching this video and find that it's a reference to Becker's work.
"Don't try to be a hero, or a sage, or a warrior. Just exist for a while and be decent. That's heroism enough." a good line but I prefrer "It's not a must to be a hero, or a sage, or a warrior. Just exist a while and be decent. That's heroism enough"
This channel helps me know reality of life and live the life in the proper way by true understanding. Thank you for making these type of contents unique from others. Continue creating videos to pursue the wonders of life.
Wow very well put I’m sure a lot more people will understand this topic cheers mate
“a minute of procrastinating can ruin a years of discipline”
- some one
The last few lines of that killed me. I'm going through a bad patch and that helped. It won't last.
You are totally right………….as everything is changing all the time. Nothing lasts.
I just want to say man your videos are amazing!
Slowly becoming one of my favorite channels !
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” - H. P. Lovecraft.
Wow, your content is outstanding!
beautiful video, big fan of the wall at the end analogy
This is wonderful… Thankyou
I love this channel. Every video is a lesson of life.
Life is nothing more than an amalgamation of experiences. The past isn't there, only a concept reinforced by memories, experiences that once were. The future is a concept as well, reinforced by ideas of what is to come. All we have is our current experience of ourselves and each other. This moment, this breath, and heartbeat are all we have. And it's all we need.
Thank you for this amazing video. ❤
Incredible poetry. Just amazing
Please make a video on time anxiety☀️
I always watch ur videos to comfort me whenever I’m having a philosophical existential crisis 🥳
We have such a poor understanding of reality that to rule out consciousness after death is arrogant.
In a universe where time and space are infinite anything that can happen will happen.
While I personally wouldn’t rule it out, and I don’t think anybody really would, even atheists, Wouldn’t it be more arrogant to believe that we are important enough that our consciousness will exist after our body dies?
@@moransinaction No, it’s not. Because we are admitting that as humans, with extremely limited senses, we can’t possibly understand or make sense of the truth. Humans can’t know everything.
@@Mistical1982 respectfully, I disagree.
Isn't it hypocritical to say that time and Space are infinite? I mean, we can't really know that either. And what do you mean by anything that can happen will happen?
@@moransinaction Define “important”. Important for whom or for what? Define “consciousness”. Also your question seems to assume that surviving consciousness is MORE important then the alternative. Again, we know nothing about consciousness and even less about “importance”, then why do you assume our consciousness surviving by default meaning that this is important enough? In that sense, wouldn’t it be just as arrogant to assume that the ‘death’ of consciousness is more important (or ‘important enough’) than its survival? Sorry it’s a bit raw or unclear, typing off the top of my head on the phone, there’s probably a better way to put it.
Existence stands on a ground that can, at any uncertain moment and certainly at some be cracked open, dropping us down into the abyss of non existence. Pure Gold 💯
I had no clue you were on Amazon music?? That’s awesome! Can’t wait for more stories to make their way there👌
Another great video.
So, when do we sit down and haggle over my percentage of the profits? I mean, you basicly walked right into my mind and took about half of those words straight out of my subconscious.....
Really though, I could not type the right words to express how much I enjoyed this Video. I'll be getting my kids to watch this with me to see how the feel about it. Great JOB!
Absolutely eye opening for me. I struggle with, and have struggled with for many years, the fear of nonexistence after death. I have lost uncountable hours of sleep, and have spoken to a handful of therapists, counselors, and the like, about my fear of oblivion. It’s never settled, and has only grown stronger as I go through my mid twenties now.
However, once the line about how “ being a self-aware, conscious being to only return to dust is heroism in it of itself “ hit, I realized a new peace.
It’s hard to describe this peace that I’m now feeling regarding this fear. I’ve yet to feel this sort of peace before. I know it feels legitimate, and not temporary. When you mentioned “ we all laugh for the last time “, that resonated quite personally with me because I’ve always had a boisterous, happy-go-lucky, always first to laugh kind-of personality. I thought to myself, “well, when my last moments inevitably come, why not just laugh it off.”
Thanks for making this video.
We are existence and are never going to be nothing. This universe is nothing more than a school for our souls yo
It's like a test for every personal need
Have you ever had an experience that you felt more real than normal or more familiar to you for an instant? Maybe in a sleep state or when fully conscious? Many who meditate or have used dmt and other natural substances have experienced this state of true reality and its boundless
It will happen so there's no point in over thinking it, you actually become one with everything the complete opposite of becoming nothing
I hope this helps u.
ruclips.net/video/IL_cThKNctA/видео.html
If this don't make you step back and think, I don't know what would. Great video guys!
Such a great video
"You are driving blind through the most impossibly complex strange maze that you know ends in a head on collision with a wall."
Damn that one hit me hard.
And also that it isn't always used as a stimulant.. but also as a sedative..
I always believe that life is like life in prison. You can approach two ways; immediate death or killing time until the release from death. If the latter is chosen than you must find ways to not stay stagnant and keep the mind busy. You know your going to end yet you still know the prison has much to offer. So we much approach life's as keeping the things that makes us happy, but that won't end it quicker, to be the first priority because that keeps us alive.
For last 3 years, it's like you got access to my collection of books, essays, etc., of others and my own. Nearly every video is too relevant to what I did or am doing. Norbert Wiener, cheers to you, dear collegue.
Already can't wait for next vid.