I’ve already made the mistake of indulging into too much pleasures yet I consider myself a monk cuz I’m all spiritual. If you want to know pleasure, go all the way in, then you’ll see it’s nothing more than pain.
Or like, just take this guys word for it and get your shit together. Why dig a well of suffering by indebting your neurotransmitters with shovels full of meaningless pleasure chemicals? Instead, engrane yourself in the world around you and live a life you can be proud of. Don’t chase the dragon, be the dragon.
The "Wordly Monk" is the way to go for me. An individual that enjoys what the world has to offer with balance and aligned with his principles, not taking anything for granted and having the flexibility to adapt when disgrace knocks the door. The strong desire for freedom, in my view, is in itself a way of slavery and also not very helpful if what you're after is "happiness". That's because one needs to consider the human condition, and pleasures are part of it. Going a bit pretentious here, but to someone that might be reading this and watching related videos searching for answers, go and read philosophy, stop taking shortcuts and assuming things from short videos. Start with the classics, read a bit of everything, understand clashing concepts and you'll probably come to the conclusion that things are non-binary, there's no right and wrong - everything is both right and wrong at the same time - and ultimately this all is pointless, but you can give your own meaning(s) to satisfy your mind and keep going. At the end of the day, all that matters to your existence is what you think of it. Do it your way.
'Whatever you deny yourself will become your mental prison' - agree that worldly monk offers one the most freedom. I fell into the trap of trying to become free by detaching myself from my desires, having indulged in them far too much when I was young. One day I realised I hadn't actually detached myself from my desires - they were still in me, I was just repressing them (along with many of my negative thoughts and feelings). Real strength and freedom for me is found in being able to see and listen to these desires, but having choice whether to act on them or not.
@Tripti Mehra How to decide: pick the one you like the most. I recommend a book called "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race", it may give you some more food for thought on the things you mentioned. Edit: Disclaimer - Do not read it if you're depressed or weak at heart. Also, I don't really recommend it if you want to avoid existential crisis.
@Tripti Mehra I'm not saying it's ok, that's left for you to decide for yourself, that's my only point. Just because you "really want" to do something doesn't make it more right or more wrong. My point of "Do your own thing" in fact gets trickier when it's regarding actions that affect others, so think more carefully about all the nuances before jumping to conclusions. "Is murder okay?" is a very open question, you'll probably not find any answers without including details. Usually our systems do permit murder without punishment when it's self defense. Unjustified murder is obviously going to bring more bad than good, so it's easier to decide what's better. But if you happen to have a another reason, is it really worthy it? Psychology speaking, some would say that if you have the slightest feeling that "no, this may not be right/good", then your answer was already "no" from the start. You don't need to think twice when you're certain about something. About God's existence, that's another topic, but from your response I strongly believe that book is not for you (yet), please disregard my recommendation.
21 rules of miyamoto musashi - the path of loner : 1 Accept everything just the way it is. 2 Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. 3 Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling. 4 Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. 5 Be detached from desire your whole life. 6 Do not regret what you have done. 7 Never be jealous. 8 Never let yourself be saddened by a separation. 9 Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others. 10 Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love. 11 In all things, have no preferences. 12 Be indifferent to where you live. 13 Do not pursue the taste of good food. 14 Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need. 15 Do not act following customary beliefs. 16 Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful. 17 Do not fear death. 18 Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age. 19 Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help. 20 You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour. 21 Never stray from the way.
@@ThisDonut if you were being honest, you have no idea how dumb thats statement is, please dont be mad. You are just an ordinary average person with dull intuition to look deeper into meanings you just take everything too literally without asking why theres such statements from the first place if you are 19yo its not too late to develop yourself. From that statement alone you just showcase how dumb humanity is
If you can be with the pleasant and not chase after it.With the unpleasant and not resist it.With the neutral and not ignore it, then we have cut the chain of suffering at least for a moment and that is an incredible freedom and blessing. -Rick Hanson Buddha's Brain
I desperately needed this video man! I am in a situation where virtually everyone around me is endulging in pleasure and I've been meaning to tell them they are a slave to whatever gives them pleasure, but didnt know how to put it! I will definitely get the book and read it !
Dostoevsky, suffered, and credited that suffering to his prolific output of novels, his passion and raw truth to the human condition cannot be surpassed.
I've been suffering from a sick that I still don't know and this video proves me that when you know the purpose of your own sufferings, you can endure it no matter what. It made my belief built stronger and to hold on to the faith I am currently establishing. It's going to be alright!
it's not about getting know the purpose of suffering but accept the fact that there is meaning behind the suffering without analysing why is there but rather making peace with it. wish you all the best!
Beautiful. The explanation where it depends on you whether to have faith (meaning) and endure suffering which make it worthy or choose to become apathic thus looking for escape in pleasures. Choose faith coz either way we can't predict what happens next moment so it somehow gives an intrinsic energy to endure pain. Meaning in your suffering makes life purposeful.
As a human being we run through emotions. Our mind trick us with pleasure. We feel taste and get high when we eat nice food, we get aroused inorder intimate , we get anger so we can knockdown our opponent etc. Those who learn to live without enjoying pleasure is those who defeated our natural subconscious emotions driven force. These monks are leaving dead as a Rock.
@@lugaritzbrown2250 And some more... psychopaths have been likened to Tibetan monk in their ability to deal with stress and having little to no emotions to cloud their judgment.
The meaning of suffering can be this - it pushes you, shapes you to be a certain type of a person. It gives your life a purpose. In example. I suffered when I was a kid. ( Like everyone else to a certain degree ). Suffering shaped me, made me to choose a certain path for many years, which I would not choose if I wasn't suffering. It made me who I am and who I am becoming. As it never ends I guess. That does not mean I'm suffering all the time. That is my ( currently) meaning of suffering. Thank you for the video. It reminded me that.
I really thought about the lifestyle of a monk. If you really think about it, they live more in a neutral state than in a happy state. Happiness is not permanent and to be happy you have to experience the opposite. Monks merely avoid suffering by also avoiding pleasure. They strive more for neutrality, they don't want highs because they don't want lows, they don't want lows because they don't want highs. Conclusion: Living the life of a monk is a lifestyle of not experiencing the waves of positive and negative. You live a life purely on one axis which is 0 (neutral ) Its why they don't have wives or husbands, as amazing as an intimate relationship is, there also comes suffering with it
I agree👍🏻 trough experiences and failures you will suffer at times but at the same time it will allow you deeper knowledge, you will grow, be more mature and expanding your own horizon.
This differences remind me of a teacher who told me that the today working class persons are more worried about a "to have" life. It means that they only are looking for the material pleasures of life and because of that, they make part of this slavery system where everybody it's suffering in shitty works and only thinking on making much money every single day. I know there's people who are struggling and poverty it's a fact in a lot of places around the world. But the point is that are culture only cares for the material things, the superficial pleasures. And my teacher says to me that the most important thing is not to have, it's to be. "Find a deffinition of yourself, beyond all of this things, find yourself in a personal philosophy and build your own wisdom, not because you have to impress the people, do it because it's you're existence the only thing that should be important to you. Not the money, the expensive cars, or the big houses, and all the things that offers you a plastic life that has teaching us our culture. Find who you truly are."
Wow, this was a really good video. This is something I've been thinking about all these days, and this was like putting it into words. We need to develop a motive for which to endure suffering, and then we will have true freedom, and not the false one that is camouflaged in the form of pleasure. This channel is pretty good. Keep up your great work! Sorry if I made mistakes, I'm learning English :)
3:15 As long as you find reason for your suffering and give it a meaning you will win. As long as you are targeted into this one goal no matter what it takes. You will need to do it, and with the meaning in the that goal You put to yourself that no matter what happens in the way you are unbroken 5:10 In your world what. Meaning there is to suffering
I feel like one doesn't have to necessarily believe that there is any inherent meaning to suffering. I feel like one can assign meaning to suffering and thus know for certain that that suffering is serving a purpose. One however could also choose to not assign the suffering any meaning. But only few can live that way.
Moderation is the way to be a non destructive slave. A wise slave. Yet still a slave. Attitude is everything. Attitude of letting go an having a free mind.
Craving leads to suffering and the only way to be liberated from suffering is to be liberated from craving. And the only way to be liberated from craving is to train the mind to accept reality as it is. -Buddha
For the why kids go through suffering I think it’s to make them stronger and better as person because innocence can’t make you blind n weak to an extent
After I lost my business and the good life I went through the 7 stages of grief...then I realized I was trapped by my materialistic objects and saw that chasing earthly pleasure and happiness leads to chaos. Basically live like a monk now and move through life with purpose. My 2 cents😌🤷♂️
I think you're capacity to withstand discomfort is as important as your ability to enjoy comfort while you have it. A monk may have overcome discomfort in a worldly sense, but now they're a slave to the ideology they initially followed
Those people who say this didn't actually read the Bible. Yes there are some strange stories in the old testament, but the message of the Bible, the Gospel and prophets is wise , meaningful and relevant even today.
I agree with you, Freedom In Though!👍 More people need to start watching and understanding this video! As for me, I'm not going to be a slave to pleasure, I'm going to become a indie game developer, and make some awesome, bad-ass/edgy games in the future!
The meaning of suffering is to alleviate it. That's also why it feels so good to alleviate it. Of course, if you are unable to alleviate suffering in your own life, then enduring it is a great skill to have. But you only need to learn the ability to be without your pleasure, not give up your pleasure. For instance, I love video games and unhealthy food. But if I didn't have those for six months or longer, I would view it as an opportunity to work on myself, to find meaning in other things. Maybe get healthier. A worldly person need not be a slave to one specific thing, but must be able to diversify their pursuit of happiness fully. So that when the need arises where you are no longer able to reap the pleasures that you prefer, you are now able to reap the pleasures of what you have left. Unfortunately, most people don't think this way, and so they desperately search for that preferred pleasure over and over again at the cost of everything. For instance, I used to love eggs and bacon for breakfast in the morning, this was my favourite part of the day. However, when I learned about animal agriculture and the animal abuse that systematically goes on there, I was compelled to become vegan for the animals, and I no longer felt like I could indulge in that pleasure. But I adapted. I learned. And now my favourite part of the day is when I eat delicious vegan food for breakfast. It feels clean and refreshing. There was pleasure on the other side of the fence too, I just had to go get it. Pleasure is a funny thing because it works pretty much the same way regardless of which source it comes from. You just need to understand just how many sources of pleasures there are, and then you can be worldly to your heart's content without being a slave to anyone.
Honestly though, you need both the worldly person AND the monk in order to mount an effective offensive. Sun Tzu would likely agree. Direct and indirect tactics, knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, adapting to change, all these things require the versatility that comes from variations in people and walks in life. To overthow the tyrant with money and power you need systems that allow for people to be who they choose to be, regardless of the personal consequences, yet still serve the goal of liberation even in so doing. The height of stratagem is to incorporate the plans of the enemy into your plans.
Such a great video and message.I just want to add that this is what religion Islam is all about. Anyone looking for freedom and trying to understand the meaning of life and the reason behind suffering, I request you to just give Quran(Holy book of Islam) a read and let your mind and heart decide. '' Suffering is a blessing. In it is hidden mercy. '' ~Rumi
”The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less”… it fits well for this video.
I like this
Socrates was a very very smart man
Well read jain philosophy if you want to know about this quote
happiness without meaning is empty
suffering with meaning is fulfilling
@@thomas.thomas agreed
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes" - Carl Jung
I’ve already made the mistake of indulging into too much pleasures yet I consider myself a monk cuz I’m all spiritual. If you want to know pleasure, go all the way in, then you’ll see it’s nothing more than pain.
Wisdom.
Or like, just take this guys word for it and get your shit together. Why dig a well of suffering by indebting your neurotransmitters with shovels full of meaningless pleasure chemicals? Instead, engrane yourself in the world around you and live a life you can be proud of. Don’t chase the dragon, be the dragon.
Don't give into apathy. There is no wisdom in suppressing desire
Ecclesiastes found in the Bible; summarized to a modern day RUclips comment.
@@maxluthor6800 why
The "Wordly Monk" is the way to go for me. An individual that enjoys what the world has to offer with balance and aligned with his principles, not taking anything for granted and having the flexibility to adapt when disgrace knocks the door. The strong desire for freedom, in my view, is in itself a way of slavery and also not very helpful if what you're after is "happiness". That's because one needs to consider the human condition, and pleasures are part of it. Going a bit pretentious here, but to someone that might be reading this and watching related videos searching for answers, go and read philosophy, stop taking shortcuts and assuming things from short videos. Start with the classics, read a bit of everything, understand clashing concepts and you'll probably come to the conclusion that things are non-binary, there's no right and wrong - everything is both right and wrong at the same time - and ultimately this all is pointless, but you can give your own meaning(s) to satisfy your mind and keep going. At the end of the day, all that matters to your existence is what you think of it. Do it your way.
I feel the same way to a certain extent but the worldly monk is the best way to go about it👌🏾
'Whatever you deny yourself will become your mental prison' - agree that worldly monk offers one the most freedom. I fell into the trap of trying to become free by detaching myself from my desires, having indulged in them far too much when I was young. One day I realised I hadn't actually detached myself from my desires - they were still in me, I was just repressing them (along with many of my negative thoughts and feelings). Real strength and freedom for me is found in being able to see and listen to these desires, but having choice whether to act on them or not.
@@lemoniceymo moderation wit your desires bro and you ever heard of shadow work?
@Tripti Mehra How to decide: pick the one you like the most. I recommend a book called "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race", it may give you some more food for thought on the things you mentioned. Edit: Disclaimer - Do not read it if you're depressed or weak at heart. Also, I don't really recommend it if you want to avoid existential crisis.
@Tripti Mehra I'm not saying it's ok, that's left for you to decide for yourself, that's my only point. Just because you "really want" to do something doesn't make it more right or more wrong. My point of "Do your own thing" in fact gets trickier when it's regarding actions that affect others, so think more carefully about all the nuances before jumping to conclusions. "Is murder okay?" is a very open question, you'll probably not find any answers without including details. Usually our systems do permit murder without punishment when it's self defense. Unjustified murder is obviously going to bring more bad than good, so it's easier to decide what's better. But if you happen to have a another reason, is it really worthy it? Psychology speaking, some would say that if you have the slightest feeling that "no, this may not be right/good", then your answer was already "no" from the start. You don't need to think twice when you're certain about something. About God's existence, that's another topic, but from your response I strongly believe that book is not for you (yet), please disregard my recommendation.
21 rules of miyamoto musashi - the path of loner :
1 Accept everything just the way it is.
2 Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
3 Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.
4 Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
5 Be detached from desire your whole life.
6 Do not regret what you have done.
7 Never be jealous.
8 Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.
9 Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others.
10 Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.
11 In all things, have no preferences.
12 Be indifferent to where you live.
13 Do not pursue the taste of good food.
14 Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need.
15 Do not act following customary beliefs.
16 Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.
17 Do not fear death.
18 Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age.
19 Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help.
20 You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
21 Never stray from the way.
Sounds alot like people shouldnt act as humans.
This is stoic
@@ThisDonut well it sure is "ancient teachings" but still many of them are proven right. specially useful in modern world.
@@ThisDonut if you were being honest, you have no idea how dumb thats statement is, please dont be mad. You are just an ordinary average person with dull intuition to look deeper into meanings you just take everything too literally without asking why theres such statements from the first place if you are 19yo its not too late to develop yourself. From that statement alone you just showcase how dumb humanity is
@@ThisDonut humans are double sided. Animalistic, worldly, selfish. Yet also wise, disciplined, selfless.
1:09 this quote is scarily true 👏
Reading this right now. Dostoyevsky is timeless.
Your channel taught me more than my whole school teachers and university professors.
I won’t give into simple pleasures and desires anymore 🙏🏾 I want to be free of my addictions
Honestly bro I think a lot of people NEEDED this video right now thank you man 🙏❤️
Never thought Artoria would use the word "bro."
If you can be with the pleasant and not chase after it.With the unpleasant and not resist it.With the neutral and not ignore it, then we have cut the chain of suffering at least for a moment and that is an incredible freedom and blessing.
-Rick Hanson
Buddha's Brain
I desperately needed this video man! I am in a situation where virtually everyone around me is endulging in pleasure and I've been meaning to tell them they are a slave to whatever gives them pleasure, but didnt know how to put it! I will definitely get the book and read it !
It's for oneself first ma good sir
They aren't going to listen
"And in the end...the love you take..is equal to the love you make"
This is profound! Thank you for sharing.
Dostoevsky, suffered, and credited that suffering to his prolific output of novels, his passion and raw truth to the human condition cannot be surpassed.
Thank you so much! This video came at the perfect time for me.
I've been suffering from a sick that I still don't know and this video proves me that when you know the purpose of your own sufferings, you can endure it no matter what. It made my belief built stronger and to hold on to the faith I am currently establishing. It's going to be alright!
Stay strong you got this :)
it's not about getting know the purpose of suffering but accept the fact that there is meaning behind the suffering without analysing why is there but rather making peace with it. wish you all the best!
Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both marble and sculptor
just what i needed! talked to my mates about it last night :D
That's was a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing 💖🙏🏼
Beautiful. The explanation where it depends on you whether to have faith (meaning) and endure suffering which make it worthy or choose to become apathic thus looking for escape in pleasures. Choose faith coz either way we can't predict what happens next moment so it somehow gives an intrinsic energy to endure pain. Meaning in your suffering makes life purposeful.
Great way to simplify this otherwise ambiguous concept. How you broke it down to digestible bites was utterly BRILLIANT!
God bless you!! Hugs from Brazil.
As a human being we run through emotions. Our mind trick us with pleasure. We feel taste and get high when we eat nice food, we get aroused inorder intimate , we get anger so we can knockdown our opponent etc. Those who learn to live without enjoying pleasure is those who defeated our natural subconscious emotions driven force. These monks are leaving dead as a Rock.
Some people are less able to overcome this primitive forces
neurologically.
@@lugaritzbrown2250 And some more... psychopaths have been likened to Tibetan monk in their ability to deal with stress and having little to no emotions to cloud their judgment.
This is a banger video man keep it up
Spectacular! Thank you
These topics are way too relatable.
Thank you & great video...🙏🏻👏
The meaning of suffering can be this - it pushes you, shapes you to be a certain type of a person. It gives your life a purpose. In example. I suffered when I was a kid. ( Like everyone else to a certain degree ). Suffering shaped me, made me to choose a certain path for many years, which I would not choose if I wasn't suffering. It made me who I am and who I am becoming. As it never ends I guess. That does not mean I'm suffering all the time. That is my ( currently) meaning of suffering. Thank you for the video. It reminded me that.
🤡
Suffering and meaning point was brilliant
Joy is the bringer of sorrows
Desires make slave out of kings, Patient make king out of slaves. Imam Al Ghazali
Thank you so much. I appreciate this.
"Man's freedom is final and immediate if he so wills it, and it depends not on outer but inner victories." - Paramhansa Yogananda
u just read my mind, i needed this
Thanks!
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Thanks a lot
I really thought about the lifestyle of a monk.
If you really think about it, they live more in a neutral state than in a happy state.
Happiness is not permanent and to be happy you have to experience the opposite.
Monks merely avoid suffering by also avoiding pleasure.
They strive more for neutrality, they don't want highs because they don't want lows, they don't want lows because they don't want highs.
Conclusion:
Living the life of a monk is a lifestyle of not experiencing the waves of positive and negative. You live a life purely on one axis which is 0 (neutral )
Its why they don't have wives or husbands, as amazing as an intimate relationship is, there also comes suffering with it
Touching
I think a mixture of both will be the perfect fit. The balance of pleasure and suffering.
Not necessarily suffering must have a meaning ,we humans give it meaning as per the outcome of that suffering
Thanks these videos really helps
Great content!
Suffering has a meaning, it exists to make us stronger
I agree👍🏻 trough experiences and failures you will suffer at times but at the same time it will allow you deeper knowledge, you will grow, be more mature and expanding your own horizon.
Thank your for this insight
Emotional and Profound..
Thank you!
Dope stuff as usual ma homie.
This was great thank you
This is *everything.*
This differences remind me of a teacher who told me that the today working class persons are more worried about a "to have" life. It means that they only are looking for the material pleasures of life and because of that, they make part of this slavery system where everybody it's suffering in shitty works and only thinking on making much money every single day. I know there's people who are struggling and poverty it's a fact in a lot of places around the world. But the point is that are culture only cares for the material things, the superficial pleasures. And my teacher says to me that the most important thing is not to have, it's to be. "Find a deffinition of yourself, beyond all of this things, find yourself in a personal philosophy and build your own wisdom, not because you have to impress the people, do it because it's you're existence the only thing that should be important to you. Not the money, the expensive cars, or the big houses, and all the things that offers you a plastic life that has teaching us our culture. Find who you truly are."
Wow, this was a really good video. This is something I've been thinking about all these days, and this was like putting it into words.
We need to develop a motive for which to endure suffering, and then we will have true freedom, and not the false one that is camouflaged in the form of pleasure.
This channel is pretty good. Keep up your great work!
Sorry if I made mistakes, I'm learning English :)
Thank you 🙏
3:15
As long as you find reason for your suffering and give it a meaning you will win.
As long as you are targeted into this one goal no matter what it takes.
You will need to do it, and with the meaning in the that goal
You put to yourself that no matter what happens in the way you are unbroken
5:10
In your world what. Meaning there is to suffering
I feel like one doesn't have to necessarily believe that there is any inherent meaning to suffering. I feel like one can assign meaning to suffering and thus know for certain that that suffering is serving a purpose. One however could also choose to not assign the suffering any meaning. But only few can live that way.
This is straight facts!! ❤️
The concept of this video is much bigger than the channel itself.
I congratulate Justin on creating such content on YT for its viewership
We can change our whole life by changing our habits. Discipline is the key if we want to change our trajectory!
Dostoevsky is the man!
Great video
It's basically a stoicism.
True
Great video.
Peace 🕊is a part of it follow what you seek
Amazing🤩
Moderation in everything. Suffering doesn't necessarily have to be constructive and it can easily break a person.
Moderation is the way to be a non destructive slave. A wise slave. Yet still a slave. Attitude is everything. Attitude of letting go an having a free mind.
You need money to do anything with your freedom. Balance is the key word.
Nice one
I've realised that I've been a worldy person since a couple years. Pride killed me.
Craving leads to suffering and the only way to be liberated from suffering is to be liberated from craving. And the only way to be liberated from craving is to train the mind to accept reality as it is.
-Buddha
Nice explanation of extract from Bhagwat Geeta.
Thanks for this video
Enjoying CRIME AND PUNISHMENT at the moment
For the why kids go through suffering I think it’s to make them stronger and better as person because innocence can’t make you blind n weak to an extent
Simply have "purpose". That's the summary of this video and the reason people stress on why as a man you need purpose.
As someone who is still searching her raison d'etre,,,, I'm still in searching phase
After I lost my business and the good life I went through the 7 stages of grief...then I realized I was trapped by my materialistic objects and saw that chasing earthly pleasure and happiness leads to chaos. Basically live like a monk now and move through life with purpose. My 2 cents😌🤷♂️
AMAZING
I think suffering is a part of humans so that we can grow...wether for the better or worse
Powerful
Your channel is red pill in our matrix .
I think you're capacity to withstand discomfort is as important as your ability to enjoy comfort while you have it. A monk may have overcome discomfort in a worldly sense, but now they're a slave to the ideology they initially followed
in the right time
This is a very inspirational video. But I think I would still playing computer games the next day morning after watching it XD
Yes, we are all well informed but we don't practice what we know. That is called stupidity.
There is another dimension: liberating others from the unnecessary suffering that tyrants impose.
Nice vid
Maybe this kind of content deserve to not skip ads
Men have never been truly free for the simple fact that no one was ever consulted before being born.
Suffer toughens up humans
This is healthy way to “weaponize” the mind.
For some reason first thing that came to my mind watching this vid was Uncle Iroh from ATLA.
I'm definitely a worldly person.
I have multiple sclerosis videos like this are very helpful thank you
Got a complete new Pov.for suffering and pain.
Faith, Hope and Love
It's the only answer
Those who think the Bible is superstitious old ideas, will all eventually learn that it's simply ... true.
Those people who say this didn't actually read the Bible. Yes there are some strange stories in the old testament, but the message of the Bible, the Gospel and prophets is wise , meaningful and relevant even today.
But the worldly person suffers to get their comfort no?
I agree with you, Freedom In Though!👍
More people need to start watching and understanding this video!
As for me, I'm not going to be a slave to pleasure, I'm going to become a indie game developer, and make some awesome, bad-ass/edgy games in the future!
Make a degree in psychology and create games that heel not only entertain. That would be something.
The meaning of suffering is to alleviate it. That's also why it feels so good to alleviate it. Of course, if you are unable to alleviate suffering in your own life, then enduring it is a great skill to have. But you only need to learn the ability to be without your pleasure, not give up your pleasure.
For instance, I love video games and unhealthy food. But if I didn't have those for six months or longer, I would view it as an opportunity to work on myself, to find meaning in other things. Maybe get healthier.
A worldly person need not be a slave to one specific thing, but must be able to diversify their pursuit of happiness fully. So that when the need arises where you are no longer able to reap the pleasures that you prefer, you are now able to reap the pleasures of what you have left.
Unfortunately, most people don't think this way, and so they desperately search for that preferred pleasure over and over again at the cost of everything.
For instance, I used to love eggs and bacon for breakfast in the morning, this was my favourite part of the day. However, when I learned about animal agriculture and the animal abuse that systematically goes on there, I was compelled to become vegan for the animals, and I no longer felt like I could indulge in that pleasure. But I adapted. I learned. And now my favourite part of the day is when I eat delicious vegan food for breakfast. It feels clean and refreshing. There was pleasure on the other side of the fence too, I just had to go get it.
Pleasure is a funny thing because it works pretty much the same way regardless of which source it comes from. You just need to understand just how many sources of pleasures there are, and then you can be worldly to your heart's content without being a slave to anyone.
The worst kind of suffering is the one you think there is a way out of. When you know there is no way out, it's easier to bear.
Reminds me of this quote from the old chunk of coal himself:
"The key to unhappiness is indulgence."
- Norm Macdonald
Good vid
Honestly though, you need both the worldly person AND the monk in order to mount an effective offensive.
Sun Tzu would likely agree. Direct and indirect tactics, knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, adapting to change, all these things require the versatility that comes from variations in people and walks in life.
To overthow the tyrant with money and power you need systems that allow for people to be who they choose to be, regardless of the personal consequences, yet still serve the goal of liberation even in so doing.
The height of stratagem is to incorporate the plans of the enemy into your plans.
Such a great video and message.I just want to add that this is what religion Islam is all about. Anyone looking for freedom and trying to understand the meaning of life and the reason behind suffering, I request you to just give Quran(Holy book of Islam) a read and let your mind and heart decide.
'' Suffering is a blessing. In it is hidden mercy. '' ~Rumi