Discover Your True Worth - A simple zen story

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  • @Curve248
    @Curve248 Год назад +1213

    "We can't expect others to see our value if we don't recognize it in our own hearts."
    Words cannot describe how badly needed this was at this time. Thank you.

    • @wisdomfromshu
      @wisdomfromshu Год назад +18

      We see the world as we are, and the world sees us from the value we attach to ourselves.

    • @18rosary
      @18rosary Год назад +5

      Absolutely! The outer world "s view and perception of us is exactly how we view and perceive our own selves!!

    • @aihope8350
      @aihope8350 Год назад +3

      That's not what the zen master said at all. He said your value is based on where you are appreciated. If people don't appreciate you, then find better people. In another word, haters gonna hate. 😄

    • @Curve248
      @Curve248 Год назад +2

      @@aihope8350 While this has been learned from experience (go find those who will value you), it has also been learned from experience that how you estimate yourself can affect how others may estimate you. That is, under confidence or naïveté may invite those who wish to take advantage of that, while overconfidence can invite those who wish to outdo you or who may believe you blindly.
      Huh… While it now seems clear that both extremes fall within the same recommendation to find those who value you (since the scenarios above mentioned may occur less easily).
      Edit:
      Also clarifying for one to possess enough confidence of their worth to continue to move forward in life (not too little that it risks inviting those who may take unfair advantage, and not too much that it could invite people highlighting the higher stakes that could arise in over promising).

    • @30pranaypawar17
      @30pranaypawar17 Год назад +1

      Having worth is by being in that position or platform. Or else, u are worthless.

  • @iRedditTales
    @iRedditTales 11 месяцев назад +71

    To anybody who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life. I hope anything that bothers you and makes you feel depressed will go away and you will feel comfortable with this video. Don't worry, tomorrow is a new day. Start over. It's not too late yet.

  • @lanceredbell4182
    @lanceredbell4182 Год назад +375

    I don't know why, but this video is recommended to me when I need the motivation to self-love and self-worth, thanks!

    • @rknaaru
      @rknaaru Год назад +1

      same here 🥺

    • @afaqahmed7674
      @afaqahmed7674 Год назад +2

      Same

    • @nomdeplume4369
      @nomdeplume4369 Год назад

      Because youtube and social media has already programmed you to feel worthless. This channel and youtube just know their audience, which is mainly LOSERS. It's not a coincidence in the slightest

    • @adityarajsingh7505
      @adityarajsingh7505 Год назад

      This is powerful of RUclips algorithm

    • @pradyumansevar
      @pradyumansevar Год назад

      Not an algo but something in the universe.. it just popped up

  • @codemonk1999
    @codemonk1999 Год назад +790

    Did the stone know the value of it? Did the stone go to market or antique shop by it self? It seems like the value depends on the person who discovers the stone. It seems like our parents, mentor or even a recruiter knows the value of a person. So they can ensure a person gets maximum value. I may be wrong completely, but this is what I understood.

    • @anu3291
      @anu3291 Год назад +16

      Recruiter won't

    • @ebriden37
      @ebriden37 Год назад +23

      Hmmm… maybe watch it again

    • @biniwizzy
      @biniwizzy Год назад +24

      😂 there is no hope for you 😅😅😅

    • @codemonk1999
      @codemonk1999 Год назад +6

      @@biniwizzy - Haha seems like that man. I am way too spoiled to be rescued.

    • @rkug777
      @rkug777 Год назад +9

      @@biniwizzy if you got the msg then ypu would not be so mean!

  • @hannahschultz9074
    @hannahschultz9074 Год назад +236

    Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

    • @georgestanley3380
      @georgestanley3380 Год назад +3

      I have been surviving through my investment with him, am so glad I invested when I did. I’m earning $25,000 weekly with him

    • @flaviomyftiu3407
      @flaviomyftiu3407 Год назад +3

      investment is that tiny line that separates the rich from poor.

    • @guillermomora5631
      @guillermomora5631 Год назад +1

      ​@@georgestanley3380 O' Yes I'm a living testimony of Mr Cedric Xavier

    • @besamyftiu148
      @besamyftiu148 Год назад +1

      Cedric Xavier is a man of integrity, with $6,000 he makes profit of $34,000 And I can even say he is the sincere broker I know

    • @ЭдуардТарасов-ы5й
      @ЭдуардТарасов-ы5й Год назад +2

      ​@@flaviomyftiu3407I truly agree with you on that,

  • @jacklondon8385
    @jacklondon8385 Год назад +3

    funny that the Monk knows this but lives in a mountain where a stone has no monetary value

    •  2 месяца назад +1

      One who know himself will be the least exposed❤❤

  • @ButlersTraining
    @ButlersTraining Год назад +4

    instructions unclear, sold myself to a museum for 200k

  • @LuisVasDeCamoes
    @LuisVasDeCamoes Год назад +75

    People told me that I was too stupid to flip burgers and now I am an engineer...
    I was called worthless, and now I am praised by my work.
    Moving to an other country allowed me to escape the social-economical bounds.
    Now people are nice to me, as if I changed, but I did not.

    • @Tieuw
      @Tieuw Год назад +3

      This is exactly the real life example of the analogy in this video. You have chosen my friend. Good for you! No limits!

    • @tparker2095
      @tparker2095 Год назад +4

      I’m so proud of you :)

    • @LuisVasDeCamoes
      @LuisVasDeCamoes Год назад +7

      @@tparker2095 thanks but there really is nothing to be proud of. I was just fighting for comfort as we all do and I was lucky to find a nice place.
      My point here is that flipping burgers is hard, but people don't appreciate. You get judge before you had a chance to prove your self.

    • @SkyeMpuremagic
      @SkyeMpuremagic Год назад +5

      ​@@LuisVasDeCamoes "You get judged before you have a chance to prove yourself" Well said!
      The same can be true the other way around, when a wealthier person is judged as having more talent than they actually do and someone from a lower class that has the talent they lack gets dismissed.
      We shouldn't judge worth based upon appearances or "placement"

    • @cp_honey
      @cp_honey Год назад +2

      @@LuisVasDeCamoes Love that you say this! Speaks of a wider sense of worth and insight imho.
      It's strange, when you have been raised to greet the janitor's helper with the same respect as the landlord, to constantly find so many others so eager to disrespect and devalue. How much better would life be if kindness and respect weren't so often treated like hostages.

  • @the_euphonious_poetry
    @the_euphonious_poetry Год назад +30

    "Sometimes we get stuck in places that do not truly value our potential, it important to step back and ask ourselves if we are in the right place surrounded by right people." This line, it can't be more real
    It's important for us to find the rhythm of our lives, when we're younger our parents decide it for us but as we gradually up this burdens us to know our correct place and to do something that won't tire us out. We aimlessly hope for delicacies without looking at the necessities, I hope today we all can bring our true self forward and not succumb in the corner due to fear. Thanks for this beautiful piece of advice on life❤️

  • @Alresu
    @Alresu Год назад +2

    Soo, two lessons:
    1.: Don't trust Zen Masters, they'll change the deal.
    2.: Your value depends completely on others.
    Got it....

  • @katherinetomasello3661
    @katherinetomasello3661 Год назад +64

    Always remember, that your worth is intrinsic and priceless. You are worthy, valued and have an impact on the world just by living.

    • @soundconjurer4380
      @soundconjurer4380 Год назад

      Like Hitler? He definitely had an impact on the world, but I wouldn't say he was a worthy individual by any metric. Sweeping generalizations that change nothing in the world, but fill the head of a troubled mind with non-sense. Words are cheap. Want people to feel their worth, try providing implicitly food, shelter, and healthcare. Your society doesn't reflect that, you're just being told to lie to yourself.

    • @laurenohare-ellaway7966
      @laurenohare-ellaway7966 10 месяцев назад

      I'm so tired I read this as "you are worth, valued and have an impact on the world just by lying" 😂

  • @yuukihoffner8433
    @yuukihoffner8433 Год назад +117

    This is not zen at all, but only everyday US-American philosophy. Zen is about the acceptance of the here and now reality and to appreciate the connectedness of us and everything and everybody else. This voice talks about becoming someone else, following the "pursuit of happiness", which is archi-American (s. Max Weber).

    • @cgw509
      @cgw509 Год назад +6

      I completely agree with you.

    • @Izabela-ek5nh
      @Izabela-ek5nh Год назад +4

      Yes I wanted to say the same. This is absolutely no zen at all.

    • @adamgomez2505
      @adamgomez2505 Год назад +11

      So many are discussing self worth. Zen would not be discussing self worth because there is no self to worth. There is no self to loathe. That is the freedom of Zen. Not anchoring your value to the whims of other people.

    • @libracat
      @libracat Год назад +4

      Is this video talking about worth or potential worth? I’m a bit confused. It sounds squishy and heart warming but there’s something not sitting right 🤔

    • @joelbelmonte1383
      @joelbelmonte1383 Год назад +10

      "Listen to your heart and you will grow in no time just like that crypto investment I did last week; you'll see " - zen master

  • @hajimen7559
    @hajimen7559 Год назад +129

    I love how everyone has a slightly different take on the lesson of this video. My take was that our environment, our choices and actions shape our self worth. Believe in yourself and take action.

    • @Hakuna_matata..
      @Hakuna_matata.. Год назад

      Yeh

    • @sallu_-bhai
      @sallu_-bhai Год назад

      Can u tell me one thing
      See I love a girl but she do late reply once or twice and I block her since I ask somebody they said if she replies u fast before but now late May be not interested and she don't text me much but still she stares me at class when I was 12
      I don't know that she ignored or not
      We both have very much misunderstanding
      And this got to make us we don't talk for a year almost
      She asked once about me by my friend if he is coming to farewell party but I didn't go
      And I am very weak in chatting with girl
      She was the first one to whom I text and talk very much it's 4 years
      If u want to whole story pls tell me and tell me what should I do hope u will help me 😢

    • @hajimen7559
      @hajimen7559 Год назад

      @@sallu_-bhai Young man, don't live in fantasy and work hard!

    • @sallu_-bhai
      @sallu_-bhai Год назад

      @@hajimen7559 🥲I am not living in fantasy

    • @sallu_-bhai
      @sallu_-bhai Год назад

      @@hajimen7559 see I don't want her anymore
      And I am not telling u any fake story it's real
      So basically what I want is just get clear misunderstanding that's it
      We never meet after that I am ok with that

  • @bl7240
    @bl7240 Год назад +2

    Wouldn't a better lesson be that value is arbitrary and that the only thing that matters is how valuable something is to you, including yourself? I think that monk missed the mark.

    • @lynettegraves6261
      @lynettegraves6261 Год назад +1

      I wondered, do you want to be seen as valueable for who you are and what you can do, or as a material for someone to make into the image they want, or be a curiosity sitting on a rich persons shelf? Yeah, I think this did miss the Mark a bit.

  • @sideofricestory
    @sideofricestory 4 месяца назад +6

    "Different platforms and positions bring different values to your life."
    That's powerful!

  • @MisterJingo93
    @MisterJingo93 Год назад +2

    Pretty sure if this was a true "Zen Master" there wouldn´t be money, positions, and potentials and "the right people"...

  • @Surica-T
    @Surica-T Год назад +3

    Very western to compare worth along with price. Sounds like "when you're a postman, you're worth (...)" "if you are a doctor, you're worth (...) "if you are a politician, you're worth (...)"
    "Your worth depends on where you stand."
    I doubt that. I believe our worth is always there, without any postion.

  • @AS-kt5zw
    @AS-kt5zw Год назад +2

    Thar doesn't seem like a Zen lesson. I've never found Zen to be a philosophy of self empowerment, or understanding self worth based on arbitrary systems of value. I mean this is cool and I'm down, but Zen? Perhaps just not Zen philosophy I know

  • @farahtweedie168
    @farahtweedie168 Год назад +13

    1st , You value yourself.
    Then, Be at the right place with the right people who will see your worth.

  • @Mr.BradRaven
    @Mr.BradRaven Год назад +74

    this came to me at the right moment, I am starting on a new journey to find my space in the world and to be around those that inspire me. Thank you :)

    • @milolo6017
      @milolo6017 Год назад +1

      Good Luck Brother, I believe in you.

    • @Mr.BradRaven
      @Mr.BradRaven Год назад +1

      @Milo Lo thank you brother 🙏

  • @quinto190
    @quinto190 Год назад +3

    Pretty sure, this is an American zen story, not a Japanese one... but not bad.

  • @poppi3362
    @poppi3362 Год назад +7

    this is so american lmfao

  • @darrenchang2907
    @darrenchang2907 Год назад +5

    I don’t mind you giving a cliche motivational speech, but please DON’T do it in the disguise of Buddhism. This has absolutely nothing to do with Buddhism if you know anything about it.

    • @Rickenewyork
      @Rickenewyork 5 месяцев назад

      Have you never heard of zen koans❓❓❓

  • @InspiredMind_KDS
    @InspiredMind_KDS Год назад +17

    Love this story! True worth is not measured by external validation or material possessions. It is found within, in the depths of our character and the authenticity of our actions. Embrace the journey of self-discovery and recognize the immeasurable value that resides within your being. You are deserving of love, happiness, and fulfillment. Trust in your inner wisdom and unleash your true worth upon the world.

    • @ishitamahajan2571
      @ishitamahajan2571 Год назад +1

      Thankyou for your kind words☺

    • @ahqarproperty
      @ahqarproperty 10 месяцев назад

      you are right i agree with you
      i always wounding and seeking knowledge and i found this channel and i think its really help you as it did to me ruclips.net/video/jv86MTC8_Qw/видео.htmlsi=VFZRxW5Kbwf_yKbu

  • @mick5779
    @mick5779 Год назад +12

    And if there is no need to think about value you're free !

  • @postal_the_clown
    @postal_the_clown Год назад +2

    A Master allowed his student to speak once a year but at a random time. Once, during monsoon, the student said, "It is wet." During winter in the mountains he said, "It is cold." In the summer while working in the fields he said, "The plants are dry." And the Master drew near and said, "Complain, complain, complain."

  • @Music_of_Consciousness
    @Music_of_Consciousness Год назад +20

    Thank you so much for the story.. Its a know story but every time can have different interpretations..
    Life DOESN'T have value.. Your create the value of our life, according our Consciousness and perception..
    The environment is so important, but the way, how you perceive it, it's more important..
    Maybe the people and the circumstances are not of your value, but Life always gives you whatever you need to grow..
    It's up to us to accept and transent our lives..
    Blessings and love

  • @janetbeatrice9505
    @janetbeatrice9505 Год назад +2

    Please tell me this is not a real Zen story. One's worth cannot be measured in dollars.

  • @MosesGTC
    @MosesGTC Год назад +6

    Is just like a can of coke is priced differently at different places.

    • @wisdomfromshu
      @wisdomfromshu Год назад

      Totally agreed. Yet people still buy it you know...

    • @eskimo2616
      @eskimo2616 Год назад

      Can or line?

  • @Stabacs
    @Stabacs Год назад +2

    While this video can be helpful for some, it isn´t Zen at all. A Zen master would probably have used the story of the stone marketing, to show how value is really an illusion created by us and not inherent in anything really. He would have also pointed out that the wish for having value is a cause of suffering for the monk, and maybe explained that nothing else in the world seeks for value but people and only people suffer from this struggle. The Zen master would probably have pointed out that to become closer to enlightenment the monk would have to let go of the idea of value of his "self" as the "self" is an illusion in itself.
    Which I would argue can be a helpful lesson as well. 😉
    Peace and love
    ❤🕊

  • @mimisaiko
    @mimisaiko Год назад +7

    It may sound corny, but it is very true.
    You deserve better, don't spend time with people that don't treat you well.

  • @PowDJoke
    @PowDJoke Год назад +2

    This story doesn’t feel very « zen » to me. Sounds like some western bullshit. I was expecting wise words and what I heard sounded like a very dull story about being or not being somewhere we deserve to be. The part about being or not with people that allow us to shine feels weird like you’re supposed to chose people around you based on how they can be helpful to you. That’s some high level individualist shit. This whole scale of different worths also feels weird.

  • @wisdomfromshu
    @wisdomfromshu Год назад +30

    Allow yourself to shine. Really liked that part

  • @lennart-oimel9933
    @lennart-oimel9933 Год назад +2

    "Master, today someone offered $200,000 for our stone! Can you tell me the greatest value in my life now?"
    "Yes, it's...
    ...the stone."😂

  • @SNEHA_0810
    @SNEHA_0810 Год назад +12

    This video come to me at right time . actually I am having very hard time. I don't know what it meant to everyone but for me I understand that I shouldn't expect anyone to love me when I can't love myself.
    And we should believe in ourselves.

    • @taketheleapmotivation
      @taketheleapmotivation  Год назад +3

      Believe in yourself, you got this! 💪. Stay tune for the next video…which is all about believe in yourself.

    • @akdoow3928
      @akdoow3928 Год назад

      yes, this is true. i love myself so much but dont have alot of money or time to show it within the past 5-9 years. However, I am going to let ppl know I am opened to helping others find love. .....As well as myself NOW. I Will tell you that even if you cant or wont love yourself I can teach you to love yourself and ask for love in return by being open and communicating; Even the embarrassing subjects.

  • @samuelodyuo2566
    @samuelodyuo2566 Год назад +10

    I've always believed in myself and I've always recognised my value in my heart! Yes, I've always been!

  • @labradoolepapa
    @labradoolepapa Год назад +2

    A true zen monk would explain that your ego doesn't really exist, it is only a construct, and navigating through that is being deluded with every thought.

  • @Yaathave1
    @Yaathave1 Год назад +22

    The right lesson at the right time🙏🏻

  • @HanTang-n7e
    @HanTang-n7e Год назад +2

    the true worth "Just stay put on the hill, among so many stones, this one is useless, so nobody can use you"

  • @twominutevideos4950
    @twominutevideos4950 Год назад +7

    That's not a Zen story, that's a Tony Robbins story.

    • @AS-kt5zw
      @AS-kt5zw Год назад +3

      Feels more like Tony Robbins than Zen

    • @jdoe2737
      @jdoe2737 Год назад

      Yeah... tbh I was expecting something more profound.

    • @farahtweedie168
      @farahtweedie168 Год назад

      He copied the zen story

  • @2ears1mouth786
    @2ears1mouth786 Год назад +2

    i kind of dislike the rather materialistic perspective this videos seems to have.

  • @bhanumathivenkatasubramani6265
    @bhanumathivenkatasubramani6265 Год назад +7

    Let us pay heed to our inner voice which will guide us to reach heights

  • @TheGuggo
    @TheGuggo Год назад +1

    2:33 - A Buddhist monk, would not use words like “platforms” and “positions” but he would use words like “heart” and “would”.
    Also US Dollars won’t be a measure of intrinsic values. For a Buddhist monk it would be the significance of the improvement triggered in others and the diffusion od knowledge and wisdom.
    This story has been adapted so that a McKinsey’s, Goldman Sach’s or similarly empty souls type of “profiles” would understand it.
    Go spend some time with poor people in Bhutan and you’ll understand what’s worth in life.

  • @moumitabiswas1801
    @moumitabiswas1801 Год назад +7

    Loved this video. We truly need to understand our own value which we fail to understand most of the times. Thanks for uploading it here ❤️

  • @Paper_Trader
    @Paper_Trader Год назад +1

    Second Moral of the story:
    Dumber the projected, higher the value.
    😂😂😂

  • @elisabethseeger5837
    @elisabethseeger5837 Год назад +33

    No the greatest value in our life is that we are priceless no matter what happens to us- the gift of life from our creator is priceless every time

    • @moondive4ever
      @moondive4ever Год назад

      thanks elisabeth. what would we do without you. thank you for being the light for all of the lost ones. We truly are lucky to have you.........

    • @珊晶添良
      @珊晶添良 Год назад

      是张你一直觉得我没价值,是你就是你别跟我逃避跟你说可我从不觉得自强没价值因为品德就是第一,追求精神也是最高尚的,我的价值不可能你自己嘴巴里那麽不值
      你自己看看你对我多不好多过份
      真爱不会提什么价值,你看你多糟糕多失败。不懂什么是爱跟如果爱人就难得到
      你看你活到60还学不懂真爱真谛。我当然懂,你失败,对待我更是!!这几年你就是没善待我是事实,逃避只会让我觉得超没责任。你不懂怎善待别人所以难有真爱。

    • @SkyeMpuremagic
      @SkyeMpuremagic Год назад

      True 💜

    • @devilsadvocate2643
      @devilsadvocate2643 Год назад

      ​@@moondive4ever all the lost ones because we don't believe in the same things as you. That's pretentious.
      Main problem with these videos, it gives everyone the idea, that either they are geniuses in disguise, and we're just too stupid to see it. Or they're the most righteous person and we're just lost people.

  • @TheLittle93
    @TheLittle93 Год назад +1

    Then the Master said: Take a Bag and put all stones you can find. We´re getting rich, baby!

  • @johnmcfadden9620
    @johnmcfadden9620 Год назад +29

    Wonderful story on Self-Worth. You determine your self worth by how much value you put on your talents and skills. It’s your perception of your own value. You’re more valuable than you might think.

    • @leonpiccinin
      @leonpiccinin Год назад +2

      well said and thank you for saying it 🖖🖖

  • @Epiphone1964
    @Epiphone1964 Год назад +1

    What a stupid story... The idea that you magically have more value depending on where you are standing, without making any effort yourself... just being like a worthless stone. I can see the appeal to lazy people, that just changing your location makes a difference, but it really doesn't, not without an effort on your part to create value. Also... I would guess that this is absolutely not a true Zen parable.

  • @humanbeing4995
    @humanbeing4995 Год назад +4

    What does it mean? We exist to see the stone. To feel it's texture. To hear it fall. Perhaps you could taste and smell it if you wanted. Then you could think about the rock. What is experience, what is the nature of nature? Value doesn't have to equate to virtue, does it? 💛

  • @peterfennell9337
    @peterfennell9337 Год назад +1

    Where can I find the origin of this story? Did you just make it up to get more clicks? It has zero credibility for anyone remotely familiar with Zen philosopy.

  • @cyndykated358
    @cyndykated358 Год назад +28

    We don’t need to know everything especially in this day and age. We just need to know what works for us.❤

  • @noviting6976
    @noviting6976 Год назад +2

    Too bad, the young monk should've sold it for $200,000 and gotten another stone from the mountain to show it to the master monk and he would have still been able to get the life lesson from the master, with additional $200,000 in his pocket...

    • @elilevi196
      @elilevi196 Год назад +1

      It's a fiction story, no one will give you 20$ for a rock unless is a poor kid and you want to donate

    • @SkyeMpuremagic
      @SkyeMpuremagic Год назад

      Con man 😏... He could have done this, but then he wouldn't be very spiritual. He'd be wordly and what the world values has little significance

    • @SkyeMpuremagic
      @SkyeMpuremagic Год назад +1

      ​​@@elilevi196 People actually used to buy rocks in the 80s... They were even called "pet rocks"... Don't know how much they were... but you'd be surprised. People have spent millions for a canvas with a banana taped to it!

  • @ashserj7906
    @ashserj7906 Год назад +5

    Thank you for this. I have had self limiting thoughts and I thought thats it. I'm going to face my fears and put up my application for a job promotion. This video also gave the encouragement. ❤ I'm happy to say I got the offer

  • @Faro1
    @Faro1 Год назад +7

    Wow, what an amazing message. It is so true about the platforms you place yourself in. Well done master!

  • @wataruik2244
    @wataruik2244 Год назад +1

    Do you really believe someone will offer me 200,000 dollars if I took a stone to the antique shop??????

  • @johnmcfadden9620
    @johnmcfadden9620 Год назад +3

    Find your place in the world and shine, help others.

  • @selfreflectivewisdom
    @selfreflectivewisdom Месяц назад +1

    Your true worth is not measured by what you have, but by who you are. Embrace your unique qualities and believe in your potential. You are more valuable than you realize.

  • @samjohnson3124
    @samjohnson3124 Год назад +1

    I look forward to when we dont use money anymore again, that would be AWESOME!

  • @mikebaguley9092
    @mikebaguley9092 Год назад +6

    Never be so eager to throw love away, precious is the gem 💎 stone that glows brightly 🌞 in your chest it's called heart ❤ some seek it out in others, and many push people down to take another's, when we sit in a quiet space after exercise and meditate 🧘‍♀ with true belief, focusing on what we really want to achieve, that is the moment you activate your heart chakra. don't expect 💖 the mountain of the mind to move all at once, it takes so much repetition and faith in one's self 💖 to open your beautiful hidden treasure trove of creation, you have the opportunity to turn that key 🔑 in any direction you so wish 🤞 setting good intentions is the final lesson 😊 give with an open heart with out expectations and the divine will listen 🎶 if you want what is hidden out of sight work hard enough to make it unfold in your reality 😊 🕊💖🕯🌅🎆💯

    • @larryhernandez76
      @larryhernandez76 Год назад

      You wrote this like music 🎼

    • @mikebaguley9092
      @mikebaguley9092 Год назад +1

      Ps. Before you engage in exercise please seek advice from your doctor, also consider asking about a balanced diet 😉 I wish you all the very best 👌

  • @TheM4stermind
    @TheM4stermind Год назад +1

    this is a story about ones market value. market value =/= value of a person. Quite a misleading story.

  • @chaddhoward9419
    @chaddhoward9419 Год назад +3

    Well said! Also, noted...Thank you for wisdom❣️💓🦋👍

  • @guillaumec1784
    @guillaumec1784 Год назад +1

    This really doesn't sound like a Zen story. More like self development bullsh*it.

  • @angelaengle12
    @angelaengle12 Год назад +4

    This is really important when looking for a job. Finding a place where the people there value you and your work is very crucial.

  • @iTsAmis
    @iTsAmis Год назад +1

    Hello, I really like this story. I’m an artist trying to find my value. I would like to use this sound to make it a animation. Would that be ok with you.?

  • @hisstoryatbp
    @hisstoryatbp Год назад +10

    I'm currently working in a mass media corporation.
    After watching this, I've decided to finally submit my resignation letter and apply at the antique shop down the town.
    Thank you for inspiring me. I'm so excited to have a $200,000 paycheck monthly~!!!!

  • @GaiaMediaIndustries
    @GaiaMediaIndustries Год назад +1

    Clearly, the greatest value in the boy's life is his ability to shift worthless goods at astronomical prices. That boy went on to become Steve Jobs.

  • @02nissansentracs
    @02nissansentracs Год назад +6

    With the quality of the audio and overall presentation, I was shocked to see you have less than 1 million subs. You're going to grow quickly, very well done.

    • @sumofat4994
      @sumofat4994 Год назад

      ROFL its completely AI generated drivel.

  • @zazen108
    @zazen108 Год назад +1

    This story is almost the complete opposite of how zen sees the world. This is a very western, very capitalist story about maximizing value through dedication. Zen has nothing to do with that. The idea that we are worth a lot or a little or that we can be undervalued is so wrong headed. A zen monk would tell you to forget all that and be at ease. Just calm down and be quiet. We are not meant to shine, or have unique gifts or fulfill our potential. We are not meant to do anything other than observe our own existence and find inner peace.

  • @SeonaleeSobermati
    @SeonaleeSobermati Год назад +19

    Can't explain in words how much of comfort these words gave me. Thank you very much.🙏🏻

  • @dilasgrau6433
    @dilasgrau6433 Год назад +1

    But when you put your value into zero, you are free, you have nothing to defend or prove to anyone, you don't need to have the compulsion to explain what you did which is the root of all your troubles.

  • @elibeth971
    @elibeth971 Год назад +7

    Daaaaamn. Thank you for this. Im crying rn. Praying real hard for my life and my career. I feel so lost but this video gave me comfort. Thank youuu

  • @patrikpotoczky9780
    @patrikpotoczky9780 Год назад +1

    If you stary too long in place where they cannot see your worth, you are becoming worthless. Don´t waste time.

  • @ohreally4065
    @ohreally4065 Год назад +5

    Having SELF-worth obviates the need for others to "recognize" it in you. If your sense of worth comes from your market value--whatever the amount ascribed to it ($2 or $200,000)--your sense of yourself is dependent upon external circumstances, including the views of others both of which will inevitably change. That impending change easily evokes anxiety. Striving to get others to value you (before or after you recognize yourself) is what most people do now and is exactly the source of people's feeling of contingent worth. If you want to be secure in your sense of worth, you must understand it in entirely different terms. This "Zen" story is anything but.
    Zen Buddhism is famous for its position of "no-self". To Mahayana Buddhists the concept of self is just another 'empty' constructed concept, but one that has particular power for the untrained mind. One's attachment, according to Buddhists, to one's sense of self is the ultimate source of suffering--not a sense of worth. The advice given here does not address a Buddhist analysis in any recognizable way that I can see, whatever its merits may be to you. The statement "Your life's value is like this stone, if you place it..." is very much at odds with Buddhist views on self.

    • @freetibet1000
      @freetibet1000 Год назад +1

      Well said, my friend. The only remotely Buddhist in this story is the description on how causes and conditions determine and define events. What’s definitely not Buddhist thought is the talk about ‘self-worth’, as you say. Actually, the tendency to build a psychological platform based on a sense of self is exactly what Buddhist practice aims at dissolving. Why? Because, according to the Buddha, the belief in a self is a hollow belief system based on false speculations. Because of holding on to a belief based on false premises we creat suffering for ourselves and others. Our beliefs in an independently existing self are not based in reality but based on a fantasy and can therefor only bring grief and frustration when it collides with reality. But I know you already know this by having read your comment. I’m just glad that someone else also had the intelligence and knowledge to see through this fraudulent statement. It cannot had come from a genuine zen source. Impossible.

    • @ohreally4065
      @ohreally4065 Год назад

      @@freetibet1000
      Thanks! We see things similarly.
      My main concern is that others without the good fortune to have encountered and engaged deeply with Buddhism might actually take this video as reflective of Zen.
      I hope its creator will recognize the harm it is doing and remove it themselves.

    • @freetibet1000
      @freetibet1000 Год назад

      @@ohreally4065 Yes, I see what you mean. Misrepresentation of the words of the Buddha and in this case Zen, cannot bring any benefit. That’s for sure. On the other hand, coming to the defense of Buddha dharma is not necessary either. Truth will always be the truth, no matter how much it is neglect or disregarded. Truth will always stand up for itself. But I appreciate your effort to present the dharma to others in a way that is not in contradiction with its original intent. You have sympathy for that.
      I like to give an example, if I may; right now people around the world are upset because religious books are being burnt to manifest political points. If the same thing happened to Buddhist texts we shouldn’t be upset or worried. Why? In this world it is a normal situation that we humans do not see the same truth in all things. If someone is going so far as to burn religious books is no big deal. The karma is on them for having caused many to be upset. Also, those that are upset should consider that no religious book can be the law that everyone must follow. Religious teachings doesn’t need to be defended. If they do, they contain weaknesses that lack the truth. No religion needs to be defended if it is believed to hold the truth. In the eyes of the non-believer religious defensiveness is a sure sign of disbelief and doubt.

  • @unechaine1
    @unechaine1 Год назад +1

    I totaly disagree, our value doesn't depend on the others, we are priceless, whatever we do and that's why we don't kill others nor destroy them in their minds.

  • @kinderhood
    @kinderhood Год назад +3

    Ooh guys. Making me cry with a Zen story. I have come a long way and wonder my worth. I know it is a journey. ❤

  • @katiaintheclouds
    @katiaintheclouds Год назад +1

    Cute story but an actual zen monk would have never said anything like it.

  • @Kevin-jc1fx
    @Kevin-jc1fx Год назад +26

    This is so timely for me. I really see that I am not at the right place but it is a deep internal struggle to realize that some people I love won't follow me on my journey. I spent the last years procrastinating and giving advices to people around me to get them on board but to no avail. It is a painful realization but people keep going their own way and I should follow mine. It's time to take the leap and endeavour to put myself where I will be valued. Thank you for this video.

    • @thunderblade613
      @thunderblade613 Год назад +2

      The best you can do is help yourself, only then think about helping others.

    • @olajhon3709
      @olajhon3709 Год назад

      Pe drumul eliberării mergem singuri !

  • @divyanshsharma07
    @divyanshsharma07 Год назад +1

    It's not zen story, it's a story written in Upanishads (hindu scriptures).

  • @hekidanjo
    @hekidanjo Год назад +4

    This has said no words of zen.

  • @minxthedog2769
    @minxthedog2769 Год назад +1

    The master is a liar who says he will give the answer many times before yet the monk still asks the same question. Why should he believe a liar in the end?

  • @Rapusin
    @Rapusin Год назад +1

    Ohhh, yes, the good old American dollars from the zen temples.

  • @summersunriseyoga
    @summersunriseyoga Год назад +23

    Beautiful story! I am also a RUclips content creator. Questions of my value in life come up for me a lot. Thank you for this poignant reminder. Meditate daily 🙏🧘‍♀️

  • @missyflutter5562
    @missyflutter5562 Год назад +1

    I swear to my death no monk ever referred to anyone’s life as a platform metaphorically or literally fml

  • @agucci
    @agucci Год назад +4

    The true worth is the worth of the Law. ❤

  • @prasunbagdi6112
    @prasunbagdi6112 Год назад +4

    The problem is in real life we can't just go to different places to check our value. For example, a person can't just go to a hospital and see if they are valuable as a doctor and then go to a bank and see if they are valuable as an accountant and then go to the army and see if they are valuable as a soldier. Our system forces us to choose a single path and it takes all of our time and resources, we can't check where we are valued most.

    • @mattbray_studio
      @mattbray_studio Год назад

      i get what you are saying but i have found this is not the case. you can change paths, it just takes some courage to take the leap, i did and it was very worthwhile

    • @Ashley-xb1dz
      @Ashley-xb1dz Год назад

      I know a lady who was a nurse then became a programmer for the UN, I know a lady who was a physics person then became a data scientist, and another lady that used to take care of people at old folk homes then ended up creating custom baby dolls that sell for thousands of dollars, and that is how she makess a living to support her family, idk. Paths change sometimes by choice, sometimes not. Some people can figure out how to sell themselves and their work, but it's not easy. I haven't figured out their success. :/

  • @Prebest
    @Prebest Год назад +1

    Is this AI story or voice? cause most AI seem to do the same thing in a new way, but I guess some humans do that as well

  • @juliek.2400
    @juliek.2400 Год назад +5

    It’s so true. I’m in a profession where different offices/businesses get different types of clients and issues to solve, hence different salaries payable to employees like me. Yet, we’ve all spent the same amount of hours, apply the same skills (skills will become different once you develop your years of expertises) to start with, and same resources to rely on. Initially I was okay with the low pay, then when my colleagues started to be unfriendly and disrespectful, I knew this office, this “platform,” didn’t appreciate me, let alone recognizing my worth. So my choice now is to leave the vegetable market and go to a museum, 💪 May we all find the right platforms for ourselves where we will be appreciated, respected, and valued. 🙏

    • @taketheleapmotivation
      @taketheleapmotivation  Год назад +1

      Seeking a workplace where you are appreciated, respected, and valued is a wise decision! Thanks for stopping by!

  • @ambersimerly1803
    @ambersimerly1803 Год назад +1

    False. Our value is inherently priceless because the One who created us says so. If you create a work of art that you love and will never sell, but someone tries to buy it from you, wouldn't you be shocked at how little they offered? Its priceless to you. You'd never sell it because there's no price high enough. Even if my analogy falls short in your eyes, I want you to know that God sees your worth as priceless. So much so, that He came to the world He creates, as a human, and died a torturous death to get you back and show you your worth. This story is bogus. I have to go to certain places to be labled a certain value? Nope. I'm loved and valued because the One who made me says I'm loved and valued. And YOU are too~♡

  • @devGamersCoders
    @devGamersCoders Год назад +16

    This is the best 4 minutes of my life.
    It taught the path of my life.

  • @Ounouh
    @Ounouh Год назад +1

    Oh you underestimate the level of self esteem I'm missing...

  • @mauijttewaal
    @mauijttewaal Год назад +3

    And if you place yourself in God then your value becomes infinite ;-)

  • @ozten-fj6pe
    @ozten-fj6pe Год назад +1

    I took my Stone to the Antique Shop and they told me to: "GET OUTTA HERE"! So i took it to the Museum and was ARRESTED. After i bailed out i took it to the Marketplace and was nearly STONED to death by an obnoxious Lady. Life's Lesson? NEVER watch You Tube for LIFE advice !!!

  • @Theddyfield
    @Theddyfield Год назад +1

    The real take away is, human minds cannot put a value on anyones lives. We put a value based on use. That cannot be the case. Humans didnt create humans. So we do not have the right to value something that we disnt create. It like putting a value on river, or earth or the clouds. Or in this case, a rock. The value estimated by many people were are different and inaccurate. It was just percieved value. Not actual value. We never know what the presence of that rock may have been of importance. Humans are still finding phenomenons like butterfly effects and what not. We need to know that we are created by God, the greatest creator. So we are priceless.

    • @SkyeMpuremagic
      @SkyeMpuremagic Год назад +1

      Powerfully spoken truth
      We place price tags on everything, but we created nothing...
      Only God knows the value of all things and he has given FREELY
      We are made in his image
      We have PRICELESS SOULS
      You can't put a price on eternity!

  • @manishaherwar
    @manishaherwar Год назад +4

    Most Beautiful Life Lesson "It's only us creators of our own destiny,we become what we consume from our surroundings"

    • @yashaswikulshreshtha1588
      @yashaswikulshreshtha1588 Год назад

      🤣🤣 I understand optimistic approach but sometimes you gotta look beyond for truth to understand you don't have power to change your destiny. The concept of choice and the way it perceived is flawed. Question and observe you'll know the answer

    • @manishaherwar
      @manishaherwar Год назад

      @@yashaswikulshreshtha1588 hey hie,
      So you don't believe that you can happy life if you have strong desire to have one for yourself & your's family.Hey yashaswi I really believe that if you have positive approach & pure heart you're bound to have beautiful destiny,that doesn't mean I think there wouldn't be any drawdowns 😊😊

  • @friendlyapk
    @friendlyapk Год назад +2

    that story is from Guru Nanak Dev Ji

    • @mrOizo89
      @mrOizo89 Год назад +1

      Thank you for that information. I found a much better version of this story called „Mardana and the stone“ or "Guru Nanak and Salas Rai the jeweler“. The version told in this video is kind of weird.

  • @finncullen
    @finncullen Год назад +3

    Great lesson there. If you're trying to get something done and someone keeps pestering you with abstract questions set them a random job that'll get them out of your hair for three days.
    Here's my favourite "Zen parable" from Terry Pratchett:
    “If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

  • @louissu888
    @louissu888 Год назад +1

    where can i find this antique's shop? i have couple of stones to sell

  • @mrigankamedhi
    @mrigankamedhi Год назад +3

    This is actually a very motivational and life changing lessons❤

  • @ajbleas
    @ajbleas Год назад +1

    So you're a saying I should get into the stone selling business...