This reminds me of Douglas Adam's theory in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that the secret to flying is being able to throw your self at the ground and miss.
I found this very interesting. Read Slingerland's book a few years ago and its excellent. In this talk, he encapsulates a wealth of information covered in the book.
I thought the last question was very good! In my opinion he poorly answered it. Not trying hard and not trying are not the same thing. Example: you are learning how to swim and you are a novice. I would still say Wu Wei is correct: don’t try too hard. Your job is to simply be there and execute. Swim and swim as long as you can and as frequently as you can. But while you are swimming, you don’t wanna be thinking of every little detail of what you are doing. That’s trying too hard. Just swim. Try crawl, brass, swimming on your back, butterfly, try everything. Try swimming fast and see. Swim slow and see. The point is, focus on your actions and your body, not thinking.
I learned to swim 2years ago, and it is not just trying to swim and enjoying. Every time you FOCUS on 1 little detail. If you don't focus, you can learn wrong technic and at the end you will have to THINK about correcting it, so at the beginning it is better to THINK and focus to learn, that afterwards you can just enjoy your craft ;)
so many sports kill this. my son learned to skate and is learning ice hockey simply by doing. i put him into formal lacrosse lessons and he turned off and shut down by week two. he is four. he spent hours upon hours on our outdoor shinny rink with a puck and spent ten minutes on a lacrosse rink with a coach ramming lessons dowm his throat.
This whole thing presumes that individuals actually exist, but they don't. There is no me, no you, no separate anything. All separation is an illusion. Spontaneity is inescapable, because the one infinite field of reality is inescapable.
I hope you’re not refeering to trump although he did kind of win on that premise. But he’s clearly not a dictator. I think you could view it as authenticity over non authenticity. Angry resentful leaders have come into power because they would be able to harvest the energies of collective. But that can be done for better or for worse. You could argue that Jesus could do the same because of his authentic nature. What people dont like is politicans that you can tell are personas that arent genuine or authentic, Just mouthpieces of ideology or saying whatever gets them the votes.
Yep, watching my hives fade day after day until they completely vanished was such a relief, I went with what I pointed out and within the first 10 days or so the urticaria was barely visible! I just go'ogled the latest by Shane Zormander and after 20 days my skin has never been healthier!
Well that was all very interesting until the comment about Trump. Unnecessary, personal bias... I'd go as far to say lacking in wu wei as he had obviously tried to cram that point in somewhere somehow in an attempt to fool the audience. Bit like Clinton... .
This reminds me of Douglas Adam's theory in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that the secret to flying is being able to throw your self at the ground and miss.
That's not a theory.
I found this very interesting. Read Slingerland's book a few years ago and its excellent. In this talk, he encapsulates a wealth of information covered in the book.
I graduated high school with Ted in 1986. Bright,bright guy..
The idea that wuwei is the path towards Te, the personal power is a valuable insight for me.Thanks.
Meditation can help you to harmonize system 1 and 2
34:18 Doesn't the toolbox analogy just mean Mengzi is correct about the complex balance between Wei and Wu Wei?
I thought the last question was very good! In my opinion he poorly answered it. Not trying hard and not trying are not the same thing. Example: you are learning how to swim and you are a novice. I would still say Wu Wei is correct: don’t try too hard. Your job is to simply be there and execute. Swim and swim as long as you can and as frequently as you can. But while you are swimming, you don’t wanna be thinking of every little detail of what you are doing. That’s trying too hard. Just swim. Try crawl, brass, swimming on your back, butterfly, try everything. Try swimming fast and see. Swim slow and see. The point is, focus on your actions and your body, not thinking.
I learned to swim 2years ago, and it is not just trying to swim and enjoying. Every time you FOCUS on 1 little detail. If you don't focus, you can learn wrong technic and at the end you will have to THINK about correcting it, so at the beginning it is better to THINK and focus to learn, that afterwards you can just enjoy your craft ;)
Excellent presentation and lots of things to ponder from hearing this.
Wonderful talk! Reminds me of Viktor Frankl's Paradoxical Intention.
so many sports kill this. my son learned to skate and is learning ice hockey simply by doing. i put him into formal lacrosse lessons and he turned off and shut down by week two. he is four. he spent hours upon hours on our outdoor shinny rink with a puck and spent ten minutes on a lacrosse rink with a coach ramming lessons dowm his throat.
once you realise this, it's hard to miss that almost EVERY social organisation kills the inner ... life is hard
This is already an ancient old philosophy of the Wuwei just being rewritten
The RUclips video of the Art of Living Effortlessly by Jason Gregory is a best better version of this talk
Amazing Q&A session
Is his name Edward or Ted? Super confused
This whole thing presumes that individuals actually exist, but they don't. There is no me, no you, no separate anything. All separation is an illusion. Spontaneity is inescapable, because the one infinite field of reality is inescapable.
Um, it's Ed, not Ted. Great job.
Excellent talk … thanks !
Great talk man ❤
9:00 start
Technology is not helping our lives.. Says the man talking at Google
“People prefer evil spontaneity over no spontaneity.” Hmm... do you want dictators? Because that’s how you get dictators!
I hope you’re not refeering to trump although he did kind of win on that premise. But he’s clearly not a dictator.
I think you could view it as authenticity over non authenticity. Angry resentful leaders have come into power because they would be able to harvest the energies of collective. But that can be done for better or for worse. You could argue that Jesus could do the same because of his authentic nature. What people dont like is politicans that you can tell are personas that arent genuine or authentic, Just mouthpieces of ideology or saying whatever gets them the votes.
the process starts with 'doing the right thing' ,which is given to us, until all spontaneity
Is this technically a Ted talk?
Wait, his name is Edward
Yes, but it’s not a TED Talk.
It's an Ed talk
@@NIKITKOKIS I went to High school with him
..EVERYONE called him TED.
@@marklewen9384 amazing
Follow the breath.
Yep, watching my hives fade day after day until they completely vanished was such a relief, I went with what I pointed out and within the first 10 days or so the urticaria was barely visible! I just go'ogled the latest by Shane Zormander and after 20 days my skin has never been healthier!
Anybody how to spell the German word he mentioned, cheers
Atomwaffensperrvertrag
Schadenfreude-enjoying the misfortune of others
Toddlers are not a model of how we want to behave. Ha, ha, ha!
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Thats a ted talk
So they can go to the best high school
So they can pop ritalin and get into the best college
Lol
😂
good talk bad audio
Was that thing about "evil" spontaneity of Trump necessary?? ....Why?
Maybe he had to satisfy his employers agenda...
It was his spontaneity.
I've never known an American president not to have evil spontaneity. Trump was no better or worse than the rest of them.
Well that was all very interesting until the comment about Trump. Unnecessary, personal bias... I'd go as far to say lacking in wu wei as he had obviously tried to cram that point in somewhere somehow in an attempt to fool the audience. Bit like Clinton... .
Don't cry
He didn't seem biased. Clinton had no charisma lol it was a good comparison
Lost credible after giving his opinion.
I wouldn't go that far but, yes. COMPLETELY unnecessary.
Lol with a laugh
Lighten up
So they can go to the best high school
So they can pop ritalin and get into the best college
Lol
😂