The purpose of life is simply to live it. Experience it fully and find joy in the journey, for that is what life is. Purpose is a trickster, a con game made by humans, experienced only by humans. But the purpose, inasmuch as there is one, is simply to be you. The purpose of the sparrow is to be a sparrow. The purpose of the grasshopper, to be a grasshopper. Be you, and everything else will take its place along the path of your journey.
Grasshoppers and sparrows are always looking over their shoulder for predators while also constantly looking for food. Fear, pain, and struggle are a big part of life. Most of us look for something to make it all worth it. Gods, families, relationships, prestige, toys, technology, curiousity, hobbies, addictions... most of us have something that keeps us going. The OP of the video suggests we give up all but one job so we can be skilled in it. That often leads to having things and less struggle. Nothing will guarantee your life will be fulfilling, but it helps to be self sufficient.
@@itoibo4208 If you live in urban areas, you're also looking over your shoulder for predators. I think the issue here is to first ensure you place yourself into a position where you can actualize as intended.
Just a little correction: One can have more than one ikigai throughout their lives, even at the same time. Thus, the purpose of an ikigai is not to set a single definite goal for oneself, but to find one's reason(s) to keep living with your heart and mind fully concentrating on the present moment.
I’ll submit that it’s plausible to have multiple simultaneously. A part of one could also be part of another. Not everyone’s brain 🧠 works the same way and we’re all #neurodivergent
I agree. I had a successful career essentially until I was in my mid 50s but it came with quite immense stress and contributed to me losing my wife and kids. I chose it due to pressure of expectation (pressure I put on myself to be considered successful by a world that decides what “success” is. Now 60 and retired on very little but own my house and SOME money in the bank (but not nearly enough to be considered “successful”, I also live very humbly and VERY quietly, just wishing to be left alone by government and most people. I came to the conclusion, years ago, that, while I (and most other people) have a wish to achieve “ikigai”, very few do for reasons just hinted at in the video. I view society and the system as a crock of s h i t and the humble lifestyle I live today allows me a semblance of peace and that peace holds great value for me. I contribute nothing to a society I only hold a deep disdain for.
This used to be my goal, until I realised that we have humans evolved to be communal beings and that working for the betterment of everyone is a better goal. "Getting yours" and then vanishing off into the countryside is pulling up the ladder behind you. The only reason we are able to live the life we have now is because of the hard work and dedicated of the people that came before us.
I think it’s important to note that it’s never too late to find one’s ikigai. And that ikigai may be different at various stages of life. I’m fortunate to have had a very successful business career. I was able to retire a bit early, and my world is now focused on art, my true passion - my ikigai. In fact, I think this would be a great video to recommend to people who are retiring, because that “natural break” in life presents an opportunity to find a fulfilling and enjoyable new way to live.
Your purpose can’t be found in uTube videos. The videos can help in giving you a vocabulary, but can’t replace experiences. This is what awakens your Spirit.
"Our purpose is to find and define ou purpose, perhaps that alone no matter what we do and accomplish is ENOUGH " very well said and that's what my philosophy has become recently 👍🏻🙏🏻☘️
In the name of that author - ikigai is not something we should try, let alone try hard to achieve. It is much more a process of being. Opening yourself up and dropping out limiting beliefs about how we think we should live and how we think we should be won’t just open us up to what we love and how we can best serve but the universe will respond. Everything you need is already there. Don’t give your power away but looking and pouting outside to find the perfect ikigai to make you happy. Ikigai starts within - the rest of the world is a mirror that reflects your own transformation. I hope that helps 🥰
Wow. Yes, it does. Thanks. It’s not a process of adding things upon ourselves. It’s a process of subtracting or minimizing things that are not ourselves.
This "4 intersection" ikigai is a western translation. Ikigai isn't about making money or contributing to the world. It is "what do you wake up for?" It can even be your morning tea. Anything that you enjoy in life and makes you happy
A career does not give you purpose in life. I'm a stay at home parent; I don't get paid for anything. And my husband does not have any purpose at his job either, but he is happy. He too lives for his family.
Every circle begins with its end. Reflection is key. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
This video inspired me to keep going. When everyone around me doubts me, and my choices. This one affirmation is enough for me to keep going. Even just for my own sake. My own happiness. Thank You for posting this video.
Looking outward at “what the world needs” will get you a job, but looking inward at what you like to do will get you that job where it doesn’t feel like working
If everyone trained to be what the world needed you’d find the most useful jobs to humanity also being the least well paid? Now no one trained to be a second hand car sales man and it pays millions. While teachers and doctors are worth pennies?
0:33: the key to enlightenment is to find out that those questions cannot be definitively answered, and to therefore accept the non-answer (the void) as it is
I think it's a matter of knowing yourself and pursuing that thing that gets you in a flow state. If you hate your job and can't afford to quit it, or if you haven't decided on a career yet, then those flow inducing activities won't necessarily make you money but are still important to keep you going, finding fulfillment, being fully present in the moment and resting your mind chatter. Eventually you can make those key domains overlap, but you still need to work on them if they don't. An important thing to note is that it's all about yourself. We very easily forget our needs and desires looking at a "bigger purpose". "What the world needs" is just one of the four key objectives. It takes courage to put ourselves at the center of our lives.
It’s said that we either live from the mind, the heart, or the gut….finding the balance of those 3 places to live from is the experiment that the human species is currently in. My wife is mainly heart driven, and I mainly mind. Together we help bring balance to one another.
As much as I try to practise it, especially because I am a Japanese language teacher, it's the career itself that is sucking the life out of me - giving me joy and fulfillment half of the time while the other half is a sense of helplessness, lack of reason, of purpose, low self-esteem, stress, disgust, anger. It doesn't help that if I give up on this career path I am left with nothing and I don't have the luxury of starting education anew.
You may indeed need to wait, all while preparing for what lies beyond the void veil. Reflection is key. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@@Benz-hi5ubDon’t worry about that but one thing I can tell you for sure, get out of your hometown. Travel, go away to school, join the circus, whatever feels right. The kids I knew from high school who never left town, well, I would say the sands in the hour glass started running out early. If your hometown is a huge city, then it is a bit different, but leave your neighborhood.
Thank you for this video. Sincerely. It made me take a hard look at myself and refocus on who I really am. I've settled for something I can do well, and the world needs, and I'll be paid handsomely for, but I do not love. I've got a finite number of years on this planet. I'm going to spend my days doing something I love. ❤
A very interesting way for saying if we can all care for each other we will facilitate each others search for happiness. This is what human beings understand before we are redirected towards other goals that are not supportive of the happiness of each other.
What a beautiful video. I chose the path of an artist and this was validating. I had to regroup again when I developed long Covid (like millions of others). I gave up many things to concentrate on creating art. I do much less than I used to, even then, but I think my paintings now are more luminous.
Time is the only resource. Reflection is key: if you don't take action, the Universe will *definitely* do unto you without reservation. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@@dirtydandirty201174 You got it the wrong way. I wasn't being positive about it. No matter how much I work on myself and the effort I put on introspection, the results are always the same.
I've been lately in Japan. I have experienced this idea of ikigai, and it holds value, since people seem to enjoy their work. The thing I can't get rid of is, that the west is trying just to look at the things for efficiencies’ sake. There is much more behind it than trying to figure out what job to work.
Tomorrow is just a word. Yesterday is a memory. We get the eternal now. So be there. Experience it. Be fully present. Spend hours away from your cellphone and computer every day if possible.
Metaphysically ungrounded and (therefore) ontologically unable to commit, and yet we will try to be something. There is no purpose other than a moment by moment action that answers why that action was taken - there is no metaphysical purpose for our being. But purpose is not what we are after, the only thing we ultimately desire is to have meaning....a meaning for ourselves to ourselves. What does it mean to be me? What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be a member of a human among humans. And ultimately - most people don't ask themselves this: What does it mean to have lived life as I have lived it? I have found answers for myself to these questions, sometimes gripping in their conclusions, but almost always everchanging, and almost always transient.
I really like the fact that you're promoting an idea of self-realization from a culture deeply familiar with hikikomori and suicide. I'm sure it will work great!
It's not made for what's behind you, it's for what's in front of you 💪🏽 you got this old-timer, no time like the present! Might as well enjoy all you've got
I have found my Ikigai. 30 years ago. I regret I hesitated on acting, moving with it. But now, I am on the cusp of doing just that, stepping forward. It took 30 years for me. Don't let what is explained 10:00 - 11:37 stay in the way. Find a way through it. If you don't pursue it, you may find the undesirable consequences of inaction creeping up and haunting you through your life.
"What you love" -- nature: highly depends on what your neural circuits learned to reward to enjoy with. "What you're good at" -- ability: depends on nature, but also highly depends on our health though. "What you're paid for" -- reward: highly depends on social vicinity. "What world needs" -- demand: highly depends on product utility. "What you find meaningful" -- justification: highly depends on our hopes of life, and methods believed in to achieving them.
Great video! The "suggest correct captions" option just dropped, so I'm having the time of my life correcting guesses of "ikigai" as I watch. Personal favorite: "eeky guys." Most common: "eigi" and "igig guy."
Thank youuuu for your great work on this project ❤️ it’s truly important to settle on a project for a better future and it’s a great opportunity to make a better future 💕 thank youuu and thank youuuu
I have wondered why the answers to these questions can often be so difficult and elusive. I think I found the answer in the psychoanalysis of Lacan and the philosophy of Zizek- especially their concepts of subjective destitution. It is not an ultimate answer, but a therapeutic outlook and framework from which to approach these questions.
There's also a lot of people that make a good living exploring different unrelated "careers". The only real mistake we can make is to think we've found the truth, the truth, is for deities, we mortals only get glimpses of it... But still, we are under the ethical obligation to share what we learn, but there is no need go all dogmatic about it, only enough to show respect for your self and your deities. May them keep you wise enough to achieve something with your life.
i agree with the point that value is not equally exchanged to money there are many people that get paid way too less for their work, but i don't agree on settling you can always try something new
The current degree im doing, i never thought id get in this field in the begining. But now i like the subject, but i dont know if i love it, i feel no extreme feelings towards it... it just feels natural to do it...
There are a number of factors that may contribute to selfishness in the world today, including: Times of crisis: Some say that times of crisis, like the pandemic, can increase selfish behavior. Social media: The rise of social media and digital platforms may encourage people to focus on self-promotion and personal gratification. Cultural shifts: Modern society often emphasizes individualism and personal achievement. Human nature: Some say that selfishness is a natural part of human nature, and that our decisions are driven by our need for safety, security, and survival. Mental health issues: Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder can lead to selfishness. Genetic predispositions: Some say that selfishness can be caused by genetic predispositions.
It’s not about justification. It’s not even about increasing productivity or getting ahead. It’s a philosophy on how to find happiness and satisfaction in your life. It’s about introspection, and finding a balance between challenge, ease, desire, and responsibility. It’s accepting that life sucks, and finding the least stressful path for yourself while also connecting with and contributing to your community.
Sometimes when I’m in a certain state of mind I have trouble focusing on the present too. Did you u try to meditate or do breathing exercises? It helps me to center and focus. When reading I prefer a quite environment or play Ambiente music in the background. I can immerse into the book really well like this.
I struggle at times. Meditation and fostering presence, really helps, because its root cause is mind created anxiety ; the mind says " things are not right ! Well, I have to tame that, and say hello to the beautiful present moment.
The world has impacts towards others, we create the world or pespective of the world. So in other words we are the ones with great impact towards others. And because of social media, things have become more serious as our one comment can change many views of life. We must always be careful with how we do things, we must try our best not to harm others. As that will change your course and mine.
I am struggling with this. Fell into a career I didn’t choose. Made money to buy things and now have to make money to afford things. Very unrewarding. But I don’t know where to go from here.
save money. spend less. saved money = free time and less stress. reevaluate what u want to do and want from life. make a plan. make adjustments. life better
What a relief - my life has not been wasted, lol. I think I found a couple of my ikigais through a series of "accidents" caused by God or the universe. I think they were signs corralling me in the proper direction - we all likely have similar signs, so I suppose we need to pay attention!
this Would be a nice framework for happiness if it dropped the "what you can get paid for" part, since any framework that tries to make you happy under capitalism can only achieve that through distraction
Act upon your highest excitement, to the best of your ability, until you can take it no further, with no expectation of what the outcome should be. Repeat. -Bashar.
I considered several of these throughout my life. Nothing I do that I enjoy is worth money. I'm very good at making complex things understandable. I have no desire to teach. I have no desire to sell things because I expect logic to determine if something is worthwhile for me or others. Unfortunately most people don't operate on logic. They live in fear. I would feel bad scaring people enough to get them to make a purchase of some worthwhile product. I really hate government. Yet I really dislike arguing and fighting. Promoting positive things for the world in government, and in the environment, or even religion, are always met by disbelief or apathy. It wouldn't be fun talking to people about those things to improve lives. So I'm destined to be poor; with no house, no car, and a bleak future. Ikigai sounds good. In the western world it might work for some people.
This philosophy sheds light on why our current monetary system is so bad and needs changing from centralised to decentralised local economies. There is space for us in local economies, enormous opportunities for us to find personal niches which serve sustainable human and earth flourishing which are currently not available in this death economy that serves multinational corporations at our and the earth's expense. It becomes an exciting future, thinking in this way, and more and more people are understanding this now ❤
I agree at least to some extent that your options narrow as life goes on and so we will gradually settle on something. However I don't think that nessesarily means specialisation. There are many fealds there a broad setts of skills and experiences are of value. Life rarely goes to plan and one has to make it work anyway. If you reflect and take time to listen to your own thoughts while negotiating with the world around you the idea of this video will evolve naturally. Your education choices is just the first step a way in so dont what do I want to do for the rest of my life. Think ware do I want to start. Then you will make new choices and keep evolving.
Real question(s): is there anything between frustration - anger - hate ? Can one feel anger and bring it back to frustration? Or does it always have to shift into hate ?
This will be the second time today I've referenced the book "Who Moved My Cheese?"... You do not need "to settle", you should choose something, and when it no longer fulfills your needs - move to something else. It's not giving up, there's no shame in changing your mind. Pursue your Cheese.
Hard to find things you love and are good at when you have to work three jobs just to pay the bills and break even every month 😭 I guess that’s the point in this day and age, at least in America. Keep us so busy that we’re too tired to get any funny ideas or to act on the realization that the current system is designed to keep us down.
Unfortunately, mankind rewards the rich who enslave the downtrodden, but punishes those who are independent creatives. That's just terrestrial existence for you. #copium 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
The purpose of our lives is to express God. To follow the joy home that leads to Him. Doesn't matter what you call God for He knows your hearts intention. May the wicked become good. May the good find peace. May the peaceful be freed from their bonds. May those freed set others free. May everyone live in harmony with the world around them, each other, and themselves. May everyone every where be happy. May no one have a share in sorrow. And long may we see the Sun. Peace Peace Peace ❤
The Japanese are also saying: the more variety you have in your life the longer and better you will live. But if I stop wandering and be "who I am" I will stop discovering. So....
I love how the Japanese have untranslatable words for profound cosmic insights. And i think it's hilarious you cite Bukowski, who most consider a reprobate - who also said intelligence is the cause of sadness, which makes one wonder if the inverse is true. He also claimed his success began as a mistake, which makes me consider another profound Japanese word: wabi-sabi 🙃
I have just moved to hostel for study away from home and was very worried 😢 about what my purpose?or is it really worth it? and I was finding difficulty with deciding purpose, and then popped your video. This video was very helpfull along with your philosophical videos. Okay going to read Ikigai😊
I agree in principle, but what about the untold and horrific Japanese torture of POW's during WW2. My dad was a captain in the British Navy, he told me of these atrocities. I guess unmentionable torture has its own path.
The purpose of life is simply to live it. Experience it fully and find joy in the journey, for that is what life is. Purpose is a trickster, a con game made by humans, experienced only by humans. But the purpose, inasmuch as there is one, is simply to be you. The purpose of the sparrow is to be a sparrow. The purpose of the grasshopper, to be a grasshopper. Be you, and everything else will take its place along the path of your journey.
the meaning of life is in the living
Grasshoppers and sparrows are always looking over their shoulder for predators while also constantly looking for food. Fear, pain, and struggle are a big part of life. Most of us look for something to make it all worth it. Gods, families, relationships, prestige, toys, technology, curiousity, hobbies, addictions... most of us have something that keeps us going. The OP of the video suggests we give up all but one job so we can be skilled in it. That often leads to having things and less struggle. Nothing will guarantee your life will be fulfilling, but it helps to be self sufficient.
Very Taoist!
What is the journey?
@@itoibo4208 If you live in urban areas, you're also looking over your shoulder for predators.
I think the issue here is to first ensure you place yourself into a position where you can actualize as intended.
Just a little correction: One can have more than one ikigai throughout their lives, even at the same time. Thus, the purpose of an ikigai is not to set a single definite goal for oneself, but to find one's reason(s) to keep living with your heart and mind fully concentrating on the present moment.
I’ll submit that it’s plausible to have multiple simultaneously. A part of one could also be part of another.
Not everyone’s brain 🧠 works the same way and we’re all
#neurodivergent
It's the finding of a path, not arriving at a destination.
I did became a paramedic and had a good life helping others , all behind me now but can look back on my life and know I did good in the world
You did and thank you 🙏🏿 💯💯
you did something noble
I spent 45 years in kitchen work feeding people
I'm not going to pat myself on the back for it.
Everyone's work is important.
And yet you had to broadcast it... yeah, it was just about doing good, sure it was.
Whow
I live humbly and quietly in my domain. In our modern world, there is no greater value than that.
Aside from doing so while also making a difference in your community/society
@@KeyBladeGhost A *positive* difference. Because everyone is making a difference but hardly anyone - a *net* positive one.
I agree. I had a successful career essentially until I was in my mid 50s but it came with quite immense stress and contributed to me losing my wife and kids. I chose it due to pressure of expectation (pressure I put on myself to be considered successful by a world that decides what “success” is. Now 60 and retired on very little but own my house and SOME money in the bank (but not nearly enough to be considered “successful”, I also live very humbly and VERY quietly, just wishing to be left alone by government and most people. I came to the conclusion, years ago, that, while I (and most other people) have a wish to achieve “ikigai”, very few do for reasons just hinted at in the video. I view society and the system as a crock of s h i t and the humble lifestyle I live today allows me a semblance of peace and that peace holds great value for me. I contribute nothing to a society I only hold a deep disdain for.
@@earthling-fh2mgtravel. Go enjoy another society. Might as well give it a shot
This used to be my goal, until I realised that we have humans evolved to be communal beings and that working for the betterment of everyone is a better goal.
"Getting yours" and then vanishing off into the countryside is pulling up the ladder behind you.
The only reason we are able to live the life we have now is because of the hard work and dedicated of the people that came before us.
I think it’s important to note that it’s never too late to find one’s ikigai. And that ikigai may be different at various stages of life. I’m fortunate to have had a very successful business career. I was able to retire a bit early, and my world is now focused on art, my true passion - my ikigai. In fact, I think this would be a great video to recommend to people who are retiring, because that “natural break” in life presents an opportunity to find a fulfilling and enjoyable new way to live.
Your purpose can’t be found in uTube videos. The videos can help in giving you a vocabulary, but can’t replace experiences. This is what awakens your Spirit.
If this is where you broaden ur vocabulary then u must use 200 words
"Our purpose is to find and define ou purpose, perhaps that alone no matter what we do and accomplish is ENOUGH " very well said and that's what my philosophy has become recently 👍🏻🙏🏻☘️
In the name of that author - ikigai is not something we should try, let alone try hard to achieve. It is much more a process of being. Opening yourself up and dropping out limiting beliefs about how we think we should live and how we think we should be won’t just open us up to what we love and how we can best serve but the universe will respond. Everything you need is already there. Don’t give your power away but looking and pouting outside to find the perfect ikigai to make you happy. Ikigai starts within - the rest of the world is a mirror that reflects your own transformation. I hope that helps 🥰
Like a Zen koan on enlightenment:
If you are trying to have it for yourself, you will have nothing. So, success!
Wow. Yes, it does. Thanks. It’s not a process of adding things upon ourselves. It’s a process of subtracting or minimizing things that are not ourselves.
This "4 intersection" ikigai is a western translation. Ikigai isn't about making money or contributing to the world. It is "what do you wake up for?" It can even be your morning tea. Anything that you enjoy in life and makes you happy
Exactly, maybe you have a pet and a garden to care, and thats ikigai, a reason to leave your bed and keep living
He said that the video would focus on the western interpretation of ikigai at the start
The best channel for philosophy.
This and exurbia
@@kingnaimaand Academy of Ideas 🤓
I love the stories they tell here , really helps us visualize the concept they are using
this is pop-philosophy.
The living philosophy is the best on imo
A career does not give you purpose in life. I'm a stay at home parent; I don't get paid for anything. And my husband does not have any purpose at his job either, but he is happy. He too lives for his family.
There are many ways to be paid other than financial.
*Life is a journey.* It is forever changing. We must adapt and evolve.
So don't count on any one thing indefinitely. Be ready to move on.
Every circle begins with its end. Reflection is key.
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
--Diamond Dragons (series)
That sounds like betrayal.
Life is a journey from nowhere to nowhere, adapt all you can, it'll still get you in the end. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Including having a body.
Your words are a real light of meaning, courage, honesty and wisdom. You are truely touching the essence. Thank You.
The ego says that you make important decisions, but in reality you go with the flow and that is a natural way.
This video inspired me to keep going. When everyone around me doubts me, and my choices. This one affirmation is enough for me to keep going. Even just for my own sake. My own happiness. Thank You for posting this video.
Good for you, keep going random internet citizen.
@@bla19234 Thank You. I wish you success as well. And Happiness everyday. 👍❤
Keep your head up
Looking outward at “what the world needs” will get you a job, but looking inward at what you like to do will get you that job where it doesn’t feel like working
Fewer understand 👍
If everyone trained to be what the world needed you’d find the most useful jobs to humanity also being the least well paid?
Now no one trained to be a second hand car sales man and it pays millions. While teachers and doctors are worth pennies?
I like to not exist
@@jccuchvjvj You like it? But haven't even experienced it, how can you like it?
So true and so rewarding. You have to find out who you are. Many people never get that far
0:33: the key to enlightenment is to find out that those questions cannot be definitively answered, and to therefore accept the non-answer (the void) as it is
Its always easy when i watch these videos.
They make me feel stupider
I think it's a matter of knowing yourself and pursuing that thing that gets you in a flow state. If you hate your job and can't afford to quit it, or if you haven't decided on a career yet, then those flow inducing activities won't necessarily make you money but are still important to keep you going, finding fulfillment, being fully present in the moment and resting your mind chatter. Eventually you can make those key domains overlap, but you still need to work on them if they don't. An important thing to note is that it's all about yourself. We very easily forget our needs and desires looking at a "bigger purpose". "What the world needs" is just one of the four key objectives. It takes courage to put ourselves at the center of our lives.
Ikigai = Life thru understanding of balance. -Tensegrity (ikigai inversion) -a balance of tensions/force/pressure.
It’s said that we either live from the mind, the heart, or the gut….finding the balance of those 3 places to live from is the experiment that the human species is currently in.
My wife is mainly heart driven, and I mainly mind. Together we help bring balance to one another.
As much as I try to practise it, especially because I am a Japanese language teacher, it's the career itself that is sucking the life out of me - giving me joy and fulfillment half of the time while the other half is a sense of helplessness, lack of reason, of purpose, low self-esteem, stress, disgust, anger.
It doesn't help that if I give up on this career path I am left with nothing and I don't have the luxury of starting education anew.
i was there ....changed career at 49
You may indeed need to wait, all while preparing for what lies beyond the void veil. Reflection is key.
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
--Diamond Dragons (series)
@@dogcat145 how do u do that i mean is it that simple i am 17 year old and i don't know anything what i am goona do in my future life
@@Benz-hi5ub At 17 the time is for experimentation. Do what you wish. Take no path but your own.
@@Benz-hi5ubDon’t worry about that but one thing I can tell you for sure, get out of your hometown. Travel, go away to school, join the circus, whatever feels right. The kids I knew from high school who never left town, well, I would say the sands in the hour glass started running out early. If your hometown is a huge city, then it is a bit different, but leave your neighborhood.
Thank you for this video. Sincerely. It made me take a hard look at myself and refocus on who I really am. I've settled for something I can do well, and the world needs, and I'll be paid handsomely for, but I do not love. I've got a finite number of years on this planet. I'm going to spend my days doing something I love. ❤
I want to use Ikigai to become who I really am. To help me realize my full potential as an artist. Even as a human being.
A very interesting way for saying if we can all care for each other we will facilitate each others search for happiness. This is what human beings understand before we are redirected towards other goals that are not supportive of the happiness of each other.
Hey I think we re doing pretty good. We re growing learning and having fun
What a beautiful video. I chose the path of an artist and this was validating. I had to regroup again when I developed long Covid (like millions of others). I gave up many things to concentrate on creating art. I do much less than I used to, even then, but I think my paintings now are more luminous.
Long Convid 😆 Wake up Zen.
"Long covid" 😭🤦♂️
It’s not about making the right choice, it’s about making whatever choice you made into the right one. See it first.
I love how simple you make even complex topics!
I'm so far off that these videos don't speak to me anymore. Self improvement ran out of its usefulness for me.
Ahh same here.
Time is the only resource. Reflection is key: if you don't take action, the Universe will *definitely* do unto you without reservation.
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"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
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--Diamond Dragons (series)
Wondering what conclusions you have that helped you transcend the need for this particular type of growth.
@@dirtydandirty201174 You got it the wrong way. I wasn't being positive about it. No matter how much I work on myself and the effort I put on introspection, the results are always the same.
So, did you finally achieve perfection? Or just give up? This video is a Buddhist offshoot of Bodhicitta.
I've been lately in Japan. I have experienced this idea of ikigai, and it holds value, since people seem to enjoy their work. The thing I can't get rid of is, that the west is trying just to look at the things for efficiencies’ sake. There is much more behind it than trying to figure out what job to work.
Tomorrow is just a word. Yesterday is a memory. We get the eternal now. So be there. Experience it. Be fully present. Spend hours away from your cellphone and computer every day if possible.
Your explanations make everything seem simple!
Thank you. I needed to be reminded I am trying to hard, working to hard. You are of value!
Nice to see back the OG Robert who has a wide perspective and does not take things on face value
Don’t get comfortable
this is something i have been struggling with. thank you.
I've struggled with it all my life.
Thank you very much for this authentic and heartfelt wisdom
Metaphysically ungrounded and (therefore) ontologically unable to commit, and yet we will try to be something.
There is no purpose other than a moment by moment action that answers why that action was taken - there is no metaphysical purpose for our being.
But purpose is not what we are after, the only thing we ultimately desire is to have meaning....a meaning for ourselves to ourselves.
What does it mean to be me?
What does it mean to be human?
What does it mean to be a member of a human among humans.
And ultimately - most people don't ask themselves this:
What does it mean to have lived life as I have lived it?
I have found answers for myself to these questions, sometimes gripping in their conclusions, but almost always everchanging, and almost always transient.
❤Amazing video! We all need to find our ikigai to change paradigm
I hope this video is still here by the time that I have kids - I need to show this to them. It's too late for me but I'll save it for them.
I really like the fact that you're promoting an idea of self-realization from a culture deeply familiar with hikikomori and suicide. I'm sure it will work great!
It's weird listening to this as a 64 year old retired guy, it's all behind me now.
I'm 63 and I've just begun.
That sounds great. Any beginning is a good beginning.
Must be lucid
It's not made for what's behind you, it's for what's in front of you 💪🏽 you got this old-timer, no time like the present! Might as well enjoy all you've got
I'm 70 and still learning about flow and purpose suitable to my physicality and shifting emotional awareness.
I have found my Ikigai. 30 years ago. I regret I hesitated on acting, moving with it. But now, I am on the cusp of doing just that, stepping forward. It took 30 years for me. Don't let what is explained 10:00 - 11:37 stay in the way. Find a way through it. If you don't pursue it, you may find the undesirable consequences of inaction creeping up and haunting you through your life.
Having a family has filled my life with meaning and purpose my work paid the bills.
"What you love" -- nature: highly depends on what your neural circuits learned to reward to enjoy with.
"What you're good at" -- ability: depends on nature, but also highly depends on our health though.
"What you're paid for" -- reward: highly depends on social vicinity.
"What world needs" -- demand: highly depends on product utility.
"What you find meaningful" -- justification: highly depends on our hopes of life, and methods believed in to achieving them.
Life goes on within you and without you. --Beatles
Great video! The "suggest correct captions" option just dropped, so I'm having the time of my life correcting guesses of "ikigai" as I watch. Personal favorite: "eeky guys." Most common: "eigi" and "igig guy."
Thank youuuu for your great work on this project ❤️ it’s truly important to settle on a project for a better future and it’s a great opportunity to make a better future 💕 thank youuu and thank youuuu
Without the disturbing and distracting sounds the tutorial would be even better. Thank you anyway. ❤
I have wondered why the answers to these questions can often be so difficult and elusive. I think I found the answer in the psychoanalysis of Lacan and the philosophy of Zizek- especially their concepts of subjective destitution. It is not an ultimate answer, but a therapeutic outlook and framework from which to approach these questions.
Learned about this from a JumpCut Academy email. Mostly forgot till this video. Thank you.
There's also a lot of people that make a good living exploring different unrelated "careers". The only real mistake we can make is to think we've found the truth, the truth, is for deities, we mortals only get glimpses of it... But still, we are under the ethical obligation to share what we learn, but there is no need go all dogmatic about it, only enough to show respect for your self and your deities. May them keep you wise enough to achieve something with your life.
i can tell you on thing the world needs now and will always need....LOVE... prove me wrong.
i agree with the point that value is not equally exchanged to money there are many people that get paid way too less for their work, but i don't agree on settling you can always try something new
Thank you this video gave me goosebumps
Was completely immersed in this video
Extremely well edited and I even learned something new ikigai
"Your focus needs more focus"
I'm focusing... about focusing 😱😱😱
Increase your focus from 100% to 200%
But are you a different animal and the same beast?
I’m going to have another emotional meltdown soon! If not tonight tomorrow for sure
Life is not a problem to be solved,just find what you love and do it well.
Very interesting! A little long but great information for the "social media" surfers...
The current degree im doing, i never thought id get in this field in the begining. But now i like the subject, but i dont know if i love it, i feel no extreme feelings towards it... it just feels natural to do it...
As always food for thought. Thank you for the video.
Brilliant and needed, difficult to look deeply into. Impermanence.
Excellent video. Thank you for making it. 🍻
Cool stuff! Ikagai for the win!
Very insightful and equally well explained. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your amazing content
Ikigai reminds me of Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days"
There are a number of factors that may contribute to selfishness in the world today, including:
Times of crisis: Some say that times of crisis, like the pandemic, can increase selfish behavior.
Social media: The rise of social media and digital platforms may encourage people to focus on self-promotion and personal gratification.
Cultural shifts: Modern society often emphasizes individualism and personal achievement.
Human nature: Some say that selfishness is a natural part of human nature, and that our decisions are driven by our need for safety, security, and survival.
Mental health issues: Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder can lead to selfishness.
Genetic predispositions: Some say that selfishness can be caused by genetic predispositions.
I do not require a purpose, and I do not need to justify my existence to anyone, even myself.
Deep bro
Ironic name you have there, when the ultimate purpose for everyone, is to discover, and Be, the Singularity, rather than the duality.
It’s not about justification. It’s not even about increasing productivity or getting ahead. It’s a philosophy on how to find happiness and satisfaction in your life. It’s about introspection, and finding a balance between challenge, ease, desire, and responsibility. It’s accepting that life sucks, and finding the least stressful path for yourself while also connecting with and contributing to your community.
me too
That sounds like the motto from LoStsouLscLub
I can't focus on anything
My attention is now so low that I can't even read a page without getting distracted.
Sometimes when I’m in a certain state of mind I have trouble focusing on the present too.
Did you u try to meditate or do breathing exercises? It helps me to center and focus. When reading I prefer a quite environment or play Ambiente music in the background. I can immerse into the book really well like this.
I struggle at times. Meditation and fostering presence, really helps, because its root cause is mind created anxiety ; the mind says " things are not right ! Well, I have to tame that, and say hello to the beautiful present moment.
Stop watching tiktok then...
It's a no brainer you gotta meditate you'll be amazed at how beneficial it actually is.. Use binaural beats if it's hard at first
Try meditation
What brings value to the world is a very BROAD dimension.
The world has impacts towards others, we create the world or pespective of the world. So in other words we are the ones with great impact towards others. And because of social media, things have become more serious as our one comment can change many views of life. We must always be careful with how we do things, we must try our best not to harm others. As that will change your course and mine.
""Our purpose is to find and define our purpose". How Lovely!
Thank you for this video! I found my ikigai but I didn't realize that there was a name for it.
This is your best piece. Thank you!
You are enough.
Simple life is better life.
From the time I could talk I was ordered to listen.
I’ve been there. Thank God I got away. If you haven’t yet, please take back control of your life. It’s the most worthwhile thing you could ever do…
I am struggling with this. Fell into a career I didn’t choose. Made money to buy things and now have to make money to afford things. Very unrewarding. But I don’t know where to go from here.
save money. spend less. saved money = free time and less stress. reevaluate what u want to do and want from life. make a plan. make adjustments. life better
@@wujujuju5111Fun ideas but not practical or doable for most. Sorry but the philosophical platitudes will have to wait their turn to be valid .
Hi John, have heard what you're describing as 'the luxury trap'
@@wujujuju5111hypercapitalism called it wants to tell you that that's not possible Right now.
Consider religion
Define your purpose.
What a relief - my life has not been wasted, lol. I think I found a couple of my ikigais through a series of "accidents" caused by God or the universe. I think they were signs corralling me in the proper direction - we all likely have similar signs, so I suppose we need to pay attention!
This is one of the best chanels on RUclips ty
this Would be a nice framework for happiness if it dropped the "what you can get paid for" part, since any framework that tries to make you happy under capitalism can only achieve that through distraction
Act upon your highest excitement, to the best of your ability, until you can take it no further, with no expectation of what the outcome should be. Repeat. -Bashar.
I considered several of these throughout my life. Nothing I do that I enjoy is worth money.
I'm very good at making complex things understandable. I have no desire to teach.
I have no desire to sell things because I expect logic to determine if something is worthwhile for me or others. Unfortunately most people don't operate on logic. They live in fear. I would feel bad scaring people enough to get them to make a purchase of some worthwhile product.
I really hate government. Yet I really dislike arguing and fighting. Promoting positive things for the world in government, and in the environment, or even religion, are always met by disbelief or apathy. It wouldn't be fun talking to people about those things to improve lives.
So I'm destined to be poor; with no house, no car, and a bleak future. Ikigai sounds good. In the western world it might work for some people.
This philosophy sheds light on why our current monetary system is so bad and needs changing from centralised to decentralised local economies. There is space for us in local economies, enormous opportunities for us to find personal niches which serve sustainable human and earth flourishing which are currently not available in this death economy that serves multinational corporations at our and the earth's expense. It becomes an exciting future, thinking in this way, and more and more people are understanding this now ❤
thank you
I agree at least to some extent that your options narrow as life goes on and so we will gradually settle on something. However I don't think that nessesarily means specialisation. There are many fealds there a broad setts of skills and experiences are of value. Life rarely goes to plan and one has to make it work anyway. If you reflect and take time to listen to your own thoughts while negotiating with the world around you the idea of this video will evolve naturally.
Your education choices is just the first step a way in so dont what do I want to do for the rest of my life. Think ware do I want to start. Then you will make new choices and keep evolving.
Real question(s): is there anything between frustration - anger - hate ? Can one feel anger and bring it back to frustration? Or does it always have to shift into hate ?
TLDR: same stuff……do what you love and feel good everyday. Thank you for the enlightenment….master philosopher.
This will be the second time today I've referenced the book "Who Moved My Cheese?"... You do not need "to settle", you should choose something, and when it no longer fulfills your needs - move to something else. It's not giving up, there's no shame in changing your mind. Pursue your Cheese.
Hard to find things you love and are good at when you have to work three jobs just to pay the bills and break even every month 😭
I guess that’s the point in this day and age, at least in America. Keep us so busy that we’re too tired to get any funny ideas or to act on the realization that the current system is designed to keep us down.
Yes, the purpose of life is to find and define our purpose.
What you're good at? Check. What you love? Check. What the world needs? Check. What you can get paid for? LOL
Fuc**ing
Unfortunately, mankind rewards the rich who enslave the downtrodden, but punishes those who are independent creatives. That's just terrestrial existence for you. #copium
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"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
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--Diamond Dragons (series)
@@Novastar.SaberCombat We've all had our orientation to reality distorted. There is a lot more to the story than that.
Indeed, and that is so beautiful and interesting.
Exactly. I highly recommend reading "Sacred Economics" by Charles Eisenstein.
The purpose of our lives is to express God. To follow the joy home that leads to Him. Doesn't matter what you call God for He knows your hearts intention.
May the wicked become good.
May the good find peace.
May the peaceful be freed from their bonds. May those freed set others free. May everyone live in harmony with the world around them, each other, and themselves. May everyone every where be happy. May no one have a share in sorrow. And long may we see the Sun.
Peace Peace Peace ❤
Agree with the heart of this. But disagree here- it DOES matter what/who you called God
It matters ALOT
The Japanese are also saying: the more variety you have in your life the longer and better you will live. But if I stop wandering and be "who I am" I will stop discovering. So....
bought both of the books on amazon..love the videos
I keep coming across Ikigai and I feel like this is some kind of a confirmation
I love how the Japanese have untranslatable words for profound cosmic insights. And i think it's hilarious you cite Bukowski, who most consider a reprobate - who also said intelligence is the cause of sadness, which makes one wonder if the inverse is true. He also claimed his success began as a mistake, which makes me consider another profound Japanese word: wabi-sabi 🙃
I have just moved to hostel for study away from home and was very worried 😢
about what my purpose?or is it really worth it? and I was finding difficulty with deciding purpose, and then popped your video. This video was very helpfull along with your philosophical videos. Okay going to read Ikigai😊
I think more of self- purpose vs self-improvement. 😌
I agree in principle, but what about the untold and horrific Japanese torture of POW's during WW2. My dad was a captain in the British Navy, he told me of these atrocities. I guess unmentionable torture has its own path.
Wonderful video. Thank you