Freedom and Anxiety - The Inner God vs The Inner Worm

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    In this video we examine the connection between psychological freedom and anxiety, and look at how we can embrace freedom and hence our "inner god".

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  • @academyofideas
    @academyofideas  5 лет назад +77

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    • @PowerMatrixAnime
      @PowerMatrixAnime 5 лет назад +1

      Can you do a video on your favorite books?

    • @hokum4438
      @hokum4438 5 лет назад +1

      *1938* July, *Baron Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild was seized at the airport in Aspern and imprisoned by Adolf Hitler.*
      So the 'Nazi's' didn't liberate their people from international parasites but were instead loved only because people were fearful of freedom? Do you think that people are free now? How long do you think your RUclips freedom will last if you stray too in favor of historical truth?
      _“Germanys unforgivable crime before WW2 was its attempt to loosen its economy out of the world trade system and to build up an own exchange system from which the world-finance couldnt profit anymore. …We butchered the wrong pig.” - Winston Churchill, `The Second World War' (Bern, 1960)_
      _“Hitler and the German people didnt want this war. We didn’t answer Hitler’s various petitions for peace. Now we have to admit that he was right. Instead of a cooperation with Germany, which he had offered us, now stands the gigantic, imperialistic might of the Soviets. I feel ashamed to see how the same intentions which we accused Hitler of now are pursued under a different name.” - Sir Hartley Shawcross, British chief-accuser in Nuremberg_
      _"The only thing Adolf Hitler could do in order to avoid the complete encircling of Germany was, indeed - in spite of the profound differences that had, from the beginning, opposed National Socialism and Marxism, - to turn to Russia. He had no choice." - Savitri Devi (ϟ The Lightning And The Sun)_
      _"In losing Germany, Jewry lost a territory from which it exerted power. Therefore it was determined to reconquer it." - Louis Marschalko, The World Conquerors: The Real War Criminals_
      _"When the National Socialists and their friends cry or whisper that this war is brought about by Jews, they are perfectly right." - The Jewish magazine Sentinel of Chicago (October 8th 1940)_
      _"As has so often happened in history, Germany is the chief pivot of this formidable struggle. If our people and our State should fall victims to these oppressors of the nations, lusting after blood and money, the whole earth would become the prey of that hydra." - Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)_

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 5 лет назад

      Academy of Ideas hey, I just wanted to say I really appreciate all these videos, it’s a joy every time you upload.
      One comment I have though on the topic of the inner God. Would one not be very susceptible to conflating the inner god with the inner Worm? I mean, is there a clear distinction between the individual and the communal consensus? It may not just be a consensus of your physically close peers but your mental peers. At this point one would have to think long and hard to distinguish their logic from the logic borrowed or gained from others.

    • @WerthersOriginal131
      @WerthersOriginal131 5 лет назад

      have you considered making a discord?

    • @TheBoxingnun
      @TheBoxingnun 5 лет назад

      After watching this video (very well done btw) I have only one thing to say: Only the domesticated fear freedom. The wild and civilized do not fear freedom, but instead immerse themselves in it.

  • @the_notorious_bas
    @the_notorious_bas 5 лет назад +199

    _"The more possibility an individual has, the more potential anxiety he has at the same time"_ Wow, that's a powerful quote..

    • @CS-we2vu
      @CS-we2vu 3 года назад +7

      Heavy is the head that wears the crown

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 3 года назад +8

      Obsessing over whether you're spending every moment to its utmost because you know what you're capable of is ironically so stifling.

    • @coreyanderson1815
      @coreyanderson1815 Год назад +2

      I grew anxious because all the decisions, but growing older I came to realize, that I do have a part of me that knows the right things to do.. the right decisions to make, and instead of being overwhelmed bc I have right answers and wrong answers.. I try to be happy that I know the right answer to most basic quarries

  • @DOUBLE0SEVUN
    @DOUBLE0SEVUN 5 лет назад +312

    It’s videos like this that make that little flame inside me burn brighter. Thank you for everything you do.

    • @lightzpy8049
      @lightzpy8049 4 года назад +5

      Like jordan peterson said, take responsibility, easily said when taken under the oppression and control the the herd and mass collective which follows the tyrants. Although "No one is more hated he who speaks the truth" - Plato, that which stands out against the lack of common sense, morality and those that act sinfully. People are willfully imprisoned for the collective work to feel empowered as they are blinded, the sense of freedom makes then feel anxious when those which are free feel anxious in a realm of non-freedom, as those in marxist and socialist states have known they feel free when they are not, they feel free to not have freedom. The social fabric is continuing although their is a limit on the threads and how long they will last, everything turns back to it's founder and nature with time, nothing is everlasting and all good things come to an end.
      Which is why people need to be open, honest, truthful, make decisions no matter the risk and be hard at managing but offer more opportunity in leading, for which the hierarchy can exist for us all it is opportunity as long as individuality is not forfeited and relinquished or discarded.
      But in the end there will always be those which have lost their way, due to social pressure and order, the act of loss and path of empty subjugation into the machine of brainwashing and manipulating for the collective which profit the few and said to be for the many, those people need a way, need freedom and need discipline, religion too but knowledge and wisdom without restraints, although who is to tell us there is no manipulation from which allows us freedom, the cycle continues, everything is a cycle.

    • @mrbontful
      @mrbontful 4 года назад

      @@lightzpy8049 taking responsibility for thoughts and actions, sounds unheard off.

    • @matiassella4935
      @matiassella4935 3 года назад +1

      @@lightzpy8049 I really liked your comment, thanks.

  • @Shenp-ef3yg
    @Shenp-ef3yg 5 лет назад +816

    Philosophy shall never die and must be protected.

    • @absurdcamus6026
      @absurdcamus6026 5 лет назад +6

      shenandoah johnson yes, we must ensure it is protected

    • @absurdcamus6026
      @absurdcamus6026 5 лет назад +12

      Marvin Durant as well as freedom of thought

    • @ethanhammond7615
      @ethanhammond7615 5 лет назад

      Nay

    • @ethanhammond7615
      @ethanhammond7615 5 лет назад +3

      This is a "shitpost" in and of itself

    • @7Earthsky
      @7Earthsky 5 лет назад +1

      Natural philosophy should die if it hasn't already.

  • @sjuvanet
    @sjuvanet 5 лет назад +288

    I leave the factory everyday and finally get to learn once I'm home.

    • @ahappydolphin937
      @ahappydolphin937 4 года назад +7

      Does your workplace not allow you to wear headphones?

    • @5aturnia
      @5aturnia 4 года назад +14

      A Happy Dolphin if it’s a factory, no

    • @regalsurvivor3418
      @regalsurvivor3418 4 года назад +5

      Great comment 👍

    • @Sam-vt3tl
      @Sam-vt3tl 4 года назад

      Maybe a change of scenery?

    • @OGEmotions
      @OGEmotions 4 года назад +4

      I know the feeling.

  • @pw3543
    @pw3543 5 лет назад +237

    Every time I listen to one of these videos I realize that I really needed to hear it.

    • @solidmeme7512
      @solidmeme7512 5 лет назад +2

      @@gigaferz duuuude i used to do that ALL the time
      Fuck man you better watch every single one of these shits
      Its great i love it

  • @brittanypage1706
    @brittanypage1706 5 лет назад +34

    I did a Ph.S in Philosophy and Logic. Thank you so much for sharing Philosophy with the world. Philosophy is so important, yet not respected as much as it should be.

  • @gosponstrojevar6856
    @gosponstrojevar6856 5 лет назад +44

    Ohh boy. To afraid to end your life; to afraid to live it. What a way to exist...

  • @sweetbabytrae
    @sweetbabytrae 4 года назад +22

    “....who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
    -my man, Teddy Roosevelt

  • @distantanion6742
    @distantanion6742 5 лет назад +18

    I have yet to find a channel that puts so much meaning in such an eloquent way in such a short timeframe. Thank you very much, each video is a treasure.

  • @kevinrustia7913
    @kevinrustia7913 4 года назад +16

    "The more possibility an individual has, the more potential anxiety he has at the same time"
    When this idea was mentioned, time went slow all of a sudden.

  • @michalismichael5969
    @michalismichael5969 5 лет назад +54

    This is what modern schools should teach kids. They should empower critical thinking, make them question the conventional ways of life and give them the courage to choose their life and form their destiny. This is the greatest challenge of our era

    • @andyolli5812
      @andyolli5812 5 лет назад +1

      Many are capable of critical thinking, but few of doing something something positive for themselves or their society. As we are leaving among overweight youngsters with increased psychological issues. Fat and crazy af they are.

    • @aonis3156
      @aonis3156 5 лет назад +3

      They made men dependent to control them. Why would they teach us?

    • @kingdomcome1617
      @kingdomcome1617 4 года назад +2

      @@aonis3156 I completely agree... looking at the agencies and control mechanisms set up after ww2 really should make even the grandest of skeptics curious. But we give life to our children, and we have the responsibility to ensure our progeny are developed mentally and physically. The great fall of America is coming because most parents don't realize or even think about what it is they are doing when they send a child to an institution for 8-10hrs a day for 15yrs during the prime of their child's foundational development period... why they don't think about this? I have no idea.

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 3 года назад +2

      Kingdom Come, the purpose of a state-funded institution is not to teach, but to create slaves. It is simply not in the nature of a school to teach. The rulers have thought of what you are saying, that's why they run things this way.

    • @shawngibson7514
      @shawngibson7514 10 месяцев назад

      People that think critically can’t be controlled so they’ll NEVER teach this in public indoctrination centers. The school system was developed to create mindless wage slaves.

  • @beeasy32
    @beeasy32 5 лет назад +29

    This stuff is great. You should be on Spotify. I'd listen all day long.

  • @jJust_NO_
    @jJust_NO_ 5 лет назад +56

    Idk all about these. Whenever I feel great love or at peace within myself, I feel inner contentment that there isn't any longing to take on the world or even think for a minute what my highest potential is. That state of being, when I sometimes feel it within my very core, is in of itself, perfection. There isn't any projection of I should be this or I should be that. It is a realization that I am enough in whichever way I currently am. And whenever the moment is lost, I feel the opposite. There occurs and presents all my insecurities like I need to prove myself or strive harder. Having experienced both states, I have a reference point to know which one is true and what ultimately the meaning of life is.

    • @Ingentiy
      @Ingentiy 5 лет назад +8

      I resonate with you on this.

    • @hokum4438
      @hokum4438 5 лет назад +8

      _"The essence of the achievements of reason is a moving up of external things in order to imprint this knowledge on the soul. This same motion is set forth, in the will, which, as a result, likewise never attains rest. Thus, even the incomparable mystic who would separate from everything in order to abide in pure contemplation of god, strives for endless calm in god. He knows that this calm can only last moments, and that this goal can only be reached through the constantly renewed activity of the soul and its powers. Here Meister Eckhart shows himself to be superior to Indian wisdom, and recognises eternal rhythm as the precondition of all fruitfulness. From this theoretical insight he then draws practical conclusions for life. If the heart and the will seek what is eternal: This man seeks not repose; for no unrest disturbs him. This man stands well recorded with god because he accepts all things as divine, that is, better than they are in themselves! To this belongs diligence and a wakeful, truly effective awareness upon which the mind has to be based despite all things and people. Man cannot learn this by fleeing from the world." - Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, Myth of the 20th Century_
      👁
      🙏

    • @jJust_NO_
      @jJust_NO_ 5 лет назад +3

      @@hokum4438 actually I don't know. What I said above are fleeting thoughts. Sometimes I feel like it sometimes I don't. What your quoted comment is yet another relevant perspective. Both are right or both wrong. Who knows :D

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 3 года назад

      Two opposing ideas cannot both be right

    • @lynnex17
      @lynnex17 2 года назад +1

      @@jJust_NO_ I'm enjoying reading your reflections from 2 years ago..I feel those moments of presence and acceptance at times too...for me it feels like grounding and just letting the wonder of being alive and present and in the world, able to feel and observe and relate and appreciate be felt. New..or renewed desires that come from that space are deeper and more authentic than those born from anxiety or fear.

  • @benjamindupuy7419
    @benjamindupuy7419 4 года назад +2

    Everything a person wants is on the other side of fear, fear is what keeps a person from change. Fear of the unknown. We get comfortable with the situation at hand because we know what to expect from it because we've been in it for so long. Fear of not knowing weather it will get better or worse is what keeps a person at a stand still. It all has to do with fear.

  • @harmonyvegan
    @harmonyvegan 5 лет назад +7

    I desperately needed to hear this right now.
    Today is day one in embracing uncertainty and taking the risk.

  • @TheBAZZiX
    @TheBAZZiX 5 лет назад +17

    Tnank God for giving us the ability to think

  • @a-g3003
    @a-g3003 4 года назад +1

    That last quote is very powerful!

  • @Incompleteworks
    @Incompleteworks 5 лет назад +4

    I awoke in the midst of a panic attack this morning, opened up youtube seeking distraction, and this was my first recommendation. I feel so much more prepared to handle my day now, and to do what it must take to be free! In this case, it's doing dishes so that I'm free to cook dinner later. Thank you!

  • @kristapscimins5446
    @kristapscimins5446 2 года назад +1

    I would love to download all of your videos, just to save them for my kids, when or if I have them. This is a gold mine of wisdom.

  • @Non-Serviam300
    @Non-Serviam300 5 лет назад +3

    To be truly big and transcendent, I think we have to identify with everything. To me, thats true love and humbleness.

  • @CodyBMcGuire
    @CodyBMcGuire 5 лет назад +108

    Since you're talking about the inner worm, I'm surprised you didn't incorporate this Nietzsche quote from Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
    "You have made your way from worm to man, and much in you is still worm."
    I think that in order to achieve our inner God, one must first accept and embrace our inner worm.

    • @mikzin630
      @mikzin630 5 лет назад +9

      After all, this channel seems to be quite the fan of Nietzsche

    • @MrJdm119
      @MrJdm119 5 лет назад +3

      Cody McGuire he covers this in his other videos, integrating the shadow.

    • @Btn1136
      @Btn1136 5 лет назад +4

      MrJdm119 the shadow is something else entirely

    • @MrJdm119
      @MrJdm119 5 лет назад +1

      Brian N The methods in which we come to understand ourselves and our inner Psyche aren’t drastically different. If they were completely different entities within our minds, they’d exist in the same realm.

    • @lauriejanes6511
      @lauriejanes6511 5 лет назад

      Cody McGuire If the inner worm is not the same as the shadow, then I don’t get this.

  • @danbushnell8043
    @danbushnell8043 3 года назад +1

    Your videos are a work of art and they have changed my life. They are quality in its purest form. Thank you

  • @tamiclose
    @tamiclose 3 года назад +1

    This explained so much. You desire something AND that which is undesirable is here at the same time. It's the two sides of the same coin, both sides have to be here in order for the equitable value to be realized. Heads is not more than tails and vice versa. You must face the undesirable (emotions) as much as you face the desired. Stop, drop and feel. Feel, sense, express and ask yourself intuitive questions in your moment to moment experience. Don't ask another, you're not there.

  • @7Earthsky
    @7Earthsky 5 лет назад +5

    ''The greatest suffering comes not to those who are bold but to those who remain cowardly''....Cuts to the soul.

  • @TSmith-yy3cc
    @TSmith-yy3cc 5 лет назад +1

    A lot of these videos are a simultaneous reassuring hand on the shoulder, an encouraging lesson and a punch in the liver. Thank you for all of your work.

  • @ryanjames7115
    @ryanjames7115 5 лет назад +2

    Freedom needs to be earned. Hard to gain, easy to lose. Ive lived my life with the inner strength to make my own decisions and lead my own path into the unknown. This video made me proud to have had the courage to pursue what Ive always felt my soul desires most.

  • @irazu2008
    @irazu2008 4 года назад +4

    Unfortunately I don’t have enough command of the English language to begin to describe how enlightening these videos can be to anyone who takes the time to understand these videos. These concepts/beliefs are easy to understand but they are also easy to dismiss.
    They need to be revisited from time to time so that you can be reminded as you travel the path of life. Its easy to loose the message they convey.
    This cannel is easily the best channel on the tube

  • @mikiii5418
    @mikiii5418 5 лет назад +56

    Long time ago I made a playlist for this channel to put my favourite videos in it, but every video this yt channel puts out just flies right in there. Its pure quality, and its insane how much these videos thaught me. Thank you Academy of Ideas, this truly is a hidden gem of youtube. 🖤

  • @channelmin3cr4ft
    @channelmin3cr4ft 5 лет назад +4

    For about two years now, I have self diagnosed myself as an "existential masochist" without hearing these synthesised authors. I now feel my diagnosis is validated in light of the information presented. Thank you, AoI.

  • @blaketruelove
    @blaketruelove 5 лет назад +107

    Bro I JUST read about this this morning in Colin Wilson’s book “The Age of Defeat.” Talk about a synchronicity..

    • @unknowninfinium4353
      @unknowninfinium4353 4 года назад +2

      Worth a recommendation?
      Would love some book recommendations.

    • @tasbruh3770
      @tasbruh3770 4 года назад

      akshay kumar 1 •Extreme ownership- by jocko wilink
      2•The Gulag Arcapelego- fydor Dostoyevsky
      3•And one of my favorites The walking drum by Lois Lamour if you like the fiction genre.

    • @unknowninfinium4353
      @unknowninfinium4353 4 года назад

      @@tasbruh3770
      Thanks you.

    • @ShinobiSpetz47
      @ShinobiSpetz47 3 года назад +1

      @@tasbruh3770 I'm 32, when I was 19; I caught my first criminal record after being in jail and being on Felony probation, i read the Gulag Arcapelago being in the library and that book changed and made a big impact on my life. eye opening to the sick actions humans are capable of. wish it was mandatory reading in our educational system.

  • @Inerize
    @Inerize 5 лет назад +578

    The more we master our minds and develop our psychology, the more we realize that we are in total control of our reactions and interpretations. *That is true freedom. And is scary af.*

    • @Stupidiusity
      @Stupidiusity 5 лет назад +64

      I agree that it can be scary at times, but it is also incredibly empowering. It is truly liberating once you learn to take responsibility for every thing in your life. This principle is called extreme ownership, and along with radical open-mindedness and honest communication, it leads to the best life (at least in my opinion).

    • @JhonbyDimanche
      @JhonbyDimanche 5 лет назад +10

      @@Stupidiusity as it is said it gives you Self respect. That's fulfilling.

    • @ishitrealbad3039
      @ishitrealbad3039 5 лет назад +9

      @@Stupidiusity Jocko willink approves your comment.

    • @Roland_Duson
      @Roland_Duson 5 лет назад +14

      We will never be free, not even in death. Even to it we are slaves. The same is true in life, slaves to the default purpose of life, unable to change or escape it. Attempting to do so results in death. Though life and death are two starkly differents states of being, the are states of being nonethheless, and still, there is only one who is master over them both and by virtue, us. Our subjection is inescapable. As I age, I slowly and unfortunately arrive at the conclusion that only God is free. Truely free. He's the best canidate I can reason out, but what do I know... I'll keep these reasonings to myself. I fear they may be blasphemous. I do, though, recognize him as the Almighty.

    • @migueladrianvalevelazquez8703
      @migueladrianvalevelazquez8703 5 лет назад

      Well said couldn’t have said it better

  • @Febro513
    @Febro513 2 года назад +1

    That first step is always a doozy... and then the unknown becomes the Known. This is lovely, thank you. :)

  • @ianonymous3803
    @ianonymous3803 3 года назад +1

    Fantastic. I think I understand now, why my anxiety feels almost the same as excitement.

  • @shape9381
    @shape9381 3 года назад +1

    This channel and is its content is invaluable for me at the moment.
    I live in an environment where those few still around, say that they are there for me, and want me to confide my shortcomings or hangups to them, at anytime, without judgment..
    also show the sign of having lost the tiniest smudge of respect for me anytime that I do, if I'm being truly honest.
    Though even if what I'm saying is neurotic, and is probably nonsense, in the end, its what my conscience is telling me, right here and now.
    Its almost like i've said too much.. ive spoken to much truth, and have been shown too vulnerable.. I mean trying to describe this swelling mess is difficult enough, and even if I have trouble articulating exactly what the problem is, doing my best, it feels as if its perceived as weakness from them everytime.
    I find you notice a change in people's demeanor of you for a while after.. until you come and clear it up in 'better spirits' over time.
    So I tend to keep it to keep things to my self more and more, just not speaking on whats under the surface, daily, every minute, every second.. the time is just flying by, here wasting life in stagnation, and I pretend like everything is 'going well.'
    Its should be okay to admit its not.
    Especially for males, I find we just go quietly into self imposed damnation.. never uttering a word, as our demon takes control of the wheel.
    Usually taking others along with us on the ride whether intentional or not..
    Its just what guys do.
    It shouldn't have to be that way.
    This channel helps me find the language to better understand and describe these conflicts, and help those around me better understand themselves, if they truly do even give a damn anymore.. but, if necessary, I have the information to undergo the process of change on my own, with the knowledge that it's a path already well worn.
    That's comforting in a strange way when you seem so damned lost..
    Maybe that's how it has to be anyways.
    Its just nice to return to a scribe of sorts every now and then, when we get a chance of breaking free from the haze, to remember these lessons passed down, knowing that others have gone through the same circumstances, and worse, much worse, and yet, they've still made it out on the other side in the end.
    Thank you for your time and energy, it means more than you know right now, and it comes not a second too soon 🙏
    The timing almost seems spiritual sometimes 😇
    I just dont know which God to thank anymore, the digital, or the divine??

  • @absenceovmeasurablefrequen1709
    @absenceovmeasurablefrequen1709 3 года назад

    This is by far the greatest channel on RUclips.

  • @AJ-das
    @AJ-das 4 года назад +2

    1:40 I discovered this notion on my own while intentionally getting too high and going out in public. I remember getting intense anxiety and paranoia like someone was about to attack me from behind. But I discovered that there was an initial excitement that triggered the fear. That's when I realized that before anything 'bad' happens we initially feel excitement then nearly instantly comes fear. We get so overtaken by the fear (because we let the worm dominate) that most of of don't even appreciate the excitement (God) that comes first. When you start to live through God you no longer let the worm dominate.

  • @bakamono2630
    @bakamono2630 4 года назад +1

    I wanted to be in military because I am that masochist referred in the video. Relying on country to make choices for me.
    But then I am not in any condition to join the military, so here I am now after learning philosophy for a year.
    I have learned to reflect on my action and wasn't living like a zombie like I used to.

  • @camilom2752
    @camilom2752 5 лет назад +2

    Great work. Heard it from the Vortex of Central America while looking on toward the volcanoes. Freedom of the mind is a godly endeavor.

  • @dh4817
    @dh4817 5 лет назад +3

    Each one of your videos is like a punch in my face and i love it but at the same time makes me feel kinda depressed and guilty.

  • @neuropulsation
    @neuropulsation 5 лет назад +1

    I have been following this channel for a while. This video came to me exactly when i needed it, i'm in a bit of a low period in my life, where i question my choices and I have anxiety about the future (even though life has shown me that eventually everything turns out just fine), I was fascinated by the title and I knew it was gonna be good. It was, obviously, great content as always. But what freaked me out a bit was seeing quotes by Erich Fromm's Escape from freedom, i have never read the book, but i actually bought it randomly about 8 years ago for some reason, and then i forgot about it... until now. I will read it now.

  • @P.M.O.S.69
    @P.M.O.S.69 4 года назад +2

    Thank you...That message came at a perfect time for me. I will listen to it again, take notes and do my best to apply what I learn.

  • @BangMaster96
    @BangMaster96 5 лет назад +29

    Not taking a risk is also a risk in itself.

    • @great-eyedea
      @great-eyedea 3 года назад

      It's the minimum to keep yourself comfortable. Might as well stay in bed 24/7

  • @shaggydog7746
    @shaggydog7746 4 года назад +1

    I have been watching your videos from the early days of the channel. Your content is one of a kind. Just amazing. Thank you for existing.

  • @flowmotion_2
    @flowmotion_2 5 лет назад +1

    This video has been recommended to me for weeks but I’m now watching it... the timing is perfect

  • @TheArtyninja
    @TheArtyninja 5 лет назад +49

    I love William Blake's art

    • @michaelnurse9089
      @michaelnurse9089 5 лет назад +5

      His art transcends just art...it is a portal to the world of spirit.

  • @Tsotha
    @Tsotha 2 года назад +1

    clicked on this as soon as I saw the William Blake illustrations but wasn't sure what I was getting, in any case Erich Fromm's "Escape From Freedom" is quite an insightful book so I am always happy to see it get more mentioning

  • @TheGringoSalado
    @TheGringoSalado Год назад

    Amen! We all have a master, but we get to pick who/what.

  • @wsw8596
    @wsw8596 4 года назад +1

    This came at the exact right moment in my life. Immense Gratitude.

  • @UMNightlife
    @UMNightlife 5 лет назад +2

    Salute to you for creating this, and salute to all of you who watched this. You tower above the masses and are more powerful and intelligent than you realize.

  • @kbrizy7490
    @kbrizy7490 5 месяцев назад

    I remember listening to this four years ago and it leaving a huge impact on me. I wasn’t wrong for feeling so. Great essay.

  • @lordapophis5723
    @lordapophis5723 5 лет назад +1

    Marvelous presentation! Very well spoken and researched, humans of today need this knowledge now more than ever.

  • @ARTHUR-fl1fc
    @ARTHUR-fl1fc 5 лет назад +1

    Wish I could give 2 thumbs up to all your vids. I haven't seen a lazy product yet. Your content creators must really enjoy the process. It's a great service you all do.

  • @fernandopicozzi
    @fernandopicozzi 5 лет назад

    This one hitted home so hard... i'm litterally shaking, holy shit.

  • @AeonForest
    @AeonForest 5 лет назад +3

    Another amazing video. People say the unknown is scary and full of risks, but isn't the scariest thought in living an unfulfilled life of wasted potential and regret. I would rather risk burning out spectacularly than withering away miserably.

    • @khairunishakhetikheti3273
      @khairunishakhetikheti3273 5 лет назад

      Hu bthu janu chhu ketla carse aawomen tenu bhvisya hmna joya6 pela kij notu aaj aaviya tepan lost tya rhiya6 teno aasostndne thya6

  • @SatansYardsale
    @SatansYardsale 5 лет назад +3

    I checked three times last night and meant to check at work but forgot. So glad to it's AOI day! This is always one of the highlights of my month and my psych appreciates your wisdom (very smart man, you should feel proud). Cheers dude!
    Edit: Jesus Christ this was such a good episode.

  • @marksmellybell448
    @marksmellybell448 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely fantastic information and perspective

  • @onlypearls4651
    @onlypearls4651 Год назад

    This video appeared in my recommendations following a series of dreams which, now, upon reflection, are pointing to this very thing - that my anxiety is wrought in my refusal to be free.

  • @noadr5gon
    @noadr5gon 5 лет назад +23

    God Emperor of Dune follows a character who is often referred to with a dual nature--those who follow him follow the man (the Lord) and those who do not call him the worm. The book follows him as he fights this duality. It's interesting that this is an archetype I didn't even know existed.

  • @rockyfjord4710
    @rockyfjord4710 5 лет назад +1

    There are paradoxes hidden within truths as well. One man's freedom is another's bondage. Those who believe
    they are the most just, carry the seeds of injustice. Freely choosing without knowledge of consequences can be
    fatal, like a leap of faith into the bad abyss. Freedom from happenstance, circumstance is not always optional.
    You may indeed learn from the wrong road taken, but you may not always recover from it. When you are born,
    you are already trapped in a larger womb, but trapped nonetheless sans the freedom to escape save for death.

  • @Ali-zl1yp
    @Ali-zl1yp 5 лет назад +2

    Maybe the only channel on youtube who is NOT trying to abuse your, money, power & ect by lieing and entertaining you.

  • @kocerarif
    @kocerarif 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for your contributions to those who want to make better choices in life.

  • @chooha
    @chooha 5 лет назад +2

    This channel has had a life changing impact on me

  • @roar6047
    @roar6047 5 лет назад +4

    This was a very necessary reminder for where I’m at currently with my life. Thanks Academy of Ideas for always putting out quality content that just so happens (cough cough synchronicity) to be at the right time

  • @vlorenzosoleri
    @vlorenzosoleri 5 лет назад +141

    Why do you keep making videos that speak directly about what I'm thinking at the moment? Get out of my head

    • @charllyblinks8086
      @charllyblinks8086 5 лет назад +13

      We are all connected .. by you been aware of this you are becoming aware of the connection between us all

    • @standinginson1
      @standinginson1 5 лет назад +8

      Collective consciousness my friend. Now that you are aware of it, it will reveal itself over and over daily until you have “no doubt “ about it’s existence.

    • @CheeksOfButt
      @CheeksOfButt 5 лет назад

      Can you explain what you’re talking about lol

  • @VeTiFA1
    @VeTiFA1 4 года назад +1

    This is The only channel for which i activated the bell. Thank you for the wonderful content

  • @paulmoore7064
    @paulmoore7064 5 лет назад +4

    Anxiety can't get nuthin done. Anxiety spoils all the fun.

  • @michaelloria69
    @michaelloria69 4 года назад +3

    When I see a thumbs down. I know they are afraid or freedom and Love big government. But I dont condemn them, freedom is scary when you have a low opinion of oneself.

  • @siddiquenadir44
    @siddiquenadir44 5 лет назад +1

    Gotta watch this every morning.

  • @1-Aria
    @1-Aria 4 года назад +1

    One could argue that the final solution this video has suggested in order to embrace and cultivate our psychological freedom - to set ourselves at a default state to seek out freedom and the possible - is no different than an act of moral masochism nature. Or more specifically, instead of giving up to social tyranny, we hand the power to our compulsive belief "It is always better to venture than to stagnate" and further contradict itself by ignoring components of its own argument such as the the paradoxical problem that attached with freedom - Anxiety - by failing to address this matter that reside at the core of the problem.
    As their argument pointed out "Anxiety follows freedom as its shadow" perhaps it is not possible to completely relinquish the tendency to limit ourselves and completely commit to freedom, or as they put it, the inner god and the inner worm. For it is an irrefutable fact that freedom grants us the gift of the possible but also hand us the burden of anxiety and by contrast limitation taken away that of the possible but also relieve us of anxiety.
    Perhaps it is not a simple matter to simply give up on one and uphold the other, for they are indeed conflicting yet balancing in nature and therefore one's quest is not to discard either, but to find balance in the two.
    It would seem that by gathering from so many school of thoughts to formulate its argument, the video give us a wider view of the tackle of the problem but in terms make it difficult to cohere the argument as a whole thus leaving the argument flawed or even contradictory.

  • @crownbroken2679
    @crownbroken2679 4 года назад +3

    This hit me so hard, I'm tearing up.

  • @jazzadezz
    @jazzadezz 5 лет назад +7

    Thank you for your excellent videos! They often seem to match the things I experience and come at the right time.

  • @jhunt5578
    @jhunt5578 5 лет назад +2

    I realised this recently, that your "inner worm" can trap you, box you in. It can feel insufferable to push through, but if you dont you'll wither. It comes down to negative thoughts and self image, you can empower yourself by realising them for what they... just thoughts.

  • @warrenpanabang3341
    @warrenpanabang3341 3 года назад

    Rings a bell. Any statement that rings a bell has truth in it.

  • @sebastianbasic252
    @sebastianbasic252 4 года назад

    Oh my God, this channel is the best thing there is. Thank you!

  • @mrnomnom1729
    @mrnomnom1729 5 лет назад

    This channel is balm for my soul.

  • @akk30051
    @akk30051 5 лет назад +1

    Please post more often! This is brilliant! 💛

  • @defunctuserchannel
    @defunctuserchannel 2 года назад

    My anxiety is based on fear of future pain and feeds on the knowledge that there is no way to ensure not meeting a truly horrific future.

  • @theprince1795
    @theprince1795 5 лет назад +1

    these videos are my therapy sessions

  • @docmemphis
    @docmemphis 5 лет назад

    Anxiety is guilt and a parallel of faith. Fear and anxiousness combined equals hopelessness. If you separate fear from anxiousness you create hope.

  • @lreeher
    @lreeher 5 лет назад +8

    Top shelf content on a Tuesday afternoon. Excellence still exists! Thank you!

  • @ahmednegm8981
    @ahmednegm8981 Год назад

    I think this anxiety is on a deeper level is due to the non willingness to sacrifice some things we know that can be lost in our ventures such as material possessions, our current self that has many weaknesses, and more important, dismantling beliefs that guard our weak selves from the complexity and novelty of life

  • @lancelotdufrane
    @lancelotdufrane 5 лет назад +7

    Profound timing, for this one.... incredible.

  • @miranda9691
    @miranda9691 5 лет назад +8

    This notification is better than Christmas !

  • @andreavaughn9096
    @andreavaughn9096 5 лет назад +1

    Powerful stuff! Will listen again and again and seek to become more, ever courageous. Thank you so. 🕉️

  • @henriquesacchetti9848
    @henriquesacchetti9848 3 года назад

    Thank you so much for such precious contents.

  • @mcnowski
    @mcnowski 5 лет назад +1

    The "inner worm" is our personal lesson, that which is to be understood and overcome, our vice and the impulsive behavior we enforce by continually succumbing to our vice. This selfish behavior is what keeps us in dense fragmented material consciousness, or rather unconscious to the ecstatic vision of the higher spiritual hierarchy. "Freedom" is the attainment of free will, the overcoming of the self defeating fragmented inner self. This is accomplished by adhering to the Logo's, the organizing principle behind creation, which manifest's itself in man as the voice of the moral order, it is the deviation of this inner truth that causes anxiety.

  • @Chronomatrix
    @Chronomatrix 5 лет назад +3

    I love your videos, you can really read and understand humanity, this is invaluable wisdom right here.

  • @vera1654
    @vera1654 5 лет назад +9

    This is so great, thank you! Yesterday I was writing in my journal about how I feel like worm jerry from rick and morty lol

  • @jameslove-vani797
    @jameslove-vani797 4 года назад +1

    This is the single best use of youtube I've yet come across in years of using it.

  • @stevenr6874
    @stevenr6874 5 лет назад +1

    Great channel. The message here can be summed up in a simple qoute." Be master of your own mind or a slave to the mind of others".

    • @Moleshaveeyes
      @Moleshaveeyes 5 лет назад +1

      This reminds me of Carl Jung having said: "People don't have ideas, ideas have people".

  • @XxRegeneratedxX
    @XxRegeneratedxX 4 года назад

    This man goes deep yo this channel has so much wisdom

  • @freshprince8919
    @freshprince8919 5 лет назад +3

    I appreciate your content. It keeps me grounded. Wish I was in a position to support your channel

  • @WOLFGANGPANDER
    @WOLFGANGPANDER 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you for your thoughful content. This video was extremely powerful!

  • @ichtar5458
    @ichtar5458 29 дней назад

    Your videos are so underrated

  • @uchihamadara8693
    @uchihamadara8693 3 года назад

    I love you man , from the bottom of my heart i love you 💙

  • @satnamo
    @satnamo 5 лет назад +1

    Health, youth and freedom are the greatest blessings of life.
    The first act of freedom is to choose what kind of person I want to be.
    Then I must do what I have to do.

  • @MadDog_Mason
    @MadDog_Mason 5 лет назад +1

    These teachings are my bible for the mind

  • @rajneessingh222
    @rajneessingh222 5 лет назад +2

    This felt like an summary of my inner feelings since last 4 months. I thought I was done for good. Thanks for clarification.

  • @bigbluerips2914
    @bigbluerips2914 4 года назад

    Powerful,insightful,Straight forward.Thank you for your service.