Without commenting on the subject matter, how rare is it nowadays to see this level of respect and professionalism, where someone actually listens to the answer of a question without interrupting the other person..
Agreed. When there's no interrupting, equivocation or strawmanning it's clear that the 'spiritual' argument goes nowhere. Russell did his best to colour in some wishful thinking but when a conman plays fair he doesn't sell any bridges.
Certainly - it is incredible to witness two modern day’ Philosophers - articulating their genius. I would love to see both Ricky and Russell collaborate more - please.
Two men having a conversation about personal opinions without it turning into an argument and talking over each other. Just respect between the two of them.
This is a fantastic, respectful dialogue. Even though they didn't agree, they never interrupted each other. They also didn't talk past one another, they actually listened and responded to the other person's points. Bravo!
That's the biggest takeaway I got from this lol. They can discuss theories (and any one or more of them could be true because it's just a matter of which perspective you have most affinity with), but what really created an impact was their exemplification of respect when they were engaging with one another...this was lovely.
I love Ricky’s description. We are so lucky to be here, so instead of concentrating on whether there’s a second life or not, make sure you enjoy and fulfil your first one 🥰
Bernie McCann which one are you referring to as the idiot? I’d like to disagree in advance. I disagree with Ricky on the existence of god and his dogmatic beliefs/insistence about what happens when we die, but he’s clearly very intelligent. As is Russell. One would be foolish to think otherwise.
Not possible 😂 piers is an ignorant greedy selfish stuck up prick and loves the sound of his own voice and ramming his small minded opinion down anyone throat that doesnt go along with his backward views 😂
@@superstarshaker7402 very true 😂 the guy seems like he's trying to impress people with his intelligence every time he speaks rather than just saying the point simply
Recovering from a very serious suicide attempt, I kept asking god/planet earth/energies etc. 'why am I still here?'. The answer came to in the shape of motherless kittens. I've had cats my whole life, but for the first time I had to be their mother, put their well-being before mine, I had to stop feeling sorry for myself but take care of these helpless being, and above all they taught me true love. Life is not about how much one is loved, but how much one loves. I still cope with my demons every day, but I love all animals sooo much. I love nature so much. I love the good deeds of amazing people sooo much, or a beautiful piece of music/art/sunset/joke ..... Life is about loving. And that keeps me going, knowing the more I love and care, the better it is for all.
It's great that you are still here and want to be there for other beings.your cats or plants or anything. As long as you that purpose really. And please don't hurt yourself,it's not worth it. Also, there is so many great things in life to live for like you said. As long as you want to be here for them. Please try not to think about people or things that hurt you or you can't cope with. Thinking of all those things that are worth living is awesome. And fighting to stay here so you can be a part of that Is really great. Just hold on to yourself. You have made it this far so you are quite strong and resilient and very powerful indeed. Have avgreat day ❤❤❤❤
@@ivanamicimici Thank you so much for your kind and very empowering words. It's often 'taking it day at a time', but like you said, as long as I know why I'm here and why I should still stick around gives me power to fight the demons.Wish you all the best, and lots of love too!
I really like that. If you dwell on the meaning too much it just drives you crazy. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack and it never ends. It's better to just enjoy the time we have.
How can it be that we are merely here to experience this? We can't even compare the experience to anything without experimenting with our bodies and minds, and we can't stop ourselves from attaching values or meanings to all of that. And yet.... And yet...and, but also, all people are experiencing different degrees of pleasure or pain. We have overpopulated the planet to the point of environmental collapse. This Covid 19 is our predator, turning our "experience" upside down. Surely THAT ought to get our attention. Make us think. To believe anything... is to have found an answer. To have accepted an answer, one first had to accept a question no matter whether or not we have consciously asked the question.
@@nackjicholson1940 I agree. Often times I feel like the western society focuses too much on the intellectual and perhaps they are stuck in the loop of making sense of things. Human brains are only able to comprehend so much. There so much asking, inquiring and questioning that goes on which leads to more asking, more inquiring, and more questioning. This sort of "craze" over finding life's purpose is also born from the intellectual, it could be born also from the ego seeking to understand, determine and dominate.
I think he has some kind of impulsion to make his philosophy as over-complicated and mystical sounding as possible. Half the time I have no idea what the hell he's going on about, but I suspect he loves making himself sound ever so spiritually intellectual. He also tends to use paragraphs when a sentence would do just fine. I'm more in the Gervais camp. Brand looks like he's searching so hard he's in danger of inventing stuff the same way religions do.
First (and last) time I've been on his channel and that's only because of Ricky Gervais. It amazes me how such an annoying, rambling, pseudo intellectual like Brand gets so much respect.
As a recovering addict I respect Russell. As someone who has found and lost faith in middle age (34) I respect Ricky. As a fan of comedy, I'm over the moon this is happening!
When there is mutual respect even though there may be conflicting points of view,civil discourse is the result. I am an atheist but I respect and can have a conversation with someone who does believe in god and not judge and dismiss them.
Gervais has to respect Brand here because millions of people are watching, Ricky would probably love to tear Brands hairy fairy views to bits, but he's too smart for that.
@Al Marcel "hindu/buddhist philosophy has been around much longer than any Abrahamic religion" That's very bold of you to assume. Looking at the fact that we are a civilization who don't even correctly know that who used to live in Antarctica before it froze under ice. Abrahamic religions are not something new. These religions talk about the same God that was worshiped by Adam. God does not change. It's the nature of humanity that they can't preserve historical information accurately for a very long time. But Quran is the last revelation from God which was sent to the last prophet. And God promised in the Quran that he will preserve it till he ends the earth.
I used to be an avid atheist, but now consider myself to be spiritualist. I realised that we are all connected; Mother Earth is ALIVE and she breathes. Water DOES have memory. I was a scientist; I still am but now I have faith. Thank you Russell for helping me along this journey. We live and we learn......and when I pass my energy will move to another of Mother Earth's creations, be it a drop of dew on a flower. I am no longer scared of dying! Xxx
I'm not sure why, but it always brings me a huge amount of joy whenever I see Russell Brand and Ricky Gervais together. They're both very different, and I'm a huge fan of both yet somehow they go together weirdly well.
@@iainrae6159 God shared whatever information he wanted to share. And those infos are in the Quran which is available for everyone. I don't have any special contract with him to get special information that random people ask me.
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Regardless of the existence of a higher power, I feel blessed to have my two dogs. In all the billions of years, Im lucky that my existence coincided with theirs. Peace will conquer all doubt
there's obviously a creator, if you see a phone it didn't appear out of nowhere, someone had to design such complexity. but just like a father can't be behind his son all life or he will remain useless, our "father" had to stop grabbing our bike while he was teaching us how to use it otherwise we wouldn't learn how to be self sufficient ever.
You have your dogs, you love them and you provide for them and they have you because you provide for them, but if you did not provide for them do you think they would be happy to have you, be loyal to you and not to someone else?.
This is a really amazing conversation. I absolutely love that two men with different ideologies can come together and have a respectful and meaningful conversation about something they disagree on. Super amazing.
Was hoping after Russell's epic intro that Ricky would put his hand up and say "Sorry I think your mic's on mute, can you switch it on and do that again?"
*I actually adore these two and a conversation together about this is just amazing, love this thank you for giving us meaningful content to watch in these times.* 💕 x
We are all stardust. “Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.” ~ Alan Watts
Love Watts ! He and Russell among others has inspired me to do vids . Am in the process of diving into Ernest Holmes’ “ Science Of Mind” right now as well
@Adam Henry Indeed. Existence (and consciousness) is an extraordinary gift that we get to experience for a limited time. What it all means is perhaps irrelevant. So soak it up. Try new things. Live for yourself and not for others who may judge your choices. Hopefully we can make it through with minimal suffering to ourselves, other people, and future generations.
@R4- P17 it was a bit of a word salad to be honest. Comparable to Ricky, he was all over the place. Ricky was just speaking from experience without embezzling his thoughts.
@@johnholvey2544 that's essentially "The Scientific Method" in action. Ricky Gervais will say all day that he's open to the existence of a God because like he says, technically atheists and religious people don't actually know for sure whatever they believe. extremely depressing seeing videos of Jordan Peterson and Russell Brand, and people praising them for being "entirely" unbiased, when the truth is that they are indeed MOSTLY unbiased, until they have a point which they have a strongly established opinion in of course, which then results to cop-out styled answers, which are essentially just the same things you'll hear over and over and over again and don't really make any points progressing to a resolution. the only difference of these opinions being made by someone like Brand or Peterson though, is that it's a slightly more articulate form of the same baseless arguments that the stupid people of the same group make, so it makes any intelligent person debating you feel bad for you and answer you articulately, (like i feel i saw Ricky Gervais do to Russell Brand, as well as why Stephen Fry did to Jordan Peterson in his interview.) at which point they continue to use all the other baseless cop-out arguments and try to burn the bridge behind them.
Two talented, kind and grounded souls. Hearing their philosophical take 'on life', via their enriched journey 'in life' so far is a treat for the ear'oles!
Russel: I wondered what you feel about that and if you're curious about psychedelics and altered states? Ricky: shakes his head bewildered and draws a breath.... What a cliffhanger!
Exactly. Ricky is a Dawkins-level atheist and I can only imagine his response to someone describing a spiritual experience. Russel is cruel for ending the clip like that and also very brave for discussing spirituality with such a strong atheist.
That's most serious I've seen Ricky Gervais, especially as I though Russell didn't half ramble on for a couple of years at the beginning, lol. I was expecting Ricky to say......"you what?"
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Ricky couldnt get a word in edgeways, and at the end he asked him what he thought of it? I like that Russell asks the big questions and picks the topic apart, but it is all about him. Ricky is different. I do like them both though.
@@surds1 Which makes a pleasant change since he’s arguably the biggest British narcissist celebrity we have. This is of the few times Gervais has to shut up and listen to someone who may actually be more intelligent than him.
I actually agree with Ricky that the meaning of life is to just experience everything and savour every moment, meal, flower, beauty etc but that does not necessarily mean that there is nothing at the end of it (most people who have died and been brought back all seem to agree there is a overwhelming feeling of bliss and unconditional love) 🌸
I love Ricky Gerais's comedy. He has a perspective toward the existence of God that to him is obvious. In actuality, it is merely an opinion based on a personal decision to believe it. Religious people have a differing 'opinion' that is also based on their personal decision to believe something. Since neither perspective is provable, it will perpetually be debated. I appreciate that Gervais and Brand can do so cordially. If only politicians could do the same.
Burden of proof lies with the person making the assertion. Gervais is not trying to say he knows there isn't a god just that he has no proof or evidence to allude otherwise. Faith is just a feeling. It is not proof.
This random guy on TikTok summed up my spiritual realization with this great quote: The first sips of natural science will make you an atheist, as it destroys your religion's depiction of God, but as you continue to drink you will find God at the bottom of the glass. Edit: I found that this quote is actually from theoretical physicist, Werner Heisenberg
If God is agreed to be the absolute, a being greater than which no other can be conceived, then god must exist in reality, too, because otherwise it would be possible to conceive of another greater something. (stAnselm) (1033_1109)
In order to be able to call something good, there must necessarily be an objective standard: an absolute good against which we are judging. This absolute is what we call God,
I start firmly in the Gervais camp, but I'm a big fan of Brand. Despite this, I don't see this as adversarial, rather the same side of a very big coin....
I just don't trust Russel, he gives me vibes of someone who is on a rebound from his former personality, all anti ego. What I want to see is his final form when he finally integrates both halves and becomes a whole person.
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@@SonOfSeth I do trust/like Russell but I get your point, in many ways it feels like he's chasing the highs of the drugs he's now denied through various 'spiritual' techniques.
5:03 - "Ya know one day you'll hug your Mom for the last time..." Sad but true... I hugged my Mom for the last time in the beginning June of 2017... Less than 2 weeks later... she died. Worst pain I have ever had to endure... and like Ricky said: 5:10 - "You won't know it's your last, but it will be your last..." I had no idea when I saw my Mom in the beginning of June 2017 that it would indeed be the last time... :(
These are two very interesting, knowledgeable, funny, respectful, and entertaining hard working men right here. I look forward to watching their content and very much appreciate the hard work they put out for us as fans, I am privileged to get to learn from these two amazing gentlemen that is true and thank you again
Don’t first ask, “why are we here?” Instead say, “we are here” and then seek enlightenment. Otherwise, we will spend a lifetime contemplating what happens in a blink of an eye when we return to the earth.
Interesting point but then how would you define "seeking enlightenment"? Do you mean that we shouldn't ponder or question our existence but rather seek meaning in our very own existence? Although, that would come about as a process of ones realisation that they're life has meaning in and of itself. As such, this is a direct answer to the ol eternal question of what ones purpose is or why one is here. Perhaps, its just "we are here" and therefore we have a purpose and ones life is assumed to be inherently meaningful. Ahaha im just rambling now- at the end of the day, its essentially man's search for truth even though its a subjective form of truth based on ones individual experience, perception, intuition etc OFC morality and ethics come into the picture and that makes everything a little more interesting and complex.
@@AFROMAN18ita the "Why" in "Why are we here" is only explained as you experience, the meaningful acts/feelings you do/let in, when understood in their totality and uniqueness to your experience, become the reason :) no longer questioning the "Why" frees you to find meaning here and now instead. Love, friendship, music, laughter, dogs ✌. That's my answer :)
What if in saying “we are here” and then seeking enlightenment the question “why are we here?” keeps popping up? Is that then part of the seeking of enlightenment. Many people do say or realise “we are here” and then in the quest for enlightenment find themselves at the level of asking “why are we here.” “Why are we here?” is answered by full awareness of all our memory of the past whilst we are where we are and whilst we are thinking and sensing about the best paths through the future. The Now is a trap where we loose our senses of where we have been and where we are going. We are not in the Now, we are all the way through the dimension of time from past to present yet only in our part of it. Yes using more of our senses to make good decisions in every moment is how to be in “the zone” but that takes being in the past, present and future equally and deciding always with compassion based on the need or truth of good results from actions and the probabilities of good results from good actions. When someone steals your Now they steal your decision making, they steal your conscience, the steal your will. That is the centre, that is the kernel, that is you and that needs to be protected. Do not explore your Now for others because it leaves you vulnerable, protect your Now, protect your Centre. Explore tools to decide compassionately and become you but an evolving you. Evolving into compassion and skill and wisdom and helpfulness.
@Chuck Thunder there is enlightenment in the Buddhist sense of realising the truth of Karma and trying to either gain good Karma by only doing good deeds or trying to transcend Karma by being at one with reality. There is the enlightenment of European History in which the dogma of Abrahamic Religion was realised to be less valid than the Philosophy of the Ancients and much less valid than the very real miracles created by science. There is the enlightenment of which you may speak, the gnostic and kabbalastic, which to me is the attempt to unify the Religions of the “Ultimate” God and the reality and proof of Science by attempting to use and find and seek proof in Vision Questing and Religious Experience and Faith and Luck as all Mysticism seems to attempt. Philosophy (the love of Wisdom) shows that in loving something we try to improve it and understand it and impress it and care for it and know the truth of it and have it love us in return. That is also the kernel of truth in Mysticism, that in loving we ask the divine to also love us, but we ask it without selfishness for love of love itself. And the rewards are great.
@nite traitor, I failed to see connection between the first statement and your last statement. You're saying that Seeking to know the reason behind something is foolish and vain and that we must accept everything like, "it is because it is". That type of thinking is what atheists usually accuse religious folks of. The other issue is the use of vague terms, like seeking enlightenment. The people who do this usually do it on purpose: if people don't know what I am talking about, they cannot argue my point. The fact that this comment got so many likes shows people just like what sounds nice but beneath the surface has no logic associated with it
And for the record Brand’s opening question about how right and wrong feel like tangible things and the human need for connection points to something deeper is a CS Lewis argument from the 1950s. Both of them are clever but are also repeating old arguments, as does pretty everyone who has these types of discussions
I kind of like that I don't think I share anything in common with Russel Brand in the slightest - we couldn't be more different - and I disagree with him often, but I could listen to him speak all day and I truly like and respect him. If you're a fan of his then I highly recommend you listen to/watch his description of childbirth (in one of his stand ups). One of the most moving things I've ever heard.
While it is difficult to pick a favorite aspect of Russell, I would say his consistent search for commonality is in the top 10, but it's battling constantly against his ability with prose. Love it
@@alineharam Its not a good thing. The fact is, you dont need religion to find meaning in life.. I dont buy the claim that society has become more nihilistic.. Its an unsupported claim., but even if it has, its not an argument for religion.. If humanity should have any chance of getting rid of our fear of death, or our fear of not finding a greater meaning in life, we simply will not find it in fairytales.. Blissful ignorance is at best a bandaid to a gaping wound.. We shouldnt reject religion or moral principles, because life has no meaning.. We should reject religion because its an unsupported claim, accept moral principles because they are reasonable, and simutaniously find the meaning of our lives...
i think russell concentrates on the really deep, spiritual ex heavy drugs related thoughts. whereas ricky tends to deal more with everyday life. love you both though! many thanks!
@mrjo2thec lol ironically, you sound like an "edgy" teenager yourself. Speaking for myself, I was a lot more like you when I was a teenager. I was an outspoken atheist and self-described "realist" who was automatically dismissive of anything that wasn't dictated to me as mainstream science, and it took me a LOT of hardship and suffering and life experience to come around more to a worldview that is basically sympathetic to what Russell is talking about here.
If that means that when we realise we are all from the same source or at least one human family, we begin to be kind to the "other" - then I agree, that is my experience.
Khalid Safir you should study Karl Pilkingtons work. I think you’ll find it enlightening. He’s a great man and a ponderous thinker.....plus he has a head like a fucking orange!
A stone may be measured only visually until the last stone of the end has come to rest, except to determine if a stone is in play, or, prior to playing the second, third, fourth or fifth stone of an end, to determine if a stone is in the Free Guard Zone. _The Rules of Curling and Rules of Competition:_ R2: (i) (October 2019).
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@@beachlife2968 He is extra ordinarily articulate. Ive noticed he LOVES synonyms !! Cause he must love words. He will very often use 3-4 usually more synonyms of a word he is using to explain something.
@@beachlife2968 Articulate to a set level, a low level. I have watched him many times and found he just rpeats a set amount of buzz words & phrases. Its mostly empty rhetoric. He also always manages to make EVERY debate, conversation,chat about him.
@@joshuacarton391 I'm often accused of this and don't know whether what applies to me, applies to him, but I figure maybe it does so I'll share: I often say the word that first come to mind that I feel express what I mean. Hearing out loud, sometimes I feel like that's not 100% it, there nuance and specificity to my thought that my words didn't match more than 95% and then I find myself rephrasing/rewording with apparent synonyms (sometimes literal synonyms, but to which I've personally granted different weights or connotations or to which I feel other people may have).
There was once a frog who had lived all his life in a well. One day a friend visited him and informed him of the existence of the Atlantic Ocean. “Oh, what is this Atlantic Ocean?” asked the frog in the well. “It is a vast body of water,” his friend replied. “How vast? ls it double the size of this well?” “Oh, no, much larger,” his friend replied. “How much larger? Ten times the size?” In this way the frog went on calculating. But what was the possibility of his ever understanding the depths and far reaches of the great ocean? Our faculties, experience, and powers of speculation are always limited. The frog was always thinking in terms relative to his well. He had no power to think otherwise.
At 1:33 Ricky's reference has more context. Matthew 6:5-6 says pray secretly so you don't end up focusing more on words, diction and impressing those around you - but rather more on the purpose and content of your prayer. Also so you can hear what God has to say in response to your prayer in that quiet place.
svndrv god is not speaking to you. You’re talking to yourself. Saying you’re communicating with god just comes off as so self righteous. Yes it’s just similar to meditation. All you’re doing is removing external distractions, finding more silence so that you can focus on your thoughts and awareness. The Hindus and the Buddhists got it right and didn’t claim to be doing this while channeling/ conversing directly with god
I really enjoy these discussions. Both listening attentively before replying. Not talking over one another. Not point scoring. Just exchanging thoughts and ideas and seeing where they lead. Fantastic stuff.
While watching this video, my primary thought was, "Why did my ancestors ever leave England?" And yes, I reminded myself that these two are exceptional, that this isn't the kind of conversation one hears at your average London pub, but still.
So refreshing to see two people with different opinions truly listen to the other persons belief/opinion and respect and take onboard what they’re saying. Great video 👍🏼
Why are you scared of death? Because you don’t know what the outcome of death is? Trust in the world and trust in God! There is a God and must be. While God has many human characteristics he’s wiser and more powerful than Humans no one can comprehend how powerful God actually is.That matter, that particle that created the universe/ Big Bang was God. It’s hard to comprehend but have faith in God and the universe and live life to the fullest.
I've never understood why anyone likes Ricky Gervais or finds him funny. He reminds me of those kids at school who laughed and encouraged bullies to hurt people. A kind of vicious snide cruel humour that exists to comfort and elevate a bitter lost soul. I guess russell and ricky are opposites in that sense. Ricky's atheist crusade also doesn't feel any more involved than the reactionary thinking of a fifteen year old.
The Course of Miracles guided and lead me to walk me forward through the healings of alcohol and drugs over 30 years now. Watching from Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
When I watch this, I realise, as a God/Universe believer, that conscious, meaning seeking atheists bless me so much because they bring something really precious and literal that I can learn from, reminding me that there is a uniqueness to our experience of life that is a one off, never to be repeated story. Heartfelt thanks to you both.
Two of my favorite people of late. I grew up in a Christian home and turned atheist when I couldn't find the right answers to my questions. There are too many contradictions in religion for me but I do relate to some of the foundations of Buddhism and the realm of self awareness. Thanks guys!
Ricky..we are special...it wasn't luck...this place is hard to understand but just to stamp it all as "random" is about as intellectually lazy, bland and uncurious as it gets....typical of nihilism youve arrived at the destination before youve even finished the journey
@@bradmodd7856 No it wasn't luck, because being here isn't lucky, that would suggest life is better than non-life, but you can't compare to not existing. It's just a random process, you don't need to invoke the supernatural if you get a lucky hand in poker because it had to realise to something, same here. You're the one insisting that I must be cheating because I got a royal flush, that's up to you to demonstrate, it's not lazy for me to wait for you as my lack of cheating is unfalsifiable.
This is an excellent example of how a discussion should be had. When their as civil and understanding as these, through the act of listening, agreements can be had. This is where the tread towards oneness through the realisation of the omnipresent awareness can transpire.
I just want to say how happy I was to learn After Life was getting a second season. I loved the first but felt it ended in a way I didn’t expect a second season was going to happen.
Thanks for the interview Russ. I’ve always thought Ricky seems like a great guy. Plenty of celebrities have an affable persona but few are so deeply introspective and open.
aaaah too bad it cuts off! I was always hoping for these two to talk about this subject, have always been a firm atheist and agreed with Ricky's views on that, have always loved Russell's opinions but could never really understand his side on this topic. Can't believe this happened! Looking forward to the whole thing A LOT!!
@@agrange9282 show me a car that made it's self or a building that built it's self. That dense concentration of matter some 13 billion years ago that's GOD
I love Christ❤ he was a wonderful man. It’s a shame St. Paul came along and perverted his gospel. Im not a fundamentalist, but because I adhere to the words of Christ, and only the words of Christ, I consider myself as a Christian. Christianity is now filled with hypocrites and its very difficult to stand the corruption in the church and the abusive lecherous priests abusing kids and nuns. Jesus spent most of his adult life rebuking hypocrites(Pharisees and Sadducee’s) and some of the most memorable things he said, like: ‘Whoever hasn’t sinned cast the first stone’ and ‘Fix yourself before you go about trying to fix others(paraphrased) deal with the issue of hypocrisy.
Fuck, I was scrolling down the comments and read that as Russell said it! I don't usually comment or reply to comments but I think I need to in this case ahaha, no purpose for it but what a funny coincidence. Enjoy your day
" There are those who look on death with a naive, thoughtless cheerfulness, thinking that for some unknown reason death will work out all right for them, and that it is nothing to worry about. When I think of them, I am reminded of what one Tibetan master says: “People often make the mistake of being frivolous about death and think, ‘Oh well, death happens to everybody. It’s not a big deal, it’s natural. I’ll be fine.’” That’s a nice theory until one is dying." Sogyal Rinpoche from Death & Dying
Yup... But that's kinda like getting your period, starting school, paying mortgage and taxes, aging.... It's happens to everyone... No big deal until... Unless you're part of the crowd who never knew because it was sudden.
I love both these guys. Such different styles of genius and insanity, but each the God of their own universe. If there's anyone I'd invite over for a BBQ its these guys lol.
This is kind of giving me anxiety ... it’s one thing not being here again for eternity but what makes me feel anxious is knowing that one day I’ll be gone and I won’t know what is to happen to my kids from that day on
I'm still partly Atheistic I think. A lot of us lose faith. Because of the stupid shit. I'm getting into my own personal belief that I honestly believe Buddhists are actually legit. So are other beliefs.
@@trollzynisaacjohan1793 I don't like the karmic aspect of Buddhism. A child is born with a serious mental or physical disability or dies young of disease - did they do something in a previous incarnation to deserve that? I am not sure if I am misinterpreting the concept of karma but, but if this is how karma works, it's a religion that I have issues with.
@@Outerrythem Karma is merely the actions that result from one's intentions, and the consequences that derive from those actions in the future. Put simply, it's cause and effect. You do something, it has a consequence. It's just that Buddhists believe your actions have consequences not only in this life but in the one's thereafter. If you have the impression that karma is some cosmic judge of deciding right and wrong, and punishing those who have done bad deeds and rewarding those who have done good ones, this is a mistaken view. Not everything that happens to you is a result of karma either. In your example of children dying of diseases, it could be that such children were simply unlucky. It could also be the case that they were born with diseases due to the karmic seeds of their actions in previous lives manifesting in their current one. There's no way to know, it's all speculative, and any victim-blaming is to be avoided. However, even if the Buddha himself were to declare that someone suffering is due to the consequence of his past life actions (which he did do), this is not meant to blame or guilt trip that person for their suffering. For one, Buddhists believe in the doctrine of no-self, so the being that committed that karma is not the same being as the one paying the price. The only thing connecting them is a series of changing aggregates, a desire for rebirth, the continuity of mental states and the momentum of karma across lifetimes. Ultimately, the concept of karma is just a statement of reality, of the nature of cause and effect. It is you who decides whether or not you like it, or whether or not you think it's just, and it is merely you who ascribes a value to the declaration of this facet of reality, the principle of cause and effect, just as much as it is up to you to decide whether or not you like the law of gravity. Regardless, reality persists independent of your 'issues' with it.
*“What is God? The eternal One Life underneath all the forms of life. What is love? To feel the presence of that One Life deep within yourself and within all creatures. To be it. Therefore, all love is the love of God.”* - Eckhart Tolle
Man, I don't want a 3 way relationship with this god dude, I'd rather just be with the girl, be weird together as a couple that shares their love for eachother, have fun and relax. I don't need a god in my life to be happy and in love. We'll celebrate everyday as any day could be our last. JK celebrating while at a funeral would most likely end up being a bad idea.
I dont think most people are necessarily scared of dying (like your pain or process, unless its traumatic) but they are scared of not feeling alive, the possible idea of lights out and thats the end
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What do you think so far? Are you going to tune in for the full episode on Saturday 25th?
yip, yip, canna wait, thanks for this
Russell Brand of course ! Great as usual mate
wow yes was just thinking this will it be on youtube ?
Yes I'll be tuning in on the 25th...
Would you share with us that breathing technique please ?
Yes. What a cliffhanger lol
Without commenting on the subject matter, how rare is it nowadays to see this level of respect and professionalism, where someone actually listens to the answer of a question without interrupting the other person..
Also, its the genuine interest in sharing ideas/ideals, not just for us, the listeners, but for understanding between individuals.
Agreed. When there's no interrupting, equivocation or strawmanning it's clear that the 'spiritual' argument goes nowhere. Russell did his best to colour in some wishful thinking but when a conman plays fair he doesn't sell any bridges.
This is just how intelligent people converse.
That it seems rare is because RUclips is flooded with interlocutors who aren’t.
Yeah that was really nice to see.
Certainly - it is incredible to witness two modern day’ Philosophers - articulating their genius. I would love to see both Ricky and Russell collaborate more - please.
Two men having a conversation about personal opinions without it turning into an argument and talking over each other. Just respect between the two of them.
Two of my favorite Brits. Love Respect
Amazing isn't it... even though it shouldn't be. Respect to both of them nevertheless.
Conversations like this have been going on for years in university halls and arenas , look up Dawkins and Lennox debates and others
2020: "What's THAT?!"
Beautiful
This is a fantastic, respectful dialogue. Even though they didn't agree, they never interrupted each other. They also didn't talk past one another, they actually listened and responded to the other person's points. Bravo!
This slowing down of busy-ness is presenting an opportunity for generous and kind presence 🙏
In the age of the Trumpturd, it's nice to see adults acting like adults, isn't it? :)
Back in the olden days we called this "having a conversation".
That's the biggest takeaway I got from this lol. They can discuss theories (and any one or more of them could be true because it's just a matter of which perspective you have most affinity with), but what really created an impact was their exemplification of respect when they were engaging with one another...this was lovely.
Yes well this is what INTELLIGENT people do.
In stark contrast to the stupid.
I love Ricky’s description. We are so lucky to be here, so instead of concentrating on whether there’s a second life or not, make sure you enjoy and fulfil your first one 🥰
Luck has nothing to do with it. It's actually a choice.
@@mojopin70it's a choice to be here ? Wot
@@mojopin70 ?
Pol Pot, Lenin, Ho Chi Min, Castro, Melosovic, atheists leaders who lead a fulfilling life making the most of it, killing millions in their wake.
Russel Brand has the best grasp of the English language, except for the full stop
😂
Haha
its literally like this entire video was him speaking in one big sentence
This is best comment ever on Russell brand, absolute Truth
*🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣I had the same look on my face as Ricky did thinking 🤔 “What the hell is he on about?”*
Bloody hell I've been waiting 15 years for these two legends to have this discussion! Thanks, Russell.
Yes, my 2 favorites 🌈🙌👆
13 years*
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This was 2007.
Yer! I didn't know I was waiting 15 years until it just happened! Quality!
PLEASE !!! One legend ... one idiot.?
Bernie McCann which one are you referring to as the idiot? I’d like to disagree in advance. I disagree with Ricky on the existence of god and his dogmatic beliefs/insistence about what happens when we die, but he’s clearly very intelligent. As is Russell. One would be foolish to think otherwise.
Imagine piers Morgan trying to have a conversation like this
At least Piers Morgan would get straight to the point instead of waffling absolute shite
@@superstarshaker7402 But Piers is a bellend
channelbizt ... agreed, but perhaps a little bit behind Russell Brand in that department
Not possible 😂 piers is an ignorant greedy selfish stuck up prick and loves the sound of his own voice and ramming his small minded opinion down anyone throat that doesnt go along with his backward views 😂
@@superstarshaker7402 very true 😂 the guy seems like he's trying to impress people with his intelligence every time he speaks rather than just saying the point simply
Recovering from a very serious suicide attempt, I kept asking god/planet earth/energies etc. 'why am I still here?'. The answer came to in the shape of motherless kittens. I've had cats my whole life, but for the first time I had to be their mother, put their well-being before mine, I had to stop feeling sorry for myself but take care of these helpless being, and above all they taught me true love. Life is not about how much one is loved, but how much one loves. I still cope with my demons every day, but I love all animals sooo much. I love nature so much. I love the good deeds of amazing people sooo much, or a beautiful piece of music/art/sunset/joke ..... Life is about loving. And that keeps me going, knowing the more I love and care, the better it is for all.
Good to hear that. Wishing you and your kitties well~^^
This gives me food for thought - thank you for sharing, Vicky. All the best - we are all in this together 💖
All the best
It's great that you are still here and want to be there for other beings.your cats or plants or anything. As long as you that purpose really. And please don't hurt yourself,it's not worth it. Also, there is so many great things in life to live for like you said. As long as you want to be here for them. Please try not to think about people or things that hurt you or you can't cope with. Thinking of all those things that are worth living is awesome. And fighting to stay here so you can be a part of that Is really great. Just hold on to yourself. You have made it this far so you are quite strong and resilient and very powerful indeed. Have avgreat day ❤❤❤❤
@@ivanamicimici Thank you so much for your kind and very empowering words. It's often 'taking it day at a time', but like you said, as long as I know why I'm here and why I should still stick around gives me power to fight the demons.Wish you all the best, and lots of love too!
There is a Buddhist saying “We are not here to find the meaning of life, we are here to experience it”.
Those Buddhists. Not much for talking. Incredibly good marketers of sayings.
I really like that. If you dwell on the meaning too much it just drives you crazy. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack and it never ends.
It's better to just enjoy the time we have.
How can it be that we are merely here to experience this? We can't even compare the experience to anything without experimenting with our bodies and minds, and we can't stop ourselves from attaching values or meanings to all of that. And yet....
And yet...and, but also, all people are experiencing different degrees of pleasure or pain.
We have overpopulated the planet to the point of environmental collapse. This Covid 19 is our predator, turning our "experience" upside down. Surely THAT ought to get our attention. Make us think.
To believe anything... is to have found an answer. To have accepted an answer, one first had to accept a question no matter whether or not we have consciously asked the question.
@@nackjicholson1940 I agree. Often times I feel like the western society focuses too much on the intellectual and perhaps they are stuck in the loop of making sense of things. Human brains are only able to comprehend so much. There so much asking, inquiring and questioning that goes on which leads to more asking, more inquiring, and more questioning. This sort of "craze" over finding life's purpose is also born from the intellectual, it could be born also from the ego seeking to understand, determine and dominate.
Nardo Scalchie we are here to create it
The fact that this is only 10 and a half minutes long is borderline criminal.
Lol. It a preview bro🙂
The fact Grant is on this isn't even borderline he's a bellendz
To get that ad revenue lol
Can’t wait for full thing
Brand baffles me.... Every time he talks, my head hurts - but on the other hand, everything he says, is very insightful and thought provoking.
I think he has some kind of impulsion to make his philosophy as over-complicated and mystical sounding as possible. Half the time I have no idea what the hell he's going on about, but I suspect he loves making himself sound ever so spiritually intellectual. He also tends to use paragraphs when a sentence would do just fine. I'm more in the Gervais camp. Brand looks like he's searching so hard he's in danger of inventing stuff the same way religions do.
He just babbles on and needs to get to the point sooner
Philosophy left from his prior herion addiction?
I like Russell Brand, the 30% of the time where I actually know what he's talking about.
First (and last) time I've been on his channel and that's only because of Ricky Gervais. It amazes me how such an annoying, rambling, pseudo intellectual like Brand gets so much respect.
That's 50% more than him
In the meantime, just become one with the brows and the teeth. Time well spent.
cos he's too damn sober
@@jollyrob I mean if you think it's easy or you can do better then why don't you?
As a recovering addict I respect Russell.
As someone who has found and lost faith in middle age (34) I respect Ricky.
As a fan of comedy, I'm over the moon this is happening!
So am I, iv got is saved so I can watch it in peace later
@@Runningformylife1983 Any idea when the full thing will be released?
@@OfficialFingazMC Saturday
Is 34 middle age now? :(
@@Don-pk2uy With the amount of chemicals I've shoved into myself I'm way past middle age tbh lol
When there is mutual respect even though there may be conflicting points of view,civil discourse is the result. I am an atheist but I respect and can have a conversation with someone who does believe in god and not judge and dismiss them.
Read the Quran.
First read the manuals before wondering around clueless.
If you skip the tutorial then it's your fault not manufacturer's fault.
I hope you witness a spiritual awakening hun, it’s amazing God bless you🙏🙏
Gervais has to respect Brand here because millions of people are watching, Ricky would probably love to tear Brands hairy fairy views to bits, but he's too smart for that.
@Al Marcel
"hindu/buddhist philosophy has been around much longer than any Abrahamic religion"
That's very bold of you to assume.
Looking at the fact that we are a civilization who don't even correctly know that who used to live in Antarctica before it froze under ice.
Abrahamic religions are not something new. These religions talk about the same God that was worshiped by Adam. God does not change.
It's the nature of humanity that they can't preserve historical information accurately for a very long time.
But Quran is the last revelation from God which was sent to the last prophet.
And God promised in the Quran that he will preserve it till he ends the earth.
I wish everyone thought like you.
I used to be an avid atheist, but now consider myself to be spiritualist. I realised that we are all connected; Mother Earth is ALIVE and she breathes. Water DOES have memory. I was a scientist; I still am but now I have faith. Thank you Russell for helping me along this journey. We live and we learn......and when I pass my energy will move to another of Mother Earth's creations, be it a drop of dew on a flower. I am no longer scared of dying! Xxx
I'm not sure why, but it always brings me a huge amount of joy whenever I see Russell Brand and Ricky Gervais together. They're both very different, and I'm a huge fan of both yet somehow they go together weirdly well.
Same!!
XFM alumni
What do you think it’s like when you die?
“Like the 13.5 billion years before I was born and that was alright” Ricky gervais 2020
Read the Quran.
First read the manuals before wondering around clueless.
If you skip the tutorial then it's your fault not manufacturer's fault.
He stole that line from Penn Jillette.
@@liquidphilosopher1816
When were the first humans instantly created by your God ?
Accept an approx answer, thanks.
@@garyharrison4915 Arthur Schopenhauer said it way earlier.
@@iainrae6159
God shared whatever information he wanted to share. And those infos are in the Quran which is available for everyone.
I don't have any special contract with him to get special information that random people ask me.
After Russells first oratory I half expected Ricky to say " Oh I'm sorry.. I had you on mute. Were you talking?"
Yeah. So did I. Would of been funny.
duckwithat
right?
@@infiniteunbound111 Tropic Thunder...'were you talking to me this whole time?'
Brilliant. Good call on that one.
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Russel brand is a liar and is misleading you all
@Martha Woodworth
Have you watched this video you loony
Russel is a freemason piece of crap
Hes misleading you all
Hes a sick satanist
His dad is a freemason
Watch this video and see the real r brand
The real russel brand exposed
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😂same
I can't notice a difference between a philosopher and a brilliant comedian.
You would enjoy watching George Carlin then ;-)
@@rekasfpreparat That's right. In my opinion Carlin didn't get enough credit for how smart he was. He was the first comedian I watched who made me think as much as he made me laugh. @ Wilson Rodrigues, check this video out: ruclips.net/video/8r-e2NDSTuE/видео.html
Read more philosophy
Gervais has a philosophy degree
I thought gervais was an academic????
Regardless of the existence of a higher power, I feel blessed to have my two dogs. In all the billions of years, Im lucky that my existence coincided with theirs. Peace will conquer all doubt
god is dog spelled backwards.....i love both but neither one talks back to me. the point im making is LOVE
Michael Davies this is my religion
Really useful when there's a famine.
there's obviously a creator, if you see a phone it didn't appear out of nowhere, someone had to design such complexity. but just like a father can't be behind his son all life or he will remain useless, our "father" had to stop grabbing our bike while he was teaching us how to use it otherwise we wouldn't learn how to be self sufficient ever.
You have your dogs, you love them and you provide for them and they have you because you provide for them, but if you did not provide for them do you think they would be happy to have you, be loyal to you and not to someone else?.
This is a really amazing conversation. I absolutely love that two men with different ideologies can come together and have a respectful and meaningful conversation about something they disagree on. Super amazing.
Was hoping after Russell's epic intro that Ricky would put his hand up and say "Sorry I think your mic's on mute, can you switch it on and do that again?"
Rofl
Lol!!
Hahaha that would've been perfect
HA HA, that would have been priceless!
He does talk a lot.It is like he has to get it all out.
Wow listening to Russell is a work and a whole world in itself. I had to concentrate my mind like I never did before.
*I actually adore these two and a conversation together about this is just amazing, love this thank you for giving us meaningful content to watch in these times.* 💕 x
MissSpooks was
MissSpooks me too. I can listen to both them speak all day both have such brilliant turn of phrase. Mellifluous 💕
Aha but! Who do you agree with?
We are all stardust. “Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.” ~ Alan Watts
Thank you Jim...I have experienced what you are saying...We are the Universe looking at itself....Love and peace
Love Watts ! He and Russell among others has inspired me to do vids . Am in the process of diving into Ernest Holmes’ “ Science Of Mind” right now as well
@Amy Ha. No, not my quote, but Alan Watts certainly speaks my language.
@Adam Henry Indeed. Existence (and consciousness) is an extraordinary gift that we get to experience for a limited time. What it all means is perhaps irrelevant. So soak it up. Try new things. Live for yourself and not for others who may judge your choices. Hopefully we can make it through with minimal suffering to ourselves, other people, and future generations.
@Adam Henry Good stuff, Adam. Best to you.
Russell Brand is like a marble in a marble run, you know he's going somewhere and it's satisfying to watch.
@R4- P17 it was a bit of a word salad to be honest. Comparable to Ricky, he was all over the place. Ricky was just speaking from experience without embezzling his thoughts.
@@johnholvey2544 that's essentially "The Scientific Method" in action. Ricky Gervais will say all day that he's open to the existence of a God because like he says, technically atheists and religious people don't actually know for sure whatever they believe.
extremely depressing seeing videos of Jordan Peterson and Russell Brand, and people praising them for being "entirely" unbiased, when the truth is that they are indeed MOSTLY unbiased, until they have a point which they have a strongly established opinion in of course, which then results to cop-out styled answers, which are essentially just the same things you'll hear over and over and over again and don't really make any points progressing to a resolution.
the only difference of these opinions being made by someone like Brand or Peterson though, is that it's a slightly more articulate form of the same baseless arguments that the stupid people of the same group make, so it makes any intelligent person debating you feel bad for you and answer you articulately, (like i feel i saw Ricky Gervais do to Russell Brand, as well as why Stephen Fry did to Jordan Peterson in his interview.) at which point they continue to use all the other baseless cop-out arguments and try to burn the bridge behind them.
Two talented, kind and grounded souls. Hearing their philosophical take 'on life', via their enriched journey 'in life' so far is a treat for the ear'oles!
Russel: I wondered what you feel about that and if you're curious about psychedelics and altered states?
Ricky: shakes his head bewildered and draws a breath....
What a cliffhanger!
I'm often bewildered listening to Russell...
Exactly. Ricky is a Dawkins-level atheist and I can only imagine his response to someone describing a spiritual experience. Russel is cruel for ending the clip like that and also very brave for discussing spirituality with such a strong atheist.
I want to know what Ricky says about psychedelics!
@@thesjewishpsychedelicsandbox don't we all sir,don't we all!!! 😂
A thousand likes for you sir!!
This is the best of British right now. Two of the most meaningful people chatting away. Love it.
More Brand - Gervais collaborations please! Great discussion and points raised.
That's most serious I've seen Ricky Gervais, especially as I though Russell didn't half ramble on for a couple of years at the beginning, lol. I was expecting Ricky to say......"you what?"
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Ricky couldnt get a word in edgeways, and at the end he asked him what he thought of it? I like that Russell asks the big questions and picks the topic apart, but it is all about him. Ricky is different. I do like them both though.
Ricky is a very clever man as well he probably kept up but yet again he couldn’t get a word in!
@@surds1 Which makes a pleasant change since he’s arguably the biggest British narcissist celebrity we have. This is of the few times Gervais has to shut up and listen to someone who may actually be more intelligent than him.
@@IrishScribbler You do realise he is ironically narcissistic? What examples do you have of him being Britain’s biggest narcissistic celebrity?
The cuts to Ricky straining to pretend to look interested while Russel goes off are my favourite parts of this interview
Russells just showing off his vocabulary at this point
hilarious!
He's just concentrating to keep up with Russells ability to speak constantly without breathing
That's mastery right there.
Is Russell interviewing himself?
Hey Russell, you've been a glowing light during this pandemic. Thank you for sharing love and information so articulately!
Kris Adams soooo agree!!!
The look on Ricky’s face when Russell was talking was priceless!
He has that same look when he's talking to Carl Pilkington. Lol
its a W.T.F look..
LeBot that’s because he knows anyone that believes in god can’t be intelligent.
I personally find it quite comforting that we go back to the earth that sustained us. No need to find any deeper meaning.
Unless we get buried on a platform on stilts.
These are 2 of my favorite humans.
GORT why so negative ?
Chris Kerr i miss that "u"
I actually agree with Ricky that the meaning of life is to just experience everything and savour every moment, meal, flower, beauty etc but that does not necessarily mean that there is nothing at the end of it (most people who have died and been brought back all seem to agree there is a overwhelming feeling of bliss and unconditional love) 🌸
31 secs into it, ricky: how long is he gonna go on with that sentence? 43 secs into it, russell dropped the 'yearning for oneness togetherness"bomb
I love Ricky Gerais's comedy. He has a perspective toward the existence of God that to him is obvious. In actuality, it is merely an opinion based on a personal decision to believe it. Religious people have a differing 'opinion' that is also based on their personal decision to believe something. Since neither perspective is provable, it will perpetually be debated. I appreciate that Gervais and Brand can do so cordially. If only politicians could do the same.
Burden of proof lies with the person making the assertion. Gervais is not trying to say he knows there isn't a god just that he has no proof or evidence to allude otherwise. Faith is just a feeling. It is not proof.
This random guy on TikTok summed up my spiritual realization with this great quote: The first sips of natural science will make you an atheist, as it destroys your religion's depiction of God, but as you continue to drink you will find God at the bottom of the glass.
Edit: I found that this quote is actually from theoretical physicist, Werner Heisenberg
Everyone needs to hear this wow I have always felt that!!!
Also, that saying or quote "You can look at nothing as a miracle or everything as a miracle!"
If God is agreed to be the absolute, a being greater than which no other can be conceived, then god must exist in reality, too, because otherwise it would be possible to conceive of another greater something. (stAnselm) (1033_1109)
@@piscinediquinto but we don't. God doesnt show himself to us but he has billions of believers.
In order to be able to call something good, there must necessarily be an objective standard: an absolute good against which we are judging. This absolute is what we call God,
I start firmly in the Gervais camp, but I'm a big fan of Brand. Despite this, I don't see this as adversarial, rather the same side of a very big coin....
I just don't trust Russel, he gives me vibes of someone who is on a rebound from his former personality, all anti ego. What I want to see is his final form when he finally integrates both halves and becomes a whole person.
SonOfSeth never thought of it that way.
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Russel brand is a liar and is misleading you all
@Martha Woodworth
Have you watched this video you loony
Russel is a freemason piece of crap
Hes misleading you all
Hes a sick satanist
His dad is a freemason
Watch this video and see the real r brand
The real russel brand exposed
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@@SonOfSeth I do trust/like Russell but I get your point, in many ways it feels like he's chasing the highs of the drugs he's now denied through various 'spiritual' techniques.
*Thomas Smith* Russell just wants there to be a "connectiveness" and is afraid of the truth.
5:03 - "Ya know one day you'll hug your Mom for the last time..."
Sad but true... I hugged my Mom for the last time in the beginning June of 2017... Less than 2 weeks later... she died. Worst pain I have ever had to endure... and like Ricky said:
5:10 - "You won't know it's your last, but it will be your last..."
I had no idea when I saw my Mom in the beginning of June 2017 that it would indeed be the last time... :(
kornfreak78 love you buddy
Love never dies, pray for your Mum's soul, pray to God and follow his commandments and you will be in Heaven with your family someday. God is love.
Trying to find who asked... Still haven't found them
kornfreak78 God bless you. May your mom Rest In Peace 🙏🏼💙sending u love & light
Hugs to you from me x
These are two very interesting, knowledgeable, funny, respectful, and entertaining hard working men right here. I look forward to watching their content and very much appreciate the hard work they put out for us as fans, I am privileged to get to learn from these two amazing gentlemen that is true and thank you again
Don’t first ask, “why are we here?” Instead say, “we are here” and then seek enlightenment. Otherwise, we will spend a lifetime contemplating what happens in a blink of an eye when we return to the earth.
Interesting point but then how would you define "seeking enlightenment"? Do you mean that we shouldn't ponder or question our existence but rather seek meaning in our very own existence? Although, that would come about as a process of ones realisation that they're life has meaning in and of itself. As such, this is a direct answer to the ol eternal question of what ones purpose is or why one is here. Perhaps, its just "we are here" and therefore we have a purpose and ones life is assumed to be inherently meaningful. Ahaha im just rambling now- at the end of the day, its essentially man's search for truth even though its a subjective form of truth based on ones individual experience, perception, intuition etc OFC morality and ethics come into the picture and that makes everything a little more interesting and complex.
@@AFROMAN18ita the "Why" in "Why are we here" is only explained as you experience, the meaningful acts/feelings you do/let in, when understood in their totality and uniqueness to your experience, become the reason :) no longer questioning the "Why" frees you to find meaning here and now instead. Love, friendship, music, laughter, dogs ✌. That's my answer :)
What if in saying “we are here” and then seeking enlightenment the question “why are we here?” keeps popping up? Is that then part of the seeking of enlightenment. Many people do say or realise “we are here” and then in the quest for enlightenment find themselves at the level of asking “why are we here.”
“Why are we here?” is answered by full awareness of all our memory of the past whilst we are where we are and whilst we are thinking and sensing about the best paths through the future. The Now is a trap where we loose our senses of where we have been and where we are going. We are not in the Now, we are all the way through the dimension of time from past to present yet only in our part of it. Yes using more of our senses to make good decisions in every moment is how to be in “the zone” but that takes being in the past, present and future equally and deciding always with compassion based on the need or truth of good results from actions and the probabilities of good results from good actions.
When someone steals your Now they steal your decision making, they steal your conscience, the steal your will. That is the centre, that is the kernel, that is you and that needs to be protected. Do not explore your Now for others because it leaves you vulnerable, protect your Now, protect your Centre. Explore tools to decide compassionately and become you but an evolving you. Evolving into compassion and skill and wisdom and helpfulness.
@Chuck Thunder there is enlightenment in the Buddhist sense of realising the truth of Karma and trying to either gain good Karma by only doing good deeds or trying to transcend Karma by being at one with reality. There is the enlightenment of European History in which the dogma of Abrahamic Religion was realised to be less valid than the Philosophy of the Ancients and much less valid than the very real miracles created by science. There is the enlightenment of which you may speak, the gnostic and kabbalastic, which to me is the attempt to unify the Religions of the “Ultimate” God and the reality and proof of Science by attempting to use and find and seek proof in Vision Questing and Religious Experience and Faith and Luck as all Mysticism seems to attempt.
Philosophy (the love of Wisdom) shows that in loving something we try to improve it and understand it and impress it and care for it and know the truth of it and have it love us in return. That is also the kernel of truth in Mysticism, that in loving we ask the divine to also love us, but we ask it without selfishness for love of love itself. And the rewards are great.
@nite traitor, I failed to see connection between the first statement and your last statement. You're saying that Seeking to know the reason behind something is foolish and vain and that we must accept everything like, "it is because it is". That type of thinking is what atheists usually accuse religious folks of.
The other issue is the use of vague terms, like seeking enlightenment.
The people who do this usually do it on purpose: if people don't know what I am talking about, they cannot argue my point.
The fact that this comment got so many likes shows people just like what sounds nice but beneath the surface has no logic associated with it
"What do you think it's like to be dead?" Ricky: "pretty much like the 13.5 billion years before I was born, and that was alright". On my gravestone.
He’s paraphrasing a famous Mark Twain quote there
Alan Watts
That quote is a hundred years old dude
awesome
And for the record Brand’s opening question about how right and wrong feel like tangible things and the human need for connection points to something deeper is a CS Lewis argument from the 1950s. Both of them are clever but are also repeating old arguments, as does pretty everyone who has these types of discussions
1 minute 35 seconds monologue that can be summed up at the start to a simple question - ‘why do you not believe in God Ricky?’
Wish i was like him so i could get good score in ielts exam
I love listening to you two! What a testament to how we should all conversate.
I kind of like that I don't think I share anything in common with Russel Brand in the slightest - we couldn't be more different - and I disagree with him often, but I could listen to him speak all day and I truly like and respect him.
If you're a fan of his then I highly recommend you listen to/watch his description of childbirth (in one of his stand ups). One of the most moving things I've ever heard.
I second this fully
I remember the last interview they had together when Ricky called Russell the hairy crack pipe! How far they’ve both come
😂😂😂😂😂
oh wow two of my favorite personalities on the planet are finally interacting
While it is difficult to pick a favorite aspect of Russell, I would say his consistent search for commonality is in the top 10, but it's battling constantly against his ability with prose. Love it
This new Brand, is someone I absolutely can get behind, he’s brilliant. He’s also correct about how nihilistic society has become as a whole.
Compared to what?
Nikki Dierolf-Ackerman sounds like nihilism is not a good thing?
He's rebrannded himself very well hasn't he?
@@alineharam Its not a good thing. The fact is, you dont need religion to find meaning in life.. I dont buy the claim that society has become more nihilistic.. Its an unsupported claim., but even if it has, its not an argument for religion..
If humanity should have any chance of getting rid of our fear of death, or our fear of not finding a greater meaning in life, we simply will not find it in fairytales.. Blissful ignorance is at best a bandaid to a gaping wound..
We shouldnt reject religion or moral principles, because life has no meaning.. We should reject religion because its an unsupported claim, accept moral principles because they are reasonable, and simutaniously find the meaning of our lives...
@T-800 Model 101 Infiltrator Unit. 😂
I'm so excited to see these two have a discussion!
i think russell concentrates on the really deep, spiritual ex heavy drugs related thoughts. whereas ricky tends to deal more with everyday life. love you both though!
many thanks!
I think you give Ricky too much credit, and Russell too little. Like them both too though.
@mrjo2thec I disagree with everything you've posted.
@mrjo2thec
lol ironically, you sound like an "edgy" teenager yourself. Speaking for myself, I was a lot more like you when I was a teenager. I was an outspoken atheist and self-described "realist" who was automatically dismissive of anything that wasn't dictated to me as mainstream science, and it took me a LOT of hardship and suffering and life experience to come around more to a worldview that is basically sympathetic to what Russell is talking about here.
@@tuanjim799 finally I read a comment from someone who is awake!!!
@mrjo2thec fibber.
"Oneness leads to otherness" - Karl Pilkington
If that means that when we realise we are all from the same source or at least one human family, we begin to be kind to the "other" - then I agree, that is my experience.
Also Karl mentioned about natural growth in nature “There is greenness and then there is otherness” . He indeed is a monk
Khalid Safir you should study Karl Pilkingtons work. I think you’ll find it enlightening. He’s a great man and a ponderous thinker.....plus he has a head like a fucking orange!
A stone may be measured only visually until the last stone of the end has come to rest, except to determine if a stone is in play, or, prior to playing the second, third, fourth or fifth stone of an end, to determine if a stone is in the Free Guard Zone.
_The Rules of Curling and Rules of Competition:_ R2: (i) (October 2019).
Didn't we all cover this one in the kitchen at 3am at that party in 1989?
Hahahaha! Nice one.
@Seegh Hyle it makes him Gen X you draft prick, not a boomer.. lol
We need more of these dialogues. People respecting people's differences
Read the Quran.
First read the manuals before wondering around clueless.
If you skip the tutorial then it's your fault not manufacturer's fault.
My dream come trueeeeeee these two togetheeer
Ricky was on his old radio show back in like 2008 or something. Should be on youtube somewhere. Check it out
G M what do you mean by that?
Zack thank you very much i will check it out!!!
Such witty, funny men
Christian Martinez yeah exactly!
“And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage”
Hebrews 2:15 KJV
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wildebt I knew as soon as Donald Trump Became President “Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself”! I take this very seriously and so does our President! He has had Thousands of Pedos Arrested as Close to me as Middle Tennessee and I Live In Memphis. I have not seen your video but I’m a believer and it makes me literally sick! God Bless You! I Pray You Save Many Children!
A stone may be measured only visually until the last stone of the end has come to rest, except to determine if a stone is in play, or, prior to playing the second, third, fourth or fifth stone of an end, to determine if a stone is in the Free Guard Zone.
_The Rules of Curling and Rules of Competition:_ R2: (i) (October 2019).
_"Life is like a box of chocolate."_
- Forest Gump's mom
Russel Brands thought process is so fast! So many words and messages I find him overwhelming at times. Tho I love his ideas.
Fast mind indeed and very articulate.
@@beachlife2968 He is extra ordinarily articulate. Ive noticed he LOVES synonyms !! Cause he must love words. He will very often use 3-4 usually more synonyms of a word he is using to explain something.
@@beachlife2968 Articulate to a set level, a low level. I have watched him many times and found he just rpeats a set amount of buzz words & phrases. Its mostly empty rhetoric. He also always manages to make EVERY debate, conversation,chat about him.
@@joshuacarton391 I'm often accused of this and don't know whether what applies to me, applies to him, but I figure maybe it does so I'll share:
I often say the word that first come to mind that I feel express what I mean. Hearing out loud, sometimes I feel like that's not 100% it, there nuance and specificity to my thought that my words didn't match more than 95% and then I find myself rephrasing/rewording with apparent synonyms (sometimes literal synonyms, but to which I've personally granted different weights or connotations or to which I feel other people may have).
Joshua Carton All early born of the month Gemini folk are like that.
There was once a frog who had lived all his life in a well. One day a friend visited him and informed him of the existence of the Atlantic Ocean.
“Oh, what is this Atlantic Ocean?” asked the frog in the well.
“It is a vast body of water,” his friend replied.
“How vast? ls it double the size of this well?”
“Oh, no, much larger,” his friend replied.
“How much larger? Ten times the size?”
In this way the frog went on calculating. But what was the possibility of his ever understanding the depths and far reaches of the great ocean? Our faculties, experience, and powers of speculation are always limited. The frog was always thinking in terms relative to his well. He had no power to think otherwise.
frog brain go ribit
I've never heard this analogy. I'm sor gonna have to use it
Frogs have evolved to live in fresh water inland not salt water.
@@kevbee8325 never stated the frog was going to live in the Atlantic, just that he was curious about it
Tanya Bradford why does it have to be a frog then
At 1:33 Ricky's reference has more context. Matthew 6:5-6 says pray secretly so you don't end up focusing more on words, diction and impressing those around you - but rather more on the purpose and content of your prayer. Also so you can hear what God has to say in response to your prayer in that quiet place.
svndrv god is not speaking to you. You’re talking to yourself. Saying you’re communicating with god just comes off as so self righteous. Yes it’s just similar to meditation. All you’re doing is removing external distractions, finding more silence so that you can focus on your thoughts and awareness. The Hindus and the Buddhists got it right and didn’t claim to be doing this while channeling/ conversing directly with god
I really enjoy these discussions. Both listening attentively before replying. Not talking over one another. Not point scoring. Just exchanging thoughts and ideas and seeing where they lead. Fantastic stuff.
I've always wanted these two to discuss this subject. I think they should collaborate more often.
These two definitely need to do a movie together Do you know how hilarious that would be
Oh man that would be so good
Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand, and Karl Pilkington.
While watching this video, my primary thought was, "Why did my ancestors ever leave England?" And yes, I reminded myself that these two are exceptional, that this isn't the kind of conversation one hears at your average London pub, but still.
So refreshing to see two people with different opinions truly listen to the other persons belief/opinion and respect and take onboard what they’re saying. Great video 👍🏼
Can't wait to see the full version...this one is going to be very interesting.
"We're not special but we are lucky"--that is amazing!! And yes, scared of death
1 in trillions.. yep I feel pretty special 😊😇👌
@H J no idea..if you find it hola
Why are you scared of death? Because you don’t know what the outcome of death is? Trust in the world and trust in God! There is a God and must be. While God has many human characteristics he’s wiser and more powerful than Humans no one can comprehend how powerful God actually is.That matter, that particle that created the universe/ Big Bang was God. It’s hard to comprehend but have faith in God and the universe and live life to the fullest.
@H J full episode is on Saturday the 25th. :)
Are we special -- say compared to a seagull or a cat, or something?
My two favourite people, I have wanted them to collaborate for so long, especially now during this pandemic! Please do more. THANK YOU❤️
lol... add Robin Williams on the other side intangible, with these two tangibles... ty for posting that
Throw in lucy pinder and jack dee
I've never understood why anyone likes Ricky Gervais or finds him funny. He reminds me of those kids at school who laughed and encouraged bullies to hurt people. A kind of vicious snide cruel humour that exists to comfort and elevate a bitter lost soul. I guess russell and ricky are opposites in that sense. Ricky's atheist crusade also doesn't feel any more involved than the reactionary thinking of a fifteen year old.
The Course of Miracles guided and lead me to walk me forward through the healings of alcohol and drugs over 30 years now. Watching from Toronto Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Planet Earth. The cosmic equivalent of what happens when you don't keep things in a cool dark place.
-Carl Sagan
Don’t get it
@@devoffcorrie7725 Hey Tony, have a Google on Sagan, he had an excellent way of describing and explaining the universe.
Love this 😄
I'd like to remember that.
Yea whatever.
2 intelligent men having a real conversation 🙏 what a breath of fresh air ❣️☘️
When I watch this, I realise, as a God/Universe believer, that conscious, meaning seeking atheists bless me so much because they bring something really precious and literal that I can learn from, reminding me that there is a uniqueness to our experience of life that is a one off, never to be repeated story. Heartfelt thanks to you both.
Are you of the mind that atheists will be infinitely and horribly punished as a result of providing you with these "blessings"?
@@riffhammeron no, not at all. I don't necessarily equate belief in a higher power with punishment, not any more.
Two of my favorite people of late. I grew up in a Christian home and turned atheist when I couldn't find the right answers to my questions. There are too many contradictions in religion for me but I do relate to some of the foundations of Buddhism and the realm of self awareness. Thanks guys!
Honestly Buddhism is the only religion that makes sense
“We’re not special, but we are lucky”
To exist in this time right now especially. Lets enjoy this luck for a lifetime :D
I think we are special
@@krehetpi Very special, we are more than we can even realise
@Nelson Giles did you get participation trophies growing up? I'm guessing yes...
@Nelson Giles you're the funniest youtube commenter I've seen
My top two dream dinner party guests, I could listen to them chat for hours MORE MORE
"We aren't special but we are lucky" 🙌🏻
Ricky..we are special...it wasn't luck...this place is hard to understand but just to stamp it all as "random" is about as intellectually lazy, bland and uncurious as it gets....typical of nihilism youve arrived at the destination before youve even finished the journey
@@bradmodd7856 Could apply the same logic to your opinion, just outright saying we are special is dumb without coming up with a reason as to why...
Brad Parker Nature is random tho.
I really like Russell Brand
Namaste
@@bradmodd7856 No it wasn't luck, because being here isn't lucky, that would suggest life is better than non-life, but you can't compare to not existing. It's just a random process, you don't need to invoke the supernatural if you get a lucky hand in poker because it had to realise to something, same here. You're the one insisting that I must be cheating because I got a royal flush, that's up to you to demonstrate, it's not lazy for me to wait for you as my lack of cheating is unfalsifiable.
This is an excellent example of how a discussion should be had. When their as civil and understanding as these, through the act of listening, agreements can be had. This is where the tread towards oneness through the realisation of the omnipresent awareness can transpire.
I have been anticipating this, now I just need to try to manifest a goth detective reunion podcast with Noel
Travis Hunt, The adventures of Bob Skeleton
I just want to say how happy I was to learn After Life was getting a second season. I loved the first but felt it ended in a way I didn’t expect a second season was going to happen.
It's out tomorrow in UK! 🙂
*series
Afterlife - Best show ever!!!!
The two irreverent souls who haven’t capitulated to celebrity discussing existential concerns. This is what we want and need now.
Kathleen McCormick Yes!
Thanks for the interview Russ.
I’ve always thought Ricky seems like a great guy. Plenty of celebrities have an affable persona but few are so deeply introspective and open.
aaaah too bad it cuts off! I was always hoping for these two to talk about this subject, have always been a firm atheist and agreed with Ricky's views on that, have always loved Russell's opinions but could never really understand his side on this topic. Can't believe this happened! Looking forward to the whole thing A LOT!!
Guitar - According to Russell's pinned comment, this is just a little sneak preview of the full discussion to follow Sat 4/25/20
It's wonderful to see these seemingly opposite ideas being discussed with respect of each other's viewpoint.
5:44 - "We're not special. But, we are lucky"
@HARRY SHANNON Can you show proof?
@HARRY SHANNON Do you have proof?
HARRY SHANNON haha, what a convincing argument. Nailed it mate
@@agrange9282 show me a car that made it's self or a building that built it's self. That dense concentration of matter some 13 billion years ago that's GOD
@@entertainmentprime101 Do you have proof?
The collaboration I didn’t know I needed!
I’m a believer of Christ, but dang.. this debate was awesome. Could listen to these guys all day
I’m a believer of Santa clause
I love Christ❤ he was a wonderful man. It’s a shame St. Paul came along and perverted his gospel.
Im not a fundamentalist, but because I adhere to the words of Christ, and only the words of Christ, I consider myself as a Christian.
Christianity is now filled with hypocrites and its very difficult to stand the corruption in the church and the abusive lecherous priests abusing kids and nuns. Jesus spent most of his adult life rebuking hypocrites(Pharisees and Sadducee’s) and some of the most memorable things he said, like: ‘Whoever hasn’t sinned cast the first stone’ and ‘Fix yourself before you go about trying to fix others(paraphrased) deal with the issue of hypocrisy.
Love it, but bloody hell Russell, take a breath!
*Chris Lancaster* There aren't enough words in the English language to make a Unicorn real.
“Ganesh lashing around”!!!
Fuck, I was scrolling down the comments and read that as Russell said it! I don't usually comment or reply to comments but I think I need to in this case ahaha, no purpose for it but what a funny coincidence. Enjoy your day
" There are those who look on death with a naive, thoughtless cheerfulness, thinking that for some unknown reason death will work out all right for them, and that it is nothing to worry about. When I think of them, I am reminded of what one Tibetan master says: “People often make the mistake of being frivolous about death and think, ‘Oh well, death happens to everybody. It’s not a big deal, it’s natural. I’ll be fine.’” That’s a nice theory until one is dying."
Sogyal Rinpoche from Death & Dying
Yup... But that's kinda like getting your period, starting school, paying mortgage and taxes, aging.... It's happens to everyone... No big deal until... Unless you're part of the crowd who never knew because it was sudden.
I loved this conversation! Will definitely be listening to more. Thank you Russell 💗🙏🏻
I love both these guys. Such different styles of genius and insanity, but each the God of their own universe. If there's anyone I'd invite over for a BBQ its these guys lol.
damn straight!
I come through addiction, detoxed from heroin on my own! My beliefs are my own to hold, while empowering others to live a more meaningful lifestyle 💞
You preach?
@@joshuaheffernan4374 no, I Advocate
@@annakyson6217 same difference
@@joshuaheffernan4374 lol definitely not 😂 google it! 👌
How would you detox yourself from heroin?
This is kind of giving me anxiety ... it’s one thing not being here again for eternity but what makes me feel anxious is knowing that one day I’ll be gone and I won’t know what is to happen to my kids from that day on
Amazing the two giving each other respect, listening and not interrupting. Was a brilliant little chat that. Ricky's got a good view on life I reckon.
We are spirit having a a human experience in the physical.
could be
I like that idea.
I'm still partly Atheistic I think. A lot of us lose faith. Because of the stupid shit.
I'm getting into my own personal belief that I honestly believe Buddhists are actually legit. So are other beliefs.
@@trollzynisaacjohan1793 I don't like the karmic aspect of Buddhism. A child is born with a serious mental or physical disability or dies young of disease - did they do something in a previous incarnation to deserve that? I am not sure if I am misinterpreting the concept of karma but, but if this is how karma works, it's a religion that I have issues with.
@@Outerrythem Karma is merely the actions that result from one's intentions, and the consequences that derive from those actions in the future. Put simply, it's cause and effect. You do something, it has a consequence. It's just that Buddhists believe your actions have consequences not only in this life but in the one's thereafter.
If you have the impression that karma is some cosmic judge of deciding right and wrong, and punishing those who have done bad deeds and rewarding those who have done good ones, this is a mistaken view.
Not everything that happens to you is a result of karma either. In your example of children dying of diseases, it could be that such children were simply unlucky. It could also be the case that they were born with diseases due to the karmic seeds of their actions in previous lives manifesting in their current one. There's no way to know, it's all speculative, and any victim-blaming is to be avoided.
However, even if the Buddha himself were to declare that someone suffering is due to the consequence of his past life actions (which he did do), this is not meant to blame or guilt trip that person for their suffering.
For one, Buddhists believe in the doctrine of no-self, so the being that committed that karma is not the same being as the one paying the price. The only thing connecting them is a series of changing aggregates, a desire for rebirth, the continuity of mental states and the momentum of karma across lifetimes.
Ultimately, the concept of karma is just a statement of reality, of the nature of cause and effect. It is you who decides whether or not you like it, or whether or not you think it's just, and it is merely you who ascribes a value to the declaration of this facet of reality, the principle of cause and effect, just as much as it is up to you to decide whether or not you like the law of gravity. Regardless, reality persists independent of your 'issues' with it.
*“What is God? The eternal One Life underneath all the forms of life. What is love? To feel the presence of that One Life deep within yourself and within all creatures. To be it. Therefore, all love is the love of God.”* - Eckhart Tolle
Yesss eckhart !! Adyashanti has beautiful quotes as well!
cringe af
Man, I don't want a 3 way relationship with this god dude, I'd rather just be with the girl, be weird together as a couple that shares their love for eachother, have fun and relax. I don't need a god in my life to be happy and in love. We'll celebrate everyday as any day could be our last. JK celebrating while at a funeral would most likely end up being a bad idea.
I pray Russell and Ricky will have the pleasure to know Jesus Christ
I’m not scared of death, just the act of dying.
ozthaisurprise well put I completely agree
I’m not scared of dying, I’m scared of what I’ll miss out on and who will care for my children.
@@s_p_onarge8720 then don't have children bitch
Persian Gaming fuck off
I dont think most people are necessarily scared of dying (like your pain or process, unless its traumatic) but they are scared of not feeling alive, the possible idea of lights out and thats the end