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TEACH THIS STUFF IN SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF THE PERVERTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY THEY'VE TRIED TO CONTAMINATE OUR SCHOOLS WITH. THERE SHOULD BE A WHOLE CLASS ON PHILOSOPHY FOR YOUNG KIDS.
It's been a long time since I wrote a script to be animated. And this is the first time I've narrated a video myself. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations had a big impact on me and a felt a calling to share this. I hope you all enjoy!
@@JaneNewAuthor have you been anywhere where the people are genuinely suffering? being indifferent is easy when you are an untouchable emperor. what ive learned this year is that if you dont fight back, literally everyone will take advantage of you and ruin your ability to do anything more than work paycheck to paycheck until you're 65 and get forgotten in a senior "home"
Whether suffering is a choice depends on the type of suffering and how you respond to it: Some suffering is not a choice Some forms of suffering, like illness or loss, are not things we choose. If you argue this then when a close friend, family member, spouse or pet dies tell me it's just uncomfortable.
3:00 Be indifferent 4:50 Everything has beauty , but not everyone can see it 6:00 Love the hand that fate deals you 7:30 Suffering is a choice 8:30 Fate is what you’ve been given, destiny is what you make of it 10:00 There’s beauty to be seen in all things
Marcus's Meditations is in a category of books that weren't meant to be read by anyone else (it was a journal and a reminder to himself), but desperately needs to be read by everyone.
Indifference can also be seen as a powerful tool for personal freedom. By not attaching excessive importance to fleeting things, an individual can develop a greater sense of self-sufficiency and purpose. Indifference, in this way, isn’t apathy or neglect, but rather a focused, deliberate stance of not being overly influenced by distractions or external pressures.
This has been my way of thought for some time now, when I was young I came to this during experiments with psychedelics, studying philosophy, finding Taoism and studying alternative thoughts, and found as life went on how much this helped me be a happier person and truly appreciate my existence in this universe. It's incredible how so many great minds throughout different places on the planet and history seem to end up in this train of thought. Beautiful video, this should be on the front of RUclips whenever anyone logs in instead of the garbage filling most minds.
Best placed ad ever the Ground news advertisement was at the end and didnt take away from the video. Fantastic glad you have a sponsor. Good move for ground news
❤❤ “Marcus Aurelius out here reminding us that indifference isn’t apathy, it’s power. The man practically invented the ‘calm, cool, and collected’ vibe 2,000 years before it was trendy. Stoicism: the original self-help guide.”
He best imbodied Plato's idea of the Philosopher King, but he elevated a son who would nearly destroy the empire he spent his entire reign fighting to maintain.
Yeah i was listening to the sad story of Lucilla, hia daughter, the real heir of Aurelius if you ask me. Marcus wasn't enlightened enough to see she was a hundred times the Empress commode-us ended up being
For end of 2024 I highly recommend to everyone the book: Your Life Your Game by keezano📕 I read it and it changed my life, it shows how connecting with God and your inner self can lead to spiritual growth and financial success. A must read…Amen🙌🏼
But lacks Hero's Journey. Noah was a Hero Journey. We are in a Hero's Journey moment in time. That's why you're on the verge of planetary enslavement and not even know it.
I always praise the artwork on all your videos (with reason), but it seems to me that this one featured some of your best so far! A great capture of the transcendental that smoothly integrated with all the wisdom from the words. Congrats, once again, bro!
CS Lewis has a great way of putting this. In the Screwtape Letters, written from the demons perspective on how to corrupt a human. "We want him to be in the maximum uncertainty, so that his mind will be filled with contradictory pictures of the future, every one of which arouses hope or fear. There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy (God). He (God) wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them."
This is one of my favorites so far, great job!! I just went to see Gladiator 2 and I've been thinking about the quotes from Virgil and Maximus, and I feel these ideas are in the air, it's a synchronicity that I saw this today, the universe must be trying to tell me something about life, death and joy. Gracias amigo!!
I have a cooy of Meditations coming to me in a couple of weeks. Im incredibly excited to read it. It seems like one of those necessary steps on the path to being a being a better person. Im glad it was published and shared instead of burned at his death. Seems like the world is a better place for it.
@ronburgendy6999 what a good comment lol if it took Marcus a lifetime to be so wise maybe it will take more than just reading a book for a couple of frustrated jerks like us. I guess we should remember that the journey is as important as the destination. Best of luck to us both my friend
This is the type of video on Marcus Aurelius of which there are about 10 trillion on RUclips. If you don’t wanna read the book and want to use RUclips to learn about the Stoics, I’d suggest listening to Michael Sugrue’s lecture
Aurelius was a common source of inspiration and solace for me as a young man. When everything seemed so broken with our economy and country 2007-2012. I didn't win the job lottery, make an invention or start a business. However, I avoided many of the pitfalls of my peers. Own a home and have children still learning and chasing my dreams. If you are young talented and motivated...avoid the crowds don't care about the parties build your vision and everything else will fall into line when you are older. I'd be a lot more comfortable if I would have listened to some wise folks.
I have discovered your channel way back when I found the Kurtzgesagt channel, subscribed straight away and I am still watching both to this day. This is the second YT account I'm subscribed with. Thank you!
similar to the serenity prayer: lord give me the courage to change what can be changed the serenity to accept what cannot and the wisdom to tell the difference.
honestly all your videos are dope man, but this one hit me hard today 🫡 this my favorite book, keep the old version on the toilet & the new translation in my car.. but I haven’t read em in a while, & this was a great reminder after some heartbreak that I can’t control everything. Imma rewatch professor Sugre’s lecture on this again now, thank u for all ur work (solid job in the narration too bro ✊🏽)
Just ordered marcus Aurelius' Meditations not too long ago and im in book 6 already very greatful to have his wisdom to help guide me through everyday life if i could go back in time i would 100% go to when he was emperor and thank him for helping me and so many others and i also thank after skool for all the wisdom u guys have shared and i cant wait so see more in the future 🙌🏽😁
This video was great! I would watch a whole series on the topic of Marcus and his writings if you were to make them. Philosophy and ethics always hits different coming from your videos. Keep up the good work!
Great job Mark! I Love this so much! Thank you for inspiring so many. By spreading wisdom, knowledge, and power to the world you are leaving this world a better place than when you found it. Blessings and good vibes to you and your family!
Letting go of absolutely everything over which I had zero control (which is basically 99% of anything you can imagine, LOL) was the best thing I ever did! Doing so allowed me to focus on outlining, writing, developing, editing, formatting, and designing 600,000 words and 350+ non-A.I. illustrations for four of six books in my series. I also created the website, a dozen videos, and have now done something like 12+ interviews about the entire project. I might not be popular, wealthy, well-known, and super-influential like AfterSkool, Kurgestagd (sp?), Pewdiepie, and all the famous channels... but my work is awesome, utterly gorgeous, and the storytelling is thematic, dramatic, and powerful. I wouldn't trade working on it for anything nor anyone. Finally, I simply do not care what anyone thinks or doesn't think of my series because their mindsets aren't any of my business. I just do the *WORK*, suckahz! :D #AchievementsUnlocked
Marcus' Meditations wasn't about cultivating indifference but about how to maintain the stable state of mind called equanimity. Indifference is a superficial understanding.
It's when you understand that nothing is superficial, that nothing is small stuff, that you begin to understand what not to react to and what to respond carefully to. ❤❤❤
Well done👏 This one is going into my favorites. For a fun example of reaching one's highest potential, just watch 'Bruce Lee Plays Ping Pong With Nun Chucks' posted by Shareinator 9 years ago. Like 'Meditations' it is always a pleasure and an inspiration for me to revisit. As I've said before: "Waking every day feels like magic, living feels like magic, and whatever happens, receiving the gift of being brings the joy."✨
10,40ish to 10,50 is POWERFUL words advice,,well i thought maybe so who knows whats in anybodys head until we look stay strong look forwards and never STOP Loving IMMHHO,,LOVE YOU XX
"If you have a problem that you know you can fix, don't worry about it. You know you can fix it. If you have a problem that you know you absolutely cannot fix, why worry? You know there is nothing you can do to fix it." Dad.
Suffering or the cause of suffering, which is pain is absolutley essential for growth to take place. When one does feel pain, whether it be physical or emotional, this is a signal from our minds that a certain stimulus is contrary to what is good or conducive to our well being and ultimately our survival. The automatic responce is to move away from that stimulus, this is growth. To change ones behavior in order to avoid pain and suffering is progress, unless the change leaves the individual in a state where progress can no longer be made. Inevitably, this implies that because change is only made to avoid pain, we must again experience pain. One who never experiences discomfort or pain will remain the same, will not change and in the end growth can and will not take place.
Brings to mind the literary, cinema character like in Bar Fly who just CAN NOT learn, just keeps bashing their head into the wrong fist. Prefers to just laugh at their own idiocy until they become a Darwin award, hopefully then able to emerge from this into a laughterverse. One this is certain, don't let your suffering go to waste. This actally happens a lot when you just don't get it and never emerge from your self pity.
You can't control how you react as a reaction is involuntary and an attachment to the circumstance like a lit match to gasoline. But you can control how you respond as that is a detached state of mind that allows you to think before you choose to light the match...
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen"
6 years ago, I took a conscious decision, no living creature should suffer, for my benefit, so I became a vegetarian. Every suffering you ingest, slowly burns your soul. Every negative wish you utter on other creatures, also slowly consumes your own soul.
Those animals are there to nurture us. Don't you believe that the plants you eat are living things too? Maybe not living in the way you would associate a warm or cold blooded animal, but plants breath and eat too. And those plants are there to nurture us too.
@@javierh8531 I have asked myself many times whether I should become vegan, if it would be the right thing. But it is this realization - its not just the plants you eat. When you dig up a potatoe, you kill many organisms, tiny animals in the soil. And when you deforest an area to grow wheat, you kill the birds, monkeys, snakes etc that lived there. Unless we can somehow live on just air and minerals, we will always be competing with other living things for our own survival. You could end your own life, but then you would be still be killing. We find ourselves in a hopeless condition here on earth. Until I find a better answer, I just try to be grateful to the living plants and animals that sustain my life.
@javierh8531 If I could live, without eating, I would. If I had chlorophyll/green in my skin, I could just walk around in the sun, no need to eat, just drink water 😜
1:41 the higher and the lower mind: you have it REVERSE!!! The conscious mind is the ego, left brain, the stupid! (I understand what you say, as you make the unconscious/subconscious to conscious, by getting to know your shadows and the subconscious mind, you will make your conscious mind becoming the higher mind).
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TEACH THIS STUFF IN SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF THE PERVERTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY THEY'VE TRIED TO CONTAMINATE OUR SCHOOLS WITH.
THERE SHOULD BE A WHOLE CLASS ON PHILOSOPHY FOR YOUNG KIDS.
It's been a long time since I wrote a script to be animated. And this is the first time I've narrated a video myself. Marcus Aurelius' Meditations had a big impact on me and a felt a calling to share this. I hope you all enjoy!
Thank you, I enjoyed it very much.
Keep up the great work thank you for your contributions.
I wish you all the best. Thank you
One of, if not your best. Thank you for sharing your gifts to all.
Very helpful. Much appreciated.
"Discomfort is inevitable, but suffering is a choice."
So true.
Wonderful illustrations too!
That’s a mantra I hear cyclists use often
what a privileged viewpoint lol
@jsmith434w have you ever been to anywhere where the people are genuinely poor?
@@JaneNewAuthor have you been anywhere where the people are genuinely suffering? being indifferent is easy when you are an untouchable emperor. what ive learned this year is that if you dont fight back, literally everyone will take advantage of you and ruin your ability to do anything more than work paycheck to paycheck until you're 65 and get forgotten in a senior "home"
Whether suffering is a choice depends on the type of suffering and how you respond to it:
Some suffering is not a choice
Some forms of suffering, like illness or loss, are not things we choose. If you argue this then when a close friend, family member, spouse or pet dies tell me it's just uncomfortable.
3:00 Be indifferent
4:50 Everything has beauty , but not everyone can see it
6:00 Love the hand that fate deals you
7:30 Suffering is a choice
8:30 Fate is what you’ve been given, destiny is what you make of it
10:00 There’s beauty to be seen in all things
I'm 63 and found this incredibly uplifting, thank you.
I love to hear this! You rise, I rise!
Cannot believe you have been doing this for 12yrs… You inspired me in 2016 and still do today
Marcus's Meditations is in a category of books that weren't meant to be read by anyone else (it was a journal and a reminder to himself), but desperately needs to be read by everyone.
sounds like a made up story. did he even write it?
@tuckerbugeater it could be, but most stories are made up. Otherwise it would be called history.
@@tuckerbugeater of course he wrote it
@@tuckerbugeaterdo your own research Baka
So you were told.. humble yourself and see how you know nothing. You’ll see everything ❤
Indifference can also be seen as a powerful tool for personal freedom. By not attaching excessive importance to fleeting things, an individual can develop a greater sense of self-sufficiency and purpose. Indifference, in this way, isn’t apathy or neglect, but rather a focused, deliberate stance of not being overly influenced by distractions or external pressures.
This has been my way of thought for some time now, when I was young I came to this during experiments with psychedelics, studying philosophy, finding Taoism and studying alternative thoughts, and found as life went on how much this helped me be a happier person and truly appreciate my existence in this universe. It's incredible how so many great minds throughout different places on the planet and history seem to end up in this train of thought. Beautiful video, this should be on the front of RUclips whenever anyone logs in instead of the garbage filling most minds.
Exactly. Ignore the naysayers and everything else over which you hold ZERO control. Time is the only resource.
A roadmap to show us the way to desire less stuff while seeking personal fulfillment is a wonderful thing.
Best placed ad ever the Ground news advertisement was at the end and didnt take away from the video. Fantastic glad you have a sponsor. Good move for ground news
Everyone should read and learn from the meditations. Life changing. Blessings from Scotland ❤
@wingit7335 I don't take sugar....
Stay kind, simple and decent. It is not difficult 💎
Judging from the state of the world, it is difficult for many.
@@marcillioficino4663 perhaps you should become indifferent to that fact! 😉
❤❤ “Marcus Aurelius out here reminding us that indifference isn’t apathy, it’s power. The man practically invented the ‘calm, cool, and collected’ vibe 2,000 years before it was trendy. Stoicism: the original self-help guide.”
The timing of this video being uploaded couldn’t have been any better, thank you! 😊
"The nature of the whole, has nothing outside of itself" - Brilliant!
He best imbodied Plato's idea of the Philosopher King, but he elevated a son who would nearly destroy the empire he spent his entire reign fighting to maintain.
Yeah i was listening to the sad story of Lucilla, hia daughter, the real heir of Aurelius if you ask me. Marcus wasn't enlightened enough to see she was a hundred times the Empress commode-us ended up being
Beautiful! I need to dig out my old copy of Meditations.
Thank you!
"Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men"
I understood that reference
being indifferent are they even good men at all? i would say not. indifference makes one an unworthy man in the face of wrongdoing.
@@polsyg6581 obviously you didn't watch the video - but whatever have a good day
For end of 2024 I highly recommend to everyone the book: Your Life Your Game by keezano📕 I read it and it changed my life, it shows how connecting with God and your inner self can lead to spiritual growth and financial success. A must read…Amen🙌🏼
amazing book...
@@Dane_Bookeryes
great story
Aurelius' meditations has easily been the book that has had the most impact on my thinking, and therefore my life out of all the books I've ever read.
But lacks Hero's Journey. Noah was a Hero Journey. We are in a Hero's Journey moment in time. That's why you're on the verge of planetary enslavement and not even know it.
Snap!
But somehow over the years, I forgot.....
Without a doubt, this is one of my favorite ones….
With the craziness that has been happening lately this was a wonderful breath of fresh air 💖Thank you for sharing ✨
You are so welcome 💚
This is what a real man looks like. Love Marcus Aurelius, a genuine role model that everyone can learn from
I always praise the artwork on all your videos (with reason), but it seems to me that this one featured some of your best so far! A great capture of the transcendental that smoothly integrated with all the wisdom from the words. Congrats, once again, bro!
Thank you 🙏
CS Lewis has a great way of putting this. In the Screwtape Letters, written from the demons perspective on how to corrupt a human.
"We want him to be in the maximum uncertainty, so that his mind will be filled with contradictory pictures of the future, every one of which arouses hope or fear. There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy (God). He (God) wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them."
Love this ❤❤❤
This is one of my favorites so far, great job!! I just went to see Gladiator 2 and I've been thinking about the quotes from Virgil and Maximus, and I feel these ideas are in the air, it's a synchronicity that I saw this today, the universe must be trying to tell me something about life, death and joy. Gracias amigo!!
How can I be indiffernt and admire beauty at the same time 🤔
Thanks for introducing Marcus. A great stoic as it seems.
Boy, does this collection of truths paint a context for thinking about the chaos and madness humans have brought upon themselves for this day.
I have a cooy of Meditations coming to me in a couple of weeks. Im incredibly excited to read it. It seems like one of those necessary steps on the path to being a being a better person. Im glad it was published and shared instead of burned at his death. Seems like the world is a better place for it.
I read it and I am still a frustrated jerk. Results may vary.
@ronburgendy6999 what a good comment lol if it took Marcus a lifetime to be so wise maybe it will take more than just reading a book for a couple of frustrated jerks like us. I guess we should remember that the journey is as important as the destination. Best of luck to us both my friend
Superb… simply superb. Says it as it is. If indifference troubles you, call it equanimity 🙏🏻❤️💫
This is the type of video on Marcus Aurelius of which there are about 10 trillion on RUclips. If you don’t wanna read the book and want to use RUclips to learn about the Stoics, I’d suggest listening to Michael Sugrue’s lecture
Absolutely the best lecture I've ever seen. I wholeheartedly agree! A must watch for everyone.
True strength lies in mastering indifference to things beyond our control. Timeless wisdom!
Greetings from the Republic of Sovereigns ❤
A line from the animated Dr Strange comes to mind
When you accept the unacceptable it ceases to be an obstacle
Or something to that effect.
A line from the animated Dr Strange comes to mind
When you accept the unacceptable it ceases to be an obstacle.
Or something to that effect.
Awesome reminder. I often find myself suffering with thoughts, I had forgotten on of MA’s key points - that suffering is optional. Thank you!
“Life is suffering.” -Buddha
The more we can come to embrace that, the less it will affect us negatively.
Aurelius was a common source of inspiration and solace for me as a young man. When everything seemed so broken with our economy and country 2007-2012. I didn't win the job lottery, make an invention or start a business. However, I avoided many of the pitfalls of my peers. Own a home and have children still learning and chasing my dreams. If you are young talented and motivated...avoid the crowds don't care about the parties build your vision and everything else will fall into line when you are older. I'd be a lot more comfortable if I would have listened to some wise folks.
This video was uploaded at the perfect time, I really needed this. Thank you so much after skool, by far my favorite channel
Great channel with so many important, creative and beautiful videos 🤩👏🏾💫
I love the opening discussion on the completeness of nature. So elegant! Great video 👍
I hear the Dr. Michael Sugrue influence in your script. Needed to hear this, thank you.
I have discovered your channel way back when I found the Kurtzgesagt channel, subscribed straight away and I am still watching both to this day. This is the second YT account I'm subscribed with. Thank you!
similar to the serenity prayer:
lord give me the courage to change what can be changed
the serenity to accept what cannot
and the wisdom to tell the difference.
Well done, the voice is a pleasant upgrade. Such great content and delivery.
Thank you for your work!
honestly all your videos are dope man, but this one hit me hard today 🫡 this my favorite book, keep the old version on the toilet & the new translation in my car.. but I haven’t read em in a while, & this was a great reminder after some heartbreak that I can’t control everything. Imma rewatch professor Sugre’s lecture on this again now, thank u for all ur work (solid job in the narration too bro ✊🏽)
Thank you for these wonderful words of wisdom and awesome animation. Such great work and indeed much needed. 🙏👏👏🥰
Just ordered marcus Aurelius' Meditations not too long ago and im in book 6 already very greatful to have his wisdom to help guide me through everyday life if i could go back in time i would 100% go to when he was emperor and thank him for helping me and so many others and i also thank after skool for all the wisdom u guys have shared and i cant wait so see more in the future 🙌🏽😁
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
This video was great! I would watch a whole series on the topic of Marcus and his writings if you were to make them. Philosophy and ethics always hits different coming from your videos. Keep up the good work!
Great video. Also, I watched the whole ground news ad because I especially appreciated it being at the end of the video. Thank you for the great work!
MEDITATION IS THE DOORWAY TO OUR HIGHER SELF
Thank you for sharing your beautiful contribution to the world.
Thank you, just what I needed to hear. Marcus Aurelius is the original rock star of philosophers!
This is one of your finest work guys. ❤
Thank-you. Very good video. Marcus Aurelius was genius in his philosophical views.
This was truly a year of truth.
Thankyou for the video.
Give us more of him
Incredible as always thank you much! Starting meditations tonight, long overdue 🤙
Thank you for following your instincts with this. It was exactly what I needed at this time as I'm sure it is for many others 💖🙏
Great job Mark! I Love this so much! Thank you for inspiring so many. By spreading wisdom, knowledge, and power to the world you are leaving this world a better place than when you found it. Blessings and good vibes to you and your family!
Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate that. Blessings and good vibes to you and your family 🙏
Letting go of absolutely everything over which I had zero control (which is basically 99% of anything you can imagine, LOL) was the best thing I ever did! Doing so allowed me to focus on outlining, writing, developing, editing, formatting, and designing 600,000 words and 350+ non-A.I. illustrations for four of six books in my series. I also created the website, a dozen videos, and have now done something like 12+ interviews about the entire project. I might not be popular, wealthy, well-known, and super-influential like AfterSkool, Kurgestagd (sp?), Pewdiepie, and all the famous channels... but my work is awesome, utterly gorgeous, and the storytelling is thematic, dramatic, and powerful. I wouldn't trade working on it for anything nor anyone. Finally, I simply do not care what anyone thinks or doesn't think of my series because their mindsets aren't any of my business. I just do the *WORK*, suckahz! :D #AchievementsUnlocked
I tell you, all these wisdoms point to one eternal objective truth. BE HAPPY! We are blessed to be here. Well, time to go.
This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you so much for what you do ❤
I needed this right now
As always, great messages combined with amazing illustrations. Love to see it.
Smashed it again, gorgeous philosophy and work
Coincidentally (or not), I ordered the book and it's due to arrive today. I'm reading Jung and this shall be next.
Fascinating. Inspiring. Wise. Sublime. Thanks.
I love this as an affirmation for who I want to become
02:52 that drawing in the left. 👍
"For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that."
Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals.
Needed this
This is wonderful. Thank you
You're welcome!
Marcus' Meditations wasn't about cultivating indifference but about how to maintain the stable state of mind called equanimity. Indifference is a superficial understanding.
People know what indifference mean , dont try complicate things.
It's when you understand that nothing is superficial, that nothing is small stuff, that you begin to understand what not to react to and what to respond carefully to. ❤❤❤
Great video! Still not the biggest fan Marcus, but a great video.
I love the wisdom imparted in all your videos and the artwork is just mesmerizingly beautiful! Keep up the good work! ❤
Thank you. Glad to be of service 🙏
Just wonderful. I discover Carl Sagan took some of his quotes from Marcos Aurelius.
Thank you ❤
Well done👏 This one is going into my favorites. For a fun example of reaching one's highest potential, just watch 'Bruce Lee Plays Ping Pong With Nun Chucks' posted by Shareinator 9 years ago. Like 'Meditations' it is always a pleasure and an inspiration for me to revisit. As I've said before: "Waking every day feels like magic, living feels like magic, and whatever happens, receiving the gift of being brings the joy."✨
10,40ish to 10,50 is POWERFUL words advice,,well i thought maybe so who knows whats in anybodys head until we look
stay strong look forwards and never STOP Loving IMMHHO,,LOVE YOU XX
I love Afterskool!!
Thank you ❤
"If you have a problem that you know you can fix, don't worry about it. You know you can fix it.
If you have a problem that you know you absolutely cannot fix, why worry? You know there is nothing you can do to fix it."
Dad.
Suffering or the cause of suffering, which is pain is absolutley essential for growth to take place. When one does feel pain, whether it be physical or emotional, this is a signal from our minds that a certain stimulus is contrary to what is good or conducive to our well being and ultimately our survival. The automatic responce is to move away from that stimulus, this is growth. To change ones behavior in order to avoid pain and suffering is progress, unless the change leaves the individual in a state where progress can no longer be made. Inevitably, this implies that because change is only made to avoid pain, we must again experience pain. One who never experiences discomfort or pain will remain the same, will not change and in the end growth can and will not take place.
Brings to mind the literary, cinema character like in Bar Fly who just CAN NOT learn, just keeps bashing their head into the wrong fist. Prefers to just laugh at their own idiocy until they become a Darwin award, hopefully then able to emerge from this into a laughterverse.
One this is certain, don't let your suffering go to waste. This actally happens a lot when you just don't get it and never emerge from your self pity.
You can't control how you react as a reaction is involuntary and an attachment to the circumstance like a lit match to gasoline. But you can control how you respond as that is a detached state of mind that allows you to think before you choose to light the match...
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen"
Needed this today! Thank you Thank you
Indifference is the near enemy of impartiality
Just what I needed. Thanks.
peace be with you from the past!
everything is perfect. nothing is perfect. the universe is everything. i am nothing. we are the universe. the universe is us.
"Don't worry yourself by imagining your whole life at once"
very beatyfull video aim to make more of these
This is exquisite. Thank you. ❤
Interesting. I might read this book in near future.
Thank you! Is my choice of view, after school of life!
Needed this one.
6 years ago, I took a conscious decision, no living creature should suffer, for my benefit, so I became a vegetarian. Every suffering you ingest, slowly burns your soul. Every negative wish you utter on other creatures, also slowly consumes your own soul.
Those animals are there to nurture us.
Don't you believe that the plants you eat are living things too? Maybe not living in the way you would associate a warm or cold blooded animal, but plants breath and eat too.
And those plants are there to nurture us too.
@@javierh8531 I have asked myself many times whether I should become vegan, if it would be the right thing. But it is this realization - its not just the plants you eat. When you dig up a potatoe, you kill many organisms, tiny animals in the soil. And when you deforest an area to grow wheat, you kill the birds, monkeys, snakes etc that lived there. Unless we can somehow live on just air and minerals, we will always be competing with other living things for our own survival. You could end your own life, but then you would be still be killing. We find ourselves in a hopeless condition here on earth. Until I find a better answer, I just try to be grateful to the living plants and animals that sustain my life.
@javierh8531 If I could live, without eating, I would. If I had chlorophyll/green in my skin, I could just walk around in the sun, no need to eat, just drink water 😜
Plants are also alive. They send out alarm chemicals when uprooted, cut or crushed.
If I had green skin, I wouldn't need to eat, just drink mineral water 🥳
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1:41 the higher and the lower mind: you have it REVERSE!!! The conscious mind is the ego, left brain, the stupid! (I understand what you say, as you make the unconscious/subconscious to conscious, by getting to know your shadows and the subconscious mind, you will make your conscious mind becoming the higher mind).
Beautiful man 2:27
Thank you !