“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” C. Darvin
My grandma used to say, “be like the palm tree that bends to wind rather than the large, rigid tree that gets uprooted.”. Your video reminded me of this again. Thanks for sharing.
Taoism teaches us that life is series of spontaneous changes. If we’re willing to accept the natural flow of life; we will find perfect stillness. Stay blessed everyone!
@Tav aiono after reading your comment about how your are living which is what I wish for one day too. I just got curious about what u do for a living. Thats great.
I knew a soldier many years ago, who was arguably the toughest man I've ever known. Elite special forces. He often spoke of his former colleagues and the battles or actions they fought in. What surprised me at a point was that he told me that none of the other men were left alive because they had ALL committed suicide. All of them. They couldn't accept or handle the memory of the actions they had been involved with, and being genuine, tough, masculine individuals they often went to the grave without telling anyone what their problem was. One of these men had his wife pass him he's newborn son and he cried hysterically but never told his wife or anybody what memory the child had triggered. He then deliberately went and got himself killed. What I learned from this man, the softness of his eyes contrasted with the hands in front of him, -the very bare hands that he'd used to kill people, sort of confirms what I've known for some time, and what this video points out. The other men wouldn't yield, or confess, or disclose or seek counseling for their problems. They had it would seem an unyielding view of what a man should be. I think a lot of us do. They seemed to have an inflexible view or handling of their problems. They favored things like self-medicating with alcohol instead of getting genuine help. The only reason I ever heard the stories of these people was because out of a community of incredibly tough people who died by their own hands, there was one man among them who sought help at every turn and that's what saved him. Even in the time I knew him he checked into a psychiatric hospital several times. He let other people help him, and he didn't see obtaining help or even sharing his pain with people like myself as a weakness. We tend to cringe at the idea of man 'complaining' about their problems as somehow unmasculine as 'weakness.' This idea, will get and continue to get people killed. It's not complaining, it's learning how to survive, and that's the proof I've seen with my own eyes.
@@akito7025 he features greatly in a book I'm trying to have finished late next year. He had a heart of gold and I want to preserve some of his memory because he died recently.
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@@ratanaun2960 Exactly. Turn the other cheek and not let yourself be pushed around by others. To be like water is to be focused and persistent, let be but never let go. Water always stay in control and never follow the flow of others. Water makes the inevitable inevitable. May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
Yeah! Three of them are all taught us about the same things that they was discovered about there is a thing called The Law Of Nature that is always managing everything in the whole universe. The only thing that difference between the three of them that is their levers is Miss Buddha has the level that higher than Miss Lao Tzu a little, and Miss stoicism is have the levels that same same the levels from Miss Lao Tzu. Only Miss Buddha was totally became enlightened, and Taoism and Stoicism is nearly touched the level of enlightenment. There of them did super hugely changed the world so much to so many people has live so much far from their evil and help people live nearer to the level of highly ethics and love and wisdom.
I am a Taoist.. only my elder sister who are resilient like water most of the times. No matter how bad the situation or unfairness, nothing shakes her. Not even loneliness. I admire & respect her...❤️
I am going through a breakup and disheartened situation. This channel has helped me think beyond the worldly problems. I feel better 😊 I hope I find peace within.
I just separated from a 6 year relationship, and I feel better now than when I was in a relationship. Some things are just not meant to be and the sooner we move on the sooner we take control.
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
I am not sure about Nietsches words. He died miserably and depressed in his own soil. How can the words of someone like that ever lead to happyness? They havent helped himself
This concept helped me get past road rage. Someone on the radio said be the river and go around rocks in the stream. Slow drivers were the rocks. Don't get mad at rocks. This thinking evolved to where I switched from being water to being a rock in the stream...a safer driver.
"Soft things don't break easily because they can bend and yield, unlike the hard and rigid." Is officially my new favorite quote. I feel so many people have made "being soft" frowned upon and unfortunately that's how we got into this issue of constantly being unsatisfied!
I feel I found these videos on Taoism and Buddhism at the exact moment I needed them; everything I have heard so far is applicable to my own life and the painful situations I am currently going through. Every word was profound and enlightening, every quote struck a chord and resonated deeply within me. now my load seems much easier to carry. An unnecessary weight was removed from my shoulders, as well as my heart. now I can breathe again. after watching several of these in a row, I suddenly feel a stillness within myself; I am serene, at peace. I have realized that I am ultimately the only person who can hurt myself, and that I have been hurting myself this entire time. I am glad I am still alive, still trying. I don't have to suffer just because I feel pain right now, and happiness is not unobtainable. thank you, to whom or whatever led me to finding this. and thank you, Einzelganger, for making these videos.
@@Joonlai no, not really freedom, that's only freedom in a sense where you don't feel tied down or have responisbilities. How can you be happy if you detach from memories, pets, family, and friends? Throw away items that could be your last memories of someone, that you might forget over time if you don't have a physical reminder of the memory. Yes everything will change sooner or later, but you don't need to speed up the process. You could say detaching from things and people would help you, but really those thoughts come from fear of losing the people close to you. Now for things and junk that's laying around your house, of course throw that away
@@anjellalo972 since you will lose everything one day, why do you want to hold them? The more you let everything go now,the less you will suffer when everything really gone.
Connecting Yin and Yang to Taoism was such a good idea. Never saw the connection till now. There's times for stress/action (Yang), and there's times for observation/relaxation (Yin). Taoism is the art of moving between the two effortlessly.
Reminds me of my poem I wrote a couple months back: The mutability of my perception The trickle of curiosity I provoke I have the power to erode I have the power to take form I could be an oasis, or I could be a storm The element of water, through which my creativity cascades I am the reflection of the heavens and my own Creator I am as wavering as the ocean I am also as still as the seine I am frozen like ice I am also boiling at times And at others, I am vaporized But I am still water Not always still water. Sometimes I’m a wild rapid. Sometimes I’m harder, and sometimes I’m softer. I am water.
It reminds me of how certain religious people view God. They view him as this rigid being who doesn't understand the complexity of life and sees everything as black and white, when in fact life is complex and God is probably even more complex. We should (in my opinion) chill and enjoy this ride of life and learn to appreciate others and empathize with them instead of being so judgemental all the time. It sounds cheesy as hell I know, but I seriously think this was the mission of Christ on the earth. Not establishing a rigid religion that determines whether you go to heaven or hell, I think.
Hello, Jesus is the name of love. His own life is the perfect example of love and sacrifice. It is middel age most of the European church authorities who only focus on the doctrine of hell punishment and sine and take control and power over society even more than king - the background reason may be political dominence but one should see and feel Jesus life of sacrifice and love ask question what I feel among such torment can able to think welfare of all in such condition that was his love, Even his last advise was love God as I love you and love your neighbor as yourself.
James B. Irwin (astronaut who drove the Lunar Rover on the Dark Side of the Moon) said "It's not a miracle that man walked on the moon, it's a miracle that Jesus walked the Earth." We are the miracle. Yes, be like Jesus. This is our heaven, our Eden. Forgive but don't forget.
I didn't know anything about Taoism, but this video it's like watching everything I have inside me all these years and could never explain better... Resonates 100% with me.
I love this, Taoism is fascinating. The Tao, like water flows everywhere, to the left and to the right and it loves everything. It nurtures animals and plants and then moves on without seeking praise, when good things are happening, it is not there to receive any thanks. Edit: Loving the editing, I have so much to learn from you :D
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” - Bruce Lee
@@brushfuller330 are you cool or somethin? dont put on a front, just say what you have to say, i zen out too, but im not a monk, so im real in the way i communicate. So what are you trying to sayY>??
Everytime I feel terrible about myself and the course of my life, you always have a way of impacting it. Bringing me a sense of peace with the situations. I don't know how many times, this video has helped me, I truly appreciate your content.
This reminds me of a 40 year old man named Akiva, a shepherd & laborer, who couldn't read. He saw water softly, slowly trickling down a brook, hitting a rock, little drip by drip. While it was gentle, it was constant & Akiva realized something: there was a hole in that rock exactly where the water touched it. He pondered what he saw & concluded that if gentle water could make a hole in a hard, solid rock, then words of Truth - like iron - could make a real impression on his heart. He changed his life, began to study - for 24 years straight, beginning with sitting in a classroom with the young children learning letters - & he became the greatest leader of his time, directly teaching thousands of people. Like gentle drops of water, little changes, small experiences, barely perceptible learning can all add up - even more than those huge moments of enlightenment - & make a lasting impression on us & how we live our lives.
I was just going to make a comment similair to this... funny because taoist philosophy and stoic philosophy are my favorites, and I see them as yin and yang... very useful to apply teachings from both sides :) Now I see I should look into buddhism, thankyou
Reminds me of a story I read growing up. A huge tree calls it's fellow grass "pathetic". The grass remained silent. But when a thunderstorm decided to pay a visit, the huge tree fell down because of the high wind. And after the storm it asked the "pathetic" grass, how is it still the same? The grass replied, it's simple, I just bend down for the wind. You don't need to be powerful. You can't win over some things. So you let fly over your head. "Be strong enough to be gentle!" :)
The soft overcomes the hard. Don’t force anything. The soft approach is superior to using force when it comes to long term results, as well as saving our energy and maintains a tranquil mind. Don’t abstain from force completely, save it for the right opportunity. Every situation has a positive to it. Undesired characteristics have positive aspects to them. Water always seeks the lower places. Life is characterized by softness, and softness is strength. Be like water.
I found you about a year ago and you've made a huge impact in my life Einzelgänger. Keep doing what you do. It's been a rough couple years and these videos really have helped me.
An scholar once said : wisdom is creativity. Indeed, the wise person is creative and can adapt to the ever changing situtations of the world. Just like water.
Taoism taught me that Life is constantly changes. Be like water to be formlesss, softlessness. If yI have a wate-like mindset, I can adapt any circumstance.
Bruce Lee was the first one in my lifetime to bring Taoism to the forefront of my experience at age 10 and led me to Lao Tzu and others. You should’ve mentioned his name at the end; Bruce was not just a martial artist and an actor, but a force of nature who flowed with the Tao for a short time…..and then was gone.
True! My daughters who are now in their 20s, fell in love with Bruce Lee’s movies and with him eventually. They literally drank his words like a kid do with all their characters they like and they really understood « Be like water my friend 😊) at an early age. What started as a joke, slowly slipped into their minds and saw the real meaning of it growing older 💕 Funny how something so insignificant at first can grow into a solid foundation to get through life and its challenges
Such an amazing video! I had the privilege of studying Eastern Philosophy as part of my academic degree and it truly changed my life. I am Christian, but with an Eastern philosophy orientation. And this video brings much joy to me. Thank you so much for producing it! ❤
After lot of mental stress I finally understand acceptance is the only solution, difficult to bring it to practice though. Nice video at the right time.
I learned so many things from this remarkable video. I think that "be like water" is an advise that many of the great ancient thinkers have talked about.
There's one more substantive meaning of flow. In tai chi, originally a Taoist art, flow is the ability to link one movement to the next. When one goes without stopping/starting, not speeding up or slowing down there is a palpable energy that emerges, and the mind becomes more calm. After practicing this way there is the sensation of being elated and invigorated.
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With the exception of the example of "ugly people" being "less likely to be in abusive relationships" I really enjoyed this video. It was thought provoking. Thank you!
Thinking definitely has its merits. But as with everything, there is a beneficial interval in the middle. If you are unable to interrupt your thinking, you have the opposite qualities of water!
I would say this applies more to stoicism and the concept of temperance. Contemplate pain but don't dwell on it too much. And then in this process you become like water.
Sucheth Hegde isn't amazing when we just trust the process that the Universe take control? Flow like water. Have an amazing weekend Sucheth. God bless.
I had a hypnosis session this summer where I saw a “past, present or future” version of myself as water. I adapted and floated around my surroundings. I was connected to everything and my emotions changed according to every being I encountered which wasn’t a lot as I was somewhere in the galaxy. The interesting part however was when I was left suspended, alone and without living beings around me, I could no longer survive and I passed on to the afterlife. It was a profound experience.
@@taliaaalia5175 I had what is known as a qhht session. One is guided to a deep hypnosis and you are able to connect with past lives, usually a maximum of three. The water was the third one. The first two lives were also very detailed and as I was very aware of what I was doing, just suspended within my subconscious. You can Google or RUclips about qhht. There is alot of information out there. I would like to think I imagined it all.....but I always wonder, if I indeed imagined it, why did I decided to become water and experience what I did?!
NDEs and OBEs teach us that there are unlimited dimensions, each one spinning and vibrating with the energy of mind. We are an afterlife now, IF there was such a thing as time. Which there is not. Stop the earth from spinning and you will see we are always in the NOW no matter where we are.
I am new to Taoism and I’m learning something new, I discovered Wu Wei and I want to use it in my everyday life. I’m not good at being soft, however I like to learn how to be soft using Wu Wei and act like water being the softest substance or element on earth.
Beautiful and accurate video as to how one should conduct one's life, regardless of opposition or circumstances. Life is much wealthier and more complex paradoxically by taking a simple and humble approach. Connecting with and unifying with nature is the humble approach that will lead to true long lasting happiness, peace, and lucidity.
The phrase "Everything is as it should be" really suberizes the current situation in our world (the Western world in particular). For all our progress through the centuries we never actually practiced what we claim to believe. The sick society we have is only the result of our own lies and hypocrisy. So the result is as it should be. And instead of reconsidering what we think we go on lying to ourselves and others all the while ignoring the facts. Why ?! Because it's easier to be keep the rigid mindset and blame others because changing is scary.
I just wrote a poem like this.. 'be liquid'. A caterpillar becomes liquid when in the cocoon before becoming a butterfly or what have you. We do this over and over when we are tragically blessed enough to be so fortunate.
I love that you mention Bruce Lee. He was an incredible thinker and philosopher, considering style as a crystallization. fantastic video. Thank you for posting!
I love your videos. They're full of insight and clarity. It's a great morning routine, I've found, to listen to some of them and shift your perspective in the morning towards growth and acceptance. I share them and try to get my friends to watch them, too, because they're just too valuable to be overlooked. Keep up your great work! ❤️✨
I am literally the happiest ive been this year in a shelter. When everyone around me is apologizing and wishing me better. Expecting me to cry to be sad, depressed and or a victim i am none of those things. I am mutable and accommodating like a fish. Like the pisces. Like the human i am.
I like this, the only part is the useless part I don’t think anyone aims to be useless. The way this was worded it made it seem like you can choose to be useless and if you choose to be useless than it’s ok. Everyone has a way of thinking and being useless just sounds so harsh.
We can also look at useless in a different way. In the example with the bent tree "useless" can be taken as being non conformist. This uselessness of the tree saved it from being chopped down, like that being different in the way you live your life can save you from life's pressures
Being "useless" could be interpreted as being generally uninterested in work, success, achievement, competition, and accumulating power and wealth in our society. Lots of artists, musicians, and people who are inclined towards creativity and self-expression would fit into this category since they value being authentic and true to who they really are, as opposed to being just "another mindless slave" to this greedy, materialistic society.
Thank you for such a wonderful video. You present a complicated idea in such an accessible manner and easy grasp. I am philosopher and has been Teaching Chinese philosophies for many years and I admire how well you explain this idea!
I practised Taoism during my Professotship and Headship in Allahabad University for more than 48 years I came out with soft tactics and softness Irealised softness helped me in becoming a Wirld Teacher World Poet and thinker Prof Dr Suresh Chandra Dubey Allahsbad University Prsyagraj
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
C. Darvin
Evolution
Plus the ones who make the babies
@@mypandawilleatyou38 to many made do the opposite
Darwin never said this.
True Compared to turtles who been around for 100 million years. Species like that is flexible as water.
My grandma used to say, “be like the palm tree that bends to wind rather than the large, rigid tree that gets uprooted.”. Your video reminded me of this again. Thanks for sharing.
Great wisdom
But what will about the self respect ? 🤔
@@prasadtayade2779 It might not be self-respect but rather ego, if it destroys you
My father also told me this thing.
It's also the saying of Prophet Muhammad..
Taoism teaches us that life is series of spontaneous changes. If we’re willing to accept the natural flow of life; we will find perfect stillness. Stay blessed everyone!
What do you mean by perfect stillness?
@Tav aiono what do u do for a living?
@Tav aiono after reading your comment about how your are living which is what I wish for one day too. I just got curious about what u do for a living. Thats great.
beautifully said, i really needed this. bless you ❤️
This is exactly Vedas and Sanatan scripture teaches us.
I knew a soldier many years ago, who was arguably the toughest man I've ever known. Elite special forces. He often spoke of his former colleagues and the battles or actions they fought in. What surprised me at a point was that he told me that none of the other men were left alive because they had ALL committed suicide. All of them. They couldn't accept or handle the memory of the actions they had been involved with, and being genuine, tough, masculine individuals they often went to the grave without telling anyone what their problem was. One of these men had his wife pass him he's newborn son and he cried hysterically but never told his wife or anybody what memory the child had triggered. He then deliberately went and got himself killed. What I learned from this man, the softness of his eyes contrasted with the hands in front of him, -the very bare hands that he'd used to kill people, sort of confirms what I've known for some time, and what this video points out. The other men wouldn't yield, or confess, or disclose or seek counseling for their problems. They had it would seem an unyielding view of what a man should be. I think a lot of us do. They seemed to have an inflexible view or handling of their problems. They favored things like self-medicating with alcohol instead of getting genuine help. The only reason I ever heard the stories of these people was because out of a community of incredibly tough people who died by their own hands, there was one man among them who sought help at every turn and that's what saved him. Even in the time I knew him he checked into a psychiatric hospital several times. He let other people help him, and he didn't see obtaining help or even sharing his pain with people like myself as a weakness. We tend to cringe at the idea of man 'complaining' about their problems as somehow unmasculine as 'weakness.' This idea, will get and continue to get people killed. It's not complaining, it's learning how to survive, and that's the proof I've seen with my own eyes.
I think more men need this, thanks for this, i hope that man is doing a lot better now!!
@@akito7025 he features greatly in a book I'm trying to have finished late next year. He had a heart of gold and I want to preserve some of his memory because he died recently.
@@akito7025 but he was happy in the end. I could see it in his eyes.
@@lookupthereupinthetrees9860 Name of the book please
Death is only an illusion.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us
Flow like water: when we don't try to control everything, that's the time when we trust that everything is in control.
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I would say "control" instead, I would say everything is in it's course.
No. That's the time you got pushed around.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
@@jwu1950 turn the other cheek he said or you aren't a follower? Of course he meant what he said or else how can we follow him?
@@ratanaun2960 Exactly. Turn the other cheek and not let yourself be pushed around by others. To be like water is to be focused and persistent, let be but never let go. Water always stay in control and never follow the flow of others. Water makes the inevitable inevitable.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
Two things we all need to do:
1. Be in the moment, in the presence
2. Change your perception of reality.
Or, maybe, we don't have to do anything; just BE in the present moment - and be awake and aware; OBSERVE!
And you'll know the next step...
@@LSSoldo yessir
@@LSSoldo you have to become nothing. Get attached to nothing, because nothing is the only real thing.
Just BE and the change of perception is inevitable, it's not forced.
I didn't expect to see you here. Ayyyyy
I love the crossovers between philosophies like Taoism, Buddhism, and Stoicism.
... and Bruceleeism.
And AA.
@@BubbaSmurft I like Bruce
what is Taoism, is this a religion?
Yeah! Three of them are all taught us about the same things that they was discovered about there is a thing called The Law Of Nature that is always managing everything in the whole universe.
The only thing that difference between the three of them that is their levers is Miss Buddha has the level that higher than Miss Lao Tzu a little, and Miss stoicism is have the levels that same same the levels from Miss Lao Tzu.
Only Miss Buddha was totally became enlightened, and Taoism and Stoicism is nearly touched the level of enlightenment.
There of them did super hugely changed the world so much to so many people has live so much far from their evil and help people live nearer to the level of highly ethics and love and wisdom.
I am a Taoist.. only my elder sister who are resilient like water most of the times. No matter how bad the situation or unfairness, nothing shakes her. Not even loneliness. I admire & respect her...❤️
What a wholesome comment
"Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life."
Miyamoto Musashi
BREVITY IS THE SOUL'S WIT,,, GRATEFUL.
Famous samurai who trained in the town where I’m from.
Baki
"There is no such thing as death".
Spoken with absolute authority by the man who lived & killed by his own sword.
I am going through a breakup and disheartened situation. This channel has helped me think beyond the worldly problems. I feel better 😊 I hope I find peace within.
@Akshata Seetharam Same! 💕 we'll get thru it
I just separated from a 6 year relationship, and I feel better now than when I was in a relationship. Some things are just not meant to be and the sooner we move on the sooner we take control.
See the book HANDS OF LIGHT written by the physicist Barbara Brennan. Find peace in knowing you are an eternal image.
I'm emotionally hurt.
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
I love the work of nietzsche
@@JorshusPrime the uberman
Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas / That is an awesome quote.
Meh
I am not sure about Nietsches words. He died miserably and depressed in his own soil. How can the words of someone like that ever lead to happyness? They havent helped himself
This concept helped me get past road rage. Someone on the radio said be the river and go around rocks in the stream. Slow drivers were the rocks. Don't get mad at rocks. This thinking evolved to where I switched from being water to being a rock in the stream...a safer driver.
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”
--Confucius
I'm Always surrounded by smart people so im in the right room :D
I am the only person in this room, so I am the smartest person by default.
@@sfjlfkjsdlfkjds That's a great observation right there.
"Man who goes to bed with itchy bum, wakes up with smelly finger"
- Confucius
@@sfjlfkjsdlfkjds it's the other way around. You get surrounded with people who are like you 😂
"Soft things don't break easily because they can bend and yield, unlike the hard and rigid." Is officially my new favorite quote. I feel so many people have made "being soft" frowned upon and unfortunately that's how we got into this issue of constantly being unsatisfied!
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
― Isaac Asimov
let's break walls and windows !
...so it isn't fair of me to assume you have a quote which combines the topics of taoism/stoicism/cats...?
needed that
The heaviest assumption is that solidity/the physical exists.
I feel I found these videos on Taoism and Buddhism at the exact moment I needed them; everything I have heard so far is applicable to my own life and the painful situations I am currently going through. Every word was profound and enlightening, every quote struck a chord and resonated deeply within me. now my load seems much easier to carry. An unnecessary weight was removed from my shoulders, as well as my heart. now I can breathe again.
after watching several of these in a row, I suddenly feel a stillness within myself; I am serene, at peace.
I have realized that I am ultimately the only person who can hurt myself, and that I have been hurting myself this entire time. I am glad I am still alive, still trying. I don't have to suffer just because I feel pain right now, and happiness is not unobtainable. thank you, to whom or whatever led me to finding this. and thank you, Einzelganger, for making these videos.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear
Pain is born from lies. So of course, honesty will always strike chords for those in pain.
Don’t attach to anything,
Nothing is permanence,
Everything will change sooner or later.
-Buddha
Well that's sounds like a cold/lonely way to live
Depressing
@@anjellalo972 not depressing but freedom
@@Joonlai no, not really freedom, that's only freedom in a sense where you don't feel tied down or have responisbilities. How can you be happy if you detach from memories, pets, family, and friends? Throw away items that could be your last memories of someone, that you might forget over time if you don't have a physical reminder of the memory. Yes everything will change sooner or later, but you don't need to speed up the process. You could say detaching from things and people would help you, but really those thoughts come from fear of losing the people close to you. Now for things and junk that's laying around your house, of course throw that away
@@anjellalo972 since you will lose everything one day, why do you want to hold them? The more you let everything go now,the less you will suffer when everything really gone.
I found this at the right time. This is universe speaking to me. Such calm and peace I feel after watching your videos. I can't thank you enough!!!
Taoism is my favorite philosophy of thought and my life changed when I discovered it.
I can say the same. It changed everything for me
Is there a book you would recommend for a complete novice in Taoism?
I have recently come to the Dao... I feel the same
Taoism and Zen the only things that make sense to me. 😍
Be PrEsEnT Tao te Ching by Lao tzu the recognized founder of Taoism
תודה!
Thank you, Z.O.T!
"Everybody is quoting Someone here "
__Me
mh niroomand lol
Yours is the best!
You got me there 😂
"Everybody is quoting Someone here"
_mh niroomand
“If you want the likes to float, you need a philospher's wisdom to quote.“
_Me
Everyone should be aware of this. Especially our beautiful children, in and out of school. Such a great reminder of who we are and what we can be.
Connecting Yin and Yang to Taoism was such a good idea. Never saw the connection till now. There's times for stress/action (Yang), and there's times for observation/relaxation (Yin). Taoism is the art of moving between the two effortlessly.
absolutely, striking that balance - or perhaps, getting out of the way, so as to let the balance naturally unfolding & Be.
I thought that Daoism teaches yin and yang...?
yin and yang are principles from taoism
You probably haven't watch Bruce Lee's Philosophies
Yin and Yang symbolize the positive and negative poles of the atom.
Reminds me of my poem I wrote a couple months back:
The mutability of my perception
The trickle of curiosity I provoke
I have the power to erode
I have the power to take form
I could be an oasis, or I could be a storm
The element of water, through which my creativity cascades
I am the reflection of the heavens and my own Creator
I am as wavering as the ocean
I am also as still as the seine
I am frozen like ice
I am also boiling at times
And at others, I am vaporized
But I am still water
Not always still water.
Sometimes I’m a wild rapid.
Sometimes I’m harder, and sometimes I’m softer.
I am water.
Be at peace, be as water.
Very nice poem Caitlin, thanks for sharing 🙏 offers some great reflection
What beautiful words!
👍 *ThanK you (CaiTLyN).!!* ❤
Beautifully written. Thanks for sharing
It reminds me of how certain religious people view God. They view him as this rigid being who doesn't understand the complexity of life and sees everything as black and white, when in fact life is complex and God is probably even more complex. We should (in my opinion) chill and enjoy this ride of life and learn to appreciate others and empathize with them instead of being so judgemental all the time. It sounds cheesy as hell I know, but I seriously think this was the mission of Christ on the earth. Not establishing a rigid religion that determines whether you go to heaven or hell, I think.
great perspective
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I completely agree. May you always have peace☮️
Hello, Jesus is the name of love. His own life is the perfect example of love and sacrifice.
It is middel age most of the European church authorities who only focus on the doctrine of hell punishment and sine and take control and power over society even more than king - the background reason may be political dominence but one
should see and feel Jesus life of sacrifice and love ask question what I feel among such torment can able to think welfare of all in such condition that was his love,
Even his last advise was love God as I love you and love your neighbor as yourself.
James B. Irwin (astronaut who drove the Lunar Rover on the Dark Side of the Moon) said "It's not a miracle that man walked on the moon, it's a miracle that Jesus walked the Earth." We are the miracle. Yes, be like Jesus. This is our heaven, our Eden. Forgive but don't forget.
I didn't know anything about Taoism, but this video it's like watching everything I have inside me all these years and could never explain better...
Resonates 100% with me.
I love this, Taoism is fascinating. The Tao, like water flows everywhere, to the left and to the right and it loves everything. It nurtures animals and plants and then moves on without seeking praise, when good things are happening, it is not there to receive any thanks.
Edit: Loving the editing, I have so much to learn from you :D
Alan Watts
Tao is existence itself. It is always here.
@@michelleburkholder2547 Peter Sellers
Taoism is inseparate from being honest. It can only fascinate liars.
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
- Bruce Lee
"Be water, my friend." Has been my WhatsApp status for at least 8 years
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless , like water -- Bruce Lee
My friend
@@valentinsannyas9889 yeah, it's not the same without "my friend"
He was basically quoting his friend jiddu krishnamurti in that interview
@@brushfuller330 lol, can you put some context into that statement? are you doggin on krishnamurti or somethin?
@@brushfuller330 are you cool or somethin? dont put on a front, just say what you have to say, i zen out too, but im not a monk, so im real in the way i communicate.
So what are you trying to sayY>??
¡Gracias!
Thank you, Oh wow! 🙏
The universe is endless and anything can happen.
& it all does, eventually ;)
Thank for some reason thinking about this really helped me out of a terrible mood i was having
If the universe is endless and anything can happen can the universe end?
If you’re not asleep you’re awake
[oh my] let me find out "Young Saitama" wise beyond his years.😉
Everytime I feel terrible about myself and the course of my life, you always have a way of impacting it. Bringing me a sense of peace with the situations. I don't know how many times, this video has helped me, I truly appreciate your content.
Don't torture yourself with the problems of liars
This reminds me of a 40 year old man named Akiva, a shepherd & laborer, who couldn't read. He saw water softly, slowly trickling down a brook, hitting a rock, little drip by drip. While it was gentle, it was constant & Akiva realized something: there was a hole in that rock exactly where the water touched it. He pondered what he saw & concluded that if gentle water could make a hole in a hard, solid rock, then words of Truth - like iron - could make a real impression on his heart.
He changed his life, began to study - for 24 years straight, beginning with sitting in a classroom with the young children learning letters - & he became the greatest leader of his time, directly teaching thousands of people.
Like gentle drops of water, little changes, small experiences, barely perceptible learning can all add up - even more than those huge moments of enlightenment - & make a lasting impression on us & how we live our lives.
I am from india and I have read same story just with a different name.
Dröpje by Dröpje to success, so natural and simple.
Rocks are constantly being created as images. Must take billions of quarks of light smashed together to cause rocks to feel hard.
@@pureenergy4578 thank you so much. I've always wanted to know that
Trying to learn that everything is impermanent. Letting go of unhealthy attachments every day. Stay blessed everyone & spread love!
"Be like Water, my Friend"
- Bruce Lee
“Be like Friend,my Water”
- Lee Bruce
Gentleman Life School
“Water be like, My Friend”
-Bee Lruce
@@mjolninja9358 That sounds like something Yoda would say
running water never grows stale..so you just have to 'keep on flowing' - Bruce Lee
“Hence, a famous actor, philosopher, and martial artist once said...” my name is Bruce Lee! Lol
I'm grateful for this amazing flavour of Taoisms. May Universe bless Tao.
The ultimate superhuman is a Taoist stoic who's mastered the duality of yin and yang and embraced the Buddhist philosophy of acceptance.
The Ultimate Superhuman is a Buddha or a Guru which doesn't see any duality
Polarity and duality exist whether they say it or not, they recognise it is one of the laws of life.
Or a newborn baby
I was just going to make a comment similair to this... funny because taoist philosophy and stoic philosophy are my favorites, and I see them as yin and yang... very useful to apply teachings from both sides :) Now I see I should look into buddhism, thankyou
I've been thinking on this a lot lately.
Reminds me of a story I read growing up.
A huge tree calls it's fellow grass "pathetic". The grass remained silent.
But when a thunderstorm decided to pay a visit, the huge tree fell down because of the high wind. And after the storm it asked the "pathetic" grass, how is it still the same?
The grass replied, it's simple, I just bend down for the wind. You don't need to be powerful. You can't win over some things. So you let fly over your head.
"Be strong enough to be gentle!" :)
The soft overcomes the hard.
Don’t force anything.
The soft approach is superior to using force when it comes to long term results, as well as saving our energy and maintains a tranquil mind.
Don’t abstain from force completely, save it for the right opportunity.
Every situation has a positive to it.
Undesired characteristics have positive aspects to them.
Water always seeks the lower places.
Life is characterized by softness, and softness is strength.
Be like water.
Taoism: Be like water.
Stoicism: Be like a rock the waves crash over.
Well, if we are to accept impermanence, we might as well be both.
My favorite philosophies and perfectly put
Ice
Alex Blank a rock under the ocean
Smooth like water, impassive like ice, and free like vapour
Taoism: Yin
Stoicism: Yang
Thanks!
Thanks again, macdes! 🙏
I found you about a year ago and you've made a huge impact in my life Einzelgänger. Keep doing what you do. It's been a rough couple years and these videos really have helped me.
An scholar once said : wisdom is creativity. Indeed, the wise person is creative and can adapt to the ever changing situtations of the world. Just like water.
Tao-ism is one gorgeous philosophy which I'm going to focus on more in life, especially the softness part. Thank you for the lovely video.
Taoism taught me that Life is constantly changes. Be like water to be formlesss, softlessness. If yI have a wate-like mindset, I can adapt any circumstance.
Bruce Lee was the first one in my lifetime to bring Taoism to the forefront of my experience at age 10 and led me to Lao Tzu and others.
You should’ve mentioned his name at the end; Bruce was not just a martial artist and an actor, but a force of nature who flowed with the Tao for a short time…..and then was gone.
True! My daughters who are now in their 20s, fell in love with Bruce Lee’s movies and with him eventually. They literally drank his words like a kid do with all their characters they like and they really understood « Be like water my friend 😊) at an early age. What started as a joke, slowly slipped into their minds and saw the real meaning of it growing older 💕
Funny how something so insignificant at first can grow into a solid foundation to get through life and its challenges
Taoist is always refreshing inspiration, nowadays is something to reflect about to redefine our pathways
Such an amazing video! I had the privilege of studying Eastern Philosophy as part of my academic degree and it truly changed my life.
I am Christian, but with an Eastern philosophy orientation. And this video brings much joy to me.
Thank you so much for producing it! ❤
This video has become such a Blessing To Me; a message and puzzle piece that helps my mind unraveling the rigid ness I was conditioned to perceive
I Thankyou truly
"People that are rigid and stern ..." - insert picture of a donkey, it cracked me up!
After lot of mental stress I finally understand acceptance is the only solution, difficult to bring it to practice though. Nice video at the right time.
Excellent lesson, it's not about not forcing it's about to use force at the right moment thank you.
I love the shawshank state movie the amount of patience Andy has is unbelieveable i wish to have that
Thank you so much for the captions. The importance for those who don't speak English fluently and those who are deaf is tremendously.
Lao Tzu knew what we were going to go through. Daoism teachings are absolutely for our era. Whatever religion you are, study Daoism.
I am a black male who happens to be a pisces and this has never made more sense than it does today!
I am white and happen to be a Taurus and these definitions have absolutely no bearing or meaning whatsoever.
Here's a cookie? What a dumb comment
Im a hispanic man and i want to play Mortal Kombat now
Im asian and im watching this at 3am
I'm an alien. You humans are hilarious.
The Universe is my best friend and guide. I love you Universe. 🥰🥰🥰
Seeing positive in negative is a good reflection. Softness is strength ❤ happy to adapt and grow! Thank you 🙏❤❤
Wow this graphic designer deserves a raise. Love these graphics
God, your channel is absolute gold. Keep up the good work!
Learning about these things is so relaxing
Physics is the best subject to learn that we are constantly flowing as we are being created.
This video summarised what I have learned from all experiences in the past year. Thanks
Right in time - I was hijacked by anger today. Thanks!
@Mona Liz Dzieki za Power of Now! Ten Eckhart jest niesamowity :)
I learned so many things from this remarkable video. I think that "be like water" is an advise that many of the great ancient thinkers have talked about.
There's one more substantive meaning of flow. In tai chi, originally a Taoist art, flow is the ability to link one movement to the next. When one goes without stopping/starting, not speeding up or slowing down there is a palpable energy that emerges, and the mind becomes more calm. After practicing this way there is the sensation of being elated and invigorated.
Energy and light are ONE. These are always flowing and spinning into images.
We have come to disregard our elders, unfortunately 🧘 Wise men, and women.
A beautiful message.
The quality of your videos, deep wisdom presented and even younr voice, everything is so good. You are one of my favorite youtubers. Thank you!
One of my favourite episodes on all of RUclips
Just today I listened Bruce Lees: Warrior within. Be water my friends!
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With the exception of the example of "ugly people" being "less likely to be in abusive relationships" I really enjoyed this video. It was thought provoking. Thank you!
He meant bare foot and pregnant slaving over a hot stove sister
Thinking definitely has its merits. But as with everything, there is a beneficial interval in the middle. If you are unable to interrupt your thinking, you have the opposite qualities of water!
I would say this applies more to stoicism and the concept of temperance. Contemplate pain but don't dwell on it too much. And then in this process you become like water.
This channel gives so much value and helps me work through so many things. Thank you.
These are made and edited beautifully, thank you for the content
Sucheth Hegde isn't amazing when we just trust the process that the Universe take control? Flow like water. Have an amazing weekend Sucheth. God bless.
I thank universe & everything that holds it together for directing me 2 ur channel
Alexander Hamilton was also shot to death in a duel. His inflexibility and strong stance got him killed.
This channel is one of the best in RUclips.
― Universe
I had a hypnosis session this summer where I saw a “past, present or future” version of myself as water. I adapted and floated around my surroundings. I was connected to everything and my emotions changed according to every being I encountered which wasn’t a lot as I was somewhere in the galaxy. The interesting part however was when I was left suspended, alone and without living beings around me, I could no longer survive and I passed on to the afterlife. It was a profound experience.
What’s a hypnosis session entail? Beautiful summary. Thank you for sharing 💙🐠
@@taliaaalia5175 I had what is known as a qhht session. One is guided to a deep hypnosis and you are able to connect with past lives, usually a maximum of three. The water was the third one. The first two lives were also very detailed and as I was very aware of what I was doing, just suspended within my subconscious. You can Google or RUclips about qhht. There is alot of information out there. I would like to think I imagined it all.....but I always wonder, if I indeed imagined it, why did I decided to become water and experience what I did?!
NDEs and OBEs teach us that there are unlimited dimensions, each one spinning and vibrating with the energy of mind. We are an afterlife now, IF there was such a thing as time. Which there is not. Stop the earth from spinning and you will see we are always in the NOW no matter where we are.
I am new to Taoism and I’m learning something new, I discovered Wu Wei and I want to use it in my everyday life. I’m not good at being soft, however I like to learn how to be soft using Wu Wei and act like water being the softest substance or element on earth.
"For what has been - Thank you.
For what will come- Yes"
-Dag Hammarskjöld
Thank you for pronouncing Lao Tzu correctly!
Beautiful and accurate video as to how one should conduct one's life, regardless of opposition or circumstances. Life is much wealthier and more complex paradoxically by taking a simple and humble approach. Connecting with and unifying with nature is the humble approach that will lead to true long lasting happiness, peace, and lucidity.
This video is full of so many valuable gems of knowledge & wisdom. Very enlightening. ✨
Your videos are like a refreshing glass of water when I'm parched!
This has put me in a better place,this new found mental strength is stronger than some people can imagine
"Never wink at nuns" - Me.
The phrase "Everything is as it should be" really suberizes the current situation in our world (the Western world in particular). For all our progress through the centuries we never actually practiced what we claim to believe. The sick society we have is only the result of our own lies and hypocrisy. So the result is as it should be. And instead of reconsidering what we think we go on lying to ourselves and others all the while ignoring the facts. Why ?! Because it's easier to be keep the rigid mindset and blame others because changing is scary.
"I am usually quoted in military topics and not here"
- Sun Tzu
I just wrote a poem like this.. 'be liquid'. A caterpillar becomes liquid when in the cocoon before becoming a butterfly or what have you. We do this over and over when we are tragically blessed enough to be so fortunate.
"Judging each other as human doings rather than human beings" - Oh I am so stealing that one.
Small action from the present make big change in the future 🔥
" *_May the Flow be with you_* "- Sumedh, Flow State Coach.
Stop this New Age shit please, we are talking ancient traditions here
@@hollyjaw3303 there’s nothing “new age” about Flow state... it’s a science 🤣
@@Primalsutra lol
The content of this video is literally GOLD !
I love that you mention Bruce Lee. He was an incredible thinker and philosopher, considering style as a crystallization. fantastic video. Thank you for posting!
"There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way"
- Buddha
In the past i know this quote, be like a water, but now i comprehend what's really is❤️
Really? Your positive
I love your videos. They're full of insight and clarity. It's a great morning routine, I've found, to listen to some of them and shift your perspective in the morning towards growth and acceptance. I share them and try to get my friends to watch them, too, because they're just too valuable to be overlooked. Keep up your great work! ❤️✨
I am literally the happiest ive been this year in a shelter. When everyone around me is apologizing and wishing me better. Expecting me to cry to be sad, depressed and or a victim i am none of those things. I am mutable and accommodating like a fish. Like the pisces. Like the human i am.
I like this, the only part is the useless part I don’t think anyone aims to be useless. The way this was worded it made it seem like you can choose to be useless and if you choose to be useless than it’s ok. Everyone has a way of thinking and being useless just sounds so harsh.
Being useless is not true. The souls creating us have a mission here. These missions are not useless.
We can also look at useless in a different way. In the example with the bent tree "useless" can be taken as being non conformist. This uselessness of the tree saved it from being chopped down, like that being different in the way you live your life can save you from life's pressures
@@pureenergy4578 you need better acid honey
Being "useless" could be interpreted as being generally uninterested in work, success, achievement, competition, and accumulating power and wealth in our society. Lots of artists, musicians, and people who are inclined towards creativity and self-expression would fit into this category since they value being authentic and true to who they really are, as opposed to being just "another mindless slave" to this greedy, materialistic society.
Thank you for such a wonderful video. You present a complicated idea in such an accessible manner and easy grasp. I am philosopher and has been Teaching Chinese philosophies for many years and I admire how well you explain this idea!
Exactly the words I needed to hear, I hope you know that people appreciate you alot❤️ you're great!
I practised Taoism during my Professotship and Headship in Allahabad University for more than 48 years I came out with soft tactics and softness Irealised softness helped me in becoming a Wirld Teacher World Poet and thinker Prof Dr Suresh Chandra Dubey Allahsbad University Prsyagraj