Romance is a game of hide-and-seek: remembering that you're already whole

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  • The fundamental game at the heart of romance is hide-and-seek. Romantics cut out a part of themselves, hide that part in someone of their choosing, and then forget about the cutting and the hiding and the choosing. This process imbues love with the possibility of mythic alchemy: the completion of the self in union with the other. However, romantics have always ever already been whole. Unfortunately, remembering this makes it harder to keep playing the game.
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  • @psychacks
    @psychacks  25 днів тому +58

    The fundamental game at the heart of romance is hide-and-seek. Romantics cut out a part of themselves, hide that part in someone of their choosing, and then forget about the cutting and the hiding and the choosing. This process imbues love with the possibility of mythic alchemy: the completion of the self in union with the other. However, romantics have always ever already been whole. Unfortunately, remembering this makes it harder to keep playing the game.
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    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 25 днів тому +7

      I think part of everyone's confusion on this episode is that it began sounding like advice on how to pursue a relationship but ended with a warning not to do this but reject it

    • @bedhunter
      @bedhunter 25 днів тому +5

      More on this topic! Please, dig deeper. Thanks!

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 25 днів тому

      Your channel was better when you talked about more than just romantic relationships.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 24 дні тому +1

      @@RealHomeRecording he still does. I call cap

    • @alexlitill2315
      @alexlitill2315 22 дні тому

      Are you talking about incorporating shadow into the consciousness and to be rational in love, to choose what benefit us?

  • @someguy861
    @someguy861 25 днів тому +353

    "Satisfaction is the death of desire."

    • @YouilAushana
      @YouilAushana 25 днів тому +4

      How can you tells what's the satisfaction and what's the desire?

    • @JD..........
      @JD.......... 25 днів тому +14

      Desire is the death of contentment.

    • @TV-oc4ml
      @TV-oc4ml 25 днів тому +5

      Death of desire is the end of content*

    • @nerozero_
      @nerozero_ 25 днів тому +2

      Then comes a new desire.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 25 днів тому

      Consent is the end of thrill 👀

  • @markberger5739
    @markberger5739 25 днів тому +69

    People are so complicated - Success is getting what you want. However Happiness is wanting what you get! = very different!

  • @malekkushimuzik3580
    @malekkushimuzik3580 25 днів тому +77

    All you need is within you. Games are a waste of time.

    • @lpi3
      @lpi3 22 дні тому +3

      侍の言葉

    • @borrr6568
      @borrr6568 7 днів тому

      Until you realize its all
      A game, kings and pawns go in the box

  • @raviom
    @raviom 25 днів тому +110

    This is the most accurate, logical and understandable explanation of something that is otherwise illogical and almost impossible to articulate. This guy truly understands ’The Value Of Others ‘

    • @snowbear163
      @snowbear163 25 днів тому +9

      This is high-level content. Way beyond the dumb "be a high value man" stuff from UA-camrs who clearly have deep-rooted self-confidence issues. This breaks down the science of the whole thing and how it works.

    • @raviom
      @raviom 25 днів тому +2

      @@snowbear163 Agree. Be a 'Self-Referral Man' is harder to sell than 'Be a High Value Man' . Most RP youtubers are just farming for views/subs.

    • @alfredopampanga9356
      @alfredopampanga9356 23 дні тому +1

      No , sorry to disagree. It’s a contrived pastiche that bears no resemblance to real life.
      In realty the love object is imbued with everything the romantic yearns for. , accompanied by wilful blindness of the persons deficiencies and failures.
      Byron was shocked when his love object went to the toilet to defecate.

    • @mikha007
      @mikha007 23 дні тому +3

      his mother told him this stuff when he was a kid

  • @alex434343
    @alex434343 25 днів тому +161

    I'm 40 now and I haven't "fallen in love" since I was a teenager. I've been in satisfying relationships but not with that "in love" energy that romance flicks are made of, and I always wondered if this was somehow odd. It was nice to have someone like Dr Orion say that this is normal for people who have got their emotional maturity together. Another great episode by Dr Orion.

    • @szymonbaranowski8184
      @szymonbaranowski8184 25 днів тому +13

      maturity such, mature people act as old dead people

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +3

      @@szymonbaranowski8184 100%. People can fall in love at 90, if it's the person that clicks in.

    • @mark9294
      @mark9294 25 днів тому +4

      @@szymonbaranowski8184how would you define maturity instead? Do you think adults should still just “follow their hearts”?

    • @ConsistencyWins444
      @ConsistencyWins444 25 днів тому +2

      It is possible to “be in-love” and go about in mature way. I just did a short coursed called “Causing Those Loving Feelings” by Alison Armstrong. I am already experience more love.

    • @rayrwyr
      @rayrwyr 25 днів тому +2

      Falling in love has "falling" involved. Fallen souls are to be pitied and helped.

  • @antonionutrition
    @antonionutrition 25 днів тому +294

    Dude, I never use my “I have a PhD card” but…. This guy is SO dang knowledgeable. And I’ve met many intelligent people (far smarter than me)

    • @femchud9255
      @femchud9255 25 днів тому

      The midwit card

    • @Ibrahim-by8ou
      @Ibrahim-by8ou 25 днів тому +37

      Having a PHD doesn't necessarily mean you're intelligent. Just means that you're very knowledgeable in a certain field. Not trying to throw shade btw

    • @antonionutrition
      @antonionutrition 25 днів тому +28

      @@Ibrahim-by8ou no offense taken, lol what you say is very true and I’m glad you’re aware. PhD = highly specific and niche knowledge. All I meant was- I’ve listened and learned from people with PhDs in many areas (so we learn to spot true intellect vs superficial knowledge) and Orion is an example of someone that knows his stuff (as evidenced by his articulation and combination of the knowing the scientific literature and real world application). He knows his stuff as someone who can detect that well

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 25 днів тому +1

      @@Ibrahim-by8ouit actually just means you've gone very far in school. Lots of odoit phds

    • @Ibrahim-by8ou
      @Ibrahim-by8ou 25 днів тому +3

      @@antonionutrition Oh Makes sense, congrats on getting a PHD. That in of itself is no easy feat!

  • @vincewhite5087
    @vincewhite5087 25 днів тому +75

    When doing college course on sociology, I was assigned to interview long time married couples, and some not so long. I made a small oberservation to Prof. This was in early 80’s. I pointed out, that almost all the long time married people, had grown up together in a community. There was also a faith component. Different faiths, but faith group. The prof gave me studies, showing that prior to the late 1960’s . Vast majority of couples pairing did it with people they grew up with, or knew a long time. The studies pointed to Hollywood & romance industries, changing the way people selected for most of history.

    • @szymonbaranowski8184
      @szymonbaranowski8184 25 днів тому +1

      biologically best pairs are those of cousins,
      cousins tend to be part of the same communities and religions, cities don't have communities and are less religious, its harder to leave when your spouse is from family it's then not only personal but family matter, we tend to stick with good things that we can't change for better ones

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +3

      It's called compatibility and symbiosis.
      People who meet in a community of similars (homogeneous) stand higher odds of dyadic compatibility.

    • @SurAuvers
      @SurAuvers 24 дні тому +1

      ​@szymonbaranowski8184 that just sounds like you don't break up because you can't.... I guess that's the point.

    • @jefflebars-tf5jw
      @jefflebars-tf5jw 23 дні тому +1

      Au contraire ma chère ! You can always run away in the sunset with another one of your cousins !

    • @Savvynomad225
      @Savvynomad225 6 днів тому +1

      Dating apps have only been around for 30 years and only extremely popular for a few decades. They’ve also been monetized with public shareholders and are motivated to help people find new strangers to try, but not motivated to help people find lasting connections. Once you realize dating apps and social media damage connections, and don’t help them, you’ll exit stage left

  • @JeremiahNudell
    @JeremiahNudell 25 днів тому +34

    So being a romantic is glamorized just because of the illusory “adventure” of seeking wholeness.
    And that adventure must be equally as compelling as our unconscious belief that we aren’t whole.
    Relationships always got me so damn high quickly followed by a stark contrasting sobriety of disappointment of how ordinary it feels at the end of the day.
    This really put things in perspective for me thanks doc

  • @B4DWrath
    @B4DWrath 25 днів тому +115

    Compared to all this cutting, oppression, forgetting, game playing, etc. I prefer peace. No romance for me.

    • @szymonbaranowski8184
      @szymonbaranowski8184 25 днів тому +5

      you are boring

    • @B4DWrath
      @B4DWrath 25 днів тому +29

      @@szymonbaranowski8184
      Thank you!

    • @suefleming
      @suefleming 25 днів тому +18

      Peace is very precious.

    • @zombiemachinery4868
      @zombiemachinery4868 25 днів тому

      @@szymonbaranowski8184, and you are young and a fool.

    • @ChrisPTY507
      @ChrisPTY507 25 днів тому +14

      Agreed. I do get this is the way a lot of humans interact, but I find this unnecessarily boring and convoluted.
      As we age, we realize that mental peace is of utmost importance, and this kind of silly games turns into a terrible way to use your time. I can understand how all this nonsense be entertaining to some people, I just find more pleasure in simplicity, which often comes tied with maturity on those who live by this mindset.

  • @curzy3
    @curzy3 25 днів тому +69

    Toby Maguire, Orion Taraban, and Spider-Man are the same person.

    • @diego.ri0s
      @diego.ri0s 20 днів тому

      And Peter Parker

    • @KingkongKafi
      @KingkongKafi 19 днів тому

      You nailed it but you forgot. paulo dybala.

  • @badmojjo
    @badmojjo 25 днів тому +39

    Interesting hide and seek metaphor.
    My experience is a bit different. To be honest, I am in control of my life, from washing, ironing, cooking to working, advancing in my carreer and even self growth and inner and outer exploration.
    However, I find that these things are fueled greatly when I am in a relationship with a lady. To me, there is a very obvious boost to all of the above when together with a woman, I guess because I start being for more than myself. But with the right woman, not perfect, just right.
    Romantic or not... two is miracle for me, and a most worthy addition to the life.
    Awesome short talk, spoiling us as usual.

    • @TV-oc4ml
      @TV-oc4ml 25 днів тому +1

      You’re co dependent

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 24 дні тому +2

      Finally someone who gets it.
      All Romantics say is that life is best with someone who fits you body-mind-soul.
      It's not anything radical or delusional, but too many soulless curmudgeons think they are cool when they disparage the fundamental human need for connection, which is what Romanticism is ultimately about.
      Don't ever trust any detractors of Romanticism, they are soulless, which would be a good chunk of humanity.

    • @Punchinelli
      @Punchinelli 24 дні тому +9

      @@TV-oc4ml Being motivated by your partner is not codependency.....

    • @urachialaska2126
      @urachialaska2126 22 дні тому +1

      @@TV-oc4ml humans envolved around being codependet, no couple can rise a children alone, there is no society made by a singular being...

    • @TV-oc4ml
      @TV-oc4ml 22 дні тому

      @@urachialaska2126 😂 clown! You can’t redefine codependency: characterized by excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support on account of an illness or addiction.

  • @MOCHI-ek6rc
    @MOCHI-ek6rc 25 днів тому +159

    A lot of Male romantics are in jail doing time for harassment, stalking and intimidation.
    If they run, let them go.

  • @MiguelTrujillo1
    @MiguelTrujillo1 25 днів тому +45

    Orion, I have been enjoying your videos for a long while now. As a person who has been reading self-help literature for many decades now (~30 years), I am convinced that you are some sort of genius. The variety of topics your explore, the originality of thought, the utility of your ideas, and your ability to explain never cease to amaze me.

  • @num3willie
    @num3willie 25 днів тому +120

    Married women tend to be the most romantic but, as the good doctor explains, not with the person they've already found.

    • @nerdock4747
      @nerdock4747 25 днів тому +12

      And that's a huge part of the human condition for the unsatisfied "want what they can't have".

    • @StephenPuddicombe1
      @StephenPuddicombe1 25 днів тому +7

      Yeah, found myself to be a victim of one of those married romantics 🙄

    • @zombiemachinery4868
      @zombiemachinery4868 25 днів тому +6

      Yep, been there and they do things for you that they have never done for anyone.

    • @christalone184
      @christalone184 25 днів тому +3

      Then they are (following the logic of the video) the most dissatisfied ones

    • @TV-oc4ml
      @TV-oc4ml 25 днів тому

      @@StephenPuddicombe1that’s because you’re the loser who married her

  • @witchers-shadow
    @witchers-shadow 25 днів тому +18

    Writing on subject,
    cut the best part of yourself, project that on another person and then fall in love in that person...
    Doc...you rock 🖖

  • @seanelcock
    @seanelcock 24 дні тому +7

    Appreciate you sharing a couple videos without swearing recently

  • @JohnSmith-bh8um
    @JohnSmith-bh8um 24 дні тому +13

    This is pretty much the whole "where are the good men?" Cult in a nutshell

    • @jopalolive
      @jopalolive 23 дні тому +1

      Needs a bit of exposition from your view, but gets my like cause you are on to something.

    • @heitor4144
      @heitor4144 21 день тому

      great insight

  • @hilld83
    @hilld83 25 днів тому +33

    What you've said here aligns with my experience, and it was when I realized these rules of the game that I finally mustered the strength to quit playing and walk away. Once I saw behind the mask, I couldn't forget what I had seen. Now I see masks everywhere I go. I'm not saying that it's all doom & gloom, but rather that my discernment, understanding, & wisdom have grown.

  • @brandonmontgomery7461
    @brandonmontgomery7461 24 дні тому +21

    Adds much needed context to the saying "my better half"

  • @adventurer2395
    @adventurer2395 25 днів тому +21

    Good video, but I would have benefitted from more examples as to what we are disavowing in others, and how to actually make that process whole in ourselves. In other words, more specifics beyond the abstract idea.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +6

      It's a very bad video and I usually love all of his videos.

    • @heitor4144
      @heitor4144 21 день тому

      watch the meaning and fulfillment videos

  • @yesbirsingh
    @yesbirsingh 17 днів тому +2

    It's falling in love with my projected best self onto significant other - all the while being blind to my own mechanisation in engineering the love.
    Thanks for the thoughtful talk and confusing the hell out of me.

  • @georgecook5120
    @georgecook5120 25 днів тому +11

    Uh...What?! I'm going to watch this again, maybe 3 times.

    • @fps_spicy
      @fps_spicy 25 днів тому +2

      worth it

    • @Xenozillex
      @Xenozillex 24 дні тому +5

      Romance is about a person who is unhappy or at least discontent with themselves and or life and they fulfill the void by giving it a pseudo purpose of chasing something they cant have.

    • @fps_spicy
      @fps_spicy 23 дні тому +1

      @@Xenozillex oh thanks for that

  • @oninotsume
    @oninotsume 24 дні тому +5

    Dorothy's journey in the Wizard of Oz, she ends with the same conclusion.

  • @bradleyhiphop
    @bradleyhiphop 25 днів тому +29

    Love this concept but a few examples would have really helped as I’m still not quite connected

    • @RockJohnson2000
      @RockJohnson2000 25 днів тому +2

      Same here

    • @detroitvcw
      @detroitvcw 25 днів тому +2

      Im sure most that really wanted to grasp the point had to listen 2-4 times to contexualize the analogy to other concepts. It's harder to grasp for guys because they typically don't romanticize.

    • @Kuk0san
      @Kuk0san 25 днів тому +9

      I kept asking myself 'what is this guy on about' with this one. Honestly sounded to me like a description of a series of dysfunctional relationships and then trying to normalize it as some kind of cute game or fantasy.

    • @radoslavtoth391
      @radoslavtoth391 25 днів тому +2

      guys watch the whole series on this topic, might help ;)

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +2

      It's one of his worst entries. Listen carefully to everything he said, then do the opposite.

  • @LittleMew133
    @LittleMew133 25 днів тому +11

    I don't get it.

  • @WisdomIsPrecious
    @WisdomIsPrecious 25 днів тому +11

    Bravo, Dr. Tara van. You’ve done it once again I swear to God this man is trying to single-handedly break the matrix.

  • @hilly5488
    @hilly5488 25 днів тому +24

    This was very confusing, to be honest.

    • @calibre_au6183
      @calibre_au6183 14 днів тому

      I found it deep too, just means you need to watch it twice.

    • @williambaldwin9346
      @williambaldwin9346 13 днів тому +1

      Romantics enjoy the chase not the actual finish line of achieving a relationship.

    • @abde4645
      @abde4645 8 днів тому

      Watch it again it actually makes so much sense

  • @skypickle29
    @skypickle29 15 днів тому +1

    Real romance grows out of two people who enjoy doing stuff together - the shared challenge, the shared achievement, the shared problem solving. For example,, a date is more fun at a bar when there is a trivia contest.

  • @NilsMacQ
    @NilsMacQ 25 днів тому +5

    This is so huge, most people do this. I also think there’s a bit of laziness in looking for it in others instead of taking responsibility for it and building/creating it/connecting to it internally
    Listening to this again!

  • @madness5693
    @madness5693 25 днів тому +39

    Cupid's driveby 😆

    • @IfSemper
      @IfSemper 25 днів тому +1

      I know, I laughed out loud at that. : )

    • @godishere4
      @godishere4 21 день тому +1

      😂 Pow Pow

    • @IfSemper
      @IfSemper 21 день тому +1

      @@godishere4 Shots fired! : )

  • @jejo63660
    @jejo63660 25 днів тому +12

    This is a great insight about the idea of romantics cutting a piece of themselves out and looking for it in others. However I don’t think the reason is that it is an exciting game, but rather because romantics were taught as children that they weren’t lovable as a whole person, and that they would need to find/win that missing part of themselves in their parents, who didn’t love them sufficiently.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +5

      Psycho-babble.
      People thrive with like-minded, like-wired, like-souled, like-yoked others. It's that simple.

    • @jejo63660
      @jejo63660 25 днів тому +3

      @@roses6564 like it or not, like-minded, like-wired, like-souled, and like-yoked very often result from being like-parented.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому

      @@jejo63660 Yes. What's your point?

    • @jejo63660
      @jejo63660 25 днів тому +4

      @@roses6564 My point is that the romantic idea that was talked about in this video, where a person represses a part of themselves in order to ‘look for’ it in others, comes from a failure of their upbringing where their parents taught them that something was missing within themselves. You said that was psychobabble and said that it was as simple as people who are like minded thrive together, which I took to mean that parenting means little, & like attracts like. So I responded by saying that people who are likeminded often are that way because they were raised similarly and have the same childhoods and childhood issues, because your response came off to me as saying parenting doesn’t matter much and I wanted to reiterate that parenting means a lot.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +2

      @@jejo63660 Everything matters in compatibility: genetics, psychological profile, environment, childhood experiences, including parenting. Ilk. Yoke. Cut. Plus life experiences. All this creates like-mindedness which is the basis of a potentially excellent relationship. Any differences become charming, loving complementarity instead of frustration and desire to change the other. That's symbiosis. Add chemistry - you got it
      That's all.
      But it's a tall order.

  • @philaman1972
    @philaman1972 14 днів тому +2

    Fascinating. Just be happy and if you are not, work on yourself.

  • @vdl3984
    @vdl3984 25 днів тому +4

    This applies into way more than romantic relationships. Learned helplessness seems related to this process aswell. The thing is that it's actually horrifying to discover that these disavowed parts were actually there, since it forces you to confront your worst nightmares head on.

  • @northerntao
    @northerntao 25 днів тому +6

    I needed this advice 40 years ago - I cauterized my need for romance years ago, more out of reaction to setting myself up for disappointment over and over, and less from understanding why. Loving this channel.

  • @tochukwutc3727
    @tochukwutc3727 19 днів тому +1

    This was deep...but it truly does make sense when you consider certain people tend to think they'll "feel complete" once they finally meet their one true love...a sentiment which stems from their "seeming inadequacy" which in itself was fallacious either propagated by themselves or those around them.

  • @GreenPasturesFinancl
    @GreenPasturesFinancl 22 дні тому +1

    Agreed, ppl need to cultivate and maintain their wholeness and achieve a self fulfilling life satisfaction.

  • @mgregory22
    @mgregory22 25 днів тому +6

    What is beauty then? What are we hiding from ourselves when we project and perceive beauty on someone?

  • @luisnvb
    @luisnvb 22 дні тому +2

    This chanel is a treasure.

  • @LastEarBender
    @LastEarBender 25 днів тому +3

    This is exceedingly accurate in my opinion from my own personal experiences as well as that of close friends, whose relationships I know way too much about...

  • @oussefel3220
    @oussefel3220 25 днів тому +6

    I believe in the automated tendencies of the human brain and psychology to heal and find solutions.. i think a romantic needs to be a romantic in that particular time … and then once he gathers enough mental energy.. he will automatically evolve to a less romantic and more realistic person with a clearer vision of what’s really going on .. understanding the game doesn’t mean playing it could be the best choice available at a particular time .. like a child who subconsciously choose to shut up and not face an abusing parent .. we always make the best possible choice and a fool who persists in his foolishness will become wise

  • @alfredofloyd
    @alfredofloyd 19 днів тому +1

    You can be a romantic in a mature relationship. Learning how to be better at love, improve yourself, make the other person happy is romantic af.

  • @maks_st
    @maks_st 25 днів тому +1

    This is the best explanation of romanticism I have ever heard. So much is clear now (about my past)

  • @ChosenofDarkness8
    @ChosenofDarkness8 17 днів тому +2

    "People simply aren't the innocent victims of Cupid's drive-by" Wow!

  • @JosephERICFisk
    @JosephERICFisk 25 днів тому +39

    ROMANCE is best left for the Chick-Lit novels. Romance will only earn you a Trespass Warning, CEASE & DESIST letter from a law firm, and possible lawsuit which you will have to pay the attorney's fees. ❤

  • @user-qp1ys5de9t
    @user-qp1ys5de9t 22 дні тому +1

    I applaud you for summarizing such a deep topic so succinctly

  • @dog_lover1888
    @dog_lover1888 25 днів тому +7

    Is this referring to dysfunctional romantic relationships, or healthy ones too? This does not seem to fit my own experience. Unless I’m missing something major and/or in major denial.
    The man I’m in love with is also in love with me, there are no great barriers between us, he wants what I’m happy to give and vice versa, and we found each other and fell in love when we were both in great places in our lives (good friends, family, meaningful work, health, travel, etc.)
    Being together is always better than being apart, but I don’t feel broken or less of a whole person when we aren’t. I know we’ll be together again soon, and the parts of myself I give and share with my love I know are still within me too. Like more of a copy & paste than cut maybe.
    Also, I think there’s plenty of seeking and adventure in what more we can unlock and give to ourselves and each other as life goes on. Just my 2 cents.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 24 дні тому +6

      You are the living proof of what Romanticism can achieve when it does not face social obstacles. You got lucky, this is wonderful.
      The detractors of Romanticism are "sour grape" types who must rationalize and justify why most people's relationships are varying degrees of sucky and why this is OK bc it's not like "grass is greener." Sure it is.
      In a romantic couple's yard, grass absolutely is greener.

    • @dog_lover1888
      @dog_lover1888 24 дні тому +4

      @@roses6564 I think you’re right, and grass is green where you water it. Thank you so much for the kind reply ❤️

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 24 дні тому +5

      @@dog_lover1888 I rejoice when I hear about couples who are in love. It's the best bet in relationships. This is Romanticism - what everyone should aspire to. Pride and Prejudice type stuff.
      Now, onto your conclusion. It is not exactly what I meant. When it comes to relationships, the "grass-is-greener" argument is ridiculous.
      No one - EVER! - who is in love with their person would even consider discussing grass. They have no eyes or time for that since they are too much into their person. Who cares about other people's grass? Only those in unsatisfying relationships start talking grass.
      Here's a not-so-dirty little secret: your grass is greener because you installed high-quality grass to begin with. Always examine the tropes. The herd parrots them.
      Your consistent watering is a natural consequence of having found beautiful grass to begin with.
      You started out being in love, you both got it right. You begin with quality grass, then the incentive to water it and maintain your lovely lawn is naturally there.
      Start out with bad grass, in the wrong location, and you can water it all you want, it won't take root, it will dry, etc.
      Then you have to keep lying to yourself that it just takes even more water. Then you get root rot. Or in the end, you tell yourself that brown grass is normal (marriage takes "hard work") or that the neighbor's green grass is just an illusion. Eventually you just give up watering and let it go to weeds.
      This is how humans delude themselves.
      Best of wishes to you and your love.

    • @dog_lover1888
      @dog_lover1888 24 дні тому +2

      @@roses6564 That’s very true! Started with amazing grass haha. Good points. Thanks :)

    • @yzma6142
      @yzma6142 21 день тому

      When you say you’ll be together again soon, do you mean he has passed? Or there’s distance between you?

  • @nelsonduenas6214
    @nelsonduenas6214 25 днів тому +1

    Another message that nailed it! Thank you Orion!

  • @erendiraperez9455
    @erendiraperez9455 24 дні тому +1

    Im glad I found you. I’m tired of coaches telling you the opposite. I was very confused and doubting myself if was doing the right thing. My intuition said you’re right, but everything that I was watching a social media was making me crazy. Thank you!

  • @mouadjbel5973
    @mouadjbel5973 24 дні тому +1

    You still amaze me with each video, thank you doc.

  • @aaaaaaaapins1578
    @aaaaaaaapins1578 23 дні тому +1

    This is nervewreakingly insightful

  • @user-of2xc9ls8q
    @user-of2xc9ls8q 23 дні тому +2

    you should expand a lot on these: on how the disavowel happens, what means to be in bad faith with oneself regarding one's own character, how to prevent this internal scism, it would be very interesting and it would allow you to go back to "romantic advice" videos, which made this channel's fortune some months ago, don't you think?
    (I have to add that I really like when you talk about growth and personal enlightenment, but I also recognise that "romance" sells better)

  • @brianmaclaury9876
    @brianmaclaury9876 25 днів тому +3

    This is profound, and I'm finally going to sign up to your GRE course. Thank you for helping me

  • @mmmddd4366
    @mmmddd4366 24 дні тому +3

    To abstract for me to comprehend.
    Or I don't comprehend romance in general

  • @TheScratcherCartel
    @TheScratcherCartel 25 днів тому +1

    The message took me a little while, because, its a completely new approach to thinking from my perspective, but once I understood (well, I think I understand) what you are saying here, this is exceptional life advice!
    This is a must convey message to younger adults.
    It would dispel so much despair in many people if this principal was absorbed.
    Look at the big ole brain on you Doc!

    • @Yeah0bviously
      @Yeah0bviously 25 днів тому +2

      Then what is your understanding of the message here? From my perspective, it is a well put together analogy but it remains so much abstract, I do not find practical utilit to it...

  • @VictorCruzMX
    @VictorCruzMX 17 днів тому

    Thank you so much for your content, Orion. It's been so inspiring and soothing to hear and reflect on these concepts that have helped me heal through my own process of instrospection after a painful breakup.
    There is a poem by Mexican poet Joaquin Sabines called "Los Amorosos" or "The Lovers" that I believe is one of the most compelling expressions of, precisely, "romance being a game of hide and seek", and the never ending process of fulfilling what is already inside of us.
    What you said in this video reminded me of a passage in a book called "The Three Pillars of Zen" when a man is allowed to ask a Zen Master to write some maxims of high wisdom, to what the Master brushes the word: "Attention". The man gets outraged and says: "That's it? Will you not add something more!". The Master writes: "Attention, attention".
    Once again, Orion, much obliged!

  • @angellinahmogensen915
    @angellinahmogensen915 16 днів тому +1

    My God, this is brilliant! 🤩 Mind-blowing insights 😲 My favorite video of yours so far 🙏

  • @jonkho
    @jonkho 25 днів тому +6

    Thanks!

  • @MM-pb8ik
    @MM-pb8ik 23 дні тому

    I wish I listened to this a long time ago. I’ve wasted so much time and effort in so many ways. I’m going to listen to this daily until I’m really absorbing it and acting on it. Thank you.

  • @lander.96
    @lander.96 25 днів тому +2

    Really good. Very on point. You only notice these things after a lot of experience out there. Thanks for sharing.

  • @mariolamalasinski1819
    @mariolamalasinski1819 22 дні тому +1

    What a great way to connect these ideas! A slightly new way of seeing - what a thrill ☺. Love this. Makes sense.

  • @Ponytown00
    @Ponytown00 25 днів тому

    Beautiful message today Doc, and right on time for my, and I'm sure many others' relational struggles. We are already whole

  • @longliveknowledge9588
    @longliveknowledge9588 25 днів тому +10

    This guy is a genius! Keep the content coming!

  • @jonnyaesthetic
    @jonnyaesthetic 17 днів тому +1

    This is highly accurate. After endless hook-ups and sex based relationships I just stopped. After breaking up with my last girlfriend I decided to face every single one of my demons. 8 months of inner hell and outer turmoil I'm free. That NEED to have sex is gone lol. The NEED receive female validation? Gone.. I'm enjoying my own company, living purposefully, and returning to my favourite hobbies. The only real love one can experience is from within yourself.

  • @rayrwyr
    @rayrwyr 25 днів тому +1

    Falling in love has "falling" involved. Such fallen souls are to be pitied and rescued.

  • @RTFLDGR
    @RTFLDGR 25 днів тому +17

    dude. I cannot @ all understand WTF you are talking about. but thanks anyway.

    • @TurnOntheBrightLights.
      @TurnOntheBrightLights. 25 днів тому +2

      Why not? He makes it very easy.

    • @Zepi827
      @Zepi827 19 днів тому

      This one was a tougher more complex one for sure but just replay parts

  • @PitbullofWallStreet
    @PitbullofWallStreet 25 днів тому +29

    Excellent analysis.
    Womin’s thirst for drama is a high one.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +2

      What men call "thirst for drama" women call "thirst for connection."
      Go marry a dude instead.

    • @mark9294
      @mark9294 25 днів тому

      @@roses6564that’s actually solid advice, but the option that is even more guaranteed drama-free is to just not marry at all

    • @esyphillis101
      @esyphillis101 25 днів тому

      @@roses6564then why do so many women only want what they can’t have? What does that say about their need to _connect_ ?

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому +1

      @@mark9294 This is also true. Don't marry at all, yes. Just keep the fulfilling relationship that works and proves itself each and every day without the socially manipulative controls of marriage. If you get a chance for such a thing, that is.
      If not, alone is drama-free, unless you develop internal drama with yourself, from all the loneliness. It's not simple.
      Romanticism all the way, if that's a possibility. The ultimate luxury in life. Don't listen to Orion on this one. He's wrong here.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 24 дні тому

      @@esyphillis101 It's not that women "want what they can't have."
      It's that most women settled for someone they shouldn't have had (questionable match) but they did anyway bc they experience bio-social pressures and tight deadlines.
      Women are also more selective than men and care more about the substance of the relationship than men; so as long as monogamy is the norm, there will be many women who marry without being in love,aka settling. Yet women WANT a man they are in love with. It's the only way for them to look up to a man and admire him. Otherwise, the whole thing turns to nagging and subtle disrespect.

  • @JacobTJ1
    @JacobTJ1 25 днів тому +3

    You are enough for yourself ❤

  • @suzanne5651
    @suzanne5651 25 днів тому +2

    Romantics just like the IDEA of a relationship - rose-tinted specs and all that ... (I do like the insights!)

  • @ErikLeed
    @ErikLeed 25 днів тому +3

    Much appreciated content! Love yourself first!!

  • @zoeglover8323
    @zoeglover8323 24 дні тому

    Great information. Thankyou 💛 life can be better with a loving companion to share experiences with but this is a rare outcome of romance, and your explanation of why is so interesting. I'm going to listen again!

  • @Mattice.Venken
    @Mattice.Venken 24 дні тому

    Hello Orion, been enjoying your content for over a year. Your comments at 5:28 about difficulties with "falling in love" when being satisfied with your current trajectory resonated with me. Would love it if you did a video on how people should approach this! Kind regards

  • @musiceffects7566
    @musiceffects7566 25 днів тому

    Brilliant. Another great video. Keep up the great work. 👍

  • @maritamaltezaki8588
    @maritamaltezaki8588 24 дні тому +1

    I enjoy so much listening to your videos! You have made me realise so many things about human psychology and behaviour!❤

  • @atastefortheroad4475
    @atastefortheroad4475 25 днів тому +1

    Life works from the inside out and everyone is whole and complete. Rupert Spira has an excellent book on the topic - "You Are the Happiness you Seek".

  • @MB-ec1pw
    @MB-ec1pw 24 дні тому +7

    Ok i watched twice and still don't get it.
    Someone to explain?

    • @joemarz2264
      @joemarz2264 9 днів тому

      I think the good doctor failed to do a clear explanation on this one. He is using too much metaphor.

  • @jaimelabac
    @jaimelabac 6 днів тому

    This fits my experience. I project these disavowed parts of myself onto another and fall in love with the other. Funny how projection works both for positive and negative traits (but in both cases, traits we can't accept for some reason). Thanks for your video.

  • @GENERALMGR
    @GENERALMGR 24 дні тому +1

    Romantic at heart = the embodiment of self-contained mythic love that can never break the barrier of fantasy.

  • @likearollingstone007
    @likearollingstone007 25 днів тому +10

    Hence Co-dependency

  • @cloutiec
    @cloutiec 25 днів тому

    Such a wonderful but challenging teaching.

  • @kundalinikid1844
    @kundalinikid1844 24 дні тому +1

    This has inspired me, thank you 🙏

  • @perpetualogan-eb8jo
    @perpetualogan-eb8jo 25 днів тому

    Your channel is getting better and better.....congratulations 🎉

  • @Walk.-
    @Walk.- 24 дні тому

    So true and this is something i truly struggling with being a hopeless romantic. Going from one relationship to the next looking for this perfect love.

  • @btwthblood
    @btwthblood 25 днів тому +1

    Can't wait to read your book!

  • @vicentealencar9132
    @vicentealencar9132 21 день тому

    This fits my experience. Thank you for this explanation!

  • @ALForb
    @ALForb 25 днів тому +3

    Well put!

  • @henrysteadman963
    @henrysteadman963 19 днів тому

    Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it, what is wrong is to seek it outside of yourself when it is inside - Romana Marharishi 🙌

  • @fps_spicy
    @fps_spicy 25 днів тому +6

    @psychacks is it okay if you gave an example
    maybe in the comments, beacuase alot of poeple including me are a little bit confused
    :)

  • @btwthblood
    @btwthblood 25 днів тому +3

    YES!!!! This almost tied my brain in knots! My husband of 38 years passed unexpectedly last year. I have been seeking.....I want to be coupled. This is very complicated at 60. I've met someone whom I enjoy very much. We will see......

    • @cheekymonkeygirl3378
      @cheekymonkeygirl3378 23 дні тому

      You are way past your prime! 🥱🥱

    • @VolleKwark
      @VolleKwark 21 день тому +1

      @@cheekymonkeygirl3378She has wisdom which attracts the good men. Hence why she had one who unfortanetely passed away. Based on your comment you’ll probably be tossed around up until late after your ‘prime’.

  • @cutedogs6684
    @cutedogs6684 24 дні тому +2

    So George Clooney didn’t “fall in love” like he says he did? Or was his life not satisfied….

  • @druidactual
    @druidactual 25 днів тому +4

    Great video. I don't fully resonate with your idea of love & falling in love, however. Something in this feels off

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 24 дні тому +2

      It's a bad video, typical superficial, whimsical disparagement of Romanticism, which is the basis of any lifelong fulfilling relationship (body-mind-soul connection).
      If practicality in relationships was the answer, this world would be full of lifelong happy marriages. FACT: it isn't. 50% divorce rate, 20-30% estimated intact but expired marriages. So whatever happened to "love is a choice?" Did all these people not...make a choice?
      Sure they did. Except love is not a choice.

  • @thepointlesswords290
    @thepointlesswords290 25 днів тому +13

    What you said was true. Feeling of emptiness is the main reason for these hide and seek pleasure seeking behaviors in people. What i need to add is if you want romance even if you are whole is to creat polarity. Ie, if you are a man be a provider and protector for her and if you are a women be submissive and obedient to him. Sticking with these rules can creat polarity in a relationship which ultimately leading to feeling of otherness in your partner therefore attraction.

    • @szymonbaranowski8184
      @szymonbaranowski8184 25 днів тому +1

      no, supportive and respectful, not slavish

    • @thepointlesswords290
      @thepointlesswords290 25 днів тому +5

      ​​​@@szymonbaranowski8184I donot meant slavish. Having standards but still being obedient to the husband is a very ideal situation in a marriage relationship. Because men and women are not equal. If you are trying to creat equality between men and women then there will not be any polarity creating attraction between the partners.

    • @roses6564
      @roses6564 25 днів тому

      A woman cannot be obedient to a man unless she sincerely looks up to him, which is different from making herself look up to him to fit a trad pattern. The lack of authenticity will catch up with her. He must be above her in caliber and she must be able to recognize that. This is why women are naturally hypergamous. They want to look up to him, instead of faking it to make him feel like a man. Only this can create the polarity you speak of.
      A woman can't be submissive to a man she doesn't sincerely admire, looks up to and respects.
      Neither can she respect a man just bc he's a man or bc he contributes to society in some way.
      A garbage collector does a highly useful thing for the community but that doesn't mean ANY woman could be in a relationship with him and respect him for that and just for being a man.
      Good matching is key. A man should never EVER EVER marry a woman he suspects might be above him in caliber, intelligence, genetic provenance, etc. It will backfire, sooner or later.
      The two also require compatibility of nature above and beyond sex role complementarity. They must be best friends, with him of sightly higher caliber than her, but not by a lot.
      Only this can create the polarity you speak of.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 25 днів тому +3

      @@szymonbaranowski8184 a slave does not have covenant rights to exclusivity, fidelity, and love. It is mixing categories, even if the work both a slave and woman did were the same

    • @ForrestMystic
      @ForrestMystic 10 днів тому

      ​​@@thepointlesswords290 husband, not boyfriend. It's difficult to be obedient and submissive while dating. How do you show that you are feminine while having standards? Ie, not rolling over as soon as he wants to sleep with you on date 1, when you don't know him or if he's a good guy? Men don't wait. Orion talks about this. Y'all have funny ideas and conflicts. About what's normal. Trying to figure out what's true is difficult.

  • @edlouchard565
    @edlouchard565 25 днів тому +5

    Ok so what I'm hearing, I think, is the game as it played before there is significant healing done by either the romantic or the partner they seek. Only at the end does our good Doctor suggest healing that will significantly alter this dynamic. I would like to hear more about the game as it might be played AFTER the healing is done.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 25 днів тому +2

      Yes it seemed like he was advising how-to at the beginning and that's what led to confusion

    • @DOKITT
      @DOKITT 25 днів тому

      As far my understanding goes, the game ceases once enough trauma has been worked through, David tian has a great podcast on the topic

  • @williepatino2832
    @williepatino2832 25 днів тому +7

    Tate was right, women love mystery. So keep parts of you mysterious so they have someting to seek for

    • @szymonbaranowski8184
      @szymonbaranowski8184 25 днів тому +5

      it's not enough, what you bring out needs to be also attractive and interesting

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 25 днів тому +2

      "Lack of Communication is Key" by Doug Wilson is better than what tate toldv you, examine it for comparison

    • @williepatino2832
      @williepatino2832 25 днів тому +4

      @cosmictreason2242 I'm sure there is much better ways to articulate the message, but tate is good at summarizing and simplifying things I will say. Will check that out

    • @AUSTIN-ss2zd
      @AUSTIN-ss2zd 25 днів тому

      ​@@williepatino2832Yes Tate was programmed at Tavistock.

    • @Xenozillex
      @Xenozillex 24 дні тому

      That's not really the main point of Orion in this video but yes.

  • @user-px5bs6qi5s
    @user-px5bs6qi5s 18 днів тому

    How does he lay it out so well....so satisfying....thanks Dr

  • @angaroruso
    @angaroruso 25 днів тому +3

    Minute 5:05 perfect soundtrack for a plot twist XD love it!

  • @DSILVAjeiy
    @DSILVAjeiy 11 днів тому +1

    Love and date yourSELF first ❣️🤔

  • @jorgemtorres7132
    @jorgemtorres7132 23 дні тому

    You always blow my mind
    Thank you!

  • @TheSmurf1973
    @TheSmurf1973 24 дні тому

    This is great stuff!!

  • @GoOutside321
    @GoOutside321 25 днів тому

    I absolutely agree, you have hit the target 🎯