Einzelgänger I just want to say thank you for this amazing content. It is something (call it wisdom?) the world really needs. Your delivery is so awesome. The story, the nice voice, the music, the sources, the examples and the translation from rather cryptic old knowlegde to current times. Please dont stop 😁
No, it really isn't. The striving is to try and keep up with the ever increasing cost of living. The battle is with the limit of time to get be and do all the things you need to and want to, until one day your time runs out. 🙏
Things I let go: -Reading newspapers -Watching the news -Watching the news on youtube -Political conversations -Social media -Alcohol -Dating Really a deliberation. I would recommend this to anyone.
Done the same during the COVID crisis. Never went back to old habits since. Never felt lighter and free. It's like stepping out of the matrix. Reading more books, focusing more on the inner life, taking long walks. I got my life back.
So you don't have a job or run a business? Unless you're a monk living in a monastery, you are in a competition called capitalism and the meritocratic society of competition and achievement. Good luck thinking you're above it and don't need to compete.
I agree with this but what happens when I am doing an efficient job, raptured by the process and blissfull while a fellow employee won't shut up, keeps trying to get my lips moving after we have exchanged plenty of anecdotes. I guess I must find peace in being percieved as an asshole ...
@@danielboard9510 I was thinking for myself. The problem for her was that I wasn't formulating thoughts into words at a suitable pace and her insecurity about the blissful silence became my fault.
I always liked the quote from the film, Heat. Neil Macaulay "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Detachment. It's so very important. Even my phone is only £30, cheap but does what I need, it's a tool and not my life. It doesn't make me upset if it breaks or lost. Sometimes people mock it as it's not the latest phone model, but it does exactly the same as theirs does... That is fine, their views are their own. Take care. ✌️🧘
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.porassss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
One of the people I have appreciated most in my life has left my city, and I don't think I will see him again. I was extremely sad and it anguishes me to think about whether or not I could try to connect with him being so far away, but now watching this video I understand that I should not worry about things that I cannot control
That's beautiful Thank you ! I once took some Lsd and spent the day exploring Warrington Beach in the south Island of New Zealand. I remember so clearly finding the most beautiful rock pools on this beach and possibly the whole world. These rock pools were filled with the most beautiful clear water, amazing reflective sea shells and incredibly multi colored rocks and pebbles. It was in this moment I was taught and or learned or realized that "the kingdom of heaven is within". I also remembered putting both my hand into this rock pool amongst the multi colored sea shells and thinking I want to make this into a meme image that I was indeed the richest man on earth and that all the worlds abundance and riches would never compare to this moment. Sometimes I get a similar experience like recently when I was working on an orchard in the morning during the middle of winter during a hard frost. But as the sun was rising and the ice started to melt that the fruit trees were also covered in Diamonds and that the ground under the fruit trees was also covered in multi colored diamonds. The sun turned the melting ice crystals into dewdrops and within these dew drops when the morning light shined through these dew drops I could see all the colors of the rainbow within these dew drops ( Indra's net of jewels )That morning was no LSD but I do remember having a little cannabis with breakfast as that helped with some aches and pains and did help with motivation to go and work. Always remember the kingdom of heaven is within. No amount of material gain will ever compare to it. The kingdom of heaven is not something you can obtain but rather something you wake up to. Thanks brother love your work keep going ! Your work will inspire the future. The greatest currency on planet earth , is the affect you have on others !
It's probably your inner parent or school teacher, try to catch those thoughts and analyse, and from there you decide what you really want to do about those thoughts. Try to hear YOUR real feelings, and try as much as you can to listen to what you personally want at that moment when you feel internal pressure
Are you irked when people are late to their appointments, but when there is no actual reason to rush or really be considered late other than one truly caring for it so hardcore as to ruin their interpersonal relationships with the said late-causing persons.
Once we are able to except that we don't own anything in this world and that everything is on credit, automatically we become less interested or bothered about, pursuing endless goals, or successes and failures in our lives, we need to remember that the more we gain, the more we have to lose in the long run, everything has to balance itself out, because we can't tread water forever.
Your videos provide such a peaceful experience that they put me at ease in the midst of chaos. I always binge-listen to them like a podcast, while walking or doing some other tasks. They are like a therapy.
I’m a PhD scholar and the way you describe it feels like you’re talking to me directly. Your videos are life savers. Never stop making them. I will support you on Patreon when I can. Sending you love! 🩷
I now have 3 days off midweek, I took a big paycut, but also ditched responsibility. It's great, I walk to work instead of driving, I have time to cook from scratch, and do a spot of baking. And on my 3 days off work, I enjoy extra walks, reading, and the odd nap too. 😊
Just today I wrote the most difficult exam in the country. I prepared ok ok in my previous attempt but was unprepared for today. I am sure that I couldn't make it but I cracked the exam. I saw a noticeable difference and that is in my previous attempts I was very anxious about the exam even though I prepared, but today, I just didn't cared but all the knowledge that I acquired a year ago saved me.
My favorite teachings of all time. I've come back to the Tao de Ching so many times and every time I find wisdom that is either new or has been forgotten. It has such a way of reminding me not to get caught up in my own story and beliefs too deeply. Even the opening lines remind me that whatever story or path I think my life is going down, it just isn't sufficiently described with words or thoughts. Nothing can be more useful when you are having a hard time. Just remember, your story isn't your story. It never can be. With that, you can let go and just go with the flow. With that, you can be one with the Tao
Today is chaos and carnage mentally physically and emotionally exhausting but you only have to have a slight understanding of how comical and ridiculous it all is to be absolutely fine and thrive. Great listening.
Most people have to grind for just the bare necessities, and even then you don't make it... All this philosophy videos about modern life talk like all are working and having disposable income that the waste superfluously, looking for status, when the reality is most people are just trying to make ends meet.
Depends on the person, some struggle to make ends meet, while being wasteful and seeking a lot of stuff. Things like clothes, shelter (unless you become Diogenes) and having fun are necessities. Some people misunderstand these necessities, instead of the bare minimum they may seek really nice clothes, a really nice house and instead of making good friends or simple reading or playing, they may seek "higher pleasure" which would wear out its welcome. Obviously doesn't apply to everybody
@@Breakaway-ic5gj Bro, most people live in China, or India, or Africa, they are not worried about nice anything. When you live in Europe or US, Australia, you have a very narrow view of what is reality like to most people worldwide.
@@Breakaway-ic5gj What is wrong with nice clothes and a nice house? What is wrong with desires and ambition beyond what the rich fucks allow you to have as "means"? What is wrong with thinking you deserve more and better? Seriously, what is so wrong with it?
@@digitalsublime Yeah I think they are more worried about the next meal, or not falling off overpopulated trains, or not dying in a tribal war. Internet was made by westerners mostly for westerners. we all see what china and india and africa do to freedoms of speech and persons as a general rule. India, forget it, starts out with caste system and somehow calls itself a democracy. GTFO. China, utter and total dictatoriship. Africa, run by mostly highly unqualified persons and corruption, often ran by paralmilitary people. No, we have a sane view of the world the way human monkey brains work. Way saner than the eastern views or other views in most ways, at least at the surface level of society, there is more than materialism, a lot more than YOU ASSUME. Remember, we shared the internet, for free. Could have made it an AT&T thing.
@@digitalsublime Bruh I live in India, I'm speaking from experience. Although India has a lot of diversity, so I'm only talking about what I've seen Edit: I wrote a reply for user qc 7 but UA-cam deleted it for some reason. But basically, the rich are in fact the ones that have drilled those novelties as necessities in to our heads, so that we'll line their pockets or die trying. A nice house or cloth does the same thing as a normal house or cloth, there isn't really a benefit it's just kind of a waste of energy. Furthermore, if you accustom yourself to these things, when they're not there or you can't get them which will inevitably happen because of the nature of life, you'll feel bad, or forever dissatisfied because you're seeking "better" things, which aren't better anyway, just hyped up. In order to live a happy life, you need to eliminate pain or worries from your life, which can include toxic people, your broken washing machine, and even desires which cause you to seek things outside of your control (so basically everything outside of your actions), or anger, lack of compassion etc. You do deserve better, you deserve to be around good people, and you should seek to better yourself, or your skills if you're an artist or something. This will make you happy in the long run.
mis ultimos meses se pasaron rapidisimo, por considerarme ocupado o incluso en esa sensacion pensar que no estaba lo suficientemente ocupado de mis asuntos, nesecitaba recordar esta sabiduria, gracias.
I sought balance my whole life and it was always a struggle. I may only have a few more precious years to attain it. Biology, culture, and society are strong headwinds.
I bet a lot of us found this way of life through being broken. I found striving for peace to not be the fix, but the only useful way of living with it and carrying on. Some days that’s more than enough, some days it’s frustrating how little help it seems to be. But we just try again in the next moment. And the next. Also just thinking, for most human history there weren’t that many “famous” people; maybe some tribe leaders or dukes and perhaps some writers and religious figures, but most everybody was nobody in the same way, and most people had about the same amount of liquid assets at any time. There wasn’t much to buy for most of that time, so people only worked enough to survive. Now…what I’m saying is we’re out of our element Donnie
As a fellow content creator and artist I can’t even believe how precisely what you’re dealing with mirrors what i’m dealing with. Thanks for making this video, going to try and work my way out of the rut starting tonight (finally answer emails, finish up a video i’ve had in the works for months, and send out the necessary apologies for going MIA on all my friends)
This is a great channel you’ve got here, and it’s one that everyone should see. It’s like treatment for the everyday stresses of the world. I’m currently reading Stoicism for Inner Peace and I’ve just purchased The Urge: Fall of a Stoic, not only because I’m looking forward to the content, but also to show support. In a world filled with division, stress, pettiness, hatred, and ignorance, it’s refreshing to see someone teaching a way to find the calm in the storm.
i work in a commission job & i am doing quite well without taking my work home with me. i don't have to kill myself to be successful, i simply serve my clients & produce good work. i may not be #1, but i'm still in the top. i believe working with the tao encourages my successes. thank you for your philosophical reminders.
I appreciate the video. It speaks eloquently about how to view our current world. I used to know a high achiever who pushed himself and his family endlessly. I used to say to him "no one is happier than one who says to themself I have enough." His reaction was an eye opener.
"Having PhD is not enough, we also want a six-pack, perfect marriage, running marathons, ..." - as someone with PhD who wants all these things, that hit hard.
Don't try to run the full marathon, half marathon is more in touch with humanity. Fulls destroy your body, no one should be doing that type of distance regularly I like my knees just the way they are 😅 13.1 gang
@@Nothingreallyexists thanks for the warning! I meant running marathons in a metaphorical sense, I am more of a biking person myself :) But I did do half-marathon once and my knees didn't like me, so I am not doing that anymore :)
@@Nothingreallyexists eh as someone whose done both I disagree. The distance has little to do with the body and more to do with the mind. Unless you get hurt of course.
I 've read some of your books and watched many of your videos on UA-cam. Most of them helped me to improve my life, strengthen my inner faculty and overcome some of my issues, as well dealing better with feelings such as anger, anxiety and fear. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
Were are my soulmates. I know you are out there...somewere. I feel so lonely sometimes in this soulless world...😊 I feel so much attracted to this ancient wisdom.
Remember the modern wisdom: Nobody and nothing and no tradition is as perfect as YOU FEEL it is. Fuck your feelings mostly in fact (everyone's actually, most ain't even valid).
*If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation*
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I think Elon Musk and Trump disagree. I think a lot of billionaires and millionaires disagree. They actually do both. They control what they can, until they can control everything. Two things can both be true. -Also a wise person.
@@user-qc7td8ol9wAnd they will find out eventually that controlling everything was not the thing they wanted. Because it will become a complete and utter bore.
reductionist and self destructive in so many ways in 2024. Not everything these ancient people say works, some just expires, some never works and sounds good only, others are practical. Being nobody, might as well opt to be a vagrant or a homeless person free from all in the streets.
Your videos and books have played a large role into shaping a new way of experiencing the world around me as well as the one inside. I had just ordered your latest and I can not wait to get my hands on it.
Fun fact, Lao Tzu was almost certainly not a real man. His name means “wise old man” and the Tao te Ching was probably compiled and edited by many people.
I think it is a very important video with a good point. I’m actually shocked about the senseless pursuit and competitiveness we have in our society right now. What I’m struggling most with is finding a society with likeminded people. It’s one thing to understand these things yourself but being confronted with a lot of egoistic/narcissistic persons is very challenging and depressing - especially if they think they are right, because “this is how things are”.
Believe me i read very similar teachings in a book, The complete works of Swami Vivekanand. I leave the details about him to the curious onces to find. He had been well respected person in India.
I also noticed a downside of people always being in a rush : they often choose the short-term solution over the one more beneficial on the long term, dooming themselves to always having to find a new short term solution as the first one inevitably fails beyond its short term viability. They put themselves on a hamster wheel, never truly reaching their goal and always being doomed to keep running to keep that goal within their grasp or, at least, what feels close to their grasp.
News flash: They are not humans. Per se. They are monkeys per se, using their limbic brain parts on full brain heuristics. Those are not conscious logical rational decisions or thoughts.
Thanks for making this channel, this kind of content. Whenever I feel trapped inside my little world. I find this channel helpful, it reminds me my true self and help to live , love and Laugh. 😇
We have not stopped using monkey brain, that is why. And if we keep waiting, it will take a few million more years. Our next evolutionary move is on our own...
Contentment is good. But there is always this human desire to be more, be better, do more, do better, have more, have better. One can easily slip into Laziness otherwise. I read 1 beautiful quote which solves the paradox: "Be happy with what you have while working towards what you want" & Stop comparing yourself to others
Like others said, thank you for posting at the right moment the right content❤ I started feeling guilty of spending evening just relaxing after yet another week of running and doing and impoving...Thank you for putting me back to the right mindset😊
I read Lao Zu in high school and enjoyed it. However, now that I'm in my 30s with a career, a wife, kids, and debt, I now see his work as imperatively transformative. Thank you for reminding me 🙏
Wait, I thought a wife, a career, kids, and debt would make one's more whole and happy? Even told those are themselves highly transformative experiences. So then you need one more layer on top??? Gosh this reminds me of my dad escapism into books and poetry and philosophy. He was an absent father bank CEO who even wrote and translated self help books and never once applied them to himself. Just sang praises.
@@user-qc7td8ol9w While they are all blessings and I enjoy them each in my life (minus the debt, lol), each of them also bring more responsibility. Sometimes, rarely, that responsibility all at once can become overbearing and I feel out of touch with the natural flow of nature. You cannot have pleasure without pain or pain without pleasure. That's what aspect of Lao Zu's teachings that I've learned over the years, which was also discussed in this video.
@@user-qc7td8ol9w I mean spirituality is a thing, not something you get by having kids and a wife. Your father's way was his own, not for others to understand or know.
When it says "rejoice in the way things are," I am still struggling with why I should follow this. I think i understand the intention, because this leads to gratitude and an appreciation of things just as they are, and can dissolve all the feelings of frustration with the world not being what we want. But i also then turn my head and see what's happening with global conflicts, human isolation and loneliness, environmental degradation and understand that these things don't have to be this way. I see factory farms and cannot rejoice at what we're doing to animals with absolutely zero necessity. I see all the ways that humanity has strayed from the Tao and chosen a path of passion and suffering for ourselves and others. I can't help but want to make change. I know this leads to a less content or happy existence. I know this leads to a feeling of lack. But maybe "the whole world belonging to me," is a narcissistic goal. Maybe I don't need things to belong to me to feel at one with them. And then I feel some sense of obligation to make this a better place for others as well.
He said it 2000 years ago when the way things WERE were mostly the same for peasants and kings in actuality of life amenities. If he existed today, he would say some other shit. Also not a real person at all.
@@user-qc7td8ol9w yes, I'm familiar with the history. I've been into Taoism for decades. Why are you criticizing me for criticizing it at all, if you recognize that parts of it don't apply to today?
@devinkipp4344 I feel some of the things I do make a difference, but it's hard to ever know the effect. I used to sell huge nature photos on canvas, so I hope one of my largest impacts has been just bringing beauty into total strangers' lives every day
@@MattAngiono that's the kicker isn't it? We never know yet who we are ripple throughout time regardless. You don't have to agree with me, but I think you are a lot more important and impactful then you think you are. I like to think of the small actions by people that I still remember, they probably forgot about it. But I still remember because it changed something for me. Sometimes people aren't conscious of the influence of others and that's the beauty of it. We don't know how impactful we are and at times, neither does the people we influence.
I love Taoist philosophy and Lao Tzu. There is a story about him being asked to leave a gift of wisdom behind for humanity, before retreating to the mountains, tired of this world.
Well said and so true ! We all need to get off social media a lot more ,as most of it is just a storyboard of grandiosity! Great video and look forward to more like this one!😊
Thank you for all the great content! Especially from Lao Tze and Byung-Chul Han about achievements; Fight Club and Nietzsche , Stoicism. These ideas have brought humble and peaceful thoughts and considerations into my life and perhaps it’s time to take up the reading and time to these texts as you have. Thank you
ive ran across quite a few people who always feel the need to be "busy". Its irrelevant what they are working on or even its toward a goal of some sort. I find those people to be not only annoying but at times to be quite insufferable as well
I must tell that lots of these societal issues feel external to me, foreign. This made me realise how far I’ve made it in the directions that are prescribed in here. I’m content.
TV, gossip mags, social media are not the problem... Tuning in to them and willingly subjecting yourself to them is the problem. For the most part people watch brainmush.
Not knowing which thoughts and feelings are from prefrontal cortex vs. amygdala is the bane of mankind. So much of our lives seemingly is ran by the autopilot heuristics and biases of the limbic brain system, something every mammal actually has and does.
So basically the more things we strive to do or accomplish end up overwhelming and stressing us out more. We need to appreciate and focus on the things that really matter and be happy with our present state of being.
Yes, back then, we had no tech and no science to speed anything up or prevent anything natural. Nature moves at the speed of light too btw, so technically it cannot hurry any more actually. It is the fastest thing in the universe, that nature and how the world and objects in it work and move about.
"The shape of your eyebrow, the color of your hair, I can see that's why you are here. And yet everyone is rushing around trying to better themselves." -Alan Watts
"There's no sense in getting all worked up from idiots giving you a hard time. The universe tends to unfold as it should." A quote from the guy in jail on Harold and Kumar go to white castle.
Check out my novel: The Urge: Fall of a Stoic: einzelganger.co/urge
Is there other option where I can still buy the ebook version if I'm from Malaysia? I do not reside in the US. Thanks.
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Are you planning to bring any of your books to audiobook format or ebook?
Einzelgänger I just want to say thank you for this amazing content. It is something (call it wisdom?) the world really needs. Your delivery is so awesome. The story, the nice voice, the music, the sources, the examples and the translation from rather cryptic old knowlegde to current times. Please dont stop 😁
The most significant battle you fight is within your mind
“know yourself and you will win all battles”
- Sun Tzu.
This is the understatement of the day
Yeah, I know, but it is so fuckin hard... 😢
I wish I wasn’t such a tough opponent.😅
No, it really isn't. The striving is to try and keep up with the ever increasing cost of living. The battle is with the limit of time to get be and do all the things you need to and want to, until one day your time runs out. 🙏
"By letting go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when we try and try, the world is beyond winning." Lao Tzu
This makes zero sense.
*Do we take action, or not?*
@@sneakerbabefulTake action, but don't be so attached to a preconceived outcome or result.
@@DuncanL7979 That is not how the world works. Don't you care about anything?
@@DuncanL7979That doesn't make sense either.
I would like to do that but I don't want to end up homeless on the streets
Things I let go:
-Reading newspapers
-Watching the news
-Watching the news on youtube
-Political conversations
-Social media
-Alcohol
-Dating
Really a deliberation. I would recommend this to anyone.
Can i come to your house?
Send me the address!
Truth I am saving this
UA-cam is social media though.
Done the same during the COVID crisis. Never went back to old habits since. Never felt lighter and free. It's like stepping out of the matrix. Reading more books, focusing more on the inner life, taking long walks. I got my life back.
One of my fav lines from the Tao Teh Ching: "The sage does not compete with anyone; thus no one can compete with him."
Yeah, no. Nowadays, everyone competes with so many, for so much.
Great
Excellent quote
So you don't have a job or run a business? Unless you're a monk living in a monastery, you are in a competition called capitalism and the meritocratic society of competition and achievement. Good luck thinking you're above it and don't need to compete.
@@JGalegria capitalism is not the only economic system
“When you realize there’s nothing you were lacking, the whole world belongs to you“ ~ Lau Tsu. 👏👏👏👏
But it doesn't does it?
@@JGalegrianot literally, silly goose
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you
I just rewound and paused that quote in the video, to copy it down. I never do that 😅
Ever wonder if this is made by the elite to keep their ranks free from as much competition as possible? These. idioms. Quotes. personalities.
Cute but untrue. Give an example of how being content with what you have brings you the whole world?
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@@JGalegria intangible
He always post at the right timing. I salute your ability to understand our current misery, trouble and pain.
Same, funny thing is I was just thinking about this channel the whole day. Then voila, a new post.
@@IamNotForsaken Hahaa. Yesss. He is a true contemporary philosopher.
Confirmation bias is always something to be fought!
@@danielboard9510 who are you?
@@kobinsadvance He's Daniel Board 9510. A famous psychologist from the internet.
"Every dead body on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe calm down."
Anyone who has ever conquered it was driven by strong motivation. So, if you aim to achieve excellence, staying highly motivated is essential.
Oh my god this is on spot!
@@nvmffsthere are truths in both perspectives. It's knowing what card to play and when to play it. Self regulation and awareness practices are vital.
is the point of life to not die? maybe they died because they wanted to, had nothing else they wanted to do
Better to fail striving for greatness than to succeed at mediocrity
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
William James
I agree with this but what happens when I am doing an efficient job, raptured by the process and blissfull while a fellow employee won't shut up, keeps trying to get my lips moving after we have exchanged plenty of anecdotes. I guess I must find peace in being percieved as an asshole ...
the greatest weapon against anything is thinking for yourself,
@@danielboard9510 I was thinking for myself. The problem for her was that I wasn't formulating thoughts into words at a suitable pace and her insecurity about the blissful silence became my fault.
William James is underrated.
But how do you foster that?
I always liked the quote from the film, Heat.
Neil Macaulay "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."
Detachment. It's so very important.
Even my phone is only £30, cheap but does what I need, it's a tool and not my life.
It doesn't make me upset if it breaks or lost.
Sometimes people mock it as it's not the latest phone model, but it does exactly the same as theirs does... That is fine, their views are their own.
Take care.
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Love this!! Life becomes so peaceful when you get off the hamster wheel of chasing society’s rules, ideas and standards of success! 🙏❤️
Confirmation bias says not!
You chase society's rules in a hamster wheel? I think you mean to refer to tradition here, no?
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.porassss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac.
He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this
Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is dr.porassss
One of the people I have appreciated most in my life has left my city, and I don't think I will see him again.
I was extremely sad and it anguishes me to think about whether or not I could try to connect with him being so far away, but now watching this video I understand that I should not worry about things that I cannot control
"Do not demand that things happen as you wish but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well."
I've always been "crazy" to the majority of people in my way of living. But few adore how firm and peaceful it is and call me a "freebird".
🙏 'they' call me a free-spirit. And I embrace it.
They called me lazy. pls advice🤷
@@rushbeverytimetry writing the word please. You don't save much time or effort by writing pls
Confirmation bias says not!
They said I have BPD...
That's beautiful Thank you ! I once took some Lsd and spent the day exploring Warrington Beach in the south Island of New Zealand. I remember so clearly finding the most beautiful rock pools on this beach and possibly the whole world. These rock pools were filled with the most beautiful clear water, amazing reflective sea shells and incredibly multi colored rocks and pebbles. It was in this moment I was taught and or learned or realized that "the kingdom of heaven is within". I also remembered putting both my hand into this rock pool amongst the multi colored sea shells and thinking I want to make this into a meme image that I was indeed the richest man on earth and that all the worlds abundance and riches would never compare to this moment. Sometimes I get a similar experience like recently when I was working on an orchard in the morning during the middle of winter during a hard frost. But as the sun was rising and the ice started to melt that the fruit trees were also covered in Diamonds and that the ground under the fruit trees was also covered in multi colored diamonds. The sun turned the melting ice crystals into dewdrops and within these dew drops when the morning light shined through these dew drops I could see all the colors of the rainbow within these dew drops ( Indra's net of jewels )That morning was no LSD but I do remember having a little cannabis with breakfast as that helped with some aches and pains and did help with motivation to go and work. Always remember the kingdom of heaven is within. No amount of material gain will ever compare to it. The kingdom of heaven is not something you can obtain but rather something you wake up to. Thanks brother love your work keep going ! Your work will inspire the future. The greatest currency on planet earth , is the affect you have on others !
Kingdom of heaven was invented by a shepherd alone in a cave after days of loneliness in wilderness. Every. Single. Version.
"A contented man is never disappointed."
That's wisdom of the ages.
I have a hard time with relaxing. I feel like I always have to be doing something. It doesn't even have to be paid work, but I have to do something.
It's probably your inner parent or school teacher, try to catch those thoughts and analyse, and from there you decide what you really want to do about those thoughts. Try to hear YOUR real feelings, and try as much as you can to listen to what you personally want at that moment when you feel internal pressure
Are you irked when people are late to their appointments, but when there is no actual reason to rush or really be considered late other than one truly caring for it so hardcore as to ruin their interpersonal relationships with the said late-causing persons.
Not a bad thing.. especially when it comes to land work or building and fixing things. Depends on what your doing with your time.
Find relaxation in the work. Working brings me peace not stress.
Once we are able to except that we don't own anything in this world and that everything is on credit, automatically we become less interested or bothered about, pursuing endless goals, or successes and failures in our lives, we need to remember that the more we gain, the more we have to lose in the long run, everything has to balance itself out, because we can't tread water forever.
I love when there is stock footage of offices in soft light and not the usual fluorescent lit nightmare that it truly is.
All these philosophies Lao Tzu, Stoicism & much more are beautifully captured in 1 concise book : The Bhagavad Gita
Your videos provide such a peaceful experience that they put me at ease in the midst of chaos. I always binge-listen to them like a podcast, while walking or doing some other tasks. They are like a therapy.
I’m a PhD scholar and the way you describe it feels like you’re talking to me directly. Your videos are life savers. Never stop making them. I will support you on Patreon when I can. Sending you love! 🩷
I now have 3 days off midweek, I took a big paycut, but also ditched responsibility. It's great, I walk to work instead of driving, I have time to cook from scratch, and do a spot of baking. And on my 3 days off work, I enjoy extra walks, reading, and the odd nap too. 😊
Rabbi Hyman Schachtel (1954) proposed that "happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have"
Hmmmm I bet the state of Israel begs to differ on that.
Just today I wrote the most difficult exam in the country. I prepared ok ok in my previous attempt but was unprepared for today. I am sure that I couldn't make it but I cracked the exam. I saw a noticeable difference and that is in my previous attempts I was very anxious about the exam even though I prepared, but today, I just didn't cared but all the knowledge that I acquired a year ago saved me.
Awesome to see how far you’ve taken your channel since I started watching a few years ago. Congratulations and continued good fortune :)
Please start posting the episode on Spotify again! I loved listening to them while at work 💯❤
My favorite teachings of all time.
I've come back to the Tao de Ching so many times and every time I find wisdom that is either new or has been forgotten.
It has such a way of reminding me not to get caught up in my own story and beliefs too deeply.
Even the opening lines remind me that whatever story or path I think my life is going down, it just isn't sufficiently described with words or thoughts.
Nothing can be more useful when you are having a hard time.
Just remember, your story isn't your story.
It never can be.
With that, you can let go and just go with the flow.
With that, you can be one with the Tao
yeah, the flow around here is way Nazi now.
Dear Einzelgänger, thank you for showing us the Tao..
Today is chaos and carnage mentally physically and emotionally exhausting but you only have to have a slight understanding of how comical and ridiculous it all is to be absolutely fine and thrive.
Great listening.
Da-dah! Super Einzelgänger to the rescue with an emergency upload. Truly the 4th emergency service. Thank you. 🥳
What a profound and thought provoking video, thank you for sharing.
Most people have to grind for just the bare necessities, and even then you don't make it... All this philosophy videos about modern life talk like all are working and having disposable income that the waste superfluously, looking for status, when the reality is most people are just trying to make ends meet.
Depends on the person, some struggle to make ends meet, while being wasteful and seeking a lot of stuff. Things like clothes, shelter (unless you become Diogenes) and having fun are necessities. Some people misunderstand these necessities, instead of the bare minimum they may seek really nice clothes, a really nice house and instead of making good friends or simple reading or playing, they may seek "higher pleasure" which would wear out its welcome. Obviously doesn't apply to everybody
@@Breakaway-ic5gj Bro, most people live in China, or India, or Africa, they are not worried about nice anything.
When you live in Europe or US, Australia, you have a very narrow view of what is reality like to most people worldwide.
@@Breakaway-ic5gj What is wrong with nice clothes and a nice house? What is wrong with desires and ambition beyond what the rich fucks allow you to have as "means"? What is wrong with thinking you deserve more and better? Seriously, what is so wrong with it?
@@digitalsublime Yeah I think they are more worried about the next meal, or not falling off overpopulated trains, or not dying in a tribal war. Internet was made by westerners mostly for westerners. we all see what china and india and africa do to freedoms of speech and persons as a general rule. India, forget it, starts out with caste system and somehow calls itself a democracy. GTFO. China, utter and total dictatoriship. Africa, run by mostly highly unqualified persons and corruption, often ran by paralmilitary people.
No, we have a sane view of the world the way human monkey brains work. Way saner than the eastern views or other views in most ways, at least at the surface level of society, there is more than materialism, a lot more than YOU ASSUME. Remember, we shared the internet, for free. Could have made it an AT&T thing.
@@digitalsublime Bruh I live in India, I'm speaking from experience. Although India has a lot of diversity, so I'm only talking about what I've seen
Edit: I wrote a reply for user qc 7 but UA-cam deleted it for some reason. But basically, the rich are in fact the ones that have drilled those novelties as necessities in to our heads, so that we'll line their pockets or die trying. A nice house or cloth does the same thing as a normal house or cloth, there isn't really a benefit it's just kind of a waste of energy. Furthermore, if you accustom yourself to these things, when they're not there or you can't get them which will inevitably happen because of the nature of life, you'll feel bad, or forever dissatisfied because you're seeking "better" things, which aren't better anyway, just hyped up.
In order to live a happy life, you need to eliminate pain or worries from your life, which can include toxic people, your broken washing machine, and even desires which cause you to seek things outside of your control (so basically everything outside of your actions), or anger, lack of compassion etc.
You do deserve better, you deserve to be around good people, and you should seek to better yourself, or your skills if you're an artist or something. This will make you happy in the long run.
mis ultimos meses se pasaron rapidisimo, por considerarme ocupado o incluso en esa sensacion pensar que no estaba lo suficientemente ocupado de mis asuntos, nesecitaba recordar esta sabiduria, gracias.
I sought balance my whole life and it was always a struggle. I may only have a few more precious years to attain it. Biology, culture, and society are strong headwinds.
Mid life crisis a besh. I can attest.
I bet a lot of us found this way of life through being broken. I found striving for peace to not be the fix, but the only useful way of living with it and carrying on. Some days that’s more than enough, some days it’s frustrating how little help it seems to be. But we just try again in the next moment. And the next.
Also just thinking, for most human history there weren’t that many “famous” people; maybe some tribe leaders or dukes and perhaps some writers and religious figures, but most everybody was nobody in the same way, and most people had about the same amount of liquid assets at any time. There wasn’t much to buy for most of that time, so people only worked enough to survive. Now…what I’m saying is we’re out of our element Donnie
to let go and slow down in our lives is one of our greatest possible strengths that will bring us contentment and peace if we let it.
Try that in the corporate world, I dare you.
As a fellow content creator and artist I can’t even believe how precisely what you’re dealing with mirrors what i’m dealing with. Thanks for making this video, going to try and work my way out of the rut starting tonight (finally answer emails, finish up a video i’ve had in the works for months, and send out the necessary apologies for going MIA on all my friends)
This is a great channel you’ve got here, and it’s one that everyone should see. It’s like treatment for the everyday stresses of the world. I’m currently reading Stoicism for Inner Peace and I’ve just purchased The Urge: Fall of a Stoic, not only because I’m looking forward to the content, but also to show support. In a world filled with division, stress, pettiness, hatred, and ignorance, it’s refreshing to see someone teaching a way to find the calm in the storm.
i work in a commission job & i am doing quite well without taking my work home with me.
i don't have to kill myself to be successful, i simply serve my clients & produce good work. i may not be #1, but i'm still in the top. i believe working with the tao encourages my successes. thank you for your philosophical reminders.
Great timing
I appreciate the video. It speaks eloquently about how to view our current world. I used to know a high achiever who pushed himself and his family endlessly. I used to say to him "no one is happier than one who says to themself I have enough." His reaction was an eye opener.
"Having PhD is not enough, we also want a six-pack, perfect marriage, running marathons, ..." - as someone with PhD who wants all these things, that hit hard.
Don't try to run the full marathon, half marathon is more in touch with humanity. Fulls destroy your body, no one should be doing that type of distance regularly I like my knees just the way they are 😅 13.1 gang
@@Nothingreallyexists thanks for the warning! I meant running marathons in a metaphorical sense, I am more of a biking person myself :) But I did do half-marathon once and my knees didn't like me, so I am not doing that anymore :)
walk and sprint, for moving around and escaping danger. Marathon is also one of the modern hypocrisy that our body is not designed to do.
@@Nothingreallyexists eh as someone whose done both I disagree. The distance has little to do with the body and more to do with the mind. Unless you get hurt of course.
The images of morning mist in your videos are so beautiful!
I love your videos. They always seem to be exactly what I needed to hear.
Thank you, Einzelgänger!
Love your videos on Taoism
I 've read some of your books and watched many of your videos on UA-cam. Most of them helped me to improve my life, strengthen my inner faculty and overcome some of my issues, as well dealing better with feelings such as anger, anxiety and fear. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
This and 'school of life' are my favorite channels.
Were are my soulmates. I know you are out there...somewere. I feel so lonely sometimes in this soulless world...😊 I feel so much attracted to this ancient wisdom.
Remember the modern wisdom: Nobody and nothing and no tradition is as perfect as YOU FEEL it is. Fuck your feelings mostly in fact (everyone's actually, most ain't even valid).
*If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation*
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Brian Humphery Services was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I made so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Brian.
He is really a good investment advisor. Was privileged to attend some of his seminars.that's how I started my own crypto investment
Great as always! Thank you for being an oasis at this chaos that we call life
Very similar to the stoic philosophy. 😊
A man who wants to control everything, controls nothing. A man who wants to control what he can, controls everything.
-A wise man
I think Elon Musk and Trump disagree. I think a lot of billionaires and millionaires disagree. They actually do both. They control what they can, until they can control everything. Two things can both be true. -Also a wise person.
@@user-qc7td8ol9wAnd they will find out eventually that controlling everything was not the thing they wanted. Because it will become a complete and utter bore.
Just let go of the fishing pole when the big fish is biting.
Nobody is perfect. Therefore, it's perfect to be a nobody.
reductionist and self destructive in so many ways in 2024. Not everything these ancient people say works, some just expires, some never works and sounds good only, others are practical. Being nobody, might as well opt to be a vagrant or a homeless person free from all in the streets.
Your videos and books have played a large role into shaping a new way of experiencing the world around me as well as the one inside. I had just ordered your latest and I can not wait to get my hands on it.
Spot on. Thank you. Excellent video.
The music at 14:55 is soothing!
I agree! The one that begins at 05:47 is beautiful
Whats the Name of the Music?
To chill is to be? Or is it to be is to chill? Wow! That's so existential. I'd prefer a chill pill.
Eric Fromm wrote a book 'to have or to be'. It's worth tracking down 😊
@@angeladawn805 Thanks, I'll track it down.
your voice and videos make me feel immediately calm and relaxed, thanks!
Thank you for this video!
A blessing in disguise indeed!
Love your work man ❤
Fun fact, Lao Tzu was almost certainly not a real man. His name means “wise old man” and the Tao te Ching was probably compiled and edited by many people.
So?
I prefer 'the old boy' since it shows being wise is regaining the childlike innocence we all had at one time.
Like every other ancient someone.
@@marker113 You can also go to therapy and reconnect with your child self and your true self better and more scientifically.
I think it is a very important video with a good point. I’m actually shocked about the senseless pursuit and competitiveness we have in our society right now. What I’m struggling most with is finding a society with likeminded people. It’s one thing to understand these things yourself but being confronted with a lot of egoistic/narcissistic persons is very challenging and depressing - especially if they think they are right, because “this is how things are”.
Believe me i read very similar teachings in a book, The complete works of Swami Vivekanand. I leave the details about him to the curious onces to find. He had been well respected person in India.
I also noticed a downside of people always being in a rush : they often choose the short-term solution over the one more beneficial on the long term, dooming themselves to always having to find a new short term solution as the first one inevitably fails beyond its short term viability. They put themselves on a hamster wheel, never truly reaching their goal and always being doomed to keep running to keep that goal within their grasp or, at least, what feels close to their grasp.
News flash: They are not humans. Per se. They are monkeys per se, using their limbic brain parts on full brain heuristics. Those are not conscious logical rational decisions or thoughts.
Thanks for making this channel, this kind of content. Whenever I feel trapped inside my little world. I find this channel helpful, it reminds me my true self and help to live , love and Laugh. 😇
Nothing has changed in 2000 years. The Lao-Tsu society seemed to have been under stress also. Chasing the dollar and climb the societal ladder.
We have not stopped using monkey brain, that is why. And if we keep waiting, it will take a few million more years. Our next evolutionary move is on our own...
Lots of love from Nepal ❤❤
It's not about a Lambo, it's about being able to pay the bills. It's about surviving the stagflation. That's happiness.
Move to a cheaper place outside of the US. Cheap places outside of the US are even safer than the expensive places in the US
@@LukasTheSwissChocolate yeah but cheaper places become expensive places in time and what will you do for income?
Not sure if you meant limbo and stagnation? I think the challenges are inflation and the cost of living and gentrification.
Contentment is good.
But there is always this human desire to be more, be better, do more, do better, have more, have better.
One can easily slip into Laziness otherwise.
I read 1 beautiful quote which solves the paradox: "Be happy with what you have while working towards what you want"
& Stop comparing yourself to others
Like others said, thank you for posting at the right moment the right content❤ I started feeling guilty of spending evening just relaxing after yet another week of running and doing and impoving...Thank you for putting me back to the right mindset😊
I just need to be a better person for myself and my friends and family that's all that really matters to me
Let Go🌊
I read Lao Zu in high school and enjoyed it. However, now that I'm in my 30s with a career, a wife, kids, and debt, I now see his work as imperatively transformative. Thank you for reminding me 🙏
Wait, I thought a wife, a career, kids, and debt would make one's more whole and happy? Even told those are themselves highly transformative experiences. So then you need one more layer on top??? Gosh this reminds me of my dad escapism into books and poetry and philosophy. He was an absent father bank CEO who even wrote and translated self help books and never once applied them to himself. Just sang praises.
@@user-qc7td8ol9w While they are all blessings and I enjoy them each in my life (minus the debt, lol), each of them also bring more responsibility. Sometimes, rarely, that responsibility all at once can become overbearing and I feel out of touch with the natural flow of nature. You cannot have pleasure without pain or pain without pleasure. That's what aspect of Lao Zu's teachings that I've learned over the years, which was also discussed in this video.
@@user-qc7td8ol9w I mean spirituality is a thing, not something you get by having kids and a wife.
Your father's way was his own, not for others to understand or know.
Thank you for uploading again and especially on this topic of philosophy was kinda loosing myself again really needed this thank you so much!
“ a person is wealthy in direct relation to what they can do without. “
🙏Thanks!
Life becomes so peaceful when you get off the hamster wheel of chasing society’s rules, ideas and standards of success!
EXACTLY !!!
saw a great bumper sticker ------
SUCCESS IS
HAVING YOUR OWN
APPROVAL
Losing all hope is the antidote
When it says "rejoice in the way things are," I am still struggling with why I should follow this.
I think i understand the intention, because this leads to gratitude and an appreciation of things just as they are, and can dissolve all the feelings of frustration with the world not being what we want.
But i also then turn my head and see what's happening with global conflicts, human isolation and loneliness, environmental degradation and understand that these things don't have to be this way.
I see factory farms and cannot rejoice at what we're doing to animals with absolutely zero necessity.
I see all the ways that humanity has strayed from the Tao and chosen a path of passion and suffering for ourselves and others.
I can't help but want to make change.
I know this leads to a less content or happy existence.
I know this leads to a feeling of lack.
But maybe "the whole world belonging to me," is a narcissistic goal.
Maybe I don't need things to belong to me to feel at one with them.
And then I feel some sense of obligation to make this a better place for others as well.
He said it 2000 years ago when the way things WERE were mostly the same for peasants and kings in actuality of life amenities. If he existed today, he would say some other shit. Also not a real person at all.
@@user-qc7td8ol9w yes, I'm familiar with the history.
I've been into Taoism for decades.
Why are you criticizing me for criticizing it at all, if you recognize that parts of it don't apply to today?
Don't you feel you make a change though?
@devinkipp4344 I feel some of the things I do make a difference, but it's hard to ever know the effect.
I used to sell huge nature photos on canvas, so I hope one of my largest impacts has been just bringing beauty into total strangers' lives every day
@@MattAngiono that's the kicker isn't it? We never know yet who we are ripple throughout time regardless. You don't have to agree with me, but I think you are a lot more important and impactful then you think you are.
I like to think of the small actions by people that I still remember, they probably forgot about it. But I still remember because it changed something for me. Sometimes people aren't conscious of the influence of others and that's the beauty of it. We don't know how impactful we are and at times, neither does the people we influence.
I love Taoist philosophy and Lao Tzu.
There is a story about him being asked to leave a gift of wisdom behind for humanity, before retreating to the mountains, tired of this world.
Well said and so true ! We all need to get off social media a lot more ,as most of it is just a storyboard of grandiosity! Great video and look forward to more like this one!😊
Thank you for all the great content! Especially from Lao Tze and Byung-Chul Han about achievements; Fight Club and Nietzsche , Stoicism. These ideas have brought humble and peaceful thoughts and considerations into my life and perhaps it’s time to take up the reading and time to these texts as you have. Thank you
Contentment and peace are not always the best things. Struggling through life is when the real magic happens.
I don't believe the two are exclusive though.
I'd also point out that what "the best thing" is entirely subjective
ive ran across quite a few people who always feel the need to be "busy". Its irrelevant what they are working on or even its toward a goal of some sort. I find those people to be not only annoying but at times to be quite insufferable as well
I must tell that lots of these societal issues feel external to me, foreign. This made me realise how far I’ve made it in the directions that are prescribed in here.
I’m content.
I saved this video. I listen to it daily as a lesson I want to learn thoroughly. Thank you
TV, gossip mags, social media are not the problem... Tuning in to them and willingly subjecting yourself to them is the problem. For the most part people watch brainmush.
Not knowing which thoughts and feelings are from prefrontal cortex vs. amygdala is the bane of mankind. So much of our lives seemingly is ran by the autopilot heuristics and biases of the limbic brain system, something every mammal actually has and does.
A contented Man is never disappointed
Neither is a sociopath.
So basically the more things we strive to do or accomplish end up overwhelming and stressing us out more. We need to appreciate and focus on the things that really matter and be happy with our present state of being.
Thank you and congrats on your book.
Brilliantly done my guy. A true masterpiece perfectly fit for the current era ❤
Such wise words that we all need to be reminded of from time to time🙏
Thank you so much. It was much needed 8)
good stuff buddy👍🏾
"Nature does not hurry, YET everything is accomplished" _ Lao Tzu
Yes, back then, we had no tech and no science to speed anything up or prevent anything natural. Nature moves at the speed of light too btw, so technically it cannot hurry any more actually. It is the fastest thing in the universe, that nature and how the world and objects in it work and move about.
"The shape of your eyebrow, the color of your hair, I can see that's why you are here. And yet everyone is rushing around trying to better themselves." -Alan Watts
"There's no sense in getting all worked up from idiots giving you a hard time. The universe tends to unfold as it should." A quote from the guy in jail on Harold and Kumar go to white castle.