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КОМЕНТАРІ • 5 тис.

  • @user-ep4nl6uc4q
    @user-ep4nl6uc4q 3 роки тому +8747

    “Me trying to describe nothing to you is just like you describing something to me”. Those words are just incredible

    • @braydepoulter1537
      @braydepoulter1537 3 роки тому +14

      I don’t understand this

    • @user-ep4nl6uc4q
      @user-ep4nl6uc4q 3 роки тому +65

      @@braydepoulter1537 watch the video and you will know what I’m talking about.

    • @lambousginiguccigod2007
      @lambousginiguccigod2007 3 роки тому +143

      @@braydepoulter1537 he can’t explain explain the nothing which he witnessed for his entire life( because we cant understand what its like *not* to know the difference between colors and transparent objects) we have vision and can see the difference, he sees nothing.
      Tyler cant explain the something he witnessed for his entire life he can just look at things and tell an immediate difference.
      Them explaining those things to each other is extremely difficult as we just saw. It might lead them nowhere
      lue couldn’t understand something and tyler wouldn’t understand nothing as its world apart.

    • @brokenfinger
      @brokenfinger 3 роки тому +9

      Nothing isn’t a thing. Blind people see the color black or grey. It isn’t possible to see nothing

    • @user-ep4nl6uc4q
      @user-ep4nl6uc4q 3 роки тому +53

      @@brokenfinger I dont wanna be rude but are you visually impaired?

  • @tovopro
    @tovopro 3 роки тому +12816

    I had to describe something to a blind person before. She was born that way. We both agreed that the best way I would describe what I was looking at would be to compare it to a sound or emotion. I compared warm colors to high pitch loud sounds and/or excitement, and cool colors to low pitch mellow sounds and/or calmness. I did my best to formulate whatever she could in her mind. It was the most complex, frustrating, yet inquisitively exhilerating thing I've ever done in my life!

    • @Brandon_Hisey_music
      @Brandon_Hisey_music 3 роки тому +362

      That is a brilliant approach.

    • @8koi139
      @8koi139 3 роки тому +163

      That's so clever that I can't get my head around it

    • @heathertaylor8904
      @heathertaylor8904 3 роки тому +249

      There is this movie, Mask, from like the 80s, where a man shows her what colors are like by giving her things to feel. Red feels like something warm, blue is like cold, etc. Its really interesting to watch, how excited she gets when it all clicks and she gets it.
      You might like that movie. The man has facial deformities but she doesn't see his face and they fall in love. Its still one of my favorite movies.

    • @DominicMotuka
      @DominicMotuka 3 роки тому +17

      This is so nice of you!

    • @Tech-cy9yo
      @Tech-cy9yo 3 роки тому +13

      You can’t. It’s impossible.

  • @elsie26
    @elsie26 2 роки тому +1965

    everyone’s talking about blindness, but nobody is talking about how lou literally saved tyler from jumping, without even being able to see him?? and how he returns there every day in hopes of stopping someone else? that’s a true hero 💕

    • @alexthepp7520
      @alexthepp7520 2 роки тому +113

      and he does it every day. he does it to make people realize that the world is a beautiful place if you see it differently

    • @Michael_Insects
      @Michael_Insects 2 роки тому +15

      I was about to say that

    • @valumen
      @valumen 2 роки тому +51

      The blind man, Lou, is the one who „saw“- he saw the one in need of being seen. May he see many more and give them his eyes.🙏🏻

    • @k.lambda4948
      @k.lambda4948 2 роки тому +14

      well that's why I started reading the comments

    • @veezbeez4015
      @veezbeez4015 2 роки тому +6

      i dont think he was gonna jump, maybe but the description kinda drifts you away from that idea

  • @charliepearce8767
    @charliepearce8767 2 роки тому +2154

    When I was a 13 old boy I moved into a small country town with my dad and no mother.
    Life was good and had no problems.
    Across the road from our home I met a woman in her 30s confined to an iron lung.
    Somebody had to be with her all the time in case the motor that worked that machine keeping her alive stopped working and help out by operating it manually .
    I didn't know it at the time but she made me appreciate life with just the simple act of breathing.
    Was good little town, I even met my wife there around the same age and started living together at 17.
    We're now in our 60s...living and working all over Australia.
    I've been blessed and think now and then of my friend Barbara in the iron lung.

    • @thebeaver2243
      @thebeaver2243 2 роки тому +92

      This is incredible. Thank you for sharing.

    • @arczi9233
      @arczi9233 2 роки тому +50

      How do you appreciate life at that point? Im 23 and severely down/depressed with emotions and state of mind about my future and things im gonna be experiencing, now also isnt great. I want to feel alive and happy..

    • @Messhii
      @Messhii 2 роки тому +71

      @@arczi9233
      I don't exactly relate to you, but I want to help..
      I think what they're saying is that because of breathing, you're alive. And being alive means that you can appreciate things...
      Maybe even little things like..
      I don't know- dogs or something. The point is-
      You gotta learn how to appreciate the good things in life, even if it seems like there aren't any.
      Like..
      Donating stuff
      Sure you'll lose a couple things, but you made a person happy. Or something like that-..
      Or.. if that doesn't make you happy.. then maybe ask yourself what _does_ make you happy? Or at least what used to.. you'll never know.
      I don't know how to explain it further..
      And don't worry about the future, because to be honest, we're all living in the present- so we're just winging it.
      (Maybe get help from a professional to tell you stuff instead of strangers on the internet because they're.. well.. more professional.)
      Bless you man, hope you get better soon..

    • @SouthernOregonOrgani
      @SouthernOregonOrgani 2 роки тому +40

      @@arczi9233 i suffered from crippling bouts of depression and nihilism from my early mid teen years unto my late 20's. It took experiencing a near death accident that took everything i identified my self with away. Thru unimaginable suffering and losing my dignity, then holding on to life and going thru the motions till i eventually got better; did i discover how Amazing even the most mundane of days actual are. I didnt care about much of anything before I almost left this world, i wasted my "prime" years staying high on strong soul stealing opiates and alcohol. Its sad that i had to lose everything to figure out how incredible we are and how magical existence is. I mean this with all my heart, just keep holding on, no matter the path you go down just dont let go of your self.

    • @arczi9233
      @arczi9233 2 роки тому +5

      @@SouthernOregonOrgani that's awesome for you that you found a peace. I cant i feel like i need help becasue i cant hell myself anymore. I has similar realization to yours but my subconcious got scared and was like it is completly different and i dont deserve it because always was like this so i got used to it. I know what you mean i guess im too dumb to live like a normal human being

  • @Sword._Saint
    @Sword._Saint 3 роки тому +13673

    Never felt this much gratitude for having eyes

    • @andrewj3177
      @andrewj3177 3 роки тому +175

      And working

    • @johnbarnes3292
      @johnbarnes3292 3 роки тому +24

      Young man turns around suddenly and sees an old man what???

    • @darkkitty22
      @darkkitty22 3 роки тому +66

      **Blinking intensifies**

    • @Korixon.
      @Korixon. 3 роки тому +178

      I am color blind and when I put on my glass that let me see colors and it looks super cool so you should aways appreciate being able to see

    • @bitansgaming8437
      @bitansgaming8437 3 роки тому +46

      @@Korixon. I'm sorry for you bro

  • @Neillan
    @Neillan 3 роки тому +5025

    *"If I explained nothing to you, it would sort of be like you describing something to me. It just doesn't work."* ~ Lou, 2021
    Really puts things in perspective.

    • @leviswenson2367
      @leviswenson2367 3 роки тому +17

      I'm not positive it happened in 2021

    • @mannygill9181
      @mannygill9181 3 роки тому +7

      Lou 2021, 🤣

    • @legendarycowboy4077
      @legendarycowboy4077 3 роки тому +6

      Can confirm. I see nothing from my left eye

    • @dwightschrute7021
      @dwightschrute7021 3 роки тому +2

      @@legendarycowboy4077 WTF!😅

    • @legendarycowboy4077
      @legendarycowboy4077 3 роки тому +8

      @@dwightschrute7021 I can confirm that not seeing anything is a concept that's impossible to fully understand if you have full vision. Can you perceive what it's like to only have one eye?

  • @caroldriehorst1165
    @caroldriehorst1165 2 роки тому +1225

    Lou is an Angel, helping people who want to give up see life from a different perspective. He touches people's lives in a marvelous and hopeful way.

    • @thejozu8859
      @thejozu8859 2 роки тому +1

      The Golden Gate Spirit

    • @dniilii
      @dniilii 2 роки тому +1

      What in the hell are you talking about?

    • @caroldriehorst1165
      @caroldriehorst1165 2 роки тому +11

      @@dniiliiThere are Angels that might come into our life for a brief moment to help us when in dire need, he may look like a normal person but you won't be able to find him after the incident.

    • @dniilii
      @dniilii 2 роки тому +5

      Considering the horrible state of the world, I doubt that. Besides, why would anyone angels play favorite? Guiding one person and leaving millions to suffer...

    • @caroldriehorst1165
      @caroldriehorst1165 2 роки тому +7

      @@dniilii Because this is EARTH NOT HEAVEN!! We are meant to suffer in this broken world. We all are sinners, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever shall believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life " John 3-v16. "For God did not send Jesus in to the world to condemn it but that the world through him might be saved" John 3-v17. You know nothing of Gods plan, read the Gospels of the Holy Bible to understand. We all have free will and yes we do have as guardian Angel that might help us out if its Gods will. There were times that I believe I could have died if it weren't the help of a Angel, but if your time is up, then its up. Blessings to you and your Family.

  • @tasha3757
    @tasha3757 2 роки тому +574

    I love how subtly they just made a suicide prevention short film. So subtle, they didn't even need to add that annoying life-line disclaimer: "If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts please call..." It was a beautiful story.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

    • @Disciple_of_God.
      @Disciple_of_God. 2 роки тому +3

      Wdym suicide

    • @Disciple_of_God.
      @Disciple_of_God. 2 роки тому +8

      He was just relaxing sitting on the railing

    • @axylotl1878
      @axylotl1878 2 роки тому +16

      @@Disciple_of_God. and hesitating

    • @kiddosneakybeaky3934
      @kiddosneakybeaky3934 2 роки тому +24

      @@Disciple_of_God. Well, it did seem implied at least that he was considering it. Sadly, that may seem like the case for outsiders viewing the situation, him just relaxing and that’d be it.

  • @ZachByrd
    @ZachByrd 3 роки тому +25009

    Lou is the golden gate guardian, saving the suicidal by revealing the beauty they were born into but have forgotten how to see. [Edit: No one cares which bridge it is. If you're commenting to correct my statement, you've missed the point of the entire video.]

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 3 роки тому +579

      Yeah, I thought that was why Tyler went to the bridge in the first place.

    • @saramorris1727
      @saramorris1727 3 роки тому +167

      What beautiful words 💙

    • @Greenstriker9235
      @Greenstriker9235 3 роки тому +98

      he also wants to jump

    • @blendyboi5023
      @blendyboi5023 3 роки тому +55

      Are you a writer or smth

    • @thecorlorlesspig1993
      @thecorlorlesspig1993 3 роки тому +163

      Plot twist: the suicidal person is also blind

  • @eiko1
    @eiko1 2 роки тому +14546

    I think trying to imagine what seeing feels like for a person blind since birth, is like us trying to imagine a new color

    • @walterhartwellwhite6788
      @walterhartwellwhite6788 2 роки тому +857

      Man this blows my this is just like we humans trying to imagine 4th dimension

    • @armasldk
      @armasldk 2 роки тому +203

      Also what heaven looks like

    • @DogDogGodFog
      @DogDogGodFog 2 роки тому +82

      @@armasldk Well we have already done that

    • @goodtyme
      @goodtyme 2 роки тому +114

      @@armasldk heaven might not even exist tho. same with 4th dimension too i guess but still

    • @ravitejaknts
      @ravitejaknts 2 роки тому +84

      @@goodtyme 4th dimention do exist and it is most probably be time.

  • @kainenable
    @kainenable 2 роки тому +197

    My fiancee is blind. The thing i found interesting is that she does not regret not having her sight. In many ways she experiences what we all do, but on others it is completely different. Trying to expereince life from another perspective is incredibly helpfull. We all live in our own separate universes, where we are at its centre. It is good to try and step out every once in a while to try and put things into perspective.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/KruNGnxPqk0/v-deo.html

    • @deneshbhaskar3944
      @deneshbhaskar3944 Рік тому +3

      Because shes born with that disability. Its her view on life. See if surgery can fix it. 50 percent can be fixed try gofundme or something

  • @ADHDDoc
    @ADHDDoc 2 роки тому +106

    That was unexpectedly and unusually moving. Tear swelled up in my eyes when I noticed all the beauty around me. Life is beautiful.

    • @Thebluewidesky
      @Thebluewidesky 2 роки тому +3

      I try to forget some of the frustration in me and those stories real or not, gives me a boost to look OUTWARD

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh 3 роки тому +3511

    Our eyes give us access to so much beauty and wonder that often goes unnoticed

    • @tonyrandall3146
      @tonyrandall3146 3 роки тому +20

      and ugly too I spose, but as a whole, taking the good with the bad somehow the sum is positive like life, better to have it than not (I hope in every case).

    • @nickharrison1477
      @nickharrison1477 3 роки тому +1

      Yes

    • @perfection3iea220
      @perfection3iea220 3 роки тому +22

      @@tonyrandall3146 Yin and Yang my friend

    • @deadartist8827
      @deadartist8827 3 роки тому

      You are also very beautiful.

    • @overlordborn6131
      @overlordborn6131 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, because we are too distracted in our work, life or involved in various pleasures.

  • @taylorrich-lane454
    @taylorrich-lane454 3 роки тому +1928

    Lou helped him to be mindful. If you’re ever stressed or overwhelmed, talk yourself down, ask yourself these questions. What does the sky look like? What does that mean? Mindfulness helps to calm extreme anxiety. This video is sweet.

    • @angienash2592
      @angienash2592 3 роки тому +4

      Yes it is.🤗😥😇

    • @judgesam3645
      @judgesam3645 2 роки тому +4

      Me asking myself what color the sky isn't gonna help me with stress

    • @seaweednori7652
      @seaweednori7652 2 роки тому +3

      the sky is blue, ok now back to my thoughts. It doesnt work.

    • @judgesam3645
      @judgesam3645 2 роки тому

      @@seaweednori7652 that's what I'm saying

    • @kalvin3691
      @kalvin3691 2 роки тому +4

      should've said "how do blinds cope with their inability to see? and live their life to the fullest?!"
      your comment just doesn't make sense.

  • @Inkironnrum
    @Inkironnrum Рік тому +25

    What a fascinating story. So well written, too.
    Earlier this year (2022), I had an eye injury while at work. Unfortunately, the result of my injury blinded my left eye. My right eye was in bad shape, and was all I had to rely on.
    Five months after my eye injury, a cornea transplant surgery was performed. Three days after my surgery, I woke up that morning with the gift of vision in my injured eye again. Thank God! And thank the person who donated their cornea after they passed on.
    I wish I knew who my donor was. I wish I could see them and thank them with a hug. Soon after discovering my vision again, a friend asked me if I can see things and people my donor could see. If a cornea could have some sort of reflective memory. A deep conversation ensued.
    Regaining my vision back made me appreciate the color of fruit. How rich in color they are. When people ask me hiw much of my vision I got back, I tell them, it’s like seeing everything in 4k.
    But what I also discovered with my newfound vision in my left eye is, how much I was able to see things in my life, people in my life, differently. Some in a positive way, and others, in a negative way. Both positive and negative awakening my way of looking at my life.
    There has to be a deeper connection with our vision and the brain. How both can interconnect with together forming inner and outer visual inspiration. To see and then form thoughts. Or, to form thoughts to see.
    Whatever the case may be, seeing again has made me see my life differently.

    • @mleszzor6866
      @mleszzor6866 11 місяців тому

      Very interesting thoughts to be had indeed! I applaud you for bringing these up here. Seriously, thank you so much for making this comment (and thank myself for taking the time to read it)!

  • @ryanlikesally
    @ryanlikesally 2 роки тому +12

    every so often when i feel down i come back to this video. i’ve never been one to think after it “wow i see the world differently now” but for some reason i always get cheered up after finishing it. it never gets boring, never gets old, this story just makes me happy without rhyme or reason. thank you

  • @scifibri2376
    @scifibri2376 2 роки тому +5197

    This reminds me of a conversation I had with a blind person. The concept of explaining colors would be difficult but I thought if I found a common reference it might be possible. I asked him if he ever had various flavors of ice-cream, he indicated that he had. I told him imagine the 31 Flavors of Ice-cream at the neighborhood parlor and how many of the ice-cream flavors had the same texture but tasted vastly different and told him that is how colors are but for the eyes! Different color shirts for example might all feel the same but they have different colors in much the same way ice-cream of the same texture feels the same never-the-less tastes different.

  • @j2ee123
    @j2ee123 2 роки тому +8681

    Ironically enough, it's Lou who teaches Tyler how to "see".

    • @hassenalwaely6215
      @hassenalwaely6215 2 роки тому +183

      im pretty sure that's the whole point of the story.

    • @killmeslowlyOfficial
      @killmeslowlyOfficial 2 роки тому +12

      @@hassenalwaely6215 888888888888888888

    • @gotavideo
      @gotavideo 2 роки тому +26

      It's when someone ask you to explain what you see, to tell them your experience, tell them what you feel to someone that do not know what that is, that do not what it looks like and they're impaired from the ability to feel it or see it. Is where you look deeper, to explain things to someone that does not understand or feel it the same way. That is where you find the questions your looking for.

    • @coolbean7589
      @coolbean7589 2 роки тому +7

      This is VERY true indeed

    • @radithorsnapdragon3812
      @radithorsnapdragon3812 2 роки тому

      Except this story is fiction so it doesn't really matter. All the stories on this channel are fictional.

  • @bubulizbethful
    @bubulizbethful 2 роки тому +7

    I know its not nearly comparable but I escaped my family on a family trip because they was too much stress and negativity amongst us I left to skate around the popular areas of the city and came across a homeless man with a guitar playing beautiful tunes. He complimented my roller skates and asked me a small question about them and then I asked him about music. Soon enough I began singing with him and then talking about all the beautiful things in life we take for granted and dont get to enjoy the “small” things because how overwhelmed we are. An hour and half later we had two other strangers sitting with us in a circle communicating about love and happiness. Usually I avoid any interaction with men I dont know especially as im alone but this was definitely an eye opener, a refreshing experience.

  • @TheVirtualJenesis
    @TheVirtualJenesis 2 роки тому +15

    The thought of describing colours and things as feelings, tastes or sounds is also a knew sensation that makes colours a lot more prettier. All of our senses are there to make sure we experience life on our planet to the fullest. Learning to appreciate the small, mundane things in this over saturated, fast pace world, is life-changing.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

  • @FutureMindset
    @FutureMindset 3 роки тому +2858

    It's crazy how we see every single day but struggle to find ways to describe it...

    • @JonahNelson7
      @JonahNelson7 3 роки тому +61

      It's because some experience isn't reducible. You should look into Nagel, a philosopher who talked about experience between different experiencers and explaining it

    • @nanjeshkumar9162
      @nanjeshkumar9162 3 роки тому +90

      That’s because languages are very weak against our strong senses. We know much more than mere words. Language is the barrier here if that make sense 🤔

    • @asparuhdochev
      @asparuhdochev 3 роки тому +29

      “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”-Ludwig Wittgenstein

    • @kimecosx
      @kimecosx 3 роки тому +5

      It’s simply learning how to be an effective communicator and having an ability to bring your stories to life. 🤷‍♀️

    • @mator2339
      @mator2339 3 роки тому

      @@asparuhdochev he only later goes on to critique that.

  • @FanFoRlYfE
    @FanFoRlYfE 2 роки тому +3323

    Didn't know what I was expecting clicking on this video. Maybe something fun about interviewing a blind person and asking them questions connected to what's written on the title. About a minute in, I realized it wasn't anything like that, and usually at that point, I start to lose interest. But it kept drawing me in, and I ended up watching everything. The narration, the video in itself and the way the story was told captured me and I found myself just staring at the screen. I don't think about complicated things or go too deep into stuff, but this managed to make me tear up. So I felt the urge to comment. And also because I wanted to help get this on other people's recommended too, so they can see this amazing video. Well done.

    • @queyx5180
      @queyx5180 2 роки тому +27

      Yeah that's the exact same thing that happened to me

    • @MeguminIsWaifu
      @MeguminIsWaifu 2 роки тому +15

      same here except instead of tearing up I'm straight up crying

    • @MJHootHoot
      @MJHootHoot 2 роки тому +1

      I was the same way as you.

    • @greatesterrboi408
      @greatesterrboi408 2 роки тому +3

      i relate to the losing interest part except somehow i didnt like with you, i got weirdly distracted by the soothing piano in the backround, the black and white art switching to colors and the the conversations was well spoken and interesting. of course at the end when it got weirder and the piano felt more smoothly intense and the conversation became inspiring, i had lost myself till the end of the video.
      truly a beautiful experience

    • @lackedtoomuch8037
      @lackedtoomuch8037 2 роки тому

      I literally did the exact same thing, I'm tearing up a bit.

  • @paradiazine9246
    @paradiazine9246 2 роки тому +9

    What I like about this short narrative and the meaningful lesson behind it is that we clicked on this video for the instant reward of watching something easily digestible and entertainment, but, despite not being what we expected, it kept us from clicking off using a captivating narrative to help us process everything. If this guy made a video telling us to appreciate everything in your existence, ours minds would, unconsciously, discard that information immediately. But, by making us engaged in story, it tricked us into reflecting about the video and finding meaning in it.

  • @xyrhdks
    @xyrhdks 2 роки тому +1

    thank you UA-cam for showing me this out of nowhere. i just fcked my midterms earlier and is really frustrated. i’ve been suicidal for almost 3 years now, have hurted my self for sometime but never took it seriously, because i don’t want my mom to cry and also because of stuffs like this. it’s life saving.

  • @farhankhan9909
    @farhankhan9909 3 роки тому +1288

    Blind people don’t perceive beauty in the usual sense because they feel the world around them with the other senses. Sighted people rely so much on their sight that they forgot the other aspects of life that are truly beautiful.

    • @ambo9569
      @ambo9569 3 роки тому +4

      True

    • @penguinexpert6581
      @penguinexpert6581 3 роки тому +1

      Like what lol?

    • @michaelcerafr
      @michaelcerafr 3 роки тому +19

      @@penguinexpert6581 sounds, smells, tastes, without attaching vision

    • @duncan3009
      @duncan3009 3 роки тому +14

      @@penguinexpert6581 Like saying "you sound beautiful!" instead of "you look beautiful" because of they're loss of sight.

    • @penguinexpert6581
      @penguinexpert6581 3 роки тому

      @@duncan3009 That was a very dumb example ngl. Blind people don’t even say stuff like that

  • @joshua.recovers
    @joshua.recovers 3 роки тому +3549

    And this is why The Perfect Amount of Awful is absolutely beautiful and horrible all at once.

    • @williammarriott6131
      @williammarriott6131 3 роки тому +22

      I had the exact same thought. Pursuit of wonder is most thought provoking.

    • @bobjim4503
      @bobjim4503 3 роки тому +15

      @@williammarriott6131 it would be except as a person born blind this is inaccurate. my fellow blind friends also do not experience life like Lou. I wish Pursuit of Wonder would just not touch this topic if he does not know much about it

    • @erin4924
      @erin4924 3 роки тому +21

      @@bobjim4503 may i ask why you believe the video is inaccurate? I understood it as a personal narrative, so just one person's viewpoint, but I'm curious about your perspective on it.

    • @vwr32jeep
      @vwr32jeep 3 роки тому +29

      @@bobjim4503
      It’s a story. Stop with the virtue signaling.

    • @chacha-dh1gj
      @chacha-dh1gj 3 роки тому +10

      @@bobjim4503 do u mind explaining further

  • @katpage9378
    @katpage9378 2 роки тому +3

    When he describes feeling a weird sensation and losing a sense of himself when he tries to grasp the complexity of the reality of how the sense of vision works, I really related. Whenever I think about obvious and inescapable parts of reality, like how time and infinity works, or the size of the universe, or ESPECIALLY my own consciousness, if I think too hard about it I get a weird physical sensation, lose my sense of self, and really overwhelmed, and even scared. That’s why I avoid thinking too deeply about realities that I understand the concept of, but I can’t escape or fully grasp. That was a beautiful video btw.

  • @anahatahatasatori1689
    @anahatahatasatori1689 2 роки тому +26

    Damn this video had me tearing up out of no where. Hit right in the feels

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ZOX2eg1nfAs/v-deo.html

  • @galosalvadordiazandrade1283
    @galosalvadordiazandrade1283 2 роки тому +2047

    "if you really look inward, trust me, there's nothing there"
    My god...

    • @evanmontague9456
      @evanmontague9456 2 роки тому +121

      When you get roasted by a blind man for being boring.

    • @hahaimyourhandlenow
      @hahaimyourhandlenow 2 роки тому +19

      @@evanmontague9456 he do a little trolling

    • @matsu820
      @matsu820 2 роки тому +12

      Why is nothingness to be scared of? Below our minds is the layer of silence and that's wonderful. You can get a glimpse of that for example by watching a sunset.

    • @likeablekiwi6265
      @likeablekiwi6265 2 роки тому +13

      @Nicky Bobby if you look inward you'd see your brains and organs

    • @uniquechannelnames
      @uniquechannelnames 2 роки тому +16

      He says that because that is his water, to his fish. He is surrounded by it at all times, so ofc he would say there's nothing there, just like a fish would say the same about water.

  • @AwakeAgainAtLast
    @AwakeAgainAtLast 3 роки тому +2896

    Lou wasn't actually blind but had to come up with a way to stop Tyler from jumping off the bridge so he had Tyler tell him a bunch of stuff while he thought of some deep and impactful thing to say to him.

  • @shivangichoudhury6013
    @shivangichoudhury6013 2 роки тому +1

    When he's describing the view, it makes the scence more beautiful! Could feel it deeply....

  • @cake_404
    @cake_404 2 роки тому +6

    “Oh hey this looks cool-“
    “Oh shit its the existential crisis channel”

  • @superbean8486
    @superbean8486 3 роки тому +2304

    Tyler is the blind one. He doesn’t see any purpose in life but Lou teaches him that he has so much live for

    • @vulpine01
      @vulpine01 2 роки тому +6

      tru🤗

    • @Mechjeb661
      @Mechjeb661 2 роки тому +16

      Lou was the blind one.

    • @leonikolovski211
      @leonikolovski211 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks man that was spiritual

    • @beopop367
      @beopop367 2 роки тому +50

      @@Mechjeb661 Well, he was physically. But Tyler was, I guess kinda emotionally? maybe even mentally.

    • @excalligator5529
      @excalligator5529 2 роки тому +26

      @@Mechjeb661 they mean metaphorically

  • @ranjan_v
    @ranjan_v 3 роки тому +3115

    Thank you. It was beautiful

  • @itsjustavibe6823
    @itsjustavibe6823 2 роки тому +2

    I often come back to this video because its one of the most incredible things I’ve ever watched. It gives me a new perception of the world around me and tbh gives me a sudden burst of happiness and motivation lol. It’s amazing how much detail is in every little thing that we are so used to we just pass on and don’t pay much attention to. I tried going blindfolded for 2 hours. I had to try to navigate without using my vision and it helped me gain motivation to do things. I’m in love with this video and I hope more people can take it to heart ❤️

  • @cake6420
    @cake6420 2 роки тому +2

    That was probably one of my faveorite videos of all time, I think I'll go for a hike tommorow.

    • @missbg44
      @missbg44 2 роки тому

      Hey, how was your hike?

  • @raphaelmailhiot8200
    @raphaelmailhiot8200 2 роки тому +808

    To someone who was suicidal, it made me feel good, even though im not anymore. There's just something about this story that brings joy and life.

    • @MayW15663
      @MayW15663 2 роки тому +11

      There is such a profound message and the irony that the person who got to see outward felt suicidal inside. Its powerful.

    • @marlongillessen380
      @marlongillessen380 2 роки тому +12

      @@jayjustice7142 your a horrible person

    • @aether8558
      @aether8558 2 роки тому +5

      @@marlongillessen380 if you're going to commit suicide, at least do it with style

    • @voidsoul8373
      @voidsoul8373 2 роки тому +3

      I’m still *some. what.* recovering, and it’s making me feel like
      A first breath of the breezing air of the wind.

    • @Ins1gn1f1c4nt
      @Ins1gn1f1c4nt 2 роки тому

      @@marlongillessen380 what did he say?

  • @Ali-ug9ls
    @Ali-ug9ls 3 роки тому +830

    As a blind person who once was visually impaired, I could imagine everything that is being described in my head with much detail and beauty because I knew how things such as objects, colors and the general world around me looked prior to losing my vision

    • @Ja2808R
      @Ja2808R 3 роки тому +72

      So you were born with vision, lost your sight, then regained it?
      Just making sure I understand properly.

    • @anthonybond4126
      @anthonybond4126 3 роки тому +20

      How are you righting this?

    • @rdzik2367
      @rdzik2367 3 роки тому +50

      @@anthonybond4126 he used to blind before not now I guess that's what he mean .

    • @anthonybond4126
      @anthonybond4126 3 роки тому +5

      @@rdzik2367 oh, yeah got it. Thx

    • @ShiftyJesus
      @ShiftyJesus 3 роки тому +23

      @@anthonybond4126I bet you’ve been manually breathing ur whole life Cus u thought that’s how u were supposed to do it

  • @seftikara651
    @seftikara651 2 роки тому +5

    Apart from the morale of the story, it's opened my mind to new pieces of knowledge.
    I just realized that seeing is like touching and hearing at the same time.
    Sounds are related to colors (waves things). And shapes are related to textures (forms and features).
    I've never thought of that before.

  • @lieutenantpoutinesandwich6853
    @lieutenantpoutinesandwich6853 2 роки тому +12

    at first i was like, wow this is a very good intro, 7 minutes in, I start to realize this was the actual video. a blind person cannot describe to us what stuff looks like to him, because we would never understand him since we have the ability to see things.

  • @keanureeves6548
    @keanureeves6548 2 роки тому +874

    I really needed to see this. I’ve been struggling with depression for the past two years and this kind of shifted my view of everything. Thank you

    • @ham4da
      @ham4da 2 роки тому

      May I know what caused you complete sadness for 2 years? Cause that looks odd..

    • @menace4841
      @menace4841 2 роки тому +16

      Self diagnosed

    • @99ish91
      @99ish91 2 роки тому

      Sucks to suck

    • @SimF1e
      @SimF1e 2 роки тому +50

      why is everyone attacking this person? depression is a thing, and its not nice, trust me, even not having depression, being sad sucks. So that level must be terrible. (but you guys here dont seem to know what its like to feel regular emotions.)

    • @menace4841
      @menace4841 2 роки тому +4

      @@SimF1e You can't really tell when you're depressed because you're void of much emotion, and since depression is tossed around like a label that edgy kids use, no one gives a shut anymore.

  • @Luisfeliz28
    @Luisfeliz28 3 роки тому +706

    Why is this better than every audiobook in Audible?

    • @elsimeon.5865
      @elsimeon.5865 3 роки тому +19

      ​@alex' There is no such thing as "the masses" there is only a collection of individuals. Great artist who convey deep truths in their art still exist, Kendrick Lamar, xxxtentacion, Christopher Nolan, spike lee, Ryan coogler (who made black panther, a movie which proofed that big Hollywood productions can still have a deep narrative that explores the conflict of a marginalised diaspora) and there are many more great artist. I think you are seeing this from a two negative close minded perspective there is still great substance full art (movies, music, books) being produced to this day, you just have to open your eyes and see for yourself.

    • @lalithalyan9284
      @lalithalyan9284 3 роки тому +21

      1. GREAT NARRATOR
      2. QUALITY CONTENT

    • @calebmendez2790
      @calebmendez2790 3 роки тому +6

      Because it got pictures

    • @dakotab501
      @dakotab501 3 роки тому +6

      Because it had a animation moving along with the story.

    • @joshd9873
      @joshd9873 3 роки тому +10

      @alex' you think you’re so profound lol. That’s not true, there are loads of famous philosophical works like descartes meditations, platos republic, lockes essay concerning human understanding, marx’ capital etc

  • @emig9934
    @emig9934 2 роки тому +1

    This is the best video ever made. Thank you for helping me realizes it's better to look out and not in. It gives life new meaning

  • @annamaysdaddy
    @annamaysdaddy 2 роки тому +15

    Not going to lie with my anxiety and depression and the way I have felt lately the depth of this video and it's meaning had me choked up! Thanks for posting this!

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ZOX2eg1nfAs/v-deo.html

  • @litta8861
    @litta8861 2 роки тому +406

    I didn't exactly know what I was getting myself into when I clicked on this video. This video truly made a difference to how I see the world. The way Tyler explained the colors, and textures, and the overall look of things really opened a new door. I truly didn't know that Lou would end up teaching Tyler how to see. Thank you for the content. I loved it.

    • @davidlafleche1142
      @davidlafleche1142 2 роки тому

      I wrote two stories with blind characters (see home page). I'd like your opinion of them.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

    • @Moriandrizzt
      @Moriandrizzt 2 роки тому +1

      We lose site of the moment and get lost in the chaos of that inward gazing at ourselves. Joy seems to spring endlessly in the What Is while it gets squashed in the what was and will potentially be.

  • @rccarothers
    @rccarothers 3 роки тому +184

    I'll be turning 47 this month. This story touches me in the sense when I'm feeling sorry for myself I am reminded how blessed I am. I'm at the average age of the "Mid Life" crisis existentially. Please Love yourselves! Please Love one another as if they are your bro/sis. For they are eternally our extended family!
    TY for this story!

  • @goofyahhTM
    @goofyahhTM 2 роки тому +4

    Honestly, was kind of expecting something boring when watching this video lmao, but I clicked on it anyways out of curiousity, and I'm glad I did. Random YT videos usually don't make me cry lol but.. I cried💀
    Beautiful video 100000/10.

  • @AbsoluteDark
    @AbsoluteDark 2 роки тому +4

    You did a great job narrating this story, thank you for sharing it so proffesionally.

  • @andreatammaro8088
    @andreatammaro8088 3 роки тому +694

    *sees notification *
    "oh cool another incredible video about the insides of the human mind like every other day"
    *11 minutes later *
    *crying *

  • @Corrinthian_
    @Corrinthian_ 3 роки тому +515

    *'Spirituality is not when you look inward to find yourself, but when you look outward to lose yourself.'*
    - _Lou_

    • @Strength_In_Wisdom
      @Strength_In_Wisdom 3 роки тому +3

      You get it

    • @Gowther31
      @Gowther31 3 роки тому +15

      We were born from the earth, the soil of which nurtured the plants and indirectly the animals that in turn nurtured our mothers and extension us in the womb, and the earth itself is powered and nurtured by a massive star burning and fusing hydrogen at unfathomable pressures and millions of degrees. There is so much out there, it makes no sense to look inward, for the self is shaped by our sensory experiences with the outside world, and we all eventually return to the earth and our perception will return to the ground state.

    • @pereoweigeku2958
      @pereoweigeku2958 3 роки тому +2

      @@Gowther31 this sums it all up..thanks

    • @lonzarellibellamy1904
      @lonzarellibellamy1904 3 роки тому +1

      That's passion Lou is talking about

    • @ladyreverie7027
      @ladyreverie7027 3 роки тому +5

      Yes if you look inward you realise there is nothing. It's void. Not in a bad way. It's that when you imagine yourself, you are picturing yourself in third person. That's the ego, not the real you. Whereas what you are, are all your senses and experiences with the "outside". You are facing outwards, and when you realise that, what first person consciousness actually is, you realise that you're not any concept, or any thought, image etc that you imagine yourself. You are all the experiences, in the present.

  • @mark9349
    @mark9349 10 місяців тому +1

    I haven’t been this engrossed in a you tube video for a long time. Thank you.

  • @mohith8579
    @mohith8579 2 роки тому

    Sometimes internet like UA-cam or other can recommend you the best things. You can learn many things from them and I am grateful for everything

  • @SevenIII
    @SevenIII 2 роки тому +348

    "Its not to look inside your self, its to lose yourself"
    I really felt that as if Lou knew what Tyler was gonna do

    • @MrZoomZone
      @MrZoomZone 2 роки тому +9

      "Its not to find yourself by looking inside, it's to lose yourself by looking outside"

    • @katesn9052
      @katesn9052 2 роки тому +41

      He knew. He goes at the bridge daily expecting to meet suicidal people

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

    • @beccymalloy
      @beccymalloy 2 роки тому +5

      @@katesn9052 What an angel.

    • @thumtak_
      @thumtak_ 2 роки тому +1

      @@beccymalloy he's human

  • @StillUp2Date
    @StillUp2Date 2 роки тому +3345

    plot twist: The blind man is actually a suicide-preventor who gets paid and is not even blind.

    • @Brosak.
      @Brosak. 2 роки тому +74

      lol good 1 mate

    • @eyan1114
      @eyan1114 2 роки тому +94

      He is god indeed for me. Not being religious

    • @voraciousnightfarer
      @voraciousnightfarer 2 роки тому +123

      There just has to be that one comment that ruins all the emotion

    • @georgeb93
      @georgeb93 2 роки тому +8

      my first taught

    • @sean_crafting
      @sean_crafting 2 роки тому +32

      @@voraciousnightfarer rly? In my eyes(no pun intended) I see this idea as a man helping another man fully seeing the world

  • @ZlimeKrown
    @ZlimeKrown 2 роки тому +1

    What Lou said at the end was very inspiring. It makes me think more deeply about life.

  • @huntermorgan4201
    @huntermorgan4201 2 роки тому +4

    I don't mean to talk away from the stated meaning of this story; I think Lou's words on his intentions and how he's both helping others and being helped are correct. On another level, I see Lou walking Tyler through a really intense and meaningful version of a mindfulness practice! Sometimes I find it too tedious to stop and check in with my senses, even when I know it will help me reorient myself so I can decide what to do next. I'm going to add "Describe what you can see to Lou" to my set of mindfulness practices.

  • @imlocksaw
    @imlocksaw 2 роки тому +401

    "Well, they're round, but also not."
    got a good chuckle out of me

    • @suptarotangel
      @suptarotangel 2 роки тому +2

      ME TOO!!! Hahaha so true hah

    • @zanazdanius6136
      @zanazdanius6136 2 роки тому +4

      your sense of humour is even worse than mine like-
      how is that funny?

    • @imlocksaw
      @imlocksaw 2 роки тому +10

      @@zanazdanius6136 people are different mate, keep that in mind

    • @zanazdanius6136
      @zanazdanius6136 2 роки тому +3

      @@imlocksaw yeah true, also that sounded way ruder than i intended so sorry about that-

    • @imlocksaw
      @imlocksaw 2 роки тому +3

      @@zanazdanius6136 all good

  • @musicalperson2806
    @musicalperson2806 3 роки тому +1990

    This remembers me of one of those question I had as a small kid: "Is the red I see, the same red as you see"?
    I almost wanted to be able to be in someone elses' body for just a few minutes to know.
    I know it's called "red", I see it and so do you. But is there a difference? There must be. But how? What does it look like?
    And this isn't only for colours, it's for everything we see, do, etc. I'm still so curious.
    EDIT: Thanks for all the replys, I didn't notice they were on my comment but now I read them all.

    • @gourmetbird1483
      @gourmetbird1483 3 роки тому +47

      I'm pretty sure there's a term for this but I can't remember what it is.

    • @AC-qj7jc
      @AC-qj7jc 3 роки тому +63

      I can still relate to this

    • @dankline9162
      @dankline9162 3 роки тому +102

      I would say, that since we are all wired generally the same, but all slightly different, it would make sense that we all see colors generally the same, but slightly different. I do know that women can pick out shades better than men, and there's a guy at my work who always calls my orange car brown.
      Idk if anyone's had brain trauma, surgery, or a eye/nerve transplant who's noticed a color change or shift, could be interesting.

    • @deathball2331
      @deathball2331 3 роки тому +72

      @@dankline9162 Funny because brown is actually just orange but “with context”.

    • @jomansson5742
      @jomansson5742 3 роки тому +49

      My friend is colourblind and thought that every single day his wife wore brown

  • @smithy2170
    @smithy2170 2 роки тому +1

    Lou probably struggled with finding purpose to go on each day, which is why he recognizes this struggle and has empathy towards others for this reason. In this, he has found his calling and has given his own life purpose. Thank you Lou. You matter and so does everyone. I hope whoever is reading this can find their purpose in life and I wish you well.

  • @Sinner1660
    @Sinner1660 2 роки тому

    I havent read through comments yet.... but anyone else picked up on the fact that that chap, lou, ends up probably saving many peoples lives by having those talks? I reckon the older gentleman knew full well that most people he speaks to up there, including the young lad, are not simply going for a walk... whether that's a real story or not... I will never forget it. Specially as I've been in the place of the younger one many a time myself. Perhaps this will come to mind if i ever get like that again. Perhaps this will come to the minds of others in the future should they too ever be in a place of deepest despair.
    New sub from UK. Wonderfully put together.

  • @buacamolijarvis7671
    @buacamolijarvis7671 3 роки тому +214

    This is inspiring. I realized that everyone sees the world differently. I'd like to show others how I see the world, using a book or making a video game. Maybe I'll do something.

  • @coconutwaffle4999
    @coconutwaffle4999 2 роки тому +843

    I kinda felt like I was a little kid again listening to a good night fairy tale, it’s a night in here now that I’m watching this, and it felt really nice to listen to this. An inspirational story.

    • @August81804
      @August81804 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah it was really nice :) !!

    • @davidlafleche1142
      @davidlafleche1142 2 роки тому

      I wrote two stories with blind characters: "The Master of Perception" and "Catch a Falling Star." I figured they could be inspirational, because the blind characters are treated like any other person.

    • @coconutwaffle4999
      @coconutwaffle4999 2 роки тому +1

      @@davidlafleche1142 wow, that’s cool. where can I find them?

    • @davidlafleche1142
      @davidlafleche1142 2 роки тому +1

      @@coconutwaffle4999 Look for the links on my home page. Or, if you want, I could e-mail copies.

    • @laptopuse5210
      @laptopuse5210 2 роки тому

      Matthew 16:27, KJV: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. THE LORD GOD WILL REWARD ETERNAL LIFE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND ACCEPTED HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR

  • @DrSlipperyFist
    @DrSlipperyFist 2 роки тому +2

    This shit damn near made me cry. And by "damn near" I mean did.

  • @arinjaypokhriyal6699
    @arinjaypokhriyal6699 2 роки тому

    Few months ago I was dealing with anxiety and depression. I thought there was no meaning to life. I was searching for something in my life so that I could be happy again.
    Currently I'm bedridden because of my spine condition and in moment like these you realise how easily we take little things for granted. Happiness is not confined to a specific event/person , it is confined to every little thing you do in your life.
    Once we start being grateful for what we have we can gain peace and attain a stable state of happiness.

  • @donaldinho2463
    @donaldinho2463 2 роки тому +666

    This is the best thing i've come across in a long time.

    • @swimrob
      @swimrob 2 роки тому +1

      agreed

    • @Luca-Giacomo
      @Luca-Giacomo 2 роки тому +6

      I love videos like these, the older I grow the more appreciative and curious I become about this world and everything else. its all truly fascinating and beautiful.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

  • @SparkyBites
    @SparkyBites 2 роки тому +4104

    I tried out a "fun" experience to go blind for two days with just a blindfold, was the most annoying thing I've ever done to myself besides trying to melt my foot off with a crock pot xD
    Definitely made me appreciate sight wayyyyyy more!

    • @hi-sn1pw
      @hi-sn1pw 2 роки тому +13

      Lol

    • @Ayanokiyo
      @Ayanokiyo 2 роки тому +279

      But blindfolding isn't same as being blind. Blind= no sense of vision like how you don't have any idea what's behind you, it isn't even black...

    • @SparkyBites
      @SparkyBites 2 роки тому +371

      @@Ayanokiyo I know bro ;)
      Just the closest I could get for the experiment.

    • @Ayanokiyo
      @Ayanokiyo 2 роки тому +36

      @@SparkyBites true...:-)

    • @Ayanokiyo
      @Ayanokiyo 2 роки тому +34

      @@zimtschnecke9284 they might have problem with cornea which can be rectified or maybe small problem with retina which cannot be rectified easily making them see patterns of light....but truly blind is when the optical nerves doesn't transmit impulse to brain.🙂

  • @ricardorenones5739
    @ricardorenones5739 2 роки тому +1

    I didn't know how a short simple video could make me think and realize so much about things we find casual, things we don't even have idea from or ideas and problems people would tell you are stupid as what is nothing or what is infinite , people should not be so closed mind as nearly all the teenagers my age are . I hope people check this video up 10/10

  • @takocat9618
    @takocat9618 2 роки тому

    i've been thinking for a few months that my social anxiety doesn't come from my insecurity but from me thinking i'm the main character in everyones life and i have to be perfect for them when in reality nobody cares or even know of my existance ,i don't feel less i actually feel like the most important person in the world,i've been working on being more humble and it's actually helping a lot

  • @yvinderiksen6850
    @yvinderiksen6850 2 роки тому +318

    I usually don’t comment on videos, but this one I felt the need to.This story sent me the strongest message I have received in memory. I don`t cry often, but this captured me and I was tears of emotion. In fact, it might be the most I`ve cried tears of emotion - ever. The extreme gratitude I felt of something most of us take for granted, the ability to see. In the middle of this video I just closed my eyes and listened, the perspective the blindman in this story gave to me is something I`ll never forget. Thank you for making this video, I will definitely share it at some point. Unbelievable quality in this video!

    • @TheVirtualJenesis
      @TheVirtualJenesis 2 роки тому +3

      For sure, I was filled with so much emotion almost on the verge of tears. It definitely made me realise that I shouldn't take any of my senses for granted and use all my senses to appreciate every detail on our beautiful planet. Also the thought of describing colours and things as feelings, tastes or sounds is also a knew sensation that makes colours a lot more prettier.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

  • @redpillblupill
    @redpillblupill 2 роки тому +87

    I was totally expecting an interview with a blind person, but was pleasantly surprised to watch this instead.
    It's funny just how much ones view of the world and their place in it can change in such a small a span of time.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/F5zT4DATYcw/v-deo.html

  • @daynee26
    @daynee26 2 роки тому +22

    That was
    DEEP.
    I’m happy that this is the last video I’ve watched before sleeping. Thank you for the inspirational video.

  • @BuffaloNickel9
    @BuffaloNickel9 2 роки тому +11

    That was one of the most beautiful stories I've ever heard....
    Honestly can't imagine what it would be like to be blind I have so much respect as well as sorrow for them.

    • @jordanjames7066
      @jordanjames7066 Рік тому

      People blind from birth don’t know any different. You don’t miss what you don’t have.

    • @BuffaloNickel9
      @BuffaloNickel9 Рік тому

      @@jordanjames7066 yeah but you do though, Jordan... when everyone else has something AKA vision and you don't, you certainly miss it even more I would say... not to mention an abundance of curiosity...when someone says "oh it's a beautiful day outside..." and you have to Reply to them, " no I'm blind"...... I would be thinking damn, I wish I could see that beautiful sky...
      I'm sure you see what I mean I understand what you're saying also... I guess we'll just have to ask a blind person.
      Honestly I'm sure the answer is a little bit of both but I know for a fact there's got to be hell of a lot of curiosity..
      I get what you're saying though I've been through things in life that were great and then I lost them and I thought to myself damn I wish I'd never had that experience in the first place so I wouldn't even know how much I missed it

  • @KhushiSharma-bg5kw
    @KhushiSharma-bg5kw 3 роки тому +307

    As he was describing the details I was looking back in time when I used to roam freely and feel the grass under my bare feet, run under the blue sky not really worrying about anything, my childhood is gone but it all feels like yesterday. I miss all that.

    • @justasadboi.4923
      @justasadboi.4923 3 роки тому +6

      Firse start karo ye sab khushi 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @KhushiSharma-bg5kw
      @KhushiSharma-bg5kw 3 роки тому +4

      @@justasadboi.4923 I will, thank you btw!!!

    • @crimebelt
      @crimebelt 3 роки тому +3

      @@justasadboi.4923 wat?

    • @manasraj5640
      @manasraj5640 3 роки тому +6

      @@crimebelt he said, "Start all of these happy things again."

    • @aimreyne8487
      @aimreyne8487 3 роки тому +15

      Exactly, im nearing the point where I should decide my future going forwards but all I can think of is backwards

  • @CrescentX3
    @CrescentX3 3 роки тому +44

    This seems similar to a technique my therapist gave me for grounding myself-
    Find 5 things to look at. Then touch 4 things, smell 3 things, hear 2 things, and taste 1 thing. After that, think about why I chose those things. We’re they just what was easiest? We’re they sentimental? Etc.
    It really helps with anxiety, as it forces me to be in that moment.

  • @nottechytutorials
    @nottechytutorials 2 роки тому +20

    This reminds me of this story I read in Chicken Soup for the Soul, or Reader's Digest. It was rather short, but this woman recounted how she was walking along one day and she saw how beautiful the sunset was, she got really excited but there wasn't anyone around, so she ran inside a store and got an employee from behind the counter to come outside and they stood there admiring the sky before the employee went back inside and the woman went on her way. The woman later read in a story that was actually about her, the employee she took from inside the store to admire the sunset wrote how she was depressed and this one day this woman came from nowhere and took her outside just to admire the sunset, and she realized how beautiful it was. And she came back inside feeling like things were alright, and perhaps the woman was an angel. I thought it was interesting to read how it was such a small act, and both of these woman wrote about it.

    • @godislove7500
      @godislove7500 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/ZOX2eg1nfAs/v-deo.html

  • @hackerhesays731
    @hackerhesays731 2 роки тому +1

    i énjoy every story, and your voice, the flow of your stories. always brings a sweet breezy new perception. thank you for being a youtuber!!!! its awesome!!!!

  • @nblaise21
    @nblaise21 3 роки тому +93

    I like to imagine that Lou will keep coming back for Tyler, to watch over him.

    • @chrisgillard6129
      @chrisgillard6129 3 роки тому +11

      I was thinking that Lou comes back to the same place tomorrow so that he may get a chance to talk to other, Tyler's, that are sure to be out there.

    • @marion4549
      @marion4549 3 роки тому +4

      And other Tylers.

    • @snubcube
      @snubcube 2 роки тому

      How can Lou watch over anyone, he's blind

    • @chrisgillard6129
      @chrisgillard6129 2 роки тому

      @@snubcube he was able to see enough to be of great benefit to a suicidal Tyler.

    • @chrisgillard6129
      @chrisgillard6129 2 роки тому

      @@marion4549 English grammer has always been a beach.

  • @TENZEN._.
    @TENZEN._. 3 роки тому +742

    I thought about it. Lou, has been blind his whole life. All the things describing the visual things such as color of the sky, etc. How would Lou know? I like how Tyler tried..... THANK YOU P.O.W. for the thought provoking video!

    • @justingarrett9746
      @justingarrett9746 3 роки тому +59

      Especially color. I always see people try and explain blue as being cold and red as hot, black is night and so on. That means absolutely nothing to a blind person.

    • @shubhammahipal3914
      @shubhammahipal3914 3 роки тому +16

      Depth of perception describing to the child hood blind person wo never seen anything is life is point less because when you try to describe thing he can't make picture in his head because he does not have any reference and also we lose words to discribe simple thing because there are just there and we don't thing much of it at all.

    • @vivechjorviani5440
      @vivechjorviani5440 3 роки тому +6

      POW= prisoner of war

    • @QUBED
      @QUBED 3 роки тому +36

      @@mr.bnatural3700 No, he's blind because he is literally blind. I'm religious, but stop bringing in religion in where it has literally zero significance or relation.
      People like you are the reason people get so frustrated with religion. The same reason religion today is fading more than it ever has in history.

    • @QUBED
      @QUBED 3 роки тому +24

      @@mr.bnatural3700 I did not threaten you. Nor did I state I was Christian. It is fine to speak about religion, or be passionate, but it's another to preach it at people when there is a completely unrelated topic at hand.
      I think people are tired of people like YOU. Who praise God yet accuse others of worshipping Satan and being bad people when there is zero context to state such things. God loves all his children, no? So stop being a shitty believer and start believing in other people and being nicer. You're not God, so stop acting like it. Everyone has their own path. Ever so politely, screw off.

  • @VictoriaWhitlock
    @VictoriaWhitlock 2 роки тому

    Be grateful for all that you have because there will always be something you take for granted

  • @RedNucleus42
    @RedNucleus42 2 роки тому +1

    I have been suicidal multiple times in my life, and the moments that were the metaphorical steps out from the dark pit have always been moments of immersing myself deeply in nature, and music. This was lovely.

    • @samuelfakelastname7464
      @samuelfakelastname7464 2 роки тому

      I will pray for you, life can be rough, don't live in spite of pain, live for the moments of love and peace.

  • @justaman-km1hl
    @justaman-km1hl 3 роки тому +31

    3 years ago I lost my right eye. This hits me, but since I lost it, I have come to appreciate everything that I can see with my left eye. I don’t want to miss anything. I’m grateful, thankful to still be able to navigate this stunning world with deep reverence.

    • @corgi-boom
      @corgi-boom 3 роки тому +2

      Ahh I lost sight in my right eye when I was around 6-7 and it’s like I don’t have an eye but things like this make me realise how lucky I am to be able to see with my left eye.

    • @gooddog132
      @gooddog132 2 роки тому +2

      @@corgi-boom what happen?

    • @xxuncexx
      @xxuncexx 2 роки тому

      That sucks dingus. How did you lose it?

    • @corgi-boom
      @corgi-boom 2 роки тому

      @@gooddog132 The nerve got cut so no signals going to my brain to get me to see

  • @VisualVenture
    @VisualVenture 3 роки тому +254

    We are so used to seeing that we forget to look at the immense beauty of the world.
    Edit: As a small channel that no one cares about, really appreciate the love 😂
    Visual Venture. ❤️

  • @introverse8972
    @introverse8972 2 роки тому +1

    It hits me. I woke up feeling lonely, worried and a little bit angry, yet I watched this video that made me realize how lucky I am to have this life I am wishing to be gone for weeks now. :( Sometime you just gotta have to look for other people's state for you to realize how blessed you are. Just like the blind man, I can't imagine how lonely, depressing that may be when that kind of situation happened to me. :(
    Thanks so much for this day universe! I'll make the most of it. :)

  • @zakbrickstudios2437
    @zakbrickstudios2437 2 роки тому +1

    Its so sad how some people are just.. disabled in ways where they can not intake the beauty around us. this make me want to appreciate it a lot more. like really looking at the way he has to describe colors, rocks, the sky, clouds, everything. earth is really a beautiful place. I love to walk around now and take everything around me. from the concrete road to the white fluffy clouds. people who are blind or just disabled are still really nice people. yes sometimes I may not be grateful for sight, hearing, and taste but after watching just that one video I wish to be grateful for now on. I hope we all can learn to be grateful for everything around us no matter what. from the passing cars from a window to the still water in a cup. that's a lot but yeah.

  • @JonahNelson7
    @JonahNelson7 3 роки тому +186

    The most interesting thing about disparities between agents of experience is the idea that even beyond the 5 or more primary avenues we use to perceive the world, with there being at least 5, there must be more that we can't even comprehend of in the same a blind man can't comprehend vision

    • @marcusanark2541
      @marcusanark2541 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/kUnE7JpCW5Y/v-deo.html

    • @ma7maz
      @ma7maz 3 роки тому +1

      You said it yourself, we cant comprehend it. If you're correct and that 6th sense actually exists, we will literally not know of its existence. So the percentage of its existence is equal to the precentage of its non existence.

    • @EvilRidingHood
      @EvilRidingHood 3 роки тому +9

      That’s the weird thing about being a human experiencing a three-dimensional existence. There are an infinite amount of things we can measure with technological devices such as infrared and ultraviolet radiation.. but we will never know what these things actually look like to the naked eye. If somehow we got the ability to perceive these things, it would be like discovering a brand new color or substance.
      I mean.. if I asked you to imagine a brand new color, would you be able to do it? It’s crazy to imagine.

    • @jasonmarcus1683
      @jasonmarcus1683 3 роки тому +3

      @@ma7maz If the experiences of people who have taken 5 meo dmt are to be believed and they're not just misunderstanding the experience then maybe we can know of the existence of other senses and experience them. They claim that they became 'everything' in existence, like their awareness was extended past our human senses and comprised the entirety of everything, but usually they become what they can only describe as absolute nothingness first... and then everything. If awareness is a key component of reality this would make sense I guess, but I haven't personally experienced what they did so who knows. It's just fun to think about, but until you're in the experience yourself you'll have to listen to 'Tyler' who will try to explain the unexplainable.

    • @cadenorris4009
      @cadenorris4009 3 роки тому +2

      @@marcusanark2541 ua-cam.com/video/4c1lqFXHvqI/v-deo.html this one too, by David Eagleman. Talks about how the brain is wired to be able to find patterns with ANY kind of information it receives, and build it into its experience of "reality" that we experience. I.E creating new "senses" for humans.

  • @mikel5582
    @mikel5582 3 роки тому +225

    I don't think it's his new found recognition of the beauty around him that changed his perspective. Becoming the eyes for the blind man gave him a sense of purpose that was missing before. People long for purpose in life to feel fulfilled.

    • @Solanixhanti
      @Solanixhanti 3 роки тому +3

      👍🏽

    • @pterafirma
      @pterafirma 3 роки тому +1

      👍🏼

    • @hdskl2150
      @hdskl2150 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed

    • @gingerschultz3258
      @gingerschultz3258 3 роки тому +3

      It’s both. Have you ever been anxious or depressed and then started really looking at your environment? It’s called Mindfulness. It can get you out of your head which is often not truth and into what’s real around you. You get snapped back and possibly start appreciating your environment.

    • @frog6054
      @frog6054 3 роки тому +1

      A meaningful life lead to a happy life.

  • @The_moon_is_pretty
    @The_moon_is_pretty 2 роки тому +1

    This is the only video like this that I've watched to the end, thank you :) (love the animation btw)

  • @jaedenattakai4412
    @jaedenattakai4412 2 роки тому

    I find it very amazing that when you take time out of your day to sit and listen to someone no matter who it is you can see and feel what their going through in a way, the mutual feeling where you connect, example watching this I could just see these two sitting on the bridge talking or perhaps even see myself talking to this old blind man, good people are just amazing beings and just shows we can learn something from someone who has something we don’t

    • @atennyson4143
      @atennyson4143 Рік тому

      I am torn between disgust for the many self centered, materialistic people in this wprld..... and wonderment at the selfless kindness of others. JUST LOVED how you said "good people are just amazing beings." YUP!

  • @thabosibiya1457
    @thabosibiya1457 3 роки тому +123

    These allegories are beyond brilliant.
    My friends and I use these for context for many different interesting conversations.

    • @cello9877
      @cello9877 3 роки тому +9

      You're so lucky to have such a friend who are into these things. talking, comfortably with open-mind and no judgement 🥺

    • @stephaniebaker6001
      @stephaniebaker6001 3 роки тому +3

      @@cello9877 I completely agree with your assertion. Tyler tried to explain things as best he could to Lou, but even though he couldn't understand, he made a brilliant point. If a blind person tries to explain what it's like to be blind to a non-visually impaired person, they are essentially describing the same thing to the person. I find that to be quite profound. We aren't all that different after all. 💗

    • @cello9877
      @cello9877 3 роки тому +1

      @@stephaniebaker6001 "We aren't all that different after all" yeah, I like that :))

  • @paparabi2245
    @paparabi2245 3 роки тому +219

    We all need a Lou in our life

  • @finn1242
    @finn1242 2 роки тому +1

    Yk, its kind of refreshing to see this, because I’ve always had this moment, but without anyone helping to activate it, i always look at things and my brain starts to wonder around and i just feel so weird like damn, i can *move* my hand, i am thinking, i am breathing, i am touching things, this thing exists, i can see this thing, this thing went through god knows how many years of existence. It feels nice to kind, even if it might not be a real story, to see someone experiencing something similar or having the same feeling, because i just feel so out of it trying to describe it to others and i always feel like people see me as mad or weird when i do so 😭 or don’t understand or take interest in it LOL, guess its just the nature of my overthinking/ analyzing mind.

  • @ebdavies100
    @ebdavies100 2 роки тому

    I stumbled across this video completely by accident and it moved me a lot.

  • @TeNiPersonalityGrowth
    @TeNiPersonalityGrowth 3 роки тому +154

    A reflection.
    'Perceiving inwards' is what Carl Jung would describe as 'Introvered Intuition'. Deep, reflective personalities are adept at this, but it comes at a cost... a lack of desire to explore the sensory, (perhaps, trivial) outside world (what Carl Jung describes as 'Extroverted Sensing')
    'Extroverted Sensing' is the exact opposite of 'Introverted Intuition'... and as hard as it might be, growing 'Extroverted Sensing' is actually the best way to grow/mature an 'Introverted Intuition' type personality.
    This video is really a message for intuitive individuals to grow by exploring the sensory world... and I expect most subscribers to this channel are intuitive types, (as this is deep/intuitive content)

    • @frillsjane7753
      @frillsjane7753 3 роки тому +1

      I am one of them 😅

    • @brillio3547
      @brillio3547 3 роки тому +2

      This comment alone helped me so Much bless yo soul 🤣

    • @176gumi
      @176gumi 3 роки тому +3

      i'm an ENFP

    • @softestbaek
      @softestbaek 3 роки тому +1

      Hello fellow ENTJ, I can agree. I’m a Ni dom, an INTJ, and I do find developing my Se or even using my Se quite difficult. I often have some difficulty in being able to relate to the current moment since I’m so focused on the future as well as curious thoughts which emerge to me through deep thinking or new topics I find. It’s quite interesting. I love this channel and am indeed an intuitive type, spot on.

    • @thereheis2093
      @thereheis2093 3 роки тому +2

      Haha I call bs. Lou said I can only see inwards, there’s nothing. But actually by looking inwards, he learned that it’s not about him. And that it’s about what you can give. just helping others. And not for claiming he helps ppl. Just to be better human. Because it’s really about the smaller things in life, that can Brighten ppl’s days.
      And it’s silly to say that there is a best. It just depends on who you are. Every person has his own life lessons. For some within others out. But there equally valuable.

  • @samsam060402
    @samsam060402 3 роки тому +59

    I feel like every video of yours is some kind of mediation for me, thanks

    • @phxHeritage
      @phxHeritage 3 роки тому

      Indeed. I make similar thought provoking content, I'm just starting out, I would really appreciate your feedback

  • @fenderman6127
    @fenderman6127 2 роки тому +1

    One day, I hope I can have a conversation like this with a stranger. I’ve always been interested in learning lessons like this and UA-cam helps but I’m sure that kid left that day and I like to think that it will stick with him for the rest of his life

  • @zigmilimbujames1940
    @zigmilimbujames1940 Рік тому

    A few minutes ago I was angry on myself questioning my ability, questioning my decision, questioning the very existence of myself and I usually watch a video while eating my lunch/dinner and at random this video popped up and it made to think so hard that my brain got reset and I just now learned to not other factors effect me. Thank you for such wonderful video

  • @cassiopeiaaoife657
    @cassiopeiaaoife657 3 роки тому +39

    I love this. The fact that the younger guy has his own struggles and when he is probably right at the point where he wanna give up, he meets this man and knowing that he lived his life more than him without seeing anything at all must have changed the younger guy's entire perspective in life.

  • @chezmix64
    @chezmix64 3 роки тому +109

    I temporarily went blind in one of my eyes because of a severe migraine. It's really hard to explain to people what it's like to literally lose sight, even just in a single eye. It's not black It's literally nothing. It felt like a giant hole in reality itself

    • @pubwvj
      @pubwvj 3 роки тому +13

      Same here. But not single eye, rather patches over entire visual field. Thought my retinas had come detached or something the first time it happened.

    • @catheriney6209
      @catheriney6209 3 роки тому +9

      I just imagine that I have a third eye I don’t know about on the side of my head and that’s what I assume nothing is like

    • @idektega4271
      @idektega4271 3 роки тому +1

      Just recently experienced that too but in both eyes everywhere was getting really black and I was only seeing one giant orange ring

    • @harrietjameson
      @harrietjameson 3 роки тому

      this feeling is what i felt after a long session of playing active games with a blindfold. your sense of direction goes first, and then your visual spacial awareness. very weird feeling indeed

    • @moonflower2741
      @moonflower2741 3 роки тому +1

      i would imagine its like seeing everything through your one non blind eye whilst you forget you have the other eye since its not being used. ok i think i just described what you said '-'

  • @braxtonprichard7106
    @braxtonprichard7106 2 роки тому

    I really enjoyed what Lou was saying about introspection. I believe the right amount of looking inward can make looking outward even more beautiful and astonishing. As with all things, moderation and balance is important.

  • @WhatsThePointOfLifeAnymore
    @WhatsThePointOfLifeAnymore 2 роки тому +1

    This is just beautiful, just beautiful.