The Illusion of Freedom - Are You Really Free To Do What You Want?
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2021
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In this video, we explore the human longing for existential freedom, the likely impossible delusion of it being achieved in the way we hope, and the paradoxical concept of freeing oneself from the ideal of freedom in order to overcome this delusion.
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With empty hands we can pick up new things, with a empty mind we can pick up a whole new life.
Is that something you came up with or is it a quote?
Wow👏
That make sense
🙌🏻
@@uncurledink1952 it was at random. Thanks for watching!
*"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."*
- Master Yoda
*lose yourself to the moment, you own it, you better never let it go, you only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime*
-eminem
Whole lotta good that advice did Anakin
Good relations with your mother I have -Master Yoda
Addicting isnt it. Dopamine likes
I fear to lose my life 😔 lemme let go
Life and existence just really, really scares me.
What the heck are we doing here..
Have you figured it out yet?
I just had this thought
You’re just the universe experiencing itself, nothing more than that
exctly what we r doing here , shitttt 🤦♂️
@@JohnSmith190377 wat does it mean bro
i felt how liberating letting go is, after i stopped caring about getting good grades
How did you do it 🥺, I feel like I've used them as part of my identity and feelings of capability and now that they are falling apart due to my oscillating mental health, my whole identity is in question and I'm panicking
@@KittyCatSpartan117 i have my finals tomorrow, started studying like yesterday hahaha. I just value myself not on my perfomance in school, but more on like how my relationships are going, and what my passions are. Also don't be worried too much about your future, it'll work out i'm sure! But hope you're doing well.
@@KittyCatSpartan117 it's like realising that you have to do the minimum necessary to keep up. So you do it not with the attachment to result rather enjoy the process of working. Yes one can learn the art of enjoying process. Also just don't believe in the shitty education system. Great people stay in system but they act according to their own judgements.and stuck with it.
@@adrianschelkshorn9787 damn bro, how the hell are you going to go to a good college 😂😂
@@rizzoli7 i am from austria, and i'm going to whats called a HTL which is like the best option for the time that people go to high school. Our systems are very different, when you get done with high school you can easy get a good job. Also, grades don't matter that much when you want to go to university. In Germany Universitys are much stricter, thats why a lot of german students study in austria.
*"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free."*
- Thich Nhat Hanh
damn bro
May I stop clinging to the desire to live then? For true freedom? Then I'd need no food, no sleep, no nothing.
@@SenhorAlien en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
*Just in case*
@@JackAnon damn, thanks bro, appreciate it 😅 I don't really need that tho, I was taking a jab at the idea of "free from all desires"
Thich
I really needed this video, woke up with existential dread without knowing why. I just felt like I was living outside of my life with no real freedom. All my problems just overwhelming me. Thank you for this video, it brought me some perspective.
I can relate. "Beauty of Acceptance" ua-cam.com/video/S_4ZvW42E08/v-deo.html. Join us
What did you go through if I may ask Angie?
@@MindNow Well I got out of a 5 year relationship in January, and just erasing the future I was counting on has been difficult, but I am trying to move forward as best I can. And I just kept thinking, "this is my life now, and I need to go through it alone." I always knew this on a fundamental level but its hard to accept once you have felt so connected to someone, which I have always wanted.
Also my mom and step dad are currently living with me and my step dad has terminal lung cancer and I think their feelings and emotions are effecting me. I'm an empath so I can feel people's emotions much stronger than my own. So I'm thinking that my step dad's existential dread of having to accept his death is what brought on those feelings.
I personally am not afraid of death, I understand that it's inevitable and it's just a part of life. And I am just lucky to be alive in the first place.
@@angieorozco94 hey Angie, first of all, thank u so very much for sharing this with me and being so real ❤️
U r not alone Angie. I mean, I understand how it is to be broken up by someone u love. It’s just disappointing, but u r definitely not alone. It does take time, but the fact that u went through that and with ur step dad shows how strong u r Angie. Thank u so very much for being such a person 🙏❤️ one day u will get a man who loves u for who u r and stands by ur side. Don’t give up hope ok?
I’d feel the same if my last name was orozco
I like watching these videos before I go to sleep. The voice is calming and these topics free my mind so that I can sleep better.
I am doing the same
Same, I did the same last night and slept so well even tho I was questioning why is anything, anything
But your mind can't be free before you sleep😜
And I see this vdo in 2x speed coz I've to sleep 💤😴
Same, it makes me forget the whole day
Letting go saved me from a lifetime of PTSD and MDD.
The only thing that ever helped me was helplessness. No one will save you from yourself, No matter how long you wait.
Its hard to worry about the past and future when you dont think about it.
How did you let go?
How did you achieve to avoid MDD?
I have been trying to let go of it for years, but it seems to be something the brain does without warning
May I quote you?
‘No one will save you from yourself, no matter how long you wait.’
@@dianaalh I gotcha
underrated
“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” - Deepak Chopra
Old Deepak - is he on the back of cereal packs now? Indian mysticism for $4.99 if you send a reply paid envelope right?
daz good shit
I'd recommend the letting go of Deepak's pseudoscientific ideas and finding yourself a better inspirational source.
Too bad its from a conman
@@usquebaugh1 I did and do - excellent advice by the way. Truth is, when it comes to psychobabble, I never grabbed on in the first place, so there's not much to let go of... thankfully. If anything it seems to be more of a faint yet slightly whiffy stain. No idea where it came from...
"Have you ever considered... any real freedoms? Freedoms from the opinion of others? Even the opinions of yourself?" -Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
The only real freedom is death
OMG HI DEIGHT
@@olivercao2641 what if true freedom is reaching that state without actually dying? Idk if it makes sense but, if youre dead, youre just dead. If youre alive, you can choose to be free, including dying but not limited to that.
@@adrianb6811 Think about this, since reality is limited you can't do what you want and free will intersects with others so in reality it doesn't exist because you need absolute power in order to have free will reality wouldn't be able to exist to be fully free.
"If you exist, you cannot be free. If there is no you, you cannot be contained by anything"
life = prison
Death = freedom
That’s a stupid way to think
@TALKn_the_MATRIX it’s not
If there is no YOU who will feel the freedom?
@@tacit_They're saying that the only true freedom that you have is death because you aren't bound to anything. When you are alive, you are always bound to something. For example, you are bound to the earth right now
@@tacit_ "You" is being used in the context of incarnated self. After death the self is free spirit soul. This is how I understood that post
"If my wealth goes away, it takes with it nothing but itself."
-Seneca
invest in bitcoin
@@heatherkittleson3984 invest in HBAR
Bitcoin is better and faster in terms of cashing out and profit is guaranteed
@@heatherkittleson3984 it literally isn't, bitcoin has really bad fees and very slow transaction time
@@behindthepie9430 depending on the platform n broker
"...If there is no you, you can not be contained by anything." That hits hard
Who said it?
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
"Freedom can be manifested only in the void of beliefs, in the absence of axioms, and only where the laws have no more authority than a hypothesis."
- Emil Cioran
"the struggle to free myself from restraints becomes my very shackles"
-Meshuggah, "disenchantment" (catch 33)
Great quote to share on this video, for I feel many people might leave this video with a strong desire for being free from desires.
That same desire-paradox is one I myself really fell for. With the advice of many men wiser than me however, I now believe the only solution is to be found in the present moment.
Not as deep as Futile Bread Machine but I'll take it.
@@craigfrober316 Where is this bread and why is it futile? 😇 iirc it's "future breed" heh
[AoT reference]
So in the end, Eren Jeager really was a slave to his own ideals. The boy who seeked freedom became a prisoner to it
When I read the title, the first name that came in my mind was Eren. We're never truly free, neither was he.
Everyone is
Mid
Im trying to understand what freedom is because of this show.
It broke my mind
I still can't understand
@@redhairedshanksfanboy5695 one piece is mid
Are we really free? We are no more than mere cattles?
-Eren Yeager
This video is literally Eren's philosophy and is his personality to run for freedom
I was thinking the same thing actually
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
- Buddha
I love seeing you upload. Highlight of my day.
💯
Hiw sad is your life dude
@@FBI-wp1nn because I enjoy his content? Are you trying to do a little trolling? A wee bit of horseplay? Smidge of lollygagging? Shut the hell up.
@@SmashandGrab567 nah man having a youtube video be the best part of your day is sad im just pitting you
@@FBI-wp1nn damn, that's crazy.
"that is the daily routine of a prisoner, not a free man"
i know those words will haunt me for a long time
Are they still haunting?
Having a same daily routine itself prove that we are the prisoner on this prison planet and freedom is just an illusion, society, government and capatalist are controlling our lives.
I was on acid once and felt that the most honest conclusion to my existence was to end it. It was frightening. It seems that to be alive is to deceive myself and others to some extent. To fundamentally deviate from "my" "true" essence. Slapping me right in my face that I'm lazy, unkind, inconsistent, imperfect, and will always be. Very uncomfortable yet humbling in a weird way. Maybe someone can change my perspective. I don't know.
I. I don't even. It's a figment. I hold onto something that isn't even. It's all falling and this "thing" that is "me" falls with "it". I'm a mess as I fall yet I desperately try to hold this "thing"/"feeling" together. Like I'm greedily holding onto something that was never "mine" in the first place. That to truly let go is to be free, from "it". From existence as I know it. As though if I died, there would be some celebration that I let this thing go once and for all. That then I'd finally truly be free from the confines of existence. It makes no sense but maybe it does?
"If there is a god, I have questions."
- an agnostic
Peace.
P.S.
No, I'm not currently on acid or any drugs for that matter, heh.
Perhaps the most free we can be is, when our mind is free from idea and urge of freedom. If you don't know anything, you're free to not be burdened by the knowledge and perhaps even know anything, if you so choose. To bad you can't go there anymore, at least not in a way, that would feel continuous to your own existence. The second best thing is perhaps to stop caring.
*Eren Jaeger has entered the chat*
You are everything and nothing at the same time.
You basically can control and touch everyone but also you can control anyone if you wanted.
The comments give me faith right before i was thinking that the world has gotten to a track of stupidity to the point of no return.
The only channel on UA-cam I watch through to the end before scrolling through the comments
same
I check the comments, only for the incredible quotes there
@@owlgirl0084 I agree and do that too but can't help be absorbed by the video 1st
Hell yeah man, I'm writing about just this topic for a school presentation, started last week. Fun to see this in my recommended feed haha
Please, I'll love to read it when you're done
Me too
would love to read it if you dont mind
Send it to mee
Now add on top of this the theory that we have lived the exact same lives over and over again which means I will and have made this message over and over again for forever.
Your videos are always peaceful, and thought inducing. Thank you for taking time to make them.
Your freedom comes the knowledge of all that which was said along with the understanding that you do not matter to any of it unless you accept your place among all of it ... And you're certainly free to do just that ... Or not.
Much Love,
mr. e
✌️
This video is full of thoughts that I have daily, but haven't articulated to many people. In my experience, most folks don't want to talk openly about such ideas, at least not often. I'm glad to see all of you! 😀 I wish we could all go out for pizza or something! 🍕
Let meee knooowwww
"WOW" That gave me chills! You win the internet award for the day. That was spot on and will make you stop and think. Life is too short if you think about it do it might not get another chance.
We can't never be truly free, even gods are burdened by weights of immortality.
Buddhism
You must have a very elementary understanding of the concept of GOD
@@tremendousmoss Teach us oh enlightened being.
@@NoName-de1fn seek the truth and it shall be revealed
@@NoName-de1fn or you can perpetually chase instant gratification & distraction.
I love how so many of us, either Alliances or Yeagerists, believe we are never truly free. Everyone is a slave to something.
For me example, I suffer from ocd, I was told not to think or react to certain things that weren't causing any distress in me(unlike other thoughts which are normally intrusive), and one of them was existentialism and consciousness. It surpressed my free will
it is about time that you start podcast, it would be great to take a long walk and just listen to your voice
HE dont Swing that way Sorry 🙃
This is at the very minimum on par with the greatest things I’ve ever heard in my life. Thank you so much
As a regular viewer, I typically find your videos curious, unusual, and interesting. This one was made a much deeper emotional impact for some reason. So soothing and calm. Thank you.
Possibly the single most beautiful video I have ever seen.......So much truth that is difficult to find elsewhere!
“We join spokes into a wheel, but it is the stillness at the center that allows it to turn.”
Over the years I've learned to adopt the Stockholm response to my mind and body. We get along just fine now.
I cant even get over watching this channel, is it just me? How many of you would love to talk and listen to this gentlemen LIVE. Wouldnt it be fascinating to pick the brain of this individual and see the world through his lenses and perspective. Cant say it enough, love the videos
There is no freedom from the algorithm, thus I leave my digital pennies, a like and a comment.
minutes ago it feels like it was made for me since last night I had the worst longest breakdown I had finally let go of my attachment for somebody that didn't care it hurt and was a lot for me to deal with but I'm completely free now and during the entire breakdown I was smiling haha cheers from the moon
Good to know man😌
Cheers to you, mate
IF I ever breakdown Im most definitely killing somebody. BUT cheers to u 🤗
I've been in a similar situation. It still hurts a lot at times.
That’s great to hear. Know ur not alone
You know I just had a mental breakdown and existential crisis over this at work. And now I'm seeing it here...
Wish u recorded it would have been hilarious
I’ve been thinking about this so much lately and it felt amazing to hear it visualized and see that other people thinks these thoughts too
This video was absolutely wonderful, thank you so much for your time and effort into making it 🙏
If there was a golden button for the best channel in the world and the most deep and touching channel, I would press it and it still wouldn't be enough to describe how touched and greatfull I am that this channel exists. Thank you, all the love🙏
Almost magical that you posted this after i had just been pondering this same concept just earlier today... my conclusion was that ignorance is bliss,
I love the dreamy voice, like a clear inner voice. Supremely intelligent and insightful, possibly pure genius as if from a loving superior world. It flies high above our daily narrow naratives as if almost to mock our shallowness. The work of a beautiful mind delivered with a voice aquainted with harmony.
You are my favorite UA-cam channel! I do understand that in true sense, you and me are one, and the one who is "understanding" itself is the greatest shackle. But I often seem to forget it.... and later on realize it once again only to forget it once again in an endless loop.
I was just talking to a friend about this and...BOOM 20 mins later this video pops up. Thank you!
Haven't seen yet but already welcoming Existential crisis
Me after watching this: crying in erreh
Amazing! That's exactly how I feel!
Great ideas and visualisation, the vibe in general!
"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man"
I'm Supposed to be impressed 😑
We are only custodians of those things we think we own.
@@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg So I quote a Beatle, you threaten to kill me. Totally makes you look like a rational, reasonable adult who hasn't had their mind rotted by political incited hatred.
The greatest freedom, of fully letting go: nirvana
Hush!
Freedom is our capacity to solve every single one of our own problems. Any problem that we can't solve for ourselves is to the degree that we aren't free. Wherever we seek permission is because we're reliant and this is why we must develop ourselves to employ the wisdom we can demonstrate.
ah yes, yet another thoughtful abstract concept for me to get a headache thinking about. Great videos keep up the good work.
Always at the right time these upload mysteriously
Damn, dude. You sometimes (I mean often) produce such a powerful stuff. I mean, damn, dude. You must be an outstanding human being. Thanks. And your ad policy is admired as well.
Really the constraints of the mind only lifted completely when I tried lsd. I could think as far as I wanted and it was awesome
There are not enough comments acknowledging the beauty and originality of the editing. While I am accustomed to the quality and value of the thoughts provided, this video is an art piece beyond that. Cheers man. And while I'm at it: >Notes from the end of everything< is a great book. Thank you so much.
"When we cease trying to square circles" Beautifully put.
Thoughts and love to my existential brothers and sisters...
You are not your body or your mind, you are pure consciousness.
Complete freedom man this videos hit differently. Opens your mind and changes your though process. 💯✨
Exact what I think
This reminds me of the great master of letting go, Guru Laghima. I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of him. Guru Laghima was an 🌬Nomad guru and renowned poet who lived 4,000 years ago. It is said that in his meditations he discovered the secret to weightlessness, which allowed him to unlock the latent ability of flight. This essentially allowed Laghima to become untethered from the earth and live the last forty years of his life without ever touching the ground.
On the freedom from ourselves, Guru Laghima said “Instinct is a lie, told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong.”
To free ourselves from fear and the other things that bind us, we are reminded by one of his most famous poems:
出尘世羁绊
入虚无如风
Let go of the earthly tether, (and) enter the void as wind.
Or more popularly
Let go your earthly tether. Enter the void. And become wind.
Not by seeking freedom but by letting go even of the yearning for freedom and all earthly desires and concerns can we become as wind, passing untethered to the earth.
I just had the most freeing experience today and then i found this video.
It's weird I've been trapped my whole life so i felt that way. Literally nothing has changed but I feel I am free now for some weird reason. Maybe I have changed.
Yea ur tripping. I On the other hand Need To go take a Shit. BTW that's the problem with U People stop worrying so much about life and think about the small things like taking a Shit Because at the end that's what matter in life.
Free will is the gift humankind has been given that allows each being to freely choose their ideas and what they wish to believe or not believe. Our ability through the choices we make, to create new circumstances and environment, relationships, achievement or failure, prosperity or poverty.
There is no way that man may escape what he thinks, says or does [i.e., the fruits of his free will]-for he is born of the Divine Creative Consciousness power and is likewise creative in his imagining.
After this epic piece, which touched so many of my personal perceptions and did such a masterful job of delivering a message.... The sponsor message from Blinkist was a jolt back into the fast food universe I had just briefly escaped! The contrast.... wow. ( And I really did love this piece... wonderful. Nice piece of art. Just wonderful. I plan to watch all of your videos. Top drawer. )
I am free. Whatever I do, however I do it, it's all my own free will.
I dont know about that Thanos 😂
You have no free will. Watch his video " One thought can change everything"
Dear god. I haven't checked on uploads from Pursuit of Wonder in a while... And almost forgot what I've been missing.
some of the best content on this platform, helps me figure things out in life
This channel makes me feel home .. The kind of conversation i would wanna have ..🔥🔥
One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates 🎈
I think I thought about something like this when I was 11... or 12. Anyways I've always been a fan of anime and I just observed them living their lives to their fullest from the other side of the screen. I've imagined myself living in the anime with them, imagining myself as a pirate or a ninja but then at times I'd compare the character's lives and the life I live in my imagination and compared them to my actual life. I always yearned to live like them but I just never felt fulfilled in life. When I compare my life to there's, it was like I was breathing but not living. I thought about how society worked in the anime compared to real life. I had thoughts like society here is always binding you restricting you of freedom. Every day was the same; I would wake up, go to school, come home, do my homework eat, watch anime, then sleep. There was no meaning in any of that. I had no goals. Nothing I felt devoted to. Nothing I looked forward to. Society has just about everything planned out for me. I have to go to school for about the first two decades of my life to secure an undetermined future that I had no interest in. I started losing interest in everything in my life. I stopped caring about family, friends, grades and pretty much everything else. Everything seemed dull to me. I wouldn't mind dying, but I don't mind living either. Honestly if I had to choose, I would prefer dying because I was interested in what would happen. My parents were religious but I've always questioned their religion from a young age so I'm secretly not actually a believer but if they knew that who knows what would happen to me. Anyways I've never tried suicide because I'm not the greatest fan of pain, but if someone tried to threaten my life, I wouldn't be phased. So anyways, I fully acknowledged that I had no freedom. I feel like I went completely off topic, but this comment is too long so I don't want to read over it.
Damn. I can't believe how much I've grown in the span of 8 months. Never thought I'd be able to see the world as I do today. It goes to say how much perspective really matters. I've changed so much.
@@purp1whale468 can you please explain what changed your outlook over the 8 months?
What is also amazing is how the visuals in these videos are staged and presented as it all were a dream. Very interesting!
As Aemin Alert has said that if you go out of your way to find freedom all your life then you are not free you are just a salve to it
Everybody is a slave to something -askeladd (lucius artorius castus) ironically people who fight for absolute freedom are slaves to the concept of absolute freedom. No one is truly free.
freedom reminds me of Eran Yeager.
absolute gold ! love your content( your voice is so soothing btw)
You sir don't know how much I appreciate this amazing videos. I'm from Costa Rica, my english it's 40-100, but this helps me a lot, btw the info it's priceless for the young generations and anyone interested in learning something different. 💯😎💪🏻
Freedom is an illusion and knowing this gives me ultimate freedom
how
@@nessquik1645 By not trying to look or search for freedom gives you automatic freedom
@@natural9743 Nope...
Our assumption of what we think who we are is in my experience one of the biggest barrier in feeling freedom.
Very much needed for me recently. Thank you for your videos
"The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide"
Yes this is like a prison sentence, like being on death row, but with no set date, and if you have people who depend on you, you don’t get to choose the date.
You said it pretty well. So if we could escape our limitations we might eventually end up like God. But that's a conundrum. I think we're meant to have these limitations so we can keep reaching out and finding things. Maybe our experiences will be tallied up so we can all learn together
I really liked this video. Thank you for making videos.
This channel and Academy of Ideas are my favorite.
This channel is underrated 🙇🏽♂️
Michelangelo’s unfinished sculptures give a very similar feeling to this video. (Not that this video is unfinished, it’s perfect
Perfect means finished, actually, in Latin. Just a fun fact
the video is beautifully made, the editor did an absolute amazing job
taking care of urself and making sure you’re ok is self care i see that as freedom and when u have a headache just bc it keeps u from going out doesn’t equal no freedom.....
let it gooooooooo~
-Frozen
Hello Pursuit of Wonder watched all your videos and gave them a like, im in a hard period in my life and i dont feel like i can trust my thoughts anymore. Everything becomes darker and darker as days past and suicidal thoughts and endless thinking of my failure in life and me giving up. i lack motivation and i sometimes feel both lost, empty, hopeless and miserable. I can't really be happy without any reasoning or knowledge of hope but thats what your videos bring me! i Become extremely happy everytime you post a video because im sure its a banger everytime. so i drew 2 drawings that resemble both a pursuit of wonder and searching for a purpose while drawing the complete opposite: feeling Lost and i used the figure in my profile picture haha. these emotional states have pushed me to become extremly artistic and loving everything related to creation. what i am kinda asking for haha is a video so deep i would cry like it has to go so so so deep that i might get special knowledge i never thought about, i am already really deep into my thoughts but i think if you made a video more emotional using big words and describing in full details as you always do, or just explain your own thoughts, i would probably have enough knowledge to help someone else in need. i already helped like 100 people with suicidal thoughts because i kinda like the sad mood and i could as well help someone i have been depressed for almost 7 years if im correctly and never had enough energy to keep being happy. I really need something that goes into my soul something that really really hits hard and which is both something that can really bring me into the right mind process. you really inspired me and helped me through hell, now i want to guide others! i really need to cry again haha idk i know its much to ask for, and i know you might not read this message because its long. thank you for everything i hope everyone will find purpose and happiness in their lives. and i kinda wish you narrated my life haha and pls give credits to the other guy who started out 3-4 years ago :) he was also an inspiration!!
That was a work of art. Thank you.
I love the stories you tell
I love your videos
Keep making videos like this philosophies