@@alicestaley2285 when has someone ever given you a bible quote in place of a tip. I live in the deep south, where there’s more religious boomers than water and I’ve never seen that.
image just slept with him last night. woke up and kicked u out. gave u no breakfasts. handed u a piece of paper that says ' u not coming last night is not detriment to the pursuit of happiness and success' & tell u this paper will be worth lots in da future hahahaha
*Interesting fact:* A lot of these views about modestly and simplicity were influenced by the fact that *Einstein was a strict socialist* . He wrote in the Socialist Journal named Monthly Review in 1949, an essay titled _'Why Socialism?'_ in which he said: _"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career._ _I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion"_
He's got a really good essay on socialism you should check out actually! It's out for free I'll try to link it Edit: here - monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/
It isn't that simple for one to be a huge intellectual genius while also being considerably wise, right? Often being a great scientist implies some isolation from such "feely" questions.
@@metametodo Yes and also Einstein might seem like the type of person who wouldn't aim towards a simple life, judging from how much he accomplished. But things are not what they seem
@@billyzleef3230 You can accomplish a lot and still lead a simple life. Einstein was specifically talking about people who work hard to chase only money. Einstein worked hard because physics brought him more joy than making money ever could
Spending $500 on a desk set up after saving up for months sure was satisfying. However, have I returned to my baseline happiness? Maybe so. Fortunately, it allows for spikes of happiness throughout my week that I wouldn't have experienced otherwise. It also helps me reach my other goals, like graduating university or practicing digital art. Even after reading Schopenhauer, who said that human beings are in a constant state of deprivation, I still find myself chasing after silly materialistic endeavours. Sure, I could learn to ignore the will and go on to live an ascetic lifestyle, maybe that's the only way I'll ever feel close to satisfied. However, I think I've found a healthy balance, one that accepts the human condition and mindfully treads through life, finding meaning in meaningless things. I'm satisfied with feeling unsatisfied for now. Very calming and enjoyable video, provoked some positivity in my generally apathetic mind.
I myself don't fell much happiness when I get new material things. Before I felt happiness from that, but I accept that it doesn't give long term happiness. Some material things give me long term happiness but not by itself. For example, I got new expensive headphones 3 years ago. I feel happy everytime I listen to music, not because I have good headphones, but because I can listen to music with great quality. Now I bought 600 euro drum kit I don't feel happiness, maybe when I learn to play it
I’m 14 and my life goals where to buy a big fancy house and run my own business but now after listening to this I want to take life slower and make it worthwhile so thank you you made me realise a new path on my journey thank you
I think the biggest problem with happiness is that people try to be(come) HAPPY, instead of being engaged, interested in and curious about their surroundings ..
You are probably never gonna read this, but this is one of the most beautiful and grounding videos I've ever come accross. I watch it every couple of months. Thank you for your work
I just watched the movie, Soul and I couldn’t stop thinking back to this along with Camus essay Myth of Sisyphus. There’s so much relevance in this sort of philosophical thinking
The momentary pause where one reflects on life and truly lives in the present moment is the only time when true, unadulterated happiness can be felt. Einstein's message as I see it is a reminder to take a moment to breathe.
Being happy is hard when you have literally no friends or even someone that you can to talk to. There's no point of achieving something great or trying to evaluate importance of simple things in life when you can't share your happiness with someone else. If your live goes unnoticed by other people and feeling of world's indifference is overwhelming - only then you can understand role of social connections in true happiness. Don't repeat my mistakes - care about people around you. You don't want to be left totally alone in life by age of 21 like me (if you are older then be sure to put more effort in it because life won't wait for anyone). Stay safe, be nice to people around you and happy holidays folks!
@@robertrowland6262 I'm 21 as well, been self centered most of my life and its coming back to bite me in the ass. We just need time to grow, we will find our people, eventually. Stay strong man
24 and struggled with loneliness before. What worked for me was finding a job that forced me to interact with a bunch of people regularly. Eventually I learned to make and keep friends better.
I've been there before dude, and trust me when I say it will come. The hard part is waiting it out while you search. I'm not saying those feelings will ever disappear totally, I don't know the depth of your mental health, but you will someday find something if you keep at it. Good luck!
I'm afraid nobody does. What makes someone happy one day may not make them as happy on the next. As people we have to constantly navigate through life looking, feeling, and struggling. Happiness comes from the journey. Living is like dancing, or playing music, you don't do it to achieve a specific goal, but to appreciate it while it lasts. I'm not saying you shouldn't look for what makes you happy, that's really important, but pursuing happiness is not like chasing a goal, because a goal marks the end of the journey, and the only true end in our journey is death. Pursuing happiness is like walking on the street listening to a song you like, it boils down to just 'being', appreciating the trip. Hope you find your way. Good luck!
Life is interesting, everybody should self reflect and think critically for themselves to analyse the world we live in and understand what really matters. When you have a bigger outlook in life, it is easier to see the small things that you take for granted and now you can be thankful for them.
I sometimes wonder if these videos being created are Sisyphus' boulder being rolled up the hill but for the creator. Like it might be a boulder being rolled up a hill, but at the end they find themselves happier than before. It's a happy day dream of mine
@@DarkAngelEU I don't feel I did. If OP ends up having a positive effect on themselves or the world at the end of the work on making a video, I think that's a great thing. You gotta do hard work to create things sometimes - both the best/worst parts are still part of the process. I'm just hoping it brings OP joy in doing doing what they do
@@digitalhermit8928 I read your comment as being "work hard and you'll get there", or "find enjoyment in hard work" but the boulder is exactly what Sisyphus defies with his memories of a much better life, a life absent from hard work, a passionate life, a life he sustained by tricking the gods many times before actually getting caught and punished for his acts of deviance. We must imagine Sisyphus happy, because in his mind he is still free, he is still a rebel that refuses to accept this punishment as his final fate. Saying these videos are like the boulder is like saying this is what God, law or society has imposed on the creator, ie a punishment he has to learn to rebel against, while it's quite obvious that the creator enjoys making these videos. It is rather the life before the boulder, than the boulder itself. That's my argumentation for why I think you didn't understand the essay.
@Joost Broek No, and I just explained why. Saying the essay is bullshit also goes to show you don't really respect what Camus had to say and you just want to make a fancy quote out of it rather than understanding his underlying message, which was to rebel against conventions, like "a good life is dedicated to hard work". Camus defied philosophical convention, and pretty much chose to align himself with philosophers like Schopenhauer and Nietzsche against Hegel, against Sartre, against theoretical philosophers who didn't care about what was actually happening in the world to derive any philosophical meaning from. Camus finds philosophy for the sake of philosophy disgusting, so it takes a little attention to know what he means with imagining Sisyphus happy and I find that alot of people are disrespectful to his intentions because they are omitting three lines, THREE LINES, that clearly explain Sisyphus isn't happy because he has found joy in pushing that stupid boulder up and down, but because he finds it laughable the gods' powers only reach him so far that they can force him to push a boulder up and down and not erase his memories that still fill him with joy even while he has to push that stupid boulder up and down forever. The entire perspective of the message changes, because now, if we are confronted with the Absurd, Camus tells us to remind the times we were able to laugh and welcome the Absurd into our lives instead of having to deal with it as if it were a punishment. He doesn't tell us to work hard through the mess, but remind the times where we made the mess work for us. He's telling us not to accept the situation, but to deal with it on our own terms, like a rebel would. Own the situation, don't suck up to it. It's like people constantly comparing the times we live in to Orwell's 1984 or a world made up by Kafka, whilst they are saying "oh we don't live in a free world", "oh bureaucracy is everywhere nowadays!", while this is NOT what those books are about. 1984 is pretty much UK today with their whole Brexit episode: people voting blindly out of emotion rather than political motivations, being riled up by lobbyists who know how to pull their strings, who know the people simply gobble up their fake news and rhetoric because they're too lazy to have a genuine interest in politics and how such milestone decisions might influence their own conditions. Kafka is pretty much about the lack of justice, the inhumaneness most plebs wish to see in the real world, a lack of laws that protect the people from themselves to either abuse their power or simply let their animal lusts feast upon others. If you are too lazy to read anything they wrote, don't quote them, and surely, don't start an argument where you think you'll look smart by oversimplifying them. You will always be outsmarted by those who actually did the work.
Wow, you've really got me questioning my whole existence and seriously challenging the motives of my goals and if what I expect from them is truly logical. I didn't know just how much I needed someone to do that for me until now. Thank you so much. I will be back to this video.
I think I needed this video, I can't explain how, but after watching it I really feel I needed it. It kinda helped me put the brakes on and stop moving so fast, so I can just kinda look around and be happy
Oh, crying on Christmas Eve makes more sense now: untempered ambition restlessly chasing Anesthetist school and grinding might be the wrong approach, probably why I'm burned out. Exactly the perspective flip needed. Kinda glad I learned this about my hero here 🙏
Agree with that baseline happiness thing. I deal in/collect antique jewellery and when you get something new, you can't stop looking at it, but the novelty wears off over time and it stops making you so happy after a while.
TL;DR: We chase increasingly expensive opulence in the vain hope of cheating our psychological limits, & when the honeymoon phase comes to a close, we simply find ourselves re-acquainted with intermittent desire. The hedonic treadmill of success plays perfectly into this -- but people nevertheless remain alien to the happiness that comes from simply saying, "That's enough."
Good advise! Abdul-Baha of the Baha'i Faith once referred to an Arabic saying about the peacock, who 'is contented because he never looks at his feet - which are very ugly - but always at his plumage which is very beautiful’ :-)
I would love to hear about why sisyphus is important to you if you already haven't talked about it. To me. Its almost about the beauty in futility. The need to do good in a world that refuses to be good. Being kind in an unkind world. To the gods they may have thought they cursed sisyphus, but is sisyphus really suffering? He has his purpose and can see his goal. In my life I've realized a lack of. Vision i guess, is what brings me down the most. When I finally found direction, even though the goal is impossibly far, I have the drive to keep pushing. Out of all the stories, series, novels, or other forms of media, I relate heavily with sisyphus for some reason.
I can't escape the thought that what I perceive myself to be is actually just a character in a scenario generated in a better world and designed to facilitate a hedonic reset for the higher/truer me who has become jaded with the "good life" there; hence all the suffering here. Perhaps one must sometimes become reacquainted with darkness to fully appreciate the value of light.
You can maintain satisfaction with anything, or even nothing, with a simple habit of practicing mindfulness and gratitude. Meditation is the cheat code to further amplify this joy.
TikTok E-girl: If you're sad, stop it and just be happy. Headline: Depression cured! World-wide depression count drops to zero! TikTok E-girl being considered for both the Nobel Peace Prize and Nobel Prize for Medicine/Physiology.
Happiness is a silly word. I prefer thinking of it as keeping your mind busy and forgetting that you live in a stupid world with no point at all. A shark has no idea why it's moving but has to keep doing it or it will die. As humans we have to keep moving as well. Find something that you like to do and do it.
0:25 Just as Terry Jacks (Seasons in the sun) is living his life. He made some good songs, enough cash to never work again, bought a small house somewhere in Canada and lived a silent and peacefull life - and never hurt anyone while doing it.
3:40 Deriving all this from the quote of a guy who never looked back and was highly driven individual throughout his life. In some part contempt is good but I hope people won't fall into this trap of negative positivity. The entire video was nothing but a bunch of positive words strung together in an ASMR voice. When would the guy in this video say "That's enough" and stop his own hustle of pumping content telling people what they want to hear?
Actually I dont agree with that phrase. I prefer the "to navigate is necessary, to live is not." Which in a way can mean smth like "do you spend your life doin something really necessary?" So in a way a life full of struggles is more satisfactory even if in the end you havent achieve what you wanted to. Idk if is a pessimist or otimist view of life but its more senseful to me to live a life trying to become better intelectually, financially or whatever than spend a life in a farm with cows (metaphora to living taking easy). So that phrase make way more sense than the classic critic of stressful routines. All this bring to me the question "is life really that worthful to spend trying to save it or is better to Just live for an objective even with suffers and struggles?" Cus in the end the fate is the same. End.
Even thou happiness is a choice, nobody ever look it up that way as it could occur. The "wall" is 80% in our mentality, hence on the heavy senseless procrastinations and unhealthy disregards over the happiness.
I watched a move sometime ago (I forgot the name of it) but it was about some famous writer. And he had a family but he spend so much of his time writing he wouldn't take a break for a meaningful family celebration like one of his daughter's birthdays. And the daughter wanted him to join the family so badly. I think it ended up really messing up their relationship. It's like he chose to miss out or didn't realize he was missing out on the most important happy experiences of a person's life.
Life is funny, eh? Among other things to. The times in our life when everything comes into view for us. Priceless really. Peace, healing, and blessings for us all.
Society says life is a race, and we need to run as fast as we can without taking rest or just to breath and i think that's why everyone is unhappy or depressed.
Einstein really gave that boy a 'Live Love Laugh' FB quote instead of some money LMAOOOO
"Instead of the $1000 I owe you I gift you this knowledge.... Time you spent enjoying yourself is not time wasted" - Albert Newton
That bellboy was probably pissed asf
it's like when boomers give you a bible quote in place of a tip.
@@alicestaley2285 when has someone ever given you a bible quote in place of a tip. I live in the deep south, where there’s more religious boomers than water and I’ve never seen that.
image just slept with him last night. woke up and kicked u out. gave u no breakfasts. handed u a piece of paper that says ' u not coming last night is not detriment to the pursuit of happiness and success' & tell u this paper will be worth lots in da future hahahaha
"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness."
-Albert Einstein, 1922
Determinism is Freedom 🤙
@@Polyglot_English Isn't that an oxymoron
Goals to be found
@@aadibelhe6957 how is that oxymoron??
Maybe for some but if everyone was like that. NOTHING would get done the way it should. Kind of an overrated quote if you ask me.
"There is nothing wrong with a life of peace and prosperity" - Uncle Iroh
However, when yourself running amok that hedonic treadmill...enough is enough. RELAX & LIVVE
I’ll be returning to this vid many times
Hi Tanner, been a fan for YEARS. Swiped up from Instagram.
Same
@@victorploug3716 ayy same
Agree! I’ve already made a few UA-cam videos about Nikola Tesla but this video has now inspired me to make one about Einstein!
As will we all
*Interesting fact:* A lot of these views about modestly and simplicity were influenced by the fact that *Einstein was a strict socialist* . He wrote in the Socialist Journal named Monthly Review in 1949, an essay titled _'Why Socialism?'_ in which he said:
_"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career._
_I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion"_
no thank you
Yep
This is amazing! I didn't know about it c:
stateless socialism and decolonization would be like our whole society getting therapy
He's got a really good essay on socialism you should check out actually! It's out for free I'll try to link it
Edit: here - monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/
I feel like every time I click on one of these videos it’s exactly what I need to hear
Because he says what you want to hear
I think he’s matching the world-mood right now very well: depressed but low-key kinda thoughtful (well, some people)
Same
@@blagomarko want and need aren’t the same thing
Because you’re brainwashed by google and they’re tricking you into feeling fulfilled
It's funny how arguably the most revolutionairy physicist in history believed thay we must live a simple life.
It isn't that simple for one to be a huge intellectual genius while also being considerably wise, right? Often being a great scientist implies some isolation from such "feely" questions.
@@metametodo Yes and also Einstein might seem like the type of person who wouldn't aim towards a simple life, judging from how much he accomplished. But things are not what they seem
@Joost Broek yay
@@billyzleef3230 You can accomplish a lot and still lead a simple life. Einstein was specifically talking about people who work hard to chase only money. Einstein worked hard because physics brought him more joy than making money ever could
"Simplicity is the definition of sophistication." Find something you love and let that be what kills you.
Bell boy: Can I have some money for candy please
Einstein: *Eyo bruh watch out from that* _hedonic treadmill_
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
This video popped up at the perfect time. You don’t know me and I don’t know you but if you’re reading this, thank you.
❤️
Shut up
@@gregplitt6629 are u okay? if you need someone to talk to, I’m here.
I m an Introvert. I like solitude nd simple life. My good wishes to u.
😇😚😇
Spending $500 on a desk set up after saving up for months sure was satisfying. However, have I returned to my baseline happiness? Maybe so. Fortunately, it allows for spikes of happiness throughout my week that I wouldn't have experienced otherwise. It also helps me reach my other goals, like graduating university or practicing digital art.
Even after reading Schopenhauer, who said that human beings are in a constant state of deprivation, I still find myself chasing after silly materialistic endeavours. Sure, I could learn to ignore the will and go on to live an ascetic lifestyle, maybe that's the only way I'll ever feel close to satisfied. However, I think I've found a healthy balance, one that accepts the human condition and mindfully treads through life, finding meaning in meaningless things. I'm satisfied with feeling unsatisfied for now.
Very calming and enjoyable video, provoked some positivity in my generally apathetic mind.
I myself don't fell much happiness when I get new material things. Before I felt happiness from that, but I accept that it doesn't give long term happiness. Some material things give me long term happiness but not by itself. For example, I got new expensive headphones 3 years ago. I feel happy everytime I listen to music, not because I have good headphones, but because I can listen to music with great quality.
Now I bought 600 euro drum kit I don't feel happiness, maybe when I learn to play it
This guy is brilliant writer. That's 90% of the reason his content is so good.
I’m 14 and my life goals where to buy a big fancy house and run my own business but now after listening to this I want to take life slower and make it worthwhile so thank you you made me realise a new path on my journey thank you
do drugs
Archibald ok
@@panthermangaming1623 no, really, do them, just know what, when and who you are taking them with.
@@archibald9393
No
My life goal is to buy a bit of land out in the country and grow my own food and just chill
I think the biggest problem with happiness is that people try to be(come) HAPPY, instead of being engaged, interested in and curious about their surroundings ..
Me: living life the way I always have been
Sisyphus: Dude, stop.
🤷♂️ well...... The forces of whatever life is brought me here to sisyphus and now I can't look away
@@Kingof-zy7hz It's called the algorithm. Blessed be it. :'d
Cute
Some weird things happening
You are probably never gonna read this, but this is one of the most beautiful and grounding videos I've ever come accross. I watch it every couple of months. Thank you for your work
As a physicist who specialises in Einstein's beautiful theory of general relativity, I can confirm that Einstein knows what makes you happy
consumerism hellhole goes deep than one might think,perhaps we should avoid owning unnacessary things.
yes
@@22222Sandman22222 What is deemed necessary might not be the same for everyone though.
Utilitarianism
Yes, but unfortunealy consumerism is encouraged because it maintains our current economic system.
You always post these just as I’m going to bed and I have to watch dammit
Yup
they're pretty soothing, so I wouldn't mind just fading off to one of them.
Just change your time zone
@@tejasdixit4417 a nice relaxing time
I just watched the movie, Soul and I couldn’t stop thinking back to this along with Camus essay Myth of Sisyphus. There’s so much relevance in this sort of philosophical thinking
Soul was such a great movie
The momentary pause where one reflects on life and truly lives in the present moment is the only time when true, unadulterated happiness can be felt. Einstein's message as I see it is a reminder to take a moment to breathe.
Being happy is hard when you have literally no friends or even someone that you can to talk to. There's no point of achieving something great or trying to evaluate importance of simple things in life when you can't share your happiness with someone else. If your live goes unnoticed by other people and feeling of world's indifference is overwhelming - only then you can understand role of social connections in true happiness.
Don't repeat my mistakes - care about people around you. You don't want to be left totally alone in life by age of 21 like me (if you are older then be sure to put more effort in it because life won't wait for anyone).
Stay safe, be nice to people around you and happy holidays folks!
I'm caring and generous and largely seen as a fool to be taken advantage of by the majority who are selfish and unappreciative.
@@robertrowland6262 There are good people out there! They will appreciate your attitude and love you for it, so keep looking for them
@@robertrowland6262 I'm 21 as well, been self centered most of my life and its coming back to bite me in the ass. We just need time to grow, we will find our people, eventually. Stay strong man
24 and struggled with loneliness before. What worked for me was finding a job that forced me to interact with a bunch of people regularly. Eventually I learned to make and keep friends better.
love your videos man! keep up the good work!
Yes
the virgin pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness vs the chad calm and modest life
I've been thinking about how important it is to enjoy the pursuit as much as the destination lately
Life is only deemed simple when you're thriving & not merely surviving. . .
True happiness is having seen not one PragerU video.
Lmao
Underrated comment
They are so fun though. Just pretend they are made by the onion.
i dont mind prager u
That explains things
They are a blight on philosophical and political UA-cam
i honestly dont know what makes me happy in my life
Time will solve that question in the mean time just take good care of yourself and pursue anything you want and can do, intrinsically of course
I've been there before dude, and trust me when I say it will come. The hard part is waiting it out while you search. I'm not saying those feelings will ever disappear totally, I don't know the depth of your mental health, but you will someday find something if you keep at it. Good luck!
I'm afraid nobody does. What makes someone happy one day may not make them as happy on the next. As people we have to constantly navigate through life looking, feeling, and struggling. Happiness comes from the journey. Living is like dancing, or playing music, you don't do it to achieve a specific goal, but to appreciate it while it lasts. I'm not saying you shouldn't look for what makes you happy, that's really important, but pursuing happiness is not like chasing a goal, because a goal marks the end of the journey, and the only true end in our journey is death. Pursuing happiness is like walking on the street listening to a song you like, it boils down to just 'being', appreciating the trip. Hope you find your way. Good luck!
That’s because happiness has no source. True happiness comes from nothing at all.
Write things that made you feel happy for exampel when a friend made you laugh, put what you wrote in a jar
Life is interesting, everybody should self reflect and think critically for themselves to analyse the world we live in and understand what really matters. When you have a bigger outlook in life, it is easier to see the small things that you take for granted and now you can be thankful for them.
Whoever wrote and spoke the entire narrative of this video has done a great job!
I honestly just want to take your videos and show them to people having a bad trip. Your voice is so soothing and your message is so wholesome
Thank you this was the perfect video to watch while having a sloppy curry shit. I will definitely be returning to this next time
I'm grateful for having access to these videos😊
I sometimes wonder if these videos being created are Sisyphus' boulder being rolled up the hill but for the creator. Like it might be a boulder being rolled up a hill, but at the end they find themselves happier than before. It's a happy day dream of mine
"Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux", says Camus.
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"
Did you ever read The Myth of Sisyphus? Cos I think you're missing the point of that essay.
@@DarkAngelEU I don't feel I did. If OP ends up having a positive effect on themselves or the world at the end of the work on making a video, I think that's a great thing. You gotta do hard work to create things sometimes - both the best/worst parts are still part of the process. I'm just hoping it brings OP joy in doing doing what they do
@@digitalhermit8928 I read your comment as being "work hard and you'll get there", or "find enjoyment in hard work" but the boulder is exactly what Sisyphus defies with his memories of a much better life, a life absent from hard work, a passionate life, a life he sustained by tricking the gods many times before actually getting caught and punished for his acts of deviance. We must imagine Sisyphus happy, because in his mind he is still free, he is still a rebel that refuses to accept this punishment as his final fate.
Saying these videos are like the boulder is like saying this is what God, law or society has imposed on the creator, ie a punishment he has to learn to rebel against, while it's quite obvious that the creator enjoys making these videos. It is rather the life before the boulder, than the boulder itself. That's my argumentation for why I think you didn't understand the essay.
@Joost Broek No, and I just explained why. Saying the essay is bullshit also goes to show you don't really respect what Camus had to say and you just want to make a fancy quote out of it rather than understanding his underlying message, which was to rebel against conventions, like "a good life is dedicated to hard work". Camus defied philosophical convention, and pretty much chose to align himself with philosophers like Schopenhauer and Nietzsche against Hegel, against Sartre, against theoretical philosophers who didn't care about what was actually happening in the world to derive any philosophical meaning from. Camus finds philosophy for the sake of philosophy disgusting, so it takes a little attention to know what he means with imagining Sisyphus happy and I find that alot of people are disrespectful to his intentions because they are omitting three lines, THREE LINES, that clearly explain Sisyphus isn't happy because he has found joy in pushing that stupid boulder up and down, but because he finds it laughable the gods' powers only reach him so far that they can force him to push a boulder up and down and not erase his memories that still fill him with joy even while he has to push that stupid boulder up and down forever. The entire perspective of the message changes, because now, if we are confronted with the Absurd, Camus tells us to remind the times we were able to laugh and welcome the Absurd into our lives instead of having to deal with it as if it were a punishment. He doesn't tell us to work hard through the mess, but remind the times where we made the mess work for us. He's telling us not to accept the situation, but to deal with it on our own terms, like a rebel would. Own the situation, don't suck up to it.
It's like people constantly comparing the times we live in to Orwell's 1984 or a world made up by Kafka, whilst they are saying "oh we don't live in a free world", "oh bureaucracy is everywhere nowadays!", while this is NOT what those books are about. 1984 is pretty much UK today with their whole Brexit episode: people voting blindly out of emotion rather than political motivations, being riled up by lobbyists who know how to pull their strings, who know the people simply gobble up their fake news and rhetoric because they're too lazy to have a genuine interest in politics and how such milestone decisions might influence their own conditions. Kafka is pretty much about the lack of justice, the inhumaneness most plebs wish to see in the real world, a lack of laws that protect the people from themselves to either abuse their power or simply let their animal lusts feast upon others. If you are too lazy to read anything they wrote, don't quote them, and surely, don't start an argument where you think you'll look smart by oversimplifying them. You will always be outsmarted by those who actually did the work.
Wow, you've really got me questioning my whole existence and seriously challenging the motives of my goals and if what I expect from them is truly logical. I didn't know just how much I needed someone to do that for me until now. Thank you so much. I will be back to this video.
one of the best videos I've watched.. its short, simple and hits right through..
I love all of your videos, they're all so brilliantly eloquent and well thought out
I think I needed this video, I can't explain how, but after watching it I really feel I needed it. It kinda helped me put the brakes on and stop moving so fast, so I can just kinda look around and be happy
Oh, crying on Christmas Eve makes more sense now: untempered ambition restlessly chasing Anesthetist school and grinding might be the wrong approach, probably why I'm burned out.
Exactly the perspective flip needed. Kinda glad I learned this about my hero here 🙏
Agree with that baseline happiness thing. I deal in/collect antique jewellery and when you get something new, you can't stop looking at it, but the novelty wears off over time and it stops making you so happy after a while.
I have a feeling this video's gonna get really popular
Prayer and thanksgiving . Be thankful for what you have others wish they had what you do . Social media is overrated and so fake
The joy of happiness finding you is much greater than you finding happiness
Yes, we need to think about what we really want to achieve before starting to work towards it.
I agree, seems obvious but it really isn't.
That was exactly what I needed. I love you.
I love these videos!! I rewatch them when I’m sad or having an existential crisis and they make me feel better. Thx !! :)
Great content. Also, your voice-over has a calming effect
3:25 to the end truly inspired me incredible writing
Humans are never truly happy or contented. Its only temporary.
I mean the bellboy was probably not happy after this
Another incredible video! Thanks so much for all your uploads they make big difference to me
If you can be happy with nothing...
You will be happy with everything... ✌❤
added your vid to my favourite videos playlist :)
I am 13 and this Video will Help me in my Life... THANKS
Success is about enjoying the simple pleasures of life!
Another well formulated video essay. Love 'em.
TL;DR:
We chase increasingly expensive opulence in the vain hope of cheating our psychological limits, & when the honeymoon phase comes to a close, we simply find ourselves re-acquainted with intermittent desire. The hedonic treadmill of success plays perfectly into this -- but people nevertheless remain alien to the happiness that comes from simply saying, "That's enough."
Nice job with pronekke footage.
Great video, keep these posts up I enjoy every one of them!
What make people happy all depends on the person since everyone is different.
The first step to being happy by using Einstein’s theory is to not even read it.
Edit: Early Happy New Year btw guys
Good advise! Abdul-Baha of the Baha'i Faith once referred to an Arabic saying about the peacock, who 'is contented because he never looks at his feet - which are very ugly - but always at his plumage which is very beautiful’ :-)
I would love to hear about why sisyphus is important to you if you already haven't talked about it. To me. Its almost about the beauty in futility. The need to do good in a world that refuses to be good. Being kind in an unkind world. To the gods they may have thought they cursed sisyphus, but is sisyphus really suffering? He has his purpose and can see his goal. In my life I've realized a lack of. Vision i guess, is what brings me down the most. When I finally found direction, even though the goal is impossibly far, I have the drive to keep pushing. Out of all the stories, series, novels, or other forms of media, I relate heavily with sisyphus for some reason.
Just started a job quadrupling my salary is needed to hear this
I can't escape the thought that what I perceive myself to be is actually just a character in a scenario generated in a better world and designed to facilitate a hedonic reset for the higher/truer me who has become jaded with the "good life" there; hence all the suffering here. Perhaps one must sometimes become reacquainted with darkness to fully appreciate the value of light.
You can maintain satisfaction with anything, or even nothing, with a simple habit of practicing mindfulness and gratitude. Meditation is the cheat code to further amplify this joy.
Another cool video, keeping up with your content, it's always such a treat, man. Thought provoking stuff.
TikTok E-girl: If you're sad, stop it and just be happy.
Headline: Depression cured! World-wide depression count drops to zero! TikTok E-girl being considered for both the Nobel Peace Prize and Nobel Prize for Medicine/Physiology.
Lls
Narrator: I'm not saying to go live in the cabin in the woods..but...
Next many shots: Of mountains & valleys & waterfalls...
3:42 among us reffrence
Bruh
Happiness is a silly word. I prefer thinking of it as keeping your mind busy and forgetting that you live in a stupid world with no point at all. A shark has no idea why it's moving but has to keep doing it or it will die. As humans we have to keep moving as well. Find something that you like to do and do it.
soo soothing. what a video you have make.👍
Happiness is a function of accepting what is
Joy is a function of celebrating what is
0:25
Just as Terry Jacks (Seasons in the sun) is living his life. He made some good songs, enough cash to never work again, bought a small house somewhere in Canada and lived a silent and peacefull life - and never hurt anyone while doing it.
your channel got me really interested in philosophy
3:42 NOOOOOOOOOO
Thank you so much for the Christmas present!
Einstein: I changed the physics forever and all faith of humanity... Well I think that's just enough
Success is a tool! That's a realization, thank you very much. 🙏❤
I know this comment won't be relevant but I'm Brazilian and I'd love to see your content with the subtitles even if it was in English, success ❤️
Click the cc button on the top right of the screen when watching the video.
@@zachoryzervas5215 I remember that when I was watching it before it didn’t have the subtitles but now it has. Thank you :)
3:40 Deriving all this from the quote of a guy who never looked back and was highly driven individual throughout his life.
In some part contempt is good but I hope people won't fall into this trap of negative positivity. The entire video was nothing but a bunch of positive words strung together in an ASMR voice. When would the guy in this video say "That's enough" and stop his own hustle of pumping content telling people what they want to hear?
This video is a masterpiece
You could also just remove hapiness and depression from your dictionary. aaayeee. outsmarted
I never knew people would just made quotes by their own and attached my name to it - Albert Einstein
Hahaha. Exactly what I thought. Why are so many people liking this video much less believing it?
Actually I dont agree with that phrase. I prefer the "to navigate is necessary, to live is not." Which in a way can mean smth like "do you spend your life doin something really necessary?" So in a way a life full of struggles is more satisfactory even if in the end you havent achieve what you wanted to. Idk if is a pessimist or otimist view of life but its more senseful to me to live a life trying to become better intelectually, financially or whatever than spend a life in a farm with cows (metaphora to living taking easy). So that phrase make way more sense than the classic critic of stressful routines. All this bring to me the question "is life really that worthful to spend trying to save it or is better to Just live for an objective even with suffers and struggles?" Cus in the end the fate is the same. End.
I really like these short videos they are just so bueaty und maningfull
I love the art
Even thou happiness is a choice, nobody ever look it up that way as it could occur.
The "wall" is 80% in our mentality, hence on the heavy senseless procrastinations and unhealthy disregards over the happiness.
The most radical statement in modern society is "I have enough."
That note show how introvert enjoy happiness
I watched a move sometime ago (I forgot the name of it) but it was about some famous writer. And he had a family but he spend so much of his time writing he wouldn't take a break for a meaningful family celebration like one of his daughter's birthdays. And the daughter wanted him to join the family so badly. I think it ended up really messing up their relationship. It's like he chose to miss out or didn't realize he was missing out on the most important happy experiences of a person's life.
This helped me a lot, thank you.
You said a very big truth through this video.
I feel this video shows that Eienstein was not only a scientific but a genious in the field of psychiatry as well.
Life is funny, eh? Among other things to. The times in our life when everything comes into view for us. Priceless really. Peace, healing, and blessings for us all.
Thank you Mr Einstein ❤️
A key to happiness is a individual thing !!!!
This video called me out. 3:16 is a very important point.
Society says life is a race, and we need to run as fast as we can without taking rest or just to breath and i think that's why everyone is unhappy or depressed.
And yet again, very well said.
Yes happiness brings smile to everyone.