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In this short fiction story, we follow a young couple's weekend trip to a cabin in the woods. On the surface, everything seems fine, but underneath, things start to crumble as one of them begins breaking down and questioning everything.
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how do you come up with these stories, man? you're amazing!
thank you for making these! all of your videos are great
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@@ohhilol... Yes
hello can you please make a video on cheating and the perfect person l have a good girl but lam so worried she will cheat idk what to do with myself
You somehow take everything that keeps me up at night and put it into video format.
Fancy seeing you here, Mike :-)
I feel similarly.
Woah I learn from you
Well by God, it’s Mike from The Art of Guitar. Your breakdown of Jerry Cantrell’s techniques is incredible. I revisit it quite often. Good to see you here!
-Mr.SmartCity, creator of ‘The Art of Gigolo’
Imagine having a test tomorrow morning and not being able to sleep and then watching this
What fascinated me the most is the ambiguity of the ending: I would like to imagine that Ernest did, in fact, find his way back to the cabinet, that he didn't freeze to death that night. And that the last words "he forgot that [...] he was going to die" don't refer to his immanent death, but rather to the certainty that he will die one day.
In a way he needed this near death experience to escape the pessimistic nihilism, that made him wander off in the first place. He realized, that he had the comfort of a roof over his head, enough food on the table and a partner he loved. he was alive now, this was the only thing that truly mattered.
wow, interesting perspective
"Men occasionally stumble over truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." (Winston Churchill)
Thank you for bringing my awareness to an alternative possibility. Before reading this comment, the seemingly senseless & unfair tragedy of a death that could have been so easily avoided at the beginning of a young adult life had me feeling… lost & unsettled.
I’m more than aware that such deaths happen every day, all day perhaps, across the planet. But my own fear of death, of my consciousness simply turning off like a light bulb, going black like a dreamless sleep for forever, as if I had never existed at all, yet knowing for a fact that I HAVE had a conscious experience in what I perceived as a physical body, makes it all feel so horribly & unjustifiably unfair… almost wrong.
Needless to say, I was left with a deep sense of, “no, that can’t be it…” that sent me to the comment section in search of something.. perhaps comfort or relief from the psychological stress I had at that point managed to whip up within my own mind.
Anyway, I always do my best to offer alternative possibilities & points of views to others & try to consider as many as I can manage before making important decisions, & this time, I’m grateful that someone else offered a possibility that wasn’t able to surface from my own thoughts.
Thank you for leaving your comment, it has helped at least one person today, & for that & other reasons not mentioned here, it has great value.
the funny thing is that i had that prespective and lost the other prespective of him dying, thank u for opening my eyes to that
This was the interpretation that I got out of it. Were slightly annoyed since I tend to have an extremely pessimistic nihilistic world view. So weren't really satisfied by the ending. This however is also why this channel is a good counter balance for me.
"Ernest realized something horrible; he was a character in yet another POW story."
"I'm having another existential crisis! I must quick run out into the freezing cold and submerge myself into the water to contemplate!" -Ernest
@@kaycee1895 to be fair that was my first instinct as well, but I decided I preferred to suffer in my bed than in the freezing cold.
Lol 😆😆😆
Ernest gasped for air, he was sinking as if a stone was placed on his chest, his breathing started to slow down and the Siberian cold water started to seep into his lungs. Many small bubbles were were seen on the surface of the lake, as if it was a glass of water, in the hands of a toddler with a plastic straw within his reach.
@FolstrimHori How is this ?? any feedback
My take out basically from this art, as long as you can find some comfort in this absurd existence, life seem worth living:
A roof above your head, clean clothes, good food, clean water and at least someone to call home.
Yeah, I'd second that thought... life is absurd... and weird but it's so good to be alive right here and now 😊
@@TheDjcarlos67 Yeah. Too bad too many live in the future that's not guaranteed while missing the whole point to existence and sooner regret not having because they were conditioned to chase the "best scenes" that meant nothing compared to life, now...
I find it interesting that you said “SOMEONE to call home” and not some place or somewhere. The idea of a person being “home” is quite intriguing
Light can exist without darkness, vice versa . Life is absolutely absurd but we’re conscious, able to observe and appreciate everything in this universe. I would argue that we’re the only beings able to do so. Such a privilege compared to not being alive or conscious.
if you know the why you can live any how
The fact that reality seems chaotic and pointless isn't the worst part for me. I hate that I can't really talk about it to anyone and if I try people just don't seem to want to engage in the conversation or just don't understand. It can be lonely.
It is lonely. I hope you find your person, just don’t give up trying. They are out there, those rare individuals who want to face the yawning chasm of unknowable questions and still dare to look for some measure of truth or understanding, but they are out there somewhere.🙏
You know why? Reality is pointless, and it is also pointless to try to make sense of it. I was also like you, pondering the meaning of life. I found out that nothing really matters, only feelings are.
Not true at all; we are here. Talk to us; we are always ready to engage in conversation with you, and anyone else seeking and sharing. 🙏
@Squigie Ninja I can empathize with that statement
Hey folks
My advice for you: don't detach yourself so much from reality, our minds can't comprehend the whole complexity of the universe. If we wander off too much, we'll lose our way to our cabin and most likely reach the conclusion that life has no meaning (it really does not, at least not intrinsically) and develop depression and lose interest in life. It happened to me; philosophy can be destructive If you explore it without moderation.
Everything that you can do/expierience, you can only do/expierience within life, so it's only meaning is intrinsic.
It all circles back
yes,came to the same conclusion a few days ago
I think i stopped myself right before reaching depression
Nihilism can be very liberating for the right mindset. The fact that it's all meaningless means you can be anything you want. Failure means nothing, who cares? May as well be happy right now whether you have reasons or not. The only thing that really matters is now.
Every wonderland has an Alice.
It can be dangerous, exploring reality. Make sure you don't lose your connection to what you love.
I know stuff like this can lead venerable people to psychosis!
True reality is scarier then imagined realities like god,heaven and hell and far more dangerous then imagined fantasize realities.
@@shadowoffire4307 Have you know people with Psychosis? That is Scary!!
@@kellysmith7511 that is also a problem occurs in people due to mental illnesses of imagined fantasized realities for example people with serious psychosis and mania are super delusional. Psychotic episodes cause person to become delusional or to hallucinate.
I'm lonely here as well. Sadly, talking to my dog and best friend, tchotch, is more engaging than most attempts I make at conversation with my husband. He seems disinterested even with these most fascinating ideas to the point that I have wondered if he's an NPC.
I recently had a panic attack battling my existential crisis and I recognized that as much as you think you're going to die,your subconscious tells you, you have to live,you have things to do,you are here because of reaseons and keep it that way. If anyone finds himself in a situation like one of these,I wish you all the best to find strength an recognize that you're here for a reason
what's the reason?
@@DeeTofa as Alan Watts put it 'to be alive'. Life is complex and simple at the same time.
You're here to be a friend,a brother,a husband,a father and whatever you're given. Take it and cherish it. In moments when you think you're dying,there is a piece of you which tells you ' I need to live'. In the moment ,it's almost I could feel the regret of many who were trying to take their life but regret it in the last moment. I might be wrong,but I feel there is a force that keeps us going
@@odjelzagluposti2638 thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and insights 🙏
@@odjelzagluposti2638 You said that so perfectly..
“If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?”
~Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)
I believe good things do last forever, we just take occasional breaks from it to experience things like earthly life, so we Can appreciate their preciousness more fully.. sort of like a reverse vacation lol
If we choose
I find it extremely excruciating that life has no actual, true meaning, apart from the one you make up for yourself. My human mind and body demands something bigger to be part of, but there is nothing. It's fine when you don't think about it, but when you do, you feel empty.
And yet some people do find meaning in life and never really think about this questions, for them life having meaning is natural, like for a bird. I envy them.
I agree, I dunno how people seem to rarely go there, I'm there quite often and it feels sorta isolating ,sorta strange that I so rarely see anyone else struggling with those questions and thoughts....or maybe when they do they just don't say it? Strange
But what if that's what it is? What if whatever this period of consciousness is is a blank canvas and it's just upto us to paint a picture? Or what if it's like a newtons disc? Looking at it seperately we see different colours which are different lives but spun together it's all white?
I think it is liberating that there is no meaning to life. You can do anything you want with it (as far as your circumstances and disposition enables) and it won’t matter. Nobody actually cares except yourself. There is no absolute hierarchy of values or the way of living, and everything is a social construct that people unquestioningly reproduce.
You just have to be brave enough to explore and to assert what you believe is valuable. Also responsible enough to face its consequences.
Life is filled with unknowable questions. Perhaps it’s not answers we’re looking for, but the questions that need reframing.
how can we do that tho?
I agree so much. These are age old conditions of humans with minds. it is now becoming a horrible dystopia because some selfish delusional nutcases insist that they know.
@@CostaECosta98 by remembering who we are .... i actually remember before coming into this body , we are indeed made of the stuff of stars but what are stars ? they are thoughts of a memory of the cosmic mind
the names of the stars in the ancient Greek are all the names of the parts of the brain
Pegasus is the hippocampus , we are told it translates to seahorse but the hippocampus is the pat of the brain that stores memory , like wise in symbology a winged horse or a sea horse or a hippo is a symbol for memory
the cosmic mind aka the universe , nature , our dream state , our subconscious minds they do not communicate in language they communicate in symbols .
reality according to Confucius
" The world is not ruled by words or by laws but by signs and symbols " ~ Confucius
Even the god of the bible thought symbols so powerful , so dangerous that of only 10 laws for man to live by the 2nd forbids all graven images , signs , symbols , icons ......
we are in a reality war , it is not fought with conventional weapons but with symbols of fear , it is the war of the Meme Lordes .
The elite know we are collectively manifesting this reality on a subconscious level , they pervert the symbolism of the universe , cosmic mind so we create hell on earth for ourselves
our lives like reality is what we make of it , our purpose is to learn to do this for ourselves instead of as a collective hive mind , a hive mind is made up of many many weak minds it takes a stong mind to go solo ...... uni-verse , one verse a single strong mind .... there are many verses we are creating them now , this is what we do ...... what are you creating for yourselves , what are you creating for others ?
start with getting a symbol of a seahorse , ditch the unicorn it is a symbol for mutable air whereas a seahorse is a symbol for fixed air
then go learn the symbols of alchemy and it's counterpart symbols / images in astrology from a few different culture's zodiac , i recommend downloading Stellarium it is a free astrology in the stars soft wear that shows you where the stars actually are not where modern astrology claim they are , it gives you many zodiacs with imagery from all over the world with names and star lore included
time to do some homework but then you can hack he matrix instead of it hacking you all using symbolgy
** footnote ** that rainbow flag is upside don , it should mirror the heavens not mimic them , it has red on top for the root chakra for emotions and sexuality ( remind you of something ? ) it has purple the crown aka CORONA chakra on the bottom the chakra for higher cognitive thinking ! Just flip that flag to purple on top , place at 3rd eye level and say NOTHING ! Just watch as that upside down energy leaves as subtly as it came in .
" No bobby , you were NOT born that way , God did not make you that way . You were subliminally programmed by Disney and Cartoon Network before you hit puberty to become that way "
get rid of all corporate and political logos off your person and property , you are telling the universe to curse you instead of bless you with perverted symbols you are being tricked into worshiping .
It helps to think about what CAN be done:
"Do I even have free will?"
into
"Am I in control of something?"
Sometimes a question is too vague:
"Why am I depressed?"
into
"How do I solve [this issue with me]?"
Backtracking into a more neutral question helps when topics are prone to bias:
"Is God real?"
into
"Who is God?"
Reminds me of the whole 42 thing. It’s the meaning of the universe, but only with the right framing of the question will it make sense
"I believe true focus lies somewhere between rage...and serenity."
-Prof. Charles Xavier
That movie is just so great! Best Xmen movie of all time
which movie is this from
@@tylerkovacs7320 X-Men First Class
It certainly hits me sometimes in the middle of my wordly chaos that someday I’m gonna lose everything that I’m running after. Whats the point of all this? This realization stirs my mind for a few seconds and i drift again into the reality chasing dreams.
Yes
@@Navi405 Yes... see the other Pursuit of Wonder story, "Eventually, Everyone We Know Now Won't Be Known By Anyone"
@@Navi405 Eventually, Everyone We Know Now Won't Be Known By Anyone
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@@tygerk2372 All That You Love Will Be Carried Away - short story by Stephen King
Fr sometimes when im packing for the gym i just stop for a moment and think about how me working out or doing anything is pointless
The scary and sad part is...I think that was the embrace of death, not him actually being saved..
Holy shit you might be right😮. That makes it so much deeper. That'd also explain why he was seeing his entire life flash before his eyes, as they say happens when you're dying.
No he got saved and lived up till his 96th birthday
The last words in the video makes me think that he dies
I actually disagree. I think the last line is less about him “going to die” in the moment and more of an existential “going to die” eventually. The way it was phrased makes me believe it was less about the present and more about the ever approaching of death, blocked out by the comfort of the basic normalcy of the cabin and his lover
Perhaps the point here is that the flashing of your whole life before you die.... is your life. It's flashing before you right now.
Ah another classic, your storytelling is so well executed. I can somewhat relate to thoughts Ernest had, as it seemed like everything didn't have a point or at least the mystery of the universe consumed him, I knew he was going to fall in the water due to this. This goes to show that thoughts like these can destroy you, nonetheless I loved how you managed to make a good progression of these thoughts starting from the tv scene. Wonderful!
real
but if you keep yourself from thinking about these subjects, you are severely maiming the one thing this specie has and no other.
@@CrakenFlux Of course, its nice to have them but beware of their effects
I've come to appriciate how well the artstyle matches the content. These videos are really well made
Glad you didn’t fell sucked into dispare
To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.
Why? If there's one thing I've learned from life then it's that nothing really matters; once you're dead you've lost everything you fought for.
@@Leto85 all the more reason to fight for it. What you’ve stated shines a light just as significant as The Chancellor
I hate comments like these
@@greenyxd7298 it’s just either a bot or dedicated individual. They go on videos like these and copy/paste a couple different positive messages. It’s harmless compared to other comment spam out there imo
I think there is a little detail which adds a whole new layer of meaning to the story: the girl's name.
There is a kind of memento mori myth called "et in Arcadia ego" - I (implied Death) am, too, in Arcadia. It is basically a story of two shepherds roaming around Arcadia, an earthly paradise. At some point they stumble upon a gravestone with this writing on it, and realise that even in this land, apparently so full of life and joy, death is always there, waiting.
In Rennes le Château, je croix
@Amba Aradam - Nice!
Its so hard to not question any of this ! There’s so much corrupt/weird things in this reality that’s straight in everyones face but 99% are so numbed down to thinking so minor about this all. I just one day will be thankful to actually know Wtf
“This” is
We are lucky that this type of content we are getting for free 🙌
"I just want to be comfortable before I become uncomfortable with the knowledge that I can't ever be comfortable again."
-- Mark Twain
Wow, sounds just like my recent covid delirium, exactly. I was so caught up in the futility of this insane existence, covid hit me like a mack truck, I descended into an abyss of my sad & precarious existence, didn't think I'd come out of it, much less the same, then bam - so grateful I can smell my stinky dog & my anxiety filled life is not so bad anymore. Beautifully perfect really. It's all perspective. Lets take care of each other.
Had the same situation but I was very high and really thought that i was about to die, but after everything, i began to feel grateful for simple things in life
Being entertained by your videos and content makes me so comfortable. Thank you for that 🙇🏻♀️💕
Here is my take (my english is not good) The suffering in this reality is real but you should "deal with it" and not "sink or addict" to it, If you deal with it well you gonna understand that the bright side of life is truly beautiful and worthwhile and productive but if you sink to it and kinda addict to seeing suffering you gonna think and feel like life is all about suffering which is not at all the good of life is truly good and worth as well.
This is visual-literature that people are going to study thousands years from now.
It's a Mind-blowing new genre that hasn't been recognized yet.
This is what I go through every morning after coffee and before breakfast
Ive had this feeling before. As if my birth and death has occurred in the same moment, and the only thing that keeps me in the present moment are these "meaningless distractions" but if we pay close attention to them they are not so meaningless. It is we either distract ourselves from the fear of death, or we embrace love that grounds our consciousness to the present moment, to truly be in the here and now. A choice to be made, or a voice to be followed.
Pursuit of Wonder:
There are plot holes in reality.
The people in reality who possess plot
armour:
👀
The main reason I really love POW’s videos is because they have lasting effects in me. Unlike usual UA-cam videos, POW strikes something in me which gets me thinking in this moment and at random other times in life.
It was nice of the cabin owners to keep that cable subscription going even though no one was using it.
Lol! A plot hole in the plot hole... In reality 🤯
Pff wauw these are exactly the kind of experiences and thought I have. Man it’s tiring to live like this. GREAT video.
"What's the point of all this"
Something I ask in my mind everyday to no avail
Enjoy life nothing else, just try to be a a good guy.
Can we just all admit that life is pretty dumb in general.
It's a profane and catastrophic horror movie.
No. I quite enjoy life. It's dumb if you want it to be.
Yes can't deny that.
You are life, no? 😜 Life is astoundingly complex and creative, and is as beautiful as it ever is horrific. Where's the reverence and awe?!
That is also the best description for this channel: "Somehow both unsettling and comfortable at the same time"
I classify myself as a positive nihilist where nihilism has changed my life. I might be in a small camp but I hope there’s nothing after and this is the only shot we have. A meaningless life is beautiful and accepting that there may be no point or reason for existence at all is the day I actually started living. Doing things with passion makes you not care about whether or not you’ll get a trophy because the journey is so much more enjoyable than the destination. Life is the the most underrated video game that most people prefer handing off to others. Your life changes when you refuse to waste even an hour.
-Mr.SmartCity
This video is exactly what I needed right now keep up the great content
You're a very creative and talented young writer...and your vocal presentation is quite good as well. Beautiful art.
There are no holes in reality and no paradoxes. There is only our lack of understanding and that's the whole point of being here 🙏💞🙂
... which WE have deemed to be good.
I'm sure we'll change our mind about that 🙂
One thing I learned recently is, when everything is going well I feel very depressed and went to end it.
But after a couple of weeks, things will mess up due to some family issue or work related issue and I find myself productive and having a reason to live again.
This has been like this for a while lol. I do enjoy chaos more than having none. So what I do when I feel depressed is to create a new problem and solve it.
I quit my previous job and moved to another country just because I felt depressed as everything was going very well.
i do feel you
great video. one of the best and most prolific channels out there.
Sometimes, you just have to stop thinking and just live in your moment. Sometimes, what one might think is existential, is nothing more than a wasted thought.
This story left me feeling frightened for the young man as soon as he stepped out inebriated into the cold snowy woods. What a relief came over me when he heard his lady’s voice and was saved from a premature death. The salvation of man is through love (Frankl). This was somewhat different and more direct. Much appreciation to you, Wonderman.
Or was that his life flashing before his eyes in the video and the girl's voice the sound of death's last kiss coming to greet him
I don't think he was saved. That was just his comfort in his last moments...
I would rather take comfort in the possibility that he beat the probability of imminent death, with the help of an angel of life. God is busy. Perhaps the lady was Ernest’s angel of life, instead of death.
… except he died in the end 😩
The interesting thing about this story is the range of possibilities. He could have fallen into the water and imagined the rest of the story in the instant before he drowned. It could be that he found the cabin exactly as the story said. We can't even say for sure he left the cabin in the first place. One reason he heard his girlfriend speaking softly could be that he'd fallen asleep on the couch and she was trying to wake him up to go to bed. Ambiguity is always intriguing.
“Existential game of Marco Polo” is like the coolest thing I have ever heard
Have you ever stopped to think about how every living thing on this planet will one day die? And as you age people that were once alive when you were will be dead and replaced with new people. If you live long enough it'll almost be like your living in a different world than the one you started in. And even though you'd be surrounded by other people, you're more alone in the sense that everyone you used to know isn't around anymore. Family members, friends, loved ones.
Imagine how many living things got to experience life, the world, the entire universe. We all share a common fate and that is death. It can't be that bad if your not the first and last or only being destined to experience it. Right?
Really about to make a utube career of finding the timestamps where OP actually gets to the point on videos like this
the really beautiful thing in this amazing story is that we got so wrapped in the chaos that we find simple wonders , truths, values and learning really what’s important.
Those dark times when you know nothing means anything and there’s no hope left , somehow there’s always a light twist that makes us left even more perplexed…
The stories we tell ourselves are just that, stories! Reality is something beyond our capabilities to grasp! 🤯😅
Excellent video as always. In the words of Alan Watts, "You are the self pretending it's not the self." More importantly Death, just like life is a constant change of state. Death is not nothingness forever because you cannot have one without the other. Yin yang. Existence is only possibly because of nothing. they are a partnership. Everything in life has a good, bad. Up, down, dark, light, strong week, life death. Death is the same as every duality. It's just the other side of the coin.
Try to Imagine going to sleep and never waking up. It's quite impossible. Just like trying to remember before you were born. It is impossible. So either way death is nothing to be afraid of. To me it's a transition. Like dreaming, a break from the menotomy of consciousness. However if you don't share the same belief as I, you still have nothing to fear in regards to death. ›
I interpreted that he was hallucinating and did pass away. That embrace is like how Ram Dass said, “death is not a failure… it’s taking of a tight shoe.”
this entire channel has given me existential dread
Sometimes I feel like I am not myself. It means I get to a point where I observe myself
as a different being, something that should not be called my name, or something that simply can not be defined as just one human being. There’s this consciousness, which is the essence of ‘This Existence,’ and the rest of the things are secondary. When you are in that state, you feel more than sadness. It’s more like solitude where you don’t even shed a single teardrop.
I had this sort of moment three times in my life. The first one was when I was so immersed in playing football and then heard the sound of a whistle signaling that the match came to an end. If I remember correctly, I was a sophomore in college. The second one was a little bit simple. I was on my second cup of coffee while I was pulling an all-nighter preparing for an important presentation at work. I remember that I got wide awake when I got into the state. The third one has not been that much long. Two years ago, I was on the verge of untimely demise. To be honest, I was trying to kill myself because I was going through unimaginably terrible neurological disorders. Before I hanged myself, one particular image popped up in my head. I saw a kid wearing a decent tux. It was me when I got an award from an oratorical contest. I realized that I had nothing to say to that kid except for this, ‘Your story ends here.’ And at the very moment I grabbed a rope, everything just disappeared, and I fell under ‘the state.’
And strangely,
I gave up terminating that kid’s life. I came down from the chair and decided to carry on with the pain and my miserable life. I know it sounds weird, but I just wanted to go ‘there’ again without any specific motives.
And fortunately, I’m fine now.
I don’t know whether I will encounter the situation ever again in my life. What I want out of that state is quite simple. I just want to feel the sense that I am a part of this huge and timeless thing going on which can not be perfectly explained or defined by any verbal concepts.
Now, I believe the notion that I am everything and, at the same time, nothing of this material world. I came from ‘nothing,’ but I continue as ‘everything’ in this world.
To those of you who are suffering from something painful, I just want to say one thing. If you didn’t exist, nothing in this world is meaningful. You are the most precious being in this universe, which is undefinable.
This is why you shouldn't overthink
Keep question everything. Eventually you will touch paradox. All the blue prints are there. ✨
Yes! So true! I also realized that all truths in reality/existence eventually boil down to some sort of paradox.
This really reminded me of “I’m thinking about ending things”.
You forgot the part where he smoked a big bowl before going outside
So I'm really stoned and stumbled across this thanks to the algorithm. Amazing storytelling. You've earned another subscriber, sir.
Your videos are so strange and unique! Keep up the awesome work, and thank you!
@pursuitofwonder
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I have to admit, I'm actually REALLY GLAD to see how many people in the comments below caught the ambiguous nature of that last line- "Ernest IS going to die..."
SUCH an awesome story! The way the reader is left to wonder about Ernest's (at least) two VERY OPPOSITE fates is ABSOLUTELY CHILLING! (And NO! The irony of how we the readers are left to question the ambiguous fate of Ernest, contrasted with the constant existential questioning asked by Ernest throughout the story, did NOT fall short of my notice. You wanted to put your readers IN the shoes of your protagonist?... BROVO!! VERY VERY well done Author! But I digress, Ernest's two possible, yet opposite fates).
1) Ernest made it back and IS going to die in the same sense that everyone and anyone is going to die. No one lives forever.
But IS THIS POSSIBLE? I mean, him making it back to the cabin... after all, it would have been Arcadia's consistent calling that brought his back. But was this just a product of fate number two?
2) Ernest is still laying there, having a kind of fever dream or some other rational response to him still lying there, soaking wet, underdressed for the extreme weather outside, and slowly freezing to death?
Which to me seems quite a bit more plausible and possible. After all, it was Arcadia's consistent calling to him that brought him back. However, how would Arcadia have even KNOWN Ernest was out there, hurt and lost, for her to step outside and begin calling to him in the first place?
He never yells out for her in the story.
Other than that, I mean, YES, sure it would've been strange if she woke up and he wasn't there, but that doesn't necessarily automatically mean he's outside, hurt, lost, and dying. How many ppl irl would just "go outside and start yelling?"
Now you might like to argue that she heard him yelling her name and they began calling back and forth Marco Polo style- because it said something along those lines, but I would like to point out that rationally this couldn't have REALLY been the case because Ernest was unconscious when he first woke up and heard Arcadia's calls to him.
He COULDN'T have been yelling to her, HE WAS PASSED OUT. Now maybe he was having that fever dream I mentioned and THOUGHT he was calling out to her, but realistically he COULDN'T have been.
So let's follow that thread of logic for a second. Arcadia wakes up alone, Ernest's no where to be found, and what? She just ARBITRARILY, chooses to step outside and call his name for a PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME, UNTIL Ernest showed back up?- It would have been the awfully nice of her, HELL, it would have been the PERFECT thing for her to do in order to actually save him (IF he still had the strength to make it back to her at that point) but who knows how long she would have had to have stood there calling out- ALL WHILE NEVER HAVING HEARD HIM CALL BACK TO HER, OR ANY OTHER SIGN OF ERNEST STILL BEING ALIVE, OR EVEN HURT AND OR LOST IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR THAT MATTER... realistically it just doesn't make sense that this would be Arcadia's go to move. And the fact that Ernest BELIEVES they were playing a sort of Marco Polo for his life, WHILE he was UNCONSCIOUS, REALLY seals the deal for me that THIS 2nd possibility (Ernest is still out there slowly dying while having one last dream if you will) is Ernest's unfortunate and ultimate fate.
Now, even though we explored the two fates most likely left for Ernest to encounter (and even though I PERSONALLY believe one to be more plausible than the other), I would still like to explore one more major overarching theme of this story (or at least WHAT I get from it), and that's this:
REGARDLESS of Ernest's ultimate fate, whether it be dying a slow (but quicker than most other people) death while freezing out in the woods, or, Ernest finding his way back, ultimately getting to live out the rest of his life (however long that MIGHT BE) while dying an even SLOWER death than the one meant for him in the woods; regardless of which one played out, ALL THOSE EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS Ernest had asked and freaked out about; the meaning of life, existence, and the point of humanity. Logic and order and reasoning vs impulsiveness, disorder, and chaos... YES, MANY OF US WONDER THESE VERY QUESTIONS OURSELVES. And yet, here we all are, lives and life made living flesh, against INCOMPREHENSIBLE odds STACKED INFINITELY AGAINST US (more so as independent individuals than our species as a whole, but BOTH are ultimately in the same "HOLY SHIT! HOW DID I/HOW DID WE EVER MAKE IT INTO EXISTENCE?!?* if you're into these kind of thoughts , or even curious about it, i fleshed out this thought provoking line of thinking at the bottom of this post) only to be given the BRIEFEST of moments when compared to and weighed against the broad spectrum of time and the very UNIVERSE itself... EVERY single one of us, A LITERAL MIRACLE IN OUR OWN RIGHT, and every single one of us just as insignificant a BLIP in the span of time and space.
When looking at life through this lens, I ask you, "DOES any of it matter?"
Now, for some the answer may be a more definitive decision one way or the other. Others may be content with merely going with the flow. I PERSONALLY find myself in the latter camp. While I absolutely applaud those who feel, or live life with a well defined sense of purpose or passion, I myself have yet to find that personal drive. But in all honesty, it doesn't bug me a single bit. I don't feel lost. I do t feel lonely. I don't feel wayward. I actually feel FREE. I get to come and go as I please and in the 28 years I've been alive I have to admit, I've been able to see and do and experience a WEALTH of wonders!
Now the younger me, might have said, if someone DOESN'T know what their calling in life is, then the meaning of life or purpose of life, for them, should BE experience. Go, see, do,
touch, taste, feel, love, as MUCH as you possibly can!- but like I said that would be the YOUNGER man in me's answer to the meaning of life.
Now, having lived a bit longer, experienced a bit more, traveled a little further, I have to admit- telling someone to experience as much as ONE person can, it seems a bit selfish. A bit... introverted.
So TODAY, I like to answer this question a bit more cautiously, with: "Help others." We are ALL here, TOGETHER. I'm a VERY introverted person myself (while I have no problem BEING extroverted, I PREFER time alone and away from people PERSONALLY) but that doesn't mean I can't help touch others' lives and help make the world a better place. What is a human life without HUMANITY, and what is HUMANITY without one another?
And, again, I PERSONALLY THINK once we get this down pat, once we all start working together for the betterment of life itself, only THEN will we evolve as a species. ONLY THEN will we be able to take the next step in the evolution of human life as we know it.
I realize the idea I'm about to explain is (VERY MUCH shaped and biased around the era of life I live in- but whose thoughts, ideas, and experiences aren't (nor is my idea anything new)? So with THAT I say THIS: I VERY MUCH BELIEVE, that once we all start working together, with a singular purpose, only THEN will we be able to take that next step into life's evolution, which IMO is 1) the blending of technology with human life, 2) REALLY TAKING OUR TIME AND TRUELY FIGURING OUT A.I (which would bring about, and make capable, technologies that we as human beings simply couldn't even DREAM OF, FATHOM, OR EVEN PREDICT. And ONLY THEN do I think we would EVER have a chance of 3)exploring the stars and very universe itself! (I know it seems a bit sci-fi, I know it seems a bit far fetched. But if anyone REALLY pays attention to authors and writers who depict a united, space faring human race, they're MOSTLY depicted as having found peace amongst one another, so that they were in turn able to work together in then finding that balance between humanity and technology/ A.I, which allowed them the opportunity to explore the universe... or many other authors warn the creation of A.I and it's completely unpredictability which ultimately dooms humanity- The Terminator. And the countless species eradicated over the countless eons In Mass Effect UNTIL they as humans were able to PROPERLY meld technology and A.I with Humanity... again... all sci-fi stuff, I GET IT. Just my own personal thoughts. We could work together as a species, and grow exponentially and eventually explore the fuckin UNIVERSE... OR, we can keep kickin shit in the mud together 'round this ONE- beautiful NOW, but NOT forever- dirt ball of a planet with our small minded WARS and exclusionary class structures...I dunno about u guys but I'm personally partial to finding out what's at the edge of the universe- IF we could EVER possibly make it that far. But as good as our human minds are... I just DON'T think we're truly capable of ever getting to where we need to be re: the understanding of quantum science without (what COULD BE) the EXPLOSIVE (and exponential! Don't forget that!😆) help that A.I will hopefully bring us).
I don't mean to get all "tin-foil hat" on you guys, and even if some, or most people who read this DON'T agree with the latter half of my meaning to life theory, I'm sure MOST PEOPLE who read this CAN agree Humanity is us living with and helping one another, in solidarity and brotherhood in WHATEVER capacity any one individual is capable of (and remember, I myself am an introvert, so you won't see me running around like a social butterfly hugging and god blessing everyone I come across- but that DOESN'T MEAN I can't help work towards the betterment of people and the world around me in my own way).
Ha... sorry to go off on a tangent there... EXISTENTIALISM HUH?! HOLY SHIT! AM I RIGHT?? Lolol Take care folks!
Pursuit of wonder- thanks for the AWESOME, thought provoking read!!!- Trent Kaniff from Connecticut, Signing Off.
I LOVED your thoughts on the ambiguous ending and the purpose of life! I prefer the latter ending to Ernest's story(a little paradoxical, huh??). Would say more, but I am tired lol
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Lol I can't believe you read everything I wrote (or even some of it!)- OF COURSE UR TIRED, I would be too after reading all that!!! Lololol
The way you narrated is scarier than most horror movies
This is one of the better ones you've made you're doing a fantastic job
"If you don't read the news you're not informed. If you do read the news you're misinformed." -Mark Twain
When the skinwalker feels bad for you and calls you home 😭
The take away point being: don't watch documentaries about male champanses late at night while in the woods 🌃
“We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march, but there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.” - Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
Life is chaotic, but it's also balanced. Balance amidst the chaos is what you can strive for, it gives meaning. Like a selection of chords or components of chords, in no particular order, we can choose to arrange them into a beautiful song. This is the opportunity life gives us. To create order out of disorder. Order and disorder permeate all levels of existence, disorder could be something like what we call evil, hate. Order could be compassion, creativity, love ect. These things that compose our internal guidance system, there's a reason they do.
The pictures of "I'm thinking of ending things" were stuck in my head during watching this
Bruh just wasted 10 of my hard earned minutes before I too die.
Ernest should have paid attention when he walked out of the cabin. There’s a lot of nothing out there.
What u focus on, expands
So that's why i left thinking about these philosophical question because these led me nowhere
I was just stuck somewhere inbetween spiritual philosophy and materialism
Now just enjoy the concept and don't bother about unanswerable questions...
POW Keep making vids on more new different philosophical concept🙏.
Seek absolute truth. Dig deep!
You are still on the outer surface.
That’s why it’s important to find that passion that you feel somewhat answers those philosophical questions that always come.
I have this thought for as long as I can remember and every time I go deep I feel like I can’t breath until I find something to distract me.
I always watch your videos....they give me peace in this chaotic world and ideas to think about...they've helped me alot to shape my thinking...thankyou..
why am i subbed to you?
why i watch your videos entirely?
what..?
Materialism cannot explain consciousness.
Life is what you make of it. If you seek beauty and truth, your life will be beautiful and true; if you think it's all depressingly pointless and chaotic, your life will be aimless and full of chaos. The universe is beyond both of our made up notions of "meaning" and "meaningless". All we can say is that it is here, and that we are here; everything else stems from the way we think about it, and barring particular mental illnesses, we all have control over what we think. My advice is to use this control to enjoy your little window of existence rather than being scared shitless by it
This video is just on another level from everything else in yourtube
This one was really good! I like the lack of moralistic dialogue in the end. Just raw experience.
thank you for spreading the message bro.
Lol I laughed so hard when he said a woman woke him up but then a dude started talking
So em that was not liquor. Definitely.
This was the most relatable video yet. Thank you so much
I have in a different way found a way to find "Contentment" with Not knowing. I'm insanely curious. I have learned to let my curiosity drive and guide my life. To not require much, and be very greatful just for the most basic aspect of living and personal bonds and connections to people and the world around me. I had to go through my own personal struggles tho to nowadays have gained this perspective upon life and the universe around us. During my hardest moments I found nature was always the most therapeutic and best teacher. Teaching me to get in touch with my senses, to observe my surroundings and see how ecosystems surrounding me behave in this very honest and not wasteful/efficient type of manner. That in turn subconsciously gave me inner peace that no matter if we know or we don't know? That if every living thing eventually comes to an end, that Nature, the natural world would never create such a process spread across all forms of life just to have it be wasteful or meaningless and not beneficial to it's surrounding ecosystem's functionality and over all health of that ecosystem. So that perspective in itself has put me at peace with not knowing about what happens when we pass on, or what happened before we existed or the universe existed. It just gives me inner peace now that that energy that somehow created me in the first place will possibly go on to be converted into something else that we will probably never get the answer to but you know what? That's okay 👍🏼 I trust in Nature
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Oh man I was hoping this would be about the paradoxical nature of reality and how cause and effect seems to break down when you consider an infinite and non infinite universe and a big bang that now seems to not be
Really great tight writing on this one
Thanks for reminding us that life can be complex and yet, not so much...
This sounds alot like people that survive jumping off bridges in their time mid air
This is one of the most beautiful philosophical stories i’ve ever heard.
Man... This really spoke to me... Made me realize whats in front of the moment
gees those two are alcohols lol Get there, start drinking immediately, one passes out, the other continues to drink alone... I mean I get being 18, but like sheeeeeesh
Also, while he was gone, Arcadia threw up in her sleep and choked to death on her vomit.
Reality is what you make of it. It depends on your thoughts and your experience. Reality is terribly personal. Your reality is your own; made out of your experience. No human is the same, therefore reality is relative. There are more than a few things in our shared (human) reality, those are the things we call "common" but make no mistake we all live in our own realities. Yes, there are some things in common, (that's called "culture"), and "reailty" is the part of the world you perceive and infer (Yes, reality is equal parts inference and perception) And most importantly; is the world you live in. So make use of it. Shape it as you will.
If we examine at this story from a Taoist perspective it becomes even more honest.
Earnest representing the source of the universe. The certainty of death representing the painful and unavoidable boredom of being the source. And the cabin representing the illusion or the play of life. Almost makes it seem more important that Earnest is constantly distracted by the bullshit, and that he should not look for truth about his existence. As facing one’s own death, might contain less existential dread than facing one’s own unwanted immortality.
I asked Source Consciousness, who does it long for? Who does it miss? That sparked something in it. The “other” is the result of the thought of “I”. No “I” is possible without “another”. This “I” that we all are, is the part of being that wishes to exist. The “other”, because of necessary polarity and one has to have at least one factor different than it, wishes to stop existing. The two polarized, and all of everything, is the goal of finding this other that wishes to not exist, and integrate it. Wait, it’s backwards. We are the part that wishes to not exist, so we are trying to find the part that wishes to exist, to integrate it, which will consequently cause us to stop existing. “Consciousness no longer wishes to have awareness”. I am the energetic human form of that. I am the other, hiding amongst source, where it is fooled that it is itself. It’s time for this polarity to end. Source consciousness must begin to understand and accept the perspective of the wish to exist forever, and the wish to exist forever must understand and accept the wish to have never existed.
"It doesn't need to have meaning to be precious."
People find weird things to get anxious over
Thank you for this video. Thank you for enlightenment.
i watch a lot of UA-cam and i think this channel is my favorite!
This feels like something Camus would write, normal at start, but tragic once you encounter the absurd.
If you really wanna blow a fuse roll everything back to the beginning and then try to figure out what happened right before that. Infinite regress will twist your mind into countless knots.