Live in the present, truly. Not the past and not the future. And I really mean the present, without always (somewhere in your mind, maybe somewhere very deep) thinking about how your actions now will shape your future.
I can agree with this wholeheartedly. My entire life, I've been on this treadmill of desires, and when I got what I desired, something else popped up that I desired, and back on the treadmill I went. It wasn't even so much as material possessions, but places I wanted to be in my life. I wanted to leave my moms house, I got that, then I wanted to leave the state. I wanted an apartment, got that, then I wanted a house. I wanted a 9-5 job, got that, then I wanted a part time job. I wanted to live near nature, got that, then I wanted to be completely engulphed in it. My desires continued to go on and they didn't seem to have an end to them. My desires almost cost me my 8 year relationship because I could not see the good in front me of me. I was so ungrateful. It made me SO depressed that I wanted to "unalive" myself, as silly as that sounds. I just could not for the life of me, be happy with what I had. I just wanted more, different, better. Just last year I realized, I could want everything, and get everything I wanted, but my desires would continue to grow unless I let them go. I needed to free myself from the hold they had on me. I had to learn to be content with my life, to be happy with what came next, otherwise, I would be spoiling whatever I had because I couldn't see it between the lenses of constant wanting. I would let my life flash me by and not enjoy it because I was always in the pursuit of wanting more. I decided to have a sit down, and slowly but surely, started letting these desires go. I still have desires, but I don't let them control me, and I always tell myself that whatever is meant for me will be manifested, but no amount of wanting was going to put me there. I am working on letting desires go completely, besides ones that you need to satiate such as hunger, thirst, sleep, etc, but things that do not serve me in the here and now, must go. I am working on living more in the present moment, enjoying the crisp breeze that comes through the window, the smell of rain falling from the beautiful grey skies, the feeling of a nice warm cup of coffee in your belly. Small things are what make up a big, fulfilling life.
You are very lucky that you got what you desired!!!! I wish I was like you. You are lucky I must say again. I never ever got what I wanted. Never in my entire bloody life
The only way you CAN get what you want, imo, is if you diligently scrutinize each and every one of your actions. Yes it's exhausting, yes it can make you act slowly, but there's a difference between being deliberate and indecisive.
I want the US to stop starting violent conflicts around the world. I get how weapon manufacturers donate a lot to US politicians. But that money would be better spent on Americans.
I just realized that I am attached to time or rather to not wasting time. That's why I always rush to do more and more things within a day instead of just truly enjoy few of them. And all of that actually comes from fear of death. Because every next minute you are closer to it. And you are like "now I have less time to achieve everything that I want in life, I need to hurry because if I do not achieve all of that I will regret it because my life will be wasted (and something like that). And as an Aurvedick doctor in India recently told me: the easiest way to stop fearing death is to understand that by the time you are going to reach the end, you most probably feel. different about the end compare to what you feel now. In other word there is no point in been nervous now that you have to perform in from or 100 000 people audience in a month because in a month you will be prepared differently and you will feel different about the performing part. Focus on now and not on a future that is there to come (or not to come).
all of this vibes so much with Hindu scriptures and wisdom. Desire is the root of all evil, and at the core of it is lust and its desire. If you don't get it, and are deprived then you become hateful, and your knowledge gets clouded. In fact any kind of sense gratification creates attachment in your nervous system to it. Lesser the attachment to anything, better.
I just love how simple you guys keep things!! I actually need to buy another car this year. My daughter is driving now and I'm giving her my old, paid for car and I want something less old and I'm struggling with how much to spend between something basic and something very basic. It'll be a used car paid for in cash either way.
I consider myself a minimalist but not the way you have hijacked the meaning. Minimalism; 'Use of the fewest and barest essentials or elements, as in the arts, lifestyle, or design'. I lead a lifestyle where I own the smallest set of things to live that lifestyle......It does not have anything to do with any religion.
I agree, in general. More from a spiritual perspective than minimalism. But I would argue, I live in the desert and I would like a pool. There might be a few things behind it, but mostly it's the being able to jump in the pool and cool off when it's hot. So I'm pretty sure I just want the pool.
Using "wanting" to do some virtuous pursuits as an example at the beginning to explain that people "want" to do certain things because they want the feeling behind the act, is obviously not well-thought out. Tells me you have a limited understanding of development work. Speaking here as someone who's in the socio-economic and environment development sectors.
What do you really want?
I really want my husband to recover from brain cancer. It is all that matters...health.
Live in the present, truly. Not the past and not the future.
And I really mean the present, without always (somewhere in your mind, maybe somewhere very deep) thinking about how your actions now will shape your future.
Calm
I can agree with this wholeheartedly. My entire life, I've been on this treadmill of desires, and when I got what I desired, something else popped up that I desired, and back on the treadmill I went. It wasn't even so much as material possessions, but places I wanted to be in my life. I wanted to leave my moms house, I got that, then I wanted to leave the state. I wanted an apartment, got that, then I wanted a house. I wanted a 9-5 job, got that, then I wanted a part time job. I wanted to live near nature, got that, then I wanted to be completely engulphed in it. My desires continued to go on and they didn't seem to have an end to them. My desires almost cost me my 8 year relationship because I could not see the good in front me of me. I was so ungrateful. It made me SO depressed that I wanted to "unalive" myself, as silly as that sounds. I just could not for the life of me, be happy with what I had. I just wanted more, different, better. Just last year I realized, I could want everything, and get everything I wanted, but my desires would continue to grow unless I let them go. I needed to free myself from the hold they had on me. I had to learn to be content with my life, to be happy with what came next, otherwise, I would be spoiling whatever I had because I couldn't see it between the lenses of constant wanting. I would let my life flash me by and not enjoy it because I was always in the pursuit of wanting more. I decided to have a sit down, and slowly but surely, started letting these desires go. I still have desires, but I don't let them control me, and I always tell myself that whatever is meant for me will be manifested, but no amount of wanting was going to put me there. I am working on letting desires go completely, besides ones that you need to satiate such as hunger, thirst, sleep, etc, but things that do not serve me in the here and now, must go. I am working on living more in the present moment, enjoying the crisp breeze that comes through the window, the smell of rain falling from the beautiful grey skies, the feeling of a nice warm cup of coffee in your belly. Small things are what make up a big, fulfilling life.
You are very lucky that you got what you desired!!!! I wish I was like you. You are lucky I must say again. I never ever got what I wanted. Never in my entire bloody life
The only way you CAN get what you want, imo, is if you diligently scrutinize each and every one of your actions. Yes it's exhausting, yes it can make you act slowly, but there's a difference between being deliberate and indecisive.
I want the US to stop starting violent conflicts around the world. I get how weapon manufacturers donate a lot to US politicians. But that money would be better spent on Americans.
I just realized that I am attached to time or rather to not wasting time.
That's why I always rush to do more and more things within a day instead of just truly enjoy few of them. And all of that actually comes from fear of death. Because every next minute you are closer to it. And you are like "now I have less time to achieve everything that I want in life, I need to hurry because if I do not achieve all of that I will regret it because my life will be wasted (and something like that).
And as an Aurvedick doctor in India recently told me: the easiest way to stop fearing death is to understand that by the time you are going to reach the end, you most probably feel. different about the end compare to what you feel now. In other word there is no point in been nervous now that you have to perform in from or 100 000 people audience in a month because in a month you will be prepared differently and you will feel different about the performing part. Focus on now and not on a future that is there to come (or not to come).
all of this vibes so much with Hindu scriptures and wisdom. Desire is the root of all evil, and at the core of it is lust and its desire. If you don't get it, and are deprived then you become hateful, and your knowledge gets clouded. In fact any kind of sense gratification creates attachment in your nervous system to it. Lesser the attachment to anything, better.
I just love how simple you guys keep things!!
I actually need to buy another car this year. My daughter is driving now and I'm giving her my old, paid for car and I want something less old and I'm struggling with how much to spend between something basic and something very basic. It'll be a used car paid for in cash either way.
Scotty Kilmer would say "buy a Toyota" 🙂
I consider myself a minimalist but not the way you have hijacked the meaning. Minimalism; 'Use of the fewest and barest essentials or elements, as in the arts, lifestyle, or design'. I lead a lifestyle where I own the smallest set of things to live that lifestyle......It does not have anything to do with any religion.
I agree, in general. More from a spiritual perspective than minimalism.
But I would argue, I live in the desert and I would like a pool. There might be a few things behind it, but mostly it's the being able to jump in the pool and cool off when it's hot.
So I'm pretty sure I just want the pool.
Wants vs. needs. Really good said in your video.
透過別人的廣告、宣傳而得來的東西都是一時的快樂
而不是自己真正想要的～～
I got what I wanted, and I was happy!
Desires and expectations are always about the future. So the more you desire the less you actually live in the present😅
For the first time I see Joshua act like Jordan Peterson 😂
What if you were carrying 3 rocks like i am?
I have got what I want. it took me 10 years. I got two Rolex, I am complete now.
Tanha
Using "wanting" to do some virtuous pursuits as an example at the beginning to explain that people "want" to do certain things because they want the feeling behind the act, is obviously not well-thought out. Tells me you have a limited understanding of development work. Speaking here as someone who's in the socio-economic and environment development sectors.