Human beings have had egos since the dawn of man. Today, with social media and online personas, now we have digital egos too. Our psyche is split in two, we live for the “gram” and we crave Likes and Follows. In my book, Digital Ego, I explore the nature of these newfound digital egos, what effect they are having on us, and how we can break free from the screens so we can live more fully, more authentically, and with more meaning and joy. Now available on Amazon at a.co/d/gom5sPG
A phone is like a life support system, the manufacturer’s of Smart technology exploit our psychological flaws for financial gain. It feeds on our fear of being alone and our fear of death. It is so insidiously masked, I call it the Insta Cult of Ego. It’s another divide and rule tactic of Monopoly Capitalism who use propaganda and ideology to feed their obsessive accumulation of social, economic and political power. The values of monopoly capitalism have infiltrated our deeper values to our own psychological detriment. The collective ego of the Ruling Elite could eclipse the Sun. When we remember that we are all one, we are never alone.
I’ve never joined Facebook, Instagram or other social media, so don’t know what I’m missing! Dumped the TV 25 years ago and left behind my last computer 10 years ago. I still read books, go to theaters, seek out live music and walk in nature😇😇😇 however the time I’ve spent on UA-cam has connected me to many inspiring beautiful souls I will likely never meet irl.... even though it’s only through technology, I love you Todd and feel your presence in the world🙏😍🌱🌎🔥🎯💫🧘♀️
Me too... So happy and grateful to watch this video.. .. There is so much wisdom in all of your videos... Literally had goosebumps watching them... Keep up your good work... " Happiness is hidden within us... But it's the last place we go searching for it...".. Loved it
I live alone, in woods, except for pets. I have one friend I talk to. I watch UA-cam. Even when I try to join in conversations and say something nice I get attacked. Probably get attacked for this. Oh course the attacks are 'nicer' these days. I have a condition that saps my energy. I take care of myself, pets and my bit of land I am here to watch over. I talk to the trees. I wish people wouldn't keep saying there is something wrong with being alone! I did my social bit in life and now choose to be here. My body is older but my essence is forever young.
Good for you Alice! You keep doing what makes you content! There is nothing better than nature to sooth your soul and get back to your true nature through nature!
You are awesome and an inspiration! Often, I find myself trolling others online. It comes from not feeling like I am good enough, that I am not worthy. Please feel free to ignore me and others like me when we attack you in comments. It's not personal - it only reflects our self-loathing. ❤
There is some synchronicity operating here. I deleted my social media apps yesterday and came across this film today. I hope it’s being widely shared. It deserves to be seen.
Hi Todd, I’m still among your followers, loving your calming voice and presence. Interestingly over the past months I found myself slowly leaving ‘That Platform’. Previously I told myself it was to stay connected to old friends, all friends. Then I told myself it was to set an example during Covid lockdown, I took up watercolors again and encouraged others to find a joy while being alone. Now I’m approaching my 79th birthday, and life has flown through decades. I know the truths now and everyone’s truth is their own. Love myself by living my own life. I can refuse events, parties, politics, religions and even people who are annoying. And I do. I live a life that is as full as I want it to be, I’ve found the truth of my being was within me and nowhere else.
@@strumminfuel4625 no, not really. I find a lot of useful information and channels like these. UA-cam is much more then the quick dopamine hits people get from Instagram for instance.
Thanks for your videos. They give me a healthy outlet for my UA-cam addiction. I'm trying to be more selective of the kinds of videos I watch and trying to only watch videos with a positive message, which are proportionately few.
That was beautiful ❤ I hate social media with a passion. I do have it for my business but even that becomes a chore. It’s such a tragic waste when young people take there own lives. Nature, spirituality and meditation should be taught, I wish I knew what I know now back when I had my children so I could have taught them ❤
Thank you Todd. The human story is filled with a succession of Ego Trips. The latest being the digital one. This too will bring misery and despair. The Inner Journey is the only one really worth our human condition. Therein lies our salvation.
Such a simple philosophy yet requires constant work. Love your work Todd. You have a peaceful presence. I would love to go camping with you and just drink tea and tell stories by the fire.
As a musician just starting to take my online presence to the next step, thank you for this. I (and we all) need to hear this message. This half hour will be my new mantra as I put myself out there more :)
Nailed it brother ❤️💯🔥, they have spent billions of dollars to implement new strategies to keep people even more addicted to social media. This is exactly what this systems wants, they don't want this awakening to occur.
@@mgn1621 exactly, but let me tell you that it's over, these people are panicking and they are losing control over us and the Consciousnesses of this planet is taking off and there is nothing they can do to stop it, trust me.❤️
Thank you so much for sharing your videos, I love learning from you, cant thank you enough. the real dopamine I get is from listening to your teachings ❤.
It's all about looking outwards. Living through the mind exclusively. Projection. Discrimination. Judgements. False identification. It's all about division instead of oneness. This can't be undone without shifting our attention from outside to inside. Paying attention to our own being; with no evaluation. It's that simple, and that difficult because of the entrenched habit of looking outwards. The mind is division. Awareness is Oneness. Learn to stop. Bring awareness to whatever you are doing. That's my two cents! 🕉
❤ you're a great lovely man , the way you project your thoughts is music to my ears 😊people need to know the madness that they're participating in ! I've 2 great daughter's who are pretty aware..I'll be sending this to them ! & spreading the word 😉 Love learn peace 😁❤ & forgive 😊
I am from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. I love the way you explain living life the natural way; very clearly. In fact you are touching million lives and am one amongst them. you are doing a great work for the stress, addiction, anxiety ( list goes on ) free survival of humanity. your amiable tone of voice is a treat with the background ambiance & music is top notch ; which lets me dive in completely. Keep up the great work. Loads of love from Bengaluru.
I have never owned a cellular phone, & I never will. Toward the end of my employment years, I had a few jobs where the company required the carrying of a phone provided by them during hours on the job so they could contact me as necessary. I went along with that but refused to make any personal use of the thing or to take it home or with me off the property when I was clocked out & on my own time. Over time, I've been disbelieved more often than not when I tell this to anyone. As the fact that I am not bullshitting starts to sink in with someone, I can always see the confusion & befuddlement take over as they visibly appear to be thinking, "Oh my god, how can he live like that?". Many times, the person will then settle in to go on to say that they wish they could "get away with that" & how wonderful they think it must be to do so. Or they will say things like, "That means 'they' don't even know you are here, right now; 'they' can't track you around like 'they' do the rest of us.". But when I simply suggest they just turn it off, leave it in a drawer, or even just shut it down & throw it away I watch their faces cloud over & those notions discarded out of hand. Whatever ..... I have a sister who I hadn't seen or had any contact (for various reasons) with in over 13 years. Last spring, she & her husband & their 2 grown children came for a visit. She took a lot of photographs while they were here &, one evening, when I mildly stated that I did not want anything of my son or me or our house to be posted to her voluminous Facebook pages, she took immediate offense & began to fight me on the issue. Things immediately got out of hand. I truly believe that I could have spoken with disfavor or even abusively toward her kids & gotten a less volatile or relentless response than what I got for airing, in my own home, my views on most peoples' addictive & interminable social media practices, & my refusal to take part in the same. Two long days later they left, & we have had no word or association with each other since. Not only was her attachment to Facebook the thing that she was willing to cling to over & above her wish to re-establish relations with me & her nephew, but she also felt compelled to "sneak" in a shot that did somewhat include my child among all the others she'd posted. Maybe she didn't understand how seriously I take all of this & told herself I'd make some allowances, but the fact is that my feelings & point of view were not what meant anything & she could not do otherwise; her self-imposed digital master would allow for no less. And we, here where I live, are better off without.
I would love to play this for my meditation group, however the commercials just ruined it fro that use. It's a great message that I would love to share. My group could use it . Just out of prison, to just getting clean , to just learning to be with them selfs. Recovery is everything all things. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing your message ❤. I deleted my Facebook and Instagram account about year ago and never looked back, never missed. I feel much better since I done this. Hope more people can see how toxic the social mídia are and leave it behind too. God bless you ❤
When I am listening your words.. They are so nature and real. We really lost us in this things, money, material, ego.. Capitalism, system, competition.. So, we forgot our basic. I do not blame anyone. We were all born in this state, we all slowly reveal our original, actual state, we all need a little encouragement, we all slowly open and listen our hearts, become aware, wake up and finally ask and say to ourselves, just what happened to us. However, this process is gradual, everyone does it individually. All I can do now is to be awake and to be kind, real, authentic honest.. Not to be afraid or lost, not to worry about past and be afraid of the future. Not to be sad, but to live with balance smile on my face, with open eyes and by being aware of everything as some incredible part of presence of which I am.
Mate honestly this was perfect. Thank you so so much for your wisdom. I’m 22 and never am able to speak with people about this kind of stuff. Would you ever be down to zoom/FaceTime for a short time as I’d love to speak with you
I had huge issues with getting involved with social media. However, during covid I did because of how isolated I was. Also, the death of my love really hit me very hard. In my case i absolutely disregard and do not accept fake or negative comments or photos. In general I feel you are correct about how fake people are about portraying their lives. It is also a matter of personal judgement. More and more I have cut social media from my life. Though, there are very positive things in the social media world. You can learn to do just about anything. Also, you can get advice about just about anything. It is a tool with many positive things. Many people just choose the negative aspects as they do in life. Thankyou for making this video. We are not meant to interact entirely with machines.
If you have a need to stay in touch, I do so one-to-one on WhatsApp (there are various chat & media Apps available) so that you can avoid a lot of the traps, negativity & marketing that takes place on social media. I always thought Facebook was a stalker's paradise & that my own privacy was sacrosanct to me. I used Twitter for about a year, but ditched it when I realised I was spending too much time on it (and also getting angry 🫣) I was a consumer insights analyst and understood full well what social media's 'black heart' and purpose was. I disengaged from it in the inception days already. I may have 'missed out a lot' in terms of not being able to keep in touch with friends. But my nearest & dearest I retain daily contact with & my friends whom I haven't seen in 6 years since moving country, we are all still in contact & seek quality time to chat, engage, support, care & share on WhatsApp.
The processing and editing and production quality in these films is something special. Ironic that you are talking about capitalism or distraction and then a couple of ads come on lol. I know you must get paid for your time and these films are great. Thank you so much brother
Thank you. You couldn't have made it more clear at a poinient moment in my life. I have always known that this is true in my life amid my many struggles and this gives me peace. A touch, a hand to hold with someone who is not trying to harm or one up another is peace. Thank you again. I was meant to hear this at this exact moment. I won't say I am better than anyone by saying I don't do social media. I use it primarily for knowledge about my interests like art, traveling and personal growth. Less is more in the context you speak of.
Hi Todd, great video. I saw many videos of yours and also listened to your podcast and I really appreciate what you do and your wisdom. I wanted to ask you if you knew anything about self inquiry meditation and if so if you couls do a video or podcast episode talking about it. Thank you and lots of love to you❤💫
Love this, great video, so deep and authentic. I've enjoyed of so many beautiful images of nature and contrast of colorful and black and white. I don't have social media accounts, but You Tube is also addictive and time consuming.
Anything you post online , the ego attaches to , anything the ego attaches to separates us and makes us feel like victims, this is why we always feel like an idiot when we post anything online
Hm... that's why bad state, suffering content is also attractive. Actually even brings releaf..after binging toxic expectations content ...it validates! Maybe more validating content like "you are enough" "you don't need anything else" could work...
you tell it what my heart feels all m life long. i grew up with Nature and i always had this connection to every living being. they all are God created and how can i not love them all when they are made by God? i lost my father so early, he was everything i had. my love and my anchor. and i started to see God as my father. i talked to him in constant silent conversation. and still i do. now that i am much older i am going through the rather same thing when i lost my partner. i ask myself what is it i have to learn. it might be self love. now that i have to spend the rest of my life alone and with serious illness. p.s. i am also created by God, everything that is.
Excellent video, thank you. ❤ I admit I almost succumbed to the online envy sensations after youtube baited my feed with the "cottagecore" lifestyle crowd presenting a highly contrived. romanticized, idealized view of their lives. That's another level of the virtual fantasy drug.
💜I use Face Book to keep in touch with family and friends mostly living in UK as I now live in France. I also use it to share positive life quotes. So the algorithms only send me more positive posts. I use UA-cam to listen to dear souls such as yourself from around the world and again the algorithms connect me with more. Like everything in life it is about education. There is a positive and negative to virtually everything and we have the choice. This technology is in our life but we need to keep it in balance with the real world. My thoughts. Thank You For Sharing.💜🙏
I like your solution, to extend focus,. and to learn how to find who i am,. you know? internet saved my life,. without it, i would proberly be gone already,. i watch selective and it gives me much learning and ideas,. Not everything of the digital life is wrong, and i dont know how to know my ego, and i dont care either,.,. i dont cease likes, ,. i am not jalouze and dont care for stuff either,.,....i care for effective tools to give my own welbeingness substance,.....last night i hardly slept because i felt so empty, and i connected with the emptyness and allowed it, and fell asleep and today was fine ,.,................it is fine to share with others, when there is no warm hand by some-one else,. I told some-one this morning about a professor in psychiatry who complained about his overloaded burden of patients who are wealthy and have it all; top-positions, right partner, , houses, cars, luxuries etc,. and are unhappy, The professor wanted also create a workshop for people who have nothing, no problems, they feel left-out, because it is trendy to have much shit,. and most of all; we talk as if we have always problems, in steat of talking about what to do with a life without problem-thinking,..
YES!!! Thanks you so much for putting these 'counter understandings' out there in such an easily intelligible way. Todd, you have a great perspective, having been an adman, of how creative/media agencies literally dream up and create marketing which is designed to constantly intrude on our lives, as frequently as possible, & which is crafted to create needs & 'addictions' that we otherwise would never have bothered about. These campaigns are paid for & crafted by marketer's throwing $100millions at their campaigns annually. You, Todd, well know that, but most others don't really give it much thought. We have become habitualised so we don't recognise it for what it is. Social Media (all media) & the algorithms/research that provide 'intel' to weaponise our own behaviours against us in terms of ensuring we are bombarded by marketer's messages everywhere, crafting 'herd mentality' and prompting you to spend spend spend or constantly desire more & more & more. It thereby throws the individual into a state of lack, financial stress, worrying about things like physical acceptability & status ..... Social media literally creates a herd mentality & then constantly tells us as individuals that to 'belong' we need to 'comply' and 'mirror' in some way. But it is purely a Capitalist tool designed to impoverish the individual. Financially, mentally, undermine individual worth & undervalue individual/unique abilities. These are fictions designed by capitalist marketers to ensure they leverage as much of our available financial means as possible. The entire system is so corrupt, so heartless, so all encompassing that the individual needs to really stare the Beast in face and know it for what it is. One can control what one engages in on the internet to maximise personal development, knowledge, compassion - but even then one is 'delivered' several marketing messages with uninvited sub-conscious messaging - so every engagement with the internet is kinda an obstacle challenge for one's sense of self & peace. Thanks for telling people clearly how real & insidious it is in bald-faced reality. The individual has been reduced to simply a source of revenue.
This is a genuine question and I am not trying to prove or point anything. But when you do these videos of yourself and talking about what you talk (which I like and listen by the way) aren’t you afraid that they get into your own head and turn into a hidden ego? Something like,”look at me, see how calm I am. This is the truth…” I noticed when I explained my way meditation and feel of serenity to others, if I am not careful gets into my own head so I stopped doing that.
Thanks for the question. I want to give it the time and thought it deserves. I will answer it in my newsletter so that others who have a similar question can hear as well
This phone ain’t my family pardon the grammar this phone ain’t my friend or co-worker and any other form of life. It’s just a device that gives information some communication and anxiety wow ! Where are we?
Hate being in company when people get their phones out, it’s so inconsiderate, even worse some of them in the same room I’ve been in together, message each other. Seriously offensive. I leave because there’s nothing there for me & the two messaging each other within the group are beyond my understanding.
Human beings have had egos since the dawn of man. Today, with social media and online personas, now we have digital egos too. Our psyche is split in two, we live for the “gram” and we crave Likes and Follows. In my book, Digital Ego, I explore the nature of these newfound digital egos, what effect they are having on us, and how we can break free from the screens so we can live more fully, more authentically, and with more meaning and joy. Now available on Amazon at a.co/d/gom5sPG
A phone is like a life support system, the manufacturer’s of Smart technology exploit our psychological flaws for financial gain. It feeds on our fear of being alone and our fear of death. It is so insidiously masked, I call it the Insta Cult of Ego. It’s another divide and rule tactic of Monopoly Capitalism who use propaganda and ideology to feed their obsessive accumulation of social, economic and political power. The values of monopoly capitalism have infiltrated our deeper values to our own psychological detriment. The collective ego of the Ruling Elite could eclipse the Sun. When we remember that we are all one, we are never alone.
I’ve never joined Facebook, Instagram or other social media, so don’t know what I’m missing! Dumped the TV 25 years ago and left behind my last computer 10 years ago. I still read books, go to theaters, seek out live music and walk in nature😇😇😇 however the time I’ve spent on UA-cam has connected me to many inspiring beautiful souls I will likely never meet irl.... even though it’s only through technology, I love you Todd and feel your presence in the world🙏😍🌱🌎🔥🎯💫🧘♀️
Sounds like you have got the right idea. Love YOU ❤
I'm doing the same. Bless you!❤
UA-cam is social media. I thought i quit too if it makes you feel better lol
Beautiful words Batgirl !!!
Me too... So happy and grateful to watch this video.. ..
There is so much wisdom in all of your videos... Literally had goosebumps watching them... Keep up your good work... "
Happiness is hidden within us... But it's the last place we go searching for it...".. Loved it
2 things for joy and peace:
"Appreciate what we have."
"Recognize that we are enough."
I live alone, in woods, except for pets. I have one friend I talk to. I watch UA-cam. Even when I try to join in conversations and say something nice I get attacked. Probably get attacked for this. Oh course the attacks are 'nicer' these days. I have a condition that saps my energy. I take care of myself, pets and my bit of land I am here to watch over. I talk to the trees. I wish people wouldn't keep saying there is something wrong with being alone! I did my social bit in life and now choose to be here. My body is older but my essence is forever young.
Good for you Alice! You keep doing what makes you content! There is nothing better than nature to sooth your soul and get back to your true nature through nature!
You are awesome and an inspiration! Often, I find myself trolling others online. It comes from not feeling like I am good enough, that I am not worthy. Please feel free to ignore me and others like me when we attack you in comments. It's not personal - it only reflects our self-loathing. ❤
@@brushstroke3733 Hello! You are awesome because you are honest and self aware. May life be kind to you!
@@charlesmuller120 Thank you! There's no place like home. May life bring you much joy!
You are lucky to have that beautiful space, enjoy!!!!
There is some synchronicity operating here. I deleted my social media apps yesterday and came across this film today. I hope it’s being widely shared. It deserves to be seen.
Nothing like synchronicity ❤️🙏
That's so great my friend.
The miracle of synchronicity.
Life is a blessing.
No you didn’t 😂 UA-cam is a social media app….
This is social media too. Incase anyone was wondering....
Hi Todd, I’m still among your followers, loving your calming voice and presence. Interestingly over the past months I found myself slowly leaving ‘That Platform’. Previously I told myself it was to stay connected to old friends, all friends. Then I told myself it was to set an example during Covid lockdown, I took up watercolors again and encouraged others to find a joy while being alone. Now I’m approaching my 79th birthday, and life has flown through decades. I know the truths now and everyone’s truth is their own. Love myself by living my own life. I can refuse events, parties, politics, religions and even people who are annoying. And I do. I live a life that is as full as I want it to be, I’ve found the truth of my being was within me and nowhere else.
I’ve been out of social media for 3 months now. Best change I have ever done in my life.
UA-cam is social media......
@@strumminfuel4625 no, not really. I find a lot of useful information and channels like these. UA-cam is much more then the quick dopamine hits people get from Instagram for instance.
he gets it and in the future some will look back on his words and realize how on point he always was. Thank you for this video!
Thank you Todd, I appreciate your words of kindness and peace.
Thanks for your videos. They give me a healthy outlet for my UA-cam addiction. I'm trying to be more selective of the kinds of videos I watch and trying to only watch videos with a positive message, which are proportionately few.
Excellent video!! I appreciate you! I fell asleep with my earbuds in listening to you last night and felt strangely calm this morning. ❤️🧡
"Digital materialism" , good one Todd. 🌟
That was beautiful ❤ I hate social media with a passion. I do have it for my business but even that becomes a chore.
It’s such a tragic waste when young people take there own lives. Nature, spirituality and meditation should be taught, I wish I knew what I know now back when I had my children so I could have taught them ❤
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Totally agree. I deleted my Instagram and Twitter account a month ago, and I've never ever been happier!
Thank you Todd.
The human story is filled with a succession of Ego Trips.
The latest being the digital one. This too will bring misery and despair.
The Inner Journey is the only one really worth our human condition. Therein lies our salvation.
I don't think this could have been said more perfectly. Thank you
Truth prevails. Wisdom wins. Peace.
Brilliant. Now we just gotta get everyone to see this movie. Sharing to everyone I know
How beautiful. Sad though... Thank you
Inner peace is the ultimate wealth. Good luck with the new video
Todd always has the perfect words to explain anything. You are a blessing in my life. ✨
Such a simple philosophy yet requires constant work. Love your work Todd. You have a peaceful presence. I would love to go camping with you and just drink tea and tell stories by the fire.
I would love that. It's in the future for sure
This ist a very good contribution. Pleased share. Very important Message
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As a musician just starting to take my online presence to the next step, thank you for this. I (and we all) need to hear this message. This half hour will be my new mantra as I put myself out there more :)
Me too brother. ❤
Thanks for covering this topic. Very useful information
thank you Todd for Truth❤️
Nailed it brother ❤️💯🔥, they have spent billions of dollars to implement new strategies to keep people even more addicted to social media. This is exactly what this systems wants, they don't want this awakening to occur.
“They” are distracting us from what’s going on.
@@mgn1621 exactly, but let me tell you that it's over, these people are panicking and they are losing control over us and the Consciousnesses of this planet is taking off and there is nothing they can do to stop it, trust me.❤️
@@ChangeYourLife1122 I agree 💗
Thank you so much for sharing your videos, I love learning from you, cant thank you enough. the real dopamine I get is from listening to your teachings ❤.
🎉Dearest Todd, i love your new documentary-thank you for all your effort to wake us up.I appriciate your being.Be blessed always❤
I concur! Very true and thank you for your videos.
Thanks for sharing this 🙏 there's so much wisdom and deep truth in your words.
Love And Light Todd. 🌈❤️⚡️
I absolutely love your channel. It's just amazing. I love how calm and inspiring you are. Keep going.
Like every single video, Todd! Great wisdom, your calming voice and the beautiful music in the background. Thanks for sharing your Vibes!
Glad I found your channel.
It's all about looking outwards.
Living through the mind exclusively.
Projection.
Discrimination.
Judgements.
False identification.
It's all about division instead of oneness.
This can't be undone without shifting our attention from outside to inside.
Paying attention to our own being; with no evaluation.
It's that simple, and that difficult because of the entrenched habit of looking outwards.
The mind is division.
Awareness is Oneness.
Learn to stop.
Bring awareness to whatever you are doing.
That's my two cents! 🕉
Awareness of these insightful reminders in daily life through self observation of our habits, thoughts and feelings is needed to keep our balance. 🙏
You're so motivating ! You push us to be better persons and that's really cool.
A beautiful video.
And so desperately needing to be heard.
Living through dreams and illusions.
Living through reality and truth.
It's our choice. 🕉
❤ you're a great lovely man , the way you project your thoughts is music to my ears 😊people need to know the madness that they're participating in ! I've 2 great daughter's who are pretty aware..I'll be sending this to them !
& spreading the word 😉
Love learn peace 😁❤
& forgive 😊
Highly informative video, and the delivery of info in a slower and calmly inflective way feels vert soothing.
100% PODCAST THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I am from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. I love the way you explain living life the natural way; very clearly. In fact you are touching million lives and am one amongst them. you are doing a great work for the stress, addiction, anxiety ( list goes on ) free survival of humanity. your amiable tone of voice is a treat with the background ambiance & music is top notch ; which lets me dive in completely. Keep up the great work. Loads of love from Bengaluru.
Too kind. Love your city, love to you
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. You express these topics very well 👏
I have never owned a cellular phone, & I never will. Toward the end of my employment years, I had a few jobs where the company required the carrying of a phone provided by them during hours on the job so they could contact me as necessary. I went along with that but refused to make any personal use of the thing or to take it home or with me off the property when I was clocked out & on my own time. Over time, I've been disbelieved more often than not when I tell this to anyone. As the fact that I am not bullshitting starts to sink in with someone, I can always see the confusion & befuddlement take over as they visibly appear to be thinking, "Oh my god, how can he live like that?". Many times, the person will then settle in to go on to say that they wish they could "get away with that" & how wonderful they think it must be to do so. Or they will say things like, "That means 'they' don't even know you are here, right now; 'they' can't track you around like 'they' do the rest of us.". But when I simply suggest they just turn it off, leave it in a drawer, or even just shut it down & throw it away I watch their faces cloud over & those notions discarded out of hand. Whatever .....
I have a sister who I hadn't seen or had any contact (for various reasons) with in over 13 years. Last spring, she & her husband & their 2 grown children came for a visit. She took a lot of photographs while they were here &, one evening, when I mildly stated that I did not want anything of my son or me or our house to be posted to her voluminous Facebook pages, she took immediate offense & began to fight me on the issue. Things immediately got out of hand. I truly believe that I could have spoken with disfavor or even abusively toward her kids & gotten a less volatile or relentless response than what I got for airing, in my own home, my views on most peoples' addictive & interminable social media practices, & my refusal to take part in the same. Two long days later they left, & we have had no word or association with each other since. Not only was her attachment to Facebook the thing that she was willing to cling to over & above her wish to re-establish relations with me & her nephew, but she also felt compelled to "sneak" in a shot that did somewhat include my child among all the others she'd posted. Maybe she didn't understand how seriously I take all of this & told herself I'd make some allowances, but the fact is that my feelings & point of view were not what meant anything & she could not do otherwise; her self-imposed digital master would allow for no less. And we, here where I live, are better off without.
I would love to play this for my meditation group, however the commercials just ruined it fro that use. It's a great message that I would love to share. My group could use it . Just out of prison, to just getting clean , to just learning to be with them selfs. Recovery is everything all things. 🙏🙏🙏
You can always use ad blocker. It works pretty good.
I love this, what a beautiful and meaningful message. I want to share this with everyone I know ❤
Really connect with what you’re saying. Whole lot of truth here 🙏🏻
Great message. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your message ❤. I deleted my Facebook and Instagram account about year ago and never looked back, never missed. I feel much better since I done this. Hope more people can see how toxic the social mídia are and leave it behind too. God bless you ❤
Beautiful truths 🥹
When I am listening your words.. They are so nature and real. We really lost us in this things, money, material, ego.. Capitalism, system, competition.. So, we forgot our basic. I do not blame anyone. We were all born in this state, we all slowly reveal our original, actual state, we all need a little encouragement, we all slowly open and listen our hearts, become aware, wake up and finally ask and say to ourselves, just what happened to us. However, this process is gradual, everyone does it individually. All I can do now is to be awake and to be kind, real, authentic honest.. Not to be afraid or lost, not to worry about past and be afraid of the future. Not to be sad, but to live with balance smile on my face, with open eyes and by being aware of everything as some incredible part of presence of which I am.
So insightful and well articulated. Love it 🕉️
Beautiful words, this is so eloquently said. Thank you, I appreciate your words.
Mate honestly this was perfect. Thank you so so much for your wisdom. I’m 22 and never am able to speak with people about this kind of stuff. Would you ever be down to zoom/FaceTime for a short time as I’d love to speak with you
I had huge issues with getting involved with social media. However, during covid I did because of how isolated I was. Also, the death of my love really hit me very hard. In my case i absolutely disregard and do not accept fake or negative comments or photos. In general I feel you are correct about how fake people are about portraying their lives. It is also a matter of personal judgement. More and more I have cut social media from my life. Though, there are very positive things in the social media world. You can learn to do just about anything. Also, you can get advice about just about anything. It is a tool with many positive things. Many people just choose the negative aspects as they do in life. Thankyou for making this video. We are not meant to interact entirely with machines.
If you have a need to stay in touch, I do so one-to-one on WhatsApp (there are various chat & media Apps available) so that you can avoid a lot of the traps, negativity & marketing that takes place on social media.
I always thought Facebook was a stalker's paradise & that my own privacy was sacrosanct to me. I used Twitter for about a year, but ditched it when I realised I was spending too much time on it (and also getting angry 🫣)
I was a consumer insights analyst and understood full well what social media's 'black heart' and purpose was. I disengaged from it in the inception days already.
I may have 'missed out a lot' in terms of not being able to keep in touch with friends. But my nearest & dearest I retain daily contact with & my friends whom I haven't seen in 6 years since moving country, we are all still in contact & seek quality time to chat, engage, support, care & share on WhatsApp.
The processing and editing and production quality in these films is something special. Ironic that you are talking about capitalism or distraction and then a couple of ads come on lol. I know you must get paid for your time and these films are great. Thank you so much brother
Thank you. You couldn't have made it more clear at a poinient moment in my life. I have always known that this is true in my life amid my many struggles and this gives me peace. A touch, a hand to hold with someone who is not trying to harm or one up another is peace. Thank you again. I was meant to hear this at this exact moment. I won't say I am better than anyone by saying I don't do social media. I use it primarily for knowledge about my interests like art, traveling and personal growth. Less is more in the context you speak of.
Hi Todd, great video. I saw many videos of yours and also listened to your podcast and I really appreciate what you do and your wisdom. I wanted to ask you if you knew anything about self inquiry meditation and if so if you couls do a video or podcast episode talking about it. Thank you and lots of love to you❤💫
That's a great idea and I will make a video ❤
Thank you Todd!❤
Social media is an egoic playground.
Thank you 🙏💛
WOW. I'm going to post this on Facebook even though I don't post on Facebook much. This one is worth posting. Thank you Todd
Thanks for sharing! 🙏
Love this, great video, so deep and authentic. I've enjoyed of so many beautiful images of nature and contrast of colorful and black and white.
I don't have social media accounts, but You Tube is also addictive and time consuming.
Spot on brother. Thank u 4 spreading wisdom. Love light and blessings
Beautiful man, thank you so much. 🙏
I love nature so much too. ❤
Anything you post online , the ego attaches to , anything the ego attaches to separates us and makes us feel like victims, this is why we always feel like an idiot when we post anything online
Truer words have never been spoken
Beautiful content
Thanks
Thank you so much for your generosity 🙏
Thank you for your insight. I really appreciate you.
Thank you so much for your videos. They’re a form of meditation for me. Close my eyes, listen and breathe 🙏🏻💛
Gracias
Your words are really inspiring
Thank you very much for this. It really means a lot to me. It has helped me a lot. Sending you Blessings from Sri Lanka.
Yes!
That was great thank you Todd🙏🙏🙏🪷🪷🪷
Thank you, this is so valuable✨️🙏
Beautiful and true 🙏🏽🙌🏽
Thank you 🌻 so true 💛🌷
Yes
I hope you dont mind...I just shared your movie with my FB group.
Ha! Please share away. Thank you so much
Hm... that's why bad state, suffering content is also attractive. Actually even brings releaf..after binging toxic expectations content ...it validates! Maybe more validating content like "you are enough" "you don't need anything else" could work...
Most of the life is not vatcation. Loved it.
I know for sure the Kardashians will dislike this video..We are just so Thankful to you.
Wonder-full wisdom. Thank you.
you tell it what my heart feels all m life long. i grew up with Nature and i always had this connection to every living being. they all are God created and how can i not love them all when they are made by God? i lost my father so early, he was everything i had. my love and my anchor. and i started to see God as my father. i talked to him in constant silent conversation. and still i do. now that i am much older i am going through the rather same thing when i lost my partner. i ask myself what is it i have to learn. it might be self love. now that i have to spend the rest of my life alone and with serious illness. p.s. i am also created by God, everything that is.
What separate us from a computer is a soul
Excellent video, thank you. ❤ I admit I almost succumbed to the online envy sensations after youtube baited my feed with the "cottagecore" lifestyle crowd presenting a highly contrived. romanticized, idealized view of their lives. That's another level of the virtual fantasy drug.
So good❤
💜I use Face Book to keep in touch with family and friends mostly living in UK as I now live in France.
I also use it to share positive life quotes.
So the algorithms only send me more positive posts.
I use UA-cam to listen to dear souls such as yourself from around the world and again the algorithms connect me with more.
Like everything in life it is about education.
There is a positive and negative to virtually everything and we have the choice.
This technology is in our life but we need to keep it in balance with the real world.
My thoughts.
Thank You For Sharing.💜🙏
@@piaeichenberger7910 💜Thank You
I like your solution, to extend focus,. and to learn how to find who i am,. you know? internet saved my life,. without it, i would proberly be gone already,. i watch selective and it gives me much learning and ideas,. Not everything of the digital life is wrong, and i dont know how to know my ego, and i dont care either,.,. i dont cease likes, ,. i am not jalouze and dont care for stuff either,.,....i care for effective tools to give my own welbeingness substance,.....last night i hardly slept because i felt so empty, and i connected with the emptyness and allowed it, and fell asleep and today was fine ,.,................it is fine to share with others, when there is no warm hand by some-one else,. I told some-one this morning about a professor in psychiatry who complained about his overloaded burden of patients who are wealthy and have it all; top-positions, right partner, , houses, cars, luxuries etc,. and are unhappy, The professor wanted also create a workshop for people who have nothing, no problems, they feel left-out, because it is trendy to have much shit,. and most of all; we talk as if we have always problems, in steat of talking about what to do with a life without problem-thinking,..
Thank💎You
Explains why I can’t go on FB or any of those without feeling such high anxiety!! And why I make every effort to avoid!! Yuck
🙏🌟💜thank you
YES!!!
Thanks you so much for putting these 'counter understandings' out there in such an easily intelligible way.
Todd, you have a great perspective, having been an adman, of how creative/media agencies literally dream up and create marketing which is designed to constantly intrude on our lives, as frequently as possible, & which is crafted to create needs & 'addictions' that we otherwise would never have bothered about.
These campaigns are paid for & crafted by marketer's throwing $100millions at their campaigns annually. You, Todd, well know that, but most others don't really give it much thought. We have become habitualised so we don't recognise it for what it is.
Social Media (all media) & the algorithms/research that provide 'intel' to weaponise our own behaviours against us in terms of ensuring we are bombarded by marketer's messages everywhere, crafting 'herd mentality' and prompting you to spend spend spend or constantly desire more & more & more. It thereby throws the individual into a state of lack, financial stress, worrying about things like physical acceptability & status .....
Social media literally creates a herd mentality & then constantly tells us as individuals that to 'belong' we need to 'comply' and 'mirror' in some way. But it is purely a Capitalist tool designed to impoverish the individual. Financially, mentally, undermine individual worth & undervalue individual/unique abilities.
These are fictions designed by capitalist marketers to ensure they leverage as much of our available financial means as possible.
The entire system is so corrupt, so heartless, so all encompassing that the individual needs to really stare the Beast in face and know it for what it is.
One can control what one engages in on the internet to maximise personal development, knowledge, compassion - but even then one is 'delivered' several marketing messages with uninvited sub-conscious messaging - so every engagement with the internet is kinda an obstacle challenge for one's sense of self & peace.
Thanks for telling people clearly how real & insidious it is in bald-faced reality.
The individual has been reduced to simply a source of revenue.
This is a genuine question and I am not trying to prove or point anything. But when you do these videos of yourself and talking about what you talk (which I like and listen by the way) aren’t you afraid that they get into your own head and turn into a hidden ego? Something like,”look at me, see how calm I am. This is the truth…” I noticed when I explained my way meditation and feel of serenity to others, if I am not careful gets into my own head so I stopped doing that.
Thanks for the question. I want to give it the time and thought it deserves. I will answer it in my newsletter so that others who have a similar question can hear as well
This phone ain’t my family pardon the grammar this phone ain’t my friend or co-worker and any other form of life. It’s just a device that gives information some communication and anxiety wow !
Where are we?
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Hate being in company when people get their phones out, it’s so inconsiderate, even worse some of them in the same room I’ve been in together, message each other. Seriously offensive. I leave because there’s nothing there for me & the two messaging each other within the group are beyond my understanding.