@@HealthyGamerGG Dr. K, can you do a session on Ahankar (Ego), Maya (Illusion), and the wisdom of the Upanishads? These concepts are mind-blowing but so hard to grasp. Would love if you could break them down in your easy, relatable way. like how you connect everything to modern life. I feel like this could be a game-changer for a lot of us trying to figure out life and self-awareness.
Dude this is literally exactly what I've been looking for. Realized that so much of my other thinking and fears of being unloveable are wrapped up in ego but couldn't find anything for dealing with it.
That makes me realise i am probrably not Unlovable, i just found the wrong people to share my love with and may need a Girlfriend. Also, i am probrably not Creepy, i just don't express myself well, or maybe people just have poor interpretation skills.
I gotta be honest, dr k's stuff has helped with a ton of "autism" related struggles I had, without even addressing autism. Mental habits, getting control over emotions... I'm going to work everyday and even started doing extra classes for hobbies and stuff, while years ago doing something once or twice a week was so hard and I had so many meltdowns... I've been told and believed for years it was the autism that made me the way I was, but I was just unable to use my brain the right way. I'm just dealing with the most "essential" traits now for the most part, I have a long way to go but my god have I changed. I'm so grateful for this channel.
I have Autism as well and I honestly have a love/hate relationship with being diagnosed. On one hand it has been helpful with understanding the things I struggle with and why I struggle with them which has allowed me to have a bit more compassion for myself when I hit rough patches, however, it has also become a part of my identity and at times allowed me to put myself in a box. It has made me both underestimate and overestimate myself! Autism is objectively real and the experiences people have with it are undeniably valid. With that said though in some weird way past a certain point it can become an identity of its own for people and the conclusions that stem from it can actually prove to be unhelpful. Hopefully, what I've written makes sense lol in any event, keep up the great work :)
It’s awesome to know I’m not alone. I started working on the CPTSD and humility and all the autistic behaviors that made me difficult to be around are going away. The autism is a road map on the behavioral habits I have that I can heal. I get what you mean by “the essentials” staying. Before knowing about my autism, I thought the essentials were the problem. Turns out I’m just suffering from having too much ego, not my autism. So glad for clarity. This channel is so helpful. Glad you’re healing too.
This was sooo eye opening. When I look back upon my past, i didn't even realize how many of my narratives are just mental habits. And I have been doing this for so long. "I'm not going to make it, this is too difficult" (even though I almost always made it), "I can't go to this party, i'm too socially anxious". These are all just narratives that i tell myself and react to immediately. Thank you for this lecture Dr K.
You will get such a higher baseline happiness to you if you do this. 3 months makes you a conpletely different person. Been doing it for 16 months now and I am actively killing it out here
@starstenaal527 Recognize your sense of identity as being separate from the totality of yourself, and also that the stories your ego tells yourself are habitual and inaccurate, not something that is actually helpful or based in reality. Let's say for an example you believe you are a bad student. That's a negative form of your ego. Because of that belief, your internal talk might be something like this: "I'm a bad student. I'm not even going to try studying, because I know I'll fail my class anyways. There's just no hope for me." As long as _believe that_, you will fail your classes, but it isn't actually true. You believe your ego's judgment before even giving it a try, and that's why you fail. It will only strengthen your identity as a bad student because you failed a class again. This same concept works in relationships, gaming, your career, anything in life. If you have a rigid belief of yourself being one way, it will color how you view the world, what thoughts and emotions you have about it and how you choose to act. Recognizing your ego as just this, a habitual belief, will let you make your own choices instead of letting your ego make them for you.
This is one of those rare times when I am watching a Dr K video and I hear something that I have already discovered for myself :) Based on my experience and understanding (largely guided by older HG videos), I have sort of realised that I keep telling myself "we can't do XYZ, here are all the reasons". Like, it is easy to find reasons no matter what the actual circumstances are. And I also keep having thoughts like "I wish I was really good at XYZ, that would be awesome, but I am not so I suck". And what I found out is that... It's just a habit. It's just what my brain learned to do - and by understanding this, my mind just goes "ok, yeah, you got me, haha". Like the emotional energy just fades away, not much different from when I sit with an unprocessed emotion in order to process it. I developed a habit of asking myself "is this influenced by ego?" And the answer is "yes" most of the time. And the coolest part about that is that it's sorta enough to do so to have ego quiet down. With understanding the magnitude of ego's involvement, it becomes arbitrary to see what _isn't_ coming from ego.
Approximately since last year I have been thinking a little different than before, kinda like you. Basically, I started realizing the excuses that my mind was creating to avoid certain situations, and then I ended up concluding pretty quickly "Ok, there's no real excuse not to do this". Sometimes I give in to my ego, but at least I'm aware.
I also had this realization around this month from watching dr k videos. Realizing how much the Ahamkara (ego) influences nearly your every thought without your acknowledgement feels eye-opening. When I revisit old memories, I can almost always trace the origin of my suffering to ego
I felt depressed after a breakup (4years of relationship) and I was looking for a way to not repeat the same negative patterns by solving my traumas, but this point of view gave me such an epiphany, I'm so grateful!
my mind lately has been concluding with utmost certainty that i shouldn’t be here anymore. i feel divorced from myself, my job, my friends, my area. i feel stagnant and done for. i watched call me by your name last night. the quiet of italy along with the character’s capacity to practice what they love made me realize how i trapped i am by my screen addiction and my nihilism. a notification for this video came to me as soon as i woke up, and it’s reaffirming a lot of the feelings i had last night. it sparks a desire for change and to disconnect, but i feel i’m in the pre contemplation stage still. i still want to take the easy way out. nonetheless i am grateful. merry christmas and happy holidays to you Dr. K and everyone in this community.
Even as an Indian who's familiar with these concepts and terminologies already, I'm really glad Dr K breaks it down. The fake gurus and swamis nowadays have twisted everything to fit some sort of agenda. These videos act as a kind of "grounding" which makes you realise what our Vedic knowledge _actually_ means and forces some reflection and re-evaluation. EDIT: Although I would say the usage of "sanksara" seems wrong. It's more akin to cultural and family values, than experience. Minor nitpick.
@@darealbingoxz1142 I came here to ask the same question, I hear that terminology a lot, but I never really understood what people meant by "fake gurus", or who are those fake gurus. If there's anyone that can explain it, I'd be glad to know.
@@robertstan2441 since content creation is monetized and somewhat easy these days, theres an influx of such teachers and the fake gurus essentially use these fancy, mainstream terms to sound knowledgeable, but mostly speak about their interpretations of it. although they phrase it in such a way that it is so persuasive and conclusive to be propogated as the absolute true meanings of heavy words, while it is mostly half incomplete or opinionated knowledge all along. that's what i have figured so far.
Thank you for this free guide. It seems like positive ego is also a form of prison, because we tend to try and recreate these beliefs. So, if I tell myself, that I am a winner, I will also avoid situations, that I must fail in order to progress or develop. It kinda flips to 'I don't want to be a loser, so I will stay in here.' I could be wrong, but this my understanding.
You are not wrong, and there's research on the topic that confirms what you are saying. Iirc, this is the exact reason why you don't praise a child's intelligence or talent, but rather their efforts and problem solving skills, so as to promote a growth mindset over a fixed one.
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.“
This is legitimately one of the most important, best lectures you could watch on the internet. Dr. K basically went super saiyan during the early membership lectures, felt like he really tapped into a sort of flow I haven't seen since the beginning streams. (edit, grammar)
I knew i had problems with seeing things clearly for quite some time, but thoughts felt so big and real. Thank you, doctor k, It's a gift I would treasure
This one is a perfect explanation of why I’m so frustrated with therapy. OPS (objective personality system) has taught me a long time a go, I had a teenage obsession, that one never knows oneself. Because there are layers opon layers of distortions between who you actually are and who you think you are. And that you get to know yourself through experiences, through doing things but those experiences at the same time are the bias preventing you from actually knowing.
I think thats overcomplicating it. While I will admit I might not know who I am, I can confidently say in every living moment I am just me and I am very content in who that is. Find contentment in just being you, right now where you are, you are already whole even if you dont know who you are yet.
WOW, this video hit the nail for me. I had been struggling for so many years trying to figure out why I felt certain unwanted emotions under certain circumstances. Irrespective of how hard I try to anticipate and prepare myself, the outcome stays the same. I have watched hundreds of hours of brian science and mindfulness content looking for this specific mechanism. Dr K mentions. Keep doing this great work sir. Thank you and thanks to the members too.
it would be really great if we would occasionally get such advanced lectures, thank you for this video it was extremely helpful, regular healthygamergg viewers who dont have access to members only content would love more of such lectures, if it is feasible for you to upload. the free content available is also extremely helpful tho. no complains.
I genuinely think this created some new connections in my brain. Towards the end of the video I thought, "There's no way I can sit still for an hour and do nothing" and immediately I recognized and challenged that thought. I almost came up with another excuse as to why I couldn't do it again as I was writing this but blocked it. I think this is going to be a very useful tool for my arsenal. Thanks Dr K!
Nooiice! Let's DO this!! Let's escape our egos, for the win! Full send, no cap! ( sorry, I'm a millenial and just saw the notification "posted 2 minutes ago" , haven't even watched a single minute yet 😬 )
First hour gang UNITE! Just finished relistening the video on anhedonia, with it’s probably fourth different title, and that just contains all the tools for getting started taking the wheel and straightening the ship. Thanks for that one, again!
Thank you for helping me improve so much this year Dr. K. You have truly made me a better person. Thank you for giving us this gift, happy holidays!!!!
Just finished your lecture. I am one of your Indian Viewers, coming from a Hindu background it was relatively easy to understand and enjoyed it very much. Thank you, it helped me a lot. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Thank you so so so much Dr. K and members for sharing this! I have been wanting some explanation on all of that without even properly knowing what it was ever since I saw Dr. K on the Diary of a CEO Podcast where he mentioned all those "I am ..." statements! I find it really fascinating, not only from a personal perspective but this lecture just showed me a great opening for academic research in my field of cultural anthropology, where two of my greatest interests are identity formation and performance theory! Thank you so so much once again!
As someone who’s known about everything in this video for quite some time, you will need constant reminders about these facts your entire life if you are able to grasp the concepts in this video you are blessed. It is one of the greatest lessons in life and you will have to choose to learn it everyday. Some might even say it is the reason we are living a life on earth in the first place because there really is no greater lesson than it.
can confirm that going directly from negative ego to no ego was incredibly difficult and took over a decade, and I'm still working on it to a degree every day.
Thank you so much to the members and Dr.K. This is great, I love understanding things, so I like the explanation of why awareness/noticing the habit works it's because it gives you distance, anything that's in your face you're tempted to take action on and you take it as real, by gaining distance from things through mindfulness, noticing the Vasanas, you see things clearer.
Thanks dr k, i am highly grateful for the videos which u shared this year, and they helped me become a lot better than before. I hope to stay connected with your content as it helps me in my development and growth. Thank you . Happy Holidays
I’m so thankful for your videos, I always learn something new and I think the work you do is truly influential. This video especially is so packed with knowledge and good stuff, I know it will help me be a better human
Bro pulled out his ace card, didn't know it and went to a foreign country to learn ancient wisdom. He came back and merged it with his western upbringing and gave it back to us. May God bless you a thousand times over
I literally got into an argument with one of my best friends the other day over something as small as her not saying hi to me before she said hi to everyone else and she had just started taking her new birth control which made her feel like shit but instead of asking I assumed she just didn’t like me as much that day. My ego is seriously I giant burden, like it’s useful at times but I don’t want to hurt her feelings again and over something so stupid. I really needed this video.
“It’s vasanas all the way down” I’m reminded of that one meme from a couple years ago where it was the video of that person at a party who kept slapping all the people who would approach him - now im imagining: “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap*
I needed this so bad, I've gotten to caught up believing I don't have a discernible identity when in reality it was the culmination of narratives I was telling myself.
10:32 another explanation I can think of is that the same faculty that gives us inductive reasoning (this piece of greenery is called grass, this other piece of greenery is called grass, so I will induce that things that look spiky and green are grass) is behind the creation of identity as well. Same reason why people might judge others based on induced properties (what we may call prejudice), for example "this woman and this woman treated me, a man, badly, therefore I can induce that women treat men badly"
Dr. K, I would really love to hear your take on IFS type approaches, as far as integration. I’ve been loving researching it and simply noticing myself as “parts” and trying to get to know them even if they’re a pain in the butt has been really enlightening. I guess I’m curios how this compares/ contrasts the ego as more problematic than helpful, but Ifs is like there’s no bad parts, but it’s bad when one takes the wheel, that’s for the true self, hopefully integrating and integrated to do.
not the street fighter theme AJDKAHDKABDKS what did i do to deserve this gem. this is amazing, thank you members and thank you Dr K for sharing your wisdom ❤ Happy new year yall!! 🎉
Love your videos and they have been helping a lot. I have lost a lot of teeth and confidence wise thats the thing im finding the hardest to get up from, a video on that would help anyone in the same boat also i reckon. Merry Christmas and Keep Right On.
Thank you for sharing this with everyone! Amazing. However I think it needs more subtitles, because if I share this my friends, they will hear vassana samskara and they will be lost. 😅 lol
this helps a lot and i really get to the point where i just vibe with existence and do as i please frequently. my problem is that it seems like my weak points that hurt a ton and are really triggers for depressive episodes never seem to get any better and just drag me right back down. an example would be i will open myself up to the world and make new relationships (which used to be very hard), but at some point they end up hurting me so bad it puts me right back down for a long time everytime. like i can overcome many of my wordly troubles but theres always just those few things that take me into depression even with good effort from me.
I think that just comes down to you need to just keep doing the good effort but for yourself instead. Too easily do we get reliant on the attention of others to affirm our good intentions, but it must be enough to know for ourselves that our intentions were good and we are a good person regardless of the outcomes. sometimes I feel like I keep trying to be the most likeable person and people like me but they still dont want to hang out with me, but I think I'm just looking for deeper relationships when I need to be whole and complete with who I am first.
Thanks members, this was a great gift.
They chose a great one!
@@HealthyGamerGG Dr. K, can you do a session on Ahankar (Ego), Maya (Illusion), and the wisdom of the Upanishads?
These concepts are mind-blowing but so hard to grasp. Would love if you could break them down in your easy, relatable way.
like how you connect everything to modern life. I feel like this could be a game-changer for a lot of us trying to figure out life and self-awareness.
One of the single most beneficial videos I've seen to date
A very good one
Dude this is literally exactly what I've been looking for. Realized that so much of my other thinking and fears of being unloveable are wrapped up in ego but couldn't find anything for dealing with it.
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That makes me realise that maybe i am not unlovable and not creepy.
That makes me realise i am probrably not Unlovable, i just found the wrong people to share my love with and may need a Girlfriend. Also, i am probrably not Creepy, i just don't express myself well, or maybe people just have poor interpretation skills.
@@kirby17 felt
I gotta be honest, dr k's stuff has helped with a ton of "autism" related struggles I had, without even addressing autism. Mental habits, getting control over emotions... I'm going to work everyday and even started doing extra classes for hobbies and stuff, while years ago doing something once or twice a week was so hard and I had so many meltdowns... I've been told and believed for years it was the autism that made me the way I was, but I was just unable to use my brain the right way. I'm just dealing with the most "essential" traits now for the most part, I have a long way to go but my god have I changed. I'm so grateful for this channel.
Really interesting
I have Autism as well and I honestly have a love/hate relationship with being diagnosed. On one hand it has been helpful with understanding the things I struggle with and why I struggle with them which has allowed me to have a bit more compassion for myself when I hit rough patches, however, it has also become a part of my identity and at times allowed me to put myself in a box. It has made me both underestimate and overestimate myself!
Autism is objectively real and the experiences people have with it are undeniably valid. With that said though in some weird way past a certain point it can become an identity of its own for people and the conclusions that stem from it can actually prove to be unhelpful. Hopefully, what I've written makes sense lol in any event, keep up the great work :)
I love this for you! Keep it up!❤
@meme6335 great observation, this is what I've been trying to understand with neurodivergence myself as well
It’s awesome to know I’m not alone. I started working on the CPTSD and humility and all the autistic behaviors that made me difficult to be around are going away. The autism is a road map on the behavioral habits I have that I can heal. I get what you mean by “the essentials” staying. Before knowing about my autism, I thought the essentials were the problem. Turns out I’m just suffering from having too much ego, not my autism. So glad for clarity. This channel is so helpful. Glad you’re healing too.
Best Christmas Gift❤
Our members chose a good one!
33:12 THE REAL GIFT RIGHT HERE!
Thank you Dr.K and thank you members!!
It is now stuck in my head lol
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Guile's theme goes with fucking EVERYTHING!!!
It's remarkably accurate 🤣 top tier healthy gamer-ing
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"They're just echoes from the past; they're not created in this moment" - This makes so much sense why "being present" is so important
This was sooo eye opening. When I look back upon my past, i didn't even realize how many of my narratives are just mental habits. And I have been doing this for so long. "I'm not going to make it, this is too difficult" (even though I almost always made it), "I can't go to this party, i'm too socially anxious". These are all just narratives that i tell myself and react to immediately. Thank you for this lecture Dr K.
Thank you for all you do Doc K
Nice to see you here Bro
You will get such a higher baseline happiness to you if you do this. 3 months makes you a conpletely different person. Been doing it for 16 months now and I am actively killing it out here
Im bout to lock in for 3 months
what exactly?
@starstenaal527 Recognize your sense of identity as being separate from the totality of yourself, and also that the stories your ego tells yourself are habitual and inaccurate, not something that is actually helpful or based in reality.
Let's say for an example you believe you are a bad student. That's a negative form of your ego. Because of that belief, your internal talk might be something like this: "I'm a bad student. I'm not even going to try studying, because I know I'll fail my class anyways. There's just no hope for me." As long as _believe that_, you will fail your classes, but it isn't actually true. You believe your ego's judgment before even giving it a try, and that's why you fail. It will only strengthen your identity as a bad student because you failed a class again.
This same concept works in relationships, gaming, your career, anything in life. If you have a rigid belief of yourself being one way, it will color how you view the world, what thoughts and emotions you have about it and how you choose to act. Recognizing your ego as just this, a habitual belief, will let you make your own choices instead of letting your ego make them for you.
@starstenaal527being 100% sober (no caffeine either) and meditation/yoga twice a day for at least 30 min ideally at sunset and sunrise
What have you bean EXCACTLY doing?
This is one of those rare times when I am watching a Dr K video and I hear something that I have already discovered for myself :)
Based on my experience and understanding (largely guided by older HG videos), I have sort of realised that I keep telling myself "we can't do XYZ, here are all the reasons". Like, it is easy to find reasons no matter what the actual circumstances are. And I also keep having thoughts like "I wish I was really good at XYZ, that would be awesome, but I am not so I suck".
And what I found out is that... It's just a habit. It's just what my brain learned to do - and by understanding this, my mind just goes "ok, yeah, you got me, haha". Like the emotional energy just fades away, not much different from when I sit with an unprocessed emotion in order to process it.
I developed a habit of asking myself "is this influenced by ego?" And the answer is "yes" most of the time. And the coolest part about that is that it's sorta enough to do so to have ego quiet down. With understanding the magnitude of ego's involvement, it becomes arbitrary to see what _isn't_ coming from ego.
Approximately since last year I have been thinking a little different than before, kinda like you. Basically, I started realizing the excuses that my mind was creating to avoid certain situations, and then I ended up concluding pretty quickly "Ok, there's no real excuse not to do this". Sometimes I give in to my ego, but at least I'm aware.
I also had this realization around this month from watching dr k videos. Realizing how much the Ahamkara (ego) influences nearly your every thought without your acknowledgement feels eye-opening. When I revisit old memories, I can almost always trace the origin of my suffering to ego
I felt depressed after a breakup (4years of relationship) and I was looking for a way to not repeat the same negative patterns by solving my traumas, but this point of view gave me such an epiphany, I'm so grateful!
Thank you Dr. K! Congrats on HG's first birthday!
He lacks critical information
my mind lately has been concluding with utmost certainty that i shouldn’t be here anymore. i feel divorced from myself, my job, my friends, my area. i feel stagnant and done for.
i watched call me by your name last night. the quiet of italy along with the character’s capacity to practice what they love made me realize how i trapped i am by my screen addiction and my nihilism.
a notification for this video came to me as soon as i woke up, and it’s reaffirming a lot of the feelings i had last night. it sparks a desire for change and to disconnect, but i feel i’m in the pre contemplation stage still. i still want to take the easy way out.
nonetheless i am grateful. merry christmas and happy holidays to you Dr. K and everyone in this community.
You never truly wanted to not be here, you just wanted the pain to stop and now maybe you can figure out what's causing it
Even as an Indian who's familiar with these concepts and terminologies already, I'm really glad Dr K breaks it down. The fake gurus and swamis nowadays have twisted everything to fit some sort of agenda. These videos act as a kind of "grounding" which makes you realise what our Vedic knowledge _actually_ means and forces some reflection and re-evaluation.
EDIT: Although I would say the usage of "sanksara" seems wrong. It's more akin to cultural and family values, than experience. Minor nitpick.
I wasn’t even aware that ahankara translates to ego. Makes sense, my mom always tells me I have too much ahankara
Samskara, the sanskrit word is different from the hindi word Sanskara, although the hindi word is rooted in Samskara.
Fake gurus as in? What even is a fake guru or a fake swami?
@@darealbingoxz1142 I came here to ask the same question, I hear that terminology a lot, but I never really understood what people meant by "fake gurus", or who are those fake gurus. If there's anyone that can explain it, I'd be glad to know.
@@robertstan2441 since content creation is monetized and somewhat easy these days, theres an influx of such teachers and the fake gurus essentially use these fancy, mainstream terms to sound knowledgeable, but mostly speak about their interpretations of it. although they phrase it in such a way that it is so persuasive and conclusive to be propogated as the absolute true meanings of heavy words, while it is mostly half incomplete or opinionated knowledge all along.
that's what i have figured so far.
Thank you for this free guide. It seems like positive ego is also a form of prison, because we tend to try and recreate these beliefs. So, if I tell myself, that I am a winner, I will also avoid situations, that I must fail in order to progress or develop. It kinda flips to 'I don't want to be a loser, so I will stay in here.' I could be wrong, but this my understanding.
You are not wrong, and there's research on the topic that confirms what you are saying. Iirc, this is the exact reason why you don't praise a child's intelligence or talent, but rather their efforts and problem solving skills, so as to promote a growth mindset over a fixed one.
AAAAAAA! I am so excited for this! Thank you for posting this for free!
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.“
Sounds like a load of BS.
@@JaysonT1it’s a scripture
This is legitimately one of the most important, best lectures you could watch on the internet. Dr. K basically went super saiyan during the early membership lectures, felt like he really tapped into a sort of flow I haven't seen since the beginning streams.
(edit, grammar)
I knew i had problems with seeing things clearly for quite some time, but thoughts felt so big and real. Thank you, doctor k, It's a gift I would treasure
Thank you all members from the bottom of my ego!
This one is a perfect explanation of why I’m so frustrated with therapy. OPS (objective personality system) has taught me a long time a go, I had a teenage obsession, that one never knows oneself. Because there are layers opon layers of distortions between who you actually are and who you think you are. And that you get to know yourself through experiences, through doing things but those experiences at the same time are the bias preventing you from actually knowing.
Its quite mind boggling
I think thats overcomplicating it. While I will admit I might not know who I am, I can confidently say in every living moment I am just me and I am very content in who that is. Find contentment in just being you, right now where you are, you are already whole even if you dont know who you are yet.
If you want more of this juicy stuff, join the memberships! Never regretted it. Not a payed actor!
Thank you, member, for gifting us, the general audience, this juicy video! 🎄🥳
Such an unbelievably valuable lecture, glad to see it was the one that was chosen! I’m sure it’ll help tons like it helped me :)
WOW, this video hit the nail for me.
I had been struggling for so many years trying to figure out why I felt certain unwanted emotions under certain circumstances.
Irrespective of how hard I try to anticipate and prepare myself, the outcome stays the same.
I have watched hundreds of hours of brian science and mindfulness content looking for this specific mechanism. Dr K mentions.
Keep doing this great work sir. Thank you and thanks to the members too.
it would be really great if we would occasionally get such advanced lectures, thank you for this video it was extremely helpful, regular healthygamergg viewers who dont have access to members only content would love more of such lectures, if it is feasible for you to upload. the free content available is also extremely helpful tho. no complains.
Really glad to hear this!
I genuinely think this created some new connections in my brain. Towards the end of the video I thought, "There's no way I can sit still for an hour and do nothing" and immediately I recognized and challenged that thought. I almost came up with another excuse as to why I couldn't do it again as I was writing this but blocked it. I think this is going to be a very useful tool for my arsenal. Thanks Dr K!
Nooiice! Let's DO this!! Let's escape our egos, for the win! Full send, no cap! ( sorry, I'm a millenial and just saw the notification "posted 2 minutes ago" , haven't even watched a single minute yet 😬 )
We love everything about this comment's energy
Skibidi rizz! Ohio!
"Let's escape our egos FTW" - Ego
Notice the ego: "I'm a millenial"
Millenial just happens to be MY identity... I am not my Millenial-ness ;)@@dragoon0anime
First hour gang UNITE!
Just finished relistening the video on anhedonia, with it’s probably fourth different title, and that just contains all the tools for getting started taking the wheel and straightening the ship. Thanks for that one, again!
Thank you for the holiday gift, Dr. K! Happy holidays to you and yours!
Thank you for helping me improve so much this year Dr. K. You have truly made me a better person. Thank you for giving us this gift, happy holidays!!!!
Thanks members for this gift! Looking forward to get my own membership at the beginning of the year. Happy holidays team Healthy Gamer 😄
Hey thanks to your members and YOU for sharing! Merry Christmas! 🙏🎄
Just finished your lecture. I am one of your Indian Viewers, coming from a Hindu background it was relatively easy to understand and enjoyed it very much. Thank you, it helped me a lot. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Thank you so so so much Dr. K and members for sharing this! I have been wanting some explanation on all of that without even properly knowing what it was ever since I saw Dr. K on the Diary of a CEO Podcast where he mentioned all those "I am ..." statements! I find it really fascinating, not only from a personal perspective but this lecture just showed me a great opening for academic research in my field of cultural anthropology, where two of my greatest interests are identity formation and performance theory! Thank you so so much once again!
As someone with a dissociative disorder, this makes a lot of sense. Thank you.
the fact that an entire community selected this video to share with everyone speaks to the crucial nature of this concept.
What a wonderful gift. Thank you so much, members. 💜
thank you, god bless all of you
Thank you Dr K, watched for videos for a long long time now, you’ve helped me greatly.
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As someone who’s known about everything in this video for quite some time, you will need constant reminders about these facts your entire life if you are able to grasp the concepts in this video you are blessed. It is one of the greatest lessons in life and you will have to choose to learn it everyday. Some might even say it is the reason we are living a life on earth in the first place because there really is no greater lesson than it.
Omg that’s me at 00:26 seconds 😍
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Thanks for your vote this lecture is awesome
Merry Christmas everyone and thank you Dr K and the HG team for all the great content!
Thanks members. It was really kind of yall fr. God bless ya
Thanks, members and Dr. K :)
What an awesome video! Ty to the HG members, learned so much! 🙏🙏
Im 38 years old and many of the things DR K say makes a lot of sense and are really helpful. I wish ive knew this stuff before
This is one of Dr. K's most important lectures. So thank you members, you are the GOATS.
Thank you Dr. K!! What you and your Team do is life saving and life enhancing!!
can confirm that going directly from negative ego to no ego was incredibly difficult and took over a decade, and I'm still working on it to a degree every day.
Thank you so much to the members and Dr.K. This is great, I love understanding things, so I like the explanation of why awareness/noticing the habit works it's because it gives you distance, anything that's in your face you're tempted to take action on and you take it as real, by gaining distance from things through mindfulness, noticing the Vasanas, you see things clearer.
Thank you members, this is amazing.
Thanks dr k, i am highly grateful for the videos which u shared this year, and they helped me become a lot better than before. I hope to stay connected with your content as it helps me in my development and growth. Thank you . Happy Holidays
the way you explain these ideas is so easily digestible, S tier teacher
Love to you and the whole community, you’re a real family
eastern pov of the ego and mind is so helpful, feels like in the western we miss half the picture!
I’m so thankful for your videos, I always learn something new and I think the work you do is truly influential. This video especially is so packed with knowledge and good stuff, I know it will help me be a better human
Thank you!!
Love your explanations as they are so informed about both eastern and western perspectives.
Bro pulled out his ace card, didn't know it and went to a foreign country to learn ancient wisdom. He came back and merged it with his western upbringing and gave it back to us. May God bless you a thousand times over
Thank you Dr. G and members! Y'all are awesome for sharing. Happy Holidays to all! 👌
I literally got into an argument with one of my best friends the other day over something as small as her not saying hi to me before she said hi to everyone else and she had just started taking her new birth control which made her feel like shit but instead of asking I assumed she just didn’t like me as much that day. My ego is seriously I giant burden, like it’s useful at times but I don’t want to hurt her feelings again and over something so stupid. I really needed this video.
Thanks for you and the members of the community for this informative video .
Merry Christmas ✝️
This is a great explanation of sankhara, good job. Havent seen or heard anyone else do it this way
Merry Christmas everyone and thanks you dr.k ❤
Thank you for this gift !!!
“It’s vasanas all the way down” I’m reminded of that one meme from a couple years ago where it was the video of that person at a party who kept slapping all the people who would approach him - now im imagining: “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap* “Vasana!” *slap*
Love this 😂
Thank you Dr. K :) I love all your content. Have a merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 Greetings from Mexico.
Thank you Members ❤ thank you Healthy Gamer team❤ we appreciate it. Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone!!
I needed this so bad, I've gotten to caught up believing I don't have a discernible identity when in reality it was the culmination of narratives I was telling myself.
Thank you so much for the gift 🎉🎉❤
best gift this christmas thanks a lot for all of you guys
10:32 another explanation I can think of is that the same faculty that gives us inductive reasoning (this piece of greenery is called grass, this other piece of greenery is called grass, so I will induce that things that look spiky and green are grass) is behind the creation of identity as well.
Same reason why people might judge others based on induced properties (what we may call prejudice), for example "this woman and this woman treated me, a man, badly, therefore I can induce that women treat men badly"
Thank you for sharing this video with all of us 💙💚
Thank you all for sharing this.
Well said as usual. Thank you.🙂
Oh thankyou members, Dr K and Healthy gamer GG
Thank you for sharing 🎉🎉🎉 pray you and your family have a merry and blessed Christmas ❤
Today is my birthday and this pops up in recommendations. A literal gift here. Thanks Dr. K a lot
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Happy birthday 🎂
Dr. K, I would really love to hear your take on IFS type approaches, as far as integration. I’ve been loving researching it and simply noticing myself as “parts” and trying to get to know them even if they’re a pain in the butt has been really enlightening. I guess I’m curios how this compares/ contrasts the ego as more problematic than helpful, but Ifs is like there’s no bad parts, but it’s bad when one takes the wheel, that’s for the true self, hopefully integrating and integrated to do.
not the street fighter theme AJDKAHDKABDKS what did i do to deserve this gem. this is amazing, thank you members and thank you Dr K for sharing your wisdom ❤ Happy new year yall!! 🎉
Thank you members!!
Much love Dr. K. Please have an amazing Christmas and new year! ❤
thank you Dr. K and the community 🙏
Love your videos and they have been helping a lot. I have lost a lot of teeth and confidence wise thats the thing im finding the hardest to get up from, a video on that would help anyone in the same boat also i reckon. Merry Christmas and Keep Right On.
Thank you, Doc, as well as your members
Thanks for this gift, merry christmas!
Never been this early but I am always ready for some Dr. K content
Same fr fr
Thanks Dr.K , that´s the christmas spirit we need!
You're a saint, thank you. And, man, it's been a year since the membership already??? Time flies by.
Thank you for sharing this with everyone! Amazing. However I think it needs more subtitles, because if I share this my friends, they will hear vassana samskara and they will be lost. 😅 lol
Appreciate the video as usual. Your insight and expertise are much appreciated.
All your content is very top, thanks a lot for this life tools.
Great lecture! Very insightful,
Thank y'all 🥺🤲💖
Doc this is wow...very eye opening ...easy to digest
Thank you, Dr. K !
Thank you members. I love this
this helps a lot and i really get to the point where i just vibe with existence and do as i please frequently. my problem is that it seems like my weak points that hurt a ton and are really triggers for depressive episodes never seem to get any better and just drag me right back down.
an example would be i will open myself up to the world and make new relationships (which used to be very hard), but at some point they end up hurting me so bad it puts me right back down for a long time everytime.
like i can overcome many of my wordly troubles but theres always just those few things that take me into depression even with good effort from me.
I think that just comes down to you need to just keep doing the good effort but for yourself instead. Too easily do we get reliant on the attention of others to affirm our good intentions, but it must be enough to know for ourselves that our intentions were good and we are a good person regardless of the outcomes.
sometimes I feel like I keep trying to be the most likeable person and people like me but they still dont want to hang out with me, but I think I'm just looking for deeper relationships when I need to be whole and complete with who I am first.
thanks to everyone!