TAOISM | The Fasting of the Heart
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2020
- In psychology, as well as popular culture, we see the emerging of different types of detox. The dopamine detox, for example, also called the ‘dopamine fast’ is currently presented as a way to “reset” our brain’s reward system, by abstaining from all kinds of activities that bring pleasure.
The idea of detoxing ourselves from outside influences isn’t new. The ancient Taoists acknowledged the value of letting our minds rest, so we stop the exhausting maelstrom of judging, identifying, analyzing, fantasizing, et cetera. According to the Taoists, silencing our faculties for a while not only replenishes our energy, it also brings us closer to a mysterious and incomprehensible force referred to as ‘Tao’.
The ‘fasting of the heart’ entails temporary abstinence from intellectual as well as sensual activity. This concept isn’t just about detoxing the mind; it’s about detoxing the soul, by shutting down the mind and the senses. This video explores the ‘fasting of the heart’.
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“Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.”
“Don’t give up what you can become for what you already are”
@@giorgikhutiashvili4774 you don’t understand. Not wanting to want something IS wanting something
You have alot of free time
Exactly. Dao is everywhere. Dao is the origin of all our desires. By being focused and persistent, like water, we live in Dao and enjoy. Never let go, and never go with the flow.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
@@jwu1950 "the dao that can be named is not the eternal dao"
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” - Socrates
Darren Brookes yes, That is because
And these days everybody wants to be superbusy, supereffectiv, succesful, liked (on "social" media) and selfimproving all the time.
@Catch545 dusty living a truth.
Damn
"Yes dear student, find quiet peace in UA-cam videos like this" : Message approved by Socrates 😉🙏♥️
_“Meditation isn’t something isolated from daily activity, something that you do for 20 minutes in morning or afternoon or night, and then forget all about it, and carry on your unconscious mischief. It’s all inclusive.”_ ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Who is talking about meditation ? Fasting of the heart is not meditation, all right ? Daoism is not about sitting around all day doing nothing and let others run your life. Daoism is about focus and persistence, and living out our heart's desires to the fullest, positively, aggressively, relentlessly, and optimistically. Whatever we do, it is Dao. Dao is the origin of everything including all our desires. So one with Dao live according to what one desired. It's that simple.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
Life is short so is supply and de man..
❤ and light..
@@sea9994 Life is everlasting.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
Jesus 😂😂😂 listen twice talk once. Has nothing to do with "jesus"
“Do less, do less, do nothing, rest.” I say these words in hypnosis. I refer to Jacobson’s theory of relaxation where relaxation is not a doing but a ceasing of activity. I’m happy I’ve seen your video, somehow it gives me new meaning for non doing.
I like this.
What sort of an imbecile thinks doing anything counts as relaxation? Oh yea, the retarded western bigger better society
@@MrGrenardo 😂😂
I like the quote and made a note to look up Jacobson. Thanks
Can we get a full video about escaping the addiction? I would really like to see philosophical point of view on this topic :)
I think he just did...
@@mikedean6576 It was more about calming your mind, he said that to escape addiction you need to stop gaining pleasure and etc. What I meant was to make a video with philosophical quotes and ideas about addiction, will power, attachment. (maybe to see how each religion teaches about that) I don't know, I think that there wasn't a video like that 🤷♂️
Yes!
Discipline is the way
You have to create to evolve focus on a project
"When we let our mind use us theres a chance that it becomes a liability rather than an asset - The more we attach ourselves to our beliefs, the more hostile we become to different views; the more stern we are the more brittle we become; the stronger we desire something, the more painful not acquiring the object of our desire will be; the more troubled our thoughts, the darker you see the world; the more we feel that we possess something, or someone the more fearful and domineering we become." 6:17 - 6:50
Einzelgänger
Spoiler: You ARE your mind.
Prove to me otherwise. Until then, speak plainly.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with desire, btw. Until it is taken to the extreme. So many westerners completely misinterpreting eastern philosophy.
@@haidengeary8277 hmm, this is infinitely interesting to ponder, "you are your mind." So do you imply that my body is not part of me? But desire a lot of times have to do with the body, so do you imply those desires are not yours?
Confucious and Lao Tzu, while both Chinese around 500 B.C., had practically opposite philosophies. Confucious was all about rules and relations and social advancement while Lao Tzu was all about simplicity and nature and the flow. Confucious was a bureaucrat and Lao Tzu was a hippy.
Ilona Vos thank you for noticing, too. I was confused about almost all quotes being from Confucius, who really propagated the opposite of all that Laozi taught...
I'll go with the hippy
Confucious & Lao Tzu both are no more but you can learn with alive one- Sadhguru from india
You are perceptive as to the bureaucrat and the hippy.
@@sophiaangelini4368 meaning..?
At like three in the morning two nights ago I went on this adventure out into my neighborhood. I sat in the middle of a random person’s lawn and closed my eyes for a moment, getting into a present state. It was this magical and strange time of night where the crickets hadn’t finished their chirping, but the birds had already started singing. The wind moving around me and the lack of sound coming from the highway that was within visual distance was enough to remind me of that ache. I remember weeping because I could finally remember what it felt like. That ache of flowing, gentile but persistent movement on both the inside and the outside along with the feeling that the two were finally able to synchronize. It was so so beautiful.
I am gonna do that now thanks for the idea lol
Just watch out trespassing on cletus's Dirt Farm .
So, that was you.. get off my lawn, you maniac :)
Your descriptive writing and sharing are both remarkably poignant. I feel your state at that moment when the realization of the mergence of the two finally becomes one. Thank you for your courage to share that vulnerability.
Be safe and welcome the grass in Your own yard. People tend to protect what they possess especially when their Family is Everything.
"The senses are the gateways between the world around us and our mind". My body just twitched feeling these words... it's like the exact words I've been looking for
@Luke Phillips That's why sensory deprivation tanks can allow you to fall into such a relaxing state quickly, once you get used to it all.
Our senses are not gateways. They are one way passages, only in, no out. Our mind reacts to outside info and respond with emotions followed by motions. We may respond with an angry emotion and start to punch someone. To stop all our senses is to be dead, which we all must go eventually, just a matter of time. Daoism is about living a joyful life. We can do this by applying filters to the constant bombardments of outside info. Dao allows us to be focused and persistent, like water. We live out all our hearts desires to the fullest, positively, actively, constructively, and optimistically, never go with the flow and never let go.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
@@jwu1950 Tao = God We can not understand God but only sense him. According to Edgar Cayce we are multi dimensional spiritual beings in a two dimensional body. A part of us is in our subconscious. Check out what Edgar Cayce says. I think what he says harmonizes exactly with what this video is talking about. Tao = God is within us.
@@sparky7915 Bullshit !!! God is a name. 名可名 非常名. Dao is 道, not 名. Dao is not a name it is the Way. Dao is not God. Dao is before there is any God . See ?
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
@@jwu1950 Read: Edgar Cayce The Story of the Bible. You will find it fascinating. It is based on readings Edgar Cayce did.
I have a very stressful, fast-paced job. The quarantine actually helped my brain to recover and I was enjoying life. Now I'm back to work and I am struggling to be happy again.
change ur job fool
I work in a warehouse and it's a perfect place with all the noise, tension, and mayhem to learn how to stay calm and disciplined in the worst of situations. After controlling my mind in such a brutal environment controlling it in other places is a piece of cake. I view life as training over self. Over mind, body and soul. Just finding myself in adrenaline filled situations where I want to die is an opportunity to analyze self, take a step back, and understand self of why I feel that way. The idea of letting go helps a lot when you're tested. I learned that intervening in many ways is actually my ego trying to impose itself onto others and eventually almost always comes back to bite you. I'm both a lab rat and a scientist. There's no right or wrong way to live. There's only action and reaction. Cause and effect. That's the way of the dao.
Yes it has been an interesting time and taught people alot of lessons 🕯️💟🕯️💟🕯️💟🕯️💟
@@return2innocence221 Yes interesting time indeed. What it had taught me is that the entire world can be fooled to believe into something that doesn't exist by trusting establishment owned media. There are insane people outside hostile to everyone wearing masks and suits putting themselves under house arrest due to a made up boogeyman. Literally killing themselves to stay alive. The irony is painful and the amount of totalitarianism and execution of rights is truly on Orwellian levels.
I used to have this problem in my first job in the fast food industry. Believe it or not, i learned to meditate awake, or day dreaming i suppose. The main point is to be out of the world into your fantasy. I shut off my co workers and i was all about my costumers so i knew exactly what orders came in and what got out. Never wanted to be a supervisor because then it will break the trance. But i used the symbol of a robot to be a robot at work , be physically there but spiritually i was in the garden of eden. I noticed people kept complaining no matter how much they changed their job, yes you can work somewhere more easy. But thats what life is , its never easy , outside of the job its never easy. We must learn to always be happy in our my minds even though the world is cruel and destructive.
Fangirl here. Haha. I really like your content. This is just an extremely sincere -Thank you-. Thank you for working so much and so incredibly on this channel. The value I find, the value you give, the value anyone can obtain. Thank you.
Welcome! And thanks for the extremely sweet comment!
Totally agree.
Great video. I think detoxing your mind, body, and heart is necessary especially in this day and age
Absolutely!
Please Can you explain me clearly how can I detox my heart? I can't understand that deep meaning.
#77. MANIVANNAN YOGESH LAKSHMAN yeah he didn't really say how
#77. MANIVANNAN YOGESH LAKSHMAN there are several versions but my preferred one is to sit in silence and only focus on sounds. The further the sound you can focus on the better. And you stay in that state of mind for at least 5-10 minutes
@@yogeshlakshman8488
"Letting the mind rest from judging, analysing and other thought processes. Silencing the mind. Pause from intellectual activity. Pause from sensual activity."
I don't know how the Taoists did it, but from the sound of it, it appears to be what I understand happens at a vipassana or Zen meditation retreat. But you could probably do it your own way based on the concept. A few days of silence and withdrawal and meditation.
"The solution to our problems lies in our hearts" ..very beautiful said !
Taoism appears to be explaining how to tap into our introverted side. I appreciate that very much.
Einzelgänger, thank you so much!
I've recently moved to a new country without any family or friends around. I felt lonely, afraid and generally trapped inside my mind and not being able to feel empathy or love, desperatly trying to ''make sense'' of this new reality I was in.
But through your videos and external help, I've managed to slowly but surely perceive what I really care about and what really drove me to this new land. Thank you so very much! My life is regaining it's sense!
Johann Paul Lundgren Zoz where
Very timely!!
Another thing, this is the earliest i got on a video!! I so happyyyyyyyy
🎉 Congrats :)
have studied eastern mysticism for several years now, via Easwaran, Watts, etc. and I can honestly say that this really opened my eyes. Probably the first thing since Seneca's stoicism or Plato's republic to do it to me, plus I guess what I'm trying to say is that your explanation of this concept was super well-presented. "Dopamine detox" is another way I've seen this explained.
It was in these late years, with my studies of Eastern philosophy, that I found myself a natural Taoist instinctively
Big video. I've been studying taoism partly through these videos you have provided. For a while I felt disengaged from life and uncaring - but now it seems less so like numbness and moreso like stillness. Good man
I actually did this not knowing about the fasting of the heart but on another detox concept. I used the idea of salt. Put salt on food and eventually your taste buds become accustom to the saltines. I viewed the salt as exterior stimulation and the taste buds as my brain, specifically my emotions. Over time I was able to leasing my overreaction of emotions and either think more rationally or simply go with the flow.
I wanted to thank you because of school work I’ve stopped meditating and stopped inner thought about myself. This made me remember to keep a moderate life.
I’m really working on not just being “busy” but being mindful and intentional. Another great video, thank you man!
This is beautiful. I felt the way of the tao for as long as i can remember, but only now i know someone gave it a name and it was teaching it, this is great
Be great to have a meditation to get us into this state of being. You have a wonderful, calming voice with such powerful knowledge I’m sure I’d get into a heavenly place almost instantly. Thank you so much for this video. Your teachings have made a profound effect on my life. 🙏🏽
This brought tears to my eyes. Daoism is so powerful. Thank you for this impactful video.
Thank you for letting me enjoy more of unplugging and just flowing while listening this video. In USA the mindset is unfortunately leaning towards being busy all the time and I realized how destructive that is for each of us if we don't realize the harm we are doing to ourselves. Thank you for your videos and nice channel. I am a fan ❤️
Unplugging ??? Flowing ??? Don't be ridiculous !!! Daoism is not about detaching yourself and letting others run your life. Daoism is all about focus and persistence. To be like water is to be always fully focused and persistent with what we desire to do, and the results are inevitable. Dao is inevitability.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
You do help me so much through some crises. Life gets softer when you see it this way. Thank you.
Self-indulgence is smothering, ultimately.
This is one of the most powerful videos I’ve ever seen on youtube! Congratulations for a work well done brother!
AMEN>
I love the wisdom you share and translate during these times. Thanks for the reminders
Go with the flow
I stopped smoking and now drinking but very reasonably and responsibly
Not judging myself anymore
Your channel videos has been so inspiring Its the definition of “ best free entertainment and knowledge you would ever get “
This channel is pure gold.
This video ties in nicely with a book I've just finished called "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle...I highly recommend it, and I highly recommend his teachings in general. He speaks of the ego (the mind) being responsible for our suffering, and how observing our thoughts without judgment, allows us to live in the present, where the ego can not not exist. The present is the only reality, since memories, and anticipation are mere traces of our perceptions. When we give our attention to the present moment, by dissolving the illusions our ego manifests, we automatically fully sense the Tao.
It's partly inspired by The Power of Now. Beautiful book! Eckhart also mentions the Tao Te Ching in it.
@ he does mention it, you're right! I might have known, that of course you've read it. I'd also just like to tell you how discovering your channel (I think, almost 2 years ago) was the first and most valuable step I took in my journey of discovery. I really appreciate the work you put in to sharing these important teachings. You're doing the world a service here
The present ??? What present ? There is no such thing. The moment you realized you are in the present, your illusion of your present is in reality the past. Dao is never about any illusion of the present, but all about our origin and our future. Dao is the origin of everything. The way to live our future in joy is to live according to our hearts' desires, never let go, and never go with the flow of others but create our own flow and make the inevitable inevitable. Dao is everywhere, and Dao is inevitable.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
I watch your videos and feel as if you are a master in which I am a student of. Thank you for helping connect me with great amounts of classical wisdom.
Thank you for these videos. I enjoy them profoundly and your voice is so soothing and relaxing. I’m very blessed to have found this channel
Thank You brother...feel a strong synchronicity with ur thoughts this morning. Hope ur back on the right path now..thanks again
I think this is a great way for us to get off and stay off the hedonistic treadmill of consumption(financial, social recognition, power and instant gratification) and take a break to reflect on our path in life to make sure we're heading in the direction we're suppose to.
I love this video and your videos on Taoism, it is really perspective changing and is really helping me out :D, thx for all of your videos
You hear not with the ears, but with the mind; not with the mind, but with your soul. Great quote, thanks! Confucius' wisdom is timeless.
This gives me so much needed peace
It's honor to understand our elders life ways it's like floating in a lake of past and looking future. May your sense lead you towards the peace of soul.
Another great video. Thank you for this - definitely something to think about. The concept that the world around us ultimately takes care of itself is particularly thought provoking.
Thank you! I start my day with one or two of your videos. Sending you and your channel with love and light from Philippines🙏💗
That's great wisdom. Thank you . I never new much about Eastern Philosophy , only had read western philosophy. But Im very impressed with Eastern Philosophy.
I fully agree with the taoism and in islam we use the same concept of full fasting for 30 days from everything not only to detox but for the person to gain the willpower to control his or her soul and let go of old habits..
One of the better ones. Of course all of your videos are inspiring but this one has reminded me of returning to my regular meditation practice
Dude your videos are awesome keep up the good work 👍 I specially love your videos on taoism
Thank you Castor!
Gosh I haven’t been watching for a few months literally been on “autopilot” going through the motions.... becoming aware again finally
Thank you so much 💖 I hear in this video the great difference about taoist meditation and meditation as it has become popular nowadays.
Love your channel. The title is German, but you almost sound Dutch? Either way, so impressive that you are able to do this in your second language. This is by far my favorite video you've done.
This video was pretty insightful. I usually listen to you before I start my meditation.
Listening to this at a time when its much needed - Thank you for uploading it
"For those who practice not doing, everything will fall into place."
Whose place ? Not yours for sure because you are not doing anything. You just follow the flow of others and let go of your own flow. That is the exact opposite of Daoism. Daoism is about being focused and persistent, like water, making your flow the inevitable flow that others would inevitably follow.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
@@jwu1950 its funny how "daoists" love to cobtradict our books 😂
@@VBM1 Don't know which books you were referring to. If it is the Bible, the OT, Jesus and Lao Tzu both contradict such superstitions. Lao Tzu is 500 years older than Jesus. Jesus most likely learned from the teachings of Lao Tzu. That is why Jesus never described God, the Will of God, or the Way of God. What God, Words of God, or Will (aka Way, aka Dao) of God cannot be described by humans or they would not be the eternal God, Words of God, or Dao (of God).
If you meant Darwinian Evolution, that one is just a fairytale. If you meant science, it needs to be falsifiable and therefore not eternal. What contradiction ?
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
Einzelgänger, your videos on spirituality have resonated with me completely. Really grateful to you for working so hard in creating them and sharing with the world. 🙏
What are you talking about ? Daoism is not Buddhism. There is no mumble jumble spirituality in Daoism. There is only reality and Dao. Daoist does not sit around and do nothing like Buddhists. Daoism is the way to live a vibrant, aggressive, active, and positive life, and to enjoy all our desires to the fullest. Dao is inevitably not letting go and not go with the flow of others, but being focused, persistent, and creating one own flow. Let be for Dao is inevitable.
May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.
, what a superb way to be and live.in balance..to allow...to allow the heart to feel peace through having nothing...thank you for your channel...and your teachings of Taoism..
Einzelganger I realized that there is wisdom in the shadow (creativity)so I was so shocked 😮,cause stoicism hit me I can't appreciate your work enough. Thank you!!.
I had to write the comment here cause I thought you would check out the latest videos.
What a GIFT you are to humanity!
Came in time when I needed it! Thank you 🙏❤
What a brilliant integration of thought, philosophy and images re a most enduring, yet complex topic ... an atmospheric Buddhist retreat ... on a screen.
I see the Alan Watts influences. Love it
I am surprized that not many more people have heard of Master Alan Watts, even in the UK.
I love alan watts, not many know about him here in México either
This is by far one of the most informative channels on UA-cam. Thank you Einzelganger😁
Thank you Ranjit
Just found this channel, and I love it! So much great life advice from the Stoics. Thanks 👍🏼
I just love your content! I just really wish to be able to implement all these ideas into my life too. Thank you so much for making these videos. ❣️
I was listening to Alan Watts lecture about this and your video just pop-up... Best decision i have made to watch this
Excellent message.
Please continue to share these teachings of rare ancient wisdom.
Been focusing a lot on trying to grow spiritually lately... thanks for putting this out man. Btw have you made a vid on coomers yet, it would be an interesting thing to hear you talk about
You're welcome! Good luck on your journey
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Bernhard Von Barret that would probably inhibit my progress more than anythinh
I am the good I have been waiting for and so are You.
The messages in your videos are changing my life! Thank.you.so.much. 🙏
Thank you for teaching.
You have no idea how profound all of these videos are to me.
I ve been so swallowed up whole by my mind and the overly ambitous goals that which i want to accomplish that i see that i have found myself stuck in this cycle of letting my sadness or hatred drive me a lot. With as far as it did get me in some fields of life did i really grow as a person? did I really get me to where i want to be mentally as a person? For that i feel im still stuck where I was almost 10 yrs ago. But maybe... just maybe knowing i can recognize that; I am taking the right steps in the direction of self growth and healing.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you
Wonderful video as always. Thought this topic was very interesting and would love to see you delve deeper into it at some point. Thank you for the great content!
Exactly what I needed right now.
thank you for introducing me to Taoism, very grateful for all your videos , I am a hindu from India, eastern religions are almost same. many blessings and love from India
So wertvoll, thank you do much Einzelgänger 🙏💚
This reminded me of a book "the power of now" any one interested in shutting his mind should read it
true
Hm .
The booker that changed my life !!!
A New Earth was good too
I knew what fasting of the heart but not quite understand it. This is very good explanation of it. Thank you so much. Peace
This put me at ease tonight. Bless you Xx.
Thank you for your videos... I assume you’ve read enough material, reflected on it, lived it , etc... and then condense and write the information of what you’ve learned on to your videos.....they have helped me in someways during the years, .... i just wanted to take this moment to write this comment and express my thanks.
Once i get a good job i hope to be a patron for you and other channels that have shared me wisdom
From one stranger to another. Thank You!
Thank you for another great vid, sir. For a reason i do not know, while i was watching this, i felt inspired to do at least one simple artwork you could opt to use for your future content. I wish i could accomplish one soon and send it to you as my another way of saying "thank you". 😊
心斋 in Chinese, that’s what I did and practiced during COVID-19 lock down, and I benefited a lot from it.
Thank you so much. A beautiful, insightful video as always.
Super information that's life changing. Thank you so much for your service.
It's still not easy to abstain from not thinking about things. It's very important video and i guess ever since I entered spiritual journey, I have been thinking about zero mindedness. This serenity is a blessing however we have made our own mind our biggest enemy in a way, it's programmed and conditioned as such for years of experiences.
Thankyou for your Time And Energy God Bless You 💎
Wonderful video. So crisp and fresh and profound and beautiful.
My favourite video thus far
This is my jam..good stuff!! Big love from another youtuber 🤘🔥🤘🔥
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me put a view point on the situation i am in. So greatfull now infeel soooooo much better thank you
Amazing 💙I love this channel .. something relatable to my soul 🤗
Thank you for this video.
Bruh that was deep. Thanks man. 🙏
Learn to be mindful, it helps me to be in the moment.
amazing videos and content, please keep them coming.
Excellent video. Thanks for your beautiful work.
Getting good at it !!
This is the Way!
Absolutely correct and at the same time so challenging.
Watching your videos really soothes the soul💛
Thanks for listening !!! 🙏🔥🙏
Great piece! kept listening to it for many times
I was on my way to the Fasting of my Heart and suddenly 5:07 an eye of Einzelgänger was watching me :) Thanks.
Exactly what I needed today.
Hey Einzelgänger, I love your videos on Taoism! You're my favourite Dutchman.