I'm 71...pain and meds free. I am grateful every day for having attained peace and freedom from all that is shot at you from media, and toxic people. Best place in my life so far. 💞
@@whitenorthstar no secret. Be grateful, simplify your life, and most importantly, rid yourself of toxic people from your life...even if they are close family members.
Elizabeth K what i’m about to write might be long but for some reason i felt you would read it with your heart before your eyes. I want to get it from my heart, i’m just tired of carrying it all of my life. From a stranger who lives in the edge of the world to another stranger who lives in the other edge, where the only thing that connects us is a comment section. i’ve lost my love over three years ago, since then i felt empty, even when i have all the friends and family around me, she is not dead but we broke up for the best of us( that what she believed), she forgot me as i look at her twitter account every single minute so i can know if she is alright. Three years and i didn’t forget her and still love her more than anything else, i don’t know if she forgets me, rememberers me, hates me, or loves me. I went to the edge of madness all because of the idea “she hates you and does not love you anymore” why? How? When? I keep asking my self every time i think about this idea and the only answer i get is ” i do not know”. I tried to not look at her account cause it hurts me so bad when she is having fun with her friends while i remember once she said to me” i will never let you get hurt by anything because i care about you. You are my heaven in this earth, i will never let you go” yet her she is living her life without thinking that she would come back. But you know what? i believe this made me a better man, my look at ALL life’s aspect have changed, i think she was right, it might be the best for us, but what i think is this meant to be so we can meet again when we become better people, even when all things around me say that she forgot me and maybe hated me because i tried so many times to contact her but she kept ignoring me and sometimes she texts me back saying that she hates me and does not love me anymore, but every time she says that i have a strange feeling that says she is lying and hiding something, my heart says something and my mind says something else, i am in a battle with myself, but as i said, this might be meant to be, to be a better man. I know in the deep of my heart we will come back and when we do i’ll come here and tell you. This helped me. thank you so much. I hope you have peace in your life and live a happy life. And sorry for writing so much :)
@@hebt9mlk Speak to a professional. Give that love to yourself, before you give it to someone else. What you write tell me that you don't value yourself. Three years is way too long to point over a lost love...
Elizabeth K i do value myself but i wrote all of this just to get it out of my chest, hiding something for a long time really hurts me. I do believe that i’m the best person on earth, but everyone has a limit, and that love’s lost i think it was my limit because it was my first love and never thought i would lose her, I know everyone one has a first love but i just don’t know :) Thank You again from the bottom of my heart
@@matthewtenney2898 Sorry , Im not a Doctor. I use to worry about the future and Life happened and I was diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer. It changed my outlook on Life. Today , I'm seven years in remission and I cherish every moment , every second.
CRAZY GAMER WITH FRIENDS Sorry for your loss......I know how it feels.......let a year pass. The pain will change and believe me the sorrow you will feel when you miss him will have a sweetness to it. I know this because I lost my DAD at 23 and my MOM at 28....I know how you feel.
CRAZY GAMER WITH FRIENDS The consciousness that you saved of him, where it is stored in your memory, is where he lives on. Enjoy those memories. He will forever be a part of you in that way.
@The Wizard of Whatever So, experiencing light has value ONLY while you're experiencing it? Afterwards, it returns to having no value? If it were true, that'd suck.
@The Wizard of Whatever "It has value only to you." Exactly. For a brief blip in time, to boot. All I'm saying is: If that were true, that'd suck. Life can be hard enough dealing with all the bullshit we encounter. To think it's all for naught . . . sux!
@@UnknownEJP So true, who is to say it could not happen again and again. Given the eternity of time, anything that can happen, will happen, its just a matter of time. Also, the time of darkness, no matter how long it lasts may appear as nothing but an instant.
Lyrics: The one thing people tend to realize, at moments like this, is that they wasted a lot of time, when life was normal. It’s not just what they did with their time, it’s not just that they spent too much time working, or compulsively checking e-mail, it’s that they cared about the wrong things. They regret what they cared about. Their attention was bound up in petty concerns, year after year, when life was normal. And this is a paradox, of course, because we all know this epiphany is coming. Don’t you know this is coming? Don’t you know that there’s gonna come a day when you’ll be sick, or someone close to you will die, and you’ll look back on the kinds of things that captured your attention. Cause even if you live to be a hundred, there are just not that many days in life. It is always now. How ever much you feel you need to plan for the future, to anticipate it, to mitigate risks, the reality of your life is NOW. Our conscious awareness of the present moment is, in some relevant sense, already a memory. But, as a matter of conscious experience, the reality of your life is always now. And I think that this is a liberating truth about the nature of the human mind - In fact, I think, there’s probably nothing more important to understand about your mind, than that, if you want to be happy in this world. The past is a memory; it’s a thought arising in the present. The future is merely anticipated; it is another thought arising now. What we truly have is this moment. And this. And we spend most of our lives forgetting this truth, refuting it, fleeing it, overlooking it. And the horror is that we succeed. We manage to never really connect with the present moment and find fulfilment there, because we are continually hopping to become happy in the future. And the future never arrives. Even when we think we’re in the present moment, we’re, in very subtle ways, always looking over its shoulder, anticipating what’s coming next. We’re always solving a problem. And it’s possible to simply drop your problem, if only for a moment. And enjoy whatever is true of your life in the present. There are more connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue, than stars in our galaxy. And yet, our inner experience offers absolutely no clue. We are subjectively unaware of most of what our minds are doing. And yet, when we think about what matters - what matters is consciousness and its contents, оkay, consciousness is everything; our experience of the world, experience of those we care about is a matter of consciousness and its contents. So, whatever the origin of consciousness, the most important question for us is how can we truly be fulfilled in life? How can we create lives that are truly worth living, given that these lives come to an end? So The frame we put around the present moment is important and largely determines our experience of it, but it seems possible, in fact, to experience life more nakedly than this. To experience it without the obvious framework. To pay attention to the present moment closely enough, so that you’re not doing anything to it. You might feel that your consciousness is in your head, or behind your face. But, as a matter of experience, it is just more sensations arising in consciousness. The only evidence of your face and head is sensation arising in consciousness, at this moment. Whatever you can possibly notice in your body, in your mind, in the world, has only one place to appear - in your conscious experience. Now, I’m not saying this is all just a dream, but, as a neurological matter it is very much like a dream. It is a dream that is constrained by inputs from the external world. And the dreams we call dreams at night are dreams that are not constrained by the external world. And that’s why you seem to get away with everything. But, you see, your mind is all you have. Okay? It’s all you’ve ever had. It’s all you have to offer other people. We are all trying to find a path back to the present moment, and good enough reason to just be happy here. If you’re constantly ruminating about what you just did, or what you should have done, or what you would have done if you only had the chance, you will miss your life. You’ll fail to connect with it. You’ll fail to connect with other people. Being the mere hostage of the next thought that comes craining into consciousness isn’t useful. So if there is an antidote to the fear of death and the experience of loss that’s compatible with reason, I think it’s to be found here. The purpose of life is pretty obvious. We are constantly… why do we create culture and form relationships beyond matters of mere survival? We are constantly trying to create and repair the world that our minds want to be in. LIVE IN THE PRESENT!
I've been listening to this speech a few times a week, every week, for over a year. It has truly changed my life and helped me to avoid depression. Thank you Sam.
I've always wondered why people believe everything must have a purpose. As if life has a specific meaning and everything has a reason. I'm perfectly happy believing in coincidence. The meaning of life is the meaning you give your own life. And, to me, that's okay.
+gunit8590 lol. Makes me happy when we can bust each other up a bit and everyone has a great time :) this PC shit is only creating less tolerance. I say. Fuck what anyone says and just be happy and enjoy the jokes :)
Sam's point about 'purpose' was, 'purpose' is usually just a thought about the future arising now ('My life makes sense because I'm making future-progress with goal-X or religion-Y'). Once we realize that all these beliefs, plans, regrets, and fantasies are just thoughts arising in consciousness, then Sam makes sense when he says 'your mind is all you have;' you don't really have your plans or your house...the container of them all is consciousness. So, whatever basic 'plans' we choose, we'd better learn about our mind in the process. In other words, if your mind is 'always angry, confused, depressed, and unloving' then it 'won't matter what you have, you won't enjoy it.' To flip it around, if you're always clear-headed and free from needless suffering, THEN you're perfectly poised enjoy whatever philosophical viewpoints or plans give you 'meaning' at any time!
Everyone on Earth needs to hear this at a young age.... My one wish would be for humanity to lose our illusions, learn to live our lives to the fullest, love each other and protect our children’s future through love and compassion!!!!
I agree, but it’s a shame that the system was not built not to meet our physiological needs. How much healthy it would be for humans if we could live this way.
I watched this video 5 years ago, knowing that one day id view it again. That day came today. Coping with loss is harsh and unacceptable. But life goes on
This video is so inspirational. I'm so stuck on obsessing about the past that I'm wasting my present and future. Sam Harris is like a modern day Alan Watts.
Hey, just stumbled across this today. I’m just curious, how much do you think you’ve grown since you posted this? Two years ago. I don’t keep a diary but i always wonder how much I’ve grown year to year. I hope you’re doing great.
I like that you wrote: "I'm waisting my present". I take it as squeezing the present. You might have meant wasting the present but i like waisting. Cheers, Nelson
baby gorl クリームシチュー美味過ぎ suffering is only optional, if you know you have an option. If you don't, you are in big trouble. I enjoyed the statement. Thank you
I love Sam Harris most of all because he, and this separates him from Hitchens and Dawkins, has acquired such profound, reflective awareness about this dimension of existence. Realizing that dimension, and trying to put it into words, makes the criticism of religion whole, in a sense. It's kind of unfortunate that this side of Sam Harris isn't that clearly visible unless you search for it closer - as commendable and needed his political material may be. Also yeah, the added soundtrack really made a tasteful combination so thank you for that :)
***** Ah, the old "Guns don't kill people.." This is an argument of which I instinctively sympathize. My grand-parents were both devout Catholics, and there is no doubt that a lot of love has sprung from their religious identities. However, I have moved from this way of thinking, partly because of teachers like Harris who are convincing to me, and partly because of getting to know so many other religious people and seeing that, beyond different extreme appearances, what unites them is unfortunately too much relying on faith when it comes to solving the world's problems. I believe those are to be solved by reason and communication beyond religious boundaries, together with Harris's idea of a reason-based morality.
***** "If you think that religion somehow restricts someone from being a rational, moral, contributing member of society" - no, that's not what I mean. First of all, I'm pondering this on a structural, global level, and not trying to attack specific religious individuals. What I mean is that those three traits, and they are all very essential in my opinion, are not exclusive to religion, but instead can hold their own without the religious dimension. And without that dimension of dogma and division, I believe we would be more free to connect in the here and now to others across the religious borders. We would be more efficient in making the Earth we live on now a better place, without the perspective of living for an afterlife. I don't believe I'm very arrogant, but if you want to label it that you're free to do so. =) Church and state: that's a good thing (although you could question it when the President has to be a Christian, one nation under God etc). So is Sweden.
+Adam Leckius I couldn't agree more about harris. All of the other guys seem to be lacking a sense of spirituality. Harris embraces eastern wisdom, he meditates and he's used psychedelics, and all of that has given him a perspective that the other guys just don't really have. And maybe spirituality isn't exactly the right word, but i think you know what i mean.
Wow, Madison, that's an epic turnaround and transformation. Well done! I am listening to this a few times a year when I need it, ever since my near death experience a few years ago.
@@marcusdruen9495 it's always my favorite mini speech to go to when I feel down. I immediately get up and become present so I can enjoy this beautiful life!
Fucking inspiring. Gawd damn, Sam Harris is such an articulate speaker, his ability to express thoughts and use of language is captivating. Take a listen to the lecture in its entirety, definitely worth the time.
Hector Ibarra this philosophy has been expressed by so many before him, he's not saying anything special nor original. Both Alan Watts and Terence McKenna could articulate this school of thought much more eloquently and effectively; their command of the English language and intellect far exceeded that of Sam Harris.
I listened to this over and over when I was in rehab. I didn't make it, I left after 2 weeks and am back in active addiction. But one day I will make it, and in some small way will have this man to thank.
hayden knight read A NEW EARTH by Ekhart Tolle These same thoughts have been said for thousands of years. They are not novel concepts from sam harris. But harris does say it in a very clear way.
Nystagmus sumgatsyN You escape the cognitive dissonance when someone you trust is saying it. No average Joe atheist would ever want to listen to what a hinduist guru has to say, even if he was saying the exact same thing as Sam. They would immediately fire up their ""skeptical"" machinery and ask if they can provide evidence for their claims and autisticly screech about any nuance or paradox in the statements presented. Meanwhile they will nod attentively like a child in church when a quantum physicist explains what the heck a Higg's Boson is.
Carl-Richard Løberg I have sort of lost interest in the skeptical community for the reasons you mention. I'm an atheist but I find Sam Harris' style of atheism way more eye opening and comforting than a Dawkins type...altho I do respect Dawkins a lot
What I love about his speech is that it's always relevant. I watched it like five years ago and I recently saw it again and it still felt powerful and important. It's a reminder we constantly need
I listen to this video every few months as a reminder…. I have been wasting a lot of time recently stuck in my head overthinking and worrying instead of taking more action. Today was a more productive day. Keep pushing forward keep gaining momentum. Life is beautiful- make the most of it while you can ❤️❤️❤️
The key is to make your life/consciousness into contentedness with tiny moments of suffering. This is why I meditate, as Sam Harris has to reach this insight.
teehee time is the one thing that kills everything, but it is also the one thing that gave birth to you. Don't take it for granted. You can't escape time, just accept it.
I feel like I'm 400k of these views, every day I listen to this. It reminds me to enjoy the now. Even though that's not always the easiest to do, but at some point in your day just stop, and enjoy YOU. I feel that's left out.
I don’t know if you read these comments. But, I just lost my mother to undiagnosed cancer. This video has helped me through the first week. She was my closest friend and we lived our lives for the moment. Thank you for editing Sam’s words into such a meaningful video. It helped in a very difficult time. Thank you
I watch this video when i feel lost… feeling lost right now. Not sure what to do. I guess best method is to do the right thing. Practice loving kindness and gratitude even when others don’t. Kindness is a strength.
Sam Harris has a profound ability to put things in perspective, making you realize how precious life is, among other things. He has helped me connect with others in ways that I never did before. His insight, ideas, and the manner in which he presents them verbally have changed my life in ways that I never thought possible.
Whenever I feel lost in my 'problems', I always come back to this video. The way that Sam expresses himself is perfect and the music goes so well with his words. Thank you for posting and creating this beautiful edit!
Get out there! Exercise and eat healthy. Enjoy the Sun on your face. Be the best version of you. Avoid toxic people at all cost. Work hard to live dont live to work hard. Sleep hard and play hard. Get up early go to bed early. Dont rely in meds, rely on positive thinking and healthy activities. Men- keep you testosterone up, it is your essence of youth.
Hi Nii P. 1. People don’t do any exercise and wonder why they have insomnia. 2. They spend too many hours in bed when you only need 7-8 hrs max. 3. They look at their screens before they sleep or have a Coffee and wonder why their sleep is poor. 4. They have stress from no work or exercise and wonder they are up all night worrying. Sleep hard means prepare yourself for sleep and mean to get a good nights sleep to repair your body and heal your mind. Good luck to you and thank you for your comment 🐺
This makes be depressed but at the same time makes me realize that there is still time to change my thinking I'm 30 ... my ideal self at 35..would be to lose all ego and enjoy every sec of life ...
Losing your ego is not about changing your thinking. It is about stopping to believe your concept of yourself. Your mind has created that concept of yourself - and you believe it. The same goes with the ideal of yourself: It is only a creation of your mind that makes you suffer. Understanding this conceptually is good. But only the experience of it really sets you free. Watch the following video without any distraction, and get clear about the reality of the human mind, and how it creates identity. ua-cam.com/video/ekk8xyLAXqM/v-deo.html
@TheEnd yeah I just re-found this video I actually forgot I even posted on it.. it seems like an almost impossible task but I'm still trying.. it's always fascinated me how the motivation Slips Away and you go back to your daily life no matter how much you try to reinforce what you've learned..
I listen to this almost every week it seems. I'm in a rough spot. I'm about to turn 22 this November, and I've been in the military almost 3 years now. I've had a rough time in so far. No matter how hard I try to be better I'm I feel like I'm always looked down upon by my leadership, like I'm a lost cause. I feel like I take 1 step forward then 2 steps back everytime I think I succeeded, every month. I made some mistakes. Bad ones. Every day I deal with a constant battle in my mind. A battle with myself. I tell myself that I need to be better, and that no one is respecting me. I feel like I'm always ruminating on the future. What if I get discharged? How will my life be like in the next 6 months? 2 years? 5 years? The present moment is so difficult for me to enjoy because of all my pride and negative thoughts about myself. Its tiring, and I want it to be gone. It's just so difficult, but this video helps me during the worst of days. I just felt like getting this off my chest. Whoever reads this and is in a similar situation just know you're not alone.
You have no idea on how much time you have to go thru what you are going thru. Its part of life as a human being. " This too shall pass"....im sure it did.
"The past is a memory. It's a thought arising in the present." WOW! This is what has been holding me hostage for years. I'm 53 and only have so much time left, I'm gonna do my best to free myself from the crippling past, by choosing to focus on the present.
For some reason it gives me pretty crazy chills towards the end when the music suddenly changes to that uplifting tone right as he says “So if there’s an antidote to the fear of death..” Maybe it’s just me but it went together so well and added an incredibly deep feel to it.
Wanna know the purpose of life? 1. Do something important for the world/society/ people around you. 2. Be an inspiration/ a symbol/an example/ a hope for everybody. 3. Do what is right and what you love and be happy with it. 4.( and I think this is the most personal and important in a spiritual sense) develop your mind, your behavior, your goal must be try to live your life as the perfect version of yourself.
Ive dropped everything and opened the door to God and i miss nothing i dropped...God is good 🙏🏾🙏🏻🙏🏽 ive found total fulfillment in everything through acknowledging Him.
Guys, after college and working for about 1.5 years, I was convinced life was pointless. There was no purpose or goal. People were just working to stay alive, and trying to act happy. Through depression and loneliness I started searching for purpose... then Jesus revealed Himself to me. He gave me purpose, a zeal for living, love, peace, security, and most importantly He gave me Himself. That was 11 years ago. Today, Jesus is my life. I love Him so much and He is all I need and want. What I’m saying is Jesus is the missing thing in your life. He doesn’t just complete you, He becomes your life.
Aaron Kim Watch this video and think about it, it's just 5 min ua-cam.com/video/YNGqrzkFp_4/v-deo.html And here's another one about what life truly means ua-cam.com/video/7d16CpWp-ok/v-deo.html
Yes.... and Sam doesnt address this properly imo. We all die. So what does it matter what we do? If we do good or bad, die now or later? All I took from this video, is this: Grasp the moment. But for good? For bad? This doesnt provide a comprehensive worldview. He says what matters is consciousness. To do good? Bad? What are those definitions? And yet we know on a basic level they exist? I think Sam is a theist, he just doesn't know it.... There is no justification of what ought to be, or what can be judged, if there is nothing Is beyond this world. The purpose of life is obvious? To repair? Say that to those who tear it down. I'm sorry, this is just fluff and I lost respect for Sam. It doesnt address the cruel nature of this world. He is also using the lens of a developed country full of luxury and comfort.
I wonder if he (Sam Harris) realized how close this kind of of thinking is to Buddhist teachings on this topic? It often amazes me that when people engage in this kind of clear, rational, inspired thinking about the core of our existence, they start to sound like some of the great teachers ancient wisdom. But of course, every generation must continue to rediscover these truths for themselves and reinterpret them through the current knowledge and information. However, no matter how many generations pass, the core of the hard truth remains. "live in the moment", it's the closest we can ever hope to be to a true reality.
Where do you think Sam got it from? He spent weeks, and sometimes months, at a time on meditation retreats with Hindu gurus and Buddhist bhikkhus/roshis
A lot of philosophers share the same idea. That's why it's so beautiful. It allows more and more to share the same idea for more and more people to discover it from different people
When I was 14 years old I lived for tomorrows as I was bullied everyday at school, I just wanted time to go by so that I end up bigger and stronger physically and the bullying would stop. On my 24th birthday today, I wish a way to just stop time or slow it down...as I don't deal with bullying anymore but a battle against time.
All we have is now, most of us plan for the future so intensely, that we forget that what we truly have is just the present. Being able to live in the present is the most liberating feeling, but it's tough to do for most, including myself.
Everyone has a meaning in life you may not know what it is but you have a meaning everyone does. Life is just a big game testing you knowledge and skill but everyone has a meaning man or woman. You have a meaning you will do great in life no matter what you do you will be successful. Do great do your best and remember you have a meaning.
I'm profoundly grateful that I have the opportunity to practise mindfulness with the help of Sam. I have known very, very few people in life who really try to help others. He's one of them.
+butterytee "To love and be loved" Interesting, but it could be true only for you. Everyone is the creator of their own meaning of life, and it is different for everyone.
The purpose in life is so very simple that most have forgotten what it really is. It's simply to live and experience being alive! The purpose of suffering is so you can appreciate the good things..
This life here is for our immortal spirit to learn what is good and what is bad, striving always to do only good, to never cause useless suffering (any damage) to others and to ourselves, besides learning as much as we can about the Creator (God/Jesus) to follow His wisdom, respectively about the Creation (this reality), to gain as much useful knowledge as possible, while we do our best to avoid the evil things, including the evil people, tools of the fallen angels, the demons who have altered/corrupted this reality (also our DNA). Therefore, *this short earthly life is mainly a kind of school and test for our immortal spirits, to prove that we have overcome the evil planted in us, humans, by the fallen angels.* To take this test is the most important thing. All the best!
What too many people do not want to believe, unfortunately, is that our consciousness is connected with an external permanent memory that exists in a superior dimension. Our earthly life is saved there like into a database, named in the Bible "the Book of life." In that dimension are both Heaven (God/Jesus, the angels) and Hell (the demons). We will be there after death, when our spirit will be judged function of all we did in this short earthly life (all being recorded there). From this reality, we cannot see/perceive the dimension of Heaven and Hell, but only with our immortal spirits (who are actually us), as someone from just 2 dimensions cannot see/perceive our 3 dimensional world. That is why Jesus has said: *_“Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed.”_* John 20, 29 He also said: *_"The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will."_* Matthew 24, 35 Any unbeliever should watch entirely and carefully: "NDE- ATHEIST PROFESSOR (Berkeley Grad) dies, sees HELL! Best testimony EVER! Howard Storm Interview". "Man Sees Unthinkable Horrors in Hell - Christians Being Tortured! (Mario Martinez)". Also, when more free time is available, anyone should watch: "Gavril Barnut dead 13 hours - Saw hell & Heaven!" Unfortunately, too many will still match the following quotation: _"... they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead."_ Luke 16, 31
I feel like almost all of us spend so much time doing things we hate on a daily basis and then we get old and die. What is it all for in the end anyways. It would be amazing if we all did things we loved every single day.
That slips into hedonism rapidly without direction. The goal of most Eastern schools of thought concerning the meaning of life is to relinquish the ego so that you can serve the world without fear or hope, without motivation for reward, and without believing that you are superior to anything. And then you die. Nothing more liberating than this.
I have been watching this video multiple times a year for 5 years in a row, almost trying to get myself ready for my dad's death. He died, and as much as this video helped me, it could never prepare me
When I go outside at night, and I see the moon and the stars, I don't wonder whether this is a result of evolution or from the creation of God. I just enjoy the view. This is living in the moment.
Sam doen not understand yet that your consciousness os your soul pr spitit ,it is eternal. The here and now of consciousness is prior to the here and now of the world.....he has made a big mistake by denying the existance of spirit(which is your consciousness-awareness) it does not die when the physical body dies. Guardiantext.org
@@sourcetext - Consciousness lives on but not our personal consciousness - We, our body, is dead. Our consciousness may live on but you won't know a damn thing about it.
I have a very difficult time accepting both the lack of free will, as presented by Dr. Harris, and what he's saying in this. How can someone be at fault for caring about the wrong things if everything is predetermined by the laws of physics? Idk, I'm currently going through an existential crisis and the idea of free will, something that I could think about normally before, is now bothering me.
Christianity just feeds you with a ready-made “purpose” without even attempting to provide an argument to support it that isn't wishful thinking or another form of a logical fallacy. The piece that's missing for you: that the self is an illusion. It's predetermined, and you care about the wrong things, but the “you” in this statement isn't really anything you can hold on to without eventually coming to realise that it's a false image of any approximately truthful conception of a “you.” You care about the wrong things and you suffer because of it, but it's not a fault-it's just how it turned out to be. Sam Harris spoke about the illusion of the self, too; and there's a sizeable literature on this if you're interested to read other people's views.
This is lifechanging, for real. It has literally changed my entire perspective on life and I listen to it over and over again to remind me of what it taught me. It's so so so deep.
We cannot even remember our life of 9months of darkness in the womb, the most loving and merciful channel into the world..... an then to live a life of memories here, for it all to be forgotten and become non-existent.... our existence cannot be for nothing
Unfortunately without God our existence truly is for nothing because no matter what we do won’t affect the outcome of the world and all of life will eventually be destroyed.
Anisa Khanom I’m a Christian so the historical evidence for Christ and his resurrection are really strong, I do believe he rose from the dead, so obviously if I believe this to be true I’m trusting a man, well God incarnate, who has already been there after death and came back. I agree with you though. I cannot imagine living an average old age and when I die my existence is completely over and it’s absolute nothingness for eternity. If this is the case there’s no objective meaning to life, it’s just subjective as if to say “Well if you’ve found what makes you happy and what you want to do then good for you, if not sucks to be you.” Surely everybody has a purpose and don’t need to find what that purpose is (if God exists). I can’t help but think about death every single day, in a philosophical way of course. This universe blows my mind.
@@RedBenjamin As you've mentioned it I would just like to say without going in to too much in detail..... according to the bible and history Jesus never claimed to be God himself or the son of God or any deity like being, we believe Jesus was a very highly honoured Prophet and God does not disgrace any of the Prophets he sends.... also history does not always tell the truth, but everyone has the right to believe what they do however God Himself has/will have the ultimate right to judge people based on what they believe about Him as it does not befit God to be lied and blasphemed......such wisdom and power of God that He will send Jesus down before end of times to confirm his own story and bring truth and order in to the world..... in the meantime we should all coexist peacefully and seek truth using God's guidance and our heart and intellect, surely for people who believe in spirituality then we must know that there are other unseen entities that also influence our way of thinking for the better or the worse..... yes the universe is fascinating and I find that sometimes about our own bodily design and function, God says He manifests his signs in ourselves and the universe around us.... in Islam we also believe like yourself that we should experience human life with a higher purpose because our existence and our deeds will be measured and accounted.... I also think deep like you and it always use to worry me from a young age to think that how can we ever live this 'short' life meaninglessly, we have to be here for a reason, if it wasn't for the fact that we have the concept of death many people will not even be spiritual .....death is a good reminder, its good you remember death regularly, Islam also emphasises that we should remember death often so we live accordingly in preparation for it as we don't believe in reincarnation, but that we only live this worldly life once so that our soul can reach our ultimate destination.
Anisa Khanom Brilliant, you’re a Muslim. This is great, do you mind if I can give you the case as to why Jesus is God and that Jesus did really claim to be God? I’ve been looking into this a lot. It would be nice to have a good conversation without any hostility between two people with different faiths, would you mind if I do that? (I’m not ignoring the rest of what you said I just wanted to ask you first that’s all).
I know you might disagree with Sam Harris on many things, but to the people who disliked this video, and I am honestly not trolling here, just genuinely womdering what did you not agree with in this particular video
Aymen Adhami cause he talks so much nonsense. He’s basing everything on his subjective opinion. Who told him that’s the meaning of life ? He’s nothing but a Zionist shill creating nothing but hatred against religion. The whole purpose of life is to worship God. And by worshipping God, we follow his guidance and by following his guidance , human beings benefit. The only one who would be able to tell us the meaning of life is the creator himself.
Self awareness is understanding the present in relation to oneself but self empowerment is understanding the present as the consequences of the continual improvements we make.
I'm 71...pain and meds free. I am grateful every day for having attained peace and freedom from all that is shot at you from media, and toxic people. Best place in my life so far. 💞
What is your secret...please share it with us,
@@whitenorthstar no secret. Be grateful, simplify your life, and most importantly, rid yourself of toxic people from your life...even if they are close family members.
Elizabeth K what i’m about to write might be long but for some reason i felt you would read it with your heart before your eyes. I want to get it from my heart, i’m just tired of carrying it all of my life. From a stranger who lives in the edge of the world to another stranger who lives in the other edge, where the only thing that connects us is a comment section.
i’ve lost my love over three years ago, since then i felt empty, even when i have all the friends and family around me, she is not dead but we broke up for the best of us( that what she believed), she forgot me as i look at her twitter account every single minute so i can know if she is alright. Three years and i didn’t forget her and still love her more than anything else, i don’t know if she forgets me, rememberers me, hates me, or loves me. I went to the edge of madness all because of the idea “she hates you and does not love you anymore” why? How? When? I keep asking my self every time i think about this idea and the only answer i get is ” i do not know”. I tried to not look at her account cause it hurts me so bad when she is having fun with her friends while i remember once she said to me” i will never let you get hurt by anything because i care about you. You are my heaven in this earth, i will never let you go” yet her she is living her life without thinking that she would come back. But you know what? i believe this made me a better man, my look at ALL life’s aspect have changed, i think she was right, it might be the best for us, but what i think is this meant to be so we can meet again when we become better people, even when all things around me say that she forgot me and maybe hated me because i tried so many times to contact her but she kept ignoring me and sometimes she texts me back saying that she hates me and does not love me anymore, but every time she says that i have a strange feeling that says she is lying and hiding something, my heart says something and my mind says something else, i am in a battle with myself, but as i said, this might be meant to be, to be a better man. I know in the deep of my heart we will come back and when we do i’ll come here and tell you. This helped me. thank you so much. I hope you have peace in your life and live a happy life. And sorry for writing so much :)
@@hebt9mlk Speak to a professional. Give that love to yourself, before you give it to someone else. What you write tell me that you don't value yourself. Three years is way too long to point over a lost love...
Elizabeth K i do value myself but i wrote all of this just to get it out of my chest, hiding something for a long time really hurts me. I do believe that i’m the best person on earth, but everyone has a limit, and that love’s lost i think it was my limit because it was my first love and never thought i would lose her, I know everyone one has a first love but i just don’t know :) Thank You again from the bottom of my heart
To a child, life is just the present moment. As we grow older, now is just where tomorrow and yesterday come together.
Good point
@@winstonsmith5854 A quote from my dad but I don't know where he obtained it.
Thats exactly the way I think . Tomorrow isn't guaranteed , So Live in the Now. Life takes on a Whole New Meaning. 😊 Much Love and Respect
@@alwaysbegrateful9011 Do you make appointments, e.g. doctor's appointments?
@@matthewtenney2898 Sorry , Im not a Doctor. I use to worry about the future and Life happened and I was diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer. It changed my outlook on Life. Today , I'm seven years in remission and I cherish every moment , every second.
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
- John Lennon
By way of Santayana.
This is true. I never thought I would be at the place where I am now, but here I am.
@Joe Bloe He said a wise thing, though
❤
My Father died last week. I've been trying my best not to face this reality by staying busy. I haven't cried for him until I saw this.
CRAZY GAMER WITH FRIENDS Sorry to hear that buddy, i lost my father when i was 8. It gets better
CRAZY GAMER WITH FRIENDS Sorry for your loss......I know how it feels.......let a year pass. The pain will change and believe me the sorrow you will feel when you miss him will have a sweetness to it. I know this because I lost my DAD at 23 and my MOM at 28....I know how you feel.
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but this is life:
When i heard my mother died, i hoped she was alone and thinking about me.
CRAZY GAMER WITH FRIENDS The consciousness that you saved of him, where it is stored in your memory, is where he lives on. Enjoy those memories. He will forever be a part of you in that way.
R.I.P
I quit my job of 12 years because of this video, and went after my dreams. Thank you!
This is amazing one year on i hope it's been amazing
Did you regret it? Ehat is your dream?
@@9ipaye795 I do not regret it! I did have a successful year. I do however wish I didn't have a pandemic to deal with my first year on my own! Lol
@@mattjones2375 so happy for you man 💪🏻
@@whatthefrickbro Conor really became humble
"The greatest tragedy in life, is what dies inside a man, while he's still alive!"
Quite misogynistic. Congratulation!
@@NipapornP Seriously? Wow
Yep.
@@NipapornP are you kidding?
@@evansims2816 So, if it' dies inside a woman, it isn't a big deal, because... hmmm, just a woman, right?
“Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.” (Nabokov)
@The Wizard of Whatever So, experiencing light has value ONLY while you're experiencing it? Afterwards, it returns to having no value? If it were true, that'd suck.
@The Wizard of Whatever "It has value only to you."
Exactly. For a brief blip in time, to boot. All I'm saying is: If that were true, that'd suck. Life can be hard enough dealing with all the bullshit we encounter. To think it's all for naught . . . sux!
the first "eternal darkness" must not be eternal darkness if the light was capable of rising out of it.
@@UnknownEJP So true, who is to say it could not happen again and again. Given the eternity of time, anything that can happen, will happen, its just a matter of time. Also, the time of darkness, no matter how long it lasts may appear as nothing but an instant.
@@UnknownEJP What a beautiful statement.
Lyrics:
The one thing people tend to realize, at moments like this, is that they wasted a lot of time, when life was normal. It’s not just what they did with their time, it’s not just that they spent too much time working, or compulsively checking e-mail, it’s that they cared about the wrong things. They regret what they cared about. Their attention was bound up in petty concerns, year after year, when life was normal. And this is a paradox, of course, because we all know this epiphany is coming. Don’t you know this is coming? Don’t you know that there’s gonna come a day when you’ll be sick, or someone close to you will die, and you’ll look back on the kinds of things that captured your attention. Cause even if you live to be a hundred, there are just not that many days in life.
It is always now. How ever much you feel you need to plan for the future, to anticipate it, to mitigate risks, the reality of your life is NOW.
Our conscious awareness of the present moment is, in some relevant sense, already a memory. But, as a matter of conscious experience, the reality of your life is always now. And I think that this is a liberating truth about the nature of the human mind - In fact, I think, there’s probably nothing more important to understand about your mind, than that, if you want to be happy in this world.
The past is a memory; it’s a thought arising in the present. The future is merely anticipated; it is another thought arising now. What we truly have is this moment. And this. And we spend most of our lives forgetting this truth, refuting it, fleeing it, overlooking it. And the horror is that we succeed. We manage to never really connect with the present moment and find fulfilment there, because we are continually hopping to become happy in the future. And the future never arrives. Even when we think we’re in the present moment, we’re, in very subtle ways, always looking over its shoulder, anticipating what’s coming next. We’re always solving a problem. And it’s possible to simply drop your problem, if only for a moment. And enjoy whatever is true of your life in the present.
There are more connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue, than stars in our galaxy. And yet, our inner experience offers absolutely no clue.
We are subjectively unaware of most of what our minds are doing. And yet, when we think about what matters - what matters is consciousness and its contents, оkay, consciousness is everything; our experience of the world, experience of those we care about is a matter of consciousness and its contents. So, whatever the origin of consciousness, the most important question for us is how can we truly be fulfilled in life? How can we create lives that are truly worth living, given that these lives come to an end?
So The frame we put around the present moment is important and largely determines our experience of it, but it seems possible, in fact, to experience life more nakedly than this. To experience it without the obvious framework. To pay attention to the present moment closely enough, so that you’re not doing anything to it. You might feel that your consciousness is in your head, or behind your face. But, as a matter of experience, it is just more sensations arising in consciousness. The only evidence of your face and head is sensation arising in consciousness, at this moment.
Whatever you can possibly notice in your body, in your mind, in the world, has only one place to appear - in your conscious experience. Now, I’m not saying this is all just a dream, but, as a neurological matter it is very much like a dream. It is a dream that is constrained by inputs from the external world. And the dreams we call dreams at night are dreams that are not constrained by the external world. And that’s why you seem to get away with everything. But, you see, your mind is all you have. Okay? It’s all you’ve ever had. It’s all you have to offer other people. We are all trying to find a path back to the present moment, and good enough reason to just be happy here. If you’re constantly ruminating about what you just did, or what you should have done, or what you would have done if you only had the chance, you will miss your life. You’ll fail to connect with it. You’ll fail to connect with other people.
Being the mere hostage of the next thought that comes craining into consciousness isn’t useful. So if there is an antidote to the fear of death and the experience of loss that’s compatible with reason, I think it’s to be found here. The purpose of life is pretty obvious. We are constantly… why do we create culture and form relationships beyond matters of mere survival? We are constantly trying to create and repair the world that our minds want to be in.
LIVE IN THE PRESENT!
This is very helpful because the MUSIC IS TOO LOUD.
Sick lyrics.
Johnson Mollins a lot of people think/hope for that. But there probably isn’t and I’m okay with that
Martin Lund thanks
"refuting it" should be "repudiating it". practically the same meaning anyway lol
The past is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
But today is a gift
That is why
It is called the present
thanks oogway
Melonenkopf 😂😂😂
Oh I love that!
Said the turtle to the mouse
GTA GALAXY and yours, juvenile 😂
Even if you live to be 100 years old,that's only 100 summers !!!
Wow.. I had never thought of that before. Thats a good perspective. Thank you!
About 3,153,600,000 seconds
You just changed my life.
and only that if you are an atheist.................
@@bretzajac7986 which i am
Anyone else watch this before going to bed? 😌
el_chino_778 Yes me too. Why is that? I always get melancholic in the evening...
We are all from the cosmos regardless of Earth beginnings
el_chino_778 a joint and this before bed. Weight loss program! Love
Yeah, I don't know why. but I always get this weird vibes in the evening...i won't call this a motivation but much deeper than that🙏
I think you will find that Hitchens' awe and reflective capacity ran as deep. Some of what makes Harris tick is his association with Hitchens.
i skipped work today , driving all day just living the present moment.
That's wasting a lot of gas and polluting the air. I hope it was worth it!
vee tour oh be quiet
@@veetour what if he/she drives a Prius?
Wpg Knight Doesn’t matter. Walk or bike for your health and the planet.
youre a serious idiot
I've been listening to this speech a few times a week, every week, for over a year. It has truly changed my life and helped me to avoid depression. Thank you Sam.
Same here been doing it a week so far and it’s chNgex some of my bad habits
I've always wondered why people believe everything must have a purpose. As if life has a specific meaning and everything has a reason. I'm perfectly happy believing in coincidence. The meaning of life is the meaning you give your own life. And, to me, that's okay.
+gunit8590 your butt must be very sore :s jk :)
+gunit8590 lol. Makes me happy when we can bust each other up a bit and everyone has a great time :) this PC shit is only creating less tolerance. I say. Fuck what anyone says and just be happy and enjoy the jokes :)
+gunit8590 your anal sex comment made me laugh so hard I scared the cat.
+gunit8590 No. I just thought your comment was a hilarious break from the solemnness of the video.
Sam's point about 'purpose' was, 'purpose' is usually just a thought about the future arising now ('My life makes sense because I'm making future-progress with goal-X or religion-Y'). Once we realize that all these beliefs, plans, regrets, and fantasies are just thoughts arising in consciousness, then Sam makes sense when he says 'your mind is all you have;' you don't really have your plans or your house...the container of them all is consciousness. So, whatever basic 'plans' we choose, we'd better learn about our mind in the process. In other words, if your mind is 'always angry, confused, depressed, and unloving' then it 'won't matter what you have, you won't enjoy it.' To flip it around, if you're always clear-headed and free from needless suffering, THEN you're perfectly poised enjoy whatever philosophical viewpoints or plans give you 'meaning' at any time!
Everyone on Earth needs to hear this at a young age.... My one wish would be for humanity to lose our illusions, learn to live our lives to the fullest, love each other and protect our children’s future through love and compassion!!!!
Your gonna make me cry
But your right
I totally agree
Yes that would be nice but unfortunately that is an illusion and the way it is , is reality and will always be so have a 🍺🍔 and enjoy
I agree, but it’s a shame that the system was not built not to meet our physiological needs. How much healthy it would be for humans if we could live this way.
I've literally played this video 8 times in the past 24 hours. There is so much substance to it
It brought me to tears. Glad you enjoyed it too and your +1's
Every time a watch it I find something new.
There is a lot of motivational speakers out there. And a lot of them are good. However there is only one Sam Harris. This guy is pure brilliance.
Do u still remember it?
www.awarology.org
Now, being terminally ill I see all the decades that I wasted. Life goes fast today is all that matters
Bless you
May strength be with you
i hope you are good
I watched this video 5 years ago, knowing that one day id view it again. That day came today. Coping with loss is harsh and unacceptable. But life goes on
Sam Harris is one of my favorite people in the world! Glad he is with us.
This video is so inspirational. I'm so stuck on obsessing about the past that I'm wasting my present and future. Sam Harris is like a modern day Alan Watts.
u srs watts>harris
same!
That's mostly a function of the audio.
Hey, just stumbled across this today. I’m just curious, how much do you think you’ve grown since you posted this? Two years ago. I don’t keep a diary but i always wonder how much I’ve grown year to year. I hope you’re doing great.
I like that you wrote: "I'm waisting my present". I take it as squeezing the present. You might have meant wasting the present but i like waisting. Cheers, Nelson
To live, is to suffer. To survive, is to find meaning in the suffering.
I’m slippin I’m fallin I can’t get up
pain is inevitable. suffering is optional. meditate and you will discover that to be more true.
baby gorl クリームシチュー美味過ぎ suffering is only optional, if you know you have an option. If you don't, you are in big trouble. I enjoyed the statement. Thank you
That was beautiful..do you know who said that?
@@uptamistik Friedrich Nietzsche
I love Sam Harris most of all because he, and this separates him from Hitchens and Dawkins, has acquired such profound, reflective awareness about this dimension of existence. Realizing that dimension, and trying to put it into words, makes the criticism of religion whole, in a sense. It's kind of unfortunate that this side of Sam Harris isn't that clearly visible unless you search for it closer - as commendable and needed his political material may be.
Also yeah, the added soundtrack really made a tasteful combination so thank you for that :)
Adam Leckius Well said. And I'm glad you enjoyed it!
***** the problem is that beliefs have consequences. watch a few more sam harris videos where he covers this idea.
***** Ah, the old "Guns don't kill people.." This is an argument of which I instinctively sympathize. My grand-parents were both devout Catholics, and there is no doubt that a lot of love has sprung from their religious identities. However, I have moved from this way of thinking, partly because of teachers like Harris who are convincing to me, and partly because of getting to know so many other religious people and seeing that, beyond different extreme appearances, what unites them is unfortunately too much relying on faith when it comes to solving the world's problems. I believe those are to be solved by reason and communication beyond religious boundaries, together with Harris's idea of a reason-based morality.
***** "If you think that religion somehow restricts someone from being a rational, moral, contributing member of society" - no, that's not what I mean. First of all, I'm pondering this on a structural, global level, and not trying to attack specific religious individuals. What I mean is that those three traits, and they are all very essential in my opinion, are not exclusive to religion, but instead can hold their own without the religious dimension. And without that dimension of dogma and division, I believe we would be more free to connect in the here and now to others across the religious borders. We would be more efficient in making the Earth we live on now a better place, without the perspective of living for an afterlife.
I don't believe I'm very arrogant, but if you want to label it that you're free to do so. =)
Church and state: that's a good thing (although you could question it when the President has to be a Christian, one nation under God etc). So is Sweden.
+Adam Leckius I couldn't agree more about harris. All of the other guys seem to be lacking a sense of spirituality. Harris embraces eastern wisdom, he meditates and he's used psychedelics, and all of that has given him a perspective that the other guys just don't really have. And maybe spirituality isn't exactly the right word, but i think you know what i mean.
I just told my fiancé to watch this video, probably she's watching it now. Hello you! This is what I want to start my life with. Moves me to tears.
The back ground music makes this video 10x better
"We all know this epiphany is coming" scares the shit out of me!
Don’t be afraid, make your life worthwhile....😁
Embrace it
This was the seed that was planted and inspired me to change my life. I've now been clean for almost 2.5 years from heroin. Simple yet awe inspiring
Wow, Madison, that's an epic turnaround and transformation. Well done! I am listening to this a few times a year when I need it, ever since my near death experience a few years ago.
@@marcusdruen9495 it's always my favorite mini speech to go to when I feel down. I immediately get up and become present so I can enjoy this beautiful life!
Amazing to hear. Keep going bro
"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."
~ Charlie Chaplin
Am dude, I love this quote, never heard it before. Thanks for sharing :)
Fucking inspiring. Gawd damn, Sam Harris is such an articulate speaker, his ability to express thoughts and use of language is captivating. Take a listen to the lecture in its entirety, definitely worth the time.
+Hector Ibarra He did LSD and meditated in caves. THEN went on to study and become a neuroscientist. He is an alien.
+napukapu :: Sounds like the beginnings of a Cult, with free white Nikes included..
+napukapu And MDMA :)
Which lecture is it?
Hector Ibarra this philosophy has been expressed by so many before him, he's not saying anything special nor original. Both Alan Watts and Terence McKenna could articulate this school of thought much more eloquently and effectively; their command of the English language and intellect far exceeded that of Sam Harris.
I missed the life where people are caring for each other. Meaningless life is when people just stop caring
It's better to just do things you like and follow your own desires.
You are absolutely right. Connection with other people is more meaningful than any other thing we can do.
@@martinsilenus4647 doesn't that lead to selfishness?
@@NA-oc7eq if we did what we like and enjoy doing no one would have the time to be selfish, cruel tho
I listened to this over and over when I was in rehab. I didn't make it, I left after 2 weeks and am back in active addiction. But one day I will make it, and in some small way will have this man to thank.
Did you make it
DID YOU MAKE IT?????
I hope you're doing well!
I hope everything worked out for you, Nick.
Hope you are well
Sam Harris is a brilliant man. I've watched this 4 times in the past week.
hayden knight read A NEW EARTH by Ekhart Tolle
These same thoughts have been said for thousands of years. They are not novel concepts from sam harris. But harris does say it in a very clear way.
Nystagmus sumgatsyN You escape the cognitive dissonance when someone you trust is saying it. No average Joe atheist would ever want to listen to what a hinduist guru has to say, even if he was saying the exact same thing as Sam. They would immediately fire up their ""skeptical"" machinery and ask if they can provide evidence for their claims and autisticly screech about any nuance or paradox in the statements presented. Meanwhile they will nod attentively like a child in church when a quantum physicist explains what the heck a Higg's Boson is.
Carl-Richard Løberg I have sort of lost interest in the skeptical community for the reasons you mention. I'm an atheist but I find Sam Harris' style of atheism way more eye opening and comforting than a Dawkins type...altho I do respect Dawkins a lot
Julie S A lot of atheists are much more dogmatic in their beliefs than they want to think, which is why I totally agree with you.
Anton Zuykov well said
Watch the speech this video is taken from. Sam Harris-Death and the Present Moment. Its one of the best speeches I've ever heard. Life changing.
Matthew D ,u r right when i heard it fa th first time ,it has changed me, my whole outlook abt life and especially abt personal tragedies...
What I love about his speech is that it's always relevant. I watched it like five years ago and I recently saw it again and it still felt powerful and important. It's a reminder we constantly need
changed my life too brother.
Amazing hey, check this video out too. Real eye opening. ua-cam.com/video/5NFS9K-SZBc/v-deo.html
I listen to this video every few months as a reminder…. I have been wasting a lot of time recently stuck in my head overthinking and worrying instead of taking more action. Today was a more productive day. Keep pushing forward keep gaining momentum. Life is beautiful- make the most of it while you can ❤️❤️❤️
Life is existing amongst suffering with tiny moments of pleasure.
true
A sea of hell, with tiny orgasmic islands scattered scarcely about.
The key is to make your life/consciousness into contentedness with tiny moments of suffering. This is why I meditate, as Sam Harris has to reach this insight.
Suffering come from attachment.
I just want justice. But of course there's no such thing.
I have such a fear of losing time its crippling my life.
teehee time is the one thing that kills everything, but it is also the one thing that gave birth to you. Don't take it for granted. You can't escape time, just accept it.
Let go!
Read the Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre
Alan Watts helped me to come to terms with change and time, perhaps give some of his talks a listen?
Kevin Rustles. Does the fear of losing time rustle your jimmies?
I feel like I'm 400k of these views, every day I listen to this. It reminds me to enjoy the now. Even though that's not always the easiest to do, but at some point in your day just stop, and enjoy YOU. I feel that's left out.
"We are all trying to find a path back to the present moment."
Holy fuck this is blowing my mind
Ya right lol
becos you left the fan running, that is why.
❤
The clock of life is ticking... Its called your heart.
Tf it's actually true
@@Kalfia :)
Damn
@@sumeetsingh6149 :) Its so true, but its okay my friend. :) Live well.
@@musicisbrilliant thanks but my heart occassionally beats very fast.
I don’t know if you read these comments. But, I just lost my mother to undiagnosed cancer. This video has helped me through the first week. She was my closest friend and we lived our lives for the moment.
Thank you for editing Sam’s words into such a meaningful video.
It helped in a very difficult time.
Thank you
I may be the only responder but I truly do hope you're doing well
When he said (WHEN LIFE WAS NORMAL) I felt that.
I watch this video when i feel lost… feeling lost right now. Not sure what to do. I guess best method is to do the right thing. Practice loving kindness and gratitude even when others don’t. Kindness is a strength.
I feel quite fortunate to appreciate life at such a young age.🙌
Sam Harris has a profound ability to put things in perspective, making you realize how precious life is, among other things. He has helped me connect with others in ways that I never did before. His insight, ideas, and the manner in which he presents them verbally have changed my life in ways that I never thought possible.
Tiktok videos: 100 million views
Sam Harris: 1 million views
Let that sink in!
Welcome to the 1% bud
Society
Sam Harris sucks that’s why
@@هدي-ه8ظ ????
Whenever I feel lost in my 'problems', I always come back to this video. The way that Sam expresses himself is perfect and the music goes so well with his words. Thank you for posting and creating this beautiful edit!
Get out there!
Exercise and eat healthy.
Enjoy the Sun on your face.
Be the best version of you.
Avoid toxic people at all cost.
Work hard to live dont live to work hard.
Sleep hard and play hard.
Get up early go to bed early.
Dont rely in meds, rely on positive thinking and healthy activities.
Men- keep you testosterone up, it is your essence of youth.
"sleep hard"? Please explain THAT in detail, Mr. Testosterone!
Hi Nii P.
1. People don’t do any exercise and wonder why they have insomnia.
2. They spend too many hours in bed when you only need 7-8 hrs max.
3. They look at their screens before they sleep or have a Coffee and wonder why their sleep is poor.
4. They have stress from no work or exercise and wonder they are up all night worrying.
Sleep hard means prepare yourself for sleep and mean to get a good nights sleep to repair your body and heal your mind.
Good luck to you and thank you for your comment 🐺
@@NipapornP lol testosterone isn’t bad. It’s just a natural hormone, nothing wrong with that.
All that to die at the end!
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Better to have lived and lost than never to have lived at all
This makes be depressed but at the same time makes me realize that there is still time to change my thinking I'm 30 ... my ideal self at 35..would be to lose all ego and enjoy every sec of life ...
Sounds like a fine goal for yourself and a counterproductive demand of yourself, all at the same time. :)
Losing your ego is not about changing your thinking. It is about stopping to believe your concept of yourself. Your mind has created that concept of yourself - and you believe it. The same goes with the ideal of yourself: It is only a creation of your mind that makes you suffer.
Understanding this conceptually is good. But only the experience of it really sets you free.
Watch the following video without any distraction, and get clear about the reality of the human mind, and how it creates identity. ua-cam.com/video/ekk8xyLAXqM/v-deo.html
@TheEnd yeah I just re-found this video I actually forgot I even posted on it.. it seems like an almost impossible task but I'm still trying.. it's always fascinated me how the motivation Slips Away and you go back to your daily life no matter how much you try to reinforce what you've learned..
Try quitting the stress.... It's a job and you will be absolutely fine x
@@actanonverba91 🙏
I listen to this almost every week it seems. I'm in a rough spot. I'm about to turn 22 this November, and I've been in the military almost 3 years now. I've had a rough time in so far. No matter how hard I try to be better I'm I feel like I'm always looked down upon by my leadership, like I'm a lost cause. I feel like I take 1 step forward then 2 steps back everytime I think I succeeded, every month. I made some mistakes. Bad ones. Every day I deal with a constant battle in my mind. A battle with myself. I tell myself that I need to be better, and that no one is respecting me. I feel like I'm always ruminating on the future. What if I get discharged? How will my life be like in the next 6 months? 2 years? 5 years? The present moment is so difficult for me to enjoy because of all my pride and negative thoughts about myself. Its tiring, and I want it to be gone. It's just so difficult, but this video helps me during the worst of days. I just felt like getting this off my chest. Whoever reads this and is in a similar situation just know you're not alone.
You have no idea on how much time you have to go thru what you are going thru. Its part of life as a human being. " This too shall pass"....im sure it did.
"The past is a memory. It's a thought arising in the present." WOW! This is what has been holding me hostage for years. I'm 53 and only have so much time left, I'm gonna do my best to free myself from the crippling past, by choosing to focus on the present.
Good I'm 29
Soon I will shoot myself .
Don't neuroscientist says even present conscious awareness is given 10 to 15 seconds later?
Did this make any one else cry
Katie Chilvers Yeah, but I only cried for like 20 minutes.
Max Johnson lol^
Katie Chilvers music meloncholic.
I cried for about 3 days after watching this.
Take the Buddhist perspective tooo.its similar to what u are talking here...
For some reason it gives me pretty crazy chills towards the end when the music suddenly changes to that uplifting tone right as he says “So if there’s an antidote to the fear of death..” Maybe it’s just me but it went together so well and added an incredibly deep feel to it.
Me too man
This video continues to be the most meaningful video on UA-cam for me. All these years later.
Love you dad, hope you're well.
Thank you sincerely for taking the time to make this video!
Beautiful words. What a privilege to be alive and experience this ❤️❤️
I hope everyone be lucky to find this gem ❤️
i make sure to rewatch this every so often
Wanna know the purpose of life?
1. Do something important for the world/society/ people around you.
2. Be an inspiration/ a symbol/an example/ a hope for everybody.
3. Do what is right and what you love and be happy with it.
4.( and I think this is the most personal and important in a spiritual sense) develop your mind, your behavior, your goal must be try to live your life as the perfect version of yourself.
Even if you're not a teacher, be a teacher - Tim Minchin
The purpose of life is to live :)
Ive dropped everything and opened the door to God and i miss nothing i dropped...God is good 🙏🏾🙏🏻🙏🏽 ive found total fulfillment in everything through acknowledging Him.
Which god? I need to be sure, because there are so many of them.
Sam Harris is truly brilliant.
I literally listen to this every day. It's so real, life put into words, makes me lose mine. Preach😄 fucking love this so much
So True 👍
Yes it is profound, forget facebook and twitter, this is the real deal.
You are here.
Guys, after college and working for about 1.5 years, I was convinced life was pointless. There was no purpose or goal. People were just working to stay alive, and trying to act happy. Through depression and loneliness I started searching for purpose... then Jesus revealed Himself to me. He gave me purpose, a zeal for living, love, peace, security, and most importantly He gave me Himself. That was 11 years ago. Today, Jesus is my life. I love Him so much and He is all I need and want.
What I’m saying is Jesus is the missing thing in your life. He doesn’t just complete you, He becomes your life.
Aaron Kim
Watch this video and think about it, it's just 5 min
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And here's another one about what life truly means ua-cam.com/video/7d16CpWp-ok/v-deo.html
I agree. People live their lives without considering the inevitable fact that we will all die.
Yes.... and Sam doesnt address this properly imo. We all die. So what does it matter what we do? If we do good or bad, die now or later?
All I took from this video, is this:
Grasp the moment.
But for good? For bad?
This doesnt provide a comprehensive worldview.
He says what matters is consciousness. To do good? Bad? What are those definitions? And yet we know on a basic level they exist?
I think Sam is a theist, he just doesn't know it....
There is no justification of what ought to be, or what can be judged, if there is nothing Is beyond this world.
The purpose of life is obvious? To repair? Say that to those who tear it down. I'm sorry, this is just fluff and I lost respect for Sam. It doesnt address the cruel nature of this world. He is also using the lens of a developed country full of luxury and comfort.
I wonder if he (Sam Harris) realized how close this kind of of thinking is to Buddhist teachings on this topic? It often amazes me that when people engage in this kind of clear, rational, inspired thinking about the core of our existence, they start to sound like some of the great teachers ancient wisdom. But of course, every generation must continue to rediscover these truths for themselves and reinterpret them through the current knowledge and information. However, no matter how many generations pass, the core of the hard truth remains. "live in the moment", it's the closest we can ever hope to be to a true reality.
He studied Buddhism in Asia for several years.@Counter Culture
Where do you think Sam got it from? He spent weeks, and sometimes months, at a time on meditation retreats with Hindu gurus and Buddhist bhikkhus/roshis
Jesus Bible?
TheVoodoo4u Sam spent several years studying Buddhism so it’s no wonder his words ring of their tenets.
I always search for this video every time I encounter any hardship in life. This is always a good reminder.
I can almost hear alan watts speaking.
Omg yes
You shud hear Neville Goddard’ take
A lot of philosophers share the same idea. That's why it's so beautiful. It allows more and more to share the same idea for more and more people to discover it from different people
Thank you for posting this. I have committed myself to watching this each and every day.
Emily Mattey after three years of your comment are you still committed to watching this video ? :) just thought about it
When I was 14 years old I lived for tomorrows as I was bullied everyday at school, I just wanted time to go by so that I end up bigger and stronger physically and the bullying would stop.
On my 24th birthday today, I wish a way to just stop time or slow it down...as I don't deal with bullying anymore but a battle against time.
All we have is now, most of us plan for the future so intensely, that we forget that what we truly have is just the present. Being able to live in the present is the most liberating feeling, but it's tough to do for most, including myself.
Wait-so it's not 42? MY LIFE IS A LIE.
The world don't stop if you die. Love your family and friends.
Memories is the things I hope I take with me to the afterlife.
This almost makes me cry
it can't be said any better, well spoken Sam.
“What we truly have is this moment... and this... and this..... and this and this and this.... and this...”
he hits the nail on the head at the end
April 2020, more truthful than ever.
Amen
You should see June lol 😭😭😭
I watch this atleast once a year. It's simply unparalleled wisdom and so so important.
Everyone has a meaning in life you may not know what it is but you have a meaning everyone does. Life is just a big game testing you knowledge and skill but everyone has a meaning man or woman. You have a meaning you will do great in life no matter what you do you will be successful. Do great do your best and remember you have a meaning.
This is beautiful. Thank You.
Thanks for making this. I've been listening to it every year or so for a long time. It's valuable.
I'm profoundly grateful that I have the opportunity to practise mindfulness with the help of Sam. I have known very, very few people in life who really try to help others. He's one of them.
I believe the meaning of life all depends on how you want to live
dito7347 incorrect the meaning of life is to further better your species
True dat
to love and be loved
+butterytee "To love and be loved" Interesting, but it could be true only for you. Everyone is the creator of their own meaning of life, and it is different for everyone.
Perot X oh for sure that shit's not universal nor do I believe there's a universal truth. It's pretty damn close though haha
The purpose in life is so very simple that most have forgotten what it really is. It's simply to live and experience being alive! The purpose of suffering is so you can appreciate the good things..
Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.
This life here is for our immortal spirit to learn what is good and what is bad, striving always to do only good, to never cause useless suffering (any damage) to others and to ourselves, besides learning as much as we can about the Creator (God/Jesus) to follow His wisdom, respectively about the Creation (this reality), to gain as much useful knowledge as possible, while we do our best to avoid the evil things, including the evil people, tools of the fallen angels, the demons who have altered/corrupted this reality (also our DNA). Therefore, *this short earthly life is mainly a kind of school and test for our immortal spirits, to prove that we have overcome the evil planted in us, humans, by the fallen angels.* To take this test is the most important thing. All the best!
What too many people do not want to believe, unfortunately, is that our consciousness is connected with an external permanent memory that exists in a superior dimension. Our earthly life is saved there like into a database, named in the Bible "the Book of life." In that dimension are both Heaven (God/Jesus, the angels) and Hell (the demons). We will be there after death, when our spirit will be judged function of all we did in this short earthly life (all being recorded there).
From this reality, we cannot see/perceive the dimension of Heaven and Hell, but only with our immortal spirits (who are actually us), as someone from just 2 dimensions cannot see/perceive our 3 dimensional world. That is why Jesus has said: *_“Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed.”_* John 20, 29 He also said: *_"The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will."_* Matthew 24, 35
Any unbeliever should watch entirely and carefully:
"NDE- ATHEIST PROFESSOR (Berkeley Grad) dies, sees HELL! Best testimony EVER! Howard Storm Interview".
"Man Sees Unthinkable Horrors in Hell - Christians Being Tortured! (Mario Martinez)".
Also, when more free time is available, anyone should watch: "Gavril Barnut dead 13 hours - Saw hell & Heaven!"
Unfortunately, too many will still match the following quotation: _"... they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead."_ Luke 16, 31
Thank you for sharing that.
I feel like almost all of us spend so much time doing things we hate on a daily basis and then we get old and die. What is it all for in the end anyways. It would be amazing if we all did things we loved every single day.
That slips into hedonism rapidly without direction. The goal of most Eastern schools of thought concerning the meaning of life is to relinquish the ego so that you can serve the world without fear or hope, without motivation for reward, and without believing that you are superior to anything. And then you die. Nothing more liberating than this.
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Need some ego
To come to the realization of who your truly are, that’s what it is for
Nick that’s not it tho. . . If everyone did what they loved.... it wouldn’t make sense...
You have to work to get there...
I have been watching this video multiple times a year for 5 years in a row, almost trying to get myself ready for my dad's death. He died, and as much as this video helped me, it could never prepare me
beautiful... fantastic ! power of now & consciousness
The reality of life is always now. 👏🏻
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When I go outside at night, and I see the moon and the stars, I don't wonder whether this is a result of evolution or from the creation of God. I just enjoy the view. This is living in the moment.
The meaning of life is to put life into meaning.
This should have way more views..
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The original almost has a 1,000,000 hits
Sam doen not understand yet that your consciousness os your soul pr spitit ,it is eternal. The here and now of consciousness is prior to the here and now of the world.....he has made a big mistake by denying the existance of spirit(which is your consciousness-awareness) it does not die when the physical body dies.
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@@sourcetext - Consciousness lives on but not our personal consciousness - We, our body, is dead. Our consciousness may live on but you won't know a damn thing about it.
Sam is so incredibly important. Vastly under-rated.
This is a great edit. Really amazing. I've been sharing it and talking about it with people. Thanks you for your work. It is much appreciated.
Thank you
I have a very difficult time accepting both the lack of free will, as presented by Dr. Harris, and what he's saying in this. How can someone be at fault for caring about the wrong things if everything is predetermined by the laws of physics? Idk, I'm currently going through an existential crisis and the idea of free will, something that I could think about normally before, is now bothering me.
Your not going to find it without a Religion (Christianity ;)
+Hulk SMASH Leave the man alone !
Christianity just feeds you with a ready-made “purpose” without even attempting to provide an argument to support it that isn't wishful thinking or another form of a logical fallacy.
The piece that's missing for you: that the self is an illusion. It's predetermined, and you care about the wrong things, but the “you” in this statement isn't really anything you can hold on to without eventually coming to realise that it's a false image of any approximately truthful conception of a “you.” You care about the wrong things and you suffer because of it, but it's not a fault-it's just how it turned out to be.
Sam Harris spoke about the illusion of the self, too; and there's a sizeable literature on this if you're interested to read other people's views.
If the lack of free will is true, so what? How does this knowledge change your experience?
Pheer777 the body chooses. free will implies ironically a degree of omnipotence
This is lifechanging, for real. It has literally changed my entire perspective on life and I listen to it over and over again to remind me of what it taught me. It's so so so deep.
The power of now 🙏
We cannot even remember our life of 9months of darkness in the womb, the most loving and merciful channel into the world..... an then to live a life of memories here, for it all to be forgotten and become non-existent.... our existence cannot be for nothing
Unfortunately without God our existence truly is for nothing because no matter what we do won’t affect the outcome of the world and all of life will eventually be destroyed.
@@RedBenjamin He is the reason we're here and He is the reason we have to go back
Anisa Khanom I’m a Christian so the historical evidence for Christ and his resurrection are really strong, I do believe he rose from the dead, so obviously if I believe this to be true I’m trusting a man, well God incarnate, who has already been there after death and came back.
I agree with you though. I cannot imagine living an average old age and when I die my existence is completely over and it’s absolute nothingness for eternity. If this is the case there’s no objective meaning to life, it’s just subjective as if to say “Well if you’ve found what makes you happy and what you want to do then good for you, if not sucks to be you.” Surely everybody has a purpose and don’t need to find what that purpose is (if God exists).
I can’t help but think about death every single day, in a philosophical way of course. This universe blows my mind.
@@RedBenjamin As you've mentioned it I would just like to say without going in to too much in detail..... according to the bible and history Jesus never claimed to be God himself or the son of God or any deity like being, we believe Jesus was a very highly honoured Prophet and God does not disgrace any of the Prophets he sends.... also history does not always tell the truth, but everyone has the right to believe what they do however God Himself has/will have the ultimate right to judge people based on what they believe about Him as it does not befit God to be lied and blasphemed......such wisdom and power of God that He will send Jesus down before end of times to confirm his own story and bring truth and order in to the world..... in the meantime we should all coexist peacefully and seek truth using God's guidance and our heart and intellect, surely for people who believe in spirituality then we must know that there are other unseen entities that also influence our way of thinking for the better or the worse..... yes the universe is fascinating and I find that sometimes about our own bodily design and function, God says He manifests his signs in ourselves and the universe around us.... in Islam we also believe like yourself that we should experience human life with a higher purpose because our existence and our deeds will be measured and accounted.... I also think deep like you and it always use to worry me from a young age to think that how can we ever live this 'short' life meaninglessly, we have to be here for a reason, if it wasn't for the fact that we have the concept of death many people will not even be spiritual .....death is a good reminder, its good you remember death regularly, Islam also emphasises that we should remember death often so we live accordingly in preparation for it as we don't believe in reincarnation, but that we only live this worldly life once so that our soul can reach our ultimate destination.
Anisa Khanom Brilliant, you’re a Muslim. This is great, do you mind if I can give you the case as to why Jesus is God and that Jesus did really claim to be God? I’ve been looking into this a lot. It would be nice to have a good conversation without any hostility between two people with different faiths, would you mind if I do that? (I’m not ignoring the rest of what you said I just wanted to ask you first that’s all).
I always come back to this video to give me comfort... after all those years.... beautiful speech
How come I don't hear music in the background when I reflect on life?
Just as well you don't because if it's as loud as this videos music you'll only end up deaf as a result of your reflecting
@@AshMcFarlane This isn't loud at all. But do whine more.
start composing ,you will hear it.
Turn your volume up...lol
I know you might disagree with Sam Harris on many things, but to the people who disliked this video, and I am honestly not trolling here, just genuinely womdering what did you not agree with in this particular video
Aymen Adhami cause he talks so much nonsense. He’s basing everything on his subjective opinion. Who told him that’s the meaning of life ? He’s nothing but a Zionist shill creating nothing but hatred against religion. The whole purpose of life is to worship God. And by worshipping God, we follow his guidance and by following his guidance , human beings benefit. The only one who would be able to tell us the meaning of life is the creator himself.
Islam 1 God the whole purpose is to what? Your serious? Wow that’s stupid
Self awareness is understanding the present in relation to oneself but self empowerment is understanding the present as the consequences of the continual improvements we make.