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Thus Spoke Zarathustra-Nietzsche
Man's Search For Meaning- Frankl - Фільми й анімація
To resign in passive nihilism, that is truly one of my biggest fears. To be in constant overstimulation but never truly gratified or content, in an effort to distract ourselves from the absurd nature of the world. To never discover ones one capabilities, because of fear of facing the dread that accompanies trying. I'll always rely on the ideas such as that of Seneca to push me forward, "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself".
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@@stereoheart.806 yeah wtf how
@@yassinalaa102 patreon maybe?
Yeah, Patreon :)
Great comment. Thank you
"You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours." -Unknown
Or both or neither
Jreg said this
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Upvotes from people who think "that's simple, that says it all, end of discussion." That's a seductive mind set. Its also socially valorized, because society values discipline AND pain.
@@RatPfink66Touché. Society also is orquestrated by the most hedonistic and selfish people preaching all this "discipline" and "pain" gospel to explore and sumit others to It while they colect the fruits and enjoy all pleasures
This reminds me of the opponent processing theory in psychology. As we indulge in a pleasure, the pleasure begins to lose effectiveness, while we become more sensitive to the opposite feeling.
@Michael Cueva let’s not put Nietzsche in the same sentence as those two ever again please
Good ole diminishing returns
The economics rule of diminishing marginal utility.
Lowkey Terrifying. That's why your crush is gone when the girl becomes your girlfriend.
But also the more we suffer, the more numb we become to ALL feelings as a survival mechanism. Id rather live a life of pleasure/not permanwnt suffering and hard ship where at least i can be content most of the time, and perhaps i feel pain a little more strongly than it does happen, as opposed to a life numb to joy, where the only true experience is pain, and overtime that pain actually builds and gets worse because the human mind only has a threshold for so much suffering before it implodes.
"Homeostasis between pleasure and suffering" : Welcome to the act of skateboarding :)
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I just though about this some time ago and bought a skate because of that. Skate is a great way to learn the reward of overcoming fear and pain in my opinion
@@igormichetti hell yea, just make sure you have a good setup from a skateshop, skating is not enjoiable with a chep toy. But for real after getting frustrated for trying a trick for so long you either end up making it, or getting a good slam. Which nowdays both feel good for me, since if you don't fall you aren't really skating, or at least not progressing. "I did it" and "damn, at least I tried, and I look like it" are both great feelings.
@@ouzei I trick that helped me not being so afraid of slamming is just to fall in the first try. After that the adrenaline is on and I see that is not bad as it seems
@@igormichetti Yes. Its almost like to find the right speed, force, balance or whatever it has to happen. At the start you give too little, but you have to go over that tipping point just once to fall, and after that you get the trick fast all of a sudden. Especially on miniramp/transition stuff where it's less about complicated micro manuvers and a little more about whats happening with your head. That's my experience
You said the same thing that all these self-improvement bodybuilders on youtube, who'd talk about sacrifices for muscles, dates, money, etc., but in a way that really matters and addresses the day-to-day gut-wrenching dilemmas. thank you for this, really needed it.
Live your life. People on social media are fake. Influencers suck in real life. They are all waiting for you to Click and earn. Don't give them heed. Care about the people around you and a stray cat.
Exactly. Went into this video thinking I wouldn't like it because it'd be that kind of cheesy shit, ended up adding it to Favorites instead.
Wtf does this comment mean lol
@@justamanofculture12 do both, Live your life, but also work hard because time and youth is irreversible
@@channyngtatum9231 this channel really attracts a lot of lightweight intellectuals, that say stupid shit like its profound.
To be frank, OP does that a lot too.
I come here for the references, a lot of Sisyphus55 takes are trash.
Perhaps this is why buddism teaches not to pursuit happiness, but to pursuit freedom, and that happiness (or rather contentment) comes as a byproduct of freedom.
By making hard choices, we don't get immediate pleasure, but we exercise freedom, because we choose ourselves the struggle to engage and this gives contentment.
Taking the easy choices on the other hand, will always be so straightforward, that it doesn't really feel like a choice at all. Instead of becoming free, the easy choices leave us a slave to our desires, and their aftermath comes as struggles we didn't consciously choose.
> By making hard choices, we don't get immediate pleasure, but we exercise freedom, because we choose ourselves the struggle to engage and this gives contentment.
The Western version, pushed by many influencers, omits contentment. I doubt the wisdom of doing that.
"When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life flows."
That sounds smart and poetic, but I don’t know what that even means practically speaking
@@steggyweggy Practically speaking it means that a wise man knows he exists as part of a whole and not a disconnected self, and that love for all things can be found once you're willing to accept this. When a wise man's says "I am nothing" he means that what he refers to as "I", his ego, is an illusion created by instinct.
@@mrglibb yes, that is the realization, but it is not the practical application of it. It doesn’t say what one should do with this idea. How should man live knowing his ego is merely a distraction from his own mortality?
Fearlessly? @@steggyweggy
@@gnatdagnatyes, one stops acting only in accordance to his „ego“
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Thinking like this for a while and it really helped me with anxiety, knowing that there is this equilibrium between happiness and suffering. I meditate on this subject for some time now, and it helped me tremendously to forge my path in life. I grown up pretty much alone and had no clue what to do with my life after school. When to college but didn't even know why I picked my course. I realized that I was making decisions not based on what my ambitions were, but on the most clear and simple paths I could take to be and "adult". This obviously didn't work, trying to escape the feeling of being lost just makes you more lost. Accepting that your actions have consequences and your decisions are ways to forge your path in life were the start of my reconstruction. Today I feel that decisions are way less of a burden of despair and anxiety that it once was, but a opportunity of freedom. Stick to your guts, listen to your heart and guide with your brain and everything will be just fine. Don't chase shit just because you think you should, chase something that makes you feel special. There's no such thing as a silly dream, but a life of running away from what you truly want is a silly life.
Vlw, man
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Wow... Thank you.
This is beautiful!
What if I don’t want…. anything at all?
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” Spinoza, Ethics: part 5 prop 42 S.
Spinoza really is a genius
videos are always relevant and production rules as always, keep it up!
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I got hit fucking hard by "lowering the level of human pain, you also have to diminish and lower the level of their capacity for joy." I've been in really dark places before, where I just didn't want to hurt and I knew it wouldn't get any better if I just kept going down that hole but I had never realized this. That quote made sense to me. I stopped feeling "happy" and just started being addicted. Now my life is on its way to a better place and I'm trying to make it as hard as possible.
You don't want just any old kind of hard. No 30-pancake stacks. No hair shirts. Punishing oneself is 100 per cent negative. What have you done to deserve _that?_
What I think you want is to make your life _as challenging as you are called to make it._ Is that closer?
In the process, refresh your clarity of needs and desires. Do what you have to, to help yourself through the rough stretches. Keep ties open with others who may help you, and whom you may help.
@@RatPfink66 of course that's the case. When we speak about suffering and challenge seeking, we mean it in tasks related to one's own goals. If you want to be a master at your craft, you have to put in the effort, a master of your relationships, more effort also, etc... However, I'd also advise people to be as autotelic as possible, that way, suffering becomes enjoyable on it's own
@@dedopest3305 thanks for that. i approach it as a musician (my craft - and one i've never had a healthy relationship with).
music has a work ethic that demands making its requirements your goals, without hesitation.
(this is the musician's specialized definition of "humility," a much sterner calling than the humility of a mere human. and its something meant to be learned tacitly, thru experience, not discussion.)
mastery of the craft is necessary but not sufficient. the extent to which you go your own way in pursuit of craft is thought to be the extent that you're a dilettante or waster of potential.
As an incoming college freshman, this video made me feel a lot better about how stressful and difficult this transition is for me. It’s a lot easier to go through my troubles now knowing that there’s something better waiting for me ahead.
me too man, i got into a good school but now am scared shitless
i hope everything goes well for u!!
And now your broke .
Except for the main flaw of this video is that it assumes suffering always to pleasure afterwards but sometimes suffering just grants more suffering. The harder path isn’t always the better path sometimes it is harder and brings more suffering but ends up being more or equally fruitless as the easy path. There isn’t a right path based on difficulty or any such things there is just the path you choose which inherently is the correct path for it is the only path
@@plugshirt1762 that’s usually the result of not being fully indulged in one path or another, most people will claim that they are walking the hard path, but will end up on UA-cam for half the day. If u are fully indulged in the hard path but make good decisions, no matter what u will be better off than where u started, however if u are in the grey area u will most likely not go anywhere and live a mediocre life. You have to choose one pavement or the other, or you’ll get run over in the middle of the road
Mind blowing but if this applied is to everyone there should not be hard working poor people who are just victims of cyclical poverty
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i feel so guilty rn
is that guilt useful to you? and does it come from a place of introspection/true belief or is it what you were taught?
@@sunorcio3901 what do you mean by "or is it what were you taught"?
@@pj1016 were surrounded by ungodly amounts of archetypes of varied and conflicting backgrounds, so many that its difficult not to have your thoughts led by instructions you dont even believe in
@@sunorcio3901 thanks for the explanation.
I think this video finally made me choose a decision that I’ve been debating and or avoiding for so long. Thank you :D
All the best!! You'll get through it!!
nice! what was the decision if I may ask?
Good for you :)
Got one :)
If it’s suicide then I’m right there with you
This is one of my all time favorite channels. Fantastic. Cant wait to surrender myself to mindlessly consuming some more
I think one of the best things about pain is it forces you to search for a reason to endure it
Oh my god, that nietzsche quote felt like it pierced the veil of understanding. It's was as if pulling curtains from my eyes.
Oftentimes I think my general displeasure comes from the fact that I want things to work as if keeping perfect tempo, anything to disrupt that tempo wears on me, until eventually I lose my shit because things didn't go "my way".
In trying so hard to have so many good experiences I am also exposing myself to utter despair when things don't workout.
When in all actuality I should be thankful there are as many positive things in my life as there are, no matter how "few".
I needed this fam, I am recently quit smoking weed because of the volume I was smoking and I've been having straight up withdraw symptoms because I'd become so dependent on that numbing of the pain of daily life. I have probably gone through more mental anguish in the last week than at any other time in my life. I was to the point of wanting to just start walking in one direction and not stop, I just wanted to get away from everyone and everything.
Now I realize how small all the shit that caused that mental anguish really was. Life goes on regardless of if I want it to or not, it's on me to not let it pass me by.
Same
Happy for you my man
i relate to this so hard
hoping the best for you man
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If you fill your life with "hard" choices, it's no easy life! Balance is pretty much the key to everything! Just don't let your "easy" choices pull you along!
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@@bart2692 why do you think so?
@@grotto185 did u ever try do hard things in life? in my experience every hard things become easier as time pass..
like do plank for 1 minutes is hard at first, now i can do 5 minutes planking..
then i do business , at first very hard to make money.. now the money coming eventhough i am sleeping...
the hard things at first.. suddenly becoming easier and easier.. until u feel very boring and keep seeking new hard things.. and its never ending lol
@@dausdk I guess that’s why OP typed: “Balance is pretty much the key to everything!” The enjoyable activities one does in their leisure are important reset points since without them, a person would feel unfulfilled and they’d be more likely to seek the pleasure of doing something hard rather than thinking about it long term. They would not have actual fulfillment. That’s what I learned after my first semester of college. Idk 🤷♂️ correct me if I’m wrong tho.
Exactly!,there should be a balance between doing uncomfortable hard things,and simply relaxing and having fun with easy things,lean extremely to one and you lose.
you have a beautiful way of putting feelings into words and concepts to help really conceptualize what's going on and the cause for actions. beautiful content as always!
As a famous man once said, "The industrial revolution and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race."
I really cannot understate how much of an impact that this channel has had on me, thank you.
It all depends on your perspective in life. Life doesn’t need to be hard, but because of the system that we live in, it is.
Exactly
Life is always hard… and has always been, for anyone, anywhere. It’s just the nature of the world
it has never not been hard. at the time we live in today it is the easiest its ever been
@@gabevandevere7221 who says it needs to be?
@@alecrochon3531 Reality does.
Living creatures need food, water, and shelter. It's difficult to find/grow/clean by hand so we invent technology. Creating and inventing technology requires time and resources, that means sacrificing time and resources now for a better future. That means creating a system where people divide up labor in some way, which means compromises.
Those are all requirements for life. Different animals do it differently, no system will eliminate those needs without some sacrifices.
Disease, accidents, natural disasters, etc, there's no getting rid of those either.
And that's not even taking into account human psychology. When you remove all challenges from a person's life, you get miserable people with no aim in life. And if you don't believe that, play a game with all cheats turned on and you'll soon find yourself bored to your core.
And on the off chance someone actually reads all this, I have notifications off so I don't see replies unless I come across this video again :P.
Cheers.
Surprised no one is commenting on how similar a concept this is to Newton's 3rd law, in sum "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." Kind of beautiful how the topics you covered run in such perfect parallel to one of the most fundamental principles of physics.
To gain something you must lose something; to get something new you have to stop doing something old.
@Jude McDermott this is mostly likely because of the influence the Classical Era of physics and Newton's Laws had on every intellectual that followed. Even our concept of economics follows almost an exact pattern as Newtons laws. Nietzsche definitely knew these laws and would have been inclined to make his laws in a parallel fashion.
It's like a mechanic of the universe that goes beyond the empirical. It truly is beautiful isn't it :)
Too beautiful perhaps. It tempts us to oversimplify. For every good there is not an equal and opposite bad - if there were, we might as well not bother doing good things.
I’ve been trying really fucking hard to change
I’m a new father @ 22
Things are hard and im no longer a kid but I was when he was born
I’ve wanted to die a lot
You’ve helped me a lot
I could cry but I don’t feel like it
I’m fighting it lmao
crying is good! its a big relief. let it happen :)
This is clarity. I needed this.
Sometimes your videos so good that I can't understand in one go 😂
This channel really speaks to me with its presentation of philosophy. Although I have plenty of friends who are into these topics I’ve never really taken time to delve into them and this video really speaks to how I’ve been feeling. It’s sad to admit that I feel I’ve been stuck in the Last Man practices for the better part of a year. Videos like these though help to acknowledge that perspective and to me really help to see the other side of what’s possible. Great video as always, and I am going to check out that sponsor too. Cheers
mindless distraction is my way, best way to avoid pain
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. These videos really exposed me to philosophy and gave me so many life changing ways of viewing the world. You're great.
This video has helped me a lot. Lately I’ve been struggling to find reason in going to school. It’s been the easy choice to just not go or do my work, because it was the most fun in the moment. I had forgotten that you have to do annoying and sometimes repetitive things to succeed in school and that it will be worth it, it just takes time. Ultimately it seems what I needed to realize was that patience is what I need to be in order to reach my goal of going through and finishing school.
How'd that turn it out? Did school pay off? Did all that time pay off?
@@HelloThere-xs8ss well I think so, but there was one piece I was missing when I wrote this and it was that I can do things miserably. Once I realized that I was able to apply and get into college even though I don’t want to go to college that much, but I do want what a college degree will help me obtain. So do it, even if you have to do it miserably. Also I graduate this spring and I have all A’s except in once class, and it’s a B. When I wrote this I was failing all of my classes and it looked like I wasn’t going to graduate in time. But don’t forget to do things that make you happy once in awhile.
This is a tough one. I actually agree with all of this in theory, and even by experience know the truth of "easy choices/hard life." My one asterisk is anxiety/depression, in the sense that experiencing equal pleasure for my pain sounds like a dream.
I think the pleasures that were stated in the video is much more concrete, for example the body builder finding pleasure when hes stronger and much more muscular. You can actually see and feel and have a concrete understanding of what you gain. The feeling of doing something and having it paid off is one of the things that makes life worth living i think sory for bad english.
I feel like my brother asked you to make this, and the video about love.
Thank you.
From the bottom of my heart..
Your videos always make me introspective, but when you explained what was meant by the theme of the video, I didnt really have to think that hard. I knew this was something that ive made so many easy choices lately. This feels like a wakeup call. Thanks.
Love to hear your reflections about life with so many different views, even when they challenge my views I can get so much reflecting about my beliefs and choices. Thank you.
I really loved this video, this has pushed me to giving it my all to get rid of an unhealthy part of me. It’s only a start to becoming a better person, but I believe I have the capability to be that person that I can enjoy my life in. Thank you
your videos have been a comfort to me through some difficult sufferings, thank you, videos like this make me feel not so alone in the difficulties of life
Thanks for expanding my horizon again and again with your uploads
You're on top of my favorite philosophical/ reflective youtube channel. Big thanks for such wise words and huge inspiration!
This is a beautiful description of something I've never been able to verbalize.
I rarely ever comment on videos but today it felt only right to do so. I'm a 16 year old guy from germany just trying his best to form habits that lead to living a happy and healthy life. What has really helped me to organize my thoughts and ideas are your videos. They always either exactly put into words what I tend to think about alot and thus remove the burden of me having to do it, or throw new ideas at me that are worth getting lost in thought about. Either way, I am very grateful to have stumbled upon your channel and I do want to thank you for the great effort you put into your amazing work :) Don't stop anytime soon please
This video has given me more to think about than all like 400 motivational videos my health teacher used to play before class. Excellent job.
You’re one of the few content creators I know that looks at philosophy that’s sometimes centuries old, and fully articulates how it’s relevant now. I really feel like I actually gain something from watching your videos. Thanks, maybe I’ll get around to reading the Nietzsche book collecting dust in my room.
Again, I want to mention Huxley's Brave New World. Nietzsche Last Men is the main focus of Huxley's works.
I'll definitely cover Brave New World in a video someday. It was somewhat touched on in my guide to Huxley. Didn't know about it's link to the Last Men but makes sense!
your videos are insanely relevant, pitch perfect timing on all of them!
It sounds like a joke, but I always tell myself "There must be balance in the Force". This sounds remarkably similar to that
Great Video as always, had a bad day at work and was gonna drown my sorrows in TV and junkfood, but now im gonna go work out and spend some time trying to practice my artwork, because this video reminded me that those temporary pleasures won't make my life any better
Loving the subtle changes/improvements in the style
Got me to study instead watching Netflix. Thanks
There's something to hearing someone else say something you already know that so motivating for getting the things that matter done.
I needed to hear this so bad. Specifically at this moment. Love u Sisyphus
I’ve been avoiding this one for a while. I finally got around to watching this. Thanks. I needed to hear this.
this is without a doubt the one and only vid I needed to watch today, thank you.
amazing content as always!!
I can't tell you how much your channel and video essays mean to me. I've been watching for a while, during a period of my life with a lot of nihilism, hedonism, pain, and self-pity. I'm learning to come into myself better with each video, and I thank you for the dedication and artistry behind your channel.
Don't try to bully yourself out of self-pity. It's a good way to relapse.
I've never seen a creater liking this many comments, it really shows how much you value your audience.
Also great video, I like the calm narrative, gives you the time to think about what you just heard.
Thank you! A couple of days ago your video just popped up in my recommend section. I love UA-cam algorthms now
You have no idea how much this video came at the right time for me
Every time you upload it’s a W.
i genuinely love your videos so much. thank you for making them.
your videos are always beautifully made and well written… I’ve been subscribed to you since 2018 and seen how your content has evolved, keep it up. your channel is gold.
Had to listen again. I can find myself in this in a way I never thought of. Thanks for your insights
"For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself" - Viktor Frankl... TOO DEEP....
Coming back to binge and take notes on your work hehe. Thanks for adding these captions it's a blessing 🙏
This is exactly what I needed to hear, thank you.
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Never change your style (voice,art and humour and more) my man,it makes u stand out
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Powerful, you described a huge idea in a very simple yet effective way -proud subscriber ✌🏻.
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I have watched this multiple times since it was first uploaded and only now I sort of understand what it actually means. Thank you for making this.
Thank you, great video keep the good work up
hey i really needed this video tonight. Thank you Sisyphus
I very much needed to see this. Thank you.
This is now my favorite channel on UA-cam, you've helped me a lot so thanks! ☺️❤️
Needed to see this. Thank you for your work
Your videos are both educational and really helpful for me, and I'm sure many others, in daily life. Always a great video
your channel is easily one of my favourites. I love your Podcast, the way you explain certain theories, your thoughts, the little animations.
It's so much fun to watch and still there lies such hope and some sort of freedom wihtin that your videos actually helped me out of a pretty dark place.
It is definetly hard to do the right things. Chosing to stop smoking, actually going outside or eating healthy when there is pizza left. Growing up in a time where you can numb your brain with every little thing possible I feel like we aren't thar far away from this society of last men. I see it around me and my friends sometimes, what their goals are or how sometimes they just stop growing all together. I wish for myself to always try my best, and I do believe that after a while the hard choices become easier habits and a good life.
much love-
Thanks man, you really help me to not give up when I have to make a hard but major decision
I like the idea that instead of life being easier you will just be more well equipped to handle suffering and pain.
This is a 10/10 video. Great stuff.
Thank you for this amazing video. It’s inspired me to take my schooling more seriously and procrastinate less.
Love the subtitles, keep it going.
about the hard-line nihilistic stance: why must it matter in the grand scheme of things? the grand scheme of things is not human. it is not our realm. it is not of importance to us. the insignificance goes both ways!
I am galvanized by this vid thanks for galvanizing us to better
Thanks I really needed this video today
Thank you for making this video man
Thanks really good vid, needed this today and prob for a while, thanks for inspiring and enriching the minds of many people around the world
Thank you Sisyphus!
This kind of paradox sort of leads me to the conclusion that we have an innate incapacity to handle extreme experiences. That the opening of one's mind towards one type of experience will inevitably lead to opening ones mind to all experience and this doesn't seem too odd to me, but what does seem odd to me is our allergic reaction to life experiences.
Thanks for your efforts man. Timing of your videos are so precise. It's so relateable.
It makes me wonder that although we are insignificant in this infinite universe, we as humans, find ourselves so relateable in terms of our individual perspectives , thus making our world so small and connected.
love your content man, you're doing great work
I really needed to see this video, thanks.
You have such good content. Love the vids, and I am planning on joining your patreon. I always look forward to your videos.
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Nice. Loved this
I really enjoyed this (: Thanks Sisyphus!
thanks for the subtitles