Well the thing is, you should look at it like "the middle path" way of Buddhism. Yes you need money to survive and yes, you should try to be as happy as possible. Being poor sucks but also don't go to the other extreme and keep making more money than you need or could possibly spend, because that too will cause misery. There's a "happy middle."
@@xeokym223 First of all i really can't understand this video since it's very American/Material speaking. Secondly money in the hands of the right person is 100% happiness. For me money is everything and i don't give a shit about material things. Money will take you out of slavery first of all. With money you don't have to spend time and energy for your own survival. Money gives you options and time to do whatever you want to do. I don't care for material things or to have a family. Without being bound to slavery i would use my money in various projects to help other humans who are in need. Everytime i hear rich people speak like they do in this video it makes me so fucking angry, it's like their thinking is down in kindergarden.
@@fiddyoda Yes I agree with you. Unfortunately in US the general consensus is that money = materialism, or rather the other way around, as in the more material things you own (and the bigger) to flaunt, the more money you have, which is a measurement of success in American culture. And yet those people with all those material things are often very unhappy and unfulfilled, which is what Joe is talking about. You shouldn't be angry about _these guys,_ they are actually making the same point that you are. That Americans don't realize how good they have it because they don't typically travel to third world countries and see really poor people and how they live (or if they do travel, it's to tourist spots where one wouldn't get a real sense of how life is there anyway). Not that there aren't poor people in America, struggling. But they aren't really happy either, because they think if they had money they would be happy. While the point the other guy is making, is that poor people in other countries are often very happy, even though they don't have anything materialistically. Because of other things like sense of community, a different kind of culture, etc. Maybe that they are living more in harmony with nature. There are a lot of factors and it's difficult to get too detailed and in-depth in just a youtube comment, but hopefully you get the general idea. There are a lot of ridiculously wealthy people in America, from corporate owners and politicians to actors, who are so out of touch with reality they say or do ridiculous and bizarre things. They are so insulated by their wealth they really have no idea how other people live, what real suffering is, or that people without a lot of money could be happy. Those are the ones that make me really angry.
As someone who's been poor and relatively wealthy, I think it's easy to say money doesn't really mean much. Money means less problems you have to worry about. When you don't have those basic problems it frees you up to focus on other things.
Money makes you happy to a point. I'd say if you're somewhere between 5k to 10k (to most people) you can have almost anything you want (materialism, freedom, not stress, etc) and if you think more money means more happiness you're lying to yourself.
@You Wish Tell me about it, here is a photo of my sleeping conditions 4 years ago, I called this my home for about 10 moths or so. home.deds.nl/~prutswerk/ik/mijnslaapplaats.jpg
Antonio Machado's 1912 poem: "Traveler, your footprints are the only road, nothing else. Traveler, there is no road; you make your own path as you walk. As you walk, you make your own road, and when you look back you see the path you will never travel again. Traveler, there is no road; only a ship's wake on the sea." "Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más; Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace el camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante, no hay camino sino estelas en la mar.”
@@thebrokenbookshelf i haven't read that but i've seen loads of videos on manifesting. i've been visualizing my dream career for like 6 months now while also putting in work. i felt a huge shift like a week ago and i'm really starting to see results now. it's crazy to see it finally start to unravel :O
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.” -Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt -fight club)
But at the same time, dropping the possessions, and only chasing experiences, constantly traveling, etc produces the exact same effect. Instead of looking for the next biggest house or fastest car, youre now looking for the most exotic location or thrilling experience
@Jarred Chess Zero I suspect there's more but I don't know there is. I also have doubts about someone claiming they know. If your happy feeling the way you do, good on you.
Death doesn't even exist...all that happens is the constructed humans body stops working and the spirit/soul becomes free once more. All we do is leave the body! Always alive and alive 😊💜😊
Amazing Creation we conceive of the universe’s beginning as the time when the laws of physics predictably applied. If that is the case, and there was a time before which the laws of physics didn’t apply, or other laws did, then it is entirely possible that our idea of causality’s universality (everything has a cause) is not true. Besides, you say “whatever begins to exist has a cause”, which presupposes that things “come into being”, a phenomenon I’m sure you’ve never directly observed, nor has anyone else. Unless we’re talking about subatomic particles appearing out of nowhere, in which case there is no proximate cause to be seen. And even if what you said is true, it doesn’t point specifically to Christianity being the one true religion. You say you chose it over others because the Bible has predicted the future many times, overlooking all the factual inaccuracies and contradictions in it. The more likely answer is that you were raised Christian, and are unwilling to let go of “faith”, because you’re scared of the alternative. Not that any of this is going to convince you that your God doesn’t exist. You’ve made up your mind, and these arguments are simply rationalizations. Maybe you’re better off believing anyway.
I went to school, became a doctor, running my own clinic, married, have a daughter, making her life beautiful. I am doing what I always wanted to do as a kid.
It sounds like your boasting about your life? Tell me my friend once you die do you have a plan where your going? The details you gave sounds like you been successful and having a family also? Many blessings my brother but where are you going when you die? My point is that we all(every human being) will die and we can't take anything with us and most of all we have an appointment with our Maker. We're all doom bc we all have lived a life not loving and honoring this Maker. But God being rich in mercy bc of the GREAT love with which He loved us gave His son to die for our guilty crimes and in exchange He gives us His perfect obedience son righteous life transferred into our account (life) so in His eyes we are perfect to stand before Him blameless, not guilty. Belive in the Lord Jesus Christ! He is the only way you can be one with God! For all eternity we will be one of two places. Fullness of joy and pleasures forever more in the presence of God or AWAY from the presence of God! Look to the cross and live!!!
@@colombia989 on that note, I have always said "Fuck ya, God almighty! " since decades. I seem to do pretty good with that. And I don't live in future. I enjoy my present, my happiness and my sorrow to the full extent. Can't ruin this one life for that uncertain afterlife man.
@@colombia989 the problem with people like you is not your religion, but that you're so closed-minded and think that you know that you're"going somewhere when you die"
colombia989 that’s all good and well but your belief is only based on faith, converting other people (obviously) and still not living in the present. It’s an old story and I’m SURE people have heard of your savior, but what makes your savior better? That’s my biggest beef with religion because you’re telling me EVERYONE else is wrong? I don’t believe afterlife is that selectively specific and consciousness/God isn’t that cruel to exclude billions and billions of other people.
"It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and--what will perhaps make you wonder more--it takes the whole of life to learn how to die." -- Seneca
My Dad said to me a long time ago that there simply only reasons we are on this earth. One is to learn one--maybe two--needed lessons--"truly learn" he would say. The other is to help others if it in our power to do so. So simple. I defy anyone to add to that modest list.
Create and evolve -Everything existent is summarized in that: observing is creating, doing anything: reacting on an external movement and changing its course is creating. We are living things with consciousness that can create and evolve in this sandbox of existence. Thats our purpose
When Joe brought up fighting and how attitude and discipline leads to success, I definitely feel the same is true for an instrument. Mastering an instrument and forcing yourself to master difficult pieces results in a feeling I can only describe as euphoric.
I agree, even though I do not play any instruments. Mastering an instrument is just as challenging and rewarding as mastering Taekwondo. I did not like that Joe degraded video playing as some sort of empty activity. Part of "growing up" in life is understanding that people enjoy different things. Playing video games for fun or playing because you want to be the best at it, does not make one's life journey less meaningful or valuable. It's just different and it's their unique journey.
Hmmm yea, when you have money it’s very easy to say that there’s no difference ,emotionally,between 5 and 5000$ on your account. I once literally had 3 bucks on my account- didn’t have a job and was on the edge of being homeless. I was in fear for my life and it ultimately broke me emotionally. Fast forward a couple of years later - I see 2000$ on my account every month. I go to sleep in peace every night. I’d say there’s a difference...
@@drunkalfuzzyness Thanks! Nope, i have a regular day job in a call center. I also sell paintings, but I wouldnt be able to live the way I want to live if I was only dependent on them
This is why Joe is such an asset to the modern individual. His podcast continues to reiterate yet also introduce new perspectives about the human condition and journey. There really isnt any other person in his position and I appreciate his podcast, regardless if I agree with him or not. In this particular case, his information/advice is priceless. Listening to him, I forget his age, and consequently I forget he has lived a lot of life. To still push for knowledge of self and existence is very admirable.
"Your purpose in life is that person standing next to you, when most people talk about purpose, there only looking for recognition" that's a statement I heard on a documentary called "the nature of existence" which is great by the way, another one in that documentary was "stop trying to find the meaning of life, just find meaning in your own life"
People just take for granted that they reached their goal. People just want more, more, and more. Once you reached your goal just sit back and appreciate that you have made it.
That is true. Even if I reach my goal I will never be fulfilled in life. It’s not just wanting more, it’s that knowing someone already did it before you and you weren’t the first one to do it, is pointless.
Jimmy Gonzalez You can go on if you want. Just don’t be unsatisfied. That is how people become unhappy. It is never enough for many people. They can never have enough money, never big enough house and so on and so on. Count your blessings as they say.
Listen guys, your message is great. You have enough money to be comfortable the rest of your life without fear of losing your resources. Great - the rest of us want to get there too. That's what a nice house and car actually represents.
I was weird when it counted #GradeSchool Bullying was the normality factor amassed upon the majority via public education institutions which suspiciously look a lot like prison institutions ,minus the barbed wire
There isn’t anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it. What we must strive for is true inner peace and joy nobody what the circumstances, no matter what we have or have not. Really great talk❤️
Getting rich isn’t important. If you’ve ever been in the position of not having to worry about whether you’re going to eat or not, you’re basically rich.
Indeed, we all know who's gonna row all those boats anyway, Goggins haha! The superyacht race is one of the silliest, Abramovich etc always trying to outdo others, so much money they don't know what to do with it!
@@jazzerson7087 Can't break Boat Crew 2 - who's gonna carry the boats Goggins? There's irony in the super yacht/sailing reference you made, defeats the purpose of Watts' description of Wu-Shin...the Art of Not Forcing. It's a dichotomy.
Video games and there evolution are some of the best examples of us as humans. Early video games hand NO ENDING. There was no reward of finishing the game. Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, those games of the early 80s brought the idea of "Stay alive as long as possible, do the best you can, and leave behind a score that others can see and try to aspire to beat." Today, we are taught that every game needs and ending. And end of the journey with a reward. Who had the better idea of what was best in life?
"differentiate between things that are difficult and meaningful, and things that are difficult and bullshit". Fundamentally its differentiating between wanting to experience the act of doing something vs wanting to experience the outcome of doing something. for example wanting to exercise vs wanting to be in shape
Really I love to listen to you. Its like putting into order what I already think.. Also kevin lee now im in tailand training I can imagine how much he out to be the profesional he is.. Really you both inspire me.
The more I hear Joe talk about how things that are difficult attract us the more it looks like people are actually suffering from a deeper insecurity that will never go away.
Plenty of people living "normal" lives truly enjoy it. Having a decent job at a decent company you have good collegues and friends and family that seems like a great life to me. What is so bad about that? My problem is that dont have either, I havent made it on my own, which I realized too late in life I want to, and I have shitty job now. So thats that.
Joe is right. Perspective and appreciation will make your world beautiful or miserable. Have enough money to survive and meet your basic needs and most the rest is a mind game and others are playing on different levels. Unfortunately, the hard shit takes a long time to achieve and either you find out it wasn't what it seemed while you chase it or you find out after you finally achieve it. Everything changes when your mind changes, especially if you were really naive ignorant growing up and sucked into all the BS... it's honestly a beautiful experience to find out all that shit you used to worry about was for nothing and meant nothing.... it's truly surreal..and most of the shit that brings "happiness" are things that have already been in your possession, etc.
I feel like the desire for more is just an instinctual feeling or action to inspire and evolve as a community. The moment you’re not doing anything you feel like you’re wasting time but really, the feeling has been engraved into us. Into our DNA, genetics, whatever... by the way society has been generation after generation, to achieve greater and grow! Grow, inspire, evolve, repeat. Like some universal symbiosis.
What you’re really talking about is Lacan’s object of desire. My philosophy on life is embrace human desire, don’t suppress it like schools, religion and governments try to do.
I disagree, if there is no destination to aim for, there is no journey and you are just wandering around, if you are focused on the destination, you dont cherish the moments leading up to the destination. The journey and destination are keystones that work in harmony and balance
outward identification relays to the unconcious parts of ourselves. Wanting more and not knowing the difference of wants and needs. If we dont do the inner work we will always think in terms of lack and be lead by our primal instincts until youre at the latter part of your life and realise how you have been possesed by it and unconciously led into maintaning a system from an very early age.
1:49 i would like to challenge this point of view. What we conceive as a flawed nature is actually more along the lines of a consciousness that learns and overcomes. an unlimited being of bliss and love
"It's a map of the territory. When you get through these woods, there's a nice green meadow and a lake on the other side. Great place to go bowhunting."
Been there 3 times, it's fucken nuts. No matter what anyone says they seen on shrooms or acid isn't even in the same category as DMT.....no breakthrough thou....that I can tell, but still..... potentially life changing. Go hard or go home with it, keep your eyes closed and go with it.
One thing only bothers me about death. And that is the fear that I will never know I existed. To steal a quote "All those moments will be lost in time." That is my fear, to live a life and then when I die, its like a hard drive that gets formatted and destroyed and all the memory stored is gone forever.
If there is an afterlife (And I am doubting that as I get older) that my idea of a great afterlife is like a video game where after you finish, you get to restart at the beginning with all your experience points and abilities and knowledge intact. Oh the things I would do the second time around.
I don't know what else I'm supposed to do, though. If I walk away from my career which I spent such a long time getting good at, how will I make enough money to survive? How will I attract a decent girl? I understand the path I'm on is stupid and a waste of my life, but it's like I have blinders on. I can't see any other option.
If you make good money where your at then just save 50 to 60% of your income which should be at minimum 30 to 40k a year. Do that for 5 years and invest in real estate You dont need money for women remember the drug dealer living in his moms basement has 3 different 9/10s living with him
@@oyeahjustcomenting that's actually not true. its biological that women are attracted to men that are higher status than them or the same status. Its a lie to say that women aren't attracted to money. All women are attracted to money, success, and status. If women weren't attracted to money, then why are there so many homeless single men out there?
money doesn't bring happiness but being unable to pay bills brings misery.
"Money does buy happiness we just dont think about what happens after it"
Give me alot of money and i will prove you wrong :)
Well the thing is, you should look at it like "the middle path" way of Buddhism. Yes you need money to survive and yes, you should try to be as happy as possible. Being poor sucks but also don't go to the other extreme and keep making more money than you need or could possibly spend, because that too will cause misery. There's a "happy middle."
@@xeokym223 First of all i really can't understand this video since it's very American/Material speaking. Secondly money in the hands of the right person is 100% happiness. For me money is everything and i don't give a shit about material things. Money will take you out of slavery first of all. With money you don't have to spend time and energy for your own survival. Money gives you options and time to do whatever you want to do. I don't care for material things or to have a family. Without being bound to slavery i would use my money in various projects to help other humans who are in need. Everytime i hear rich people speak like they do in this video it makes me so fucking angry, it's like their thinking is down in kindergarden.
@@fiddyoda Yes I agree with you. Unfortunately in US the general consensus is that money = materialism, or rather the other way around, as in the more material things you own (and the bigger) to flaunt, the more money you have, which is a measurement of success in American culture. And yet those people with all those material things are often very unhappy and unfulfilled, which is what Joe is talking about. You shouldn't be angry about _these guys,_ they are actually making the same point that you are. That Americans don't realize how good they have it because they don't typically travel to third world countries and see really poor people and how they live (or if they do travel, it's to tourist spots where one wouldn't get a real sense of how life is there anyway). Not that there aren't poor people in America, struggling. But they aren't really happy either, because they think if they had money they would be happy. While the point the other guy is making, is that poor people in other countries are often very happy, even though they don't have anything materialistically. Because of other things like sense of community, a different kind of culture, etc. Maybe that they are living more in harmony with nature. There are a lot of factors and it's difficult to get too detailed and in-depth in just a youtube comment, but hopefully you get the general idea.
There are a lot of ridiculously wealthy people in America, from corporate owners and politicians to actors, who are so out of touch with reality they say or do ridiculous and bizarre things. They are so insulated by their wealth they really have no idea how other people live, what real suffering is, or that people without a lot of money could be happy. Those are the ones that make me really angry.
Sad story when people slave away for money just to find out at the end of their lives that they had never really lived
@Suffer No Fools lmao
Jo Ys what’s your problem
Suffer No Fools shit aliens are real got damn bro. Sorry for the cause
Most first generation Americans sacrifice so their kids have better lives. Only a boob could look at that sacrifice and say it isn’t living.
@Suffer No Fools lmfao
"Life's a dance, not a journey" - Alan Watts
yeah like Conor said " Dance for me boy"
@You Wish Allan meant the journey in different way which is , the slave process, studying,graduating and doing things that you don't like to do
My first thought when I saw the video's title.
“Life is more like wrestling than dancing” Marcus Aurelius
My life changed because of Alan Watts
As someone who's been poor and relatively wealthy, I think it's easy to say money doesn't really mean much. Money means less problems you have to worry about. When you don't have those basic problems it frees you up to focus on other things.
Money makes you happy to a point. I'd say if you're somewhere between 5k to 10k (to most people) you can have almost anything you want (materialism, freedom, not stress, etc) and if you think more money means more happiness you're lying to yourself.
I am poor
And I AGREE
Not having money at all in a western society makes you think differently and not in a positive way.
@You Wish
Tell me about it, here is a photo of my sleeping conditions 4 years ago, I called this my home for about 10 moths or so.
home.deds.nl/~prutswerk/ik/mijnslaapplaats.jpg
@@Prutswerk shit, do you have a roof over your head now?
“The more stuff you own, the more stuff owns you.”
Wesley Kolb, my 7 mail order brides don’t own me.
I found this out the hard way. I gained everything, but had nothing
Antonio Machado's 1912 poem:
"Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else.
Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk.
As you walk, you make your own road,
and when you look back
you see the path
you will never travel again.
Traveler, there is no road;
only a ship's wake on the sea."
"Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace el camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar.”
1985whitelamborghinicountach only quote american next time. Enough with communist language.
amazon osman blast your brains out
@@amazonosman1053 lmao
@@KokeBeast23 triggered communist
I AGREE
OBAMA has deported more Mexicans than any other president ever
i just want financial stability from doing something i love
the dream! best of luck to ya
I would like you to read the secret. I believe if you do so, you may be able to find financial stability; Doing something you love.
@@thebrokenbookshelf i haven't read that but i've seen loads of videos on manifesting. i've been visualizing my dream career for like 6 months now while also putting in work. i felt a huge shift like a week ago and i'm really starting to see results now. it's crazy to see it finally start to unravel :O
@@wobblefrog update
A rare event. You're better off learning to love that which provides financial stability
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.” -Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt -fight club)
The truth!!!
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But at the same time, dropping the possessions, and only chasing experiences, constantly traveling, etc produces the exact same effect. Instead of looking for the next biggest house or fastest car, youre now looking for the most exotic location or thrilling experience
Matt Klaus Yes and thats what life is about experiences
There is a destination and it's death. Enjoy the ride, be compassionate and reduce suffering.
@Jarred Chess Zero I suspect there's more but I don't know there is. I also have doubts about someone claiming they know. If your happy feeling the way you do, good on you.
Very nicely put.
Well put brother, exactly how I feel.
Death doesn't even exist...all that happens is the constructed humans body stops working and the spirit/soul becomes free once more. All we do is leave the body! Always alive and alive 😊💜😊
Teresa Iche Well As good as that sounds you and Alan Watts are just spekulating.
The journey is realizing there isn’t a destination
I love hatred but then you’ve reached the destination when you’ve realized there isn’t a destination. Which is a paradox. I don’t get it.
none of your business i honestly don’t get it either, but you can’t make sense out of senselessness.
I love hatred now that’s a cop out if I’ve ever heard one
fake woke bullshit
Amazing Creation we conceive of the universe’s beginning as the time when the laws of physics predictably applied. If that is the case, and there was a time before which the laws of physics didn’t apply, or other laws did, then it is entirely possible that our idea of causality’s universality (everything has a cause) is not true. Besides, you say “whatever begins to exist has a cause”, which presupposes that things “come into being”, a phenomenon I’m sure you’ve never directly observed, nor has anyone else. Unless we’re talking about subatomic particles appearing out of nowhere, in which case there is no proximate cause to be seen. And even if what you said is true, it doesn’t point specifically to Christianity being the one true religion. You say you chose it over others because the Bible has predicted the future many times, overlooking all the factual inaccuracies and contradictions in it. The more likely answer is that you were raised Christian, and are unwilling to let go of “faith”, because you’re scared of the alternative. Not that any of this is going to convince you that your God doesn’t exist. You’ve made up your mind, and these arguments are simply rationalizations. Maybe you’re better off believing anyway.
I went to school, became a doctor, running my own clinic, married, have a daughter, making her life beautiful.
I am doing what I always wanted to do as a kid.
It sounds like your boasting about your life? Tell me my friend once you die do you have a plan where your going? The details you gave sounds like you been successful and having a family also? Many blessings my brother but where are you going when you die? My point is that we all(every human being) will die and we can't take anything with us and most of all we have an appointment with our Maker. We're all doom bc we all have lived a life not loving and honoring this Maker. But God being rich in mercy bc of the GREAT love with which He loved us gave His son to die for our guilty crimes and in exchange He gives us His perfect obedience son righteous life transferred into our account (life) so in His eyes we are perfect to stand before Him blameless, not guilty. Belive in the Lord Jesus Christ! He is the only way you can be one with God! For all eternity we will be one of two places. Fullness of joy and pleasures forever more in the presence of God or AWAY from the presence of God! Look to the cross and live!!!
@@colombia989 what does this have to do with anything?
@@colombia989 on that note, I have always said "Fuck ya, God almighty! " since decades.
I seem to do pretty good with that. And I don't live in future. I enjoy my present, my happiness and my sorrow to the full extent. Can't ruin this one life for that uncertain afterlife man.
@@colombia989 the problem with people like you is not your religion, but that you're so closed-minded and think that you know that you're"going somewhere when you die"
colombia989 that’s all good and well but your belief is only based on faith, converting other people (obviously) and still not living in the present. It’s an old story and I’m SURE people have heard of your savior, but what makes your savior better? That’s my biggest beef with religion because you’re telling me EVERYONE else is wrong? I don’t believe afterlife is that selectively specific and consciousness/God isn’t that cruel to exclude billions and billions of other people.
"It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and--what will perhaps make you wonder more--it takes the whole of life to learn how to die."
-- Seneca
Zack Nichols I remember reading this and I just had to pause. I forgot if this was from “On the shortness of life” or “Letters from a stoic”
My Dad said to me a long time ago that there simply only reasons we are on this earth. One is to learn one--maybe two--needed lessons--"truly learn" he would say. The other is to help others if it in our power to do so. So simple. I defy anyone to add to that modest list.
One more reason is to have children and raise them right. We were handed this gift, we have to pass it forward.
Create and evolve
-Everything existent is summarized in that: observing is creating, doing anything: reacting on an external movement and changing its course is creating.
We are living things with consciousness that can create and evolve in this sandbox of existence. Thats our purpose
@@noice9163 And to evolve we must Learn and and choose to Help Others on their path, just as others choose to assist us.
When Joe brought up fighting and how attitude and discipline leads to success, I definitely feel the same is true for an instrument. Mastering an instrument and forcing yourself to master difficult pieces results in a feeling I can only describe as euphoric.
But did you get hit in the face
@@SinCityDarkKnight I'm not belittling martial arts in any way. I was simply implying that the same ideology works with different things
I agree, even though I do not play any instruments. Mastering an instrument is just as challenging and rewarding as mastering Taekwondo. I did not like that Joe degraded video playing as some sort of empty activity. Part of "growing up" in life is understanding that people enjoy different things. Playing video games for fun or playing because you want to be the best at it, does not make one's life journey less meaningful or valuable. It's just different and it's their unique journey.
Hmmm yea, when you have money it’s very easy to say that there’s no difference ,emotionally,between 5 and 5000$ on your account. I once literally had 3 bucks on my account- didn’t have a job and was on the edge of being homeless. I was in fear for my life and it ultimately broke me emotionally. Fast forward a couple of years later - I see 2000$ on my account every month. I go to sleep in peace every night. I’d say there’s a difference...
Dude, do you sell your paintings to get that kind of wage? Or other things? I watched one of your timelapses, very talented ✌
@@drunkalfuzzyness Thanks! Nope, i have a regular day job in a call center. I also sell paintings, but I wouldnt be able to live the way I want to live if I was only dependent on them
Life is so precious. RIP Kobe & Gigi Bryant & the other victims.
This is why Joe is such an asset to the modern individual. His podcast continues to reiterate yet also introduce new perspectives about the human condition and journey. There really isnt any other person in his position and I appreciate his podcast, regardless if I agree with him or not.
In this particular case, his information/advice is priceless. Listening to him, I forget his age, and consequently I forget he has lived a lot of life. To still push for knowledge of self and existence is very admirable.
My poor a** really needed to hear this, thanks guys!
True, each one of us should decide what is his goal in life. But many live without a goal at all.
Than that is their goal
My goal is to keep my job so I can travel now and then
For most these days the goal is just surviving.
"Your purpose in life is that person standing next to you, when most people talk about purpose, there only looking for recognition" that's a statement I heard on a documentary called "the nature of existence" which is great by the way, another one in that documentary was "stop trying to find the meaning of life, just find meaning in your own life"
People just take for granted that they reached their goal. People just want more, more, and more. Once you reached your goal just sit back and appreciate that you have made it.
That is true. Even if I reach my goal I will never be fulfilled in life. It’s not just wanting more, it’s that knowing someone already did it before you and you weren’t the first one to do it, is pointless.
But there is no "made it". Thats what Joe is talking about. Most people will want to hit their next goal.
Steven D There is a made it. People just need to learn to not take their successes for granted.
pichum4st3r but why stop there there’s so much to accomplish
Jimmy Gonzalez You can go on if you want. Just don’t be unsatisfied. That is how people become unhappy. It is never enough for many people. They can never have enough money, never big enough house and so on and so on. Count your blessings as they say.
Joe “martial arts are a vehicle for developing your human potential” Rogan.
Mario Mikho He’s right tho
ZAPPO 100% brother
Mario "gonna say bullshit about anybody without any good reason" Mikho
Mario Mikho he didn’t even say that dude. He was quoting a “buddy of his” 😂
Joe it's time for you to have Eckhart Tolle on the podcast
You Wish 😂
he dead
Its gonna be a 6 hour podcast
Agreed
Listen guys, your message is great. You have enough money to be comfortable the rest of your life without fear of losing your resources. Great - the rest of us want to get there too. That's what a nice house and car actually represents.
Every hipster thinking they are living a “different” lifestyle. But they are all the same. Just a different flock of sheep.
I'm breaking that mold one stereotype at a time lol!😂
“I want to be different”-just like everyone else does 😂
I was weird when it counted
#GradeSchool
Bullying was the normality factor amassed upon the majority via public education institutions which suspiciously look a lot like prison institutions ,minus the barbed wire
How “original” of a judgmental comment. 🙄
Daniel Pope ouch 🤣🤣
There isn’t anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it. What we must strive for is true inner peace and joy nobody what the circumstances, no matter what we have or have not. Really great talk❤️
Thank you, Abraham. 🙏
always listen to the rich guy who tells you getting rich doesnt mean anything!!!
Getting rich isn’t important. If you’ve ever been in the position of not having to worry about whether you’re going to eat or not, you’re basically rich.
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Honestly after being financially independent, money means nothing
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$80K a year is the real Goal. Especially if your a single man with no kids this money will make you look like a king in many countries
I loved how calm and relaxed the guest was 👍🏼
Life is most skillfully lived when one sails a boat rather than rowing it. It's more intelligent to sail than to row. Alan Watts
Indeed, we all know who's gonna row all those boats anyway, Goggins haha! The superyacht race is one of the silliest, Abramovich etc always trying to outdo others, so much money they don't know what to do with it!
@@jazzerson7087 Can't break Boat Crew 2 - who's gonna carry the boats Goggins?
There's irony in the super yacht/sailing reference you made, defeats the purpose of Watts' description of Wu-Shin...the Art of Not Forcing. It's a dichotomy.
Haha, Goggins could seriously do standup.
www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht_eclipse.html Check out that!!
There are so many important life principles in this video!
Video games and there evolution are some of the best examples of us as humans. Early video games hand NO ENDING. There was no reward of finishing the game. Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, those games of the early 80s brought the idea of "Stay alive as long as possible, do the best you can, and leave behind a score that others can see and try to aspire to beat." Today, we are taught that every game needs and ending. And end of the journey with a reward. Who had the better idea of what was best in life?
gutz1981 the later games were better like Baldurs Gate that’s peak gaming
Well said dude, great analogy. A metaphor worth remembering
“Money doesn’t bring happiness, but it’ll sure pay for the search” - Prince
money can't buy you happiness, but can buy you isolation and peace.
This is one Joe’s best talks. Great clip. 🙏🏻
Why isn't anyone talking about how soothing that guy's voice is?
Everyone you hear with soothing vocals have gone through a great deal of pain within their mind and have over came it.
"differentiate between things that are difficult and meaningful, and things that are difficult and bullshit". Fundamentally its differentiating between wanting to experience the act of doing something vs wanting to experience the outcome of doing something.
for example wanting to exercise vs wanting to be in shape
Really I love to listen to you. Its like putting into order what I already think.. Also kevin lee now im in tailand training I can imagine how much he out to be the profesional he is..
Really you both inspire me.
This is whole ep is one of the better one's, speaking truth not everything, but really good for they every man to understand
The more I hear Joe talk about how things that are difficult attract us the more it looks like people are actually suffering from a deeper insecurity that will never go away.
Great chat, insightful af. Took me 20 mins to watch, had to keep going back over solid gems 👏✊️🐲🔥
This video made me feel great! Thanks Joe.
The goal in life is how we treat people. “We all just inspiration” - Jimi -Kobe
Plenty of people living "normal" lives truly enjoy it. Having a decent job at a decent company you have good collegues and friends and family that seems like a great life to me. What is so bad about that? My problem is that dont have either, I havent made it on my own, which I realized too late in life I want to, and I have shitty job now. So thats that.
💯 when Joe brought up the metaphor about chasing materialism : it’s like watering a bucket with holes in it.
The thrill of the hunt, chasing goals and personal development has really been a key combination for me. Anyone else similar?
We see the joy they lack from the void in ourselves. The work through their problems is you facing your understanding.
“We sacrifice our health in order to make wealth, then we sacrifice our wealth in order to get back our health.” ~ Dalai Lama
Ahh love this and totally needed this today
Traveling is the best advice, the only thing you buy that makes you richer. Btw the self medication problem is across the socio-economic status.
Love this take with Joe Rogan!
Alan Watts has a great thing about this search for " Alan Watts life is not a journey"
Alan Watts is the best
its the seeds that you plant, and the seeds that people send, its our journey to grow from the beginning till the end - Salute
"The road is always better than the Inn" - think I'm paraphrasing here
from 'Meditations on Freedom'
Cervantes
1 minute into this video and I absolutely love this guy.
Stop lying. Having $5000 feels completely different than having $5.
Your missing the point
You'll still have the same anxieties about purpose, death, life, relationships.
The experience is the reward, beauty is everywhere, you make your own challenge. bond and connect with everyTHING
My sentiments exactly from da begin! ☝🏽
Life’s a garden, dig it
I move forward to be self aware of where I’m going what I’m learning how I’m treated how I treat others- self growth
I needed this video so much. Thanks🙏
Joe Rogan is the Aristotle of our times
Joe is right. Perspective and appreciation will make your world beautiful or miserable. Have enough money to survive and meet your basic needs and most the rest is a mind game and others are playing on different levels. Unfortunately, the hard shit takes a long time to achieve and either you find out it wasn't what it seemed while you chase it or you find out after you finally achieve it. Everything changes when your mind changes, especially if you were really naive ignorant growing up and sucked into all the BS... it's honestly a beautiful experience to find out all that shit you used to worry about was for nothing and meant nothing.... it's truly surreal..and most of the shit that brings "happiness" are things that have already been in your possession, etc.
One of the best videos I’ve listened to. Not to say your other content is bad, but this was exceptional
sending you so much love Joe!
When I escape my current reality, I honestly think I'll be able to say,
" I made it! "
Rogan is a success...martial arts..comedian/actor...philosopher. Hes brilliant!!!! 👍
I feel like the desire for more is just an instinctual feeling or action to inspire and evolve as a community. The moment you’re not doing anything you feel like you’re wasting time but really, the feeling has been engraved into us. Into our DNA, genetics, whatever... by the way society has been generation after generation, to achieve greater and grow! Grow, inspire, evolve, repeat. Like some universal symbiosis.
What you’re really talking about is Lacan’s object of desire. My philosophy on life is embrace human desire, don’t suppress it like schools, religion and governments try to do.
David Agiel81 I think this is how some chaotic characters out there are born
I loved this segment 😊
I disagree, if there is no destination to aim for, there is no journey and you are just wandering around, if you are focused on the destination, you dont cherish the moments leading up to the destination. The journey and destination are keystones that work in harmony and balance
Outstanding conversation.
This all sounds great and I agree. But I still want a porsche gt3rs one day 😅
Love and more love to this video
This was a very inspiring one.
This is my favorite version of Joe
Live in peace to rest in peace, thats some honest chat right there
No matter where you go..there you are.
outward identification relays to the unconcious parts of ourselves. Wanting more and not knowing the difference of wants and needs. If we dont do the inner work we will always think in terms of lack and be lead by our primal instincts until youre at the latter part of your life and realise how you have been possesed by it and unconciously led into maintaning a system from an very early age.
agreeeeeedddd i love this episode and i can relate
Hard work hard work hard work..
Keep improving, hustle learn learn learn Get up repeat.
Dammit Joe! You detailed a potentially amazing conversation with your high assed ramblings!
Loveeeeeeed this!!! Thank you :)
1:49 i would like to challenge this point of view. What we conceive as a flawed nature is actually more along the lines of a consciousness that learns and overcomes. an unlimited being of bliss and love
"It's a map of the territory. When you get through these woods, there's a nice green meadow and a lake on the other side. Great place to go bowhunting."
Youve made it when your goal is to make others lives better. That is the destination.
My yacht is on a hillside in the middle of the Canadian wild surviving on my own merit. Enjoy your trip folks! 🤘😎🍺
sounds lit ;)
It's sad to go to school in the US cause of severe debt but this is not the case elsewhere.
Lifes a garden dig it.
Best pod cast! 🎯💯
Guess im goin through these woods rn
Dude this is zo chill to listen to while being high as fuck
I was bout to mess up on my diet n skip the gym tonight till I watched this
I'm on a journey to DMT
same, lemme know if you get some.
I got you
Doot
I arrived at the DMT destination
Been there 3 times, it's fucken nuts. No matter what anyone says they seen on shrooms or acid isn't even in the same category as DMT.....no breakthrough thou....that I can tell, but still..... potentially life changing. Go hard or go home with it, keep your eyes closed and go with it.
Joe's about to take his first step in becoming a knight radiant
"Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination..."
One thing only bothers me about death. And that is the fear that I will never know I existed. To steal a quote "All those moments will be lost in time." That is my fear, to live a life and then when I die, its like a hard drive that gets formatted and destroyed and all the memory stored is gone forever.
Why is that scary? You experienced it.. why does it need to be recorded?
you should talk a about lucid dreaming, and lucid dreaming sound waves !!! its so amazing. love your podcast
Do the soundwaves work?
@@greatestrecords3975 yes it does but not all the time. you can watch it on UA-cam how to lucid dream :)
It's the dying part of the journey that is difficult to do differently to everyone else
If there is an afterlife (And I am doubting that as I get older) that my idea of a great afterlife is like a video game where after you finish, you get to restart at the beginning with all your experience points and abilities and knowledge intact. Oh the things I would do the second time around.
that would be so amazing! lol
I don't know what else I'm supposed to do, though. If I walk away from my career which I spent such a long time getting good at, how will I make enough money to survive? How will I attract a decent girl? I understand the path I'm on is stupid and a waste of my life, but it's like I have blinders on. I can't see any other option.
The women won't come because of money. Atleast not the one you want to attract..
If your good in your career are you happy in being good at it?
If you make good money where your at then just save 50 to 60% of your income which should be at minimum 30 to 40k a year. Do that for 5 years and invest in real estate
You dont need money for women remember the drug dealer living in his moms basement has 3 different 9/10s living with him
Your personality and good human qualities get you a woman that reflects what you are like. I hate me so im single. Chin up mate take a chance.
@@oyeahjustcomenting that's actually not true. its biological that women are attracted to men that are higher status than them or the same status. Its a lie to say that women aren't attracted to money. All women are attracted to money, success, and status. If women weren't attracted to money, then why are there so many homeless single men out there?
I sure had to learn this the hard way.
Thank you