Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai | TEDxDoiSuthep
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Jon is a farmer from northeastern Thailand. He founded the Pun Pun Center for Self-reliance, an organic farm outside Chiang Mai, with his wife Peggy Reents in 2003. Pun Pun doubles as a center for sustainable living and seed production, aiming to bring indigenous and rare seeds back into use. It regularly hosts training on simple techniques to live more sustainably. Outside of Pun Pun, Jon is a leader in bringing the natural building movement to Thailand, appearing as a spokesperson on dozens of publications and TV programs for the past 10 years. He continually strives to find easier ways for people to fulfill their basic needs. For more information visit www.punpunthailand.org
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normally ted talkers show you how to fix yourself when you don't fit into the sytem. this man shows that the system is the problem, not we
+Steyreon i couldnt agree morewith you.
+Steyreon the truth have been spoken
+Steyreon you summaries it beautifully, well done.
+Steyreon but the system is created by us, don't blame the system
the system is so wrong man you have to work your ass of to pay your bills ..
12:37 "Food, Clothes, House, and Medicine must be cheap and easy for everybody, that is Civilisation. But if we make these four things very hard for people to get; that's uncivilised."
That's why I now live a rich life in Ecuador on my $800 Social Security
impressive!
@@NaomiColb teach me your ways
Nice! Did you watch the video as well?
That is the basics of civilization. We tend to overcomplicate and forget about the basics.. this was a good reminder.
that was good.
1. don't follow
2. have time to think
3. self reflect
4. "lower expectations"
5. be simple
= life is easy
Life is hard no matter what; why even continue my own existence?
@@SteveInLava yeah where can i get free land
@@SteveInLava Not sure. Because you can, perhaps.
@@SteveInLava Bhagavad Gita tells you the "WHY"
Above are working or not can anyone experience it?
He's not telling everyone to do agriculture, build mud houses and wear torn clothes.
He's enabling us to differentiate need from desire. We need to learn when to stop in the pursuit of achievement before it's too late when we realize that we missed life in search of greed.
Sandeep Maheshwari?
Well said sir 👌
Nope, the reality is we could all have an abundance if we lived in a good system.
It's the system that makes it seem the whole family has to work all day... only to live paycheck to paycheck 🙃
@@Mrrohan-zc4mp he is lunatic
@@run4fun143we are the reason the system exists. Without all the people willing to live paycheck to paycheck, it wouldn't exist.
"People are becoming smarter, just to make the world more complicated"
Very well said sir
yeah , the economic (money ) system is making us do this
@@stevewalker6240 and so many people die of hunger , while so much of food is wasted
I couldn't even build a shelf.
🤣😅🤣😅🤣 I thank u!
@@vIBEDoUT-Channel Idk i feel like the economic system caters to what the society wants. Its just that what society wants is derived from greed rather than necessity. Maybe its on us for wanting to live inside a fancy penthouses, drive nice cars instead of be satisfied by hand made huts with other people's clothes. We reap what we sow
He calls himself uneducated, but gives better answers than most „educated“ people. Education does not define wisdom and intelligence. This man clearly is intelligent and I‘m happy that he found his way in life!
What do you call uneducated, abd what you call educated ...i will be waiting for your request!!!!
@@elhadjdiallo633 educated is the amount of cert u have. Degree mean highly educated.
Elhadj Diallo well, I‘m not saying that he‘s uneducated. I just basically paraphrased what he said. He said that he is uneducated, and that is what I wrote in my comment. Still, he‘s very intelligent and wise, I can tell ✌🏼👍
Skyler723 I agree
Ughhhhh
He just opened my eyes. Life is easy, but we make it complicated to reach our unnecessary desires.
At present (July 2023), this video is 11years old and have 14 million views. But, I don't know how many people have learnt to live a simple life after watching this. Now a days, everyone is busy, frustrated and not satisfied with their lives. I believe in what he said ☺️
Thanks & lots of love 💕
the "solution" that most people seem to have is to work harder and do more. definitely moving in the wrong direction
thTAS 0,175% of thew populartion so of course you woukdn;t see much ddufferentce
"I spent one month to save money to buy a pair of jeans. Every time i look, i am the same person".
The most intelligent person i've heard in my life.
To a certain extend: you need basic skills to make life easy; cannot deny this fact
@@chavale2 If you go to a village, they would be more than willing to teach you the basic skills lol. The only problem would be to find these villages and our egos.
That is common knowledge
@@KidkromechanDo you live in a village? After I get my remote IT job im gonna go to a remote village in Asia and spend most of the time learning languages hehe.
This quote hit me. We've become so blind to the simple things now. It's such a simple thing yet you have to be conscious enough to notice!
“A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it.” Albert Einstein
I will be happieness man in my farm.
At my home in Thailand.
remember happiness is not the result of success,its the journey while chasing success...so you can do nothing but want only happiness or you can actually play the game of chasing success and be happy with it...just remember not to take stress
@Murtaz M yeah, it is. Sadly. :/
I think it is the best way you can live, just a simple life.
Which part of the world are you from?
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!
Can we come together and make this a global norm? I mean, let’s truly realize this. Life is easy. We allow ourselves to become convinced it’s hard!
Ecovillages..
I’m in
@PureSoul this MUST be done! Any ideas on where and how to begin?
@@ravinagu maybe change your own life? the degree can varies depend on ur circumstances but i feel like the best way to start is try to get in touch with our own life - grow sum food, try building/making things from raw material, live minimalistic, etc.
in short, "be the change you wish to see in the world"
@@ravinagu Jacque fresco
"I can't change anything outside of myself, the only thing I can do is manage my mind" beautiful.
Most of us don't live our lives, we live other people's life.
Also......if you ain't first, your last.
You are right. And I think the social media is making it worst. Mainly for the woman that is pressioned to be a standard. The women are becoming wax's dolls.
Well said. thats true..life became a comparison and thirst never ends
Most people are so busy treading water in the sh*t pool they've created of a life, they have no time to listen to a recipe or a rescue plan to end the misery the have created. They already know everything...just ask them : ) ... or just watch, it's live entertainment.
beautiful lady from the looks to the heart
He teaches us everything in Just 15 min
- Minimilism
- Life is easy
-Love yourself
-Think Differently
-change your inside and you will be grateful
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
exactly
Also we can say he is asking us to compromise in a different manner
Hmm... well what are you guys going to do after watching this video? Are you going to get a remote job then homestay in a rural asia? Lots of Chinese people want to practice their English...
True happiness is inner happiness. Inner happiness is a vibration drug. It's a vibration drug capable of keeping you high for the rest of your life. Inner happiness comes from conscious living and a true feeling of thankfulness for each breath of fresh air, even as you take it. Live in honest thankfulness for your very existence and you'll soon grow an energetic buffer, the vibration of inner happiness.
And YOU have summed it up beautifully... clearly already a practitioner. 🙏🏾 Thank you for that.
I cried after listening to him. I dunno how to start the simple life. But I'll do my best and encrypt this in my mind. Thank you.
Count me in
Yes me too
First step: find land to live and farm
wish you the best
There's absolutely no way he can say he is uneducated, when he delivered such a powerful TEDx Talk 🙌🏾👏🏾💙 I am mind blown.
i like you mashego❤❤❤❤❤
@@adamzocci2159 。廿卜月人
poqweduk minsa my man powerfuk minds
Simplicity is the key of happiness. This man lives like that - and me too! I had a very so called “rich“ life for 38 years, but I understood: RICH IS NOT WHO OWNS EVERYTHING. RICH IS WHO DOESN'T NEED IT...! I collected companies, materialistic things, had stress and got sick. So I gave all up and changed my life to a simple one. Now, after 30 years, I live on a beautiful beach on a beautiful island in a warm country with warm hearted people, replanting my own food, getting eggs from my chickens, eating fishes from the sea, learned instruments to play autodidacticly, also painting, and live from playing saxophone in summertime some hours. I live mobile in a horse trailer, after travelling on a boat for many years, together with lots of stray cats and dogs and I'm very happy.
where do you life?
@@ibafy6751 In Mykonos, Greece
I would have had the same question.
Unfortunately on YT we cannot contact.
Very interesting comment. I wish you the best for your future.
Wauw, so amazing that you chose to live this way! We all try to be happy not realizing that many of the choices we make are the opposite of happiness. But how do you receive an income?
God bless you.
Reminds me of the Dennis McKenna quote: “As human beings, we’re very clever, but we’re not wise.”
This guy is wise.
👏👏👏💯💯💯🙏🌈
That's right! I just want to add.. this guy is wise, cause he opened to it, he got it after he took an internal decision and he committed to it 👏👏
hes a wiseguy
Why people are very clever but not wise?
Very clever
Not wise
Am like u a lot cos you took to my self reit now thanks u a lot
I don't know why I'm tearing up. This is probably the most beautiful thing I've seen.
Going through a tough time due to lack of job, this video gave me a fresh perspective of life
Hope you’re doing so much better now.
He isn't the hero we deserve, but he is the hero we need right now.
This man demonstrated the whole point in his speech. his point is clear *don’t make your life hard* he’s not saying don’t work hard. Just don’t let modernism shape your life by following imaginary and useless goals
Uri Conan And building houses and farming (and selling at market sometimes) isn't hard work?
@@Moepowerplant It is hard work for sure but he is saying he has saved 30 years of his life from working. Which I would say is working extremely smart and efficient.
Uri Conan dont work hard on things that r not making u happy n making your life better
@@Moepowerplant Home and gardening Is not considered a hard job Do not take a little when entering the house, 2 hours a day, like the morning exercise, grow 30 kinds of vegetables, that is, safe, chemical-free food. The body will be strong, not a disease. Sorry that my english is not good
What indirectly says is that the economical system we are working is not fair and is not in tune with how we used to live for the most of our history. What modern life did is cut our direct connection with the land and other people by dipending on the market. In the past our survival was depending on our direct relation to the land and other people which was called the tribe. So what he showed is that when he returned to that way of living he was working less and enjoying life more with less energy. The underlying question is why when you depend on the market you get a lot less for the same amount of work? My answer is that those that make the rules of the market get a lot more and someone has to lose. Those who lose are the working class and this truth was the argument for communism and we know how that project went. What he indirectly recommends is a return to our ancestors way of living.
“ when I work hard, still my life is hard”. This line caught me, .
I think it is human comparison that leads to our life becoming more and more complicated and difficult!
And, from comparison, comes jealousy and greed... But, greed itself seems sometimes to come from somewhere else too.
Well, in the end, reources management et social organisation starts to be necessary and it is when wrong ideas / influences start to take place if people charged (or self-proclamed as so) start controlling things for their very benefits instead of the group of people they should take care...
Later, people will say that some are more valuable than others instead of valuing everyone, as everyone is different and does bring something useful to life, even where people think or expect it the less...
I tsop her to keep things short, there is so much to be said if gloing don into details.
But, Yes, we are making things over-complicated and very often in a more destructive way than we should, because of this comparison / competition problem that resonates with selfichness.....
Comparison and also competition.
This is a really nice video. I discovered it years ago when I was in my early teens. I'm 18 and since then I've probably rewatched it dozens of times. I keep coming back to it because he just summarises everything, how I think, how I want to live...and he explains them so simply. It's an amazing video and I hope more people get to see it. I want this video to have billions of views someday
Dude, you found a beautiful msg at a young age. Utilize it. :)
same here, I also watched this in my early teens, now im 20 and still coming back to it from time to time :3
It’s a great lesson and a great reset video. I’ve watched it many many times over the last decade. Many wishes to you in your quest
I'm 10 and I've been watching this video every week since I was 3. It's changed my life
It makes me so happy that so often much of the youth these days seem to be deeper & smarter earlier & earlier. It sincerely gives me hope for the future to see this.
I think some people are missing the point.
I don't think he's saying everyone needs to physically build a house and grow your own food. What I do think he's expressing, is we need to stop trying to "keep up with the Joneses" and not let our society, fashion, peers or anyone else dictate to us how our lives should be lived. We get so caught up in this little ridiculous crap that we'll do things like work 12 hours a day at a job we hate, to come home to a place that has six bedrooms, marble bathrooms and a kitchen big enough to cook for a basketball team. And at the end of the day, it makes you miserable.
Yes, he is. A compromising interpretation at best...you are welcome to that, but it's a lot more than just understanding. And the way you describe it there is no mal-intent by others. We need to break away from the structures built into this system that are sick. To be well adjusted we have to build, grow and nurse our own and by our own hand.
NemeanLion Have a word. Do you actually have a clue/live here? The Thai, same the Chinese, have taken Materialism on board with bloody bells on. But hey! You lot started it with your condescending 'Oh, these poor little spiritualist- happy- with -having less peasants. We should all be like them and then we will be happy'. Fuck off! Idiots. Go look at your fucking Walmart/ Chinese tech imported crap. And get back to me. Ignorant! Wait 'til that happens (oh, already has) and see how that goes with your ever dwindling 'pay packet'. You didn't listen before, I doubt you will now.
BTW, as already stated, how did this guy get on 'TEDtalks? THINK about it.
tamsinthai
You need to take your medication!
You are clever very well explanation. NemeanLion. Peace is with you
pjamesbda Ignorant, truly ignorant 'I have no other riposte to this salient comment' remark Mouth Breather.
Food, clothes, house and medicine must be CHEAP and EASY for many people to get. That's civilization.
Get rid of corrupt people in Government....But you must have the intelligence to enable you to do that, so life is complicated as you need to read, inquire and have teachers to guide...OK
For one thing, we really need to redefine the term "food" these days - that's really and seriously gotten overboard, period. It's about the most despicable hump (no pun intended) of capitalism, any idea how many people ww will not be able to independently manage their every day in 25 years, simply because of their current weight at an older age, and/or subsequent health defiencies. Where are all those caregivers supposed to come from?? Generation Y and Z will be either inoperative or in need of nursing, when X is hitting 85 - 90, it actually might be a close call who's holding up better then. With Hurrah into doom!! A cynical lmao.
and sadly today those things are the most expensive.
@@chavale2 The corruption often comes from democracy itself though... the only thing we can do is to move to a place where the cost of living is low while working remotely in a high paid job...
@@janbrugger3149 Only in the West where home owners lobby the government to stop people from building new houses so they can sell at a profit. Goto Vietnam or somewhere else in SouthEast Asia and you can see how much lower the cost of things are. Remember high cost of living = hidden taxes caused by rules & regulations that favor for profit entities.
This man is what I aspire to be, to be honest. Like I've been working for a long time already to buy the things I only want to get validation from others but not that needed and forgetting the most important in life which is peace and love. His simplicity is amazing, it's mind refreshing!
❤
The Most wise person are those who don't think highly of themselves.
Honestly this guy speech is more inspiring than any Steve jobs or warren buffet speech 😔
Perfect!!
So true!
Value of the speech is subjective, if you want to live in the forest his speech is inspiring, but for me it doesn't make any sense
@@dota-ed4638 he's talking about living a simpler life, wherever you are. It's not only about packing up and moving out to the forest. He's talking about questioning why we do things and why we are so concerned about living like the Jones's, always trying to be some else. Our self worth is more than clothes and money. We as humans are valuable but we use people and value things. He's also correct in saying that in the last 10/20years humans have been so destructive in the environment because of consumerism.
@@dota-ed4638 I too felt the same way...I don't think man is born just to survive ...human's life has much more capacity...than just surviving I think..
I consider this to be the best TED talk ever.
Me too
🙏
that's right!
@@vietvo2571 I don't think it was always like it is now.The monthly wage changed things .It made people want more and more I'm 70.When I was young people didn't like Mondays, after the weekend off .Tuesday was better. Wednesday market day . Thursday ,half day closing (shops closed )Friday pay day . Saturday if you were lucky you might go to the local pub with your partner or friend until 11 on or so,because your family lived near, you could help each other Sunday the men would have a few drinks with their mates at dinner time and come home to a lovely cooked roast Then Monday would come and you would do it all over again ,but it was so much better People were happier
i think you too!And I am doing as he says!
How do you think about oganic tourist farm?
This perspective is seriously beautiful, we need more people to think like this
This perspective is seriously beautiful we need more people to think like this
After 11 years, this talk is still great for almost every single person.
Sometimes I wish things were easier... I got alot of things in my life that I really really wanted but it was all so hard to get it... Two years ago (12 august) I moved away from my country to try a new life, completely alone... My first try my visa was denied. I tried another country and got it... then I had problems with my medical exams, after three months of waiting, I got the visa... Then I got a job, I applied for another type of visa and it was denied because I did not have this specific registration. I got the registration. I applied again and it was again denied because my pay rate was too low, I talked to my boss and he said "I can do nothing about it...". A month later when I was giving up and the dead line was coming up he changed his mind, gave me a raise and immigration accepted my application. I was really really happy, I had no one, no family, no friends, nobody to celebrate with, but it was honestly one of the happiest moments in my life. Everything I do seems to be always on the hard way, I feel happiness and self accomplishment about all I got till now, but everything is always sooo exaustive... I am relatively young and sometimes I think that everything will always be hard in my life. That feeling we have when we achieve something hard to get does not really make me feel that good because I know that what comes next will be another mission... I am greatful for everything and not complaining, but sometimes I wish I could do something to make things easier... Just saying... Thanks
nice share Andre
All I can say is keep trying... hope for the best and be ready for the worse... there is not much more we can do
One thing most people don't factor in is God! Findind God (Jesus) and the apostolic message of repenting, getting baptize in Jesus , and receiving the free gift of His Holy Ghost (His Spirit ) with the evidence of speaking in another tongue, is the only thing that can truly make a heart truly happy and bring true joy to someone. He lightens the load; He is the one that can make a difference in life, no matter how hard life can be!😀
+mosiahbh4 shut up with your bullshit, There is no proof jesus ever existed and religion is a lie.
@Jen Sen...I can't help to notice what an unhappy person you are through your comments... I feel so sorry for you... Things, money, fame, and the best life is not where true life is found.... even in hard times one can be happy...you obviously need some true happiness that only God can give... praying for you, my friend 😃🙏👌
Im 25 , a dropped out of engineering, no job no degree, i thought i am the most miserable person on earth ! But after watching this man speaking wisdom, I know i am much privileged !
I believe in you Sameer. I hope it all works out well for you!
Rye Lopez thank you for those kind words :-)
i am with u bro... :)
im 20..same situation..
dont worry bro...! :)
something better is waiting for us..
just work hard :)
i literally teared up watching this man remind us of how we're really suposed to live life. i cant thank you enough for this video
this is such a beautiful way to look at life. we don't always have to push ourselves to work hard especially if we don't even enjoy what we're doing anymore we tend to lose track of what life is really about which is to just enjoy it.
Simplicity is the key in our life..we all have a choice, a choice to be easy or a choice to be hard. Good quote. Thank you.
chandra hasyim that's what the Beatles believed! Simplicity is key!
EXACTLY!
Good luck finding land
Brill always think this way . Keep your dreams small
@@LateBloomerMedia to uhh
"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity."
I am literally going to make an awesome photo with this quote
Well put!
Awesome!
The ability to worship money over all else even our humanity
- Thor Heyerdahl
I am from Africa of poor farmer families. but i graduated from well known university of my country and working in private foreign company which my basic needs depends on. today i watched this video and learn something new that changed my life. thank you sir,
I always get more than just information when I listen talks from people who's native language is not English. They summarize everything in simplest way possible using simple words that can be easily understood by anyone.
"Sometimes the best things in life are free. "
All the time.
It’s not free if you put your time into it
if they are not free then maybe not the most most basic essential things. haha
All times
True love free
Family free
True Happiness free
All other 2ndary things than above are expensiv
This ted talk was given by someone who in his own words isn't "very clever" and who's first language is not even English yet, he managed to speak to us in English about the problems of our intricate economic system and give us the answers to some of our most pressing concerns as humans (who am I, what makes me happy, how can I support my family and how do I fight sickness) in a very simple way. This is true intellgence at its finest
He might actually not be very intelligent, compared with his peers, but here's the paradox: if he was intelligent he would still be competing in Bangkok, because the smarter you are, the higher in the hierarchy you get, and even if it's a hierarchy of slaves, the number 1 will find it difficult to leave for something unsure.
He has something that beats intelligence though, he has wisdom. With wisdom he has freed himself, and people are coming to him to learn and work for him. I just hope he doesn't create a new hierarchy of slaves.
wisdom for sure
A lot of the problems in society comes from capitalism, which only cares about profit, and treats humans like they can be disposed, and pollutes society, which is neglected.
I always thought something was wrong with me. Now, I know why. There's no need to complicate things.
I always said when I was growing up, I had more than enough. There was an abundance, but capitalism destroyed wealth, and unevenly distributed wealth to CEO's, and the few. You have to work harder, and harder to spin the wheel, to compete with everyone else, and pits everyone against each other.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🌟 Life is easy, but we make it complicated and hard by chasing external measures of success.
03:15 🌞 Emphasizing work-life balance and having ample free time can lead to greater happiness and self-understanding.
05:09 🏠 Simplifying living arrangements and focusing on self-sufficient practices can make life easier and reduce financial burdens.
08:08 👖 Avoiding unnecessary consumption and following fashion trends leads to greater contentment and freedom.
10:03 🤒 Rethinking sickness as a reminder to correct our actions and using natural remedies can lead to a healthier life.
11:02 🌱 Creating learning centers and focusing on essential needs like food, shelter, clothing, and medicine is vital for a civilized society.
13:29 🌏 Modern society's pursuit of success and material possessions has led to uncivilized and unsustainable living.
14:55 🤷 Choosing to live a simple, easy, and light life is a personal choice, irrespective of others' opinions.
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Thanks
You just made it complicated.
I agree with all of the above except for "natural remedies."
Although, I enjoy modern medicine.
However, I wish for Distributionism.
Im 20 yrs and im orphan and I'm study hard but this video give me hope again i do my self to esier and what i want. God Bless sir ❤❤❤
Jon is a farmer, he does magic every day. Turning the earth into food. He will always be happy.
Dylan, you are a bit over ANALytical, no? I am recovering from that affliction myself. I wish you well in your eventual recovery from it too. ❤
Well, actually, most of a plant’s mass comes from the carbon in the air, not the soil. Otherwise there would be huge holes in the soil wherever you find a tree lol
@MIX Vdos Farming is work!
And he has d to pay for the waters and electricity he needs .
He's talking about the way that we ALL used to live at one time. People were self-reliant, self-sufficient. Farming, hunting, living in small communities where we knew everybody. The way that we live now is killing us. It's not healthy. It's not the way that we were meant to live.
We have no choice, which sucks.
MeecrobMan unfortunatelly , you have right
Silviu Constantin if you ask me, there should be a 1 child policy for every couple just like china, because our population issue (lots of consumers) appears to be the largest issue aside from limited resources. My advice is to have less sexually focused media, and increase the number of jobs which produce more than they destroy (large amounts of data are required to measure this accurately (obviously infinite data would be preferable but doesn't appear to be an option))
sean doherty
Yes, does the world really have enough resources to support the amount of people on our planet for the next 100 years?
MeecrobMan we do have a choice. As long as we don't compare our lives with someone else, and know what you really need in life, life can be easy and light.
Aweh! I love seeing people that think like this and actually live it. Life is easy and beautiful, it's only us who choose to complicate it. Thank you for sharing.
Actually live it part is a bit harder, coming from a society that is brainwashed to obey capitalistic values.
Slowly... slowly but surely.
I work in a company and now I am away from my home. I am not smart like many people. Ain't got no money, ain't got no name, ain't got no fancy education. Just a normal kid who was born in a hard family and strive to have a better days.
But this video really remind me of how we can make ourselves way easier. This man, this simple looking and wise man, remind me of how I can be grateful in life. I wanna say thank you for everyone working for this video. I can't express more I am motivated bcs of this vid. Terima kasih
I’m moved after reading your comment brother….Hope you love this video..! Yesterday I resigned my decently paying Software job because I couldn’t find happiness,feel like I’m not comfortable there.. As i’m staying away from home,parents etc.. I feel like i’m running in life for the sake of modern life..! And thought these days What people will say if i quit? But i took a decision for myself and for my inner peace…This video has given me some motivation that to work for myself and what i love… I pray for you to find peace and full of happiness.. Pay a visit to your home and spend time with your parents…
"The bird make a nest in one or two day, the rat dig a hole in one night, but the clever human like us spend 30 years to have a house" LOL
Absolutely
Yes ofcourse life is easy
Just imagination, Look at a real things. Don't talk like a daydream
rawm yaaj , it's so pity that human made a so expensive building for a dead body. That is "Tajmahal" while there are so many homeless people shivering in cold.
This broken fuckin system..
I quit my 9-5 job 3 days after watching this talk. Its been 1.5 years since then I feel no worry and fear about my future even if I am dead broke. This talk allowed me to be myself and do what I always wanted to do. Billion dollar talk I must say.
Deep talk hey :) ? (I live in Canada)I heard about his farm when I was in Thailand. Now I'm interested to see. Have you heard or been to his place ?
Great!!!
Good Luck
who is feeding you and your family now ?
I am fraught with fear. What would happen to my major medical condition? Who would take care of me when I am old? I agree that the working world is its own kind of slavery. But I have golden shackles.
These are all wise people
Really an inspiration for people like me...who works almost 11hrs but could not afford a basic things in life..always worried n stress but after watching I felt quit stress free...Thank you
This guy said he isn’t smart, he sounds extremely smart to me.
Female Energy Studies show that people who are humble and say they aren’t smart or intelligent tend to be just that, whereas the opposite tend to be true aswell
tintuu The two first words (Female Energy) of my comment is the name of the person who made the original comment, in other words me answering the comment added his/her name which made it look like it was part of my response haha :)
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@tintuu Lol that name "Female Energy" got me offguard as well.
Etiruza even made it seem its supose to be like that. "Female Energy Studies",....lawl.
His thinking is a lot smarter than many educated but arrogant people.
This man singlehandedly destroyed capitalism.
What are you talking about?
Lynnerup it means that today, as we live, rich people, businesses, makes you think you have to consume more. The more you consume, the more you will be happy. It’s not. Money can’t buy *longterm happiness* capitalism is the businesses that profits more from you for themselves rather that just for you. So, they make products more expensive you know stuff like that
@@quirky7735 I get your point. And I agree. Also this tard that replied to you is more focused on other things than the point. Tsk tsk.
And Communism. Under Communism you won't have the freedom to live this kind of carefree lifestyle on your own land with your own houses.
Lidya Dirar its more like he destroyed vanity. At least with Capitalism, we always have a CHOICE- to live a vain and material life, or a simple, self-sufficient one. You totally missed the main point and message of this talk.
A farmer delivered when of the most profound TEDx talks, wow
The art of living is briefed in 15 minutes, by Jon the man who calls himself low education but gives the best wise advice compared to the most well-educated people. Less demand is more freedom and life is easy, people make it complicated by their mindset.
He said that he is poor, but his heart, mind, soul are filled with wealth. This is one unique guy.
+golferchin76 For a person who has a piece of land for plantation can not be considered poor.
วรรณดี วิลาวรรณ That depends.
My wife is a Thai, her relatives in the Isan area have lands that produces almost nothing due to low rain fall.
They work very hard, the life is very simple but shorter than city dwellers. They sleep under old wooden traditional thai buildings. Medical is a problem. They drink underground water. They are 'poor' if you go there and see for yourself.
But, it seems to me they are happier than city dwellers.
For the speaker's case, I think he owns a fertile piece of land. Most of Isan people come to Bangkok to work for money and spend money on seeds, fertilizers, etc.to produce on their lands.
An altermative definition to 'rich' as it is taken to mean $$ rich.
MOST "HOW TO GET RICH" SPEAKERS WOULD HATE THIS VIDEO
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@@saileshram7610 this one got me bro lol
@@thevoiceofknowledge176 Do yoy think everything in life is free?
A rich person would love it, at least like it
Oh my god!.....
He is genuinely telling the ultimate inner words of crores of men come out of heart everday but won't live it just because what others will think about him..
But this atomic level talk just changed me from a person which I was just a minute ago... Thank you✨🙏🏻
This is one of the most beautiful speech about life i have ever heard
He's right -
The way we live in our world in this era is just wrong in so many ways we just forgat how simple we can live and be just happy and relaxed
It's about how we can be rich without having things, Success is not about materials it's about satisfaction with your own self.
good quote
Yeah but just make sure you aren't just waisting all your time on playing or partying or on phone and saying im satisfied thats just lying to your self and waisting potentiel
yeah but most people are materialistic now and finding a partner is impossible if you are a simple person
@@NookTommy Why everyone needs to be the same? If I dont want a partner right now why force me to? I have Aspergers I tried my best to be the same as others but I just couldn't why shouldn't I accept my true self? If no one understands me, why should I understand others? Why do people care so much about others live? People say you should pursue a simple life, to pursue happiness instead of money. But once I disclose even a tiny bit of satisfaction towards my life, people start calling me lazy, calling me passionless, even tho I've been hard working throughout till now. Why do people around me focus so much on me instead of on themselves?
@@notme2554 Why everyone needs to be the same? If I dont want a partner right now why force me to? I have Aspergers I tried my best to be the same as others but I just couldn't why shouldn't I accept my true self? If no one understands me, why should I understand others? Why do people care so much about others live? People say you should pursue a simple life, to pursue happiness instead of money. But once I disclose even a tiny bit of satisfaction towards my life, people start calling me lazy, calling me passionless, even tho I've been hard working throughout till now. Why do people around me focus so much on me instead of on themselves?
"When you follow fashion you never catch up because you are following it"
Gadlis!!
I think he said passion
@@youtubebannedme3466 he said fashion
Yup, he said fashion. He was relating this to the jeans he bought with the money he took 1 month to save.
The timing of this video, when I was unable to analyse where I had gone wrong, while I was wondering why things were so difficult to do and why I kept making the same mistakes. I was asking a tonne of questions before noticing this video, like what am I missing and what's wrong. I appreciate you urging me to start simple and be practical.
Go to basics and everything will be fine😊
I agree with his basic premise that life doesn’t need to be made more complicated. At the same time I would not recommend not educating ourselves in a structured way. He can speak English and write books precisely because of and thanks to education…
In my opinion, his most important message is that we need to reconnect with ourselves and the Earth, and I couldn’t agree more.
"Food, house, clothing and medication - these must be cheap and easy to access for every person- this is civilization"
Absolutely
And with simple food, less medication is needed. But also I remember a college friend of mine saying decades ago when the first gas crisis raised gas to over a dollar a gallon that it was a wake up call that we needed to aspire less for material things and be better to each other. It's only gotten worse.
In our global society, everything is a commodity, life giving water, life building food and life saving medicine everything comes with a price tag. And the worst part is, many people don't do ethical means of business. People tends to follow fashion, because what majority of people in the society do will have an influence on them.
to do this in america, you would need a lot of money to buy land. you would need expensive equipment to plow the land. you would need to pay for water to grow plants. you are controlled by the amount of money you make instead of what creative things you can build. you are also controlled by the government, you have to apply for grants, apply for jobs, and you are forced to live a life serving other people so that you can one day host jobs for other people. it's much more than just capitalism. this is why so many people are depressed. no one wants to help unless they are paid to.
I had a deadline to submit my project assignment which I was so much tensed and working after my 10 hours of official work. Lack of sleep from a week..
After watching this video, I closed my laptop, jumped on bed and said myself,. "Life is easy"❤️
Will only loose 5marks for late submission... It's not always about grades...
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Updating after 5 days... Got a week's extension and submitted my project with all coolness... 😉😁
Wow, thank you so much!
Wow, thank you so much!
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@@josephafful9848 what is it? im intrigued
The people laugh in an unintentional way as a way to express their understanding. Wow this is powerful. ❤
What you've is luxury for most people, you've farm to produce tonnes of rice, which 2 months work can sustain whole year living.
Having farm is one of my retirement dream.
So many university so many clever people....still our life is hard ....this man nailed it.
Its the corporate lobby groups and existing home owners lobbying the government to stop building of new houses, at least in the United States...
@@aoeu256 everything is now soley motivated by wealth
agree, well said, we need to learn from people staying remotely from the city
YES INDEEDY!
Minimalism to the next level. The original way.
Flatl1ne lol yes
damn, I would drink that
Global Warming will make Minimalism the norm
@@DSAK55 wdym
If you think this is the "next" level and original - check on Diogenes 4th century BC Cynicism and be surprised. :)
I'm sitting at the library studying for my finals. After watching this TED, my pressure is gone. Feel myself free.
Food,shelter,clothes,medicine ❤️
Farkane hoina ta aafnai gau tira ? 🙂
@@kieronsander3680 Soon, I will..😢❤️
@@hikmatchhetri7953 Good.
Jon Jandai, richest man on earth that you won't see on Forbes.
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@@akeyrtainment8507 I love you too.
There are millions of people who love this way in third world countries... Rich beyond comprehension. I told my boss on day one "we cause most of the problems we try to solve".
yes
well said!!
We had the opportunity to meet this guy at Pun Pun Organic Farm in Thailand... He was sweeping the floor and received us with a big smile. A simple man. He is really like he seems to be in the video.
Oh man, I live in USA. I saw this video first in 2012. I have been wanting to go to punpun. I should do it asap.
@@_Wai_Wai_ Set a date and book a flight. :)
oh my gosh. I am planning to visit there as well! Can you tell me how your experience was?! I'm so excited
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World is full of so called constant pushers , these so called contant pushers are behind almost every innovation but , they are also behind every destruction or negativity the world has ever faced , so right now the world needs more simple men like him , so this bloody capitalism can come back to its place and food cloth , house ,medicine can be for every one and of same standard
Trust me, life is tough. That’s a given.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk!😇
So simple, but yet so full of prudence. Thank you for your kind words good sir. You're truly a blessing to everyone in that audience and in the comment section!
Imagine all people living that way. No problems with global warming, rubbish, plastic. Fantastic!
Wow then this life would be so easy ! But we do not have this😔
@@jill8667 But I think we don't have to give up on everything what modern world gives us. We should use this goods responsibly and deriberately.
@@wiktorbabiarz6758 your right its all about moderation. Balance equals harmony.
If everyone are like him then we will never reach Mars or shake hands with our creator.
Imagine all ppl living that way?
It's hard isn't it..
Better & easier solution. How about
Imagine no people living
Many Indians have forgotten that we too have a motto “Simple living and higher thinking”.
And this man is a living example of this saying.
And the main reason, we copy others and boast our ego by showing things we have
We are uncivilized independents
Yeah I have seen so many Indian girls use that on matrimonial sites. “Simple living and higher thinking”. But they are looking for guys who are "Well settled", thats why I think Indian men don't care much for simple living.
True
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Mr. Jon, thanks for being so real in the real picture of this whole world - too good to listen to you about life, about being self-reliant, about how good life is if we only realize and find our true self within. May more influence come along from you to more people in need to think out of the box!
Great man with great MIND....❤❤
" It's not my problems, it's their problems, they think like that"🙂
This world need healer not success people. This man is perfect example of it.
The 21st century is so scary, because we are becoming replica of our cellphone. We lost the traditional of human relationship. We are not intouched with ourselves, instead we look outside for solutions .
@@stonehouse979 you are right.
Agreed.
Basically he is saying what matters is our satisfaction not so called competition & success.
Yeah
Yes you are correct
Your Very Right
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This video changed my life's perspective completely...
yesterday I got into an argument with my friend about me having so much free time because I don't give importance to school-based study that much and because of that I don't do assignments that have no point in doing, but my friends do them for marks....they r getting judged by just some numbers. and tbh I kinda felt terrible abou me being this way, I also wanted to be like them....but now today in the morning I got the video in my recommendation and it changed my thoughts entirely and gave me an understanding of life!
I have a friend like that too. Does anyone have advice on how I can convince him of this?
@@jojo_125 Send him this video!
So in simple words, his message for us is, "if you want to enjoy your lives, STOP being a machine"...
Life is easy, just eat food, drink water and work on something that fulfills you and makes society a better place.
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Right
Just be......
Yes man .
You have to work for food and water it doesn’t just get handed to you.
I never ever see like this person, talking frankly about life is easy. Amazing speech and Thank you Sr
I so agree to every word that he said. Just beautiful and in fact the only way of living rightly. Thank you for teaching us simplicity.
He's really describing the madness of economic growthism. The whole modern ethic of "hard work" is toxic. Ancients used to work for actual needs, not excess wealth.
Geo T agree,there is a saying"money cant buy happiness,but without money you will be unhappy" and think that as a fact ,but maybe most people misunderstood the part where we will be unhappy without money and misinterpret that as the opposite,and that is "with money we will be happy" forgeting the fact that money cant buy happines which lead to our current society mind set system =,=
Geo T When people chasing the latest smartphone, chasing after the latest greatest car, of course we lose our way, forget what is really important in life.
Geo T Hunter gatherers maybe but not city dwellers or farmers, especially farmers. They were made to work to create a surplus by their own elites. They may not have had much, but they didn't get to take it easy.
Geo T Have you heard of Pompey
Geo T Scipio
'My problem is, which house should I sleep in' - I swear this part was so funny
yaa same line was very pretty by him..my laugh was very enjoying
Sasaki Umiquema what is the difference in alocohism and why do some people get addicteted to it
+Live.Laugh.love## ni
Sasaki Umiquema
Sasaki Umiquema it is so funny cos you are unlucky man.
I find it is such a privilege to be in his position, with rich land, plenty of fresh water and ideal conditions for farming. If you are born penniless in a land with limited resources or natural disasters, there is not much you can do. Studying hard to be employed would be the best future one can have. Everybody talking about moving but it is never really an option. Land and water are resources too. Which countries would be so generous to share their resources with every outsider walking in? Sadly, the life he described is completely out of reach for many.
I agree with you but I think this wasn’t the point since it should be common sense for him that not everyone lives in a free or low tax rich land. What he probably means is that we view or make life much harder than it actually is.
Thing is, if we all saw this as the truth and acted on it, we'd have to change a lot of things. Like, we would have to stop buying in to the lies we're told. We'd have to take responsibility for ourselves and those around us. It doesn't cost anything to simplify, and the more people do it, the less the system can have ahold of us all. We need to go back to the kitchen garden, to home cooked meals, to the mending pile.
he is saying when a cheap thing can do your work tthen why buy the expensive one just because everyone is buying
This video helped me realize about having hold so much pressure in life even though we can think things much simple. We don’t need to be rich. We don’t need all of the modern stuff. Why should you follow trends even if it’ll be over anyway? The most legendary people on Earth is the one who enjoys and makes life simple like this guy. Good work, sir! 👍👏😮
A simple life makes you charming, and a simple heart makes you happy.
However, learning simplicity is anything but simple.
+Winona Lee Just buy apple products, they're all about simplicity.
+Winona Lee Yes, because it is hard to unlearn all that society has taught us. This man learned simplicity growing up. But most of us in Western society were taught complexity from the beginning.
But did he not experience just like us? Besides while he didn't get forced on like poor us, I'm pretty sure we got other benefits as well. Be fair don't play that game of well that person didn't have to go with what I did so I can't do it.
+Winona Lee Simplicity is in your born nature! Every human is born simple. The life that surrounds in witch that human will grow up and the people with whom she/he will communicate, those are the factors that matter if that human will act the same or live the same life like the world around her/him. If you know what I mean.
Ltd de seB. Lacsi junior lyuyyuiilppppt
"Even earthworm can survive in this planet, survive is not hard, the hard part is we try to survive like others"
- Sadhguru
Jon Jandai - the speaker got conscious on his own, he rejected the stupitidy and identifications put on him on early age and now he is on his way to freedom and consciousness. Thing everyone should do but it takes some balls and clarity :D
( ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ ) yes just yes
Yes he owns everything yet he wants others not to lead materialistic life. Simple people don't expose themselves so deliberately.
SOOO POWERFULLY AND BEAUTIFULLY SAID!
@@bookpick5285 It doesn't seem like he did it deliberately. It's good to share your experiences with others especially when you feel like it is beautiful and helpful for everyone else. Otherwise how will everyone else know about it?
Thank you Jon for sharing your life experiences and lessons with us, very clear and insightful.
I like your calm personality.
i watched your talk 7 years ago ... in time of despare I remembered u few times .. u r kind, free, and smart .. thnx
“The poor man is not the person who has less, but the one who seeks more.”_-Epictetus
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Nice quote, I think it was Seneca who wrote it
by seeking more, we earn more, we learn more. And we have many things to share with the poor (to some extent). I don't see why not, no need to trust that ancient Greek's philosopher.
How is enough? Maybe, it depends on your ego
Gold ....
A 4-star army General once told me that "what ever we do that goes against nature will always make life harder. and usually nature will try to correct you and bring you back. We think we are technologically advanced but we are moving against nature with it and the end can only be destructive" this man is the definition of follow nature
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@The psychological climate change i don't think we're human anymore at that point.
and i'm pretty sure it's gonna be the classic "you're not rich enough, no enhancements for you" type thing.
@The psychological climate change Sounds like a very depressing dystopia
I will keep listening this talk again and again to get the wisdom.
Very beautiful speech and words of encouragement. Unfortunately the world we live in is built around money...We r made to believe if we dont work hard and earn money, we cannot afford the necessities of life. The way this speaker said Life is easy!...It is only easy when a family stays together...In todays world people seperate themselves from families, once our kids grow up they leave and want their own space and freedom...An extended family doesnt appeal to them.
Thank you for this beautiful speech I could relate if I was in Fiji, where I was born. But now I am in Australia and with the cost of living going insanely high, Life is not easy! Good on you for lifting others!! Appreciate, we need more of you in this world.