The main character is what you might call "the mind". It's mastery, it's capacity to represent. Throughout history, attempts have been made to contain those experiences which happen at the edge of the limit where the mind is vulnerable. But I think we are in a very significant moment in history. Those moments, those what you might call liminal, limit, frontier, edge zone experiences are actually now becoming the norm. These multiplicities and distinctions and differences that have given great difficulty to the old mind are actually through entering into their very essence, tasting and feeling their uniqueness. One might make a breakthrough to that common something that holds them together. And so the main character is, to this new mind, greater, greater mind. A mind that yet is to be. And when we are obviously entered into that mode, you can see a radical subjectivity, radical attunement to individuality, uniqueness to that which the mind is, opens itself to a vast objectivity. So the story is the story of the cosmos now. The moment is not just a passing, empty nothing yet. And this is in the way in which these secret passages happen. Yes, it's empty with such fullness that the great moment, the great life of the universe is pulsating in it. And each one, each object, each place, each act Leaves a mark. And that story is singular. But, in fact, it's story after story.
The first time I saw this is while tripping and it has been one of my favorites ever since. You should check out "a scanner darkly" if you like this. It was directed by the same guy who made this
I've never liked being inside, or near screens or speakers when I'm tripping. Abd now I'm almost 40 with three kids and that season has passed. That is to say, I never watched it tripping, but watched it during a season of frequent psychedelic use (1999-2003) that very much shaped the way I still see the world.
When this movie first came out, I watched it over and over. I actually taught myself to be aware of my dreams. Most of the time, I fly. I have been using this dream travel technique since this movie came out.
@@epiffanypaul Sorry, my mistake. I've reread Dustin's original comment, now I see that you meant making fire in your dreams. Does it have a euphoric sensation?
The story of the story. I think I get it, but I’m overwhelmed with the thought that tomorrow I might come back and not get it so much. I’ll forget a step in my process of understanding where I found this conclusion. Words can only go so far when understanding our... whatever it is
At the time, even this movie came out, I very much agreed with the character in this scene- that the way people thought and perceived was evolving. But then at the horizon of that, we entered the age of smart phones, social media etc and I watched those kinds, and the minds of their children become blunted and shallow.
They looked forward to that moment with joy, but without haste, not pining for it, but seeming to have a foretaste of it in their hearts, of which they talked to one another. But when they looked at me with their sweet eyes full of love, when I felt that in their presence my heart, too, became as innocent and just as theirs, the feeling of the fullness of life took my breath away, and I worshipped them in silence. Their children were the children of all, for they all made up one family.
He's right and we're seeing it play out in real time. Our evolurionary journey has been one of increasing complexity constantly building on itself. Culturally we've been gravitatating to more and more extreme forms of self-expression in everything from fashion to entertainment to literature. Modern, market economics have been, the driving engine behind this myth of American "rugged individualism" and we can all see the direction that's going. Personally, I think that the buck will stop somewhere and we'll see an eventual return to collectivist and traditionalist social systems either out of necissisty (due to an ecological collapse) or out of a shared cultural interest in pursuing a higher, immaterial kind of meaning. Think about it. Post-modernism handed us the keys to the candy store. We've reached the peaks and valleys of creative expression. We've hacked our own evolution in the ways we've altered our environment. We've explored and deconstructed everything to the point where are no original ideas to be had anymore. What's left after you've had everything?
Well said. This is the best part of the movie for me. The more I return to this film the more I see how it is limited by the whiteness of its creators. Lots of pick yourself up by your bootstraps liberalism. Yes we are individuals with some degree of autonomy but there are also oppressive systems that need dismantling in order to realize human potential. So much focus on “neo-human evolution” but how is this message supposed to hit for someone wrongly imprisoned and forced to do slave labor? Conceiving of the world in a vacuum is how you wind up with Alex Jones on the big screen.
I guess I was just pleasantly surprised to read your comment because, like I said before, many people draw some disheartening conclusions from this film such as culling the weak or falling for the myth of over population which of course necessitates genocide of non white peoples.
It seems to me that this ties in with the telescoping evolution clip from earlier in the movie. Is the argument essentially that as we become more individual and as our perceived worlds become more subjective, we collectively become more objective, unified, powerful etc? That the “progression” to a more complete and proper understanding of the world and each other begins with each individual attaining a more detailed and nuanced understanding of themselves?
I watched this clip right after that one just now actually I remember when I was still a kid one of my childhood friends showed me this and we watched it a few times because I couldn't grasp the concepts at that age well I knew these things couldn't be approached in a completely literal sense of what they were saying but to look at them figuratively as well but being a kid I was quick to settle with the little bits I could understand but now that I've gained this sense of gratitude for learning and I strongly yearn for wisdom and knowledge I come back to this and it's just so so rewarding the concepts and ideas you come to ponder and discourse with others really leads to both growth within yourself and the universe as a whole.. duality is fascinating and I thank it for connecting all of us here dispite of our individual locations in time and space.
Story Teller It reminds me of meditative experiences where your sense of self dissolves or relaxes. There are stages to absorption where bliss and pleasure come to you and you feel some type of special achievement, but further down you let go of that and embrace the formlessness which is kind of like a paradox. Buddhists call them jhanas.
I hear two parts: 1. In the past, we were not exploring the edges of the mind. It turns out we were finding the center of mankind (and possibly the universe). 2. Everything leaves a mark - everyting is meaningful, forever.
I think this is Aklilu Gebrewold. He's listed in the credits but its hard to find a picture of him online or much info about him and this was filmed almost 20 years ago.
Aklilu Gebrewold. Googling that name takes you to info about him being in this scene and pictures of a guy who looks like this but older and, you know, not a cartoon.
your war against this movie is interesting. You actually spent a lot of time looking through clips of a movie you hate just to leave comments like this. Try a hobby
@@Kounteron or maybe he didn't like particular concepts or even pseudo-scientific nonsense like this in the movie? Art is subjective. If it's interesting to you, doesn't mean it will be for me too.
@@justamoteofdust here's the rub - i like this movie, so I rewatched quite some clips of it on TH-cam. I checked out most of those clips' comments and I saw this guy commenting on most of them. Usually comments like this one - no substance, just jabs. He has a right to not like the movie, of course. But why look at a multitude of the movies' clips to comment practically the same comment on each one?
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The main character is what you might call "the mind". It's mastery, it's capacity to represent. Throughout history, attempts have been made to contain those experiences which happen at the edge of the limit where the mind is vulnerable. But I think we are in a very significant moment in history. Those moments, those what you might call liminal, limit, frontier, edge zone experiences are actually now becoming the norm. These multiplicities and distinctions and differences that have given great difficulty to the old mind are actually through entering into their very essence, tasting and feeling their uniqueness. One might make a breakthrough to that common something that holds them together.
And so the main character is, to this new mind, greater, greater mind. A mind that yet is to be. And when we are obviously entered into that mode, you can see a radical subjectivity, radical attunement to individuality, uniqueness to that which the mind is, opens itself to a vast objectivity. So the story is the story of the cosmos now. The moment is not just a passing, empty nothing yet. And this is in the way in which these secret passages happen. Yes, it's empty with such fullness that the great moment, the great life of the universe is pulsating in it. And each one, each object, each place, each act Leaves a mark. And that story is singular. But, in fact, it's story after story.
One of my favourite scenes of all fucking time! This movie is highly underrated!
This movie is the most intense trip amplifier i've ever had.. Would recommend.
The first time I saw this is while tripping and it has been one of my favorites ever since. You should check out "a scanner darkly" if you like this. It was directed by the same guy who made this
@@kyleledude1106 loved scanner drakly it sent me here... great movies
this is where im at rn
I've never liked being inside, or near screens or speakers when I'm tripping. Abd now I'm almost 40 with three kids and that season has passed. That is to say, I never watched it tripping, but watched it during a season of frequent psychedelic use (1999-2003) that very much shaped the way I still see the world.
When this movie first came out, I watched it over and over. I actually taught myself to be aware of my dreams. Most of the time, I fly. I have been using this dream travel technique since this movie came out.
I swear the same exact thing happened to me. You ever make fire? It's trippy af.
@@epiffanypaul Make fire? What does that mean? Making a camp fire, or lighting a candle?
@@manafro2714 Think human torch from fantastic four. I've only been able to make it in my hands though thus far.
@@epiffanypaul Sorry, my mistake. I've reread Dustin's original comment, now I see that you meant making fire in your dreams. Does it have a euphoric sensation?
The story of the story. I think I get it, but I’m overwhelmed with the thought that tomorrow I might come back and not get it so much. I’ll forget a step in my process of understanding where I found this conclusion. Words can only go so far when understanding our... whatever it is
Forgetting is less psychotic than remembering 😉
"I cannot remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten, and yet they have made me." - ralph waldo Emerson
Dan Ansett lol this is exactly how I felt after watching this film for the first time
At the time, even this movie came out, I very much agreed with the character in this scene- that the way people thought and perceived was evolving. But then at the horizon of that, we entered the age of smart phones, social media etc and I watched those kinds, and the minds of their children become blunted and shallow.
They looked forward to that moment with joy, but without haste, not pining for it, but seeming to have a foretaste of it in their hearts, of which they talked to one another. But when they looked at me with their sweet eyes full of love, when I felt that in their presence my heart, too, became as innocent and just as theirs, the feeling of the fullness of life took my breath away, and I worshipped them in silence. Their children were the children of all, for they all made up one family.
Thanks for the upload. Saludos desde León, Guanajuato, México.
He's right and we're seeing it play out in real time. Our evolurionary journey has been one of increasing complexity constantly building on itself. Culturally we've been gravitatating to more and more extreme forms of self-expression in everything from fashion to entertainment to literature. Modern, market economics have been, the driving engine behind this myth of American "rugged individualism" and we can all see the direction that's going. Personally, I think that the buck will stop somewhere and we'll see an eventual return to collectivist and traditionalist social systems either out of necissisty (due to an ecological collapse) or out of a shared cultural interest in pursuing a higher, immaterial kind of meaning. Think about it. Post-modernism handed us the keys to the candy store. We've reached the peaks and valleys of creative expression. We've hacked our own evolution in the ways we've altered our environment. We've explored and deconstructed everything to the point where are no original ideas to be had anymore. What's left after you've had everything?
I know that there is still a lot to learn in nano technology and nuclear fusion giving a positive amount of energy has yet to be discovered
Well said. This is the best part of the movie for me. The more I return to this film the more I see how it is limited by the whiteness of its creators. Lots of pick yourself up by your bootstraps liberalism. Yes we are individuals with some degree of autonomy but there are also oppressive systems that need dismantling in order to realize human potential. So much focus on “neo-human evolution” but how is this message supposed to hit for someone wrongly imprisoned and forced to do slave labor? Conceiving of the world in a vacuum is how you wind up with Alex Jones on the big screen.
I guess I was just pleasantly surprised to read your comment because, like I said before, many people draw some disheartening conclusions from this film such as culling the weak or falling for the myth of over population which of course necessitates genocide of non white peoples.
@@augustlongpre64
Shut up, you suck. But the original comment you're responding to is pretty cool.
one of the best parts. so deep
Life's but a dream eternal energy playing hid and seek perfection
'yes it is empty with such "fullness",' he says @1:31
Great Philosophy takes you to the right path . . .
It seems to me that this ties in with the telescoping evolution clip from earlier in the movie. Is the argument essentially that as we become more individual and as our perceived worlds become more subjective, we collectively become more objective, unified, powerful etc? That the “progression” to a more complete and proper understanding of the world and each other begins with each individual attaining a more detailed and nuanced understanding of themselves?
I was thinking, also, of the telescopic evolution clip while watching this one
I watched this clip right after that one just now actually I remember when I was still a kid one of my childhood friends showed me this and we watched it a few times because I couldn't grasp the concepts at that age well I knew these things couldn't be approached in a completely literal sense of what they were saying but to look at them figuratively as well but being a kid I was quick to settle with the little bits I could understand but now that I've gained this sense of gratitude for learning and I strongly yearn for wisdom and knowledge I come back to this and it's just so so rewarding the concepts and ideas you come to ponder and discourse with others really leads to both growth within yourself and the universe as a whole.. duality is fascinating and I thank it for connecting all of us here dispite of our individual locations in time and space.
I think watch that after school.
OBRA MAESTRA
Psilocybin ;) OM
do psyched3elics to find the coordinate
we are 1
Aklilu Gebrewold
Geez. Such a nuclear boom, narrated with so much ease.
Atma.
can someone explain this to me. i feel like i understand it but i get lost with the secret passage.
Story Teller It reminds me of meditative experiences where your sense of self dissolves or relaxes. There are stages to absorption where bliss and pleasure come to you and you feel some type of special achievement, but further down you let go of that and embrace the formlessness which is kind of like a paradox. Buddhists call them jhanas.
I hear two parts:
1. In the past, we were not exploring the edges of the mind. It turns out we were finding the center of mankind (and possibly the universe).
2. Everything leaves a mark - everyting is meaningful, forever.
Vivek Ramaswamy???
Hi Frank Yang
Anyone know the name of this guy?
Aklilu Gebrewold
Vivek Ramaswamy
What's this man's name?
I think this is Aklilu Gebrewold. He's listed in the credits but its hard to find a picture of him online or much info about him and this was filmed almost 20 years ago.
Aklilu Gebrewold. Googling that name takes you to info about him being in this scene and pictures of a guy who looks like this but older and, you know, not a cartoon.
Vivek Ramaswamy
And, Oscar goes to - Slavoj Žižeeeek!!! :))))))))))))
was this filmed here in Portland, Oregon? 😃
einblitz93 I think it was filmed in Austin TX
This movie is amazing to watch while tripping, except this scene 😂
he really is saying remarkably little with so many words
"Yes he's empty, with such fullness."
What the f is he saying? What is it supposed to mean
A masterclass in Pseudoprofundity
Pseudoprofundity is just an ugly word for art
your war against this movie is interesting. You actually spent a lot of time looking through clips of a movie you hate just to leave comments like this. Try a hobby
@@Kounteron or maybe he didn't like particular concepts or even pseudo-scientific nonsense like this in the movie? Art is subjective. If it's interesting to you, doesn't mean it will be for me too.
@@justamoteofdust here's the rub - i like this movie, so I rewatched quite some clips of it on TH-cam. I checked out most of those clips' comments and I saw this guy commenting on most of them. Usually comments like this one - no substance, just jabs.
He has a right to not like the movie, of course. But why look at a multitude of the movies' clips to comment practically the same comment on each one?
@@Kounteron hmm.. then fuck him! 😂
🙁His teeth scares me...
World salad at its finest.