Dear Vlad, less than a year ago I was wheelchair bound - the culmination of a 20-year, unidentified malady. The accompanying depression iced that terrible cake. Today I’m walking briskly as if I have two decades of experiences to recoup. I would love to walk with you quietly, silently.
I don't know if this is worth a penny but I love running my hand through the small square trays of wheatgrass I purchase for my cats. It is super soft and fluffy, as good as walking through grass barefoot (almost) which I dream about often.
@@smok4101 It must be something like flax seed. A long time ago I ordered a Japanese pillow containing the seeds. I have no idea whether it was really made in Japan, but after a few uncomfortable nights with the thing the seam tore and I stuck my forearm inside. I didn't sew it up and didn't toss it out, because you never know when you'll need to bury an arm or a foot (a face!) in flax seeds again. I wonder where it is...
You have put this in such good form. I was diagnosed 30 yrs ago with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue . Our life is so different from others. Not worse, just different . I find stress to be worse than physically over doing it. But yes I have such great dreams, my healthy relatives don’t understand my connection to my dreams. Thank you for this talk. I’m not alone in this❤
Your takes on Putin, Russia, Hemingway, Herzog, etc, make me feel like I've eaten something unusually tasty, and healthy, and worth thinking about. Thank you.
I really appreciate your content and your perspective, Vlad. I'm an American who just returned from two months of humanitarian work in Ukraine. I came to your videos to better understand Russia and the war, but the way you present ideas has also helped me connect dots on a broader scale. I had no idea about your disability until now but I am, again, in awe of your perspective.
A tiny personal video this Sunday. I hope you enjoy. Crimea and Dugin will be our topics early in the week on Chat, and next Sunday there should be a video on the main channel! Love to you all. PS. This is my first - and probably only for a while - video in 4k. It's just taking YT a little time to process it, so the footage may be blurry for the first couple of hours!
Such a tragedy with Dugin's daughter being killed. I disagree with their politics but really feel for what Dugin must be going through on a personal level. I would'nt be surprised if the FSB is behind this, but who knows?
@@lundsweden Horrible news! One Life Is One Life ! But know ,the father the Mind ,behind will pay for all what he promoted ! The daughter died ,cause the father did ,don t make me Happy !
Vlad, when Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Was dich nicht umbringt, macht dich stärker", (what doesn't kill you makes you stronger), I am not sure he was talking physically stronger. I think he meant strong willed, or more determined to go on and move forward. It seems that is what you are doing. You are an inspiration to those who have suffered and are currently suffering because of trauma. Thank you for that.
This was fascinating, and somewhat difficult, to watch for me as I've also had ME for some years now. I knew you had health problems but I did not know it was ME and to have my own symptoms described back to me so exactly was a little surreal. The ebb and flow of ones intellect, and ability to interact with the world, in particular is something that can only really be experienced. It's amazing and quite inspiring that you've managed to achieve so much from a similar position.
I love you, Vlad, you so often put things into perspective. I’m going through a dark night of the soul, but your words are a balm to that same soul. Thank you for your vulnerability!
Vlad, your beautiful smile at the end of this stunning prose made my heart, my soul, fill with joy. I look forward to seeing your notifications more than any other, and I wish you many years of stable health ahead.
I too have been physically (and mentally) limited by ME for 26 years. One of my former joys was riding and associating with horses. Now I immerse myself in the wonderful writing of Will James, an American cowboy. There is almost not a car or a building or even a fence in the life he describes and draws, as life takes place entirely “outside” in nature and with horses. For once, having a poor memory is a good thing, because I can re-read his books as soon as I forget them.
Oh man that's bad. Came back from a five hour walk (including dinner) yesterday. It cleans out corners of my mind I don't even am aware of. All the best for you Vlad. Where do we have to walk to to keep you alive?
Hi Vlad, I just wanted to express my sympathy and solidarity with your condition. I think I can imagine what it's like for you. Several years ago my kidneys failed, and towards the end of each morning I started to experience sharp cognitive decline. I couldn't work after around 11am, and by late afternoon (and even after napping for a couple of hours) I struggled to follow everyday conversations. My problems ended with a kidney transplant. I can't imagine what it must be living like that continuously. It makes your wonderful, penetrating analyses even more inspiring. Thanks for all that you do.
I have CRPS. I can't walk more than a few feet without extreme pain. It certainly changes your perspective on many things. I find it hardest being reliant on other people. I also have dreams of being able to float, I'm still me as I have my walking stick, and I can't fly - just float - but in the dreams I can use my stick, like a Venetian gondolier, to punt myself along. Among the various strange dreams I have these are some of the best ones!
Well, you've gone and made me cry this morning. These limits on your time and energy are taken from us all; time we don't get to spend with the master story teller. He gives examples of how to explore ideas, to communicate with honesty and maturity, and discover thinking, from many perspectives, all anchored by genuine empathy and respect for humanity. These examples, already a monument to personal strength, are made more rare and precious by that thief of time, stealing not just from the story teller, but across the connections, of the bound time, with all these distant friends we've never met...
I am no stranger to human tragedy. My sister is completely blind and she is still having a hard time accepting her condition. It's tough and heartbreaking when I see her suffer from the idea that she will never be able to do a normal human activities like healthy normal people do, but I hope she will some day accept her condition and may have a relatively happy life. Your videos have been of immense help for me to realize the struggles of others and be better human being and help each other. I wish you all the best and I hope you can continue help others through your knowledge and wisdom. Thank you!
I dance Contact Improvisation, a random dance that can have several people rolling on the floor, jumping, "flying", sometimes sweetly slow sometimes with chaotic energy. I met a facilitator that she has been progressively losing her sight and is now borderline in the need of a walking cane. But when she dances she needs no sight, she's there, very present and aware in every instant, moving, feeling and gently bumping, Creating among us being Life In Expression of a beautiful balance of vulnerability, strength, safety and trust on herself and on the whole group. I've been doing it for 14 years now and I've had some incredible moments, but none has matched the inspiration and the living awe out from me when we were on that initial sharing circle and she starts with "I'm not blind but...". It's called Dancing Within Your Condition and it can be a great metaphor and inspiration for Life, putting all our axioms under perspective. My best wishes to your sister, may she find her own dance and fly with the beauty that can be found in acceptance throughout her life.
Dear Vlad those last paragraphs of your script were very beautiful, even magical... and a life without hope and magic would be simply the grieving period between two darknesses. Hope you get better. Looking forward for your content!!!
That was really beautiful Vlad. I've suffered from depression for most of my life, and that final line felt...special?? I can't describe why really, but it was!
A beautiful poetic meditation on walking, moving, flying - and an introduction yo Werner Herzog's "On Walking on Ice". There is no self-pity and a great imaginative redemptiveness in Vlad's vision. It is moving. Thank you Vlad
This is genuinely so beautiful, educational, hopeful and uplifting. May God allow you to go for longer and longer walks. We all have our crosses to bear in life, and you bear yours with grace and a real fulfilment of what the soul requires, which is overcoming adversity with a smile!
It is such a blessing to feel humility as I do now after having listened to your words, as I know that in the relationship we have, I only take and give back nothing. It reminds me to look at others in a compassionate way--to be conscious of people who I can help with no view to receiving any kind of return. Some call it "paying it forward." Your generous nature compels me to share some small thing of me that another might need. You are the source of this awareness. Thank you.
Laura Hillenbrand, who wrote one of the best horse stories ever, Seabiscuit, about a great racehorse of the ‘30’s, she got CFS as a college student and was confined to one small room for years. But her experience as a rider before her descent into illness, then repeated dreams at night of racehorses sustained her soul, until she gathered herself for the work of a lifetime to tell the story of the most unlikely and extraordinary horse in American racing history.
Dear Vlad, I have watched all your Videos on both channels. I discovered you in April when I was sick with Covid.. and the War too actually. It did me such good to close my eyes and let my mind follow along. Your way of speaking has such a comforting effect on me and I am glad for the many ways you have broadened my scope. It has turned into a very one-sided friendship though. I just want you to know that your efforts are very appreciated and I count you as someone that I care about. Sending a little extra fortitude for those days you need it. Your new Videos are now often an occasion met with a bit of ritual.. I make a good pot of Pu-Erh and treat it like a visit. This video has been a particularly sweet visit, and in the background as I write this note, I I can hear the marvelous Tenor of a live Jonas Kaufmann concert happening nearby in the Kurpark here in Wiesbaden... Love from Germany ..Take care my friend.
I think I've mentioned that I've had CFS for 25 years. Fortunately, I've always been able to walk and it's been my only form of exercise, the only thing that clears my mind and helps me see things in a less destructive way. There are side effects to this disease that even those who suffer from it may not know. Because I often crash and end up on the couch, over time this prolonged laying down has damaged my spine in three places. So chronic pain. I hope you're using a high quality firm mattress.... I know you can't walk but I know a little what it's like to walk in your shoes.
Hi, you are certainly not alone in this! I have something similar, but not that bad. Yet it's hard for me to work, on most days I'm too tired and dizzy. One day I thought I would just ignore it and do my tasks, it ended up with me at my grandma's house sitting in an armchair for half an hour with my legs and arms going almost numb and the center of my tongue going totally numb, so I barely could say anything to my grandma!)
Hey I’m sorry you suffer from ME. I had a run in with such illness or similar in 2003. Lucky for me it was not severe. I was able to recover to 90%, 5 years later. I’ve since moved on. But I am astonished that all these years later this illness remains without adequate treatment. I wish you all the very best. Love you knowledge and insights. I too and a fan of Werner Herzog, great film maker. Your impersonating of Werner was first class 😂😂
Inspirational Vlad - thank you. I had a lovely walk on Friday to visit my Mother's grave (she passed in 2019) and soak up the English late summer atmosphere of harvested fields and the medieval Church in the graveyard of which she is buried. In the same area is the grave of the son of a friend who died far too early battling addiction. On the Saturday was a party just next door to my family home for that friend's 60th which she dedicated to raising money for an anti-addiction charity in memory of her son. When we open our eye when we walk there is so much to see and understand. Your talk makes us appreciate how lucky we are when we can walk. Thank you Stephen
Vlad, this chat was enchanting and inspiring ! Thank you so much for sharing what you shared personally and about the book ‘Walking on Ice’ Your smile at the end ~ beautiful The way in which you orchestrated this chat, I felt as if mesmerized I wish you all the best! I wish you health and strength, peace and happiness I wish you many more walks, to the best of your ability ~ and to fly!
Inspiring can't be the word to describe this video its an understatement. Being able to walk, talk, see, smell and the list go's on I take for granted every single day. Thank you for humbling me.
Thank you for recommending this book. It was extremely hard to find some years ago. When I finally got a scanned copy, for some reason I didn’t finish reading it. I will now.
Thank you, Vlad, for the gift of these joyous uplifting few minutes. In reply, I offer my bliss, my lilting, sky-touching dance --- my toes bounding from treetop to treetop --- as I catch birdsong bouquets.... I send one to you!
Thank you for a very beautiful and lyrical video of the stillness you endure. You are inspiring. 🙏💙🙌 I used to be able not to walk. Now I can walk down my road few days a week. All the best and love and light to you.
I just recently found your videos. I too have a chronic health condition. I have a TH-cam channel also but have taken lots of breaks recently to deal with pain and treatment. I’m inspired by your video work. It gives me hope that despite challenges life throws my way, it is important that I still focus on what is meaningful and impactful. Chronic pain doesn’t stop us from having a voice. ❤
I've been a distance walker all my life, hiking through nature and traversing the length of a city. Now I find myself dreaming of just being able to walk to the nearby store and back, hoping for the most marginal improvement. This came at a good time for me. Thank you for the book recommendation. Seems like I could use a read like that.
Vlad, you are awesome! Thank you for sharing your personal journey. You’re lovely and I’m very thankful for your influence in this world. May you experience fulfillment and joy in your life in every possible way. 🌻.
I enjoyed a Sunday 'walk' with you. Only recently, I am able to walk a little bit after 10 months of being practically bedridden. I truly appreciate your reflection on the joys of walking. I also had recurring dreams of flying and swimming; I felt so much freedom and elation. "It's not a boat that undulates on the waves of a lake, but how a lake undulates on the waves of a boat." "It's not a boat that undulates on the waves of a lake, but how a lake undulates on the waves of a boat." Hmmm, interesting thought.
Thank you for making this video Vlad. I feel the same way about walking & sometimes overdo it when I am able to go out. I get highly anxious & stressed when I feel unwell & trapped in my body or can't get my brain into gear. I just ordered the book, (I know what you mean about Hemingway!) I also find other nature writing & poetry can help - Mary Olivers work is always a wonderful place to immerse yourself when you want to escape into the natural world. Take care x
Vlad, I too have walked far more miles than most, through deep woods in the dark of night, ten or twnty miles at a time, sometimes much further and far from any road. I've also pedalled many tens of thousands of miles, alone, always, always finding a sort of weary and beloved satori somewhere along the way. Having done so for many decades finally my knees now hold a hard veto on walking much more than a mile at a time, so to some small degree I feel a similar sense of, if not loss, then perhaps nostalgia.
Vlad, you are a beautiful soul. Someone named Matthias who had a very similar illness and was my friend when I was struck by a (then) undiagnosed illness, saved my life by just being there and understanding. We lost Matthias about a decade ago, and to this day he is still special to me. I hope that you fully understand the beauty that you bring to this world by just being who you are and sharing the truth of your life with others. Thank you. I dream about running.
Dear Vlad, thank you for sharing this. I feel, that You are such a humble and kind person. I wish I knew somebody like you in person. I love your videos, you always provide a new perspective (for me :) on everything you talk about. I wish you good health and energy to walk more. Petr from Prague
Dear Vlad, your path is so much more difficult than others, you had to struggle day after day but what a beautiful smile, and a touching and luminous soul !
Thank you for this. What mobility and energy I had after many years of dealing with autoimmune disease was dispatched after I had Covid two years ago. I find joy in nature the best I can by sitting in the woods in silence and observing. If you haven’t read Loren Eiseley’s work, please give him a read, the Firmament of Time or the Star Thrower. Herzog is a favorite of mine, I was mesmerized by his movie The Cave of Forgotten Dreams. I treasure your videos, they are an oasis.
Hey Vlad, thank you for sharing something so personal and touching. Herzog certainly sounds like an interesting writer. I love the concept of naivety in the arts, not everything needs to be sophisticated or polished to be meaningful.
That is a beautiful story. And I love the way you talk about books. There are some talented writers, but readers can be even more talented. And I do feel sth similar to Hemingway as you described
I don't know why this only came up on my feed right now, but then again I do. I live 70 steps from my front door to the beach, and I know how therapeutic it is to walk barefeet on the beach sand or in the shallow waters. The best therapy is to walk barefeet on the cold ground of the forests on the old farms in my area, in the company of a good friend, talking continuously for hours. Due to retrenchment, never ending unemployment, stress, and a deep depression, I hardly step out my front door now, unless I have to. And then I drive there and get back as quick as possible. Listening to you I first felt ashamed, that I am able to but not doing it. But disability has many faces, one of them inability. And I realise there is no use being too hard on myself. But I do hear you, and I appreciate you. I will fall asleep tonight seeing that twinkle in your eye at the end of the video - somehow that has looked straight into my soul. Sending you love from a beautiful Cape Town❤
With a lifelong genetic challenge I can well understand as I am limited by my tolerance for pain as to how far I can walk. The genetic issue also creates a different mind with both plusses and minuses. One great plus is that disability forces one to take time one would rarely take, or would be unable to take to think about things they would not think about otherwise. Steven Hawkings is perhaps the "poster child" for this, but mainly because he had managed to get just far enough before the nightmare hit. Had it hit several years earlier the advancements of his world and ours would be very different. In dreams I have no disabilities, but even in daydreaming a goal as I think of how it might be done, I come across the reality that even if everything else went perfectly I could not get there physically. Your disability has given you a superpower and I am glad to see you have used it well.
*I COULD NOT COMPLETE MY DOG WALK* this morning due to long covid, its really getting me down after 2 years - then I get this in my recommendations... Ill watch it later when I have enough energy.
Such a good imitation of Herzog's voice. I've been fascinated by the way he speaks since I saw him discussing the making of Fitzcarraldo and the difficulties of the production especially with Klaus Kinsky. Herzog almost hyonotizes me and Vlad, you do it perfectly. What an amazing opera house in the jungle you yourself are creating.
I just found out about your channel and am now one of your greatest fan. I have loved philosophe... or sophia... since I first met it in college. I find your talks very relatable and mind opening without the spoon. Every bit of your story is awe inspiring to me. Keep the lights on, I will keep watching
I like your thinking and feeling Vlad .. I am from California and spent years in traveling in Ukraine and Russia since '96 .. I hope to meet you sometime ..
I suffer from clinical depression and adhd. I've trouble resting when I'm not physically tired. Your condition would be torturing me mentally and physically and I respect you so much for mental agility to keep going. Stay strong you are a inspiration too me. Don't always agree with you but would love to loose an argument with you....
I muse and think and mentally drift off into odd places when I walk. I think I return to being ‘me’ when I walk. Thank you for sharing this Vlad , Herzog’s book is now next on my reading list. Best wishes from Australia.
Beautifully put! Due to both knees being busted I can't run or jog anymore for extended periods and I loved it so much I might cry sometimes. But I can still walk and wish you could, too since it's my second favorite thing after running. My favorite thing after running is walking and talking with someone so, I feel your pain. All the more impressive that you do not let that keep you down and keep doing what you're doing!
I can’t imagine anything more terrifying than having your cognitive functions decline in real time; as your cognition is an inseparable part of your identity. I find it incredible that you are still taking walks despite these symptoms, and are able to find joy in the act of walking.
This video definitely had a profound impact on me. Not too long ago I unfortunately ignored my health for too long and crashed. My favourite hobby since recovering has always been walking in nature. I feel that in this process I have come to understand a fraction of what people with these types of illnesses go through on a daily basis. Truly amazing how strong you are
That cheeky smile at the end light all your face. If technology would have been more advanced I would pass on to you the feelings of the walks that I'm doing morning and evening with my sister's dog. Wishing you a more stable and serene health. 🚶🏃
Thank you Vlad. I knew something was wrong but didn't know what. You appear to be doing "well" despite your illness. I do understand this aspect (do to what I deal with). Please, keep doing what you're doing. Those of us that have discovered you, look forward to and appreciate your work. Again, thank you very much...
Dear Vlad, less than a year ago I was wheelchair bound - the culmination of a 20-year, unidentified malady. The accompanying depression iced that terrible cake. Today I’m walking briskly as if I have two decades of experiences to recoup. I would love to walk with you quietly, silently.
Brave and nice what you share ! Saludos,wish you the best!
Congratulations
Remarkable! So wonderful.
😊👍
How did you recover?
This one left me speechless --- no small feat. Please live a thousand years, Vlad. I insist on it.
That is so lovely of you, thank you.
I don't know if this is worth a penny but I love running my hand through the small square trays of wheatgrass I purchase for my cats. It is super soft and fluffy, as good as walking through grass barefoot (almost) which I dream about often.
@@smok4101 a penny? People who are able to share such things are priceless
@@smok4101 It must be something like flax seed. A long time ago I ordered a Japanese pillow containing the seeds. I have no idea whether it was really made in Japan, but after a few uncomfortable nights with the thing the seam tore and I stuck my forearm inside. I didn't sew it up and didn't toss it out, because you never know when you'll need to bury an arm or a foot (a face!) in flax seeds again. I wonder where it is...
You have put this in such good form. I was diagnosed 30 yrs ago with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue . Our life is so different from others. Not worse, just different . I find stress to be worse than physically over doing it. But yes I have such great dreams, my healthy relatives don’t understand my connection to my dreams. Thank you for this talk. I’m not alone in this❤
I often walk to work, getting ready right now to go to work, I doubt that walk will ever be the same again. Thank you for sharing this message. 🙏💖
My great pleasure Todd!
Your takes on Putin, Russia, Hemingway, Herzog, etc, make me feel like I've eaten something unusually tasty, and healthy, and worth thinking about. Thank you.
The best dream I've ever had was just me running aimlessly for hours. Because I can't in real life. Just thinking about it brings me to tears.
I have MS and miss it a lot too but it’s best to try and accept it or you will just go mad.
Oh my. I know that feeling. For me, it's daydreams of camping all alone, or walking on a long beach.
I really appreciate your content and your perspective, Vlad. I'm an American who just returned from two months of humanitarian work in Ukraine. I came to your videos to better understand Russia and the war, but the way you present ideas has also helped me connect dots on a broader scale. I had no idea about your disability until now but I am, again, in awe of your perspective.
Jared, please share your experiences, we are all longing to know more.
I love walking as well and from now on, every time I walk you’ll be walking with me.
Very beautiful! Thank you dear you.
A tiny personal video this Sunday. I hope you enjoy. Crimea and Dugin will be our topics early in the week on Chat, and next Sunday there should be a video on the main channel! Love to you all.
PS. This is my first - and probably only for a while - video in 4k. It's just taking YT a little time to process it, so the footage may be blurry for the first couple of hours!
Thank you so much. Will recommend thos to a friend with severe ME. Looking forward to the Crimea and Dugin chat. 🤗
Such a tragedy with Dugin's daughter being killed. I disagree with their politics but really feel for what Dugin must be going through on a personal level. I would'nt be surprised if the FSB is behind this, but who knows?
@@lundsweden Horrible news! One Life Is One Life ! But know ,the father the Mind ,behind will pay for all what he promoted ! The daughter died ,cause the father did ,don t make me Happy !
Vlad, when Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Was dich nicht umbringt, macht dich stärker", (what doesn't kill you makes you stronger), I am not sure he was talking physically stronger. I think he meant strong willed, or more determined to go on and move forward. It seems that is what you are doing. You are an inspiration to those who have suffered and are currently suffering because of trauma. Thank you for that.
This was fascinating, and somewhat difficult, to watch for me as I've also had ME for some years now. I knew you had health problems but I did not know it was ME and to have my own symptoms described back to me so exactly was a little surreal. The ebb and flow of ones intellect, and ability to interact with the world, in particular is something that can only really be experienced.
It's amazing and quite inspiring that you've managed to achieve so much from a similar position.
I love you, Vlad, you so often put things into perspective. I’m going through a dark night of the soul, but your words are a balm to that same soul. Thank you for your vulnerability!
Go gently Esther.
@Esther Roos you have my maiden name . Is your family in Germany?
Be safe, Vlad, and always stay free.
Vlad, your beautiful smile at the end of this stunning prose made my heart, my soul, fill with joy. I look forward to seeing your notifications more than any other, and I wish you many years of stable health ahead.
You’ve one of the prettiest, most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen ❤️
Dear you thank you!
@@VladVexlerChat ❤️
Marvelous and extremely inspirational video! I felt like I had a chat and walk through the woods with a friend. Thank you Vlad!
So glad!
I too have been physically (and mentally) limited by ME for 26 years. One of my former joys was riding and associating with horses. Now I immerse myself in the wonderful writing of Will James, an American cowboy. There is almost not a car or a building or even a fence in the life he describes and draws, as life takes place entirely “outside” in nature and with horses. For once, having a poor memory is a good thing, because I can re-read his books as soon as I forget them.
"sometimes you gotta spend money you dont have" so powerful, especially as that money is your health and life
I often use that expression, thank you
Oh man that's bad. Came back from a five hour walk (including dinner) yesterday. It cleans out corners of my mind I don't even am aware of.
All the best for you Vlad. Where do we have to walk to to keep you alive?
I couldn't imagine the privilege of walking and talking with you, Vlad. I wish you all the best.
Hi Vlad, I just wanted to express my sympathy and solidarity with your condition. I think I can imagine what it's like for you. Several years ago my kidneys failed, and towards the end of each morning I started to experience sharp cognitive decline. I couldn't work after around 11am, and by late afternoon (and even after napping for a couple of hours) I struggled to follow everyday conversations. My problems ended with a kidney transplant. I can't imagine what it must be living like that continuously. It makes your wonderful, penetrating analyses even more inspiring. Thanks for all that you do.
I have CRPS. I can't walk more than a few feet without extreme pain. It certainly changes your perspective on many things. I find it hardest being reliant on other people.
I also have dreams of being able to float, I'm still me as I have my walking stick, and I can't fly - just float - but in the dreams I can use my stick, like a Venetian gondolier, to punt myself along. Among the various strange dreams I have these are some of the best ones!
Well, you've gone and made me cry this morning. These limits on your time and energy are taken from us all; time we don't get to spend with the master story teller. He gives examples of how to explore ideas, to communicate with honesty and maturity, and discover thinking, from many perspectives, all anchored by genuine empathy and respect for humanity. These examples, already a monument to personal strength, are made more rare and precious by that thief of time, stealing not just from the story teller, but across the connections, of the bound time, with all these distant friends we've never met...
Vlad is a LEGEND !
Your life is a blessing to all of us
You do the perfect Werner Herzog imitation! I love Herzog's works, but haven't read this book. I will!
I know this book well, and I have to compliment your Werner voice imitation - spot on! Thanks so much for this!
I am no stranger to human tragedy. My sister is completely blind and she is still having a hard time accepting her condition. It's tough and heartbreaking when I see her suffer from the idea that she will never be able to do a normal human activities like healthy normal people do, but I hope she will some day accept her condition and may have a relatively happy life. Your videos have been of immense help for me to realize the struggles of others and be better human being and help each other. I wish you all the best and I hope you can continue help others through your knowledge and wisdom. Thank you!
Be strong ,wish you and sister the best !
I dance Contact Improvisation, a random dance that can have several people rolling on the floor, jumping, "flying", sometimes sweetly slow sometimes with chaotic energy.
I met a facilitator that she has been progressively losing her sight and is now borderline in the need of a walking cane. But when she dances she needs no sight, she's there, very present and aware in every instant, moving, feeling and gently bumping, Creating among us being Life In Expression of a beautiful balance of vulnerability, strength, safety and trust on herself and on the whole group.
I've been doing it for 14 years now and I've had some incredible moments, but none has matched the inspiration and the living awe out from me when we were on that initial sharing circle and she starts with "I'm not blind but...".
It's called Dancing Within Your Condition and it can be a great metaphor and inspiration for Life, putting all our axioms under perspective.
My best wishes to your sister, may she find her own dance and fly with the beauty that can be found in acceptance throughout her life.
@@rodrigogonzalogallegosgaja9566 thank you!
@@Humongous_Pig_Benis thank you, bless you and be safe!
Walking same 😐 . That wave analogy has power - need to sleep on that. Thank you
Thank you as always Peter. I never fully understood your JP video feedback. You're welcome to make it again.
Dear Vlad those last paragraphs of your script were very beautiful, even magical... and a life without hope and magic would be simply the grieving period between two darknesses.
Hope you get better. Looking forward for your content!!!
Vlad, I believe you're a real sport, a very subtle and astonishing character. I wish you all the best. Greetings from Germany.
Thank you! Oustanding! I walk whenever I can. It helps me process trauma.
That was really beautiful Vlad. I've suffered from depression for most of my life, and that final line felt...special?? I can't describe why really, but it was!
A beautiful poetic meditation on walking, moving, flying - and an introduction yo Werner Herzog's "On Walking on Ice". There is no self-pity and a great imaginative redemptiveness in Vlad's vision. It is moving. Thank you Vlad
This is genuinely so beautiful, educational, hopeful and uplifting. May God allow you to go for longer and longer walks. We all have our crosses to bear in life, and you bear yours with grace and a real fulfilment of what the soul requires, which is overcoming adversity with a smile!
Very sweet smile.
love you Vlad ❤️
Love back!
I am in the same situation. I just walk when, and as far as I can without totally flooring myself. Take care, friend.
It is such a blessing to feel humility as I do now after having listened to your words, as I know that in the relationship we have, I only take and give back nothing. It reminds me to look at others in a compassionate way--to be conscious of people who I can help with no view to receiving any kind of return. Some call it "paying it forward." Your generous nature compels me to share some small thing of me that another might need. You are the source of this awareness. Thank you.
Laura Hillenbrand, who wrote one of the best horse stories ever, Seabiscuit, about a great racehorse of the ‘30’s, she got CFS as a college student and was confined to one small room for years. But her experience as a rider before her descent into illness, then repeated dreams at night of racehorses sustained her soul, until she gathered herself for the work of a lifetime to tell the story of the most unlikely and extraordinary horse in American racing history.
Dear Vlad, I have watched all your Videos on both channels. I discovered you in April when I was sick with Covid.. and the War too actually. It did me such good to close my eyes and let my mind follow along. Your way of speaking has such a comforting effect on me and I am glad for the many ways you have broadened my scope. It has turned into a very one-sided friendship though. I just want you to know that your efforts are very appreciated and I count you as someone that I care about. Sending a little extra fortitude for those days you need it. Your new Videos are now often an occasion met with a bit of ritual.. I make a good pot of Pu-Erh and treat it like a visit. This video has been a particularly sweet visit, and in the background as I write this note, I I can hear the marvelous Tenor of a live Jonas Kaufmann concert happening nearby in the Kurpark here in Wiesbaden... Love from Germany ..Take care my friend.
I think I've mentioned that I've had CFS for 25 years. Fortunately, I've always been able to walk and it's been my only form of exercise, the only thing that clears my mind and helps me see things in a less destructive way. There are side effects to this disease that even those who suffer from it may not know. Because I often crash and end up on the couch, over time this prolonged laying down has damaged my spine in three places. So chronic pain. I hope you're using a high quality firm mattress.... I know you can't walk but I know a little what it's like to walk in your shoes.
Hi, you are certainly not alone in this! I have something similar, but not that bad. Yet it's hard for me to work, on most days I'm too tired and dizzy. One day I thought I would just ignore it and do my tasks, it ended up with me at my grandma's house sitting in an armchair for half an hour with my legs and arms going almost numb and the center of my tongue going totally numb, so I barely could say anything to my grandma!)
Vlad, you are a blessing to humanity…I sincerely wish for your full health to be restored.
Thank you so much!
Hey I’m sorry you suffer from ME. I had a run in with such illness or similar in 2003. Lucky for me it was not severe. I was able to recover to 90%, 5 years later. I’ve since moved on. But I am astonished that all these years later this illness remains without adequate treatment. I wish you all the very best. Love you knowledge and insights. I too and a fan of Werner Herzog, great film maker. Your impersonating of Werner was first class 😂😂
Inspirational Vlad - thank you.
I had a lovely walk on Friday to visit my Mother's grave (she passed in 2019) and soak up the English late summer atmosphere of harvested fields and the medieval Church in the graveyard of which she is buried. In the same area is the grave of the son of a friend who died far too early battling addiction. On the Saturday was a party just next door to my family home for that friend's 60th which she dedicated to raising money for an anti-addiction charity in memory of her son. When we open our eye when we walk there is so much to see and understand.
Your talk makes us appreciate how lucky we are when we can walk. Thank you
Stephen
Vlad, this chat was enchanting and inspiring !
Thank you so much for sharing what you shared personally and about the book ‘Walking on Ice’
Your smile at the end ~ beautiful
The way in which you orchestrated this chat, I felt as if mesmerized
I wish you all the best! I wish you health and strength, peace and happiness
I wish you many more walks, to the best of your ability
~ and to fly!
what a blast of gorgeousness your comment is! Thank you so much!
Much love and respect to you Vlad. 🙏🙏
Back at you.
Inspiring can't be the word to describe this video its an understatement. Being able to walk, talk, see, smell and the list go's on I take for granted every single day. Thank you for humbling me.
Very inspirational video. Thank you, Vlad. ❤️
Best last second in a video ever! That smile had me chuckelin. :D
Aw man sorry to hear. I’m on a walk now enjoying your great channel.
Thank you for recommending this book. It was extremely hard to find some years ago. When I finally got a scanned copy, for some reason I didn’t finish reading it. I will now.
Another unforgettable Sunday night with Vlad Vexler.Another moment of sensitivity in a callous world.
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Thank you, Vlad, for the gift of these joyous uplifting few minutes. In reply, I offer my bliss, my lilting, sky-touching dance --- my toes bounding from treetop to treetop --- as I catch birdsong bouquets.... I send one to you!
Thank you, I am ordering this book now. It sounds wonderful.
Thank you for a very beautiful and lyrical video of the stillness you endure. You are inspiring. 🙏💙🙌 I used to be able not to walk. Now I can walk down my road few days a week. All the best and love and light to you.
I just recently found your videos. I too have a chronic health condition. I have a TH-cam channel also but have taken lots of breaks recently to deal with pain and treatment. I’m inspired by your video work. It gives me hope that despite challenges life throws my way, it is important that I still focus on what is meaningful and impactful. Chronic pain doesn’t stop us from having a voice. ❤
Fascinating!! Thank you so much for sharing with us 💙💙
Vlad thanks for the deep thoughts and sharing w the world. Pray for only the best for you. Respectfully Tom.
Tom thank you so much!
I've been a distance walker all my life, hiking through nature and traversing the length of a city. Now I find myself dreaming of just being able to walk to the nearby store and back, hoping for the most marginal improvement. This came at a good time for me. Thank you for the book recommendation. Seems like I could use a read like that.
Vlad, you are awesome! Thank you for sharing your personal journey. You’re lovely and I’m very thankful for your influence in this world. May you experience fulfillment and joy in your life in every possible way. 🌻.
I enjoyed a Sunday 'walk' with you. Only recently, I am able to walk a little bit after 10 months of being practically bedridden. I truly appreciate your reflection on the joys of walking. I also had recurring dreams of flying and swimming; I felt so much freedom and elation. "It's not a boat that undulates on the waves of a lake, but how a lake undulates on the waves of a boat." "It's not a boat that undulates on the waves of a lake, but how a lake undulates on the waves of a boat." Hmmm, interesting thought.
Thank you for making this video Vlad. I feel the same way about walking & sometimes overdo it when I am able to go out. I get highly anxious & stressed when I feel unwell & trapped in my body or can't get my brain into gear. I just ordered the book, (I know what you mean about Hemingway!) I also find other nature writing & poetry can help - Mary Olivers work is always a wonderful place to immerse yourself when you want to escape into the natural world. Take care x
Beautiful. Thank you.
Vlad, I too have walked far more miles than most, through deep woods in the dark of night, ten or twnty miles at a time, sometimes much further and far from any road. I've also pedalled many tens of thousands of miles, alone, always, always finding a sort of weary and beloved satori somewhere along the way. Having done so for many decades finally my knees now hold a hard veto on walking much more than a mile at a time, so to some small degree I feel a similar sense of, if not loss, then perhaps nostalgia.
Vlad, you are a beautiful soul. Someone named Matthias who had a very similar illness and was my friend when I was struck by a (then) undiagnosed illness, saved my life by just being there and understanding. We lost Matthias about a decade ago, and to this day he is still special to me. I hope that you fully understand the beauty that you bring to this world by just being who you are and sharing the truth of your life with others. Thank you. I dream about running.
I feel for you.
Hope your health improves.
Thank you for enlightening me and given me more understanding of the present situation.
Thank you!!
Dear Vlad, thank you for sharing this. I feel, that You are such a humble and kind person. I wish I knew somebody like you in person. I love your videos, you always provide a new perspective (for me :) on everything you talk about. I wish you good health and energy to walk more. Petr from Prague
Petr thank you so so much!!
Dear Vlad, your path is so much more difficult than others, you had to struggle day after day but what a beautiful smile, and a touching and luminous soul !
Sending love and strength. Thank you for your personal video. The wave boat thingie is kinda deep. Atm I’m thinking it’s both.. take care
I told you, but I have to tell you again, I like listen your analyses, stories and other stuff.
Greetings from Romania.
You remind me to not take simple things for granted.
Thank you for this. What mobility and energy I had after many years of dealing with autoimmune disease was dispatched after I had Covid two years ago. I find joy in nature the best I can by sitting in the woods in silence and observing. If you haven’t read Loren Eiseley’s work, please give him a read, the Firmament of Time or the Star Thrower. Herzog is a favorite of mine, I was mesmerized by his movie The Cave of Forgotten Dreams. I treasure your videos, they are an oasis.
Hey Vlad, thank you for sharing something so personal and touching. Herzog certainly sounds like an interesting writer. I love the concept of naivety in the arts, not everything needs to be sophisticated or polished to be meaningful.
That is a beautiful story. And I love the way you talk about books. There are some talented writers, but readers can be even more talented. And I do feel sth similar to Hemingway as you described
Very lovely comment, thank you Anna! And yes yes about Hemingway!!
I don't know why this only came up on my feed right now, but then again I do. I live 70 steps from my front door to the beach, and I know how therapeutic it is to walk barefeet on the beach sand or in the shallow waters. The best therapy is to walk barefeet on the cold ground of the forests on the old farms in my area, in the company of a good friend, talking continuously for hours. Due to retrenchment, never ending unemployment, stress, and a deep depression, I hardly step out my front door now, unless I have to. And then I drive there and get back as quick as possible. Listening to you I first felt ashamed, that I am able to but not doing it. But disability has many faces, one of them inability. And I realise there is no use being too hard on myself. But I do hear you, and I appreciate you. I will fall asleep tonight seeing that twinkle in your eye at the end of the video - somehow that has looked straight into my soul. Sending you love from a beautiful Cape Town❤
Wow!!!!! I will think so differently from now on when i walk. I enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Simply wonderfully composed and presented. Thank you, as always, wishing you well.
Thank you for sharing this, Vlad.
With a lifelong genetic challenge I can well understand as I am limited by my tolerance for pain as to how far I can walk. The genetic issue also creates a different mind with both plusses and minuses. One great plus is that disability forces one to take time one would rarely take, or would be unable to take to think about things they would not think about otherwise. Steven Hawkings is perhaps the "poster child" for this, but mainly because he had managed to get just far enough before the nightmare hit. Had it hit several years earlier the advancements of his world and ours would be very different.
In dreams I have no disabilities, but even in daydreaming a goal as I think of how it might be done, I come across the reality that even if everything else went perfectly I could not get there physically. Your disability has given you a superpower and I am glad to see you have used it well.
Beautiful.
Magical. Thank you.
I truly enjoy your pieces, & what a delightful muse in one of my favorite artists! Thanks for the insight & reminder!
*I COULD NOT COMPLETE MY DOG WALK* this morning due to long covid, its really getting me down after 2 years - then I get this in my recommendations...
Ill watch it later when I have enough energy.
Thanks for sharing your story 😊
Such a good imitation of Herzog's voice. I've been fascinated by the way he speaks since I saw him discussing the making of Fitzcarraldo and the difficulties of the production especially with Klaus Kinsky. Herzog almost hyonotizes me and Vlad, you do it perfectly. What an amazing opera house in the jungle you yourself are creating.
Oh Vlad! You make me fly with all that you say! In a way, we are all one. You fly with me.
Your Werner impersonation was deep, Vlad. Deeply funny, also, and filled with love. Keep walking.
I just found out about your channel and am now one of your greatest fan. I have loved philosophe... or sophia... since I first met it in college. I find your talks very relatable and mind opening without the spoon. Every bit of your story is awe inspiring to me. Keep the lights on, I will keep watching
I like your thinking and feeling Vlad .. I am from California and spent years in traveling in Ukraine and Russia since '96 .. I hope to meet you sometime ..
I suffer from clinical depression and adhd. I've trouble resting when I'm not physically tired. Your condition would be torturing me mentally and physically and I respect you so much for mental agility to keep going. Stay strong you are a inspiration too me. Don't always agree with you but would love to loose an argument with you....
I saw the title and I ( HAD ) to watch ! I spent a long time locked down and walking at night is what I wanted. .. people take it for granted!
I muse and think and mentally drift off into odd places when I walk. I think I return to being ‘me’ when I walk. Thank you for sharing this Vlad , Herzog’s book is now next on my reading list. Best wishes from Australia.
Beautifully put! Due to both knees being busted I can't run or jog anymore for extended periods and I loved it so much I might cry sometimes. But I can still walk and wish you could, too since it's my second favorite thing after running. My favorite thing after running is walking and talking with someone so, I feel your pain. All the more impressive that you do not let that keep you down and keep doing what you're doing!
I can’t imagine anything more terrifying than having your cognitive functions decline in real time; as your cognition is an inseparable part of your identity. I find it incredible that you are still taking walks despite these symptoms, and are able to find joy in the act of walking.
This video definitely had a profound impact on me. Not too long ago I unfortunately ignored my health for too long and crashed. My favourite hobby since recovering has always been walking in nature. I feel that in this process I have come to understand a fraction of what people with these types of illnesses go through on a daily basis. Truly amazing how strong you are
Vlad Vexler, you are gorgeously inspirational
Much strength and power to you and thank you.
Love your channel Mr Vlad. When our bodies fail our spirits soar. When our spirits soar we become free.
Beautiful 💙
That cheeky smile at the end light all your face.
If technology would have been more advanced I would pass on to you the feelings of the walks that I'm doing morning and evening with my sister's dog.
Wishing you a more stable and serene health. 🚶🏃
Thank you Vlad. I knew something was wrong but didn't know what. You appear to be doing "well" despite your illness. I do understand this aspect (do to what I deal with). Please, keep doing what you're doing. Those of us that have discovered you, look forward to and appreciate your work. Again, thank you very much...