Just returned from annual family visit. Someone mentioned “if you only see them once a year & they might only have 4 years left, you’ll only see them 4 more times.” That really hit home, tried to let go of unconscious irritable family rapport & give my mom more hugs. Upon returning, she has injured her back. I hope to see her, and she see her grandchildren at least one more time ❤🙏. Don’t waste it.
I have been listening to Stoicism a lot, and also to old Samurai stories. Those things keep me grounded and honorable. I have learned that "my word is my bond", so if I tell someone I will help them I will do it no matter how I feel that day. It feels like people take each other for granted and they discard someone like it’s nothing. I'm guessing that's what made honor dissappear nowadays.
Soo many dopamine hits. The dopamine hits will take us away from these bigger questions. I've gained a lot of power back lately by watching everything that gives me a dopamine hit, and slowly taking those things out of my life... Getting closer to essence and purity. Love it.
The fact that everything will be like a faded dream one day, is definitely a boon when you realize the same thing applies to all the unpleasant experiences as well. This realization can also give us the power to be less afraid of making mistakes because soon it will only matter that we did something that pushed us further in the direction of what we wanted out of life, than if we felt comfortable along the way.
i loved this raw video.. open and honest reflection from an eternal essence 😍 thanks for sharing your vulnerability , you are 26 years old but you rock 🤩
Hi Kristian, just joined your channel. I find your information so refreshing and appropriate (at least to me) for the times we live in. Thank you. Much love and gratitude all the way from Portugal.
Being comfortable in your skin, knowing your strengths & weakness, likes & dislikes leads to contentment. Also, avoid all entangling relationships (attachments) is crucial. Don't get married!
I remember when I was a wee bit high on some THC and was watching To The Wonder and thinking about the insanity that was being born into and subject to WW2, and I'd been consuming a lot of space content and it all just kinda hit me the absolute absurdity of everything, like people everywhere trying to figure out what the fuck is going on in front of them, trying to navigate their insanely complex circumstances, and I just had to lay in bed and curl up in a ball. I just couldn't comprehend how I was here looking out of my eyes in a skull, seeing things around me that had infinitely complex chemistry and physical structure (like how a pebble on the ground has enough physical and chemical processes that would melt a supercomputer) and how everything increased in complexity the bigger or smaller you went. I get why people don't think about this because it's just a never ending mind fuck.
I get you man, I sometimes wonder if I‘m just stupid or lonely enough to have similar thoughts, but at the same time, then it‘d just be external factors numbing you down. Maybe I should keep myself isolated, keep thinking and then receive ultimate freedom by blowing my brains out.
You are getting there my friend. What you realized, in my eyes, is that there is no constant you. The "I" is in constant change, not as rapidly as our lower instincts like needs and emotions, but it is in constant change. You are never you outside of the present moment. Here you found something else. That which preceeds you. The real "you". Your instincts. This is what Nietzsche talks about. This instinct that reigns over all others is usually set for people, but nevertheless it is still in constant tension with the other instincts of the higher order. This is what leads perhaps to archetypes. What you felt was that. "Essence" is a good way to describe it. Something to consider here too is that Nietzsche said what we (general society before, during and after him until now) consider instances of where the "I" is strong, like a strong will, is actually the exact opposite. It is when we let go of the "I", let it fade out, and allow the truer, deeper, more authentic and higher instincts to come out, our essence. Almost like the "I" serves as a dam. Perhaps the Dyonisian and Apollonian stem from the Instincts and the "I"/ego that we have, respectively. This is why we need to sort of idle, or hike, just not really think until finally we do end up thinking and something pops up, out of nowhere. A new idea. It is the complete opposite of focus, of study. The same happens with dancing. You're not thinking, you're doing. You're moving, feeling, expressing. This is why Nietzsche likes to use dancing, and artists as his greatest admirations. This is why ancient rituals used to be a complete loss of self and the embodiment of an esssence. It is all manifestation of a deeper, truer, self. Religion stems too from the instincts. They were manifestations of the instincts of a given society/group of people. What has happend? We have inverted things. We now seek meaning in things that are external. Whereas the external used to be where we put meaning out unto. Christianity does not work. "Objective truth", science, ethics, does not work. Only the senses matter, only our truth matters, our instinct, our essence, it takes priority over all that is external. Always. This is why the senses do not lie, they do not lie one bit. Truth merely serves life. We have inverted it and it is one of the most unintuitive things for humanity. It's like a rat caught in a rat trap, how on earth could the rat possibly know what a rat trap is, how it was made or even think that it's existance was made purely for entraping a rat. It is very odd, but about a week ago I too found an unexplainable joy in the idea of eternally living this life. I pictured life as a crescento, leading towards an ultimate ending, the greatest of all joys, the catharsis of life, the greatest of all feelings, glories, meanings. That we, are a piece of art, a film, a music that is seeking it's big finale. And in it's wake, it creates, it discovers, it innovates, it leaves a mark for the rest of all humanity. Every single piece of life, every droplet of happiness and suffering, every little detail that changes you, is leading towards the finale, the final you. To change a single piece of life, is to change this beautiful tragedy completly. If I die tonight, I'd choose to live it all over again. And again. And again. I love my life.
I am only 16, feeling like my future is very bleak and empty. I found this channel recently and don‘t really understand much, same for this very articulate and wonderful comment. But maybe something I can get out of it is to not constantly seek to follow cravings, chasing desires of, for example love or meaningless temporary affection. All of this hedonism, I‘ve been living a very short meaningless live so far. I do not know who I am or if that person is still in development. I hope to one day gaze upon this comment or this channel as a more enlightened and happy person. God bless…oh wait, Christianity doesn‘t even work, and I don‘t know how it could work, I don‘t know anything really, it‘s eating me up.
"Meaning" is subjective, not universal (as I'm sure most of us here understand) ... I think questions like, "Why are we here?" should be seriously contemplated and reflected upon by many more people than is currently the case [most likely]. However, this is still trying to encapsulate meaning in an objective sense, and I think the reason that a more pronounced dissonance occurs around these sorts of issues is because: 1) people don't seem to talk about these things with each other often (on a mass scale, or the conversational space becomes inundated by other matters 2) people find these issues pointless, uninteresting, or subconsciously frightening (I strongly disagree, haha) 3) we don't live in tribal situations anymore, really (this has many pros and cons --> a good aspect of this is a wider variety of thought, more freedom, etc.; a negative aspect is loneliness, more personal doubts, etc.). Great stuff, man! Thank you ^_^
What’s your thoughts on older philosophers of the 20th century like Francis Schaeffer or Alan Watts? Again just curious really enjoy your channel brother
We are just some dumb animals living on the same planet. Not everything must be expressed, explained or felt. Sometimes things do not have any meaning nor do they have to. Simple as that. You do what you can, want and/or believe. And that`s it.
I've asked myself this question every single day for nearly all my life. I still don't have a satisfactory answer, however.
May be stuck here..
Just returned from annual family visit. Someone mentioned “if you only see them once a year & they might only have 4 years left, you’ll only see them 4 more times.”
That really hit home, tried to let go of unconscious irritable family rapport & give my mom more hugs.
Upon returning, she has injured her back. I hope to see her, and she see her grandchildren at least one more time ❤🙏. Don’t waste it.
I have been listening to Stoicism a lot, and also to old Samurai stories. Those things keep me grounded and honorable. I have learned that "my word is my bond", so if I tell someone I will help them I will do it no matter how I feel that day.
It feels like people take each other for granted and they discard someone like it’s nothing. I'm guessing that's what made honor dissappear nowadays.
Thank you Christian. You are so wise. I love all what you say. I even cried with you. I am old and could be your gran.......❤❤❤
Soo many dopamine hits. The dopamine hits will take us away from these bigger questions. I've gained a lot of power back lately by watching everything that gives me a dopamine hit, and slowly taking those things out of my life... Getting closer to essence and purity. Love it.
The fact that everything will be like a faded dream one day, is definitely a boon when you realize the same thing applies to all the unpleasant experiences as well. This realization can also give us the power to be less afraid of making mistakes because soon it will only matter that we did something that pushed us further in the direction of what we wanted out of life, than if we felt comfortable along the way.
i loved this raw video.. open and honest reflection from an eternal essence 😍 thanks for sharing your vulnerability , you are 26 years old but you rock 🤩
"Our ego becomes a little bit more comfy for our soul". Beautiful! Thank you. :-)
This is such an important topic
Hi Kristian, just joined your channel. I find your information so refreshing and appropriate (at least to me) for the times we live in. Thank you. Much love and gratitude all the way from Portugal.
great video!
It's so hard to get close to others knowing they won't be around for long. Take care bro
The Flaming Lips have a great song about this. ❤
Being comfortable in your skin, knowing your strengths & weakness, likes & dislikes leads to contentment. Also, avoid all entangling relationships (attachments) is crucial. Don't get married!
I remember when I was a wee bit high on some THC and was watching To The Wonder and thinking about the insanity that was being born into and subject to WW2, and I'd been consuming a lot of space content and it all just kinda hit me the absolute absurdity of everything, like people everywhere trying to figure out what the fuck is going on in front of them, trying to navigate their insanely complex circumstances, and I just had to lay in bed and curl up in a ball.
I just couldn't comprehend how I was here looking out of my eyes in a skull, seeing things around me that had infinitely complex chemistry and physical structure (like how a pebble on the ground has enough physical and chemical processes that would melt a supercomputer) and how everything increased in complexity the bigger or smaller you went. I get why people don't think about this because it's just a never ending mind fuck.
I get you man, I sometimes wonder if I‘m just stupid or lonely enough to have similar thoughts, but at the same time, then it‘d just be external factors numbing you down. Maybe I should keep myself isolated, keep thinking and then receive ultimate freedom by blowing my brains out.
You are getting there my friend. What you realized, in my eyes, is that there is no constant you. The "I" is in constant change, not as rapidly as our lower instincts like needs and emotions, but it is in constant change. You are never you outside of the present moment. Here you found something else. That which preceeds you. The real "you". Your instincts. This is what Nietzsche talks about. This instinct that reigns over all others is usually set for people, but nevertheless it is still in constant tension with the other instincts of the higher order. This is what leads perhaps to archetypes. What you felt was that. "Essence" is a good way to describe it. Something to consider here too is that Nietzsche said what we (general society before, during and after him until now) consider instances of where the "I" is strong, like a strong will, is actually the exact opposite. It is when we let go of the "I", let it fade out, and allow the truer, deeper, more authentic and higher instincts to come out, our essence. Almost like the "I" serves as a dam. Perhaps the Dyonisian and Apollonian stem from the Instincts and the "I"/ego that we have, respectively. This is why we need to sort of idle, or hike, just not really think until finally we do end up thinking and something pops up, out of nowhere. A new idea. It is the complete opposite of focus, of study. The same happens with dancing. You're not thinking, you're doing. You're moving, feeling, expressing. This is why Nietzsche likes to use dancing, and artists as his greatest admirations. This is why ancient rituals used to be a complete loss of self and the embodiment of an esssence. It is all manifestation of a deeper, truer, self.
Religion stems too from the instincts. They were manifestations of the instincts of a given society/group of people. What has happend? We have inverted things. We now seek meaning in things that are external. Whereas the external used to be where we put meaning out unto. Christianity does not work. "Objective truth", science, ethics, does not work. Only the senses matter, only our truth matters, our instinct, our essence, it takes priority over all that is external. Always. This is why the senses do not lie, they do not lie one bit. Truth merely serves life. We have inverted it and it is one of the most unintuitive things for humanity. It's like a rat caught in a rat trap, how on earth could the rat possibly know what a rat trap is, how it was made or even think that it's existance was made purely for entraping a rat.
It is very odd, but about a week ago I too found an unexplainable joy in the idea of eternally living this life. I pictured life as a crescento, leading towards an ultimate ending, the greatest of all joys, the catharsis of life, the greatest of all feelings, glories, meanings. That we, are a piece of art, a film, a music that is seeking it's big finale. And in it's wake, it creates, it discovers, it innovates, it leaves a mark for the rest of all humanity. Every single piece of life, every droplet of happiness and suffering, every little detail that changes you, is leading towards the finale, the final you. To change a single piece of life, is to change this beautiful tragedy completly. If I die tonight, I'd choose to live it all over again. And again. And again. I love my life.
I am only 16, feeling like my future is very bleak and empty.
I found this channel recently and don‘t really understand much, same for this very articulate and wonderful comment.
But maybe something I can get out of it is to not constantly seek to follow cravings, chasing desires of, for example love or meaningless temporary affection. All of this hedonism, I‘ve been living a very short meaningless live so far. I do not know who I am or if that person is still in development.
I hope to one day gaze upon this comment or this channel as a more enlightened and happy person.
God bless…oh wait, Christianity doesn‘t even work, and I don‘t know how it could work, I don‘t know anything really, it‘s eating me up.
"Meaning" is subjective, not universal (as I'm sure most of us here understand) ... I think questions like, "Why are we here?" should be seriously contemplated and reflected upon by many more people than is currently the case [most likely]. However, this is still trying to encapsulate meaning in an objective sense, and I think the reason that a more pronounced dissonance occurs around these sorts of issues is because: 1) people don't seem to talk about these things with each other often (on a mass scale, or the conversational space becomes inundated by other matters 2) people find these issues pointless, uninteresting, or subconsciously frightening (I strongly disagree, haha) 3) we don't live in tribal situations anymore, really (this has many pros and cons --> a good aspect of this is a wider variety of thought, more freedom, etc.; a negative aspect is loneliness, more personal doubts, etc.). Great stuff, man! Thank you ^_^
What’s your thoughts on older philosophers of the 20th century like Francis Schaeffer or Alan Watts? Again just curious really enjoy your channel brother
Alan watts was a big mentor at one point in my journey.
life is a dream its just an illusion we are the sleeping god
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We are just some dumb animals living on the same planet. Not everything must be expressed, explained or felt. Sometimes things do not have any meaning nor do they have to. Simple as that. You do what you can, want and/or believe. And that`s it.
We were created to bring glory to God then die and spend eternity with Him.
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