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When I was working on a pig farm, I observed one gilt (a young sow) who was smaller then the others so she was able to pull beneath the bars of her cage and escape it. With time workers started to leave her cage opened so she would always exit it and walk around the barn, explore it a bit and then return to her own cage on her own initiative.
I feel that I release and channel these primal instincts through intense exercise/ strong focus. Civilized life cut us off from nature and therefore our natural instincts. Current society breeds frustration, anxiety and even quiet resentment. Intense exercise helps me connect to my primal unconscious and temporarily relieves this trapped energy that again accumulates via everyday/ @civilized” life.
@@natrelacoustix Maybe, but a hamster with a strong and sound mind at least has a chance. Or do you see some *current* way out that the OP is overlooking?
Whether one admits it or not, man is a moral creature (if you don't agree with, this, ask yourself if you make moral judgements about other people - you will find that you do). When our animal instincts are let loose without restraint, they will inevitably clash with our morals at some point or other.
And I must add; those who have the WILL to fight, let them fight. But those that don't have the WILL to fight, in this eternal world of STRUGGLE, have no right to live!!!!!!!
This sounds a lot like Jung's shadow work, reclaiming repressed aspects of the psyche we have denied because they have been deemed unacceptable by those around us and the larger culture. Not always easy to do, but well worth the effort. Thank you for your videos. I always get something out of them.
Robert Yes brother, essentially this problem of “God is dead”, Nietzsche proposed the cure being something along the lines of individuals becoming “Ubermench’s”/supermen, and creating there own values. However Jung agreed in the sense we need an encompassing value system, but said that actually it’s impossible for an individual to create his own values, more so that they must “rescue these values” or rescue the dead father from the abyss. Essentially proposing that these religious values from all myth and religions were fundamentally rooted in these archetypes. And Religious structures were just complex “hyper stories” of multiple layers of archetypes intawoven to make “hyper evolutionary truths” which spoke not to the conscious mind, but the unconscious mind, hence religion effecting how you act in the world. Or so this was the desired effect of religion, and how religion was until the enlightenment where this subjective spirit of religion died, as they became too dogmatic. As this rational lens prevented the religious stories affecting the unconscious, hence acting subliminally, but rather they affected the conscious rational ego because of this newly mass acquired “Enlightenment lens” acquired in the 18th century. And this lens/tool has entered as the dominant “God” of the social non Archetypal layer of the collective unconscious of the West.
@@GeorgeStanleyStan That sounds pretty interesting. Thanks for your in depth reply, I appreciate it. I hope to learn more about all this as time goes on so I can understand it better. You seem to have a real deep grasp of it all. Are you in the new york city area by any chance?
Robert Thanks mate, I’m currently working on a film screenplay which proposes a creative solution to “God is dead”. So I’m reading a lot of Nietzsche, Jung and Dostoevsky and watching a lot of Jordan Peterson to try and understand it all more deeply. I’m happy to say I’m pretty obsessed with it all ha.. But I’ve always loved thinking about deep things. Regarding philosophy and psychology. Unfortunately mate I live in London, England, and not in New York. If you’re ever in London though, send me a message.
one thing i really love and respect about academy of ideas is how the paintings and artwork shown are always sublimely emblematic of whatever quote is on screen or with what's being narrated. big ups to the person who finds all these paintings and associates them with what's being talk about in the videos
Culture.... tradition, religion, family, country, tribes, customs, money, status, class....you name it. All these things are to separate humanity so they are easier to manager and control.
@@tavoiaiono7885 that's how these things are being used but to say that is the initial function is disingenuous and well, false. You, under any circumstances that would omit these things from the past, would not exist, period.
@@ericpermenter4155 And there is the proof of indoctrination and enslavement thinking. Of course I would exist, we ALL would exist. We would exist as a collective family (for the lack of a better word) one love united in spirit and body and soul. United in love and appreciation and satisfaction. There would be NO fear, NO anger, hate, envy towards each other. We would share all things and live longer and healthier with nature. We would exist in LOVE for all things great and small. You should think more with love and stop limiting yourself to things I had mentioned earlier. Light to you my friend. xxx
@@ericpermenter4155 Ok. I have a different understanding from yours. You are right though. We are all on the way to the same destination and we are at our own speed and at different levels. What you have said is completely true. What I know is long passed comparing the past present and future based on history. Happy journeys to you and all the best my friend.
I'm Jamaican, and you just have to integrate the shadow if you want to survive here. I see some videos with Americans calling the police for the most trivial things as if they don't know how to assert themselves. I think we moving too far from our instinct and that's largely why people are so easily hurt or offended, and turning to ideologies such as political correctness. Using the government to force people to be tamer and more vulnerable, and they are proud of it, claiming that it's the good and moral thing to do.
There is definitely a point here. But what about people that freely & consciously "gave up" on their instincts for the greater good (even Nitsche explained this) out of understanding that its a necessary price to pay in order to build a mass couture.
Jamaica has had one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world for many years, according to United Nations estimates In 2022, Jamaica had 1,508 murders, for a murder rate of 53.34 per 100,000 people, the highest murder rate in the world. Yes, apparently too many Jamaicans are following the lead of the barbarians (like Nietzsche thought they should) You need the Church or you will be damned like all the murderers, druggies, whores, and all the other sinners in Jamaica-- ruining this tropical paradise and turning it into a Hell on Earth instead I have no idea what "integrating the shadow" means in practical terms. I assume you mean you worship demons, or are into Voodoo like most Africans are. This has nothing to do with not calling the police. Blacks in America love the police and need them to back them in all their bad works. It is probably the same in Jamaica too, otherwise they would kick you off this tropical paradise for your ridiculous crime rates. Probably is coming soon anyway.
Watching these videos is like a tonic. It is such a relief to hear someone talk who can think and reason. .. I often ask myself, ; "Is there sanity nowhere?" .. And the choice of artwork is excellent, It makes me think of possibilities , of invention.
Best, most impartial, understanding driven analysis going around. Thanks so much for developing yourself to the point where you can teach this material simply and well. Your videos are full of substance and critical thought. I think this has been my favourite video so far, hard to say though compared to all your other great analysis 😁
Last few days i was listening some of interesting lectures on Nietzsche and re-watched most of Academy of Ides Jung, Ni videos.. To the point...Yes! Yes! Yes! I needed this one!
7:14 one should also note that the Greeks did these festivals mainly for the purpose of catharsis. Does not change the argument, but is a more accurate observation
His writings mean much more to me as I look back over my life; the hard fought and won lessons that were only through the difficult work put into healing, and the maturity that sprung forth from that; than they could have before. There's a wisdom in there that I can see, and know that I couldn't have seen until now.
Bro maybe these are max number of subscribers , and those others in majority are ignorant herd animals,they won't like great ideas,so they don't subscribe
This is UNBELIEVABLE!, this is exactly what I have been trying to explain to people around me, this video is amazing, I will show it to everyone as it explains it better than I could
Some weeks ago I'd have said the same but I think that gradually, steadily, bits and pieces of what you hear and learn start to sink in. Change must come slowly to some degree or else it has a high chance to just revert back
I just want to say thank you for creating these clips. I find interesting topics that I missed when I was in university. With each of your clips you are like spreading seeds of knowalage that I cannot wait to make into big trees. I am planning to buy some Nietzsche books very soon. :)
What a video! So informative. The best channel on philosophy and psychology... I just wanted to know though.. How do you know if you are confronting your animal instincts or unconscious... How do you reach your unconscious and connect with your animal spirits?
So tamed when looking at the "animal instinct" of others , they begin to fear the beast within...and try to assert oneself to a perceived "higher level" that is non existent.
It's not the only solution, we don't always have to follow Nietzsche. Nietzsche's solution is very difficult to implement. I'd rather implement Tyler Durden's solution, which would probably even impress Nietzsche. Complete existential solution.
Since We are what We are now it is hard for Us to go back to our primal instincts, but it isn’t to hard. Just sit down outside and do nothing. Once You figure out what You need to do next then I would recommend that or whatever You want to do is up to You.
Hi A.. Perhaps psychiatrist Carl Jung’s Shadow work will help U identify Ur specific innermost instincts both positive & (so called) negative .. so U can identify & consciously integrate them as U wish .. it’s Jungian psychology ‘shadow work ‘we all have our repressed unseen aspects 🙏😇/😈🔥.
I am but one brain, but best I have found is to exist as part of a 'society' or be a part of any large communal force of man there has to be an individual sacrifice. Sacrifice that part of you endowed by your creator to use to survive and thrive in nature and act according to natural law, or forfeit the greatest rewards of living in Civilized society. Civilization is no small bargain, the accumulated creativity and productivity of countless men can be harnessed and great things happen thanks to it, but it is NOT AT ALL compatible with 'Natural Man'.
I only differ here with one thing said by Nietzsche: consciousness is our "weakest and most fallible organ." Unless consciousness has a different meaning for him, it actually is my strongest "organ." And I definitely am apart from the herd and its thinking.
@Noah Wolf Per Joseph Campbell, I personally have taken the "Left-hand Path." I have ventured outside civilization into a world of danger. I have chosen the Hero's journey. Except that also being aware of the collective consciousness I think also is important for different reasons -- NOT for purposes of "fitting in." What the collective sees sheds light on where there could be friction or push back. It's important to know this for next steps and the journey. Consciousness is awareness, with varying levels and degrees. At its highest, there is no more important "organ" for intellect, planning and goals. No doubt, a connection with our animal nature, and healthy expression of it, is beneficial to us, both for psyche and physical well-being.
As rational beings we, humans have such a capacity to unite our instincts with our rationality. This gives such a balance sense in our individuation process. Although I cannot provide such a guideline to do so; I can say that we should trust our guts before a significant situation requires our attention, then we should apply our intelligence on how to get through it. I think that would be the first step to develop such a balance between our instincts and our intelligence.
Hello, I do not know if you take request, but here it goes. I have been taking on some readings from Carl Jung recently and found something I would like to know more about. He writes quite a bit about projections and how primitive man would project much of his world as being with a spirit, similiar to ancient greeks projecting Zeus, Hermes etc.. And how through the modernization of the world Jung calls it "despiritualized" and how the scientific mind has taken over the spiritual mind. Your videos are interesting to me, you have a fresh insight that I enjoy. If you ever have the time, I would love to watch one on this topic. Thank you!
Great piece. His idea about following our animal instincts actually sounds a lot like the higher power that Alcoholics Anonymous talks about. While that program comes directly from Christianity, its book is careful not to give a definition of the Higher Power. So, Nietzsche's theory that we have an instinct that can guide us, sounds similar. He cautions that we have destructive instincts, too. And likewise, spiritual programs cautions us about "evil" or the devil. His idea that we should have festivals that celebrate our instincts and desires sounds prescient as well. Not long after he wrote that, the modern Olympic games began. And, of course, here in the U.S. we have the Super Bowl, professional fighting, Halloween, gambling, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve and all kinds of bacchanalia.
I appreciate this post and the candid if not sometimes chilly analysis of Nietzsche. Truly. I am also fascinated and sadly so by the impact viewing a man ruthlessly beat his horse in Turin had upon him. How would the Übermensch respond? In kind?
Suffering is a frame of mind.you can be suffering and when you look at it from a different perspective not even think about or at it as suffering.perception is everything!
I haven't read this book yet, but I have a feeling it does a fantastic job in elaborating further on the message of this great clip. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, of fertility, ritual madness and religious ecstasy. Shiva is one of the more complex personalities of world mythology, similar to Odin in many ways, who's also known for his penchant for drunkenness, frenzy and extreme individualism, amongst other qualities. All have obvious "wild" aspects to them. “The faithful of Shiva or Dionysus seek contact with those forces which...lead to a refusal of the politics, ambitions and limitations of ordinary social life. This does not involve simply a recognition of world harmony, but also an active participation in an experience which surpasses and upsets the order of material life.” ― Alain Daniélou, Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus
I've been thinking about this same topic lately, mainly because of my observation of how man is becoming more sick and absurd as it strays from nature in our modern society. perhaps I should look more into this Nietzsche dude...
Nietzsche was a genius , his contemporaries treated him like he was mad and threw down his ideas with him , but I guess they deep down knew that he was right
Hey man I'm not sure if you'll see this but your cuts are a bit off. When you begin a new segment, The first word isn't heard or only part of it is. Hopefully this comment finds you. Keep up all the good work and thank you!
So does education, for it is like a double-edged sword, making rules and forcing children to obey through punishments and rewards are just like what we do to “train” dogs. However, without these rules and the idea of uniformity, not individualism, the classrooms would be a nightmare, with society completely collapsing and people driven by their own moral compass with varying leverages. Perhaps, it is best to find a balance between the complete ignorance of ones animal instincts and complete anarchy.
True. And education is indoctrination. To think that man today stands as a farcical remnant of the original divine intention, robbed of his earthly robes as the greatest of the animals, and dispossessed of his celestial glory by a suffocating civilization which was artfully crafted to subdue his best qualities . Incapable of committing himself to any kind of belief at all. Truly, we have been set upon by forces who wish to rid us of our strengths, qualities and origin. The question is by what hand or paw was this cunning chimera crafted... And is it possible to free ourselves from it? As yet these questions have not been collectively answered, and as the wheel of time spins onwards, the vast gates of freedom close that little bit more.
We are being attacked by the perfected form of antiindividualism. It's in the media, in the advertising, and in the words we speak to our own children.
Pertaining to the communal events notion - I can personally attest that contemporary music festivals are forging this revival of the primal and archaic, along paths of varied renditions. i.e. electronic music and the flourishing sub-genres are producing quite colourful behavior. (Checkout psytrance fests, american electronic music circuits, art exhibit-music hybrids, etc)
I spent much of yesterday thinking about Circe and how to articulate Her in a post rock composition along with Scylla Cheridus Calyp[so...Oddyseus' men were turned into animals - but he was not ..t as she gave him the antidote to her position - nevertheless he remained with her for 5 years...Did I misunderstand Homer? By truth turning his men (aspects of his own psyche) into animals did she help him reconnect with his instincts? (Thank you so much for assembling Nietzsche's ideas into one coherent thread for us. Please keep going with your work to wake us up.)
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Academy of Ideas thank you for the creation of this content of authentic wisdom
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Gratitude.
@Philip Thomas Right . You beat me to it . Perhaps the narrator pronounced Kirkegaard too often.
I love your work and can best support you now with another humble pronunciation pointer:
[cultural] more = mor-A
So tamed that actually when the cage is open they choose not to get out of it.
Zeman Meneb
Learned helplessness.
Zeman Meneb reading this hurts
but it's so true
Even worse, the cage has been open the entire time.
Because we try to "fit in" with society,
which is just a fancy way of being
enslaved.
When I was working on a pig farm, I observed one gilt (a young sow) who was smaller then the others so she was able to pull beneath the bars of her cage and escape it. With time workers started to leave her cage opened so she would always exit it and walk around the barn, explore it a bit and then return to her own cage on her own initiative.
I feel that I release and channel these primal instincts through intense exercise/ strong focus.
Civilized life cut us off from nature and therefore our natural instincts.
Current society breeds frustration, anxiety and even quiet resentment.
Intense exercise helps me connect to my primal unconscious and temporarily relieves this trapped energy that again accumulates via everyday/ @civilized” life.
Sadly you just sound like the hamster... Frantically running on its wheel, but still in the cage.
Thanks for telling us
Society has always been a disease since its inception
@@natrelacoustix Maybe, but a hamster with a strong and sound mind at least has a chance. Or do you see some *current* way out that the OP is overlooking?
I agree, that is what I feel as well.
Nothing more pure and true than pushing through pain we chose ourselves.
He who wants to reach his full potential must trust his animal instincts, intuitions, talents and skills.
Whether one admits it or not, man is a moral creature (if you don't agree with, this, ask yourself if you make moral judgements about other people - you will find that you do). When our animal instincts are let loose without restraint, they will inevitably clash with our morals at some point or other.
@@juliemauger6183 Nice point. What is your view on the video and thoughts on this subject? Would like to know what you think.
And I must add; those who have the WILL to fight, let them fight. But those that don't have the WILL to fight, in this eternal world of STRUGGLE, have no right to live!!!!!!!
Speak for yourself, I’ve overcome my baser instincts, mastered self discipline and have obtained a body & a mind that are the envy of many.
Always blown away by the art in these.
Hhhmmn...
Just the "art", calls for a statement ?
@@bignoseharry6561 i was blown away by his outfit..
@@bignoseharry6561 i was blown away by his outfit..
A man of culture
@@cindyl3297 Thank you.
"All good things are wild and free." - Henry David Thoreau
LIFE is FREE
Easy to be free when someone else is footing the bill for your time at the pond.
videogames áre wild
''I like pie'' - Johnny Bravo
"To be self-reliant is to listen to and heed the still small voice of God within." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
This sounds a lot like Jung's shadow work, reclaiming repressed aspects of the psyche we have denied because they have been deemed unacceptable by those around us and the larger culture. Not always easy to do, but well worth the effort. Thank you for your videos. I always get something out of them.
Leigha Chantrose Nietzsche was the foundation of a lot of Jung’s works.
@@GeorgeStanleyStan Is that really the case? Wow, that's amazing. I didn't realize that. I have to look more into that.
Robert Yes brother, essentially this problem of “God is dead”, Nietzsche proposed the cure being something along the lines of individuals becoming “Ubermench’s”/supermen, and creating there own values.
However Jung agreed in the sense we need an encompassing value system, but said that actually it’s impossible for an individual to create his own values, more so that they must “rescue these values” or rescue the dead father from the abyss. Essentially proposing that these religious values from all myth and religions were fundamentally rooted in these archetypes. And Religious structures were just complex “hyper stories” of multiple layers of archetypes intawoven to make “hyper evolutionary truths” which spoke not to the conscious mind, but the unconscious mind, hence religion effecting how you act in the world. Or so this was the desired effect of religion, and how religion was until the enlightenment where this subjective spirit of religion died, as they became too dogmatic. As this rational lens prevented the religious stories affecting the unconscious, hence acting subliminally, but rather they affected the conscious rational ego because of this newly mass acquired “Enlightenment lens” acquired in the 18th century. And this lens/tool has entered as the dominant “God” of the social non Archetypal layer of the collective unconscious of the West.
@@GeorgeStanleyStan That sounds pretty interesting. Thanks for your in depth reply, I appreciate it. I hope to learn more about all this as time goes on so I can understand it better. You seem to have a real deep grasp of it all.
Are you in the new york city area by any chance?
Robert Thanks mate, I’m currently working on a film screenplay which proposes a creative solution to “God is dead”. So I’m reading a lot of Nietzsche, Jung and Dostoevsky and watching a lot of Jordan Peterson to try and understand it all more deeply.
I’m happy to say I’m pretty obsessed with it all ha.. But I’ve always loved thinking about deep things. Regarding philosophy and psychology.
Unfortunately mate I live in London, England, and not in New York. If you’re ever in London though, send me a message.
one thing i really love and respect about academy of ideas is how the paintings and artwork shown are always sublimely emblematic of whatever quote is on screen or with what's being narrated. big ups to the person who finds all these paintings and associates them with what's being talk about in the videos
Frederick Nietzsche would definitely be on my list of people I would want to talk to if I could go back in time.
he'd look down on you
@@chumaggots666 why?
@@chumaggots666 lol
They are all big dicks in personal lives, you would be looked down, humiliated and return damaged.
Id talk to Friedrich instead but thats just me (:
“Culture is not your friend” - Terrence McKenna
Culture.... tradition, religion, family, country, tribes, customs, money, status, class....you name it. All these things are to separate humanity so they are easier to manager and control.
@@tavoiaiono7885 that's how these things are being used but to say that is the initial function is disingenuous and well, false. You, under any circumstances that would omit these things from the past, would not exist, period.
@@ericpermenter4155 And there is the proof of indoctrination and enslavement thinking. Of course I would exist, we ALL would exist. We would exist as a collective family (for the lack of a better word) one love united in spirit and body and soul. United in love and appreciation and satisfaction. There would be NO fear, NO anger, hate, envy towards each other. We would share all things and live longer and healthier with nature. We would exist in LOVE for all things great and small. You should think more with love and stop limiting yourself to things I had mentioned earlier. Light to you my friend. xxx
@@ericpermenter4155 Ok. I have a different understanding from yours. You are right though. We are all on the way to the same destination and we are at our own speed and at different levels. What you have said is completely true. What I know is long passed comparing the past present and future based on history. Happy journeys to you and all the best my friend.
@@tavoiaiono7885 I gave you a thumbs up, if only to satiate your ego. Take care and remember, long winds blow hard.
I'm Jamaican, and you just have to integrate the shadow if you want to survive here. I see some videos with Americans calling the police for the most trivial things as if they don't know how to assert themselves. I think we moving too far from our instinct and that's largely why people are so easily hurt or offended, and turning to ideologies such as political correctness. Using the government to force people to be tamer and more vulnerable, and they are proud of it, claiming that it's the good and moral thing to do.
There is definitely a point here. But what about people that freely & consciously "gave up" on their instincts for the greater good (even Nitsche explained this) out of understanding that its a necessary price to pay in order to build a mass couture.
Colture*
Jamaica has had one of the highest intentional homicide rates in the world for many years, according to United Nations estimates
In 2022, Jamaica had 1,508 murders, for a murder rate of 53.34 per 100,000 people, the highest murder rate in the world.
Yes, apparently too many Jamaicans are following the lead of the barbarians (like Nietzsche thought they should)
You need the Church or you will be damned like all the murderers, druggies, whores, and all the other sinners in Jamaica-- ruining this tropical paradise and turning it into a Hell on Earth instead
I have no idea what "integrating the shadow" means in practical terms. I assume you mean you worship demons, or are into Voodoo like most Africans are.
This has nothing to do with not calling the police. Blacks in America love the police and need them to back them in all their bad works.
It is probably the same in Jamaica too, otherwise they would kick you off this tropical paradise for your ridiculous crime rates. Probably is coming soon anyway.
Watching these videos is like a tonic. It is such a relief to hear someone talk who can think and reason. .. I often ask myself, ; "Is there sanity nowhere?" .. And the choice of artwork is excellent, It makes me think of possibilities , of invention.
Only just used this same phrase to someone a short while ago.😁😁
Gotta love the fact that these videos not only exist but new ones are being made. bless
the old ones also came into existence by being made
And they’re free!
Your videos seem to be the narration of my life. The videos seem to echo my own self realizations made by living my life.
@once upon a death How many deaths have you experienced, I myself have experienced more than I can remember, cool name.
The best moment of my day
"To live is to suffer. To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering" - Nietzsche
@@sophiafake-virus2456 why do you say that?
Because it is the truth.
Also Smiths lyrics😂
"Suffering is the medicine, and pleasure the disease, because where there is pleasure, there is no desire for God."- Some Sikhism guru
Dmx - Slippin’
Even after reading Nietzche I am always astounded at his revelations being read too me!
Great video. The videos on Nietzsche are particularly helpful in understanding his complex writing and ideas
There is a reason why Nietzsche is your most viewed video :O
#Ubermensch
It's because of a lobster that knows how to clean a room.
Wow what a video . What a video . Ty
I see some of the possible inspiration for Jung's theory of the shadow and its integration and his beliefs regarding the role of intuition
Exactly my thoughts.
Jung was highly influenced by Nietzsche. This is generally known.
Thanks!
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Last few days i was listening some of interesting lectures on Nietzsche and re-watched most of Academy of Ides Jung, Ni videos.. To the point...Yes! Yes! Yes! I needed this one!
7:14 one should also note that the Greeks did these festivals mainly for the purpose of catharsis. Does not change the argument, but is a more accurate observation
His writings mean much more to me as I look back over my life; the hard fought and won lessons that were only through the difficult work put into healing, and the maturity that sprung forth from that; than they could have before. There's a wisdom in there that I can see, and know that I couldn't have seen until now.
ThankU Academy ..Awesome & Important
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Bro maybe these are max number of subscribers
, and those others in majority are ignorant herd animals,they won't like great ideas,so they don't subscribe
Yes, don't "shut down" your inner animal, or
it will turn on you.
Yet again, wow.
The info is great to start of with. But the scripts you come up with to convey this information are super tight. I tip my hat!
This lecture changed my life. Thank you
This is UNBELIEVABLE!, this is exactly what I have been trying to explain to people around me, this video is amazing, I will show it to everyone as it explains it better than I could
This was beautiful, thanks Academy of ideas!
One of the best videos I've seen so far.
Time to watch another video about how to improve my life while taking no actual real-world action to do so.
lololol mental masturbation
Well if you are watching this channel you have already taken a step towards self actualization.
Sounds like you're at a pretty good stage of development. If you've made it this far, you don't yet realize how close you are to the next stage
What are we striving for anyway? Who's to set standards of what an improved, actualized human being could be?
Some weeks ago I'd have said the same but I think that gradually, steadily, bits and pieces of what you hear and learn start to sink in. Change must come slowly to some degree or else it has a high chance to just revert back
Highly under appreciated video man. You do really excellent work this is one of my favorites so far. Thank you for this
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I just want to say thank you for creating these clips. I find interesting topics that I missed when I was in university. With each of your clips you are like spreading seeds of knowalage that I cannot wait to make into big trees. I am planning to buy some Nietzsche books very soon. :)
This is the best of your videos I've watched. Excellent research as usual man.
You’re instincts are sound. Thank you for your creation.
Every single video man...such greatness
Interesting and such a great deep understanding of what separates us free every other living creature on Earth
Very well done. A timely video for me. Thank you.
It's nice that many here are putting some thought to this subject and necessarily agreeing with everything Neitzsche has said.
What a video! So informative. The best channel on philosophy and psychology... I just wanted to know though.. How do you know if you are confronting your animal instincts or unconscious... How do you reach your unconscious and connect with your animal spirits?
So concise; So true; So amazing; such a very valuable insight.
Because the only true competition we have is ourselves.
So once we tame ourselves, we regress ourselves.
So tamed when looking at the "animal instinct" of others , they begin to fear the beast within...and try to assert oneself to a perceived "higher level" that is non existent.
Absolutely wonderful ! Thank you for producing this
9:13 when he is taking about our "nature" and "origin", what is he referring to concretely?
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Anyone has any practical ideas to achieve the reconciliation with our animal instincts?
Very interesting and worked video by the way!
It's not the only solution, we don't always have to follow Nietzsche. Nietzsche's solution is very difficult to implement. I'd rather implement Tyler Durden's solution, which would probably even impress Nietzsche. Complete existential solution.
@@Whats_in_a_name_1 agree to disagree
Since We are what We are now it is hard for Us to go back to our primal instincts, but it isn’t to hard. Just sit down outside and do nothing. Once You figure out what You need to do next then I would recommend that or whatever You want to do is up to You.
Hi A.. Perhaps psychiatrist Carl Jung’s Shadow work will help U identify Ur specific innermost instincts both positive & (so called) negative .. so U can identify & consciously integrate them as U wish .. it’s Jungian psychology ‘shadow work ‘we all have our repressed unseen aspects
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I am but one brain, but best I have found is to exist as part of a 'society' or be a part of any large communal force of man there has to be an individual sacrifice.
Sacrifice that part of you endowed by your creator to use to survive and thrive in nature and act according to natural law, or forfeit the greatest rewards of living in Civilized society.
Civilization is no small bargain, the accumulated creativity and productivity of countless men can be harnessed and great things happen thanks to it, but it is NOT AT ALL compatible with 'Natural Man'.
Thank you for all that you do. These videos have helped me to find some grounding in this chaotic whirlwind of a place.
These videos act as wonderful supplements while reading Neitzche. Thank you for the great channel!
I only differ here with one thing said by Nietzsche: consciousness is our "weakest and most fallible organ." Unless consciousness has a different meaning for him, it actually is my strongest "organ." And I definitely am apart from the herd and its thinking.
Yes. You are a true individual
@Noah Wolf Per Joseph Campbell, I personally have taken the "Left-hand Path." I have ventured outside civilization into a world of danger. I have chosen the Hero's journey.
Except that also being aware of the collective consciousness I think also is important for different reasons -- NOT for purposes of "fitting in." What the collective sees sheds light on where there could be friction or push back. It's important to know this for next steps and the journey.
Consciousness is awareness, with varying levels and degrees. At its highest, there is no more important "organ" for intellect, planning and goals. No doubt, a connection with our animal nature, and healthy expression of it, is beneficial to us, both for psyche and physical well-being.
As rational beings we, humans have such a capacity to unite our instincts with our rationality. This gives such a balance sense in our individuation process. Although I cannot provide such a guideline to do so; I can say that we should trust our guts before a significant situation requires our attention, then we should apply our intelligence on how to get through it. I think that would be the first step to develop such a balance between our instincts and our intelligence.
thanks for that video, as it opened up another aspect which also confirms other observations
Hello, I do not know if you take request, but here it goes. I have been taking on some readings from Carl Jung recently and found something I would like to know more about. He writes quite a bit about projections and how primitive man would project much of his world as being with a spirit, similiar to ancient greeks projecting Zeus, Hermes etc.. And how through the modernization of the world Jung calls it "despiritualized" and how the scientific mind has taken over the spiritual mind. Your videos are interesting to me, you have a fresh insight that I enjoy. If you ever have the time, I would love to watch one on this topic. Thank you!
As always great vids. I bought a book on cynicism and it was less than adequate. The vid on Diogenes was superb
Very nice point of view for "Truth as Circe" from HAH. Hadn't thought of it that way.
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We domesticated ourselves...
I feel videos such as this are helping me slowly arrive at a better direction, wherever that may lead. Thanks.
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Great video. And very timely, as I’m preparing to write an essay concerning auto domestication.
Great piece. His idea about following our animal instincts actually sounds a lot like the higher power that Alcoholics Anonymous talks about. While that program comes directly from Christianity, its book is careful not to give a definition of the Higher Power. So, Nietzsche's theory that we have an instinct that can guide us, sounds similar. He cautions that we have destructive instincts, too. And likewise, spiritual programs cautions us about "evil" or the devil. His idea that we should have festivals that celebrate our instincts and desires sounds prescient as well. Not long after he wrote that, the modern Olympic games began. And, of course, here in the U.S. we have the Super Bowl, professional fighting, Halloween, gambling, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve and all kinds of bacchanalia.
Great content and visuals, as usual
Wonderful work!
I appreciate this post and the candid if not sometimes chilly analysis of Nietzsche. Truly. I am also fascinated and sadly so by the impact viewing a man ruthlessly beat his horse in Turin had upon him. How would the Übermensch respond? In kind?
Suffering is a frame of mind.you can be suffering and when you look at it from a different perspective not even think about or at it as suffering.perception is everything!
This video is massively underrated
I haven't read this book yet, but I have a feeling it does a fantastic job in elaborating further on the message of this great clip. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, of fertility, ritual madness and religious ecstasy. Shiva is one of the more complex personalities of world mythology, similar to Odin in many ways, who's also known for his penchant for drunkenness, frenzy and extreme individualism, amongst other qualities. All have obvious "wild" aspects to them.
“The faithful of Shiva or Dionysus seek contact with those forces which...lead to a refusal of the politics, ambitions and limitations of ordinary social life. This does not involve simply a recognition of world harmony, but also an active participation in an experience which surpasses and upsets the order of material life.”
― Alain Daniélou, Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus
"All good things are wild and free." - Henry David Thoreau
the Greeks really had it down in all aspects of life, I praise them for their way of living why shouldn't all of us?
I've been thinking about this same topic lately, mainly because of my observation of how man is becoming more sick and absurd as it strays from nature in our modern society. perhaps I should look more into this Nietzsche dude...
This is a really good video, very well scripted and narrated.
The image at 9:15 is very intriguing! Does anyone know what painting it is from?
Nietzsche was a genius , his contemporaries treated him like he was mad and threw down his ideas with him , but I guess they deep down knew that he was right
Hey man I'm not sure if you'll see this but your cuts are a bit off. When you begin a new segment, The first word isn't heard or only part of it is. Hopefully this comment finds you.
Keep up all the good work and thank you!
Great video man... thanks so much
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Civilization is domestication.
So does education, for it is like a double-edged sword, making rules and forcing children to obey through punishments and rewards are just like what we do to “train” dogs. However, without these rules and the idea of uniformity, not individualism, the classrooms would be a nightmare, with society completely collapsing and people driven by their own moral compass with varying leverages. Perhaps, it is best to find a balance between the complete ignorance of ones animal instincts and complete anarchy.
Oh the ways in which I would retort if I cared to!!! Oh the ways!!! :(
@@mementocatharsis9372 Thanos, "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."
True. And education is indoctrination. To think that man today stands as a farcical remnant of the original divine intention, robbed of his earthly robes as the greatest of the animals, and dispossessed of his celestial glory by a suffocating civilization which was artfully crafted to subdue his best qualities . Incapable of committing himself to any kind of belief at all. Truly, we have been set upon by forces who wish to rid us of our strengths, qualities and origin. The question is by what hand or paw was this cunning chimera crafted... And is it possible to free ourselves from it? As yet these questions have not been collectively answered, and as the wheel of time spins onwards, the vast gates of freedom close that little bit more.
We are being attacked by the perfected form of antiindividualism. It's in the media, in the advertising, and in the words we speak to our own children.
Very well made video, thank you
A very timely topic addressing "bad conscience" during this age of guilt mongering!
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The individual creates the collective. Don't let the collective make who you are.
I'm no fan of Nietzsche, but I am willing to listen to what he had to say. There are some profound insights.
Pertaining to the communal events notion - I can personally attest that contemporary music festivals are forging this revival of the primal and archaic, along paths of varied renditions. i.e. electronic music and the flourishing sub-genres are producing quite colourful behavior. (Checkout psytrance fests, american electronic music circuits, art exhibit-music hybrids, etc)
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I spent much of yesterday thinking about Circe and how to articulate Her in a post rock composition along with Scylla Cheridus Calyp[so...Oddyseus' men were turned into animals - but he was not ..t as she gave him the antidote to her position - nevertheless he remained with her for 5 years...Did I misunderstand Homer? By truth turning his men (aspects of his own psyche) into animals did she help him reconnect with his instincts? (Thank you so much for assembling Nietzsche's ideas into one coherent thread for us. Please keep going with your work to wake us up.)
Amazing content thanks so much