The Long and Violent War Against Your Soul
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Self Reliance, Emerson
Emerson and Self-reliance, Kateb
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Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 - Mira Ma
View From an Ocean Window - Staffan Carlen
Raindrop Animation - Eden Avery
Holding on to Hope - Megan Wofford
View of the Park - Roots and Recognition
Slowfly - Martin Landh
When We Were Friends - Amaranth Cove
Letting the Light In - Roots and Recognition
The Old House - Rikard From
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when does emerson every talk about children, and family and the toil of feeding family. i'd like to hear more about his thoughts on sustenance.
I reported this video for its thumbnail picture, please remove/change it, as there are children on youtube as well, and also not all adults would like to see that.
@@lapimano2 I sort of disagree, yes it is disturbing but children would not find it because of how the algorithim works, Horses does not cover most child friendly concepts. So children wont find it.
@@Sw00zy911 So just because children cant see it (accoring to you) its okay?
You only partially argued against my point, you provided no argument agains adult ppl who otherwise disgusted by it seing this.
Usually there is a disclaimer on videos which might contain gore and violence (and there is a reason for that), so ppl who dont want to see them can skip the video.
But this time the author put the gore picture into the thumbnail, so it appears without any warning for everyone.
For example i didnt came here to watch the video, yet i am forced to see part of it over and over again.
Even you admitted that its "disturbing" so i dont see whats your point here.
Usually the norm among fair people is no unnecessary offenses against other people, which was violated her imo. Maybe its different here.
@@johnfiddle5321 Yea now I agree with you, for the children it might be not seen but for adults being disgusted that's completely fair and the lack of a disclaimer is prolly the most alarming thing. 🤝
"Be misunderstood, as long as you understand yourself."
Jokes on them, I am both misunderstood and don’t understand myself!
@@saeveth "maybe you are just not ready to accept yourself".
@@anishehe very probably
@@saeveth Well atleast now you know where to start
I like horses
I refuse to believe this channel isn’t run by a stable of horses
Its actually a bunch of wild horses that sometimes come together to discuss philosophy
and dear god does it stink in there.
Its the spirit of dozens of philosophical horses channeling themselves onto some human to make these videos from time to time.
Mentally stable horses
@@cardinal9009equine god* not dear (deer) god lol
when I say I'm a "horse girl" I'm referring to the fact that I love this channel.
didnt ask
Y E S 😂
The truest definition
@@ostracon5412Imagine being such a loser you felt the need to say something 😭 (and yes I know)
All my girlfriends are “horse girls” 😏
'be misunderstood, as long as you understand yourself' is such a comforting statement, after having lived around people who should have, but filled in the gaps with their assumptions.
Gotta love those helpful assumptions! And suggestions. (Total sarcasm ofc)
@@psychonawht2774 absolutely! especially being perceived as all the things you are not; i just love my home environment
I would like to be open minded always but I trip up. I had a good education in English Lit for more years than I deserved and that helps, but sometimes hinders.
Horses really is the best thing to watch when feeling existential dread
There is a bit of that existential dread going around over the last couple months. I'm tired of war myself.
@@usedscar the dread is alive and well. but Joe Scott, AJ, pursuit of wonder have my back. Also some david foster wallace essays go a long way
It's pretentious trash
@@thesponge836woah using big words now are we, thesponge836
nothing makes me feel smart like repeating what i heard in a horses video
I hear you😂😂
not one original experience....
It's one thing to repeat information, it's another thing to digest it 🗣‼️‼️‼️
Do you have any authentic thoughts of your own, or merely plagiarize that of others....
Question everything including your own thoughts
@aestedia to integrate and to synthesize is the height of intelligence
Seeing this thumbnail and desperately watching before it gets taken down, classic Horses experience
maehhhh, oops wrong noise
horses speedrun %any ahh moment
Why would this get taken down?
Why would it get taken down
idk if yall saw the original but it was essentially a head with no skin on the face lol
In the words of Rudyard Kipling, "the individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
True 💐🙏
Tribe is vital to Man. Becoming an intentional Outcast is not the goal. Making your Tribe better is the most noble of goals.
@@bradchambers5886I agree; a true individuality is one that is aware of the difference between the self and the individual
@@bradchambers5886 you're reading the nuance out of the statement. You should seek to not be overwhelmed by your tribe, culture, government or any other abstraction. That does not mean self isolation. Self isolation is just as much being overwhelmed by abstractions as giving your life to a cause, just in the negative aspect. You should seek to live for yourself first, and give to greater causes what you can when it pleases you to do so.
@@bradchambers5886 You cannot make your tribe better of you aren't your true self. The tribe doesn't let people discover their true self
I just finished READING Emerson's "Self-Reliance". My copy has a lot of highlighted phrases that hit home, hard, despite being penned in 1841. I'm 1/2 through "Walden", a confirmation of the power Nature is having on me (#NaturePilled), both were direct results of your work.💚 Keep teaching the world Michael! You're getting through to many.
Moby Dick was written as a critique of Emerson’s philosophy of self-reliance embodied particularly in the life and death of Ahab.
Walden is my favorite book
Nature pilled is the way...I've always felt like there's infinite lessons in nature if you look for them
"When the world expects us to hit and we miss, we sink into misery." This is very sad because every miss is required to better find the mark on the next try. I love the old adage that states "the master has failed more times than the novice has ever tried."
To find what is right, what works in our individual lives, many trials are required and each failure is a necessary and positive learning experience to discover a better way to move forward. This is why failure is a gift that cannot be eschewed as we endeavor to find our own personal truth. "It's not 'I'm always right,' it's 'I can always be right'" as long as I am open to changing my opinion when new and better ideas and options come to light.
Thanks, Horses, for another insightful presentation 🙂
If heard it another way, something like "I've forgotten more about this, then you'll ever learn"
People place too much value on opinion. I prefer to think of my 'opinions' as transient thoughts. They will remain under consideration, until an alternative thought alters my understanding.
But remember, thoughts can be inspired by anything. The important thing is to think about them.
@@happinesstan Introspection! Always interrogate yourself!
@@Neddicus Of course! But as I said to my friend, the other day, "Yes Marcus. But who in their right mind wants to examine an unlived life?"
Ironically, inconformity to conventions can be turned into a convention itself and be sold as a product in many shapes, and being against this convention requires subtle analysis of what are you really doing and thinking
This is so very true. I know it's cliche and tired to reference Capitalist Realism at this point, but it covers this concept rather well. As anti-capitalist sentiment gained more and more popularity, media began to reflect it in its most milquetoast form. The evil CEO has become a staple villain of multi-billion dollar Hollywood movies. Anti-capitalism became one of the most marketable and consumed ideals of the modern age.
I came to that realization the day I saw Spencer Gifts selling an "f--- capitalism!" shirt for $24.99
@@crus_crusit’s fascinating if you think about it from the perspective of it being the same concept as that of a jester in a kingdom. he’s the only one who can mock and satirize the king without penalty and the peasants loved it because it vented their frustrations with life through a proxy. it seems that anti-capitalist media does the same for us and the system we live in in the present.
I'm in my 30s and have teenage sisters. The first time I saw one of them wearing a Sublime shirt, I got so excited that we had something in common; a simple joy in the sharing of music taste.
She proceeded to tell me she got the shirt at Target for $10 and liked the logo because it was "weird". Had no idea who the band was.
A few months later, same thing with a nirvana shirt.
Things that were considered counterculture in my life are now considered small commodities for the corporate overlords.
I'm not a particularly smart man, but when something makes me feel so obtuse as to question whether the things I enjoy are genuine or just a corporate ploy to take my money, I know something is wrong with the entire system.
@@crus_crus just goes to show that anything can be used in two distinct ways, it's original/idealized purpose and the exact opposite. If you ever heard some boomer say "1984 wasn't meant to be an instructions manual" you can see how even if that's true it also contains the means to do exactly that.
It’s honestly a privilege to be able to access channels like Horses for free… what a treasure trove of knowledge
U r in the wrong yt channel buddy ,u r a supporter of Jordan Peterson,the creator is not ,and is a leftist(not a lib)
The internet is such a crazy thing. Bigger than the library of Alexandria, filled to the brim with knowledge and wisdom but also filled with rot and shit haha.
This short said nothing more than a high school camp councilor. "Be yourself, don't conform, enjoy opposition!" I've seen the likes that take this to heart and become weed smoking contrarians for the rest of their adult life. Its embarrassingly shallow.
@@iggynubIs not your reasoning for why this advice embarrisingly shallow concerned only with the external? The truth is discerned much from within, through experience of oneself, not only the conclusion of others. If you have ever practiced to be yourself, enjoy opposition and not conform, I wonder what you'd have to say the result has been?
@@iggynubyeah I’m not really sure what is so special about this video, but if it helps people then it did its thing
I genuinely believe that should someone watch the entire horses library they would come out as a better more whole person. Philosophy, science, culture, history-everything. You provide such a simple yet compelling story for each of these things. Keep doing this and we’ll keep watching.
They're all up on Spotify too.
@@matthews7805 Really?? I'll go check it out.
Our public education system needs to be completely changed. I truly wish I was an intelligent enough person to be able to help that problem but the best I can do is run an outdoor education program. It reaches thousands of youths but even just 100 at a time for a few days there is very little room for freedom of expression. There would be no opportunity to do any of it if we didn’t make all the individuals fit into the program itself. This is often considered a vacation from their normal education and still it is hard to deny that some youth get nothing out of it. At the end there are serious concerns about their safety, articulate laws that are there for endless reasons, and a general apathy towards what kids are up to anyway.
Which is fine. We could be a lot more hands off with education besides the literal fact if you leave a room of kids alone too long one will die.
@@biannathesparklequeen9210 I binge listened a few weeks ago. Totally worth it.
@@FumblsTheSniper Public education is certainly a massive reason for how the world is how it is. Though I like how in Finland you’re required to have a masters degree to become a teacher. I think more immersion in nature is important; Green therapy is important especially when the alternative is sitting in a building all day. I’d say striking a balance between strict rules and a nurturing environment is important. Maybe, have the students want to learn while be immersed in a respectful, equal, environment.
i draw a lot and write a lot of poems. i’ve entered many poems in competitions and they never get traction. i do that work because i enjoy it. it would be cool to be a well renowned poet, but not being one doesn’t drive me up the wall. my drawings are crude, and my poems are lackluster, but i have fun doing it and that’s really what life is about to me. do what you want to do and don’t worry how many people say your work or dreams are trash or try to put you down.
Where can I find your work?
What you do is so inspiring, the fact that you pursue creativity without seeking reward or recognition (which may come but if it doesn't that's OK) ❤
Yup. It's enough to get that stuff out. It's healthy to do it if you feel it & avoidance is unhealthy if the thing is, above all else, being done for the soul.
Good for you.
I hope I can be like this too. I also write and wanting so much then not meeting my own expectations is exhausting. Ive gotten compliments about my work and i appreciate those but I dont want to rely on what other people say to feel happy anymore.
So much for that tho. Youre my here for this man.
I have never resonated with a video more.
I had previously wrapped myself in an identity of intelligence and perfection that was packaged and ready to be sold to big companies so that I could afford to be a luxury consumer.
I have always had a tendency to reject consistency and as such, I threw out my entire identity and quit my 6 figure job. Sometimes I look back and think I should regret it, but I never do. I have already had 3 career shifts 2 years out of college and have learned a comically vast amount more than I ever thought I knew.
I am happy to see that I'm not totally insane and my mindset exists. Society cannot afford for everyone to have this mindset, I'm thankful to be privileged with it.
Honestly I don't see why society couldn't afford more people that put sincerity and dynamism before consistency. It might not be great for rigid industrialized form in which we produce and consume, but I think moving away from that wouldn't be a bad thing. It certainly would make things more interesting.
You're definitely not insane, glad to be in the same boat.
And all of society cannot adopt the individual because then society would collapse. Society and government are built upon systems, and systems require consistency to work... Well consistently. The pipes don't get laid with no plumbers. The garbage does not get picked up without garbage men. These systems exist, and there are people who are required to keep these systems going.
So appreciate both the individual and the folks staying consistent, both are needed.
I've spent the last 2 years living at home with my family, recovering from addiction, living off savings, cut off from friends and trends, but taking care of animals, daydreaming, etc.... Never have I felt I know myself better, and been as distanced from trends, conformity, etc. I've been depressed on and off, and I'm quite scared to re-enter society... But the cloud in my mind, left by a troublesome youth and early adulthood, has been lifted.
It's a break that I think a lot of people would benefit from access to. I don't think we're psychologically optimal, when we exist to fuel industrialism and post-industrialism. I can't help but wonder how much more psychologically fit our hunter-gatherer ancestors were, at least the ones spared from tragedy or excessive struggle.
I also wonder if finding purpose in life was easier, when we were younger as a species, and naive enough to blindly follow religion, gurus, dogma.. When there were leaders we could blindly follow and believe in, and we weren't inundated with doubt, uncertainty and the complexity of reality. How much easier would life be, had I a "virtuous" leader to follow? I think this must be why so many people fall for influencers and trends.. it's no different than how people fall for cults. It's a lighthouse, amidst the foggy, churning seas
Going through the exact same thing my friend.
Same bro but I’ve given up for now going to hit the streets
Stay strong brother, you got this
What is a favorite song you like to listen to?
I’m also going through the same experience and have been there before.
The world will still be there once you re-enter it; just don’t lose yourself again.
I learned the lesson you spoke about from Emerson when I was really young. I learned watching Codename: Kids Next Door as a kid. A main theme is how growing up into an adult makes you hate creativity and kids thing, thus you become an antagonist to the KND. I remember making it my goal to never stop thinking like a kid. So trying to not lose my openness to new ideas and creative spirit. It’s funny learning from you that Emerson spoke about a similar idea! Great video, thanks!
I want to make a sign that says No grown ups allowed for my house haha
That’s a very adult thought to have as a kid
@@AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH obviously I didn’t think with a high school vocabulary lol. I recognized the theme and decided I wanted to stay a kid. As I got older, I could rationalize it more. Chill
Respect for dropping a KND reference here, that shows not only wonderfully animated and creatively designed, but the story told throughout the unrelated episodic stuff is really well written, and sometimes thought provoking, or at the least brings forward a few memories and emotions.
It is not growing up that makes us hate kids things, it is the restrictions applied to our growing up, that makes us resent childish happiness.
It's nice to know there are at least Some youngsters trying to find themselves in this collectively idiotic age. And don't feel bad if you didn't learn this stuff on your own, the only real way to learn certain things alone is through much pain and suffering. So I praise channels like this, telling others about paths they've found through the wilderness... God speed my Brothers and Sisters
You learn from experience but as an individual it is impossible to experience everything.
Hence you cannot learn everything on your own.
You have to learn from what others have learned through their experiences..
I say this after meeting people who cannot go beyond their own field of view
The thing is, teens were idiots back in the day too. We are just much more exposed to it. Everryone is sharing their idiocy with each other on public record, whereas before it would have had local impact only. That said, there is still a definite change in general temperment from the overstimulation and negative social forces of the internet, smartphones, and social media.
I like the idea of being able to try a lot of different careers. feels like so often we get locked in one early, and then you have to start all over if you decide to change down the road
Ive had an awful week, but your video has brought me back down to myself good timing. Thank you
one of the best content creators on the platform
Don’t call it content
@@joshuaklimkowski9744or “platform “.
he just regurgitates philosophies while being patronising
@@thecolorgreen9022why is it patronising?
After reading William Ellery Channing and Emerson in college, I felt like like all the self help ever written since was either stealing from it or paled in comparison.
He has the best thumbnails on yt
Always aesthetic and click provoking
"Who was the poet that taught Shakespeare?" That really makes you think about the opportunities of new creations and ideas that were missed because we study Shakespeare.
If youre original, nobody taught you. Some things come from individualists who resist outside inputs and instead look within. When you do it best and do it first, bad people love stealing it. Like Jack Harlow stealing my music
The apprentice is meant to surpass the master.
@@miguelcondadoolivar5149 Amen.
Think of different we would be if we didn’t study and grow off of the “masters” of their time, for better or worse. I work in design, and while I have inspirations and artistic touchstones, by alchemizing it all, they meld together with my own sense of aesthetic and intuition 🌱🧩
I kind of needed this today. I’m autistic and just moved into my first apartment. And I was terrified to leave home. I even cried when I left because I knew nothing would be the same. But here I go…
EDIT: I haven’t started my job yet, there were some screw ups at the company and I’m tight on funds. Luckily, my folks are willing to help me out.
✨🙏🏼✨
Good luck!! ❤❤❤
you got this. set some goals, craft and trial some routines to get your move integrated into other life areas like work or hobbies, whatever you may do or want to do. stay accountable and get a calendar that you can like write on with a pen and highlighters. planning is a real skill. it helps when you live alone. sometimes a to do list a day is all one needs.
when you feel overwhelmed, rest lol. it feels good to rest in your own spot. u got this 👍 get a cleaning routine atleast, it'll help open your space to your creativity or possibility of sharing space with anyone else. 😉 buy a few air purifying plants that require low maintenance 😊 ZZ plant, snake plant, list goes on and on and relatively affordable and easy to care for, imo.
Don't we all feel like this from time to time?
As a father of an autistic 7year old son, your post gives me confidence, that my kid too, will do just fine independently in life when the time comes. Congratulations on your first own home!
Reflection is at a premium. Rumination seems the order of the day. I would argue that Emerson insists on timeless truths that can only manifest through intrepid reflection as well. Another thoughtful vid...
I do not often comment on a video, and I think this is my first time writing a long commentary, but I think it is well deserved.
This is the most impactful video I've seen on a while and I'm holding back tears at work. Due to personal and family tragedies, I have lost my compass and my north a while ago. The last 5 years of my life have been some sort of conditioned disaster in which I've lost myself and the decisions I took were mostly based on other people's opinion, egos and expectations.
Recently, I've working to recover my "inner spark" that took me very far in life, and that I stopped listening some 5 or 6 years ago. I replace my inner dialogue with the voices of "experts" or "more knowledgeable people" to my own demise.
I don't know if this is because of the time in my life this video has came out, but I haven't been moved so profoundly by a random TH-cam video in a long while.
Keep up this beautiful work and I need to mention, I'm sure you're changing lives outside mine. I'm grateful for that.
hey, that's incredibly kind of you. thanks for leaving this comment
You might of just saved my life. Thank you so much
I hope you continue on, stronger than ever. Have a good day, stranger.
as I was listening to this, some months ago, I came across the fact that my best friend was dying from alcoholism. I couldn’t do anything about it, as it was too late.
thank you, and your channel, for giving me some more insight on my emotions, so I can heal and help
those around me heal.
thank you on your wisdom, because wisdom serves no purpose if its not shared.
I might not be here tomorrow or a year from now, or even ten years from now, but your words will stay with me forever.
thank you, horses.
Horses: *Drops a new video with a vague yet intriguing title and thumbnail*
Me: 🏃💨💨💨
Ate a lot of cabbage, did you?
@@Mondomeyer Yup, nothing like wind power to get you there fast!
It's insane how similar this is to my own philosophy about life and the way you live it, makes me happy to see it explained so well
dude you have one of the best channels on yt. thank you for your work
Thanks
i cried the entire length of this video. there are many things about emerson’s philosophy and your interpretation that has just made me emotional, i resonate with it a lot. i have been lost and hurting because my soul brings me and leads me to places that society doesn’t want me to be. it is painful to purse this reliance on self, i seek peace within self but i do often find it hard when the obstacles i face are so seemingly impossible to overcome. when society is actively crushing and oppressing the desires of my soul and the truths of many of the people around me.
Oh boy.
@@Homelessandsoberones just sold a microwave for cheap and im feeling good 😎
What do you think about pedophiles
Your channel serves a great introduction to big and oftentimes scary concepts within the knowledge about the world that people, including myself, meticulously avoid precisely because they are big and scary, and difficult to digest. Keep up the great work!
New Horses, new Horses, new Horses. My day has become so much brighter, ironically.
well you just simultaneously diagnosed a lot of problems i've had with the world AND just broken my brain. I love it
what’s that post where it’s like I’m so mentally stable you could park a horse in my brain, that’s how I feel abt this channel. it holds a special place in my heart.
Everything I try to show someone this and they don't finish it, I do. Has to be well over double digits listening now. May peace find us all...
I feel proud of myself for recognizing (at last) something in the video, Koyaanisqatsi's shots that is.
As always my Dear Friend, great video at a very sensitive time in my life.
Like Ireland's video, i really needed this one. Thank you very much.
Such a beautiful video, man. Thanks for posting this today.
I was literally writing about this very topic last night. I was thinking about all the time I’ve spent in my life performing for others (subconsciously / consciously) and that even nonconformity in and of itself can be a performance. So I thought about all the things that fulfill me at the inner/soul level vs what makes my soul rot and basically came to the conclusion that any time I am performing, judging myself/others, or numbing/acting without intention or mindfulness, I am left feeling empty and confused as to who I am/why I am here. But if I spend my time simply observing/remaining curious about my thoughts/the world around me, accepting what is, and doing things that fulfill me, my soul is dancing and I feel like who I am supposed to be/proud of the life I am living.
Gotta read more Emerson!! Thank you so much for this video
bless you for this beautiful perspective in life
Thanks!
“I love overthinking myself into an existential crisis.”
YT algo: “Whooo boy, do I have a channel for you!”
Thumbnail is called “Face-Off” by the artist Xue Jiye. There are prints of it for sale at Black Dragon Press.
He really captured the essence of the movie "Face-Off"
Nah I'm good
Thank you
I’m not quite sure what one would do with this
its such a visceral painting . it reminds me saturn eats his son or the scream
No youtuber can bring a tear to my eye like horses. Idk why but this kind of philosophy content hits me like a truck.
Maybe because you have never read a book?
@@soundmindbodydivine Interesting that you got your "psychological input" from books but you're still a weird loser
@@soundmindbodydivine interesting that you got your "psychological input" from books but you are still a weird loser. Maybe you should be reading different books.
Bringing that old time “Absurdist Objectivist Pilgrimage” vibe back
i remember this channel being 20k subs….crazy quality from the start..
I needed this so, so, so bad.
I don’t know who you are or anything about your content, but you have a listener for life. You just helped me in 1 video what 23 years of therapy could not.
Thank you thank you thank you so much.
NEW HORSES VIDEO LETS GO
ur a horses
babe wake up, new horses video just dropped
Emerson rehashes man's quest to attain enlightenment on his own terms. To make a God of himself.
This channel has been one of the most profoundly important discoverys of my life. The importance of self contemplation and looking innward is critcal, especially in todays environment where constant absorbing of information doesnt allow for many sit with themselves for extended periods of time.
Your channel is phonomnal and the insights you bring into my life are greatly appreciated.
I wish you the best in life, thank you
I'm honestly shocked by how many similarities I've found in the ideas presented here to my own personal perspective and philosophy I've built over the years. But I'm just as pleasantly surprised by the new insights. Profound stuff. Emerson and Horses, exactly what I needed. Thanks.
I just checked your channel last night for something new, and then you posted this! ❤
This is what I needed today. I cried watching this. The message throughout this video cuts through my soul. This is a gift to me. Thank you, Horses.
i cried while watching this as well
@@stinky1331 that makes three lol
keep crying L
@@kakakuku557 will do ☺️💗
@@kakakuku557lol anime pfp
This is one of my favorite TH-cam videos of all time
I think he named the channel Horses as a symbol of freedom, this is your video that best represents freedom, this video is one of the best representations of freedom I have known. Everything in the video is so beautiful, the music and the overall atmosphere are beautiful. I don't really know you but I love you.
This is a really wonderful piece of work. Thank you, Horses, for putting this into the world.
does anyone else watch these videos multiple times?
No.
Will try
I've been a listener for a while now. Its hard for me to put into words just how much I appreciate your videos. Thank you so very much for creating them, for pouring so much of your time and energy into them. I'm grateful beyond words for it.
Our boy Emerson is a bit behind the times, which is understandable, given that he died over 140 years ago. He could do with a refresh, as while he makes a lot of sense in some regards, other things he's apparently said sound pretty ignorant when they are evaluated against the knowledge and understanding we've gained as a species between then and now. In particular, the overall message of the video is very much about going against the grain, seemingly encouraging us to disregard what society asks of us or asks us to believe. This might be good advice for anyone who feels they are at the mercy of society's whims and follows its apparent demands to the point of a sort of spiritual self-harm, but if everyone threw off the "shackles" of the expectations of others, I very much doubt it would lead to a better world. After all, it is only once we began to function as societies and learned to cooperate with strangers with the understanding that we have common goals which we can achieve only when we work together, that humanity really took off as the dominant species of Earth.
So by all means, don't live as a slave to society - nurture your self-reliance and critical thinking skills, be open to new ideas and changing your mind or your beliefs, and don't feel compelled to do everything that people ask you to do. But society has value too - always keep your ear to the ground and know what's happening around you, be willing to help others when you can, and consider the reasons why society is the way it is, and the ways in which it may have things to teach you which you might not figure out on your own. The great artists and scientists and philosophers of the past all stood on the shoulders of giants, and did not materialize their greatness purely by looking around them and within themselves and just manifesting their great works from nothing. The story of humanity is the story of sharing ideas, labor, laughter, and love. Don't seal yourself away from society just because it sounds like some guy from the 1800s thought that's a good idea - be an independent thinker, trust in yourself, but also trust in others and strive to be a positive contribution to the story of mankind.
Very well said
Emerson's thoughts about living resisting outside influences reminds me of the concept of True Will, coined by the occultist Aleister Crowley, to live true to yourself first. I wonder if he was inspired by Emerson's writings?
The individual self, as a lone pillar, doesn't even exist in humanity. We are a deeply social species and our sense of individual identity emerges from our basic nature interacting with the world and each other.
Individualism is a capitalist trick anyway
a society comprised of self-reliant individuals who operate within their own limitations *while expecting the most and best from themselves*, thereby realizing the need to cooperate with others so you can all excel at your natural inclinations and provide support in complementary ways to others with different skillsets....
it's better than society, it's humanity fully expressed
Thanks for existing horses and bringing these ideas to light. You’re a bright light in a dark time, thanks for your work and all you do. We all need more of you.
I guess there is some comfort in everyone seeking answers. We like feeling connected
i’m waiting to make biscuits for my friend and i so that they’ll be warm and dinner will be ready when she gets home, that is what my soul desires i suppose lol
Nice pfp! I also like ajj
@@fabijans5440 thanks! one of my all time favorite bands! do you have a favorite song(s)??
23:09 this really resonated with me. Though our writing may be scribbling, it's still ours. Not another's.
Terrifying peeled-raw face in thumbnail of this video is still better than the empty, soulless, dead eyes of MrBeast, imo
This channel is peak for listening to while at work. If there was 100 hours I'd listen to it all in a month.
Best show on the platform, maybe anywhere. Thank you.
when my job asks why I stopped showing up to work 10:17
Amen brother
Found this at exactly the time I needed it. Thank you.
I feel like your videos have become more and more unhinged with every new topic you choose. Forget the sex raft, I wanna learn about exorcisms, cannibalism, and fighting for my soul.
This intro bg piano music is so divine and soothing that it is just ethereal.
WOW, this video was incredible. still cant believe this video is only itching the million view mark. keep the incredible work up!
Smoked a bowl while listening to this. Thoughts are aligned by the sound of our words
My life is...subpar. Yet i find that a hopeful and compassionate cynicism has allowed me to find happiness in the happiness of others
Thank you for the consistency🙏🙏
Smart assery? Or just plain irony?? 🙄😶
I get the idea of understanding yourself being more important than others understanding you but when I apply this idea to my life I feel this innate desire of wanting to be understood. I understand why I like certain things or act certain ways but when others don't I start doubting myself. Since there's already so many people conformed to societal norms, I feel like I'm treated differently or looked down on for simply being myself and that makes me want to change certain behaviors that otherwise I would have been proud of and looked back at positively.
That is the battle everyone faces when gping through with this concept
The more you go theough with it the easier it gets
"Life is abandonment."
Abandonment is one of my biggest triggering traumas and when I learned this lesson it caused me a lot of pain and still does. I still struggle to reconcile attachment and abandonment - two things i was traumatized with as a child and teen.
It makes it hard. To attach means I won't abandon but when I decide not to abandon someone or something is the moment it abandons me.
It feels either I live alone or live a lie.
I have always reproached myself for my inability for consistency and conformity. I was ashamed to feel contrary to the ever-present systems that I grew up with. It is not hard to feel left out or even... defective. It is too tempting to abandon the self for the comfort provided by belonging. The timing of this video couldn't get any better. I think it is now time for me to rekindle my alliance to my soul. The road towards the self is a solitary path, but the path otherwise is empty and unfulfilling.
This is my meditation.
Sometimes you have to ask yourself if you’re the blade or the stone.
I am the hand which grinds the knife and the earth that made the stone. 💜
The climber or the mountain...
The nail or the hammer
I am a machine that turns money into debt
The foot or the ass….
My consistency is that i listen to this almost every day
I rewatch this video whenever i am in self doubt or a depression, this video refreshed my whole mindset and i can take on the troubles of the week.
Came for the sick thumbnail, stayed for the divine wisdom. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Aww
Serial killers watching this: “yeah what he said!”
"People tell you what to do and how to think and what you should believe....reject all of this". Though I like the message, the irony here and throughout this video is strong. If you were to really live the message of this video, you wouldn't find yourself watching a video telling you how to think and what you should believe.
pretty bad misinterpretation of the ideas in the video. emerson put great effort into making clear his point is not to reject everything outside of yourself and convince yourself that you’re always right. in the same vein, watch this video and learn these ideas to incorporate it into yourself, to help it guide you. taking it as blind instructions is the antithesis of the video i’d say.
this kind of knowledge that you seek but won't be able to see or hear in the surface of your everyday life, never know that there's this side of youtube that provides you knowledge worth of diamonds.
I haven't seen and heard a work of inspirational art like this One in a long long time. This is truely beautiful and it couldn't come at a better time to a very lonely soul. I can't thank you enough ,in fact ,I'd wash your feet for a week to show my gratitude and still feel need to give ode or make you a great cup of coffee or something. Really!....A most sincere thanks with tears that run on cheeks like falls flowing slowly down broad cliffs so deep.💧
I don't think the lack of self-reliance among most people is a phenomenon of our times. Looking at one's own thoughts and feelings candidly, without rationalizations or excuses, is abhorrent to people by default, and only few come to realize how important it is to look within - with or without societal pressures. For me, it was because what was going on in my head threatened to kill me and I had no choice but face myself or die.
The history of the past 2500 years suggests to me that self-reliance and introspection have been on a steady climb for almost that entire period. Emerson's programme reeks of modern individualism.
The thumbnail: 👹👹👹
The video: 😌🕊️🌤️
I’m currently working on a philosophical idea I call the Contextual Identity Framework, the framework posits that to truly understand oneself or others we should categorise the extrinsic factors that influence us, and the intrinsic that make us, to view what; if society did not exist, if we lived in a vacuum, we would pursue.
It’s personal to me, as a trans person, I stand against ideals many in society would prefer, yet I follow what I believe as intrinsic, but it applies to any concept that might not follow a typical societal mould. Urges one to follow their intrinsic principles, to disregard the convenience of uniformity.
Emersons concept sounds pretty aligned with my own framework and I look forward to reading self reliance in full,
Three months ago I was laying in my bed, and I felt a weird feeling that is still vivid in my head to this day. I felt a sense of nothingness, its not like my head was clear of thoughts I was definitely mentally active in that moment, but on nothing. I was a nothingness I wasn't a human I wasn't me or anything that makes sense but to my very core I felt something immense just there while experiencing this nothingness of self. weirdest shit ever and this video reminds me of that night.
This one sort of just sounds like an endless assortment of empty platitudes. Maybe I just don't have a soul.
It can certainly read as that. It's less about souls and much more about people being able to recognize and differentiate experiences and causes of not only their own but others' decisions. Once people can do that AND draw on it to accept that differences aren't irreconcilible, then they'll be both self-reliant but also a supportive part of the populace that Emerson's writings seem to denounce.
The thumbnail really made me wanna watch this for some reason, good job on that whoever made it
This video is a meta commentary in a sense. Horses was once a small channel, no affiliates or money. It was essays for its own love. Now it's huge and has in essence had to commercialize. How much can one cash in on popularity while maintaining artistic integrity. It's difficult
Knowing you make a lot of money from art it makes it hard to be sincere in art and not just a flanderisation of the sincere essays of the past
@@DG-iw3yw poor imitation but I'll take it as flattery
It feels like this channel is made for people who cannot perfectly describe themselves... This is truly one of the best TH-cam channels..
yayayayay new horses video! i'm gonna use this video to be vague & incomprehensible for the next couple of days thank u
stream brat btw 🥥🥥‼️
As an autistic person I already know all this purely because the reverse is true for me, its much easier for me to be unique than conform.