I love how the Guru never said "don't love" but "let her go" obsessing over someone has a detrimental effect in a relationship, choosing to letting go; was one of the toughest lessons in life.
My interpretation is accepting that while aang had feelings for her, he mustn’t let himself see here as more important than anyone else, and his calling as Avatar must take precedent
@@johnlavery3433 I agree with you! Also that by unlocking this chakra, it doesn't automatically equate to Aang being completely void of emotions and not being able to feel love for the rest of his life (as past me first interpreted this scene ) it means that the love he feels for her shoudn't tether him to this world and blind him from his responsibilitys as the Avatar
The transition to toph discovering metal bending as guru pathik lectures about the elements is no doubt a strong contender for top 3 scenes in the entire show.
It really is. I remember being blown away as a kid by this finale. And this moment specially gave me chills when I was a little kid and it still does now.
By experience, it's much harder to forgive yourself than it is to forgive other people. Maybe because it's the first step that leads to forgiving others. We usually blame ourselves too much for not knowing before-hand how to act, even though we do know it would have been impossible to know. We are very harsh on ourselves when there is no acceptance, and that translates to how we deal with others.
@@danatedawg1018 You don't know that. People used to believe that meditation was mumbo jombo, but later, found out, and now is well established in neurology, that meditation has an effect on your frontal cortex.
The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same. We are all one people but we live as if divided ~Guru Pathik
Notice how after Aang opens his heart chakra, he asks the guru for the onion banana juice that he previously said he hated. Re-opening his heart to love changed his perspective on not just a major trauma but on the smaller things too! Love changes all. It’s little details like this that make this show so brilliant
boys.. it's a scripted show... scripted by people. Off course they write the characters so... they can just write changes in characters from one minute to the next as if it was like that in reality.. it's not real! don't be fooled
@@theplacebeyondthelies2429Open your heart friend, if you pay a lot of attention to the show you start to notice underlying positive messages and lessons in every aspect of it, it is a kids show, and that’s why it’s beautiful the screen writers made such an effort to instill profound knowledge in such a gentle and subtle manner, I for one I’m pretty grateful for that, and I think if you truly try to do so too you’ll see the beauty I’m talking about. I wish you positivity 👍🏼
Reminds me of the pure times.. I started watching this with my brother who was attracted to the message that this show presented.. he passed away at the age of 27 during a period of depression shortly after the passing of my father at 52… I didn’t get to finish the show till recently.. I’m 27 and now I’m getting over all of this and also lost my job and felt like a broken spirit.. watching the rest of the series and especially the part where he goes through his chakras provided so much peace.. I wish this episode was compulsory. I’m trying to watch it with my nephews, like how my brother used to watch it with me, so that they can carry on this pure learning
You are unbound by the knowledge of infinite love. Thus, You are understand what life is unfolding for you. You understand what is ahead. Being present to what life unfolds for You. Being able to listen. To focus on what is in front of Yourself when challenges of the outside world collide with the inner world. To focus on what on the outer world when challenges from within collide with the outer world. To know how to listen. To balance. ^This is from my journal when I mediated to the 4th chakra. This sadness you feel is just a duality of love. The sadness you feel from your brother & father is being alchemised to love towards your nephews. I honor the path you are on. Know this, the path you’re on is the right path. The path just got a bit cloudy. But the moon is beginning to shine again.
ikr?? i truly can't *imagine* how heartbroken, depressed, and lonely Aang felt like to literally be the *only* HUMAN Air Nomad/Airbender currently left alive (since the rest of his race was tragically genocided by those evil fire nation monsters). poor Aang 💔💔💔😭😭😭
"You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomands' love for you has not left this world, it is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love."
This is probably one of the most, if not the most, valuable lessons I’ve ever seen in a work of art (painting, literature, movie, TV show, etc.): the idea that surrendering to your negative emotions and coming to terms with them will help you accept them which in turn will help you manage your emotions better and gain full control over your emotions, your thought, your feelings, and in general yourself as a whole.
Anyone noticed that the Mudras (hand gestures) they are doing while meditating are the correct ones to use while working on each of the chakras? Wow, this show is truly amazing... So much respect for the creators. 🙏🏽
@Jonathan Leath Real or not, its a concept that can help you with going through life in general, letting go of flaws and realizing what experiences and things that make you who you are. Sort of like dissecting yourself, increasing your emotional intellect and awareness.
True indeed. Though I think that as the world grows smaller with the advent of new technology we will eventually grow closer, assuming we make it that far. Life now is better than it was 100 years ago, and hope is a powerful thing.
Learning to let go DOESNT mean you lose them forever. Attachments are blockages to your higher potential. What you love is still there but now you can let it flow freely.
What people are missing in this scene and overall in ATLA is that Toph has an active light chakra although she‘s blind (The light chakra is mostly described as the third eye). She also has insights of her element since she uses all her available senses (she replaced visual sense with seismic sense) and she uses her element “correctly” because she has the right basis (neutral jing). Foreseeing is also a form of having insights and Toph has also that: She uses her seismic sense to draw conclusions about the next moves in her environment so it’s more than just using her senses she also used her intuition (The light chakra is the chakra of Intuition). “Everything is connected” yes Toph found out that metal is also a kind of earth. In LoK she lives in the swamp, which plants connect her to the world and let her SEE
Can we all agree that this one particular episode made us look into ourselves in the same light as Guru Pathik? He really had you think seriously after watching this episode.
Yea nope none of that occurred. I already know what troubles and experiences I have. Also how they affect me and my opinion of them. Basically I care less for all as opposed to care more effectively reducing obsession and need of them.
Oh yes and I also taught my kids alot about themselves as I paused and explained this scene in deeper detail to what my kids experienced at that time. I then purchased a children's book on the Chakras, I would cleanse my kids chakras reading the book to them and placing colored patches of felt at each Chakra point... they always fell asleep in the living room as I read to them and guided them into a deep meditation.🥰
That's because each chakra has a mudra, or hand position. If you want to channel a specific energy through a specific chakra, you have to use the that mudra. The hands are considered conduits when it comes to energy transfer. Hope that helps!
Yeah. Ashame they didn't get an actual indian to voice guru pathik, instead it's another white man doing a stereotypical accent. Seeing brown people/culture as one of the nations would have been nice.
@@kimmyseon46 water tribe are based off of Inuit people and Earth tribe is very diverse but mainly based off Chinese culture. Not many Indian people in Avatar despite the word avatar being a sanskrit term and chakras being a Hindu belief. Well ig we have guru pathik but again, voiced by a white guy doing a steryotypical accent.
Curious how the guru never told where the second chakra was: in many traditions it was located at the genitals, and a kids show will never talk about it anyways. By the way this is one of the best episodes, a very zen one
6:20 this scene helped me so much with understanding different cultures and seeing that we aren’t that different from one another. It really helped me see perspectives from other people all over the world. I used to be very closed minded but this really helped me opening up. Truely amazing what this show can do to you.
I've noticed that, us humans tend to separate ourselves into groups, fight one another, not seeing that we're all one and the same. Things like.. gender, race/nationality, different belief systems. "You atheists are all the same..!" "You religious people are all the same..!" "You x country folks are all the same!" "You women are all the same!" "You men are all the same!" And so on.. it would be nice if everyone could let go of hatred and just get along with one another, but that's mere ideology. It's always a tug of war that's "me and us" versus "you and them", and the issue is always the illusion of separation.
It's interesting how Aang's visions while unblocking the chackras have the chackras colors (root-red, sacral-orange, solar plexus-yellow, heart-green etc.)
The last chakra opening reminds me of what Zaheer said when he quoted Guru Laghima. “Let go of your earthly tether. Enter the void. Empty, and become wind.” Makes you think
moh q no he would need to dis attach from his sky bison appa. All airbenders can fly but the reason they can’t Is because they are given a strong earthly tether as a kids which are baby bisons.
00:01:28 - 1st: The Earth Chakra 00:02:17 - 2nd: The Water Chakra 00:03:18 - 3rd: The Fire Chakra 00:04:23 - 4th: The Heart Chakra 00:05:36 - 5th: The Sound Chakra (Truth Chakra) 00:06:20 - 6th: The Light Chakra 00:07:51 - 7th: The Thought Chakra
9:37 That’s clever writing right there! That line Katara says has a double meaning it shows the situation she’s in, but it also references what Aang has to do. Aang had to let go of his emotional attachment to Katara.
All the elements are one Metal is created by extracting ores and resources from the *earth.* It is refined through a trial of *fire,* repeatedly quenched with *water,* and left to cool by *air.*
This one scene is what got me into learning about chakras and spirituality and because of that my life completely changed. Thank You Avatar The Last Airbender. Flameo Hotman.
What makes this show great is the application to real life. The most powerful person on the earth (the avatar) is someone who faces their fears, shame and insecurities. Someone who learns from people who think differently (different benders from different nations) and understands that we're all one people. Brilliant.
4:35 wow this scene brought me to tears what a powerful message of hope that love is rebron and stays in your heart and it relieves that past pain and when he says let the pain flow away the tears couldn't help themselves what a masterpiece of a show
The first time aang ran away, he didn’t know what the consequences would be. This time, he knew exactly what would happen if he left, but he did it out of worry for Katara.
Iroh: The stomach is the source of energy in your body Pathik: The fire chakra, located in the stomach Iroh: Fire is the element of power Pathik: This chakra deals with willpower [...] Iroh: You must let go of your feelings of shame Pathik: [...] And is blocked by shame
I love when the guru talks about the illusion of separation, and Aang is quick to make the connection about the 4 nations being one. Its something that he learned in the swamp episode, and its really cool to see that he retained that information and it became a foundational pillar of his worldview. The writing in this show is amazing.
“You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomads’ love for you has not left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love.” Over ten years later and this show still makes me tear up :')
This is easily one of the best episodes of the entire show. Everything linking together as he explains the chakras, especially as Toph invents metal bending. Legendary and always in my brain
If that show had done something similar to this at the end of book one, it would have been way better than korra getting her bending back immediately. Could have taken at least one episode with a chance to flesh out the characters.
@@samortmann5003 To eveeeeryone talking about Korra instantly getting back the elements or knowing them from the start, the show was meant to be just 1 season. Then Nick asked for more. I'm pretty sure that if it was planned for 4 seasons, Korra would've learned the elements gradually or would've gone on a journey to get them back.
@@samortmann5003 You didn't get my point. They had planned the show for one season, they had already restored her bending. They couldn't just retcon it like it was nothing.
I wish korra had done something similar to this at the end of book one to restore her bending instead of her getting her bending back immediately from aang.
@@spartandare390 True, but book one had a lot of frustrating things about it. Opportunity for social commentary about nonbenders not given enough consideration, and the godawful love triangle that left bolin and asami heartbroken.
@@samortmann5003 Because the events didn't develop the way you wanted them to,that doesn't mean it's a bad season. Accept it for what it's meant to show and be. Also, the whole franchise implies that each avatar faced a different kind of struggle as one,as all people do.
@@samortmann5003 This sentence sums up my thoughts on LOK. It had so many great ideas, but executed most poorly, which is why it's so frustrating to watch at times, and yet I still can feel invested in its story
I like that fact that Aang was able to find a work around and was able to hold onto Katara in the end and not give her up. Katara and Aang are soulmates it's destiny that they be together.
Aang chose to let her go at the end of season 2 tho. Rather than help her immediately, he chose to try to finish the process of mastering the avatar state. He realized that as the avatar, his duties are to the world first, Katara and the others second.
This is actually extremely helpful for meditation in real life. I ignore the specifics that he's speaking to Aang about, and simply follow his instructions in regards to my own life. For fear, I let go of poverty, and scarcity, and dangerous creatures, and the fear of being struck down while defending others or defending human rights. For guilt... well, I have a list of sins I keep, those things I have forgiven myself for but will never let myself forget until I fix them. I focus on them, and I let them flow away. For shame, I remember my failures, and the parts of myself that I can't speak aloud, the parts that are deeply personal. I accept my failures and these hidden parts of myself, and let shame flow away. For grief, I remember the home I lost, the family shattered, the people I've loved who died, and the bridges I've let decay and collapse, and the friends I've lost. And the reminder of new love, of change, is deeply comforting, and I let the pain flow away. For lies, I acknowledge my arrogance. I acknowledge my envy. I acknowledge that even seeking to be what I seek to be, is to fail to be that thing. That what I seek to be would feel no arrogance, and would feel no envy. I acknowledge that I am not that which I seek to be yet, and I let my arrogance flow away, which I can only do after acknowledging that I feel it. The sixth chakra is very simple for me to open now - the comprehension of oneness permeates my very being at all times. This part of the meditation is always nothing but soothing, as this chakra opens at will. The seventh chakra is very difficult for me. Attachment and aversion, are deeply difficult for me to face. Especially aversion - where Aang had trouble with attachment, my trouble is the opposite. I have a small few attachments that are difficult to let go, but letting go of aversion is unbelievably difficult. Letting go of pleasure I can do. Discomfort or displeasure consume me when I feel them, though, and I cannot shake them off. I have only opened this chakra once, and that day changed my entire life. This doesn't fully explain the chakras or the process of opening them, but with a little outside study it does become an extremely effective guided meditation. Thank you for posting this. I use it quite often.
Everyone of us has a sticking point - we do not have the power to let go - The Guru said, "Surrender yourself." Cosmic Energy gives the power to let go...
The writing was so beautiful. The loss of the air nomads and Toph turning into a metal bender were some of the best moments in the show. I love this show man.
That scene where he sees the avatar state floating above is just way underrated. I was amazed when I saw that as a kid, I'm surprised no one talks about in depth. Such an iconic scene.
Everything about the love Chakra part is great! The way Aang smiles, the statue of Yangchen behind, the way the airnomads appear on his mind and the dissapear... Needless to say I tearbended!
As a hindu I was taught about the idea of chakras (its in our religion) and how to open all of them. Actually chakras are mostly symbolic of various things and one must open them to gain spiritual enlightenment. ( Not to enter Avatar state😂) It is not as easy as it seems. Humans cling to worldly issues too much and cannot give them up in few minutes. ( Buddha was able to do it and hence he attained spiritual enlightenment ) I love this show so much 😍❤️😍 I was so surprised they showed this. Forgive my english. It is not my native language.
When ang sees his higher self I get chills every time, we are all cosmic energy and we must not attach ourself to the earth to truly be connected with all that is- the source 🤍
"You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy and it swirls all around us. Your people's love for you has never left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love" Just wow
I feel like Aang commenting on how everything is connected is a direct callback to when he learned the same lesson from Huu in the swamp. It’s why he understood that lesson so quickly and it was extended from people/nature to bending the four elements and the four nations. Another subtlety is when Zuko uses a fire bending move very similar to water bending in the same episode (long after he learned to redirect lightning from Iroh). Not to mention Toph figuring out how to metalbend when the lesson is stated out loud.
"The Air Nomands love for you has not left this world, it is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love." This has taken on so much more to me after 3 of my grandparents passed in 2019, but in 2020 i became a uncle and i realized that the love they give me was still there and i could give it to some new.
Such a shame that Pathik did not help explain and advise Aang on the attachment part. It was inadequate so we could have a bit of conflict. Luke and Yoda moment but that one is better from Yoda's dialogue. Letting go does not mean he stops loving her.
this is actually so true, tried this, done this and feeling better already. this cartoon was waaaay before its time for me. 15 years later... just what i needed
School teaches you how to adapt to society, math, reading, writing, history, etc. Sadly, not many people watched Avatar (I made my bf watch it with me and he absolutely loved it). Avatar introduced me to all these thoughts and philosophies which really helped me a lot in my life and, to this day, still try to apply. Avatar is just a gift at this point to me.
When you think about it. Aang was the most handicapped Avatar, because he couldn't open that last chakra if it meant forgetting Katara, thus his only way of activating Avatar State was being in mortal danger. Yet he still won against Ozai.
Infinity Gaming no later on the show it’s revealed that when he was struck with the lightning during the opening of the last chakra he permanently lost access t it, but in the final battle against Ozai he regains the ability when he is hit in the same spot as the lightning
Some of these scenes still bring a tear to my eye. Watching this as a middle schooler was almost like a mini meditation/enlightenment session. I can't overstate what this show brought to my life, both as a person and a storyteller.
When I first saw this (especially the final chakra part) all I could think of was Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back when Yoda was teaching Luke on Dagobah and he leaves to rescue his friends. It's so similar really.
6:57 one of my three favorite scenes of the entire series along with avatar roku bending the four elements at once and the final agni kai. If they ever do another movie or a live action these scenes have to be in.
I love the scene when Toff is metal bending and Guru Pathik talking in the background about all 4 elements are not separate but one. Just gives you goosebumps 🌈❤️🙏🏽
The release of the love chakra scene is so touching and powerful because it’s so real for anyone who has lost a loved one. And the guru is absolutely right love is energy and it never leaves you. The scene and message was extremely deep for a cartoon. And I get teary eyed watching this scene every time bc even tho I’m 32 years old I miss my grandmother and that pain kept me stuck for a very long time. It’s important to let go … I ain’t crying I’m choppin onions
Where did Guru Pathik come from?!
The universe sent him
India, duhh!
@@THE202 hmmm
More like, where did he go 😭😭
Maby he lives there and was secretly raised by the air nomads for Aang.
Toph learning Metalbending while Guru Pathik explains the illusion of separation is one of the milestones of this show.
The music is very relaxing
Christian Villamil, where is your profile picture from?
@@GrIM99913 Sheikah symbol from Zelda Breath of the Wild.
Speaking of the music, anyone know the name of it?
No matter how ironic the metal, iron or aluminum is just earth, but it is a different kind of earth that an earthbender can also master ...
I love how the Guru never said "don't love" but "let her go" obsessing over someone has a detrimental effect in a relationship, choosing to letting go; was one of the toughest lessons in life.
That's one lesson that the teacher should clear up for sure so the student gets the picture, and not misinterpret as shown.
My interpretation is accepting that while aang had feelings for her, he mustn’t let himself see here as more important than anyone else, and his calling as Avatar must take precedent
@@johnlavery3433 More like the old saying, 'if you love someone, you should be willing to let them go.'
@@johnlavery3433 I agree with you! Also that by unlocking this chakra, it doesn't automatically equate to Aang being completely void of emotions and not being able to feel love for the rest of his life (as past me first interpreted this scene ) it means that the love he feels for her shoudn't tether him to this world and blind him from his responsibilitys as the Avatar
When Katara called out "Let me go!" in that vision, she was basically talking to Aang.
The transition to toph discovering metal bending as guru pathik lectures about the elements is no doubt a strong contender for top 3 scenes in the entire show.
it really is. this scene gives me chills.
@DraKaleel 18 there are way too many great scenes, that's why i had it as a contender. But my personal favorite is The Desert's ending.
This whole episode is phenomenal, to be fair
@DraKaleel 18 i know
It really is. I remember being blown away as a kid by this finale. And this moment specially gave me chills when I was a little kid and it still does now.
"If you are to be a positive influence on this world, you need to forgive yourself." I get chills everytime I hear that. Brilliant scene.
Its a beautiful quote.. love it! 💖
❤ omg ….. such strong words
I got chills reading your comment
Shown with the same progress in Zuko; "I'm angry at myself!"
By experience, it's much harder to forgive yourself than it is to forgive other people. Maybe because it's the first step that leads to forgiving others.
We usually blame ourselves too much for not knowing before-hand how to act, even though we do know it would have been impossible to know. We are very harsh on ourselves when there is no acceptance, and that translates to how we deal with others.
I just noticed, Katara is saying "let me go" in that vision when Aang is trying to let go of his worldly attachments.
Hahahahaha!! Overlocked details, they make thing funnier.
Dudeeee
Hahahaha
Mindblowing.
@@lucaaz14 DUUDE
This show has so many teachings that can be transferred into real life aspects, it’s incredible
This is pretty stripped down because it's a kid's show, but this actually is a very effective method if you know what you're doing.
Naruto is still better in my opinion
Chakras don’t actually exist but yeah the idea of it can
i don't think so. it is kind of annoying to not to be able to open your chakras like aang in a second
@@danatedawg1018 You don't know that. People used to believe that meditation was mumbo jombo, but later, found out, and now is well established in neurology, that meditation has an effect on your frontal cortex.
“The Air Nomads love for you has not left this world” 🥺🥺🥺🥺❤️
Always gets me. 😭
So sad 😭
Me too 😭😢
SPEEEEEEEEEDWAGOOOOOOOON
Saddest scene ever
The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same. We are all one people but we live as if divided ~Guru Pathik
So relevant always, but especially to what's going on right now.
Berfin Tank this line has such strong significance in Buddhism and some Hindu traditions
r/whoosh
Not sure if this would count, but the lightning redirection technique? Fire nation learning and applying water bending techniques.
Human instrumentality?
Notice how after Aang opens his heart chakra, he asks the guru for the onion banana juice that he previously said he hated. Re-opening his heart to love changed his perspective on not just a major trauma but on the smaller things too! Love changes all. It’s little details like this that make this show so brilliant
I always thought there was a reason why he said that, thanks
boys.. it's a scripted show... scripted by people. Off course they write the characters so... they can just write changes in characters from one minute to the next as if it was like that in reality.. it's not real! don't be fooled
@@theplacebeyondthelies2429Open your heart friend, if you pay a lot of attention to the show you start to notice underlying positive messages and lessons in every aspect of it, it is a kids show, and that’s why it’s beautiful the screen writers made such an effort to instill profound knowledge in such a gentle and subtle manner, I for one I’m pretty grateful for that, and I think if you truly try to do so too you’ll see the beauty I’m talking about. I wish you positivity 👍🏼
It doesn't have to be real to show me how to act in real life.
lets works of art do what they do best. Imitate our lives@@theplacebeyondthelies2429
👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Reminds me of the pure times.. I started watching this with my brother who was attracted to the message that this show presented.. he passed away at the age of 27 during a period of depression shortly after the passing of my father at 52… I didn’t get to finish the show till recently.. I’m 27 and now I’m
getting over all of this and also lost my job and felt like a broken spirit.. watching the rest of the series and especially the part where he goes through his chakras provided so much peace.. I wish this episode was compulsory. I’m trying to watch it with my nephews, like how my brother used to watch it with me, so that they can carry on this pure learning
I hope your brother and father is in a better place. Stay strong, I am rooting for you!❤
Reading the book The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer has helped me a lot. Maybe it can do the same for you.💫
You are unbound by the knowledge of infinite love.
Thus, You are understand what life is unfolding for you.
You understand what is ahead.
Being present to what life unfolds for You. Being able to listen.
To focus on what is in front of Yourself when challenges of the outside world collide with the inner world.
To focus on what on the outer world when challenges from within collide with the outer world.
To know how to listen.
To balance.
^This is from my journal when I mediated to the 4th chakra.
This sadness you feel is just a duality of love.
The sadness you feel from your brother & father is being alchemised to love towards your nephews.
I honor the path you are on.
Know this, the path you’re on is the right path.
The path just got a bit cloudy. But the moon is beginning to shine again.
@@geoffchou Thank you for this!
“When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change”
"You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy and it swirls all around us..."
😭😭😭
THAT one smacked me!!
@@sweetclouds12 And the fact he didn’t turn into Batman, and kept a hopeful mindset for the most part is inspiring
This one always makes me tear up
ikr?? i truly can't *imagine* how heartbroken, depressed, and lonely Aang felt like to literally be the *only* HUMAN Air Nomad/Airbender currently left alive (since the rest of his race was tragically genocided by those evil fire nation monsters). poor Aang 💔💔💔😭😭😭
love gives you pain and could be the most cruel lesson you learn
"You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomands' love for you has not left this world, it is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love."
😭 ❤️
Literally crying over that 😢
Probably one of the apexes of writing in this show
I always cry at that part.
This part always gets me... Jeez
I like the fact that even after so many years people are still love and appreciate Avatar (: please keep like that
Always
This is number one show I’ve ever seen I still watch it and Legend of korra
This comment is literally on every video
It is the best. ❤️
I only discovered it last year, I wish I saw this growing up, but I don’t think it would’ve hit the same, this show is a masterpiece.
This is probably one of the most, if not the most, valuable lessons I’ve ever seen in a work of art (painting, literature, movie, TV show, etc.): the idea that surrendering to your negative emotions and coming to terms with them will help you accept them which in turn will help you manage your emotions better and gain full control over your emotions, your thought, your feelings, and in general yourself as a whole.
When you substitute negative with positive and are content, you can use that sound kind to really enjoy and serve others
Anyone noticed that the Mudras (hand gestures) they are doing while meditating are the correct ones to use while working on each of the chakras? Wow, this show is truly amazing... So much respect for the creators. 🙏🏽
Yeah I saw it when rewatching it. The amount of detail that went into the show
Not only hand, the color from flashback scene also right❤
this is the way that a tv show masterfully teaches the chakras to kids along with entertaining them that takes true talent
Jonathan Leath it is but it’s just used to open ur pineal gland
Chakras are real and are key in understanding yoga
@Jonathan Leath Real or not, its a concept that can help you with going through life in general, letting go of flaws and realizing what experiences and things that make you who you are. Sort of like dissecting yourself, increasing your emotional intellect and awareness.
@Jonathan Leath
They are real. Spiritually, yes. But these chakras also connect to different parts of your body.
Nayeon “spiritually” = fictionally
"We are all one people, but we live as if divided." - Guru Pathik
That couldn't be any more truer. Especially in these times sadly.
True indeed. Though I think that as the world grows smaller with the advent of new technology we will eventually grow closer, assuming we make it that far. Life now is better than it was 100 years ago, and hope is a powerful thing.
I couldn't agree more 😔✊🏿❤️
True 😞😞😞
Indeed we live as if race means a different species when we're all the same
Tyler Comix We're not the same.
Learning to let go DOESNT mean you lose them forever. Attachments are blockages to your higher potential. What you love is still there but now you can let it flow freely.
It means you can learn to live without them
@@TheAlps36
Yes exactly you let it come and go as it will.
:)
Wow I needed to hear this
ILLusions by Kid Cudi. :)
What people are missing in this scene and overall in ATLA is that Toph has an active light chakra although she‘s blind (The light chakra is mostly described as the third eye). She also has insights of her element since she uses all her available senses (she replaced visual sense with seismic sense) and she uses her element “correctly” because she has the right basis (neutral jing). Foreseeing is also a form of having insights and Toph has also that: She uses her seismic sense to draw conclusions about the next moves in her environment so it’s more than just using her senses she also used her intuition (The light chakra is the chakra of Intuition). “Everything is connected” yes Toph found out that metal is also a kind of earth. In LoK she lives in the swamp, which plants connect her to the world and let her SEE
“Love is a form of energy that swirls all around us”, “what is grief if not love preserving?”
grief as in obsessing over the loss
Can we all agree that this one particular episode made us look into ourselves in the same light as Guru Pathik? He really had you think seriously after watching this episode.
Yea nope none of that occurred. I already know what troubles and experiences I have. Also how they affect me and my opinion of them. Basically I care less for all as opposed to care more effectively reducing obsession and need of them.
Thinking only takes you to a certain place from which we can journey further through sensing...
Oh yes and I also taught my kids alot about themselves as I paused and explained this scene in deeper detail to what my kids experienced at that time. I then purchased a children's book on the Chakras, I would cleanse my kids chakras reading the book to them and placing colored patches of felt at each Chakra point... they always fell asleep in the living room as I read to them and guided them into a deep meditation.🥰
Ego dissolution is necessary before learning to let go
@@1014p your just a person that thinks with the mind more over the heart which is not healthy .
I never noticed this before but aang holds his hands in a different position for each chakra
omg
That's because each chakra has a mudra, or hand position. If you want to channel a specific energy through a specific chakra, you have to use the that mudra. The hands are considered conduits when it comes to energy transfer. Hope that helps!
Alissa V. That’s cool, I didn’t know that. Thanks!
Alissa V. That’s cool, I didn’t know that. Thanks!
The level of research they did for this is just too amazing. Very well depiction of the mudras and chakras
You know what I like about Avatar?
Appa's sense of humour.
IULIAN GAMING I remember sokka sayin that.... oof I hate when he called me your majesty and told me aang and I are "shipped"
Katara so you didn’t have any feeling for him that time?
@@snorlaxfood6887 i think you and aang should date
Dude Check Crispy Kabute
Channel he has some anime videos too AMV AND GMV
Katara remember how you cried over your mom so much? How does it feel now that your dad, Sokka and Aang are gone as well ☺️
As an Indian kid growing up in the States where all we had was Apu and Baljeet making fun of us, Guru Pathik was a great thing to see on TV
Yeah. Ashame they didn't get an actual indian to voice guru pathik, instead it's another white man doing a stereotypical accent. Seeing brown people/culture as one of the nations would have been nice.
I am from India and brought up here and I feel you.... the concept of the avatar the chakras the animal guide.. this hit us in a diff way
@@smilee2566 isn't the water tribe and half the earth kingdom brown though
@@kimmyseon46 water tribe are based off of Inuit people and Earth tribe is very diverse but mainly based off Chinese culture. Not many Indian people in Avatar despite the word avatar being a sanskrit term and chakras being a Hindu belief. Well ig we have guru pathik but again, voiced by a white guy doing a steryotypical accent.
@@angelathomas6773 actually the northern water tribe architecture has South Indian temple structure... Check Meenakshi Amman temple
When you realize every chakra you have is blocked...
I felt that.
When you realize they are all open... 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵⚪️🟣🌟☁️🏆🧘🏾♂️🏆☁️🌟🟣⚪️🔵🟢🟡🟠🔴
Then do something against it
@@videogameguy101 Then they open :D
@@rrp2295 Blessed right. ~ 🕉🧞♂️
Curious how the guru never told where the second chakra was: in many traditions it was located at the genitals, and a kids show will never talk about it anyways. By the way this is one of the best episodes, a very zen one
Yes the creators confirmed this too
@@jareththegoblinking3191 why do you think that?
MakaniiStorm R/whoosh
Rhian have a source? I believe it, but I wanna hear what they specifically said.
@@gfyGoogle well it does deal with pleasure
6:20 this scene helped me so much with understanding different cultures and seeing that we aren’t that different from one another. It really helped me see perspectives from other people all over the world. I used to be very closed minded but this really helped me opening up. Truely amazing what this show can do to you.
I've noticed that, us humans tend to separate ourselves into groups, fight one another, not seeing that we're all one and the same. Things like.. gender, race/nationality, different belief systems.
"You atheists are all the same..!"
"You religious people are all the same..!"
"You x country folks are all the same!"
"You women are all the same!"
"You men are all the same!"
And so on.. it would be nice if everyone could let go of hatred and just get along with one another, but that's mere ideology. It's always a tug of war that's "me and us" versus "you and them", and the issue is always the illusion of separation.
@@404-o9d Aye to that.
@@404-o9d Isn't it the point that everything is the same?
"The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same."
2:31 "Look at all the guilt which burdens you so. What do you blame yourself for?"
Cabbage Merchant: *stares at aang intently*
Summary
1:28 Root (Earth) Chakra: Survival - Fear - Surrender fear to flow
2:12 Water (Sacral) Chakra: Pleasure - Guilt - Accept & Forgive
3:19 Navel (Fire) Chakra: Willpower - Shame - Accept
4:23 Heart (Air) Chakra: Love - Grief - New love
5:36 Sound (Truth) (Throat) Chakra: Truth - lies - self honesty
6:19 Light (Third Eye) Chakra: Insight - Illusion - All is one
7:51 Thought (Crown) Chakra: Pure Energy - Attachment- Let attachment go/ surrender
Thanks man
It's interesting how Aang's visions while unblocking the chackras have the chackras colors (root-red, sacral-orange, solar plexus-yellow, heart-green etc.)
It’s weird korra colors were completely different from aangs
His Mudras (Hand signs) Change too. The amount of detail that went into the show
The last chakra opening reminds me of what Zaheer said when he quoted Guru Laghima. “Let go of your earthly tether. Enter the void. Empty, and become wind.” Makes you think
Was Guru Patik trying to teach Aang how to fly?
moh q no he would need to dis attach from his sky bison appa. All airbenders can fly but the reason they can’t Is because they are given a strong earthly tether as a kids which are baby bisons.
@@StJohnSB and as the Avatar, you cannot un-attach yourself from the world because you are the bridge between the material world and the spirit world.
aang can’t fly cause he’s inherently attached to the earth.
Yup
did anyone else cry when all the air nomads showed up just me? okay
I cried so hard
I wailed. 😫
I cried when Aang spoke after that chakra. The emotion in that boy's voice ...
I always cry with that chakra part
My favorite one out of all the Chakras. A reminder that the ones we love who we have lost can come back to us in new forms.
00:01:28 - 1st: The Earth Chakra
00:02:17 - 2nd: The Water Chakra
00:03:18 - 3rd: The Fire Chakra
00:04:23 - 4th: The Heart Chakra
00:05:36 - 5th: The Sound Chakra (Truth Chakra)
00:06:20 - 6th: The Light Chakra
00:07:51 - 7th: The Thought Chakra
I am suprise there is not a air chakra
@@angelazabalza9183 sound is vibrating in the air. Out of the four elemental chakras, air(sound) is the highest.
I thought the fourth was the air chakra, because the Guru only says that this chakra is located in the heart, but it doesn't say "heart chakra"
@@angelazabalza9183 the 4th chakra is air
@@error-vh2gr it is air... believe it or not
9:37 That’s clever writing right there! That line Katara says has a double meaning it shows the situation she’s in, but it also references what Aang has to do. Aang had to let go of his emotional attachment to Katara.
Wow
All the elements are one
Metal is created by extracting ores and resources from the *earth.* It is refined through a trial of *fire,* repeatedly quenched with *water,* and left to cool by *air.*
This is a perfect example that ALL the elements are ONE!
Sooo you’re saying that any bender could in theory bend metal? Nice
I think what you're really trying to say, is that Toph is the Avatar.
*Apex Gale* Wow this is a rally cool perspective on the phrase.
@@JackPoppy lol
This one scene is what got me into learning about chakras and spirituality and because of that my life completely changed. Thank You Avatar The Last Airbender. Flameo Hotman.
same!!
Also learning about chakras helped me discover so much about myself and the Universe. But that probably makes me sound preachy
You're not alone my friend.
Same here, friend.
@@kibalionist8938 That's wonderful to hear!
I just love the transition between the 6th chakra and toph metal bending, acting as an explanation
What makes this show great is the application to real life. The most powerful person on the earth (the avatar) is someone who faces their fears, shame and insecurities. Someone who learns from people who think differently (different benders from different nations) and understands that we're all one people. Brilliant.
4:35 wow this scene brought me to tears what a powerful message of hope that love is rebron and stays in your heart and it relieves that past pain and when he says let the pain flow away the tears couldn't help themselves what a masterpiece of a show
Yeah I cry every time in this moment 😭
I love how you can apply these to everyday life. Such an insightful and beautiful episode
Agreed
@Henry Okoro Perfectly said.
The first time aang ran away, he didn’t know what the consequences would be. This time, he knew exactly what would happen if he left, but he did it out of worry for Katara.
Glad that they didn't cut "Toph bending metal" scene and let us enjoy the legendary music
Iroh: The stomach is the source of energy in your body
Pathik: The fire chakra, located in the stomach
Iroh: Fire is the element of power
Pathik: This chakra deals with willpower [...]
Iroh: You must let go of your feelings of shame
Pathik: [...] And is blocked by shame
Bumi was right . all old people know each other .
@@albertrex6851 true
@@albertrex6851 just like Aang and his friends. It's the wisdom passed through generation
Firebending is literally turning vitality into fire.
Was thinking this to
I love when the guru talks about the illusion of separation, and Aang is quick to make the connection about the 4 nations being one. Its something that he learned in the swamp episode, and its really cool to see that he retained that information and it became a foundational pillar of his worldview. The writing in this show is amazing.
By the way Aang, once you do enter the Avatar State make sure you don't just hover majestically in the air for a few seconds.
Hahaha specially if a hot but crazy fire bender is in range
And right behind you
And generating lightning
And is shooting it directly towards you
Too soon
I love how Aang chose Katara over the Avatar state.
Like Iroh said:’’You are wise that you chose happiness and *LOVE* ’’
It is actually selfish, to choose her over saving the world
@@josearmandorojasharnes2479 later he still chose the avatar style
@@fbk2766 he didnd't choose the avatar state, he was lucky and stumbled upon it.
@@josearmandorojasharnes2479 i dont understand how he dominated avatar state if he dont let Katara go but if iroh saided its true
@@ijimenez1951 let's just say that the 7th chakra is badly executed.
“You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomads’ love for you has not left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love.”
Over ten years later and this show still makes me tear up :')
Me too!
This is easily one of the best episodes of the entire show. Everything linking together as he explains the chakras, especially as Toph invents metal bending. Legendary and always in my brain
Hot take: chakra and elements are way better explained here than other anime that uses the same formula
If that show had done something similar to this at the end of book one, it would have been way better than korra getting her bending back immediately. Could have taken at least one episode with a chance to flesh out the characters.
@@samortmann5003 To eveeeeryone talking about Korra instantly getting back the elements or knowing them from the start, the show was meant to be just 1 season. Then Nick asked for more. I'm pretty sure that if it was planned for 4 seasons, Korra would've learned the elements gradually or would've gone on a journey to get them back.
@@yakone1379 I don't think korra getting her bending back needed a whole other season, just an additional episode or two.
Agreed
@@samortmann5003 You didn't get my point. They had planned the show for one season, they had already restored her bending. They couldn't just retcon it like it was nothing.
I wish korra had done something similar to this at the end of book one to restore her bending instead of her getting her bending back immediately from aang.
Well she did something similar to regain her avatar state with toph
@@spartandare390 True, but book one had a lot of frustrating things about it. Opportunity for social commentary about nonbenders not given enough consideration, and the godawful love triangle that left bolin and asami heartbroken.
@@samortmann5003 Because the events didn't develop the way you wanted them to,that doesn't mean it's a bad season. Accept it for what it's meant to show and be. Also, the whole franchise implies that each avatar faced a different kind of struggle as one,as all people do.
@@elithurofficial I'm not saying the show was bad, just that it didn't show it's full potential
@@samortmann5003 This sentence sums up my thoughts on LOK. It had so many great ideas, but executed most poorly, which is why it's so frustrating to watch at times, and yet I still can feel invested in its story
I like that fact that Aang was able to find a work around and was able to hold onto Katara in the end and not give her up. Katara and Aang are soulmates it's destiny that they be together.
Aang let go of her at the end of Season 2. You can still love someone and not be attached to them. Connection is healthy, attachment is not.
Aang chose to let her go at the end of season 2 tho. Rather than help her immediately, he chose to try to finish the process of mastering the avatar state.
He realized that as the avatar, his duties are to the world first, Katara and the others second.
@@1sdani True words! Thats what real and healthy love is about!
And this workaround is called Plothole
Not quite. aang did let her go but Azula’s attack cut OFF his chakra from the rest of the others, not allowing the energy to flow.
This is actually extremely helpful for meditation in real life. I ignore the specifics that he's speaking to Aang about, and simply follow his instructions in regards to my own life.
For fear, I let go of poverty, and scarcity, and dangerous creatures, and the fear of being struck down while defending others or defending human rights. For guilt... well, I have a list of sins I keep, those things I have forgiven myself for but will never let myself forget until I fix them. I focus on them, and I let them flow away. For shame, I remember my failures, and the parts of myself that I can't speak aloud, the parts that are deeply personal. I accept my failures and these hidden parts of myself, and let shame flow away. For grief, I remember the home I lost, the family shattered, the people I've loved who died, and the bridges I've let decay and collapse, and the friends I've lost. And the reminder of new love, of change, is deeply comforting, and I let the pain flow away. For lies, I acknowledge my arrogance. I acknowledge my envy. I acknowledge that even seeking to be what I seek to be, is to fail to be that thing. That what I seek to be would feel no arrogance, and would feel no envy. I acknowledge that I am not that which I seek to be yet, and I let my arrogance flow away, which I can only do after acknowledging that I feel it. The sixth chakra is very simple for me to open now - the comprehension of oneness permeates my very being at all times. This part of the meditation is always nothing but soothing, as this chakra opens at will.
The seventh chakra is very difficult for me. Attachment and aversion, are deeply difficult for me to face. Especially aversion - where Aang had trouble with attachment, my trouble is the opposite. I have a small few attachments that are difficult to let go, but letting go of aversion is unbelievably difficult. Letting go of pleasure I can do. Discomfort or displeasure consume me when I feel them, though, and I cannot shake them off. I have only opened this chakra once, and that day changed my entire life.
This doesn't fully explain the chakras or the process of opening them, but with a little outside study it does become an extremely effective guided meditation.
Thank you for posting this. I use it quite often.
Everyone of us has a sticking point - we do not have the power to let go - The Guru said, "Surrender yourself." Cosmic Energy gives the power to let go...
This show unknowingly set me on my Spiritual path as a kid.
4:24 this chakra always hits me like a freight train
the way he looks at the statue of Yangchen🥺
Tell me about it.
Same here 😭😭😭
Does it hit you... in the heart? Lol
The writing was so beautiful. The loss of the air nomads and Toph turning into a metal bender were some of the best moments in the show. I love this show man.
That scene where he sees the avatar state floating above is just way underrated. I was amazed when I saw that as a kid, I'm surprised no one talks about in depth. Such an iconic scene.
My favorite scene of the whole show😍
07:27 The “Woooo~ Toph, you rule!” is such a cherry on top moment. One of my favorite scenes
Everything about the love Chakra part is great! The way Aang smiles, the statue of Yangchen behind, the way the airnomads appear on his mind and the dissapear... Needless to say I tearbended!
The scene where Aang embraces the cosmic energy, is truly beautiful.
It's scary
As a hindu I was taught about the idea of chakras (its in our religion) and how to open all of them. Actually chakras are mostly symbolic of various things and one must open them to gain spiritual enlightenment. ( Not to enter Avatar state😂) It is not as easy as it seems. Humans cling to worldly issues too much and cannot give them up in few minutes. ( Buddha was able to do it and hence he attained spiritual enlightenment ) I love this show so much 😍❤️😍 I was so surprised they showed this.
Forgive my english. It is not my native language.
How accurate would you say the shows depiction of chakras is?
I’m Christian but I’m looking into trying Buddhism. What are some basic things I need to know and how do you recommend I start?
@@alakesbrahms806 Is your name Lisa Simpson by any chance
@@lochness5524 No, sorry if what I said was offensive.
@@alakesbrahms806 no no, it was just a joke
2024, anyone?
Me
I'm acctually revisiting this in 2024, just to try opening these chakras myself, so my avatar state can wake up finally.
Watching it now
Meditation meditation and more meditation
Sup
When ang sees his higher self I get chills every time, we are all cosmic energy and we must not attach ourself to the earth to truly be connected with all that is- the source 🤍
the way i started crying the moment he said grief. it made me realize how i haven't processed any of my grief but shut it away
"Why would I let go of Katara? I...I love her!" This is so sweet .
I thought Avatar’s couldn’t love.
@@matt13r1Previous Avatars had perfectly fine romantic relationships, so why not?
I just saw a Chakra chart full of meditation hand positions for each Chakra, and THEY MATCH THE SHOW. THE LEVEL OF DETAIL, I can't even-!
6:55 What an amazing way to introduce and somewhat explain metal bending for the first time. Without sounding like some kind of contrived exposition.
I love how he’s guiding him through each phase. Giving him the answers after ang discovers them himself
"You have indeed felt a great loss. But love is a form of energy and it swirls all around us. Your people's love for you has never left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love" Just wow
4:37 one of the most powerful lines I have ever heard. Never forgot that scene since I first saw it.
Love this show so much 😊
This scene is supposed to be about Aang but man Toph is totally stealing it!
It was a perfect transitions
steeling it
Who is the greatest character in ATLA?
Answer: All of them!
Another thing i like about the show is that you can't really tell who the weak link in the GAang.
what about zhao
@@CayoYT and Jet
Aang and katara
@@THE202 I'll have none of this. Jet is awesome.
I feel like Aang commenting on how everything is connected is a direct callback to when he learned the same lesson from Huu in the swamp. It’s why he understood that lesson so quickly and it was extended from people/nature to bending the four elements and the four nations.
Another subtlety is when Zuko uses a fire bending move very similar to water bending in the same episode (long after he learned to redirect lightning from Iroh). Not to mention Toph figuring out how to metalbend when the lesson is stated out loud.
Honestly this is one of my favorite scenes/episodes of the entire series… you learn so much
I like how each vision Aang has its the color of each chakra
"What is grief, if not love perservering"
I love the concept of Chakras. They’re like a supernatural form of therapy.
"The Air Nomands love for you has not left this world, it is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love." This has taken on so much more to me after 3 of my grandparents passed in 2019, but in 2020 i became a uncle and i realized that the love they give me was still there and i could give it to some new.
Such a shame that Pathik did not help explain and advise Aang on the attachment part. It was inadequate so we could have a bit of conflict. Luke and Yoda moment but that one is better from Yoda's dialogue. Letting go does not mean he stops loving her.
First of all, this show was meant for children with limited amount of time; but I see your pain
Fourth Chakra (heart) has to be the most beautifull one!
brought a tear to my eyes aswell
These were the best episodes of season 2 in my opinion. So many lessons learnt, especially 'we are all one people but live as if divided' ♥️💙💜
this is actually so true, tried this, done this and feeling better already.
this cartoon was waaaay before its time for me. 15 years later... just what i needed
“Now think of your attachments, and let them go, let the pure cosmic energy flow..” 🌌💫
I actually learned so much from this show! And actually used the things its taught me in everyday life... unlike school
We should make kids watch Avatar in school problem solved
School teaches you how to adapt to society, math, reading, writing, history, etc. Sadly, not many people watched Avatar (I made my bf watch it with me and he absolutely loved it). Avatar introduced me to all these thoughts and philosophies which really helped me a lot in my life and, to this day, still try to apply. Avatar is just a gift at this point to me.
When you think about it. Aang was the most handicapped Avatar, because he couldn't open that last chakra if it meant forgetting Katara, thus his only way of activating Avatar State was being in mortal danger. Yet he still won against Ozai.
He opened it when he fight Azula and Dai'li
Infinity Gaming no later on the show it’s revealed that when he was struck with the lightning during the opening of the last chakra he permanently lost access t it, but in the final battle against Ozai he regains the ability when he is hit in the same spot as the lightning
@@hashmash9573 ???????
@@skamazbg5675 did you even watch the show????
@@yazdazkafraz3419 it's unrealistic.
*4:35** was very emotional for me, grief takes time to heal specially losing someone who was very close to you.*
Just realized Katara screamed out “Let me go.”……this show is something else like truly a masterpiece
THIS VIDEO REALLY TEACHES US HOW HARD LIFE CAN BE. AND IT ALSO TEACHES US TO NEVER GIVE UP
Pause at 1:07 - the opening to the cave looks just like the third eye/pineal gland 𓁹𓂀
The funny part is when Aang ask “what are Chakras?” & Guru Pathik just got disturbed & felt awkard😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
I swear i feel more enlightened and taught every time I see this scene. It helped me to see what has been blocked off and what I need to open.
Some of these scenes still bring a tear to my eye. Watching this as a middle schooler was almost like a mini meditation/enlightenment session. I can't overstate what this show brought to my life, both as a person and a storyteller.
"Why would I chose cosmic energy over Katara"😭 where can I find someone like Aang?
When I first saw this (especially the final chakra part) all I could think of was Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back when Yoda was teaching Luke on Dagobah and he leaves to rescue his friends. It's so similar really.
I thought the exact same thing!
This is the most accurate representation of the chakras and an amazing guide to your true self
Mostly accurate.... I learnt about chakras at the age of 9 and I am an indian so... yes
6:57 one of my three favorite scenes of the entire series along with avatar roku bending the four elements at once and the final agni kai. If they ever do another movie or a live action these scenes have to be in.
I love the scene when Toff is metal bending and Guru Pathik talking in the background about all 4 elements are not separate but one. Just gives you goosebumps 🌈❤️🙏🏽
The release of the love chakra scene is so touching and powerful because it’s so real for anyone who has lost a loved one. And the guru is absolutely right love is energy and it never leaves you. The scene and message was extremely deep for a cartoon. And I get teary eyed watching this scene every time bc even tho I’m 32 years old I miss my grandmother and that pain kept me stuck for a very long time. It’s important to let go … I ain’t crying I’m choppin onions
"Why would I choose cosmic energy over Katara?!"