How to Find a Purpose and the Psychology of the Daemon
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In this video we examine how to find a life purpose, and we conduct a psychological analysis of the often reported experience with the daemon.
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You must have a read a _bunch_ of books! 😂 I think that in the thought of Aristotle, the Daemon is the earth, Gaia. Something similar appears in Andean cosmology where the Pachamama is the source of fortune or _suerte._ See livelogic.blogspot.com/2019/10/on-free-will-and-conscious-awareness.html
In the spiritual traditions of the Yoruba people of South west Nigeria, the daemon is known as Ori. Their knowledge of ori is extensive
“We need to be careful not to confuse patience with laziness and fear.”
Ok, you got me. 😒
Emiliapocalypse I’m kind of a triple threat in that sense.
SCL75 haha, I totally feel you on that! 😂
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Emiliapocalypse he’s a good boy.
😂😂😂 i went from inspired to dying at this comment💜
It's like trying to have a boring panic attack.. um yeah, no.
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born & the day you find out why." - Mark Twain
That is powerul
And then SHE left you 😭😁😄
and also “We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” - Confucius
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Hal: Im sorry, Girl. Im afraid I cant let you do that
This guy is like the oracle in the matrix
hmm
Now THAT is a high insult. Well done.
Don't worry about the vase!
waiting for that cookie.
In fact
Your content is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise increasingly polluted platform - thank you.
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The School of Life and Ted-Ed
@@elevatedaspirations haha, well everybody's entitled to their own opinion and I respect yours
I used to be crippled by depression and anxiety until I found my calling making Old School RuneScape videos. I had the idea when I was younger but never thought it could be a career, so I went to college and got a degree. But as I got older my anxiety and depression grew more and more. I’ve been making videos for half a year now and I have never felt better.
The first step is be honest with yourself about what you enjoy. That’s it. Don’t think about how much money it can make you. Chances are you will eventually make more than your current job if you pursue it long enough.
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"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life"
-Albert Camus
So true. Im 22 and I've come to the conclusion that my entire life has been decided for me because I've spent my time being lazy and passive instead of aggession towards my life's purpose. It's time i take control of my destiny!
Don't be in a rush if you don't have it now.
Try many things. Strive.
In the trying and the striving, the passion and purpose will reveal itself.
I found my purpose at 36 years old.
@@threethrushes glory be too you then friend! May I ask what purpose you found?
@@kylekissack4633 I dedicate my life to creating art to celebrate the composer Anton Bruckner, and to show my gratitude to him.
Since 2012 I have commissioned sculptures, stained glass windows, jewellery, and posters.
If not me, who?
Keep pushing forward. You'll do great things.
Here here.
Every now and then in the video I recognize a sentence or a concept from some book that's not even mentioned in the video. Academy of Ideas has read a huge amount and integrated a lot of it too. Thanks for all the condensed knowledge
Please share the name when you remember it. Thanks
This is better then church.
For example that quote from "Wilhelm Meister Apprenticeship".
The purpose in life is to find a purpose in life
What is its purpose when you have found it? Or do you never find it?
and then execute it, execution is important.
Humans are meaning making machines after all.
Purpose is preoccupation until mortal purpose is realized.
It’s weird. You always upload when I’m feeling lost.
Mudit Bhutani Damn I never thought of it like that. Kinda sad.
That's Synchronicity dude, me too ! It shows there is a certain deeper relevance to this material !
Good to you. Judging my life they could upload videos every day.
Sandy here
Same. I was especially lost today
"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls." - Joseph Campbell.
Campbell was heavily influenced by Jung. Yesterday I was reading an article about him, damn synchronicities...
Phelipe D'antas Can you tell me which article? Thanks!
Leviathan I - You should read The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers. It's amazing!
Campbell and Jung were heavily influenced by Demons.
This sounds like a great quote to put on the entrance to the backrooms
To those who can relate, once you find your purpose and you know what you must do, the universe starts throwing signs directly to your face to the point where you can’t say it’s a coincidence. Once you shift your mind that nothing is a coincidence and you truly, truly feel it, your world will literally start changing in front of you. Good luck to everyone on their purpose and i know I’ll meet some of you in the near future at the top of the world. For now, let’s enjoy this journey ❤️
“Time is not on your side.” true. It’s on no one’s side. Time to get moving.
I am 20 and I am starting to get very serious about my life path, I am telling you this not because I want your approval or congratulations but as a marker for change. I suffer from laziness and a lethargic mind that entices me to live a life of comfortable mediocrity. After finding my purpose three years ago I have been struggling with this as well as financing myself. That ends now and these videos are helping me realize the fact that change is needed to embrace, progress, and overtake what plagues me. I will dedicate everyday to practice and I will start locating and purging the laziesness inside by switching it out with beneficial tasks that improve my state of mind, goodbye.
Good luck brother
Do everything in your POWER to become a VICTOR not a victim.
Take control!
what is your purpose and how did you figure it out
@@imad8107how is it going brother?
Thank you and thank you again and again. You are employing modern communication technology for the benefit of all.
My Daemon always tells me to never do something at my expense to please others. Unless I truly believe the person that the person I'm doing it for is worthy, it screams and haunts if I do this.
I love the idea of the daemon, it explains so much! As a kid I had a deep and unexplainable fascination with the Egyptian pyramids and with airplanes. Over time my fascination with the pyramids led me to study history and philosophy on my own and my fascination with airplanes led me to study a career in mechanical engineering. I was never able to explain what it was until now.
Your Daemon loves you.
I am struggling with this issue right now.
Like many, I invested well over a decade of my life into higher education to get a well-paying job in the pharmaceutical industry.
After two years I realised I didn't want to work with people solely motivated by money.
I now teach English abroad. Earning 1/40th of my previous salary.
To put it in perspective, it will take me the rest of my natural life to earn what I could earn in a year.
Madness?
Not necessarily. While resources and financial security certainly have their use and importance, they must be weighed against other things lest one's existence be rendered banal hedonism and nihilism, absent meaning or purpose. A life spent solely in the pursuit of the material is inherently devoid of anything that makes existence worth the inevitable pains of it and purpose (alongside meaning, relationships and a few others) is among, arguably even the, the most transcendent aims of all.
That said, money can very much be a necessary, nevermind pleasurable, tool towards those aims. It must be considered in relation to what you consider necessary to justify and enliven your life.
Courage
English teachers are paid well in Japan and other foreign countries I believe, especially personal tutors
I bet you're happier teaching!!
allow me to comment. First, what u did was admirable. Second, watch this video again, i watched it like 10 times. Transcend teaching! Don't give a crap what the herd says about your call. They are the herd! Don't think 💰, think mastery! Go at it every single day! Money will eventually come! I'm not being a wise ass, i just happened to follow the same path as you, wavered and got back to a career that i hate, and now the demons are beating me up big time. Can't wait for my contract to expire as i'm too timid to quit. Then i'm backpedaling into teaching and being a small time retailer. Hooe this helps. peace
The notion of the daemon somehow strikes what seems as the deepest chord in me and wherein my whole being seems to lean into a resonance and say, "Yes!"
Can someone please send this back in time to my younger self 18 years ago. I lost my daemon so many times, wasted so much time.... but now, at nearly 38, if it’s not too late, I’m determined to be focused.
Your Daemon is tethered to you by a golden thread, you may get far apart, but it will always be with you.
I've been struggling with that word "daemon" for so long. "Guiding spirit" is pretty good, especially if they can be exemplars of excellence like you said. Great video.
You have no idea how well timed this video was. I was struggling between the idea of security by going to the medical school and the idea of going for a master in neuroscience, what I really enjoy learning about but I was scared and worried that there might be no future for it in my country. Your video really helped to make a decision, thank you.
How has it turned out? I hope we’ll :)
Fun Fact: Scientists now think that Nietzsche's mustache was actually his daemon
Entering my mid-fifties, I am trying to find a new life direction. Throughout my life the strength and influence of the Daemon has fluctuated. Motivation and ambition are signs the Daemon is active…loss of direction and apathy are signs the Daemon is restless. Time is not on our side but sometimes one must float to allow the Daemon to reflect and regroup.
"Even in uncertainty we need to act". Loved that.
The most important advice for young people if they have ears to listen
Your channel is gold, your site is even better, been here since 80k subs, still loving.
Wow, I definitely need this. Lately I've been trying to find my purpose in life and I try by being more responsible, and do more things that I personally like. Also I've been getting rid of bad habits like leaving my phone near me when I go to sleep so that it won't become a distraction in the night and in the morning, I've been limiting things like video games, and watching TV shows and anime, and also I started reading more and I just started playing my electric guitar again. I'm about to start my 2nd year in college and I really need to start getting more serious about life and stuff that is important. Also priorities and time management, and communication with friends and family, I also plan to start smiling more and expressing my love for the ones I care for more, because I never know when they'll pass.
I know from experience that everytime I have admitted to someone what career path I would like to pursue, I am always discouraged by them. This is partly why I avoid people now.
do you consider the possibility that subconsciously you might had been seeking validation?
Same
@@sunilrampuria7906 Agreed (no offense intended to OP). I'm a firm believer that if you have to 'advertise' what you're planning on doing/goals etc to others then you aren't genuinely invested in it.
never tell people your plans, ever ever. that shit belongs to you only bc they will poison it every time
one of the greatest youtube channels out there, i always appreciate your content
"The meaning of life is to find your purpose and then give it away"
Jw.org
Who said this?
Alex Clarke Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Ah Robert Greene, one of the greatest writers of our age.
His books can easilly be mistaken for your average "BS" self-help books, which is really such a shame. So Im very happy you made a video about one of his most important books, namely Mastery.
His books are incredibly well researched, his writing style is very readable yet precise and he presents forth the most important and deepest ideas for a human. It is a shame how far we have burried ourselves in meaningless pleasure, shallow ideas and fragile norms. Greene thus sheds needed light on us and doesn't shy away from disregarding the norms and looking at things with a clear vision. His book on power is a good example of this and so is Mastery with its blunt denial of the existance of "genius", which I absolutely adore.
Amazingly timed. I've been trying to communicate this exact concept for so long. Thank you.
I needed to watch this video at this time in my life. Thank you.
This was so intellectually stimulating. Definitely needed to listen to this one. Excellent work
The reason why this is such a common question nowadays is because we were never forced as children to work. Our parent and grandparents have worked, years, even if in just part time when they reached being 18. They had experiences of what they liked and disliked and it made it easier for them to choose a career. I was lost as a 22 year old when I started to work, now I love what I do, (im just 25 btw). If I can give anybody some advice: watch what you like in your job, even if it's small things and watch what you dislike. I started as a customer service agent. I soon realised that being around a lot of people is very draining to me and that I find it hard to manage stress. I really enjoyed the days where I had to do administrational work, alone in my office. I soon realised that I need a job which is much more introverted and monotonous. So I started as a junior accountant and I soon realised that I love it and I was made for it. I already got promoted a few months ago and I actually love working. If I can give advice to any of you who are lost out there: watch what you love and hate about your job, even if it is just a small little thing, it contains the clue to the next step in your career which you are going to enjoy much more (also, never stay at toxic workplaces no matter how much you are made for the job), Good luck!
Always insightful. Always in perfect timing.
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Thank you for helping me narrate my life in the last 6 months
No problem. I'm happy to help.
just in the right moment, it is incredible how much I needed this video because I am about to make a really important and life-changing career decision, thank you for always delivering quality material.
You sir are a genius! The extremely well researched, well thought and well presented ideas are providing true value and strong guidance in the lives of so many of us! This video (your work) is a moment of clarity in my life. I'm speechless...
I'm always impressed by how you at AoI curate concepts and ideas into relatively brief video essays that really hit home for me. Thank you for making these videos. I'm a "late bloomer," and your content, especially on finding purpose, have done quite a lot to ease my turmoil.
I’m a hip hop artist and I swear when I am writing songs, it feels like it’s not me who is writing them. I surprise myself all the time, wondering where it came from. I literally feel like I’m just a vehicle for the message. This video definitely makes sense to me!
You are channeling your divinity…the divine spark…the daemon 😊🔥
I’ve recently experienced this with journaling 😊
Thank you so much for corroborating it so eloquently!..cheers!!
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This channel puts out some incredible content. Truly.
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This video is pure golden wisdom, Thank you so much for it.
The message of this video is very much in line with American and Western ideas ('work hard!', 'don't be satisfied with what you've got!") but I'm not sure it's a healthy approach in this age of burn-out, depression, and general overstimulation.
Our problem may not be that we do not strive enough, but rather that we strive too much - and peace of mind will continue to elude us.
The striving should be easier if working on your life's purpose. Always be kind to yourself and rest when you need to.
I struggle with this constantly, even after completing a college degree. Thank you for your insight, it's quite serendipitous that you posted this today, for me at least.
Great distillation of ideas and images from the masters. Exactly the food for thought I needed this morning; thank you!
Thanks for this video! This is *exactly* what I needed right now! My "daemon" was messed up for the past few months.
You are god doing gods work through the veil of a person. A person has free will to move away from that work, but pays for that diversion. Thank you. I needed this. Exactly this.
Your videos are always so packed with deep knowledge that I feel like I have to watch them at least once more.
A long time ago before the internet was properly known the purpose of it all was to share info like this.
Thank you for you contribution to the world you are greatly appreciated. i've shown your channel to a few friends and they love your videos and insights like i do.
This channel is my daemon, an episode comes to me in the form of a synchronicity and the subject close to what I was at hand thinking about. In this case, I had a convo with a friend about pursuing what you value vs. pursuing only what brings you success.
The part that talks about passion has eased me in ways I couldn't. Thank you for making these videos
Appreciating how you spread the knowledge of the daemon. Daemon however comes from the greek daimon which means deity repleted with ancient profound knowledge. The daimon is godself and can only be reached when the individual dares to go through the abyss. The human infallicies have to be burnt off until there is only the gold material to work with. This is why this path is like a rollercoaster. The ego part that does not serve the higher centers will be killed. This is excruciatingly painful. Procrastination and hesitation exists when your internal shadow is not convinced of you. The shadow is one of the 9 aspects of the soul known by the ancient egyptians. When we go through the reformationprocess as a child to make us ready for responsible life ( not so responsible at its least on the end) these essential parts are being split off and pushed to the background due to societal demands. Those who wish to know more about this can visit my video " the egyptian concept of the shadow" maybe it is also really helpful to study some of G.I Gurdjieff's material for you for distributing more understandable material on this topic of the deamon. It is a bit too summier to reach a complete understanding of this cobcept. When someone found and connects to his daimon he will not hesitate for then he is guided by the threefold power of substance, energy and purposefulness. Also Sakaki 4 his writings in the book "daimonosophy" are valuable materials you can study. You are touching upon aspects of the left hand path here which are now being slowly revealed to the public, it is just trickling into the human mind and undercurrent of the commonality now, while about a 10 years back many were not ready for this and rejected it, rigorously directing it to the realm of rubbish.
I agree with you on this one. The daemon concept is totally misunderstood and bastardized due to monotheistic systems and has to be re-introduced to people in a PROPER manner, or it will again be misunderstood and bastardized because people are too shallow to look into the topic better themselves.
What would you consider to be the so called “abyss”? I heard the concept many times, and abstractly I kind of understand it, but concretely what does it mean?
@@mgdkns6678 Thank you for your question. I consider the abyss as a realm of chaos that would also take place in our personal lives. Sometimes you hit the bottom of things. And life as you planned it or thought of it or envisioned it to be is blown to smithereens. Because it is so unknown it brings out the innate unbearable incompleteness within us. A state sentient being is so prone to deny or ignore willingly or not with/by daily distractions. When the dross of everything we held for true but isn't is burnt off a lot of us end up in a crisis. Mostly an identity crises related thing. You're completely in the darkness, a pit that seems to go down without end. All there is left to do it accept it, often you take out the speed of crushing down with that. This elaboration might help you comprehend it better th-cam.com/video/Cp6LzzovGy4/w-d-xo.html
Forthcoming of the Voidstar Thank you! Watching your videos now😊
You are a friend I can always rely on when my mind is stagnant, a moral of compass when procrastination strikes.
Awesome video!! I’ve been off track recently and I don’t think anyone could have done a better job at motivating me than you sir! I hope you are blessed in your path to success and fulfillment
Thanks for Other Fantastic Psychology/philosophy video!
keep up your good work love it
Thank you so much for the transcripts your work is amazing!
Thank you for this. I appreciate your work.
The compilation of quotes and explanation of yours is truly admirable my friend you give a proper explanation on the events occurring in a person's mind. Awesome content. Lots of love from India
I feel like my Daemon is schizophrenic because I have too many passions and one never seems to be overwhelmingly intrinsic to my path in life, all the passions feel almost equal
Try things and eliminate them. The person who chases after two rabbits catches neither.
@@habitdaemon I CAUGHT THE RABBIT, well kinda I found at least a consistent passion that seems undivorcable from myself now, along with the other passions rising and subsiding with time
Very grateful for your videos.Depth of the topic is truly amazing.
Hope you guys have a nice day
Thanks, I hope you have a good one too.
You too friend, have a great day.
Ur killing it bro. Pretty much perfection 👌
your videos always put things in perspective. and it's a chain of such profound ideas I wanna rethink my last 2 years of career and life
Well thanks to you , now i´m more clear about" me " - SPECIALLY what i´ve been going through - than before, getting these feed backs from you/ Lecture.Appreciate your efforts🌷
What this video is explaining was/is commonplace in Switzerland. I was there in '93 and everything this video is explaining I got from my conversations while there.
Jobs were pathways to careers and through Apprenticeship programs that catered to creating pathways/relationships that lead to expertise and self reliance. Self reliance in masse is how you determine the fortitude of a community. Teenagers and 20 somethings were all aware of this proven path and using/describing it.
The path to a sound Community/County/Canton has been developed and tested by the Swiss. Probably be worth considering a look, copying.
Education = Self Mastery/Governance
Money = Stable/Predictable
It works.
Lol.. exactly after taking the first step today.. I love this Channel, it speaks to me!!
Bro, I swear to god I literally prayed for you to make a video on this topic a week ago. I seriously can't believe it. I have no words man I fricking love you.
Academy of ideas needs to like this comment
I seriously needed this. Thank you.
I don't normally comment on too many videos, but I have to say that this video is excellent! Many people are not usually aware of how important it is to find your true calling and stick with it no matter how hard it gets. All kinds of people were influenced by the daemon. I highly recommend also reading "The Daemon Knows" by Harold Bloom for more information and examples on this fascinating topic.
been listening to your channel all day... I think you saved my life...
I must confess that sometimes, when I was a kind of Lost, i thought that some bad force was controlling me towards some unknown Path. I Just paused the vídeo to write It. This Channel always helps me to understand a little bit more of me. Thanks a Lot.
You are remarkable! As a student, I find this as really valuable material.
dude your videos are so good for my soul. Thank you.
Yet more great stuff. Thank you.
These videos and it’s art and message, are treasures.
I swear this channel speaks to my soul.🖤
I need this channel, it feeds my soul
it would be great if you would also start doing podcasts with well-known philosophers and psychologists.
@suvereeni doesn't have to be, I just figured it would be the most logical and best route to gaining views.
Those philosophers aren't well know outside the community, if you revived Nietzsche or Socrates then "the view's" argument would be more coherent.
Check out 'the.holistic.psychologist' on Instagram-- a phenomenal resource. I believe she also has podcasts, etc. ...Oh yeah, she is also on youtube.
unslaved podcast! That's a good podcast.
I hope he does interview with Carl Jung one day.
A sense of urgency is needed for greatness...something I very much needed to be reminded of.
Oath to God, the last 4 videos have been about exactly what I was working through at the time of their posting. Interesting. I ponder some sort of collective function at work, for lack of a better term.
Your prose is exquisite and even my father taught me these things
someday I hope to be able to support your work. thank you for these videos, much like other material in the same vein you articulate ideas that are beyond my conscious awareness and help me to feel as if i'm not alone in my quest - as i'm sure is the case with many other viewers
I Absolutely LOVE your channel.
Always a pleasure listening to you. :)
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*Passion is something you do almost every day, without getting paid for.*
- Always doing things out of love
- Not succumbing to the societal pressures
- Embracing the uniqueness that you were granted with
When you find it, monetise it.
Passion is feeling but purpose is a need for life
You cannot rely on passion to drive you forward. Often you start a hobby and feel great passion for it, but it quickly subsides as you face challenges and realise the extent of the path before you. You must continue regardless of these dips and holes in your passion until you attain mastery. Obviously you must find some pleasure in your craft, but do not rely on it; otherwise, you may search forever.
Relying entirely on passion doesn't work out as eventually it turns to work..
Ooo ready for a good lecture!
It was revealing and supportive, thank you very much!...
I love this format.
You are a master at this!
I've felt this force before. Very powerful. Very raw. I'll never forget it, unfortunately I lost it. I've been trying to find it ever since
I always learn sth amazing here. Love your content