Purposelessness | Does Life Have Meaning?
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- There is a difference between having a purpose and acting out of purposelessness.
Acting out of purposelessness is an act of spontaneity. Behavior that isn’t goal-directed is often seen as genuine. We’ve all seen that little boy who acts funny without the goal of being funny. When he finds out that people are laughing about his behavior, he repeats it. But now it’s considerably less funny because it’s not spontaneous anymore. It’s goal-oriented. The kid’s goal is to get attention.
An act of out of purposelessness is quite unique and possesses a magic of its own. It’s novel, unpredictable, and coming from a place of uncalculated spontaneity. There’s no anticipation for a reward, validation or to impress anybody. It’s a form of doing which comes from the innate drive of pure pointlessness.
This video explores purposelessness. Does life have meaning?
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I would like to make a note to the producers of this channel.
Doing something that you dont really care about can sometimes reach and touch the most susceptible among us. There is a line is this video i challenge any of you to find. It is misread in a way only AI could misread it. Im assuming this video was read by some program, when it would not have taken much effort to do it yourself. Knowing thay, rhis video is a parity of itself and should not be taken seriously. Especially, since the topic is juvenile at best. Imagine telling your children that for many years you found life to purposeless.. They might respond by looking around at the garbage ridden streets and the homeless everywhere, and say. "i know you did."
We are grown adults, and if anyone doesn't find purpose in providing a better future for our children. Then maybe you are purposeless.
@jay this channel is not for you! It's something beyond your imagination :D
@@malikatique I agree it isn't for me. However, my point still stands. All the philosophy in the history of the world begs an answer to only one question. "What about me?"
Socrates - self examination
Descartes - I think therefore I am.
Nietzsche - Nihilism
Always, me, me, me, my perception, and how others perceive me.
If you look around, in politics, economy, and even charity it becomes very clear that most people are only thinking of themselves.
That is why when people think of their lives as purposeless, it is simply because the never considered other people's lives and how they could help.
I’m not even gonna lie, finding your channel saved me. I was going through a pretty dark space, with suicidal thoughts being pretty prevalent, and I found your channel and the stoic philosophy. I think I can finally start to seek peace and happiness. I am deeply thankful for you and your channel. Thank you.
Glad you do ! Never give up the way to inner peace, you have the key !
Try to remove people who make you feel that way from your life. Surround yourself with good people and continue to find peace and happiness
study psychology
Way to go bro! Embrace philosophy if you feel you are not happy. When external material life does not seem to give you happiness, philosophy is the key.
Same here 🤗
When purposeless living leads us to dying poor, we can at least say that we have lived rich, instead of dying rich after having lived poorly. 🤔
Dayum
life has no meaning; we have meaning and we bring it to life (Campbell)
Love that quote!
Interesting how you put it, my personal belief has been something like that, I decide to give a positive meaning to life in order to avoid being miserable.
This is mindblowing. You described so well what life is and what we are supposed to do with our lives- nothing. We don't need to strive to become something, we already are it. Besides, no one really told us that we need to achieve a certain thing, we set those goals for ourselves because the mind never stops wishing for something that's not here in this moment.
This concept dances too close to nihilism for me. Can people strive too much for a frivolous or shallow goal? Sure, happens all the time. Is there something for being in the moment rather than stuck in the past or future? Of course, that happens all the time as well. This purposelessness seems too much like giving up on meaning to me. Meaning is the only thing that makes the suffering bearable and with purpose. A life of suffering with out meaning is pure hell. It has the all too real ability to turn perfectly sane people suicidal or homicidal against life itself in acting as judge, jury, and executioner because you see no meaning in it all but no matter how you look at it you can't think your pain away.
Dude that talk about water is amazing. Thank you for making this video.
"when you drop fart- you don't say at 9 o'clock I drop fart. It just happen of itself."
Lmao! You sir, are a great philosopher!
😂😂
Always nice to see your uploads!
Thank you e k
Sir, your inspired a poet, thank you. I have been in fact writing a piece about this, titled Pursuit of Life. This is a beautiful confirmation of my thoughts. Excellent video, I will want to speak with you in the near future, my very best regards.
Thanks a lot Benjamin. Good luck with your work!
Realising that I can say no was a revelation. No longer necessary to please others for little or no reward means being able to step forward and embrace experience. The journey can be abandoned before the destination should it become tedious.
something came to my mind when watching this
"having something found is an end goal, looking is a process"
if we focus on the end goal, we worry, if we do the process, we know we have done what we can.
At least that's what is coming to my mind
I think I got it! I think we can have both! So a goal to lose 50 pounds may be needed to be successful. But if my goal is to find love, I need to go about that purposelessness...just being. I’ve not been trying hard enough to lose the weight, but have been trying to hard to find love. They need to be switched!
Some some things we desire need to be goal orientated, others, we need to just take a breath and follow where the path takes us.
Thanks!!
But if you live your life with the purpose of having no purpose, does that make it a purposeful life?
purpose and meaning are two different things
The purpose of life is to be enjoyed.
Purposelessness engages the subconscious mind...
You’ve captured my basic thoughts on life, etc and summarized it in 6 min. in a way that resonated with me. Thank you! 🙏
Can you please explain your thoughts on life
@@Nobody-fy7tw u didn't ask me Ik but I'm saying ;)
I think it's meaningless and the result for every one (the one who did nothing and the one who did something)as upto we know and can clearly see is death ! :/
Don't understand why I'm here but iam :)
If everything has no purpose then any purpose you apply to something is completely valid.
I love the spontaneity of the middle path, but it can be hard to get that natural flow. A very good book for anyone who wants to look into this Taoist idea more and wants a fun start: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. As a person who watched Winnie the Pooh as a child this was wholesome af; connecting the wisdom of Pooh with that of Lao Tzu . I think theres an audio version on youtube even if thats your preferred medium like it is for me.
I think finding out if life is meaningless or not would ruin how we live it. It’s almost like not knowing the answer would reveal who we really are because the pressure is on!
I love how he mentioned Alan Watts as a spiritual entertainer not a guru or even a philosopher.
The purpose of life is to make known the unknown. Never live a boring life without adventure of learning. Simple!
* nods in confusion *
I found meaning out of a lifetime of madness, addiction, and dependency on people place things. Now I see how I can help people after 3 major life in mistakes choices in almost 20 years. The need to understand my previous poor unhealthy choices had me striving to want to help myself which in turn helped others. If I fall behind or go back to my selfish wants I always get sent back to my path. These mistakes had me looking at my ego and seeing how I can shed these failings. Last 3 years to last 6 months have been progressively better.
Paintress? That's one word I've never heard before.
Live for yourself.
It is also interesting how often those who make their own purpose and up making a big mess. Politics of all kinds, executives, even current year protesters are making their own purpose and we all see how that is going.
is life meaningless? yes, it is
I like your video and I think it may go well with this one by Fight mediocraty "why I quit TH-cam". I watched it before yours, both are good food for thought.
Thanks for the tip, man!
As a reflector type in human design, I find this philosophy very calming (and validating). "To be" and not "to do" it is!
Love this video
Life without Christ is bleak and horrifying and pointless, you get videos like this trying to comfort people rejecting God only arriving to the same conclusion: self pleasure, worship and goals. A finite being trying to make up his own purpose, vanity after vanity. All is vanity without Jesus.
This was an amazing delivery
Thank you
I'm glad I found you. Clears up some of my questions. Thank you so much.
For someone for whom English is presumably their second language this is a stunning video - not a single mistake in spelling or pronunciation. Wow. Also, great message in the video - love it. This is a wonderful philosophy channel (but does seem to attract a lot of men bitter in their attitudes towards women - is this really a men only channel?)
philosophy is a way of thinking, and as a human with a conscious mind, you can think of what the answer is to you
This channel is amazing. I am glad I reached it.
Thank you for your comment
@@Einzelgänger you are welcome.
Okay I'm commenting just because you earned it with 4:19 killing it on that pronunciation, pussyslayer
4:17 Sissy-fisted?
Sickle-physhics?
Scissor-fizzes?
I'm sorry, that's a new one.😁
I have a question. What if I have to work my ass off in order to afford my existence? I will need a to beat myself to fit in the job and maintain the work. Existence is purposeless but affording existence cannot be purposeless.
My free book has the answer to the actual meaning and purpose of life
wow! I'm truly amazed with this. Thank you Wolf!
You're welcome!
Thank you for giving listeners much to think about.
You make the meaning of your life by honouring your ancestors and furthering your tribe.
You find purpose by doing heroic deeds as our forebears did, slay dragons, even if it's only in your head.
"slay dragons, even if it's only in your head" genuinely like that
A Quote from jordan peterson isnt it :D
A life of heroic struggle is a wonderful thing, self-overcoming, and acceptance of suffering.
Goal less life is a soul less life...
"Man cannot live by bread alone"( Bible)
Intriguing.
Wow, so interesting..
I dont think it has a meaning and I think we all struggle a little bit with that
This channel is the German version of exurb1a
Hey there
WOW!
hey can i ask you which font did u use in tha video?
Thank you for posting this.
2 things- 1) Gives confidence to know that many more have similar questions that don’t let them be at ease, hence such questions may not be totally useless 2) I’m not unique and makes me grounded.
"Purposelessness | Does Life Have Meaning?" is great video, link to meaning of meditation, will find a way to extract English out of this video
Ugh. Yes, water has a purpose without it we die. We are all mostly made of water. But, ok. I got where you were flowing. You don't need something to define its purpose or understand it.
People need that sense of control. Nature just gets it. We seem to seek the order. But, absolutely water has a purpose.
the truth is life in general has no meaning but living does that's why we cling to life so desperately because we know through instinct that when we die it is the end everything you see now is just vanity it only has meaning when where alive to enjoy it.....all your experiences, everything you've worked so hard to achieve will all seem meaning less when your about to draw your last breath ...so live your life fully when your alive so when you are about to die you welcome the cold embrace of the rigid hands of death ....because in all fairness everything in the universe will eventually die making everything completely meaningless......it is best to think of life as a GTA game that when your wasted you stay that way
You asked all the same big questions in the video that I have asked to myself but to no avail.
@Einzelganger in Hinduism existence is said to be the Leela of God. Which is compared to a small child's play you can not force anyone to watch a movie if he doesn't want to watching a movie is purposeless so we enjoy it a child's play is purposeless he doesn't even know that he is enjoying it or not he just plays without any reason.
Your channel has much valuable, thought-provoking material - but in this one, the conclusion you reached is deeply flawed. It could also be considered dangerous, in case it's inspiring people to stay purposeless. A purposeless life is usually not rich as you claimed at the end. It is often filled with anxiety and unhappiness, ultimately leading to depression and huge regrets. A sense of purpose is what drives most people to live and thrive.
Lots to ponder in this edition
I am so grateful for your channel. Your videos help me look lucidly at so many of my thoughts that I have been having lately. Thank you. ✨
Wow, that ending remark ... So profound!
Only this content in this channel are making me asleep nowadays...the contents are the only one that makes sense for me...and i think it contains a calming effects too ❤❤❤❤ bye sleeping pills
I think life in itself has no meaning, I'm just living it out.
Me too, but just the acknowledgment of that makes me want to find purpose.
@@Mockduck2020 You can always make something up if that makes you feel happy.
@@Leto85 don’t most people?
@@Mockduck2020 Don't know. I don't know most people. :P
I may just be stoned but I think this is my favorite video of yours
Since there seems to be no evidence for supernatural beings, and abundant evidence that our planet and the life on it is accidental, then the question of purposeful meaning is moot.
So beautiful ❤️
Hey, thanks :)
Thank you
Thank you. Uplifting and enlightening. Love your channel. 🙏
Brilliant! Thank you.
Thank you, Jason!
I think that this one was the best video you have ever made. I needed this reminder. Thank you.
Heb net weer een boek uitgelezen van alan watts,Zen Boeddhisme:oorsprong en historische achtergrond grondbeginselen en beoefening.Lof der onzekerheid is nog zo`n topper van Watts.
Zijn z'n boeken goed? Ik zat er aan te denken om er een aan te schaffen. Tot nu toe heb ik het met de honderden lezingen op TH-cam gedaan, dus ben erg benieuwd hoe hij schrijft. Kun je me er eentje aanbevelen?
I'm so lucky that I found your channel
Kind sir it is rooted in the void therefore is what we make of it
wu wei
Yes!😉
5:07 Purposelessness sounds like mindfulness
This video is a life saver, literally
Aye man you got knee purposelessness
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Thanks for your response
Purposelessness👍👍
God created us to worship him.
@@infinite8eyes not say your not true but do you really think he needed us to be worshiped
Am I mistaken or the channel is focused on nihilism?
German, Dutch, or Flemish?
Brabantian :p
Slimkont ;)
Very great share. Thank you.
You're welcome. Thank you for your comment.
Your welcome.
You’re welcome.
Oh my god , you said too much , I can't even digest it the very moment 😭 can't even imagine upto which level of spirituality you have reached !!!
"Spiritual entertainer" what even it means?
Is there any anonymous MGTOWous Freedomous meeting in the Netherlands ? It would be a super chill. Maybe it is "sectretus" anonymous MGTOWous Freedomous.....that's why we don't know if :D
Very interesting. Totally awesome out of the box thinking with real perspective. Thanks
Thanks for the compliment Bonka!
Thanks to you. Not many can tax my mind in a tactful yet polite way that encourages me to open up my mind to allow semi- contradictory information in. Guess I just said a mouthful too ah lol. Thanks again
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It is written in the QURAN
It's better to live rich and die poor rather than dying rich and living a poor stressful life