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The awareness required to internalise the need to be able to acquire practical skill is impressive. I have a hypothesis that people are losing their survival instincts. Unable to discern being lied to by government and wholly reliant on digital technology. Many can't tell where North is for example. But we arrived here for a reason risk sharing and manufacturing create a better standard of living than subsistance farming. Pests and the weather are constant threats. Society has gone too far in one direction. Having a real weekend where most people don't work would be a helpful start.
Your lifestyle is similar to mine. I moved from a big city to live a self-sufficient life in Tak Province with my husband 14 years ago. This simple lifestyle suit us well.
Great points and all very valid, I have a very hard time even visiting my home in the US for a short time. It's interesting to see the multiple paths people choose when they come here to live. This ultra local path complete with Thai house and farm life is interesting. You probably already know Americans can own 1 Rai of land and between the two of you, you could buy 2 with one in each of your names. Personally, I am enjoying living in the different provinces and the freedom that comes from renting and not being tied down to a piece of land. It's another philosophy. I really recommend trying different places and looking for that real acceptance from the community when you go local like this, because neither of you is married to a Thai, you have no puzzle piece that ties you to the village which is important. When you find the right community you will know, because you won't be permanently treated as outsiders and another species. My advice though, if you are going to live like this and in these areas, you need to REALLY learn Thai or Isan language (not sure where you are). Communication is critical to your safety. It's not a joke. Things in these areas can turn on you lightning fast and you can be in danger. I had a village turn on me after the health minister said Covid was spread by white people and I found out real fast I was still an outsider and "not their species". Even though I had been in Thailand 4-years previous, you can't expect the lovely most uneducated and alcoholic in the village to think that deeply. It got really ugly and if I wasn't armed, I don't know if I would be typing this right now. So, find the right community or a better word is TRIBE if you are going to live like this, it's important.
Hi Bren & Laurel! It's great to see your content. I'd recommend you put some Thai letters in your title. It might bring you more Thai subscribers. I'm living in the US but have plans to move to Thailand. I saw your content from Ryan & MO. Many Thai people like to see this type of content. I wish you both the best of luck.
you guys are totally on the right track. I am glad you figure out the truth in the midst of all the smoke and haze of what went on in Canada and around the world. I wish you well on your journey. Namaste.
I just discovered your channel and it’s very inspiring! I dream of leaving the US. There are so many things wrong here, some of which you touched on. Many people are deeply unhappy, stressed, overworked, anxious and lonely here. Your point on security is definitely something for me to think about. It feels like you need at least a million dollars to retire here, and most people will never accumulate that much.
This is profound. To me, It always come down to what my purpose of life is. I saw in comment that you were nurses before. I am retiring from nursing in US and returning to Thailand, my hometown. It is true that Thailand may not offer me a lot of convenience I have in US but it definitely helps me connect with inner self. After years of working with sick babies, I am ready for the next chapter for my life. You both are young and you discover this early on in life. Enjoy your journey!
Thank you so much 🙏 best wishes to you in this next chapter as well. Nursing is rewarding yet exhausting so it's important to remember ourselves in the midst of caring for others and find balance. ❤️
Great experience review .. Thank you. Some people thinks they will teach other nations then discover that they learn more than teach. Thailand is nice country but ownership system is not good for permeant planning. Still it is important station to shed light on way to future. Goodluck.
Spot on. Thailand will probably not be a permanent move, but is a great place to be while we consider our future steps and learn a different way of life.
Great video, really felt like sitting down and having a conversation with you two. You both seem quite happy and at ease which is great to see :) keep following that passion
There were way more restrictions on your movements in Thailand than there were in Canada. Canadians had it very easy compared to people in Thailand. Everything was closed here. Restaurants were take out only. Curfews meant no one was allowed out after 6 PM. !00's of thousands of people were out of work without Government social safety nets like they had in Canada. Many people committed suicide, which was something that was kept quiet. Here you had to where a mask. In Thailand for a long time, in order to go anywhere or do anything, you had to show your vaccine certificate. For a while if you did test positive for Covid you were forced into a Government temporary isolation Tent Hospital that they set up at your own expense. Canadians had it way easier than the people in Thailand. I lived through it here in Thailand and believe me seeing the desperate families living on the streets brought me to tears almost every day I helped as many people as I could, but you can't help everybody.
In no way were we comparing Canada to Thailand re: the hardships of the pandemic or comparing one another's degrees of suffering. But across the world, people were faced with the reality of their governments control over their lives and motivated a lot of people to seek a different way of life. We can only speak from our personal experience and as a nurse working daily with some of the most vulnerable groups affected by covid and the restrictions therein, I cant imagine what it was like here in Thailand. May we never have to relive that.
Maybe come to NZ and do some WOOFing. You’ll want to stay. We don’t have snow on the ground for several months over winter. Being a nurse, you’d probably qualify for a working visa. People here used to make adobe houses, with straw. In the 1970s lots of peeps opted out of mainstream living. Back in the 1840s when my forebears came to NZ, loads of early settlers struggled to grow their vegetables. It took the Chinese who came to get cracking and cultivate the more fertile land north of the capital city. Chinese are very hardworking. It’s not much fun being a peasant, frankly. I’m a vege grower, op shopper, sewer, DIYer, but I like a flush loo, drinkable water from the tap, rubbish collection and a decent democracy. The pandemic was rough. No snakes here. Or ticks. Or dengue fever. I still struggle to make decent compost. My worm farm is brilliant. Good luck.
With a labd area the size of the UK abd only 5 million people NZ has some of the highest home prices and expensive land in the world. You can't live a simple life in such a place.
Some of the skills you mention were lost are not lost, but are not needed anymore on a large scale. Also called the advancement of the civilisation. Not everyone has to go carry drinking water every day from a well 2 miles away to the house. Do we need to re-learn the skill? Why?
e.g. the redundant skill of orientation. without the sat nav most people have no clue how to navigate , and I don't mean cities only, but also in terrain, mountains, in the forest, etc. following a sat nav directions is like to follow a procedure. what is adventurous in that? how long is you battery going to last until you realise that you have no idea where you are? in the name of convenience you may relay on it, but you don't realise what is your personal trade for that. I don't really see the advancement but numbing down the senses......at least this is what I think. cheers
How about TH-cam. Have we forgotten how to use the primitive skills of building a local community, of speaking to people in person, of just living simply without the need for a global theatre that never existed in the history of human race. What happens when we rely on internet towers and they stop working? When satellites are taken down? Is it possible that we spread the word without modern technology? Here's an answer for you: it's possible, but this technology helps us achieve our personal goals faster and better. And we embrace it because we can. Our grand grandfathers would too. Just like they embraced soap, new building materials, photography, printing press. They all evolved and adopted new technology, but with every generation there are people who think we should go back. Yet we always move forward. 🤷♂ Just to be clear, I praise the courage to go against what's expected of us. Living closer to nature and reducing our carbon footprint is a wonderful goal. It's just that the reasons stated here seem superficial and defensive and impersonal. More like looking for confirmation than digging deep into your true motivations. I hope you find this and prosper wherever it may be. 🙏
@@daarrrkko sounds like you're getting stuck on a misunderstanding that we are against technology. If you watch the video again I think we address that, but it seems more that you just dont resonate with the video or our reasons. that's perfectly fine.
@@daarrrkko when you reach a dead end you have to turn back, and during covid it became apparent to the remainder of humanity (pre-covid a much smaller number of people were aware) where technology has led society, to a dystopian nightmare of surveillance and digital control. The only option now is to go back unfortunately. You're still in denial that humanity could have invested so much energy and time into a non-viable path forward. I get it, it's a really tough pill to swallow that all of our "progress" has actually taken us backwards.
Face it. The day we step into eternity may come sooner than we think. In preparation for that moment, we need to know this truth-not everyone is going to heaven. How can we know for sure that we are going to heaven? Some 2,000 years ago, the apostles Peter and John were preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to a large crowd in Jerusalem. Peter made a profound statement that resonates even in our postmodern world: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Now as then, Acts 4:12 is not politically correct. Today it’s popular to say, “Everyone’s going to heaven” or “All paths lead to heaven.” There are many who think they can have heaven without having Jesus. They want the glory, but they don’t want to be bothered by the cross, much less the One who died there. Many don’t want to accept Jesus as the only way of going to heaven and are determined to find another path. But Jesus warns us that no other path exists and that the consequence for rejecting this truth is an eternity in hell. He told us that “whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him” (John 3:36). Faith in Christ is the key to going to heaven. Some will argue that it’s extremely narrow-minded of God to provide only one way to heaven. But, frankly, in light of mankind’s rebellion against God, it’s extremely broad-minded for Him to provide us with any way to heaven. We deserve judgment, but God gives us the way of escape by sending His one-and-only Son to die for our sins. Whether someone sees this as narrow or broad, it’s the truth. The good news is that Jesus died and rose again; those who are going to heaven have received this gospel by faith. Many people today hold to a watered-down gospel that does away with the need for repentance. They want to believe in a “loving” (nonjudgmental) God who never mentions sin and who requires no change in their lifestyle. They may say things like, “My God would never send a person to hell.” But Jesus spoke more about hell than He did about heaven, and He presented Himself as the Savior who offers the only means of going to heaven: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Who will actually enter God’s kingdom? How can I guarantee that I’m going to heaven? The Bible makes a clear distinction between those who have eternal life and those who do not: “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:12). It all goes back to faith. Those who believe in Christ are made the children of God (John 1:12). Those who accept Jesus’ sacrifice as the payment for their sins and who believe in His resurrection are going to heaven. Those who reject Christ are not. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son” (John 3:18). As awesome as heaven will be for those who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, hell will be that much more awful for those who reject Him. One cannot read the Bible seriously without seeing it over and over again-the line is drawn. The Bible says there is one and only one way to heaven-Jesus Christ. Follow Jesus’ command: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). Faith in Jesus is the one means of going to heaven. Those who have faith are guaranteed to get there. Do you trust in Jesus?
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The awareness required to internalise the need to be able to acquire practical skill is impressive.
I have a hypothesis that people are losing their survival instincts.
Unable to discern being lied to by government and wholly reliant on digital technology.
Many can't tell where North is for example.
But we arrived here for a reason risk sharing and manufacturing create a better standard of living than subsistance farming. Pests and the weather are constant threats.
Society has gone too far in one direction.
Having a real weekend where most people don't work would be a helpful start.
the pendulum swings. the best path is always somewhere in the middle 🙏
definitely garden and animals show you abundance and joy of life.
Proud of you. I'm happy. Good luck.
How can you possibly feel ‘proud’ in relation to people you don’t even know?
Your lifestyle is similar to mine. I moved from a big city to live a self-sufficient life in Tak Province with my husband 14 years ago. This simple lifestyle suit us well.
Love this I agree! we need to be in nature more instead of living like robots
Can't wait to see what future holds for you two.
Thx for an interesting & thought provoking video. Agree with your points of view. Have fun finding your next adventure 🌟💗
Great points and all very valid, I have a very hard time even visiting my home in the US for a short time. It's interesting to see the multiple paths people choose when they come here to live. This ultra local path complete with Thai house and farm life is interesting. You probably already know Americans can own 1 Rai of land and between the two of you, you could buy 2 with one in each of your names. Personally, I am enjoying living in the different provinces and the freedom that comes from renting and not being tied down to a piece of land. It's another philosophy. I really recommend trying different places and looking for that real acceptance from the community when you go local like this, because neither of you is married to a Thai, you have no puzzle piece that ties you to the village which is important. When you find the right community you will know, because you won't be permanently treated as outsiders and another species. My advice though, if you are going to live like this and in these areas, you need to REALLY learn Thai or Isan language (not sure where you are). Communication is critical to your safety. It's not a joke. Things in these areas can turn on you lightning fast and you can be in danger. I had a village turn on me after the health minister said Covid was spread by white people and I found out real fast I was still an outsider and "not their species". Even though I had been in Thailand 4-years previous, you can't expect the lovely most uneducated and alcoholic in the village to think that deeply. It got really ugly and if I wasn't armed, I don't know if I would be typing this right now. So, find the right community or a better word is TRIBE if you are going to live like this, it's important.
Living in the present moment. That is a nice compost pile you made there, banana trees are so good to make soil.
So plentiful and useful!
Hi Bren & Laurel!
It's great to see your content. I'd recommend you put some Thai letters in your title. It might bring you more Thai subscribers. I'm living in the US but have plans to move to Thailand. I saw your content from Ryan & MO. Many Thai people like to see this type of content. I wish you both the best of luck.
Wish you happiness and enjoy life in Thailand
The best, liveing in Thailand. Good luck
Very nice topic! Good luck in next step!
keep it up
Thanks!
Roberto, thank you so much for your support. It is an incredibly kind and generous act that we will not forget. ❤️
I like following your journey. New subscriber here.
you guys are totally on the right track. I am glad you figure out the truth in the midst of all the smoke and haze of what went on in Canada and around the world. I wish you well on your journey. Namaste.
Thank you friend 🙏
I just discovered your channel and it’s very inspiring! I dream of leaving the US. There are so many things wrong here, some of which you touched on. Many people are deeply unhappy, stressed, overworked, anxious and lonely here. Your point on security is definitely something for me to think about. It feels like you need at least a million dollars to retire here, and most people will never accumulate that much.
This is profound. To me, It always come down to what my purpose of life is. I saw in comment that you were nurses before. I am retiring from nursing in US and returning to Thailand, my hometown. It is true that Thailand may not offer me a lot of convenience I have in US but it definitely helps me connect with inner self. After years of working with sick babies, I am ready for the next chapter for my life. You both are young and you discover this early on in life. Enjoy your journey!
Thank you so much 🙏 best wishes to you in this next chapter as well. Nursing is rewarding yet exhausting so it's important to remember ourselves in the midst of caring for others and find balance. ❤️
Great experience review .. Thank you.
Some people thinks they will teach other nations then discover that they learn more than teach.
Thailand is nice country but ownership system is not good for permeant planning. Still it is important station to shed light on way to future. Goodluck.
Spot on. Thailand will probably not be a permanent move, but is a great place to be while we consider our future steps and learn a different way of life.
Great video, really felt like sitting down and having a conversation with you two. You both seem quite happy and at ease which is great to see :) keep following that passion
Thanks Joel! Let's sit down and have a real chat soon! ❤
There were way more restrictions on your movements in Thailand than there were in Canada. Canadians had it very easy compared to people in Thailand. Everything was closed here. Restaurants were take out only. Curfews meant no one was allowed out after 6 PM. !00's of thousands of people were out of work without Government social safety nets like they had in Canada. Many people committed suicide, which was something that was kept quiet. Here you had to where a mask. In Thailand for a long time, in order to go anywhere or do anything, you had to show your vaccine certificate. For a while if you did test positive for Covid you were forced into a Government temporary isolation Tent Hospital that they set up at your own expense. Canadians had it way easier than the people in Thailand. I lived through it here in Thailand and believe me seeing the desperate families living on the streets brought me to tears almost every day I helped as many people as I could, but you can't help everybody.
In no way were we comparing Canada to Thailand re: the hardships of the pandemic or comparing one another's degrees of suffering. But across the world, people were faced with the reality of their governments control over their lives and motivated a lot of people to seek a different way of life. We can only speak from our personal experience and as a nurse working daily with some of the most vulnerable groups affected by covid and the restrictions therein, I cant imagine what it was like here in Thailand.
May we never have to relive that.
Hi will love to go live like you there the communitie cheap living to learn to way to grow seend me the info for it❤
Maybe come to NZ and do some WOOFing. You’ll want to stay. We don’t have snow on the ground for several months over winter. Being a nurse, you’d probably qualify for a working visa. People here used to make adobe houses, with straw. In the 1970s lots of peeps opted out of mainstream living. Back in the 1840s when my forebears came to NZ, loads of early settlers struggled to grow their vegetables. It took the Chinese who came to get cracking and cultivate the more fertile land north of the capital city. Chinese are very hardworking. It’s not much fun being a peasant, frankly. I’m a vege grower, op shopper, sewer, DIYer, but I like a flush loo, drinkable water from the tap, rubbish collection and a decent democracy. The pandemic was rough. No snakes here. Or ticks. Or dengue fever. I still struggle to make decent compost. My worm farm is brilliant. Good luck.
With a labd area the size of the UK abd only 5 million people NZ has some of the highest home prices and expensive land in the world. You can't live a simple life in such a place.
Some of the skills you mention were lost are not lost, but are not needed anymore on a large scale. Also called the advancement of the civilisation. Not everyone has to go carry drinking water every day from a well 2 miles away to the house. Do we need to re-learn the skill? Why?
e.g. the redundant skill of orientation. without the sat nav most people have no clue how to navigate , and I don't mean cities only, but also in terrain, mountains, in the forest, etc. following a sat nav directions is like to follow a procedure. what is adventurous in that? how long is you battery going to last until you realise that you have no idea where you are? in the name of convenience you may relay on it, but you don't realise what is your personal trade for that. I don't really see the advancement but numbing down the senses......at least this is what I think. cheers
@@infinitijourney you get it 👍
How about TH-cam. Have we forgotten how to use the primitive skills of building a local community, of speaking to people in person, of just living simply without the need for a global theatre that never existed in the history of human race.
What happens when we rely on internet towers and they stop working? When satellites are taken down? Is it possible that we spread the word without modern technology?
Here's an answer for you: it's possible, but this technology helps us achieve our personal goals faster and better. And we embrace it because we can. Our grand grandfathers would too. Just like they embraced soap, new building materials, photography, printing press. They all evolved and adopted new technology, but with every generation there are people who think we should go back. Yet we always move forward. 🤷♂
Just to be clear, I praise the courage to go against what's expected of us. Living closer to nature and reducing our carbon footprint is a wonderful goal. It's just that the reasons stated here seem superficial and defensive and impersonal. More like looking for confirmation than digging deep into your true motivations. I hope you find this and prosper wherever it may be. 🙏
@@daarrrkko sounds like you're getting stuck on a misunderstanding that we are against technology. If you watch the video again I think we address that, but
it seems more that you just dont resonate with the video or our reasons. that's perfectly fine.
@@daarrrkko when you reach a dead end you have to turn back, and during covid it became apparent to the remainder of humanity (pre-covid a much smaller number of people were aware) where technology has led society, to a dystopian nightmare of surveillance and digital control. The only option now is to go back unfortunately. You're still in denial that humanity could have invested so much energy and time into a non-viable path forward. I get it, it's a really tough pill to swallow that all of our "progress" has actually taken us backwards.
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Thank you ka! ❤
❤🎉😅
Face it. The day we step into eternity may come sooner than we think. In preparation for that moment, we need to know this truth-not everyone is going to heaven. How can we know for sure that we are going to heaven? Some 2,000 years ago, the apostles Peter and John were preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to a large crowd in Jerusalem. Peter made a profound statement that resonates even in our postmodern world: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Now as then, Acts 4:12 is not politically correct. Today it’s popular to say, “Everyone’s going to heaven” or “All paths lead to heaven.” There are many who think they can have heaven without having Jesus. They want the glory, but they don’t want to be bothered by the cross, much less the One who died there. Many don’t want to accept Jesus as the only way of going to heaven and are determined to find another path. But Jesus warns us that no other path exists and that the consequence for rejecting this truth is an eternity in hell. He told us that “whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him” (John 3:36). Faith in Christ is the key to going to heaven.
Some will argue that it’s extremely narrow-minded of God to provide only one way to heaven. But, frankly, in light of mankind’s rebellion against God, it’s extremely broad-minded for Him to provide us with any way to heaven. We deserve judgment, but God gives us the way of escape by sending His one-and-only Son to die for our sins. Whether someone sees this as narrow or broad, it’s the truth. The good news is that Jesus died and rose again; those who are going to heaven have received this gospel by faith.
Many people today hold to a watered-down gospel that does away with the need for repentance. They want to believe in a “loving” (nonjudgmental) God who never mentions sin and who requires no change in their lifestyle. They may say things like, “My God would never send a person to hell.” But Jesus spoke more about hell than He did about heaven, and He presented Himself as the Savior who offers the only means of going to heaven: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
Who will actually enter God’s kingdom? How can I guarantee that I’m going to heaven? The Bible makes a clear distinction between those who have eternal life and those who do not: “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:12). It all goes back to faith. Those who believe in Christ are made the children of God (John 1:12). Those who accept Jesus’ sacrifice as the payment for their sins and who believe in His resurrection are going to heaven. Those who reject Christ are not. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son” (John 3:18).
As awesome as heaven will be for those who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, hell will be that much more awful for those who reject Him. One cannot read the Bible seriously without seeing it over and over again-the line is drawn. The Bible says there is one and only one way to heaven-Jesus Christ. Follow Jesus’ command: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). Faith in Jesus is the one means of going to heaven. Those who have faith are guaranteed to get there. Do you trust in Jesus?
Please stop all this nonsense.