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Well .. If i say many international athletes have asthama like anders antonsen and parupalli kashyap would you get angry? Or try to stop giving excuses next time? Or give excuses of taoism
"Doing nothing" doesn't mean doing nothing. It means going with the natural flow, creating space and contentment without strife, worry or fear. Graceful movements, like a good skier, surfer, swimmer. Everyone eats, everyone sleeps, everyone walks. Move naturally.
I've been practicing many of these teachings my whole life. The middle path is def a good one. I wont make a million dollars in my life time, but i will be home every night for my children.
And what in earth can you spend one million on? You can literally not buy anything that's expensive that doesn't have a cheaper and better counterpart.
Interestingly I think both are intended interpretations. Given that elsewhere there’s the notion of opposites creating each other. When you unlearn something do you not equally learn something else?
Yes but I also believe it's similar to what I've heard about learning the piano, where it is better to learn slowly with proper form instead of fast but incorrect form. As the latter, will stop your potential from learning and playing the piano to its full limit and when this happens you then need to learn the correct form which requires you to learn and unlearn at the same time, this process takes even longer then simply learning slow in the first place. How I believe this is similar to what is being said here, is that you need to understand that you may have learnt or created habits that are either unneeded or are incorrect form and you should take care to unlearn them, so you don't shorten your potential or sabotage the actual point.
"Focus not on one thing, for there are many things happening around you" Less it be something of fearce interest, only then can you focus on one thing -ADHD
Only because I was in a good mood while reading, I will not say anything bad. But respect all ways of thinking Lightbulb, at least it has lasted all of these years, this way of thinking...
@@I_willstand_at_the_heavenswhen you avoid trying to turn something into something it isn't, you allow yourself to enjoy it for everything it is. i don't like strawberry icing on donuts but as long im thinking about how much i'd prefer a chocolate donut, i'll never enjoy the one i got
I really like this video and Taoism ❤ One time my daughter and I were shopping at St. Vincent de Paul's and I was looking in the "new age" books. I told her, oh yeah I need to find the Tao te Ching. No sooner had the words come out of my mouth and a book fell from the top shelf and landed on my foot! It was the Tao te Ching!!! A girl was stocking shelves right next to me and said if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes she would have never believed it!
Maria Pulpito me too, I’ve lost 20 lbs with daily exercise and picked up some new skills, and started studying mandarin. On top of working during the week as normal. I hope after quarantine every one who has a job that can be done from home will be allowed to do so. It’s so much more peaceful and enjoyable
He's kind of a hypocrite, right? ;) I guess someone needed to say it. According to the legend, after Lao Tzu wrote down the Tao Te Ching, he left never to be seen again. Let's just assume that he began to practice what he preached.
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard." - Lao tzu.
Water contains natural minerals and sediment from the ground underneath, which creates friction when rubbed against the river side rocks. It is also slightly acidic, so it is no wonder how it wears the rock down. It is not it's fluid, yielding nature that does it, but the other rigid, unyielding rocks in the water grinding the other rocks down.
@@TheBurninator50 Failure is not something you afraid of, it's something you have to learn from. You gain experience from failures, the more experience you have, the higher chance you will success. Albert Einstein said “If you haven't failed yet, you haven't tried anything new.”"
@@TheBurninator50 That's quite rude of you. Normal human being would just say "I'm sorry, that was a joke". Do yourself a favor and get some manner. If you want someone to respect your joke, throw that attitude of yours out of the window.
"Swimming upstream is exhausting and it takes us places few have seen" - Tao is absolutely outdated ideology. And silly, by today's standards. Take those salmons for instance. They are fish! They have no desires and feelings. Yet they DO swim upstream. If one does not strive, try or push - he is doomed to fail and become non-existent. This is how this universe works. Universe has rules! Sorry, taoists :) . So if you want to be one with the universe you HAVE to strive, try, act, overcome, push on and do that "workers of the world - unite" thing!
I felt this sitting in my car on a break for a few minutes i didn’t have any anxiety or any desires which aloowed me to relax and i just watched the trees how magnificent grand and beautiful they are just standing there blowing in the wind then for dew moments i felt at one with them and then I had to go back to work. I thought man it must be nice to be a tree; They’re super zen 😊🤙
@Zeek Banistor I don't think the quote has to do with the difficulty of the task but rather whether or not it came naturally to you or if you genuinely cared. Like with your business, say whatever it is your business has to do with wasn't truly your passion or something you cared about, you'd probably be happier doing something else. That's how i interpret it
Begin by achieving a state of stillness and calmness focus on yourself and your breathing, try to find somewhere peaceful with complete silence and meditate for a while not really thinking about anything just allow your thoughts to come and go as they please, aim for a state of complete zen. As for going through life try keeping opinionated things to yourself and avoid the conflicts which people like to start. Do not worry about what others think of you, we are all on our own paths and it is not important to you what others are doing with their time or spending their money on. Just focus on improving yourself slowly overtime which will come naturally once your thoughts and actions are inline with the dao. Another great philosophy to adhear by is stoicism which goes hand in hand with taoism, you cannot control what goes on around you, you can only control your actions. This is important to remember because once you do you will be able to get through anything without complaining or showing emotion and once you are able to do so you will be on the right path and no one will be able to bring you down and you will be the master of your own life and you can live however you chose.
It's the same thing with 'trying to improve yourself.' I always want to improve myself, but that mostly works counterproductive. There are days when I just don't care about 'improving' and suddenly everything goes effortlessly. It's like being a child on the playground. It's like 'playing the game of life, without taking it too seriously'. But this 'state of mind' never stays very long... only a few days.... and then, after that, I start to 'being too serious' again... and suddenly doing the same activities take more effort... so I ask myself: 'Why so serious?!' And I become instantly more playful. Be like the Joker, but without the 'negative'. That's the only way I can describe it. Just play life... and nothing can go 'wrong' because nothing is really 'wrong' or a failure. Edit: thanks for so many 'likes'. Edit: not forcing certainly applies to how you treat your body, whether it's diet, practice, exercice.
Improving oneself lies in the periphery and we tippy toe around the periphery, to be still is to be in the centre, being playful sometimes comes from that centre
@@doloresvangaal2248 Thankyou for thanking me. In my 20's and 30's I followed the mickey mouse psychology authors, the Anthony Robbins and other success, positive thinking affirming influencers of the time, they are still around. I see this as the blind leading the lost or the blind. Why? Goalsetting is great, making plans to reach those goals is the positive thing if you want to achieve and do,, be what you want to be, this is what we are told, and sure those tools do work in attaining our goals. Here is the problem, in my understanding in my tiny brain. The YOU or I, that makes the decision I want to be RICH, or I want to have X type of perfect partner, or X House, Ferrari etc etc or whatever attainment, even so called Spiritual ones is not the REAL you, its that periphery I was talking about, and from that periphery we make wrong choices, wrong goals all the time, its like giving the controls of a magnificent spaceship to a teenager, who then takes this beautiful and amazing machine and takes it for a joyride and inevitably crashes it, again and again. The YOU or I that dwells deep in the centre would NOT have made the decision to get RICH at all costs, attract the sexy cool blonde of my dreams or man of your dreams, or built a successful busines that makes lots of money, that's the teenager in the driving seat of our lives, he or she doesn't see the consequences or think deeply, he/she is incapable. In my own life Ive made many mistakes, Im not saying that for every decision I should have meditated deeply and accessed this deeper part of me, in order to hopefully make the better decision, but ... yes I suppose that IS what Im saying, by plucking away at intrusive thoughts you can quiet the Monkey mind and tame it somewhat and quieten it and therfore when the thoughts of being RICH or attaining a goal arrives you see them as imposters and just as in meditation, gently shoo them away, life becomes a meditation in and of itself. The mind dare not keep still, it hates it, it runs from it, it makes you itchy and want to move, its dying but its not YOU that is dying - ITS dying. It cannot stand in the face of reality, it hates the light and like the bugs that fear the light and run when you move a rock, it will hide from the light, because the light is the light of truth, it hates truth and runs from it
@@gerofiore9695 wow, such a long commentary. From what I've understood, the mind doesn't like to keep still, it needs goals, it needs distractions. I'm happily atca point in my life where I can enjoy stillness, where I can reach a certain stillness in the mind. 'Just be'. Funny enough, I was able to do this as a child. Just my mind being peaceful and empty, without 'thinking'. As a child I also liked doing things for the sake of doing, to not even bother with the outcome. I realized this only last month, and now I'm able to go back to my 'inner child.
As a quasi-Buddhist I have tried to integrate this no trying into my life, but I have come to the conclusion that it is OK, even preferable to try, but the important thing is not to attach to that trying and to accept the world as it is. Trying to improve your place in the world, while still being OK with your place in the world, sounds hard, but it is very liberating.
I would imagine thats ideal, always strive for better, but, also understand that some things you cant do much about its like with the 'unlearn one thing everyday' quote, it doesnt means you shouldnt try or give up all you know, it means to try and gain new knowledge, a new point of view, to not just hang onto what you know
Take a look into stoic philosophy if you'd like. A lot of it is this "do what you feel is right, but don't stress about the outcome" mindset which I also find very liberating.
sooo... "i wasnt kind towards my students but at least i tried my best" morphs into "i wasnt kind towards my students but i forced my best" and "try me, bitch!" ends up being "force me, bitch!"
This is weird to me because I learned the Tao te Ching 30 years ago and I forgot that people have trouble understanding the emotions behind their words.
You really put into words smthg ive been trying for a long time to explain to myself and it's so true every time I forced smthg, it doesn't work or at least, it doesn't bring any good result. And every time I let it happen just by following the flow, doing what seems in my capacity - just trying without pressure - and following my intuition without forcing myself to do or chase in the way logic or others do it, things start to connect and the universe start conspiring to make my dreams come true
Spot on! :) I have never chased riches. However, creativity... hell yes! Well, not chasing it per se. But exploring it, and enjoying it. While people rush a million miles to achieve something, I sit quiet, sleep, and let my days flow over me like a river over rocks. On some occasions, I may find a surprising twist in that river, or the odd gnarly stick, but for the most part, the water flows effortlessly.
That would be subjected to thoughts too, even if you not doing anything, you are still doing things that is in your mind. When the mind, is still and calm, then just flowing with life is literally mean doing nothing and doing everything. In other words, it is nothing yet everything.
One can only quieten the mind by waking up its true master, namely the heart. Have you done that yet? I's impossible to quieten the monkey mind by using the mind. It's like trying to lift oneself with one's bootstraps.
@@sundarex There are no masters, there's no way. As Bruce Lee said "No way as a way No limit as a limit" You don't need to look outwards , the answer lies within. Empty your mind....
"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe ; For the axe was clever and convinced the trees that, because his handle was made of wood , that he is one of them" E : This quote is from a collection of similar proverbs called "The Woodcutter and the Trees" , this one is a Turkish variation, bu you can find Greek and others online.
The irony in what you say. The words can be synonymous. both words are right. Is your word better? Are you forcing "now"? What are you "trying" to do? If you fell in the water and had to swim against the current, you would say "no, no, no". if you had to swim with the current, you wouldn't have to say anything.
Water is meek as it is lowly, always rushing to the lowest point, and prying apart its surroundings by way of its mere existence and changing with the weather. I suppose taoism is almost humorous from my perspective, almost to the point of disgust. I suppose it's too late for me to care
what a complete relief this amazing video is… “effortless action”.. love this.. foregoing force by instead, just going along with the flow… Omigosh how beautiful is this…
Actually a flower is a definitive part of plants. Similar to the terms root, leaf, and stem... Aside from ferns and a few other very old species, all plants have flowers... Without flowers there can be no seeds. Weeds all have flowers... "Weed" can also refer to the flower of the cannabis sativa plant... I understand the meaning intended, but I think it's a poorly worded analogy.
GIZTANG ROVERT Is English your first language? When people say weed, they mean any plant that isn't supposed to be. Take dandelions for example. They are considered weeds as they're unwanted aspect of gardens and lawns. When people say something is growing weeds, they mean it is growing unwanted plants. Thus the only difference between a weed and a flower is truly judgement, at least in most instances. And under proper context, no Jones gonna get weed and marijuana mixed up. People understand through context.
This is bias. Black is black and white is white. God create you to see and perceive thing just like they are, not the way you will judge them in your fantasy or in your mind. There is difference between false teachings and truth.
@let love lead Lately I've been thinking of buying cryptocurrency for retirement, I've set asides $350k to invest but along the line, I usually get cold feet, maybe because I have no idea what I'm doing, please I could really use some guidelines.
Lao Tzu basically said “be humble and realize you do not control everything.” But the animals who wear clothing didn’t listen because they knew they were gods. So Lau Tzu changed his strategy of getting through to the animal saying “trying at some things is fruitless while not trying gives bounty.” This gave the animals control once more, for they could now control their own desire to try, thus gaining the bounties they sought. And 2500 years later, the animals with clothing mistake his words to mean “just vibe and everything will work out.” *slow clap*
@Al Max I mean to look at it from that perspective? Yeah, it's counterproductive and a waste if you take it at face value. what the art of not trying really means is to not FORCE your way but to choose a direction and to let the path fall before you. Feel yourself straying? change course and flow with it. will you have problems and struggles on that flow? yes. However, our struggles alone do not define who we are, and its not ALL that we are as individuals and human beings
@Al Max see there is no debunking because everyone's life journey is subjective to their own experience. while yes a person with mental handicaps and people who are in unfortunate circumstances find a common ground or starting point, yet they can make radically different choices (one chooses to "fight" and better themselves or one can devolve and get worse.) it depends on them like choices in life and belief this philosophy of not trying may not work for them. for some it does. Clearly, this philosophy is not for you, and that's okay. What I suggest is to keep an open mind about different ideas about ways of thinking to come down to your own conclusions about how to live your life.
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.” ~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
@@MakeDemocracyMagnificientAgain And what would an illusion tell you if you looked at it: "I am real." Therefore, you cannot be certain that the 'truth' you have found is not yet another illusion misleading you? A pebble in a shoe causes you to be irritated, and yet, it is still a pebble. You take off your shoe in order to get rid of the pebble, but believe that if you are walking around without a pebble in your shoe, there are no pebbles to be stumbled over. Only when you walk around understanding that pebbles will find a way into your shoe will the pebble cease to annoy. It will not be discomforting to discover it, you have already accepted it will happen. You are not walking in comfort, you are walking in comfort between moments of sudden realization. The illusion...you realize...was in thinking there were no pebbles to cause you to stumble. A word spoken in ignorance cannot be an illusion, for words, like pebbles, will find their way into places we did not think to discover them. But, in finding them there, we realize they were not bound to the places we thought they belonged. A word, like a pebble, fits as easily in your shoe as it does lying on a beach. It does not belong more in one place than the other. You do not say water belongs in the ocean instead of on your skin...a word belongs wherever it is found. Yet, you take off your shoe for the word 'mastery' but not for the word 'illusion.' It seems 'mastery' is not the only pebble lodged in your shoe.
@Axlerod Horowitz thats accurate. Unfortunatly the general population can only handle smaller phrases. So Suzanne adamson will get the win on this one. This isnt a shot a susi. But most people are very small minded and dont make time to actually think about things they limit themselves mentally at a young age and life takes a toll on the human psych Sad thats what the human mind will become .
suzanne adamson People say they don’t understand me when I say I was wiser when I was younger. They try to disagree. But I practiced this art of wu wei and Taoism, as we all do, until the strange phenomenon that adulthood arrived.
I am sure the world would be a much much better place if most people embrace these wisdom. 🙇🏻♂️ I am a Chinese and I even haven't learned of all these until watching this video. 🙇🏻♂️ Thank you for sharing this ancient wisdom.
This reminds me of that one oogway phrase from Kung Fu Panda that goes something like “one often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” Things are gonna happen regardless so there’s no point stressing over some things. It either gets done or doesn’t get done. “Do or do not, there is no try”
This is somehow relaxing. I'm the type of person who seeks change , improvement and usually stressed myself out. Always feeling a bit left out to the society who favours only outstanding individuals. Getting relaxation while watching this doesn't mean I agree to the whole content . It just that, this video teaches me to relax, take things slow, don't force anything.. You can't change the whole world. You can't just change yourself to fit in. There's so many beautiful things to be thankful of. Little things that can make u happy effortlessly. I feel like ,this video balanced my inner thoughts. The thought who craves success, and the thought of living in peace. Embrace yourself and love it as you should do to the nature. At the same time, improve yourself little by little in your own 'not rushed' way. Learn to feel contentment and seek less abundance. I would love to live my life as simple as it can be. Morning coffee, books and a cozy bedroom.
Our society fights us as individuals so we will fight together. Balance can only come from within. The Tao takes all forms in all times, we must decide for ourselves when to let go. Yet peace does not clench, it releases. brb
Contentment is satisfaction...... completely up to ourselves I think the avg person doesn't understand what some things I do.....I really need to put together that collection For example.........Do you know that all humans are benefitting off of the labors of our fellow humans? For example......I didn't build this phone, or make the internet, or make TH-cam .....other humans did......yet I am able to enjoy these things.......I also didn't do anything involving the electricity I use to keep this phone charged ....other humans did.....and I didn't make any insights or discoveries about electricity.....some other humans did We are all benefitting off of each others' labors
It's taking many many many years to calm myself down to the point I'm allowing to let everything unfold as it should. I'm doing better at staying in the present moment, however I find myself from time to time getting anxious about upcoming events. So far this has been wonderful.
listening to taoism made me far more peaceful than listening to a meditation video telling me to breathe in and holding my breath for 7s. this is replacing my mediation in the future
Buddha used Meditation to gain wisdom. You received the wisdom. Now meditation is useless for you. This wisdom of Effortlessness will get you to Nirvana.
Actually I think the more you sit in stillness and listen to the quiet... the more you realize that you no longer have a need for any answers. Also if you actively try to silence your mind you will be locked in opposition with it forever. That is the very definition of the teaching here of Lao Tzu to not try. Sit, just sit with no agenda whatsoever. Don’t direct your experience, or have any preconceived ideas about what you should do, just sit as an observer to your experience and see what happens .
As a Chinese, I think Taoism is suitable for those who are highly intelligent but encounter difficulties. It teaches you how to compromise with yourself, how to conform to the laws of nature and how to re-understand yourself from the perspective of an outsider. He teaches you how to be your own master without being caught in the trap of other people's desires and without backfiring with excessive efforts. For example, Zhuang Zi told a story, in a forest, the tallest trees are usually the most crooked, because they can not become excellent building materials, so they escape the logging of the loggers, the real life is the same, many executives are incompetent, because he is no threat to the boss, it is likely that the stronger your ability, the more can not be reused. But at the same time, Taoism is easy to make people fall into nihilism, which will reduce the productivity of the whole society. When people no longer pursue the satisfaction of low-level desires, they will have no motivation to do low-level work. Finally, it is suggested that people who like Taoism should learn some simple Chinese. The thinking logic of the Chinese system is different from that of English, and many contents cannot be directly translated into English.
I think Buddhism and Hinduism taught the same. Except, I don't care about society. I have no interest in chasing desires. I only get what is easily available. I am not a servant to society. Nihilism is a way to gain happiness in my opinion.
@@playmobilegamescodm The biggest difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is that Hinduism is theism derived from Brahmanism, while Buddhism is atheism derived from Samana. Hinduism is more secular and favors rulers, Buddhism is more philosophical. From this point of view, Hinduism is not pure nihilism, it still contains people's pursuit of reincarnation, while Buddhism is more similar to Taoism and Western philosophy, emphasizing absolute nihilism, even reincarnation is an obsession
@@大大庆庆哥哥 How do you know what Hinduism is? God, karma and not rebirth are not important in Hinduism. Even in Buddhism they are not important. Anyone who says such man made concepts are important have failed to attain the highest state. Philosophy is just a distraction. Philosophy cannot make you effortless nor it can give True peace of mind.
@@大大庆庆哥哥 Most of those rules in Hinduism and Buddhism are made by ruling class to suppress freedom. China despite being atheist is not a democratic country but truth is freedom must be earned and even Western countries and democratic countries doesn't have freedom. Freedom and enjoying present in actual teaching of both Indian religions.
@@大大庆庆哥哥 Btw, even on Academic level Hinduism state that birth is sufferings and we should be free from Rebirth just like Buddhism. So idk where you got the idea that Hinduism prefers rebirth. There is no reincarnation only rebirth. Soul is not reborn, only the memories are reborn through the Karma. Soul is the awareness or witness of that memory or Karma. No one can define the soul. Words cannot explain it, fire cannot burn it and weapons cannot wound it. No one really knows what it is.
Hmh.. I would argue, the exact opposite is the case. You can ONLY try, because the Future is not written down yet. But I kind of get what it meant to be saying: If you think you will make it, you probably do a better job and are more liklely to success, because you dont hassitate to act. But again, its not a garantee.
The biggest take away for me is that everyone and everything has its place in the whole. Just know that wherever you are in life, whatever is going on, you are where you are meant to be. We are all just going through the motions. Don’t rush yourself, don’t make yourself feel like you need to get to one goal, or after you do blank, you’ll be happy, or done. It’s never like that. Once we get to one goal there is always five more that we acquired on the way which we are now working towards. But working towards goals, and things you find value, and meaning in, does not contradict living a natural life in accordance with nature. The difference is struggling for a goal, and simply taking the actions towards that goal. We need to live in day tight compartments, and simply do the things that are good to us. Not because we need to reach the end goal, but because we value, and enjoy our daily toil on said goal.
That's why the earth is bombarded with exploding population. Philosophies are just like music, soothing your soul but please don't pretentiously extend it to things you have not a clue about 😂
I love the spirit of Taoism, but find it difficult to follow in practice. I am an ambitious person who creates big dreams for myself & I work hard to convert those ideas into real expectations. I love learning and mastering new things, and the art of creating value (things people want). While it leads to some social success, these pursuits are directly related to stress and anxiety for myself and those around me. While I can't quite get myself to do nothing, I discovered the concept of Kaizen - Japanese for "improvement" - or, the concept of making small but continuous improvements, based on the notion that ongoing positive changes however small eventually result in significant improvements; you just break things down so small, or figure out a way to work the smallest bits of the project into your existing routine, so it _feels_ like you're doing nothing. There's no stress, no anxiety. Yet at the end of the day when you lay down to go to bed you realize how productive you were. For me it's a "middle way".
> find it difficult to follow in practice Become a homeless alcoholic or a drug addict and you will follow it in practice. " I love learning and mastering new things" Then why would you say "I love the spirit of Taoism", which discourages you from trying to learn or master new things??!
@@melissamoonchild9216 I don't know about other people, but when I do what comes naturally, when I don't worry about expectations, etc., I just relax and do what feels good, e.g., eat while reading or watching something fun and meaningless. If I were to follow this advice, I would be happier in the very short run, but my weight would balloon, and I wouldn't have a career = would be forced to work longer hours while being in a lot more discomfort than i am now when I work, for peanuts. Unless one is a genius, if one takes it easy while studying, or studies only what one feels passionate about, one will barely be able to pass, and possibly at best get a grade of C-. Anything worth having requires effort = intense suffering, the opposite of softness. The alternative to intense suffering in the short run, is never-ending suffering throughout one''s life. "My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon" It sounds good, but once you try testing this by sleeping outdoors (where you can see the moon) without even a barn, you will immediately be able to snap out of it and understand that there is a problem with this line of reasoning.
That's what they all say. He is just spurring you to greater efforts. In the end you will see he is self serving. You grow up when you realize it's really just about the bottom line.
"Effortless doing" this is such a wise mindset! We tend to criticize the things we do not comprehend but in the deep of our minds we know and feel what Lao Tzu is trying to say and I think this is the thing what we call "Tao". I am not a Taoist but I absolutely find it to be a good way of living. No rush, no unconscious trying. Just peace and wisdom. 👍
"Effortless doing" is the way of the master. Nobody is born as the master of any craft. There's a word for this when it comes to physical actions: muscle memory.
You need to leisurely look like you're going to take the shot, then don't. Then take it once the goalie has relaxed. Fake your shot, then slam it home, maxmum scorage for minimum effort....do this without breaking a sweat for maximum taoism. Then leave before game ends as competitive games are a waste of time anyway. :)
I didn't stop the TH-cam show I was watching & this started. Loved it. I don't need money, a fine home, rich food, or many friends. Now, I'm happy because of no regular seizures & sanity. I have epilepsy and am bipolar . I thank God for the medical support I've received.
If you've made it to 46 without ending up in a dead end 9 to 5 job and all it "cost" you was living in your mothers basement, you've done more right than wrong - Nietzsche
There's more about Taoism!
The Art of Doing without Doing: th-cam.com/video/IGmeL5AdrTk/w-d-xo.html
The Power of Letting Go: th-cam.com/video/B-F319b5SuQ/w-d-xo.html
The Philosophy of Flow: th-cam.com/video/JtGtqmC5wU4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you.
Hi Einzelganger! Your videos are helping me surf through life like nothing before. You are what I would refer to as a Spritual Gangster!. This is as high a compliment as I can give anyone...Keep doing this man you're gonna help everyone!
I am Thao 💕
Is there a book on this as well as stoicism?
"Less and less is done until non action is achieved, when nothing is done, nothing is left undone." Tao
"when you fall, I will be there" - floor.
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@@nuronw6886 yea...like falling of mountain onto rocks and splattering....
Unless gravity is absent, then it’s a free floating situation... 🤣
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You mean "Rock bottom' right?
"Not matter how far you run you won't get far"
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Only funny comment in this comment section full of fortune cookie platitudes
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Bwahahahhaa ,thanks for the laugh.
Well .. If i say many international athletes have asthama like anders antonsen and parupalli kashyap would you get angry? Or try to stop giving excuses next time? Or give excuses of taoism
"Doing nothing" doesn't mean doing nothing. It means going with the natural flow, creating space and contentment without strife, worry or fear. Graceful movements, like a good skier, surfer, swimmer. Everyone eats, everyone sleeps, everyone walks. Move naturally.
I walk to the kitchen and back to the couch with very fluid motions, does that count?
Nanika - Yes.
@@geovaniraffaelli4508 doing what you want... Not what you think must do.
Libertarianism is the same philosophy.
Yeah... Why most people hard to understand this?! 🙄
I've been practicing many of these teachings my whole life. The middle path is def a good one. I wont make a million dollars in my life time, but i will be home every night for my children.
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Amen 🙏
If you flow at your highest level. I million dollars will find you.
And what in earth can you spend one million on? You can literally not buy anything that's expensive that doesn't have a cheaper and better counterpart.
@@GRAY-vg8fl cheaper yes , I don’t agree about the better part though.
"Unlearn something you know every day" to me means challenging yourself to take a different view point, not discarding knowledge.
Interestingly I think both are intended interpretations. Given that elsewhere there’s the notion of opposites creating each other. When you unlearn something do you not equally learn something else?
Yes but I also believe it's similar to what I've heard about learning the piano, where it is better to learn slowly with proper form instead of fast but incorrect form. As the latter, will stop your potential from learning and playing the piano to its full limit and when this happens you then need to learn the correct form which requires you to learn and unlearn at the same time, this process takes even longer then simply learning slow in the first place. How I believe this is similar to what is being said here, is that you need to understand that you may have learnt or created habits that are either unneeded or are incorrect form and you should take care to unlearn them, so you don't shorten your potential or sabotage the actual point.
What you mean
Discarding conditioning can be of real benefit. Recognising it first can be hard.
“Empty your cup, so that it may be filled.”
"Focus not on one thing, for there are many things happening around you"
-ADHD
Focus on everything, or nothing at all
Hahahaha
"Focus not on one thing, for there are many things happening around you"
Less it be something of fearce interest, only then can you focus on one thing
-ADHD
Yeah that's me. Where is my t-shirt?
100% of thoose likes are from people below the age of 18.
"Do not call us, we'll call you" -HR
that is a real one
dark humor
What mean this joke plz explain
Yeah. Your boy got fired lol.
I called the HR before.. learned it the hard way 😢
Thank you for your work. You have helped me through a difficult period over the last 4 years, $20 is not enough but it is what I can afford.
Thank you for your generosity :)
Ur an idiot paying them
we are addicted to wise words, yet most of us just need silence
Oh the irony
Same as videos like this. Grand speaking that is really about nothing.
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@@infoharvester exactly
I agree been searching for silence all day but noise kept following me around?
Maybe tomorrow will be quiet
*"Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished."*
Good question
mytan90 is it a q?
O'SSÉIN - Master Your Mind With Me Depends what you consider accomplished. 😂
I literally read this quote on a tea bag paper a couple days ago
Beautiful
"The true light of joy is not only within you, but within me as well" - refrigerator
thank you for this
I didn't really know I needed it, but thank you
Oh my hahaha
Only because I was in a good mood while reading, I will not say anything bad. But respect all ways of thinking Lightbulb, at least it has lasted all of these years, this way of thinking...
You are funny🤗
To me, Taoism is about realizing how little you truly need to be content, and drawing happiness from that contentment.
As insane as it might sound today, if you really think about it a man needs so little for self preservation.
@@johngeiger3770 yep 🙏
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
You have not perceived the true eternal Dao
"Don't believe everything, that is written in the comment section of a youtube video" - Lao Tsu
yep, scrolling back up now, thanks
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"AM ALWAYS RIGHT"
-KING CAPRICORN-
"Don't believe every quote on the internet"
Lao zi
"This is not about changing the world, but to gain the world"
That was beautiful man.
What would a man gain if he wins the world if he loses it's own soul.
I don't get it, is it seeing all that we have compared to nothing? Instead of seeing the world as fked up, we cherish what is already perfect?
only liked this comment cause it had the devil number on.
“It is only when a mosquito lands on your balls that your realize aggression is not always the answer.” - Confucius
Im cry tears of joy lmao
I cannot with this comment right now 😂😂😂
bro he said that for cheeks
LOL
oh man... beautiful
Not trying to change the world, to gain the world
This line is just killed it❗
Yessir
What does it mean pls if u can then explain
@@I_willstand_at_the_heavenswhen you avoid trying to turn something into something it isn't, you allow yourself to enjoy it for everything it is. i don't like strawberry icing on donuts but as long im thinking about how much i'd prefer a chocolate donut, i'll never enjoy the one i got
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
"Those who try to outshine others dim their own light" said no boss or manager ever.
Darkness truly is systemic, friend.
Which is why taoism the best Philosophy. It's literally the counter to the CEO hustle culture fucks whose ideas will make you miserable
@Joel Roy Pretty sure they have a hierarchy. The writings say so and common sense dictates it.
@Joel Roy Said no demon ever? Source?
yeah, fuck bosses
Mom; “You’re lazy”
Me; “No, I’m committed to Taoism.”
The first thing I thought about was this when I saw the title
@@Surreality7 Same
"Why won't you go to college"
Me:eh
Then u see a flying footwear (chappal)coming at your face😂
Amen to that: that's my new mantra.
"No matter where you go, there you are."
No I'm not!
STOP! 😂😂😂
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I really like this video and Taoism ❤
One time my daughter and I were shopping at St. Vincent de Paul's and I was looking in the "new age" books. I told her, oh yeah I need to find the Tao te Ching. No sooner had the words come out of my mouth and a book fell from the top shelf and landed on my foot! It was the Tao te Ching!!! A girl was stocking shelves right next to me and said if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes she would have never believed it!
Really? Crazy
@@Vykke yep, honest. I've had really weird things like that happen to me.
Did you buy the book?
I find it funny that a 2000+ yr old book was in the "new age" section 😂
@@RK-um2bj lol I never thought of that 🤣 that is hilarious
Quarantine is getting me into new activities and philosophies.
Maria Pulpito me too, I’ve lost 20 lbs with daily exercise and picked up some new skills, and started studying mandarin. On top of working during the week as normal. I hope after quarantine every one who has a job that can be done from home will be allowed to do so. It’s so much more peaceful and enjoyable
Run ..Get the hell out while you still can..!!!
"The only thing predictable about life, is it's unpredictably."
Ratatouille
Same..
Welcome ❤️
"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know."
--Lao Tzu
Books In Review yet he said it.
@@hamzaabrarbeg4479 bruh💀
@@hamzaabrarbeg4479 Oh the irony 😂
He's kind of a hypocrite, right? ;) I guess someone needed to say it. According to the legend, after Lao Tzu wrote down the Tao Te Ching, he left never to be seen again. Let's just assume that he began to practice what he preached.
@@Einzelgänger I believe that the translator Stephen Mitchell explained this point.
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard." - Lao tzu.
Water contains natural minerals and sediment from the ground underneath, which creates friction when rubbed against the river side rocks. It is also slightly acidic, so it is no wonder how it wears the rock down. It is not it's fluid, yielding nature that does it, but the other rigid, unyielding rocks in the water grinding the other rocks down.
I rather be the rock
Yes that makes sense. Life can be fluid, soft, simple. If we "allow" Life doesn't have to be a competition. .
@serendipidus1 ok boomer
girl in heat claims otherwise
Thank you very much ❤❤❤
Thank you, Meditation Thiền!
@@Einzelgänger 💗💗💗
"Trying is the first step toward failure." - Homer Simpson
”Failures are the stepping stones to success.”
@@johntthompson3687 I don't get it.
@@TheBurninator50 Failure is not something you afraid of, it's something you have to learn from.
You gain experience from failures, the more experience you have, the higher chance you will success.
Albert Einstein said “If you haven't failed yet, you haven't tried anything new.”"
@@johntthompson3687 dude, it was a joke. Do yourself a favor and get a sense of humor.
@@TheBurninator50 That's quite rude of you. Normal human being would just say "I'm sorry, that was a joke".
Do yourself a favor and get some manner. If you want someone to respect your joke, throw that attitude of yours out of the window.
"Swimming upstream is exhausting and gets us nowhere"
The millions of salmons who swim upstream every year: "and i took that personally"
Not like those lazy , go with the flow tunas
The salmon at least get to spawn. What's in it for us?
"Swimming upstream is exhausting and it takes us places few have seen" -
Tao is absolutely outdated ideology. And silly, by today's standards. Take those salmons for instance. They are fish! They have no desires and feelings. Yet they DO swim upstream. If one does not strive, try or push - he is doomed to fail and become non-existent. This is how this universe works. Universe has rules! Sorry, taoists :) . So if you want to be one with the universe you HAVE to strive, try, act, overcome, push on and do that "workers of the world - unite" thing!
@@alekseimutovkin , your wrong about fish, but right about people. People fight to get more hand outs
N-Word -Ghandi
"You make me die and I'll make you cry"
-Onion
Astounding
That is gold!
lol
"Never gonna say goodbye!"
I felt this sitting in my car on a break for a few minutes i didn’t have any anxiety or any desires which aloowed me to relax and i just watched the trees how magnificent grand and beautiful they are just standing there blowing in the wind then for dew moments i felt at one with them and then I had to go back to work. I thought man it must be nice to be a tree; They’re super zen 😊🤙
"I haven't said half the things people say that I have."
-Lao Tzu
I think God would quote Lao Tzu. xD
@@giderahwolf i think he did
Actually that is a paraphrase of what Yogi Berra said.
But did he said that ?
Lol
"Happiness is found in not striving for happiness." -- Taoist proverb
"If you have to force the life you want, it's not the life you need"
Tafari this comment is my problem solver.. problem solved!!! ❤️
@Cool Duck Elaborate please, the quote doesn't sit well but I can't figure out why
@Zeek Banistor I don't think the quote has to do with the difficulty of the task but rather whether or not it came naturally to you or if you genuinely cared. Like with your business, say whatever it is your business has to do with wasn't truly your passion or something you cared about, you'd probably be happier doing something else. That's how i interpret it
@@cameronharrington7693 yeah look how stressful he sounds
Thank you.
Ive been practicing taoism my entire life and I love where I am right now. I cant wait to see what the rest of my life has in store for me.
Hello. Have you got any advice for starting to learn the philosophy and implementing it into my lifestyle?
Begin by achieving a state of stillness and calmness focus on yourself and your breathing, try to find somewhere peaceful with complete silence and meditate for a while not really thinking about anything just allow your thoughts to come and go as they please, aim for a state of complete zen. As for going through life try keeping opinionated things to yourself and avoid the conflicts which people like to start. Do not worry about what others think of you, we are all on our own paths and it is not important to you what others are doing with their time or spending their money on. Just focus on improving yourself slowly overtime which will come naturally once your thoughts and actions are inline with the dao. Another great philosophy to adhear by is stoicism which goes hand in hand with taoism, you cannot control what goes on around you, you can only control your actions. This is important to remember because once you do you will be able to get through anything without complaining or showing emotion and once you are able to do so you will be on the right path and no one will be able to bring you down and you will be the master of your own life and you can live however you chose.
Me too life is an adventure. Live it to the fullest life doesn't last forever
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
"Why is everyone in the comment section writting qoutes which have nothing to do with the video?"
-me
Great point!, I guess that is a perspective thing, which no 2 humans have alike. But to me all are connected seamlessly.
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
- Bilbo Baggins
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Their quoting the Dao dae Jing
Vleer I have learned more life lessons from the lord of the rings than anywhere else. Thanks for your wisdom 😂
It's the same thing with 'trying to improve yourself.' I always want to improve myself, but that mostly works counterproductive. There are days when I just don't care about 'improving' and suddenly everything goes effortlessly. It's like being a child on the playground. It's like 'playing the game of life, without taking it too seriously'. But this 'state of mind' never stays very long... only a few days.... and then, after that, I start to 'being too serious' again... and suddenly doing the same activities take more effort... so I ask myself: 'Why so serious?!' And I become instantly more playful. Be like the Joker, but without the 'negative'. That's the only way I can describe it. Just play life... and nothing can go 'wrong' because nothing is really 'wrong' or a failure.
Edit: thanks for so many 'likes'.
Edit: not forcing certainly applies to how you treat your body, whether it's diet, practice, exercice.
Improving oneself lies in the periphery and we tippy toe around the periphery, to be still is to be in the centre, being playful sometimes comes from that centre
@@gerofiore9695 thanks for your input.
@@doloresvangaal2248 Thankyou for thanking me. In my 20's and 30's I followed the mickey mouse psychology authors, the Anthony Robbins and other success, positive thinking affirming influencers of the time, they are still around.
I see this as the blind leading the lost or the blind. Why? Goalsetting is great, making plans to reach those goals is the positive thing if you want to achieve and do,, be what you want to be, this is what we are told, and sure those tools do work in attaining our goals.
Here is the problem, in my understanding in my tiny brain.
The YOU or I, that makes the decision I want to be RICH, or I want to have X type of perfect partner, or X House, Ferrari etc etc or whatever attainment, even so called Spiritual ones is not the REAL you, its that periphery I was talking about, and from that periphery we make wrong choices, wrong goals all the time, its like giving the controls of a magnificent spaceship to a teenager, who then takes this beautiful and amazing machine and takes it for a joyride and inevitably crashes it, again and again.
The YOU or I that dwells deep in the centre would NOT have made the decision to get RICH at all costs, attract the sexy cool blonde of my dreams or man of your dreams, or built a successful busines that makes lots of money, that's the teenager in the driving seat of our lives, he or she doesn't see the consequences or think deeply, he/she is incapable.
In my own life Ive made many mistakes, Im not saying that for every decision I should have meditated deeply and accessed this deeper part of me, in order to hopefully make the better decision, but ... yes I suppose that IS what Im saying, by plucking away at intrusive thoughts you can quiet the Monkey mind and tame it somewhat and quieten it and therfore when the thoughts of being RICH or attaining a goal arrives you see them as imposters and just as in meditation, gently shoo them away, life becomes a meditation in and of itself.
The mind dare not keep still, it hates it, it runs from it, it makes you itchy and want to move, its dying but its not YOU that is dying - ITS dying. It cannot stand in the face of reality, it hates the light and like the bugs that fear the light and run when you move a rock, it will hide from the light, because the light is the light of truth, it hates truth and runs from it
@@gerofiore9695 wow, such a long commentary. From what I've understood, the mind doesn't like to keep still, it needs goals, it needs distractions. I'm happily atca point in my life where I can enjoy stillness, where I can reach a certain stillness in the mind. 'Just be'. Funny enough, I was able to do this as a child. Just my mind being peaceful and empty, without 'thinking'. As a child I also liked doing things for the sake of doing, to not even bother with the outcome. I realized this only last month, and now I'm able to go back to my 'inner child.
Really needed to hear this, thank you
"People die when they are killed" - Shiro emiya
" Just because your correct doesn’t mean you’re right! " - Also shirou Emyia
"The Archer Class is really made up of Archers"
-A certain Tsundere
Such a peaceful and inspiring explanation of Taoism. This content helps me find inner peace and clarity. Grateful for this knowledge.
"Never seek out a TH-cam video for the algorithm knows what you seek"
- Yourself at 3am
Change what you..seek ... changes the algorithm..11.45am South Pacific
XD
3:22 when i see this. You called it.
4:39 am
3:47 a.m…. Yeah
“It’s not you, it’s me”
- Ex Girlfriend
LMFAO: Dark but True
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"Those who flow as life flows, know there is no other way"
Lao Tzu.
Thank you!!
There is always another way
I think this is what's called a fate
This is the way
As a quasi-Buddhist I have tried to integrate this no trying into my life, but I have come to the conclusion that it is OK, even preferable to try, but the important thing is not to attach to that trying and to accept the world as it is. Trying to improve your place in the world, while still being OK with your place in the world, sounds hard, but it is very liberating.
Are u german? Never heard anyone else use "quasi"
I would imagine thats ideal, always strive for better, but, also understand that some things you cant do much about
its like with the 'unlearn one thing everyday' quote, it doesnt means you shouldnt try or give up all you know, it means to try and gain new knowledge, a new point of view, to not just hang onto what you know
Take a look into stoic philosophy if you'd like. A lot of it is this "do what you feel is right, but don't stress about the outcome" mindset which I also find very liberating.
@@ypierrew2645 I've heard native English speakers use it, it's a synonym to "semi" from what I understand
@@spooky4124 Yes, I have and it is very helpful. Thank You.
"You can't see me, but I'm still there."
- John Cena
Y this funny asf
@@lordkaos3676 😂😂
Pikaboo
- also John Cena
He's like the Coronavirus! Wonder how that WWE move to China is going...
@@lordkaos3676 because it's a joke?
Just replace *Trying* with "Forcing" and it will make more sense.
Underrated
sooo...
"i wasnt kind towards my students but at least i tried my best" morphs into "i wasnt kind towards my students but i forced my best"
and "try me, bitch!" ends up being "force me, bitch!"
This is weird to me because I learned the Tao te Ching 30 years ago and I forgot that people have trouble understanding the emotions behind their words.
"Why is everyone in the comment section writting qoutes which have nothing to do with the video?"
-me
You really put into words smthg ive been trying for a long time to explain to myself and it's so true every time I forced smthg, it doesn't work or at least, it doesn't bring any good result. And every time I let it happen just by following the flow, doing what seems in my capacity - just trying without pressure - and following my intuition without forcing myself to do or chase in the way logic or others do it, things start to connect and the universe start conspiring to make my dreams come true
“No matter how far you run, I will still be with you and cause you pain.” -My shattered kneecap
Focus on the pain
- fight club
Spot on! :) I have never chased riches. However, creativity... hell yes! Well, not chasing it per se. But exploring it, and enjoying it. While people rush a million miles to achieve something, I sit quiet, sleep, and let my days flow over me like a river over rocks. On some occasions, I may find a surprising twist in that river, or the odd gnarly stick, but for the most part, the water flows effortlessly.
Me too, then you are practicing "wu-wei" principle of Lao Tzu.
“ sometimes doing nothing… Is doing everything” 😉
Anita Carter “doing nothing often brings the very best of something” - Pooh Bear
Jack Coolbeans omg 😆 i love ❤️ this
Jack Coolbeans xi jinping?
@@mjolninja9358 xi jinping gives Pooh Bear a bad name. Pooh Bear is the greatest taoist. The Tao of Pooh is a must read.
That would be subjected to thoughts too, even if you not doing anything, you are still doing things that is in your mind.
When the mind, is still and calm, then just flowing with life is literally mean doing nothing and doing everything. In other words, it is nothing yet everything.
"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Arc Meditation ❤️❤️👍🏽👍🏽
Everythis is as it should be!
Every morning when I wake up, I remind myself of the following- The mind is a wonderful slave but a terrible master.
A quiet mind, that's the key.
Liberty 99 I like that. Thank you
“ too many mind, mind the enemy, mind the people walk too many mind - No mind “ The Last Samurai 😎
One can only quieten the mind by waking up its true master, namely the heart. Have you done that yet? I's impossible to quieten the monkey mind by using the mind. It's like trying to lift oneself with one's bootstraps.
FACT! Yeah, I dare someone below to shut their mind off for 1 minute, good luck.
@@sundarex There are no masters, there's no way.
As Bruce Lee said
"No way as a way
No limit as a limit"
You don't need to look outwards , the answer lies within.
Empty your mind....
When you are happy, enjoy it. When you are sad, show it. When you are angry, let it fuel YOUR determination. When you are afriad, run!
Thanks for the like!
The first like!
"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe ;
For the axe was clever and convinced the trees that, because his handle was made of wood , that he is one of them"
E : This quote is from a collection of similar proverbs called "The Woodcutter and the Trees" , this one is a Turkish variation, bu you can find Greek and others online.
Wow
True in so many cases...
Brilliant and profound in its simplicity
Trump and the cristians
@@David-fi3oo no more like Democrats and communists
no no no, the art of not forcing - is the real translation. Its often said as "zero action" but its more like "effortless action"
The irony in what you say. The words can be synonymous. both words are right. Is your word better? Are you forcing "now"? What are you "trying" to do? If you fell in the water and had to swim against the current, you would say "no, no, no". if you had to swim with the current, you wouldn't have to say anything.
Water is meek as it is lowly, always rushing to the lowest point, and prying apart its surroundings by way of its mere existence and changing with the weather. I suppose taoism is almost humorous from my perspective, almost to the point of disgust. I suppose it's too late for me to care
@@Gogglesofkrome You are a true taoist master.
I see you have the translation. I don‘t feel like you have the understanding.
Yes and patience is the key. Manifestations happen in divine timing.
"If you drink a glass of water, soon you will pee." -Lao Tzu
Leave him alone😂😂😂
Every 60 second a minute passes
-Leo Tzu
Lol
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"If you listen to the rap of Flowmasta Flam you have to take a shit." - Masta Flake-
what a complete relief this amazing video is… “effortless action”.. love this.. foregoing force by instead, just going along with the flow… Omigosh how beautiful is this…
"Do not believe everything you see on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln
Holy shit, he was so ahead of his time! It really makes you think 😳😳😳🤔🤔🤔
That was actually aberdolflinkler
Thanks Abe
LOLOLOLOL
The only difference between a flower and a weed, is a judgement.
Actually a flower is a definitive part of plants. Similar to the terms root, leaf, and stem... Aside from ferns and a few other very old species, all plants have flowers... Without flowers there can be no seeds. Weeds all have flowers... "Weed" can also refer to the flower of the cannabis sativa plant... I understand the meaning intended, but I think it's a poorly worded analogy.
@@giztangrovert4021 there you go judging again. 😶
GIZTANG ROVERT Is English your first language?
When people say weed, they mean any plant that isn't supposed to be. Take dandelions for example. They are considered weeds as they're unwanted aspect of gardens and lawns. When people say something is growing weeds, they mean it is growing unwanted plants. Thus the only difference between a weed and a flower is truly judgement, at least in most instances.
And under proper context, no Jones gonna get weed and marijuana mixed up. People understand through context.
This is bias. Black is black and white is white. God create you to see and perceive thing just like they are, not the way you will judge them in your fantasy or in your mind. There is difference between false teachings and truth.
The only difference between a pig and a bacon, is cooking
Taoism "Belief in doing nothing"
Me: you know im something of a Taoist myself
nah this comment made me cackle lmao
@let love lead Lately I've been thinking of buying cryptocurrency for retirement, I've set asides $350k to invest but along the line, I usually get cold feet, maybe because I have no idea what I'm doing, please I could really use some guidelines.
@@larizoclack1541
Investment guidance sounds like a great idea, thought about it before but never knew how
to go about it.
@Andrei WoW Loretta Wilkinson ?
Lao Tzu basically said “be humble and realize you do not control everything.”
But the animals who wear clothing didn’t listen because they knew they were gods.
So Lau Tzu changed his strategy of getting through to the animal saying “trying at some things is fruitless while not trying gives bounty.”
This gave the animals control once more, for they could now control their own desire to try, thus gaining the bounties they sought.
And 2500 years later, the animals with clothing mistake his words to mean “just vibe and everything will work out.”
*slow clap*
“be humble and realize you do not control everything.”
not with that atitude :D
@@szylaj Sheesh 👏. 👏. 👏. 👏
@@almax8189 you obviously dont understand his philosophy...
@Al Max I mean to look at it from that perspective? Yeah, it's counterproductive and a waste if you take it at face value. what the art of not trying really means is to not FORCE your way but to choose a direction and to let the path fall before you. Feel yourself straying? change course and flow with it. will you have problems and struggles on that flow? yes. However, our struggles alone do not define who we are, and its not ALL that we are as individuals and human beings
@Al Max see there is no debunking because everyone's life journey is subjective to their own experience. while yes a person with mental handicaps and people who are in unfortunate circumstances find a common ground or starting point, yet they can make radically different choices (one chooses to "fight" and better themselves or one can devolve and get worse.)
it depends on them
like choices in life and belief this philosophy of not trying may not work for them. for some it does. Clearly, this philosophy is not for you, and that's okay. What I suggest is to keep an open mind about different ideas about ways of thinking to come down to your own conclusions about how to live your life.
“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.” ~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
self-mastery is an irritating word for it. because it is in illusion, while the illusion is still persisting and true
Flow is master align with flow and live
@@MakeDemocracyMagnificientAgain And what would an illusion tell you if you looked at it: "I am real." Therefore, you cannot be certain that the 'truth' you have found is not yet another illusion misleading you? A pebble in a shoe causes you to be irritated, and yet, it is still a pebble. You take off your shoe in order to get rid of the pebble, but believe that if you are walking around without a pebble in your shoe, there are no pebbles to be stumbled over. Only when you walk around understanding that pebbles will find a way into your shoe will the pebble cease to annoy. It will not be discomforting to discover it, you have already accepted it will happen. You are not walking in comfort, you are walking in comfort between moments of sudden realization. The illusion...you realize...was in thinking there were no pebbles to cause you to stumble.
A word spoken in ignorance cannot be an illusion, for words, like pebbles, will find their way into places we did not think to discover them. But, in finding them there, we realize they were not bound to the places we thought they belonged. A word, like a pebble, fits as easily in your shoe as it does lying on a beach. It does not belong more in one place than the other. You do not say water belongs in the ocean instead of on your skin...a word belongs wherever it is found. Yet, you take off your shoe for the word 'mastery' but not for the word 'illusion.' It seems 'mastery' is not the only pebble lodged in your shoe.
Dont mind me just making this a daily note
..."Using other men's bad points to parade your own excellence...." this is so profound.
Also known as TH-cam comments
I agree
greta
@aKa Donut so you achieved the art of not doing?
If you just focus on yourself, that's more profound
The older I become, the less I know for sure.
@Axlerod Horowitz it's a strange conundrum indeed...
As I became older, I sometimes think I've been wrong about everything. At least it's better than staying wrong.
@Axlerod Horowitz thats accurate.
Unfortunatly the general population can only handle smaller phrases. So
Suzanne adamson will get the win on this one.
This isnt a shot a susi. But most people are very small minded and dont make time to actually think about things they limit themselves mentally at a young age and life takes a toll on the human psych
Sad thats what the human mind will become .
@@GladysAmelia you will always be more wrong than right, unless you accept that you act on suppositions, not knowledge, and that is fine
suzanne adamson People say they don’t understand me when I say I was wiser when I was younger. They try to disagree. But I practiced this art of wu wei and Taoism, as we all do, until the strange phenomenon that adulthood arrived.
I am sure the world would be a much much better place if most people embrace these wisdom.
🙇🏻♂️ I am a Chinese and I even haven't learned of all these until watching this video. 🙇🏻♂️ Thank you for sharing this ancient wisdom.
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
A smart man learns from his mistakes
A wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
If you combine this you are a genius.
Well I learned from the mistakes of others and unfortunately that didn't help me. Lol. I've lived a strange life. Lol.
@Laughing Out Loud
More like, your single because no one would put up with your crap!?
Lol
And an enlightened man learns that there are no mistakes.
He, thats is kinda me
Happiness is not how much you have, its how much you can live without!
Good opinion 👍🏻
@@veritas5008 it’s my quote. I made it up. People in school used to call me Confucius it’s crazy kind of baka style
You will never have enough of the things that you don't need.
Totally agreed
@@veritas5008 I wrote this many years ago: Expectations are rocks you drop above your own head.
“I never said any of that shit.” - Confucius
“Nah fr”
-Sun Tzu
😂😂😂😂
Lmaooooo 😂
This reminds me of that one oogway phrase from Kung Fu Panda that goes something like “one often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” Things are gonna happen regardless so there’s no point stressing over some things. It either gets done or doesn’t get done. “Do or do not, there is no try”
As expected from master oogway
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
This is somehow relaxing.
I'm the type of person who seeks change , improvement and usually stressed myself out. Always feeling a bit left out to the society who favours only outstanding individuals.
Getting relaxation while watching this doesn't mean I agree to the whole content . It just that, this video teaches me to relax, take things slow, don't force anything.. You can't change the whole world. You can't just change yourself to fit in.
There's so many beautiful things to be thankful of. Little things that can make u happy effortlessly.
I feel like ,this video balanced my inner thoughts. The thought who craves success, and the thought of living in peace.
Embrace yourself and love it as you should do to the nature. At the same time, improve yourself little by little in your own 'not rushed' way. Learn to feel contentment and seek less abundance.
I would love to live my life as simple as it can be. Morning coffee, books and a cozy bedroom.
Our society fights us as individuals so we will fight together. Balance can only come from within. The Tao takes all forms in all times, we must decide for ourselves when to let go. Yet peace does not clench, it releases.
brb
Contentment is satisfaction...... completely up to ourselves
I think the avg person doesn't understand what some things I do.....I really need to put together that collection
For example.........Do you know that all humans are benefitting off of the labors of our fellow humans?
For example......I didn't build this phone, or make the internet, or make TH-cam .....other humans did......yet I am able to enjoy these things.......I also didn't do anything involving the electricity I use to keep this phone charged ....other humans did.....and I didn't make any insights or discoveries about electricity.....some other humans did
We are all benefitting off of each others' labors
I have been accomplishing a lot of not doing lately and enjoying every minute of it! I think it's time for a nap now.
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Tim Harrington When my mother-in-law retired, I was concerned whether she was ok. She assured me by saying “It takes me a long time to do nothing!”
My doctor asked me if I have trouble sleeping?
I said no why should I as I am a professional!
“The more you try, the more it gets harder.”
“The more you understand, flow & think, the more it gets easier.”
ohhh i get it, taoism is the opposite of "why work smart when you can work hard"
@@forfor1235 Isn't the original phrase "why work hard when you can work smart"?
@@HattedGamer01 damn my life is a lie
“If at first you don’t succeed, say fuk it, and let it go”
- Itdownt Matta
It's taking many many many years to calm myself down to the point I'm allowing to let everything unfold as it should. I'm doing better at staying in the present moment, however I find myself from time to time getting anxious about upcoming events. So far this has been wonderful.
im trying too, I hope I too may be able to achieve a sense of grace and content-ness one day. Goodluck on your journey brother.
Dont push the river. Notice the flow.
Good for you man. 👍
"Never turn off the hallway light for it is sacred" - Wife.
CONFUCIUS WILL BE MY EPITAPH
That's a thing in India too😀
It takes 4 wipes for one to find out 3 was enough.
- Winston Churchill
THIS
i hate wasting toilet paper. never know when covid might retract my ass paper again
@@codeman1726 😂😂
This 'quote' was great
*swipes
listening to taoism made me far more peaceful than listening to a meditation video telling me to breathe in and holding my breath for 7s. this is replacing my mediation in the future
It's good that you found the better way of doing things
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
Buddha used Meditation to gain wisdom.
You received the wisdom.
Now meditation is useless for you.
This wisdom of Effortlessness will get you to Nirvana.
I think the more you silence your mind and listen to the quiet… The more the answers will come to you.✨✨
The more you silence your minds, the more you can hear
BE still & KNOW I Am GOD !!!
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I feel sorry for everyone who doesn't realise this throughout their life
Actually I think the more you sit in stillness and listen to the quiet... the more you realize that you no longer have a need for any answers. Also if you actively try to silence your mind you will be locked in opposition with it forever. That is the very definition of the teaching here of Lao Tzu to not try. Sit, just sit with no agenda whatsoever. Don’t direct your experience, or have any preconceived ideas about what you should do, just sit as an observer to your experience and see what happens .
"Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes"
- Jamal
Yoloooooooooooo
God damn, Jamal.
Together we must stop this
and when the world needed him the most, Jamal vanished
Who is jamal
"Your computer has virus"
- Indian tech support
Wirus
@@yellowtimergaming More like "Wire us" (all your money) 🤣
xd
Lmao ur bad 🤣😅
As a Chinese, I think Taoism is suitable for those who are highly intelligent but encounter difficulties. It teaches you how to compromise with yourself, how to conform to the laws of nature and how to re-understand yourself from the perspective of an outsider. He teaches you how to be your own master without being caught in the trap of other people's desires and without backfiring with excessive efforts. For example, Zhuang Zi told a story, in a forest, the tallest trees are usually the most crooked, because they can not become excellent building materials, so they escape the logging of the loggers, the real life is the same, many executives are incompetent, because he is no threat to the boss, it is likely that the stronger your ability, the more can not be reused. But at the same time, Taoism is easy to make people fall into nihilism, which will reduce the productivity of the whole society. When people no longer pursue the satisfaction of low-level desires, they will have no motivation to do low-level work. Finally, it is suggested that people who like Taoism should learn some simple Chinese. The thinking logic of the Chinese system is different from that of English, and many contents cannot be directly translated into English.
I think Buddhism and Hinduism taught the same.
Except, I don't care about society. I have no interest in chasing desires. I only get what is easily available. I am not a servant to society. Nihilism is a way to gain happiness in my opinion.
@@playmobilegamescodm The biggest difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is that Hinduism is theism derived from Brahmanism, while Buddhism is atheism derived from Samana. Hinduism is more secular and favors rulers, Buddhism is more philosophical. From this point of view, Hinduism is not pure nihilism, it still contains people's pursuit of reincarnation, while Buddhism is more similar to Taoism and Western philosophy, emphasizing absolute nihilism, even reincarnation is an obsession
@@大大庆庆哥哥 How do you know what Hinduism is?
God, karma and not rebirth are not important in Hinduism.
Even in Buddhism they are not important.
Anyone who says such man made concepts are important have failed to attain the highest state.
Philosophy is just a distraction. Philosophy cannot make you effortless nor it can give True peace of mind.
@@大大庆庆哥哥 Most of those rules in Hinduism and Buddhism are made by ruling class to suppress freedom.
China despite being atheist is not a democratic country but truth is freedom must be earned and even Western countries and democratic countries doesn't have freedom.
Freedom and enjoying present in actual teaching of both Indian religions.
@@大大庆庆哥哥 Btw, even on Academic level Hinduism state that birth is sufferings and we should be free from Rebirth just like Buddhism.
So idk where you got the idea that Hinduism prefers rebirth.
There is no reincarnation only rebirth. Soul is not reborn, only the memories are reborn through the Karma.
Soul is the awareness or witness of that memory or Karma. No one can define the soul. Words cannot explain it, fire cannot burn it and weapons cannot wound it. No one really knows what it is.
If tetris teached me one thing, is that when you try to fit you disapear!
Me.
Bro Tetris is pretty good
Omg so true, when you try to fit in a crowd and follow them, your own personality and uniqueness disappears
@@highqualitycatfood3881 omg so true wow omg relatable totally literally dead wow Omg
But if you don't, you lose the game
"Do or Do not... There is no Try." - Yoda
Underrated comment
Love it
That’s deep. Respect
You mean the screenwriter that wrote Yoda's dialogue
Hmh.. I would argue, the exact opposite is the case. You can ONLY try, because the Future is not written down yet. But I kind of get what it meant to be saying: If you think you will make it, you probably do a better job and are more liklely to success, because you dont hassitate to act. But again, its not a garantee.
The biggest take away for me is that everyone and everything has its place in the whole. Just know that wherever you are in life, whatever is going on, you are where you are meant to be. We are all just going through the motions. Don’t rush yourself, don’t make yourself feel like you need to get to one goal, or after you do blank, you’ll be happy, or done. It’s never like that. Once we get to one goal there is always five more that we acquired on the way which we are now working towards. But working towards goals, and things you find value, and meaning in, does not contradict living a natural life in accordance with nature. The difference is struggling for a goal, and simply taking the actions towards that goal. We need to live in day tight compartments, and simply do the things that are good to us. Not because we need to reach the end goal, but because we value, and enjoy our daily toil on said goal.
I'm 23 still living at my parent's house. I'm completely broke and disgustingly lazy. Taoism is a retarded philosophy and I need to get a job.
That's why the earth is bombarded with exploding population.
Philosophies are just like music, soothing your soul but please don't pretentiously extend it to things you have not a clue about 😂
A complementary video: The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🙏
I love the spirit of Taoism, but find it difficult to follow in practice. I am an ambitious person who creates big dreams for myself & I work hard to convert those ideas into real expectations. I love learning and mastering new things, and the art of creating value (things people want). While it leads to some social success, these pursuits are directly related to stress and anxiety for myself and those around me. While I can't quite get myself to do nothing, I discovered the concept of Kaizen - Japanese for "improvement" - or, the concept of making small but continuous improvements, based on the notion that ongoing positive changes however small eventually result in significant improvements; you just break things down so small, or figure out a way to work the smallest bits of the project into your existing routine, so it _feels_ like you're doing nothing. There's no stress, no anxiety. Yet at the end of the day when you lay down to go to bed you realize how productive you were. For me it's a "middle way".
> find it difficult to follow in practice
Become a homeless alcoholic or a drug addict and you will follow it in practice.
" I love learning and mastering new things"
Then why would you say "I love the spirit of Taoism", which discourages you from trying to learn or master new things??!
its not really about doing nothing so much but doing things with ease devoid of expectation. a softness, a willing to bend and to yield.
@@billbauer9795 "My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon"
@@melissamoonchild9216 I don't know about other people, but when I do what comes naturally, when I don't worry about expectations, etc., I just relax and do what feels good, e.g., eat while reading or watching something fun and meaningless. If I were to follow this advice, I would be happier in the very short run, but my weight would balloon, and I wouldn't have a career = would be forced to work longer hours while being in a lot more discomfort than i am now when I work, for peanuts.
Unless one is a genius, if one takes it easy while studying, or studies only what one feels passionate about, one will barely be able to pass, and possibly at best get a grade of C-.
Anything worth having requires effort = intense suffering, the opposite of softness.
The alternative to intense suffering in the short run, is never-ending suffering throughout one''s life.
"My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon"
It sounds good, but once you try testing this by sleeping outdoors (where you can see the moon) without even a barn, you will immediately be able to snap out of it and understand that there is a problem with this line of reasoning.
"You're a disappointment, you brought shame Upon our family" -My dad
we pray for you brother 🙏🏿
I feel your pain,it's not nice to hear such words from someone who gave life to you. But it's life I guess😔
Dad, thank you for your honesty. I regret that you've chosen to feel shame.
That's what they all say. He is just spurring you to greater efforts. In the end you will see he is self serving. You grow up when you realize it's really just about the bottom line.
It's not about you..he probably learned those words from his dad..
"Effortless doing" this is such a wise mindset! We tend to criticize the things we do not comprehend but in the deep of our minds we know and feel what Lao Tzu is trying to say and I think this is the thing what we call "Tao". I am not a Taoist but I absolutely find it to be a good way of living. No rush, no unconscious trying. Just peace and wisdom. 👍
"Effortless doing" is the way of the master. Nobody is born as the master of any craft.
There's a word for this when it comes to physical actions: muscle memory.
Then you may be a Taoist without trying
@@rauminen4167 thats what i tought, its mean you already do that thing for many years
I watch this whole video without even trying.
"by not commiting suicide, we live everyday." Lao Tzu
@name_change_work_progress Blasphemy
I literally got an ad for increasing your productivity by not wasting your downtime during this video. Gotta love the the algorithm!
"People should falsely quote me in the comments of this video"
-Lao Tzu
Yep
okay then please give examples so we can better understand him.
I am lou tsu
- bill gates
@@fusion772 How about stop saying the stupid quote and start following it. Can't preach what you don't follow.
@@arthuryan3577 ?
"TikTok is a destructive force on society" - Lao Tsu
"I didn't say this" -
Lao Tzu
@@techcomradeng touché
Social media is cancerous.
@@techcomradeng “I did say it”- Lao Tzu
I actually agree
"Those who rush ahead don't get very far"; as I pull up at the traffic lights next to someone who was desperate to overtake me.
"Unlearn a thing you know everyday" is to keep space for new things to come. You can't welcome new things in your life if your cup if full
"If your hands are closed, then they cannot hold anything." -Steve
minecraft steve?
brilliant XD
"If your hands are open, things will fall out" -Cody
wait this kinda deep
“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take”
- Wayne Gretzky
- Michael Scott”
Loved that ahah
Not true, if you dont take the shot you don’t miss, you never shot... lmao you trying too much
You need to leisurely look like you're going to take the shot, then don't. Then take it once the goalie has relaxed. Fake your shot, then slam it home, maxmum scorage for minimum effort....do this without breaking a sweat for maximum taoism. Then leave before game ends as competitive games are a waste of time anyway. :)
@@JD-mo3pd Correct. 💯
@@JD-mo3pd “You never fail until you stop trying.” Albert Einstein.
"Forget the video let me read the comments" - Every soul in the universe
I didn't stop the TH-cam show I was watching & this started. Loved it. I don't need money, a fine home, rich food, or many friends. Now, I'm happy because of no regular seizures & sanity. I have epilepsy and am bipolar . I thank God for the medical support I've received.
Being still is doing something. The act of not doing is an action. Don't wait to be loved, but love.
hey, stay out of my cookies those are for ADULTS! they have medicine in them ok tommy? Dont eat my special cookies any more!
Yes❤
I agree on that!
"Don't try, Just Die" - My Depression
Lol
Don't try. Do it...
make your mentality and life stronger.
Stop say i try. Say i do, did, will do. It's better to do it. Than trying. Love to you
Drink kratom
Lmao
☠️☠️☠️
"Get a job. You're 46 and living in your mother's basement." -The Internet.
And he lived happily ever after, the end.
thanks dad
If he's paying rent and bills should not matter and if you pay taxes on anything you dont own it
If you've made it to 46 without ending up in a dead end 9 to 5 job and all it "cost" you was living in your mothers basement, you've done more right than wrong - Nietzsche
@@faselfasel2864 "yeah but it doesnt benefit us 😭" -capitalism
"Trying is the first step towards failure." ~Homer simpson
Let's say Peter Griffin also has something to say
man this was so true...I have constipation...and one day, I just ...let it go....
@@trilingualkid It felt like heaven didn't it?
Al Bundy of cartoons.
"failure is often the 1st step towards success" - me
"How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us" Fred Rogers
"Did you put your name in the goblet of fire, Harry?" -Dumbledore (calmly)
*calmly INTENSIFIES*
lmao tzu
" It's a hole the size of a swamp rat."- Minecraft Star wars server
Cringe af
lmfao
Thanks!