The Amara Effect - The Advantage of Disadvantages
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Just want to thank you for the amazing content. Pursuit of Wonderful. Indeed!
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You make my head spin in wonder..
Your videos are always like a blender in my mind, they make me ask myself the true important questions in my life, like:
Where do i go, and where do i want to go?
How do i go there? What do i need to reach that goal?
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who do i want by my side?
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On December 27, 1967, Amarah was born and spent her entire adult life looking for life’s meaning in countless TH-cam videos.
@@alfwok
Let’s not bring Buddhism into this lol.
@@vwr32jeep wait what does Buddhism have to do with anti natalism
I’m gonna unbalance the likes count of 111 by giving 1 like. Perhaps this little moment of truth might awaken a self consciousness in u that not everything in this world is completely balanced .,because no matter how much u try,there’s always gonna be something that stops you from achieving your full potential.
That’s the longest comment i ever wrote.but perhaps the reality would have been different if I chose not to
@@thegrim2829 but either way you chose the outcome
I like how in your videos, you don't spend time explaining things, you just end it and let the viewer sit with their own thoughts. Amazing
couldn't you find his botty to give a little kiss.. aaaw.....
@@DrBe-zn5fv ?
Ya that’s how art works
Hey other Catra!
Love how is She-ra watchers are all commenting on these types of videos lol
The butterfly effect is one of the most fascinating and terryfing things at the same time
Exactly
I agree
Wrong comment section
@@Mattiass maybe its about this video
@@Mattiass i think its about her age, the fact that she was the oldest in the soccer team changed a lot, just being born a week later helped
"Each of these lives is the right one, every path is the right path, everything could have been anything else, and it would have just as much meaning."
Great movie
“I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid I haven’t been alive enough “
Mr. Nobody. Loved that film.
Mr Nobody!!
Um NO! being born wealthy as in the first one is CLEARLY the best. The one where, she had substance abuse and died at 55 is OBVIOUSLY the worst. Get REAL🙄!! 🙄😤👎.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.
Yeah it has
Dude , you comment this on every video
I was brought up being told that I was exceptionally smart, "smarter than everyone else." I had no trouble grasping math, spelling, etc., and at some point around 4th grade, I began shirking my homework because I started to realize I could pass my classes by getting good test scores, often without studying, just making logical guesses at the questions. I was developing an intellectual superiority complex. At first the homework was easy but boring, but as time went on, as I grew increasingly disinterested in the subject matter, it came to the point where I was failing my classes to an extent that no amount of test-taking skills could solve, and I was so far behind that half the time I couldn't figure out the homework even if I mustered up the motivation to do it. Algebra and Trigonometry elude me to this day.
Compiling that with a pot-smoking habit since I was 15, I'm 30 now, and I'm the dumbest person I know. I thought myself so smart I didn't have to try, and in that complacency I grew stupid. A Mark Twain quote comes to mind, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." It takes an absurdly long time to compose my thoughts, as I'm constantly adrift in foggy-headedness. It took about two hours to put this comment together. I'm a slow thinker. I went to college for one year and failed almost all my classes. I've been unemployed for the last 16 months. I have no skills and I doubt my ability to work. I'm in poor health. I have several addictions which seem hopeless to overcome. I'm perpetually miserable. I just want to find love but I'm emotionally stunted, flat broke and patently undateable. My only saving grace is that I've managed so far to avoid siding with a political party, although that's slightly more of a moral choice than an intelligent one. Sorry for the rambling, long-winded, relatively irrelevant comment. Its purpose is to demonstrate a counterpoint to the story of the Amara who succeeds despite having learning disabilities, by presenting my failure in light of apparent advantages.
A funny thing I noticed recently: spelling every word correctly never meant I was smart as much as it meant that I'm anal retentive. Well, if anyone reads this, cheers. I hope the timeline of your universe turns out all right in the end.
im 17 but the first paragraph u wrote literally sums up my life lol
Mho' is, We Build Our Own Toxic Software by Not Updating, Recon Searching' and Deleting What's Spam and Personal Malware! Besides the mental speedbumps of energy depleting cannabis' Your still a Genius' it's just you were never empowered enough' as to why? Basically meaning to further challenge yourself' via' nurturing your powerful possibilities' from a mentally grateful place of Personal and Social problem solving' as First values' that would Greatly - Now 10 fold' Your Self-esteem' Resulting in a Successful Power-Step of 'Yeah I'm Amazing' And I Can Help Generate an Actual New Wellbeing' and Maybe Even Help Others Also' By Triumphing over this 'crap cafe' of currently allowed daily menu choices! _ Let Your Awesome Actually Win'
For Good! _ For Nothing External of You Has Anything To Do With You' Accept That of Which You Allow! _ Life is Short' Live' Learn' Nurture' Regenerate Success Every Moment' For Actual Healthy Love for Self ' Others and a Healthy Connective Society' Is a By-Product of The Values That Nurture Only Actual Daily Progress For Your Healthy Mentally and Physically True Self, And the Same Value Projective' For All Others, Because ' Truly Nothing Else Makes Any Sense?!! 🌎🌍🌏⛅
My apologies for the 'creative grammer' 😶peace👍
@@spiritzweispirit1st638 thanks for your reply! The grammar wasn't too creative for me to catch your meaning. And I like what you're saying.
@@tuddgrimley8532 I can relate. I was constantly told that I was smart and "going places" as a young child. I feel like that just gave me a superiority complex and an unwillingness to take any risks. I didn't want to look or feel "stupid", right? Well now I'm nearly forty and despite some social improvements I've made over the years (I was UNBELIEVABLY shy until my mid twenties), I'm in debt, have no degree or specialized high-paying skills, still don't know what the hell to do with my life, and feel a crushing sense of regret and hopelessness. But hey I have a huge interest and knowledge of esoteric topics like history/evolution/the occult, so people sometimes still consider me "smart". Smart, yup, and miserable.
You are not alone my friend.
Same bro, the only difference right now was that I was able to realize that during tenth grade, which actually made me depressed for the entire year and I didn't really get any good grades as a result, I just started telling myself that im not as smart as I think I am and started putting in a lot more effort in my studies
I'm in eleventh grade now, and doing relatively well
*"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."*
- Marcus Aurelius
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
What a great quote. Hadn’t heard that yet. Thank you
Ironically Marcus aurelius child was a spoilt Brat
It is stoicism. Watch out
This made me motivated and also very afraid to get up from bed, I feel powerful and powerless at the same time
It should make you less scared of getting out of bed. As it doesn’t matter what path you go one, but just being yourself on that path and learning to accept the things you encounter will be the grace no matter what path.
The moment you realize just how powerless you are, is the moment you *become* powerful. Someone with nothing left to lose has everything to gain.
That's awesome, that means you've awakening to the fact that nothing is promised and yet everything is promised. That is the beauty and power of being alive. Thrive to be better but do not enslave yourself to thriving. Yin yang. Give and recieve. Gain and loss. Those are the two fundamental energies that govern life, and yet, they are not seperate at all. You are all and all is you so you are nothing. A billion is just an addition of 1 billion cents. Congrats, you're awakening.
Life is a bitch one man can do nothing and be more successful than any other and another man can work as hard as possible and still never succeed. At the end of the day though both men end up six feet under so how successful you are is only proportional to how fulfilled and happy you feel in life
@@0utrunner237 When you have nothing to lose, you can only win.
^ that's my motto to life. That's why I win.
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” - Oscar Wilde ✌🏽
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Meh.
Um NO substance abuse and dying early is NOT a 'blessing' 🙄. Get REAL 😤.😤👎!!
@@thebtchthathikes1008 ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ facts bruther
my decade long raging opioid addiction begs to differ
Somewhere in another universe, someone is writing the life you lived, are living, have yet to live, or will never live.
Wonderful
very very deep and intriguing my friend
They better give me the book then
I wish i had the stand 「D4C」so i can see the alternative versions of myself and their stories
Ah shit
"It's not what happens to you, but how you react that really matters."
🤔 he'd have been more correct to use the word 'respond' instead of 'react'. To be reaction is to be a product of what 'happens to you', a distorted feedback- but a response... a response is a product of self observation, an articulate action- it's resonant feedback.
@@Telonious_Terp Even the most thoughtful people still act on impulse. It takes more than mindfulness. You need to rewire your reactions.
@@cat-le1hf OK, sure. I said nothing of mindfulness here, though. I did, however, speak on the difference between distorted feedback/resonant feedback, that the difference *is* reaction/response. What's more is your point is contained in mine, that 'even the most thoughtful people [who] still act on impulse' can perhaps, as you put it, 'rewire' impulsive reactions into what I called articulate response. I did not presume to *know how* that can be done, whether by 'mindfulness' or not...
What happens to you does matter if it's severe enough.
"In some other life, we are standing side by side, and laughing that, in some other life, we are apart."
is that Rumi?
Your biggest weapon is self-awareness and that includes understanding every constituent of your personality. Strengths and weaknesses. Especially weaknesses. Especially if you are young and your personality is still crude.
I noticed this when I was 11, and I am really surprised at how much I have grown in 2 years
@@venkateshanujpawar405 Imagine when you turn 18
@Ohma Tokita 😎
When one is young personality is not crude, yet, it is still yours.
Yeah....right.
The important thing to realize is that we tend to wish that things were different and that we were dealt a better hand in life, but in reality, it's up to us to make life work and overcome it.
HAHAHA yeah cause like the first story where she CLEARLY reaped from parents work and not of her own and dies without knowing want and WITH a family. The one where she had substance abuse cause of her mother's death and than she passed at 55 with NO family obviously were NO fault of her own🙄! 🙄😤.
@@thebtchthathikes1008 I mean, that's not really the point. The point is that you get what you get and it's up to you to make something out of it.
@@FutureMindset hahaha NO you DON'T!! 🙄🙄😤😤. Homeless vets and harmed 👶 GTFOH!!
Still depends on how privileged u r
But some people are so doomed from birth
I have adhd, and this made me cry. as a kid I was always the 'hinderance of peoples mental health' or annoying. Now I am charismatic, and despite my lack of close friends, that is simply limited by the liking I take to others.
Low iq, don't use other people's labels. No such thing ADHD
@@bravo1oh1 uh okay, I don't know if you found that funny or something, but it sounds stupid either way.
I'm glad you were able to strive through! I also identified with this video in a different way. I found school exceedingly easy, and never developed good study habits. Now in high school I'm regretting it. Works both ways!
@@bravo1oh1 uh, ADHD is a very real thing, idk what you're trying to say?
What
As a guy who was born prematurely, who now finally studies physics after detours in miserable 45h week jobs, I can highly relate to this beautiful story, and I feel a deep sense of gratitude for my privilege and a big importance not to waste it. I'm going back to study right away after finishing this comment xD
So you are saying that you took up studying physics after graduating from college and after working in corporate jobs.. how do u manage bills and I believe it's a bit daring.. happy for u BTW..
@@RashmiSingh-wr6li Yeah, but here we don't have a college, only 9 years of state school and then 3 or 4 years of a apprenticeship in the field the kid chooses.
I work at the weekends. Presently at at lab doing COVID tests lol.
It's tough, but also rewarding, sometimes.
@@RashmiSingh-wr6li Yeah, except we don't have a college here, so I completed the state school which was 9 years and then did an apprenticeship as a lab technitian. After working for a few years I went back to school for 3 years, so I finally could go to university.
I still work on the weekends, and I don't use much money and live with others together to keep the living cost down.
Thanks (:
Good luck 👍👍
XD
Difficulty is both a blessing and a curse at once. Too much is devastating, too little robs you of all drive. The right amount however can be an impulse to achieve great things
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Aye.
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Anything can be either a blessing or curse, depending on how it interacts with other stuff:
Sounds like Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, well done and good form!
Kinda of like water, can not live without it and to much of it and you will drown.
That’s assuming drive is some field is most important .I’m sure primitive man lived just fine without ,as the rest of the animal kingdom does.you might be most fulfilled as a mother and need no drive or difficulty to do it.
the obstacles to art become part of art, and as always awesome video
What’s up check mark
🙂
The obstacle is trauma, art is a ladder. The jump is an illusion. Only connection will make Pinoccio a real boi.
didn't expect to find you here illneas, the comment section always surprises me
Love your videos illneas
I can't tell how many times I've heard the phrase "she went on to become a professor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology" in these stories.
Yeah just when you think they’re going to be a normal person, boom, they become a professor at MIT. Happens every time
The narrator's mom in real life was actually a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then, you realize this comment is false and you wake up. You go on to become a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wasn’t it only once
@@itismethatguy hah. I often forget about this comment and you guys keep reminding. Well, if we go back we may or may not find the phrase used in pattern, but I'd have to say 136 nods is succinct indication for me😄
@@BANNEDFundedTrader lmao 🤣
“the difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that the ordinary man sees everything that happens to him as either a blessing or a curse., while the warrior takes everything as a challenge “ - don juan matus
Them I am an ordinary man whit extraordinary mind , I am able to live in a society where corruption is a part of life and be able to remain totally conscious of his own actions good or bad , that acknowledge self beauty
so if a warrior finds a $100 bill on the ground, somehow its a challenge?
@@desambio yes!
@@desambio I immediately see a few ways to take that challenge
@@desambio It's a challenge to turn it into a thousand. Or a challenge to see how many shots until I pass out. Or a challenge to see if I can use this to get a hot date a fancy dinner. That's how I see things. Do you just put it in your wallet and forget about it?
"The stone cannot know why the chisel cleaves it; the iron cannot know why the fire scorches it. When thy life is cleft and scorched, when death and despair leap at thee, beat not thy breast and curse thy evil fate, but thank The Builder for the trials that shape thee." - The Hammer Book of Tenets
Damn, i've been learning english for quite a while but this is like english in english
Meh.
If I understood that correctly (if not enlighten me), does that mean poor people should thank corrupt politicians for making them suffer, because it shaped them to be who they are now anyway? that quote kind of downplays the actions of every perpetrators towards their victims, right? Don't even start me with 'they can always choose to work hard to earn more money' cause like farmers in our country are hard working yet they are one of the poorest in terms of finances and they are suffering from it.
@@thelittlepengu8358 not every quote has Marx’s teleology behind it. The quote means that throughout life there are many moments that build character. When you die, don’t get upset about the hardships of your life, because like death there is not much you can do about your environment. Instead accept death and be thankful for the life you had l, whether it was easy or hard. Again, not every quote has class consciousness behind it and the metaphors in the quote don’t only mean the burden of being poor.
@@thelittlepengu8358 if you don't believe in "The Builder" then don't try and suit the quote to your needs. Life experiences including death and despair are creating a refined YOU fit to serve greater purpose.
Man is free to sin all he wants, he knows the consequences. Then comes learning.
If politics didn't exist we wouldn't be acutely aware of the consequences and as such, like religion, we will probably outgrow it
Too much comfort leads to complacency; the curse of this modern age
I completely disagree, most people are struggling to get by, the kind of comfort you're talking about only exists for wealthy, and that has been the case for decades if not centuries.
Too much of anything is a bad enough
@@Unkomfy more like millenium…
Meh.
it is not a ''curse'' when it is just life doing what it gotta do.. ups... downs.. oops..
There are more reincarnation in this channel than your average isekai anime.
Fr 😂😂😂
😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Shading Re-zero 😂😂
LOL
@@iampaapa There is no reincarnation in re:Zero.
Resurrection, yes.
Zero reincarnations.
What this video has taught me:
1. I am born to unfortionate to have succes come to me.
2. I am born to furtionate to develop ways to be very succesfull through struggle.
3. I'm fucked.
I like the arbitrariness of the single "me" I''m currently living through. That makes every moment both singular (as it happened to arise from millions of possibilities) and insignificant (as it is only one of millions of possibilities), and life feels more peaceful.
But all the more significant that it is the one you are experiencing
I like the arbitrariness of the idea of "me" entirely
The fact that it happened tho means it is, infact , significant
I know someone who finds this same prospect _utterly terrifying_ and prefers not to think too much about it, haha. When it comes to ideas that threaten his sense of individuality he has a very strong 'I'm me, and that's it' reflex.
Oh hey, my name's Amarah, hope this is something good 😀...
Its gotta be weird hearing your name over and over again
On an language, Amarah means rage
@@HeisenbergTrazyn oh thats prettty cool, what language is it?
@@patiid7265 Indonesia language
my name is lord muck, so waht?
My favorite Amara is the one with learning disabilities. Ive never been called dumb, Ive always been considered smart. But people have seen me an unable to do stuff like lift heavy and told Ill never get the body I want, but I proved them wrong. Now people see me as very strong.
Me - having birthday blues.
** Tries to calm down**
Pursuit of wonder-
A collection of matter, atomic nuclei building and decaying into a physical observable person in the world.
**Here we go again**
P.S : Thanks for the birthday wishes ❤️
Happy birthday!
Hello! This is just some random internet stranger wishing you a Happy birthday!
Happy birthday :D
Well I was waiting to be wished from strangers around the world and I don't know why but anyways .thank you so much everyone❤️
There are some nice "birthday girl" songs on youtube.
"It Is what it is" - Shakespeare
Nature wants us to struggle. It makes us happy when we overcome it. Makes us stronger, healthier
Well sometimes our advantages are actual advantages and our disadvantages were actual disadvantages, like in the soccer Amara or bartender Amara universes. I needed to stop lying to myself that some of the things that happened in my life were really “blessings-in-disguise,” because a lot of what I’ve been through has torn me down and made me weaker.
I’ve realised it’s very Pantano-esque to repeat identical scenarios with slight alterations that highlight the arbitrary and sensitive nature of our future. Great art
frrrrrr basically connecting it the idea that life should not be dreaded bc of arbitrary events, rather it's best for one to just live in the present
@@patrickt5566 exactly
This is by far the most moving channel on TH-cam. You should offer customizable children's books in these formats. Being able to show your kids around the age of ten the control they have over their lives would be powerful
"life is a game of arbitrary odds
Whatever success we have or don't
Whatever person we become or don't
The reasons for everything are
concealed within the odds"
As i always say when people ask me for advice;
If you can't innovate, renovate.
If you don't like speaking, listen.
If you can't be the best at the hardest things, be the best at the easiest.
If you can't get somewhere, get anywhere.
If you can't be the first, be the next.
If you can't be liked by everyone, be liked by the few who love you.
And always remember that for every stone you throw at the water, your island gets smaller.
And always remember that pain teaches you how to love pleasure, and pleasure teaches you the importance of pain.
I've thought about many worlds since I was old enough to grasp the concept. (As much as I can) I hadn't even heard of until 10 years ago. So I didn't have a name for it for 20 years. I always had a very intense urge to stop in the middle of something and do something random, and sometimes dangerous, and even illegal. Most times I didn't. But some of the most "real" experiences I've had, have been those choices where I actually did commit to following intuition. So be random. You may just remember it forever, good or bad. My 2 cents.
Is there a word for it?
@@nebula1oftheseven488 risk
This video is basically, “The point of life is, there is not point” 😂
Gotta give life a point to avoid big sad as well
If there was a universal point then it will be pointless...idk
I would say something like "We are subservient to the odds and luck is much greater than we usually think"
The thing is we truly don't knw anything, as at any point anything can happen.. so the best thing is To accept it and reflect on it on why this occurred and to grow to from that experience. As constantly we are growing... For example let me give u an situation of my life..
Yesterday i had gone to buy some noodles and chips with my younger brother , i wanted to smoke some cigarettes so i told him to leave me in a shop and he would go and buy those items i gave him the money.. when he returned he didn't stop infront of me and continued riding forward i thought to call to him as i had seen him before he even reached near me but something stopped me.. and i couldn't call , after some time he returned when i asked him about it he said that dad had come to purchase something and he had seen him so if he had stayed infront me i would have also gotten caught.. so when he sped dad went after him. Then he stopped and dad scolded him why he was out in this covid situation.. when i heard this i thought of my inability to call my brothers name.. and thought was it instinct that sensed something problematic or was it god. Now when we reached home i told him to tell the family i had gone out for breakfast and i met u when returning and u picked me up there.. but there was lot of scolding . Then a thought came to me what if i had bought some sweets for my grandparents i could have said i was gone for that.. and not hear any scoldings or maybe i would have.. but u see something learned yesterday was elements and variables. In the scenario which happened
Had four elements me, my brother, chips and noodles, my dad a scenario played out where i was getting scolding..
In the second scenario there would have been five elements me, my brother,chips and noodles, my dad, sweets for my grandparents.. whether the outcome would change.. by dad not focusing on me as i had gone in housework and was just not roaming...
U see this knowledge i got of elements and how it going to affect the thread of possibilities is so interesting and it will also me consciously or unconsciously( by being a instinct)
not rlly. i dont think that this channel subscribes to the ideas of nihilism. if he rlly is a nihilist, why would he be making videos? i think this video (and other videos on this channel) conveys that the meaning of life is to be. how he conveys it is extremely interesting; wonderful even.
"Hard times create strong men.Strong Men create good times.Good times create weak men and weak men create hard times."
-Michael G Hopf
It’s just a never ending cycle
Damn....
I don't like this quote, and I'll explain why I feel this way.
If strength means power: was every tyrant throughout history not strong? The Nazis were strong men who created bad times. There have also been strong men who created good times; after all, the soldiers who fought against the Nazis were also strong men. This kind of strength doesn't specifically create good or bad times; it can do both.
If strength refers to virtue and/or mental/emotional resilience, the question becomes more interesting. We know that things such as trauma, poverty, etc. cause higher crime rates and increased mental illness. So looking at this, we could say that bad times create weak men. HOWEVER, there is also data that shows that the extremely rich are more disconnected from conventional morality. So looking at this, it could be said that good times create weak men.
I suppose an explanation of why I dislike this quote is because it gives a very black and white view of a complicated, fluid set of causes, conditions and effects that behave completely differently with every single situation. Life is messy, and you really never know when or how strength or weakness will arise.
Don't ever change how you tell stories... there's more depth without explanation; a never ending story without a defined meaning. Perfection without confinement.
Thank you for all of your beautiful work.
I really don't understand why I felt like crying when watching this
I do.
@@owlgirl0084 why?
Because some fates are tragic which is unfair and you might pity those tragic fates. Or it could be because you feel you cannot change what you are in this life and that might be disappointing.
It also touched my heart, as I recognized timeless truth.
I cried too. At the physicist part. I wasn't expecting that at all.
lesson learned, name your baby amara so that you can either end up being lucky in life or miserable, either way that gamble is worth it
😂 my name is Amara and I don’t know how I feel about this
@@amaok1583 are you a football player? XD
Now I understand why my parents named me Amara lol. Years later, a video of me would be on the internet. Thanks Pursuit of Wonder 🙂
Lmaoo but I wish you have a good life though
Thank you for this video. For all videos you've made. I'm watching you for a long time and they helped me in the darkest times. I'm making a video game about fighting inner deamons, about life, choices we make and about not giving up. Since my childhood I've been throught a lot. Even when it started to be better and I've started my project my whole world has crumbled due to some events. I felt like I don't want to wake up next day. This was something worse than depression, the thing I've struggling with in the past. I'm using a quote in my game "As long as you're alive there's still a spark of hope." And there is one. I knew that the rainy days will be over and thanks to the things that happened to me I will be able to help others. I will be able to achieve what I want. I will be able to prove others wrong. It was a long ride but I was able to continue the development of my game. And now we started a Kickstarter campaign and succeeded in first few days. I can't agree more that disadvantages can become advantages. It's up to use if we strive and fight or give up. Thank you for your work. You help a lot of channels. In my Oddventure I add references to my inspirations. And I will use "Pursuit of Wonder" somewhere, for sure. :) Have a good day everyone!
Me: sees new video notification from Pursuit of Wonder
MY brain: Ah, shit... Here we go again.
Lol this dude saw that TH-cam video about why the oldest hockey player is usually the best because of the age cutoff.
huh?
I noticed that too lol
It’s from a book
Ayo 😂.
Have we not known this...forever? As a very young person in my grade I certainly did.
One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates 🎈
Never underestimate the importance of your videos. Your doing a lot of good for a lot of people that care to listen.
For some reason this one made me tear up a bit. Usually I just sit there and think but this time I got a bit of both thinking and tears.
Me too. I think we were touched by eternal truth.
I needed a video like this right now in my life. The world really does work in mysterious ways.
I think you are the real reason of my depression 🤨
your overthinking is the source of your
depression
so yes if you think about it
no if you didn't
That’s not what depression is. The best way I can explain it is depression is like the wind outside. It’s just always there no matter what. it’s not because of overthinking it’s a mix of a bunch of stuff it’s not so simple
damn someone learnt a new word today
Not the reason for it, but perhaps the voice of it.
@@huntergerriets4122 agree.
This is deeper than Dark
Or darker than depth
I noticed when I was a kid that things that seemed bad turn good after some time. The Amara effect, brilliant. Great video.
Experiencing Existential Crisis the most peaceful way
There is something in the way he narrates, in the writing that impacts and touches me in an immensely strong way. Every video is a treasure and a trip through thoughts and feelings.
Incredible channel!
Right!!???? He story tells in such a monotone but it works!!! And his videos do make you think and gives you emotions!!
@@iamBlackGambit Incredible really. But most people I know would find it boring or I dunno so I cannot share these experience with them.
On January 2nd, 1968, Amara read ‘Outliers’ by Malcolm Gladwell....
Me- having birthday blues.
My parents (exactly 20 years ago)-
See we created a collection of matter, atomic nuclei building and decaying into a physical observable person in the world.
P.S : I know this is not true or is it
The way he narrates is exactly how I get when I answer the simplest of texts because everything sends my mind off on these tangents.
Kind of confirms the message behind situational vs dispositional attribution bias. It's not because of your character (disposition) that you are - for example - rich, it's because of the situations in your life. The odds choose situations for you, you act and live according to the situation.
more often than not, disadvantages kill you. quit glorifying suffering, most are doing well because they have shit - no worries, more time for growth. This is why poor countries don't have time to luxuries like human rights and typically only when you get rich enough, then those things get focus
Challenge or obstacles is good if it's something that's is truly possible to overcome and something that you are willing to overcome. Unnecessary suffering are bad though, fk that.
I think this video shows that well. In some of the timelines, it shows how Amara’s poor living circumstances negatively affect her life. It also shows in the first timeline how her parents being successful help her! So yeah! You’re point is very valid, but it doesn’t conflict with the moral of the video!
Yeah, that's right. But the video is moreso focusing on the more bright side of things. Just because you're facing obstacles doesn't mean you should stop trying.
You sound bitter. Deal with that.
Growth is demanded by discomfort. Discomfort is a requirement for growth. Without worry, why do anything? Boredom, pain, envy, sadness, fear, these are motivators. You don't need to glorify suffering to understand that the greatest potential for growth comes from escaping discomfort. People who lead impactful lives do so, because they see living as an active process and outcomes as a deliberate goal they work to achieve. People who see life passively, exist in comfort or discomfort, and eventually age and die stagnant individuals.
This story isn't a glorification of suffering it's a reminder that you can't choose the life you're given, but you CAN choose to make the most of it, and that through effort you can rise above the expectations to choose a future you find favorable. A good "life" is "lived" well. It's easy to say you could have had an easier life and perhaps you could or can, but why exactly would you want it, especially if you don't work for it? I hope you are actively living your life and have a Merry Christmas.
One of my favorite movies "Run Lola Run" is based on the same concept that one simple act or accident can change your life in an instant. It has 5 different outcomes based on things that happen to Lola while she is trying to save her boyfriend which takes place in a 24 hr period. It really hits home about simple things can have a major impact on your lives either positive or negative. It's a scream of a movie and has won a number of awards.
Me after the second run-down: "Wow, what a great comparison of how different things can turn out, that was an interesting video... Wait, we're only a third of the way done??? Oooh, this is going to be good!"
"Every adversity contains within it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit." - Napoleon Hill.
Note that it is said EVERY adversity, and not SOME adversity. Without limit to any conditions only.
Physics believes that every second opens up an infinite number of possibilities for us & It solely depends on our choice & as we choose something we grab the Timeline and start moving in that direction, we make every single second those choices, even now.
"Our advantages sometimes turn out to be disadvantages, and our disadvantages sometimes turn out to be our advantages."
@Yianni Markou LMAO
“We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?” - Unweaving the Rainbow, RichardDawkins
Meh.
I was doing just fine before being conceived and born, thank you very much.
@@MajinSayon aye
@@MajinSayon There was no "you" before you were born and there will be no "you" after you die. Consciousness, soul, afterlife are just words, self-delusions.
Saying it's a privilege to be alive opens up a whole can of worms. Why do most people plainly ignore the moral argument that we aren't given a choice when we are conceived and consequently birthed? It's not like my "soul" signed a contract before I was birthed into this world. It's not like I was given a list of all suffering and privilege and joy and sorrow and etc. and reconsidered ALL my options before I hit the "yes" button on the conception device! Not saying I disagree with the notion of "small chance", but there are simply more things to consider...
I so wish I was smart enough to fully comprehend all your videos. Thank you so much for the content. I really enjoy what I can understand.
I knew this when I was somewhere around 4. I remember telling my mom there were other people named me, living now and in the past, the had been on my path before. I am sure she thought I was talking about the route to the grocery store, but I wasn’t.
We are all connected.....like it or not.
You may as well like it bc it will never be changed.
I don’t think I tried to tell anyone or thought of it as a path but I imagined there were other mes. I think I thought they were identical selves in identical worlds though and not nearly-identical in alternate worlds. I don’t think it ever occurred to me again after about the age of eight or nine, probably because to become socialized is to become somewhat jaded to reality
Pursuit of wonder went through the trial of life. "If you die before you die then you won't die when you die" glad you made it.
I love that everyone who philosopher out there even tho how skilled they are always can relate and understand what the more skilled philosophers like you are saying and how you can all put your thoughts into words I am going to watch all the videos you create because I want the same skill describing thoughts by using words it is so hard and I’ll gladly follow you master oogway :) we might all be something or something else but no matter what, we will always exist together hehe have a nice day!
this video reminds me of the movie titled: mr. nobody. it has a lot of alternate realities
Mr.Nobody? What year was it produced. Sounds like something I'd watch, was it good?
@@kamu747 its a 2009 movie. 3 hrs long i think? idk if you'd appreciate it because the movie itself is very confusing to me🤦♀️
@@airatanaka Alright. Thanks for the response.
As someone born with a serious learning disorder along with several physical disabilities this video moved me to tears. It was assumed I’d be living off disability, but now I’ve nearly finished my bachelors degree and hope to pursue a job in a law firm. People believing I’m incapable of achieving something definitely has been one of the things that’s motivated me to do well. Thank you for this video.
Such a beautiful video. I'm deeply thankful to the people who put efforts in the making of it 👍🏻.
I've been struggling with the notion that as my life has gotten easier from all the hard work paying off I'm becoming complacent. Gotta slap myself, be thankful, and keep hustling.
The waves of the future were given birth by the ripples of the past. If just one ripple were different, the future would be changed drastically.
Swim well. 😉
I will.
The surname Aalto quite literally means "wave" in Finnish. Perhaps it was an intentional choice.
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Wow! this content is so eye opening. I've been binge watching for the last 3 hrs. Amazing work. I feel so connected to your channel. Thank you ❤
You have such a way of bringing the viewer along with the story, which ends with inevitably philosophising with the narrator. thank you for what felt like a very personal video!
Interesting topic! I have always believed that our entire being is such a tree in which its branches expand to other worlds according to each choice we make.
I was think just to say it had been a while since I seen one of your videos so I’m really happy you uploaded
Somehow this channel just keeps getting better. One of my favorites yet.
One of your best videos! Thank you as always for making them
Beautiful. Brought a tear to my eye.
honestly man your content really gets to me, consistently makes me feel some hard emotions. great stuff.
this is one of my favorite pieces that’s been uploaded//also needed it, personally.
i’ve been a big fan of the man world theory//multiverse but it’s also cool to make changes in your own life, around what you have.
so thank you for this story
Every video i watch from this channel feels like the best video i've ever watched my entire life. You are a true genius.
This video is just so beautiful to both watch and listen to.
Indeed, the odds works in mysterious ways.
Thank you for making this
I narrate my life. I say what’s happening around me, in my head. I have done for as long as I can remember. I often think about whether or not it would make a good novel, despite the fact I write none of it down. I do it because I know that in some reality, perhaps even this one, someone one is writing it down, keeping track. Somebody is interested.
I believe it's all captured in detail by a very advanced camera type system and played back to us in the review of our life, after we leave this world for the next.
Man I love this channel way too much. You are awesome! Thank you for these
The video is inspiring. Thank you for uploading 🙏🏻
I often contemplate the fact that there are numerous events and conditions in my early life that I probably could have been much, much better off if they hadn't happened. But if I hadn't experienced those struggles, those traumas, those obstacles, then a whole new set of circumstances would have arisen and I would have missed out on the opportunities and people I value most in this life.
Would I have been just as happy, or happier, on one of these alternate timelines where I don't carry these particular lifelong scars? Possibly; probably. But I feel like if I were given an opportunity to go back in time and change things -- divert my life path to something 'better' -- that I would be extremely hesitant to give up the good things I have here.
I love this video so much , especially multiple story lines telling. Very unique, but touching nonetheless. ❤️❤️
I feel the same way about my hearing aids, each new set dramatically improving my ability to hear, latest set allowing me to listen to books at work, work 12 hour shifts, however have read 120 books so far in 2022 alone.
Another masterpiece, thank you for creating and sharing
Great one. Greetings from Moscow, Russia. Yeah, we watch here as well
There is a universe where we all communicate with GIFs and my TH-cam comment would be a mind blown gif to how amazing this video is.
This channel really helps me expand my vocabulary
I cannot describe how much i love your work and your channel
Great video as always. Always gives me a new perspective of thinking.
It would be great if you'll upload the subtitle as well.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target
Damn, that’s a good quote yo
i think you should write that tiny in the dead centre of a massive purple meme card and take up my entire fb feed with it so i can just enjoy scrolling for infinity
Lol. All I thought Of was Church and his Terrible Aim, But he hits that One Lucky Ricochet shot and he gets so excited.
"Dude DID YOU SEE THAT, I Hit Him!"
Church exclaims.
"It Only Counts If You Call It!"
Cries Washington as he runs after him.
Church replies "Aw! That's bullshit dude."
Hitting something by accident and then claiming to have meant to do that isn't wise, Its foolish.
This is probably the best motivational Video on TH-cam. Nice work