What If The World is Actually a Prison? | The Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer
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- What if this world is actually one giant prison? When the 19th-century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer observed the amount of pain that we experience during our lifetimes, he concluded that it’s not happiness and pleasure we’re after, but a reduction of the ongoing suffering that’s an inherent part of existence.
When we remove the veil of ignorance and behold the harsh reality we live in, we might start to question, as Schopenhauer does, the idea that, I quote, "this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and, at the same time, all-powerful Being." End quote. For Schopenhauer's view of the world is one of agony - devoid of divine grace - and it has much more in common with a “penal colony” than with the creation of a benevolent deity. Now, seeing the world as a prison sounds like a recipe for personal misery. Why not adopt a more positive, more hopeful perspective? Why look at it with such pessimism?
Well, Schopenhauer’s idea comes with a twist. Within his pessimistic worldview lies an outlook that could be very beneficial to humanity. Based on his essay On the Sufferings of the World, this video explores Schopenhauer’s pessimistic outlook on life and reveals a secret to be gained from it.
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00:00 - Intro
02:55 - Life as a prison
07:10 - Hello, fellow-sufferer
#schopenhauer #arthurschopenhauer #willtolive
"The best way to keep a prisoner from ever escaping is by making sure that he never knows he's in a prison in the first place . that he never feels he is in one. " - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Matrix
Quote: There are none so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
Except this video was about a philosopher pushing Gnosticism without calling it Gnosticism . Dostoevsky was a Christian. Not the same at all.
Or delude the prisoner with the hope of escape.
well in that case, they didn't do a pretty good job did they. This is without a doubt a prison for anyone who dosn't bend down to the "leaders"
When I was a kid time was slow , it felt magical. I use to walk everywhere and enjoyed it and now life is serious and stressful, mood swings etc. İf someone offered me a billion dollars or go back to my childhood I would choose my childhood.
Some wild animals live better than humans, they ain't paying taxes, but if you try to do the same the feds will come after you. If there was an alternative to escape the now, I'd give a billion dollars to be a weaverbird.
@@davemwangi05 You can go off the grid. Even some of the urban homeless are people who are neither criminals, the mentally ill or addicts and alcoholics. Some are true social dropouts. Be a true social dropout with no relation to the tax rolls either positive or negative and the government will hate you. The taxpayer themselves will fear you. The dependency cases won't care.
@@anonymike8280 Have you managed to go off grid?
@@anonymike8280 how about the situation of forced r0na jab. they want to enforce it with p@ssports so that you can't buy anything or go anywhere.
@@davemwangi05 It is getting hard to get away. Maybe 20 years ago I heard a radio interview of a man who claimed to be immortal. Claimed. He said that it was getting harder and harder to create new identities. I didn't believe he was immortal. You don't need to be immortal to figure that one out. Although millions manage it in Western countries. So do the unknown number of reverse refugees who leave the West and go live in some non-Western country under a false identity.
It's not the Happiness that we seek but the end to the pain.
Agent Smith told Neo that, “We’re not here because we are free, we’re here because we are not free.
Smith is an algo. Part of the machine. Smith doesn't know freedom.
Accepting the suffering without any hope makes you kind of more free. The hope is like a prison itself that traps yourself in time that only exists in your head and you'll never reach the point you're hoping for.
AGREED
Hope can be a very dangerous thing. Morgan Freemans character in "Shawshank Redemption" talked about it in detail.
I think what you’re describing is expectation. It’s expectation that leads to loss of hope, not hope itself.
thats pretty profound
@@Nicelynicely88 no I mean of both. Although hope is not a clear expectation for something to happen, you still wish for something to happen, that will end your suffering, that is not in your control. You label the present moment as bad and the potential future moment as good. The end of suffering lies within dedication to the present moment, not in the future (that not really exists).
“Life is not meant to be enjoyed, it is meant to be overcome”
-Schopenhauer
Meant to be endured more likely
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard 😂
@@ChelsieMorganTonightwho said overcoming things can’t give you happiness? Life isn’t meant to just be an enjoyment. Because bad things will happen and suffering will happen to everyone. We must overcome that though.
So maybe before criticizing, try to understand?
So Schopenhauer was a miserable old man.
You’re right, he was miserable, and a bigot and a misogynist. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t have insightful things to say.
True satisfaction and joy are byproducts of overcoming obstacles. Just doing things for the sake of enjoyment is self centered and illusionary, I believe is the sentiment of the quote.
Sometimes I feel my existence is a prison and I'm being punished for a crime I didn't know I committed.
You just described karma and reincarnation
This
My whole life,your whole life,everyones whole life.
That mean you're special. Are you special? Everyone and everything is special too.
Deeeep
I went to prison at 23, was out around 29. After prison the us deported me away from my family. The day I stepped “free” I looked around at the world and realized it was just one giant prison.
What’d you fall for?
same , but i had the biggest smile ever leaving , there are prisons and there are ..prisons , the biggest hardest prison is ones own head .
'Maybe this world is another planet's hell' - Aldous Huxley
or another planet's heaven...imagine coming from a planet with 100 bil entities, not enough space, not enough clean air, not enough sun, not enough clean water, ppl live underground etc.... then you come here, by winning a special lottery and you start complaining, whining and wailing 🙉🙈🤭😁
@@writteninthesky good point 😊
@@heavymeddle28 good, bad, does not matter, the point matters. 🤭
don't you find astonishing that the probability "to win any ticket" to Blue Planet Terra is cca 1 in 400 trillion? 🙉🙈😉
Don't Worry, Be Happy!
"Nobody knows enough to worry"... T.M.
Ether Hug🤗
@@writteninthesky but if the point wasn't good, for me, then I would not care 😊
Doubt it!
I never looked at the world like this until I started getting old and as I get older I feel and see so much more pain and suffering but I agree that true compassion is the key
Imo learning is the key. Compassion comes about when one learns that cruelty is mostly unnecessary and creates new problems.
@@beingsshepherd Totally. Life is suffering, but humans make it much worse most of the time.
it's all pointless suffering. God isn't compassionate apparently
the key to what. that makes it worse. the suffering of others adds to your suffering lol. better to be a sociopath.
We had it easier.....we had internet n mass of info.....we could......SEE so much more ........internet is a blessing for that ...........
Prison is a good analogy but hell is more accurate!
I almost think earth is where all the negative energy goes in the universe, kinda explains why we are so far away from the cosmos. Milky way.
Yes but actual hell would be everlasting
@@user-sf7yp3pu9e how do you know?
@@user-sf7yp3pu9e: If your soul is eternal, you'd be reborn into the same prison.
@@peacefuldaizy5717unfortunately
The smarter you become the more you realize that you don’t want to be in this world.
I'm only waiting every day to leave
I used to be depressed no anymore I just don’t wanna be here anymore
@WalkoftheEarth.Production There must be a reason, higher purpose why we where send in this prison, why we are here. I have notice that we have just one thing to do in our life and it's to survive as long and as good as we can, nothing more special to achieve. Simply survive. Suicide leads to reincarnation and the shit starts again, here we go again through all the same shit. No thanks, I'm 35 and already have done the most difficult part of my life, the rest is only the rest....
@@Son-Goku_Warrior_King Don’t worry, we don’t have long
What youve seen is nothing yet. Whats to come, thats where it all begins.
A friend of mine had a mantra he used in his sales career......"Humans will avoid pain more energetically than they will seek pleasure." His strategy was to find their pain points and offer solutions. This was a great strategy that typically resulted in a "win/win" outcome.
Like a Catholic leader. Teach them about Hell then sell them the cure.
Like "pay up or I'll break your legs".
@@wainedodd8055 dang
I knew a drug dealer that said the same thing.
Well, your friend must have been in constant pain - being in sales is AWFUL!!!!
I've always felt this world is a prison. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
Me too...
Me too. I had felt this since the moment I came on this world. Intuitively. I was shocked with the nature of this world since I was born. But, I know deep down, there's a real world without suffering, that we can't percept with this physical body. Maybe, some of us can, but that feeling disappears quickly. We should evolve in spiritual life. We really need to recall who we are really, spiritual beings before everything else.
We can’t ever leave this place unless we were very very rich & we can only leave it for a very limited time before we had to come back plus our lives are all controlled by the rich & powerful!
It is a prison planet but for your mind
@@degaussingatmosphericcharg575 Well if you feel like a prisoner in this body and this material world, call it as you like, spirit or something else, who or what does feel it? And why? It's a philosophical question, not wishfull thinking.
I came up with this on my own, having never heard of this man. Good to see that so many intelligent people agree
Truth comes from within
@@jermboy47 agreed. The self is the only thing that we can prove to actually exist
We all thought about it lol..kinda makes sense
@@RootsMizizi Yeah it just feels like a massive prison workcamp to me
I came up with geometry without it ever being introduced at two months old.
“Death gotta be easy cause life is hard”
Life as prison is a more convincing metaphor than life as a journey.
souls of energy bound by material
Greed is the reason for this, humans equate value to everything we are subjected to.
life is a dance -
@@vulturom Stay in step!
Overall it is most likely a tragedy when viewed from outside earth.
This is one of the reason I said I don’t want to have children. I know I don’t care for life;not like I want to end it or anything, BUT the “fun” things are far and few between the stuff we have to do but don’t want to do is the majority of our lives.
Accept what is , change your focus to internal happiness .
Trouble is, life continues regardless of what we want. Humanity could end but life would continue. Anything less than destroying the planet will not change that.
You are a true beauty...maybe if you find the right person you will want to raise a family the right way in love. But if not...I hope you live the way that's best for you
Non to make you laugh , non to make you cry.
Agreed
True compassion is so rare to find. It is often defiled with narcissism, dark empathy and self-interest. People use it to put their life above a "fellow-sufferer" without realizing that life will humble them in time, with more ferocity they hoped.
So true.
Never clicked on a video so fast! I've been feeling like life is a prison for years. We're forced to be here and in order to live a relatively comfortable life we're forced to work. If you want a job you actually like you have to study hard, work hard, or just get extremely lucky. Either way you look at it, life is hard.
“To live is to suffer. To die is to rest.” --my 93 year old Filipina grandmother.
98 yrs of misery
Beautiful
@@yyxy.oncesaid no misery....just love
Some ppl love life the same way some ppl hate it. They love it so much that they will survive off of the expense of others. Predator and prey. Lol
@@yyxy.oncesaid Lmao.
"None one are more hopelessly enslaved, than those who falsely believe they are free" Goethe.
Yes, anyone who believes in capitalism.
I am posting this on my FB Page.
@@DH-oj2ru keep working harder everyone. Billionaires need bigger yachts and more space adventures.
They thank you for your stupidity and subsequent exploitation.
There is so much to appreciate in this world. I look for the good stuff.
A friend of my father’s once told him that the only real question in life is, “what attitude to take toward the inmates”.
Yeah. It's a heavy place.
Fellow brothers and sister of sorrow.
Compassion is the key.
We are all one beyond this illusion.
We are same yet different. Life is a self-unravelling paradox, Chris Langan.
Yes, we are beyond the question is WHY are we in the illusion?
@@eduardohurst995 if you want lookup ":David-Wynn: Miller". In the legal-system there are rules, that are internationally-valid. So, it is a lot of acting. Those who know the rules and are powerful, they need the divide and conquer to stay in power and wealthy. We are being kept "dumbed down and poor". So we better educate ourselves. And yet even then they may have no mercy lock us up like Assange. Because I dont know perphaps he didn't dot the i's and cross the t's. I was carried like him, when they took him away of the Ecuadorian embassy. Is that how we gonna treat one another? When someone is a pain in the ass we "just" lock them away? I know of another case in the US and sent a claim to the International court. But who knows, perhaps I forgot to dot an i..
Dat Kali-Yuga burden tho
@@eduardohurst995 To experience existence.
Schopenhauer is my favourite philosopher because I came to the exact same conclusion few years ago when I removed the rose tinted glasses and had a good look at myself and the real sufferings of all sentient beings, it can immensely help us to realise that we are all in the same place and we are all suffering
That appreciation can give us the much needed tolerance for every sentient beings.
The sad part is it could all be so much better if we could work together,but we never will. There were points in history where some societies did, but nothing good can last here.
@@ericbutler739
Exactly. All it takes is ONE jackass to pervert the good intentions.
@@ericbutler739the reason it doesn't get worse is there are good people doing their job with good morals of course
@@ericbutler739My theory is that parenthood is often the problem. We are taught to be good followers but not good leaders.
Humans don’t live long enough to correct present generations, so all those lessons learned are long lost, new generations end up making the same or worse mistakes.. until some life turning event happens.
@@guitarherops31well said
For people the problem is a law of diminishing returns - aging is inevitable the older you get and there's less and less to look forward to because that's how the physics of our world just are (or are designed). Plus, you can die from illness or a broken heart etc, but you can't gain anything from something positive. Like you can't gain an extra life or a decade for something good happening but you can loose your life when something bad happens. Our world and universe has entropy and decay. Everything is always sliding in that direction automatically. So to make anything happen, create, maintain, save is all a battle. It's intriguing that the universe is this way, surely it could have been in any number of configurations? (potentially worse, even). Good video
A possible guideline for life: embrace the nightmare, no matter how bad it gets. If you can. Not to promote it but, to process it. To use the energy from those difficult circumstances for your benefit
The best guidelines.
I am so thankful to hear this today. My suffering eased and that is priceless in this twilight zone world
In buddhism the first step towards enlightenment is to acknowledge that the world is made of suffering
@@LuisSierra42 well, actually, it's the subjective experience of consciousness that is forever prone to suffering. It is due to the first two marks of existence that suffering arises (the third mark), which are impermanence and non-self. So the world actually, and all of existence, are characterised by perpetual change, which means that it's non-self (known as Emptiness in Mahayana), which in turn gives rise to suffering.
@@LuisSierra42 right. We're here to grow up as a species & a soul. If we liked it we'd just rot.
word
Why is your suffering eased? Is it because you don't feel alone, that intelligent minds think like you do? That's why I feel comforted.
this reminds me of when i was 24. i was out of a job and depressed and i started hanging out with this millionaire friend i know. he took me to a big city and all we did for months was get drunk and go do all sorts of activities from being in a tv show studio audience to theme parks to strip clubs every single night. i had a blast but after months of doing this as crazy as it sounds it wasn't fun anymore. i suddenly realized that i had to earn my own fun. i had to work and go through bad things in order to enjoy the good times. the hardships make the good times that much better.
😒😒😒😒😒😒 how shocking
I’ve had similar experiences , swerving suffering will just make it that much more difficult when it comes . Creating your own little pleasure bubble is not conducive when the trials and tribulations come knocking at the door. We need those negative experiences to toughen us up for the next trial. There’s nothing new under the sun ,suffering is part of life ,except that fact and your handle it a lot better , especially when the rewards of the good times arrive ( briefly) There’s more to this life than meets the eye ,and we’ll all find out one day . God bless.
This video may have helped save my soul.57 years old and never knew this theory exsisted
At 54 I hear you … hugs 🫂
@@Christiana11-11hi sweety
@@abrarshaikh7857 I’m thinking you understand the feeling ? 🌟⭐️🌟⭐️
@@Christiana11-11 yes dear
The gist of this theory, is essential to the religion of Muhammad who came with Islam 1400 years ago. He Said:
"Life is a believer's prison, and a disbeliever's paradise."
Thats my view on it, but some people apparently view it as actual freedom, YOLO they say. Jeffrey Epstien comes to mind, just have sex with all the women you want, with no limit, no worry, live in the best mansions, eat the beat food.....
But for these people hell is almost inevitable and Allah knows best.
Peace brother.
Consider me a Specialist. A qualified developmental psychologist and sociologists who did 10 years in an Australian prison. The world you live in has great trauma and great joy in equal measure. You just look at your resources and adapt. Once you are comfortable you find what makes you happier while defending Safe. But isn't that the same for all of us? Never give up hope. And if you have to go a bit crazy sometimes to adapt? Try not to break the rules. It's an experience that teaches you who you are and how poorly we live compared to our limited resources. Just surviving is a treasure.
I'm so glad I never had kids. I never brought someone in to the world to suffer. I've had depression (and chronic insomnia) my whole life. Both things have had an enormous impact on my life - school, work, emotionally, physically, socially, etc. I had an abusive childhood, and am still dealing with it in middle-age. I just can't see the point to life. There isn't any meaning, etc. It's just random. I have read self-help books over the years, trying to be more positive. But I just slip back into pessimism. I'm not religious but if I was I would say hell is right here on earth.
I agree.
Untreated Sleep apnea?
@@fadjeja3141 Hi, yes I have sleep apnea. And have a CPAP machine. But my insomnia is the main problem.
@@teecee9113 I also suffer depression and insomnia due to mouth breathing in childhood and retractive orthodontics (the story of headgear) Did you have extractions of premolars? I consider buteyko therapy.
Greetz from the Netherlands
@@fadjeja3141 Hi again, no extractions. And I'm a nose breather. Just very poor sleeper, from childhood to adulthood. Did two sleep studies - both from 9pm-5am - slept for 1.5 hours in one and 11-17 minutes for the other. Sleep psychologist said I was one of the worst cases he had come across. I am a walking zombie, lol.
The worst part of all, is that i believe we all feel as if we've been here forever, i feel that way, because if it's all you've ever known, then that is your eternity.
Deep. Fucked up. But Deep. Love your handle. Knock, knock!
thats because life is an endless circle..you only die from someone elses perspective therefor you never die in your own
That’s the feeling I been having for the longest I’m only 17 but there is this tiresome that I have like I have been living for an eternity
@@hoodieap2858
The body is a disposable vehicle to navigate this existence. Life is an experience, a window of opportunity to participate in a group setting with limited sensual perception and learn from it. Some of us are here to learn specific lessons, others are here just for the experience, usually called NPC's (non-participating characters).
The conscious mind does not die, it is energy therefore cannot be created nor destroyed, just converted from one form (body) to another. If you feel that your existence is a version of the movie 'Groundhog Day', maybe it is and you have been coming here repeatedly to learn a lesson you are unwilling to learn. Introspection is the key out of this dilemma. There are always clues to what you need to learn to move on. Have the courage to look for those clues, usually some continually recurring PIA situation, and embrace it for the experience itself.
There is no *exalting meaning of life* other than learning from the experience. Think about it...Life itself is a terminal condition, meaning it has a beginning and an end. It is designed that way purposefully because the lessons to be learned can be done so in a short period of time, *IF* you choose to do so.
You are young, only 17 and you have the chance to learn this epiphany at the beginning of your journey, whereas I have learned it near the end of mine. There is no right or wrong in learning it, no woulda, coulda, shoulda; no time limits...just a dedication to learn those lessons no matter how many lives (experiences) it takes to do so.
@@elonever.2.071 none of are here to learn specific lessons were just here
Cheer Up video of the week
Life used to feel magical and now it feels like a prolonged agony that I'm just waiting to be over. I envy ignorance
"Life is pain, Princess. Anyone who tells you different is selling you something." Wesley, Princess Bride
One of The greatest stories ever told
Pain it's just something humans try to give each other. It's a way for them to feel they are connected.
Pain is pleasure
There are some kinds of pain that can give lots of prejure. Must have a master in how to make pain be a prejure
Great quote. But it was the Dread Pirate Roberts speaking at that point.
Don’t know who gets credit for saying this, but it’s a good approach to life:
‘Be kind, for everyone is fighting a great battle.’
Schopenhauer would agree.
I totally agree. Each person is caring his own personal problems like in a backpack. This is why we need to be kind to each other.
Eh, stop looking for anything that will make you happy, thats just a concept.
Bro, if we are kind to one another, then we may be living in a trapped illusion, or may be we became programmed robots, humans have many emotions n qualities, u r thinking is like just like Nazi's like only certain things should exist, others r not needed(of course u r thinking is in a good way) but whenever someone tells about kindness, I remember a quote-"IF TRUTH IS CRUEL THEN KINDNESS MUST BE A LIE".
And in my opinion that philosopher don't agree with u r opinion,because they r not like us they know the reality far better than us. Unlike us who only see the surface or one side of a coin they see beneath the surface or other side of the coin.
"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always." ~ Robin Williams
Thank you for this video
Another awesome video, thank you
As a chronically depressed and suicidal person, I totally agree with this sentiment.
How old are you?
Damn
@@Alex-rl4uy Old enough to have The Grim Reaper as my casual housemate.
@user-zs4mc3xj4g That's a sheep
As a hedgehog, I think you are thinking too much
"It's a peaceful place, or so it looks from space. A closer look reveals the human race." ~Bobby Weir
Flat earther: I have something to say about that!
John Barlow
@@boazzippor1972 oh yeah!
"Boaz zippor," isn't that a Brian Regan bit?
‘This must be Heaven.’
Hotel California: you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.😊
Good old Arthur! Always the life and soul of the party 🎉
We find him drunk in the kitchen slurring his words
I remember when this channel was at 50K, now it’s knockin on a million. I’m so glad people have started or continued their journey into philosophy. Keep it up!
True. We also need to think about why we are here. Nobody knows. People turn to religion but it takes you nowhere. Millions have been murdered by all the religions. Practicing religion gives people something to do but is very empty. Read the book HUMANS ARE NOT FROM EARTH. Even if you do not agree, the author will make you think !!!
@@jakeglenn2246 the concept of religion and god came in existence because we need good or bad...but who will decide it ..so we make a uncorporated figure names god and the path which leads us towards God is religion...so following religion bilindly is stupidity..but we can't destroy religion...in some sense it is very important for human.. but We need to
Agreed
It's because we have been kicked out of Heaven, the Earth is Hell. Why do you think celebrities, musicians and world leaders openly worship the devil; because it's his kingdom and is real. Their was no greater philosipher than Jesus who was God in the flesh. He said, if you repent and believe in him you will go to Heaven and you shall no the truth. Do this and home in private and he will answer you like he answered me :)
Unfortunately not even remotely enough and fast enough, most ppl probably think philosophy is boring, or nonsense (including quote uquote high IQ ones), or it must be obscure lengthy, while Schopenhauer was one of first who emphasized simplicity and clarity of philosophical writings and has to say also a lot about learning teaching and academia!
Close. Earth is actually an amusement park for the criminally insane.
I like this one! Very true..LOL
Thank you!
"clinically" insane..lol
Lol
The inmates are running the asylum.
I hate to say it, but this metaphor actually makes the most sense and makes me want to be more compassionate
Compassion is empathy plus love. ❤
"Despite all my rage/I'm still just a rat in a cage."--Smashing Pumpkins
Someone will say what is lost can never be saved...
Despite all my rage I am still making minimum wage...
Back in the early internet there used to be a website dedicated to misheard lyrics and it was called like "A spider a raygun a seagull a rat in a cage" lol
Most people seem to be like domesticated animals. They don’t want to leave even if they could.
they need to be told what to do and when. cant think for themselves.
Life is what you make it.. Either you live your short life in misery and everything sucks blah blah blah or make the best out of it, even if we are somewhat of a slave from the elite which I definitely think we are. But regardless this life is super short so make the best out of this hell on earth. what else can you do? You can choose to live in self pity or choose to live happy and with fullness and love. The decision is yours!! Make the best out of it!
@@savagemolonlabe9234 yes sir. great words!
During the Korean War the Chinese found that if they separated the 5 percent of “troublermakers’ from the rest of the POW population, they did not need fences or guards to control the 95 percent.
@@polychromaticlaser635 That’s interesting. Sounds about right.
Everyday it feels like it more and more.
This sounds like a world without music
I love Schopenhaur. He honestly makes me laugh,when he isn't depressing me. He was self-honest - the most difficult and rare of human virtues. He loved animals. He was one of the very first Europeans to study Eastern thought and referred to the Upanishads as the consolation of his life. No matter how unflinchingly pessimistic life was,he stuck it out,because it was "all so fascinating!"
It truly is fascinating. Observing humanity trying to deal with their circumstances and make some kind of sense of their lives in a world of nearly 8 billion competing interests, may be the most fascinating part.
Schopenhauer is hilarious, that is what many people do not understand, I have cried of laughter reading him. He was a genius, one of the brightest minds ever existed. In him I found many of my own thoughts that I didn't know how to put into words.
To be fair all of the most important philosophers understood their arguments deeply and believed what they argued honestly.
Comments like this is what YT was made for. Nice one Wayne.
You know what they say
the truth hurts
and it’s also very depressing.
It is,what it is.
Life is a vicious cycle of pain and suffering. We seek pleasure to end constant pain. Instead of understanding pain of others, we inflict pain to others so we may feel pleasure. To feel better from our miserable lives, we take pleasure in seeing people who are more miserable than we are to alleviate their own pain.
we have no idea what life really is, we only talk and know about 'living'.
How viscous?
True. We also need to think about why we are here. Nobody knows. People turn to religion but it takes you nowhere. Millions have been murdered by all the religions. Practicing religion gives people something to do but is very empty. Read the book HUMANS ARE NOT FROM EARTH. Even if you do not agree, the author will make you think !!!
You should stop doing that.
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This is unbelievable the world is indeed a prison. The same thing is written in Sri Bhagawat Gita (5000 years old Hindu book) and Vedanta (probably millions of years old). I know the same thing according to these books and the truth is we are spiritual beings stuck in this prison because of our karmas.
Very well put
The only thing we can do is find pleasure in the simple things in life like the beauty of nature, or lying in a warm bath on a cold day or finding humour in everyday situations and being with friends or family.
Hell is other people.
I've been to prison. The real deal. Minimum security chill compared to medium amd maximum. It was actually a relief from the outside, the stress of worrying over my case for way more years than I did. Got 3 squares, got to work outdoors in the sun. fresh air, managed to actually eat well considering it's prison, simple life, no hustle bustle stress, got fit, just behave and respect your fellow inmates. We learned collective compassion of our fellow sufferers in there better than we could on the outside. We are all just trying to get done and to a better place whether on the inside or the outside. It's all the same.
I could see that. On the outside it’s nothing but stress all the time to get up early and work yourself to death to get ahead and make something of yourself. There’s a long way to fall and nobody to blame but yourself if it doesn’t pan out. In incarceration there is nothing you can do about it so it’s probably a load off the mind in a way.
I've wondered about this several times. Ive never been in trouble with the law, but I've talked with several who have been imprisoned. Many look back with a mix of fear and fondness.
I did time In NYS, 7 years to be exact and idk there were stabbings every single day, at least one death a month, I can't say it was even remotely stress free and I was in there for white collar crimes so I wasn't even a target. But ur always looking over your shoulder b
In terms of the real deal on the inside, it all depends of the security level. I was in Federal Prison Camp. That's a cake walk compared to medium or max and definitely better than county or state. It's basically 'prison light' but you can easily slide to medium if you fuck up and get a shot (violation) and worse, lose your good time. Bottom line is that you don't get too involved with anyone and mind your own business.
If you’re lucky, the other inmates won’t push you into kill-mode and you go to high security prison. A lot like on the outside, I guess
You are a bundle of joy!.
It is for me. Following my release from prison, the outside world is strange and restrictive.
" life perhaps would be more enjoyable and less miserable if it were not mandatory "
Sarah perry
How would you make it not mandatory?
"Hey, you, wanna be born?"
@@ReasonableForseeability What if suicide wasn't looked down upon and was a socially acceptable thing to do ? 🤔 I wonder how many people would've did it by now if it wasn't for fear of their family's missing them or being judged.
@@cujo8212 The only way for life not to be mandatory is if we had a button to erase eny trace of our existence, suicide will just bring more pain to the people alive and the person could potentially regret it the moment they end their life
@@ReasonableForseeability A personal release button on the body that one can push when they've had enough. Now, that would be proof of an all knowing, loving God.
@@renrichmad-od9ut I agree 100%
This gives a whole new meaning to "original sin.". Perhaps we're here to serve a sentence
Whereas the sentencing was spoken by Jesus: 11th commandment, love thy neighbour.
Yes because our ancestors ate the forbidden fruit. 🤔
@@Caleb-vk9xm 🙄🤣 Incestolution by Adam & Eve🙄🤣
Yea I was arrested for disorderly conduct in my past life. I was sentenced to life😊
So "The Good Place"?
Hello, fellow-sufferers! You're still here. So am I. One day we won't be. And that's ok too.
We are existence. That is all we know. This cannot change. It will not always feel the same though.
If you want to transcend suffering, Eckhart Tolle is a very helpful person. Especially when it comes to turning off the noise within ourselves. Which does most of the heavy lifting for our daily suffering.
Suffering is the inner resistance to what is. Pain is a feeling. Suffering is a reaction. Oftentimes, pain creates suffering. We have little choice in that matter. It is only natural to resist something physically painful.
However, there is a difference between someone receiving a painful tattoo they have been looking forward to, and someone being tattooed against their will, as a means of torture. The tattoos could be identical. But the suffering is far worse for the one who resists it more.
I love you all. Resist as little as possible. And the suffering will follow.
"Why not adopt a more positive, more hopeful perspective?"
Well, because personal truth is more important than happiness. And I agree with Schopenhauer's bleak view of the world. We have those short moments of joy, but the bigger picture is just really dark and miserable.
and thats why i dont even wanna have those micro moments of joy i resist it the more i grow up
cus i am like why have those micro moments of joy when i am gonna be anxious over smth and cry litrl the next day
i dont want those happy moments
i'll be okay if i keep having sad days tho
dont want any false hope
Schopenhauer is the recognition of our human condition, while the stoics (Seneca the elder, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius) show us the path toward personal redemption...:
Do not judge others
Live a virtuous life of service
Do not take yourself too serious
Understand the essence of existence
All of the above leads us to merciful compassion toward all our fellow travelers along the road if life....
👏👏👏good observation and well said.
Arthur is a copy of Buddhism, basic tenant of Buddhism suffering or unsatisfactoriness.
Stoicism falls short with the emotional aspect
The Stoics IMO only got two things right; the dichotomy of control and premeditatio malorum.
Everything else is just...IDK, culture
The first three one may simply decide to do, but to "understand the essence of existence" is another matter. I feel like if you did that, the first three would be automatic.
I felt a major shift in how I viewed my life in my mid thirties...
It just became so much more bleak.
I often compared it to a prison.
The thing is my life wasn't very different in my late teens to my mid thirties.
It was just a deep dark nihilistic feeling of pointlessness.
I have lived in this envelopment of melancholy ever since that weird epiphany.
Maybe a new hobby or a baby animal to adopt?
You play pool? I'd play pool with you if we were close fuckin' idk
I've had the same thing since about 30. I think it's realizing that everything you work for will be gone. All of the pain we suffer through is only leading us to our death, which we have ZERO understanding of.
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To late.
My wife got my soul in the divorce.
@@poa2.0surface77 maybe, or maybe a global control structure created a story that fooled your ancestors into subservience and they passed that subservience down
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What I said was a joke.
When you talk about god;
I feel how you would feel if a five year old tried to convince you unicorns were real.
Save your breath,
no one is giving you money here.
I would sooner burn hundreds of dollars in front of you,
than help you spread your lies.
This channel is one of several islands in a vast ocean of senselessness.
You have my gratitude for your philosophical analysis and i will try to ease your sentence by upvoting and subscribing.
Great, thank you for the video, fellow sufferer!
Very well articulated and worth a watch. I couldn't have said it better myself. I would just add that I think we should treat all sentient beings with compassion, not just humans.
Those who are cruel to animals, usually tend to be cruel to humans. When we have empathy, we tend to have it towards animals as well as humans. We definitely should be thoughtful about how we treat other creatures.
Definitely. I care deeply for all the living creatures. ❤
@@brianschuetz2614most people are cruel to animals. So I guess that means most humans are bad.
No one except mad men and religious fanatics value compassion.
I thought the same thing ... All sentient beings. Thank you for saying this.
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“No one except mad men and religious fanatics value compassion”? Why would you say that?
Schopenhauer is the only philosopher who didn't sugarcoated the existence and life rather he just stated the truth whether it is painful or hurtful. I think in somewhat similar ways as him.
Read conspiracy against the human race by Thomas ligotti
and the sad thing is, we are on the cusp of things becoming radically more "prison-ish". ill leave a few key words for you and others:
global technocratic society
cashless society
social credit score
carbon credit score, carbon footprint, net zero, etc.
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in a nutshell, our future per the globally powerful super-elite is as follows for all of us neo-peasants:
constant 24/7 surveillance and monitoring (even our dreams when asleep !)
limited food options (transition to bug protein instead of animal per climate change BS)
limited travel, if any.
Clearly he never been in prison. Being conscious matter, in a cavalcade of support and care and laughter and pain, is life, and extraordinary. Being locked in a 6x8 box is a whole other level of suck.
What you are talking about is merely a prison within a prison. Additional layers of restrictions and limitations on an already restricted existence. Reality is objectively a prison in that it is designed around limitations and restrictions. Outside of that prison is the equivalent of a dream except that is the true reality. Only when you are sleeping are you truly free.. When you are awake is actually the illusion.
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@@FutureBlender.Ok. I will🤗
Life.
Looking for answers all the time.
Schopenhauer saw things like they are and noticed that our evolutionary substructure would be better off pushed towards compassion and entertainment rather than fear. He was not pessimist. He was an optimist who wanted to put humans on the path of compassion when he knew we had a proclivity towards heartlessness.
Your comment is incredible, thank you
Finally, some real talk. I want to quantify what he said about compassion though. I have compassion for good people who suffer. But for the rotten people in my life who have abused me and have not apologized, let alone even *acknowledged* their wrong-doing, I have no compassion. Yes, perhaps something bad happened to them in their past to make them this way but they've gone through their whole life with no self-examination, no self-reflection, and no reaching out for help or therapy to resolve whatever may have made them abusive narcissists.
Indeed, some are destined to have to "come back again" it might be argued?
I have a saying. 'they don't change, then they die'.
You have to lower your expectations soooooooooo low, to where you just expect that from those types
@@markaven5249 Yup.....it's one thing to flunk school, but to actually flunk "life" in its entirety takes a very specific kind of attitude.
Forgive them
@zo7612 well that's the thing. He doesn't forgive them because he expects too much from them.
I do subscribe to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer without qualifications and without conditions as the truth of this life I live in. The eternal struggle for existence, excellence and freedom. His worldview resonates with me personally more than the works of Nietzsche
After doing 8 years in the penitentiary it open my eyes to this concept, being imprisoned is like being a fish out of water, and then when you get back in the water you know you're in the water.
Do love what Schopenhauer had to say and I so wish that he was alive today. I would get on a plane, go and find him and beg for a hug. I'm 70 next year and I'm heartily sick sick sick sick of it - tried to end it twice BUT survived way against the odds according to the doctors - the only reason why I carry on is the love that I have for my six East End cats.
Dead will come anyway,so there is no need to kill yourself!You have nice cats that give you some joy,maybe there are some books you like to read to forget everything around you,some movies to watch again,or maybe you play with a small modelltrain or build something nice withLego!If you know you will leave soon,you can can eat what ever you like as much as you like it dosent matter how you look anymore,if your not compleat broke you can take painkillers as much as you want and eat and drink all the forbiden things,because it dosent matter!
I hope you are doing okay now.
@@brunoheggli2888 Oh gosh yes I read loads of books and listen to Billy Idol and AC/DC every day and I do take lots and lots of pain killers - opiods courtesy of the state they are freebies. :-) xox
@@MaudlinDreams666 Yes I'm fine cuddled up with my 6 Hackney moggs and thank you so much for asking love Liz and 6 Hackney girls xox
I feel like the modern age is a prison life, where we MUST work to pay bills or become homeless and live on the streets, we are shackled by money that pays for food and shelter which means we cannot go with work long before our savings run dry. We are forced to live out a life of work, most of us do jobs we despise just to get by and it is our burden until retirement. We are already in a 60-70 year prison sentence the moment we are born as we have to go to school, then work until we are too old and grey to handle it, at that point our youth is wasted.
New Order...
We are not forced into this lifestyle. Granted, we are programmed by society to live that way and feel we "MUST" follow our programming, but it isnt our only option. Many, many people opt to deprogram themselves and 'live off the grid' to one extent or another.
In fact the kids born after the year 2000 have opted out of the program. I always hear employers say the younger people today are lazy and dont want to work. The generation before them didnt buy into the 'American Dream' either and decided to *NOT* buy the big house, have the 2.3 kids and expensive cars that the marketers tell them they have to buy. Instead they are living in very small inexpensive apartments, working decent paying jobs with 'normal' hours and spending their money on vacations and travel.
Even though you dont think it is, it is still a choice. Some of us get it young and others dont get it until later in life...if at all.
@@elonever.2.071 I live in a cheap apartment by choice too, working part time soon. But I still need to go to work in order to pay even these little bills and your savings won't last forever. Part of me wants to travel off into a tropical forest somewhere like Bear Grissilly though
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Fear of failure and addiction to the modern amenities are the only things holding most people back. Overcome both of these and they will truly experience freedom.
I live in a small town that is a resupplying point along the Appalachian Trail and I see and talk to a lot of people who have abandoned society for the summer to 'find themselves' or seek answers'. Some of them do it just for the experience. And they do it weeks at a time with only the things they can carry on their back.
If you invest your time and money for the benefit of utility companies and marketers, there is rarely enough to make you feel secure. Invest in yourself however, and you will be surprised at how little you really need in terms of money and sustenance.
right that way of life is not natural
@@sirus312 I can't wait to travel again, I used to go Spain every year (two years ago, before covid - I am from England) I've travelled to other places and my small home town really is a insignificant ghost town compared to some of the beautiful and busy places I've been.
I've always had this view, more so as a kid. Now as an older man in my golden age, my pursuit of life, seeking best version outcome of every opportunity as my birthright. In this view my outlook is a superior view.
Once you understand that suffering generates enotions and e-motions (energy in motion), is rocket fuel for the process of transmutation. To change energy from one form to another. Then, you will start a journey that will lead you to abandon your wants, needs, and desires to serve the Most High, the Architect of the universe. Giving up your ego is the beginning of wisdom and understanding of the force of nature that you are.
Keeping life simple, not being owned by materialistic trappings, never,never depend on anyone to bring you happiness, it isnt fair to them or you! Disconnect from the social expectations .......
Life is what you make it.. Either you live your short life in misery and everything sucks blah blah blah or make the best out of it, even if we are somewhat of a slave from the elite which I definitely think we are. But regardless this life is super short so make the best out of this hell on earth. what else can you do? You can choose to live in self pity or choose to live happy and with fullness and love. The decision is yours!! Make the best out of it!
TRUST IN GOD NOT IN MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@savagemolonlabe9234 what a simplistic view, as if many things in life are in our control. the larger components of life are controlled which creates the most issues for people.
@@savagemolonlabe9234 That's the thing. Schopenhauer didn't believe people could be happy. He thought feeling less misery and pain was the aim because life was inherently painful
We have just been programmed to go and look for this and that to be happy.
Instead of living for creation, we are competing among ourselves and surviving.
Nonsense.
I also had the idea, when I was a kid, that my "world" is nothing but a cage in a lab, and everything in it props to see how I would respond. "God" being a researcher in the lab.
I'm still not sure that this is not true.
Of course it's not true, there are so many other things in life to escape and any and all unpleasant things.
@@janeprescott7381 Oh. Thanks for straightening that out for me. ;P
@@theobserver9131 you are welcome, although I'm not sure what I have solved, if anything at all.
@@janeprescott7381 No, nothing actually. Thanks anyway.
Well that cheered me up
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I love you This channel owner
I am grateful that some people say honesty how life really is.
@@jale9619 Its a coping mechanism. If something is shit its shit no need to sugercoat it. Life sucks ass and its should not be promoted.
What is the matter with you people‽ Life is beautiful filled with wonders and great things! Just kidding. Life is indeed shit. Personally, I'm an antinatalist and even more so, a promortalist.
@@irrelevant2235haha you got me
@@deadlyccu1lt418If this is true then how do we get out of this "hell"
@@jale9619o just look at the bright side....just look at the bright side.....no that's not there...come...look.over here at the bright side..................
Utter fools I tell you
They're getting scared too lol...... because ppl aren't breeding like they used to🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I wonder y?
A welder once told me, "I think we're all really in Hell and don't know it." A sage.
As long as I have the freedom of a choice thst I can make, I dare to contest this kind of claim. Instead of thinking in absolutes, how about questioning the nature of our reality... hint: Chris Langan.
@@AmadeuShinChan Dare away.
@@AmadeuShinChan it's not having or making a choice that matters. It's the outcome of the choice.
lol...we're in "The Good Place""
I am a welder and I agree.
I thought of this concept as a pre-teen I thought it was an original idea, and never heard anyone else did too untill adulthood.
excellent video.. do you have a video on Antinatalism?
"Once you give up hope, you feel a lot better." I saw that on a bumper sticker many years ago. At first I thought it was amusing and cynical; overtime I realized it was an extremely profound truth.
To hope requires no action I hope I become a millionaire is not the same as taking the steps to become a millionaire it's just words.
@@cosmiccrush22 You can be a millionaire or billionaire like Steve Jobs, but your DNA is suffering mutations and helix shortening every second until you die or get terminal. That is not going to change your destiny.
Agreed, seems like inherent optimism bias and terror management theory will always help regardless of ideologies such as antinatalism based on consent and efilism.
@@cosmiccrush22 Anyways, to hope to become a millionaire, or billionaire, work to achieve, and then get it, will still not end all of one's suffering. So, money is really irrelevant, when it comes to the whole scheme of things. As a matter of fact, didn't Steve Jobs suffer a painful death? Point made - take it or leave it.
I agree rujo2K. Once you give it up, you feel so much lighter. Having hope and expecting something is a more of a burden. Just let it go, and live with the flow.
That last thought is really powerful! That every person needs support and companionship, so every person owes that to their neighbor. Thanks, Einzelganger!
The world and others owe you everything, especially dignity and fairness.
If they can't deliver that, their atoms deserve to be scattered and recycled back into the fold
On another planet. Not this one.
Neil De Grass Tyson, said: "the purpose of life is to give it a purpose". Schopenhauer said to "show compassion to others". So one way we can give it purpose is by showing compassion to others, helping others cope with the shortcomings that life gives us. No matter who you are, we all suffer in one way or another many of the same tragedies. Another train of though is that this is a school where we learn by being exposed to everything that we see in order to be better beings wherever we come from and eventually return. So being compassionate to others seems like a logical thing to do in order to graduate from this school/ penitentiary of life.
He's such an optimistic fellow. Very uplifting philosopher, Schopenhauer is.
These views have actually helped me a lot -- along with a mesh of other philosphers' views. So much bad shit is going on in life and there's no way to avoid dealing with it. What helps though is being able to see that good things are mostly a bonus -- and also a miracle. It's a miracle that I get to spend time with the people i love, even though things never go as expected. I'm a poor working class guy, but I live more comfortably than others.. Things can always be worse, although it's extremely sad how much suffering there is. I believe the only thing i can really do for others is to reduce theirs and my suffering.
Gnosticism puts a new twist to this "blame the victim" scheme of the evil God and it's conman. You should check out "The Forbidden Religion" book.
True. We also need to think about why we are here. Nobody knows. People turn to religion but it takes you nowhere. Millions have been murdered by all the religions. Practicing religion gives people something to do but is very empty. Read the book HUMANS ARE NOT FROM EARTH. Even if you do not agree, the author will make you think !!!
@@jakeglenn2246 Makes sense, jake.
@@jakeglenn2246 Thank you
To quote the wise words of every drill sergeant I've ever known: "Embrace the suck! It's not gonna get any better!" And I know that most are better for it.
Life can be far worse than any military boot camp
Thank you! 🙏🏾
The lessons and hurts you learn in childhood follow you to adulthood
It's a painful world out there, i know. Hope there's atleast some relief for us in the possible next one. But yeah that's just fingers crossed really. Keep tight.
Childhood was the best tho, but i have some lonely memories. But who can you blame really? This world just seemed cursed in its nature from the get go.
Everyone around me is smiling thru the pain..i can see it. Were all suffering ive just come to realize that. I cant say things will get better because theyve got worse for me but i guess grin and bear it. Someone u love is suffering also so take comfort that u arent alone even tho it looks that way. Im here suffering with ya good buddy. We will find out the truth hopefully.
"Into this house we're born,
into this world we're thrown."
like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
There's a killer on the road...
this makes more sense than any of the other comments on this page - j.m must of known.
Take a long holiday let your children play
This place isn't a prison it's a school
I’m 17 right now and I feel like every year slowly gets more and more unbearable, life is built upon the fear of pain and how to escape it. But I like to try and think of it as a yin and yang, pain cannot exist without pleasure, you need to find a healthy balance to try and make it more bearable.
Just wait till you hit your early 20s enjoy being 17
Ahhh 17. 😊
Enjoy it, your life may seem like it’s miserable, it always does at your age, but your hour glass is just getting started. You’ll experience so much more… one day you’ll wake up elderly and long for the days of what we call right now. You’ll see.
I'm 36 and I agree things get worse but they also get better it also depends upon your circumstances and ability to overcome. For real though life sucks and we aren't free until we set ourselves free.
I wish you well ! Just remember disappointments are plentiful
Fear and pain are products of the mind. Much pain is a product of fear. And fear is the boogeyman that asks "what if?". Learn to ask "what is?" and base your thoughts and actions around that
On the Suffering of the World was the first thing I ever read by Schopenhauer. His is one of the most relevant philosophies in the modern world. His ideas about pleasure and how it must be paid for by pain is weirdly comforting.