Why Your Self Improvement is Inconsistent and You Cant Change Your Life
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2023
- You fix these things by changing your identity. I kind of lost my articulation at the end there, but the point is if you want to be more consistent, becoming religious is the way to do it.
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From the Orthodox community:
There was a monk on Mt. Athos who would drink and get drunk daily, causing much scandal to visiting pilgrims. When he finally died, some of them told St. Paisios how relieved they were to have this problem taken care of.
He informed them that he knew the monk had passed because he witnessed the great number of angels carrying him to Heaven. They thought he was surely confused and must've been thinking of someone else, but he then told them the monk's story. The monk was born at a time when boys were being taken from their families by Turks. His parents, not wanting this to happen, would put alcohol in his milk so that he would sleep and not make noise when the gatherings happened. Thus, he grew up an alcoholic.
When he came to be a monk, he explained to his elder that he was an alcoholic. The elder advised him to do prostrations every night and ask Mary for help in reducing his consumption by one glass.
After a year of struggle and repentance he managed to reduce from 20 to 19. Then over the years he got it down to 2-3.
What the world saw as a scandalous drunken monk, God saw as a brave fighter who struggled long against his passions.
Let this warn us in not quickly judging others and also encourage us when we fall, that we never stop fighting. God sees our fight.
God sees our fight.
amen
@@islambale747 nah he doesn't, stop coping and accept the brutality of this world, wake up to the fk reality
Tear jerking fable
@@iulius5971Get lost Jack a$$!
bros looking built
The first thing I noticed in this vid fr
Gerby in his bulk era rn! 💪
Built for slavery
How do I gain this much weight do i actually have to spend hella $ on food and be in the gym when I’m not working?
@bongwaterboy8179 yeah spend money on good foods no way around it its an investment in yourself
"caught out no distractions, gotta stay focused, when the twin tower fell, i didn't even notice" LMAOOO
It ain't a gerby freestyle if he don't mention 9/11
@@AlexOrtiz-sp1rj nah because that 9/11 line was so genius
I replayed that more times than I'm proud of...
The cycle is real, every bad period is the same horrible feeling, each time I feel so bad, and the worst part is that I know I'll forget about it until next time.
You zeroed in on the problem: memory.
Unfortunately this is modulated by your testes
@@coleprescott2154can you elaborate
Idk what advice to give, I mean I think we're all just lost boys figuring it out. For me at least, I just kinda use my hate of myself as motivation. Like I just don't like the person that I am, I look in the mirror and I just think "god, you have squandered so much potential, are you really gonna screw yourself even further."
The time for self pity is over, we can't keep feeling bad that life dealt us a bad hand, there are no guarantees in this life. Yeah, might not get no bishes, yeah, might have no friends, you better go and try some more. Literally DIE trying man, because what else are you gonna do? Wallow? Well you were gonna do that anyway, so might as well try to escape that fate.
Yo that's the thing, it's like the anxiety and self Hate wants you to succeed, until the same bs brings you back into the bad habits.
Life goes forward, and nothing changes.
-Max Payne
Just remember it gets better. I know from experience. Never lose hope in future. Imagine it to be good, and you will never be disappointed.
I feel like the link between responsibility and discipline is underrated.
Yes. Becoming a father will increase your income a lot.
Just became a dad and I'm working 2 jobs and planning on paying my house off in 3 years. The feeling of responsibility is massive and hard to replicate without something like having a kid.
Yes, when i have no (or less) responsibilities my focus slips. Very true
I’m not God, I’m just built in his image 😎
They are the same word spelled differently. (Not literally ok I know they have different definitions) What I mean, though, is you can't have one without the other. If one of these components is removed from the equation, that being either "responsibility" or "discipline", the other dies quickly.
One of my favorite scripures from, 2nd Timothy 3-2 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
That passage is scarily reminiscent of today.
This really spoke to me. God is working through you in sharing that.
Dude. Lovers of pleasures more that lovers of god is like 🎯 literally sums up my life as of yet
Jeeeeeez that’s scary
last part is wow
Church environments feel fabricated to me. I’ve never felt the connection that others feel when it comes to religion
In a sense they are, there is an order to them on purpose. What matters is being genuine and trying to get some wisdom or knowledge from others. I think everyone needs some guidance to a certain extent. No matter who you encounter you can learn something from them. What matters is staying level headed and like Gerby says, dont deify other ppl. He's not tryna persuade anyone.
there are many churches and being a christian doesnt mean being religious, it means following christ and believing that he is son of god and god in human flesh
I would I agree for churches that are more tradition focused rather than relationship focused. For example, Catholics often miss the most important thing about "church" which is your repentance-fear-love towards god
Go to an orthodox church
We go mosque.
Having a good spiritual father has helped me a lot. This might seem weird to people who aren't in a Christian tradition with reconciliation, but it's a helpful deterrent to not sin and grow in virtues when you confess to someone who knows where you are in your journey and what you struggle with. Young people need an older wiser person of the same sex to guide them, whether that's their actual father or whoever
Amen brother
I'm christian as well,and I trust my friends to do so,as my father is agnostic and doesn't give a sh about any type of religion
Everyone needs an someone like Uncle Iroh from ATLA in life. Sadly i havent found him yet
@@jmard3101This bro
Yeah fr
This channel is truly a hidden gem
Gemerald
A legendary pull
Bro really did some push ups to pump his chest
good
You push yourself for your own happiness and mental health. Nothing else. As men we need to push ourselves or else we slip into depression. Even if it's small goals and challenges you have to do something to improve slowly over time.
What if the fact that we have to push ourselves itself combined with the pain associated with pushing oneself leads one to depression?
@@Dasein000 nobody says you have to start a multi-million dollar company. Do small things. Jordan Peterson this shiz. Clean your room. Brush your teeth. Take a shower. Find any of the hundreds of hobbies out there. There has to be something that brings you joy, that is also slightly challenging. It doesn't have to be exercise, although almost everyone should exercise at least a little bit for their mental health. You either want to put a small amount of effort into being happy. Or you stay miserable. But you can't have happiness with no effort.
@@Dasein000 People's brains aren't designed to do absolutely nothing. You have to do something. Anything at all. But you have to find those things that you like and don't like and what you want to push yourself towards.
@@Dasein000 learn a new language. Get good at bowling. Learn to code. You have to create, build, or be learning something. Go for 20 minute walk everyday. Knitting. Study psychology, study physiology, study mathematics, study anything. There are a million different interesting things that this world has to offer. I doubt you've tried even a fraction of them. Build a website. Get good at a certain career. Make a new friend. Talk to one girl every week. Literally a thousand different things to try.
@@berniepina860 bro I am a 9/10 (thats what people around me say) shredded 6ft1 guy from Germany who is about to receive his master's degree and worked his ass off during his studies. And honestly I am in a quite good position right now, I Jordan Petersoned the shit out of my life for the past 8+ years but I feel like it's not as much worth as it would have been 20 or even 30 years ago. The situation today is different, either you are a millionaire or no one gives a shit about you. I pushed myself so hard yet got so little return that I just dont see the point of my efforts, although I keep pushing bcuz it's just who I am at this point, I can't turn it off
Gerbert lookin juicier than last time.
those cringe “reject modernity embrace tradition” i think are indicative of the fact that working out is sort of cope. the “embrace tradition” part is always just a guy lifting, but if you think about it working out isnt a traditional thing. dudes back in the day were jacked because they would hunt an animal and haul it for miles, not just pick up a heavy object only to put it right back. i work out consistently, but i want to phase out working out in favor of doing hard work in the wilderness so i can provide for myself and my close individuals like men always have.
For a lot of people Agnosticism is just being honest, that you just don’t know. I really really really wish I knew if god was real and if my family has been right this whole time. But I don’t; to me it seems like god more doesn’t exist but I just can’t be sure. It’s hard for me to just “pick something”
Imo, i think its almost certain that there is a God (the objective version). Following the logic of the laws of motion: that an object stays still unless acted upon by another force, and just observing that the whole universe is in motion or even if you choose to think that the big bang is probably true, there would have to be something that, in a sense, pushes the first domino. That force being defined as God. Not necessarily how ppl repesent God as looking like a human, but rather as a being that has motives for setting things in motion. Following this train of thought or other ones that lead you to this conclusion is where you get different theologies or religions. And each one has diff ideas of what is true. Agnosticism is, like Gerby says, a cheap way of thinking. A cut off of that train of thought, but tbh its not expected that evryone has the best understanding of God, what matters is seeking the truth. Ultimately what matters most is what you do rather than what you say. Everyone thinks, but not everyone does.
then apply your logic to other things such as existence of other minds, existence of free will or existence of reality. You cant know these things...so act as if you dont know
@@zebulaunthis is exactly what atheists don’t get. It really doesn’t matter if you believe God exists (I do) because the things that the Bible and scripture teach represent a great rule book on how to live life happily and to help others live a happy life. Even if God wasn’t real the values taught are good so why care.
@@BIG-qn6ed>Quantum mechanics enters the chat.
Technically you're right, but your argument hinges on a presupposition, that could always be wrong, so you're making a logical leap of faith, which is not the way logic works.
My issue with this framing specifically, which is that it's always from a human beings perspective. We are biased to think that a being had to initiate the universe, but why? Because we are beings? Why couldn't some indeterminate force have hit the first domino? Why couldn't it be a self sustaining endless cycle?
Technically, being agnostic is the only logically sound position, and I'm saying that as an atheist lol Only I, as an atheist, and you as a theist, are the ones taking a stance and cutting off the other possibilitys, because without hard evidence, we are just making assumptions, usually to reconfirm our own biases. You can be agnostic and still have a more nuanced position then some apolitical fence sitter
There's this guy named Charles Spurgeon who was a British pastor from the 1800s who said "If God remembers all the stars in the universe then he will surely not forget about you" Bro God is real and he loves you so much. May God bless you and who ever else reads this. Stay strong because he cherishes you and has never and will never forget you or me.
as a Christian, not only am I giving a clear meaning to life, but i am also promised by the bible that if I put god first and seek to live my life the way he made me to, I WILL fulfill the meaning he intended. He will take all my mistakes and work them FOR me, not against me, and that he will take the evil that has been done against me and that I've done for myself and use them for my good.
HOWEVER, what's good for me often isn't what FEELS good for me. I've had many tears in the last few years alone. The bible promises there will be many struggles in the world, but I am promised to overcome them in God. The bible also says no discipline feels pleasant at the time, but it will yield a harvest. Some of my pain in life is there for the purpose of growing me.
I am not promised a Wife, a promotion, 6-pack abs. Believe me, I'm fighting to achieve those things, but my God comes first. Also, I've learned the hard way that God asks that we pray AND act. the bible says things along the lines of "we act BECAUSE of our faith." I have really suffered for praying for god to hand me certain things, like a Wife, while not putting in any effort towards talking the girls and such things. God wants a relationship with us, and part of that relationship is overcoming struggles and challenges TOGETHER, Like how soldiers become closer then their own famiily when they bleed and cry together on the battlefield.
Great comment man.
As a christian, that's true. I myself am typing from a hospital bed RN with an IV in my arm, gone through a splenectomy, tons of transfusions, just at 26 i spent probably more time in a hospital than most do in their lives. However, knowing there's a God who is taking care of everything and already has used my illness for greater goods is heartwarming.
i did watch some of Gerb's videos and i like many of his takes, however he needs to find God. And based on this video that's the path he's taking. Admitting that we all worship something and him finding atheism to be cringe, suggests to me that he's getting there. I'm gonna start praying for him.
However i'll add one thing to what he said about something always being the god of your life. That's not only the real reason of mos ppl's unbelief (don't want there to be a God cuz ppl want to be gods of their own lives), but when we worship anything other than the creator himself, something finite will take his place in our hearts, something that we unlike God, can lose, and it's gonna make us controlling and fearful of losing it, and if we do, we'll crash.
Your identity is tied to whatever you give your heart to the most, and when you put your identity, in the one who created you, who died on a cross for your sins and offers you life everlasting, you can rest easy that you will not lose that identity cuz God's always gonna be with you. And you can rest easy even in such hard situations like the one i'm having now (that i addressed at the beggining of the comment) I hope and pray one day that happens to Gerb here, and thankfully it seems he's on the path to finding Christ and recieving forgiveness in his name.
Well said! I have a co-worker i reach out to and pray for often who has been in a relationship for the last 7 years with this girl that hasn't been a God-honoring one, and long story short, its starting to fall apart and he is NOT doing good right now. He's made this woman the center of his ENTIRE life and now he's losing it.
We've talked a bit about God and i prayed for him out on the work floor once, but i don't think he's currently willing to hand this over to God. I will keep praying for him and continue being his friend though.
I'll pray for your healing. Philiipians 4:6-7 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
GOD BLESS!@@vitormenezesdemattos967
@@MrTheguywithalife Dude, you finished your comment on a "finishing the conversation" tone but i GOTTA talk about your friend. My sister has an ex who used to be just like that with her, and that's why he's her ex, and i know how much it sucks. But is clear to me, that God's stripping her away from your coworker TO drive him to despair so that with YOU in his life, you will drive him to the ONE who is the only one that can fill his heart completely;
I have a friend who told me literally that he had sex "tooooooons" of times, used to see women as nothing but meatsacks for his sexual pleasure, was a compulsive liar, and when his life fell appart due to his choices, he bended the knees, asked Jesus for forgiveness, repented of his sins to then, follow God and was saved. Maybe God's doing the same with your friend. This friend of mine said that this is a very common conversion pattern for ppl who live very ungodly lives, the person's life falls appart due to their choices, they're driven to a point of no choice but repentance or suicide, then they choose to repent and then get saved.
So my advice to you is to wait, and pray that this girl and the guy split, and God uses that to wake him up to see he made a God out of her, and that's when you (or any christian in his life) come in to introduce him to the true God Jesus Christ.
And let's pray for Gerby 2gether for his repentance and salvation ;)
One other thing i wanna ask about this coworker, What's his spiritual backgrount like? I dove in apologetics and evangelism the last years and i'd like to reccomend the best book i ever read on the subject, are you familiar with the name "norman geisler"? Is a book of his that might help you with him@@MrTheguywithalife
Gerb really went from "she'll be home by 10" to "she's staying the night at my place"
Little twink boy found some sarms in the woods 😳
Self improvement has to have a goal for change to happen
Amen, homie. Self-improvement/red pill culture is a giant ritual of self worship. I implore everyone to consider if Jesus really is who He claims that He is, and if He really rose from the dead… believe the Gospel and be saved!
Amen dude. He did and He loves us and more people should realize that
Good to see more Gerboner to reaffirm the hard truths.
No pun intended
*hard* truth huh
The key is to stay conscious, you already know all the advice you need to know, but you forget your teachings due to distraction. Meditate, repeat the mantras "be conscious" "stay conscious" "Stay Focused". This has been doing wonders for me recently. Good luck!
THIS^ meditate daily for at least 20 minutes ffs, its so easy when you get used to it, when you get so good at doing nothing and just being present in the moment you become good at wanting to get things done and actually doing them, cooking food, cleaning, exercising, when i needed to do any of this shit i was wanted to just collapse on the floor, but now its so fucking easy to get the will to do these things. so do yourself a MEGA favor, if you cant will yourself to do things, at least start doing nothing for 20 minutes a day, and trust me youll start doing things without even realizing youre doing them. really recommend Frederick Dodson and Adam Miceli on youtube
Gerby I followed a similar path to you but I’m a little older at 26. I was born in a Christian family and got blue-pilled/atheist in college, but found my way to the red and then black pill. The story is super long but much like you, the black pill eventually drove me to find Christianity and hope again. When I found your videos you inspired me to make my own videos (haven’t gotten around to it yet), because you were so insightful and wise about modern issues and self-improvement, but I felt you were missing the most important thing, which is religion and God. I had hoped to make my own content as a response but with that missing ingredient of religion.
I prayed for you and when I saw your most recent video on the main channel I began getting really excited because you alluded to changes in your content and the solution to staleness and I had a feeling you were going to bring faith and religion into it. Very happy to see my suspicions confirmed. I’m super proud of you man, sharing this stuff is tough and I’m so happy you’re pursuing and finding the truth.
Concerning the video, you absolutely nailed it, that the self-improvement space is about making yourself your own god. I came to that conclusion as well.
To add to the conversation on black pilling: I was so convinced that the most pessimistic outlook was the most true and nothing mattered, but to live a good life you had to buy into the lie that things mattered. At some point I realized that a good life can’t be fundamentally based on lies. And almost no one actually lives their life while truly emotionally and intellectually believing that nothing matters, because if you did you would commit unliving or do absolutely nothing. At some point you gotta use Occam’s razor and realize that the reason it’s helpful to live your life like things matter might be because they actually do.
Anyways, apologies for the rambling. Keep it up man, I’ll be praying for you.
How does being blackpilled lead you to Christianity bro?
No need to apologise for rambling.
@@benravenwood8535Because when you really try to take the black pill you realize that there are only 2 options: kill yourself or find something to believe in and reject the black pill.
You might think there’s a third option, which is to live stoically and reduce or bravely face your own suffering. But the problem is why? Just to put off death a little bit longer? If you want to live your life, squeezing as much joy out of it as possible while improving yourself, that in itself is an admission that your life matters to you and that there is hope for change, which is anti blackpill by definition. As Gerby points out, however, you can’t do that without a really strong reason, otherwise you’ll just have your ups and downs, trying to self improve with no real reason for why other than your own emotional state, which fluctuates regardless of what you do. You’ll keep going back to blasting your meat to smithereens on the hub, because the only reason not to is a past version of you said he didn’t want to, and who cares what that guy thinks?
Essentially, the black pill lead me to Christianity the same way the blue pill lead me to the red pill: I realized it was a lie and found the alternative.
@@O_Canadasuper easy to say someone is all over the place, but difficult to add to the conversation in a meaningful way without doing the same. You say that the black pill doesn’t lead to Christianity and give no reason why to back up your statement. I’ll bet if you did, you would find it tough to write a perfectly 100% cohesive yt comment.
@@benravenwood8535 20:03 Gerby gives his own thoughts on this as well at this time stamp.
I will be praying for you Gerbert. You are a young handsome dedicated man, and you have a bright future ahead of you. You seem so unspirited and I understand. Many, if not most, goals are done in vain, but even so, its still self improvement, and thats better than no improvement. In the simplest way possible, Ive found being happy is being grateful for what you have. Peope should focus on what makes you happy. Simple things in life go so far. Take a walk around the park, take a bike ride and feel the cool breeze rushing on your face, look at the tall trees, and eat with friends. Truthfully, its not always about women, but fellowship as well. Having friends and someone there to listen about your day is so simple yet so amazing. I really mean this. Having friends with you when doing anything makes it 10x better.
John 15:12-13. "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
I truly believe that everyone is capable of joyful happiness, and I hope you can see this as well, and possibly go a little more to the redpill side.
God bless whoever reads this, and just know, I believe in you, I KNOW you can do this. I really do.
You have a gift bro, you’re able to put these thoughts and feelings that so many of us have into cohesive and meaningful statements. I think God must be using you to do so. Keep it up man, I feel that you and I are going through the same struggles. It’s nice to hear someone say what you’ve been thinking all along.
Hes just a bit smart lol
It's funny to think god is putting gerby to spit those nasty freestyles
@@marceloaguiresGod often uses flawed men for His work.
Copywriting
@@marceloaguires bro, god really knows how to spit some bars
This is a tough callout for me. Religion has been forced on me my entire life, and in the last two years I have done a lot better in fitness, relationships, and personal grwoth as I've stopped letting religion rule my life. However, I would say my biggest problem besides lack of a relationship is my ego, and thinking about the timeline, I thought it was because I'm insanely proud of the progress I've made in the last two years. But you're right. I've made myself into a god. Self-improvement is all about ego and me. I need to work on being more humble and while I'm not sure I'm ready to be more religious, it's definitely something I will be more intention on and think about.
Thank you
You can rid yourself of ego without religion. Many religious people put their ego in the special status humans have in God's creation. The idea that somebody cares about what you do, listens to you, looks out for you, can also manifest as ego.
“Lack of relationship”
There’s a difference between faith and religion
The ego is self-protection, you have to find your enviroment, thats the key.
Jesus is the answer bro he changed me for the better. Took away intrusive thoughts, convicted me of my pride, but best of all saved my life. He died for our sins
I used to be Mormon, was caught in the loop of shame/not living up to their standards; turns out everyone but myself was lying, and leaving the Church was the best thing I ever did, and life has really only ever gotten better since.
im assuming you became some other type of christian
Mormonism is def cringe. True religion should not be mixed with the social scene. As Kierkegaard said. It must be a relationship with you and something divine. Social religion will not help to society to grow in a meaningful way. Faithful individuals do.
Mormonism is soaked with evil, nothing Christlike about that false religion
@@feliz2892 Churches can be a great center of community, I really enjoyed growing up, but the leadership continually made it shittier in order to horde billions of dollars.
Are you Christian?
You been getting bigger man. I’ve watched all your videos, your definitely getting stronger congrats
The inspiration i get from looking at a 1 year younger version of myself going through similar things as me with similar perspectives is unparalelled.
The antidote to the egoism you talk about is to transmute the vanity of the whole experience into an appreciation for the art of life itself, no matter how many times we stumble. It's something we can all participate in the beauty of, but can never claim as exclusively and narcissistically ours. It's taking part in God's creation and perfecting the movements of the dance with the lives we've been given. Watching the water unfold.
Great comment
I view religion and spirituality as a coping mechanism for the unknown of death and fear and or people who seek something beyond this existence and want to connect to something greater then themselves which are the biggest and most common reasons why people believe and practice this stuff. And then you have the atheist who believes there’s nothing after this life,then you have agnostics who are In the middle they believe theirs possibly something but just not 100% what every religion and spirituality is on about
I don’t ever comment, but I gotta say I loved to hear Gerb open up on theological stuff. Great analysis of where we are
Bro I just watched your 20 year old vid and I turn 20 in 3 days it really put flame it my heart to be more bro so thanks Gerby we gonna make it
coming back to this comment in 3 days to say happy birthday
Turn 20 in week 😢
happy birthday in advance 🎉
I just turned 19 got any advice
@@Drod11z im 20 all i got to say is get on ya shit asap life only gets harder so u wanna makeit out asap
I love you man. I'm happy that I found u keep doing what you're doing. God bless.
The fact that there's been dozens of thousands of religions and gods throughout human history both makes it ridiculous to deny the human necessity for it AND also makes it ridiculous to believe any organized or pagan religion ever actually found the one true god. I'm not gonna be a cringe atheist but neither will I partake in cringe organized religion (and certainly no astrology or pagan bullshit). I've made nobody happy with this comment but fuck it, I'm finding my own road. I'm gonna find god. Thank you for the video Gerbie.
Based tho
I love your authenticity man, i listen to you in my hard times, i feel better.
Love your videos man. You really read my mind. Thanks for existing
man Gerby. I just love to listen to you talk.
The way you mix complex theories with smoothbrain humor is just the best. Sorta like sitting around a campfire with my buddies at night and shooting the shit.
Greetings from Germany
Very relatable thoughts. I am a fairly religious individual too and one thimg that it kinde taught me is to appreciate the small and basic things in your life. Like I'm thankful that i have a healthy body and being able to walk or run, or being able to hear beautiful tunes and see amazing landscapes. I think a lot of people need to learn this too and I think it's a step closer to being happy. At least it did that to me and I'm very thankful for it.
this is definitely your most important video on this channel. thanks
u inspired me to try new things and i’ve been doing better, right now the only thing that id say i’m missing is that i don’t really work out because i feel sore all the time but i fight through it and also i have this random cravings for weed when i’m bored or tired. but anyways i’ll keep pushing ❤love gerbert
You're a smart dude. I'm 38 and just now coming to these conclusions. Spent 20 of my years in sin. Spending the rest in the Light.
you will be saved and enjoy eternal life in heaven.
Nice man, I converted last year to christianity. I am an orthodox christian now
how you doing bro
My G. MY GNESS. I usually dont comment on anythang but your vids are fire. What I like most is the atmosphere, I actually like that the room is dark it makes the whole vibe homey asf.
Gerbert! your Muscles 💪 are awesome! keep at it! You’re doing great!
Thanks for another banger video Gerby, I myself reached this conclusion not too long ago.
Turns out any justifications and motivations I make up in order to motivate myself to seek self improvement not only can be disproved by enough rationalization and self-questioning, but also lose effectiveness with time, since I - and I believe others on my path as well - really want to see results as soon as possible and can't really make peace with the fact that this is a long process. Then I often repeat myself: "what else can I use? What could possibly be a source of motivation so strong that could make me soldier on despite all the anxiety and doubts?" and the only answer that comes to me after so long is "strong, unwavering faith".
Some of my friends seem to be able to do that even without religion, with one of them pretty much schizo'ing his way through, while another notable friend is pretty much the embodiment of the saying "I have God and anime at my side". It's pretty amusing and perhaps this is the way to go.
Unfortunately, I have not yet found this faith, so I still struggle. May I one day also find faith.
Same,
When this video came out my world crashed and burned in a way.
It made me realize why I always kept falling back into bad old habits, but gave no clear solution.
I mean, yes gerbert says that it's to find something to believe in, in specific a religion. But problem is I'm (not) a believer, nor an atheist.
And that all placed me in the situation I'm currently in, and you also I suppose. I've gotten very anxious, since I don't have a belief. I feel that because of this indefrence I'm a quiet and undecided person, I don't know what I want.
Of course coping isn't a way to live, and it's still worth to try your best at improving. But self discipline only ever takes you so far, it's actually why we are here in the first place!
I hope one day I could find faith or have something that changes my perspective.
This is so true because the main reason why I've been able to go on NoFap for a year with relative ease is because I know God despises the act, and I fear Him.
Yeah he's really popping down to stop you wanking while he's killing the kids with leukemia. Fucking hilarious.
Interesting thought, never saw it that way
god despises protected sex too. oh wait, that one is a different thing, right? pure hypocrites.
Based
always good to see the boy upload
HE BACK WIT ANOTHER BANGER
Been thinking the same on a lot of stuff you said in this one Gerbie.
Haven't really converted to religion yet but have been curious for a while, started reading the bible, etc. Definitely see it as a good value system worth getting to know, drawn to the idea of taking on full belief of God but want to understand it better before committing.
Can't say I ever really got to understand Christianity as well as I'd like and it's fairly dense for a beginner, but I think I'll get there 🙏
It's not easy by yourself. If you can, you gotta find a church. I've been at one church ever sense I was born and thank God it's the church I'm at. It's like a community of "purity" not that they're perfect but the amount of wise men I have access to talking and asking questions to is privilege to the highest degree.
I think the best rules for finding a church is one that preaches from the bible, does not deny core things like Jesus being god and hell being real, and even seemingly less important things like the definition of love and homosexuality being a sin. The def of love being (in my own words based of the bible) self-sacrificial acts for the benefit of whoever is receiving the love that you're giving.
There's nothing to understand. Love "HIM" or burn in hell fire. He's just a nutjob. Don't waste your time with the bible. You'd probably learn more from a spiderman comic and we made both of them up.
Your far better off reading plotinus than wasting such significant time over fables for cult thralls
Hey if it helps with your life, hope it improve it my man.
Though ill advice talking to the more lenient and open minded religious folks rather than the fanatics.
How you doing on that front man?
You can't save yourself.
For a 20 year old, you're really smart.
Only God who's son Jesus died for us can. I hope Gerbie knows that
@@SamVlogs-cd1qfI had a dream he made a video saying everything is pointing to the second coming. Pray for him God is using him
Thank you Gerbert. You really opened my eyes to the aspect of deifiying one's self through the process of Self-Improvement. This video really makes me want to get closer to God and have him lead me instead of me trying to do everything and being my own God.
same man Amen
Wild gains, my man. Keep goin
Bro, i've just come to realise the same thing couple days ago, Allah is rlly the answer to everything.
Literally needed this video, thanks gerbo gerby gerbert
Hi Gerby, you've been really inspiration to listen to in your podcasts/vlogs here. I converted to Catholicism last Easter and did Exodus 90 (ascetic self-control program) for the 90 days leading up to that; the last time I jacked off was early January of this year, and so I'm at about 10 months. It gets easier with time, and I've struggled with temptation a lot, but if you can build up the self-control to get yourself out of that short-term horn-dog mindset it will benefit you immensely in the long run.
Needed this dose of gerb
This is his best video yet.
I have never encountered advice this based
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Been on a similar wavelength as Gerby when it comes to outlook/mindset for a minute but I let myself get stuck into this cycle even tho my circumstance is kinda situational. Maybe I accidentally deified myself along the way but I always believed that improving and being yourself is tapping into the bit of god that exists within you. I’m not super religious but I definitely do respect the value systems so I’m not sure if I just need diff outlook or therapy.🗿
Right? In some way God wants us to be the best versions of ourselves. Being the living proof of human potential that God has given us. With the right actions we can stay humble by being God fearing while becoming Ubermensch
Bro spitting straight up facts, based af
Thank you for your voice Gerb
I love this as a counter Nietzschean analysis,
It's actually on point, people in the past had a strong dedication to the tribe or ancestors or other dieties, it was an unstoppable force pushing them forward against all odd, dedicating yourself to self-improvement as Nietzsche would is not a solution, neither is trying to believe when you don't tho.
Being a non-believer myself I appreciate this Gerber
You don‘t seem to understand Nietzsche, you place him as the anti-god when he yet in fact mourned the very death of god that he is so described as having championed-simply because he did not champion the institution and „Priesterklasse“ behind the concept of god.
You believe in god because your brain is designed to find patterns to survive. Combine this with conscious interpretation and the human nature to self-referentially perceive the world, and suddenly you quickly get mystical meanings and messages… especially if you eat the wrong mushrooms in the forest and begin to habitually mix this practice into your beliefs.
Nietzsche‘s point was the only thing that differs man from animal is that man has the ability to promise… and to break these promises. Religion is, per Nietzsche, a somewhat necessary evil as the idea of the Übermensch is likely not ever to be realisable for the everyman. The practice of expressing The Will to Power (an expression of the acceptance and the integration of all one‘s experiences as a matter of eternal recurrence into a sort of mythology of oneself, somewhat of a self-deification and the vigorous affirmation of one‘s fate… whilst not becoming passive and remaining still a positive fatalist-all for the purpose of overcoming oneself and attaining a true freedom not reliant upon external circumstance [a sort of nirvana] and thus in any given moment realising as much of one‘s autarchy as possible [being as fully conscious as possible…]) is Nietzsche‘s answer to this… Using religion is, per Nietzsche, an almost tribal method of morality and barbaric… it‘s an ancient practice, appealing to our basest of nature and for the lowest common denominator and the followers of it stand in direct contrast with the image of the Übermensch, as it is a morality for lesser men (Untermenschen) incapable (either due to feebleness, ignorance, insanity, or stupidity) of forging their own morality and living by a self-determined code based on the integration of their experiences for the purpose of overcoming themselves and pursuing the great ideal of what one could become in isolation-not per the judgement of a specific system, sect, society, culture, etc… A Caesar in a world full of the Brutus.
Per Nietzsche, religion is almost archaic. It appeals to the basest of urges within each of us and is almost a disease of the mind as it prevents one from in some cases thinking for themselves and thus stifles greatness… but is almost necessary for the dumb masses, until a new system is needed after the majority of society becomes atheist. Religion is like the default mode, it is animalistic, it is programmed with us, it exists innately within our biology as I have illustrated and is the easy way out. Nietzsche‘s answer is philosophy, and the pursuit of the realisation of the self. That every man and woman become as capable of overcoming themselves as possible, so that they can exercise their full effectiveness in pursuit of their own greatness at any time-which I am clearly doing by writing this past 3 AM when I clearly have homework. Per Nietzsche, to accomplish this task proxy ideals that transcend the self is cheating and results in a lack of insight and a sort of sleepwalking state. You are the total of your experience, and you must accept this and integrate that without help in doing so via the promise of an afterlife… you have to accept the good and bad things that have happened to you and that you have done as they are both part of you and they are you, you have to affirm the reality of these things and of your fate that they will in some way, shape, or form, repeat or be mirrored for the rest of your life as per the innate qualities of your character and behaviour and you must learn to love this and thus yourself, without the help of something outside the self, or you will never be able to overcome yourself nor to truly achieve something beyond the self and to transcend the self and to achieve Übermenschlichkeit.
In short, for Nietzsche, you are your own god. You are god. Every man is and should become his own god, and that god, the total integration of all that individual‘s experiences in towards a never-ending affirmation of life and appreciation of one‘s fate without complacency such as to attain a true freedom-independent of laws, religion, and morality, etc.
If you think Nietzsche would "dedicate himself to self-improvement" you fundamentally do not understand the point Nietzsche was making.
This is gay don't talk about Nietzsche if you haven't read him
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I love when he restrains himself before he says something too wild
My wife walked in while i was watching and now she pregnant. Gerbie bless 🙏
Used to be religious till my mum got cancer and passed so my world view just kinda crumbled, lost hope, lost faith, fell off my grind. Trying to pick it back up and this vid is definitely something i need
Hey man, I’m a good decade older than you and a lot of what I hear you saying is what I felt at your age only the internet and culture at large was very different from what it is today. We were still on the rise to decadence with no fall in sight.
Now that culture has become so twisted I feel more and more people are becoming aware of where we are headed and returning to God.
I have hope that the more this world becomes a hedonistic hellscape the stronger the Holy Spirit will shine through so people will start to love God and other people the way they love themselves.
God bless you on your journey!
You have to suffer it’s only to grow and change and to change your mindset to endure any kind of pain and moving forward you will find joy in the pursuit of moving forward be strong be a man and I don’t know you at all gerbt but I love you as person
The beat was crazy this time, such a good beat :) always have fun listening to your fun freestyles Gerbert. Thanks for the content and all the wisdom. I have been watching you every day since I found your channel. I’m happy I discovered you last week. Will watch you years to come
our boy looking good!
This reminds me of fight club. I feel like fight club is still ahead of its time even though it was made 20 years ago. It be saying in that movie that self improvement is masturbation and we just got to the self improvement part. Real shit is god
It's deliciously ironic that all of the self improvement channels are run by chads 😂😂😂
Hamza not a chad though
@@burhanulislam9460hamza ia a beta chump
You think gerby is a chad? Why? Just because hes good looking and his chest is a bit pumped? Nah man looks are superficial you havnt heard enough from his life
@@Kaizen747 What? I did not direct this at Gerby. I was commenting off of something that he said in the video I'm pretty sure. You people are so aggressive nowadays, jumping the gun without even thinking or finishing the video.
bro dropping bars frrrrr
Bro born again
Basically, you're probably doomed to failure when you see yourself as a "god" because when you are both the one who makes the rules and the one who must follow them you're going to have a hard time not letting yourself give up for the temptations. So what non-religious people do to have success is following external set of rules from philosophy, self-improvement videos, thematic social groups etc. We as humans always thinking in comparison and we need to know whether is what we are doing is good or bad and when you're deciding what's bad or not, you're going to find yourself in an infinite loop of not knowing what to do anymore. Atheists often say that they are free from bounds of religion but it's better to say that they are free to make or choose their own set of rules in life which is really hard thing to do but it's not impossible. A person who fail to have their own set of rules start to find themself in consumerism and escaping reality.
Hamza is the embodiment of what you are talking about.
this is the first thing i thought of as well.
Hamza is kinda selfish thought. He's largely just in it for the money and fame and status. thats what he preaches as well, not very rightious advice. He's done good, he says good things, be he shows he's a little something different than what he preaches. kinda like this video says, he's egoic and preaches it. Cause thats what this world asks for apperantly. that i agree with, doesn't mean that thats the higher rightious path. Hamza doesn not qualify as a religous person in my books at all.
and i think i just completely missed your message, but if not i will post this comment anyway
I stopped listening to Hamza the minute he started selling his "course". It seemed like a plan to get depressed needy young men to pay him. Not to mention his whole "I'm better than most men" attitude. Even if it is true in some ways it felt off. I consider him an Andrew Tate clone.
@@svenheuseveldt7188 i posted this comment to say what you said about hamza. He suffers from the messiah complex. He thinks he is some sort of guru.
Is Hamza an inconsistent failure though or is he just cringe?
Your freestyles actually improved. Im impressed.
Stay strong gerby
I've thought the same ever since I realised the truth through the example of fasting. As a Muslim, I've grown up with it so every Ramadan it's second nature. My agnostic friend joined in this year for a few weeks or so for her own personal reasons but when I compared the amount of struggle I experienced and how it weighed on me, it was not nearly as much of a burden as it was to her. And then I think about my silly diets. I could never stick to them and I almost used to wish I could have my self - improvement rituals under the context of religion. Because nothing can keep you to your word better than God - and when you take him out of the equation you only have yourself, whom you are painfully aware of all shortcomings and easily bend rules for.
She says she's not religious; and I get that. As Gerbert said in the video, not everyone's cut out for it. But then I see her getting into that new-age spiritual stuff and witchcraft and hear her talk about the 'universe' or some vague creator and I can't help but see someone just searching for religion blindfolded. I feel that a lot of agnostics are like that.
you can save her
tldr: life is kinda brutal so you should cope with religion
Dude... Honestly, we're going to the top, TOGETHERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Ayyyeee i literally just started watching all your videos and you happen to upload !! What a great day
I guess you are right for the masses but I personally disagreed with a lot here. Still nice video
Same man, I wish I had the intelligence to develop
It is enjoyable to see gerby grow into a confident, real, developed philosopher at such a young age. Everything stated in this video is proof of thousands of hours he has put into developing his perspective. Which is the most important aspect, because while society did cater towards the monogamous productivity through fear and discipline that made life harder in a technologically narrowed capacity, we now live in an era where the abundance if potential has never been higher. It honestly is a party that will not last forever, because it is so self centered of a society, it won't look out for and care about systems that keep it afloat, and as more people plummet into poverty, only those who adapted during the times of abundance to becoming hyper productive, will afford to live in the lifestyle of a quickly closing minority.
You are your habits, your scope of imagination is only as deep as your collections of friends, and food is medicine.
My self improvement is going well, I am just watching this so I can prevent myself from ever falling off which is not possible.
Get the blunt I smoke it, pass it like im jokic 🔥🔥🔥
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. Revelations 2:10. My favourite passage of the bible, what keeps me going sometimes. Needed the video man, was bummed because my back started to hurt with no apparent reason and had to stay at home instead of going to the gym.
We gonna make it bruz
Youre absolutely right, this made made me do a lot of reflection.
I think this self-improvement trend is the product of an individualistic society.
The west, and our generation in particular, seems to glorify being 'special'. A persons worth is derived from validation from others. Just thinnk about all the "high value" bullshit you hear from the redpill.
Humans arent meant to be perfect. Being desirable is not the endgoal. One of the most important parts of religion is not letting your ego take over and that is fundamentally the opposite these more modern values.
So real for this gerb
The constant cycle is very real. There are good times of strong discipline to reinforce more positive change, but the negative domino effect of the bad times can get bruuuutal.
Working out was made egoic by these goofy ass only looks matter influencers, but to Plato the only purpose of working out was to get stronger, because it's natural for men to aim for a stronger body whilst is natural to women to get concerned about vanity. For real men the good appearence of a healthier body should be only the consequence not the goal itself.
Another banger freestyle
Holy shit man, a lot to unpack here, and this is my first time commenting on one of your vids. However, the mental fortitude of the avg person isn’t very steep, and is quickly deteriorating. The best thing I can do is take things one day at a time. So many different areas and sides to be torn against in almost any circumstance. It’s a lot to take in and navigate through for anyone, especially a young man or woman, even children are now met with these temptations…
Omg Gerbster upload during the darkest hours😳
His freestyles are actually getting better man
- someone who probably listens to videogame and anime osts
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 compared to his earlier freestyles you gotta admit it
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 ?
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329ome of them do go hard
I build routine through chaining routines together, consolidating & changing little everyday. eg. monday: shower routine, tuesday: shower routine then cleaning.... I write all small routines I want to do beforehand, then implement one at a time
Wtf is you channel? AI generated??
dayum ur skin looks so clear
Haven't worked out in 2 days. This video snapped me back 🫰 make success a habit. You gotta grind on the daily. Mental fortitude 🪨
You don’t have to workout everyday for it to serve its purpose. When it moves beyond self-improvement to obsession it’s no longer healthy or good for you. It’s also a cop out to just edge forward success in one facet of existence.
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Gerbie making all kindz of gainz…all kindz
It's not a belief in religion that's innate, per se. It's the desire to understand our environment, which itself is driven by an innate desire for control and self-preservation. In the absence of alternative explanations for environmental phenomena, we turn to religion or similar, but it is not the belief in religion itself that is innate.
bro that was your best freestyle yet!
Something you said in particular really resonated with me, the fact that you have to realize how flawed you are and how weak you can be is something really important to improve and get better as a human being, I don't personally believe in God as we know it, but I recognize the incredible value religion has brought to humanity, if there was no religion we probably wouldn't have conquered the earth as a species. I am what you would call an agnostic. Truly we live in the best of times but we are the most depressed or we think we are at least, even tho most of us don't know what suffering from famine means or what going to war feels like ecc.. We complain so much because we can, because we are humans, because we are flawed and weak. Wish you the best man and keep on going.