Why You're Wasting Your Life Away | The Truth We Are All Distracted From - Sam Harris
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Death is probably curable. You should upload videos of Aubrey De Grey, Ray Kurzweil and the likes.
I have lived 80 years now - if I were to condense what matters for me it is, 'to love and to be loved to forgive and to be forgiven .' There is nothing else- all we can leave behind is our influence and all we take with us is what we are or have become.
Sir, your words are a thousand times wiser than the speaker in this video.
I laugh to myself!
Yes Sir. @ 57 figuring that out now. Moms old in home n still mad at Dad for dying 30 years ago.
Things are not as you think but has always been chaos which is Life dying is the easy part of life, now days you talk with ppl two months later ur telling them same thing cause they never gave u a listen in first place,everyone is flying around with their heads up there ASSES;ppl later on oh that’s not what I meant well WTF did you mean so they can change storyline n back out of things. Oh you miss understood what I meant No I fucking heard u loud n clear ppl are so fake will Talk Shit about others! Lmao cause I could give a Fuck what ppl say about me. I myself walk head Hi never retract wtf I say cause I never say anything about anyone n if I do it’s Positive to compliment them or it’s a thank you! Nobody tells the truth n will turn around n shit on you as long as they get there way. But like you say Sir. at least when I die I can die with dignity
an that’s wtf really matters in life. Never judge a person my dad taught me never judge one till you’ve walked miles in his shoes so you’ll know his soul!!! Why everyday I make one person smile that I’ve never met n others ask how you doing tell them Life is Good with a smile n don’t get me wrong I’m not a pushover I just don’t care wtf others say about a person till I meet them myself then make your own mind up n uselessly in 5 minutes you’ll know if y’all will be friends. Always go with your gut feeling it’s never let me down!!! I believe that’s your soul telling you what’s going on n how to react ! Well got a little wound up but y’all get the picture!!!
God Bless us all in this world n all will be ok Farsure then Walk Tall carry a Big Stick n don’t listen to Shit that doesn’t matter n what ever happened 5 minutes ago is over never hold a grudge cause it will come back n haunt Ya. Do unto others as you would like to be done to you! Lmfao ✌🏻OUT
Ps. I know really not much of this had to do with the video 🇺🇸
Len Greenhall What is love?
Wise words... but until I retire I'll keep fighting
You have two lives, the second one begins at the moment you realize you only have one.
I don't get it, can you elaborate?
Paul Musgrove: most people are inculcated with the idea of some sort of “afterlife” they are promised. They spend time, effort, energy and of course money in a supercilious attempt to secure space for themselves in that afterlife. When (and if) they come to realize that this life is the only life they have, it becomes more important; everything to live for and nothing to die for.
J P: so you “fall” for an ancient mythological fairy tail? Why not “stand” for logic, reason, science, empirical evidence and historical accuracy instead?
J P if you presume an afterlife, then you subscribe to a mythology of some stripe, which one, matters not.
J P: First. America was in no way “founded under god.” Separation of church and state is clearly spelled out and the founding fathers were mostly deist or agnostic. Second, you chose to acknowledge christ but not his Vicar on earth? You are merely cherry picking from the mythology smorgasbord. You need a reality check. www.godisimaginary.com
5:20 "we are continually hoping to become happy in the future... and the future never arrives."
DEEP.DEPRESSING.REAL.
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TraumaER r/im14andthisisdeep
TraumaER ...this is the promise of satanic Christianity.....pie in the sky by an by.... repent accept Jahovah an do good works.
Alan Watts did a great piece about this. Kinda like a horse chasing a carrot on a stick.
The future never arrives because we are always in the present.
When we were kids time stood still and summers seemed eternal. We were living in the present and enjoying every moment.
Not everything is lost.
Profound. Those were the best times.
Gave me goosebumps
The fact is that life is the avoidance of pain which precludes you from enjoying the present. Death is a mere incidental. The older we get, the more we understand that it is unlikely that things will get better.
@@maryg6292 I can appreciate why you or people would feel that way. But I don't believe that is true or that it has to be that way. Life can certainly get worse by the actions we take or how we respond to negative events in our life, but it can also get better. I love myself much more at 33 than I did at 21, and I've both done bad things and had bad things done to me in the interim.
If we play the hand we're dealt as best we can and take solace in that, I think we can have fruitful lives that continue to be enriched with age.
I wish you well.
Wow this is deep.
A friend of mine said once: Live for the little things that makes you happy.
You have a great friend!
That friend is a genius
@@nickpalumbo3905 she is pretty woman in her 40s actually. :)
That's all you can do.
@Joel Roy is it worth it? This advice is overused, we get it.
"Because we are continually hoping to become happy in the future..... and the future never arrives" That red pill hits hard.
It's just pretty depressing. Like no one on earth is happy or content at all. ???????
Woah! 😭😭😭 Thanks for sharing
@@oliviacadena2036 more like you're looking for something that you already have.
I think one of the things I fear the most is waking up one day and realizing I've wasted my life. It goes so fast when we're not caring. It's like going on Instagram for a post and realizing 3 hours later all the time we've wasting. These vortex exist also in life, but can last two or three decades. Gone. Without noticing.
It scares me so much.
looks like you did wake up,so the fear must be gone unless you did nothing about it
There is a belief that everything including your life and who you are is exactly how it should be. Has one enjoyed their life? That is the jist.
@@stobbinsboy yeah
Seek the Lord God he will give you purpose and study the teachings of Jesus that's what I'm going to do otherwise we are wasting away
True I wasted my life watching TV news, TV and thinking about politics crap. There were more wastes of time but those were the worst and most useless trash for me. It goes by fast if you don't watch every minute and do something productive in that minute.
"We act like mortals in all that we fear, immortals in all that we desire"
Seneca
Wow, such a powerful quote.
"Death makes a mockery of everything else we spend our lives doing" Things most powerful are often the most subtle in their execution.
Technology is not helping us live in present it’s making it harder
Teresa Young very true!
True, mainly because it requires us to think less and less with instincts and more rationally. But I believe that technology can be used very much to help humanity get back to this, maybe in 100 years, maybe in 500. When silicone technology stops improving, and we're finally starting to wonder - what should we do with what we have?
stfu saying that ain't helping yo ass
Nice comments what did u use to make them?
EXACTLY!
One of the saddest lives we will ever witness, is the person who gave 40+ years of their life, the prime choice hours of their days, working for a company (someone else), then looking forward to the day they retire....and soon after they do, they DIE! They in essence were a worker ant, a worker bee, a slave, they sold their precious life to a company. My brother has witnessed this at the company he's worked for over 30 years. Of course we all need money to live. But we all need to decide just how important money is and how much life we're willing to "prostitute" trade away for the dollar. The time to live your life is NOW! While you still have good health. What I mean is pursue and do the things you love and have passion for! Don't wait until everything is just perfect because life has a rude way of making sure things never will be!
And what's worse is that the company is now out-of-business, so not even the legacy of the work remains.
Once you are 18 and finished with high school you can live the way you want. Your parents can't force you to go to college. Until then, yes, they make the rules.
I carefully read what Jet Helicopter wrote. I understand how real that perspective is. I also read every single reply here. All are pertinent, yet differ slightly or moderately. Sometimes I feel good, but I have rarely ever been a happy person. Just lesser degrees of sadness, anxiety and depression. I have things to occupy my time, but still don't know who I am. Don't bother telling me that I should be grateful for what I have. I am just addicted to feeling bad. No pseudo spiritual words will change that I feel as relevant as a lizard or a potato.
This is why it's imperative to save and invest aggressively asap.
@emma harrington I feel very similarly about my mother. We both work for the same company now and I find myself hating working for a company that I don't feel particularly good about how I'm spending 40 hours a week of my life at, but it's different in my eyes for her. That same company is how she raised two children by herself and has afforded her a good life. I couldn't be more proud of her and what she's accomplished.
I hate living in the future. Always thinking about shit that hasn't happened and sometimes doesn't occur at all. It's NOT easy to live in the present...at least I'm training myself to really enjoy the present moment and take shit to another level with people close to me.
I always plan the future and it always go how i planned it.
@@antonionorris8010 You're a miracle worker!
we all hope you grow up and learn you dont need to communicate with crass language, and realize the impression you are making on people that read your words. It is immature to use language like that and hope you will learn and speak with class. Really, dont feel insulted learn in this present moment - how you come across with how you express yourself.- then you will learn how to be a person of depth, class and character
Simple fix. Don’t care so much.
Woow
The only times in my life that I am truly happy is when I am completely lost in the moment.
You're right, Those are the best times.. I find those times happen to me when im truly in love with a woman... right at the beginning stages of new love.
CaneFu dog, baby or flowers for me. But i can only afford seeing those of others. Such a crap life. Only a struggle for money, nothing else. No loyalty no friendship no family no love only srruggle for money. No wonder my angel friends took their lives. Why is it always said life is short? This life has felt like 500000 years to me. I have NOTHING to show for all my years on earth at this stupid time.
Dorothy: You are very lucky. Imagine how hard it must be for those who have everything when it is time to leave this life as we all must eventually. Nothing goes with you anyway, even billionaires leave it all behind. I don't have a lot and I have no fear of death at all. However, I have friends that are wealthy and yet they spend everyday terrified of dying as they age. I would rather live without that fear than with all that money.
I had such a crush on Robert Redford growing up...
I agree, well said
I've so far wasted my life on being afraid to live. I cannot wait any longer i have to try and live how i wanted to since many years.
I have been the same Mitch. My comfort zone has been my ball and chain.
Im not talking about that here.
He will fly to bangkok to fuck bitches.
Nobody speaks for me. I will never enter Thailand for that very reason. Some people have standards.
I hear you Mitch. Having the same problem, the feeling "when does my life start at all?" I live in Europe but the system we live in is the same as overseas, that is the problem, at least that is my problem. We are entangled in this system that much there is hardly any way to get out. As long as we are forced to live this daily madness of survival I feel I cannot be really free hence "live". Hope you will find a way to enjoy your life! Hugs from Germany.
To me success is living happily in your own environment without having to spend all your life looking for it everywhere
else.
This made me more depressed than motivated
Mint-O FR
Its the first step only
The Earth is flat
ProfitableLifestyles no Earth is round
ProfitableLifestyles jajaja
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
But today is a gift
That is why it is called the present
Forget the past, you cannot chang it
Forget the future, you cannot predict it
Forget the Present
I didnt get you one.
Kungfu Panda!
Nice. I needed that thanks
Helen Staines 🤣🙏🏽🙃
Yesterday is history............those who dont learn from it are doomed to repeat it
Tomorrow is a mystery.......no one is guaranteed tomorrow
But today is a gift...............True but a gift from WHOM
That is why it is called the present.......a present from WHOM
I've been a hospice nurse for quite a while. Americans, in general don't know how to die. We linger until we use up our bodies. We don't enjoy life in the present. We feel guilt about the past and fear about the future. That insures control by the ego. We place importance on things, not life. I'm trying hard to turn my back on materialism and consumption, and focus more on forgiveness and love. Love is all that is real, after all.
My goal is to leave my body while it is still healthy. That requires a healthy mind with a heart full of love. One of my hobbies is collecting friends and letting them know that I love them.
Interesting. The only things depressing are the control and bickering between family members, and the long lingering of the very sick patients. Working in a nursing home is way more depressing. Seeing a dying person liberated from the body is joyous, to me,, and I am honored to keep them safe and comfortable during the process.
I like your hobby.
That’s very wise and I see it as a job not everyone can do my mom was sick stage 4 colon to liver cancer and fought for 2 years which was a miracle but it was a hard journey I took care of her leaving college todo so and feel like ive aged a decade I’m 21 but feel so old compared to my friends wanting to go clubbing and shopping what’s the point so many lessons through my mom I wish I didn’t have to learn so young people don’t realize we don’t have time or are grateful for health we take so much for granted
To The Ladies of Uke You said it Sister, (I'm trying hard to turn my back on materialism and consumption, and focus more on forgiveness and love.) I, find it hard to live in the moment, but I'm gettin' there. (Hey, Bob Dylan fan)
Faith, more importantly, keeping the faith is real, like Love, paramount. We keep the faith in our friends, and I feel faith, love and Mercy from the Father, Halleluyah! My goal is to never lose mercy, love and faith in/for others.
The Ladies of Uke That is truly the most beautiful goal one may aspire to.2 leave this world in a state of perfect
physical and mental health,2 leave this husk of mortality in a moment of satori,2 unravel this mortal coil and merge with the cosmos;all the while in a perfect frame of health.I knew at a very tender age and watched my parents and the adults around me,buy into an illusion that put no smile or real connections with the moments in
which they lived;essentially trading in their precious hours 4 a handful of dimes and 4 every dime made ,no
return of real value.Brainwashed and unhappy,I could see midnight's broken toll ;health and happiness becoming casualties in their time. I decided to better understand this human condition,and why it is that people who claim 2 be your friend will lie right 2 your face,and then turn around and gossip behind your back.How can a person do this 2U?Well,it turns out that we have a large amount of TOXIC people running around hurting genuine
good people.Lesson 1-If it quacks like a duck it is a duck!Get away from these people as quick as U can!
I have always done exactly what I pleased,and 4 me it was learning musical instruments and composition.I have not made a fortune doing it,but I do carry a reputation of being an accomplished musician.At 53 ,I watched and took care of my parents.My Dad died suddenly at home from a heart attack ,after a botched operation and watching his wife of 52 years succumbing to dementia and his heart finally gave out after being broken.74 years and taking insulin injections 3x daily and 18 pills 2 go with it,for various other ailments.Worked his whole life and had 2 take a disability pension at 55 years old!Mom was a housewife and never aspired 2 anything else.Started
losing her balance at 53 and within 15 years could no longer walk or talk , and suffered another 7 years in a warehouse 4 the convalescing. I swore that I would not let this happen 2 me and at the first sign ,I will take a
heroin/cocaine overdose.That day is rapidly approaching and I can't wait 😊. I have lived at least 3 full lives packed into this one life, and I must leave soon so scientists can use my healthy remains 4 transplants and
mentoring the doctors of 2morrow.And I leave knowing I did exactly as I pleased.Peace be unto each and everyone of U.Remember,this life belongs 2U .Don't sell your life 4 an illusion!🎼🕊🤓✨🙏🏼✨
"It's not what we pay attention to, it's how we feel while doing it." 🙏
I am retired now and out of the rat race and that's what it was. I spent 88,000 hours in an office, behind a desk, all dressed up, in an office building. If I want to spend a whole day sitting in a lawn chair watching the sky, birds, and hummingbirds I am going to do just that. What is meaningful to one person is nonsense to another. There is wasting time and then there is finally being allowed to do exactly what you want which by the way looks like nothing, but isn't. I loved my jobs believe me I did. But now that I am not having to rush around getting up at the crack of dawn, driving thru a rain or snow storm to get to these jobs I think I've earned the right to contemplate the universe and do whatever the hell I want to do, which may look like nothing. My parents did the same thing once my father retired. They had relaxation down to a fine art - sitting on their deck in the summer watching nature, the birds, hummers, and the beautiful sky. You don't have to be doing something 24 hours a day - filling you time with commitments is just to prove that you are worthy or a good person.
The truth is, though, you never had to do all that to "earn" what you have now. With some creativity, you could have had this all along.
Agree with all the above, and maybe a good book?
Your story and mine are very similar. I loved working, all the people I met, all the places I went, all the things I learned. Yes, there was also a ton of stress that comes with hard jobs. So glad I did it. Now I’m retired and very happy not to be working. My perspective is that life has seasons. When you’re young, you should give something everything you’ve got. After all, what are you saving yourself for? Tomorrow is not promised, certainly not guaranteed. If you are lucky enough to reach old age, you can look back with deep satisfaction. And with your new freedom in retirement , you can explore the other interests that necessarily took a backseat in youth. That’s satisfying, too. Thanks for reading this.
Oh so true, thumbs up to you. Enjoy, 😉 I cannot wait to retire. I got nothing planned and that’s okay with me. I plan on being the master of accomplishing nothing. Yeehaw!
What wait till you retire
I’m about to be 24 this month and I’ve been living like I’m dead since I was 17.
My eyes have been opened for so long now and I appreciate the fact that they have.
It’s caused so much hurt but it’s made me realize that (being honest) I ain’t shit and I shouldn’t live thinking that I am.
Even if I do shit that I know consciously that I’ll regret, I still do it because I am aware of what harm I’m doing. Sad to say to be truthful with you.
My suggestion to you is to live whatever life you like to live. Stay true and always think beyond the simple situation. Know your outcomes.
You will only know happiness when you know those things.
You’ll figure it out yourself. Stay up people.✌🏽
You are fortunate to have realized this at such a young age !!!
Young man, I am proud of you as a fellow Human Being. You have made it through the first great hurdle; Humility. Hopefully, it will not become a mantra for you to think of yourself as "I ain't shit" because you are not as insignificant as such a statement can be taken to mean. I take it that your are humble enough to realize you don't know it all. And that's another great hurdle to wisdome in later years. Wisdom is not achieved until one has a few years of the sort of thinking you are already doing. Keep up the great work on yourself. It's great to see you have confidence in your ability to grow from experience. Good luck with your life. I think God has blessed you with a good mind and you are clearly using it to grow into maturity. Cheers.
Oddly the secrets of life are in Meatballs and The Holy Man.
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Don't get it! Are you saying you are suicidal??
I am the same way... I'm 21 and my eyes have been open for almost 4 years, I'm thankful that I know all I know but it's like I cant seem to take the first step in the right direction and when I do, I slip back so easily. My worldly habits have put me in a mental cage and it's so hard to break out of. I know so much in my mind it's almost exhausting, I want to apply all my knowledge but it's like i get stopped in my tracks. Our only hope is God but the enemy is so strong we NEED prayer stronger than ever. That's the only thing that will help us, God help us all ,🙏
I ruminate on things too much, and suffer from regret and feelings of guilt and shame over past bad behaviour and things I've done wrong. And while I agree that life is short and we should live in the now it's not always easy to do that. Depression is a monster
You can't change the past, but you can change who you are right now - that's pretty much the message of this video. That person that you were doesn't exist anymore, unless you are doing something "bad" right now. why don't you start with some apologies to all the people you were "bad" to? Start helping others, ALL THE TIME...But first you have to love/accepting of yourself again (or you will be immediately exhausted) or you may as well accept that you will never be a decent person - is that what you really want to do? As soon as you stop feeling sorry for yourself, you will see how free you really are.
justmadeit2 christ can make you new. Seek Him. Much love x
Do not feel shame or guilt. They were just lessons that you have learned. The shame and guilt prove that. Now move on and realise you have learned those lessons and you will never do what you did again.
justmadeit2 me to all the time
I wish I would have realized this - and so much more - before my mom passed away. Love you mom... miss you so much...
The best way to live is to show your love to others and that you care about them.I almost never have anybody walk up and talk to me out of the blue but 99% of the time if start talking to them they will converse back.Just sad how people dont talk much.
“the future is a concept-it doesn’t exist There is no such thing as tomorrow There never will be because time is always now. That’s one of the things we discover when we stop talking to ourselves and stop thinking. We find there is only present, only an eternal now.”
― Alan W. Watts
Thomas Gosselin beautifully said.
Neither does death!
Well said thomas, i mean Alan
Bullshit
My simple mantra is life is a journey not a destination
Oliver Fawcett this is the third time I've seen this today and I've been up only 3 hours. ❤❤❤
A journey to the destination of death.
Life is a state of constant departure while always arriving.
Quoted from Ralph Waldo Emerson. I have a small poster with the quote which I always forget to look at but I'm going to move it so I can see it more often.
pre-dates Watts by about a zillion years
Life is about making an IMPACT, not an INCOME!!!
@longrider Of course we need an income purely for only the simple fact of looking after ourselves and our family for the basic needs, food, water, medicine and a roof over our heads. what I meant by my statement "IMPACT over INCOME" is more of how to be remembered when we are gone, remembered of the IMPACT we made in our jobs and life in general, emotionally positive, not important to be remembered of what our income was, thats private information no one needs to know. At the end of the day, we are gonna be remembered for what people we were and how we treated others, likefor example if your in the army and you saved someones life, and that impact you made is what someone and heeps of people remember you and are greatful to you for forever, that didnt come from money. money and income has nothing to do with the legacy and inspiration we leave behind, unless your a real greedy, selfish numbers person, thats just my opinion.
Why do you have to make an impact? Why can't life just be about living it?
I'm no Buddhist and even I know that the Buddha figured this out a long time ago. Desire/Ignorance is the root of all suffering.
Don't let time just pass you by. Engage in the now.
I wish you all the best AM family.
You will never fill fullfilled untill you get reconsiled by your creator through believing in Yahoshua who paid sin debt by sacrificing himself on cross
Ironically makes the Why You're Wasting Your Life Away 10 minutes long lol You don't think you could have made it a minute long? xD
Absolute Motivation thanks
you are wasting away regardless of whatever boring , unimportant human endeavor you engage in. you are here for a few weeks then you are gone. this is an irrefutable point. just relax and wait for the grim reaper, who will be appearing anytime now. HAVE A GREAT DAY :)
Time will pass by now matter what. I see what you're saying, and agree to engage in the now, but I think when people say not to let time slip by, it just makes people anxious, obsessing over time rather then being in the moment
"Dying's easy... It's LIVING that's hard!"
Prentice Vaughn: Oh the irony...you forgot the 'is'...and with it, we can transcend our value judgments and simply be, be, be...be
"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard" Edmund Gwenn, actor
I think many of us are working out complex ptsd issues from messed up childhoods and conditioning and lack of nurture and the cycle goes on. Believing we owe or are owned or own or owed. It is complex. For me most of mine was taken up by resolving severe trauma in childhood and now freedom comes has through much analysis which has also given me the skills to assist others and in that I feel an inner certainty that my life is more than I know and will ever know.
@PRAXOLOGY PRAXOLOGY try to do things you like to do. That you're drawn to. But that's just my opinion. And she never answered you back!!!! Best wishes!!! Gbu!!! 👍👍👍👍😇😇😇😀😀
You never think it’s gonna happen to you. It’s always someone else’s story. I used to think the same way until my husband was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. Did I ever think he would get cancer and die? No way! Did I ever think that I would become a widow and 47? No way! I am acutely aware now that I have less time ahead of me than I have behind me. I have a totally and completely different way of thinking now. I think in the end my husband had a lot of regrets on how he spent his time. He worked too much. He always thought he should be working. I know in the end he had a lot of remorse about that.
Justine Szot Thank you for sharing! So sorry for your loss.
Bingo JC. Search Bronnie Ware.
47 is young though. You could still live another 50 years. My grandpa lived to be 91, so at 47 he had a long way to go. I had a friend die at 16 in a car accident. So age does not determine how long you have left..even babies die.
After i graduated and got my Diploma I thought that I figured life out , Keep up Bro such a motivational and inspirational video this kind of videos should be on trending not video of Gucci gang or Kardashians SMH I appreciate the content of this Channel.
Kung-Fu Kenny Family what about tuchi gang video?
I worked for 30 years and my company had an early retirement plan at 55 and 2 weeks before my birthday I sent an email to my boss and told him I was leaving in 2 weeks and he almost got a heart attack because I was one of the best employees he had but for me was my freedom after slavery I sold all my things and me and my wife moved to Mexico and currently we live there and we had been in many places and planning to get a dog for more fun and I have no regrets leaving at 55 years old a job that I hated so much specially working nights that I can’t believe is gonna be almost 2 years of peace and no worries just live the moment and enjoy all the hard work and never look back 😎
Amazing.
I watch this whenever I start to feel the walls closing in on me, every time it helps. Without fail. Thank you Sam.
Sam has one of the beautiful voices that I've ever heard
2:57 When I start to get stressed, I remind myself that one day ....none of this will matter
You'll feel even less stressed when you realize it already doesn't matter. You don't need to wait for some imaginary day in the future.
'this too shall pass'
GH
The trick is to decide when your "one day" commences.
I suggest it starts right now!
You are in control of your life and destiny.
Just You.
End Of.
Stress is a Killer. Avoid at all costs.
@Don Donald Awesomely naïve (and rather ungrateful) response!
Have you no concept of how fortunate you are to be here at all?
Speaking scientifically and realistically, not from a specific religious perspective.
(Which we can safely ignore, I feel)
It means that none of your lineal progenitors died before they were able to find a suitable mate and to successfully procreate across millennia... Which led to you! Congratulations!
God's intervention was not required.
And furthermore:
Jesus did not die to "Save You".
STARS (of a certain magnitude) died to save you, from non-existence. Scattering their elements in terminal supernova explosions across the Cosmos to form YOU. (eventually)
Call it 14 Billion Years from the Big Bang, and more recently 4 Billion years from here on Planet Earth, where life evolved some 600 Million years ago. Onwards and upwards, as they say, from then on...
Oh, but you expect far MORE of your temporal existence? Like eternal life and unending bliss? (There's clearly no pleasing some people)
"Without God life means absolutely nothing"
Bullshit!
Speak for yourself. It's all you got. Life in the here and now. Deal with it.
Not in some nebulous, uncertain, conditional future of "Heaven or Hell" (both man-made ideas to promote fear, subservience, acquiescence and obedience...surely any Fool can work that one out?)
Also, which "God" specifically do you refer to? Across 5,000 years of human civilization, and countless "Gods" worshipped?
It's a fair question, surely?
I presume you allude to the most obvious candidate "God"?
The Sun God Baal, as worshipped by the Carthaginians?
The one visible, ever-present God? The one who imparts and enables all life, sustenance, sustainability, continuity and species-survival on the planet?
The True "Light of the World". (Difficult to argue against, surely?)
Without whose presence you would be somewhat... non-existent?
...Oh, you don't?
Surely not the transparently- derivative Judeo-Christian God who is represented by the decidedly Good and enlightened Man (if he existed) Jesus Christ, who allegedly died to save you, and by the sheerest chance and circumstance you happen to have been indoctrinated into believing in?
By virtue of your geographic location, time, upbringing and inclination?
Because you want to be perceived as a "Good Person", and Atheist's are perceived as "Bad"? Right?
Wrong. We are not Bad people. We kill nobody in the name of "Nothing".
Unlike fundamental Faith Heads, I suggest. Belief in God mandates slaughter, and has throughout history...and still continues apace.
"The atheistic world view believes life ends at the grave"
Yes. Very probably. We have no EVIDENCE to contradict that assertion. It's the natural cycle of life. Apologies if it's not "enough" to satisfy you.
Please understand: We can very safely discount ancient scripture of unknown authorship written many years after the hypothesised events described.
You are an Atheist with respect to Baal, and presumably every other God worshipped through history.
Question: Would you not be a Muslim, with an entirely different set of beliefs, if you were born and raised in Pakistan?
….I rest my case. Peace be upon you/Amen/God be with you.... Whatever applies.
ps: I clearly have too much time on my hands, but then I'm 63 years old and semi-retired.
So incredibly absorbing and such a must for living in harmony not only with yourself......
But with in your self......
Rick Moro ku
"The greatest thing I ever learned,
Is to love, and be loved,
In return". -- Nat King Cole.
Everytime I watch this video i feel line after line. To be in the present moment, is all you need in this life to be happy. A liberating experience.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Bertrand Russell
The expression first appeared 1912 in the book “Phrynette Married” by Marthe Troly-Curtin.
“… Your father, for instance, don’t you think he would have done three times as much work if it had not been for your-what shall I say-’bringing up’?”
“He liked it-time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
“Oh, but it was in his case-wasted for him and for many lovers of art.”
the future doesn't exist the present is forever
The future is the consequence of the present
Sam Harris makes a great point. Mindfulness is not just sitting down for 20min a day; rather, it's a state of mind. His suggestion to visualize the brevity of life is also useful.
This is so important a message to hear, that I've set myself a reminder to watch it every month.
WHY THIS DEPRESING MUSIC ???? WOW I FEEL SO MOTIVATED I WANT TO JUMP FROM A BRIDGE
sebastian sebastian same here 😂
HAHA, CHEER UP ^_^/
If you do jump will you try and land on the depressing twat that's speaking,,, :)
Pensive
Because it makes it more dramatic, felt and emotional. I don't like manipulative background music on 'life videos' like this. Life is not a hollywood movie
There's no such thing as "wasting your life". We do our best with what we have, given the circunstances; And not everybody is lucky enough to have all the chances in life; Some people just try their best to survive, like so many that live in africa or similar places. Although that's sad, none of that matters, because in the end everybody dies, and everything we did in life is reduced to nothing. So, instead of try to find motivation to go on with our suburban lifes, we should be trying to help the ones who really need, so to their lifes could be a little less misserable and painfull, because different from most of us, they have real problems.
and there is a lot of "feel good" in this fundamental human effort
You guys are both right! I guess one way to put it is, don’t waste your life not being service of love to other.
I disagree if you are in prison/spent the majority of your life incarcerated you are wasting your life.
I'm so afraid of dying without the smile in my face that signals that my life was fullfilled. I'm afraid of dying without any great exploit left behind. And i really don't know what to do.
You get out what you put in........Always! Live every moment as your last and keep it positive.
Great video. Great reminder. Now...if I can only stay in the now.
One of the most beautiful content I have ever heard
I was in emergency services over 40 years, it became my identity, my purpose, i bought equipment and toys to enjoy my retirement. Had it all planned out, retired moved to a small city near the ocean and became lost, left empty. My work life was not balanced, always making decisions, judgements, care for others mininimal for me.
Some say it is what you leave behind when it is time for the dirt nap, all those deaths from cancer to trauma, not one wished they worked harder or longer. It was always about the one's left behind, or about wrong choices that haunted them, exception was those who had a fulfilled life.
I welcome the sweet embrace of Death. Dying not so much, I just don't want to suffer a painful death because I've had a painful life.
God bless you. Life is hard, and it seems to be a roll of the dice, doesn't it? The rain falls on the just and the unjust (scripture). Hard to find true love in this life, apart from God. People are a mess, love yourself as God loves you and I'm sure
you will find nice people wherever you go (as I do), but yea, there are 'the other
people', keep ignoring these. You are highly valued.
I send positive vibes and healing your way.
@@kathy888 - Religion is mass delusion.
Same here
@@drewtube5031 sez u Drew, so what? LIVE LIFE IS THE TRUTH.
Ironic that this video is on a website that wastes many peoples time
Awesome Andrew yep. I didn't even watch the whole thing. Cheesy dramatic music and Sam Harris ain't my thing.
He is a con artist.
Not if you use it correctly.. Education over entertainment.
whats more ironic is the ad i got on this vid was about how bad regret is
Perfect place for it. Don't you agree?
One of the best things I've ever seen! Thanks for posting
Thank you so much! I was suffering from worrying about worrying for nearly two months now but this video has helped quite a bit even though I’m not that worried about death really.
For reasons unknown to me, from my youngest days I always lived my life without wanting to ever feel regret when I aged. From that thought, I never found pleasure in gossiping, in seeking revenge or holding grudges - that all seems senseless. To this day, I still live that way. Life at times was not kind, sure people took advantage of my kindness. But it never changed me or made me bitter. Perhaps I know all to well that life is short and it can change in a heartbeat. Glad I found this in my newsfeed.
It doesnt matter. Being alive is being alive. Its beautiful regardless of what you do. Most of the "motivated" people are just terrified of being insignificant, of meaninglessness, or not mattering to someone, but they will become dust regardless. The people who knew they existed will become dust. Humanity will entirely cease eventually and their names will no longer exist regardless of what structures of meaning they have built up in life.
The reality of life is all of it, the good, the bad, the messy, ugly, distracted, joyful and grieving. You have to have all emotions to be human. You cant always enjoy the present, you cant always be happy, or "succeed" at life, succeed at being present etc.. Being alive is the gift, however it goes. The motivational sh** flies over my head, I am enough being as fully human as I am, its enough of an experience, being alive
Death does not annihilate life
This is closer to the truth. Motivational lectures are the other side of the capitalistic western paradigm coin. Inner peace is the goal not the fact that you didn’t climb mt Everest.
Nicely put.
Alicia Croft awesome
Yep! Totally! :D
Death does annihilate. To think otherwise is simply the wishful thinking that you can waste this time and not control your destiny. Don't engage with others. Don't make the first effort to establish relationships. There is time to waste hiding for fear of judgment. The after life will all take care of it.
Sam Harris!!! I admire his brevity-his ability to say so much using carefully chosen words. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This is as relevant as ever. Right now.
This needs to run on a loop in millions of households around the world. Hackers do your best. Free the people.
ABSOLUTELY GENIUS:
Live in the Present
I feel that when we were all young children we were only able to live in the present moment. Until something corrupts us, scares us, or we hurt ourselves, then our brain unconsciously starts building pathways for us to seek safety, and it puts in place measures to prevent us arriving to those scary circumstances again. We also begin to fear the unknown...like what will happen if we fail in the near future.....this is anxiety. We dwell on things in the past that can't possibly be changed....this is guilt or regret. You can look forwards and have anxiety, and you can look backwards and have regret, or you can find a way to live in the present moment (easier said than done)...like how we did when we were children having fun. Only, I'm sure you're busy preparing for something and there's a bunch of things you need to do in the future and the pile is huge. Write it all down, bring it to present moment...and thrive.
One of the most inspirational and truthful videos on youtube...Thank you Sam! What matters in this world is NOT materialistic...cannot be bought etc! The people you need in your life is the people who need you in theirs! I wish there were more videos like this on here...the world would be a much better place!
God, I love Ben Stiller. So much wisdom.
Must’ve been when he was young
That is not Ben Stiller
This is Sam Harris- Death and the Present Moment
Anyone who tries to live in the moment will soon find themselves in a world they hadn't anticipated, dealing with a past that has caught up with them.
That's funny!
David Maxfield truth, that's excellent!
if you live in the moment, thats all there is, there is no past, no future only now
This comment is smarter than anything I heard in that video.
David Maxfield my friend, you misunderstood the whole concept. Dealing with the past suggests a certain fear or resistance that sits inside you, when you are truly present you don't overlook that fear, instead you feel it fully because it is the emotion present in your body. Then when that fear is fully felt you understand in awareness that present is all there is, I really recommend eckhart tolle if you want to get a glimpse of presence which is something that transcends feelings and conceptual thinking.
Brilliant
Yup it could be ... if Sam did what he preached, yet he's made a career out of deviding & distracting people
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I agree with Len Greenhall, I can do that because I'm 1 year younger than he is, so I'm still a kid. But I'd like to add a thought. Love & happiness is not outside of you, it is inside of you. It's not the other person or thing that causes you to love, it is how you accept it in your own mind. You are what and how you think - period. Good luck with that.
'The frame we put around the present moment shapes our experiences of it'.. very true
Insightful. Framing.
I feel I’m wasting my life because I don’t do enough to help others... And I mean really help other, not just sending money to this charity or that charity. Sure I’m a good person and I do good things and people love and think highly of me for it but really, what good have I truly done? I live in the United States, the land flowing of milk and honey but when I help others, how much out of my way have I truly gone, how far out of my comfort zone did I really go? If I answer that question honestly, the answer is, not far at all.
In approximately a year from now, all of my obligations will be fulfilled and I will be free to go out and help others, children especially, in other third world countries who don’t even have a tiny sliver of what I have enjoyed from the moment I was born. I am researching right now to find the the best option for me to carry out this growing conviction in me. Thanks!
Good luck! i hope it all goes well
If you live in the United States you don't have to travel to third world countries to find children to help who *"don't even have a tiny sliver of what I have enjoyed from the moment I was born"*. You don't need to wait before helping people while you do research and draw up best options and plan flights across the world to find them. If the conviction is within you then you would be doing it now and not wasting time and money on big convoluted plans that are really just a diversion from taking action. Just do it.
Helenaville
That’s easy for you to say when you don’t know my situation but within the next year I will not anything holding me down. Second, I do a lot but ultimately here in the states, it’s the land of plenty, anyone can find help if they want it but in third world countries, they don’t have that option, they don’t have hope and that’s why my heart is drawn to them. You sound like a bit of an expert on this, so why don’t you tell me what you do? I’d like to get some good ideas...
Just be careful in those 3rd world countries. Threats all over from gangs to malaria ridden mosquitoes. My uncle was a missionary and he was almost shot and killed in Africa because of it
Ty
I hear you. I know there is a genocide on white farmers in South Africa right now as well. I don’t have a death wish, it’s just that my heart is pulling me more and more to help others. Thanks!
I've lived over half a century.I found I spent most of my life living in the past or projecting the future in scenarios.All the while not living in the present.Wow,so missed life in front of me from doing so.What you think about has a lot to do with how you feel.I would project in the future the outcome of a confrontation and make myself angry,or sad.Most everything you worry about in the future,which in a way does not exist anyway,will never transpire.Yes,we can make plans and goals but at the same time live the next second in front of you.Your thoughts will greatly control how you will feel in that next second.So now I control my thoughts and live the next second in front of me.The only time I visit the past is to learn from my mistakes,not continuing to feel bad about them.We are instructed by the Word of God not to worry about tomorrow.For we are not promised tomorrow.For many this day it will never come.
"Don't mess with Happy." I read this quote some years ago. I think Pat Riley was coaching the Lakers when he said it. That one quote is a great motivator to focus on the positive and realize that everybody deserves to run their own life as they see fit as long as they're not bothering/hurting others. Respect is a huge word.
Im 42 right now....my great grandmother lived to 102....my grandmother to 101. My greatest fear is that I will live that long as well.
B. Smithe The way the world is now I don’t blame you, I’m 69 and glad it’s nearly over for me and I can return to my real home, the spirt realm.
edgy make a better world then
@@anythingbootneck don't be so sure. that is total speculation. find your happiness now.
@@Don-co9zs im sure about that.Count on it..there is an afterlife based on what i have seen in my own eyes.
Garcia Elisha Please tell us more about your experience of the afterlife
you can work hard and enjoy life too. The trick os balance and having a career you love.
The horror you spoke of is so true... stalemate... Had beautiful moments in the now.... with my dog down in the River.... everything was beautiful ...the light...the water...the rocks below.... seeing my dog so clearly paddling through the river...even the wake she made was beautiful.... Happy.... just thought I'd share... blessings
Eric thank you
Blessings to you to.
I felt this man
Yea, I'm a river rat too. The river here is awesome, the river otters, birds, ducks, fox, Bobcat, Mountain Lions, love to swim upstream. Dogs are awesome!
I love not knowing. This one and single truth has set me free. I don't need to know anything. In the moment, I love silence the most
Aaahhh
Beautiful and inspiring. I love the message that it's not about what you're doing, it's about the feeling you experience and the attention given in the moment.
I learn more from the comments than the video. Thank you people
Same. Watch almost every CZcams video like this on silent and read the comments the whole time while its playing. It's so relaxing.
This is a masterpiece thanks for sharing I love every bit.
This is the best talk , I keep listening to it .
"Death makes a mockery of our lives" . Wow, now that's a statement.
Fulfilment is a false god. Contentment is the answer. The way to this is to learn to love. Unconditionally.
I love this man!
How much am I loving? is a good question to ask ourselves while thinking about our mortality
Yah "What was I doing ?"
Thanks for such an amazing advice.
After watching this I'm now pro piano player. THanks!
playing piano aint even fun
Ah, thats deep...back to working part time at McDonalds
Hey... Its cool. Its a job. Plus after your shift you get ta take home a couple big macs... Kick back..an Relax 😂
Living in the present doesn't mean you can't plan for the future. If you're unhappy with a situation try your best to change it, but don't let that distract you from the fact that you matter and that life is meant to be enjoyed with those who we frequently take for granted. At times when I am lost, I like to contemplate this quote by philosopher Alan Watts:
"We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at that end, and the thing was to get to that thing at that end. Success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you’re dead.
But we missed the point the whole way along.
It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.”
😂😂😂😂😂😍
Amazing how much revenue and businesses McDonald's created with average Joe employees. No PHDs, no degrees. Just average people. Great for them and their employees
Oh my! This shuddered me on a cellular level.
What a great reminder!
We need to learn to coexist, by learning to die in selfishness, ego, and the shadow, we might actually save the world.
Michael Karamanolis yes, great approach.
BWGgy and If that happens in the future tens or hundreds of generations from now, shouldn't you be at the very least be working it out for yourself, by being your most truthful being you can be, and offer love and meekness to all living creatures. I'm not hoping that some guy in the sky will fix things up, I'm thinking more that we as people need to change and fix ourselves first by getting our heads out of the dirt and calling things out as they are. Let truth be told, and let's negotiate for peace first always
There is no guy in the sky firstly, we have some sort of perception that we are separated by some form and yet it science that shows us being connected, the only separation that exists is virtually in our minds BWGgy, and coexisting brings us closer to the singularity where we truly come from, denying another through race, creed, or geography is idealism, and is not realistic, when we surrender our ego and die to self we are awakened to life together, where compassion, and authenticity reside. Your perception might be soiled by some form of it whether it be Neo or ancient they are all doctrines of law that constrict our lives and future than create a future a Neo city of light. People like me are seen as crazy and we stand in corners warning everyone that the end is near, because we can feel the emotions we can see the writing on the wall. I'm just one voice in the wilderness of the one mind crying out that the road we have created is taking us down a certain quick and very horrific end, Fire and brimstone as so many prophets, and seekers of truth have warned before me. The end is so near it literally presses itself the mind of this world like a cancer about to destroy it. The world is so full of pain, everybody is hurting, it is beyond compare to any other time, people are more lonely, relationships are shallow, our kids are lost in a cyber space world, and to justify this as being alive while our oceans and earth is being pillaged for gain and greed by organisations that make 1% of our population excessively wealthy you can see that the balance has far tipped the expected balance of mother nature herself and like a sudden realization is turning against us like a body fighting an infection. We are the infection and if we don't change we will cease to exist. I wish people would wake up, and realize that we need to all connect because our existence depends on it, and there is much to loose, human beings are truly a beautiful sentient life and it will be a loss to the universe if we destroy ourselves because of our deep seated separation in the end.
"The one who started this, is waiting for the last moment to end it, to give us all, that have fallen short of the original design, a chance to believe that the creator lived a perfect human life for us."
Do you believe God is going to end it because of this?, or do you maybe think at the right time stop us from foolishly destroying ourselves? I'm curious to see what your belief believes in
Dream on.
There is no meaning to life. We are nothing. Our live come and go without any apparent importance to our existence. Yet what gives me some comfort or small feeling of value is that realizing non of us are getting out of here alive we go about our lives trying to be human, trying to lead a life worh living yet knowing oblivion awaits us all. There is beauty in bravery. Living in the face of the unkown. That's an accomplishment. We do the best we can. Our values might change. But in the face of our unchangeable fate, we go on. Most hope to leave a better place for those that follow. We try to make this short life leave a mark but accept that there is a finality to all this. That reality make our lives worth acknowledging. It a quite stoic pride. Self respect.
I went to sleep reading this. Pure twaddle.
There is life after death..you will realize that when the time comes.i saw it myself with my own eyes.and there is God whether you believe it or not.
I hope everyone can understand this. Brilliantly explained.
spend time and energy on others; have fun and help when needed; open to the world outside of self; harm no one.
Meditate, people, do not be negligent, lest you regret it
I second that. I've been postponing regular meditation for years and I regret it. Now I meditate regularly. I think meditation is indispensable if one wishes to attain any kind of liberation.
I'm not dictating others what to do. It's a quote by Buddha that I'm using as an advice I don't expect everyone to understand it but some will, I'm sure.
I have also been postponing meditation and how i want to really live and be. how did you make it a regular practice? is it structured or guided in a zen buddhist fashion or do you just sit on your own?
I practice Buddhist meditation, both concentration and insight. I made it regular by simply doing it, every day, morning and evening. Download the app insight timer and join the groups there, you can ask any questions and you'll get good answers, there are some experienced meditatora there.
The purpose of Life is a life of Purpose.
do you mean 24/7 frenetic, control freak fueled purpose, or simply being a decent human being without the self indulgent over introspection
The latter, o/c.
You just summed up what Jordan Peterson says.Did you know that?
After 51 years of existence the only purpose I have found in life is to help each other on this journey to make it more comfortable for each other. In big ways and small ways, and as much as I possibly can.
"a Future -fixed mind ....or times we've left behind....making the time we live in hard to define..."
I wrote these words to a song 40 years ago. Yet I have lived just in that way. The most important thing? Looking at yourself and others with love. THAT is all we need....
Not going to lie, I cried a little bit.
Lol love this comment even if you were being honest or joking, made me giggle a little bit. I can relate, I tear up sometimes over my life feeling lost, but mostly because I feel like others are stealing it from me every time I need something in my life to make progress and someone steals it from me. That’s when I cry the most, when I want that good job to create more opportunities and no one gives it to me or steals it from me when I have it and they don’t want to give me the chance. My life is complicated though, most people don’t have the deck of cards that I do.
jarforsythe me too bro.
Me too
ko0lGuy23 it's the frustrating stuff that makes me break down.
ko0lGuy23 remember humans r fucking pos and only care bout themselves. We need a mini genocide.
All your vids are good. But this one is absolute motivation!! Thanks for your hard work. Love working to your vids!!
I'm living in the moment listening to you talking about the present moment. Awesome. Takes practice and so much past and possible futre adversity disolves like a disprin
I think those who escape reality are more likely to live in the moment and appreciate all they have, life is like a book it has a start and an end, it is full of memories and stories and experiences, successes and failure, joy and heartbreak, we leave behind our teachings and our memories that we have shared, the past is a memory, the present is a gift and the future is ours to make, so don't waste it on being petty, cherish those you love, avoid those you despise, and make people smile. :)