The Psychology of Self-Sabotage and Resistance
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In this video, drawing from the work of the acclaimed author Steven Pressfield, we look at our tendency to self-sabotage, in order to help us overcome it.
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Thomas Merton was a Catholic monk, mystic and contemplative, not just an "American writer"
@Jess Vermont This comment made my evening. Thanks :)
@Academy of Ideas ... Any thoughts on making video essays on eastern philosophy ?
I think that the west looks outwards for answers and the east looks inwards ...
In this video , you mentioned the art of war and applied it to the internal enemy and war within us. I found that impressive
Let me know if you need any help researching or understanding the nuances of eastern philosophy.
I think a fusion of west and east would make your channel truly what it is : Academy of ideas !
Thank you a lot!!! Greetings from Ecuador 🙏☘
This was absolutely brilliant. Thank you.
i felt the resistance before watching it
Truer words were never typed...
Shit
Been there before. Seen a video title which directly addressed things I was suppressing, and i directly avoided it. Not today though bitches
I felt that lol
Exactly. I had to mentally force myself to click on the video. So glad I did tho.
"What you fear is an indication of what you seek." omg I will never forget those words ...
That was hard hitting.
Better not realize you probably fear your own death, then..
Lee 1227 Maybe it’s a-bit general, but I think it’s more dumb to relate it to a fear of spiders rather than it’s intended context
My summary from what that means is that usually the things you want or the person you want to become almost always has adversity infront of that. That adversity may come in different types of problems 1. Being Fear. & that fear is an indicator in the direction you need to overcome to reach that next best thing- different version of yourself.
That one hit me on a different level lmao because its something i wanna overcome!
@One X I'm commenting so you go back and see your comment again
I love how you include classic art in your videos
@Timothy Lee It's about what we can learn from the times of the past in which Humanity was at its peak (in terms of wisdom). We're at a technological peak now, but knowledge is mostly lacking. But the Internet is one of the most valuable tools we've ever had, and like any, it depends how we use it whether to our benefit or detriment
@@spiralviper8158 not so sure Humanity was at its peak even in that age tho....
@@7thLayer when, then?
I adore that....
Sadly most people actually self sabotage their success due to fear of failure.
That or pure laziness.
wow. just wow. always on time with the "black colors tend to be darker than others" insights
Kryptonite white is lighter than black. Mind = Blown
This is me, of what you said for the above, sadly saying.
I don't think something as laziness does exist. To me, it is rather an insult than a state or cause. Isn't it the greatest feeling to accomplish something and reach a higher social status?
Nobody wants to be at the bottom out of free choice, I think it is rather caused by fear, more specific, by what your parents fear. Be it social anxiety, abuse or just being embarrassed in a social circle.
This hit pretty hard.
True story
Same here....
Definitely
Same
Dude, at the end of the video i was like: ouch!!!!!
Me: Coming home to procrastinate again with some CZcams.
You: This video.
Rob Vel procrastination is like masterbation, it's all good until you realize your just fucking yourself
Rob Vel Story of my life 💀🤦🏽♀️
on God ):
@@amandasmith7212 funny yet true. Never heard that one before.
Pssst....spending time on CZcams,
the endless rabbit hole.
"What you fear is an indication of what you seek" A minblowingly accurate statement.
Exactly - we fear the thing we know is our life's work, our reason for living, goal to achieve or obstacle to overcome. The hard thing
Steve E. Brown Underlying assumption is that our lives have purpose, thus meaning. I agree that exploring what we fear can improve our existential struggle, but I’m not so sure there is an “ideal self” of us or it is meaningful to achieve it. Not to refute everything said in the video but to discuss it..
This does hit hard. I have been fighting this battle for a long time. My path has been one of failure and dissapointment, even if everybody around me hold high hopes for my future. I keep giving in to resistance. I must change my ways and commit myself to that decision every day before my potential and life fades away in front of my eyes. I am in theater school and my teachers told me all the elements are there to make a great artist, but you have to become a professional now, otherwise you will stay on the surface and amateurish results. This video shakes me to my bones. What I have told myself for years is now on video and impossible to deny. The path of resistance is one of denial, bitterness and eventually suicide. I will not be a slave of my resistance. I will stand, go through the pain, learn discipline and live a meaningful life. It hurts me to say it but I have to say goodbye to you beautiful marijuana.
Goodbye sweetest poison of mine.
P.S. this is my first youtube comment ever.
I also usually don't comment on youtube but I felt to answer now. I imagine whats going with you now because some years ago I was in the same spot, feeling that I want to change and go for my dreams but I was very insecure about the unknown... what I did? Started travelling with almost no money but open to see different perspectives in life, meet new people and cultures, leave my comfort zone so this "internal calling" could emerge. I'n still working on this but all this experiences changed a lot my internal fight and dreams, purpose. I hope you can find a way in this self-discovery process ;) also I smoke marijuana too but I just stopped to smoke with people I don't know due to anxiety it brings me. I mostly smoke alone to open my creative process and see the connection of my ideas and will, finding a way to be productive and focus on things I'm interested (a skill, a writing, a hobby, a book.. ) well, see ya :D
Eduard de Vos that's very powerful and profound. I would like to know about your journey. I thought my passion was for theater but now I realize that writing is where my heart is at. I love the thoughts and words that I write and I look forward to the day that an actor brings it all to life. Keep at it. Thank you.
Me too. How is your progress? I have to stop smoking weed
Oh my God. Thank you for commenting. You spoke my experience. Please, fight the urge to resist. I'm 36 now and never truly out the professional effort towards my dream of acting. I also have a wonderfully soothing addiction to marijuana that started when I walked away from theatre. I'm partly embarrassed now and feel too old .. but that's the sabatoge talking .. if reality stars can follow their dreams.. why can't we
Eduard de Vos I feeeeeel you...
"The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it"
- I know it from daily experience. This video is so dammn good. I feel connected to myself.
I always feels emotionaly exhausted most of the time it takes all my strength to get through each day and yes fear is mixed in there also.
I realize that I self sabotage not because I fear failure. In all actuality, I fear success.
Same here. I want to finally overcome it
so true! Every time i have a uni exam three days before i stop to study. I've always though that it was because I was afraid to fail, but now I've realized that i fear the best version of myself
Oh yes, it's exactly that. I am almost terrified of it. Wtf is my problem
Success means you have money an become a slave to it like all the demons around us.
Would you become greedy and corrupt.
Is it ethical to succeed and amass wealth. Its just not right.
There are no right choices.
Right, you’ve got used to failing it’s comfortable. Success feels foreign
Words cannot express how long I have been longing for this type of answer. Most of my life I have been afraid of finding my own success, only to realise that my enemy within, resistance, has been hindering my chance to take action. So, thank you for this video! :)
I resisted halfway through.. Then something told me to go back and find the video. Glad I did. And even more glad to know I'm not alone in this resistance filled world.
Solidarity to all. May you all find the path you seek 🙏🏽❤
I would like to thank you, ever since i started watching your videos i've been in a journey to become a better person and beat my inner demons. i was rotting in my room procastinating non stop before, without knowing what to do with myself. thank you sir, for being such a big part in my recovery.
This video has uncanny timing for me, personally. Your content is exceptional and you've never disappointed. You guys are creating the best content on CZcams. And, thank you for converting all of your content into podcasts, I love it!! Keep up the good work!
Based on the comments, you're not the only one.
"Uncanny" was a great choice of words. This creator has found his calling.
same here
Same for me..
Ok, you made the comment five months ago...how have you implemented the information from this video in your life since then? I'm trying to see if there's any utility in filling ine's head with all this mental gymnastics.
P.D. S00
"I know what I want, but I just don't know....how to go abt getting it." -Jimi Hendrix
No one fucking does but you got to wonder is it something you actually want or someone else's. Sometimes you have to become a total narcissistic of sorts to get the self love you need. I pretty much learned that the hard way. But I'm not caving into all that love bullshit anymore.
This is a million times better than those motivational montages because this actually tells you what's holding you back from what you want to achieve.
Your actually right
This channel is pure gold...
I wish it was here a decade ago...this seriously can help people to move...not those shallow influencers...
We didnt learn these type of things in my highschool....all we were forced to learn, in my philosophy class, was who said what, and thats it...
You had a philosophy school. In my country we don't even have philosophy at schools and everything we learn gets filtered to the bones. I'm so glad that I grew up an outsider, i never looked for knowledge in a curriculum and never liked school as a whole.
Shallow influencers 🙌🙌
School is just a tragedy
@@imad1507 good for you. Ordinary schools are not for extraordinary people
Goosebumps all over. I've been off work for days and realized I feel worthless since I'm being lazy and doing nothing. This was the wake up call I needed.
Me too , been off work for 2 weeks and I've sunken into a rut of sleeping and waking up late, ordering take away foods and eating lots of sugary foods , no discipline kills me mentally I feel awfully bad. This video is perfect. I've been seeking this for a long time as I tend to go through these long ruts occasionally every 2-3 months.
I don’t know who is behind of this channel but I am thankful for what you were doing. Behind the scenes and the noise of living you all are making the world a better place. Thank you
The most amazing thing about this channel is that every time I think, "There hasn't been an Academy of Ideas video recently." You release one the next day.
This.
Yer a wizard, Herp Derp.
The Psychometric tests have concluded that you spoke the video into existence.
You should think this more often
Law of attraction :)
There is probably no better example for this problem than myself. I've let my resistance take over my life, pushing away all of my family and all of my goes once I was diagnosed with multiple chronic illnesses. I've been fighting through it everyday, hopefully inching myself closer to the successful version of me. Even now, there's many days where I feel like nothing could be done and I should just let fate take over, but I'm still here today.
I feel like I just received an intellectual spanking 🥴🥺
Seriously but I like it 😅
I could not have articulated this feeling better.
@@divinelyme4007 kinky
I will listen to this everyday as a reminder to fight resistance. This is the most motivational speech I have ever listened to. Thank you so much.
Stop lying kid
Stop lying kid
I love your essays. In this one you mentioned something that I want to add something to. You mentioned that the goal of resistance is kill our soul. It seems to me the goal of resistance is to preserve status quo and that has an evolutionary basis...it preserves our sense of self as if we don't have that we might to crazy. However the side effect is inability to change even when we want to.
Man... There's nothing on youtube that I love more than your videos. Keep up the good work :)
Bloodkida100 l
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I often find myself resisting things that I know I should do, and tempted to do things that I know I shouldn't. I really am my own worst enemy. This video hit home. Thank you.
How do you know if it's the higher self calling and not some flimsy idealistic thought passing by?
Bogdan Leffertstra
Excellent question...
Higher self = idealistic version of yourself
Compare that thought to your general thinking patterns over a period of a few months. Write it down and see if it's enticing a month later.
This is why a journal is a good thing, you see the trends and patterns in your thoughts.
maybe you doubting it is a form of resistance
Simple - give it time. Leave the thought alone and if in a a few weeks or months you find that your mind keeps going back to it then start taking it seriously.
Sabotaging my own success by watching YT videos instead of going back to work.
@Lee 1227 aw thanks
This is the most important video I have ever watched in my life.
Resistance is a another word for our "small self" . The voice in your head that always wants to play it safe in everything we do. Keeps us from doing the things we need to do in order to grow as a person. I read this in a book called " the fear cure" by Lissa Rankin and everything mention here describes the small self.
I've been struggling with this resistance for at least some years and I can't believe that finally this video has been published. Your video is hands down one of the most informative, best explained, well research videos I have seen in a long time. Thank you for this video and the whole channel. I gotta watch so many of your videos because I am really interested it these topics especially for my studies but also personally. THANK YOU!
A “higher calling”. Not everyone has it, but if you are one of those in search of your “true self”, I recommend Jungs archetypes and the authors who wrote in his spirit. Keirsey is one of them.
I love this channel. I think resistance is also closely tied with attachment. Attachment to oneself for unconscious fear of success negating identity as is constructed out of ways of being and behaving.
Interesting, do you mean you’re attached to your current self because fear of success means you would have to let go of the self you’ve been with all your life?
I can't believe or explain how valuable this is in my case, thank you so much Academy of Ideas. It's been 4 years now that I wanted to progress in life and I always returned to my lazy and defeating habits cause whenever I tried to change I literally got tricked by this "resistance" since I would misinterpret it for my intuition, I'd try to get out of Hell but no-one could help me and my mind would and still does attack me, trick me, make me doubt everything about everything I ever knew so I would return back to my comfort zone, not only because it felt better but because there was order in it. I knew what was right and wrong, good or bad. But whenever I tried something new in an attempt to fix my life one moment it felt like I was doing a correct step towards improvement the next minute it felt like I was moving closer to insanity and to a more ineffective perspective of life. 8/10 thoughs I have the past 4 years are "damned if you do and damned if you don't" types of situation and it has literally been hell. I felt like I had no control over my own mind, not even a bit and now this video finally helped me get a clear imagine of my true enemy. Thank you so so so so much again Academy of Ideas, I can finally take my revenge on this disguisting snake.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the most encouracing and beautiful video i've ever seen.
I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for years and it was so motivating, more than any other attempt i came across.
I already knew of this concepts, and of their influence on me, but the way you put it all together made It all the more real and practical.
Thanks again, Hope you are aware of how great your work is.
Good quality as always. Your video makes me (and possibly others too) think deeply within myself and gain insights about things I didn't know. 🖖
Indeed
What synchronicity. I have been extensively interested on the concept of self-defeating behavior, masochism and sabotage of the self as of late.
I'm convinced this channel shares a brand frequency with the collective unconscious. 😉
Yeah same. I had just sabotaged myself and was literally sitting here thinking "damn why do I do this?" Never googled or said anything out loud. CZcams recommends this to me immediately afterward, at the top of the page too!
Dude watch julienhimself and you won't be dissaoounted. No one talks about what he talks about in the personal development field
A Hedonistic Dark Side?! True Art.
Sean Matusin I listed to some binaural beats on self sabatoge and have noticed a huge difference and I used headphones and listened while I fell asleep.
Yerp
you uploaded this at the ideal moment. I was just journaling yesterday about how I've been stuck in the self-sabotage rut for a while and ways I can defeat it. the universe is definitely letting me know something, thank you so much for this.
I can't believe I am watching this, I am almost crying right now. It has been a year I am suffering from severe addiction and I have been self-sabotaging. I am my own worst enemy. A new life is coming for me tomorrow. Wish me luck on this one 🙏
How’s it going man? Any progress with obeying your high self. I just got done talking, crying with my higher self not to long ago. Let’s just say he wasn’t to happy with my actions thus far. I wanna know if it gets better?
Wow !!! I lack words to express my feelings towards this video right now. Perfect Content - Perfect Timing 👌🏾. I Love This !
Watching this video and seeing the responses to it, I have begun to change my stance toward people, as I only thought that I was one of the very few in this struggle. Thank you, Academy of Ideas, for showing us that while the major questions still remain unanswered, many great minds have come together to answer them throughout the ages, and if we're lucky, our generations might bring those questions one step closer to the truth.
This is actually an incredible piece of artwork... this video is timeless, the production, the truths, ahh man, so grateful to have seen this, it's making me see things with clarity. Awesome work.
Great insights. Really hits home. I'm just now figuring out how to encounter resistance and push through it rather than taking the easy way and running from it. It is the hardest thing I've ever done, but I'm grateful that I've had the good sense and fortune to stop avoiding it. Thanks for the content.
Yo, mate, seriously, do you have a probe into my head or something? Whenever I check your channel, there's a relevant video to whatever's going on in my life right now. Your content is amazing and is what every other channel should aspire to: thoughtful, concise, intriguing and produced. Keep up with the great work!
I can't tell you how much I needed to hear the content of your videos. I just turned 51 and find myself going through some type of existential crisis. There have been some hard truths in these videos, but so glad they are out there. Very educational, emotional and strengthening. Thank you.
Oh my goodness. This is exactly what I needed. Although I 've watched this video two times already and I 've read the Presfield's book as well, only now I fully grasp the magnitude of the ideas presented. Sometimes you have to be mentally ready to fully grasp an idea; even an idea so evidently profound.
Thank you, Academy of Ideas !
Thank you for this, it makes me believe that I'm not wrong in what I think, everyone faces some form of resistance which sometimes tries to take control over you, which you shouldn't let happen.
This video speaks to well put together human beings and less so to people who have been victimized (especially whilst very young).
If it doesn't speak to you, you just aren't ready yet. Victimization is not an excuse, but should be your main motivating factor.
It's a challenge for me to convey how impactful this video is/was for me. I've listened to it dozens of times. I am purchasing The War of Art today. Every word speaks to truth for me. Thank you ever so much for sharing this video. I've spent a thousand hours of searching for this particular niche wisdom, and have found it at last in this.
These words aren't enough to express my gratitude and thankfulness for your content. You can't possibly understand how much it has benefitted and enlightened me, I wish everybody would watch your videos. Keep up the hard work, you're changing a lot of lives out there!
This is among one of the greatest videos I have watched. I trully loved it!! ❤❤❤ with all my heart.
This is something I've been struggling with lately...thank you so much for this.
I'm so glad I found this video. Thank you so much. For a while now I've been so confused with why my greatest fear I've been facing is in pursuing my dream. Everytime I try to dig into why I'm resistant or after I just get success. It had me so perplexed why on earth would I fear success when it's everything I want? I realize it now. This is part of the human condition when you choose to pursue your purpose. Thank you.
Probably one of the best channel in youTube! Thank you for the incredible work
This is beautiful! Perfect for depression. It really helped me get to the bottom of why I am the way I am .
I've known this since my mid-teens! So very eloquently explained!
This video is timed so perfectly with what's been going on in my life recently it's scary. Wow. Thank you for making this video. Couldn't have seen this at a better time
I always get these in the recommended when I need em most. Thank you for taking the time and for putting in the work to gain the knowledge and understanding of these concepts enough to provide the people with these videos. Thank you.
I love your channel so clear so understanding .
I cant believe I am barely finding it . Subscribing
I'm so glad I watched this. Now that I understand more, I think I can get out of my rut.
Thanks for the vid guys :) it helped a lot
These videos always come at exactly the right time and its like they make them just for me and tell me EXACTLY what I need to think and do. Thank you School od Ideas your a life saver.
Resistance is the enemy within.
So many great quotes as usual but
the last quote hit it out of the park. Thank you for putting that in text, and for all of the wonderful classic paintings.
I just patreoned these guys because their mission is awesome. Thanks for doing what you do!
Cheers! Hope you enjoy the membership content.
Epic words, epic art! 🔥
#Keep posting bro 👊
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!! Exact video I was searching for. Will be revisiting this video often. Thank you Academy of Ideas! :)
I love these videos. You break everything down perfectly. These are topics and subjects that I believe need more attention in society. This is my new favorite CZcams channel.
Everyday i must watch this.Everday i must follow through on this.Everday i must be convinced of this.....
Is that Kevin O'Leary at 2:03 ? xD
Nice video btw, clicked with me. My inner calling is as loud as it gets but my resistance has been HUGE for the past 3 years. I'm finally starting to take action, only thing i have a hard time dealing with is sleep. Its lack highly blurs that inner voice. Been running every day and working out instead of smoking weed for the past 2 weeks, i hope it'll have its effect over the next month. It gets better. A healthy sleep schedule is sure to make it that much easier for me (i've been sleeping in the morning and waking up between 12pm and 9pm for the past 3 month)
It gets better ..
Great Video. The way you structured this video and the crucial elements of resistance is just absolutely perfect. I am so grateful that your channel exists! I have gotten so much knowledge and wisdom out of it, can‘t thank you enough
The prose that you have devised to communicate this monumental information is simply BRILLIANT!
I personally feel a lot less resistance when I'm in a good diet. Carnivore for me works the best. Great video as always!
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Can't thank you enough. In ridiculously short videos you provide me with aswers and guidance that countless "therapists" that cost truckloads of money haven't been able to produce. Truly you're doing God's work.
This video by far exceeded my expectations ❤️ I've been schooled. Need to listen to this again. Thank you for helping persons around the globe overcome resistance💪🏽
A lot of cases are actually spiritual oppression
Fierce Drift There are many things that are not known until they are experienced. Once experienced, searching for it's cause is a daunting task. Power over Others is the drug they crave. I have learned that there are souls who are never satisfied and take delight abusing others. They take delight in tormenting and manipulating their prey. Anyone that is bent toward
dEVIL use every chance to harm those they can't control. Even an imagined slight is enough to curse and vex the intended victim. They learn all forms of Witchcraft and Psychic Manipulation to further their superior self image. Yes, I have experienced Spiritual Oppression and not surprising, within my own family. Envy and Jealousy are Primal Motivators. I decided not to
return in kind the hate and destruction directed toward me. I realized that anyone can do that when motivated to do dEVIL. Their inner life is full of the fear and torment that they try to impose on their victim. Boredom is their bane, while excitement and drama is their reward. It takes their mind off of themselves and the problems they cause themselves.
I have no ambitions other than eating, living, and having pleasure, while living on the pleasure planet of the GODs, until I die. We created Earth for our Pleasure. It is GOoD (Gen 1:26, 31; Psa 82:6; Jn 10:34-36; Rev 12:12). Some of these GOoDs are hell bent on destroying it for everyone but themselves. By your comment I see that you may have experienced similar things.
"Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast." William Blake
"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground." - Gilbert K Chesterton
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it can only be lived forward" - Søren Kierkegaard?
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” George Orwell, 1984
"We live in our imaginations desiring to fulfill our phantasies" me
@@darmok-hm6jx tearing human minds and putting them togethet. Isnt that called gaslighting?
Resistance is futile.
Mastery is legacy.
Legacy is...something.
Delicious? No, no that can't be the right word.
As you get older you realize, legacy is an illusion. This channel seems to (self-)select its audience.
acchaladka No more an illusion than any other of the myriad purposes men seek. The only thing of any true import is the present; however it is the curse of our condition that we yet yearn for more than moments.
Don’t mistake the word legacy as implying recognition or remembrance; a legacy is left by every person that ever breathes. The question is whether or not one’s legacy is a genuine reflection of their truest character, not whether it is still spoken of by strangers in distant days.
A Convenient Myth agree. The legacy can’t really be self-serving anyway. We will never return in these same bodies, and our identity in the next body won’t be praised for the current one’s works. Legacy is about passive work haha, still working after your own death! Such things which continue to help people long after your meatsack rots are worth producing...
I let depression kick my ass last year. I was scared to get better, try harder, because I was afraid I would be disappointed by the "best version of myself". This year is going to be different. I am learning to overcome my fear and stop destroying myself.
How did the year go? Hope things went better for you.
The selection of paintings chosen are exquisite, well done.
So what youre saying is i have to stop being lazy and procrastinating all the time in order to improve myself.
Sounds like too much work...ill do it later..
Man do I know this feeling
rotflolextreme procrastination is like masterbation. It's all good until you realize your just fucking yourself
Get out there do it
Western society and the constant use of sarcasm and dry humor. Wonder why it’s pushed in the media so much? Because of your mentality right now.
That’s how I feel” lol but sad 😢
I am watching this the night before a job interview for a job I really want and I think I would be good at it. However, I have barely prepared for it, have been stressed and anxious about it, avoiding it and sabotaging myself. I probably won't get this job. I can relate to this video. I need to sort my life out
Hey how did the job go? Good luck! The universe is with you!
@@lisamir9937 I will update when I know, thanks for asking, interview went better than expected :)
@@lisamir9937 got the job
I just love this channel, full of thought-provoking content, nicely put together and narated! Please post more often.
this channel is quite literally verbalising every breakdown, epiphany and thought i've had, and it's a huge comfort.
Finals week, needed this 📚
I never understood why individuals would dislike videos like these. Keep up the excellent work guys.
This video was pretty lame as far as philosophy goes. Lets all live life through the lessons of the Art of War, sounds like a great idea. What's up next, Machiavelli? Lets back stab each other until we're all dead, yay.
I see the corruption of cynicism here.
sums up the collective unconscious pretty well, don't you agree?
I don't know how I've found your channel but you're about changing my life.i'm so grateful ☺
These videos always leave me with tears in my eyes and inspiration in my heart
my shot of ambition for the day. I think I will search for a new job today.
You should also check their "Why Passivity Breeds Mediocrity and Mental Illness" video...it suits with what you are seeking!
Good luck Raz!
Get it brother!
Well worth a listen. Though in its elegant simplicity lurks in my view an oversimplified reductionism. The basic claim focuses on the spirituality, philosophy, and psychology of mastery and its achievement. What some psychologists like Richard Schwartz would call "being Self-led." Akin to what Yogis call Self-realized, what Buddhists call the Buddha-nature, etc., etc. Why is our true Self so difficult even to behold? What keeps us imprisoned in all our ego-projections of our false personas? Distracted, asleep, under the spell of our own monkey-mind's trances, prisoners in Plato's Cave, enthralled by the shadow-play (Samsara as the Hindus and Buddhists refer), forever addicted to "the blue pill" never fully awakened to behold the dazzling Light of True Self (Atman = Brahman as the Upanishads say).
Answer: "Resistance," what the Sufis call "the nafs" or our lower nature(s), what Gurdjieff calls our "susceptibility," and of course in Christian mysticism the meaning of "sarcogicos," that entropic element of the urge to fail, to "miss the mark" (hamartia, the original meaning of "sin") whose wages (bitter karmaic fruit, or "papha") leads to death (thanatos). According to the Abhidarma, one of our deepest cravings (trsha) is basically suicide (vibhavatrshna) that comes from the three poisons (greed- hatred-delusion).
I accept that the essence of the human journey ("we are spiritual beings having a human experience") ultimately involves this eternal noble or holy struggle with Resistance, but the temptation here is to read all of this too inwardly or esoterically. But for the same reason why Mahayana Buddhism reacted against the more conservative "shtriva" or monastic interpretation of the Buddhadharma, or for the same reason why Gurdjieff's Fourth Way subsumes and transcends the Way of the Monk, the Way of the Fakir, and the Way of the Yogi, etc., this narrative of Self-mastery should be guarded against an excessive propensity towards aesthetic solitude. We encounter the Self in the Other: As Martin Buber writes in I and Thou: "In the beginning is relation." Self-realization, a' la Buber, should not be reified into some "l- It" dichotomy, because that's only derivative from our lived actual truth of l-Thou. The Self is the ultimate Thou and cannot be realized in isolation.
This one really hit home guys. Thanks for uploading; honestly, thanks for existing.
Marvelous essay, and couldn't be more on time for me personally.
Keep up the good work, love your material.
I recently got the upper hand of resistance.
I broke the chains that where tyime down. I broke free from my own Prison.
I'm happy today. But I still don't know what caused me to snap and break free.
Wow, i never realized i needed to hear this, until i heard it. This hit me hard.
Check their "Why Passivity Breeds Mediocrity and Mental Illness" video..it's a strong fist in the face afther this K.O. ...
This is quite possibly one of the most important videos anyone could ever watch. Thanks for the awesome video
You have no idea what you've given to my life. Thanks for this channel.
Where do you find these paintings ?
The one of the street scene around 4:50 is completely unbelievable, one of the best paintings I've ever seen.
sean kessel it actually feels like it’s real, it’s scary. The realness transcends video itself
@@LorpoArt Thanks! Do you know where any of the other paintings come from?
There's a little gremlin that does them for him and he takes a 70% cut of AoI's pay.
4:50 also looks quite similar to edouard cortes's paintings. "odysseus and the sirens" in 7:42 is by john william waterhouse. 2:20 is "wanderer above the sea of fog" by caspar david friedrich.
6:46 or 4:41 anyone??
through Resistance we become skilled. one cannot become strong without work. (the same way you build a muscle. consistency. pressure. resistance. practice.)
thank you for another piercing insight. your work is eerily good!
this channel is a gold mine. I've never felt this understood.
Best video yet. The enemy is resistance but also our greatest indicator for the person we want to be.