Plot Holes in Reality
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In this short fiction story, we follow a young couple's weekend trip to a cabin in the woods. On the surface, everything seems fine, but underneath, things start to crumble as one of them begins breaking down and questioning everything.
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how do you come up with these stories, man? you're amazing!
thank you for making these! all of your videos are great
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@@ohhilol... Yes
hello can you please make a video on cheating and the perfect person l have a good girl but lam so worried she will cheat idk what to do with myself
What fascinated me the most is the ambiguity of the ending: I would like to imagine that Ernest did, in fact, find his way back to the cabinet, that he didn't freeze to death that night. And that the last words "he forgot that [...] he was going to die" don't refer to his immanent death, but rather to the certainty that he will die one day.
In a way he needed this near death experience to escape the pessimistic nihilism, that made him wander off in the first place. He realized, that he had the comfort of a roof over his head, enough food on the table and a partner he loved. he was alive now, this was the only thing that truly mattered.
wow, interesting perspective
"Men occasionally stumble over truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." (Winston Churchill)
Thank you for bringing my awareness to an alternative possibility. Before reading this comment, the seemingly senseless & unfair tragedy of a death that could have been so easily avoided at the beginning of a young adult life had me feeling… lost & unsettled.
I’m more than aware that such deaths happen every day, all day perhaps, across the planet. But my own fear of death, of my consciousness simply turning off like a light bulb, going black like a dreamless sleep for forever, as if I had never existed at all, yet knowing for a fact that I HAVE had a conscious experience in what I perceived as a physical body, makes it all feel so horribly & unjustifiably unfair… almost wrong.
Needless to say, I was left with a deep sense of, “no, that can’t be it…” that sent me to the comment section in search of something.. perhaps comfort or relief from the psychological stress I had at that point managed to whip up within my own mind.
Anyway, I always do my best to offer alternative possibilities & points of views to others & try to consider as many as I can manage before making important decisions, & this time, I’m grateful that someone else offered a possibility that wasn’t able to surface from my own thoughts.
Thank you for leaving your comment, it has helped at least one person today, & for that & other reasons not mentioned here, it has great value.
the funny thing is that i had that prespective and lost the other prespective of him dying, thank u for opening my eyes to that
This was the interpretation that I got out of it. Were slightly annoyed since I tend to have an extremely pessimistic nihilistic world view. So weren't really satisfied by the ending. This however is also why this channel is a good counter balance for me.
You somehow take everything that keeps me up at night and put it into video format.
Fancy seeing you here, Mike :-)
I feel similarly.
Woah I learn from you
Well by God, it’s Mike from The Art of Guitar. Your breakdown of Jerry Cantrell’s techniques is incredible. I revisit it quite often. Good to see you here!
-Mr.SmartCity, creator of ‘The Art of Gigolo’
Imagine having a test tomorrow morning and not being able to sleep and then watching this
"Ernest realized something horrible; he was a character in yet another POW story."
"I'm having another existential crisis! I must quick run out into the freezing cold and submerge myself into the water to contemplate!" -Ernest
@@kaycee1895 to be fair that was my first instinct as well, but I decided I preferred to suffer in my bed than in the freezing cold.
Lol 😆😆😆
Ernest gasped for air, he was sinking as if a stone was placed on his chest, his breathing started to slow down and the Siberian cold water started to seep into his lungs. Many small bubbles were were seen on the surface of the lake, as if it was a glass of water, in the hands of a toddler with a plastic straw within his reach.
@FolstrimHori How is this ?? any feedback
My take out basically from this art, as long as you can find some comfort in this absurd existence, life seem worth living:
A roof above your head, clean clothes, good food, clean water and at least someone to call home.
Yeah, I'd second that thought... life is absurd... and weird but it's so good to be alive right here and now 😊
@@TheDjcarlos67 Yeah. Too bad too many live in the future that's not guaranteed while missing the whole point to existence and sooner regret not having because they were conditioned to chase the "best scenes" that meant nothing compared to life, now...
I find it interesting that you said “SOMEONE to call home” and not some place or somewhere. The idea of a person being “home” is quite intriguing
Light can exist without darkness, vice versa . Life is absolutely absurd but we’re conscious, able to observe and appreciate everything in this universe. I would argue that we’re the only beings able to do so. Such a privilege compared to not being alive or conscious.
if you know the why you can live any how
The fact that reality seems chaotic and pointless isn't the worst part for me. I hate that I can't really talk about it to anyone and if I try people just don't seem to want to engage in the conversation or just don't understand. It can be lonely.
It is lonely. I hope you find your person, just don’t give up trying. They are out there, those rare individuals who want to face the yawning chasm of unknowable questions and still dare to look for some measure of truth or understanding, but they are out there somewhere.🙏
You know why? Reality is pointless, and it is also pointless to try to make sense of it. I was also like you, pondering the meaning of life. I found out that nothing really matters, only feelings are.
Not true at all; we are here. Talk to us; we are always ready to engage in conversation with you, and anyone else seeking and sharing. 🙏
@Squigie Ninja I can empathize with that statement
Hey folks
My advice for you: don't detach yourself so much from reality, our minds can't comprehend the whole complexity of the universe. If we wander off too much, we'll lose our way to our cabin and most likely reach the conclusion that life has no meaning (it really does not, at least not intrinsically) and develop depression and lose interest in life. It happened to me; philosophy can be destructive If you explore it without moderation.
Everything that you can do/expierience, you can only do/expierience within life, so it's only meaning is intrinsic.
It all circles back
yes,came to the same conclusion a few days ago
I think i stopped myself right before reaching depression
Nihilism can be very liberating for the right mindset. The fact that it's all meaningless means you can be anything you want. Failure means nothing, who cares? May as well be happy right now whether you have reasons or not. The only thing that really matters is now.
Every wonderland has an Alice.
It can be dangerous, exploring reality. Make sure you don't lose your connection to what you love.
I know stuff like this can lead venerable people to psychosis!
True reality is scarier then imagined realities like god,heaven and hell and far more dangerous then imagined fantasize realities.
@@shadowoffire4307 Have you know people with Psychosis? That is Scary!!
@@kellysmith7511 that is also a problem occurs in people due to mental illnesses of imagined fantasized realities for example people with serious psychosis and mania are super delusional. Psychotic episodes cause person to become delusional or to hallucinate.
I'm lonely here as well. Sadly, talking to my dog and best friend, tchotch, is more engaging than most attempts I make at conversation with my husband. He seems disinterested even with these most fascinating ideas to the point that I have wondered if he's an NPC.
“If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?”
~Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)
I believe good things do last forever, we just take occasional breaks from it to experience things like earthly life, so we Can appreciate their preciousness more fully.. sort of like a reverse vacation lol
If we choose
I find it extremely excruciating that life has no actual, true meaning, apart from the one you make up for yourself. My human mind and body demands something bigger to be part of, but there is nothing. It's fine when you don't think about it, but when you do, you feel empty.
And yet some people do find meaning in life and never really think about this questions, for them life having meaning is natural, like for a bird. I envy them.
I agree, I dunno how people seem to rarely go there, I'm there quite often and it feels sorta isolating ,sorta strange that I so rarely see anyone else struggling with those questions and thoughts....or maybe when they do they just don't say it? Strange
But what if that's what it is? What if whatever this period of consciousness is is a blank canvas and it's just upto us to paint a picture? Or what if it's like a newtons disc? Looking at it seperately we see different colours which are different lives but spun together it's all white?
I think it is liberating that there is no meaning to life. You can do anything you want with it (as far as your circumstances and disposition enables) and it won’t matter. Nobody actually cares except yourself. There is no absolute hierarchy of values or the way of living, and everything is a social construct that people unquestioningly reproduce.
You just have to be brave enough to explore and to assert what you believe is valuable. Also responsible enough to face its consequences.
The scary and sad part is...I think that was the embrace of death, not him actually being saved..
Holy shit you might be right😮. That makes it so much deeper. That'd also explain why he was seeing his entire life flash before his eyes, as they say happens when you're dying.
No he got saved and lived up till his 96th birthday
The last words in the video makes me think that he dies
I actually disagree. I think the last line is less about him “going to die” in the moment and more of an existential “going to die” eventually. The way it was phrased makes me believe it was less about the present and more about the ever approaching of death, blocked out by the comfort of the basic normalcy of the cabin and his lover
Perhaps the point here is that the flashing of your whole life before you die.... is your life. It's flashing before you right now.
I recently had a panic attack battling my existential crisis and I recognized that as much as you think you're going to die,your subconscious tells you, you have to live,you have things to do,you are here because of reaseons and keep it that way. If anyone finds himself in a situation like one of these,I wish you all the best to find strength an recognize that you're here for a reason
what's the reason?
@@DeeTofa as Alan Watts put it 'to be alive'. Life is complex and simple at the same time.
You're here to be a friend,a brother,a husband,a father and whatever you're given. Take it and cherish it. In moments when you think you're dying,there is a piece of you which tells you ' I need to live'. In the moment ,it's almost I could feel the regret of many who were trying to take their life but regret it in the last moment. I might be wrong,but I feel there is a force that keeps us going
@@odjelzagluposti2638 thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and insights 🙏
@@odjelzagluposti2638 You said that so perfectly..
Life is filled with unknowable questions. Perhaps it’s not answers we’re looking for, but the questions that need reframing.
how can we do that tho?
I agree so much. These are age old conditions of humans with minds. it is now becoming a horrible dystopia because some selfish delusional nutcases insist that they know.
@@CostaECosta98 by remembering who we are .... i actually remember before coming into this body , we are indeed made of the stuff of stars but what are stars ? they are thoughts of a memory of the cosmic mind
the names of the stars in the ancient Greek are all the names of the parts of the brain
Pegasus is the hippocampus , we are told it translates to seahorse but the hippocampus is the pat of the brain that stores memory , like wise in symbology a winged horse or a sea horse or a hippo is a symbol for memory
the cosmic mind aka the universe , nature , our dream state , our subconscious minds they do not communicate in language they communicate in symbols .
reality according to Confucius
" The world is not ruled by words or by laws but by signs and symbols " ~ Confucius
Even the god of the bible thought symbols so powerful , so dangerous that of only 10 laws for man to live by the 2nd forbids all graven images , signs , symbols , icons ......
we are in a reality war , it is not fought with conventional weapons but with symbols of fear , it is the war of the Meme Lordes .
The elite know we are collectively manifesting this reality on a subconscious level , they pervert the symbolism of the universe , cosmic mind so we create hell on earth for ourselves
our lives like reality is what we make of it , our purpose is to learn to do this for ourselves instead of as a collective hive mind , a hive mind is made up of many many weak minds it takes a stong mind to go solo ...... uni-verse , one verse a single strong mind .... there are many verses we are creating them now , this is what we do ...... what are you creating for yourselves , what are you creating for others ?
start with getting a symbol of a seahorse , ditch the unicorn it is a symbol for mutable air whereas a seahorse is a symbol for fixed air
then go learn the symbols of alchemy and it's counterpart symbols / images in astrology from a few different culture's zodiac , i recommend downloading Stellarium it is a free astrology in the stars soft wear that shows you where the stars actually are not where modern astrology claim they are , it gives you many zodiacs with imagery from all over the world with names and star lore included
time to do some homework but then you can hack he matrix instead of it hacking you all using symbolgy
** footnote ** that rainbow flag is upside don , it should mirror the heavens not mimic them , it has red on top for the root chakra for emotions and sexuality ( remind you of something ? ) it has purple the crown aka CORONA chakra on the bottom the chakra for higher cognitive thinking ! Just flip that flag to purple on top , place at 3rd eye level and say NOTHING ! Just watch as that upside down energy leaves as subtly as it came in .
" No bobby , you were NOT born that way , God did not make you that way . You were subliminally programmed by Disney and Cartoon Network before you hit puberty to become that way "
get rid of all corporate and political logos off your person and property , you are telling the universe to curse you instead of bless you with perverted symbols you are being tricked into worshiping .
It helps to think about what CAN be done:
"Do I even have free will?"
into
"Am I in control of something?"
Sometimes a question is too vague:
"Why am I depressed?"
into
"How do I solve [this issue with me]?"
Backtracking into a more neutral question helps when topics are prone to bias:
"Is God real?"
into
"Who is God?"
Reminds me of the whole 42 thing. It’s the meaning of the universe, but only with the right framing of the question will it make sense
"I believe true focus lies somewhere between rage...and serenity."
-Prof. Charles Xavier
That movie is just so great! Best Xmen movie of all time
which movie is this from
@@tylerkovacs7320 X-Men First Class
It certainly hits me sometimes in the middle of my wordly chaos that someday I’m gonna lose everything that I’m running after. Whats the point of all this? This realization stirs my mind for a few seconds and i drift again into the reality chasing dreams.
Yes
@@Navi405 Yes... see the other Pursuit of Wonder story, "Eventually, Everyone We Know Now Won't Be Known By Anyone"
@@Navi405 Eventually, Everyone We Know Now Won't Be Known By Anyone
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@@tygerk2372 All That You Love Will Be Carried Away - short story by Stephen King
Fr sometimes when im packing for the gym i just stop for a moment and think about how me working out or doing anything is pointless
To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.
Why? If there's one thing I've learned from life then it's that nothing really matters; once you're dead you've lost everything you fought for.
@@Leto85 all the more reason to fight for it. What you’ve stated shines a light just as significant as The Chancellor
I hate comments like these
@@greenyxd7298 it’s just either a bot or dedicated individual. They go on videos like these and copy/paste a couple different positive messages. It’s harmless compared to other comment spam out there imo
"I just want to be comfortable before I become uncomfortable with the knowledge that I can't ever be comfortable again."
-- Mark Twain
I think there is a little detail which adds a whole new layer of meaning to the story: the girl's name.
There is a kind of memento mori myth called "et in Arcadia ego" - I (implied Death) am, too, in Arcadia. It is basically a story of two shepherds roaming around Arcadia, an earthly paradise. At some point they stumble upon a gravestone with this writing on it, and realise that even in this land, apparently so full of life and joy, death is always there, waiting.
In Rennes le Château, je croix
@Amba Aradam - Nice!
I've come to appriciate how well the artstyle matches the content. These videos are really well made
Glad you didn’t fell sucked into dispare
Ah another classic, your storytelling is so well executed. I can somewhat relate to thoughts Ernest had, as it seemed like everything didn't have a point or at least the mystery of the universe consumed him, I knew he was going to fall in the water due to this. This goes to show that thoughts like these can destroy you, nonetheless I loved how you managed to make a good progression of these thoughts starting from the tv scene. Wonderful!
real
but if you keep yourself from thinking about these subjects, you are severely maiming the one thing this specie has and no other.
@@CrakenFlux Of course, its nice to have them but beware of their effects
Its so hard to not question any of this ! There’s so much corrupt/weird things in this reality that’s straight in everyones face but 99% are so numbed down to thinking so minor about this all. I just one day will be thankful to actually know Wtf
“This” is
We are lucky that this type of content we are getting for free 🙌
Had the same situation but I was very high and really thought that i was about to die, but after everything, i began to feel grateful for simple things in life
Wow, sounds just like my recent covid delirium, exactly. I was so caught up in the futility of this insane existence, covid hit me like a mack truck, I descended into an abyss of my sad & precarious existence, didn't think I'd come out of it, much less the same, then bam - so grateful I can smell my stinky dog & my anxiety filled life is not so bad anymore. Beautifully perfect really. It's all perspective. Lets take care of each other.
This is what I go through every morning after coffee and before breakfast
Can we just all admit that life is pretty dumb in general.
It's a profane and catastrophic horror movie.
No. I quite enjoy life. It's dumb if you want it to be.
Yes can't deny that.
You are life, no? 😜 Life is astoundingly complex and creative, and is as beautiful as it ever is horrific. Where's the reverence and awe?!
Being entertained by your videos and content makes me so comfortable. Thank you for that 🙇🏻♀️💕
It was nice of the cabin owners to keep that cable subscription going even though no one was using it.
Lol! A plot hole in the plot hole... In reality 🤯
This video is exactly what I needed right now keep up the great content
Pursuit of Wonder:
There are plot holes in reality.
The people in reality who possess plot
armour:
👀
"What's the point of all this"
Something I ask in my mind everyday to no avail
Enjoy life nothing else, just try to be a a good guy.
This is visual-literature that people are going to study thousands years from now.
It's a Mind-blowing new genre that hasn't been recognized yet.
Here is my take (my english is not good) The suffering in this reality is real but you should "deal with it" and not "sink or addict" to it, If you deal with it well you gonna understand that the bright side of life is truly beautiful and worthwhile and productive but if you sink to it and kinda addict to seeing suffering you gonna think and feel like life is all about suffering which is not at all the good of life is truly good and worth as well.
Pff wauw these are exactly the kind of experiences and thought I have. Man it’s tiring to live like this. GREAT video.
thank you for spreading the message bro.
This is one of the better ones you've made you're doing a fantastic job
That is also the best description for this channel: "Somehow both unsettling and comfortable at the same time"
Ive had this feeling before. As if my birth and death has occurred in the same moment, and the only thing that keeps me in the present moment are these "meaningless distractions" but if we pay close attention to them they are not so meaningless. It is we either distract ourselves from the fear of death, or we embrace love that grounds our consciousness to the present moment, to truly be in the here and now. A choice to be made, or a voice to be followed.
great video. one of the best and most prolific channels out there.
This was the most relatable video yet. Thank you so much
“Existential game of Marco Polo” is like the coolest thing I have ever heard
Your videos are so strange and unique! Keep up the awesome work, and thank you!
The main reason I really love POW’s videos is because they have lasting effects in me. Unlike usual CZcams videos, POW strikes something in me which gets me thinking in this moment and at random other times in life.
You're a very creative and talented young writer...and your vocal presentation is quite good as well. Beautiful art.
I interpreted that he was hallucinating and did pass away. That embrace is like how Ram Dass said, “death is not a failure… it’s taking of a tight shoe.”
the really beautiful thing in this amazing story is that we got so wrapped in the chaos that we find simple wonders , truths, values and learning really what’s important.
Those dark times when you know nothing means anything and there’s no hope left , somehow there’s always a light twist that makes us left even more perplexed…
I classify myself as a positive nihilist where nihilism has changed my life. I might be in a small camp but I hope there’s nothing after and this is the only shot we have. A meaningless life is beautiful and accepting that there may be no point or reason for existence at all is the day I actually started living. Doing things with passion makes you not care about whether or not you’ll get a trophy because the journey is so much more enjoyable than the destination. Life is the the most underrated video game that most people prefer handing off to others. Your life changes when you refuse to waste even an hour.
-Mr.SmartCity
"If you don't read the news you're not informed. If you do read the news you're misinformed." -Mark Twain
There are no holes in reality and no paradoxes. There is only our lack of understanding and that's the whole point of being here 🙏💞🙂
... which WE have deemed to be good.
I'm sure we'll change our mind about that 🙂
The stories we tell ourselves are just that, stories! Reality is something beyond our capabilities to grasp! 🤯😅
Really about to make a utube career of finding the timestamps where OP actually gets to the point on videos like this
Thank you for this video. Thank you for enlightenment.
Man... This really spoke to me... Made me realize whats in front of the moment
Really needed this video
i watch a lot of CZcams and i think this channel is my favorite!
Really great tight writing on this one
This video is just on another level from everything else in yourtube
This story left me feeling frightened for the young man as soon as he stepped out inebriated into the cold snowy woods. What a relief came over me when he heard his lady’s voice and was saved from a premature death. The salvation of man is through love (Frankl). This was somewhat different and more direct. Much appreciation to you, Wonderman.
Or was that his life flashing before his eyes in the video and the girl's voice the sound of death's last kiss coming to greet him
I don't think he was saved. That was just his comfort in his last moments...
I would rather take comfort in the possibility that he beat the probability of imminent death, with the help of an angel of life. God is busy. Perhaps the lady was Ernest’s angel of life, instead of death.
… except he died in the end 😩
When the skinwalker feels bad for you and calls you home 😭
Ernest should have paid attention when he walked out of the cabin. There’s a lot of nothing out there.
Have you ever stopped to think about how every living thing on this planet will one day die? And as you age people that were once alive when you were will be dead and replaced with new people. If you live long enough it'll almost be like your living in a different world than the one you started in. And even though you'd be surrounded by other people, you're more alone in the sense that everyone you used to know isn't around anymore. Family members, friends, loved ones.
Imagine how many living things got to experience life, the world, the entire universe. We all share a common fate and that is death. It can't be that bad if your not the first and last or only being destined to experience it. Right?
One thing I learned recently is, when everything is going well I feel very depressed and went to end it.
But after a couple of weeks, things will mess up due to some family issue or work related issue and I find myself productive and having a reason to live again.
This has been like this for a while lol. I do enjoy chaos more than having none. So what I do when I feel depressed is to create a new problem and solve it.
I quit my previous job and moved to another country just because I felt depressed as everything was going very well.
i do feel you
This really reminded me of “I’m thinking about ending things”.
The interesting thing about this story is the range of possibilities. He could have fallen into the water and imagined the rest of the story in the instant before he drowned. It could be that he found the cabin exactly as the story said. We can't even say for sure he left the cabin in the first place. One reason he heard his girlfriend speaking softly could be that he'd fallen asleep on the couch and she was trying to wake him up to go to bed. Ambiguity is always intriguing.
Sometimes, you just have to stop thinking and just live in your moment. Sometimes, what one might think is existential, is nothing more than a wasted thought.
Keep question everything. Eventually you will touch paradox. All the blue prints are there. ✨
Yes! So true! I also realized that all truths in reality/existence eventually boil down to some sort of paradox.
I had experienced this sequence of events and so your story made me cry. Thank you for writing something I didn't quite know was relatable.
this entire channel has given me existential dread
I have this thought for as long as I can remember and every time I go deep I feel like I can’t breath until I find something to distract me.
All I can say is wow and thank you.
So I'm really stoned and stumbled across this thanks to the algorithm. Amazing storytelling. You've earned another subscriber, sir.
The pictures of "I'm thinking of ending things" were stuck in my head during watching this
Your story is so beautiful. 😀
Thank you so much I don't know weather I'm laughing or crying I have everything that I want in life
Love the videos :)
I love this channel ❤
Beautiful story mate.
Emergence!! Now, that's a real plot hole in reality.. the fact that our reality seems to emerge only in the directions that we are exploring and perhaps reality doesn't yet exist in those areas that we haven't yet explored (conscious observer effect)🤔
YES! Sentient Awareness is an emergent phenomenon associated with accumulative matrix functions, carried out by an information processing system (like the human brain). Yes, we can create a sentient AI with current technology. We just haven’t scientifically proven that matrix arithmetic gives emergence to awareness. Creating such a machine, would be a great experiment to attempt to prove this hypothesis is not true. Good science is experimentation that tries to prove an objective observation to be false. NDE (Near Death Experience), is an observation we can perceive about reality. I’d love to see what kind of experiments are thought of for this.
@@yiravarga I'm sorry but I'm more interested in what emergence is trying to tell us about the fundamental nature of our reality. Emergence obviously debunks the big bang theory because if we are living in a true big bang universe then every single part of that universe should already exist in totality.. but it doesn't.. not until we observe it (conscious observer effect as revealed by the double slit experiments). This would suggest that this reality is based around our consciousnesses.. which lends weight to the simulation theory and the holodeck theory (new).. I am more inclined to believe in the holodeck theory because string theory shows that we are 3D creatures living in a 9D reality.. therefore making our reality a sub-reality of the main reality.. ergo holodeck.. If you think about it, this would ultimately be good news for our species because holodeck scenarios are potentially eternal unlike true big bang universes which are not 🤔
This one was really good! I like the lack of moralistic dialogue in the end. Just raw experience.
Excellent video as always. In the words of Alan Watts, "You are the self pretending it's not the self." More importantly Death, just like life is a constant change of state. Death is not nothingness forever because you cannot have one without the other. Yin yang. Existence is only possibly because of nothing. they are a partnership. Everything in life has a good, bad. Up, down, dark, light, strong week, life death. Death is the same as every duality. It's just the other side of the coin.
Try to Imagine going to sleep and never waking up. It's quite impossible. Just like trying to remember before you were born. It is impossible. So either way death is nothing to be afraid of. To me it's a transition. Like dreaming, a break from the menotomy of consciousness. However if you don't share the same belief as I, you still have nothing to fear in regards to death. ›
Having you in my feed is all part of the plot
The way you narrated is scarier than most horror movies
This is me on ketamine
Nice, dude. You had the big vision, you did the work, and now you're here.
Thanks for reminding us that life can be complex and yet, not so much...
Sometimes I feel like I am not myself. It means I get to a point where I observe myself
as a different being, something that should not be called my name, or something that simply can not be defined as just one human being. There’s this consciousness, which is the essence of ‘This Existence,’ and the rest of the things are secondary. When you are in that state, you feel more than sadness. It’s more like solitude where you don’t even shed a single teardrop.
I had this sort of moment three times in my life. The first one was when I was so immersed in playing football and then heard the sound of a whistle signaling that the match came to an end. If I remember correctly, I was a sophomore in college. The second one was a little bit simple. I was on my second cup of coffee while I was pulling an all-nighter preparing for an important presentation at work. I remember that I got wide awake when I got into the state. The third one has not been that much long. Two years ago, I was on the verge of untimely demise. To be honest, I was trying to kill myself because I was going through unimaginably terrible neurological disorders. Before I hanged myself, one particular image popped up in my head. I saw a kid wearing a decent tux. It was me when I got an award from an oratorical contest. I realized that I had nothing to say to that kid except for this, ‘Your story ends here.’ And at the very moment I grabbed a rope, everything just disappeared, and I fell under ‘the state.’
And strangely,
I gave up terminating that kid’s life. I came down from the chair and decided to carry on with the pain and my miserable life. I know it sounds weird, but I just wanted to go ‘there’ again without any specific motives.
And fortunately, I’m fine now.
I don’t know whether I will encounter the situation ever again in my life. What I want out of that state is quite simple. I just want to feel the sense that I am a part of this huge and timeless thing going on which can not be perfectly explained or defined by any verbal concepts.
Now, I believe the notion that I am everything and, at the same time, nothing of this material world. I came from ‘nothing,’ but I continue as ‘everything’ in this world.
To those of you who are suffering from something painful, I just want to say one thing. If you didn’t exist, nothing in this world is meaningful. You are the most precious being in this universe, which is undefinable.
You forgot the part where he smoked a big bowl before going outside
Great, as always.
Serious question though… have you done v/o for radio spots recently? I swear I heard you on there.
😱🤯 Dark bro, but very thought provoking. Luv it!
I love your content.
“We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march, but there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.” - Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
this was beautiful ❤️
This sounds alot like people that survive jumping off bridges in their time mid air
Also, while he was gone, Arcadia threw up in her sleep and choked to death on her vomit.
That was less of a glitch and more of a meltdown 🤯
Hello love your videos, just so I know , are they stories you made yourself , or are there from novels or books?
I had this realisation a few weeks ago and it's horrifying. Why am I feeling this? What made me think of this thoughts? I'm scared of eventually not existing.
Oh man I was hoping this would be about the paradoxical nature of reality and how cause and effect seems to break down when you consider an infinite and non infinite universe and a big bang that now seems to not be
why am i subbed to you?
why i watch your videos entirely?
what..?
this left me feeling on edge : (