Nietzsche - You Are Your Own Worst Enemy
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In this video, I talk about Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and why you are your own worst enemy.
Fear is often our greatest obstacle. Fear arises from thought, thought arises from desire, desire rises and falls based on our understanding of the world, and our understanding transforms through contact with reality.
Fear - Thought - Desire - Understanding - Contact
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche: geni.us/F2e2PqR
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"If you live according to someone else's values, you'll never respect yourself."
that hit hard
@@neogv5886 .____.
Hit harder than my dad
@@yuu0294 than
Then don't expect a guy to take care of you 😒 when guys work to get money woman hate you for it
If you're living on your own and are living healthy woman hate it
If you're smarter than most especially her then she will most definitely try and kill you
And cheat on you.
Woman at the end of the day just want to be in control but I can say that's not gonna happen lmao sorry when your a guy and you care about taking care of YOUR family everyone else in the world will target you and try to bring you down so you loose everything humans are messed up like that
Still waiting for the pack of smokes Dad went to pick up 25 years ago...
"the hardest person to love is yourself"
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Why don't they teach this in school
Indeed, and the hardest person to forgive is also one's self.
I’m an upper limb amputee and I hide it by wearing long sleeve shirts all the time but now I feel like I just wanna wear whatever I want except that I’m scared of how others will perceive me. Since the amputation, my family raised me over-protectively and so it was there when they started buying me only long sleeve shirts and from there I grew up being afraid of what others might think if they ever saw my limb difference along with my scars. This vid has revealed to me that it is my desire to be perceived as a “normal” person but what is normal anyway?? Now I will try to be brave and wear the cool graphic t-shirts I’ve always wanted to wear. Thanks a lot and shout out to Nietzsche
bro wear a hook, you´d instantly be the coolest cat of the bunch
I recommend the podcast 99% invisible, the episode called "The Lows of High Tech" (July 27) which covered exactly this. Like, exactly, limb difference and everything. I have a different disability and I did learn to ignore what others think.
@@Kevin-rf5zh To ignore what others think is to rather ignore what you think others think. Is to be courageous to the possibility of that what you thought is going to influence your interactions. Pretty Courageous, if you ask me
But, question time, doesn´t it feel somewhat empty ? Ya know?, to not have that limb?
How did you manage to write all of this with one hand? Hmm, that would be very interesting to read.
WOW. I was honestly looking forward to getting a myo-electric prosthesis similar to hers but resorted to a body-powered because I found it more applicable to my needs (I study chemistry). I’m glad you mentioned that podcast because I was seriously having doubts and was thinking that vanity was more important than practicality.
"There's no value in judging how you feel. Your feelings are always valid."
Thank you 🥺❤️
@Aryan 764 467 calm tf down aryan
* Gives karli a hug*
Yes, my genocidal feelings are valid
I think he was just being nice. He was just politely brushing aside his feelings because they are an obstacle. Your feelings are neither valid or invalid, they are just the result of your desires and understanding. This video could easily be called, your "feelings are your own worse enemy." To let feelings entirely dictate your actions is like letting a horse decide where you should go instead of you. If your just a bundle of feelings, then you will end up as an animal, another person in the crowd who won't think for themselves. One of your most primal desires is to survive and going along with everybody is one of the easiest ways to do that. But animals just survive. You are a human and as such, you may have greater desires than merely survival. Consider the student acrobat. What animal would willing do acrobat stunts for entertainment? And don't say monkey... no monkey is going train himself or do great acts like a professional acrobat would, because it takes actual training and work to be good at it. So ask yourself this question, do you want to be an animal or the best human you can be?
@@Jimraynor45 I dont think he was being nice but I think its more about the fact that ppl sometimes have the worst feelings and based on those feelings, they freak out and torture themselves by thinking that these feelings define who they are and just want them gone cause it generates a whole other feeling of "feeling bad" ab whatchu experiencing. For example I have OCD, and first time i experienced intrusive thoughts, I had no idea what the fuck was going on and I couldnt bring myself to even talk to someone about that. But here's the thing, this really goes hand in hand with what you're saying because if you act based on these intrusive desires/thoughts or even feelings then definitely, youd be nothing but a robot or live life based on them and not with your brain.
But that doesnt mean that these thoughts/desires/feelings aint valid, they are, but they're not you and you shouldnt judge yourself based on that. For example meditation is the perfect example for this; when you notice a thought arising, simply notice it and return back to your breathing. Noticing it equals that you acknowledge its valid but its not you.
This video come at the right time in my life. Perfect timing.
Exactly, even for me
For me too
God send this video for me 😌🇮🇳❤
Good luck!
Me too🖤
This channel is magnificent. You inspire me to be a better person and creator.
Much love from Brazil!
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Caraca, tu aq, eu via seu canal há um tempo atrás
carai
Bulhufas, e eu pensava que poucos BRs conheciam esse canal! É maravilhoso! E o seu também é, Ludo! Aprendo muito com ambos!
salve ludo! :D
The acrobat example was so relatable! I conquered my fear, quit my day job and started working as a professional magician. At 21 I was earning more than both of my parents combined!!
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edit: the way I wrote it made it seem like it was about the money indeed and whoever tried to live out of their passion know that the pressure is huge, everyone telling you "you can't make money with art" etc etc.. so money was a huge thing for my relatives. Working with something you love is incredible, I can't imagine living any other way after that. Give it a try!
Very based
thats a good story to tel the kids bro
Congrats
Caramba, definitivamente não esperava ver um BR verificado aqui kk, mundo pequeno, enfim, parabéns chefia. Ver comentários desse tipo é muito inspirador xD
@@XXNIGHTMAREXX-ho1cr that''s because ur too scared to do the same it feels unrealistic for you but it is possible
It’s crazy how much power we give people over ourselves
This is great, thank you for this. Growing up in an Asian household really instilled prioritizing the opinions of elders, family, friends and complete strangers. My whole life I was raised with the idea of income + Status = success.
I recently started appointments with a therapist who specializes in Asian upbringings to help undo these thoughts. It’s tough but we are definitely making progress!
How's the progress? Any tips?
@@baaqarnaqi4801 Thanks for the reply! I am trying to be a little more selfish with my side hobbies and passions. Even though I still feel a little guilt with what my family thinks, I am more driven and less apologetic about my intentions.
Therapy sessions definitely have helped me be more mindful about what is best for myself while balancing acknowledgment of those around me. I am still learning a lot and putting these habits into practice but my mindset has shifted from a few months ago.
@@mrclickmon Happy to hear that 😊.
Happy to hear that my guy. You're doing fantastic keep it up !!!!
omg we asians need a specialist xD haha jk there's a specialist for everything. this sounds really interesting though! I really hope it helps you!
Wish I could just have a Dark Souls type boss fight with myself
LMAO it kinda is in a way just less flashy
Right!?
It kinda reminds me of Ocarina of Time, when Link fights himself in the Water Temple
Lol it's alot more unfair fighting with yourself, because you share the same HP bar ,level and experience
The thing is... you need love more than fighting.
I think this is one of the major issues in western culture. We strive for the respect of the people around us even though they may be nothing like us. This is a sort of conformity that stifles the individuals character, twisting and warping them into a less happy productive good person.
It’s also very difficult being your own person. You have to be very aware of who you are and courageous enough to be that person, and constantly run the risk of being out of balance and becoming someone no one respects
Try eastern culture, you'll easily see how individualistic the west is, especially when you're in New York, you'll see the very definition of individualism. Crowded place but it seems people are far away from each other.
I believe the same problem persists in eastern cultures but it may just be human nature to seek approval and be a part of the community.
@@gamer-ni5kl It's worst in the east, that's why South Korea has the highest rate of suicide because of Social pressures. The west is more liberal and progressive because such philosophies and social constructs came from the west in the first place, while in the east it's more conservative and traditionalist.
You don't have to strive to be yourself...just remove what you are not, safe landing
@@reithreithreith U really should look at eastern philosophies then and you will think what happened to the east
This strikes me to the core, straight to my soul. Very timely, too.
you have no soul. your core is not a soul its animal instincts
"There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
But what if I want both? Serious question.
@@holyromanracist5759 Interesting! couldn't do both at the same time, but doing one for longer periods of time will diminish your ability to excel in the other
"Knowing is believing".
You have inspired me since I started engineering school. I have my dream job now! Thanks for the wisdom and freedom of thought keep it up!
This channel is inspiring me while im in 5th semester in engineering university, i hope i get my dream job too as you did
@@zhinaamini5941 I am sure you will do great. I wish you the best of luck!
If you need any advice, I am sure the community will be glad to help, including me.
@@johnortiz9789 thank you ♥️♥️ i will try my best
Happy for you
Awesome! I'm interviewing with my dream company after years of battling my way through my engineering degree and almost not making it. Never give up, never surrender!
If only life was this simple. Fear doesn't stem from desire. Trauma and generational trauma and thoughts/fears about the world are etched on your bodymind in your formative years, when your own cognition is very primal. You can't simply talk your way out of it. It requires much, much more than that.
it says more often than not btw
It stems from your Thought Process - Thinking. And yes, for the most people struggling at one fear or another, they were conditioned into it.
The method for breaking it is still not fully established.
Facing it, however, is the seemingly counter intuitive but effective way to do it.
Doesn't that go back to your understanding of the world and your contact with reality? Which he said proceeds your thoughts and heavily influences all those later things including fear?
Nietzche served as a medical orderly in a war and saw/dealt with the craziest shit imagineable. He did drugs and fucked prostitutes about it but much of his writings are about dealing with trauma. Overcoming that fear and trying to find a purpose was a battle he fought his whole life. He definitely didnt say its an easy battle to win but recognizing its an internal personal struggle with yourself is a good starting point if you want to find some kind of peace.
If fear stems from desire couldn’t one easily say that those who have suffered from Trauma have gained desire to be free from it? Maybe then trauma survivors have more desire than others. They desire to be safe more than others. Recognizing less worry about safety is warranted would make one feel safer. I think this is accordance with Nietzsche’s proposed solution.
Also, talking your way out of it is not what’s being proposed; it’s more understanding your way out it. The 2nd one is a lot harder than the first.
Nietzsches work is not simple and it is incredibly nice to have you simplify it in this format where even kids can all understand and relate. Thank you for your great work.
Understanding the inner workings of the mind like that is so therapeutic
the lack of money problem for artists is not so easily solved. For every successful artist, there are hundreds if not thousands who couldn't make it, even after giving everything to achieve their dreams. The reality is, society only values the cream of the crop in artistic and creative endeavors.
Well if you're the real deal you'll be able to develop a niche/a style original and specific enough that everyone who likes it will be able to obtain it from you and you only. If you simply like to draw occasionally or to cover other artists songs then it's maybe for the best to keep it just as a hobby and instead invest the majority of your time in some sort of work where you're able to constantly contribute and create value. Eg my earnings from my art as well as my style increased drastically since I became a janitor. Why? Because I removed the desire and the fear out of the way and I'm able to create with full freedom without thinking what if people don't like my next thing.
This is why I don’t like the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality. I’m reality only winning matters in life, the losers are forgotten.
You didn’t get the video’s message at all…
@@j_mokusei he is still afraid
It's simple not easy. Figure out the value you provide and stick with it. Not everyone lasts long enough to come to this conclusion.
Don't make excuses for yourself if you want to live as an artist. It's possible: YOU have to be brave enough to figure it out.
"There's no value in judging how you feel. Your feelings are always valid"
This reminds me one of those quotes on internet, "No one can make you feel bad without your consent."
This is a wonderful interpretation of this idea. It's interesting that the barrier for most people to actualize this way of thinking is the ability to change your mind once new information is presented in "contact". Having the ability to be flexible with your understanding of the world, I think, is a key attribute to living your best life. Knowing that you do not know it all.
Excellent video and story.
I love the perspective of learning what is actually a necessity for yourself and having that be a guiding light.
Thank you!
I was literally about to give up on my dreams when I found this video… grateful 💜
im your dream. dont give up on me
Oh yeah, would like to remember my dreams and write them down too!
Give up bcz u are not made for your dream,
@@Nageem602 her dream is what her own value is
What a beautiful content! 🤍✨
If I'm my worst enemy you're my greatest friend. Your words are balm for the soul, thank you. 😊❤️
You know I usually will watch videos like this once and take what I can from it and move on. I watched this video twice because it felt so applicable to my current situation. I’m gonna try to watch this video once a day to remind myself that I need to respect myself to be happy. Thank you ❤️
This is just incredible content, well crafted leaving the listener with clarity. Love the use of dialogue. Thank you.
“Desires fall away on their own through understanding”
This made me tear up a little because it was so real. Thank you for this
'if you live according to someone else's value, you'll never respect yourself'. This is so powerful! Thank you so much! ❤
This actually helped me with a thought that's been bothering me for a while now. I know exactly what to do now, great video.
Thank you so much for these videos you keep uploading, once again, you keep nudging many of us who are alone towards a path of self betterment, and your videos too often come as much needed guidance.
I discovered your channel yesterday and I was just mesmerised by its content. At the same time, I had this big emotion when realising that your words describe my thought and that I'm not alone on the rail of seeking truth by logic.
My irony I'm an illustration artist and thought my was never good but watching this I just saw you use illustrations, similar to what I create
Loved your work.
Wow you're a visionary- your trash stick figure aesthetic (and maybe content too?) was validated by a throwaway Nietzsche video on CZcams. Congrats!!!
@@yoyoyodaboy damn, who hurt you?
@@yoyoyodaboy Looks like you're trapped in your own fear and want to drag others into your suffering.
Do better. Being an ass isn't a useful trait.
@@alainapowerchick2025 Read OP’s comment closer. He’s patting himself on the back. And if he even is giving any compliment, it’s backhanded.
@eric Spencer take it from me you can be I thought I will never be an artist, but just in a year now I can draw design and basically say that even if drawing simple things I'm an artist.
This is really an amazing video with indepth Philosophy explained in simple yet effective way.
I hardly comment on youtube videos, but the impact of this one pushed me to come say a thank you otherwise ill feel like am so ungrateful. Thank you so so much.
I had learnt sometime ago that desires are so powerful, so I longed to know how I can be able to cultivate a desire so that I can fulfill my dreams. This video pointed that out so clearly. Now I know my desire comes from my understanding which comes from my contact with reality.
Oh boy! Am going to shake the world with this principle I have just learnt. Thank you so so much
awesome! loved the dialog format
I need to listen to this everyday. So much good stuff in it, I’m certain i haven’t captured it all in just this one sitting. ❤😢
The way you have put together this conversation is just fantastic. It just keeps building from one thought to another, and everything makes sense. Brilliant stuff.
I only have one question. "If something is a necessity for you, you better _believe_ it will be a necessity for someone else too..." That seems to be the only weak link. What if that belief is wrong and the stakes are high?
Hey I simply want to say thank you for making this one (and the others, too). I've been feeling like I'm in a limbo and afraid of making a decision, fearing that I will fail etc. if doing the opposite of what others had advised me. But your channel recommendation came in the right time. I also started learning Philosophy from February this year, and it has been very helpful for me to get through the darkest days. Thank you & bless you! :)
May it go well for U. And GOD BE WITH U
im close to crying. i really need this video. thank you so much
Love this ♥️ thank you so much
This video literally led me to a break through in my life. It helped me get to a realization and everything is starting to connect. Thank you so much and thank God for putting this video in my path.❤
Navy: "When the student is ready, the teacher appears." You were ready. That's why it just felt right for you.
A youtube algorithm put this video on your path, not some man in the sky
@@PWizz91 K, dude.
I've been on a binge of about 4 videos. Man, I'm getting encouragement and learning so much. Thank YOU!
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I completely agree with you backtracing of stimuli and solving them, ultimately we reach a point where things change when we get in contact with noticed knowledge, that's why if we read a philosophical book, the unnoticed thing becomes noticed and then understanding of surrounding then desire then thought then stimuli, the best way is to question your fear and if things are not in control then accept it and take responsibility on what's in your control. I wish you all have a great life and freedom of thought next target 10 million. If you want to read a philosophical book then I'll recommend Seven "Spiritual Laws Of Sucess".
Regards Pratham.
This is life changing. 😮
Thank you. Well presented & helpful.
As a lecturer, my task is the go from the general to the specific, to make the complicated simple or simplified. This is not always easy. It requires time, eloquence and acuity of thought and speech. You accomplished this superbly well. You graphics were also excellent, especially at the end. I personally found the content interesting and I learned a lot. Thank you very much.👍
Great Video Man your work is elegant and I wish more would watch and Internalize your work. Don't give up keep on creating for those who do not live in a philosophical mindset
I think you and I could have some meaningful and thoughtful conversation
Thankyou for this. Since past week, I've been feeling as if I'm subconsciously sabotaging myself, letting go opportunities and time. I felt a turmoil within me and then this came to my feed. it's true I have fears, fear of failure and that is stopping me from taking actions. I want to change my present conditions to something way better than I'm right now, and I think I'm myself resisting the change. I needed this. Thankyou💖
Try Trataka...it helped me a lot with this
these are so great. going through these with dialogue makes them so easy to understand and while doing that they answer all the questions that I would raise too.
Great vid!
Wow. That brought tears as well as goosebumps. An astute observation on the source of fear and obstacles. Another offshoot thought I got from this is, yes indeed our understanding changes as gain more contact and experience life. But does that change us continuously? If so how to be certain about ourselves?
Speaking for myself only. I'm always trying to change into the best version of myself. Others I've seen have no appetite for knowledge , growth and self improvement. They believe they are perfect as God's and it's the world that's causing all their problem s.
Twenty years ago I thought the later . Now I'm like yeah it's probably me and the world that needs to improve. GOD BLESS.
When you have the ability to overcome yourself time over time that mean you'll grow and evolve faster at any skills cattegories whether it's social,attitude,focus,calm,etcetra
Problem:it's hard to applied
Thanks a lot for sharing
Great video, as always. Thank you for doing this. You are helping so many of us. 🙌🕊️🌼
Bro I have been having depressing thoughts from the past few days.........this video got recommended to me at the perfect timing.......And now I dont freaking care about the future ..... whatever will happen ,we will see it then and there........✊
Actually you are not eliminating your fears; you are changing them. In your story, the guy went from being afraid of not living the life the people around him want him to live, to being afraid of not living the life that he wants to live. Still a great video! Thanks for everything!!
You can never truly Eliminate your fears you can control and work with them.
Im so happy I came across this channel
This is what my main character needs to realize in the novel I'm writing. So glad I found this, it's a nice way of conveying his words in a way anyone can understand. Thank you.
Merp- this is somewhat true to an extent but also is an easy way to actually dismiss problematic and abusive behavior by other people.
I have a boss who loves telling everyone to “change their mindset and thoughts” when he is the most toxic and nasty person ever. He’ll berate you and humiliate you, then tell you “well maybe you just need to change your mindset.” He thinks abusive behavior is a justified because it teaches you to be stronger.
yup ! narcissists use that tactic all the time to escape accountability
it’s like someone telling you to stop bringing up the past when you hold them accountable just so they don’t have to apologize or change their behavior
Also a question, have you found any philosopher which talks about absolute freedom like Krishnamurti ? Would be helpful if there exists another philosopher just to better understand, coz Krishnamurti's thoughts are somewhat unique
This channel is like a life mentor. I need to keep rewatching these videos over and over again until I completely engrave the lessons into my subconscious mind
This has to be in the top 3 most beneficial channels on youtube. Much needed info, very profound.
Did Nietzsche actually talk about this chain of contact understanding desire thought and fear or is it just his quote about being your own worst enemy?
"Suicide is that comforting thought, that gets one through many a dreary night."-Nietzsche
This was incredible!
Not only useful information, but pleasantly presented and easy to digest.
Thats what I needed right now. Thank you
Part of the reason we conform is because the economy demands it of us. The video notes that the student is afraid of not making any money and having to live on the streets, but it doesn't offer any real solutions to that fear. I don't know how much trapeze artists make but there's a reason there aren't that many: the demand is not that high. Poverty is a valid fear; not everyone is able to make a living following their dream, and in the US at least we have no safety net for people who "fail." (Most often the safety net for creative people is their families, therefore the pressure to choose a "normal" career path.) The ideal would be for everyone to follow their dreams, but many of us literally cannot do so without risking our lives.
That's a rather enlightened acrobat. But seriously this is a great vid and one worth coming back to now and again.
Amazed by how deeply it was.
This is explained beautyfully! Thank you!
Funny, I end up on the street while pursuing music. When I had a 3 out of six string left on my instrument and no money nor food and friends wanted to call cops cause I was getting to comfortable couchsurfing , I thought that I was selling a value : Beauty , esthetics , good mood and that I should let of the fear or what others will think.
Author , spend tree days on empty stomach during a hot summer day performing art and having buddies throwing you on the streets , then council. Real life experience might be a quite different then reading a book.
Thanks for sharing your experience. This is quite a nice reminder to always consider that unpleasant things like this might happen too
You do know who Nietzsche is though, right ? And like the person I said above me, there is risk reward factored into this. Not everyone wants to hear everybody’s music; there is a competence hierarchy, you see
@@Itzblu777 Read what I wrote again and again
@Orest Lysak Bro, you dont want this
According to Nietzsche, Stoicism teaches the philosopher to escape from life into commerce with the Stoa, suppressing ones passions and will-to-power. Stoicism is therefore a life-denying philosophy using reason as a weapon against the realities of being alive.
Reminds me of Osho vs Buddhism, with buddhists detaching from/rejecting desires but being left in a state of coldness. It's always been my personal pov too. There's one phrase that I found perfectly expressed this: detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you. It's not about rejecting desires or anything worldly and materialistic, it's about enjoying them from a place of no-mind/no-ego where there's no identification with said things, therefore no hope nor expectation, no compulsion nor urge to control and no fear, only will to experience and share.
@@slq4358 This is thoughtful of you. Mind if I screenshot it
@@pauloazuela8488 Of course not, glad you found it insightful
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Wonderful video & timing. Thank you
"... and then the student walked away, became an artist, nobody payed him for his art and two weeks later he died from hunger."
Thank you for the full circle moment! I appreciate it so much. Love these moments that are very fulfilling. I love to learn
I went to therapy for three years and you broke this down in minutes. Thank you 🙇🏻♀️
Appreciate your work. Thank you
The clarity I needed... Thank you ❤
Not only is this amazing, but the dialogue also seems to have elements of counselling, particularly motivational interviewing!
Your videos are fascinating. Thank you
Love your analysis so much
Thank you for this video 😊😊
Thank you for the wonderful share!!
This was much needed. Very grateful for this video🙏🏽🙏🏽 Easy to follow and simplified concept. Thank you😊
Thank you so much for this video!!!!!!
This is amazing I understood a lot, I think every single one in this world should see this to change the world
I love the simplicity of your videos and messages. I really appreciate the messages behind your work :)
Thanks a lot for sharing your wonderful insights! Cheers
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Great video, it really helped
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