The Art of Trusting One's Self - The Philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- Emerson's combination of eastern and western philosophies provided a uniquely eclectic perspective for his time. Today, his ideas may seem to permeate the common place, which is only a testament to the influence his work had on the world at large. Agree with his ideas or not, his work is beautifully written and an appealing guiding light though self examination.
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“If we hide or hinder ourselves in fear of rejection of others, are we not in essence, rejecting ourselves first?” Bad ass
Was that an Emerson quote, or a part of the video script? Googling Emerson quotes I don't see that one anywhere.
Whoever it was it really resonated with me 🙏
@@Pezerinno I hear you. It's good. Just curious because if I make a meme should I attribute the quote to Emerson or not.
James Vath 8:10
This quote makes me really want to fight my social anxiety.
Having just finished photoshopping a dolphin and horse together for no particular reason, Emerson's message here was slightly reassuring.
Bisquick animal hybrid youtube series :D
Bisquick we need more people like you to fuse animals together in photoshop. Best wishes to you! Keep it up
Nice
Haha I loved this comment.
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"In order to be a good minister it was necessary to leave the ministry" this applies in so many areas of life.
Which could be interpreted as "In order to be a better individual, I had to leave the group."
John Nash had a similar thought process when searching for his truly original idea.
Everytihing is connected.
Are you both high?
The philosophy would be more like "in order to be a better team player, I have to leave the group" I get what you meant to say, but it's actually the opposite :p
@@mariocastro1540 Re-read what you just wrote until you realize that, that doesn't make any sense. How can you be a better team player if you leave the team?
yes, thank you :)
*Godfather of self reliance*
Once you realise that you are in a driving seat for your life, you become tremendously empowered.
From that point and on, every steps brings you closer to heights of your potential.
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My question is what does one do with past grievance with siblings. So much time has past should I forgive and just focus on today or scramble the past and put them in possible endless pain?
I run across you many times during my yt. searches. In a way it's comforting. Good day.
@@sandradavis6760 the past doesn't exist, everything we have it's the present, once you realize that all the struggle about guilt it would be gone
in this world you're either a passenger or a driver
This came at the perfect time. After 28 years, I am finally beginning to learn to trust myself and it is taking me places and giving me good things. It feels so weird but feels so good. I've entered a new job, a new industry, I'm single, after nearly three years, and I am so happy to go on my OWN and enjoy my own presence. I also notice instead of doubting myself as default, I actively acknowledge negative thoughts and their presence but choose to remind myself that I CAN do that something. It feels weird, but it is refreshing.
What a beautiful amalgamation of life, humanity, and religion.
Hope to be in your place someday. I'm struggling to find happiness or even a meaning in life and I don't want to hurt anyone with my choices so I cut communication with all my friends/relatives.
For one day, I just want to achieve peace of mind to justify being alive but for a long time i'm incapable to reach that.
Your story gives me hopes to get a new perspective.
@@elnombrenoestadispo your new perspective will come with time and circumstance. I wish you luck on your journey to wherever you're headed.
@@elnombrenoestadispo If I may suggest, please watch videos of Sadhguru. You will feel better. Just a suggestion 🙂 Thank you. 🙂 Best wishes from India 🙂
your young..buckle up.
Anukii Congratulations! I am wishing you the best.
"if all we can know and experience is our self, how can any life be lived fully, if one denies themselves before even trying?"
that shit really hit hard man
Woah okay, thanks my dude.
It’s the most beautiful literature
It’s beautiful
same
Something I’ve realized after becoming a CZcams junkie the past few months is that everyone on CZcams in the comment sections be on the same vibe. You got the deep comments, the funny ones, and the ones that make you think. I love it.
Lol, your right , and I seem to be watching more YT myself
Yes❤️
This one of the most idiotic comments I’ve ever seen
this man could talk about rainbows and make it sound sad, knowledgeable and as joey would say, wisdomous
well, he IS pretty wisdomous
i remind myself sometimes its the intent of the heart and not the delivery kind of like my sex sometimes
It's a feature, not a bug
Very monotonous narration
I dont see sadness in any of the content very uplifting,i think that our lazy minds play tricks on us making this sound sad so it makes less effort and get entertained (example watching a music video u like) that sht feeds my soul and make me feel safe in my beliefs !stay wise my friends !
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
This is one of the few channels I can watch now. I recently abandoned the whole self-improvement thing, as I realized it was causing more damage than good. This channel and a few others are an exception, and I can't explain in words why. It feels way more healthy and productive, helping us reach our truest selves, rather than improving for external factors like getting women or gaining a higher frame other others.
Can you elaborate more on that self development abandon thing?
I agree, i myself abandoned that self-improvement thing. Most channels regarded as self-development/improvement constantly talk about how to get more confident, more productive, how to stand out etc...I believe this channel has more to offer in the sense that it provides us with true knowledge, philosophies, unfiltered and not trying to please anyone but rather sheer ideas to ponder in order to get to your own conclusions
Some channels focused on philosophy/mindfulness that you might like:
Einzelganger - discusses philosophy and psychology
Academy of Ideas - as above but with more quotes, but still accessible
Russell Brand - discusses the 12 step programme, relationships, community etc
I feel these follow in a similar vein to this channel, in that they don't force you to do anything, just present ideas for you to think about. I would say they actually reinforced each other in a sense.
Yeah I also abandoned improving myself to impress other. I realise it is totally unnecessary
The reason you're trying to improve yourself is the sole reason you're not improving
people are too blind with everyday things being around too much people blinds you give yourself time by yourself take a walk in the forest and watch the river flow or take a minute to appreciate and look at all the things humans have done some bad some good but it’s still just amazing to me.
@Intelligently Stoopid maybe he just wants to spread the word?
@Intelligently Stoopid There is a difference from christianity and God.
It's indeed a relief that there are peoples who enjoy the river and woods.. And the blue sky, starry night, and the seasons changing..
this is what's wrong it's not about taking a walk connecting to nature it about connecting to your self and appreciating our self finding love where hate is core finding ease in the most discomfort preserving a view that's unique to oneself
Hell you don't even have to take a walk anywhere. Just spend sometime in your bed staring at the ceiling before going to sleep and watch your true feelings and thoughts seep to the surface. My bed is my thinking platform.
If you have time give a read, I also had written a similar essay once -"We have a natural obligation to the cosmos to express our own human experience and subjective reality of this world from our inner eye. The world exists for us and from us. Our consciousness is the way by which the universe experiences itself. Every human, shaped and moulded by the infinitely many elements of this cosmos, has something unique to present back to the cosmos, which is, the intangible multi-faceted human experience which can't be described by mere objective facts. It can only be described in the invisible interaction of the words, human emotions, sounds, colours, their texture, structure and flow in every person's artistic self-expression. The selection of words, the arrangement of words, the visualisation created by them, the storytelling, all are unique to the author and subconsciously places us in the author's mind for the moment. The composition of colours, the technique, the aesthetics, the way the lines, shapes and surroundings meet represents a subliminal message from the artist, both consciously and subconsciously. This subtle aspect of personal touch can never be taken away from the creator even when his work can be replicated or reproduced in other aspects. Every story ever written, represents something about the writer themselves. Every art ever created is a peek into the creator's soul. In a general sense, everyday, the world we surround ourselves with, is a reflection of the values and self-expression of all the beings who have interacted with it. No matter how much we avoid, inevitably we ingrain our inimitable beliefs, values and ourselves into the work that we do everyday. So it's important that we turn this interaction into voluntary means to project ourselves.Thus, everyone capable should find their suitable form of self-expression to document their own original viewpoint of this world. In this plethora of human creativity, everyone might not connect to our art but it is our duty towards the some that do."
This is such a good read! Is there a way for me to read the rest of your essay?
That was ... beautiful
I would read all of the essay, if there is more. Your writing really is beautiful. What do you do with your work?
Come on man, you hooked us on a beautiful essay about self reliance, the volunteer and involuntary uniqueness of each human being how we hold a unique place in the cosmos and leave our quite unique print for another soul to decipher and from there form a subconscious connection that consciously imprints itself in history no matter how small it may be. WE WANT MORE!!!!!
this is beautiful
“Great artist and writers aren’t merely popular because they say something no one has thought of or experienced before. But because they say something most of us have but weren’t sure if we were right to do so.” Well said!
Yeah.☺️
This is kind of amazing to me... Over the course of my life I have had very similar ideas to the ones expressed in this video, but I always felt as if they were 'too crazy' or somehow just unproductive and so I pushed them away. Only lately have I realized just how ingrained it is in us in most modern societies to forget about what's *really* important in life (and most importantly to ourselves), so I started writing my ideas down. Trusting they were good, and even if they were wrong I was putting forth a perspective that I _accepted_ could be wrong-it was freeing. To see this, after just recently finally starting to truly trust myself, really means the world.
Johnathan Walker This. Yes.
Beautiful
Same man.
What really completed the puzzle for me was to see that there really was no self.
Self-reliance, self trust... without the self.
Once that illusion fell away I realized there was nothing to grasp onto, no self to trust... only trust.
This really speaks to me. Life was so beautiful to me when I was younger. I was carefree and I was brilliant. I knew I didn't really understand the world but I didn't care, I leaned into it. But as I became a teenager I had to cope with a lot of trauma and mental illness and I threw myself into religion. I started to care a lot and messing up was never an option. I've become so consumed with perfection and understanding everything in its entirety that I spend all my time hidden away in my room. The world isn't beautiful anymore, it's terrifying. Everything that I used to do so easily is so hard now. Everything that I used to love is so meaningless. It's like I've had who I am taken away from me. I don't even know how to be that person anymore, so how can I rely on them? I think I just need to convince myself that its ok to be that person again, that its ok not to care, that its ok to live for my own enjoyment. Once I manage to do that I think the mask I can't remove will melt away. I think this video helped. Thanks.
Going through the same thing. I sort of lost that inner confidence I had in grade school and somewhat college. I believe I'm dealing with over consumption of material thru various CZcams channels on the same topic that I end up seconding guessing myself in situations that used to come natural. I need to believe in my inner core again to realign back to my true self. Great post.
thats the problem, even the you now is a part of you.
what is true self? what is false self?
Discipline (FLOW) surrender
Life takes as much as it gives.
Thanks for sharing that
Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the universal being circulate through me; I am part of particle of god. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
These videos are so deep.
It always give me goose bumps and it goes so deep into the subject matter.
I just love it.
So's life, you can always go as deep as you wish or has deep as you can handle at any one time.You will never run out of wonder.We will always perceive something new.
@@phillipdozier8143 get a job as a poet.
You are on fire.
He is awakened, and he lives in the moment. And he have this ability to express to the world on how he does it, what a beautiful soul. I wholeheartedly salute a Great Philosopher in this mankind! ✨
I concur
This is the most wonderful thing i ever seen
@@wutaeworld you know what that's what i call Life. For that Im will subscribe to your channal
I thoroughly enjoyed it
The most beautiful literature ever
"You Cannot Rely to Other People to Chew the Food for You, Will you Eat That? Only You and You Can do that Job For You.. - Louie Frialde
Yes sir! very true!
gentleman were in this together where are all the women anyway it sure is lonely at the top huh
The paradox of taking advice from a guy who said you should rely on your own intuition instead of following other people's suggestions.
"we might feel or think one way today, and opposing way tomorrow"
my cognitive distortion does this all the time a habit yes ive learned self awareness life truly is the distortion you make it
Yep
It is a sign of expertise.
Kinda funny that the more you know the higher the chance you'll change your stance.
I changed my mind dozens of times when it comes to politics, professional specialty, philosophical schools, religions and even which martial arts are best :D
I know that I know nothing makes sense more and more.
@@rctempleton9711
With "life truly is the distortion you make it" do mean something akin to "all is mind"?
@@mandalorian4620 im not sure what i was replying to sir lm sorry the internet is cruel i cant defend myself please find a more pleasnt woman than i did to cuddle with on cold lonely nights life is so hard sometimes do you want to talk im kind of amiss by
One Master Stated - "Individuation"
Another Master Said- "Become What You Are"
Retreat yourself from everything into the citadel of your mind, that he said...
No matter what happens, don't let yourself go away.
Thank you again Sir, for your work, it helps.
Peace.
Amen - in this moment, just be...
Thank you pursuit of wonder.
Your every video encourages me to think more and do not take life at face value.
This was my favorite video of this channel yet, very entertaining.
You have no idea how much your channel changed my life. Thank you
This channel is the only one I have come across that just sounds out of this world and the way he finishes with a cleaver question, speechless. Love what what you do and PLEASE DO NEVER CHANGE THE WISDOM YOU HAVE. It’s so beautiful that sounds like art 🖼️
Quite a tense morning here so I’m glad this showed up
I loved how you not only gave a concise history of Emerson's ideas, but also shared your own interpretations of his ideas. This shows your own self-reliance, in a video about self-reliance!
He put forth a philosophy that I live (mostly)... I know it bothers some, yet it is my life and it's how I find my way.
"if all we can know and experience is ourselves, how can any life be lived fully if one denies himself before even trying, if we hide or hinder ourselves out of the fear of rejection from others are we not in essence rejecting our own self first, the only person we truly and inescapably have to live with".. beautiful
Serius artistry of words to get to the point without extracurriculum jargon. Straight to the point every time.. Just beautiful.
I don’t know who you are Pursuit of Wonder, but I just want to take This Moment to express my eternal gratitude towards you; even if you never see this message. I’ve been listening to your videos for almost a year now and I just want to let you know how much your outlook, altruistic philosophy, and calming voice has provided me with a little bit of hope every day.
I know you’re a stranger, and I am a stranger, but even though we’ve likely never met your virtual humanism and unknowing affinity has changed my life. I just want to tell you not to give up making these intellectual mind-bits because you are an amazing individual!
I have clinical major depressive disorder but yet every time I watch these videos I seem to gather a whole new perspective on life and am challenged differently through your thought provoking commentary. Thank you very much for doing what you do :)
Please never stop posting, and I shall never stop watching. These are the back shivers I long/live for, Thank you.
i always listen your videos before sleeping. it makes my mood so calm.
To stop rejecting myself I had to stop showing myself to others , cos as I showed myself to others I was rejected, and as I was rejected by others I also rejected myself.
Favorite by far. I’m here because of his quote, “The salvation of mankind depends upon independent thinkers directing their thoughts rightly.” I believe we all have something special within us to bring to the world, and living as something or someone else, hinders us from fully giving that gift to others. Many of us don’t fully realize ourselves and express ourselves because of stupid constraints and reasonings. The reality is by limiting ourselves we are living untruthfully, and that is never rewarded. Stop being a victim of the outside and take control on the inside. Another piece of work that comes to mind is The stranger by Albert Camus. It tells the story of a man who is truthful to himself till the end. Truthful, even if it brings him death. As to live in lie and deception is not a way to live at all.
Thank you for creating this video.
The ending got me emotional. Reimbursing my own my own truth.
This channel helped me escape social anxiety, thank you whoever's you are
Harold Bloom praises Emerson and elaborates on the concept of self-reliance in his Omens of The Millenium. By his description in the video, one can easily grasp why Nietzsche was so fond of Emerson.
Just wanna say I’ve watched like 20 of your videos and every single one of them helped me in some way or another. Thank you 🙏🏼
Every day a video is posted I'm getting ready for work. It's the best way to start the day.
one of the most important lesson of life
When Our basic needs have been taken care of We are free to build a meaningful life by pursuing what brings Us Joy.
To live in the spirit of individuality.. thats deep
This video or its message feels too beautiful and perfect for me to have been allowed to listen to.
This is absolutely beautiful!
This video made me teary remembering the wants, and all those choices I changed getting affected by everyone.
Humans really do their best to be accepted, even if shutting ownself from his body that does stuff.
Trust yourself for what you have to say and the actions you choose. For they come from a place of existence and knowledge. Let the depth of your being being forth action as it can be seen and experienced in its uniqueness. Allow the flow to emerge and beauty to unfold. When it is time to end, it will end, allow it to come as it came, on its own, without effort.
Trust.
Thank you for making these videos
Persist according to a goal, a promise, a purpose, not to go around in circles, but to act persistently in a greater light of becoming more self aware in the process of overcoming the obstacles needed to achieve a goal.🔏🔏
So much connection with other philosophers' concepts like Heidegger and Nietzsche and fascinating takes on art, the present, the self, and the will.
Standing on the bare ground,--my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space,--all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oh..Thank you...this is exactly what I used to feel since I was 18 years of age....I have been searching ever since and Emerson's own life stands as an example of the realization of Truth in this Universe...the 'Oneness' never confines to any church or Temple on this good earth ..but remaining silent and sensing Nature brings us close to the Universe and not to this Earth alone...when you can see the pulse of the universe in every object out here and sensing the part of it in our own body...God so true...and I find my peace in the Power of Oneness and for me ,I find its perfection in Christ...but again I say that it may vary from person to person where one can sense this Oneness in their own Beliefs...I'm never against any belief ...but would like to assert the Truth that when one finds this Oneness ...it is their truth to attain peace...for example an artist may find Oneness in his work...so God or the Universal Oneness is his work of Art...like wise...Blessed be your Beautiful Soul ,dear Emerson ...Love your outlooks so much ...which gave me life to my soul....Blessed be you in the Heavens too dear Emerson..
Don't normally comment on pages. However, a video about Bukowski took me to this channel. I have been hooked ever since. Totally life-changing. Thanks.
I'm a faithful believer in the God of Islam despite not being educated this way and I could relate so much on Ralph's way of thinking (and therefore living). What I do wanna point out is that I've started to know and love God so much when I started to trust myself and stop trusting others. I don't share the same views as most so called believers though. The difficult part in life for people like me is that you do tend to trust people you love, but reality is that they are as lost as you when it comes to how to live your life ... Sooo .. Have at least the intention to know God, and when you'll be ready to follow the path He built for you, trust yourself. As you are part of Him, knowing and trusting God comes with knowing and trusting the part of you first. Unfortunately, isolation is key to let your consciousness speak from within.
Wow; now I need to read some Emerson. His words so jumped into the core of my head!
I first read his work in my first year of college. His writing inspired me and left me with a sense of clarity.
I loved the video 🤍 the wisest men are the ones that acknowledge not knowing anything at all ✨
I needed this today. Definitely making it into my graphic novel.
His philosophy is very much like Taoism..no wonder most of the awakened few speak of the same thing..thank you for this video.
Yes, I agree. Buddhism, Taoism and Transcendentalism are very similar based in the same truths.
How everything is interconnected and part of the whole.
I don't know who exactly the guy behind Pursuit of wonder is , but whoever you are sir, I think me and many others would agree that your contributions to this world via Informative thought provoking videos have a lasting impact on many people myself inclueed. So thank you Sir for all your work that you churn out and for creating this channel and just being able to articulate yourself in a way so that the common man or women may also grasp the concepts you put out.Truly thank you, you have taught me so many things in these videos and never would I think CZcams would be a grounds for higher education and learning but it truly is a wonderful format for that and yeah I think I speak for alotta people when I say keep doing what you do you magnificent human being you,you inspire so many people and I don't think you grasp just how big an impact your videos have on people, God bless
He was one of the first western Yogis, his greatest inspiration being one of the greatest Hindu scriptures- the Bhagavad Gita.
incredible wisdom
"Moving Forward" is not necessary, just moving will take us somewhere. my quote
Approved!!! Every single word...
It is refreshing to hear this. With day-to-day nonsense and drama we at times find ourselves in, it is refreshing to remind ourselves that we really ain’t shit lol but at the same time we are everything
Reading self reliance gave me the faith and trust in myself to leap headfirst into the creation of this life. Relying on intuition and the gut, leaving our silly problem solving brain out of the equation long enough to know, to truly realize just how freakin beautiful this life can be, if only we have the determination and knowledge of ourselves to move onwards consistently so. In nonjudgemental present awareness, alignment with flow and joy, may we move closer to the light
*peace*
Thank you.
Really appreciated hearing this right now. I didn’t realize how much I would resonate with Emerson’s philosophy. ❤ thank you!!!
I like how you tell past like it's future
So much beauty in this words, and in our worlds, also.
Your videos always seem to come right on time. ❤️
We rely so much on the idea that we have to hold everything back yet we should understand that we all have the ability to express everything we can. We should all rely on our visions.
If I had to pick one writer who shaped my thinking more than any other it would be Emerson, along with his compadres, Whitman and Thoreau. He’s so eminently quotable and here are my Top 10 favourites of his:
1. *Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.*
2. *Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.*
3. *It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.*
4. *Once you make a decision, the Universe conspires to make it happen*
5. *Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.*
6. *A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.*
7. *You become what you think about all day long.*
8. *The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.*
9. *Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.*
10. *There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.*
Like the stars ✨ in the firmament there are countless others, but perhaps I should end with this, thereby not taking Emerson’s advice: *I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.*
Just wrote a ten page paper on him last month, this would’ve been helpful
Be true to yourself and most importantly be happy! The glass is not half empty or either half full, it is both at the same time. Be grateful that the glass is not shattered.
really nice philosophy, well edited video, i loved the visuals and the music and the narration. thank you !
Please do a Podcast of the videos it will be so useful to listen to this while driving
Crazy. i was just reading about him the other day
You don’t understand how important this video is. And how many artists lives might change
You should make a podcast! I love listening to ur creative and engaging, yet calm and relaxed voice. 😆
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I'm addicted to these videos. I almost feel like I'm listening to audio books.
This was actually really inspiring. Thank you.
This one was earlier than expected....kind of a pleasant surprise.
Also thanks for introducing greatest philosophical ideas to us time to time.
Emerson has been my Mentor for 50 years.. I am 72 now... "But he is not a true philosopher!"
Thank God that is correct... much too humble... much too free .. much too creative and willing to change his own ideas to be a man of doctrine.
If you are willing... Emerson can liberate you to be your own person and value your unique Selfhood all the while recognizing the Source we all share.
I live to see the day where the one video with him not narrating, is about his life and his own thought and perseption of the world. Where it shows how many eyes he has opened about life
He was enlightened to a degree, but he didn't go further and didn't develop the deep understanding that everything is 'I', where 'I' is consciousness. And every phenomena is phenomena in consciousness which nature is emptiness and space. He didn't answer what is 'person', what's the feeling of the self we have. Or did he? He was a great thinker and had a positive impact on people for sure.
Wait a minute, by your definition transcendentalism is really similar to the core teaching from Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
Blank Blank That’s correct. It’s very close. Emerson was a reader of Hindu texts.
And in Hinduism it is all Shiva 🙂🙏
It is also extremely similar to stoicism from the ancient greeks and early romans as well. Marcus Aurelius spoke it's core beliefs in the book "Meditations" which he wrote as a guide for his own life at the time he was a roman emperor close to 2,000 years ago. He teaches how to live in according to nature and that the nature of self and the nature of the whole cosmos is one entity and that there is no true seperation in i and other, and he also wrote on how to truly be in the infinite present moment along with simple broken down philosophical guidelines to life. It reminds me heavily of what modern philosophers like Eckhart Tolle speak. I think it's such a natural state to be in when you have those ego-shattering moments and can be so profound that perhaps that's why it's at the core of so many ancient religions and philosophies.
It is interesting how many parallels there are between Eastern and Western thought when you stop and think about it. From Hellenistic schools such as Stoicism and Skepticism to more modern things like Existential Phenomenology, you can find many similarities with Eastern philosophy. Perhaps they would be more so had the West remained polytheistic? Though, even Christianity has a lot in common with figures in Hinduism like Krishna. Western thinkers in the 1800s like Emerson, Thoreau, and Schopenhauer were all great admirers of the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc. I'm not sure how much further back in time you can go and find evidence of them reading faithful translations of complete texts from the East, but some degree of back and forth influence has to go back into ancient times. Of course, there are slightly more fringe theories such as Buddhist influence on Jesus or the Skeptics and the like. At the very least, there are probably some Indo-European cultural roots that produced some similar philosophies, and these regions were connected by major civilizations in the Middle East from antiquity to today. Despite our superficial differences, human beings are more alike than we are different, and the global exchange of ideas continues to this day. Learn from whoever you can!
I just must say that u are probably my favorite CZcamsr. Narration, video, music.. everything is amazing and the fact that i would never know about this great philosophers and what they are talking about. Truly inspirational stuff. Thank you man ♥️
these videos are really great. i've been having struggles realizing who i am and what i am supposed to do but after i found this channel, my life has gotten much clearer and simpler. these different perspectives and views of life really opened my mind to the possibilities of the universe. thank you for making this videos. and thanks for reading my comment if you still are :)
This is exactly what I feel like I needed to hear
After listening to this I wanted to leave a like. Apparently I've already done that sometime in the past and had forgotten I did.
This video resonated with me so much. Too many changes because of the pandemic. I am an artist and its part of the job to be self reliant and to push on working. But it's really been hard to do creative things when the world is close to burning entirely and literally in 2020. The message in this video is a great reminder for me. Sometimes we really need to hear that our lives and experiences matter... That we can survive...
Whoah this video is a work of art at the same time I'm learning it's good to trust myself and be true to what I feel and know! Huge. Thanks for this gift!
Thank you for all the vids you’ve been making. on the road for 1 mill :))
After years of leaving comments and becoming supersaturated with stories, it's very easy to notice that people value artists the most when they say what everybody's thinking.
Thoughts about life and humans i had and kept to myself were proven true to me by observing the nature of nature and man and this proved to me i can trust my inner self. because these thoughts were proven correct by my observation about life and mans nature i have become more self reliant and sure of me and my existence.
Just read a lot of Emerson’s literature in English class a lot of it really spoke to me
This is so beautiful, and so true.