TAOISM | Be Like Water

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • Many people are hijacked by the rigidity of their minds. Thinking in categories and fixed ideas can be a great crutch for survival, as it creates clarity in a chaotic universe. But thinking too rigidly also has its negative consequences. Seeing the world in categories and separate boxes limits our perception, so we become stuck in our ideas of how things are, or supposed to be.
    As the universe is ever-changing, and most things, if not everything, is more complex than our minds can comprehend, a more fruitful approach to life, would be one that is flexible, tangible, that enables us to flow along. You know... a bit like water.
    The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu (Taoism) celebrates flexibility in his timeless work named the Tao Te Ching, in which he opposes the rigid life stance that some people choose to take. In contrast to what many think, weakness, and softness, or more specifically, the ability and willingness to yield, can actually be a great strength, according to Taoist philosophy.
    Hence, Lao Tzu states that the supreme good is like water. This video explores the benefits of being a bit less rigid and a bit more like water.
    "Be like water" - Bruce Lee
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  • @andriyshapovalov8886
    @andriyshapovalov8886 Před 3 lety +1767

    “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
    C. Darvin

    • @peterwilliamson8721
      @peterwilliamson8721 Před 3 lety +9

      Evolution

    • @mypandawilleatyou38
      @mypandawilleatyou38 Před 3 lety +14

      Plus the ones who make the babies

    • @battlebuddy4517
      @battlebuddy4517 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mypandawilleatyou38 to many made do the opposite

    • @MegaSkye
      @MegaSkye Před 3 lety +10

      Darwin never said this.

    • @ym6294
      @ym6294 Před 3 lety +16

      True Compared to turtles who been around for 100 million years. Species like that is flexible as water.

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh Před 3 lety +3565

    Taoism teaches us that life is series of spontaneous changes. If we’re willing to accept the natural flow of life; we will find perfect stillness. Stay blessed everyone!

    • @eudaimonia9260
      @eudaimonia9260 Před 3 lety +14

      What do you mean by perfect stillness?

    • @payaswinibansal5923
      @payaswinibansal5923 Před 3 lety +3

      @Tav aiono what do u do for a living?

    • @payaswinibansal5923
      @payaswinibansal5923 Před 3 lety +2

      @Tav aiono after reading your comment about how your are living which is what I wish for one day too. I just got curious about what u do for a living. Thats great.

    • @itzibitzidi
      @itzibitzidi Před 3 lety +2

      beautifully said, i really needed this. bless you ❤️

    • @Reymundodonsayo
      @Reymundodonsayo Před 3 lety +12

      Momma always said that life was like a box of dynamite

  • @nehainthebay
    @nehainthebay Před 3 lety +851

    My grandma used to say, “be like the palm tree that bends to wind rather than the large, rigid tree that gets uprooted.”. Your video reminded me of this again. Thanks for sharing.

  • @pietrusso
    @pietrusso Před 3 lety +596

    I love the crossovers between philosophies like Taoism, Buddhism, and Stoicism.

    • @BubbaSmurft
      @BubbaSmurft Před 2 lety +52

      ... and Bruceleeism.

    • @alysononoahu8702
      @alysononoahu8702 Před 2 lety +1

      And AA.

    • @petergriffin110
      @petergriffin110 Před 2 lety +3

      @@BubbaSmurft I like Bruce

    • @aprilrahee
      @aprilrahee Před rokem +1

      what is Taoism, is this a religion?

    • @Thu-wv8kq
      @Thu-wv8kq Před rokem +8

      Yeah! Three of them are all taught us about the same things that they was discovered about there is a thing called The Law Of Nature that is always managing everything in the whole universe.
      The only thing that difference between the three of them that is their levers is Miss Buddha has the level that higher than Miss Lao Tzu a little, and Miss stoicism is have the levels that same same the levels from Miss Lao Tzu.
      Only Miss Buddha was totally became enlightened, and Taoism and Stoicism is nearly touched the level of enlightenment.
      There of them did super hugely changed the world so much to so many people has live so much far from their evil and help people live nearer to the level of highly ethics and love and wisdom.

  • @VerenaSatriani
    @VerenaSatriani Před 3 lety +705

    Flow like water: when we don't try to control everything, that's the time when we trust that everything is in control.

    • @miguelchippsinteligente6072
      @miguelchippsinteligente6072 Před 3 lety +1

      Tesla referenced human energy 🌪👻jesus christ referenced living waters 💎🤍science described water memory 🌊👨‍🎓existence reflecting psychologically,psalms16:24 k,j 👻💎🤍👨‍🎓💞🗽🌪

    • @flamah10n
      @flamah10n Před 3 lety +7

      I would say "control" instead, I would say everything is in it's course.

    • @jwu1950
      @jwu1950 Před 2 lety

      No. That's the time you got pushed around.
      May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.

    • @ratanaun2960
      @ratanaun2960 Před 2 lety

      @@jwu1950 turn the other cheek he said or you aren't a follower? Of course he meant what he said or else how can we follow him?

    • @jwu1950
      @jwu1950 Před 2 lety

      @@ratanaun2960 Exactly. Turn the other cheek and not let yourself be pushed around by others. To be like water is to be focused and persistent, let be but never let go. Water always stay in control and never follow the flow of others. Water makes the inevitable inevitable.
      May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us.

  • @MrPersianpoetry
    @MrPersianpoetry Před 3 lety +462

    "Fixation is the way to death. Fluidity is the way to life."
    Miyamoto Musashi

    • @bettyledesma937
      @bettyledesma937 Před 3 lety +4

      BREVITY IS THE SOUL'S WIT,,, GRATEFUL.

    • @indigochild6079
      @indigochild6079 Před 3 lety +1

      Famous samurai who trained in the town where I’m from.

    • @razz_tv1859
      @razz_tv1859 Před 2 lety +2

      Baki

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      "There is no such thing as death".

    • @philc4520
      @philc4520 Před 2 lety

      Spoken with absolute authority by the man who lived & killed by his own sword.

  • @ICEcoldJT
    @ICEcoldJT Před 3 lety +561

    Two things we all need to do:
    1. Be in the moment, in the presence
    2. Change your perception of reality.

    • @LSSoldo
      @LSSoldo Před 3 lety +27

      Or, maybe, we don't have to do anything; just BE in the present moment - and be awake and aware; OBSERVE!
      And you'll know the next step...

    • @ginpau7416
      @ginpau7416 Před 2 lety +2

      @@LSSoldo yessir

    • @verfassungspatriot
      @verfassungspatriot Před 2 lety +9

      @@LSSoldo you have to become nothing. Get attached to nothing, because nothing is the only real thing.

    • @Alex722
      @Alex722 Před 2 lety +2

      Just BE and the change of perception is inevitable, it's not forced.

    • @ManazYT
      @ManazYT Před 2 lety +1

      I didn't expect to see you here. Ayyyyy

  • @lookupthereupinthetrees9860
    @lookupthereupinthetrees9860 Před 3 lety +557

    I knew a soldier many years ago, who was arguably the toughest man I've ever known. Elite special forces. He often spoke of his former colleagues and the battles or actions they fought in. What surprised me at a point was that he told me that none of the other men were left alive because they had ALL committed suicide. All of them. They couldn't accept or handle the memory of the actions they had been involved with, and being genuine, tough, masculine individuals they often went to the grave without telling anyone what their problem was. One of these men had his wife pass him he's newborn son and he cried hysterically but never told his wife or anybody what memory the child had triggered. He then deliberately went and got himself killed. What I learned from this man, the softness of his eyes contrasted with the hands in front of him, -the very bare hands that he'd used to kill people, sort of confirms what I've known for some time, and what this video points out. The other men wouldn't yield, or confess, or disclose or seek counseling for their problems. They had it would seem an unyielding view of what a man should be. I think a lot of us do. They seemed to have an inflexible view or handling of their problems. They favored things like self-medicating with alcohol instead of getting genuine help. The only reason I ever heard the stories of these people was because out of a community of incredibly tough people who died by their own hands, there was one man among them who sought help at every turn and that's what saved him. Even in the time I knew him he checked into a psychiatric hospital several times. He let other people help him, and he didn't see obtaining help or even sharing his pain with people like myself as a weakness. We tend to cringe at the idea of man 'complaining' about their problems as somehow unmasculine as 'weakness.' This idea, will get and continue to get people killed. It's not complaining, it's learning how to survive, and that's the proof I've seen with my own eyes.

    • @akito7025
      @akito7025 Před 2 lety +32

      I think more men need this, thanks for this, i hope that man is doing a lot better now!!

    • @lookupthereupinthetrees9860
      @lookupthereupinthetrees9860 Před 2 lety +35

      @@akito7025 he features greatly in a book I'm trying to have finished late next year. He had a heart of gold and I want to preserve some of his memory because he died recently.

    • @lookupthereupinthetrees9860
      @lookupthereupinthetrees9860 Před 2 lety +26

      @@akito7025 but he was happy in the end. I could see it in his eyes.

    • @ashishnirwan14
      @ashishnirwan14 Před 2 lety +6

      @@lookupthereupinthetrees9860 Name of the book please

    • @jwu1950
      @jwu1950 Před 2 lety +6

      Death is only an illusion.
      May the love and the peace of Jesus be with us

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +2310

    “If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”
    --Confucius

    • @Ropewatch
      @Ropewatch Před 3 lety +55

      I'm Always surrounded by smart people so im in the right room :D

    • @sarahgray430
      @sarahgray430 Před 3 lety +111

      I am the only person in this room, so I am the smartest person by default.

    • @alvinkim1305
      @alvinkim1305 Před 3 lety +11

      @@sfjlfkjsdlfkjds That's a great observation right there.

    • @jackhaggerty1322
      @jackhaggerty1322 Před 3 lety +49

      "Man who goes to bed with itchy bum, wakes up with smelly finger"
      - Confucius

    • @Rhinoch8
      @Rhinoch8 Před 3 lety +5

      @@sfjlfkjsdlfkjds it's the other way around. You get surrounded with people who are like you 😂

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +500

    “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
    ― Isaac Asimov

    • @nirkaya7438
      @nirkaya7438 Před 3 lety

      let's break walls and windows !

    • @keithkaitlinreynolds808
      @keithkaitlinreynolds808 Před 3 lety

      ...so it isn't fair of me to assume you have a quote which combines the topics of taoism/stoicism/cats...?

    • @peyton4310
      @peyton4310 Před 3 lety

      needed that

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      The heaviest assumption is that solidity/the physical exists.

  • @nata_de_coco1355
    @nata_de_coco1355 Před 3 lety +118

    I am a Taoist.. only my elder sister who are resilient like water most of the times. No matter how bad the situation or unfairness, nothing shakes her. Not even loneliness. I admire & respect her...❤️

  • @akshataraj1
    @akshataraj1 Před 3 lety +115

    I am going through a breakup and disheartened situation. This channel has helped me think beyond the worldly problems. I feel better 😊 I hope I find peace within.

    • @scotleoqueen704
      @scotleoqueen704 Před 3 lety +6

      @Akshata Seetharam Same! 💕 we'll get thru it

    • @KorayRuthlessvillian
      @KorayRuthlessvillian Před 3 lety +6

      I just separated from a 6 year relationship, and I feel better now than when I was in a relationship. Some things are just not meant to be and the sooner we move on the sooner we take control.

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety +1

      See the book HANDS OF LIGHT written by the physicist Barbara Brennan. Find peace in knowing you are an eternal image.

    • @hydrynt
      @hydrynt Před 2 lety +1

      I'm emotionally hurt.

  • @mhniroomand9597
    @mhniroomand9597 Před 3 lety +1380

    "Everybody is quoting Someone here "
    __Me

    • @radu921000
      @radu921000 Před 3 lety +5

      mh niroomand lol

    • @elsajohnson6663
      @elsajohnson6663 Před 3 lety +18

      Yours is the best!

    • @leyah18
      @leyah18 Před 3 lety +7

      You got me there 😂

    • @Nitecrow314
      @Nitecrow314 Před 3 lety +8

      "Everybody is quoting Someone here"
      _mh niroomand

    • @indigo92099
      @indigo92099 Před 3 lety +30

      “If you want the likes to float, you need a philospher's wisdom to quote.“
      _Me

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +1004

    “The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche

    • @GamerSix66
      @GamerSix66 Před 3 lety +5

      I love the work of nietzsche

    • @pacolypps2370
      @pacolypps2370 Před 3 lety +4

      @@GamerSix66 the uberman

    • @annabellgreyward4184
      @annabellgreyward4184 Před 3 lety +2

      Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas / That is an awesome quote.

    • @Qwerty123zzuy
      @Qwerty123zzuy Před 3 lety

      Meh

    • @Viv8ldi
      @Viv8ldi Před 3 lety +5

      I am not sure about Nietsches words. He died miserably and depressed in his own soil. How can the words of someone like that ever lead to happyness? They havent helped himself

  • @gokulkrishm51
    @gokulkrishm51 Před 2 lety +6

    Reminds me of a story I read growing up.
    A huge tree calls it's fellow grass "pathetic". The grass remained silent.
    But when a thunderstorm decided to pay a visit, the huge tree fell down because of the high wind. And after the storm it asked the "pathetic" grass, how is it still the same?
    The grass replied, it's simple, I just bend down for the wind. You don't need to be powerful. You can't win over some things. So you let fly over your head.
    "Be strong enough to be gentle!" :)

  • @MrWaterbugdesign
    @MrWaterbugdesign Před 3 lety +5

    This concept helped me get past road rage. Someone on the radio said be the river and go around rocks in the stream. Slow drivers were the rocks. Don't get mad at rocks. This thinking evolved to where I switched from being water to being a rock in the stream...a safer driver.

  • @Joonlai
    @Joonlai Před 3 lety +428

    Don’t attach to anything,
    Nothing is permanence,
    Everything will change sooner or later.
    -Buddha

    • @anjellalo972
      @anjellalo972 Před 3 lety +4

      Well that's sounds like a cold/lonely way to live

    • @anjellalo972
      @anjellalo972 Před 3 lety +2

      Depressing

    • @Joonlai
      @Joonlai Před 3 lety +15

      @@anjellalo972 not depressing but freedom

    • @anjellalo972
      @anjellalo972 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Joonlai no, not really freedom, that's only freedom in a sense where you don't feel tied down or have responisbilities. How can you be happy if you detach from memories, pets, family, and friends? Throw away items that could be your last memories of someone, that you might forget over time if you don't have a physical reminder of the memory. Yes everything will change sooner or later, but you don't need to speed up the process. You could say detaching from things and people would help you, but really those thoughts come from fear of losing the people close to you. Now for things and junk that's laying around your house, of course throw that away

    • @Joonlai
      @Joonlai Před 3 lety +15

      @@anjellalo972 since you will lose everything one day, why do you want to hold them? The more you let everything go now,the less you will suffer when everything really gone.

  • @punishedvenomsnake716
    @punishedvenomsnake716 Před 3 lety +221

    Taoism is my favorite philosophy of thought and my life changed when I discovered it.

    • @isaaclalla722
      @isaaclalla722 Před 3 lety +10

      I can say the same. It changed everything for me

    • @SamarpanaYogananda6509
      @SamarpanaYogananda6509 Před 3 lety +6

      Is there a book you would recommend for a complete novice in Taoism?

    • @tracywilliamsliterature
      @tracywilliamsliterature Před 3 lety +2

      I have recently come to the Dao... I feel the same

    • @noidreculse8906
      @noidreculse8906 Před 3 lety +6

      Taoism and Zen the only things that make sense to me. 😍

    • @isaaclalla722
      @isaaclalla722 Před 3 lety +3

      Be PrEsEnT Tao te Ching by Lao tzu the recognized founder of Taoism

  • @kurp66
    @kurp66 Před 3 lety +62

    “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
    - Bruce Lee

    • @raoniafonso
      @raoniafonso Před 3 lety +4

      "Be water, my friend." Has been my WhatsApp status for at least 8 years

  • @caitlinannegrey
    @caitlinannegrey Před rokem +72

    Reminds me of my poem I wrote a couple months back:
    The mutability of my perception
    The trickle of curiosity I provoke
    I have the power to erode
    I have the power to take form
    I could be an oasis, or I could be a storm
    The element of water, through which my creativity cascades
    I am the reflection of the heavens and my own Creator
    I am as wavering as the ocean
    I am also as still as the seine
    I am frozen like ice
    I am also boiling at times
    And at others, I am vaporized
    But I am still water
    Not always still water.
    Sometimes I’m a wild rapid.
    Sometimes I’m harder, and sometimes I’m softer.
    I am water.

  • @IconsandIdeas
    @IconsandIdeas Před 3 lety +229

    Connecting Yin and Yang to Taoism was such a good idea. Never saw the connection till now. There's times for stress/action (Yang), and there's times for observation/relaxation (Yin). Taoism is the art of moving between the two effortlessly.

    • @resoundingsource6595
      @resoundingsource6595 Před 3 lety +5

      absolutely, striking that balance - or perhaps, getting out of the way, so as to let the balance naturally unfolding & Be.

    • @dg4720
      @dg4720 Před 3 lety +27

      I thought that Daoism teaches yin and yang...?

    • @petitdragon8997
      @petitdragon8997 Před 3 lety +19

      yin and yang are principles from taoism

    • @user-lx7vn5kf5v
      @user-lx7vn5kf5v Před 2 lety

      You probably haven't watch Bruce Lee's Philosophies

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      Yin and Yang symbolize the positive and negative poles of the atom.

  • @ashishverma9840
    @ashishverma9840 Před 3 lety +263

    Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless , like water -- Bruce Lee

    • @valentinsannyas9889
      @valentinsannyas9889 Před 3 lety +19

      My friend

    • @MrGarrett
      @MrGarrett Před 3 lety +18

      @@valentinsannyas9889 yeah, it's not the same without "my friend"

    • @trope5105
      @trope5105 Před 2 lety +4

      He was basically quoting his friend jiddu krishnamurti in that interview

    • @trope5105
      @trope5105 Před 2 lety

      @@brushfuller330 lol, can you put some context into that statement? are you doggin on krishnamurti or somethin?

    • @trope5105
      @trope5105 Před 2 lety

      @@brushfuller330 are you cool or somethin? dont put on a front, just say what you have to say, i zen out too, but im not a monk, so im real in the way i communicate.
      So what are you trying to sayY>??

  • @jonathanwhitfield2864
    @jonathanwhitfield2864 Před 2 lety +28

    I feel I found these videos on Taoism and Buddhism at the exact moment I needed them; everything I have heard so far is applicable to my own life and the painful situations I am currently going through. Every word was profound and enlightening, every quote struck a chord and resonated deeply within me. now my load seems much easier to carry. An unnecessary weight was removed from my shoulders, as well as my heart. now I can breathe again.
    after watching several of these in a row, I suddenly feel a stillness within myself; I am serene, at peace.
    I have realized that I am ultimately the only person who can hurt myself, and that I have been hurting myself this entire time. I am glad I am still alive, still trying. I don't have to suffer just because I feel pain right now, and happiness is not unobtainable. thank you, to whom or whatever led me to finding this. and thank you, Einzelganger, for making these videos.

    • @OwlofAsia
      @OwlofAsia Před rokem

      When the student is ready the teacher will appear

    • @trumtrum5136
      @trumtrum5136 Před 8 měsíci

      Pain is born from lies. So of course, honesty will always strike chords for those in pain.

  • @Ana-rb7ws
    @Ana-rb7ws Před 3 lety +98

    The soft overcomes the hard.
    Don’t force anything.
    The soft approach is superior to using force when it comes to long term results, as well as saving our energy and maintains a tranquil mind.
    Don’t abstain from force completely, save it for the right opportunity.
    Every situation has a positive to it.
    Undesired characteristics have positive aspects to them.
    Water always seeks the lower places.
    Life is characterized by softness, and softness is strength.
    Be like water.

  • @trantinto
    @trantinto Před 3 lety +610

    The universe is endless and anything can happen.

    • @resoundingsource6595
      @resoundingsource6595 Před 3 lety +16

      & it all does, eventually ;)

    • @TheCHEDDARCHEESENIPS
      @TheCHEDDARCHEESENIPS Před 3 lety +13

      Thank for some reason thinking about this really helped me out of a terrible mood i was having

    • @michaeldunne8055
      @michaeldunne8055 Před 3 lety +6

      If the universe is endless and anything can happen can the universe end?

    • @rach1530
      @rach1530 Před 3 lety +8

      If you’re not asleep you’re awake

    • @sidlopes4429
      @sidlopes4429 Před 3 lety

      [oh my] let me find out "Young Saitama" wise beyond his years.😉

  • @andrescarnederes2295
    @andrescarnederes2295 Před 3 lety +608

    It reminds me of how certain religious people view God. They view him as this rigid being who doesn't understand the complexity of life and sees everything as black and white, when in fact life is complex and God is probably even more complex. We should (in my opinion) chill and enjoy this ride of life and learn to appreciate others and empathize with them instead of being so judgemental all the time. It sounds cheesy as hell I know, but I seriously think this was the mission of Christ on the earth. Not establishing a rigid religion that determines whether you go to heaven or hell, I think.

    • @markm371
      @markm371 Před 3 lety +22

      great perspective

    • @bladediamond3505
      @bladediamond3505 Před 3 lety +7

      💛

    • @stephtheweirddogperson4930
      @stephtheweirddogperson4930 Před 3 lety +15

      I completely agree. May you always have peace☮️

    • @amondal3442
      @amondal3442 Před 3 lety +17

      Hello, Jesus is the name of love. His own life is the perfect example of love and sacrifice.
      It is middel age most of the European church authorities who only focus on the doctrine of hell punishment and sine and take control and power over society even more than king - the background reason may be political dominence but one
      should see and feel Jesus life of sacrifice and love ask question what I feel among such torment can able to think welfare of all in such condition that was his love,
      Even his last advise was love God as I love you and love your neighbor as yourself.

    • @victorianastav4969
      @victorianastav4969 Před 3 lety +8

      James B. Irwin (astronaut who drove the Lunar Rover on the Dark Side of the Moon) said "It's not a miracle that man walked on the moon, it's a miracle that Jesus walked the Earth." We are the miracle. Yes, be like Jesus. This is our heaven, our Eden. Forgive but don't forget.

  • @Aleyah
    @Aleyah Před 2 lety +11

    I found this at the right time. This is universe speaking to me. Such calm and peace I feel after watching your videos. I can't thank you enough!!!

  • @Alex722
    @Alex722 Před 2 lety +3

    I didn't know anything about Taoism, but this video it's like watching everything I have inside me all these years and could never explain better...
    Resonates 100% with me.

  • @27jerry27
    @27jerry27 Před 3 lety +457

    "Be like Water, my Friend"
    - Bruce Lee

    • @satriakesumap
      @satriakesumap Před 3 lety +45

      “Be like Friend,my Water”
      - Lee Bruce

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 Před 3 lety +21

      Gentleman Life School
      “Water be like, My Friend”
      -Bee Lruce

    • @erojerisiz1571
      @erojerisiz1571 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mjolninja9358 That sounds like something Yoda would say

    • @nolisarmiento1719
      @nolisarmiento1719 Před 3 lety +6

      running water never grows stale..so you just have to 'keep on flowing' - Bruce Lee

    • @mettacognizant
      @mettacognizant Před 3 lety +6

      “Hence, a famous actor, philosopher, and martial artist once said...” my name is Bruce Lee! Lol

  • @EMunaBee
    @EMunaBee Před 3 lety +33

    This reminds me of a 40 year old man named Akiva, a shepherd & laborer, who couldn't read. He saw water softly, slowly trickling down a brook, hitting a rock, little drip by drip. While it was gentle, it was constant & Akiva realized something: there was a hole in that rock exactly where the water touched it. He pondered what he saw & concluded that if gentle water could make a hole in a hard, solid rock, then words of Truth - like iron - could make a real impression on his heart.
    He changed his life, began to study - for 24 years straight, beginning with sitting in a classroom with the young children learning letters - & he became the greatest leader of his time, directly teaching thousands of people.
    Like gentle drops of water, little changes, small experiences, barely perceptible learning can all add up - even more than those huge moments of enlightenment - & make a lasting impression on us & how we live our lives.

    • @sahelikarati5924
      @sahelikarati5924 Před 3 lety

      I am from india and I have read same story just with a different name.

    • @frontsidegrinder6858
      @frontsidegrinder6858 Před 2 lety

      Dröpje by Dröpje to success, so natural and simple.

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      Rocks are constantly being created as images. Must take billions of quarks of light smashed together to cause rocks to feel hard.

    • @brushfuller330
      @brushfuller330 Před rokem

      @@pureenergy4578 thank you so much. I've always wanted to know that

  • @sonnycrockett2079
    @sonnycrockett2079 Před rokem +22

    Bruce Lee was the first one in my lifetime to bring Taoism to the forefront of my experience at age 10 and led me to Lao Tzu and others.
    You should’ve mentioned his name at the end; Bruce was not just a martial artist and an actor, but a force of nature who flowed with the Tao for a short time…..and then was gone.

    • @KukumEesinekapo
      @KukumEesinekapo Před 9 měsíci

      True! My daughters who are now in their 20s, fell in love with Bruce Lee’s movies and with him eventually. They literally drank his words like a kid do with all their characters they like and they really understood « Be like water my friend 😊) at an early age. What started as a joke, slowly slipped into their minds and saw the real meaning of it growing older 💕
      Funny how something so insignificant at first can grow into a solid foundation to get through life and its challenges

  • @jennieskinner3886
    @jennieskinner3886 Před rokem +1

    Trying to learn that everything is impermanent. Letting go of unhealthy attachments every day. Stay blessed everyone & spread love!

  • @Eternalised
    @Eternalised Před 3 lety +118

    I love this, Taoism is fascinating. The Tao, like water flows everywhere, to the left and to the right and it loves everything. It nurtures animals and plants and then moves on without seeking praise, when good things are happening, it is not there to receive any thanks.
    Edit: Loving the editing, I have so much to learn from you :D

  • @FutureMindset
    @FutureMindset Před 3 lety +237

    The ultimate superhuman is a Taoist stoic who's mastered the duality of yin and yang and embraced the Buddhist philosophy of acceptance.

    • @pierrolosapio1042
      @pierrolosapio1042 Před 3 lety +7

      The Ultimate Superhuman is a Buddha or a Guru which doesn't see any duality

    • @theoldfirm6046
      @theoldfirm6046 Před 3 lety +6

      Polarity and duality exist whether they say it or not, they recognise it is one of the laws of life.

    • @Enigma_Vids
      @Enigma_Vids Před 3 lety +2

      Perhaps we need to create something that nurtures this superhuman philosophy

    • @isiahzion9365
      @isiahzion9365 Před 3 lety +3

      Or a newborn baby

    • @brendansmith2545
      @brendansmith2545 Před 3 lety +3

      I was just going to make a comment similair to this... funny because taoist philosophy and stoic philosophy are my favorites, and I see them as yin and yang... very useful to apply teachings from both sides :) Now I see I should look into buddhism, thankyou

  • @silentladyd
    @silentladyd Před 3 lety +26

    "People that are rigid and stern ..." - insert picture of a donkey, it cracked me up!

  • @Philosophyof
    @Philosophyof Před rokem +5

    Everytime I feel terrible about myself and the course of my life, you always have a way of impacting it. Bringing me a sense of peace with the situations. I don't know how many times, this video has helped me, I truly appreciate your content.

    • @trumtrum5136
      @trumtrum5136 Před 8 měsíci

      Don't torture yourself with the problems of liars

  • @AlexBlank
    @AlexBlank Před 3 lety +312

    Taoism: Be like water.
    Stoicism: Be like a rock the waves crash over.
    Well, if we are to accept impermanence, we might as well be both.

  • @Player_Twelve
    @Player_Twelve Před 3 lety +16

    I found you about a year ago and you've made a huge impact in my life Einzelgänger. Keep doing what you do. It's been a rough couple years and these videos really have helped me.

  • @ewelinajasinska9998
    @ewelinajasinska9998 Před rokem

    I'm grateful for this amazing flavour of Taoisms. May Universe bless Tao.

  • @JillsMusic3
    @JillsMusic3 Před měsícem

    Everyone should be aware of this. Especially our beautiful children, in and out of school. Such a great reminder of who we are and what we can be.

  • @sfshaman
    @sfshaman Před 3 lety +21

    Right in time - I was hijacked by anger today. Thanks!

    • @sfshaman
      @sfshaman Před 3 lety

      @Mona Liz Dzieki za Power of Now! Ten Eckhart jest niesamowity :)

  • @noreenjenny7039
    @noreenjenny7039 Před 3 lety +8

    Seeing positive in negative is a good reflection. Softness is strength ❤ happy to adapt and grow! Thank you 🙏❤❤

  • @cdmarkandu
    @cdmarkandu Před 2 lety +2

    This channel gives so much value and helps me work through so many things. Thank you.

  • @LuvOfLalaland
    @LuvOfLalaland Před 2 lety +2

    This video summarised what I have learned from all experiences in the past year. Thanks

  • @KenJKnight
    @KenJKnight Před 3 lety +14

    Just today I listened Bruce Lees: Warrior within. Be water my friends!

    • @miguelchippsinteligente6072
      @miguelchippsinteligente6072 Před 3 lety

      Tesla referenced human energy 🌪👻jesus christ referenced living waters 💎🤍science described water memory 🌊👨‍🎓existence reflecting psychologically psalms16:24 k,j 👻💎🤍👨‍🎓🗽💞🌪

  • @vlatkodr7102
    @vlatkodr7102 Před 3 lety +14

    The quality of your videos, deep wisdom presented and even younr voice, everything is so good. You are one of my favorite youtubers. Thank you!

  • @Johny40Se7en
    @Johny40Se7en Před 3 lety +2

    Tao-ism is one gorgeous philosophy which I'm going to focus on more in life, especially the softness part. Thank you for the lovely video.

  • @amiraboodi2075
    @amiraboodi2075 Před rokem

    I learned so many things from this remarkable video. I think that "be like water" is an advise that many of the great ancient thinkers have talked about.

  • @rpeezus4788
    @rpeezus4788 Před 3 lety +32

    I am a black male who happens to be a pisces and this has never made more sense than it does today!

    • @carlduffin
      @carlduffin Před 3 lety +10

      I am white and happen to be a Taurus and these definitions have absolutely no bearing or meaning whatsoever.

    • @caob1876
      @caob1876 Před 3 lety +2

      Here's a cookie? What a dumb comment

    • @tombradydid9114
      @tombradydid9114 Před 2 lety +2

      Im a hispanic man and i want to play Mortal Kombat now

    • @ddp47297
      @ddp47297 Před 2 lety +3

      Im asian and im watching this at 3am

    • @Missisippy
      @Missisippy Před 2 lety +1

      I'm an alien. You humans are hilarious.

  • @Derlet30
    @Derlet30 Před 3 lety +8

    Such an amazing video! I had the privilege of studying Eastern Philosophy as part of my academic degree and it truly changed my life.
    I am Christian, but with an Eastern philosophy orientation. And this video brings much joy to me.
    Thank you so much for producing it! ❤

  • @jeffreydonovan4433
    @jeffreydonovan4433 Před 3 lety +2

    This was beautiful! What a perfect way to start the day. Thank you so much.

  • @justwanderinginair
    @justwanderinginair Před 3 lety +2

    After lot of mental stress I finally understand acceptance is the only solution, difficult to bring it to practice though. Nice video at the right time.

  • @alexanderreva3905
    @alexanderreva3905 Před 3 lety +3

    Example with the Shawshank redemption is very helpful to understand and to explain the idea of being in a flow. Thank you

  • @dev4911
    @dev4911 Před 3 lety +24

    "Never wink at nuns" - Me.

  • @tuccum
    @tuccum Před 3 lety

    Extremely insightful and useful. 🌄. Flo🌼. Thank you for airing 🕊️

  • @blisswkc3344
    @blisswkc3344 Před 2 lety

    Thank y'all so much dearest 🌹
    Y'all such an inspiration 🥰
    Appreciate y'all from the bottom of my heart 💖
    Be Blissful Eternally 🙏👼🌈

  • @jejetv4323
    @jejetv4323 Před 2 lety +3

    Excellent lesson, it's not about not forcing it's about to use force at the right moment thank you.

  • @sujatarai2730
    @sujatarai2730 Před 3 lety +3

    So much positivity.❤💫🌿

  • @miguelislasmoving_crk5932

    Taoist is always refreshing inspiration, nowadays is something to reflect about to redefine our pathways

  • @oumaima.bouhaddou
    @oumaima.bouhaddou Před 3 lety

    The content of this video is literally GOLD !

  • @IamDrDapper
    @IamDrDapper Před 2 lety +3

    God, your channel is absolute gold. Keep up the good work!
    Learning about these things is so relaxing

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      Physics is the best subject to learn that we are constantly flowing as we are being created.

  • @suchethhegde8637
    @suchethhegde8637 Před 3 lety +43

    These are made and edited beautifully, thank you for the content

    • @VerenaSatriani
      @VerenaSatriani Před 3 lety +2

      Sucheth Hegde isn't amazing when we just trust the process that the Universe take control? Flow like water. Have an amazing weekend Sucheth. God bless.

  • @justalexilife
    @justalexilife Před rokem +2

    This video is full of so many valuable gems of knowledge & wisdom. Very enlightening. ✨

  • @moisavictoria
    @moisavictoria Před 3 lety +2

    I love the shawshank state movie the amount of patience Andy has is unbelieveable i wish to have that

  • @ladylacrimal8447
    @ladylacrimal8447 Před 3 lety +9

    Alexander Hamilton was also shot to death in a duel. His inflexibility and strong stance got him killed.

  • @atallnobody934
    @atallnobody934 Před 2 lety +2

    This video has become such a Blessing To Me; a message and puzzle piece that helps my mind unraveling the rigid ness I was conditioned to perceive

  • @1stMemberEver
    @1stMemberEver Před 3 lety +2

    This channel is one of the best in CZcams.
    ― Universe

  • @kaanapalibaby
    @kaanapalibaby Před 3 lety +15

    There's one more substantive meaning of flow. In tai chi, originally a Taoist art, flow is the ability to link one movement to the next. When one goes without stopping/starting, not speeding up or slowing down there is a palpable energy that emerges, and the mind becomes more calm. After practicing this way there is the sensation of being elated and invigorated.

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      Energy and light are ONE. These are always flowing and spinning into images.

  • @TheusKhan
    @TheusKhan Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you so much for the captions. The importance for those who don't speak English fluently and those who are deaf is tremendously.

  • @uwaniperera5177
    @uwaniperera5177 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful....thank you for uploading...many blessings 🙏

  • @TheThora17
    @TheThora17 Před 2 lety

    One of my favourite episodes on all of CZcams

  • @0KaitoShion0
    @0KaitoShion0 Před 3 lety +3

    I love your videos. They're full of insight and clarity. It's a great morning routine, I've found, to listen to some of them and shift your perspective in the morning towards growth and acceptance. I share them and try to get my friends to watch them, too, because they're just too valuable to be overlooked. Keep up your great work! ❤️✨

  • @TheDhammaHub
    @TheDhammaHub Před 3 lety +41

    Thinking definitely has its merits. But as with everything, there is a beneficial interval in the middle. If you are unable to interrupt your thinking, you have the opposite qualities of water!

    • @DeidaraC5
      @DeidaraC5 Před 3 lety +1

      I would say this applies more to stoicism and the concept of temperance. Contemplate pain but don't dwell on it too much. And then in this process you become like water.

  • @DARKSTONE999
    @DARKSTONE999 Před 3 lety

    I thank universe & everything that holds it together for directing me 2 ur channel

  • @lilrara1291
    @lilrara1291 Před 3 lety

    This has put me in a better place,this new found mental strength is stronger than some people can imagine

  • @MegaDublinguy
    @MegaDublinguy Před 3 lety +5

    Your videos are like a refreshing glass of water when I'm parched!

  • @livingartdesigns06
    @livingartdesigns06 Před 3 lety +5

    Beautiful and accurate video as to how one should conduct one's life, regardless of opposition or circumstances. Life is much wealthier and more complex paradoxically by taking a simple and humble approach. Connecting with and unifying with nature is the humble approach that will lead to true long lasting happiness, peace, and lucidity.

  • @melindajaneelliott9715

    Sending love and gratitude 🙏

  • @dr.gaosclassroom
    @dr.gaosclassroom Před rokem +2

    Thank you for such a wonderful video. You present a complicated idea in such an accessible manner and easy grasp. I am philosopher and has been Teaching Chinese philosophies for many years and I admire how well you explain this idea!

  • @VandanaSharma-ud8gd
    @VandanaSharma-ud8gd Před 3 lety +4

    Exactly the words I needed to hear, I hope you know that people appreciate you alot❤️ you're great!

  • @nickgogoladze1824
    @nickgogoladze1824 Před 3 lety +8

    In the past i know this quote, be like a water, but now i comprehend what's really is❤️

  • @gladysparedes8609
    @gladysparedes8609 Před 3 lety

    Thank you! I always see positive in anything negative.

  • @cuteonlinewaifu
    @cuteonlinewaifu Před 2 lety

    your voice brings me so much peace

  • @johannatheone
    @johannatheone Před 3 lety +3

    "For what has been - Thank you.
    For what will come- Yes"
    -Dag Hammarskjöld

  • @matthew_thefallen
    @matthew_thefallen Před 3 lety +5

    Since the first lesson on Taoism i loved the idea of being like water, and it stuck with me since then :)

  • @emotional_girlll20
    @emotional_girlll20 Před 26 dny

    Lao Tzu knew what we were going to go through. Daoism teachings are absolutely for our era. Whatever religion you are, study Daoism.

  • @zarasaba7864
    @zarasaba7864 Před 3 lety +2

    I needed this reminder in my life. Thank you.

  • @philnightjar1971
    @philnightjar1971 Před 3 lety +4

    "I am usually quoted in military topics and not here"
    - Sun Tzu

  • @alisaknv6895
    @alisaknv6895 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm about to finish your book! Thank you for this amazing content and the wonderful way you present everything 💛

  • @dbsk06
    @dbsk06 Před 3 lety +2

    Wow this graphic designer deserves a raise. Love these graphics

  • @johnc.6645
    @johnc.6645 Před 3 lety

    The Shawshank redemption caused me to make major changes in my life. It also led to the comfort I recieve from Daoisim.

  • @radu921000
    @radu921000 Před 3 lety +3

    Commenting for the algorithm, scroll along 😊

  • @annaburrell9675
    @annaburrell9675 Před 3 lety +3

    I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much for the insane amount of thought and work these videos must take. You are appreciated 💜

  • @sameerbasrur6613
    @sameerbasrur6613 Před 2 lety

    Beautiful video, be in the flow not forcing but adapting..thank you

  • @jessegreco8855
    @jessegreco8855 Před rokem

    The Shawshank example was fantastic. Very well done.

  • @lyceumofphilosophy9392
    @lyceumofphilosophy9392 Před 3 lety +48

    The living are soft and yielding; The dead are rigid and dry and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.” - Laozi Dao de Jing

    • @user-yx6eh7ue6e
      @user-yx6eh7ue6e Před 3 lety +1

      Good analogy My grandgrand always tell me that since I was young wonder where you might have heard this from??

    • @pureenergy4578
      @pureenergy4578 Před 2 lety

      Even the brittle and dry flow as energy and light.

  • @ranmad415
    @ranmad415 Před 2 lety +3

    I love that you mention Bruce Lee. He was an incredible thinker and philosopher, considering style as a crystallization. fantastic video. Thank you for posting!

  • @buttonpetrelli
    @buttonpetrelli Před 3 lety

    Your videos were always good, but seems u got even better! This one is your BEST ONE YET! THANK U! 🙏😃

  • @AlmightyMostActive
    @AlmightyMostActive Před rokem

    This is Beautiful and wonderfully presented!!! Love from the Mericas

  • @DrLizListens
    @DrLizListens Před 3 lety +6

    We are all water benders.
    Let it go, let it flow.