10 Unsettling Truths About Life

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This video explores 10 truths about life that are, on one hand, deeply unsettling and hard to face, but on the other hand, they can be immensely liberating and a powerful embodiment of the human spirit.
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[@tjsm4455]

@PursuitofWonder what's the name of the piano piece playing near the end of video ?

[@OnideusMadHatter]

I got six minutes in... and I have some VERY bad news. No one on earth has temporal privacy rights. I only bring this up, because if you want to talk about probability, as in the probability of human imagination and dreams being transcoded into material reality... well, time tech is a certainty. The most likely use of that technology will be to retroactively remove that thing you presently quantify as "death". Depending on how badly you "aim" the future... well, that can go from terrible to even more terrible to unspeakably terrible in like... no effort flat. Literally. Like that "instant gratification" concept you've been high on... that's um... that's lethal to your sentience. Yeah, little PROTIP, that thing requires PAIN in order to function. You know obstacles to overcome, pain to avoid, stuff like that. If you remove it all with self-satiation on demand, well that sorta impairs your cognition in a way that makes it "fall asleep". That would be depression! Or over satiation. If you double down with addictive impulses that depression will lead to dysphoria, which is DELUSION DRIVEN PAIN SEEKING BEHAVIORS! They are designed to try and "wake up" your sentience. They cause you to attack any and all normie sources of satiation like society, entertainment, family, marriage, children, pregnancy, pets... in the worst case scenarios they'll be insatiably driven to gouging out their own pleasure centers! Psychopathically so! Meaning, they're able to invent all sorts of "good intentions" to try and delude everyone into accepting it. Solution is pretty simple tho... just use safe forms of pain seeking. Like lift weights, exercise, fast for a few hours while super hungry, go camping, do chores... whatever. Avoid over satiation and avoid bad forms of pain seeking like anorexia, cutting, abortion, etc. Oh... speaking of abortion. The future has a question for you all. Did you want them back? The babies. The ones you all aborted. Do you want them back? After you think you die. Do you want them back?

[@tyler361t2]

please timestamp your videos

[@jayrussell3796]

Why don't you rename your channel Pursuit of Suicides...?

[@creativitysubs9935]

I hate to break it to you, but your entire video does not apply to me ;) 1. Is just plain wrong. I am perfectly aware of my own evil nature. unlike all of you. 2. I know that people are not brave enough to understand me. I learned that early on in life. 3. I fully know myself. I am a genius. i am exploring myself all my life. i am a frontier psychologist. 4. I knew that for a very long time. reality is but an illusion filted by my conciousnes. 5. I knew that life is chance since early childhood. There never was free will. 6. I understand that i have to make my own happy ending even if it's patchwork and not glorious at all. 7. I am replaceable. it doesn't matter. none of us matter. Time is a flat circle. or least history is. 8. I will be forgotten. and that is for the best. 9. There are no happy endings. the world is unjust. that's the nature of freedom. 10. I am a soulless biological automaton You failed to list 11) The world is horrible because people become horrible by being exposed to society. It's an eternal vicious cycle that can't even be broken by schooling cause toddlers are already exposed to the corrupted nature of their parents. Society is merely the expression of the will of the masses multiplied by resources and willpower. Society will never truly change. Most of the things we see are human nature, not social constructs. I had no luck in life. I am statistically speaking one of the least privileged people on the planet. but I had to - to become as genius as i am - Check out Nietzsche to understand. Find peace. And enjoy every moment.Never be ashamed. And follow your heart...

[@jamzydarth7746]

"Life is mostly a cycle between boredom and anxiety" This hit me so hard

[@Roger_Ramjet]

Same here. So thank the universe for the comments section and the tiny sense of connection and understanding your post gave to me and (maybe) mine to you.

[@johnboy6594]

Thats my reality. I would love to have much less boredom and find work that keeps me engaged, the anxiety would have less room to fit in a world full of engagement and purpose, I think anyway. But who knows...

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Same. I'm right with you. ❤

[@thekeysman6760]

@jamzydarth7746 5:33 The quote was actually "in the moments between boredom and anxiety there is achievement, a sense of purpose"...Totally different to what you said.

[@E.a.Z.S.e.n.T]

I know me too when I'm sober but I got a remedy to break the cycle. Mood enhancers

[@dynamicdingus7003]

The more aware u r about these, the more depressed you are, or the more you are at peace.

[@Dapryor]

I think you’re right. It’s almost like you have to crawl through this understanding in hopes that there’s peace and acceptance at the end.

[@latoya5026]

Ngl you're right and I'm at peace

[@yoavithepirate]

im just watching this video going "this is so cool" about everything. life is so complicated.

[@TheKrispyfort]

Existential crisis can only be resolved by existential decision, otherwise you're engulfed by existential choice-paralysis

[@Rhen_Sigwaben]

Ull be depressed for a bit until you learn to accept the truth

[@TheWarcryyyyy]

These aren't "dark" truths, these are just truths.

[@Davaglieo2000]

Exactly. We as a society need to de-stigmatize these truths so people aren’t so afraid of them and they don’t immediately correlate them with depression/etc.

[@i.greene]

True. I think they are just uncomfortable for most people.

[@sunitakhadka795]

​@@mcjack7038 right! Same here

[@ribtickle4143]

This channel trying so hard to be deep and original. Too much striving and self awareness so often results in something becoming a caricature and tgisnis what has happened with this channel.

[@creativitysubs9935]

Most people's are pussies and don't live in the real world. for them these truth are world shattering.

[@Dapryor]

I appreciate that the internet has created spaces for these discussions without my mother jumping in to tell me that Jesus solves these problems. Edit: Thanks for the likes, you heathens!

[@gusmwas]

Amen to that

[@kattihatt]

​@@gusmwaslol

[@nyrdybyrd1702]

With the caveat of shame that I didn't, myself, express such agreeable sentiment, I respectfully dog pile atop this mindful comment.

[@Dapryor]

@@nyrdybyrd1702 Well said, sir.

[@Dapryor]

@@nyrdybyrd1702 or ma’am.

[@xxevilellisonxx]

“If you know you will be forgotten, you can decide to live for right now. While you’re still here. If you will be replaced then right now you are, or at some point, you were important.” Thank you for this.

[@creativitysubs9935]

if nothing is important then what could be more important than you own happiness?

[@davidpetry4700]

​@@creativitysubs9935jEsUs Is ThE mOsT iMpOrTaNt ThInG!

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Haha

[@OmegaOracle010]

​@@creativitysubs9935"Nothing" is.

[@thequant2817]

And what if immoral things give you the most happiness? Or braindead needless consumption? You can’t just say that it’s “over the line” because “the line” is subjective so it can’t really be defined. You could say it would shorten your life, but first - what if not? Is it okay then? And second - even if you do get caught and killed or imprisoned, maybe it was worth it, so let’s do it anyway? Of course I get what you mean but it’s easy to break bad with such a mindset.

[@Aegianlulz]

The fact that I will be forgotten forever. It’s kinda liberating. It reminds me that nothing at all in this life matters, so I should try to cherish the good things and not care too much about the bad things after all, some day nobody will remember me

[@Nostalgicus]

Trust me , in cosmos perspective you´re in fact not important at all .So relatively speaking your exsistence on earth actualy meant shit , to cut a long story short 😂

[@True38]

The Power of Indifference.

[@lordmcrolendpetalcorin1871]

YEAH brother, same.

[@Jhawk_2k]

I can't think of a word to describe the feeling your videos give me. It's easy to say its pessimistic, but that simply isn't true. It's more like an optimistic absurdism. It's just so fundamentally human

[@arpitkumar4525]

It's called melancholy

[@Jhawk_2k]

@@arpitkumar4525 I disagree, melancholy to me is defined by its somber demeanor. But it's fair to say our interpretations of anything are subject to our own emotional states. I see how this could come off as melancholy if that's the primary way you've been operating lately

[@wormflowers]

it makes me feel sick to my stomach but in a peaceful way, if that makes sense

[@beridledodopidop4822]

​@@wormflowersthat is a good foundation to start forward from

[@abhigavi]

Makes us think in ways we never thought we could

[@freshpressedify]

Thanks for the existential crisis, as always 😅

[@carmenokereafor1163]

Right 😅

[@royal_waves2420]

💀✨

[@oliviaginsbourg6541]

A psychopath abuse of channel popularity RUBBISH SOUNDS LIKE MY MOTHER

[@danarno]

From Marcus Aurelius to the taoists to the jesuits living is about leading a balanced life if to paraphrase Voltaire you want to give up the good in a vain Attempt to reach the perfect of course you’re going to be frustrated this video was well presented, because it does give an optimistic view of life in and of it self, without proselytizing as to any religion living open the possibility of spirituality that undergirds the universe

[@netosampaio8548]

Will these comments ever stop?

[@izuchukwuuchegbu2906]

The existential dread Robert brings on making us realise the futility of it all is refreshing in its own way

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Yep definitely lol for sure 😅

[@valentinaespinosa8269]

summary: 1. There is something deeply wrong with you 2. You will never be understood by anyone 3. You will never fully know yourself 4. Nothing is what it seems 5. So much of life is chance 6. Happiness will never come (not in the form we wish) 7. You will be replaced 8. You will be forgotten 9. No real story ends well 10. In all likeliness, when your story ends, it is the end

[@freespirit-111]

I’m ok with everything stated here. We spend our entire life in pursuit mode, hoping to get to a destination. We don’t know what that looks or feels like… … eventually we’ll all die not knowing.

[@briaf3370]

Thanks for this

[@catsaregovernmentspies]

This is what I was looking for.

[@Shantelldale]

Really sad

[@tsb7911]

I don't find this depressing. I find it liberating.

[@explorer.samrat]

Whatever you have experienced in your life, it happened within you. Nobody could ever feel the pain or happiness that you went through, except for you. The truth is "We are all alone in our inner worlds".😊😊

[@puppyspit1132]

I disagree, we all experience the same emotions and thats what connects us and gives us empathy and compassion

[@alecrochon3531]

@@puppyspit1132 How about there's overlap? We experience things/emotions that are common to everyone but how specifically we live them is unique to us.

[@wisemandark_gaming]

I can say that Many people have gone though what I've gone though. But that's not because its common. It's because I found people who been in my shoes. We are not all alone in our worlds. But what is true about that, We all mainly pay attention to our own world. Once you look around and get to know people and listen, you might find out your not the only one going though those same troubles.

[@ujjwalbhatt1460]

@@puppyspit1132 We think we do but we do not. The way you feel happiness, sorrow and other emotions will always be different from how I feel it. In fact the way you perceive the Universe will always be different from what I perceive. And it will all go with us and we will never be able to explain anyone about it.

[@nonameguy155]

"JUDGE. WE. SHOULD. HAVE. AT. LEAST. A. SENSE. OF. EXTERNAL. VAILDATION." @@alecrochon3531 ok, personal anecdote but it's somehow randomly, seemingly getting more painful because of our internal sense of deep alienation because ironically, people get motivational and happy for their life (because it ironically depends on how random chance the timing is to be successful at their own life) and they would have a feeling to cause self-doubt and alienate themselves just because we usually assume that everyone isn't all uniqueness to us.

[@DK-uh8nk]

Listening to most of your videos is like my chaotic thoughts are being eloquently verbalized into existence. It's like, understanding what i really feel for a few minutes without any anxiety and mental distractions. Thank you..

[@positiffvibrations7429]

Well said!

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Wow. I could not agree more... lol Very amazing words of wisdom ^_^

[@timetraveller2818]

Indeed. Beautifully said

[@Hawkenshmire]

Our high school Principal used to say "Make it a great a day or not, the choice is yours" on the intercom after saying announcements. Most of us ignored it but now I understand it and Im sure some classmates would like to hear it again. I know there is going to be bad days but how you choose to react to it is up you and bad days can make you stronger or weaker.

[@buttnaked]

Olive branch Ms? 😂

[@Hawkenshmire]

@@buttnaked No sorry

[@buttnaked]

@@Hawkenshmire sorry preez herow

[@LilXancheX]

@@buttnakedthe hell?

[@buttnaked]

@@LilXancheX what man??

[@Tubeytime]

The fact that adults act like infants scares me more than everything mentioned in this video combined

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Crazy but true! It is actually quite scary... lol

[@timetraveller2818]

Agreed.

[@_ariosto1519]

Man, as they say, ignorance is bliss…😢

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

💯

[@bobbuilder155]

No

[@Hawkenshmire]

Until it comes back three fold

[@egglion7931]

Ignorance is bliss, being knowledgeable is painful, but being ascended the knowledge is also bliss.

[@caringheart34]

Ignorance is bliss, until you need knowledge and wisdom.

[@reneemiriklis6425]

This is so amazing. This made me realise we have to accept both parts of us. Society has told us that it’s terrible. It’s not. If we didn’t have this side, we could not be able to understand. It was good or bad

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Absolutely - this is a phenomenal sentiment - especially in the sense we all must try and be kind to ourselves but realize that we shouldn't be afraid to ask for help and to know we are all a collective species wanting to be recognized and worthy of something - assuming what I'm describing is accurate - because I believe reality is what we choose it to be - even if certain things aren't always in our control. But that being said, I realize I'm not perfect lol and neither is anyone else. But also; I believe we all exist for a specific reason - to ensure our existence will continue for many generations to come - but then... the survival aspect of life will be in their grasp, consciousness, and willingness to ensure the 'survival of the species.'

[@yakyakl3058]

over the years i've lost my fear of disappearing and i'm glad that one day i'll be completely forgotten

[@sipho513]

I'm also glad that one day I'll forever be gone especially since I can't have Nicki Minaj.

[@exponentzero]

One of the special elements of Japanese culture is the tradition of creating both environments and occasions for communing with the fragility of life-an element that adds enormously to the recognition of this fragility and makes people more inclined to enjoy the years they have. Admiration for cherry blossoms and autumn foliage are two examples in Japanese culture. They also have a phrase for it: mono no aware (ah-wah-ray) - a Buddhist concept that includes being very conscious of the ephemeral nature of man, his struggle in the face of great odds, and the inevitability of his downfall and complete disappearance.

[@gggghhhh1288]

replying so that i get reminded about this video through notifications

[@cellardoor7500]

Replying so they play this at my funeral

[@dipeshrawat2587]

Replying so that one day I can go Japan to see cherry blossoms

[@trstn8109]

replying because i see others reply with the same format

[@socialmediaaccount4206]

This ‘cultural element’ is further backed up by Japan’s completely unnecessary quality standards for their technology and entertainment. I recently bought a Nintendo GameCube to relive some of my childhood. I never reference the games published by Nintendo as ‘entertainment,’ I always refer to them as art. I guess entertainment branches off ‘art,’ but what is art really? I digress. Common amongst all Japanese art, the games, the technology, the innovation, the storytelling, is a sense of comfort and wholesomeness. I think that ultimately bounces off your comments: ‘recognition of this fragility,’ for life.

[@Josh-sv4vo]

“Rebel against the absurdity of it all” - that speaks to me. Never thought of it before as a rebellion, as I’ve always just experienced it as intense energy pressing for expression, which seemed to stem from suffering. I used to release it in a negative direction, but now, I’m learning to use it in healthy ways, such as using it to exercise the body. Once the “dark truths” are accepted and integrated, there’s still an intense energy left behind that now seems to be freed up for other things. I wonder if this should be one of the main points, at least for some of us. Peace is great, but so is freed up energy that can now be used constructively rather than destructively. Peace itself doesn’t contribute to purpose, but freed up energy does.

[@lesterdelacruz5088]

Sounds similar to Camus. The writers of this Channel are very educated in existential philosophers. It’s amazing that they can deliver these content to more attention. These ideas are valuable to hear.

[@Josh-sv4vo]

@@lesterdelacruz5088 Thank you! I’ve never heard of Camus until you mentioned him. I just got The Myth of Sisyphus on Audible.

[@francisdec1615]

It is a rebellion, because "society" is a charade built on optimism, unnatural hierarchies etc.

[@danielaupperle]

“.. to find meaning and beauty in it all. And we do”

[@badalicemusic]

My insignificance in the universe is a comfort to me. It helps me accept and understand that I don't, and will never, know everything. Which means judging others and rejecting them for their beliefs or opinions fells not only stupid but wasteful too. This, hopefully, helps me understand the value and place of humility while I'm a living entity on this planet. And that's a refreshing antidote to "sip" from when the pressures and anxieties that come with being the protagonist in my own life - as we all are in our own lives - feels overwhelming.

[@aarongoehle128]

One of the most beautiful interpretations of life I’ve ever heard

[@thagrintch]

Just when I thought you couldn't depress me anymore, you go and make a video like this...and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!! Thanks for another great video full of insight and depth!

[@mangobird1689]

Dumb and Dumber reference lmaoooo nice

[@bandito3377]

@@mangobird1689big gulps huh? Well… see ya later!

[@WhiteApeMA]

The glee that would once come over me when comforted by the fluffy lie we tend to tell ourselves has been replaced by every bit as much satisfaction from knowing how it all really is and hearing it put so straightforward. It actually makes me happy now.

[@BrookseyJay]

We don’t really know how it is! I don’t think our brains are programmed to!

[@XXgenderloveXY]

What fluffy lie are you referring to?

[@antimatteranon]

@@BrookseyJay people are technically meat robots driven by little more than genes and instinct. you just have to be the meat robot that oversees all the other meat robots by hacking their programming and turning it against them.

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

​@@antimatteranonyep if that's the case - then that's how we're programed to survive and ensure that life goes on for better or worse.

[@antimatteranon]

@@EmbraceTheStruggle24 yup.

[@ElderWillows]

I'm not sure who needs to hear this right now but, yes life is full of pain and suffering but it is also full of joy, love and excitement, maybe you haven't gotten there yet, maybe you forgot what or how to feel like that, but odds are in your favor that you will. I spent 9 shitty years of my life in deep depression, after I decided I'd had enough (for the 100th time) it took me years to get on a stable and mostly sorrow free existence, no matter how small or unheard you feel in this life you are still a mix of an awesome person and I hope you find the ability to push yourself out of depression because it takes time, sometimes a lot of it, but you can do it if you believe in yourself and make small changes to work on it even if it takes weeks, months or like me years. You can do it. The only person who can change your life is you and that is so hard to do when you don't have someone to support you through that, so if you're strong enough to pull yourself out of that hole alone I salute you, you're amazing.

[@veephrix1564]

Ever since I felt that I was in a state of existential dreadfulness, I realized that there is nothing I can do to pursue the happiness, value, meaning, and experience that every being in this world is striving for. That it is peace, and peace in the end is truly what will make my soul free.

[@isaiahh2641]

Chill bro

[@wisemandark_gaming]

God has given us value and purpose. But mankind has given us desire. Throw away the desire of having loads of women, money, fame, material items. and chasing things that make you "happy". Then you will be happy. and you can spread that wisdom and peace if you know about god and his word. Which in the end is happiness.

[@Vwerlg]

​@@wisemandark_gamingyou can't, it's foolish to think like that.

[@Vwerlg]

​@@wisemandark_gamingdesire is a part of life, either accept it and use it, or live mediocre life...

[@wisemandark_gaming]

@@Vwerlg What is foolish? Please explain clearly what you disagree with.

[@josephconsoli4128]

Life is like listening to music. You're not concerned about accomplishing anything, gaining anything, or concerned about when it will come to an end. It's simply about the moment and the music, nothing more. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was quoted as saying; "In my world, nothing ever goes wrong." Volumes can be written explaining that.

[@ksan1648]

The darkest truth about life is that it's a misfortune to be born into it in the first place. The frustration of unfulfilled desires (the satisfaction of which is only ever ephemeral, the negative state of dissatisfaction ineluctable) is bad, while had you not existed, this lack of satisfaction would not have been a bad thing, since there'd be no you to suffer the deprivation.

[@egglion7931]

I agree and disagree. It is true that life sucks and none of us asked to be here, in fact many of us don’t want to be here because we don’t truly enjoy, and we feel like we have to seek answers. It’s true life is filled with pain, but you don’t need answers. What is really important? Focus on that, because that is worth your thought. The human genome allows for hundreds of billions of humans to exist, and right now it is your turn. Your turn to be right here, right now, and able to make choices. You are given the gift of being able to experience beauty in life and find answers. It may remain true that the negative outweighs the positive but who says that’s a problem? The good is enough for me, I’ve come to acceptance there and found peace.

[@ibrahimtarek7911]

I think life sucks cause u choose to be a loser and make nothing out of it

[@guyedwards22]

Accepting these harsh truths and living according to reality as it is is the real path to contentment and happiness. To know the darkness of the sea and set sail anyways, trusting that it will be far more rewarding to eventually be an accomplished, confident traveler on the waves rather than a frightened child stuck on the shore; it's life's one and only real long term important choice to make.

[@mountaintruth1deeds533]

🎯

[@abhigavi]

Seriously... Who are you? Your words have so much meaning and thought! Making us think in ways we didn't think we could, in ways which we actually learn to think! You are the best channel I have subscribed to and always will be... Please keep it going for the better of us! We love you!!

[@kittylove685]

We adore u. We are obsessed with u. U saved my soul...

[@anneloving8405]

It's a computer

[@bryan23_]

Man, my daily dose of existential crisis delivered in the most beautiful way possible.

[@yordvandamme]

Isn't it amazing? Every single human has a unique experience. You're the only one who can experience the pain, pleasure, hate, and love and all the other sensations the way you experiende them. Endulge yourself in this experience! Get the most out of it! You're the only one who can!

[@cuLiref]

It's not amazing. Nothing in this life is. It's all just unfortunate

[@yordvandamme]

@@cuLiref I'm sorry you see it that way. I'll hope you'll find some fulfillment in your life sometime

[@peraelawey]

@@cuLirefgetting high isn’t unfortunate. I love it.

[@anewbeggin]

Who cares what other people think. Embrace your authentic self and don’t be afraid to show vulnerability. You’ll find that living starts to become kind of awesome.

[@lesterdelacruz5088]

Oh my daily dose of existential despair. Thank you.

[@cervejapalida]

It's weird that these truths make me relief? I feel more conected with the world around myself. Everyone is different but the truth still the same for all of us.

[@mcjack7038]

I’m genuinely very happy with everything this guy just said.. I love that life is like this and wouldn’t change it

[@BMTroubleU]

This is one of the best videos you've ever made. It brings me from elation to teary eye appreciation in such a short time. Thank you

[@nicolebogda1482]

💔Thank you for sharing this, to all of us broken, lonely, and our absurd lives. It brings beauty to the darkness~ outside of the fact it ties in to your ad.

[@ingmarsjansons3665]

Those are really hard to accept truths for big ego, self centered minds. Otherwise, they are very freeing from mental burdens about our roles and purposes in our lives. By accepting it, one can live life without strong attachments and stress about loosing things and people we love because sometime in future all of it are gone anyway. You're just here, here and now to experience these life as movie in first person's perspective and as movie its just cosmic play, hologram, illusion and so is your persona and it's perspective as part of it. That's truly a real magic! Best one can do is live life and love.

[@jordimoraguesmassanet1179]

I love the reference to art in the shot of the painter. Art is an excellent vehicle to make sense of ourselves and our environment, feel a sense of purpose, connect with many others and leave a permanent trace after we're gone. That's quite a lot.

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

All we can do is appreciate the good times while they last because they sure wont last long. I think about stuff like this often. I know there is no reason why we are here. We just are by accident and we have to live till we die. Life is all about surviving till you die. Friends will come and go, so will those we love. I have to remind myself to just appreciate whatever good things happen, but despite all that. I do still hurt inside and it is true that no one understand that nor will they ever. To survive we have to block that stuff out of our heads and focus on the good things. Life is not fair and we are NOT created equal. There is no real purpose or reason for us to be here. We just are. All we can do is try to make the best of it. We want to believe that all this matters or was for some purpose, but deep down we know there isnt one. When we die it's just like before we were born we case to exist once again. An there was never any reason purpose or meaning for it. We're just an accident of nature.

[@nishthagupta1357]

😭😭 id like to believe god put us here to fulfill our karma lol

[@saulhernandezaguilar8383]

@@nishthagupta1357 if that puts your mind at peace then sure

[@Aditya1998pandey]

Whatever works as a copium@@nishthagupta1357

[@ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

@@DieHureBabylon Just Cannabis for me.

[@Vwerlg]

Yeah, us human are very "lucky" the amino acid or something to perfectly fit and create us is really crazy... even though the combination is like 10^300 % 😂

[@SeansMusicVault]

I decided years ago to embrace the futility of seeking happiness and just enjoy being alive and to make those around me smile for a bit. It works for me, and it seems to be infectious. I thought I had stumbled onto a new way of thinking and called it Rainbow Nihilism. Turns out folks beat me to the punch ages ago and called it Positive Nihilism. Lots of books about it and I highly recommend looking into it. Once you've erased your own sense of self-importance you are free to just enjoy as you float and drift through existence.

[@pinkdragon4830]

I feel like the second one isn’t a “dark” thing.Its kinda comforting to know that some things about me will always be deeply personal and not shared with everyone

[@katrolinka89]

These are not the truths, these are perspectives.

[@shortstoriesbybradcenter7401]

I was depressed for the first 4:45 but I had a feeling you were going to provide the other side about the human spirit and our willingness to find value snd meaning despite all the obstacles.

[@carolineJakovinen]

The paradox of consciousness is that, through it, one acquires some perspective on the world around themselves, nonetheless that perspective is limited by the observer's experience. In other words, the problem with being conscious is that one cannot perceive reality outside and, at the same time, one is aware of their own misery. Like it was said in the video, being born human might be an improbable event in the wholesomeness of the Universe, however it is not as if it were a blessing. Should one know beforehand what is like being human, one would scrap their enterprise of being given birth.

[@regularjoe6137]

Being replaced, forgotten and passing the burden of life to a new being some how brings peace and content.

[@GodsGrieff]

Strangely enough. This video brought a smile on my face. It's fascinating to know about things you will never know.

[@MrZoomZone]

Your calm dreamy voice is so forgiving and an antitode to the bickering and fast delivery elsewhere. Great bedtime listening when weary eyes can barely stay open and the mind longs to fly truely outside the cage if only for a timeless moment.

[@anitarichmond8930]

This is the truth,for those of you lucky enough to have heard and processed the meaning of the words for hear but fail to understand The wisdom that is being shared .long live the awakening for I once was blind, but now I see.💡

[@ecole1988]

Who we are is the dismantling of all our parts, not the sum! Chip away at all the expectations, thoughts and conceptualisations, and you will find your soul. Simply being alive and realising this gives us freedom.

[@rjj5915]

I'm grateful to reach this point of life where I can think about this and don't feel any heaviness. If it was me before, I would've probably wdnt into a spiral haha. But a very lovely video as always. You continue to be inspirational in deep provoking ways! (Been following this channel sincw 2019ish) ❤

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Wow... that is definitely quite a story. Know that you aren't alone and never stop believing that greatness will come your way. God bless 🙏

[@rjj5915]

@@EmbraceTheStruggle24 thanks so much! hope for the same for you as well 💖

[@i.greene]

This video is beautifully comforting. It’s a relief to accept these facts.

[@BMTroubleU]

This makes me feel better. I suspect thats the same as many people here, but very different to the average population

[@KidFresh71]

"No one makes it out of here alive." My mom lamented this fact after her father died, and this simple wisdom has always stayed with me. As the Scottish proverb goes: Have fun while your'e living, for yer a long time dead.

[@osw330904]

Most of these facts actually bring me great joy…

[@OneHotMf]

Powerful and beautiful message, thank you.

[@195Bucks]

Glad to find something that supports the way in which I view myself and the world around me!...it confirms I'm not mad!..☺️👍

[@einsibongo]

I was almost out of anxiety, thanks for the refill

[@listengort88]

Thanks for your wisdom. Greetings from Moscow and Israel

[@agustinrosas9675]

There should be a complimentary video to this one where it explains how to handle these truths, I had a couple explanations come to mind. Loved this video

[@egglion7931]

Live in the present moment and find peace here as often as possible. Because life will always bring worries.

[@freespirit-111]

Yes, now that we know the truth, how do we cope? Knowledge is not enough. Self- awareness alone is not enough. Personally , I like the fun parts of being human. The not-so fun parts, such as pain, anxiety, fear, bad habits I can do without. It almost seem like to transcend this reality you’d have to be non- human. We have light and dark within us and sometimes one overpowers the other.

[@tchrisou812]

@2:59 - reminds me of Vonnegut saying "Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt" . I first read that and cried, this was decades ago and I still don't know why. As I've gotten older the meaning of that phrase keeps changing.

[@vedrandjuric5459]

i am already familiar with these things but they are not unsettling for me, rather peaceful

[@FifthCoast]

"lost in the the decaying minds of those who once knew and loved you"... damn, that actually made me sad. i'm not one to easily be saddened by this type of thing either

[@ey67]

I can only hope you get over your sensitivity 😮 or you could just revel in it 😂

[@FifthCoast]

@@ey67 I hate comments like this. This is just objectively a sad concept and one of the tragedies of life, I'm sure most everyone would agree on that. But anyway: Let's take the exact same mantra you're pushing on me to an extreme: If you watched every one of your family members get tortured and executed right before your eyes, and you feel horrified and sad over what you just witnessed... should you just "get over your sensitivity" about it? It's suggesting that you not react emotionally to something that ~inherently~ evokes a negative emotional response.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

This was exactly what i needed right now, thank you.

[@ReverendToneZone]

One of your best yet. Thanks as always ✌❤🙏

[@dontusethesamenicknameonthenet]

love the dark red backgroud color you picked : ) i think i was more staring at the color and enjoying this shade than everything lol

[@felcorn7453]

Bro just send me oblivion in the first 30 second damn

[@user-cs6pw2du2f]

THIS. WAS. A. MASTERPIECE....a beautiful one..

[@Sten111]

This is one of the most depressing and truthful pearls of wisdom I have ever heard. Any realistic response by us all. Perhaps ' A Big Cosmic Laugh'.

[@CedrikYnigoSadiwa]

I watched this because I was interested in the name of the video I said to my self what could hurt them It did then it changed my life believe me or not the single video change everything I'm in tears keeping my self together writing this the undiscribable feeling I have right now is something I can't compare to anything I've ever known I love this so much Thank you for sharing this ❤

[@Ateudispor]

extremely sad how in our society today this video doesn't have millions of viewers 😢 I've been falling your channel for about 3 years" And to me that's your best video ever ❤ Thank you so much for bringing us good content my friend 💜

[@freespirit-111]

I agree.

[@30yearsoldiam1]

You are being naive. Consider all those alive who are already aware of these basic philosophical concepts. Everything here has been written about at length for centuries. It's a well done video, but making assumptions about the views is downright silly.

[@ShangaelThunda222]

So basically, Life = Meaningless Dumpster Fire of Suffering & Struggle, that you should always want to continue and pass on to future Generations.... for literally no good reason at all.... Got it....

[@raffaeledelpizzo8069]

Yes, so unnerving. I hate the fake deepness of this: it brings you nothing.

[@Always.Smarter]

what did you expect from the title? comforting lies? you may not like it, but the universe does not exist for your amusement.

[@ShangaelThunda222]

@@Always.Smarter Never said it did lol. I'm simply making an observation, based on what the video presented. The narrator basically says it's a meaningless trash fire and then goes on to basically celebrate it. It's a weird take in my opinion lol. If this video's description of human life is correct, it would be better if it didn't exist to begin with. No need to continue perpetuating it into the future.

[@Always.Smarter]

@@ShangaelThunda222 better for who?

[@ShangaelThunda222]

@@Always.Smarter Humans lol. The narrator said life is a fluctuation between boredom & anxiety, etcetera. (I'm assuming you watched it.) 😂 If that presentation is a correct description, it's pretty fu**ed up and also unnecessary. Live, die, rich, poor, smart, dumb, slave, free, ultimately it's just your luck 🤣. So objectively speaking, for the larger percentage of humans that have ever lived, life is a dumpster fire. Even if I love my life, the majority of humans probably don't, yet most people don't want to die and still want to have children. Which circles right back to my original comment. (Insert that comment here) Again, I'm just making an observation based specifically on what's presented in the video.

[@kisslena]

There is the seen and the unseen…and we can touch both. I love the message of this video.

[@JrobAlmighty]

I'm good with all this for awhile now. That's why I'm loving living it up now. Live People! Go fucking LIVE!!!

[@ey67]

Thanks i needed this. You always make me smile. Good job

[@dreamjayme11]

Thank you so much for your content. It means a lot to have ideas that I have lain awake thinking about for hours upon sleep-deprived hours expressed in such an eloquent way.

[@LonelyHearts.Co24]

Yes

[@kennelyjameshelliado6099]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US.

[@samdoran2963]

This video is a MUST WATCH !!!!! I am speechless. Thanks for this breathtakingly incredible video.

[@remiclaeys9136]

Must be heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.

[@VinOptimaxxx]

Lack of free will and an afterlife are things which we can't even begin to prove either way, so I don't consider those with any certainty. Aside from those points, this was pretty accurate.

[@GrimMemento]

I think the lack of free will attributed in the video is more to do with lack of free will due to circumstance and chance, not so much the overall philosophical question of free will in its entirety.

[@VinOptimaxxx]

@@GrimMemento in which case the term was misused. There's no question that a lot of who we are and the situations we find ourselves in is a result of what has happened to us before, much of which is out of our control, but that is separate from the question of whether or not we have free will.

[@TheKrispyfort]

Whether you have Agency/Free Will is for you to decide. There is no wrong choice here only awareness that what you apply on yourself you apply on your understanding of all around you. If you decide to have Agency why would you continue to evade accountability for the consequential consequences of all your choices? If you decide to not have Free Will, then why are you holding others accountable for choices they had no choice about?

[@TheKrispyfort]

"After(this)Life" is something we cannot confirm. So it is neither to be avoided nor embraced. Whatever it is it just is

[@VinOptimaxxx]

@@TheKrispyfort indeed

[@DarkSweetZulie]

This video is heartbreaking. I cry inside and sometimes outside whenever I listen to it. #1 kills me every time.

[@johnmitchell8925]

Man I don't have a clue where you come up with this stuff but I really like it. Please keep it coming

[@PlaidDad]

I don’t know the secret to happiness but I tell you what, I’ve never been sad at a Mexican restaurant.

[@stevedriscoll2539]

😂

[@ReynaSingh]

Life is a tapestry of light and darkness. We cannot escape duality, it’s what makes existence possible

[@careylucas3129]

You have no idea what existence could be, or how far reality extends. You only know duality through the scope of your limited senses. Stop trying to sound wise.

[@coreycoleman4849]

I love how every comment thread, no matter what it is, has its "guru" lol. Science vid had some guy talking like he works at NASA, political vid has some people arguing like they're running for office, etc

[@mellow5857]

@@careylucas3129it’s not about sounding wise, it’s about the fact of the matter. Fact: neither the mind nor the body can survive without the other at present time, if you got any proof of the opposite I’ll happily hear you out. Fact: you can’t have highs without lows. If you honestly believe you can always be on the same trajectory and still be happy idk you smoking on some good shit I’m not saying we as a race shouldn’t strive for higher levels of education/understanding/controlling of our bodies & environment but to act as if things that are to abstract to be practically usefully is important in your daily life is trying to sound wise

[@careylucas3129]

@@mellow5857 your first fact isn't even a fact. Read some actual books that aren't laden with crystals

[@EmbraceTheStruggle24]

Escapism

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Wonderful video. I think I need to watch it daily. Thank you for this.

[@user-mz1wm9bw9m]

2:59 I’ve learned, after being on this planet for almost 20 years, and after enduring extreme hardship throughout the last few months through familial tragedies, that peace comes from within. I’ve finally realized that the peace and happiness everyone is in desperate search of is simply the acceptance of one’s circumstances and finding meaning in hardships. Like the video states, there will never be a perfect time when we experience no trouble and complete serenity; that would be boring and would yield trouble in itself. Rather, the happiness comes when we appreciate life for the difficulties we must face in it. I love Life now. I appreciate it. I have found meaning and Truth through my troubles, and I couldn’t ask for anything else. Without my suffering, I would not have found meaning. Had I continued to live comfortably, I would never have been prompted to search for something greater. But I suffered, and so I did. I now see my entire life as a spiritual journey, and I will never stop asking questions and never stop searching for the Truth.

[@aminhasanli6026]

Video: There are problems with you that you will never be able to fix. Me: Ohh, tell me smth i dont know

[@GrimMemento]

bruhs hitting heavy immediately.

[@felcorn7453]

😢😂

[@AlisonBryen]

These truths are actually extremely comforting 😊....

[@jaqueitch]

After have been far too close to death, I live every day with a smile on my face and generosity in my heart.

[@PolishBehemoth]

I really felt this video. Especially point 1. People tell me im irritating all the time. I dont get it.

[@delikatessbruhe9843]

Amazing video, I especially like the unforgiving harsh first half without any qualifying factors given right away. However, here 2:49 I disagree with the phrasing. "Illusions to justify our pride" implies that there is an entity, an us, outside these factors that can choose to be proud or not, rather than this pride itself being something that is entirely shaped by outside influences. It makes it sound like the illusion is merely in our senses rather than in our thoughts, our entire being itself.

[@Doors_of_janua]

I like this. I live by these truths daily.. it give a lot of freedom and peace… in between the madness of life… death is a dear long lost friend we will embrace wholeheartedly.

[@brandoncarrillo7202]

I went through my childhood understanding these facts of life and it drove me insane for much of my youth.🙂but truly I learned how to overcome all this bullshit so long as you stay the course with pure acceptance and yet unwavering hope and desire for good (after learning what “good” means) you can truly be free of these ideals

[@mughill551]

I've been suffering from extreme imposter syndrome. I haven't been able to sleep regularly for weeks. Yet this video explains every emotion from being replaced to being misunderstood.

[@NittyGritty420]

I feel you. I didn’t sleep at all last night.

[@lynnanderson8062]

We all suffer from imposter syndrome, even those who have earned their place.

[@kellychuba]

There is an entire world in your own head. An entire amazing world that is all yours. I marvel at your playlists. You got this, man, or at least you nailed the soundtrack. {{{Muggy}}}

[@ericrobinson2114]

Even through the darkest depths of life, there is always a sincere purpose to live for.

[@the24luxe28]

Every time I watch this video I cry. I'm a good person but I realized after watching that there is something about me which repels people. I'm not successful at work but have lucked out in the personal department. Married a wonderful man and three kids who are grand, mostly because of him. The thing is I want to be successful in my work. I'm a perfectionist and nobody has ever said what's wrong with me but they rarely keep me around. It's something about my particular personality that I can't fix, not to say that I haven't tried. I've gone to therapy. I think I cry when I watch this video is because I know every word is true and it's me. It's not them. I'm the problem.

[@BetaBuxDelux]

Awesome - this makes me feel better about my experience. Rock on, brother.

[@chrisjarmain]

What I have learnt in my 32 years of life is that I didn't know myself very well. This was because I was forgetting, just ignoring, or plain ignorant of the fact that I as me isn't all there is when I consider 'myself' It's actually the environment that I'm in that is also me. Therefore, I am, or rather everyone is a non dualistic feature of self and environment simultaneously. This has help massively change my perspective of how I tend to treat myself and the environment that I'm in. Be it a work environment, home environment or just the natural environment. I am the environment as much as I am the person who stands as part of it (if I was to look at myself from an outside perspective)

[@Nina666]

That is a very interesting way to look at it! Could you explain it in a bit more detail though? What exactly do you mean by a non dualistic feature of self?

[@chrisjarmain]

@Nina666 It's the concept or idea of Yin and yang ☯️ In layman's terms, I would say your head looks remarkably different from your feet. (Two opposites), but really, they are part of the same body/ organism. Even though, on a logical sense, they are two different things or aspects. But! How far do you take this concept. I feel it's not unfair to suggest that the environment you are in and you who stands within the environment works under the same principle. You see, most of reality is just an interplay of seeming opposites. Light is seen in contrast to darkness. Sound is in contrast to silence. Death is in contrast to life and so on. But all that we consider to be reality in this sense of opposites is very similar to waves. Peaks of a wave are only peaks in contrast to the troughs, and troughs are only troughs in contrast to peaks, which together create waves. But light waves and sound waves are waves. Opposites, in other words, aren't separate or isolated concepts. They are connected and couldn't exist without one and the other. Self and environment are exactly that. Seeming opposites but infact are really one. I hope this helps ☯️☮️❤️

[@chrisjarmain]

@Nina666 This is something for you to try and put this concept into something you can use. During your day, try and look at the world around you and notice it. Like clouds, birds, or rain. But see what the thing is, and in contrast to what might be the opposite to it and see how the opposites really go together. 😊