Lost in a World Without Purpose: Now What?

[@zanonltz]

Life has no meaning at all, and when you accept this you'll live happier and free. I found the meaning of my existence by helping others the way I can, even with litlle helps. Being always a better person, learning more everyday and taking care of the ones i love is what makes my life whole.

[@blueskies1237]

And what if you were wrong?

[@danacoleman4007]

Whole

[@Jhawk_2k]

@@blueskies1237 then he'll die knowing he was kind to others. Nothing to lose!

[@zanonltz]

@@blueskies1237Then no harm done, since my way of life is good for me and others!

[@zanonltz]

@@Jhawk_2k Exactly!

[@daniloa.ferreira2298]

I'm with Camus on this one: forget meaning, find purpose on who you are and what you do and, if you are able and corageous enough, joy in the life that you have here and now.

[@projectfear22]

Its hard to find a purpose when everything is pointless and thus ultimately carries no interest

[@JanLayneCobain]

@@projectfear22 It's ultimate freedom

[@joannaedwards6325]

​@@projectfear22 The POINT is to learn from our lives. Choosing how to cope with difficulties and enjoying good experiences IS OUR PURPOSE. ❤

[@JamesCrandallPainting]

If finding joy is a purpose perhaps we should just accept that, and admit that we are the same as other animals. Calling ourselves “courageous” for doing so seems self-aggrandizing.

[@joannaedwards6325]

@@JamesCrandallPainting In your opinion. If Earth is actually a school for humans to learn Soul lessons, we are given free will to ALSO have some fun (joy) in our difficult lives. Earth isn't fun. ✌ & ❤ to you.

[@hidegohandaru]

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” Alan Watts ❤

[@Vimora-1626]

I've lived like this for 20 years now, but it doesn't fix anything. Two things happened. 1) Everyone got mad at me for not even trying to do anything with my life. 2) I'm bored. I'm also in a constant state of worry that I may be making a mistake by rejecting life and conformity. Everyone's trying to create a "one size fits all" philosophy for life. What Alan Watts says is reasonable from an old person's perspective. However, young people want to be active and experience the world or pursue a mission, which may lead nowhere or to bad outcomes, but it's still better for them than "just to be alive".

[@projectfear22]

Whats necessary is to achieve contentment. Life does not hand it over on offer easily yknow

[@Solarexistence]

@@Vimora-1626 I suggest reading the gospels. The teachings of Christ will give you the best outcome and healthiest perspective on life. Ive been through so many ideologies and philosophies that they either just made me more miserable or confused. Gospels works wonders for the soul because it gives hope to a better future

[@hidegohandaru]

@@Vimora-1626 I agree! I also don't think that we should live a sedentary life and I am sure that's not what Mr. Watts was saying here. He said it in the context of living in the here and now and really enjoying life like a musical performance where you don't fixate on the ending or what has passed by you. Just enjoy the music, dance, and be a playful soul, wherever you are, and whatever that you are doing in life! For me, his philosophy really resonates with me whom has been for the last 20 years or so, has feel like time is always running down my spine and I'm in a constant hurry. Always have to achieve this and that, go after those dreams and another. The result is I felt like I haven't been able to really live in the most vivid and real time, which is the eternal now. It's okay to have a different views from me, or from Mr. Watts. I am sure he would've delighted to listen to your opinions and discuss things as I am grateful that you have stopped by and discussed on my comment 💖💖 Wishing you a life full of experiences that takes you out of your breath and oneness with the whole universe~ With love, Hidego

[@Kermunist]

@@Solarexistence Christianity is unbelievable in the modern era, at least to the intellectually honest. Beyond that, its fundamental ideology is life-denying and not very helpful.

[@1972Diogenes]

Yes. Two of my heroes, Frankl and Camus. In his book, Frankl states that "man is pushed by drives, but pulled by values" (echoing in my opinion Spinoza"s idea of turning passions into actions of selfrealisations) and he quotes Nietzsche " He who has a WHY to live for can bear almost any HOW". The works of all I mentioned here, helped me significantly in dealing with the effects on my life of serious illness. Your channel is a genuine delight for the philosophically-minded. Thanks for all your efforts.

[@MagmaleV]

I'm in team Camus: When you stare into the abyss, and the abyss stares back at you, give it a wink

[@UncivilisedMakayla]

Love this!

[@thesocialistsarecoming8565]

When the abyss stares at you, Maintain eye contact, *uncomfortable* eye contact. Starw the fucker down and when you get bored of that laugh in its face.

[@justaguyherefortunes1661]

I was trippimg on mushrooms one time and i saw a classroom full of people doing their work. Playing the game. (In my minds eye) One of them looked up at me and winked. Then went back to doing what they were doing like nothing had happened. This was so profound to me at that moment and still kind of is

[@denalozecon9074]

If "The Abyss Stares Back at You" is just a metaphor saying if you look into darkness, you see your Shadow self, your flawed self? Well that is just a philosophy of the mind. But if there are Cosmic Horrors, or Dark Realms that physically do exist? Then gazing too long at Forbidden Realms; could result in a VIP from the Dark Zones...looking back at you and seeing not Humans in general...you with them seeing your flaws directly. And winking at you if you fail to resist the darkness, or just observing you cynically if you do resist the darkness; as their cynicism says eventually Evil Wins despite all attempts to be Good. True or Not? Hey I don't know...just some speculation.

[@fernandosalas4634]

A month ago, I was doing Psychedelic(shrooms) for the first time. during the experience, I felt as if the world wanted to gobble me up, and laugh at how I failed. all I could do in that moment is smile. smile at the fact that I know I have failed but succeeded everytime. life in many ways is like a video game but on hard mode. I find that struggles, failed relationships, the work that you find meaningless, to also be also meaningful.

[@Justineyedia]

The meaninglessness of suffering, not suffering itself, was the curse that lay over mankind so far. - Nietzche It's not about having everything you want. Life is about wanting everything you have. Do not ruin what you have by desiring what you have not.

[@ReincarnatedStargazer]

I garden, hike, and read. Nature gives me meaning, life, and spiritual fulfillment.

[@nestorchill9902]

That's wassup

[@PatTheTall]

That’s wonderful if that’s what makes you happy

[@ReynaSingh]

“There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.” ― Anaïs Nin

[@swarleystinson6733]

*That's very profound!*

[@blueskies1237]

No, it’s not profound at all. It’s a copout.

[@waelfaraj6705]

Everything is relative and whatever works well for you go for it . Choose the purpose and meaning suitable for you specifically as you experience life ...

[@spiritofopulence]

Gladly will take any book or writer recommendations you may have

[@waelfaraj6705]

Has anyone read power versus force by David Hawkins? Another book is the power of now by Eckhart Tolle?

[@simply_fred]

I literally find myself waiting / hoping for one of your uploads. You always drop such profound gems on this channel. I... we appreciate you.

[@edwardmaxwell5975]

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[@supremereader7614]

Thanks! Although I don't have that much use for Sarte, 'Confer' meaning rather than what I like believe discovering meaning.

[@Einzelgänger]

Thanks again!

[@zoronewbie2759]

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[@francescoscanu6957]

Hope you are doing well❤

[@Avist6]

I enjoy your work and find these video essays inspirational. Thank you for what you do!

[@susannicky]

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[@Lunay08]

The reason why we as a society are struggling to find meaning is because we are too modernized. We can get our food from grocery stores and not have to go hungry. We can take a shower in our own home and not have to worry about trying to find some place to get clean. We have our comforts within eye shot. Because we have(most of us anyway) completed everything that we need to survive, we have the freedom and luxury to think about what our purpose is and what the meaning of life is. There is a video I watched about a tribe in Africa who still lives like we used to when we first existed on this planet(hunting for food, lakes for water, etc). When they were asked what the meaning of life was, they simply said "meat". Meat, so plain, so simple, easy to obtain, yet the modern world seeks something bigger and more complex because we do not believe that our purpose is right where we are, and with what we have. We seek outside of ourselves. Countries with the lowest su!c!de rates? Developing/third/poor countries, why? Because they simply do not have the time to think about the meaning of life, they have to focus on survival. You think animals contemplate meaning/purpose? No. They focus on surviving. What can we do about this? Surrender. Surrender to what is now, all that exists including, surrender to the present moment because it is all that we have. Just let go of the expectations that you have for life. Your life is passing you by without you even realizing it. There is no one set purpose to our lives, otherwise, everyone would be doing the same thing. What you can do in the now, is simply be kind to one another. Help each other, that's how we make the world a better place. You help one person and they help another, then that person helps 2 others, so on and so fourth. Make this world a better place with the power you posses, that's all you have to do, and at the end of your rope, you can leave knowing you left this world a better place than you found it. Believe it or not, you have a choice. A choice to focus on the absolute abundance you have, or to set it aside and seek for this never-ending chase for more. Choose your road.

[@motormouthalmighty]

hunting for meat and food and not progressing is not a meaningful existence or the absence of meaninglessness.processes are supposed to be improved,changed over and made more efficient.the vast worldwide epidemic of emptiness or meaninglessness has all come from our own utter stupidity!

[@abdikanihassan8092]

Try to leave the world a better place than you found it? Then what? I am mortal and will be in oblivion forever.

[@bodeezus]

Thanks!

[@Einzelgänger]

Thank you!

[@Jhawk_2k]

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is a great guide to living this way. It definitely takes a certain leap of faith to go from our hedonist, egotistical way of living to living in a more "spiritual" manner. It's amazing how thinkers like the bhudda, Jesus, and the philosophers mentioned in the video say nearly the same thing, yet nearly all of us fail to grasp what they are truly saying. I have a good feeling the humanity will prosper through channels such as this one.

[@submanstan7488]

Buddha wasn't a 'thinker', he was an experiencer (assuming he existed in the way he is said to have existed, which is of course far from certain). Same for Jesus (and ditto).

[@Jhawk_2k]

@@submanstan7488 maybe they both *were* thinkers but, more importantly (as you correctly point out) they recognized the fact that they were, in fact, much more than simply thinkers It's interesting to see how my own perspective on this topic has changed since I left the original comment

[@sina8883]

This is one of the most concise, substantive, and articulate introductions to existentialist philosophy I have ever heard. Unfortunately, many introductory books or courses either gloss over much of the main points for the sake of simplicity, or get so bogged down in detail that one loses the forest for the trees. This presentation strikes just the right balance. Thank you.

[@Peter_Parker69]

It is meaningless. Which is part of the beauty, once you fully accept the fact that you're not important.

[@Verbux]

No objective meaning, yet I feel important...

[@BlackJesus8463]

It's god playing with itself for no reason other than it can.

[@Saturn3.14]

This world we live in is natural it has no meaning we as people bring meaning

[@projectfear22]

It's not about being important. The problem is lack of purpose.

[@Selfthoughtself]

Unfortunately its not as easy as that 😅

[@Filoo12]

You posted this right on my 30th birthday. Thank you, I need it now as I'm going through the existential crisis...

[@esther.f.g]

I love your videos because in a short time you explain profound ideas. I am tired of those influencers who make 2 hours videos full of nothing

[@mikavinci]

Always thankful for another upload from you. Hope you are well Einzelganger.

[@watcherworld5873]

Wow. This video is the most profound video I have watched in maybe the last 10 years. I realized that I have indeed been trying to search for meaning for last few decades of my life. I ended up trying be the best software engineer that I can be despite knowing that my work is likely to have only real meaning for myself.

[@Mcsnickers_7]

Even if the life may be life pointless I think I find it fascinating we still have control over ourselves the kind of man we wish to be and live the life true to ourselves there's nothing more beautiful than freedom

[@robertjsmith]

Free will is an illusion

[@superstar5123]

How do you know you have control? Maybe the body that has evolved for millennia controls you

[@Mcsnickers_7]

@@superstar5123 We don't have control over our body we have control over our mind A man can be free even in prison if he holds on to his will only when he gives up his will he turns into someone's else prisoner

[@Donkeydoug02]

Do we have control over our minds? Or do we act the way we are inevitably? I find it odd that people can accept the absurdity of being alive but then pretend we know for a fact that we can control our minds. And that includes stoics and taoism

[@hanzo9941]

Its great that more and more people are choosing not to believe in religion anymore. Finally making use of their critical thinking and their power to choose.

[@richardschwarz7907]

No it is not. We are not alone here, there are supernatural beings.😊

[@GiacomoVaccari]

We’ll said fellow redditor!

[@thesocialistsarecoming8565]

Amend that to "... choosing to not blindly believe in..." And youd have a more correct and universal statement.

[@NDnf84]

Lol sure they are

[@bhuvanesh1]

You are so calm and serene, always going with the flow. A tao in the digital world.

[@AscendantPhilosophy]

Life no longer has intrinsic meaning, which is why we need to create it on our own. Setting wholesome and healthy goals is the ultimate way to avoid going insane in this often superfluous world.

[@ziggy8253]

Like most questions we face in life, there are two simple choices: A) Do something about it. Or… B) Accept it and move on.

[@johnholland2825]

move on to what? Your simplistic statements reflect your double digit IQ.

[@JamesLee50]

You can't do anything about something we can't accept

[@aakkii2123]

One day you'll have survived enough to realise that the nights that almost didn't pass were only mornings that came in early ; that the battles you thought you lost were really just wins you didn't see coming , that the forevers you couldn't meet were all infinities you chose not to protect . One day you'll have lived enough to walk down the memory lane in little steps instead of the usual strides and skips . One day you'll have fallen enough to realise that your wounds have now become wings and your pain , power . One day you'll have hurt enough to understand that your heart has only ever learnt to forgive . One day you'll have grown enough to acknowledge every moment of weakness as a lifetime of strength one day you'll have grown enough to remember the things that broke you as destinies that saved you . One day you'll have felt everything enough to realise that every feeling at every point has always , always been just enough ❤️‍🔥

[@Justineyedia]

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ... Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." In my personal opinion, we have been avoiding pain and seeking so much comfort that we are suffering from fragility. Sensitive to any pain and suffering. The meaninglessness of it. Even Nietzche said, "Rather than being void of purpose, man would make the void his purpose." Frankl said, “In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.” “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” “In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.” “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” We teach toxic positivity. In which we can not bear any unhappiness with courage. Some Seneca there. Research has shown that tactics like suppressing your emotions are ineffective and can even be harmful. 4 So instead of trying to ignore your feelings, finding ways to understand, accept, and reframe your emotions is often more helpful. Negative emotions can bring us to our depth and put us in touch with our deeper selves. They can facilitate learning, understanding of ourselves and knowledge of the world. Wisdom is often gained from experiencing suffering and loss that are the necessary parts of life. Negative emotions are trying to tell us something. They may feel inconvenient, but negative feelings are working as a sort of warning system, letting us know that there is something we need to address. Think of these emotions like the “check engine” light on a car. It comes on when something needs attention. Most spiritual awakenings happen from finding meaning in suffering. Pain is our teacher. Wounded healers are people whose painful experiences enable them to help others. Wounded healers are good listeners, empathetic, accepting, and resourceful. They view all experiences as opportunities. Wounded healers may be inside or outside of the helping professions. Carl Jung and his followers identified the archetype of the wounded healer. Henri Nouwen, pastoral psychotherapist, explained that “making one's own wounds a source of healing … call[s] …for a constant willingness to see one's own pain and suffering as rising from the depth of the human condition which all share.” Jung believed that disease of the soul could be the best possible form of training for a healer. We dance through the five stages of healing in relationship to being the victim, the survivor, the healer, the transformer, and eventually the one who rests in compassionate service. Our sacred task in life is to transform the most difficult things we have been through into our greatest strengths.

[@johnnyearp52]

Yes, I want to be a wounded healer.

[@IsoraBEinfinity]

The purpose of existence is to exist, the meaning comes from making your own meaning i think, usually whatever makes you feel alive and purposeful when you do that.

[@DrJens-pn5qk]

Life didn't lose meaning, it never had one.

[@BabeyRobins]

How you going to drop this at the exact right moment in my life??? Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@bashirediouf584]

Creating your own meaning might be too heavy for your mind, and truly doing this might make you go crazy, like Nietzche did

[@canchero724]

I think syphilis was the final thing that pushed him over the edge into full blown madness. Shows the importance of having restraint in physical pleasures

[@Der.Geschichtenerzahler]

He died from syphilis, not from overthinking. A fatal flaw in secular thinking is how their supporters see trust in religion as a faith whereas trust in human science and logical reasoning isn't. It feels like science and human thinking were able to access the absolute truth, and by seeing how mankind is going, they clearly do not.

[@jimashmore5216]

The closing words are profound. I listened to them 20 times. “We can embrace the absurd by living our lives with passion and intensity despite our predicament. When the universe grants us no meaning of life despite our desire and pursuits to establish it, then what’s left is life. In that case, what else can we do that than it?” Holy fuck. At this point, what more needs to be said?

[@NDnf84]

Well none of this has any value for how society should be structured or where civilization should go. These are relativistic platitudes.

[@sophiaisabelle027]

Life loses its meaning the more we lose touch with what's truly significant that we should all direct our focus on. Life's too short. Make the most out of it.

[@cesarioserrato5306]

Everybody in this world is important and serves a purpose, all they need to is find it

[@ahmadmumtaz4947]

1. Life is meaningless pause/ full stop. 2. Nothing in the entire universe: ll provide / explanation/ guidance/ clarity . 3.It’s up to each individual : to find purpose and meaning himself 4. Accept the limitations of reason logic. 5.Still logic and reason with science/philosophy are the best available tools to take help from 6. Each individual has given the freedom of choice : it’s up to each how to make use of it and be responsible for consequences which ll arise from from such choice 7.again it’s it depends on each individual to take it as life is a mystery after all : and there lies beauty hope : hence it’s better to accept this : and instead of frustration Pessimism and hopelessness : choose a meaning a goal : and be satisfy with an optimistic attitude / mindset 8.sufferings hardships pains and frustrations - these are inevitable - but going through - are after all- - make you better 9. Suicide - since is not an option- hence - let’s face life’s meaningless and absurdity - concentrate on your own chosen meaning and goal 10.don’t take life too seriously- instead take it as show a play a game - enjoy the ride - as how long it lasts …!!

[@benhudson4014]

Being a caretaker ( the planet and everything and everyone) gives me purpose, Being alive is enough meaning for me.

[@shiptj01]

I don't have to imagine a world like that. It is the world that I am currently living in.

[@lisichora]

Thank you for this video! I was recently reflecting exactly on the intersection between existentialism and absurdism. The Frankl addition was also very on point!

[@saahilh.3141]

“The meaning of life is whatever stops you from killing yourself” ~ Albert Camus It is true that whenever we question that why are we even alive and not killing ourselves (which may sound very sensitive in the modern day) we will find the reason. This could change, this could stay the same, this could be black, white, grey or neither. However, everytime you feel an existential angst, it is often very useful to ask ourselves this question of why we are still alive and most often than not, we will find the answer.

[@omicSheep]

Life becomes pointless when the society that individual takes part fails to provide the mandatory support for the needs of that individual, therefore a domino collapse effect starts. Oups..... Exactly what is happening now in the world.

[@arielcandoleta5347]

To believe that suffering has meaning makes suffering itself much worse. I love Nietzsche's take on that one.

[@Baenstelker]

Life is meaningless, but you can still give it a meaning.

[@johnholland2825]

oxymoronic

[@elizabethk3238]

Depends on your definition of 'meaningless.'

[@JamesLee50]

Fundamentally nothing has meaning but when a person is born he develops a consciousness of his own which gives him the ability to think by that a person develops likes dislikes , personality and he gives himself a purpose, a human can't live without purpose and that purpose gives his life meaning

[@Baenstelker]

@@JamesLee50 I've been unfortunate enough to no be given that ability to think

[@JamesLee50]

@@Baenstelker lol nice joke

[@LightningShade12]

I find it nicer that life has no meaning, rather than it having meaning. If life has no meaning, that means I can make my own meaning.

[@benhudson4014]

Totally agree lightnin! Also learn to embrace uncertainty then it becomes exciting

[@blueskies1237]

That is so sad

[@LightningShade12]

@@blueskies1237 Ok

[@benhudson4014]

@@blueskies1237 interesting comment, what is sadness?

[@goldendiamon]

​@@blueskies1237 People are more sadder because they forget their inner child,their younger self who isn't materialistic before the cruel world got its hands on them...The problem is people are becoming too materialistic

[@daeclipse03]

The meaning of life is whatever we give it each day. It's why choosing to live a happy life with a positive mental attitude is better than choosing to be miserable and unhappy with it. Make the most of the short time we all have.

[@j4513]

For the compass on morality, there is an answer - listen to your conscience. Your conscience is your direct direct line of communication to the energy of goodness in the universe. What some people call god. Ego is how the energy of darkness speaks to you and through you. (When one thinks they are not getting clues of meaning from the universe, they are not thinking of the presence of their conscience.) It is this simple. Listen to your conscience and you will come closer to the light source. Make your choices with ego and come closer to the energy of darkness.

[@stoicepictetus833]

Thanks!

[@Einzelgänger]

Thank you, Stoic Gal!

[@freesoul1812]

I was on this cycle for awhile. I was always looking for meaning of life. Then I found Jordan Peterson and he enlightened me about it. Life is full of suffering and everyone of us must bare our own cross. The question is what’s your cross? Take care

[@ernestomanueljonte8988]

Thank you so much for creating this content… your channel is great… you inspire, motivate and share knowledge, you explore history philosophy, religion and much … your comments and the way you explain are very encouraging…keep doing it !! Thank you

[@MissionOfInnerGrowth]

This was one of the videos I needed to bring me out of the philosophical rabbit hole!

[@liafuentes326]

❤ We need to live life. There is so many things that are out of our understanding. Carl jung talks about synchronicity and that fascinates me! Makes me think about many more possibilities.

[@kaeyeff6813]

One of my favorite yt channels drops another 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@herratossavainen2320]

Life is like a giftcard with an unknown amount on it that is given to you randomly at birth. You spend it little by little until it expires or until you run out of content. Some people get a giftcard with 100 years on it, others with 20. Some with 10,000 euros, others with 10 millions, but refund is never given to stolen or lost giftcards, so care and attention is a must.

[@yyeezyy630]

I feel as though all life is pointless. There is no purpose, I do not find life enjoyable it’s boring and nothing I do in it will have any purpose. It’s all meaningless and this thought fills me with dread. It makes me unmotivated, depressed iv never seen a purpose. I doubt I ever will. Even when I searched for one I was just left unfulfilled, iv gone on mission trips to help people, iv joined the military to try and fit in. No matter what I’m just left empty, bored and sad

[@Fgttn0009]

This is gonna sound stupid, but have you tried to live for love? Someone you love? Something you love doing or idealize?

[@brendakrieger7000]

Hugs💜

[@nathanrichmond9789]

I am with you my friend. I'm on the constant search for truth and haven't found it yet. There are so many of them. I seem to lack a passion Jean. I am sad for my perspectives. All I see are people distracting themselves from the real truth of nothingness. I used to take enjoyment from people with passion, but now find them narrow minded by their single focus. I now feel condemned because i have no passion. Good luck

[@reddy2grow66]

Have passion for yourself , find the truth in you , meditate and go back to yourself . Accepting that you have an unique opportunity by being alive , that you are divine , to craft life by contributing , discovering love , and attitude to your experience. Dont be the last man. 😊

[@anibalblanco8719]

Check your hormone levels... life is absurd and meaningless but good levels of serotonine and endorfines help a lot❤

[@hana-ok8ed]

You get to a point where you realize pondering it doesn't matter and is an utter waste of energy. There are bills to be paid and food to be eaten. When you have no problems, you create them to keep yourself busy under the guise of intellectual masturbation. We survive until we can't, that's all there is to it.

[@Neo_Nkosi]

That was beautifully said, thank you.

[@SnibsnBibs]

I wonder what we're all going to have to talk about with each other in 40 years? Those of us here now at this time who are still kicking at that point, will we have to reminisce in our late 60s about that time everyone started realizing at once that this entire world is kind of a crummy play? Will we talk about the media, the brain rotten content madness and bizarre blizzards of half-baked memes? Once we're out of personal anecdotes and funny spring break stories (from back when you could afford to leave your house without having a chunk of bone marrow ready to sell to cover gas), will it just be a couple of 68-year-old farts in rocking chairs covered in time-weathered anime stickers? What kind of elderly generation are the kids going to be dealing with after the generations where everyone has started realizing your culture is kinda busted fundamentally, but only after it drove you and everyone you know insane for a few decades with chemicals in the food and brain rot pouring out of every rotten seam?

[@HowtoLivewithaSmile]

I so appreciate your work. I struggle mightily with meaning. I sure need it to feel like there is a reason we are here. I have decided Camus helps me most. I accept that life is absurd. Well, mostly. I am inspired and comforted with your premise here that even without meaning there is life. Isn't life enough? I shall work with this. Thanks.

[@Victor_Andrei]

Nietzsche: There's no more meaning! Clarkson: Oh no! Anyway...

[@johnroman4608]

I have found ... over the years when standing on the precipice of the highest of highs & lowest of lows .. that life still goes on, it means some thing. What we put to it !! .. what meaning I have put to it. When it all seemed lost at one point .. I rose to Live !!

[@SithSolomon]

Just be alive. Here in the moment. Do good on to others . Build values for yourself and stay formless.

[@azumanguy]

Thanks for the video. It provided some needed minutes of reflection

[@Encaris]

I like to live as the trees do. A tree grows to the best of its ability, adapting to lifes situations to the best of its ability. A tree has no purpose but grows none the less.

[@SearchOfSelf]

In a world devoid of inherent meaning, we become the architects of our own purpose, crafting our destiny amidst the chaos of existence. It's a daunting task, but also a liberating opportunity for self-discovery. Embrace the challenge and create your own meaning.

[@dannyrwagamba]

Thanks again for the amazing content brother 🙏

[@GOGPlays]

I think there is a feeling of flow and meaning in life, when we have our own values, our own goals. Goals shouldn't be final things though, we should be excited by the process to reach them too. Meaning should be about being on the road.

[@Thanatos833]

One advantage of living in a developing country like Myself, is that religion has only started its decline, in this relatively early phase of decline, religion is still widespead. I went to the U.K for Unversity to study and stayed there for a while since I got two degrees, but spent most of my existence focussed on partying, drinking, drugs, sex etc, which was fun in the moment but I never really found contentment. On returning home eventually, I'm slowly getting into studying the Philosophy of Krishna conciousness, and though I started out very skeptical, I'm gradually becoming more theistic in my beliefs. Religion can have a lot of downsides for individuals and society, depending on the circustances, but the classicists were right in acknowledging its value for person guidance and emotional comfort, subject to caveats. According to Prof. Dawkins, religious faith is bolstered, the more believers you have around you. So its easier to be theist in more religious country. Ultimately to me, religion is just another philosophy, and to paraphrase Prof DuBois, a philosophy is of no use unlesss it helps alleviate indivdual mental/emotional suffering.

[@jimashmore5216]

Thank you for this video. It has come at the right moment for me. I will watch it again, again, again to pull a dozen key concepts that I need to continue living.

[@x_master_xtop410]

The meaning of life is to be alive and to explore and experience things, everything else is a made up social construct without any universal meaning

[@weltlos]

Your proposal is just as made up as everything else. The life of an individual who has lived one day is no less or more meaningful than the life of an individual who has lived 10000 days and has explored the whole earth. You are alive because you are alive and that's it.

[@davemathews5446]

If you can handle the truth, then accept that there is no meaning or purpose in your individual life. You also have no free will to decide to do anything that you have not been programmed throughout life to do. You are an algorithm which will do whatever it does in every new context. You are simply the observer of the show. Rest in peace. Nothing is your fault and you could not be anything other than what you are. Everything just is as it is....

[@elizabethk3238]

Yes! Just waking up, feeling gratitude, and looking forward to what the day brings.

[@anshgupta6986]

I remember when I was a child and had enthusiasm to do everYthing. However as I grew and came into 20s i realised and began to support nihilism (believe in nothingness). Now I dont really care about major happenings of world, because eventually everything will end. Ask yourself, do you remember who won 4th FIFA world cup without searching, or any major incident world had? you wont know because everything cease to exist.........exactly!

[@firefang3012]

I hurt everyday, with all lessons learned it's empty, broken, gone. I cannot see rainbows in a clouded mind. So forgotten I will be, a pessimist and an ungrateful brat. I used to receive and give smiles and advice, but now I'm 19 turning 20 and no one cares. Nothing matters at all anymore

[@Doomsday_Life]

This video gives meaning to me to live, without asking everytime why I'm doing this as this is become very common with me. 🤞

[@n8_b_h]

One of my fave realizations of the past few years is that I don’t want the universe to give me a meaning. I want the freedom to create it myself. 🎉

[@andreskrasnikovas2400]

Such an intense video. I should and can thank you for condensing centuries of human thinking into a single video for us, mere busy humans, have material to reflect upon our and other's lives. To me, Nietzsche's view is more appealing. After freeing oneself from religion - or any enclosing thought -, liberty is encountered. However, human is not conditioned to deal well with it. Then, it pursues something to fill himself, just not to be faced with it again. However, from the meaningless of life(which all philosophers in the video can agree), one create its own values and lives by it. Drawing from different philosophies and religions, one can become its own master, piercing through what society - camels - tries to thrown at him. All things considered, all thinkers cited in the video are extremely interesting, and I aim to read at least one book from each(Nietzsche done already!).

[@dollie3113]

Nietzsche said God is dead and we hAve killed him, I think the second part of this quote is just as important as the first one because it changes the context completely. This was not a bold proclamation but an observation of human reaction to industrialization and discoveries in science

[@s-c_osmonaut9013]

Thank you for this video my friend. It really helped me.

[@genemcn3579]

I am currently reading Fear and Trembling, and the only wrinkle I would add to this excellent video is that Kierkegaard would say that being part of a faith community is not enough. Kierkegaard pushed a radically private relationship with God. His ''Knight of Faith'' was in a relationship so profound that the person cannot even use words to describe what it is like to be in that close a relationship with God. A remarkable book.

[@fecomate2542]

This comment section is disconcerting. People don't seek meaning when everything is going alright. We pursue meaning because we are in a bad spot in life, and we need a way to change it. Most people in the comment section basically have the same response to this problem, which is "just enjoy it, lol". What if you can't? What if you shouldn't? Your problems today might be resolved tomorrow, and so you forget about the question because you are content. You didn't solve the problem, you swept it under the rug.

[@FitzNaz]

Thank you for the video, I found out that investing is not for everybody, you just need a strong stomach to see you portfolio go down. It might be wiser for a novice to start with copy trading investing, but it not easy. To invest in growth stocks it is another level, definitely you need to know what you are doing.

[@FitzNaz]

From my own point of view, you need to invest smartly if you need the good things of life. So far I've made over $255k in raw profits from just 6 months into the market from my diversified portfolio strategy and I believe anyone can do it you have the right strategy, mutual funds takes long time but investing smartly is the key for short term. Most of us tend to pay more attention to the shiniest position in the market to the cost of proper diversification.

[@TheodoreSilas]

This is a phenomenal advice for a new stock traders and investors who want that quick short term game, but don't see light at the end of the tunnel.

[@JackGrayson-zm1vk]

I've been solely investing in real estate. But with the recent hyper home pricing, I've liquidated a few things and have $45k in cash laying around Idle. Would love to get your recommendations, I'm in search of something lucrative in the current crazy market, I will be glad.

[@FitzNaz]

My portfolio is very much diversified so it's not like I have a particular fund I invest in, plus I don't do that by myself. I follow the traders of Mrs Karen Gaye Gray.

[@FitzNaz]

She is a popular broker you might have heard of. I can correctly say she's worth her salt as a financial advisor as her diversification skills are top notch, because I see that in her results as my portfolio grows by average of 10 to 15% on a monthly basis, unlike I can say for my IRA which has just been trudging along, my portfolio just mirrors what she trades and not just on some particular industries of my choosing.

[@danacoleman4007]

Wow! This is a really great video. Thank you for posting it.

[@Davlavi]

Always very insightful as always.

[@stevieG.]

You woke up this morning ...so you have a life!

[@Safar.369]

If there’s no meaning of life = There’s no meaning in your purpose you create. You just play along till you die. The only condition is to avoid the the feeling of seeing no point in playing along. If there’s no purpose in life, it means there’s no responsibility for anything. You don’t have a decision in coming here. You only have a decision in checking out whenever you want. What I see is, people who pretend they don’t believe in religion, they can’t brake the norm of society construct by saying you have responsibility. They worship this idea. What if each human decided to end his life? What will happen then? There’s no meaning right. So you keep hanging then ? Is it death, everyone is running from. Is death the life purpose? What if we will have all answers by dying ? Is all philosophers are afraid of saying it doesn’t matter if you life or die. Which is the truth if we looked really deep in their answers and solutions for this dilemma. The planet will continue if we never exists. Moreover, it will one day end with all of purpose seeking humans. Like it or not, everything will come to complete silence one day. You’re just afraid of silence. That’s our deep fear exists.

[@explorer.samrat]

The meaning of life is finding the meaning. 😊

[@cjdingojames3715]

and the answers to all the questions... Is that there is No answer 😂

[@shakiibasas3228]

The meaning of. Life just ACCEPT THE ☪️ AND U FIND THE SOLUTION AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

[@andanssas]

The meaning of something is found by different people to have different meanings. So the finding part is what seems to really matter to people.

[@devin5312]

Most religions are fear-based, which I don't really like anymore. I was raised as a Christian but I became agnostic when I reached a certain age and realized that there is no definite way to know if a god exists or not. I also believe that just because an ancient book from 2,000 years ago claims something, it doesn't automatically make it true. Personally, I feel more comfortable not knowing exactly how we all came to exist or how everything began. Who knows? Maybe we are here by chance and there is no true purpose in life. People would advise me to find Jesus, but I've already attempted that and it didn't make any difference. I still felt the same when I believed and still feel the same now. I think if people were truly honest like they claim to be, then they would acknowledge that the human mind can't understand how everything is here and came to be. Just because we don't know doesn't give anyone the right to insert a god claim to fill in the gap.

[@nugley]

The answer to the question of the meaning of life is it's a test, after test within test upon test and it's tests all the way down. Learn or shine every day, from first breath at birth to last sigh.

[@NewLife-qj9mx]

We are slave to the fork, for without us the fork loses its own purpose

[@shaymcquaid]

Thanks for the video. 💕

[@raymondsuryajaya9896]

This is really helpful for someone dealing with quarter life crisis

[@noreenjenny7039]

Thank you for giving us the meaning of life being beautiful no matter what! An inspiring video it is! Thank you 🙏❤😍

[@maxvaessen]

Thank you for this inspirational video ❤

[@qwertyazerty2137]

Camus' argument to focus on spending good time to keep our minds from the meaninglessness is tricky. If you don't discern and distinguish what truly makes a quality time, then you can falsely conclude that drinking, partying and binge watching is what he meant.

[@michelleburkholder2547]

I love Einzelganger, but I just can't do Nietzsche. I need a philosopher that died well. I need a philosophy that pulls me out of depression like stoicism and Taoism.

[@Thou-Art_Objective-Rock]

Great video! Always checking out your videos. I believe life is all about expirence. I'm blessed to have experienced God at a young age, or else I would of lost my faith probably. I enjoy philosophy, but when you know God exists without a doubt, that's pretty cool too 😎

[@nitheyahraajahs4772]

Really really thanks for this video... You have helped me in unimaginable way.... Liked and Subscribed

[@fourtwentythree]

0:17 I don’t think people are ridiculed anymore ?! Are they ? For wanting to be different aren’t they praised now ? Or is this in reference to nietzchas day ?

[@Mallettino]

thank you, i needed it

[@marktrail8624]

The one root purpose of Life in this realm is to experience that which we are not. Coming from the upper spirit realms of love and creativity we are sent here to deal with limitation, suffering, fleeting love and happiness.

[@jasminyulo4713]

Thank you for sharing this video🎉🎉🎉

[@senne17]

Very meaningful video I must say.