Life is not a problem to be solved ...

[@TomPortegys]

I watched a movie about insects a long time ago. The narrator stated that insects know the answer to life: don't ask the question.

[@emmanuelzozobrado5981]

hahaha oh yeah

[@mindsigh4]

so that's what crickets have been playing that trance..

[@mindsigh4]

seriously though, the mind gets obsessed with riddles & questions & meaningless conceptual solutions to abstract made up problems... and then there is that which is infinitely aware of the eternal awareness..

[@tomrhodes1629]

The root of the word CURIOSITY is CURE, and for good reason. ("Ask and it is given.") Curiosity didn't kill the cat; curiosity CURED the cat - as I know from firsthand experience. And life in this world (of imitation) IS a problem to be solved! Absolutely all problems in this world of limitation stem from FEAR...our irrational fear of Truth, which keeps us from desiring Truth...which is why the solution to our problem is DESIRE for Truth. "And in your desire lies it's accomplishment," sayeth the LORD. I'm the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah, born in 1957 - the same year this movie was made. And I've published the answers to all major mysteries, including precisely what GOD is, what WE are, and The Meaning of Life: the exact reason WHY and HOW we fell into this realm of limitation, and the method by which we will be EXTRACTED from limitation - guaranteed.

[@Mopark25]

​@@tomrhodes1629where have you published this?

[@emmanuelzozobrado5981]

Life is not a problem to be solved, it is a reality to be experienced

[@Jay-kk3dv]

Dune

[@Gjakdjruknownhpjs]

Then is life at the end a reality at all?

[@flannigan7956]

I was clicking on my cell phone. Internet webvideo that is called Life is not a problem to be solved dot dot dot. Turned out to be half of a quote from Mann. I'll basically tell the quote that way you can hear and read it again while you watch the show. Why does the show come back on when you try to watch it again. I thought this was the TV remote but it's an email

[@fntime]

@@flannigan7956 Stop thinking. It's killing you, Lannigan :) kzbin.info/aero/PLm7cPGtN7kV2w8Mt91kcXqQBTSiZqY8lu

[@tomrhodes1629]

HOW do you know? WHY do you think you know? "Unless ye become as little children" - who know that they DON'T know - even GOD Itself can't give you the answers! My information doesn't come from mere speculation. And life in this world (of imitation) IS a problem to be solved! Absolutely all problems in this world of limitation stem from FEAR...our irrational fear of Truth, which keeps us from desiring Truth...which is why the solution to our problem is DESIRE for Truth. "And in your desire lies it's accomplishment," sayeth the LORD. I'm the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah, born in 1957 - the same year this movie was made. And I've published the answers to all major mysteries, including precisely what GOD is, what WE are, and The Meaning of Life: the exact reason WHY and HOW we fell into this realm of limitation, and the method by which we will be EXTRACTED from limitation - guaranteed.

[@thatboyunfazed99]

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." Excellent and inspiring quote. Great video and insight.

[@hannahsdrawings8664]

For example a life of any dead person? Nope, I still don't understand.

[@thatboyunfazed99]

@@hannahsdrawings8664 For example. If we look through history there are many recognizable and therefore observable patterns in human behaviour. Actions with predictable outcomes. If we touch the stove we'll burn our hands. If we steal from a shopowner we will likely get chased down. If we follow strangers into a van it will likely end up horribly. We can learn from the dead as well as the living. And maybe most importantly from our own past since that's the most relatable experience and the only reality we have. Successes, mistakes and behaviours. The more knowledge we have from the things we observed and went through the better we can navigate life. With less fear and vulnerability.

[@BLenz-114]

Isn't that a great quote?! At 58 I still have, I hope, a while yet to go, but I chuckled in understanding when he read that one. Pure gold.

[@kelleyrc5671]

My favourite quote and it took me many years to really understand it

[@josephhaddakin7095]

​@@hannahsdrawings8664 2 phrases you might've heard before ... 'Live and learn' & 'with age comes wisdom' In the end, it really doesn't matter. That is the absurdity of it all.

[@SimonOShahan]

I watched this film at age 13 in 1958. It has become one of my favorite films of all times. Subsequently over the decades I have studied Camus, Sartre and others others and your video really brings back many thoughts I’ve had in my almost 80 years. Thank you.

[@thakurSavitar]

So what conclusion have you come to, sir?

[@MrAllstar]

@@thakurSavitarI also want to know that but there really isn’t much answer but to experience it, life.

[@thakurSavitar]

@@MrAllstar well, it resembles me little quantum physics: on particles it's impossible to know in a moment both where the particle is and what is its velocity, and on living it's impossible in a moment both to understand and to experience existence

[@marioarguello6989]

" I have studied Camus, Sartre and others...", are you bragging, or confessing?

[@calzabbath]

Sartre, "a balloon of hot air" as Russell once defined him. If anything is NOT the answer to even curiosity is any of those Parisian charlatans.

[@weaponizedmemes3461]

“We are helpless. We see what she sees, and her terror is ours.” Gave me chills.

[@sabresister]

“I will be quiet, but under protest” is such a Mood

[@etterbakk]

There is this phrase for it. I once knew.....

[@etterbakk]

Too make it Very clear Its under Protest....then its called sulking....haha

[@Dryhten1801]

@@etterbakk haha

[@tylerholbrook8634]

Hearing someone say it's "...such a mood" after a very enlightening and poetic piece feels trite

[@etterbakk]

@@tylerholbrook8634 nothing is good or bad. Its all absurd. Embrace the Absurd

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

Remember to spend as much time as you can on your computers, you won't be able to use it once you die

[@pacukluka]

exactly. drugs too.

[@jiggersotoole7823]

Dont forget to leave plenty of time for sex

[@starkid9736]

thats deep

[@leonardomorales9596]

I ain't tripping

[@2ndviolin]

Good computers go to heaven.

[@ammanbansal2265]

"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve... but a reality to experience. A process that cannot be understood by stopping it. We must move with the flow of the process. We must join it." -Frank Herbert, Dune!

[@TjJd-f8m]

Than you're a slave.

[@ShimmyD-u7g]

As a friend of mine who used to say when we were discussing Herbert's work, "so says the gospel of Frank".

[@BadGrammar-td5ks]

There are no accidents ~ some turtle

[@charlesbrown4689]

Literally read this tonight before arriving here and reading it again. The world is strange.

[@goldbridgesapprentice6925]

It truly is I've just picked up Dune myself ​@charlesbrown4689

[@johnallen6945]

I'm 73 now but when I was young I was bound and determined to get all my questions answered. I studied great literature, philosophy and all religions in my quest. As I got older most of my questions were answered in study. Then I realized there were some questions which did not have answers. So I stopped beating my head against a brick wall. Today, I am at peace knowing I've gotten all the answers I could. Budha's right-hand man, Bhodditsava, said we should contemplate the infinite but at the same time experience everything we possibly can in life, live life to the fullest.

[@Devil-by5lt]

I’m listening to Alan Watts currently. And it seems like I’ve learnt a great deal about Buddhism. Do you know who you are?

[@johnallen6945]

@@lionelemilio4141 Yes, I studied everything I could get my hands on, from Einstein to Confucius to Pythagoras.

[@jondonnelly3]

You sound very wise. I know nothing.

[@gabrielmaulaz6090]

You are very old now and have more experience but I would not say that buddhism has all the answers, its an interesting religion but the only one that fufilled His promisses throughout history is Abraham's God right? I don’t want you to take this bitterly or in a disrespectfull way, away from me such thing, I just wanted to maybe ask you to consider if you really have "all the answers", because in reality most of the time we don't but cling to this ilusion of a complete knowledge. I mean, buddhism says that you can achieve this state of knowlege and elevation, but I never knew anybody that actually reached that (I guess you could say Buddha himself but from my knowledge he never came back, Jesus came back from the dead on the other hand). Please do not take this as disrespect, I just wanted to make you consider that this thought might be wrong, maybe you haven't searched on the right places for the answer? Have you read the bible without any bias and with a open mind? In any way, may God bless you wherever you are brother! And may he show you a good path, amen.

[@gabrielmaulaz6090]

​@@lionelemilio4141Brother, no disrespect but thinking that, just because someone said that religion is man made, it is, is very arrogant in a way, you are making a lot of assumptions and discrediting many historical data (many of which are outside the bible yet mention those same events). I think you COULD make a case for some types of beliefs, sure, but to discredit EVERYTHING and say something that sounds scientific doesn't seem right. It is not that man created God to find a purpose, but rather God that created us with a purpose. Life is too complex to be a result of nothing becoming something out of probability, that one in fact that is so small that is probably uncalculable with our current technology, life only comes from life as we observe, there is only one 2 domains of creatures procaryotes and eucaryotes (if I spell anything wrong plz igone because english isn't my first language) and even they share DNA, if life could just randomly spawn without an inteligence behing wouldn’t we see diferent lifeforms? Maybe ones that are not DNA or RNA based? Also the universe being perfectly set with all its constants, some of which if they were decimals different reality, that is the universe, itself could not exist and would colapse in itself with its forces? Isn't it way much more likely to be there an inteligence, who HAS manifeted and fulfilled His prophecies throughout millenia than it is to not have? Think about the amount of coincidences, the amount of improbable events that would have to take place in the right time for eons, and that you are taking for granted after ignoring many historical records, evidence, that the true cause of everything is God? Please brother I intend no disrespect, just to make you question and maybe consider if you think like you think because you believe on it, or because you were conditioned to think like this, Or because you chose which and from whose evidence you believe? Takes a lot of faith to believe that everything is just a probability, things won't form out of nothing, that is perhaps the most important of the physical understandings humanity uncovered, yet so many people, and to my understanding you, neglect it saying that it is scientific? Again no hate intended brother, just wanted to give you this questioning because I wish you well! May God bless you brother! and may he lead you to a good path, amen. P.S.: So if you want to check those evidence I mentioned, I don't quite remember on top of my head now but there is the dead sea scrolls, there is reference of the capture of the Jews by the Egyptians on their own records etc. A quick search will show you all the info around it that I would not make justice on a comment section, hope you go there see it for yourself, farewell!

[@toddspangler6669]

I used to question what makes life worth living all the time when I was 18. Then I taught a kid to draw one day just because he asked me to. Years later, his parents bumped into me at the mall and said that he now creates cartoons for his school and thanked me for inspiring him. Teaching and helping others is what makes life worth living for me. I think if we ask why or what's the point of life, we haven't yet found what it is we're looking for.

[@CoperXYZ]

Helping others fulfils me more than anything else

[@Lobosonmision19819]

Helping others is full filling but not having to struggle is always much more full filling

[@aceleracionistanoturno]

​@@CoperXYZBe loved intimately by someone is all that matters. In the end of the day, all we fear is to be alone. It has nothing to do with meaning. The meaning we are searching for is true connection with a loving partner.

[@toddspangler6669]

@@Lobosonmision19819 No doubt. That's the difficult part. You either have to find some way to teach that is profitable (like creating an online course) or you have to save and invest into semi passive investments that pay the majority of the bills (dividends, car or house rental income, etc.).

[@whatisahandle221]

Oprah coauthored a book with Harvard Happiness professor, Arthur Brooks: Build the Life You Want. One of the elements for a deep happiness-versus chasing success, esteem from others, sex, etc-is to share experiences you enjoy with others. They have an excellent 3 part discussion about their book material and examples from their life experiences on KZbin.

[@ProjectHighestSelf]

After diving from stoicism to spirituality, I have learned that focusing on life as a problem to be solved keeps you fixed in your thoughts about the future. About what you you will do or have to do. Rather think of life as series of moments that occur in the present moment. You're meant to live in the 'now' and accept it as all there is instead of hiding behind the veil of the illusion called future which also will occur some point in the present moment. You can only deal with what's happening in the present moment. Not a future that is yet to come.

[@indirabhende116]

Abs correct.

[@LeahIsHereNow]

Treating your life like a problem to be solved will cause your life to continually and consistently be a problem to be solved.

[@pearsonalized805]

“The future is the greatest tool to screw the now” Pearsonalisms 2:11

[@msrawynn]

I really like how you articulated that, makes sense.

[@Lobosonmision19819]

Is it too late to understand this

[@62Cristoforo]

After the sudden death of my partner of 19 years I was thrown into an existential crisis. Without her alive my life suddenly had no meaning. All existence and everything we spend our days doing; laundry, rushing to work, buying a beer, all seemed so profoundly pointless, like some grand theatrical production we have all silently agreed to participate in, just to keep the illusion alive in each other’s minds. I was truly broken for many years afterward. The grief was epic, something that permanently marked my life. Eventually I just went back to work, and I became more social. Human interaction became that much more imperative for me. I discarded the dross in my life and focused on those people closest to me, those I truly love. I nurture and value those relationships now more than ever before. It is what inspires me. Never take people for granted, especially those who love you.

[@Dominic-ul9xw]

Amen

[@ACowArt7]

How do I know if there are people who really love me except for some in my bloodline.

[@sharkboi7555]

Thanks for sharing

[@juliusnepos6013]

Well said!

[@princessofcydonia]

I am truly happy for you getting over such a big loss and doing fine❤

[@TheRafaelRamos]

Worrying about the past turns into anger, worrying about the future turns into fear. The moment is now, live the present, embrace it as the only thing that matters. The purpose is in front you.

[@ivanberdichevsky5679]

You're gonna' carry that weight.

[@TheMemoryPolice]

What if the Present also worries you?

[@baseder514]

The present is you in a car on a road. The future is either the road, a car or a cliff. We have a brain, so use it to predict. You don't have to live in fear of hell, you can live in thankfulness of what you have, in strive of what God can give to you, etc. And so what if it is all and illusion, we live in a society where we are at the verge of people staying in reality, mentally speaking, and people trying to live an illusion. Look at what the morals of todays western world are. They live for pleasure, however it is gained. They use drugs, music, whatever to change things to their whim. They say that are men, women, hell some even say they are trees or dogs. If we try to live an illusion that keeps us healthy and sane, how is it not better than what most of the people in the western world are accustomed to?

[@kristiant96]

The present is bad too.

[@zahariachirica5466]

@@TheMemoryPolice 😅

[@AMcGrath82]

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

[@baseder514]

But there is already the problem of "what is good and bad" I highly doubt God would punish anyone for doing something that he honestly thought was a good thing to do and feels regret after learning that what he did was wrong, but in this day and age, you have to try really hard not to see anything of what religions say are right and wrong. So how about this, live life while trying to hurt as little people and helping as many people as you can, while searching for an answer from God. If he exists, he will give you a chance to prove yourself. If he doesn't exist, you will be known as a good person and will not have wronged anyone. I left out the question of wethwr or not He is just or not, because it would be rather weird for him to be unjust, but atill looking at wether or not people worshipped him. After all, He has the power to create the angels who constantly worship him, if he wanted us to do the same, we would be angels with no freedom of choice. He wants us to make mistakes and learn, and he wants us to come back to him when we know we failed.

[@rikk319]

@@baseder514 The flaw in your reasoning is arbitrarily selecting one of the thousands of gods to decide to believe is true, without any evidence that this particular god is more likely than the rest.

[@weshenry7208]

I've thought about this and have struggled with this for years. I'm 60 and still learning. I've loved this film since I first saw it in my 20s and have my own copy, which I revisit. Your assessment is as compelling and astute as any I've ever heard.

[@tomrhodes1629]

I'm 67 and I can help. And if this is interesting to you, I'm easy to find if you want to converse. (I won't know if you respond to this post, so you'll have to give my icon a click and find out how to contact me.) But here's the deal: Life in this world (of imitation) IS a problem to be solved! Absolutely all problems in this world of limitation stem from FEAR...our irrational fear of Truth, which keeps us from desiring Truth...which is why the solution to our problem is DESIRE for Truth. "And in your desire lies it's accomplishment," sayeth the LORD. I'm the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah, born in 1957 - the same year this movie was made. And I've published the answers to all major mysteries, including precisely what GOD is, what WE are, and The Meaning of Life: the exact reason WHY and HOW we fell into this realm of limitation, and the method by which we will be EXTRACTED from limitation - guaranteed. Yes, GUARANTEED; "Good News" that men have corrupted into a BAD NEWS (lie) "gospel" of judgment and sacrifice for "sin." And in the coming years I will make a big dent in that lie, which is why I was sent. (Read Revelation Chapter 11, which is highly symbolic.)

[@Ekam-Sat]

From one sentient being come forth many; this is the propagation of life. One god divides himself* in the form of all sentient beings. That is why it is said - where there is jiva there is shiva. (* him = this one). ~ Sri Anandamayi Ma

[@_truthful_q_]

​@@Ekam-Sat More idolatry?

[@DarkxV12]

@sw00t_yprd79fuck it, why not?

[@AnthonyNelms-nh8ko]

What patterns have you noticed at 60? I'm 30 and feel like scales are finally falling from my eyes

[@glengustafson6959]

I met Gunnar Fischer in Stockholm in 1984. He seemed surprised that this film was so admired by film students in the US. He also said he felt the black and white film stock he was using seemed to contain more silver than what was available today (1984).

[@ColtraneTaylor]

Silver?

[@reikyfoxxe1847]

@@ColtraneTaylorphotographic film is made using silver, there is alot that goes into making it. The ensuing film, when exposed to a short burst of light, will imprint an image onto the piece of film

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@reikyfoxxe1847 Thanks. So does more silver in the film make it look different?

[@reikyfoxxe1847]

@@ColtraneTaylor yes, it would change the brightness or clarity of the film on screen when the projector in the movie theater shines light through the now developed image. Technology connections has a few videos on photography and camera technology history kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZPFeWptp76Ul5osi=-FiA7-xrNFECu8M3

[@H.J.Fleischmann]

​@@ColtraneTaylor, the grain can be heavily impacted. The more grain, the more details can be captured and less grainy it looks. It also allows for more gentle shadows and such.

[@andrianamasmanides5194]

Using fear to gain power and entrench it....very telling and so applicable in these times

[@SrMway]

You should kill fear and work from a place sacrificial attitude, but you need God for this. Fear is simply the anticipation of what might happen ie, it is not something that exists, it is imagination.

[@hurricanemeridian8712]

​@@SrMwayNay

[@blastermaster7261]

​@@hurricanemeridian8712could you elaborate on your denial of his statement?

[@Pioneer_DE]

Hilarious comment considering fear is how religions work/maintain power

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

​@@SrMwaynobody needs god for this, tho who do are incomplete man searching to a false ego to complete themselves and give them courage, but the true answer is obtaining enough knowledge that courage is no longer needed, you don't need a leap of faith when you calculated the exact outcome where you'd be safe

[@EnglandVersus]

"Language is the tool of this world, silence is the mystery of the world to come" - Some dude at the bus stop.

[@virginiatrott9888]

I like that

[@thespamdance311]

- Who are you? - I am Death. - WHO ARE YOU? - I am Death. - WHO. ARE. YOU!? - I. AM. DEATH! - Oh, sorry. I thought you said you were deaf.

[@BogoEN]

One missing element, I would say, in this analysis, is the fate of the performer/artist, his wife and their baby. He had visions of the virgin Mary and remained faithful, but also simply did not despair the way the knight did. There is something beautiful in the splitting of their paths where, in the storm towards the end in which death approaches, he and his wife are separated from the group. In this moment they are saved, unwittingly. I love how this is never fully explained. Yet it remains the other side of the coin of the fate of the other characters.

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

i will always upvote someone spreading awareness of this masterpiece of film

[@alibengali1992]

What Film is this

[@freyasworn2600]

@@alibengali1992a movie that’s aged terribly

[@alibengali1992]

@@freyasworn2600 whats the Name

[@alibengali1992]

@@freyasworn2600 whats the name?

[@enasalareef5961]

The Seventh Seal @@alibengali1992

[@goodtasteofmusicclub8438]

One of, if not, the best videos I've personally watched on youtube. Thank you!

[@argotty2255]

I'm glad I've clicked on this video. Thanks for the quotes, and the introspective movie. You've offered to me a different perspective and starting point to a new path of thought.

[@cherryhazard8002]

The mere dialogue and the mere setting of this movie makes me emotional and tears roll down from my eyes, peak cinematography, that's for sure.

[@thudar9]

"Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Luke 12:27

[@onepeaceableworld]

Lilies of the Field, a good film starring Sidney Portier

[@mrs8768]

@@onepeaceableworld very interesting verse, however as a Muslim who has some knowledge of Islamic spirituality, I disagree with the last part of the verse. In contrast to the Bible presentation of the Prophets, there is a different Islamic representation of the Prophets, so I think Solomon(Peace Be Upon Him) had far surpassed the lilies. We are still not like the lilies, me and you, but Solomon had certainly attained that inner peace and spiritual unity with God.

[@VVooshbait]

@@mrs8768 not in the sense u probably think, he definitely had untity with God in the consciousness sense, but no way he has found true peace and his life became all sunshine and rainbow

[@mrs8768]

@@VVooshbait well i think all Prophets had true peace, but they had 'terrible' exterior lives with the exception of a few like Solomon. I don't think true peace is anything like sunshine and daisies, its certainly not a naive positivity or a toxic positivity, its a sense of tranquility that remains no matter the hardships one goes through, and the prophets had that. I believe that finding unity with God and true peacec come hand in hand, for so many reasons. Negative attitudes towards life and fears are creations of the ego, which a Prophet does not have.

[@AugustRushington]

​@@mrs8768 if you ever read Ecclesiastes, you might change your mind; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."

[@randywise5241]

Life is for the living. Make the best of it you can. It is the only thing anyone really has.

[@baseder514]

Well, you have a brain, there is a society, etc. I say use life the best you can. Don't live for life, use life to have a better life in the hereafter. Just think about it, if you ask any scientist in the Western world if there is a direct way to prove God while we are here, they will most definitely say no. But ask the same scientist if there is direct proof that God does not exist, and he will also say no. And take that now that the world is modernized, you see that most of the people in the rich west try to avoid as much of real life with a "fake" life. Instead of going through life raw, they use drugs, music, and social things to live in a fantasy of what reality actually is. And if this is how a very large portion of people live, then why would you be worse in any way for also living in an "illusion" which tells you to just be patient?

[@IFYOUWANTITGOGETIT]

Our nervous systems say otherwise…geared towards curiosity and figuring out how to survive and thrive. Life is an absurd relay of problems and information from one generation to the next. We find pleasure in influencing others, present and future.

[@postpwnmalone]

If only we all worked together

[@xenn4985]

​@@postpwnmalonewhat do you think society is, you misanthrope.

[@庫倫亞利克]

Humans are wired to avoid pain and solve problems, to try to inhale for a few more seconds even when their chest is being crushed...And yet at the same time we're so afraid and weary of the aspect of constant struggle, fear, and uncertainty, and we come up with idioms like "life isn't a problem to be solved" or "death is what gives life meaning" to make ourselves feel better.

[@UrMomsChauffer]

That's all ego based. The ego is there for survival, and advancement, but it gets out of control, and that's when we worry about or consider that we may have any influence on someone. Let alone even believe the future exists.

[@IFYOUWANTITGOGETIT]

@@UrMomsChauffer you can ignore reality, but you cant ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. It is in our nature to survive and propagate information beyond our lives. This has nothing to do with ego. Its literally built into our biology. You think you can override your biology? Good luck. It will make you alone and miserable.

[@saberserpent1134]

"Be Here Now" - Zen Proverb

[@teogo]

No creature ever falls short of its own completeness. Wherever it stands it does not fail to cover the ground. Dogen

[@do-notuse3821]

KRISHNA HAS GOT NOTHING ON YOU !

[@joshua.r999]

That last quote, „Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.“ made me have goosebumps and brought tears to my eyes. This life is so bittersweet, I cannot make any sense out if it. Not even out of myself, it‘s a tragedy.

[@Laretz]

In that last scene, for some reason the Italian subs I watched the movie with actually had what for me was an even more inspiring quote from the squire: “Maybe I could’ve liberated myself from this anguish of eternity that torments you. But it is already too late to teach you the immense joy of a hand that moves and of a heart that beats”. Reminds me something of Nietzsche, as he wrote (if I remember correctly) that the Church builds an ideal of perfection and judges people based on it: and in doing so, the religious person ends up seeing the world for all its defects, as no human being fulfils all those ideals of perfection in a person set for example by Jesus, seeing all living flesh as an impure, sinful byproduct of Adam and Eve’s original sin. Or in general, one sees everything not in its beauty, but as a means for something else. And with this, one eventually never sees how much beauty there is in a hand that moves, or a heart that beats, as the squire put it. Thank you for the video! Awesome stuff

[@Georgeos777]

came across the same solution weeks ago, with our idea of perfection whatever that means, we destroy our mental life, because let us for a moment say there is perfection, than no one reaches it, its only there in our mind, our fantasies, it never appears in reality and forever stays fiction

[@JJSurma]

Respectfully, I couldn't disagree with Nietzsche more. The Christ of the Bible's achievement of perfection means I don't have to achieve it for myself (substitutionary atonement), therefore I am free to be who God made me as I move through time, becoming refined by experiences given to me as I return my life to him through acts of selflessness, service, and love. I don't strive for perfection, but to please the Father as best I can in each situation as an act of worship. This "abundant life" as Jesus spoke of means staying in the moment as I take the next step in obedience and joy. Maybe Nietzsche is referring to religion, but I prefer this living and active relationship with my Abba Father.

[@OrdnanceLab]

Just discovered the channel. Great video on a movie I didn't even know exists.

[@toplakaljosa]

Welcome aboard 😄

[@tomrhodes1629]

I didn't know it existed, either. And I was born the same year this movie came out, 1957... But life in this world (of imitation) IS a problem to be solved! Absolutely all problems in this world of limitation stem from FEAR...our irrational fear of Truth, which keeps us from desiring Truth...which is why the solution to our problem is DESIRE for Truth. "And in your desire lies it's accomplishment," sayeth the LORD. I'm the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah. And I've published the answers to all major mysteries, including precisely what GOD is, what WE are, and The Meaning of Life: the exact reason WHY and HOW we fell into this realm of limitation, and the method by which we will be EXTRACTED from limitation - guaranteed. Yes, GUARANTEED; "Good News" that men have corrupted into a BAD NEWS (lie) "gospel" of judgment and sacrifice for "sin." And in the coming years I will make a big dent in that lie, which is why I was sent. (Read Revelation Chapter 11, which is highly symbolic.) I won't know if you reply to this post, but I'm easy to find if you want to know more. (Click on my icon.)

[@kingoftimelapse6118]

Anyone who looks for meaning in life will miss it altogether. The meaning of life is to live it, as it is right under your nose , right here right now.

[@ZootOfficial]

>the meaning of life is to live it, because.... ITS JUST IS, OK???

[@hanntonn2]

It's just a part of it. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that we have been created to know God, to love him and to serve him. And we love him by loving our neighbors. Many won't like this simple answer, but it's the truth. Life is about love, but not any kind of love, it's the total gift of ourselves to a God that gives himself totally to us and the rejection of sin every day. True love is impossible without the cross.

[@daffyduckling6958]

Life is an slavery

[@kingoftimelapse6118]

@@KarmaWords you’ve misunderstood what i meant by exactly 100%

[@TheSundanceKid-s9f]

If life is essentially God's video game, I'd like access to the cheat codes that will let me forcibly power off the gaming console. I do not want to be a marionette for Yahweh the Cannibal to find its amusement in.

[@redtsun67]

The trouble comes from when you must endure life that cannot be enjoyed. No one who enjoys life seeks the meaning of it. We don't want to know the meaning of happiness; we want to know the reason why we suffer. We want to know if it's worth it to continue suffering.

[@BLenz-114]

I *just* watched a video about how Conan the Barbarian is the antidote to H.P Lovecraft's cosmic horror. Because Conan does not concern himself with thoughts of what may be *beyond* this world, he does not worry about what might be there (I'm paraphrasing). If it comes for him, he will kill it, if he cannot kill it, he will die, as all men do. "No one who enjoys life seeks the meaning of it." That's great. If it's yours, congratulations.

[@Chasin_Baitman]

I don't know if i agree with this. Happiness, peace, must be constantly worked at. Without suffering there is no balance. Hedonism leads to suffering so enjoying life too much is possible. Happiness outside of our basic comforts is subjective as well. I have many times questioned, why does this make me happy? Happiness is a daily struggle and often times the more mundane moments may be filled with ponderings of, why? All of these feelings may be the result of an evolutionary blunder. Self awareness might feel advantageous but may cause outr suffering. No different than the male babirusa's upper canines that can grow long enough to pierce it's own skull and kill it. The universe existed long before us. Thus we created questions and answers.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

just keep distracting yourself theory. but you know, you can't be doing things all the time, sometimes you'll be lying there waiting to sleep, or maybe you'll be old one day and bed ridden, that's when the thoughts come after you.

[@deka6635]

Wisely said.

[@Fawn91193]

Yes. Well expressed.

[@michaelburgher7798]

Thanks for this video on a terrific film. I don’t find myself disagreeing with you on the themes of the film that align with the philosophical outlooks from the likes of Camus or Kierkegaard. However, it appears one storyline from the film is left out of your analysis. This is the story of the musician, his wife and their child. When we first encounter the musician in the film, he experiences a vision of the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus walking together. He tells his vision to his wife, who chuckles him off a bit. But then we see the joy this man has in being with his family, even while living by such humble means out on the road. These are the same people who invite the knight, squire and maiden to a meal of strawberries and cream wherein the knight finds peace, a respite from the overwhelming doubt. The knight returns the kindness later on by averting Death’s attention in the forest, permitting the small family to leave the larger group by another way rather than into the clutches of Death at the very end. The knight is not left unchanged from his experience, as he does repent and ask for mercy at the final hour. The family exemplifies the way of living that moves beyond any form of absurdism, either/or-ism, nihilism, etc. It is the way of faith and love, and one juxtaposed with the extreme positions of the mutilators and the inquisitors who demonstrate the dangers of a religion unwilling to see the Beauty of Creation, instead seeing humanity as a plague in need of cleansing or the body as a corruptible vessel for inexplicable evil, incapable of repair. It is a difficult path because it requires a return to innocence even in the face of Death and the evils of the world. It is the way that requires us to give without knowing in exact reasonable terms what we may receive in return, to love and feed our neighbors without expectations. It is the Way of meaning. There’s much more to be said, but it moves beyond the film so will pause here. Thanks again for the video.

[@franciscoguillermojauregui6725]

This is a really wise and beautiful commentary

[@johnadams3368]

This is more on the actual lines of Kierkegaard's beliefs. Your comment brought to mind his book Works of Love and his spiritual writings, most notable Lily of the Field.

[@dapawaz8310]

"They tell me I was born, but I do not remember it. They tell me I will die, but I do not expect it." - Nisargadatta Maharaj.

[@cocojamboidoprzodu9302]

"You steer this ship the best way you know. Sometimes it’s smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks, in the mean time you find your pleasures where you can.”

[@damirmrsic6928]

Don @cocojamboidoprzodu9302 salud.

[@TravisListener]

where is this from

[@imsurfingontheearthimasurf5975]

@@TravisListener sopranos uncle junior says it to tony

[@TravisListener]

beautiful, i love that series, thanks and God bless@@imsurfingontheearthimasurf5975

[@tommyobama7811]

Walt fuckin Whitman ova here

[@wetworksyt4446]

The meaning of life is to give life a meaning.~ viktor E frankl

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

That’s like saying a planet can choose what star it shall orbit. It doesn’t make sense. The divine is our only hope.

[@arycogito]

​@@TheNightWatcher1385 no it's like wave particle duality because of the insane juxtaposition of an actual meaning existing or not. Doubting is a trap, if you want to believe in something, live by it. You believe god exists? Allah ? Yahweh? Shiva? Go for it, don't doubt and take a leap of faith. You believe life is meaningless and we have the potential to give life its own meaning? carved by us? No problem, just don't have that semblance of doubt because it's a trap. At the end of it all, it's just a leap of faith. No one can ever truly know what's out there after our bodies decompose

[@DiogenesNephew]

Luckily for Viktor, he was easily duped. Some of us aren't so easily confused.

[@Ekam-Sat]

Did he really say that? That means he didn’t get it.

[@thechunkmaster8794]

@TheNightWatcher1385 Given sufficient velocity, a planet can absolutely “choose” its star. There are even planets which orbit no stars at all.

[@spinachmakesyoustronger2204]

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot lately.

[@tomrhodes1629]

When I was four years old I had my mom open a can of spinach for me so I could eat it out of the can like Popeye...and I was disappointed that my muscles didn't grow. But as an adult, I learned that RAW spinach (not canned, but eaten in salads) is a healing food, as are all of the raw greens and cruciferous family. And I overcame cancer with raw vegetables long ago. And as for the topic of this video... Life in this world (of imitation) IS a problem to be solved! Absolutely all problems in this world of limitation stem from FEAR...our irrational fear of Truth, which keeps us from desiring Truth...which is why the solution to our problem is DESIRE for Truth. "And in your desire lies it's accomplishment," sayeth the LORD. I'm the prophesied return of the biblical prophet Elijah, born in 1957 - the same year this movie was made. And I've published the answers to all major mysteries, including precisely what GOD is, what WE are, and The Meaning of Life: the exact reason WHY and HOW we fell into this realm of limitation, and the method by which we will be EXTRACTED from limitation - guaranteed. Yes, GUARANTEED; "Good News" that men have corrupted into a BAD NEWS (lie) "gospel" of judgment and sacrifice for "sin." And in the coming years I will make a big dent in that lie, which is why I was sent. (Read Revelation Chapter 11, which is highly symbolic.) I won't know if you reply to this post, but I'm easy to find if you want to know more. (Click on my icon.)

[@MaddyIndia]

I really loved loved your explanation and answer to this complex question using philosophers teachings. I look forward to exploring more of this on your channel. I enjoyable you to make a longer version of this, covering how to confront tackle this problem of problems in life, deriving meaning in love when there semms to be so much suffering right in from of our eyes (suffering of others and sometimes ours too). Thank you very much, I truly appreciate your video.

[@CJVS995]

"Knowledge is a burden or at worst a danger" , "blessed is the mind too small for doubt"

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Children and idiots in other words......

[@DSAK55]

That's Republicans

[@diosdadojrlubiano7674]

Blessed is the stupid?

[@nicolasdorella2684]

​​@@DSAK55thats the imperium of man

[@_Zuka]

​@@DSAK55ur sad

[@deepikaupadhyay7888]

What did i just watch man😭.I was on verge of crying because of same thoughts exactly like author and finally got the answers

[@15clank]

My body is ready

[@one.ebrown]

But I am not

[@Damian.99]

⁠@@one.ebrownI have not done everything that I have wanted to do. I am not ready.

[@sabresister]

I got the 69th like I feel so honored 🥲

[@Rasalkool]

Reverse snu-snu

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

Godspeed gentleman

[@did10xang36]

Imagine your time is up. Game over.. And now you are in the spirit world looking back to your life what did you learn, value, care, love, all the things you did and did not do your mistakes & regrets. Do you want to change something? Imagine you have a 2nd chance to live and continue your life like you enter again like in a game. That respawn is NOW. What you will you do? You will die again and not come back again. Play nice. Don't be mean

[@DiogenesNephew]

I would be seriously pissed if I had to come back again. If I had to, I would hope to come back without anyone who cared about me so I could opt out of life without emotionally destroying anyone else.

[@SamuelBlack84]

That point has long since passed me by If I could have rescanned about a decade ago that would have made all the difference

[@vaxrvaxr]

If I'm in the spirit world and looking back, then my life can't be over.

[@vaxrvaxr]

On a serious note, it doesn't matter. Everything will be gone when we die, including our regrets. No respawns.

[@caderiddle5996]

It’s no wonder so many atheist are angry with the world, thinking this way. When death comes in this world, it may very well be the beginning of a life much grander afterwards.

[@jimiorezzoli]

Thank you for exposing me to something I would not normally have for but strive for.

[@mateusgodoy5060]

Insightful, well put, and cherish in the end. What a masterwork, thank you for that video!!

[@brianpark8758]

As you said, one of the greatest movies ever made. It`s certainly among my top ten. Great critique & explanation of The Seventh Seal. Thank you.

[@Dustparticle000]

"Pandora's box is a metaphor for something that brings about great troubles or misfortune, but also holds hope. In Greek mythology, Pandora's box was a gift from the gods to Pandora, the first woman on Earth. It contained all the evils of the world, which were released when Pandora opened the box. However, it also contained hope, which remained inside the box. Symbolically, the box represents the curiosity and desire for knowledge that can lead to both negative consequences and positive outcomes. The evils inside the box can be seen as the challenges and difficulties of life, while the hope represents the optimism and resilience to overcome those challenges."

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Life has meaning. All one has to do is glance into the eyes of their loved ones, their children, and God willing grandchildren's eyes. That is the meaning of life, and its greatest reward and satisfaction. Life isn't a problem to be solved, it's a gift to be enjoyed.

[@munfaiaforu]

shooting my suggestion out there; Redes (1936) can be video you can make about in the future. Anything Alejandro Jodorowsky would be weirdly nice. Fantastic Review, truly a hidden gem of a channel, can't wait to see more from here.

[@JohnKerr-nr4ov]

My stepfather showed me this movie in a classics theatre when I was 13 and explained it to me as we watched it was an eye opening moment for a young teen

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Dude - for your THIRD video ever to get almost 500k views…I’d say you have stumbled upon a new meaning/purpose to your own life. Congrats - great concept and execution. Simple yet rewarding.

[@TheStarbuck61]

Superb post! A journey I've been on my entire life, such as the soldier! Thank You.

[@N8R_Quizzie]

I want to check out this movie sometime. Im not sure if I agree with you, or the movie, or your interpretation of the movie, but I will think and consider it all.

[@lorenzot9969]

Thank you so much for this post. So interesting. Kierkegaard citations are so relevant!

[@dave55ides]

Very good summary - clear and thought provoking. And it makes me want to see the whole movie!

[@tweet81]

“To live, is to suffer. To survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffer.”--DMX

[@Game_Hero]

edgy

[@stevepayne5965]

"A man can bear with almost any _how_ as long as he has a _why_ ." - Nietzsche

[@guitarhero-z2m]

​@@stevepayne5965If I may add to this: We are set in this world to do good and to survive. For man does not know everything, and in that sense, man must make himself the most educated, timely, and wise he could ever be. There is no greater pleasure than this. That is why we must love, why we must cherish our time on this Earth, why we should improve ourselves. Ah, if this isn't the meaning of life than I don't know what else it could be.

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

This was once stated to me: “If nothing has meaning, then the statement ‘There is no meaning,’ has itself no meaning.” Therefore, we have the power to reject the idea that nothing has meaning.

[@rex-up9ln]

No. Its a flawed logic, do u see it?

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

@@rex-up9ln It is not flawed. It is simply a reflective.

[@rex-up9ln]

@@ObiWanBillKenobi it is. Replace the word meaning with purpose/goal and u will see it. Your statement makes superficial sense, only because it's just bad semantics

[@nathanharvey8570]

@@rex-up9ln Except you can't make that substitution 1-to-1. Linguistically, we can obviously speak of "meaningless" vs "meaningful" goals whilst still clearly communicating, if we want to clarify the semantics. Meaning implies the existence of value judgements to which our intents and surroundings are subjected and measured, which we we should expect to sit on a sliding scale across the range of "Total Subjectivity" to "Total Objectivity", with the idea "There is no meaning" (inherent in life) being dependent on absolute subjectivity.

[@rex-up9ln]

@@nathanharvey8570 you're confused

[@helmutboutros5006]

The meaning of life is playing a fierce game of chess against Death while knowing full well that we will lose

[@yungetaks2049]

I didn‘t expect to read this fire quote on a random tuesday in october

[@mcsmartass8306]

this movie is so gorgeous, even though it's not as emotionally loud as modern films it hits so hard just by the metaphor alone

[@kemalkurt5257]

One of the best movies made to this day. I love especially the Dies Irae scene. It gives me shivers. The seventh seal is just about 90 minutes but the message it gives timeless and far over 90 minutes. Bergman is true genius about his movies.

[@ericdodson2644]

Wow, that was a really gorgeous synthesis of Camus, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, and of course, Bergman. Beautiful!

[@vickersjd27]

This is a wonderful video. Thank you for posting it.

[@rubensesma]

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be enjoyed.”

[@hurricanemeridian8712]

Love half the people in the comments that clearly haven't bothered to actually watch the thing

[@Supernaut2000]

We are but animals cursed with self awareness to comfort us in the dark instead of howling at the moon.

[@stevepayne5965]

IIRC it was the great Alan Watts who called this the extra circuit of consciousness. Plenty of species are unquestionably aware, but to date only humans (so far as we know, and it's aways subject to revision) are aware that they're aware.

[@Aceofspades737]

This video feels a bit hopeless and acceptance of that hopelessness. I wonder if that is the function of humanity. To hope when there is no hope left.

[@frafraplanner9277]

Life without God inevitably becomes hopeless

[@rosem6604]

I found that once you learn that reality/the universe/whatever doesn't care about us - peace can be found. I found that I don't care about a big funeral with speeches and ceremonies, for example. I care about being hailed as a great person, a big success in something. All I want is to do what makes me happy, help others if I can, be kind and die in peace when my time comes. I'd prefer nothingness after death than all the Heaven and Hell ideas. I don't think I fear nothingness but it's a new feeling I have so I'll have to explore that a bit more.

[@user-ar8db6uu66e]

In my 3+ years of quest. This video summarized many things and cemented my faith further. One of the Top 5 videos on KZbin ever. Thank you for your efforts🎉

[@lajbeak9142]

When people ask this I always try to ask back 'what is the meaning of a blade of grass? or a computer?' This video summed up my thoughts perfectly! Thank you for sharing

[@mostm8589]

The meaning of a grass is sucking nitrogen and water from the soil to power and propagate its biological machinery. The meaning of a computer is executing machine code of a specific format. Grass wasn't designed, but it evolved under pressure that anything not suitable to live under died, thus it appears as a marvelous pseudo-design of unimaginable complexity. A computer was designed. Both work in clear ways, have a clear purpose. Life appears to not have any purpose in particular, it's just a lot of shit happening together in different times and places.

[@gavinferguson2938]

​​@@mostm8589Your viewing the question wrong, asking about the meaning of life is not the same as asking its purpose. Its a shit question in all honesty thats better worded as "What is the significance of life?" or "Why should I live as opposed to die?" The purpose of life, could in theory be awnserd through biology but purpose is as arbitrary as significance since they are both empirical/rational concepts that exist for practical purposes. When you reduce empiricism down to its base form, you realize that we understand very little to almost nothing of how the real world (the world as it is, independant of your experience or observation) works. Rationalism in a vaccume devoid of experience (empiricism) leaves you with only one guaranteed truth, (I think, therefore I am) and all else becomes fallible. Thus, both reason and empiricism are incapable of definitivley awnsering these questions on an objective ground since the world in itself is inaccesible to us and reason cant give us much beyond proof of own existence. The awnsers then can only lie in the subjective realm, hence why they are often left up to interpretation.

[@GoldenTV3]

@@mostm8589 Why did the blade of grass evolve under THOSE conditions and not any other. Why is 1+1, 2. You believe you have all the answers because you see the effect of the mystery. You still have not witnessed the mystery itself. If we are in one of many parallel universes or the same repeating universe that coincidentally fostered life. Why is there a Universe at all? How does physics even exist at all? Math?

[@spaceflight1019]

​@@mostm8589If we are living in the matrix, as some people believe, then the grass is a program. Programs have a certain amount of instructions; the whole "if-then" paradigm. Think about it. How many instructions does a housefly have? A spider? Nobody teaches them anything, but they somehow know what they are supposed to do.

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

​@@GoldenTV3saying why isn't 1+2=2 is the worst argument ever, it means nothing and it does nothing, 1+1=2 is the basic of a logical system called math that we use as a tool, if 1+2=2 then we'd simply build another tool based on that logic

[@leperface]

"Always look on the bright side of life."

[@nocigar7730]

Life is kinda shit, when you look at it

[@ObserverObserved24]

If life seems jolly rotten There's something you've forgotten And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing ​@@nocigar7730

[@kikrim1]

Really uplifting thoughts. Thank you for your work. 😊

[@Catpanl]

Yes a great inspiration right before bed haha.

[@Jose-jx5pu]

​@@Catpanl It's 3 am and I am sitting in my room, waiting, waiting... And it's so cold. And the light is dim and my mind is burning bright. But it's so cold... What am I waiting for? Endlessly?

[@Catpanl]

@@Jose-jx5pu look up “ikigai”

[@rat_king-]

camus is the only french philosospher i respect.

[@Albos_M]

This was great - thank you for taking the time to make and share it.

[@silentm999]

I need to watch this film now.

[@efegidergi4444]

Loved it! Keep up the work.

[@nash_6908]

he is right that reason will never get us to the true answer but the truth is beyond reason it is where reason comes from, and example your dreams, they are a living proof of something beyond reason.

[@markraftis]

I have not seen this classic film have always wanted to watch. Since I am retired I have time to watch all the films I have meant to watch.

[@myfinallight]

how is retirement

[@CybermanKing]

You should watch it. It was a great find several years ago when I was early in college.

[@marvelsandals4228]

I love that last quote: life can only be understood backwards, but can only be lived forwards. Its very easy to see why people do what they do, just rewind the tape and what they're doing is the only thing that made any sense to them at the time. Yet when we are here, in the present, when we don't know what happens next, we can drown in the mystery of the future, of what path we should take. In the end, its not necessarily about what path we take, but taking one. When we take a path then much of the dread clears away. Why do I walk this path? Because I do? Who am I? I am me. Nothing more, nothing less. In that there is peace. The demons become quiet, the storm becomes calm.

[@kingofarnor1430]

Thanks for the video! Very insightful. I'll have to make sure to watch the movie myself.

[@toplakaljosa]

Yes, please do, I love this film 😄

[@Somusicais]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[@BestOffer-ii9ny]

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

[@AfkAliaga]

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@BestOffer-ii9ny]

Is he on instagram?

[@AnneRodrigo-fz6ks]

Can dr.porass send to me in UK?

[@denisblack9897]

I saw this exact comment last week under another video WTF, bots everywhere

[@coolslimm5105]

Title of video was enough. You don’t build a robot to tell it “ figure it out”, you build it to function as it was designed to function.

[@SurprisinglyDynamicAnimeSideC]

I mean, the AI revolution of the past two years is only possible if we design robots to figure things out for themselves. It's the only reason new ideas, art, voices, and perspectives can be created by smashing together all the information placed inside it by programmers. The unique things generative AI creates aren't always profound or uplifting, but you can't argue that it's NOT unique. You could state the fact that it's all based on previous creations made by humans, and therefore claim its output can only ever be derivative. You'd also have to ignore the fact that literally everything humanity has ever dreamt of, thought of, and believed in has been given to us. Our imaginations combine all that information to ways not necessarily defined by logic, creating what we'd consider truly unique.

[@Game_Hero]

So what if it was "designed to function" a certain way? You can still do what you want, that's the beauty of humanity, you design your own function.

[@coolslimm5105]

@@Game_Hero yea, thats part of the function. free-will

[@HrUtubel]

I watched this film first over twenty years ago and instantly registered it as my favorite movie, not really knowing why. This video helps me understand my reaction a little better. Thanks

[@robl7532]

Wonderful companion piece to a wonderful film. Thank you!

[@Celeste-in-Oz]

Memories! 😊 we performed The Seventh Seal for our finale in our last year of high school drama. I was the narrator and also Karen (back when Karen was just a girl’s name 😅). I was oblivious to how much my life’s journey would echo that of the Knight’s 😳

[@thisbluntlaced4346]

Likewise.. those trap questions are nonetheless the seeds of madness

[@roshinvarghese6879]

I’m a Christian and I used it’s message to come same conclusion. I have salvation forever with my creator. What then is there to worry about or what else is there to answer? I just have to live.

[@huveja9799]

For finite and limited creatures like us, doubt and free will are inextricably intertwined. Imagine that God shows Himself to us and we have 100% certainty of His existence and a life beyond this, that knowledge would be a very, very heavy dead weight for our free will. On the contrary, by living with doubt, we have the opportunity to believe whatever we want and act accordingly. Therefore life is not a problem to be solved but the opportunity to show what we are made of without any imposition by God, not even with the accurate knowledge of His existence ...

[@winstoncely694]

Thanks for this. I have long felt what you were able to so eloquently summarize about the meaning of this film.

[@tomservo5347]

'May you LIVE until the day you die.'

[@gauravjoseph4831]

The very fact that man is capable of asking that question: "what is the meaning of all of this? " Shows he possesses a rational soul which will exist for eternity. Animals are unable to contemplate the same.

[@pbohearn]

And a young, Max, Von Sydow, too!

[@wotanmituns33]

The fact that basically all of the cast of this movie about life and death is dead though.

[@ChucksExotics]

This is not a full sentence, what are you trying to say?

[@nekosaiyajin8529]

@@ChucksExotics you're so smart, man

[@daylinlott5723]

That's so profound! Not. It tends to happen when a movie ages past 70 years.

[@Daimo83]

Your parents were supposed to tell you about death, I'm sorry.

[@jrqc9051]

Wow, what a discovery, I hope you didn't get a splitting headache after thinking that sentence 🥱

[@kyawzin2874]

Such a good video which makes me to rethink about my life, my purpose and my beliefs.

[@theobserver9131]

I am still thinking, I would, rather I had never been born, but I may still have some time to think differently.

[@theobserver9131]

My speech to text thing loves to spice up my comments with lots of commas

[@theobserver9131]

Except when I am calling it out

[@ifbut_then]

If money were not the motivation we would not have been here

[@aceleracionistanoturno]

Money is meaningless if you are loveless.

[@guitarhero-z2m]

A greedy man makes money his only limb, a wise man makes money one of his limbs.

[@Libertarianmobius1]

The meaning of life is found in dancing with the present moment. Take it as you wish. Whatever was and is going to be is not as important as this moment now. Be present. Be now.

[@hanshandkante5055]

"The meaning of life is found in dancing with the present moment." Tell that to the two billion people on this planet who live beyond the poverty line and don't even have regular access to clean drinking water! Tell it to all the civilians who die in stupid wars! Tell it to the children who are forced to work in mines in africa so we get cobalt for all tne batteries in our electronics! Tell it to everyone who suffers from a disease because he can't afford the medical treatment he needs!

[@dEAthlikEstAtic]

everything about life involves problems to be solved, you have to solve the problems of self care in every form & usually you have to solve the problems of caring for others in some way. life is a problem that has to be solved, there's just a variety of different solutions to deal with it.

[@MrRogersPH]

Here’s a problem. Why build a sand castle if you know it’s gonna fall the ocean’s waves.

[@vermin5367]

​@@MrRogersPH boredom mixed with biological impetus against the frictions of our terminality.

[@jacobroar5224]

But how do we decide when a problem has been "solved". Wouldn't adopting such binary philosophical mindset lead to complacency and plateau ? with no true marker an individual might decide they have "solved" a problem and then stop learning and honing that skill, then if the circumstances change they will be just as unprepared as they were when they first started. in itself would a possible alternative be to accept we will never completely "solve" any of life's questions and instead constantly work towards cultivating a better understanding of each topic ? Forever the student never the master type vibe.

[@hossainshamil2132]

The ending statement “better make the best out of our journey”, what a stupid thing to say after such a beautiful video

[@dxwell99]

Really well done. Thanks very much for such a clear explanation of the concepts. Great movie too.

[@natkingcol909]

Spend as much time with your family, friends and outside in beautiful places... That is as good as it gets...

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

What if you don't like your family or other people, or to be outside?

[@moflo6093]

@@SirAntoniousBlock maybe you dont even like yourself mmmm

[@aemiliadelroba4022]

What makes life living is us 😊 -we give life a meaning , So … it is up to us . ❤❤❤

[@juliankraus1011]

​@sw00t_yprd79^ You just resumed the shallow, self-defeating dead end of existencialist and absurdist "philosophy".

[@guitarhero-z2m]

You might discover meaning on your own. You might dig deep for this- investigating your past, present, and future. And investigating the world, the universe, and all it's properties...​@sw00t_yprd79This is how I found my meaning. It might change, but it is mine.

[@whoami8434]

I think this entire project of crafting your own meaning was predicted to be a failure by Dostoyevsky and is empirically a failure by modern consensus (just look how unhappy everyone is). It might be cute and vogue to enshrine these people as pioneers of a “serious” and noble adventure into the unknown, but really they are just people who hated God and wanted to see themselves reflected in the mirror of ultimate reality. In other words, it was ego more than truth that guided their “philosophy”. And if you’ve ever read Camus, he was far more concerned with how his writing sounded than what it actually expressed 🤷‍♀️ I remain totally unconvinced that he had anything meaningful to say about the meaning of life

[@MrToddino]

tfw the anime pfp has the best interpretation, its true, all one needs to do is look at the modern world which has done nothing but push the "find your own meaning" neoliberal philosophy to its greatest extent and youll see where it's led us.

[@juliankraus1011]

Well put. Glad to see someone dismantling the myth of Camus and not taking his creed at face value. Camus was hardly a philosopher. He was a novelist who entertained mythological rambling as a substitute to the sophisticated reasoning of philosophy and as a flight from the uncomfortable questions that come with it.