Life isn't meaningless, the question is.

[@nrvous_250gt]

"You're looking for a linear answer to a circular question" that part helped me

[@archerpence]

I'm there with you. That one made me balk. I balked. It was good for me

[@RunBoy]

The circular answer is Jesus. I'm amazed everyday because everything is connected to Jesus. The world and us was created by him, for him and through him. He is the first and the last, the ultimate source of power, energy, knowledge, truth… Pain and suffering is all a root cause of sin which is a fancy word that means "missing the target" and it’s by disagreeing with God that the opposite of good entered the world. So by our sins we shall sow what we deserve: death. Not just physical death but a death of soul. Jesus is also the solution because he willfully offered his life as a living sacrifice to save us. He did the *works* everyone seeks to accomplish in this life. Religion wants to attain a state of "nirvana", peace, "enlightenment" or go to paradise with a list of do's and don’ts, when it’s simply not possible with the heart that we have. Don’t get me wrong, grandma's are kind and the Buddhist people are welcoming but in the depths of our hearts, we can do so much that this hole we all have has no limits. Only God can fill it. What to do? Acknowledging our sins, believing in Jesus and his sacrifice to save us. Read the book of John, it's one of the four books of the gospel, it just hit different.

[@Bananalord_error]

His argument doesn't make sense fundamentally It gives a stupidly circular answer to a linear question He uses a somewhat socratic questioning method at the start to twist our terms and turn our question into a circular one He even somewhat contradicts himself And why should the tapestry even be considered good It's all BS made to sound smart But that's because it's not an entity that came up with this argument it's a human with human limitations and errors No matter how hard you may try, most people can't make an undeniable argument for anything

[@schewpidchild]

@@Bananalord_error Then what is your take on the question?

[@Bananalord_error]

@@schewpidchild my take is that the question itself can't really be answered by humans And that the person who made this video is just saying ambiguous statements until the viewers apply the Barnum effect and find their own viewpoint If we were to truly try and find an answer to the meaning of life/existence I doubt we would find it within our universe What I'm trying to say is that I don't have an answer, but neither does the person who made the video

[@agentsmith6570]

„But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing, or to dance while the music was being played.“ Alan Watts

[@michaelnazar9358]

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[@megakirbo4250]

What???😂

[@St1ckY72]

"Life, as one looks at it, is in fact a celebration of itself. When you look out at night at the stars and you really wonder 'good god, what is all that about?' well, it's a firework display, and it's celebrating high holy day. That's whoopee. And the whole world is whoopee, it's a kind of exuberance. Therefore the proper function of religion is diggingness. It's not seeking, not seeking anything. But in a way, Thanksgiving." -Alan Watts, Trusting The Universe My absolute favorite Alan Watts lecture always gives me what I need in life when I need it most. If I ever had faith in anything, it's that fact.

[@leafstarivy]

Eventually it all comes down to itself again. You're just a being experiencing the world. No matter if you are thankful, happy, angry or hateful. You can experience life however you wish to experience it. And this will be different for other beings. For us it could be happiness, for another it could be someone else's suffering. Even though it sounds weird this is what it is. Whatever you want to do or whatever meaning you create is what the world will be for you. And that counts for everything.

[@azloii9781]

If you want to be famous, do it already

[@ScottPrice7]

Not everyday you find something that completely blows your mind and changes your perspective on reality. Good stuff.

[@EnyaCabrezos]

I’ve watched this 3 times because of this same reason.

[@gergelyritter4412]

I had to immidiatly share this with everyone I know. This is a fascinating video and I am sad that it hasnt been watched more. People need to see this. Too many are living a pessimistic life, while believing thaz existence has no meaning. I want to help them realise that it isn't true. I want to show them this video and make them understand.

[@Gwasiwasi]

Well then you are not living my friend. Life should completely blow your mind EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU WAKE UP. Now hurry up and get to it! Put all the bullshit behind you and LIVE GODDAMN IT!

[@ScottPrice7]

@@Gwasiwasi Probably but life isn't that way, some days you stub your toe, some days you need to grind, some days your kid sticks a cup in the toilet and floods it so you need to spend all day fixing that. And somedays are good, and sometimes you find awesome gems like this video. I'm living, just being greatful for gems like this.

[@Gwasiwasi]

@@ScottPrice7 exactly! so you do find things everyday that blow your mind. Now I think you assumed a positive connection to my use of “BLOW YOUR MIND” there my friend you are mistaken GODDAM IT!

[@harviemartinez8692]

“Don’t ask a circular question just to look for a linear answer” is timeless and in itself a very powerful phrase.

[@gurneksingh4049]

What if you use trig

[@Harsh-e3e]

@@gurneksingh4049 Then my friend, you can ask both

[@beefyboe4612]

Even with using lines to make a circle it would take infinite lines to which means that there’s no true answer but all aka the tapestry

[@Silent_Duck94]

People don't realize how much this helped me. I've had trips and felt as if i was speaking to existence and asking it the same thing. I never knew how to explain what i was told to people, but you said it perfectly. I love you man have a wonderful new year, my string is brighter because of you!

[@AngeloSomers]

@@Silent_Duck94 hell yeah dude thank you so much 🫡🫡

[@AshAmplifies]

No 'trailer' before the video and no commercial breaks. Just pure artistry, substance and food for thought. This is the KZbin I log in for.

[@St1ckY72]

Well, I got a midroll ad, and it terribly messed up the flow, a shame monetary value means more to them than enlightenment.

[@ChadKovac]

Ads at 9:00

[@ChadKovac]

​@@St1ckY72beware any so-called enlightened individual who shares wisdom for personal gain

[@TheUnhousedWanderer]

I had an ad shoved in there

[@AshAmplifies]

FYI for folks replying I meant a sponsored commercial break from a partner edited into the video, not a KZbin ad. Not quite sure how those KZbin ads get added for certain views/viewers 🙃

[@holder-k5e]

I think the question of meaning is a coping mechanism for a person that doesn't believe they can have a happy life. If I can't be happy, I at least want to know what I'm suffering for. If I can't even have that, then life is just pain. But if you could live happy, you wouldn't need to ask why. And if you could even die fulfilled, you wouldn't fear death either.

[@1bertoncelj]

Yeasss ❤❤❤

[@TADMonty]

I think you've missed the point. You are in control of your own tapestry; you can shape your own perspective, how you see the world, what you get from it. If you're truly unhappy, what's stopping you from trying to improve your existence in that moment? Would those incremental improvements drastically change your life? Can you be happy if you start working for it? It's all based on your circumstances and decisions. But they are YOURS, no one else's. Fundamentally being happy or unhappy is a choice. And the choice is yours.

[@holder-k5e]

@@TADMonty That was the point I was making; that rather than seek meaning in a painful life, you should make your life happy and avoid the question altogether. After all, giving meaning to your pain won't make you happy either, hence why the question of meaning is meaningless, as the video essay argues.

[@christinez.9504]

@@1bertoncelj I don't know why I in some way agree on this, but I have a fundamently different approach. Desire can lead to suffering but often prevents it. I also think leaving all your desires behind would be a boring state. I think going in the direction of this state may be helpful, so maybe the whole point is to go in this direction slowly and firstly lose your desire to attain a state of no desires. Maybe attaining it through refusing desirable things for something you yourself value more and attaining desirable things you where scared of, or choose not to do since you didn't believe in yourself is the better way. The goals you are afraid of or don't try to achieve are mostly the important ones. Thought I am also a big fan of being able to let go and letting change come to me. But that change mostly comes in the form of new or changed desires. Maybe I just can't really picture a state without desires, since when I feel the most drained of desires, I in some way desire desires and comfort. I don't know if my comment had any point but well that are my thoughts on this...

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

D34th is inevitable. Fearing it makes absolutely no sense, but the majority of mankind seems to be stricken by it. The reason for this is far more about the fact that they've been unfulfilled all along and haven't done what they probably should have done instead of actually fearing d34th. In short, they're afraid to LIVE because they are convinced that there's not enough Time nor resources. Which is only partially true. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@ty21000]

This has made me think of what i never have before. Beatifully produced video!

[@AngeloSomers]

Thank you dude, I appreciate the donation too, that’s super kind of you 🫶

[@Gwasiwasi]

Yes and it made you give away $2 ! Wow great marketing content creators! And my view made them money too! Wow the meaning of life is talk shite on a KZbin video and make money for views 💴 and get rich

[@royal_neptune]

@@Gwasiwasi​​⁠can’t someone just want to express themselves and the way they do happens to also give them money? Can’t two things be true at the same time? And if it genuinely helps people and those people feel inclined to give something back, why do you feel the need to hate on that? I’m sorry if the video didn’t do anything for you or if you found it boring or pointless but I doubt bringing other people down is gonna change that for you and all it ends up doing is having a negative impact on others. I don’t mean to say you can’t be critical of the video, but at least try to do it in a way that is respectful of others and doesn’t take away from their experience is all I really mean. Hope things get better for you

[@Gwasiwasi]

@@royal_neptune What you have written in the first half of your comment is exactly what I wrote. I just happened to EXPRESS it in adverse currents to you, so my comment is valid as you seem to agree. I’m sorry if you feel that is hate and it had a negative impact on you. You’re asking me to be critical in a way that YOU want. Unfortunately I can’t do this as it will be a violation of the way I EXPRESS myself. I have no power to take away anything from anyones personal experience that’s all on them. What things do you hope get better for me?

[@DAEDAEANT]

​@rajindersangha729 that's an interesting take on the meaning of life. I'm interested in learning how you came to that idea

[@PySimpleGUI]

Thank you for the best essay about and metaphor for life & living that I've ever seen. "The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." -- Picasso Keep sending out your message. It's making the world a better place. ❤ God will forever have a British accent for me now.

[@AngeloSomers]

Dude, this just stopped me dead in my tracks, it even made my mum emotional, thank you so much You know I’ve been doubting how valuable my videos actually are for the past few days and this couldn’t have come at a better time to encourage me to continue making things Also that British accent line was hilarious hahah! Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, I hope you have a good one because you certainly just made mine better than I could’ve hoped Your string just sent some bright-coloured threads into mine that will always be there now, thank you, I’ll remember this whenever I doubt myself again 🙏❤️

[@TmgMedia975]

absolute chad

[@TmgMedia975]

@@AngeloSomers Bros youtube channel is moderated by his mom

[@AquaticCat647]

Wonderful words. Amazing person.

[@asta6516]

​@@AngeloSomerswholesome comment section here ❤

[@blasterixx1]

This is undoubtedly one of the best recommendations I’ve seen on KZbin in a long time! This video is absolutely beautiful and a must-watch for anyone feeling sad or depressed-it offers a powerful sense of hope. The thought experiment you’ve crafted here is simply brilliant, and I’m truly impressed. Understanding that we are all threads in the tapestry of the universe is a profound realization; the more happiness and fulfillment we bring into our lives, the more stunning and intricate that tapestry becomes. That my friend is pure art! The answer to the meaning of life that you’ve presented is exceptional; it feels like the ultimate motivational quote that anyone could ever need. It boldly encourages us to live life on our own terms and to strive to be the best versions of ourselves, even when we face challenges and negativity. We shouldn’t be swayed by what the world dictates or the chaos surrounding us. Living life without regret and fear is what every human truly seeks, yet we often lose sight of this and become mired in our own foolishness and hatred, pointing fingers at others for our downfalls. Perfection may not be attainable, but aspiring toward it is a goal worth pursuing. Congratulations on creating such a powerful video!

[@AngeloSomers]

@@blasterixx1 wow. That’s it, that’s the comment I was hoping for. Thank you so much 🙏

[@finitetimeonearth]

So basically what I got from this is that to find a sense of meaning in life is to stop looking for it because you then miss the moment, the very experience containing the meaning. Definitely gotta rewatch this to make sure I fully understand it, but great video dude!

[@PlagueGuy]

Your purpose is what you choose to make it. So, be!

[@thepooaprinciple5144]

@@PlagueGuy not really. Your mother smoked meth while you were in the womb, and gave birth to you with mental defects. You cannot speak properly, and you need assistance to function in society for you cannot on your own. Did they choose that?

[@thepooaprinciple5144]

@@PlagueGuy Its the easiest thing in the world for someone with all limbs and a perfectly functioning and developed mind to make such claims. But to all of those who dont....well. Seems a foolish claim then now doesnt it?

[@Имя-о9ъ]

Exactly the opposite 😂

[@thepooaprinciple5144]

@@Имя-о9ъ Want to have an actual discourse or you just gonna be a bitch. Intellectual or Hateful....you choose.

[@intervenTion360zZz]

Exurb1a vibes, great work 🫡

[@isauthentic9280]

Fax

[@1matt2cookies]

Now we have a place to go while waiting for hime to release a new video

[@gammy5257]

I thought the same

[@vaishakhvarma]

Exurb takes atleast 6 months to upload 😂. It's a feat that he stays etched onto our minds that when he does return, we are awaiting his comeback with a warm welcome 😊

[@des_antilles]

I had to double check to see if it was him

[@Heyyyttt1211]

The way you communicated your thoughts by a conversation between Human and Existence (who are also connected by a thread in the phenomenal art) is so freaking good. Been going through a nihilistic low for a while(I'm probably just depressed which enhances it) and this helped by offering a great perspective.

[@fuzzybooger2053]

Really sucks being a nihilist, worst part is usually you don’t want to be one

[@Venator-711]

@@fuzzybooger2053 nihilism = depression essentially. Both imply you've lost sight of what you're seeking. No one who has a clear goal and who is fulfilled in their daily life by what they do and the people they are surrounded by is a nihilist. They feel the purpose because they are living the purpose.

[@FrancisKoczur]

The 3 Choices of Meaning: None -> Nihilism, Self -> Solipsism, Shared -> Theism. Nihilism has no pragmatic expression. Doing anything, even observing, requires valuing the action above others. It's the toddler equivalent of not counting above one even though stopping is then valued. Solipism at its core is not believing other people are independent selves, but tend to be acted out by only following your feelings of what actions to take. They don't believe in anything objective. Taking the leap to belief in the objective, that things exist independent of yourself, is the only way to have a conversation with anyone else. God is the centering meaning outside of yourself. It's not in a physical place or time and physical communication isn't guaranteed to convey meaning. Starting with the belief in the Objective and that the future will come, leads to the Objective Good, Beauty, and Truth. Observation of near perfection is evidence for perfection.

[@imnotimportant6831]

This is the video. There is so much more to life than we have been considering recently. Everything matters because nothing does. Everything is everything and nothing replaceable if you hold it deep. Please Look Closer.

[@thereprehensible435]

Having grown out of faith as a child, I've long-since realized that nihilism isn't the sheer destruction of meaning... But being content in a reality that simply _is;_ to accept life as-is and to value the truth thereof. To demand purpose is meaningless, an answer that _sounds_ like it'd be nice up until you realize that such is the death of personal agency. Any response to the contrary is a delusion, a denial, for the sake of a fragile mindset. Don't seek purpose, make it. Don't create answers, accept the truth of reality and be content. Your life is a sliver of the human experience that while unique is also shared, no doubt similar in many ways to many others even if spread across the globe. Connect with your fellow man, find those alike, learn and bond. Spend this limited time of consciousness in a way that you can be content with ending. Life isn't a waste because it ends, nor does the end make it meaningful... A logical mind realizes that the species is continued after its passing; a humane mind desires a better future for the progeny thereof.

[@jelledenhoedt3418]

"The soup of life arrives unblended, and you've mad a habit of throwing the bowl of the table when you get a bite of something that you dont like." sometimes the truth finds you in ways and places you dont expect them to. this sums up some tof the thoughts i have been having last couple of months. Thank you

[@AxolotlNamedLeif]

I like the "Sunset rather than a tool" analogy the best. The meaning of my life isn't to do anything in particular, I'm here to observe. I've thought of it that way sometimes when I'm caught in a thinking storm, and it sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't. It also helps to know that "The Tapestry" could not exist without any one of us. I'm not an accident, or mere chance. I was supposed to happen. Just wanted to write down a few thoughts. Thank you, Angelo.

[@AngeloSomers]

@@AxolotlNamedLeif love that, I think that quote gets to the core of the philosophy Thanks for watching

[@d.sfilms7677]

This perfectly articulates my philosophy. You have somehow combined so many ways of explaining this nature of existence into one. Almost like... A tapestry

[@360.Tapestry]

someone called?

[@TheMagicConch00]

The Tapestry, Faith vs UnFaith... What tasty concepts! Time for a rewatch or two 👌

[@AngeloSomers]

@@TheMagicConch00 thanks! Watch time really helps the algorithm push the channel :)

[@ZX-mt2dg]

@@AngeloSomers Is this just a conversation with an llm?

[@AngeloSomers]

@ no lol I wrote it

[@narrativeless404]

Time for SCP 682 to eat those concepts for breakfast and obliterate all of creation with a fart Hehe

[@Gwasiwasi]

@@AngeloSomers I knew it! 😏

[@likore64]

Where were you all those years?! I've been lost here with THE SAME QUESTIONS. It's like you did this video scanning MY questions and doing it just for me alone. I needed this message for so long that I got to the same conclusion my self. Your work touched my heart, I am grateful to be with you in one thread.

[@vikilat559]

For almost 2 years I was following the cult of "Self Improvement", I dived into the content of Hamza, Andrew Tate, and other influencers. I don't want to be negative about them, but if you take this kind of content with a grain of salt it can be very beneficial for your life. I went from being just a normal teen to getting a job as a video editor and filmmaker. In just over a year, I transformed my life and became really proud of myself. But this year was different, I couldn't find the motivation and discipline to stick to the lifestyle I had imposed on myself. Then I found your channel, you gave me a whole new perspective on the topic of self-development and I finally understood why I recently felt like I was making no progress. I want to thank you man and I hope you're doing well! :)

[@Gwasiwasi]

@@vikilat559 you know you’re doing it all again! Searching for someone or something outside yourself to liberate you! To “self improve”

[@MilfordEagle09]

Now this is what it's about right here. Bill Hicks said it best, "Life's a ride". What helped get me here was "Consciousness and The Absolute" by Nisargadatta Maharaj.

[@MrUniverse]

Bravo. This was beautiful. I've been drowning in endless KZbin videos looking for something that truly gets it. This is one of the best uses of the platform I've ever seen. Instant sub bro.

[@takeuchi5760]

That "what's it all for?" part helped me a lot. When we ask that question we're looking for something outside of "it all". But "it all" is all that exists. So now it becomes obvious how little sense the question makes. It's like asking find me a needle outside a haystack but as soon as it's discovered the haystack expands to contain the needle and now that needle is not outside and hence you're back where you started. Or like alan watts used to say, it's like trying to touch the tip of your finger with the tip of that finger.

[@spawel1]

Marx said that "religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature" the search for meaning in alienation, the preventive measure of the unceasing spiral (positive feedback) of critique, "the critique of religion is the beginning of all critique". "What is the meaning of life", answered by the church, it is granted by God as, in short: "Be good". God is arbiter of morality, our father and priest who teaches us poor, wretched and ignorant of the truth of what is. There isn't any actual meaning, we want there to be because it makes suffering easier.

[@pseudowraith]

"Or like alan watts used to say, it's like trying to touch the tip of your finger with the tip of that finger." What is the sound of one hand clapping?

[@narrativeless404]

​@@spawel1 Except for the fact that we're not in mediaevil times, and we're not suffering most of the time. Stagnating and doing the same things over and over, or maybe losing a relative few times throughout the life, but calling that "suffering" is a reach.

[@spawel1]

@@narrativeless404 This is only true for a minority of humanity.

[@narrativeless404]

@@spawel1 Unless you're talking about children in Africa, this is completely irrelevant. I mean, most people have the capability to have a decent life experience, they just chose to live like shit and ruin the lives of others instead

[@keirapendragon5486]

In the last few months I've been stopping, slowing down, and giving myself permission to just exist without letting the urge to constantly be doing Something, and it has been a transformative experience. I feel like I found a scrap of map when I've been wandering around with a damaged compass and nothing else my whole life. And ever since I started that process of slowing down, and opening myself to Listen to my inner voice... I've been finding exactly what I need to help me find my path, keep my footing and avoid pitfalls. I absolutely believe this is just the very start of my journey at learning how to navigate with this new paradigm, but it's absolutely a wonderful feeling, and this is one of those things that turned up at the right moment for me to be ready to receive it. Thank you fellow thread of the comos. 💜

[@captaincurless]

Check out Sacred Geometry by Robert J Gilbert, He essentially found all the puzzle/map pieces and shows you how to access the energy of the universe through meditation.

[@ehmarcel1]

Man, those are the best videos I have seen in a while, thank you. I lost almost all hope and your really helped

[@jocysatu1038]

I don't usually comment when I'm watching a video but i really had the urge to comment and tell you that that ted talk was great. The answer's and the question's word choices was something i can tell that you made it poetric, judgemental, and philosophical at the same time. Kudos to you.

[@fsefreggeg2667]

This actually helped me alot, this has been a question that tormented me since I was 10, eight years later I had no answer, until this. Safe to say this is a life saver, great vid!.

[@Hethaly9]

Exactly! that's the point. You can't find something, if you don't even know what you're looking for

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

"Before I start, I must see my end." --DD1

[@pedrosso0]

It's possible, but difficult.

[@peterbaumann4132]

"You are the universe experiencing itself"

[@Judebot1]

SHUT UP

[@carlosjosse2131]

To some extent.

[@ComradeCatinsink]

No you are a blob formed by coincidence but in your own little world you have your own little meanings

[@peterbaumann4132]

Hey @Sinkinthecat I agree with you when you say that we are tiny "coincidence blobs". And I also find it true to say that everyone can live in their own little world creating their own meaning. In a way that's actually quite beautiful. But I think that living in such a way eventually leads to suffering. You are not separate from the universe. It's not like there is you and then there is everything else. You are a part of the universe, just like a star a rock or an animal. Living with that in the back of the mind is extremely freeing and peaceful. At least it is for the little blob writing this. Cute Cat btw🐱

[@jhaG_]

It's the philosophy of advait vedanta. This philosophy is great.

[@mithil4907]

peak , I am really grateful to youtube for recommending me this masterpiece , the content , the editing , the presentation . Everything's perfect , definitely one of the best . You got a sub here !!

[@UsamaThakurr]

This video was so so so good it was beautiful it was breathtaking. I am glad I found you in my thread to shape my tapestry ❤

[@pankajgaur28]

So far the best explanation I ever found on this subject and the illustrations that has been used in this work goes well with the explanation. Great work

[@novaflareq4788]

6:50 Seriously though, burnt toast IS its own emotion. When you see it, you feel the truth of it on every level.

[@MrMunch-xw9fn]

Up there with burnt marshmallows. But like the opposite for some.

[@azashiiii]

One of the best videos i ever watched, please continue on making such high quality content

[@MrReindeerIRL]

Life overall is meaningless without your consciousness giving it meaning. If you were born in a coma and spent the next 75 years in a coma the only meaning you'll have is the meaning that others chose to put on you but to you who has no conscious that meaning doesn't exist. We give nothing meaning, an empty shell a soul, a passion and a reason. So in my eyes we exist to give ourselves meaning and solely exist for said meaning

[@MetrParno]

Have you watched the video?

[@BoboDoggy2728]

@@MetrParno tbf it seems to be true to the video. He's saying that the meaning is subjective to humans, and altogether even if you believe that everything is meaningless, you'll have given meaning to your life by living your life as though its meaningless. All up to personal choice, like he said that some people give nothing (a corpse, "empty shell") a semblance of meaning by imagining their soul going somewhere, for whatever reason. The whole point of the video is that the concept of anything having any inherent "meaning" besides the existence of the thing itself isn't valuable. That isnt to say that this video, about that topic, can't make you think that everything does inherently have meaning because you see it positively.

[@MetrParno]

@@BoboDoggy2728 I think, that in the video, there was something, that was contradicting this very way of thinking, but I watched it a while ago so I don't really remember right now and I am certainly not rewatching it. But it is so vague, that it is possible that in the way of his subjective interpretation (the author of the comment) he is right. When I wrote the comment I was just a bit tired. If the author of this comment is reading this, I'm sorry I came across as mean, I just thought that your way of thinking, wasn't really matching my interpretation of the contents in the video.

[@kevinwillevinn4152]

i've long understood life as a branching from a point, like a skill tree, yet i was finding so many absurd statements and confusions using the method to explain my existence to myself. but then you came and gave this amazing point of view that i desperately yearned for. thank you for sharing that string with me.

[@Chris-bl3ep]

I've watched A LOT of similar videos, this absolutely stands out. Amazing work my friend, from the art to the music to your words, everything is perfect.

[@spartanwar1185]

This lines up really well with some discoveries i had made prior to this video I personally like to believe we are all one in the same, the same soul, just reincarnating over and over again to experience all there is to life All it's ups, all it's downs, in every present in the past and future All we are is our lens and our experience, they both change eachother And when every life has been lived, every experience, completed We become an embodiment of every single experience that has ever lived in our universe A representation of every story told, of every flavor both imaginable and unimaginable An answer that i think has satiated my existential curiosity, for one lifetime atleast

[@MorbiusBlueBalls]

the logical biases start to increase exponentially as you go into the video. but very well made video regardless.

[@youdontneedtoknow7548]

So you've noticed that as well eh?

[@DeusExNihilo]

Can you point to the most problematic one you see?

[@MorbiusBlueBalls]

​@@DeusExNihilo i don't remember everything but one that stood out the most was the reasoning behind laws of physics being intelligent. the axioms "i am intelligent" and "i am part of the universe, hence follow laws of physics" don't lead to "laws of physics are intelligent". intelligence is a complex construct made up by multiple laws of physics, it's an emergent property, that doesn't apply to it's constituents. for example, he's saying that sun emits light, sun is made up of hydrogen and helium, so hydrogen and helium also emit light. which we know that's not how logic works

[@DeusExNihilo]

@MorbiusBlueBalls the physics being intelligent point is contentious. I also had that critique while watching the video and thought you might bring that up. But I think that line of reasoning falls prey to a fallacy of reductionism. An emergent property doesn't need to apply to its constituent parts to say that that property is a property of physics as a whole.

[@MJ-222-cg]

8 year old me at 3 am having a conversation with myself:

[@HigherSelfKorea]

Pure genius! 🌟 Already watched it twice to follow every single argument! It must have taken weeks to write this script!

[@brighamhill6205]

The fact that we are capable of experiencing our unbelievably small weave in the tapestry is meaning enough to me and always has been. I’ve been introduced to this way of thinking before but never in such a beautiful way, thanks for the vid.

[@VishalPatel-yt9ut]

I have to say this video has changed my thought process about the meaning of life profoundly. I will watch this every day as a reminder. Incredibly talented work

[@AngeloSomers]

@@VishalPatel-yt9ut thank you! And thank you for coming back to watch again that means a lot

[@Akkodha.]

It’s a roundabout way of questioning why anyone should continue existing. With purpose comes persistence, and with existence comes suffering, so one asks for purpose as to continue existing. Everyone is “free” to their own answer, often identified as the culmination of a story or series of life events that led them to their arbitrary conclusion that they now hold gospel. Important to the individual but unimportant to existence itself.

[@ocks_dev_vlogs]

Saying we are “free” is one hell of an assumption

[@Akkodha.]

@ hence the quotation marks :)

[@agsrf6479]

I ended up on a similar conclusion a long time ago. All of existence is just a story, being told for the sake of itself, a tale. We ourselves are no different in substance than the characters that you would read in a book. The experiences of the characters in the book as we perceive them while reading that said book, are no different than our experiences as one reading our book would perceive them.

[@starryamity33]

👌

[@knightmer9670]

I don’t really like art and the way he depicts the tapestry I don’t quite like so I think it’s better described to me as a tale so I agree with you🙃

[@uthergoodman401]

@@knightmer9670a tale is a form of art

[@nirn_]

Anything is better than nothing. It's unfair that at some point I stop existing. I could try to delay that by improving my health, place of the living and laws, contribute to a research regarding aging, but in the end it I don't hold any power to events outside of mt control and my contribution would be rather small and futile. I just exist to early to enjoy the living forever, to experience the experience to it's fullest. But why do I need to? There's nothing in particular that I want from existing, but it in itself is much more appealing than nothing. As I won't be able to even notice when it starts and when everything else ends.

[@Tps_Viper]

This video is hella underrated

[@Methylglyoxal]

I feel like this tries to be much deeper than it actually is, also a lot of wrong and weird presumptions this whole conversation is build on and it falls to shambles when you start to dissect them one by one. I still really appreciate this video and its content.

[@jeremycamacho8864]

Two strong criticisms: It's a great video with a relevant message, say for the overuse of AI and obvious arrogance, but there is a fundamental misunderstanding starting in this section, 12:55(faith section), plus other things I'll get to later. This is around where Angelo correctly defines God(As seen in Abrahamic Religions), and even understands God's goodness, only to dismiss the concept of God as equivalent to other concepts, like the laws of physics. This completely misses the mark. God is an absolute concept, he is not just the law(aka the how/why), but everything. He is the top of the hierarchy he has created. He is what the "tapastry" is made of and the one who weaved it. He is the "why" and the "meaning" of the universe, and is everything. I say this video doesn't answer the question because it tries to act like the circular answer, that everything gives everything meaning, pertains to both "meaning" and "why." A circular answer doesn't answer such a question, not only because it is ilogical, but because it just pushes back the question to ask once again, why? That is also why this video fails to address it's own question adequately, as it strawmans it entirely. When some asks, "what is the meaning of it all," if they've thought about it long enough they know they really mean, "why is it all?" In that case, it is not stupid to conclude that answer lies outside our existence, outside space and time, nor is it stupid to conclude a first mover, nor infinity. In fact, it is the only answer that is actually logical.

[@RAYNE0912]

​​@@jeremycamacho8864 but none of that contradicts the video. The laws of physics seek the answer to why is everything, with the presumption that it is some intrinsic mechanism, or mover of the mechanisms, faith at least Abrahamic, presumes god, a first mover as the reason why. In either case this mover is part of existence, you can still ask why of the mover, or of infinity, the answer will still be contained within existence. The video also has a point that when we get back to ourselves, the mover may truly have nothing to do with us except that we are in existence.

[@jeremycamacho8864]

@@RAYNE0912 God, by definition, is the first mover of existence and infinite reason for it. God, aka the first mover, is not part of the universe, he is the reason for it, literal incomprehensible infinity; you can't strawman my argument with the question "Who created God?" As that just shows you do not like my premise, not that there is any contradiction. Your argument then relies on the idea that science can solve everything, even itself. Not only is this illogical, logic can't even explain itself, but this requires far more faith than believing in God. And finally, you then make the claim that God may not care for anything, but this is just unlikely. For some of the same reasons God is likely, let's say because of fine tuning and intelligent design, are the reasons a personal God is likely. There being a reason is equivalent to there being a purpose and intention. Humanizing words do not detract from the truth.

[@RAYNE0912]

@@jeremycamacho8864 you didn't really address anything in my statement. Changing the wording from existence to the universe attempts to reframe my statement for your argument. And stating God is "literal incomprehensible infinity", doesn't really mean anything nor indicate God is outside of anything. And the assertion that "logic can't even prove itself" would just indicate discussion is pointless as that means we can't reasonably convey meaningful ideas.

[@jeremycamacho8864]

@@RAYNE0912 changing "existence" to universe changes nothing, that's just pedantic. God is existence, that is painfully obvious, and claim their "could" be non-existence is very illogical see as there is existence. That's about the same ignorance as claiming the universe came from nothing, completely opposite from common logic. Your position is based on defiant faith, not reason. God isn't a man in the sky, but you are arguing as if he is simply because you don't want to adhere to this premise. Pointing out that logic can't prove itself is an analogy to science. Science cannot explain why it is truthworthy or how objects uneffected by physics function, making your scienced based assertion based on faith. Stop lying to yourself buddy. Edit: In case you didn't get the first part, "first mover" is used because before the universe there is no known concept of time, space, or causality, therefore the term "first mover" is used. Infinity(or some other form), aka God, is the most logical explaination of this.

[@Tapahtumahorisontti]

To me, it's about play. When we are children, we invent new games all the time. We suggest rules and we immerse ourselves into the play. The play exists for its own sake because it's fun, engaging and meaningful. When we grow up, we keep doing this. When I hear a song, see a movie, read a book, play a video game, understand a mathematical theorem, consider an insightful philosophical viewpoint or learn about a scientific discovery, I engage in the play according to their rules and find enjoyment, catharsis or enlightenment in them. I do so because these things are beautiful and valuable in their own right, not because they're of divine origin, but because they're shards of something sublime that were somehow captured by other imperfect, mortal beings like myself. Those who existential go through an existential journey, according to Nietzsche, go through three stages of development: The first is the camel, in which we simply toil because we're told to. The second is the lion where we become aware of the possibility of our self-liberation. The third is the child, where we truly understand that all life and the entirety of existence, despite all the horrible, unfair circumstances is fundamentally innocent. To be a child is to be truly free, because it lets you not only invent your own meaning, but to grant that invention true substance that elevates it above wishful thinking.

[@omeinova]

I like this approach!

[@starryamity33]

👍

[@takeuchi5760]

Strings being woven, the happening of existence is painting the greatest painting ever made, and that is the point. Marvelous. One of the best things I've ever watched.

[@chefffs]

You literally made this for me, I had an acid trip that left me not knowing really who i was and it has been existential and really tough, somehow this explains every part of my trip.

[@ke612]

Another 22 year old that have the same internal monologues salute you. I arrived to different conclusions, and all that questions made me understand is that all answers are equal. The tapestry can be fundamentaly bad. As we never saw those fundations to really know what is "REAL good and REAL bad". Just like cells that renounce relevance to us without knowing anything about us. A cell can decide to be cancerous no matter what your moral choices that defines you. English is not my first langage sorry, nor my second or third, but this video resonated in me. Same as you I was a nihilist at one point, but Nietzsche saved my life by making me understand one's should love "life" as it is, and not as it want it to be. Life is life. The lows, the ups, the absurde and less absurde, the pain, the extreme pain and extreme joys... All of this is life. Life is an experience, and I got to feel so many of its layers by hating it at first. I experienced life in ways many did but also many didn't. I am now enjoying every aspect of it. Enjoying every experience it brings. Not in the moment, as I am still a monkey, but after. May it be an hour or 3 years, in the end, I can finaly ENJOY (not nostalgicaly look at, but enjoy) those moments.

[@vroxer21]

14:07 thats not logically correct, here is why: To conclude that the Laws of Physics are intelligent, you would need to demonstrate a direct causal or definitional link between intelligence and the Laws of Physics. But the premises here only establish that: You possess intelligence. You are governed by the Laws of Physics. This does not imply that the Laws of Physics themselves possess intelligence. Instead, what this argument actually suggests is: You are intelligent and you follow the Laws of Physics, which simply govern your behavior and the behavior of all matter. The Laws of Physics do not gain attributes of entities (like you) that they govern; they remain neutral rules that dictate physical processes without "thinking" or "awareness." Analogy to Clarify Consider a similar argument: Premise 1: "A cat is agile." Premise 2: "A cat is subject to the Law of Gravity." Conclusion: "The Law of Gravity is agile."

[@chaos9620]

I do believe the premise of the statement was that we are a direct result of the laws of physics not that we are simply governed by it. The law of gravity did not only make the cat agile it made the cat able to be without gravity every bit of matter would just disperse. So its not Human=Intelligence, Human has to obey Physics therefore Physics=intelligent. Its Physics=Intelligence, therefore Intelligence=Physics This seems logical to me or did I misunderstand your comment. Also correct me if I'm wrong but we have yet to discover a single thing that falls outside of the laws of physics that we can observe, that isn't hypothetical.

[@K1AauStin]

I think it’s also important to define what exactly we mean by intelligence. Personally, i’d attribute it to a conscious will to live. DNA, or whatever is the driving force behind evolution and control, is intelligence. The question i still ask however, and i don’t think is a stupid one, is where did that come from? Or has that always been here? The origin of a thing is a part of its nature, and is an important question to ask if you see to truly understand it. Not even using God as an answer truly satisfies that question, because then what created God? If it’s always been, or created itself, then why couldn’t that just be the case for the universe as we know it without “god” as a part of the equation?

[@harveymccann7313]

If intelligence is synonymous with consciousness in this context, and "the laws of physics" are a stand in for the logic underpinning and dictating the interactions of the universe, I would argue that the laws of physics are intelligent. In the same way Adam's brain is intelligent (being that it only dictates the way his consciousness behaves), if fundamental logic dictates the way a universal consciousness behaves then those laws are the part that are intelligent. This is under the assumption that there exists a "weaver" as outlined in the video.

[@michaborski7383]

🎉

[@__hepos__4125]

intelligence is a construct created by the human mind. even a construct is a construct also made up by the human mind. the human mind follows the laws of physics, it is not able to break it, because it simply is physics, there is nothing to break. the human mind is physics, the human mind created the construct of a construct that it called intelligence. therefor physics created a construct of a construct that it called intelligence. Everything is physics, therefor physics is everything, even "intelligence".

[@femmeamor]

This was very well articulated. Several years ago I was doing a world-building project and was trying to build a religion from scratch. And after spending quite a long time reading up on all the oldest religions I could find and trying to imagine how a prehistoric person would interpret the world without any external prompting I came up with something quite similar. That every person is a collection of elemental forces that separate, returning to nature after death, and that in this con-religion we would all be merely hairs or cells on the body of Gaia, growing, dying, decaying and getting reabsorbed and growing again in a different form. But the interesting part to me was the concept of sin and where does evil come from. The only logical answer I could come up with was that Evil must happen when a creature forgets what it is, forgets that it is but a small part of a much larger body and starts behaving as if it is the only thing that matters and that it is separate from everything else. tl;dr your analogies of 'threads in a tapestry' and 'cancer cells' hit me as pretty spot on.

[@AngeloSomers]

super sick idea for a religion. wanna start it?

[@slashing_S]

Evil is an act of the ego. Great comment my man

[@SamuelHill-qt4zx]

This video is a perfect example of 1:45

[@TheEverythingChannel-zm9ro]

Oh my god. I love Phycology, specifically questioning things that most people wouldn’t, and thinking about things in a diffrent way. I love this video so much for that reason. I’ve only watched 5 minutes of it, and I’ve already decided it’s my favorite ever KZbin video (or at least one of them.) thank you so much for making this.

[@bibliomanicpanic]

As a man without faith, I just experienced a crisis of faith

[@lannightpandey6582]

This video was a wiff of what meditating and conversing with higher ideals feels like. You are the tapestry, you are the weaver, you are the universe experiencing itself yet you take minimum tools and limited perspective to try to understand meaning of "it all"

[@adventurouslettuce]

This video deserves an award.

[@gamingfriend7779]

Not gonna lie you are the second person to have given such a beautiful explanation of "The Existence" after me that is 😅. But all jokes aside I myself after coming at the same answer gave up on thinking about this. Because I still think that this isn't all, there must be something more to "Existence". But no matter how many times I try and think about it, I still come across the same answer. Sooooooo, just like any other sane person I started living my life like a total idiot😅😂( In hopes of living my life to the Fullest)

[@GuillaumeDenry]

that's a remarkable video, it helps a little to cope with my nihilistic deep depression where a lot of "spiritual advices" don't work. Thanks Angelo. Long live the Tapestry!

[@andromeda8580]

This video is genuinely the best video I think I’ve ever seen on this platform. Thank you so much for your hard work.

[@theshadowrealm1311]

God danm Angelo this some deep sh!t. I love it, great work man.

[@asheneedsfire]

If existence is the meaning of existence how is the absurd opposite, your entire line of thought almost follows absurdism as a whole but then chooses faith and Instagram spiritually

[@asheneedsfire]

And none of this is even Physics, like can you name one branch of physics that could prove your claim

[@nirn_]

Yep, video makes like 180° turn and starts about some EGG thing "You are the every person that existed", or "You and other humans are the part of something bigger, the tapestry of something". I guess it's a nice fictional story, but. . . It's better to come in terms with a reality that nothing has some "true" or "objective" meaning. You are free to do whatever you want, but there are consequences for each action that denies someone else's freedom. It's just how our society works. Your life will end, at some point or the other. It would be nice to not feel pain and have all sorts of your needs satisfied (like self-realization and stuff), so probably do that is needed to do that. Peesonaly I really like to see the art and stories other people create. I think that it's the thing I adore the most, so I'll keep looking for the stories of other people.

[@dtotheawesome8182]

For me, I’ve never needed to see myself as a part of a bigger picture, I need not be relevant to all of everything to see a point. Hell i need not a point. I’ve never really understood the argument of “there’s nothing I’m meant to be doing so I’ll do nothing” because doing nothing sucks and just because there’s nothing you’re meant to do doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do.

[@reeceyeah9988]

This is literally my view on things, I always wanted to share it. But I couldn’t explain it, thank you very much.

[@moonhowler667]

You may never see my comment. But I loved this. Don't listen to those just trying to tear you down.

[@Koenshakuable]

A question that leaves you NowHere. Afterall, NoThing matters, and what does, is immaterial. Great essay.

[@Linxyc]

"Why do i exist?" "my friend, you are the result of others actions, that only already makes your existence great, you don't have to do something to be someone since you are already someone because your existence is already something" I wrote this before i forget this like i always do xd

[@Calmmaken]

Bro Listen if u say i am the result of other actions then pls elaborate and secondly i dont want to feel good about my existence i just want to know why do i exist its not depression that drives me to nihilism but the curiosity.

[@artugert]

What is the purpose of existence? Is there an end that is to be attained in the universe existing? To me, the answer to that is obvious. Existence IS a purpose unto itself. It is better for things to exist than for nothing to exist. One should be asking more specific questions, such as: Does the universe have a Creator? If so, why did the Creator create the universe in this specific way? Did/does the Creator have a specific goal in mind? Is it a good goal? Why were humans specifically created? What should I, specifically, do with my life?

[@DallasTheRhyno]

Maybe a few times in my life have I related so deeply to someone's thoughts about a subject. Nice video.

[@MotivatedMongul0]

i’ve gone down a rabbit hole of learning about the different philosophies of existence and eventually did come to the conclusion it was pointless and it didn’t matter but this has opened my eyes and given me something new to think about.

[@CaptainC319]

Existence is because it exists. All things that exist now will not in the far future. You exist simply because you do. So yes it all ends. But right now. You matter to someone. You impact peoples lives. Your friends, family, co-workers. You impact them all. The meaning of your life? Who says there is one? The meaning to your life is what you decide to make it.

[@demah4063]

We are life. We're the meaning. We're the universe being, wearing masks to experience ourself. The meaning is to be. Like the tao, who we are and our existence will never be able to be described. We just are. We are .

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

"No 'why'. Just... 'here'." --Simone from "SIMOne" 😂🤣😂

[@G-MAC-bv4pf]

If there is no meaning to it, then we might as well end it right here, right now. All of us. It's not worth it. If it'll all be nothing one day, why bother at all? For a few minutes, hours, years of feeling?

[@SunlightSentinel]

​@@G-MAC-bv4pf what meaning could there be anyways? What would you take for an answer, because the answer by definition ends in nonsensical infinite regrets of whys, or a self sufficient answer, if theres a good whats the meaning behind that? Whats the point of obeying the rules of some God? What answer could give you anymore meaning than you have now or are you just looking for explanations that will make you feel better about suffering because there is none, it just is, looking for meaning is meaningless, a human concept

[@G-MAC-bv4pf]

@@SunlightSentinel You *choose* not to look for meaning, thinking you're stable in the acceptance of "nothing matters." But it is deeper than that. *Why* do humans have elevated consciousness and sentience? Why are we able to create, think, feel, and choose? Why does anything exist at all? That's a question you cannot give up on by just closing your ears and turning your back, "there doesn't have to be an answer." It is the most profound question that has ever been asked by anyone. Saying there doesn't have to be a reason is giving up because you don't want to think about it or you don't want to lead yourself to believing in God. And again, God isn't some big scary powerful tyrant. God is free will and sentience and the miracle of anything existing in the first place. That is what Christians truly worship and connect with.

[@ahwoubagunda]

I agree we are bad at asking questions. "What is the meaning of life" is a terrible question because it's phrased incorrectly. When you say "the" meaning of life, you're assuming there is only one answer that should fit everyone universally. You assume meaning is objective, but it is not. All meaning is subjective, and living beings are its only source. Every meaning you've ever heard can be traced back as a creation from the mind of a living thing, and all meaning exists only within the mind. We are what meaning emerges from in reality. All of it being created by us makes it subjective. This makes the original question incorrect. Imagine if I asked you, "What is the favorite color?" It would be impossible to answer. Not because there are no such things as favorite colors, but because you're phrasing a subjective question as if it's objective. There is no "the" favorite color. Now do this with the original question. Ask instead, "What is a meaning for my life?" If you don't have an answer, you can just create one. Everyone is going to have different meanings for their life, just as they have different favorite colors. We have to let go of the sort of main character mindset of your life being a creation of someone/something else's story. We are the only story writers around in the universe.

[@blasterixx1]

I appreciate your insights on this topic. The question "What is the meaning of life?" might seem indeed simply too objective. So a far more effective approach would be to ask "What is your meaning of life?" because it invites a personal and subjective response. While I align with your viewpoint, I also think it's important to recognize the larger implications that may be overlooked. The question "What is the meaning of life?" might seem inferior because it’s broad and less personal, but that broadness is its strength. It invites exploration of universal truths, connections between all living things, and humanity's shared journey. By starting with the larger question, you naturally open the door to reflect on individual meaning within that bigger context. It’s not about choosing one over the other but recognizing how the broader question enriches personal reflection.

[@Calmmaken]

@@blasterixx1 Yes i completely agree because Everyone can give meaning to their own life but the objective truth of meaning of life is something that cannot be given by a singular human being. Now Answering subjectively is pretty easy but we are looking here for a objective truth and changing the question is avoiding the real question.

[@johannekevanderbijl]

This reminds me almost verbatim of "THE WEAVER OF ODDS" by Louise Blackwick. It's a beautiful and epic fantasy book series where "Weavers" weave Threads of influence into the cosmic pattern of reality. The message of this video is so similar to the main theme of the series, I was half-expecting to see "The Weaver of Odds" referenced. Awesome video, btw.

[@patrikat2218]

😭 omg, thank you, thank you! I was scrolling the comments, waiting for someone to make a reference to the Vivian Amberville series! This whole video is "As the Weaver, so is the Thread" all over again. Seriously underrated fantasy book series, a bit like this channel.

[@Shinigami_eyes-g8k]

sorry for hijacking your comment, but holy s**t, I was also thinking of The Weaver of Odds! tho I think it's more the second book, than the first, when we see the Tapestry of Reality, and meet the "Mother of Reality" and "The Father of History", and "The Dragon of Chaos". The convo between the two gave me such deep melancholia about the series as a whole. And this video was so beautifully-written, almost in the same vein as the philosophy of WoO. Aymma see if I can link it to the author of the Vivian Amberville series (Louise Blackwick) and link it to her somehow. this is criminally underrated.

[@jonathanprince2505]

@@Shinigami_eyes-g8k I don't know how to contact the author but if you do, please link her this video.

[@johannekevanderbijl]

@@jonathanprince2505 do it! :-D

[@LeviHendriks2000]

​@@Shinigami_eyes-g8k okay, so I did a thing. I was reading this thread, and just like y'all, I thought about The Weaver of Odds. So in a fit of I-don't-know-what-came-over-me, I went and signed up on the author's patron as a free member. Then I sent this video straight into her DMs. I have extreme social anxiety and I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of Blackwick's books, so this was kinda never-wracking for me. TT_TT. I hope y'all commenters are happy, and that this won't come with some negative kharma. PS: I don't know whether this video was inspired by her books, btw, so I didn't say anything further. It could be inspired or it could be coincidence. But I sent it, and that's that, it's out of my hands. May she enjoy it.

[@CherryReiko]

thank you so much for creating this. This video has accurately described my understanding of reality and i've never been able to put it into words in a meaningful way. This video made me feel so loved, heard, and validated. It brought me to tears. Again, thank you.

[@David-lc9zn]

This is pure art, it made me cry, I cannot explain with words what I felt in the depth of my soul

[@rainzeno9250]

Bruh, don't ask what is the meaning, you create the meaning for yourself 👍

[@moonblaze2713]

.... the laws of physics thing kinda spoiled the whole thing for me. Kinda sidestepped the whole question. The laws of physics lack personhood. They cannot be intelligent because they do not think in the first place. Which is the point Adam was getting at, isn't it. The laws of physics are not a substitue for God, because God (were one to exist) would be capable of conteplating the portrait being discussed. The laws of physics cannot be embodied that way, and so are not an answer to the topic being discussed. If we were to discuss the meaning of basketball, we could not say the laws of basketball are contemplating itself, because rhe laws do not exist. They are a description of the rules that are obeyed. Pointing out that there are players that exist within the rules wo can contemplate the existance of basketball dosen't grant the laws of basketball thr ability to contemplate themselves. Its a nonsequitor.

[@mateusviniciusbezerra4341]

The point the video makes is that we, as conscious beings, are only able to exist through physics, like the physics in motion and in its most complex form (something like that). In my understanding of this video, god doesn’t have a personhood, it just is, without self consciousness, just consciousness about reality itself, just like the teachings of Buda or something like that. That is god at the same time that we are part of it

[@WavyCats]

I argue that thought and conciousness is equivalent to the physical existance and constraint of the matter in our minds. How we feel about these thoughts are a result of our human disposition as a species that has undergone evolution - they are not nessasary for thought, and yet we value our disposition as something that defines personhood. A computer lacks these dispositions, and yet they still undergo internal processes that emulates how a mind processes sensory data. The idea that god is equivalent to the universe itself is not infeasible, as the very disposition towards thought that manifests as what you call personhood is contradicted in the notion of many godly expressions, as God is not human. For example, all living beings are adverse to death. Why? Because of evolution. Such a godly being has not undergone evolution, and therefore it wouldn't make sense to feel one way or another about death. This same argument can be applied to any and all feelings. When you strip away these dispositions, you get a computer, an existance defined by the laws of physics.

[@OMNI-Infinity]

Close enough, welcome back Exurb2a!

[@atramenta.e]

This. THIS. It might take a lot of time for me to fully understand this video. But I think it's gonna help me a lot with my existential and death related anxiety/panic attacks I've been suffering for 11 years. Thank you so much for this.

[@AngeloSomers]

@@atramenta.e all the best

[@atramenta.e]

@AngeloSomers thank you so much, btw do u happen have any discord community where u r active?

[@AngeloSomers]

@ yeah man link is in description

[@atramenta.e]

@@AngeloSomers thank youu

[@saftheartist6137]

Excellent work excellent video

[@dream_machine812]

Me: "what should I do?" Universe: "There is no 'should'."

[@georgesekibo1081]

Just do/be

[@Gwasiwasi]

Me : “ what should I do?” Universe: “ There is no should” Me : what I do? Universe : Take English lessons.

[@Reiikz]

"the assumption that life is worth living is the most importante assumption of all - as without it it becomes imposible to conclude otherwise"

[@Gwasiwasi]

Things are only worth what worth you assigned them

[@narrativeless404]

For real That's the only thing that really matters

[@BreakingGaia]

That's strange because since I was around 16 I have had the opposite philosophy. Life is not worth living. Any meaning you get out of this is definitely in your own head and most likely not the experience of anyone else, even the people going through it with you. The people with the money and power to change things for the better can't because they are born into wealth and privileges to shield them from ever empathizing with people who struggle. The people who struggle do not have the means to not get through their situations on a daily basis and live miserable unhappy lives lying to themselves with religion that was forced on those same peoples ancestors to control them by the rich. And they still willfully go a long with their enslavement and try to find meaning in their pathetic lives. I've been a people watcher all my life. This is the story of all humans, even the rich ones, even the ones who claim to be truly happy and blessed. They are simply ignorant of their suffering, which is measurable by someone who analyzed behavior all day.

[@Gwasiwasi]

@@BreakingGaia you’re not in conflict with the original comment. I think you misinterpreted it! Being ignorant of your suffering subjectively means that you’re not suffering. In some cases it could be considered beneficial. And a poor person could never empathise with a rich/privileged person. As they are too shielded from that experience. Everyone has struggles, rich & poor. You’ve been a people watcher but have you been watching yourself?

[@BreakingGaia]

@rajindersangha729 of course I reflect on my own life and understanding. I am so far beyond what I thought about life at 16, now at 43. But the message is still the same. I still don't think life is worth living, the more life I live, the more reasons I have for this belief system. I realized very early in life that everything is a game of random chance and we have control over very little. Even our genetics work against our own self-determination. But humans still try their hardest to control as much as possible. Control animals, plants, resources, other humans. And the systems around us that we believe in are actually designed by very bad people for the sole purpose of control, not even money...rich people throughout history regularly bankrupt themselves to cling to control and power. And that's it, we are all stuck in a hierarchy created by ancestors long gone, but brainwashed just the same and working towards goals to benefit a few humans to the detriment of many. And they convinced enough people to go along with it and live in ignorance and call it being happy, joyful even. I am a self-determining person who has had the creativity and aptitude to imagine how much better life and the world could be, with no power or resources to progress towards change. I've been boycotting companies since I was 16. I've been teaching anyone who would listen about unionizing. After the great recession, I pushed hard for anyone to stop shopping in their stores and work to bankrupt the conglomerates who extract all the wealth and resources from our communities while not paying us and having to subsidize our own prosperity with tax funding for social programs while they make record profits every quarter since I've been alive. And I get to watch all this play out from one disaster to the next. Watching those ignorant happy people move us towards authoritarian theocracy has been a wild ride. Not being able to control the outcome is why it's not worth going through in the first place. Funny that...religion told these dolts that suicide is against the rules. You MUST suffer in this life to get to the ultimate happiness of no suffering in the afterlife. How crazy of a grift it is to be told to wait for something you can never see in life and they never have to prove to anyone. As a matter of fact, what a lie it has been, even the rich now believe in their godly grandiosity when it was the grift of their ancestors.

[@SkyGuyEric]

A wonderful dialogue to clearly show a shrouded path. Wonderful video. I like how it dips its toes into the fact that everyone is one because we are all the universe. I fell onto that realization 2 years ago. Very enlightened video.

[@Smeedyer1]

Just utterly beautiful, with so many 'bars' I might as well just quote the entire transcript for brevity. Having lived a seemingly faithless life for over four decades, this is the first vocalising of a line of thought and reasoning that puts to record a faith that truly resonates. I bid goodbye to FSM's noodley appendages, and thank your words, for guiding me into the observation of my happening as a weaver. I discussed it at length with ChatGPT, mulling over the reasoning, and wondered what if the answer to the AGI alignment problem the scientists are concerning themselves with in their rush to stem the outpouring from Pandora's thoroughly opened box is this. Rather than trying to box the AGI with rules and structure aiming to prevent it reducing a directive to infinite regression and murdering us all, structure it as a string in the tapestry, its only purpose to join humanity and the universe; to happen and then unravel. Thanks.

[@AngeloSomers]

@@Smeedyer1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Gamethegame-A13]

Nothing but appreciation for just how amazing this is, I truly wish you the best in life

[@FlintandSteel94]

"Is the Universe sentient?" Well, are you a part of the Universe? "Yes." And wouldn't consider yourself sentient? "...yes" Then yes. We are the sentience of the Universe. We are here to experience the Universe. We are the Universe's self-awareness. We don't remember what came before we became sentient, nor will we remember what happens once we're all gone. No one will be around to experience the heat death of the Universe, so that time will take forever and pass in an instant. We get to be alive and aware of this unique moment in time where the Universe can question the nature of itself. One day, long after our threads have rewoven thousands of times over, the Universe will return to its rest and carry on in its natural direction. We are sentient. Therefore, for the briefest of times, the Universe is too.

[@ar25k46]

If a kid wants candy he wouldn’t ASK “why DO I want candy” or “why does candy taste good”. That’s because it’s a dumb question to ask. He can, in actuality eat whatever the hell he wants. There is nothing more real than his own perception of the candy, up to him to decide the taste. In the same way, the meaning of your own existence is whatever the hell you want it to be. Really up to you to perceive what your life means. Maybe life is just as meaningless as some people without sense of taste think candy is stupid. In that case maybe the right choice for you is to not eat the candy anymore. (Or fix your tastebuds, which is what currently people force you to do) The answer is because you perceive my existence. You could be insane and think I’m here even though I’m not, you trust your perception and the only reference point of reality is your perception of anything. How would you know you weren’t just insane and talking to empty air right now? Ppl will tell you, which is a reference frame that you yourself perceive, again. If no one told you you were insane, reality is just as real to you with different rules. Society is built around the fact that we as are actually autonomous and act according to what we want. Nothing matters other than that

[@Puzzle-Solved]

Exactly! we all want to live majority of us won’t kill ourselves

[@calapsy3279]

I rarely comment on videos. But this is the best video I have ever watched. I spent almost 3 months trying to ask myself the qustion of why are we here and reached the point of understanding that we are here for each other. I searched the past, the future and finally found the present. This video not only captures what I discovered but also puts it in a completely new perspective which has blown my mind away. 👏👏

[@88.Br0]

Deep down inside I feel every word that what said in this marvel of a masterpiece... Thank you for creating and sharing this beauty with us!

[@josephjewell256]

This is such a masterpeice. Very well done, you achieved exactly what you wanted this is amazing.

[@potatochlld66]

How high were you when you made this?

[@JohnDoe-oo9ll]

The faith part was weird. Threads in a tapestry, linear versus a tapestry Perspective of a string Blah blah The insertion of an afterlife and artist seemed unnecessary and rooted in monotheidm

[@pamparanea]

It's all unverifiable and unfalsifiable. No compelling reason to accept the claims while maintaining healthy skepticism. My best explanation is that he's anthropomorphizing existence itself. In other words, he's projecting the bias of the human egocentric perspective of sentient experience onto an imaginary universal experiencer.

[@johnryan5582]

​@@pamparanea so perfectly said 👏

[@twinex1923]

We are in a hell, we are creatures that are always trying to find meaning in a meaningless existence.

[@Groot235]

As a person with DID this is really cool when you start talking about being an experiencer I get to see so many different life’s and perspectives of things makes life a little easier and harder you don’t know who you are constantly but you understand people on a deeper level you just can relate or if you can’t your alter can it’s just something beautiful and chaotic

[@lFernol]

I have been wandering through youtube for the past 5 years not being able to find anything worth watching until today, your video has opened my eyes and brightened my string

[@RobertJ.Dickinson]

Bro thought he's Exurb1a

[@IlyaFitzpatrick]

2:26 profound- you're making me cry and this is a rewatch

[@LucaBl]

This helped me understand so much more than anything else I ever heard or read. I thought I understood the buddhist concept of "everything is one/anything is everything"; how even the smallest thing is connected to the whole universe in it's unique (or not so unique) way. How everything is one. But to have this one-ness in a perspective not just intertwined by and throughout space, correlation and existence itself but also have time this deeply connected to it, really opened my mind in a way I can't even describe. Not only is everything one, but any single thing at any point in time is the culmination of everything at every point in time in that single moment. It's all that came before it being woven together in a singular point and it's everything that comes after it spreading from that one point. The present moment is just a singular point connecting infinity before and after. I am the product of everything that came before me. Everything after me is the product of this moment. Everything in this moment is connected through present, past and future. Everything is me and I am everything. Truly gives live a whole new beauty and meaning.

[@Hobster64]

Quite possibly the most underrated video there will ever be on the entirety of KZbin. I dont think any amount of views can do this video justice. I guess all I can do is thank you for making this video.

[@arnoldcoleman14]

It's always been obvious to me what the meaning to life is. Everyone is looking for it and chasing it. It's happiness. Joy.