Reality is Just an Illusion That We All Agree On

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[@Dacademeca]

"Life Is Not A Problem To Be Solved, But A Reality To Be Experienced." - Soren Kierkegaard

[@yash124]

At least write something relevant to video I already seen this quote 10-20 times in his every video

[@Dacademeca]

@@yash124 um yes :)

[@Dacademeca]

@@yash124 Thankyou for the Respectful criticism I will put better quotes :)

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

3/10 bad experience

[@vladthe3rd414]

@@yash124 relaaaxxxxxx

[@youngsol309]

This guy is like that one voice in the back of our heads that questions every little thing about life that we ignore...

[@sophieolsen902]

The voice of the Subconscious mind that we tend to ignore.

[@jameskulevich8907]

Hahahaha!

[@out5439]

dont ignore it acknowledge the thoughts

[@pimmagrimm]

You're here now! You started listening

[@iboyanasha4007]

Mine has a Russian accent for some reason

[@jimsmith9853]

Fish: What Water ? Human: What Illusion ?

[@goingoutonmyshield2811]

Best comment

[@hasanabduqayumov]

Bernard: What door?

[@goingoutonmyshield2811]

@@Oussama-sab if you still view the sky as something above you, you will always lack of viewpoint of knowledge

[@jacket-1989]

@@Oussama-sab you can't see reality around you, you can't see air. But you Can see water. Fish Can see air but can't see water

[@justchecking5816]

The spirit of in technology. You can't see a radio wave but you think you can imagine its telling you what you hear. Just needs a channel Head to adjust to. And it has energy to get power to the radio source. Batterys, or plugged in power.Not a phone too. Well that case. How did a can string and can work? At a hundred feet? Good ears?👂-------👂

[@samualcalnan2267]

The more i learn, the more i find myself saying "I don't know".

[@marillion4th393]

Clear sign you are in the right path.. question everything! Cheers!

[@subject_x5276]

"The only thing I know is that I know nothing" -Socrates

[@fuckamitheonlysaneone7426]

The more alive i am the more i say fuck man i wish i was dead

[@joshasaro4190]

This reads like a Jaden smith tweet

[@dahawk8574]

@@subject_x5276 "Socrates? Moron." - Vizzini

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.” ― Dom Helder Camara

[@shawnparker1207]

i have had numerous dreams along with others - what is that all about ? where are these places ? how does it happen ?

[@rafibomb9526]

@@shawnparker1207 i think the quote is using dream as a metaphor for a collectively perceived reality

[@rokarz76]

Most humans agree that this shared reality blows. Amazing how people from all walks of life can come together to cheer on local sports tems, but can't stand up to an ever growing power hungry government and financial system...

[@marcusd4936]

@shawn Parker these probably come from the multiverse, but who knows if it exists

[@emvisuals]

Inception

[@Dacademeca]

"The Quality Of Your Life Depends Upon The Quality Of Your Thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius

[@ANTINATALIST_lewis]

Yes & not materialistic

[@JohnSmith190377]

So very true

[@Sweetyjd98ify]

Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream…

[@cabbage5169]

^^^ Yes

[@bindapathak1440]

Bro this is the inspirational quote we're looking for, not some Einstein "persistent reality illusion" one.

[@firefly100001]

Row, row , row your boat, gentlely down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream. 😂😂😂 Life is but a dream.

[@stoneybaloney5514]

This time I didn't even have to watch the vid, I had an existential crisis just from reading the title.

[@sandeep2435]

Same with me too.When i watch this type of video my anxiety kick off

[@motman52]

I am not Black but an articulate Black guy might say to this : "Say what?" (An Italian might say : "Gee...for someone who is so intelligent this dude is not too smart!" I care not what color my darn pillow is : so long as I can have some rest! (Especially from tiresome pseudo-intellectual verbiage like this stuff!)

[@c44mila45]

My anxiety starts and kind of calms itself down with this kind of videos. When I'm having an existencial crisis, having a better explanation helps.

[@marillion4th393]

Lol! Great coment! 👍

[@Eternalised]

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. - Alan Watts

[@zero_meercat8624]

Love watts

[@mr.bnatural3700]

Who is Alan Watts? Is he a Christian?

[@almightysosa8395]

@@mr.bnatural3700 Just look him up and it doesn't matter if he is a religious individual or not religion is just the same thing just with different names.

[@joelasaucedo]

@@mr.bnatural3700he has roots in Christianity and explored Buddhism and Hinduism. He knows the Bible really well often quotes scripture on the teachings of Jesus, one of the reasons I like to listen Alan.

[@mg4u4ever]

@@mr.bnatural3700 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3XKaImiq9uAbpo this is a talk for watts about similar ideas

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“You don’t perceive objects as they are. You perceive them as you are.” ― David Eagleman

[@DreddKnot.]

I watched his Ted Talk on changing our perception through technology, his studuies with that motorized vest they developed is amazing its profound giving the blind or deaf the ability to see

[@rummanadib4941]

Solipsism

[@skepticbeing6657]

Can you please elaborate that far?

[@ANTINATALIST_lewis]

@@skepticbeing6657 perception maybe??

[@nullakjg767]

Implying things "as they are" have value to humanity.

[@louiseverdoot6462]

Anyone else finds it a bit comforting ? To know that life is just an illusion so nothing really matter and so there's nothing to be afraid of

[@MurderMeMax]

And yet we love.

[@lllllllllllll31lll]

If anything it makes me fckin mad that I live with sheeps who never question amything and just go on about there lives like npc s

[@chrispmar]

The only illusions are the sense of "self," the sense of being someone and by extension consciousness, along with everything else unique to being humans. Everything that we most cherish about ourselves does not even exist because the self that we believe we are does not even really exist. The self is a mirage. Some, for no apparent reason, have had this illusory sense of self apparently fall away. Though it never was to begin with. The joke is on all of us, which is virtually every human, in believing that we have existence. That's only a downer story for the self that imagines it is real. It's just simply so that there is no one and nothing behind anything, including the appearance of this entire universe. It's all ever inscrutable and unkowable down to it's very corelessness and centerlessness. No down really, or up, or inner, or outer. Nothing really happening. And nothing that has ever happened, other than apparently so.

[@towarzyszmarcin474]

​@@chrispmarwell shit. Thats an illusion we are all in then and it controlls us.

[@KosMik_Skul]

i wouldn't put it that way. but i do know what u mean and yes.

[@The3Stooges]

"I'm actually turquoise." - The Pillow

[@chatois9378]

tie dye :/

[@javasarchivepng]

me too, wow XD

[@The3Stooges]

@It's curtains for you doll Hey! I hear what you are saying and really appreciate your heart ❤ You are right that humor can help people transcend above all the trivial nonsense like "race", gender, religion, politics, etc. The HUMAN RACE needs to realize we are ALL ONE RACE, HUMAN, and stop diving ourselves based on so called "race" based on skin color, ethnicity, creed/religion, difference in political beliefs, etc. I really was touched by your beautiful comment and thoughts and thank you for sharing them with me and everyone else. We all need to LOVE ONE ANOTHER and show each other compassion, truly caring for each other and helping one another who are in need, realizing that we are all the same, struggling through life, trying to find meaning through all of our hardships and dissapointments... We all have a lot more in common than we have differences, if we truly take the time to befriend one another and open our hearts to each other. Much Love to YOU and thank you again for your loving words ❤ I have prayed to Jesus Christ that you have all the blessings you deserve in LIFE and that you meet and are loved and cared for by a like minded person. A true friend.

[@itzjustzay]

😆😂🤣

[@fletchernorwood445]

Turquoise,is an illusion.

[@pldarrozal]

"Reality is when I clicked a video just to read the comments on it."

[@HIXHAM]

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” - Albert Einstein

[@TapDat52K]

I wonder what he would say now as we continue learning more and more about the world...

[@sahal6905]

@@TapDat52K Einstein is still alive his death was faked... he was sold to aliens for experimentation after he discovered the earth was indeed flat.!

[@sneddypie]

@@sahal6905 i cant tell if ur joking or not

[@Manga-tf2qd]

@@sneddypie I think he is joking hahahaha

[@themacocko6311]

@@sneddypie You probably believe in the LOA scam then.

[@SchoolActivitiesIdeas]

When we dream in sleep.. It seems so real like waking up is actually sleeping and entering another world.. It's hard to distinguish which is which..?

[@mayanksolanki7028]

It's true.. i too feel Same, It feels like when we are in dreams we are in real reality and the real world seems dream.. ✨

[@nabukt4208]

@@mayanksolanki7028 so do you mean I can fly in real life? Sweet

[@lightbeingpontifex]

Dreams are parallel lives that other copies of you exist in physically just like in your waking life,,,

[@samuelcosta8189]

It´s a deceptive lie

[@realniga3012]

No it not dummy 😂😂😂

[@shivashaw2220]

The thought that consciousness is a curse and we are suffering from it, is also because of the consciousness. So our thoughts and experiences will always be a subset of the very consciousness and we'll never know what it's like not having it.

[@zk527]

This

[@stevious7278]

Beware the woop-woop bird. "What is the woop-woop bird?" I hear you ask. Well, you see, the woop-woop bird is a creature that flies around in ever diminishing circles until it disappears up its own backside. Logic can have the same consequence.

[@kodakbobby3223]

I thought I was the only one that felt like this. I believe that in our strive to control what we dont understand we turned our backs on mother nature. That pissed her off so conscience is our punishment. Self awareness is a brain disease brought on by us because we went against the only thing that's real and true witch is nature herself.

[@mikeharper3784]

I would suggest spending more time in the subset that tells us consciousness is not of the material world, the one examined by the scientists and physicists in hopes of dissecting it and putting it into a mathematical equation, but they can’t seem to find consciousness let alone explain it or even define it. They cannot see past their material noses to see that which is not material, consciousness, but they use it to try to understand and explain it. Like a dog chasing it’s own tail. And it’s no coincidence that I compared science to dogs as dogs also lick their woo woo birds as one of the other replies mentioned and I’m sure they explained that story from their mastery of that endeavor. But from simple observation by a rational mind that isn’t chasing their own tail on an inward spin to woo woo land, it can be deduced that there are creators and creations. Creations do not look at themselves or their surroundings to inspire or appreciate their beauty but rather it is the creators who enjoy and very much appreciate what they have created. Much the same way we put our young children’s masterpieces on our refrigerator with magnets. It’s how we wait in line for just the short chance to stare at the Mona Lisa, even if only for a brief moment to spark and ignite our imagination. But creations are made of the material elements and limited by space, time and matter. But our consciousness is not made of these, as if they were, then the scientists would have found it by now, dissected it, and forced it into a mathematical equation so that they can pat themselves on the backs for being the masters of the universe that they are. But they can’t do that and will never be able to do that. But the irony of that is how can one dissect itself? It cannot. But the consciousness can appreciate and experience and marvel at its creations and just as we marvel at the Mona Lisa, we also marvel at the moon and even the universe. For they are creations, made by creators, who enjoy their creations. So please enjoy the moon in the same manner and joy that you have when you look at those pictures your children brought home from school that you put on your refrigerator. But don’t try to take the moon to your grave as we all know by the example of the Egyptian Pharaohs that we can’t take our treasures with us for they are only material, but we can take with us the joy and love and appreciation and awe, which are non material and do stay with our non material consciousness. Enjoy the movie 🖖

[@JermCollins]

@@mikeharper3784 bro wrote an essay

[@xyz8206]

*"There is no spoon."*

[@roddyrodrodrod]

Deep.

[@zuhaiyr]

🤣

[@alltheblueskies]

Infinite mana

[@patato333]

My whole life is now a lie. :(((

[@globetwig4401]

The dark side of the spoon.

[@HIXHAM]

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

it's not a competition but the world of imagination is impossible without any sensory input from the world of reality

[@harrybellingham98]

try imagining a new colour

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

@@harrybellingham98 can't last for more than 3 seconds haha

[@SchoolActivitiesIdeas]

Thts not true.. REAL world is actually turning imagination into reality.. The limits of reality are stretching and engulfing imagination into it.. Imagination is turning into reality with all its limitless limits.....

[@GarlicGrinder9]

Too bad money is made in reality not fantasy

[@jamesrainmusic4977]

"The words I'm saying have been said and will be said. The thoughts that provoke me how ever original I believe them to be are not. I speak but I don't know who is talking." - Me

[@4scended498]

“If he thinks he floats off the floor, and I simultaneously think I see him do it, then the thing happens” - 1984

[@JohnsGuineaPigs]

Good book

[@DieLivetmcllc]

Its collective thought. The chair is a chair because we all agreed its a chair. When we die and travel through the different planes,universes,heavens there will be less people and you will be able to mold your environment more.

[@DieLivetmcllc]

Its collective thought. The chair is a chair because we all agreed its a chair. When we die and travel through the different planes,universes,heavens there will be less people and you will be able to mold your environment more.

[@nicolabryan6102]

@@DieLivetmcllc not true. Where I used to be was called ‘Silver City KOH’ and it was absolutely full of people.

[@nitinmajeri3125]

One's reality might be another's illusion. We all live inside our own fantasies ~itachi Uchiha

[@heyrmi]

Genjutsu

[@neologos4395]

do you believe that pure existence doesn't exist Like if we take away everything that has the property of existing like the cosmos right and let's say you got rid of it then we would just have pure existence or pure act like we would have non-existence since non-existence doesn't exist since it's non-existence If existence was intrinsic to the property of a thing then how can things not exist then? You know what the diffence is between a Cat that exist and Cat that does not? One has the property of existence and the other does So Basically pure existence would be this property of existing in and of itself So we've arrived at the "bottom" of reality with something that isn't dependent. Something with no potentials, and is the realest thing there is. That is, something fully actual. But why label it "God?" Aquinas spends many, many chapters on deriving the divine attributes, but I'll only cover a few very briefly here, to get the flavor. Matter and energy can both change location, change configuration, come together, break apart, and so on. So they have all kinds of potential to change. Something that is pure actuality, with no potentials, must therefore be immaterial. Having a spacial location means being movable, or having parts that are actually located over here but not actually located over there. Something that is pure actuality, with no potentials, cannot move or change or have parts that are non actual. Therefore, pure actuality is spaceless. If subject to the effects of time, it would have the potential to get older than it was. But since it has no potentials, it has no potential to get older. Therefore, pure actuality is timeless. If there is a distinction between two things, that means one has something that the other lacks. But pure actuality does not have potentials, and therefore lacks nothing. So pure actuality is singular. There is only one such thing. Pure actuality is the source of all potentials being actualized. Anything that happens is a potential thing becoming actual. Therefore, anything that ever happens or could happen is caused by pure actuality. So pure actuality is capable of doing anything and is therefore all-powerful. Now, unless you are a Platonist (and Aquinas is not), there are only two ways something can exist: as a material thing, or as an abstract concept in a mind. For example, the concept of "dog" can exist as an abstract idea in a mind, or as a material thing in the form of an actual dog. That is, the form of dog can exist either unconstrained by matter (the idea of dog) or constrained by matter (an actual dog). Since pure actuality exists unconstrained by matter, it must exist as knowledge. Also, "ignorance" is not a positive reality of its own, but rather is a lack of knowledge and hence an unrealized potential. So pure actuality is all-knowing. We can say that a thing is "good", not in the sense of being "something we personally like" (you may think a good pizza has anchovies, whereas others may not), but in the sense of being a better example of what it is supposed to be. When that thing better exemplifies its perfect archetype. For example, an elephant that takes care of its young, has all four legs, ears, and trunk is "good", or closer to "good", in the sense we mean here. If the elephant lacks something, such as a leg, or one of it's ears, it would not be as "good" as it would be if it had both ears. Since pure actuality has no potentials, it lacks nothing, and is therefore all-good. And NOW...Aquinas' conclusion is retroactively justified: "...and this everyone understands to be God."

[@nullakjg767]

Itachi literally was a master illusionist and was able to use ninja magic granted to humanity by moon dwelling alien demi gods to put people under magic ninja sorcery alien spells. I dont think narutos reality really applies to our reality when theres literally something called "space time ninjitsu"

[@vali69]

@@nullakjg767 if you read the boruto manga they are actually multi dimensional hopping aliens that want to eat the fruits from these devine trees, and those fruit appear after eating all living things from that planet or something, and after eating then they become god like beings... man naruto went from cool ninja not-that-much-fantasy world to full one fantasy with god beings and whatnot... from a simple yet easy to go deep into concept of the ninja world to out of world god beings that were behind everything, literally...

[@nullakjg767]

@@vali69 Man did naruto get ruined in a way ive never seen any show mess up.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"Life itself is only a vision... Nothing exists but empty space and you, and you are but a thought."_ *~ The Mysterious Stranger*

[@TotalGAMIX]

So true

[@user-pu7nf3ef9x]

Can you please explain it for me..

[@ANTINATALIST_lewis]

@@user-pu7nf3ef9x we are living a lie & everything you see is just there.

[@danieljohnson4665]

Mark Twain

[@susankeith326]

@@danieljohnson4665 Samuel Clemens. 😊😊

[@f.g.2125]

"REMEMBER REALITY IS AN ILLUSION, THE UNIVERSE A HOLOGRAM, BUY GOLD, BYEEE!" - Bill Cipher

[@looneygoon1543]

Perfect!!! 😂

[@samuelcosta8189]

Great quote

[@paulino_razo]

“This is learning, if it ends; but some type of madness if it doesn’t” OMG what a line

[@alperkalamanoglu4660]

Well, I hadn't had an existential crisis for 2 weeks. Lets go.

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

watch mystiverse if u want more

[@arpitkumar4525]

@@ronnieortega1709 Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. ~Jean Paul Sartre

[@arpitkumar4525]

@@ronnieortega1709 Reality is a chaos made up of changing and repeating elements. It's us who finds patterns in and give meaning to this chaos. ~Me

[@arpitkumar4525]

@@ronnieortega1709 Thanks. And Good Luck! Hope you find your meaning or passion.

[@arpitkumar4525]

@@ronnieortega1709 Great. Thanks!

[@ReynaSingh]

In Hinduism and Buddhism, this illusion is known as Maya. Ancient Eastern knowledge has already uncovered many of the philosophical questions people are asking today 🙏

[@aronklein8835]

Love your videos Reyna 🕉

[@davihar]

Maya means- compared to to that which is behind this life (ie- eternity) this world on the surface of things is an illusion. So don't get caught in the nets of Maya

[@neologos4395]

do you believe that pure existence doesn't exist Like if we take away everything that has the property of existing like the cosmos right and let's say you got rid of it then we would just have pure existence or pure act like we would have non-existence since non-existence doesn't exist since it's non-existence If existence was intrinsic to the property of a thing then how can things not exist then? You know what the diffence is between a Cat that exist and Cat that does not? One has the property of existence and the other does So Basically pure existence would be this property of existing in and of itself So we've arrived at the "bottom" of reality with something that isn't dependent. Something with no potentials, and is the realest thing there is. That is, something fully actual. But why label it "God?" Aquinas spends many, many chapters on deriving the divine attributes, but I'll only cover a few very briefly here, to get the flavor. Matter and energy can both change location, change configuration, come together, break apart, and so on. So they have all kinds of potential to change. Something that is pure actuality, with no potentials, must therefore be immaterial. Having a spacial location means being movable, or having parts that are actually located over here but not actually located over there. Something that is pure actuality, with no potentials, cannot move or change or have parts that are non actual. Therefore, pure actuality is spaceless. If subject to the effects of time, it would have the potential to get older than it was. But since it has no potentials, it has no potential to get older. Therefore, pure actuality is timeless. If there is a distinction between two things, that means one has something that the other lacks. But pure actuality does not have potentials, and therefore lacks nothing. So pure actuality is singular. There is only one such thing. Pure actuality is the source of all potentials being actualized. Anything that happens is a potential thing becoming actual. Therefore, anything that ever happens or could happen is caused by pure actuality. So pure actuality is capable of doing anything and is therefore all-powerful. Now, unless you are a Platonist (and Aquinas is not), there are only two ways something can exist: as a material thing, or as an abstract concept in a mind. For example, the concept of "dog" can exist as an abstract idea in a mind, or as a material thing in the form of an actual dog. That is, the form of dog can exist either unconstrained by matter (the idea of dog) or constrained by matter (an actual dog). Since pure actuality exists unconstrained by matter, it must exist as knowledge. Also, "ignorance" is not a positive reality of its own, but rather is a lack of knowledge and hence an unrealized potential. So pure actuality is all-knowing. We can say that a thing is "good", not in the sense of being "something we personally like" (you may think a good pizza has anchovies, whereas others may not), but in the sense of being a better example of what it is supposed to be. When that thing better exemplifies its perfect archetype. For example, an elephant that takes care of its young, has all four legs, ears, and trunk is "good", or closer to "good", in the sense we mean here. If the elephant lacks something, such as a leg, or one of it's ears, it would not be as "good" as it would be if it had both ears. Since pure actuality has no potentials, it lacks nothing, and is therefore all-good. And NOW...Aquinas' conclusion is retroactively justified: "...and this everyone understands to be God."

[@strangelittlegirl]

@@neologos4395 Existence and being are not the same.

[@the8419]

We actually DON’T all agree on the illusion called “reality,” but we are definitely all stuck in it.

[@deehlgrm9379]

Wrong

[@kortjohn]

You most certainly agree with everyone. You are not the front of your mind where you think about issues and politics and ideas. So long as you exist in this part you cannot alter your beliefs about physical reality. That is the agreement talked about. Belief and not just conscious beliefs but unconscious ones. Things that you feel are Beyond an independent interpretation things that you just consider to be facts and qualities of the universe you are in.

[@heiloloheimir464]

“Sir this is a Wendy’s”

[@daisys3006]

Come on

[@Gameringgod]

*continues*

[@plsarguewithme2665]

but is it really a Wendy's? what if they dont view it as one?

[@heiloloheimir464]

No I don’t want to argue with you

[@plsarguewithme2665]

@@heiloloheimir464 :'(((

[@catherinelh1979]

Reality is consciousness experiencing itself 💫 💕

[@tomkamphuis]

Thats my dmt exprience

[@javiermerino9142]

Actually could be the spiritual possibility

[@titan1235813]

Yes. Very, very yes 👏🏻

[@Google_Censored_Commenter]

Contradictory. A fiction. I would say if it makes you feel good, then okay. But I don't think it will make you feel good in the future.

[@maximkusanagi]

You know what's weird? I finally was able to dissociate from myself enough that I realized that language is awkward noises, words are just squiggles on paper and the things we do on a daily basis is just insane and weird. What the asinine fuck is life?

[@saeejoshi5758]

"People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define "reality". But what does it mean to be "correct" or "true"? Merely vague concepts... Their "reality" may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?" - ITACHI UCHIHA

[@nightshade8621]

As what I hold as my primary moral and value, "Life is a game of perception"

[@samuelcosta8189]

Well said

[@gj8683]

I had a t-shirt that made the point. It said: "What you see is what you get." Some people didn't understand that, which is what they got.

[@jungleismasiv4426]

"If I believe I float, and you believe I float, it happens."

[@calebmugisha4503]

Be my guest 😊

[@ThrottleKitty]

“"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we … kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.” " ― Bill Hicks

[@aevvah_flxwer8550]

*R.I.P., hero. ; _ ; o7

[@ThrottleKitty]

@@aevvah_flxwer8550It's sad how many of our greatest minds die pretty young, and how many awful people go on to be 100. :(

[@aevvah_flxwer8550]

@@ThrottleKitty True ;( But at least we have his wisdom in quotes. And funny videos. And beautiful, long songs. Cliché, perhaps, but yeah...Hicks will "live on" that way. He's a legacy, in of itself. :D

[@Yusa_Beach]

@@ThrottleKitty Hey I have a question, what if all those people who we claim to have bright minds aren't necessarily bright at all? What if they were just regular people who knew quite a lot of information or did something in a different way rather than going how everyone else went by it? They learned information and it try to come up with why something was the way it was. It kind of makes me think what if how we percieve Intelligent people are wrong? They're not really super intelligent, but rather than people who were more curious about the world we live in?

[@ThrottleKitty]

@El Quapo That's an absurdist myth, it's basically saying "do fascism, because if you don't someone else will". Fuck up with that hateful inhuman mindset.

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

This reminds me of Exurbia's "There's No Such Thing as Orange".

[@novaassasinated9907]

Ahhh a man of culture

[@user-bk9mt4kj8d]

Yesss

[@user-bk9mt4kj8d]

Qualia

[@jameskulevich8907]

What’s orange?

[@user-bk9mt4kj8d]

@@jameskulevich8907 go search exurb1a and watch his latest video

[@Moorfeeeus]

“Intelligent quote that makes me seem smarter”

[@markbeckett7740]

Who was this quote from?

[@garlite9046]

Moor Fee us

[@ShamefulSheep]

True

[@jaxx-inspiregrowcreate2862]

Maybe we are just video game characters being played by superior beings. Just like SIMS

[@sarahbaker-smith1561]

Soon will be if Google/Gates have their way!

[@lynchianfloydian451]

'Existenz' movie directed by David Cronenberg.

[@patato333]

Imagine if those superior beings are actually also video game characters but they just don’t know :OOO

[@enterthevoidIi]

Well I don't think free will exists, I think everything is predetermined by what happened before, so in a way we are like SIMS characters. Whether there is an intelligent being controlling us or not is irrelevant.

[@TotalGAMIX]

Doesn't really say anything cause where then do they come from. So no

[@ethanbainbridge1333]

"Reality is not real, rather a realistic idea of realistic realism"- A.H

[@shawnparker1207]

so when someone tells you " you have to face reality ! just say what is reality ?

[@geespar1]

@@shawnparker1207 or ‘whose version?’

[@lightbeingpontifex]

Human life is not reality but a tiny portion of it, like .000 000000000001℅

[@globalnomad4074]

that's a spoon bender

[@graemelaubach3106]

Dude... This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. The vibe you have created with these ideas along with the animation and the way you've brought it all together. Thank you for the feels.

[@TotalGAMIX]

This is also a big thing in lucid dreaming, dream yoga and Buddhism. You can train yourself by seeing everything as a dream and reality as not real. Eventually it will click. This can enable you to be aware in your none rem/dreaming stage at night and also your dreaming stage. So basically it will enable you to be aware in 3 different realities. Of course it's not entirely that simple but its the basic idea

[@TotalGAMIX]

Look up dream yoga for a better explanation

[@TotalGAMIX]

@@edwinungerer7989 yeah you can then make good use of your none dreaming stage. It will be like floating in nothingness. Which you can also then use for practicing for death or other beneficial things.

[@catherinelh1979]

I can astral project. Is it like that?

[@TotalGAMIX]

@@joshbrentnall9292 in lucid dreams your imagination is pretty much the limit but in the none dreaming stage you won't be able to do much. You'd pretty much just be conscience. However this practice is very very beneficial for "rl" cause if you see things as not real then life os a lot more joyful. But look up dream yoga for a better explanation

[@TotalGAMIX]

@@catherinelh1979 im honestly not sure where that fits in. Some people say its like a type of lucid dream. But it might be another form of consciousness

[@Notoriousnipple]

This also makes me think that consciousness itself can actually tap into another dimension that isn’t conceptualized through our everyday reality that we live in.

[@cervi6538]

"For something to be an illusion someone must see it as such" - Me, 2 minutes ago

[@neologos4395]

Huh cool quote I wonder does the mind emerge from the brain or does the brain emerge from the mind...

[@neologos4395]

@@cervi6538 ok

[@lalaland2107]

When it comes to this, I find it so funny and interesting how at one point, many of us have thought "how do we know this color looks the same for everyone else?". I had that thought when I was younger and so did my sister. It's interesting to see so many people think that way.

[@sarthakthakur87]

I Thought i was the only one 😂

[@mikeharper3784]

Be thankful and humbled by the realization that our consciousness is not of the material world which is limited by space, matter and time, which we experience life from a body that is also limited by space, matter and time, but experienced by our consciousness which is eternal, rather than material. And to appreciate it all, we need not wait until our last dying moments as Steve Jobs did for his last six words before dying were: “…oh wow, … Oh Wow, … OH WOW!!!” So remember to clean up after the movie and don’t leave trash all over the theater because our children and our grandchildren are going to use this same theater to watch this same movie. Live long and prosper. 🖖

[@sisyphusishappy9925]

The more I think of the the saying, "The more you know, the more you don't know" the more I realized how deep it is. I thought that I deeply understood the meaning of it, but then I suddenly realized that there are so much more to understand, that's why being ignorant is a bliss, the most foolish thoughts of smart people is thinking that they're smart.

[@killgriffinnow]

Actually there is one thing we can be 100% certain on: the existence of our experiences. So although we can’t say “the pillow is blue” we CAN say “I experience this pillow being blue”.

[@Google_Censored_Commenter]

Can you really say that, though? Are you certain there's a "you" experiencing things? If there is no pillow, and it's an illusion, in what sense have you experienced a blue pillow? And what is "existence", anyway? A unicorn doesn't exist, because it's only in our minds. But somehow experience itself, which is also only in our minds, we say does exist. It's not consistent. be brave and admit you don't know things. Even the hard things.

[@Extendedplaylist]

How do you know that what we call blue is really blue?

[@0ptimal]

World would benefit from understanding this. People have differing perspectives on many things, but having one perspective doesn't make the other wrong, it's just different from yours, and the right view is a combination of both. There has to be an acceptance that your view isn't the final view, and for the sake of progress, these views have to meet in the middle.

[@machokitten01]

Hello early gang Time is illusory also

[@smolder6366]

And relative aswell

[@SpongeShovel]

Hello

[@lagspikes8984]

@@SpongeShovel Hello

[@milkgod3543]

Sandwoch

[@milkgod3543]

Sa nd wi ch

[@rolie0986]

I genuinely want to grow up to be as influential to someone as this channel was to me, there’s so many people that I meet in high school, so many people in need of a resolution, answers to questions, and sometimes just reassurance. I was and still am one of those kids, and this channel honestly shaped a good deal of how I perceive the world and treat others, I don’t know how he manages to orchestrate these videos such that I learn something new every time, but it just makes me want to be like him. Thank you for thinking and creating these videos, I’ll cherish them for as long as I don’t get amnesia.

[@alanhehe4508]

An idea I've often considered.. the pillow reflects a certain spectrum of light; we all agree that this spectrum is called "blue," but you may actually see what I think of as "green," when you view the pillow. Yet we agree it is "blue," and can never know if we really have the same visual experience, or even one that is more similar than not. Heady stuff.

[@kodymarth6028]

"I understand all of those words, separately"

[@MrMcyeet]

I genuinely appreciate and love the content that you put out. Thank you.

[@Beelzebub.747]

Imagine Pursuit of wonder and exurb1a having a conversation together

[@nathancabello917]

Would be insanely beautiful

[@chingchenghanjisuperidol9933]

Pursuit of wonder will be a the guy who lost his parents at a young age while exurb1a would be the guy who just broke up with his girlfriend

[@Beelzebub.747]

@@chingchenghanjisuperidol9933 OMG yes lol

[@FutureMindset]

In philosophy, there is a concept of a self-evident truth; something that is known or thought to be true and accepted to be true without there being enough evidence for it. We can never truly know for sure that life and everything that we experience is real or even agree on what constitutes real, but we assume it's true because we all assume it's true.

[@neologos4395]

do you believe that pure existence doesn't exist Like if we take away everything that has the property of existing like the cosmos right and let's say you got rid of it then we would just have pure existence or pure act like we would have non-existence since non-existence doesn't exist since it's non-existence If existence was intrinsic to the property of a thing then how can things not exist then? You know what the diffence is between a Cat that exist and Cat that does not? One has the property of existence and the other does So Basically pure existence would be this property of existing in and of itself So we've arrived at the "bottom" of reality with something that isn't dependent. Something with no potentials, and is the realest thing there is. That is, something fully actual. But why label it "God?" Aquinas spends many, many chapters on deriving the divine attributes, but I'll only cover a few very briefly here, to get the flavor. Matter and energy can both change location, change configuration, come together, break apart, and so on. So they have all kinds of potential to change. Something that is pure actuality, with no potentials, must therefore be immaterial. Having a spacial location means being movable, or having parts that are actually located over here but not actually located over there. Something that is pure actuality, with no potentials, cannot move or change or have parts that are non actual. Therefore, pure actuality is spaceless. If subject to the effects of time, it would have the potential to get older than it was. But since it has no potentials, it has no potential to get older. Therefore, pure actuality is timeless. If there is a distinction between two things, that means one has something that the other lacks. But pure actuality does not have potentials, and therefore lacks nothing. So pure actuality is singular. There is only one such thing. Pure actuality is the source of all potentials being actualized. Anything that happens is a potential thing becoming actual. Therefore, anything that ever happens or could happen is caused by pure actuality. So pure actuality is capable of doing anything and is therefore all-powerful. Now, unless you are a Platonist (and Aquinas is not), there are only two ways something can exist: as a material thing, or as an abstract concept in a mind. For example, the concept of "dog" can exist as an abstract idea in a mind, or as a material thing in the form of an actual dog. That is, the form of dog can exist either unconstrained by matter (the idea of dog) or constrained by matter (an actual dog). Since pure actuality exists unconstrained by matter, it must exist as knowledge. Also, "ignorance" is not a positive reality of its own, but rather is a lack of knowledge and hence an unrealized potential. So pure actuality is all-knowing. We can say that a thing is "good", not in the sense of being "something we personally like" (you may think a good pizza has anchovies, whereas others may not), but in the sense of being a better example of what it is supposed to be. When that thing better exemplifies its perfect archetype. For example, an elephant that takes care of its young, has all four legs, ears, and trunk is "good", or closer to "good", in the sense we mean here. If the elephant lacks something, such as a leg, or one of it's ears, it would not be as "good" as it would be if it had both ears. Since pure actuality has no potentials, it lacks nothing, and is therefore all-good. And NOW...Aquinas' conclusion is retroactively justified: "...and this everyone understands to be God."

[@tanorbonin9509]

"This is learning, if it ends. But some kind of madness if it never does." Very nice.

[@SyNcLife]

One simply has to deal with the insecurities of being wrong for a lifetime. Everything else is just childish ego-games.

[@durere]

Before I even watch the video, I'd like to point out that I keep telling people they keep the matrix up and running.

[@MCart1215]

I've had this mindset for a while and I can't help but feel so isolated from everyone and everything around me. This line of thinking literally forms the backdrop of all other experiences for me. I'm in a constant state of confusion and bewilderment. It takes me more time to register when someone is talking to me, or any other stimuli, because it just doesn't feel real. I genuinely feel like I'm in a dream, all. the. time.

[@unkelfaka6216]

Living is real experience, just the stuff that makes it up is a hologram. Just leave it a little better than when you spawned in. The meaning of life is love.

[@mtg_phoenix698]

I just pretend I understand what he says.

[@Manga-tf2qd]

That's what most of us do

[@Halario02]

I like your funny words, magic man!

[@funkXCIV]

We watch him to feel smart then go back to our stupid ways of living

[@isaacwillis_gaming2030]

Me too, but I am okay with that.

[@shadowmoses6843]

Exactly as he mentioned about explanatory gap in this video. We could never possibly understand 100% of what he's trying to convey but we agree to what he is saying albeit it is just a mere fraction of whole message. Despite that, its is still worth listening to what others trying to explain and all there is left to do is to fill in the gaps by yourself and try to translate what you have learned into words that you can understand better.

[@jaykebjacobson6879]

Dude, I LOVE your videos. Your voice over for it matches what I would expect it to be perfectly. Please never stop making these! Keep up the good work!

[@just_someone5394]

I love your channel.... I came across it last year and I really really love what you preach .... It hits me deep and honestly has helped me calm down and understand and tolerate others and myself.... I love how honest this channel is... It gives me what I really seek....mental peace and acceptance... please never stop making these videos. Love you❤️

[@VishalPatel-yt9ut]

Everytime I watch your videos I admire the fact your able to put your thoughts into words so eloquently. Does it feel like a curse to be able to think that deep? But I can see from all you post and even your book that you look at things from both perspectives and never take sides . Thanks for all your videos and all you do. In this crazy world we now live in (or always have) this material is the ointment to the soul

[@mr.chicken7888]

I been watching your videos lately before I go to sleep. Been rewatching oldies, so glad you posted again. I’ll be picking your book up soon! ❤️Love your content!

[@siddharthasharma3827]

When I was around 6 or 7 years old, my grandfather, in our mother tongue, used to say that the universe is 'Maya' meaning 'illusion'.

[@mattiasgrutop9824]

These videos make me miserable and frightened, but at the same time relaxed and calm

[@user76239]

Your videos are always so thought-provoking and challenging to what most people consider the norms however I find myself more intrigued each time with each video you do amazing work and I absolutely look forward to each video when it comes out

[@rosaliegrummel7818]

“The only way we can know if life is an illusion is by stepping out of it”

[@muralidharraoayyagari5466]

But you yourself is illusion. The truth is, everything we know and do not know is a part of this eternal illusion.The world we percirve is its'form' and not the substance.

[@stevious7278]

drugs are good

[@LifeNavigation]

I always find this so interesting, as humans we accept reality as it’s presented, like even the craziest of dreams we don’t question most the time...I’m in space with someone I’ve not seen in years, yea seems legit!

[@janscott602]

A good life is where you surf the unending mystery with love in your heart.

[@wilsons5598]

I always look forward to your videos. The effort you put into them is unmatched and it is always a treat to watch, thank you.

[@Avalena91]

Your videos always leave me with a spark of peace and tranquility, thank you ❤️

[@InfinitiSin]

After reading the title "Reality is Just an Illusion That We All Agree On" and then watching the video Me: Fair enough boi, fair enough, time to end the illusion.

[@CasperFiles1969]

Is there an end or are we stuck in a loop?

[@incronium4456]

@@CasperFiles1969 Both

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

Time to get real

[@antoniodg2673]

This life experience is Hell. How can a worse experience exist when suffering is in everyone.

[@lin_atlas6046]

i have thoughts and beliefs that i can’t always put into words that other people understand; or my differing beliefs become muddled by axiomatic norms. pursuit of wonder helps me organize those thoughts and be able to store more files into those thought compartments so i have more to back up those thoughts.

[@thomascorbett2936]

The illusion is real and that's good enough for me .

[@blzahz7633]

What do you mean "we"? As far as I know "you" are part of this reality, thus just part of the illusion.

[@scaredfolks5923]

I LOVED YOUR AUDIOBOOK. Everyone should support this man and purchase a copy.

[@arookiephotographer9930]

God damn! I always thought of this but whenever I told about this to others they just laughed! I'm glad that now I know that I'm not losing my mind !

[@davidofglenbrook4487]

Your stuff is always thought provoking.

[@burtonpiano7828]

Beautiful! Thank you for this quality content.

[@etinyeneuboh6881]

This is easily my best video on KZbin,I've watched this close to 10 times spanning over 1 year. I often come to remind myself that I can be very wrong and it's okay,this is what reality is

[@adrianbach4106]

Yeah that feeling when you pause and think wow this is all real- but it’s just a kind of feeling of amazement that is easy to ignore depending on many factors of distraction

[@shashsrivas]

Are we living in the age of existential crisis? Every third person goes through such thoughts these days.

[@OPAHco]

It’s certainly a time of reflection thanks to being locked inside the house

[@gotworc]

since when did thinking about things become a existential crisis are people really incapable of having deep thoughts without freaking out

[@XXStrong1]

@@gotworc yes

[@chaitalichatterjee4742]

​@@gotworc the whole point of thoughts and thinking are illusory pointlessness

[@jomarilo.]

Existential crisis was probably the birth of science. Wonder of how and what things are

[@debeshmuhuri2937]

My existential crisis goes “ah shit here we go again!”

[@iamzachtalent]

I'm glad this channel is popular. It brings me a little comfort knowing that I'm not the only one ...

[@geespar1]

I was just about to say the same! Scrolled down 2 more comments first and saw yours :)

[@ashc4h488]

Man, these videos are great. I hope you know how much we appreciate them, or appreciate them as well as we can from within this limited and obstructed human viewpoint.

[@vignesh8128]

Perhaps we are a part of the grand cosmic infinite consciousness. This life, everything we experience is just like we do in a dream, which is both real and unreal.

[@Skillseboy1]

I got your t-shirt for Christmas. I love it, just wanted to share :)

[@johnlecompt2372]

There is absolutely no way for this question ever to be answered, wherein the curiosity will forever be sensationalized and unquenched.

[@imnotyourbuddehguy]

I have just finished reading “ever deeper honesty” a PDF/ book that can be found when typed in on google and am struggling to come to terms with the truth behind it. It deals with subjects such as efilism, Antinatalism and most obviously pro mortalism. I have never experienced a existential crisis like this before. I know that life is a illusion but this book makes that fact look like child’s play compared to what’s written, I’m just asking out there if anyone has read it to just give some ways as to how they have been dealing with it, because it pretty much gives you two options in the end 1: to do “that” 2: to continue living in the lie that is life to cause and receive suffering. Thank you

[@imnotyourbuddehguy]

Basically stating that it does not matter if consciousness is a mystery or that life is a mystery, these concepts are pointless to talk about because they take us further away from the realities we face everyday that are 99% suffering, so we must just ponder about anything to hide this fact

[@TapDat52K]

Releasing the desire to always be right, is so hard. I hope to keep striving towards doing that more comdortably.

[@patato333]

It’s really not that hard. Pretty much all you gotta do is get the mindset of “I know nothing, for I cannot know everything” and you’re pretty much good to go. Actually I don’t even know if that’s right but whatever.

[@malakhiwold3957]

this needs to be seen everywhere, this is a low key hit at the gov everything we know has been fed to us by them

[@plsarguewithme2665]

the editing is just as beautiful as the writing, this is the best edited video you have

[@jasonstyles7182]

Love how the videos are about how nothing matters and matter doesn’t even exist. That, when you are right you are just as wrong. With a conclusion that even though all this is true. We must continue to move on in this madness and learning until the light changes color. Be at one with yourself, Be at one with the space around you, Be at one with life and death. For it is forever and never.

[@ixeroi]

I have had this, almost exact, conversation after dropping some acid. Makes you wonder huh? What is real? Who is right?

[@buckeyeman7631]

nothing is real and no one is right. right doesn't even exist. stop taking acid now that you know this...

[@ANTINATALIST_lewis]

@@buckeyeman7631 wat is acid?

[@out5439]

@@ANTINATALIST_lewis lsd

[@out5439]

@@buckeyeman7631 acid is used for more shit to bro 😭could be a major breakthrough in yourlife

[@theitalianstallion973]

“They’re walking around all day long worrying about everything, worry about the air about the water about the soil”

[@dailybunnymemes2545]

Bought your book yesterday and we really like it. Thanks!

[@compsherenthere]

I genuinely love your channel, I mean from the bottom of my heart type of love. If I could support your channel financially I would in a heartbeat, wishing you a great 2021.

[@maro]

here we go again