These Simple Words Can Change How You Think About The Past - Nietzsche

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[@amind5468]

"what's scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten"

[@VishalPatel-yt9ut]

The message I will constantly remind myself during this pandemic and the way be are all being beaten daily into conformity and submission

[@thedaking4880]

"He smiled through is pain, until is pain made him smile"

[@illosovic]

The one who scowls

[@IsaacMorgan98]

Each video has a line in it that hits like a sledge hammer, this was that videos line.

[@tobiajojesu3312]

I love it!

[@amethystt2078]

“Perhaps sometimes the only way to experience the beauty of things, is to think about things in a beautiful way”

[@Nightowl-2k.]

well said

[@Jaxan-dq2jy]

I love that quote so much I wrote it in my journal

[@greenleef7770]

Yes. A lot of it is based on the mind.. the mind set

[@YeOldeKamikaze]

Sounds a lot like gratitude.

[@Jaxan-dq2jy]

@@YeOldeKamikaze mhm :)

[@Johhn_137]

"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you." By F. Nietzsche.

[@YouAwakeYet]

This is heavy

[@james6401]

Yes, forced to make a decision on whether the person is telling you the truth or lies each time they interact with you. Wild goose chases, waste of energy

[@welcomedcompany1019]

4:10 Every decision you’ve made is the best and only decisions you could of made at the time. With the information you had and the state of mind you were in.

[@fuhq5121]

Some of us have done evil things for the sake of hate. I could have made the right choice but consciously decided to commit violence to inflict pain. There was no reason or excuse. Thankfully there is forgiveness. I would not want to relive this life as i lived it before I found God.

[@fuhq5121]

Also I think I wanted to force someone to kill me in order to stop me.

[@nana00037]

@@fuhq5121 I don't know if my question is disrespectful or indelicate so I leave it to you to read it or not : Do you mind telling me more about your story ?

[@fuhq5121]

@@nana00037 not sure how to explain really. I was definitely self loathing and self destructive. It has always seemed to manifest in outward violence and substance abuse. Often fighting people I believed would be able to destroy me in a fight. Or would be willing to do anything, including killing, to win. If I knew I could win the fight I was very humble. If I doubted that I would win I fought. I usually didn't start a problem but I put myself in situations that weren't going to end well. I also associated with bad people. At one point I started robbing drug dealers for "fun". Anyone who seemed to be the type of person I believed I was was "fair game".

[@lonestarr1490]

I wish I could believe in that. But I clearly remember myself making decisions I simply hadn't thought through thoroughly. So they have never been the best decisions I could have made; they have been dumb and I know it.

[@dankeyote5873]

“to love a life that tries almost every moment to make you hate it and to still stare stare back at it and say yes, i love it. what’s scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten”

[@ramaraksha01]

lol and the top religion of the day says life is a sin, we are all sinners - we don't belong here, if we make sure we kiss the right butt, he will be pleased and GIVE us an eternal life of ease & pleasure!

[@presidentkimnamjoon7472]

This is powerful

[@m.f.8752]

Absolutely!!

[@wms72]

"To love a life ..." This is Catholicism, except that Jesus gives the Catholic saint power to love this life of suffering.

[@idzidz833]

@@ramaraksha01 ??? if you're talking about Christianity, those are NONE of its core tenets

[@DemetriPanici]

*"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be." - Ken Venturi*

[@KnownTruthTimeSpaces]

No! One DOES NOT need to be "better than one ever thought one could be". One needs only to be sure that, and to accept that, the quality of the effort which one is investing in one's being is genuinely virtuous. - Period. Full stop. - One does NOT need to torture and torment oneself with judgements which waste one's time and energy on an obsessive self-loathing that is instigated by accusing oneself of not being better enough (not being adequately "better than one ever thought one could be"). Simple self-assurance, vis-a-vis one's virtue in one's efforts, and simple acceptance of the sufficiency of that virtue, is the supreme key. Amor Fati.

[@KnownTruthTimeSpaces]

@@illosovic You described it perfectly: A filter which is constructed from forced fantasy of cartoonish heroism. Well done, Illosovic.

[@illosovic]

@@KnownTruthTimeSpaces yes I knew what I meant when I said it..... but thanks though, glad someone agrees!

[@dope712]

I think you didn’t understand the amor fati

[@metanick1837]

It's not about trying to become "better".... live youe life how it is meant to be lived, love your fate...amor fati

[@soldtobediers]

''How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday still in me.'' ~Leonard Cohen

[@guyinaroom7771]

4:03-4:26 probably the most impactful words I'll ever hear. I recently lost my mindset, my sense of self, who I am. Rewatching this video has restored at least a small part of me. That's invaluable, thank you.

[@AB-ur9rq]

You made me notice this part more carefully than I would have. And I realized how exquisite these words are. Thank you.

[@redhezzie870]

Thank you

[@DimpGig-wu2qm]

Thank you

[@davidrosset4457]

“What’s scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten?” Truly epic.

[@cocodesuplex547]

Rocky definitely scared the crap out of apollo so I agree. It is epic.

[@toast2610]

Being scarier rocks. Truly epic.

[@ugandanknuckles6586]

Insanity can be terrifying

[@warrenbradford2597]

The most terrifying monsters are your fellow men after all.

[@JJ-xt2dq]

Ah yes “epic” thats what this is about

[@michaelshannon9169]

"If only I had..." is a prison sentence of the mind. I look back sometimes at missed opportunities, how youth is wasted on the young and I literally freeze in sheer shock at what might have been. I now see why some men grow quiet, sullen and live with a vacant stare.

[@gregbors8364]

I have chosen a simple life because I never wanted to rise in and be a contributor to what I see as a profoundly dysfunctional society

[@SusannaSaunders]

@@gregbors8364 I'm totally with you there! One simple question I'd like answered by the men in their twenties Et Al... Who play games like Call of Duty where warfare is now a passtime for entertainment... Is that the world you wish to live in?

[@SusannaSaunders]

@@ttred7621 and that right there is so terribly depressing. The really depressing part of it being so depressing is that you probably can't even see why that is so depressing... And way Mankind is ultimately destined for extinction.

[@Whitsican]

@@gregbors8364 let me play devils advocate for some food for thought, could that statement just be an internal comfort excuse to avoid the responsibility to choose a greater life to then “reset” you baseline of a “simple” life ?

[@le1660]

@@gregbors8364 ayo same

[@user-in8mw9kt6l]

"Every decision you’ve made is the best and only decision you could’ve made at the time with the information you had and the state of mind you were in. And every condition of life that either these decisions led to or that are fundamental to life in general, you have no control over and cannot change" I'm honestly impressed at this wordplay, you can't just describe something so clearly like this, specially a very mentally painful feeling that most people can't even explain.

[@randywa]

“To love a life that tries every moment to make you hate it, and to still stare back at it and to say, ‘yes I love it.’ What’s scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten.” - This quote was amazing. I’m keeping it

[@matteovanderlugt7962]

"Those who were seen dancing were thought of insane by those who could not hear the music"

[@SusannaSaunders]

Those who broke down and wept were thought of (as) insane by those who were blinded by the joy of the sunrise.

[@Mind2Mason]

@@SusannaSaunders the difference is, those who broke down and wept, some of them look at those dancing and develop hatred in their hearts. Those who dance and see them, their heart breaks and they weep with those who break. But they don't let this stop the dance. They don't stop reaching a hand out, waiting for anyone who will take it. I cry, I weep, and I am seen dancing some lonely nights

[@andralynsimmons3789]

@@Mind2Mason 🖤👌🏾

[@pjd9384]

I love this

[@normantent]

The more I learn of Nietzsche I don't see a nihilist unless I don't understand nihilism properly I see Nietzsche as one of the most optimistic philosophers there is

[@courtneyvaldez7903]

By FAR the most misread, misunderstood, and misapplied philosopher. Few thinkers generate a greater sense of positive potential than him because what is more inspiring than looking into and existing within the abyss, and STILL believing in the capacity to find the light?

[@mord0]

In short, Nietzsche is a perspectivist, a person who believes that all truth claims are contingent on, and the product of, a person's perspective.

[@illosovic]

Nihilism isn't inherently negative the way people think

[@user-ov4fo6iy3c]

I love the fact that someone can love life and act like it's worth living despite the terrible suffering.

[@mord0]

@@illosovic nihilism is an offshoot of his very empowering philosophy. Believing everything as inherently meaningless is NOT an impetus for self-empowerment and transvaluation.

[@FormsInSpace]

"acceptance" is the key to a happy life.

[@LauraHorrorshow]

“What scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten?” This hit me right in the fati.

[@tim8241]

"Amor Fati" This is the one quote that my mom showed me when I was struggling with my PTSD and Depression! It always stuck with me and it will always have a special place in my heart!

[@kyetexe954]

❤️

[@orionleo9392]

what quote?

[@taz_trader]

@@orionleo9392 Amor fati

[@MrEysox]

@@orionleo9392 Love of someone's fate

[@karanmathur5276]

@@kyetexe954 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX-piWWFeKx3has

[@thechancellor-]

To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.

[@raulrus9026]

Thanks, I really needed this right now, the problem is that I don't have any passions, nothing to fight for, all I do is running away from bad feelings, especially boredom. I have nothing to scrafice my mental energy, I just do my colleague assignments and then wait for something to happen or just watch KZbin, or maybe play video games, the point is that I don't like anything in particular. Can you give an advice?

[@coolpfpbut9505]

Who's the worthwhile person?

[@Jaxan-dq2jy]

@@raulrus9026 KZbin and videogames interest you now. What do you watch on KZbin? What games do you play? Depending on what you answer you might find something that interests you if you delve deeper. If not, pick something! Love and passion is a skill as well as it is an emotion. You can learn to love something, it's not some cosmic force that's granted at random.

[@SusannaSaunders]

@@Jaxan-dq2jy @I like peni You are both right... Life is futile, pointless and meaningless. It serves no point or purpose other than its own (futile) existence. You can develop a passion, a love for a thing, a game, a craft like photography or a skill like painting. But ultimately, it stands for nothing but to amuse others and pass the days of your life. It is all ultimately futile and pointless. A chasing after the wind. If you are fulfilled by it then I envy your vision of it and I hope that the window never breaks so that you see the futility of your joy.

[@raulrus9026]

@@SusannaSaunders that's depressing:)), thanks for say it out loud but I don't think everything it's futile if you live on a small scale, like we all do for example by helping someone or do something extreme we can forget about all the futility and pointless existence

[@Hexnilium]

"Pain is weakness leaving the body." That's a phrase used by Navy Seals to endure their training and to grow stronger. By uttering it, repeating it, embracing it, the mantra reframes conscious thought into embracing pain instead of avoiding it. If you react to cold rain and try to avoid it, you'll feel anguish. If you instead embrace the coldness as a wonderful expression of nature, it will become exhilarating. The power is in the reframing, but you begin to become enlightened as this view of life's every moment from good to bad pervades your consciousness and you see the higher perspective of it all as miraculous, grand, divine in scale and scope. It's akin to understanding how small you actually are in comparison to the size of the universe. Once you see it, you are momentarily enlightened. To revisit that thought over and over trains your mind towards a more persistent perspective. When amor fati becomes your lens to which you have trained your mind to see everything through, then existence becomes less futile and instead full of wonderment in every facet.

[@Mii.2.0]

One word to describe this universally enlightening comment: *Based.*

[@KamiFrost99]

Well in a certain way, that's true If you get shot and you feel pain, it means that you're alive (Weakness leaving the body) If sometime later you stop feeling pain, you get shot again, and you don't feel anything, it means that you're about to die... or in other cases, about to faint (Weakness didn't leave the body)

[@Nick-im1fm]

"dang you think maybe you should go to the hospital?" Nah Appendicitis isn't real. That's just the weakness leaving my body *Dies in pain*

[@elk2502]

Very well written. Thank you 🙏

[@Hexnilium]

@@Nick-im1fm It's physical pain, but mainly meant as metaphorical pain. In grueling exercise or training, it's your mental ability to squash the pain telling you to stop. There's a natural inclination by the body to inform the brain that you're going too hard such as the feeling that you get when trying to run a full blown sprint for as long as possible. Your body physically could run harder or longer, but your brain is telling you to pull back. Overcoming that sensation is where the mantra comes into play. It's retooling the sensors in your brain to withstand more by conscious command. It's not referencing pains caused by injury or illness.

[@kamadok1d]

God this video really hit me like a truck. I’ve been carrying around the weight of regret for many years on events I just can’t change. This perspective has given me some light, thank you

[@rio9981]

Neitzche was born way ahead of his time. I sometimes wish he was still there and see how he positively impacted many people's lives across the world.

[@Ytown08]

If he was born today, he would still be ahead of his time.

[@maggie0285]

Do we even have great philosophers today?

[@brushstroke3733]

How do you know he does not see and share in all that we experience now? He has re-emerged into non-physical being, not gone away.

[@Adromedary]

He'd be a great shitposter tho

[@Adromedary]

@@maggie0285 You ever heard of nikocado avocado ?

[@MindsettoMastery]

When you're in the grip of pain, it's hard to imagine that there could be a silver lining down the track. But many of life's most valuable lessons are associated with pain. From pain, something beautiful can emerge. 💫

[@noahderstand]

It's one I believe more than "good things happen to good people." That every time something painful has come my way, some occurrence after that was beautiful, fulfilling and could not have happened if the painful part hadn't. I see that as a truth.

[@TomNoles007]

So true, and as someone who has experienced horrendous emotional pain - including child bereavement - I say to you in horrible pain right now: Hold on! It will get better, I promise! Don't give up! ❤

[@iainoam2565]

I mean without pain, would we truly be able to appreciate those beautiful things for just how great they are without the knowledge of what pain is?

[@sleepete12]

hmm, I don't have such experience, bad things resulted in bad things again... unless those fruits come so late that I will not be even able to enjoy their taste

[@FBidenFlagGuy]

My mom is never coming back. That pain is never going away. I gave up the last 8 years of her being on this rock for a woman who cheated on me with her drug dealer after 7 years of marriage and 3 kids. The only beautiful things to come out of such pain are my 3 kids. They are the reason I wake up EVERY single day. Thank you for this. ❤

[@jpatricioguevara631]

“To love a life that tries in almost every moment to make you hate it, and to still stare back at it and say, yes, I love it.”

[@ianmccombie2476]

A quote from Mr. Nobody the movie: “As long as you don’t chose, everything remains possible”.

[@ayeshhhhhhaaaaa7290]

But isn't choosing not to choose also a choice ?

[@user-oj9cf9uo4g]

@@ayeshhhhhhaaaaa7290 That's exactly what I think whenever I see that quote

[@ayeshhhhhhaaaaa7290]

@@user-oj9cf9uo4g ikr everything seems contradictory

[@tanmayasahu5171]

@@ayeshhhhhhaaaaa7290 everything is tangled , the mere life itself is a sum of all the consious and unconsious decisions , the only choice we as humans need to make is be open to ideas outside of our usual , Explore, live the possibilities life has to offer , As Krishnamurti says Truth is a Pathless Land And to see/perceive it we have to be limitless ,not to form opinion on something but have the ability to see things objectively as the way they are ,as thought itself is broad as life can be

[@Sarah-jr4ir]

@@ayeshhhhhhaaaaa7290 I chose no to chose for a long time, and what happened was that my present forever replicated my past and I became stuck.

[@00HoODBoy]

this channel is a goldmine. it means everything

[@whitefish01_115]

my favorite channel on youtube

[@muffin-iq3tg]

This came at a very needed time...

[@illosovic]

Cool....

[@ohome9893]

For me too, it's weird lol

[@LaiPt]

lol I was having suicidal thoughts, then this popped up.

[@kirandeep1534]

@@LaiPt Hey I hope you are feeling better 🌸

[@ZealousWins]

@@LaiPt please don't do anything to yourself. You matter.

[@grace7961]

This video really made me think about my life and my regrets. Before watching this video I had always thought sadness as the trigger for happiness for it made happiness special and well, happy. This video really helped me find deeper insight into my life, and yes, right now I am in the mood to say, I do love my life. Through all my sufferings in vain and with all the sadness and the pain, I would do it all over again. Again, thank you, Pursuit of Wonder. I hope I never forget this videos message. Amor Fati

[@sofiarestaino6537]

"the only way to experience the beauty of things is to think about things in a beautiful way" so powerful. Last year I was so miserable I thought I didnt have a reason to live. This makes me feel so powerful.

[@cheyenneliddicote5610]

I got 'amor fati tattoo'd on my collarbone years ago because this concept has helped me through my struggles with depression and mental illness time and time again

[@mercysikanyika7915]

I’m getting one

[@gabrielrabelo4968]

8:28 "What's scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten?" gave me chills.

[@TheRealShaanSolo]

Whether good or bad, you gotta embrace the experience of every moment with gratitude and peace within...start by being grateful for even (still) being alive in the first place.

[@davegreene1198]

The odds of even being here are astronomical.

[@Razzy_D9111]

I come back to this from time to time to remind myself how nice the whole idea you are talking about is, thanks for everything dude.

[@Eternalised]

*“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity.”* - Nietzsche One of my favourite quotes. Brilliant video.

[@Anabsurdsuggestion]

The editing skill (and decision-making) on show in your video are top drawer, and really help propel it. Touches of Terry Gilliam. A joy to watch, well done.

[@leev1498]

Loved the music choice on this. Thankyou.

[@estrellassoliloquies]

you blow my mind every time! I wish you had a podcast :') I needed this message in my life right now I am sick and tired of regretting and wishful thinking

[@QualeQualeson]

This is such a tricky theme. One the one hand, finding beauty and being present in the present is obviously wisdom. But on the other, we have a natural mode that we cannot intellectualize our way out of. This must also be part of the acceptance of ones fate, a fate that was dealt you by what you are: Human (all too human). A balance must be achieved, but once you've opened Pandora's box, it's hard to get the lid back on. "Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water." - Zen proverb. Nietzsche did what intelligent people often do in the face of fundamental adversity; they generate a narrative that covers the holes. (There are diagnostic labels for this, but I won't get into that). As his brilliant mind was racing, he fantasized himself into a protective idea of (almost) being super human. He was smart enough to realize as much, but he was powerless to stop it as his "intellectual addiction" spiralled him ever further away from what he really wanted. So let this be a warning to us all: You are _not_ super human and your intellect can only take you so far. If your basic needs are not met (some of which involve a level of social integration) you will pay the price, no matter what your ego tells you. A human is a herd animal that thinks it's an individual. In the face of your true existential parameters, your mind constructs and ego is swept away by the ruthless indifference of the natural order like so many chaffs. "Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret." (You may drive nature out with a pitchfork, but she'll always come back) - Horace

[@will-fx7yq]

i disagree

[@abdulkadirmunir5334]

Very good point !!

[@Jtma67]

You did a good job covering the different faces of the phenomenon. This is something I've been thinking about lately. I've hit what could be called my senior years and am facing head on how to deal with the totality of my feelings about my life. I have a son who is facing many internal issues and external realities,and there is no clearer way to see if one has succeeded in life then to look at a grown child. It's all there in black and white. My time is running out and I find it easy to come to the precipice of panic. But if I adopt this philosophy then can I let go of my angst and anguish and rest easy? Am I wasting energy that I desperately need? I know I'll listen to this again until I'm sure I have taken it in fully. Then .....?

[@QualeQualeson]

@@Jtma67 Are you asking me for advice? If so, I need to know what you mean by "this philosophy".

[@Jtma67]

I didn't honestly think about asking for advice. I like the way you think and wouldn't be averse to your thoughts. But what I mean by this philosophy is the totality of what you expressed. To put it simply it's the ability to let go of the burden of the past and look at life in a more neutral way. Letting go, right?

[@TheDoomer666]

These were probably the best 5'ish minutes of my day, and my day was already beautiful. Thank you.

[@manuiitm]

The philosophy shared in this video is lovely. Loving one’s fate certainly makes life less miserable. However, we often use regret as tool to shape our future behavior. The challenge is to analyze and reflect on the past without falling into trap of regret.

[@kyota9712]

Amor fati is a sentiment of willingness to accept at last the way things have gone and will go, to love a life that tries in almost every moment to make you hate it, and to still stare back at it and say: "Yes, I love it." What's scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten?

[@AlokSingh-cz4eo]

Super

[@mirelblanco2793]

the fact that i get to watch such a good channel that gives out great concepts and makes such good videos that are extremely admiring and interesting and to be honest in my opinion perfect videos for free is a blessing. Pursuit of Wonder, sincerely, you're the best channel on youtube doubt. Don't ever stop making videos ❤️

[@ION1S_XD]

“The opponent who smiles while being beaten is probably a masochist.”

[@gingerj719]

You have a point! LOL

[@edgarpereira4982]

lol

[@amkstj]

Or maybe that was the way he found to extract enjoyment out of a painful thing. Which in fact is the point of this whole thing

[@yagami1918]

Or maybe he received an enlightened to delight in the showers of pain because pain is what makes us stronger.

[@heavenlywarning]

*Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. Keep up the great work! 💪*

[@jaredpereira8487]

I’ve been feeling down lately, this video helped me. Thank you

[@frankchilds9848]

Thanks for this. I needed to be reminded of the power of Nietsche and his heart ❤💙

[@alejandrobonilla2145]

Amor Fati just changed my life.❤️ Thanks puirsuit of wonder.❤️

[@atlas9097]

Thank you for delivering such informed and well produced content over the last years! I discovered this channel years ago and just remembered it a few weeks back only to discover, that these videos still resonate with me very deeply. So thankys again and please keep it up :)

[@alanhehe4508]

Great stuff. Your videos seem to find me when I need them. Thanks. I love this channel.

[@Justin-bt5kt]

I needed this to be a reinforcement in my ways of thinking. Thank you, from one human to another.

[@CallM3C0w]

I really needed to hear this today, thank you.

[@AnaTheWiseBanana]

Thank you immensely for the great work you put in this channel. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@debibarmonde]

"Yes - I love it." So timely in my life right now. Thank you so much, and thank you Nietzche! I'm launching research into your wisdom!

[@EverlastGX]

I get this just as I reflected today for the first time in years about my past and some of the pain and regrets I have.

[@hughwheaton2705]

I'm convinced amor fati is possible with practice. Without realising it, I'd been implementing this ideal in my life well before I started reading Nietzsche and this allows your spirit to ascend above all worldy suffering, living in reality instead of wishes and regrets.

[@1fty]

One of your finest videos! Man, I love your channel and all the ways your content stimulates my mind!

[@Mrohhlalala]

Love this channel ! Long time ago wanted to see something of intellectual quality ! Thank you so much !

[@jenmdawg]

I’m in my 54th year. I had a deep love of philosophy to guide me well in my late teens and early adulthood and out of my criminal family. I was successful in ways that beat the odds and then I destroyed it with… regrets and anxiety and ambition and ultimately addiction. It is very very difficult to forgive yourself when you’ve been conditioned to believe that material success and status are markers of a good life. I returned to the Stoics a few years ago and this video made me realize I’d relegated Nietszche to the “edge lords” of my day (angry smart young men) but this message shines right on my central anguish of not being able to forgive myself. My fiancé died last year suddenly but we had 8 great years together after our first week together when he said “to get the life you want, learn how to want the life you have”. Yes.

[@kevinobrien3888]

This is exactly what I needed today. I turned 50 this year and in my last 6 years of being romantic relationship free (after 30 years of trying) I’ve really observed those around me as a way to identify how I want to be. We have so much abundance and yet we are such a miserable American society. There are a small few things I’d want different, but those things don’t make me sad or regretful, but for sure they helped define who I am now and I’m grateful for that. Gratitude is so powerful.

[@PrinceKoopa]

How are you doing? Did you find another romantic relationship yet?

[@kevinobrien3888]

@@PrinceKoopa Man I’m doing great. Thanks for asking. I turn 52 in two months and I’ll hit 8 years of being single a week before my birthday. Dating has fallen off a cliff if you watch other content. My dogs make me happy and a lot of self growth has made me understand my past. No woman will ever “complete” me. Maybe if she’s a keeper she’ll “complement” my life.

[@PrinceKoopa]

@@kevinobrien3888 happy birthday! 🎉. Well you seem like a fun and cool guy. I’m sure your true love will find you soon. Keep up the positive energy! ☺️

[@alaskalograft]

I no longer seek happiness in romance. The best times of my romances have been before I met "her"😂 enjoy the path that you are on.

[@kevinobrien3888]

@@alaskalograft I’m going on 8 years now. Still happy. I’m on the right path for sure. I don’t think I know a happy couple that’s under 60 yrs old.

[@guyinaroom7771]

I can't truly express how I feel about this video in specific and many of your other videos. I don't understand how a few videos can impact and shape me so greatly, how accurate and seemingly perfect of a solution I'm presented. I wish to stay in this mindset forever, I've lost it a few times but I think this might be the time I keep it for good.

[@SuzieRoseNow]

THIS WAS THE BEST LIFE CHANGING VIDEO IVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME! THANK YOU! ❤

[@sp00nz4hire8]

I was just starting to fully read beyond good and evil today and now this video. How convenient.

[@amaanpatel9889]

I tried reading Nietzsche, but I find most of his writings quite hard to grasp😂

[@lilwasted7685]

just ordered the book last weekend. pretty excited to start reading it.

[@00HoODBoy]

@@amaanpatel9889 it is probably the most challenging writing ive ever read, but im not a very bright person. remind yourself that its ok to not "get it"

[@amaanpatel9889]

@@00HoODBoy I'm not the brightest crayon either, but I might give it another go after my exams. Although I find that articles, lectures and short video summaries are easier to digest.

[@NishantKJha-qk2ow]

@@amaanpatel9889 which major you have taken at college ??

[@moviequotessz2767]

I don't know how many times I've seen this video. It brings peace to my mind

[@stevedriscoll2539]

This video is dense and the most poetic and beautiful treatise against self-negation or negation of being I have yet to encounter. Thank you doesn't cut it ❤❤❤

[@maaniekgupta2787]

Thank you Nietzsche. Your words and wisdom have always guided me.

[@highliving-animatedvideos5831]

It’s counter intuitive in a hyper-competitive society fueled by consumerism.. but acceptance (which has many forms) truly is the key to happiness. Agree? ❤️🚀🌙

[@davybloomer7188]

No. Accepting yourself is pure nihilism. You need to work on something imperfect or you'll suffer. You can accept what is outside of that to not burn out, but what is tolerance more than a betrayal of your own values? If it was already included in your values it wouldn't require tolerance. If your values are your ideal values, tolerance would mean exchanging the better option for a weaker one.

[@crane5037]

No

[@jayantpratapsingh]

@@davybloomer7188 that is not the kind of meaning/understanding implied by ‘acceptance’ in contexts like these and I assume, neither would’ve OP meant that by its usage. Although, I wouldn't prefer to go as far as "happiness" instead more stability and calmness, perhaps. A bit of krishnamurti might help one understand what "acceptance" signifies here, let me quote some pieces from the book, “Think on these things”: why are you afraid to be what you are? Why don't you start with what you are and not with what you should be? Without understanding what you are, merely to try to change it into what you think you should be has no meaning. Like most people, you have ideals, have you not? And the ideal is not real, not factual; it is what should be, it is something in the future. Now, what I say is this: forget the ideal, and be aware of what you are. Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is. THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PURSUIT OF WHAT YOU SHOULD BE. Why? Because in understanding what you are there begins a spontaneous process of transformation, whereas in becoming what you think you should be there is no change at all, but only a continuation of the same old thing in a different form. If the mind, seeing that it is stupid, tries to change its stupidity into intelligence, which is what should be, that is silly, it has no meaning, no reality; it is only the pursuit of a self-projection, a postponement of the understanding of what is. As long as the mind tries to change its stupidity into something else, it remains stupid. But if the mind says, "I realize that I am stupid and I want to understand what stupidity is, therefore I shall go into it, I shall observe how it comes into being", then that very process of inquiry brings about a fundamental transformation. How ever much I may try to become intelligent, my stupidity will remain. I may acquire the superficial polish of learning, I may be able to quote books, repeat passages from great authors, but basically I shall still be stupid. But if I see and understand stupidity as it expresses itself in my daily life-how I behave to wards my servant, how I regard my neighbour, the poor man, the rich man, the clerk-then that very awareness brings about a breaking up of stupidity. You see, the basic problem is that of change. When you ask, "What is intelligence and how is one to become intelligent?" it implies a concept of what intelligence is, and then you try to become like that concept. Now, to have a formula, a theory or concept of what intelligence is, and to try to mould yourself according to that pattern, is foolish, is it not? Whereas, if one is dull and begins to find out what dullness is without any desire to change it into something else, without saying, "I am dull, stupid, how terrible!", then one will find that in unravelling the problem there comes an intelligence freed of stupidity. You try it. Watch yourself talking to your servant, observe the tremendous respect with which you treat a governor, and how little respect you show to the man who has nothing to give you. Then you begin to find out how stupid you are; and in under standing that stupidity there is intelligence, sensitivity. You do not have to ‘become’ sensitive. The man who is trying to ‘become’ something is ugly, insensitive; he is a crude person.

[@jayantpratapsingh]

@@davybloomer7188 The function of education, then, is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but to be yourself all the time. And this is a most difficult thing to do: whether you are ugly or beautiful, whether you are envious or jealous, always to be what you are, but understand it. To be yourself is very difficult, because you think that what you are is ignoble, and that if you could only change what you are into something noble it would be marvellous; but that never happens. Whereas, if you look at what you actually are and understand it, then in that very understanding there is a transformation. So freedom lies, not in trying to become something different, nor in doing whatever you happen to feel like doing, nor in following the authority of tradition, of your parents, of your guru, but in understanding what you are from moment to moment. (Again, from the same book)

[@ramaraksha01]

It depends on your goal - when young we were full of dreams and aspirations and knew that fulfilling those dreams will mean lots of pain & suffering Kid A wants top grades and he knows he needs to sacrifice free time, playing sports, work hard, study hard, long late nights, less sleep, more worry Kid B doesn't care, he wants to be happy, so he sleeps in late, catches a late night movie, watches sports, plays sports No parent would urge his kid to be like Kid B But then we get old, our outlook changes - the best days are behind us, now we are done with aspirations and dreams - we slow down both mentally and physically and now comes the "stop and smell the flowers, be happy" Just a function of age

[@maciekwawryszyn658]

I’m watching these videos every night. Honestly i dont think I can even fall asleep without watching one. I love your content so much. Aspecialy the longer videos❤️

[@tradedeals7158]

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[@cristianundurraga4583]

Great video!! loved the summary of the concept. Also the voice, the cadence and the tone of it go really well with it.

[@GLASSB182]

Very beautiful video and masterfully spoken and put together. Thank you for sharing.

[@robbaholic]

Nietzsche is my spirit animal. So much of what I read from him and about him, just hits me right in my soul. I’ve always felt so nostalgic and a longing for things I could have done differently. I would lie to myself and others and say I would never go back to change anything, that that would be a disservice to the growth I’ve experienced, and the people I’ve come to know and love because of the paths I took; but deep down, I am as nostalgic as anyone, and always thinking of where I could be now if I had done things differently. I’ve felt the loneliness Nietzsche speaks of, and the feeling that the universe is actively plotting against you, or a life “doing everything it can to make you hate it”; I’ve felt it all too often. But the truth is that the lie I’ve always told, is the reality I am coming closer to everyday. That I should love this life in spite of difficulties, and for all the reasons that make it worth living.

[@jeydomo]

I think I've struggled grasping the thought of not the totality of the ends justify the means, but the individual aspects. Like understood that I regret hurting people, it's still on my conscience even now, but I can see that it's a truth that needed to be said or a motivation that was ignited. Watching this made me finally come to terms that, I am not a disastrous and destructive fool. Circumstances are unfortunate but they happen and become experiences for others and myself. Love thyself, for if you do not, who else would? Not everything will come easily in life for you or others, but it will continue on and events contribute to the grand scheme of things. Thank you again for this.

[@ayda2876]

Clearly one of the best video ive ever seen, thank you

[@rootzero]

Brilliant! Thank you! ❤

[@BreadMPH]

It's very fascinating to consider that the whole concept of amor fati is very similar to the core idea of Buddhism - acceptance. Is it a mere coincidence that both Nietzsche and the Buddha arrive at this conclusion of acceptance? Or does it point to a deeper truth, namely that acceptance IS the key to leading a good life?

[@qvatio6554]

I always enjoy seeing someone take notice of this pairing of very temporally and geographically disparate modes of thought. It's important to note, however, that while both approaches are elaborations on "positive nihilism," Nietzsche's ideas are functionally the ultimate expression of humanism, while every school of Buddhism presents something akin to anti-humanism. Neither approach is "better" than the other, of course, though the two can be digested most easily through the cosmologies they offer. Nietzsche's proposed "circular" universe is the truly eternal stage of the joys and sufferings of the actors upon it, who persist in their frolicking and follies for ever and ever, through endless iterations. However, very much to the contrary, the final goal of every Buddhism is the total cessation of dukkha (the end of suffering, via the total negation of the aforementioned frolicking and follies) which, with the final kalpa, culminates in the termination of this universe -- which is fine, according to this system, because all mutable souls will have by then ascended to some form of alien/very-much-not-human state in a "higher" plane of existence.

[@ramaraksha01]

Nietzsche was influenced by Hindu thought, not Buddhist - nothing about Nietzsche is defeatist - Nietzsche talked about life after life - Reincarnation

[@victorcenteno8048]

Schopenhauer was the first who brought Buddhism into western philosophy. Subsequently Nietzsche got inspired.

[@bambubombon]

it's akin to Catholic resignation.

[@dayanandraut5660]

this guy creates trance so deep that i feel even the ad is a part of story.

[@calebcustombricks2631]

lol

[@tai9165]

these are really helpful one of the best channels on youtube, helped shaped my mindset into a better one, thank you.

[@christinakennon]

Your videos are amazing and heartfelt, thank you.

[@docmemphis]

I always find myself revisiting his philosophy for guidance.

[@theotherhalfoftheang]

Me too

[@docmemphis]

@@theotherhalfoftheang thanks for the reminder bruh

[@miguelfernandes5628]

Mopping blood off the floor and bleaching it, assisting lost visitors to the cafeteria, listening a co worker about her long hard day for a minute, checking on my friend whose glucose has gone down and is sitting on the break room, running down the pavilion to clean triage rooms for the patients waiting to be treated, and bringing tea with lots of honey to our supervisor who's battling a bad stomach. As I biked home after work last night I meditated on how much I really love working on the ER of a major hospital in my city and felt grateful to experience intense days like this and how I wouldn't change any of it. Now the cherry on top of it is finding this video today. =)

[@NoxBruh]

Thank you so very much for what you do. You and your work, just being there for others, listening to coworkers, I'm sure it means much more than you may think sometimes. Keep being the wonderful person you so seem to be, and I wish you all the best ❤️

[@miguelfernandes5628]

@@NoxBruh Thank you =)

[@NoxBruh]

@@miguelfernandes5628 You're very welcome! I hope you have a wonderful day, and stay safe this holiday season!

[@Dobbz_Media]

This just made me cry. I’ve fought and criticized for all my life, and this both respects and honors that but also reminding me to love it anyways. In tears rn

[@victorsande87]

This music choices in this one is awesome

[@disheveling]

I think Carl Jung was greatly inspired by the works and life of Nietzsche, and modeled his framework of the collective conscious after many of his insights. Jung made note of Nietzsche's approach to dealing with the absurdity of life, but found it to be missing a vital component, to later build upon in his own conclusions in The Red Book and his other later works. Nietzsche had written of a 'will to power' holding value above all else: to push against the fate given to you, and channel your resolve through love for an absolute reality that you ultimately cannot control. This core tenet eventually lead him to his deathbed, broken and alone, a self-made pariah that dreamed of abandoning his hatred, his shadow, to transcend into a positive force for change. Reaching divinity through transcendence of suffering. Forcing the will to love the absurd, as his health deteriorated, as he was abandoned, as the sister he hated changed his undergarments on his dying bed. There is a certain madness that needs to be tapped into, to reposition your framework in such a way, to tap into the Dionysian pleasure found in the suffering. Nietzsche may have found that madness, a roundabout way of coming to terms with his shadow. Jung believed that Nietzsche weighed too heavily on will alone, and instead proposed an integration of a perceived shared duality in all humankind; there was a 'better' way to approach the shadow. There lies in all of us, a capacity for hatred, greed, corruption, and part of coming to accept and love the hand dealt to us comes from accepting this capacity, rather than repressing it. This integration, this acceptance of the duality within us, allows us to control the shadow and utilize its best parts. I think both of these philosophers, erudites, worked to pursue the depths of the human psyche, tapping into parts of the unconscious they may not have fully understood. Their words are invaluable today, and even now pave the way to unraveling the unconscious mind. Nietzsche may have suffered a bitter life toward the end, but Nihilism is not an inherently bitter or negative philosophy, it is simply the acceptance of our paths, meaningless as they are. There is great hope in Nihilism, in accepting the absurd and finding one's own meaning. Both of these people carry words that our modern society greatly needs.

[@taongaluo9937]

Listening to Adele's To be loved before watching this video was simply just beautiful

[@luciaboliogarcia4396]

Thank you so much for this video. I feel like I am in a specific time in my life where I need this, it arrived just in time

[@Glxdiatorr]

gonna be watching this once a week, great video dude

[@alittlelatelotusblossom5025]

What initially led me towards your channel was discovering your Arthur Schopenhauer video. Then later on the video from Nietzsche that was titled Discovering Who You truly are. You've helped me out of a dark place time and time again, and through adopting Eastern philosophies into a very Western capitalistic centralized way of living, I truly find value in the work you put on your KZbin channel and I'm humbled by your teachings as well as all I've learned through Neil deGrasse Tyson's explanations and discussions on quantum theory, life and death, and the mysteries of the universe. It seems that the process of adulthood and the transitionary years between late adolescence and your early twenties seems to be a period of time where most people feel lost but you have always provided me with a sense of calm and ease, it's true what they say knowledge is power, it's the power to understand what is what has yet to be and what truly matters in the grand scheme of what is sometimes perceived as a careless universe. But there is pattern to the chaos and there is truth in the knowledge that if we are a people who are blessed with so much knowledge and so much emotion than existence cannot be a mere fluke of the universe. We are the living and feeling part of the universe that experiences itself and what time it is to be alive in the year we live in. Things may seem dark and bleak and abysmal from time to time, but there is so much beauty left if you are willing to find it, cherish it nurture it, and fight for it.

[@ramaraksha01]

Heaven is for the old, the Retired, the weak, the lazy & the coward Reincarnation or REAL LIFE is for the Young, the dreamer, the strong, the worker & the Warrior Total opposites - the world that you know says you have to grow up, learn to stand on your own two feet, make a honest living, EARN what you desire, if stale bread is all you can afford, that is what you eat, you don't beg, you don't live on Charity Heaven is the total opposite One begs to get in down on one's knees, spend eternity as a shameless dependent, weak, sheltered, protected and cared for like a helpless child, the good life is GIVEN, not EARNED, live on charity for eternity

[@MrLiveWest]

I find that I have always had a very easy time accepting that we are going to die, accepting experience and applying memento mori, but I have a very difficult time with experience a love for life because love feels like a concept that can be defined beyond what life physically can give me. My assumption for the "love" of life is far greater than what I actually experience. Amor Fati is a humbling approach to view life if you have built false expectations

[@alexfletcher1567]

This made me cry. What a release.

[@enlightenedanalysis1071]

This was an amazing, inspirational and heart warming video. Thank you for making it. Really enjoyed it. Nietzsche continues to be one of my favourite philosophers.

[@m...1045]

"For in great wisdom is great sorrow. " Nietzsche became those words, yet never resolved his childhood.. Paradoxical

[@cheeriobutt]

I continually struggle between my drive to be genuine and the emotions I feel about experiences and situations. In a sense, the concept of amor fati is one that bridges western philosophy to the tenets of eastern philosophy. I find amor fati to be inauthentic; it's an instinct of mine to reject the lifestyle as one that does not fit into my own....'operating system' (I'm a software consultant and short on vocab right now). As a result, life - to me - is a mix of jiffies of happiness mixed with long periods of emotional vacancy and occasional deep, long lows. One may argue that it'd be in my best interest to try to embrace amor fati, just as it would be to find comfort in faith. But my brain rejects it because my mind finds it as acceptable as....planning for a unicorn to appear.

[@m...1045]

@@cheeriobutt embrace, Memento mori. "Beware of Software " 👍 God speed Tina

[@alterecho8261]

"The human is the only species that must be encouraged to live."

[@cosmiccomedy7394]

That was excellent! Thank you.

[@Sergio_X]

Hey man thanks for the videos, they really help me 👍🏽

[@mrcuttime22]

This is very thought-provoking. I rather think that by learning early that life cannot BE perfect but we try for perfection anyway just to be honorable people, has changed from familial honor to personal integrity since the 60s. Of course, not everyone "GOT the memo." Still, I remind myself that "Everything is exactly the way it's supposed to be," and to "Want what I already have." But I still come round to regretting and wishing. I almost wonder if it isn't a FEATURE of success. That to know success, one must also know failure. A paradoxical universe would demand nothing less of us.

[@sh1n0bi]

i always felt like my life had been marred by misfortune and poor decisions, yet in spite of it i find myself more often than not in adoration of existence. life's hardships are part of why it's so beautiful to be alive. to overcome. happy to have found this video and summation to my way of thinking.

[@ramaraksha01]

And yet the top religions abuse Life - Life is sin, we are all sinners, we are damsels in distress in need of a knight in shining armor to come save us from this dreary life - we get to run away to magic Retirement Home in the sky, sit around doing nothing, enjoying a life of ease & comfort at this expense If not for the injunction against suicide, these religions would be known as Death Cults! Meanwhile Hinduism, which preaches Reincarnation - this life, this world over and over - is mocked and abused! So much for all our intelligence, education and morals

[@emadb6979]

Magnificent! Amor Pursuit of Wonder ❤ Nietzsche would have loved it 😢 Great work 👌

[@Nevsw9]

Thanks. Just what I needed.🔆🙏🏾🔆

[@BlackestSheepBobBarker]

He never had a clue, that he would be held in high esteem one day. This irony, is another example of Nietzsche's downtrodden luck. These negative happenstances, are exactly what fashioned him into such a profound thinker and influence upon Western culture. This mans last chapters of life, especially, are pretty unreal. What his sister did to his name, another example.. Poor guy

[@gregbors8364]

Those who produce profound works of art and philosophy are often un- or under-appreciated during their lifetimes, receiving deserved appreciation and fame only after death

[@brushstroke3733]

I bet he always imagined he would be held in high esteem during his own life and was frustrated that no one seemed to recognize what he saw so apparently. His beliefs about other people not recognizing his brilliance and genius probably prevented the situation from ever changing. He got what he believed, as we all do.

[@StuperrDuck]

What did his sister do?

[@ejazshaikh2863]

@@StuperrDuck She changed his writings according to Nazi narrative.

[@stevedriscoll2539]

But how can you say poor guy now that he is recognized as one of the greatest philosophers and in the most salient sense, he lives

[@manderson8599]

I love this. Great video, great work, great everything.

[@CareyEdits]

Great editing and motion graphics!

[@kiriyasu4964]

He simply convert life's pain in to a pleasure.