Influencing Life's Direction [Esoteric Saturdays]

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Influencing life's direction comes easier when we are in sync with life to begin with. Getting a friend to agree is easier than getting an enemy to do the same. In this video I share some tips that help me to stay in tune with life so that in turn life stays in tune with me.
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  • @Ed.Miller
    @Ed.Miller5 күн бұрын

    Robert Greene has a similar saying about how if your emotions are the horse you need to be the rider.

  • @Realalbertcrowley
    @Realalbertcrowley3 жыл бұрын

    2020 was the best year of my entire life despite the chaos in the world and I have a feeling 2021 will be even better and so far it's looking good

  • @NotACutie

    @NotACutie

    2 жыл бұрын

    2021's looking rather cursed, hopefully 2022 becomes far more blessed.

  • @jobunny919

    @jobunny919

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was for me too!

  • @weebtrash6119

    @weebtrash6119

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same 🤣

  • @gastonmarian7261

    @gastonmarian7261

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hope your 2021 went well!!

  • @addj7093

    @addj7093

    2 жыл бұрын

    Order was brought to the chaos

  • @JoshuaPagan
    @JoshuaPagan3 жыл бұрын

    Today was shaping up to be a tough one, this video came at the perfect moment.

  • @TarotandtheBibleplusmore

    @TarotandtheBibleplusmore

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 💕

  • @2Worlds_and_InBetween

    @2Worlds_and_InBetween

    3 жыл бұрын

    _always_ can be, or is all the best

  • @taranturilla5887

    @taranturilla5887

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @zoejaneZJ
    @zoejaneZJ3 жыл бұрын

    snuggle up to life, and life will snuggle up to you ^_^

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Exactly! :D

  • @yoananda9
    @yoananda92 жыл бұрын

    This video is a revelation ! I have been doing martial art for a long time. They explain the same thing : do not use force, connect and lead. But I never thought that was also a magical principle. Everything is linked. That's wonderful.

  • @elaineroddy9958
    @elaineroddy99583 ай бұрын

    I found this very useful😊. Thank you!

  • @kingrainbow5432
    @kingrainbow54323 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of something I heard recently about leaders who lead through love vs fear. If through fear, your subjects will subvert you. Trying to impose your will on the world forcefully will just end in a rebound.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    This exactly! And with relevance to life in general, my life has never improved by complaining about it, but the effects of gratitude have been spectacular!

  • @SeanPalmerLOFI
    @SeanPalmerLOFI3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly these videos are terrifically valuable. I hope your channel blows up and people can be familiarized with these messages

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hehe! You're very kind, thank you! :D Best wishes to you!

  • @Lionty01
    @Lionty01 Жыл бұрын

    When it comes to the universe, it always chooses the path of least resistance to bless those who learnt to let go of the past by expressing daily their gratitude. Very good content Mr Foolish Fish

  • @karenhiggins2534
    @karenhiggins25342 жыл бұрын

    I haven’t t got through your video and I am impulsive to tell you. This is the right message for me at the right time! I’ll have to listen on repeat. Thank you 🙏

  • @jraeflowers8300
    @jraeflowers830010 ай бұрын

    I return back to this video often. ❤

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    10 ай бұрын

    😄❤️ Ah, yes, I admit I like this one too 😄🙏 thank you for watching and for your kind words!

  • @ryanquillin7201
    @ryanquillin72012 жыл бұрын

    Incredible!

  • @ryanquillin7201
    @ryanquillin72012 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @iBlagg8
    @iBlagg83 жыл бұрын

    For my sins I currently work in sales, it feel's like a jedi mind trick when when this stuff works. One word out of place or hesitation and the spell is broken.

  • @lauralaladarling3775
    @lauralaladarling37752 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ff for this helpful video. I too thank water and light and home etc. We know we are fortunate especially when others have so little, not even fresh water, light or food and even more dangerous living conditions and situations. Xxxx

  • @SoulpunkTVshow
    @SoulpunkTVshow Жыл бұрын

    I am grateful for this series you're doing Foolish and for this video specifically. In "Becoming Magic" the author Genevieve Davis point to gratitude as being the foundation of magic indeed. The reason sometimes magic backfire, according to her, is because we might not have practiced feeling worthy and grateful enough, we haven't became magical enough to hold magic in place. I find this perspective very useful.

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    Жыл бұрын

    This is the reason why one of the very first readings I did for the channel was a fairy tale called 'The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle'. Check it out! Funny and educational 😄

  • @LiveAndLetLivia
    @LiveAndLetLivia9 ай бұрын

    THANK YOU. I'm so grateful for your channel, your intellect, insight, and generous spirit. May the Divine Soul Of Love bless you and your loved ones. 🤗💕✨️

  • @According2kai
    @According2kai3 жыл бұрын

    Wow... What a powerful message you shared with us. And on the eve of my birthday the timing of this was divine for me. Thank You ✨Thank You✨

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy birthday! :D

  • @According2kai

    @According2kai

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FoolishFishBooks thank you 🦌✨

  • @gregrenoir3416
    @gregrenoir34163 жыл бұрын

    I had strong a synchronicity with what was going on in my life/day and the fact that I had to watch this specific video today, right now in this precise moment of my day, Thank you brother :-) I wish you all the Best!! Blessings from Brooklyn NY

  • @starofazure5597
    @starofazure55973 жыл бұрын

    I’m so happy to have listened to this today. Your videos always brighten my day. I love the feeling of gratitude. It has changed my life. Gratitude has opened the pathway to me allowing the divine source to guide me. I too look at life like a beautiful wild horse to tame. Although now, I will omit the word tame and envision a more flowing version. Thanks for the tip of the sticker idea! I will try that on my next down swing day. 🙏

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the kind words, Jessi! Best wishes to you! :)

  • @hamid1106
    @hamid11066 ай бұрын

    Fantastic technique 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    6 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad you like it, Hamid! I think it's quite an important one 😄🙏

  • @notapipesmoker49
    @notapipesmoker493 жыл бұрын

    Greetings! Veery nice video! It's interesting how magic meets science! Take care! Gregory

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    Channeling Arthur C. Clarke there, @NotAPipeSmoker 🤗💯🙏🧙‍♂️⚗️⚛️

  • @Yukiabiannightmare
    @Yukiabiannightmare Жыл бұрын

    This is what I have been doing instinctively but have been struggling with lately. I'm glad I came across this

  • @goatovdreams
    @goatovdreams3 жыл бұрын

    Came for the lovely books, stayed for the metaphysical life advice. great videos bloke.

  • @waywardson7295
    @waywardson72953 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, I found something new to be grateful for.😉

  • @laurenmorgana6429
    @laurenmorgana64293 жыл бұрын

    Very good analogy and translation for apprivoiser. Apprivoiser implies love. wanting to be accepted, trusted and loved by who you wish to *apprivoiser A two way trust and love, by mutual will. Thank you for your videos they are really helpful.

  • @dragonman1346
    @dragonman13462 жыл бұрын

    Thank you bro

  • @lidu6363
    @lidu63633 жыл бұрын

    When you mentioned Sympathy I went from "Surely, he is not talking about _the_ Sympathy from the Kingkiller Chronicle" to "HECK YEAH he's talking about the Kingkiller Chronicle!"

  • @RodCornholio
    @RodCornholio3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant.

  • @pedrodias66
    @pedrodias663 жыл бұрын

    So nice! Thank you!

  • @sierragrant1506
    @sierragrant15063 жыл бұрын

    LOVE this educational stuff!!

  • @JuicyFruit9777
    @JuicyFruit97772 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @otimothy123
    @otimothy1233 жыл бұрын

    Oh you’re telling all the secrets now...😉 Edit: That background is HYPNOtic. (!!!)

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤭

  • @annebarr9314
    @annebarr93142 жыл бұрын

    So grateful for this!!!

  • @rosyloveslearning3013
    @rosyloveslearning30133 жыл бұрын

    How fabulous... thank you.

  • @doublel0058
    @doublel00583 жыл бұрын

    Thank you x

  • @aureomateus6900
    @aureomateus69003 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this amazing content 🙏

  • @margaretwhitmer2715
    @margaretwhitmer27153 жыл бұрын

    This was very helpful and timely

  • @DanielleS654
    @DanielleS6543 жыл бұрын

    Wise and well timed. Thank you.

  • @zeoskydancer9574
    @zeoskydancer95743 жыл бұрын

    This explains so much. Thanks mate.

  • @psyrenXXosirus
    @psyrenXXosirus3 жыл бұрын

    thank you, brother.

  • @hipstardee6745
    @hipstardee67453 жыл бұрын

    I needed this..thank you.

  • @andrewogawa6776
    @andrewogawa67763 жыл бұрын

    Excellent guidance, thank you!

  • @jordanmiles3590
    @jordanmiles35902 жыл бұрын

    This is so articulate very well done.

  • @deathmare456
    @deathmare4563 жыл бұрын

    Your channel is a blessing dude

  • @curtr.5083
    @curtr.50833 жыл бұрын

    Great video thank you.

  • @polarisstella
    @polarisstella2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏼❤️

  • @trueascendant8733
    @trueascendant87332 жыл бұрын

    Thank you teacher ❤️

  • @noelghallager4672
    @noelghallager46723 жыл бұрын

    I’m grateful or this channel. Thanks for doing what you do 🙏🏽

  • @TeamMidKnight
    @TeamMidKnight2 жыл бұрын

    You my friend are fantastic. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you brother xox

  • @kaitlincowley-deyoe318
    @kaitlincowley-deyoe3182 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are amazing! They have been really helpful and I love the way you look at life. Thank you so much for making them.

  • @elwitchdoctor
    @elwitchdoctor3 жыл бұрын

    You are truly a saint in my opinion 🙏❤️

  • @cornbeanwheatbeet
    @cornbeanwheatbeet2 жыл бұрын

    You have a natural way of explaining these concepts which is very helpful. I appreciate the info about magick and the perspectives about life. You’re a well spoken teacher.

  • @lowegoddess3062
    @lowegoddess30623 жыл бұрын

    Thanks FF I’m so glad I found this channel . All the best with all your endeavours sincerely ❤️

  • @kitchensinkmuses4947
    @kitchensinkmuses49473 жыл бұрын

    very practical video. Best one in a while. Thanks

  • @endlessnameless7004
    @endlessnameless70043 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff. Keep it up, brother.

  • @churka5984
    @churka59843 жыл бұрын

    These last few days were a bit rough for me. This topic is exactly what I was thinking about during this time. Thank you!

  • @a.j.garrett9639
    @a.j.garrett96392 жыл бұрын

    This is my path. I agree

  • @rvfiasco
    @rvfiasco3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! I was just making a point to my nephew how non-linear time works in this way. How I can have an experience with another being despite the space between us and walls of time...I appreciate these videos!

  • @lunarookwood1326
    @lunarookwood13262 жыл бұрын

    This brilliant advice, thank you 😊

  • @rosyloveslearning3013
    @rosyloveslearning30133 жыл бұрын

    I listened to the end just to hear your magnificent pronunciations.

  • @celestialarkon5634
    @celestialarkon56343 жыл бұрын

    Great video topic to highlight upon. Especially when applying it in any magical traditions, if one chooses to have familiar spirits on their own side.

  • @dariaabdul7797
    @dariaabdul77972 жыл бұрын

    Not tangled but resonated... Brilliant and very accurate. Не связаны, но резонирующие между собой... Гениально и точно🙏

  • @noctunoctura2408
    @noctunoctura24082 жыл бұрын

    Very cool … .

  • @callemdavies8992
    @callemdavies89923 жыл бұрын

    Excellent words of practical wisdom - the fluffy new age meme of throwing gratitude at life dosnt to far enough. But your take on it is much more effective, because nurturing 'an attitude of gratitude' IS a very powerful practice. Thanks for adding more useful dimensions to it!

  • @JohnC-iv8jo
    @JohnC-iv8jo3 жыл бұрын

    nice thoughts, glad your trying to shape a universe worth having

  • @MADdabber710OIL
    @MADdabber710OIL3 жыл бұрын

    I shouted you out in my new video! And also thank you for this video! Much love FF!💜✨

  • @Cure_E_Osity
    @Cure_E_Osity2 жыл бұрын

    I love the audiobook esq feel of the videos. Visuals are good too but audiobooks are empowering to me. Good stuff 🌙. This video expresses perfectly something I’ve been piecing together for years. Great work!

  • @pitbulldog2931
    @pitbulldog29313 жыл бұрын

    Learnt this when I was starting my sales job lol this stuff really works 👌

  • @markluma98
    @markluma983 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.....it was really helpful ! Gratitude is a very helpful attitude but hard to cultivate longer !!

  • @paulsmith6090
    @paulsmith60903 жыл бұрын

    Mr Fish, that was cool! 😎

  • @dubdeluxe6192
    @dubdeluxe61922 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic, i really enjoyed this explanation and the Rothfuss book recommendation

  • @charbonne1566
    @charbonne15663 жыл бұрын

    Love it (the video of course!)! Unsure of the latin root of apprivoiser but it does seem similar to this of apprendre, perhaps reinforcing this idea of learning and adapting. In any case, I do wish you a happy new year!

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    I looked the root up, and it appears to be from the Latin privatus, so private, personal 😊

  • @AatosStarfire
    @AatosStarfire Жыл бұрын

    The sticker idea is brilliant!

  • @AeonAlchemy1010
    @AeonAlchemy10103 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This made me think of the awesome documentary about the “Horse whisperer”, Buck. (It used to be on Netflix but I don’t know where to find it now.) I learned a lot from his approach. It also makes me think of my practice that I call “post it magick” lol. It’s been the most effective for me as far as self improvement. Also gratitude rocks.

  • @faystrachan6440
    @faystrachan64403 жыл бұрын

    I've given two pats on the head 👍🏻😜

  • @TwilightDawn369
    @TwilightDawn3692 жыл бұрын

    It had also dawned on me one day out of the blue, that when they refer to "the word" in the Bible, it is not reading the bibles words they were referring to, that was another one of the great "edits" of the truth, that the church of Roman had done. The Word, that Jesus Christ was referring too, if you pay close attention to his actual words, he says, I spoke the Word, and you are heal. He is referring to the words that come out of our mouths. As he said, what is in him, is in us. And we all our Devine. It is our words. Jesus was a energy healer, as the healers we have here today, and the source energy ran through him. He was the only one that they seen at that time, so their belief was so high, that they were heal instantly. We are so full of logic today, that it can not be done. Even if we were to see a show like that. Because people do do that today, people just think it's fake. What he did was not a miracle, it is a natural healing. I did it last night. We can all do it.

  • @sdfghfhgfhgfh
    @sdfghfhgfhgfh3 жыл бұрын

    Well played good game 💎

  • @Marina-nt6my
    @Marina-nt6my3 жыл бұрын

    I like that metaphor 🐴🕸

  • @samangolahmadi2710
    @samangolahmadi27103 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @reviewsfromasocialjusticel8558
    @reviewsfromasocialjusticel85583 жыл бұрын

    When I hear “apprivoiser” I can’t help but think of Joe Dassin’s Aux Champs Elysées, “Il suffisait de te parler, pour t'apprivoiser...” which I more want to translate as “disarm,” in the figurative sense of course, than “tame.” It’s definitely a very personal and subtle way of getting your way than “breaking” a wild horse as we say in English as a means of taming. Interestingly, just today I was watching a KZread video about the Indo-European tradition of horse sacrifice that talked about how the Indo-European root word for “tame” also had connotations of “rape”! This was tied to their ritual practices concerning kingship and fertility and survived in different ways in different cultures from India to the steppes to the Germanic tribes, the Vikings, and even Ireland, but it does speak to the different way to see “your will be done.” Somewhat echoing another commenter, when I was in education, I heard a school principal speak about how there are two ways to lead a school: by inspiring fear or by inspiring respect. Leading by fear was about the punitive threat, and created a hostile learning and working environment, which is not really a learning environment at all. While leading by respect is about servant-leadership and leading by example-being the example of what the school community, and by extension, society, can embody. I see you doing this in your own way. I like to think that’s what I’m striving for too, even if I’m not exactly using magic to do so. Wishing you and your viewers the best for this 2021.

  • @soliscrown1272
    @soliscrown12723 жыл бұрын

    I recall an incident in my reading involving Crowley. He was with someone and decided to give a demonstration of sympathetic magic. He began walking some distance behind a stranger. Crowley walked in step and tried to imitate the walk as best he could. After a few moments of this, Crowley suddenly pitched to the side. At the same time, the stranger pitched to the side, almost losing his balance. Cum grano salis...

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know this. Might you know where you read this?

  • @saxglend9439

    @saxglend9439

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FoolishFishBooks I read about it in The Occult by Colin Wilson: Seabrook goes on to tell one of the oddest stories about Crowley's powers. When Crowley said he had gained greater power through his vigil, Seabrook asked for a demonstration. Crowley took him along Fifth Avenue, and on a fairly deserted stretch of pavement, fell into step with a man, walking behind him and imitating his walk. Suddenly Crowley buckled at the knees, squatted for a split second on his haunches, then shot up again; the man in front of him also buckled and collapsed on the pavement. They helped him to his feet, and he looked around in a puzzled manner for the banana skin.

  • @soliscrown1272

    @soliscrown1272

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FoolishFishBooks I don't recall which biography it is in. I do recall that Crowley was in New York at the time. I think he was staying with William Seabrook. I will try to find it!

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@saxglend9439 Thank you so much! This is a good source to know about! 😊🙏

  • @soliscrown1272

    @soliscrown1272

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FoolishFishBooks I found it. It is in William Seabrook's autobiographical Witchcraft: Its Power in the World Today. It is the source of the stumbling story.

  • @hollygrill.3992
    @hollygrill.39923 жыл бұрын

    Entertainment

  • @jimminykricket4067
    @jimminykricket40672 жыл бұрын

    This video could have a HUGE impact on the casual, English speaking BJJ/Grappling world.

  • @justinspykerman
    @justinspykerman3 жыл бұрын

    The greatest form of complimenting another person is imitation❤.

  • @huntergerriets4122
    @huntergerriets41223 жыл бұрын

    Holly shit I’ve been doing this my whole life lol

  • @michaelwatts207
    @michaelwatts2073 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been looking for a channel like this for a while. Have you considered a podcast - a la Rune Soup - with magickal folks? Paul Weston is always a riveting guest. Thx

  • @sonja7773
    @sonja77733 жыл бұрын

    🙏🌹

  • @AgelessIlluminate
    @AgelessIlluminate3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe a good word to use instead of "Tame" would be to "Collude" with life

  • @volkunltd

    @volkunltd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perfect

  • @NickBatinaComposer
    @NickBatinaComposer3 жыл бұрын

    Hey, so, about those little tiny strings, I swear to god I’ve seen those hundreds of times in my life so far, most recently on a New Years Eve mushroom trip, but mainly when I was a kid or when I had first received my black belt. It’s like a carpet of darting shimmering light, right? You can also look “down the grain” of them, and see everything as a sparkling rain of photons. How fascinating! If that description lines up, that’d be really neato!! Also, if you could describe the difference between electric and magnetic fluid, I’d really appreciate it! I’d love to see what kinds of cross-relations there are in QFT and other theories!!

  • @metagordy2917
    @metagordy29173 жыл бұрын

    Being greatful for being able to express gratitude is greatly gratifying

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 жыл бұрын

    :D Great!

  • @GamePhysics
    @GamePhysics3 жыл бұрын

    I've been trying to be more grateful lately, but then I think I may have ripped the silk threads. Anyway, this sticker idea is great! I will try to do that.

  • @Greekfeat
    @Greekfeat3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! Your metaphor of the horses sound like ηνίοχος myth from ancient Greece!!! Maybe take a look!

  • @elaineroddy9958
    @elaineroddy99583 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Denis😊. Your teaching has helped me so much, I’m new to Magick having been on an intense spiritual search for 25 or more years. Where can I buy “Hidden Truths”? Thank you, again😊

  • @FoolishFishBooks

    @FoolishFishBooks

    3 ай бұрын

    Black Letter Press is the publisher. You can buy direct from them or from Watkins in the UK, or from Miskatonic Books in the US, ot Anathema Publishing in Canada 😊🙏

  • @bunktwr
    @bunktwr Жыл бұрын

    Good morning Foolish Fish. Do you have some knowledge to share about numerology and in particular the event of seeing repeating numbers durong our day?

  • @sethlindgren8130
    @sethlindgren81303 ай бұрын

    Wish he'd finish Door of Stone, that charlatan.

  • @1LORDKEYNES
    @1LORDKEYNES3 жыл бұрын

    ⚡️⚡️

  • @TwilightDawn369
    @TwilightDawn3692 жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to share an experience which I have noticed this years ago, I always said growing up I had " be careful what you wishful for syndrome " as I noticed words held more power then we realized, and were to be taken literally. Could even come back with a twist, at least in my case, but I am a girl who's mother named her Twilight Dawn, and 3 older brothers named Sundown , Thunder and Twister. That saw Beings in living in my house at night, there was no doubt in my mind if there was something of the strange, it was real and I keep it to myself. I had also gone to jail 30 times, If we wanted hot water, we had to ask the duties, and they always said no. I noticed that the girls would always say "thank you " after being told no. And laughed at them in my head. They would have me ask, cause they never told me no, I never said thank you, for any time that they did tell me no. One time, the deputy heard a girl say under her breathe, "they never tell her no" and she says, " cause she isn't a kiss ass " and I smile at the other girls as a walk away to get our water, " I don't thank people for nothing" lol your video reminded me of a funny memory that can re-enforce your statements. What your saying is true 👍 🤣

  • @jobunny919

    @jobunny919

    2 жыл бұрын

    30 times though?

  • @SolracOsno
    @SolracOsno3 жыл бұрын

    Do you have any reviews on books by Gurdjieff?

  • @TheMagicofJava
    @TheMagicofJava3 жыл бұрын

    A big thank you for this. I come from a very different tradition (Kejawen), many magicians would describe me as armchair, I prefer to see it as religion. But you have touched on the issues and morals that preoccupy me. I am not sure that we totally agree on where the line should be drawn, but that's not as important as recognising the line.