Thank you for the collaboration. I'm honored! The result is awesome!

@Vugen18

19 күн бұрын

that was about time

@sylvarogre5469

19 күн бұрын

I follow both channels. It good to see you working together. Thank you both.

@Madasin_Paine

19 күн бұрын

Good work

@ConsuelaDeLarge

19 күн бұрын

Two of my favourite channels collaborating 🙌🏻

@Madasin_Paine

19 күн бұрын

On YT This book is a video narrative by a Good translator. And a good enough elocution. The natural settings sounds and slightly psychedelic micro touches is just fine. Like a spiritual shower Maybe it doesn't last But practice watching again Listening. It catches on. Things magnify for Good

"Mastering Others Is Strength. Mastering Oneself Makes You Fearless." ~ Lao Tzu

@reikaratnam

19 күн бұрын

Master your mind or have it mastered by others.

@deanbutler3264

18 күн бұрын

Mastering others ?

@deanbutler3264

18 күн бұрын

​@@reikaratnaml concur! Namaste 🙏

@bernadettebenton3603

18 күн бұрын

@@deanbutler3264he’s talking about trying to control others

@bernadettebenton3603

18 күн бұрын

I prefer the translation by Wayne Dyer- “Mastering others requires force Mastering the self requires strength”

A few months ago, I put out a poll asking, 'what great philosopher should After Skool cover?' Among names like Marcus Aurelius, Aristotle, Rumi, Confucius and many more, Lao Tzu received the vast majority of the votes. So I searched far and wide for content on Lao Tzu, and the best I found was from Einzelgänger. This collaboration took a ton of effort, but I truly believe it's the best video yet. It is one I will revisit frequently to maintain peace of mind. It was an honor to work with Einzelgänger. Please check out their channel. If you want to help create more animations like this, please support After Skool on Patreon. Thank you. One love. www.patreon.com/AfterSkool

@IAMTatianaIAM

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! I absolutely love your channel! One of my favorites! 🫂

@modocroughstock5700

19 күн бұрын

Awesomeness aplenty

@Einzelgänger

19 күн бұрын

Thank you for the collaboration and opportunity. It was great working with you, and I'm very impressed with the result!

@emmetbohan

19 күн бұрын

This is pure gold 🟡 Please do Rumi 🙏❤️‍🔥🙏

@Captain_Pistachio

19 күн бұрын

Thank you for this collaboration. Genuinely love it when my fave KZread channels work together without anyone asking for it.

"Control over others is weakness disguised as strength." - Eckhart Tolle

@reikaratnam

19 күн бұрын

Tell @elonmusk that

@ladydeerheart1

19 күн бұрын

❤

@colinrussell2017

19 күн бұрын

​@@reikaratnamIt shows with him. No one could try harder.

@WilcoxNotreallythere

18 күн бұрын

​@@reikaratnamtell Biden and Anthony Fauchi that.

@alrivers2297

11 күн бұрын

​@@WilcoxNotreallythereWrong! Don the Con, MTG, GOP, Maggots

“Stop thinking, and end your problems.” ~ Lao Tzu

@reikaratnam

19 күн бұрын

Youd be brain dead by then

@UltimateAwe

18 күн бұрын

You can’t stop thinking, but you can observe your thoughts with discernment.

@are_birds_real

18 күн бұрын

Pretend they dont exist, and dont solve them?

@garrettkittel304

17 күн бұрын

@@are_birds_real Thinking and worrying actually prevents you from taking action, effortlessly and without incessant thinking patterns that usually take energy away from working towards a real solution. If there is no real solution to work towards, you can accept it. Which will usually leave you less worried and able to take action if possible. The ego will say "if I don't worry all the time, we are doomed" in reality if you worry all the time you aren't present to actually improve your situation. Perception creates reality. Read the Tao Te Ching.

@Meursault_1111

17 күн бұрын

@@UltimateAwe I’ll be sure to let Lao Tzu know.

I discovered this when I finally let go of the things I thought I wanted. It was more out of frustration than out of understanding the Tao. I now have a wife, children, and a comfortable life. I’ve gone from a 60-70 hr corporate workweek to less than 20 hours of work per week. I was practicing wu wei without knowing.

@user-ui7cc2cb6p

14 күн бұрын

It's great!

@danielledagba6290

9 күн бұрын

Wow! Still the secret

@Spiderzs888

9 күн бұрын

This exact same thing happened to me. I wanted so badly to make the basketball team for 7 years and I would train for at least 3 to 5 hours a day. Then in my junior year I let go of it a genuinely did not give any shits if I made the team. That year I didn’t even plan on trying out. Then all of a sudden the coach saw my brother playing in the gym and told him about me. One of the coaches asked me to join, but because I kind of let go I decided that playing basketball right now would take up too much of my time and turned him down. A few days later I ran into the head coach in the library and we started talking and then he invited me to come to conditioning so that way he could train me himself. By the time tryouts came back around I made the team😤. That’s when I truly felt the Wu Wei in action

@hcm444

19 сағат бұрын

I know what you mean. I used to work hours and hours of unpaid overtime because in my head it was the only way I could get through all my work to a high standard. One day I realised I was not appreciated, and was just a number. I cut back and now only work the hours I am paid to do. I got my life back. I am happier, and strangely enough I can still get through my work. I have no idea what I was actually doing all of those hours of working unpaid overtime!

"You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try." - Homer Simpson

@athena2zeus54

19 күн бұрын

Ha I love that episode

@andanssas

19 күн бұрын

"Do or do not. There is no try. " Yoda 2 animated charcters can't be wrong, can they? 😂

@cindyspiess9963

19 күн бұрын

🤦‍♀️🤣

@sudokuacrobatics

19 күн бұрын

The only winning move is not to play!

@mangaspawn5057

19 күн бұрын

"You're damned if you do and you're damned if you dont," - Bart Simpson

Thanks so much to the people of After Skool for the animation and to Einzelgänger for the audio content. I love and support this work. ❤

@AfterSkool

19 күн бұрын

Thank you. Much love.

@rb-ct4ri

19 күн бұрын

​@@AfterSkoolamazing

@alexwilliamson6590

19 күн бұрын

@@AfterSkool

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone"

@aplik881

17 күн бұрын

Excellent, so expectations don't paralyze us 😅

@TheMysticalCompass

Күн бұрын

Story of my life 😅

This could actually make people respond in a way that seems effortlessly right. Don’t do nothing, but do what feels right at the moment. This leads to more compassionate and natural actions and responses according to what situation you see yourself in. Wow.

If you ever listen to anything while reading comments, let it be this - go to borlest and read the book whispers of manifestation, then come back and thank me

@ron3799

4 күн бұрын

Behind a pay wall :( What is it about? Could I get some passages from the book to decide if I should buy it or not?

@escapematrixenterprisejacq7810

3 күн бұрын

@@ron3799 people never stop all self-centeredness

@SKOMonster

Күн бұрын

​@ron3799 they are abusing this space to peddle their bs, that's what it is about. This is essentially a scam message. Manifestation is a bizarre construct, according to which, if you think really hard about the think you want, e.g. money, it will manifest itself for you, you will "attract" it (of course, they may as well say "summon it"). It's like motivation books taken even further. It's completely anti-spiritual and anti-philosophical, lot of these fake gurus try to sell you a book that will make your dreams come true by simply concentrating on your dreams in your head (and often also paying them some form of contribution to help you manifest better). So his point is exactly, that you pay for this book.

@SKOMonster

Күн бұрын

It is a scam to sell you the book which promotes the charlatan concept of manifestation. I think he wants you to buy the book before you can see, what bizarre nonsense you bought ​@ron3799

@tylerdean7274

Күн бұрын

@@ron3799 I think hes trying to scam people

Trusting the flow … is how you just found me 😂. Thank you perfect

I am now returning to these concepts after a period of forcing, trying, feeling my body literally get stiff as a result of trying to control. My main takeaway is go from trying at life to simply experiencing it. Just receive and experience each day and decision as it comes. And be sincere and honest in your experiencing without pretense.

I love this channel. It celebrates humanity, life, and our magical universe as a whole. Quantum mechanics/physics taught me to "see" beyond what I can see, hear, taste, and touch....and this channel helps me make sense of it all. Please keep doing what you do 👍 I wish everybody a happy and magical life 🙏

"In trust there is no trying- you trust or you dont" 🙏 ❤️

“You trust or you don’t” that’s such a good quote

Fully living this way takes mountains of trust when you are in the thick of it

@serendipity_coin

Күн бұрын

You could see it has having trust, but it's the same thing as lacking fear. There's not something you have to do, there's just something you have to not do.

@macaroon147

40 минут бұрын

@serendipity_coin exactly. In the end there's many ways to describe it but in the end we're talking of the same thing

"Do or do not, there is no try." - Master Yoda

@TREBLEBOOSTER65

19 күн бұрын

My theme right now 💯

@acraze2287

18 күн бұрын

a large amount of people that watched star wars don't know that george lucas was heavily inspired by asian philosophy

@WilcoxNotreallythere

18 күн бұрын

I think the flow state would have something to do with the force too. "Be like the water. The water erodes Boulders."

@rugbyman6

17 күн бұрын

tell that to the bone thugs and akon

@starscreamthecruel8026

15 күн бұрын

I quoted that to my friend on the phone the other day and he laughed and said: No, all there is, is try because nothing is set in stone. So now, I dont know what to believe.

"By refusing to help me, you left me with the same choice I had to begin with, to try or not to try, to take a risk or to play it safe. And your arguments have reminded me how precious the right to choose is. Because I've never been one to play it safe. I choose to try." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard

As a government worker, I've always beared this in mind: "Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You ruin it with too much poking."

@user-qq2zr3xt6f

19 сағат бұрын

No one worships Laozi in China! The emperor has a high desire and is governing the country with the opposite philosophy of Lao Tzu, which is so ironic

Love both of these channels. Thank you for coming together for this!

Thank you for this amazing Collab! Einzelgänger has been a constant watch for me as has after skool. Seeing this makes my soul happy. Cant wait for more :)

Having taken a Taoism course in Korea, I can say that it's not stop trying, or not doing, but doing without trying like the nature.

Love the Tao! You cannot push water uphill. We do have will power, but we must not over control.

The legend himself, Einzelganger!!!

This is Einzelganger's most affective presentation yet! Thank you!

I found the Tao Te Ching 25 years ago and it changed my life!

Lao Tzu's philosophy of not trying goes hand in hand with Transcendental Meditation, since one of the things they teach about TM is that the way to have a successful TM session is to not to try to clear your mind of your thoughts during your TM sessions, but to just allow your mind to have thoughts during TM since thoughts are a natural part of TM since engaging in TM isn't based on any type of effort other than just repeating your mantra inside your mind.

@WilcoxNotreallythere

18 күн бұрын

Flow state

I love your team red vs team blue Yin Yang at the beginning! I spend countless hours trying to get people to look beyond such false dichotomies. We only hurt ourselves by reinforcing such divides

@LittleHeyoka

19 күн бұрын

But it seems so plain and simple, is so easy to follow... too bad, so many people fall for this.

@happyhobbit8450

19 күн бұрын

@@LittleHeyoka It's simple and basic but not easy because society dichotomizes and side tracks us ... we've been duped in so many ways but especially the birthday con-cept

@bennyskim

19 күн бұрын

@@LittleHeyoka They don't fall for it they like it. People like conflict. If you're born into a wealthy family like Lao Tzu, maybe your philosophy is to tell everyone to slow down and stop trying. If you're born into a poor family, maybe your philosophy is to create your own reality, to make things happen, etc. It depends on what will be good for you. Lao Tzu's philosophy is really bad advice for the underdog.

@LittleHeyoka

19 күн бұрын

@@bennyskim how can you say Lao Tzu qas born into a wealthy family, if it is not even proven until today, that he actually existed. There are no documents, no texts, that report of him or his work. Do you know what Lao Tzu actually means?

@hiteshkumar4728

4 күн бұрын

@@bennyskim Again you have made a struggle by making "poverty" into a problem; you have equated money with contentedness and well-being. The poor man who is in that state of Wu-Wei is no poor man at all; the entire world bows before him

What beautiful illustrations by After Skool. Im speechless.

There’s something really enjoyable about watching a left hand drawing.

@aplik881

17 күн бұрын

Yeah I felt it too, it appears like a flow state...specially for the right handed I guess 😅

That was so beautiful, i needed this. 😢 Thank you so much.

'I am nothing. Take away nothing and I am' - Me (or not me)

Control what you can and make peace with the rest

@Java_Ram_जवा_राम

19 күн бұрын

Best advice ❤

@silentstrategist07

19 күн бұрын

U cant tell that to a person dying due to cancer at a young age

@FoggyTimes98

19 күн бұрын

​@silentstrategist07 I don't think there's anything you can say to anyone that is going to die. Its beyond words. You would talk through your heart.

@MrKevlarkent

19 күн бұрын

@@silentstrategist07 it is only when youre facing death that you can truly let go

@PoolKid75

19 күн бұрын

Right, so when what you can't control oppresses you and tries to take away your freedom you should just make peace with it, bend over and take it happily?

Seeing Einzelganger on this channel made my day. Truly amazing ❤ his content is beautiful

Thank you I needed to hear this… i often feel like I have to try hard, even when I know it won’t make a difference, but because I feel ashamed or judged for not trying.

This channel has been so amazing to me as a dyslexic audio visual learner. Thank you this is beautiful ❤❤❤❤

Really great! Thank you for covering! Really enjoyable.

Hi After Skool, I just wanted to tell you that your channel is a real gold mine !!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@AfterSkool

19 күн бұрын

Thank you. Much love 💚

I Love both channels!! The merging video is awesome!!

Two of my favourite channel collaborating.

I've been watching Einzle and Skool for years separately, so imagine my surprise at seeing this collaboration. Makes one think they are on to something 😅❤ Keep up the good work every one

Yayy! Finally - long awaited Lao Tzu video ❤❤❤

@AfterSkool

19 күн бұрын

It was long overdue.

Amazing synthesis and visual representation of the priceless and timeless teachings! Thank you so much! giving a gift like that to humanity''s collective mind makes you ( guys) a gift to this world:)

Wow. This is the thing I've been trying to remember from when I was young. Great timing.

ok it was weird when i pulled out my tao te ching book to read for later before you even posted this video..now you show the Flow state book that i literally downloaded because a friend recommended it lmaooo! I am supposed to be here, I appreciate you!

Perfect Timing. Thank You, AS

Congrats on the collaboration! Love both you guys!

Love Lao Tzu … the Doa stories … yrs of the Doa group… the more you try the more you cry, seems so …the way of it

My word, so many beautiful drawings. That alone is enough to stun.

Thank you very much! Amazing job as always 🌱

Thank you. This was much-needed in a moment of intense confusion for me.

this is one of the most important videos i've watched in my entire tiny life

Everything about this video is absolutely beautiful.

The collab we've all been waiting for 😮

Wonderful - thank you both x

We don't need to compete instead let's collaborate 😊. Bless Us All 🙏

Thanks so much for this episode. I listen to the Dao De Jing from time to time and Einzelgänger is also not unknown... now you brought them together... 😅

An outstanding collaboration between two awesome channels! Great job After Skool and Einzelgänger!🤩

Einzel is a gem for sure.

Thank you I needed this.

Thank you (Einzelgänger) I recognize your voice, I missed you on UTube. Great to have you back. Many thanks♥️♥️♥️

This is my favorite Afterskool video!

This is wonderful to learn from. Thank you for creating it.

Thank you just what I needed.

This was profoundly helpful for me. Thank you

Well done!! I appreciate the message and the way it is conveyed very much! 😊

this is so beautiful art, thank you and i love the music

The art in this video is so beautiful

Alan Watts' autobiography, In My Own Way, is, imo, his best, most enjoyable book.

@user-nx2qz5jo5g

18 күн бұрын

Interesting thank u

The art work was magnificent! Well done.

Amazing drawings. Bless you for your beautiful, awakening art.❤

This is the team up I was waiting for

This is beautiful and so relevant, thank you

Thank you for your wonderful videos and artwork.

Great great video. Thank you both 🙏

some of these illustrations are absolutely beautiful

Nature always wins ... go with the flow. I was explaining the rules of the road to my grandkids and consider DO NOT INTERRUPT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC a top rule. I live near Radium Hot Springs BC where they just put in a traffic circle ... there use to be a 4 way stop. Of course traffic coming from AB is high on Friday and going back to AB on Sunday so the circle is much better and accommodates this rule. It's the same with life where forgiveness is a top rule of mine now whereas I use to hold grudges but that just took up too much space in my head. I lived in Edmonton AB when they had traffic circles everywhere and then they took them all out, not sure why. I remember my kids telling me that my brother had my car and them and was suppose to pick me up but was early so he kept going around the circle because they said 'Go around again'! Thank you for these wonderful thought provoking videos!!!

@TheThora17

17 күн бұрын

Great analogy and good move! From AB to BC👍 I went the wrong way… from AB to SK lol 🤷🏼‍♀️

@leahsieler1114

4 күн бұрын

Bc wooo​@@TheThora17

@TheThora17

4 күн бұрын

@@leahsieler1114 lol

Very good watch!!! ❤ AfterSkool

Thank you for mentioning Csikszentmihaly! I was always looking for how the flow state idea entered the modern west, read a lot of mystics plus adorno and nishida and their pupils, but couldn't find anything related to psychology or neuroscience on that topic!

i learned some lessons from this video, and the accompanying drawings were very pleasing.

This was amazing and at the exact right time.

Beautiful collaboration! ❤

Wonderful, thanks.

I found this approach very interesting, and it explains some abilities that I haven't been able to understand before. In board meetings or during both hostile and friendly negotiations, I have somehow always managed to come out on top. I leave a greater impression of establishing a more trustworthy truth by spontaneously reacting in a proactive and constructive manner, rather than directly trying to oppose and expose an opponent's true narratives or agenda. I think the way it works is that I have never planned or rehearsed anything I intend to say. I am in a perfect state of flow without any form of inner dialogue, simply reacting in the moment as an observer to what is being said. I only speak or try to express an opinion when I truly have something to say, and this way, everything I say seems to have an impact and be decisive. All this would probably come down like a house of cards if I tried to force it.

"those who know do not speak, those who speak do not know" -tao te ching #56

@divergentthg7925

7 күн бұрын

So does this mean you do not know😂

Perfect collaboration!

Thank you, as always!

Beautiful, thank you guys 🌈✨

Thank you for sharing the wisdom your work is greatly appreciated

10:30 the explanation of flow state its amazing

A most pleasant watch.

Best one for a long while ❤

I've been trying to not try. But no matter how hard I try, I fail.

@marker113

19 күн бұрын

Failure is the foundation of success and the means by which it's achieved -tao

@nick1427

19 күн бұрын

i think its like afraid of being afraid, its a loop. Trying not to try is a try in itself so i guess you do things without any expectations on the outcome

@garrghhh

18 күн бұрын

It's like a perspective, or something ... If you believe it, down deep, it happens ... it flows out of you / in you ... but, if you have to consciously think about it, you're still not believing or trusting in it or whatever. You're still, perhaps, arguing with yourself over the idea. I always loved the notion of "wu wei" (无为 or 無為 etc.): "effortless doing." _That_ 'rendering' of the idea, in connection with Winnie the Pooh I think (I believe that's where the idea first really anchored inside my sometimes thick brain-case), had a sort of "feel" to it I could approach. Connected with ideas of mindfulness, the "seven pillars of mindfulness" explication that was really my practical intro to much of this & the idea of meditation, etc. Perhaps that might be helpful? But, it may not be so much. So much depends on something like "where you're coming from" and what ideas and experiences and all of that you have had / gotten some sort of hold on ... Ideas and such that are mostly quite antithetical or opposite or etc. to all of the taught and conditioned etc. ideas of most of modern "Western" every day life ... blah blah blah. Anyway, fear not. As Dr. Rumack observed: "... good luck. We're all counting on you." So, ya know, just let the wise words of the great sage Leslie Nie... I mean, Dr. Rumack marinate your soul, and you'll find _your _*_way._* 💐

@TreoHD

18 күн бұрын

stop caring about failure

@hoykoya3382

16 күн бұрын

Trying not to try is still trying. There lies the problem my friend. 😎

Thanks you for this video! Yesterday I was struggling with maintaining dicipline and this video was the answer *Finally exales

Thank you this was wonderfull🤗❤ The drawings are beautiful 🌺🌻

"end quote" Are you thinking what i'm thinking? lmao

@mikes5764

19 күн бұрын

"end quote" has taken me out of the flow of watching this video

I really love the art on this channel, great job on the video!

@AfterSkool

15 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I'm already a master of this at work

@dingo1666

19 күн бұрын

Now I know that someone I never knew needs me to know that they know. Why did you need to share this? Regardless, here is a medal 🏅

Marvellous! What a great team effort introducing a very difficult eastern (for hard to translate and sort of alien) philosophy to western screens. I'm but blown away by the sheer, overwhelming integrity and deem this channel an actual gem, which should govern how the rest of KZreadrs approach decent content creation. Once more, you continue to surprise with prompt and down to earth yet mesmerising roughly 15 min of solace amongst many dupers and soulless bots. Thank you so very much!

@RemotelySkilled

19 күн бұрын

Addition to the host: Please don't ever take me as two-tongued or reactionist. My personal philosophy goes like somewhat: "Honour to whom honour is due." All effort we make and achievements we produce, are just artifacts of blinks in time and you, my friend and mate, if I may, know exactly how to steer through the mist of confusion, being a landmark and guidance on the map of how to do it. I was disappointed by many greedy channels, but I am absolutely positive, that directly when you think about attention, you think about whether it's justified and sound. Just in order to be proud and feel as part of a more valiant kind. That's the person I see behind the illustrations and productions. You're a role model and that's your merit! Never ever let that become given (because you're very special) and I'm sure your won't by now!