I can't believe I'm watching this for free.

@essayprometheus

3 жыл бұрын

@CTN xd

@janetewin4819

3 жыл бұрын

why everything needs to be paid? your air is free...

@josemf3963

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah right

@existentialist1539

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t give them ideas

@Thezedword12

3 жыл бұрын

@jay The whole thing is inherently ironic, I'll give you that. But compare to watching most content on this platform, at least it makes you think

“If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” -Lao Tzu

@noex8148

3 жыл бұрын

But how do I stop? It was so much better back then. I just wanna go back

@Psychobellic

3 жыл бұрын

@@noex8148 therapy helped me a lot, medication too, with no judgement, being on meds is a temporary thing, not who you are. I had to overcome a lot of my own prejudices to get the help I always needed. I don't drink, smoke cigarettes or weed for 2 months now. Don't remember when I was like this in the last 12 or maybe more years. Don't give up!

@LostInThought2013

3 жыл бұрын

@@noex8148 Meditation has been the thing that has kept me most present. I think it goes hand in hand with Taoism. I recommend checking it out and seeing if it helps you.

@corruptqc8334

3 жыл бұрын

@@noex8148 Found an activity you can go into flow state. For me it's painting and drawing, for you it could be something else. Try to remember what made you feel peaceful you were a kid and do it. Stop thinking and do something.

@AikaVelasco

3 жыл бұрын

Well shit I'm always anxious I hope I comprehend this fo the long run because I can't remember shit my memry span is short. Ty ty.

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” - Lao Tzu.

@dhairya6357

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@norcal_faithful775

3 жыл бұрын

"I am not what I think I am. I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am." - Charles Horton Cooley

@aliviajeffreys4080

3 жыл бұрын

NorCal_Faithful77 damn I am really glad I read this. Gonna remember it. Thanks.

@norcal_faithful775

3 жыл бұрын

@@aliviajeffreys4080 Ha ha thanks. I don't know if I actually believe any of these mumbo jumbo profound quotes but it seemed to fit the first comment.

@uahatoxicboi9801

3 жыл бұрын

@@norcal_faithful775 it makes sense

Philosophy drives me crazy. The more i know something the more i question everything. it's insane

@thecryinglennyface166

3 жыл бұрын

I would consider this. Philosophy is useless without practice. All philosophies are in some way incomplete bc our human reasoning can reach out only so far. We are still evolving as people. Thus a good philosophy is one that works for you in practice and in thought. The same thing, the same philosophy does not work for everyone. Not just one or the other. If all you do is think you are not a philosopher.

@edkk2010

3 жыл бұрын

maybe that is the whole point of good thinking in general. Not to recomfirming what u already know but to shine a new light

@CleanMusicRap

3 жыл бұрын

“What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.” ― Isaac Newton You should always question everthing, that's how we keep evolving.

@storyteller915

3 жыл бұрын

Too much questioning, collecting knowledge.. is exactly too philosophical. The words aren't what they mean. The map is not the territory. The finger pointing to the moon, is itself not the "point"... yeah. All that iconoclastic whatsit is sometimes useful in moments like this.

@tiancole8763

3 жыл бұрын

“Knowledge is power , the power of knowing you know nothing at all.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.” ― Lao Tzu

@genericusername1243

3 жыл бұрын

this guy is literally everywhere on yt

@w00ey21

3 жыл бұрын

"He Hee" - Michael Jackson

@Truth-Seeker_69

3 жыл бұрын

❤

@nicketaevani-fzukunf007

3 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Elgar's Enigma Variations.

"When it comes, let it. When it goes, let it." - Lao Tzu

@pancon5

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

After watching this video, I'm reminded of a quote which goes like this.... “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really Love..... It will never lead you astray.” ~Rumi

@peterdennan9847

3 жыл бұрын

What a beauty. Thanks for sharing

@rashmimajgaonkar5707

3 жыл бұрын

😊

@gianinamorales8597

3 жыл бұрын

Is that Rumi? 😍

@rashmimajgaonkar5707

3 жыл бұрын

@@gianinamorales8597 I think so....but it's beautiful right!

@AliRaza-sn7wo

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a quote by Rumi :-)

I think it's not really a coincidence that so many philosophies are so similar! There just seems to be an underlying "truth" that they discovered more or less independently!

@RowdyElectron

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool idea. Perhaps these/this truth is self-evident

@djkev8036

3 жыл бұрын

Or is it possible that it's just revealing the "true" nature of ourselves

@VS-jl1zw

3 жыл бұрын

Its like differing personal experiences with the same things and all philosopies are just their perception of what they experienced.

@LuisSierra42

3 жыл бұрын

I've always thought this. Some of the most influential greek philosophers, confucius, Lao Tzu and Buddha were almost contemporaries

@luckyleo88

3 жыл бұрын

Thus I respect all religion, being Catholic myself, I learn from all religion with no judgement casted. No self-imposed will on others. Just observation and reverence. God Bless and good vibrations =)

The one that can relinquish control has all of the control

@VS-jl1zw

3 жыл бұрын

When you yourself give away control by admitting that you don't have control , you ironically assume a higher control over it.

@nehamotwani6477

3 жыл бұрын

@@VS-jl1zw that's the hardest part to realize.

@VS-jl1zw

3 жыл бұрын

@Abukar Haret you can't do it on command. Just accept that nothing can be done to control. For example you can study all you want but won't have control over what will be asked in exam. What you can do is accept this and study as per best of ypur abilities.

@gatsu7742

3 жыл бұрын

@Abukar Haret You can't, so chill.

@meettheartist5506

3 жыл бұрын

@@gatsu7742 the concept of "chill" and "Taoism" differs here... While "chill" gives you the idea to not care of anything around you and keep doing what you're doing or even not doing; "Taoism", I believe give you the insight to identify, know, understand, acknowledge, and accept everything around you because once in a while, you'll be affected or meet by time to each and everything around you... And when you'll "consider" and not control - is how you'll be able to immerse yourself in the present or any action you're doing at a particular point of time. While "chill" tells you to forget everything around you even though being dependent on it, "Taoism" tells you to understand and accept the nature of everything in the world. Edit: nature of actions and purpose differs in both, not the intended idea to give yourself some time. ❤️

I find my existence more meaninglessly meaningful when I'm in this channel

@CleanMusicRap

3 жыл бұрын

​@Abukar Haret I think he wants to say that our lives are like a paradox, the more we know and learn make us feel like we are not so important as we thought for the rest of the world/universe but at the same time we're so complex individuals and we have so much more to learn about ourselves. Atleast that's my best guess for POTATO Sharaf's comment.

@DiVa-ks2jg

3 жыл бұрын

Damn true.

@ProfessorNorris1

3 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤🌸🌿funny cute and true. A whisper in the wind. Yet we are so significant and cared for by the Lord.

“shapeless like water … now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup … you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle … put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot … water can flow … water can crash … be water, my friend.” - Bruce Lee If we become as free as water, we surely will enjoy our life. The way of the Tao does teaches us surely to live life with the flow of it and in my opinion it is one of the best ways to lead ones life.

@mjolninja9358

3 жыл бұрын

I personally agree with this, I’ve been practicing this philosophy for years now and as a student in this day and age, I only feel the present.

@LuisSierra42

3 жыл бұрын

@@mjolninja9358 I'm trapped in the past and anxious about the future. I can only be in the present for a few seconds a day

@InfinitiSin

3 жыл бұрын

It is actually ironic that I commented this and then due to anxiety could not fall asleep. Oh well still human in the end.

@coolpfpbut9505

3 жыл бұрын

If go with the flow of life. If bad things happen i let it happen. I do nothing to make it better. Just let it punch me in the gut and let time heal the wounds

@kahangadhiya4990

3 жыл бұрын

But where is the uniqueness then, where are my opinions and views if i decide to go with the flow. How do i overcome my own desires

This whole time I thought wu wei was 'going with the flow', but I realize now that it is not going with the flow, but doing what allows YOU to flow

@LostInThought2013

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good point. I had to stop to think about it for a minute, but I think you're right. In the past I just tried to "go with the flow" like Eckhart Tolle describes, but I found that it wasn't sustainable. Doing what allows YOU to flow makes much more sense. I'm inclined to believe that your version is what was intended.

@maxono1465

3 жыл бұрын

so you mean being in harmony with yourself? instead of going along with the outside world? seems sensible but i dont know if thats what you meant

@ProfessorNorris1

3 жыл бұрын

JohnJack- I love how you summed it up. Doing what allows you to flow.🌿

@zazethe6553

2 жыл бұрын

@@LostInThought2013 if you cannot see the flow, cannot sense the flow, how can you go with the flow. The flow in this context,is not the western path of least resistance. the flow is the correct path, the path that is natural and fitting for your being. it requires vision and deep understanding and love for your own being. water flows downstream, because that is how it is best to flow, it spends great effort and millennia carving a deep path to form a river, but it also meanders taking a longer way to avoid hard rock. a human without understanding of his situation, thinking he goes with the flow, is like a river cutting a straight line through a mountain, thinking it's the easiest path to the ocean.

@tomrosenberg3591

Жыл бұрын

BE the flow.

Do Everything you have to do Not with Lust, Not with Ego, Not with Greed, Not with Envy but with love, compassion, Devotion and Humility. - Lord Krishna( Bhagwad Geeta)

@findmestudios

3 жыл бұрын

Which verse?

As a nurse who was never connected to my job, I always felt so frustrated with myself for quitting because I couldn't understand what was wrong with me, I mean people always do jobs that they don't like but makes them money. My health was genuinely at its worst and I had to start therapy, but nothing really helped me understand myself more than the Taoism philosophy. Art and creative hobbies were something I always excelled at and many said I was destined to be a creative - it was even written in my astrological chart if you believe in it. Art was truly the closest I felt to the idea of 'wu wei' where it was essentially second nature to me and it always brought me into a sense of focus and peace. Nursing was the exact opposite. I'd compare it as saying that in nursing I felt like a rock in a river that refused to move from its spot; in this position the river would ultimately destroy the rock. In art or creative studies, I feel more like a rock flowing with the rive, allowing myself to be free. Becasue of understanding my predicament through Taoism, I ultimately accepted myself and now I'm applied to an art school!

"When you fall I'll be there" - floor

this is probably your best episode in recent times,, the last few were quite depressing. really enjoyed this

@vectorequilibrium4493

3 жыл бұрын

Neel Ghosh 🤣🤣 yes, your right, but have to take the good with the bad. Properly armed now to deal with the rest of 2020 . We got this. Enjoy the ride. ☮️❤️🙏🏻

@tirib3id193

3 жыл бұрын

Let the water flow

@123superraul

3 жыл бұрын

you see it as depressing i see it as just being real.

Let me get straight : The heart beats on its own , the lungs breath on its own , yours nails , your hair grows on its own. The food digest on its own. what is that which is "on its own"? That is the tao , that is the flow.

The Dao is a self fulfilling prophecy being fulfilled now.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. - Lao Tzu Also thank you for this content its helpful and educated.

The flow state seems to be tightly related to experiencing non-self in Buddhism! Without actively "doing" anything, things still just happen. But now you also have a clear mind thanks to the act of letting go!

@LuisSierra42

3 жыл бұрын

This is why Buddhism was adopted so easily in China, because it's fundamentally similar to Taoism

@AidanMmusic96

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically I found learning about flow really difficult - the more I learned and thought about it, the less I found myself in flow because I was distracting myself out of it!

@TheDhammaHub

3 жыл бұрын

@@AidanMmusic96 100% true :D Flow state is about NOT doing things you usually do, not doing even more. That's why it is so hard to learn! Meditation helps a ton though, as it teaches you "letting go"

@joego7924

3 жыл бұрын

BS, things don't just happen, u gotta take action!

My mind was crushing itself with about 1000 unanswered questions and decisions, i was feeling heavier and unhappier every second passing by... Then i accidentally stumbled to this video 15 min after its released. Some force or this amazing channel, released that pressure in my mind, helped me to again feel free. Every breath now feels like an award, life is a blessing, even a couple of words can change someone's day or life, never forget that u beautiful soul reading this.

I think this video is the best representation of how I experience the Dao (so far). The main thing, Daoism has taught me, is that nothing really matters. And for that reason, I might as well live a life of joy, rather than fear. It changed everything. I'm not thinking about money or lack thereof all the time anymore. Instead life itself feels like this huge miracle and it's such a privilage to experience it the way I do. I'm SO curious about EVERYTHING. AND: Recently I looked through my bank statement. I'm still not rich. But I thought: Man, it just keeps coming in those little, unexpected doses... I almost felt betrayed for all those years of constant existential fear! And in the next moment I thought: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ROBIN?! Enjoy it, be grateful! It's finally here. Stop complaining! haha! Also, the money stuff just really doesn't matter all that much anymore. A little financial pillow helps with peace of mind, but besides that, I couldn't care less about it. It's just an energy that flows in and out of my life. Daoism has really changed the way I experience the world. Sometimes I get out of synch and get depressed very easily. But somehow I always find my way back in again. And every time the time of depression seems to become shorter. And if it's just for the knowledge, that everything will be fine. Because nothing really matters. Enjoy life. Bring joy to as many other people as possible. And you can't do anything wrong. Thanks for this great video! 🧡

@DheRaa7

3 жыл бұрын

i see beauty and joy of life in every sentences you have typed

@sayershaik1027

2 ай бұрын

I liked it not just clicked but commented

the greatest temptation in life is to attach any significance to it

Taoism: Be like water. Stoicism: Be like a rock the waves crash over. Well, if we are to accept impermanence, we might as well be both.

@jonathansimmons2303

3 жыл бұрын

Instantly, my mind said just like yin and yang, you can’t have one without the other

@Raggra

3 жыл бұрын

You're both correct. We are everything. This, that, everything and nothing.

@EmilyKresl

3 жыл бұрын

The kicker of it all is we are both and the impermanence.

@Igneous01

3 жыл бұрын

Similar to the engineering methodology, in that there is no ultimate tool that displaces all other tools. Each tool is valuable in its own context. It is knowing when to flow like water, and when to harden as rock that allows us to surrender to the nature of all things.

omg no fkin way thank you. I've been waiting for a pursuit of wonder on the "flow" state of mind

@Scarface_iii

3 жыл бұрын

I just found out bout flow state a month ago

@fredericksharon6908

3 жыл бұрын

🙃

@Primalsutra

3 жыл бұрын

May the Flow be with you bro!

“Bruh, I’m like totally vibing, or I’m high as shit right now.” -Lao Tzu

@Doodlesdoo

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@martinwarner1178

2 жыл бұрын

Won't last. Peace unto you.

Your videos have changed my life and helped me begin to process my first existential crisis. Thank you so, so much.

I am just awed by your logical and grounded challenge to Taoist philosophies. I have felt the same way and it makes me feel less lonely to see my abstract emotions portrayed in such a clear, succint way. Thank you eternally - I felt you just made sense of my thoughts.

It's always a good day when pursuit of wonder drops a new video.

Wonderful channel, has changed my life and my music

@typiicaal

3 жыл бұрын

How did his channel change your music?

@AlexGorskov

3 жыл бұрын

@@typiicaal he had changed and the music he writes changed as well. I used to be a punk rocker, now I like psychill and ambient tunes.

@mikedelferro

3 жыл бұрын

@@typiicaal the wisdom I gained changed my way of playing.

i really admire the work u put into every video , its absolutly insane how flawless ur videos are, pls keep it up!!!

i love the philosophical content of this channel, but damn, whoever works on the images of the videos and whoever makes the audio of the videos also deserve to be recognized. you are all great at what you do. 10/10

@WorkableWax

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s the same guy

@siriusng239

3 жыл бұрын

​@@WorkableWax damn, if it is, this person is even more amazing than i thought

Your book arrived recently, reading it right now!

Thank you for another insightful video man! :D been waiting for this channel to talk about Taoism.especially flow.

This has been my favorite video of yours so far. Keep up the good work, friend

I'm grateful that this channel exists.

Meditation meditation meditation...to help still the mind. Few months later creativity starts flowing, next word to say just comes it does not need to be thought of as it comes from stillness. In the beginning SLOW DOWN. Thank you for the wisdom.

thank you so much for everything you create and share with us. you are absolutely a gem and hands-down my favorite content creator of this day and age. I appreciate your guidance, insight, and general willingness to share your point of view. Thank you.

love the production quality excited for more!

I love the way how you're expressing contradictory predicates..

You are the world's best video editor + whoever is composing the background score for these videos , he is a genius .

aulas, meu caro. one of the best short videos on taoism! one of your best as well!!

Nailed it! Beautifully captured the spirit of Taoism. Def one of your best videos!!

Your work is great. Thank you, and anyone who helps you do this. You help me breathe

WHEN DEPRESSED. HEAVY THINKING ONLY BRINGS SADNESS AND FRUSTRATION. WHEN I WAS HAPPY I ENJOYED THIS

Embrace change and you embrace life

Last two years have completely changed my views and perception of reality. This year the most. 2020 should be year of awakening. Thanks for this.

Watching and listening to his narration was incredible. Thank you.

i like how you ended this video this time with no sound to keep our minds undistracted from it. Thanks and i hope you keep doing this for all your future videos :)

I really love the illustrations on this channel! Kudos

Awesome, as always!

Maaaan, I love your channel, it helped me a lot during hard times, and just read the tao te ching book in this last weekend, and I literally thought about you!!! This philosophy makes so much sense into my beliefs, I always believed Allan Watts was talking about budhism. I'm still learning and got into studying it for the interest on tai chi chuan which I'm waiting corona ends to start practicing Big up, man!! Keep this awesome work, you help a lot of people

Great video dude, I really like the content you put out. Keep it up!

This one has been special. Thanks for your work guy.

Best upload notification feeling when its The Pursuit of Wonder

Thanks so much for your work!!

I am a football player and I can fully say I have felt being in a state of Tao a lot of times when playing, it almost feels like time slows down and your body moves on it’s own and you do things you never knew you could do, I see the play unfold even before it does. I jokingly tell my friends that it’s like having the Sharingan (Naruto). It never happens when I want it to happen or when you have ulterior motives other than just playing football and enjoying the moment itself.

What an amazing video and sharing of understanding

You are so good at this!

Reaally love your videos keep making em

Thank you! Great video!!

I almost zoned out around 9:25. But great work!

i can only watch these vids when I feel smart, I now feel like a caveman

@EmilyKresl

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Alan Watts

@contrafax

3 жыл бұрын

I suspect being high would help too.

@royeaston6067

2 жыл бұрын

I*

i just realized things fell and understand more beautifully and curiously with a calm mind , leaving the daily aside for a moment

I was waiting for this.

Stay in the moment and keep that in mind. Constant change is constant

I love this so much, thank you

Great video!!

I have been suffering with severe anxiety, this actually made me feel better for the first night in a while

To reach flowing moment's is the result of different concepts according to Individuals and Cultures: for most finding connections with the mother tongue and past references is important. The most inspiring lights are the ones getting through darkness we have been carrying!

I love that you covered this topic! I assume taoism is the most natural way of life

I love these videos!

One thing West doesn't want to acknowledge is that some of the greatest ideas & philosophies moved from India to West and East. Yog-Sankhya-Charvaka (Atheist)-Buddhism are some of the examples.

Thank you. It’s hypnotic and relaxing. 💙

I love your work. Like sneaking in that Kurt V at 6:23. Great channel. I hope you keep it up for a long time.

I still can't believe when he wanted to leave, how did he agree and manage to write AN ENTIRE BOOK!?

Everything in this universe is constantly moving ....to live with peace and to pursue happiness ,one has to follow the route and accept the things as they are. Toisim is more than a wonder land..it's amazing

I need a second book of yours 🙌🏾

Absolutely brilliant.

Perfect birthday present thank you!

@rashmimajgaonkar5707

3 жыл бұрын

HBD Michael!🥳🥳

@TheImmortalArmy822

3 жыл бұрын

We may be strangers to one another, but I still hope you have a great birthday!

@MichaelM-yt6ww

3 жыл бұрын

RASHMI MAJGAONKAR Thank you!

@MichaelM-yt6ww

3 жыл бұрын

wofsy2.0 Wild Thank you!

Yes this was amazing! Please keep making more videos! 👽

Sometimes I wounder, we all are just a lil partical of earth or solar system. It doesn't matter what is happening like we got sad or happy often but it doesn't matter or no one cares either but at the end of the day we have to end so why all these matter to us . I always wanted to feel ' nothing' but this often get out of my head

Where has this channel been all my life !

this video is enough to everything i learned till now.

I really needed this right now

Thank you for this. Taoism is the philosophy that seems to line up most closely with my own beliefs. Throughout my own "journey", this is the philosophy that I've come back to most frequently. Your criticism is a thought that I've had as well. If everything is of the Tao, how can anything we do really be out of accord with it? The Tao can be found in both the high and the low places. Good and evil are both of the Tao. Because of that, I don't think it's possible to really do anything that would be out of accord with it. I digress. Even with this thought process, I still believe that this is a beautiful philosophy, and there is a very good chance that this criticism is based on a lack of true understanding of its concepts. Time may tell.

@LostInThought2013

3 жыл бұрын

@tory porter I understand, and you're right. I think it was just a poor way of conveying what I meant. I really mean that literally everything is of the Tao. If that's the case, then everything we ever do, no matter what it is, is in accord with the Tao.

@acershaw8442

2 жыл бұрын

@@LostInThought2013 Despite thinking that everything is indeed of the Dao, I believe there's spectrum of how close actions are to the Dao. Animals following their animal instincts is one of the actions closer to the Dao while Humans forcing unreasonable behaviors is one that's further from the Dao in the spectrum.(It's hard to explain the word "unreasonable" in this sentence because reasons and ethics constantly change and evolve). Suicide, for example, should be on the far end of the spectrum.

That was a really interesting and enjoyable video

Please do more of these i am a big fan

Was introduced to Lao Tzu through Mihaly Czikmentihayi. Struck a chord immediately. There's something very elegant about being fluid and adapting... letting go sincerely.

The first tattoo i got was a line from the Tao, it's over my heart so it's always close to my soul. "The gate to all wonders" or so, depending on the translation. It's the last line of the first psalm and i have it in Chinese on my chest

This is for all the perfectionists out there!🙌

Learned about this two days ago in ap world history. It’s a very interesting religion, and I quite enjoy hearing about it.

This is my favorite video on KZread

I think western and eastern philosophy share the same ideas , "know thyself"

@freya5902

3 жыл бұрын

they definitely do.

@viveksalotkar839

3 жыл бұрын

B R U H

@mar117117

3 жыл бұрын

All modern religions i.e. non animistic. Basically say the same thing if you strip down the mythology and ritual. Tao Te Ching has no mythology, that is the difference.

"Stop quoting me" Lao Tzu

@user-rr5ex7lo6b

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

this is art.

This is one of the best video of POW ever created.

Beautiful animation

Thanks for the great video and explanation of the Tao as well as we humans can understand due to our limited capacity and intelligence to understand nature and the universe.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama-Eckhart tolle