“And now, 8 days in, he wasn’t even sure what he was doing anymore”. Story of my life

Actually based on a true story. A woman on a tour bus supposedly got lost on a stopover. A search party was formed, and the woman looked for herself for 2 days.

Love this story. As a music teacher I have said, "Stop trying so hard" many times. Sometimes when we try to MAKE things work we can get in the way of LETTING things work.

I’d say it’s the expectation that causes you to feel you’re not getting where you want to be. If you notice yourself get 10% better at something without trying, you’re happy because you didn’t expect it. If you get 20% better at something after a lot of effort, you might not even notice it. Or if you do, it’s not enough and you thought you’d be further ahead by now. Seems pretty universally applicable but just my opinion.

The takeaway, from my distorted point of view, is that people often externalize their search for meaning - they try to find a purpose, find a greater truth, etc. something to resonate with emotionally. But the meaning to be found is in a more intimate relationship with yourself. You feel “lost” because you’re not in touch with your feelings and body. In this way, you’ve lost your “authenticity”. Awareness of and steadfast love for your emotional self. Finding the meaning of life may well be an inward journey, rather than an outward journey that many people think of. For me, meaning was found in trauma therapy for some rough childhood stuff and basic Tibetan Buddhism meditations. To be in touch with my emotions and able to feel love, empathy, and compassion for others in and of itself feels incredible meaningful. But, I’m only months into this journey. It’s completely possible that i will be less confident of my path in the future 😂

Every 2-3 weeks, for the past 2 years, you come up, in my feed, giving me time to reflect, you have profoundly impacted my life with your videos, changing it for the better mentally and physically, thank you sir.

A theatrical version of looking for your car keys when they've been in your car the whole time.

I think we search for purpose and meaning without realizing ourself is the gift

This has been me most of my life. I'm nowhere near where I thought I would be by now because I've not been living true to myself, the passions of my soul, my calling. I've been living to be who and what the situations or people called for, not being true to what I wanted or saying my peace because of the weight of the possible judgment and fear. My path in life got me lost for so many years looking and waiting for someone who would never be found. After 30+ years of being lost, I have found that I am the person I've been looking for this whole time, I was just looking in the wrong place, I got myself myself lost. Everything I was looking for I already possessed and every solution I found with focused, deep introspection. Love yourself. Love your life. You are easily found if you just look within.

I actually cried while listening to this. I’ve been lost for 56 years

This literally happened in Turkey. The guy they were searching for joined the search and rescue team for a day and finally find out he’s the one they are looking for!

Gives a whole new meaning to someone "trying to find themselves". Sometimes you can't find yourself until you realize you are lost.

What this means for me is: we, the separate self, are searching for wholeness. But as long as we search, we will not find it. Then, either accidentally or because you've created the right conditions, the search stops - a radical halt. And the feeling of separation dissolves. Then you realize that the diamond of life was always in your pocket. The 'separate you' who was searching was the knot preventing the real you from enjoying the inherent wholeness of being conscious.

I formed a habit of watching and deeply pondering on your videos everyday before I go to sleep. I never did this even with my university books. Your content is super valuable and helpful. I’m truly pursuing wonders through them.

The war gave me stress, then I was depressed. A month ago I faced a breakdown... Last week I had another breakdown - I believed that I had worked for 15 years in a wrong way (I'm a tutor). So I tried to make a super-duper project, the best in my life, the world's ideal - and got insomnia. For what?! Nobody cared that I nearly died, nobody paid me more for my efforts - and kids still want only good marks at school. Don't torture yourself! Take it easy.

To discover meaning in life, I believe we must observe our feelings without suppressing them or feeling compelled to express them. However, to observe, I require a great deal of energy, which I often lose in the daily drama driven by the fear of not securing a place in society.

The message for me is exactly what was said in the story. He failed in his desperate attempt to find some meaning that he panicked. It was only when he felt at peace that he found what he was looking for. The message is to always try and remain calm and never panic

"The lesson is, never try." - Homer

If I had no responsibilities, I can easily see myself doing more or less this.

You are an amazing story teller.

I once freaked out searching for a pen in my room for like 5 minutes just to find it in my hand

I just said to my husband, "I wish I was a different person" Things that come easily to most are hard for me. The harder I try the worse it is. I just want some peace.

Ready for my existential crisis before work😎 all jokes aside I appreciate and enjoy your videos very much. I like how they make me think out side the box

stay calm, trust your intuition, and stay the course

Currently in that phase of who am I truly and what is my purpose here .. great video

“This whole time, you thought you were looking for someone else, and so, you were looking for nobody.” Really puts the idea into perspective on how we’re always searching for a purpose in our lives, and run around never finding it, because that purpose should be ourselves.

Every damn video you guys got me contemplating and reevaluating everything. This is the only channel I’ve ever recommended anyone, ever. Lol

It's starting to feel like I'm searching for something that never existed

Each one of us, is a complete life, we need the courage to understand, we don't need anyone 🎉 The whole world is a personal show, for us to enjoy ❤

Often, we seek validation and understanding from others, craving their perception of us and wishing for them to truly comprehend who we are. However, the reality lies in the fact that our deepest essence, our true self, remains a discovery that only we can unravel. It's in the journey of self-reflection and introspection that we come to understand and embrace our authentic being. Others might see fragments or projections of us, but the entirety of our essence is a treasure that we alone hold. This insight underscores the significance of looking within ourselves to unearth our true nature rather than seeking external validation for a complete understanding of who we are."

Don’t ever stop makeing these beautiful stories I’m always so excited when you put out a new one and listened to all of your other short stories…you don’t even know how much they mean to me thankyou for another wonderful video (your voice❤)

I have remembered that, when I visited my grandmother in the village, and my grandmother said, “Son one day some people will waste their time reading your comment”.

So how are we supposed to understand ourselves? That's the hard part you keep trying new things and end up doing everything and now you are still back to square one

The question that made me completely change my entire being, and every aspect about how I live, was the question of solipsism. Most people don't spend much time internally with it, but I was stuck on it for years. The way I see it, because solipsism IS possible, it's entirely possible that everything wrong with the world is coming from me. Subconsciously, unintentionally. But still my fault. And not to sound egotistical, but I do have my reasons for at least suspecting that reality is some weird cruel thing of that nature. Realizing that this could be the case, I started taking very real steps to change how I approached...well everything. And now here we are, humanity is pretty evenly split between ideas that were entertained and given traction for too long, and ideas that were always good ones but I very purposely ignored. Idk...I'm rambling I guess. But one way to change how you see yourself, is to convince yourself that solipsism IS the way of things. It's not, but living as if it is will force you to treat your people better.

The best way to search for your true self is to visit your childhood in imagination and talk to the little kid you once were, before he was forced by outside pressure to change the course of his life. Your life.

For the first time in my life I've laughed and cried simultaneously. It was during the catharthic moment with the photo. Such a strong story and quite in the time I needed to hear it the most. Thank you

Amazing as usual! Thank you Robert!

i owe you much. Thank you for all the videos your putting out. Its fulfilling in a world so vague and chaotic you got no halt.

This video gave me a thrill. I was not expecting the twist. I actually love all videos from this channel. I think I've seen them all.

You can’t find you looking outside yourself 💯

One who seeks will only always be a seeker.

I missed this kind of content, your story telling is unmatched

The more you try, the worse things get. But it’s doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing a bad job.

You have a beautiful way to touch peoples hearts with your voice.

Searching for something you know nothing about will only be in vain because you will never find an answer for something you don't know. Instead let your life flow, as if you're reading a book. Let the story unfolds itself before your eyes and discover its truth in the ending. Live... let your life unfolds itself. No need to search for meaning and purpose in the middle because it will all be revealed at the end. So live and let life flow in the way its supposed to be. 😊😊😊

Using your phone's flashlight to well, look for your phone!

You stories inspires me. Thank you for sharing 😊

Thank you 💯

Every time I think this couldn’t get any better it just blows my mind ,this channel ❤🎉

The best lines from this: 1. "Getting lost is a terrifying feeling, but the key is to not panic. The more you panic, the more you try, the more you flail, the more you force things, the worse it gets. The people who survive are the ones who stay calm, trust their intuition, and stay the course." We've all gotten lost before, when we feel like our reality has crumbled. It's normal to think that we've hit a dead end, and it's a good idea to not keep going. Whatever you've been doing probably hasn't been working. At that point you should reassess your options. Think about why you're on this path in the first place, and whether you still care about the destination, then find a new way to get there. 2. "This whole time, you thought you were looking for someone else, and so, you were looking for nobody. We found the person, but the person was never even missing. They were a part of the search party the whole time." This thing that you want to find is already part of you. The whole thing is a paradox. The answer is not to look in search of finding it somewhere else, because that thing is already within you.

"We found him!" "Where was he??" "...helping us look."

Wow, I needed this

I feel like this story parallels the meaning of Fight Club in ways

6:31 getting lost IS a terrifying feeling. But rule number one, for anything "terrifying" is simply *don't fucking panic* this story is beautiful. This whole channel is worth more than an outlet on the net forcing ads and informational "stories" under the guise of news and segments of a story you gotta click fifteen different b*llshts just to get through the next thing (we're looking at you, Funny-and) this comment only exists today and in memory 😅

The stories are so good that you forget that the whole story is a metaphor. Truly incredible! Keep it up with the amazing Stories

this is theee most incredible channel, I pray you live very long and continue empowering humanity. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦

Thank you

Seeking yourself is being yourself, brilliant and profound

This was great, sometimes we tend to look for things that are right in front of us

I sincerily enjoy the story formats: And so, I hope that you could possibly consider making more videos of this type. Please papi

This is the second time I watched one of these videos. Both times the story hinged upon someone who did something that took a lot of time and effort, and evidently they had the time and energy to do whatever it was they did. Both struck me as arbitrary - in one, a man spent a looooong time digging a koi pond, and in this one, someone goes into the woods for a loooong time to think and reflect. While I am writing this now, my time is not spent mainly as I chose. I have responsibilities that require most of my attention, and people depend on me - a wife, children, my own parents and other relatives, my employer - they depend on me to focus on my work - which feeds, shelters and provides. My own struggle is not some arbitrary thing. Rather it’s an almost constant pursuit of some kind of security, not just for myself, but for others as well. It seems this channel attempts to get at issues that address something like what I deal with, but so far the two examples I’ve seen are so linked to the arbitrary decisions of people who, it appears, have the leisure of making arbitrary decisions and meditating on their navels. I do get the sense this channel is trying to deal with things that affect lives like mine, but with two pitches, for me the stories, while well told and well presented, have been two strikes, because I don’t relate to having the luxury of doing whatever I please.

You are doing gods work sir

He was feeling lost because he didn't where he was let alone WHO he was, so he was searching for someone he couldn't recognize, he was searching for "nobody", he has to define himself before he can find himself otherwise he will not know who to look for. That is how it felt for me before I found myself. Excellent video.

you are my favorite writer. and i love your stories.

Thankyou

How ironic: the hiker started out trying to "find himself" and literally ended up looking for himself.

Loved this one.

In a way Brandon now has to reevaluate things that ground a person to a reality we may all want to escape from. In the commune time passed with little regard to a reason or a responsibility or purpose. Life comes calling in the form of someone else's emotions that then spreads to hopelessness, panic and negative probabilities. If I were Brandon I'd comment, "Well you found me, everything is fine and I believe you're all the ones that need to be found."

This really happened to an Asian lady a few years back, she was part of the search crew

Miss ya Deano, hoping you and your family keep rockin. You got this brother. Curious about your next chapter in life? Hope to see you with a mic in your hand announcing or? 15 for the win!

Damn I need a little more clarity than dog chasing its own tail. That ending is so profound I didnt fully understand it. Help anyone?

What’s strange is a remote commune that accepts a hiker, but doesn’t tell officers there’s a new member that could be reported missing. There’s no way this was the first time that happened.

How I look for my glasses when I’ve been wearing it the whole time

Amazing video

By being lost, you are found. Knowing where you are means you are lost.

Sort of like when you're conscious of yourself walking and then all of a sudden you don't know how to walk. Ok lemme watch the video

I guessed it was him... catch y'all on the next one

Best one yet.

"It's easy to find yourself. Just be silent and don't turn to religion. Remain pure and honest." -- Osho

The end has the sum visual picture of what's called, "chasing one's own tail."

Contentment is an essential factor in happiness, so you need to try to be satisfied with the food, clothes and shelter you have.

I saw that plot twist coming from a mile off. “Message” aside, how come once the authorities showed up none of the searchers, including Brandon, were given the name and description of the person they were looking for??? Might have saved them a whole lot of wasted time and effort… Worst missing person search ever 😬

Ok, that was good.

He's not even lost. He was just searching for something that wasn't even there in the first place.

good day people;)

Great video.

I can sorta relate Jaja something i would do nice video

Don’t try to find yourself, just BE

Wow!

I don't know what I am doing anymore as well, sometimes I keep doing things but for what and why? I have no idea...

The empty bowl problem. If we walk through life with a bowl in our hands, continuously searching for something to fill it, then our life and our aim will be preoccupied with solely that. But, if we set the bowl down, life will slowly come rushing in, filling gaps and overwhelming reason.

This is strikingly similar to the plot of the alchemist

Was confusing.... First it was a mature man. then, was more then one person missing. Finally, it was a young man missed by his parents?

Wonderful video. We are all Brandon.

I can really related to this video. Oddly enough, something similar happened to me when I was younger while I was traveling, I didn’t mean to cause trouble but I was out just doing my thing in a weird young immature way searching for myself but lost track of time, it was over months without contact & my family got worried filed for missing person almost caused an international incident…..

Funny thing that something exactly like this happened in Iceland with a woman who's gone "missing".

3:31 Back in the day when people went out into the forest to have revelations, they often achieved their "wilderness bliss" with the help of psychedelics I believe.

"And now, eight days in, the bug in his program was no closer to being figured out." 😩

I think his first mistake was placing Henry David Thoreau and Christopher McCandless in the same category.

I sat on the bed that Chris McCandless died in. In a broken down buss in the middle of nowhere Alaska. I almost drown getting there and locked eyes with a grizzly on the way out. I'm still searching even though I know I'll never find what I'm looking for. In a way, I don't really want to find it. True story.