I respect her for speaking her truth despite the number of people in this comment section here invalidating her experience because they can't comprehend someone having a completely different life perspective than they do.

3 commonalities 9:27 detailed address 10:11 people ask for the same things: health, happiness, love 12:57 don't tell anyone

This is what I was searching for my whole life, even if I failed to find God, I have learned through my journey that we are not supposed to follow a certain cult or religion to find God. Thank you, this is really liberating

My search for God led me to be a an Agnostic Atheist. I always questioned religion being raised in Christian fundamentalism. I've come to learn that one can be a good person (positive humanism) without the need for a diety or religious doctrine. I respect other people's right to believe what they want to believe as long as they don't try to push it on me. All humanity needs is love, respect, empathy, and open mindedness for one another(my opinion). I love the health, happiness, and love very vital for all humanity.

I love how most of you completely ignored her ultimate message and only came here to promote your own religion. Self-reflect for just a moment while you’re reading this.

This is amazing. I love that she got lost in her love for her husband! What a beautiful message.

I have never had any spirituality or religious believe throughout my life but I consider my self a very moral person. I worked for 24 years as a psychiatric charge nurse on an acute locked ward in Honolulu quietly driving into town everyday next to my wife sharing our drive, breakfast, and lunch before driving home at the end day . My wife worked as the the head architect at the same hospital. It was unique being the only hospital in America started by a monarch. Queen Emma walked door to door asking for donations and then began construction in 1859. My wonderful wife would start each day in her office asking a simple question, “what would the Queen do?”. We felt these experiences allowed us to share a bond between us that has now carried us into retirement. You see we share meaning and fulfillment in lives as we move into the next journey of our lives.

My friend, a Brazilian woman, went to John of God and stayed in his compound for several days. Turned out when it was her turn to visit with him, his assistants took her into a private room next to the main hall. When John came in, he closed the door behind him, and has her sit on a mattress in the room. He then commenced to lay on her. Well you can imagine what he attempted which she resisted , and she ran out of the room and away from the "Church" screaming for taxi.

This video made me regain faith in humankind. The comment field made me re-lose it.

Being Palestinian and not in a religion anymore is very eye opening. I've seen how every culture is gripped by a "god" with fear at their base reason for not straight up killing people.we are now mostly advanced and evolved enough in social interaction to just drop the fairy tales. We can work and coexist to create planet restoring technology

I think this is one of the best TED talks I have ever watched, not because of the topic, but because of the authenticity and emotion of the speaker. So touched.

Grew up in a religious family, church every Sunday along with church school, Friday church dinners. My parents social life revolved around their church friends. From the earliest times I can remember, I never believed a single word I heard in church. Didn't make sense from any perspective. Stopped going the minute I could. Went to school, had a fantastic career, married 35 years, kids, grandkids, happy, healthy and fulfilled. Never looked for any imaginary deity to "find myself", never needed to. YMMV.

"In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves." ~Carl Sagan

Simple to the point. BUT the hateful comments here are quite unfortunate! It's her story. She's NOT trying to convince us to be like her, or believe or not believe in a god/gods/God... Its just her story.

For jains it is not infinite no. Of God's but there are tirthankars ( God's ) for specific time that maybe lot of years . I am a Jain too. Proud of you and your speech. Thanks. Really appreciated.

Absolutely beautiful speech. "We're ALL the same," and we must focus on all our similarities instead of our few and not helpful differences.

How beautiful that this lady is so passionately desperately seeking. I wish her well.

Open mindedness and experiencing life as it is without any prejudice what so ever is the key.

Lovely talk ❤ But I’ve never understood why humans need to cling on to any god. For me, it’s enough to be content in not knowing everything but, instead, being present in the world we are in and perhaps we’ll find out more when we die. I’m content in being curious but I don’t feel lost or afraid without the answers.

Matthew 11:28-30 - “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Wish everybody Health, Happiness and Love always

As I was leaving religion (raised Mormon), I stumbled across James Randi and I was introduced to methodological skepticism. I feel like a lot of the “nones” still fall into magical ways of thinking. There are plenty of charlatans willing to take in people who are searching for meaning. It’s important to be skeptical of these types of thinking and take up a scientific approach to verify the validity of the claims. I’m now an agnostic atheist. But I get we are hurting and searching. Life is messy. But be careful of people who will use you for their purposes.

I love that her findings revealed themselves inside of the reviewing of the emails and how she illuminated the common denominators, Health, Happiness and Love.

Our society needs this now more then ever...What a blessing this is-so thankflu to have found this speech..it speaks heapings to those who are humbled and open to hear it

10:46 So the Aladdin genie figured us humans out a long time ago - that we need only three things.

Thank you! Appreciate this so much!

Spirituality and God are different for everyone. Unity is universal.

This was beautiful. Thank you especially in this time in the world. It reminds us of how connected we all really are. ✌️

Reading the comments it's obvious most missed her message.

This is the sort of talk that should be on TV!!! The world is starving for this kind of understanding.

I love the fact that she said "Even though I didn't find God....I have found...that we are all the same!" That's actually true...and being a Hindu I would like to say that Hinduism doesn't believe in many gods and goddesses...We believe there is only One God that can take many different forms and can have many different names... But Hinduism also teaches that the whole world is one family and that we should respect everyone the same and love everyone the same...

She did find God and she doesn't even know it. She found her inner Divine Spark, she realized humanity is connected and we are all one. God is within you and he is outside of you.

This just goes to show that our deepest wishes transcend our differences, and unite us

“Blessed are those who believe without seeing”. -JC ✝️

I love you for putting yourself out there and everyone else with you. Peace be with you and everyone, EVERYONE, far and wide 🙏💞

Everyone stood up at the end. 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Wooo I'm sure the public loved it as much as I did

A scientist said "I have examined far corners of the Universe and found no God." The monk said "I have examined every part of this violin and found no music."

Health, Happiness and Love!!! If we all worked and lived for each other there is no reason there should be be a dearth of these three! Wonderful wonderful talk!

Health, Happiness and Love can only be found in yourself. Traveling to Brazil or Laughing yoga or Ayahuasca retreats take you further from what you seek. Matter of fact, in seeking you'll never find it.

There's a time for open-mindedness and a time for closing the door. There are lots of charlatans in the religion biz, let alone the main faiths, and those that have a deep need for faith are susceptible. It's important to understand that no matter what is said, ALL RELIGIONS are invented by man to either explain the unexplained, provide comfort in a time of need or just to take your money.

One of my all-time favorite TED talks💓

Well said! She is a rare, honest, and open minded person unburdened by prejudice so common to faith and dogma.

I feel good after how boldly you put your life story. It gave me courage to face my past too.. Thankyou ❤️

I am all for exploration of myself and commend Anjali for her search and what she discovered. I just wonder if she ever asked herself why believing in any type of deity/deities is so important to her. Many of us grow up believing what our family or culture say about "god(s)" so we never think to stop and ask why we should.

I hope and conduct myself accordingly. What a nice lady.👍🇨🇦❤️

When I am asked if I beleve in God, I ask "define God and I'll tell you if I believe in that".

to everyone that searching for the truth, may their sincerity and genuine effort help them find the truth 😊

The soul speaks about and from love, joy, and unity.....the ego speaks from a very needy and vulnerable condition: craving after power and control, creating division and hatred as it wreaks havoc with the world. To distinguish the two within ourselves is a giant leap towards knowing what we are and what we are not. You can even say it is our life's purpose. Great TED talk and thank you Anjali for sharing it with us.

A Very moving message, and I totally get it. She is very beautiful and intelligent, and has a very good moral compass. All of which comes from looking past who the person is but what it is that makes us the same as human beings.

I enjoyed that she went out of her way, around the world, had an open mind, just to come home to the most simple conclusion and share it with us. It saves us loads of time and money :)

Amen!!!! Health happiness and love. We are all the same

You, Anjali, are bloody wonderful, we need a billion more like you, NOW!

There Is A Voice That Doesn’t Use Words. Listen. Rumi

The message wasn’t about John of God it was how we are all the same based on all the emails she received.Great Talk !!

Thank you, nice lady. Wishing you health, happiness, and love - from Indiana.

Even though i am not on the same level of how she thinks but... The way she expressed herself so beautifully!

This gave me spiritual peace

I don't KNOW if I found "God" (which ONE) but IM ENJOYING THE JOURNEY!

She is amazing. Love her story

I'm feeling proud that youtube AI decided to show me this video through feed...❤️

Not deep or unusual. Just interesting and thoughtful speech.:)

The spiritual journey is inwards.

Thanks for sharing this. This was a great presentation. Loved it.

I love this platform, who welcomes everyone, like everyone. 😊

Girl you blessed 💜

i was tearing up towards the end

Love it! So true!

I love this speech! I think that we all need to at least respect each-other regardless of our differences

I started drinking when I was 16. I would drink at parties, but I also started drinking alone because I was unhappy, and I was in a lot of emotional pain all the time. My mom was very aggressive when I was younger, and my brother hated her and so did I. He started hanging out with shady people, he started failing all his classes, he was never home, and my parents fought all the time. I also ran away several times. I was always trying to figure out a reason as to why I was here or what the purpose of life was. So, I started looking at different philosophies, religions, and beliefs. When I was 18 after I was hungover, I got on my knees and I prayed for the first time. I asked if God was real that he would show me he was real because I couldn’t take it anymore. I was crying when I prayed for this. At that moment I felt a presence come over me like a wind. It was barely noticeable, but it was unlike anything in my life I had experienced up until that point. I was surprised when I felt it and I remember saying “what was that?” after that experience I pretty much forgot what happened and kept partying, until my senior year when I got arrested. After my arrest, my parents lost all their trust in me and I was expelled from high school. I was told never to come back. At that time, I felt afraid and hopeless. That’s when I started looking for God, and I prayed that he would reveal himself in my life and that he would give me signs. My prayers began getting answered so consistently that I couldn’t deny that God was doing something. It was mysterious and compelling. I ended up in Church and started reading the bible hours a day. I stopped hanging out with all my other friends because they were continually getting arrested. I was able to forgive my family and myself and to ask to be forgiven. I noticed how at Church people were judgmental and how they formed cliques but were afraid to be around anyone else different from them. It increased my faith because I realized Jesus was not like that and ever since I was young, I saw people as people regardless of who they were. After a while, it’s like I could see God's presence was in my life and then it felt like he wasn’t, and then he was, and then he wasn’t. One day I woke up and felt more depressed than I ever have in my entire life. I felt like I was dying on the inside. That night I prayed, and I said, God, I don’t see my life five years from now I'm going to die Jesus save me Lord, please save me. I was weeping when I said it and when I asked him to save me, I felt a presence inside of me like a heartbeat, and I felt it once like a pulse, and I said Lord please save me and I felt it again even stronger. It was like radiance. When I woke up the next morning, I had transformed everything felt brand new like I was a kid again. All my fears and all my racing thoughts everything was gone. I looked at my hands, and I said this can’t be real it’s impossible. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw a different person. I started praying, and the holy spirit became entirely real to me it was washing over me and inside of me. It was total love and peace, and I heard a voice but not an audible one, it was an inner voice. It said I am with you; I love you, I will never leave you, it’s done it’s finished. That was May 3rd, 2009, and ever since then I’ve followed God, I have seen many things change and many things I know wouldn’t have changed without faith and belief. I know what it’s like to be lost to feel you have no hope. Don’t ever think you’re stuck, or life can’t change because it can. My mom is a Christian now, Its night and day. Some of the things that went away during that period were severe anxiety and my addiction to alcohol. I’ve seen and experienced so many things that are miraculous and seen how God has worked in my life. When we ask God to forgive us for what we’ve done and turn away from our sins and wrongdoings and we believe in Christ's sacrifice everything changes. His word says if we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that he died and rose again we will have eternal life but not just life after death but abundant life in the present. Our sins are erased not only past, present, and future but our burdens and fears are lifted also. Our thoughts, our minds, our hearts, our souls are transformed and united with God and we know his spirit lives in us. If you seek, pray, and knock you will know JESUS IS KING!!! HE LIVES!

My life is fractured by anxiety - this really cheered me up

How can anyone dislike this lady? She's lovely ...open and kind and beautiful

A beautiful and honest laughter there at 3:50 minutes. I was here as well.

I did not go out to find God. You can’t. You can’t force it. You can’t say or try to “prove it”. It doesn’t work that way. When my heart was open and I was ready, GOD FOUND ME! That’s the way it works. And I KNOW. Far greater than faith. I KNOW. An atheist for 50 years. Now I KNOW. And I continue to feel Him frequently.

I love her shoes!

Absolutely marvelous adventure to find GOD! and respect your views/experience, I pray and hope for your true search conscience and expectations.

"He resides inside you find him there"- guru nank dev ji

Thank you. We are fundamentally the same because I AM

I am a subscriber on TED and at least for me, the contents on this channel are just amazing, reaching all kind subjects and the talks are always very interesting for those who have the pleasure to watch them.... In respect for the institution I have to share something with everyone here, something that is not about discredit or anything on that matters... Is just an Alert about how our world is complicated and we do have to be very careful in what we believe and yes, we have to judge specially everything related to religion and beliefs... I am Brazilian and those facts are true and very serious about John of God, as it follows: In late 2018 he was reported for sexual abuse by more than three hundred women who sought his help. On December 14, 2018, he was ordered to be held in custody by the Goiás court for sexual abuse of hundreds of women. On December 16, after being considered a fugitive since December 15, he surrendered to the police and was arrested. According to the Public Ministry, the total number of victims may exceed 330. In addition to sexual crimes, John of God was indicted for false ideology, witness corruption and coercion and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. On December 19, 2019, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison. On March 30, 2020, the court granted house arrest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I am very sure, Ms. Anjali Kumar didn't know that by the time of her research and these facts are for sure from after the video was released... Anyway her message is amazing and she delivered her message in the best possible... Great Ted Talk

Most interesting aspect of this talk: immediately after admitting that her emails did not represent evidence, but were anecdotal, she concludes the talk by saying she has *evidence* that “most of us want the same things”

My deepest respect!

Thank you so much for this. We need all the reminders we can get, that we are all essentially the same regardless of skin color, religion or beliefs.

She is beautiful , inside and outside . A good person .Thank you.

Just want to thank you Ms. Anjali Kumar for this beautiful experience.

Nanak Naam... How to see Divinity in everything. I feel humble, at peace, seeing these videos.

Health, happiness, & love. Please dont tell anyone.

The darkness blinds people from seeing the Truth, The way and The life.

By prioritizing health, happiness and love, we are prioritizing god in every direction.

Thank you for the insights.

Wonderful talk it is! Happy to know what are the three things we all have in common and now I am at peace, moving on to try this way that humanity needs all of us to be reached with understanding of each other is sharing the only home we have is the Earth.

That was so beautiful. One of the best Tedx speeches ever. Thanks.

The future of spirituality lies with the nones. The big box religions had their chances, and they blew it. This woman is wonderful, and she has a unique sense of humor. Great talk!

I enjoyed this woman's story that is so open, kind, humble, and unifying. And what so many comments here reveal is so far askewed from her message. Religions have both unified people and destroyed people. I have never needed to claim a religion to understand what is healthy and not healthy in any relationship. I am not here to convince anyone that I know I am the one who is RIGHT. That is pure arrogance. I hear the arguing and I am not impressed or persuaded. To each his/her/their own. Good energy is being kind, caring, and humble. No need to spout from religions' viewpoints to convince me of these healthy traits I live by.

May the giant Flying Spaghetti Monster guide her

My sister was a nun for 50 years ! She's 79 now ! She's the coolest lady I know ! When it comes to my sister & wonderful kindness she shows ! She ran elder care centers for the Catholic Church ! I always say Love is God ! Not hate ! Easy to figure what love & action is to me !

I found myself applauding alone in my room. Profound.

This only shows how open-minded, tolerant Hindus are

I can tell just by the title, that this comment section will be terrifically terrible.

TRUTH! Every human on this planet! Keep the LOVE, COMPASSION AND HUMILITY flowing Folks!

This was very eye-opening and really helped my spiritual loss 🥺

True...We are all the same Just the mere and miraculous fact that we share life is overlooked.