The Best Life Advice You’ve Ever Heard is Probably Wrong

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@ItsErkk 3 жыл бұрын

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” -Mr.Watts

@friedlemons5201 3 жыл бұрын

"Why do so many people need help? Life is not that complicated. You get up, you go to work, eat three meals, you take one good shit and you go back to bed. What’s the fucking mystery?!" - George Carlin

@The_G_Edits 3 жыл бұрын

Sharingan

@ehhanz8118 3 жыл бұрын

humans in general are bunch of stupid kids pretending to be grown wise adults by making things complicated. But hey im just an another idiot that comments on this thread so just disregard this comment if you think its stupid.

@obviousnames8633 3 жыл бұрын

eh Hanz eh, pretty insightful.

@sgtscaryface7418 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm thinking tacos" - Manson. He probably said that once

@WithoutFear804 3 жыл бұрын

"Guys chill with the quotes" -me

@visuallena8730 3 жыл бұрын

Lfmaoo

@monicaramirez51015 3 жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂

@yashmaniyar7768 3 жыл бұрын

😂 lamo

@terrodactyll 3 жыл бұрын

"No" - Me

@afroapexx546 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@kenthn5396 3 жыл бұрын

" I'm sorry Chris, but it's impossible to be with someone who is never happy." Damn, I felt that.

@Solbashio 3 жыл бұрын

sad truth

@unknownwarrior9775 3 жыл бұрын

Its also impossible to be with someone who's always happy as well . But yeah that quote really stuck with me .

@piyaporn_khuankaew 3 жыл бұрын

This hits me hard!

@apuiachhakchhuak630 3 жыл бұрын

My gf recently left me exactly bc of this

@jranjithprabhu 3 жыл бұрын

@@avoavoavo not being happy Definitely is the reason for growth but to a few few who can endure it without self destructing

@arkadeepsinha7212 3 жыл бұрын

'The best life advice you've heard is probably wrong' - The best life advice I've heard. A paradox!

@kulanchandrasekaran4462 3 жыл бұрын

Arkadeep, I think you will enjoy this: The following sentence is absolutely true. The preceding sentence is absolutely false.

@marioparramurciano4363 3 жыл бұрын

It says "probaably"

@sin.raghuuu 3 жыл бұрын

Vsauce music*

@jayvaibhawverma 3 жыл бұрын

@@kulanchandrasekaran4462 Wow, these things which you said are never ending cycle. Read and think over and over just to discover that this makes sense and no sense at the same time.

@sifoumer5445 3 жыл бұрын

The probably part is there to save some 😂

@jerryk3280 3 жыл бұрын

Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.

@DemoysView 3 жыл бұрын

Deep

@frankciborski835 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't Jim Morrison of The Doors say that?

@us3309 3 жыл бұрын

Van Wilder

@stokedupart4078 3 жыл бұрын

You get yours baby, I'll get mine..gonna make it baby in our prime!

@nooraldin01 3 жыл бұрын

there is no return

@flipper337 3 жыл бұрын

'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced' -Soren Kierkegaard

@somethingyousaid5059 3 жыл бұрын

Once upon a time the human race was none the worse for its non-existence.

@animationspace8550 3 жыл бұрын

An experience, if you think about it, requires you to solve multiple set out problems made out of more intricate problems, complications, and observations.

@FunkywimHD 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Big Papa Orgy

@harshithvdn1449 3 жыл бұрын

Chris felt a sense of immense clarity in this quote as he thought about it over to himself. It made great sense to him and sounded appropriately wise. Still somewhat unsatiated chris continued on his travels..

@mizaelmendez3843 3 жыл бұрын

@@animationspace8550 not necessarily, no. An experience is just an occurrence by which a conscious mind is present and aware of its respective surroundings and circumstances. It requires detection (senses) and process (reception senses and thought processes). The type of problem solving you’ve just described is merely one type of experience.

@Ihaaab 3 жыл бұрын

what's really impressive is chris knowing all languages known to mankind and being able to easely have a conversation with any one

@lightbeingpontifex 3 жыл бұрын

They speak English in other countries,,,

@Ihaaab 3 жыл бұрын

@@lightbeingpontifex you have never visited other countries haven't you

@uzieluzieluzieluzieluzielu6021 2 жыл бұрын

he talked to each country's wisest...so they might know how to speak english

@Ihaaab 2 жыл бұрын

@@uzieluzieluzieluzieluzielu6021 wisest doesn't mean smartest

@recordsmanukrnet 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ihaaab it actually means that 😂🤦‍♂️

@hop7278 3 жыл бұрын

“everyone is their own hero and their own villain in their own story” -Baco

@PIERRECLARY 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think i have any lead part in the movie

@blindlullaby7272 2 жыл бұрын

@@PIERRECLARY then you are a passive protagonist, but the camera is following you regardless, so even the little things matter :)

@SafetyMentalst Ай бұрын

Good advice what you think through Good advice hope it comes to you Good advice maybe very old or new Good advice one plus one to be two Good advice is taken by the lucky few

@themacocko6311 Ай бұрын

Who the hell is Baco?

@srisai7244 3 жыл бұрын

And then Chris started a KZfaq Channel called Pursuit of Wonder.

@heethjain21 3 жыл бұрын

Damn😂🔥

@Zed9659 3 жыл бұрын

Oh shi

@kerzariz8717 3 жыл бұрын

I mean Pursuit of Wonder used to have the voice of an old man.

@mcgil8891 3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo😂

@jerbear97 3 жыл бұрын

@@kerzariz8717 he became young when he came back from China

@elizabethreapy6086 3 жыл бұрын

'In zen we don't find the answers, we lose the questions.' - Zen saying

@sharonmurphy6977 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@IamThat00 3 жыл бұрын

BTW That reminds me a *little* bit of this by Sextus Empiricus "Those who claim for themselves to judge the truth are bound to possess a criterion of truth. This criterion, then, either is without a judge's approval or has been approved. But if it is without approval, whence comes it that it is truthworthy? For no matter of dispute is to be trusted without judging. And, if it has been approved, that which approves it, in turn, either has been approved or has not been approved, and so on ad infinitum." Because of these and other barriers to acquiring true beliefs, Sextus Empiricus advises that we should suspend judgment about virtually all beliefs; that is to say, we should neither affirm any belief as true nor deny any belief as false"

@sarry__3736 3 жыл бұрын

@@IamThat00 I'm sorry but I didn't understand. Can you please sum it up in a line or two?

@ongogablogian7335 3 жыл бұрын

No, that is not anywhere in any Zen text.

@kartikeya4842 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarry__3736 in simple words, he meant "if a leader or someone who claims to know the truth and passes on the wisdom, no one can prove that his truth that he's passing on to other people is actually true or not and lets say we manage to get someone else to back up the claim that its true but now how do we know that this new person knows the truth. this forms an infinite cycle. so all beliefs like religion etc should not be considered as true or false because we just dont know enough, unless you have concrete proof(which is why its a belief not a fact)

@aethermartyr4860 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not joking about this, as a Z generation child, i have been born to the internet and to the endless void of all the shitty content yet this is the best content creator i’ve ever seen, i am grateful for being able to watch all this. Internet is not so bad after all lmao.

@jacobbanick9100 2 жыл бұрын

Me too bro

@estefanylouie 2 жыл бұрын

tru

@tuguldurmunkhbaatar2571 2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@shweny 2 жыл бұрын

ong

@arthur1596 2 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for the people still stuck on that void

@juansayagocheein9348 3 жыл бұрын

Every day that passes by makes me realise how close and similar the concepts of "everything" and "nothing" really are.

@carlosmoreno5063 2 жыл бұрын

to understand life means we must first understand ourselves , our cultures in which we live , our history , our future , and the nature of the universe. in the end you will find life is both meaningful and meaningless and all that matters is how you form your own reality as everyone has their own.

@-MJamilHarseno 2 жыл бұрын

@@carlosmoreno5063 in my opinion, truely opinion. World no need meaning. A rock in the river no need meaning or name "rock" to exist. because they dont need and never need. yet human need meaning to all things, for what ? firstly the power of make a meaning to things is from our survival sense. "if i can recognise this, i'll survive, rock is hard, eat if hungry, and etc." SO is life need meaning ? is life need purpose, no. they dont. it;s just reaction after reaction and continou untill end, with no purpose or mean, is not because they're meaningless but because they don't need a meaning.

@connorm.9511 2 жыл бұрын

@@-MJamilHarseno Damn, that perfectly summarizes something I've thought for a long time but have never actually been able to put into words👌 And that tie in to our evolution is really amazing to me because, when you really start thinking about it, just about every part of the human condition / psychology can be traced back to our evolutionary roots as communal hunter-gatherer tribes back in the good old Paleolithic and Neolithic ages.

@gabrielgrigore526 3 жыл бұрын

The best life advice I've ever gotten is that everyone is right in their own little world.

@mikemikel1629 3 жыл бұрын

Not only are they right in there own little worlds but un the whole world since most the things people believe stem from opinions and not objective facts and as you probably know it is impossible to disprove an opinion since you know it's an opinion.

@PajamaManor 3 жыл бұрын

True. Sometimes I think introversion is the best for everyone.

@coolpfpbut9505 3 жыл бұрын

@@PajamaManor yep, in your little world thats right

@TapDat52K 3 жыл бұрын

I like to think everyone is wrong in their own little world. Because how can 1 truly comprehend the vastness of life? So heptic. So crazy. So many emotions.

@omarsabry9489 3 жыл бұрын

And it's wrong.

@FireBlaster3000 3 жыл бұрын

"The only wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." -Socrates

@FireBlaster3000 3 жыл бұрын

@C C badass even in the face of death 👏🏼

@Skoda130 3 жыл бұрын

How can you be so sure? :-)

@FireBlaster3000 3 жыл бұрын

@@Skoda130 have you read Plato?

@SleepyCity0001 3 жыл бұрын

good quote but I feel like I see it multiples times a week. It is interesting that is resonates with so many people so deeply

@_SmiIe_ 3 жыл бұрын

Socrates says that but he's a bit of a prick at times

@Bao2me 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad that Chris traveled the world for us to know each of every persons views, so that I don’t have too. Thanks Chris

@muhazreen 2 жыл бұрын

world now small enough that they were mere click away on our fingertip it would be a shame if we didnt harness this advantage while it last im glad we all here do

@Mango_chris Жыл бұрын

But the knowledge from a click although great it may be. It also leaves a lot out. To search something and to actually go live in that culture is very very different. It doesn't givw you the same lessons.

@jerbear97 3 жыл бұрын

imagine if he went to those countries in a different order. he would have been very confused

@edgepixel8467 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@outgamesgaming8143 3 жыл бұрын

No, you confused me

@rogerveid2270 3 жыл бұрын

Not at all the premise still remains, there seemed to be a pattern but there really wasn't

@ErtosAcc 3 жыл бұрын

Wrong mindset.

@Spectator9672 3 жыл бұрын

@@ErtosAcc There is no wrong or right mindeset, everyone is privileged to their own opinion

@kevklatman 3 жыл бұрын

The main takeaway: Chris is rich.

@thatdogsaliar2286 3 жыл бұрын

And he speaks fluently in many languages

@peterstorms3381 3 жыл бұрын

And privileged to may have conversations with the smartest persons

@Zed9659 3 жыл бұрын

And visited several countries several times

@Ruhan885 3 жыл бұрын

Chris is definitely white and from a rich western nation.

@0xsunil 3 жыл бұрын

His beard makes me think he's british

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." ― George Bernard Shaw

@brandowompus8514 3 жыл бұрын

Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas how many quotes do you even have bro

@kksean4240 3 жыл бұрын

Aha

@neelima6460 3 жыл бұрын

Question Everything had an apt quote for all situations,.. It's great

@nicknomski8399 3 жыл бұрын

'FAKE NEWS'!

@obviousnames8633 3 жыл бұрын

Ahimsa42 not to mention a lot of our power comes from their processed remains.. (Fossil fuels!

@wave._.hunter 3 жыл бұрын

“better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way” -Alan Watts

@AC-cj9zl 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, he smoked like a chimney and drank like a drinker

@user-sy9ev8hh5k 2 жыл бұрын

@@AC-cj9zl lmaooo

@eduarda1660 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this video is a paradox, because in the end, it's giving us a life advice that's probably wrong.

@ahmadparak6742 3 жыл бұрын

So.... we're all fucked with nobody to guide us

@persistentlydriven9390 3 жыл бұрын

🗣😆😆😆

@Vanyx1000 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@SomeOne-xr7xu 3 жыл бұрын

@@ahmadparak6742 thanks for making me smile

@bret6484 2 жыл бұрын

Except that it gives no advice. It just points out that people have all sorts of answers and non of them are universally true.

@jakechase5227 3 жыл бұрын

"To live life in its ordinary form is courage. To find meaning in its mundane meaninglessness is a sort of genius." This is so true.

@protonjones54 3 жыл бұрын

And by true you mean total bullshit?

@6drk6mrc6 3 жыл бұрын

It is another cliché, just like the ones stated earlier in the same text.

@6drk6mrc6 3 жыл бұрын

@C C My statement is not about it being a cliché, it is about lacking awareness about this particular insight being cliché while pointing other approaches in the same text are. They are equally valid and invalid depending on the situation. You can't answer all of the lifes problems and questions with a single answer.

@6drk6mrc6 3 жыл бұрын

@C C I disagree, then you got hammer and nail problem, which rarely works. But, of course, there may be some carry-over from a solution to other problems.

@lillia4539 3 жыл бұрын

I came to this video to make myself sad, why am I learning

@AlexBlank 3 жыл бұрын

The best way to learn how to live a good life is through living it. However we choose to live, we'll end up learning _something_ .

@TapDat52K 3 жыл бұрын

And something is better than nothing. Amen

@tarheel777100 3 жыл бұрын

It does also help to hear about some severe mistakes in past lives, so we don't make them in our own.

@nihilism6226 3 жыл бұрын

@@TapDat52K Nothingness is better than suffering.

@juanburgos8176 3 жыл бұрын

@@nihilism6226 that is why your name is nihilism, huh?

@nihilism6226 3 жыл бұрын

@@juanburgos8176 No, it's because this world does not deserve to exist.

@shrimptastic-life 3 жыл бұрын

"A good medium is rare." -The Scooby Doo Show

@shrimptastic-life 3 жыл бұрын

A medium is an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits. Therefore, a good medium is probably pretty rare. The joke is, it's a play on words because medium and rare can also indicate to what extent a piece of meat is cooked.

@rosegold2025 3 жыл бұрын

@@shrimptastic-life wth made you come back and explain it weeks later?

@shrimptastic-life 3 жыл бұрын

@@rosegold2025 It showed up in my notifications so I figured i might as well answer

@Chris-es3wf 3 жыл бұрын

@shrimptastic I like my steaks medium rare.

@themacocko6311 2 жыл бұрын

It can't be both. Either your steak is medium or it's rare....

@ameredewdrop 2 жыл бұрын

“The true art of gaining knowledge, is knowing what to ignore”.

@SahilAsterix 3 жыл бұрын

And at the end, the wisest answer was given by Chris himself.

@hereb4theend 3 жыл бұрын

Nah. His girlfriend was right about him all along. 😜

@tervenjames8305 3 жыл бұрын

After listening to every one he took inspiration from them all.

@NinjaMK 3 жыл бұрын

That's because he gathered some KNAWLEDGE.

@josephdesquitado8056 3 жыл бұрын

@@NinjaMK unfortunately, he never got it in a garage

@user-sy9ev8hh5k 2 жыл бұрын

@@josephdesquitado8056 dude...

@ReynaSingh 3 жыл бұрын

There is no good that comes from worrying over life. Just enjoy each moment for what it has to offer. Stay blessed everyone.

@yash9279 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, overthinking it makes people pretentious.

@kinocchio 3 жыл бұрын

I am trying to. It’s difficult but I’m trying.

@rynfloa731 3 жыл бұрын

Even your advice is wrong

@henrywolf5332 3 жыл бұрын

Aphorisms become axioms

@kshirin0298 3 жыл бұрын

Just Vibin' 💕💕 same man, we’ll get through this

@koussayjawadi5474 2 жыл бұрын

"I’m simply an accident, So why take it all so seriously?” Emil Cioran.

@chinookvalley 3 жыл бұрын

My guy died less than a month after his 58th birthday. He always amazed me. He contemplated life, and enjoyed it to the fullest. He owned little, traveled only as necessary, loved animals, and seemed dull. But he wasn't dull, he was happy. He seemed to know what life meant and never let much bother him. I sure miss him.

@concordreprisal1585 3 жыл бұрын

The saddest thing for me to fathom is that This life takes everything that it has given. From every person, thing, and idea. Existence is the middle way between the Yin and the Yang. It is neither one nor the other, but both at the same time. All directions are infinite and nonexistent. No proof to back this up, but I liked it.-- "Life is but a dream, waiting to be awakened by death."

@abhishekghosh7518 3 жыл бұрын

Read the three advices written on the gates of the Temple of the Oracle of Delphi. That's the secret.

@darrelldamon2745 3 жыл бұрын

I feel for you

@jameseverett4976 3 ай бұрын

@@abhishekghosh7518 can you quote them here? I have no money to travel to the Temple of Delphi.

@wisdom-for-all 3 жыл бұрын

We do not receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us 🖖

@pablorazo7599 3 жыл бұрын

I object. You can certainly gain wisdom through teachings of people who have gone on that journey. You can make the argument that 'it won't be true wisdom' because its not experienced first hand. To that I say 'I'd like to think we are smart enough to understand and sympathize to fully comprehend such teachings, that it can be gained from second hand.

@TapDat52K 3 жыл бұрын

It's weird. We have to find our own way. But we are raised by those around us. It is a tricky dilemna.

@NDB1010 3 жыл бұрын

Pablo Razo to be honest the way I see it wisdom doesn’t come from us at all. I would like to think I spend a lot of time thinking, but no matter what comes out can you really say it came from you (disregarding the question of you). like when someone has a life changing experience and seems to have this flood of understanding and wisdom, even drugs have this effect even though your sloped over on a couch completely unaware of what happening around you. So I ask where does this thing we call wisdom come from maybe it’s just a construct but the fuck if I know. And probably never will

@obviousnames8633 3 жыл бұрын

On the real, I think A but I also think B too.

@kadenmidgett2481 3 жыл бұрын

From my experience Wisdom is not something you seek. It comes to you just by events and living. If you intend seek it you’ll become lost and confused and be left with more questions than answers.

@2kuyu685 3 жыл бұрын

You know, at times like these, it really strikes me how much this one quote from Minecraft - yes, Minecraft - can ring with truth. "To tell them how to live, is to prevent them from living."

@treasurefox5320 3 жыл бұрын

It does. I always come back there once in a while, I can't help but feel at peace. Reading those words on a screen. Really there's nothing wrong with taking wisdom from what is not necessarily meant to give advice. In The End we're just like kids, we copy others in order to understand something or because we admire a particular detail that seems good to us or maybe even out of curiosity. We just don't notice. It's really not the kind of habit that goes away (fortunately). Curiosity is really a blessing in my opinion. It makes for a open mind. And we're always changing, always evolving. And I certainly wouldn't mind learning something even from a game where gravity doesn't work properly.. And now if you don't mind, I'll just go watch the Minecraft ending again. B;P

@abhishekghosh7518 3 жыл бұрын

What's the quote ?

@tse0123 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Greece! Happy to still mention our little yet great country!! 🙂🙂

@hypnotechno 3 жыл бұрын

Gold Bless Greece and all who live her

@xXnostalgicXx 2 жыл бұрын

American here! Greece is beautiful, so rich in history and culture. I hope to be able to visit some day

@taibutler1474 3 жыл бұрын

So basically nobody knows what they're talking about for certain, which basically means that your guess is as good as anyone else's.

@themacocko6311 2 жыл бұрын

I think it means everything is relative. Good advice today may be bad advice tomorrow depending. Also, this is all paradoxical. His philosophy is all philosophy is wrong (as explained above). But this is just another philosophy. What makes him more correct than others? The truth is, there is no easy way. Struggle influences growth.

@xXnostalgicXx 2 жыл бұрын

There are laws of nature, there a certain things we can be certain of, things we can observe with our 5 senses, but anything outside of that is fair game

@ifyourepeatalieoftenenough8500 Жыл бұрын

I assume the least people will agree with this 😂😂😂

@nicholas19karr 3 жыл бұрын

"Life is an impossible puzzle, missing a majority of its pieces. " - Pursuit of Wonder This quote really hit me.

@atharvagg4155 3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't make me feel better ;)

@ViolenVaymire 3 жыл бұрын

Many people misinterpret this statement as meaning something negative. It's actually supposed to uplift, To help realize that you are not incontrol and you will never be. The illusion of control, can make you feel so happy in the moment, But when that control inevitably breaks, You will fall into a deep depression, Feeling angry, afraid and Vulnerable. This is why is so important to not only be self-aware but also to never shut out external information.

@nicholas19karr 3 жыл бұрын

Allelujah vaymire thanks for the insights

@bluejeans5024 3 жыл бұрын

I agree... no one knows what to make of our time here.

@muralinepalli7441 3 жыл бұрын

May be life is not a puzzle after all.

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ― Daniel J. Boorstin

@kksean4240 3 жыл бұрын

🤙

@jonathanbye4787 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr.J

@CarlosGomez-lp9zi 3 жыл бұрын

I think you didn’t get the point.

@Zed9659 3 жыл бұрын

So u r telling me bombing ppl is wrong? But my teacher said we need to sacrifice ourselves to lower world population

@intimpulliber7376 3 жыл бұрын

@@CarlosGomez-lp9zi nah he got it, you didnt

@CreatureOfGoddess 3 жыл бұрын

As a man named Christopher, who has never been an accountant, in a five year relationship, or to China... I HAVE given away everything and hitchhiked to Acapulco Mexico with no money from Waco Texas, hiked hundreds of miles over several months in 00, 03, 05, 14, and 15, and also bicycled more than 25k miles pulling a trailer with a pitbull in it across 14 States raising awareness for suicide prevention for a year and a half. What I have learned is... I am a spirit in search of experience. I embrace the highest motives of man to create. I have faith which signifies that I live a spiritual life. I overcome adversity with an open heart and an open mind. And that everything is exactly as it should be until it changes for better or worse when it becomes exactly as it should be. Be blessed folks 🙏

@trapmozart9217 3 жыл бұрын

Also named christopher looking to start traveling as soon as possible

@CreatureOfGoddess 3 жыл бұрын

@@trapmozart9217 it's the best way to escape drudgery and find yourself Be blessed my friend

@EternityUnknown 3 жыл бұрын

Chris wrote in his notebook, "I should learn the people's languages before asking them my questions. True wisdom is knowing and accepting this condition."

@rudeman300 3 жыл бұрын

None of the answers satisfied him but the experience.

@ladofthedamned7796 3 жыл бұрын

Yey existentialism for a month

@TapDat52K 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like a fresh glass of existentialism to quench those thirsts.

@yaboyradish3072 3 жыл бұрын

I hate how oxymoronic these comments make me feel.

@thegrandnil764 3 жыл бұрын

That's not existentialism, and you missed the point of this video.

@C4rnee 3 жыл бұрын

@@thegrandnil764 It is, don't pretend to be a big brain philosopher, this is a comment section in youtube.

@Zed9659 3 жыл бұрын

So u r telling me bombing ppl is wrong? But my teacher said we need to sacrifice ourselves to lower world population

@tessselixx 3 жыл бұрын

This just saved me a lifetime's journey

@ivar4355 3 жыл бұрын

"Happy is the man that knows avsolutely nothing" -my father

@KazTrumpet 3 жыл бұрын

Best advice I have ever received: think for yourself.

@whocares2087.1 3 жыл бұрын

Especially when voting.

@TapDat52K 3 жыл бұрын

I try to do that. But then I think that I am impacted by everything and everyone in life, regardless how hard I try to find my own way. But thats OK.

@tarheel777100 3 жыл бұрын

@@whocares2087.1 Best advice I ever received. Don't vote lol. It's a sham.

@kristopherkennedy7691 3 жыл бұрын

George Harrison

@Andreluiz-dp2ho 3 жыл бұрын

@@TapDat52K if natural laws say that every fource generates a counterfource, so it means you also impact everything and everyone in your life, as much they impact you. Use it to your favor.

@boppanapavan1857 3 жыл бұрын

After questioning myself for so many years finally ended up with " My purpose of life is to experience it"

@hereb4theend 3 жыл бұрын

Only appliances needs purpose. What you need is to be loved. And you'll have to start with yourself. It is the most courageous thing one could ever do.

@hypnotechno 3 жыл бұрын

pure genius

@lightbeingpontifex 3 жыл бұрын

No,, the soul is trapped here because of you,,, your purpose is not to experience your life it's to escape it and transcend death freeing the soul out of forced repetitive reincarnation,,,

@sdd1514 3 жыл бұрын

The best advice I got from my difficult battle with the COVID19 virus, the non quantifiable value of just one breath.

@i-am-ali1672 3 жыл бұрын

One time somebody told me that the best advice is not to take any advice. When I heard that, I thought it didn't make sense. But the older I get the more I realize how many bad advices I've taken in my life.. Sometimes it's best not to take any advice and just do what you think is best. But don't take my advice. (No pun intended)

@ifyourepeatalieoftenenough8500 Жыл бұрын

True. Advices are usually opinions that work best for the advisers themselves.

@Wismic 3 жыл бұрын

"We are condemned by our awareness of the future and the perpetual slipperiness of every moment. We are stuck between the finite and the infinite. The now, and the later. Unable to ever reconcile this balance and how to make the most of either. To make the most of now risks the future, to preserve the future risks never making the most of now. To be human is to be aware of and desire both, forced to live in between, and to live between is to never touch either. Wisdom is accepting this condition. Live with the pessimism and lower your expectations and the good will emerge once in a while" - Pursuit of Wonder

@ndugudeath1700 3 жыл бұрын

Not bad

@alfokenny211 2 жыл бұрын

So well written. Favorite part of the video

@naturelover4148 2 жыл бұрын

That German Philosopher's words

@SerandibBroadcast 3 жыл бұрын

I wasted many years trying to find my passion or purpose. Just to realise it is relative to each person. For me everyone has only two purposes in life. 1. Go do their best. 2. Give something back to humanity. By even planting a tree.

@putinsgaytwin4272 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you have those purposes. I haven’t watched the video yet, but life is more fulfilling when you’re not a nihilist

@bigmanbarry2299 3 жыл бұрын

@@putinsgaytwin4272 but he’s literally a nihilist

@putinsgaytwin4272 3 жыл бұрын

@@bigmanbarry2299I thought nihilism is when you believe there is no meaning or purpose(s) to life.

@bigmanbarry2299 3 жыл бұрын

@@putinsgaytwin4272 he spent years trying to find his purpose, only to realise it didn’t exist, that it is subjective and only we can bring meaning into existence as it otherwise doesn’t exist. To believe that meaning is subjective means there is no higher meaning. It’s just what you personally think it is

@IAmNotYourProblem 3 жыл бұрын

Ikigai. Finding a balance between, what you like to do, what you’re good at, what’s needed by the world and what you can be paid for.

@Moiii_00 3 жыл бұрын

"people only live their life in what they think is right and true" -itachi

@Adam-er2yi 3 жыл бұрын

Man of culture

@MiyamotoMusashi. 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@harrison5280 6 ай бұрын

This is my favorite video on youtube and has literally changed how I see life, thank you.

@JohannesLilover 3 жыл бұрын

this video ironicaly debunks the whole need for Blinkist in a way

@sarry__3736 3 жыл бұрын

Great observation Johannes !

@mkmbstudio6950 3 жыл бұрын

But just in one way. For those who seek wisdom. But blinkist provides knowledge for the ones who want to learn. Two different things.

@taylorstanley4379 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just here to fuck around and find out

@cervixcrusader85 3 жыл бұрын

It's all so tiresome just thinking about shit lol

@TapDat52K 3 жыл бұрын

It's weird. Sometimes when I try to space out and not think because I am exhausted from doing so... The thoughts flood through my mind more freely.

@axelescobedo6027 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine being an INTP like myself

@edgepixel8467 3 жыл бұрын

52K / TapDatApolis Try zazen.

@itsberzerk9279 3 жыл бұрын

Nice donovan pfp

@matheusminto 3 жыл бұрын

@@axelescobedo6027 heheh imagine INTP-T

@arcadicus_ezevius 3 жыл бұрын

Every piece of “grand scale true meaning of life” advice i heard i always felt lacking and could very easily be argued against, until I always reach the conclusion that nothing really matters, but at the same time, anything can matter / or be meaningful. “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” As Socrates said. I absolutely love your videos, Pursuit of Wonder.

@sparkles7445 Жыл бұрын

It’s all matter.

@plsarguewithme2665 3 жыл бұрын

I love your narrative style, the way you make your characters experience the same events over and over again but with each instance always having a different answer so that they, ultimately, reach to a sound, multifaceted conclusion.

@perrenialkemai6538 Жыл бұрын

I like the Taxpayers cover!

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” --Confucius

@ladofthedamned7796 3 жыл бұрын

Bot or copypaste

@QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 жыл бұрын

@@ladofthedamned7796 please dude.

@ladofthedamned7796 3 жыл бұрын

@@QuestionEverythingButWHY why? You literally commented after 7 secs of the video being posted! Theres no fucking wayy its not a copy and paste!

@aqilrashidi1410 3 жыл бұрын

@@ladofthedamned7796 well, hes actually pretty smort imo. Im a sub and since i always saw him in vids , id say these are all different. Rlly, all quotes are different from my perspective

@ladofthedamned7796 3 жыл бұрын

@@aqilrashidi1410 yes

@matteomuscas8974 3 жыл бұрын

"A point in every direction is the same as no point at all." -Harry Nilsson I find peace in knowing the mere fact that I am alive. As long as you exist, you cannot do it wrong. Every experience of every being is the experience of a life no matter what. All I truly need is a steady stream of consciousness and awareness about this fact. And it doesnt require anything nor it does crash with other thoughts: you can believe any religion, appreciate any philisophy. It's all still the experience of a life. Even doubting this thought is part of it... Ah yes, paradoxes. Have fun with existence yall, much love

@bigfranz1709 3 жыл бұрын

“One must cultivate one’s own garden” -Voltaire no one know about you better or can be better adviser than yourself.

@gingerman1641 3 жыл бұрын

By saying that, chris creates a paradox by saying that every piece of wisdom has its own situation and don’t work in some scenarios, yet this on its own is a piece wisdom

@LogicalOgbonna 3 жыл бұрын

This hit me differently as I wonder how to make the most of my life rn 😭

@Mariegold1998 3 жыл бұрын

😞

@nicknomski8399 3 жыл бұрын

Arinze it's a crazy question huh! Maybe you're living your best life and you don't realise yet... Or maybe you're in a metaphorical cocoon, yet to emerge... Or maybe your imagined future is vastly different to your actual future, each entirely ephemeral at this point. Maybe you're really good at something you're barely aware of.

@LogicalOgbonna 3 жыл бұрын

@Nick, you are right... It's just maybes. All seems true, but none at this point is.

@dt58kc 3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to figure it out as well... I lost my girlfriend of three years and all of my friends in April. I had a nervous breakdown due to all of it and quit my job of 5 years. I'm 33 and wondering if the best years are behind me...

@hereb4theend 3 жыл бұрын

Eat raw meat. Drink of its blood. And swallow it's organs. And you will know that life consumes life.

@TheDhammaHub 3 жыл бұрын

You have to be in the right mindset to truly appreciate the wisdom of great people. To a person that is not ready, it will sound like a waste of time or even stupidity. "Why delay gratification when I can enjoy myself, silly..." xD

@kshirin0298 3 жыл бұрын

lol but nobody knows for sure how to live best

@ryan_rue 3 жыл бұрын

@@kshirin0298 Sure, but we know that some ways are better than others depending on what you value. If you want fulfillment, developing a drug addiction will probably not lead to that. We don't know how to live best, but there are plenty of ways to learn how to live better.

@kshirin0298 3 жыл бұрын

Ryan Rue definitely!! we should listen and make reasonable choices for our own life, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that anybody truly knows what they’re doing

@matheusminto 3 жыл бұрын

@@kshirin0298 hahahhaha keep lying to yourself until you cant anymore

@matheusminto 3 жыл бұрын

@@kshirin0298 when your future self looks nothing like what you could have become then you can see what wisdom was better

@mia7061 3 жыл бұрын

Many of us view our life in relation to some far off goal, our passion becomes our prison and we view not achieving it as an indictment on ourselves. The point of life is to just live it. Great video.

@zenalevay2541 3 жыл бұрын

"accepting there is no purpose to life means we can do what we want with it, not what the universe wishes to do with it"

@TheFuturistTom 3 жыл бұрын

I love Pursuit of Wonder! They inspired my sci-fi/futurist channel!!

@trevorf5948 3 жыл бұрын

stop plugging your channel

@sarveshyadav01 3 жыл бұрын

I saw some of your videos, information is awesome... Advice :. trying using high quality video instead of images and instead of beat backgroud use something soothing.

@straycursor5562 3 жыл бұрын

Genius marketing comment. In directly peaking interest of the reader without directly saying it. Good strategy!

@gerliko 3 жыл бұрын

there is no good advice for life , just for some time , you change your mind every once in a while , but it’s always great to hear some good life advice

@onepunchkatz6789 3 жыл бұрын

How is it great to hear good life advice when there is no good advice for life?. What are you trying to say

@gavinvick3592 2 жыл бұрын

When i have friends who are troubled, the advice i usually give is: keep moving forward, pick your battles, actions define who you are, and accept help when it is offered. Even if it may be wrong, these words of advice are how i live.

@jdhed1 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had Chris's money.

@NavierBlue9603 2 жыл бұрын

Lol.... true

@Bigpyro19 2 жыл бұрын

Don't wish make it a reality

@juanlastra3502 3 жыл бұрын

"All that matters is what we do with the time we have" Gandalf

@davemwangi05 3 жыл бұрын

and who decides what matters there? take for people like hitler vs for saints like you.

@jaxx-inspiregrowcreate2862 3 жыл бұрын

Motivation and inspiration are fleeting. What you need is a strong why to give you the DRIVE that pushes you forward each and every day

@heellooothere 3 жыл бұрын

Can't agree more ❤️

@luismaas253 3 жыл бұрын

Ok Jaxx

@Ginglover 3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly why you don't need it. The point is everything contradicts itself, there is no right answer besides the one you create yourself.

@johnfitzgerald2339 3 жыл бұрын

Chris's Accounting Firm Boss: "You were gone? We hadn't noticed."

@notbatman6976 3 жыл бұрын

"There are no truths, only interpretations" F.N

@joseportillo581 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to be early I just want you to know your videos have surely helped me through some dark times The way you narriate and tell these stories that have such beautiful lessons it's just amazing The book,your videos everything is just amazing Thank you pursuit of wonder for gifting me with such wisdom

@GuruLifts 3 жыл бұрын

" To just exist for the time one has and to do one's best, that's wise enough. "

@jayne.s_world 2 жыл бұрын

I just cried. Thank you for your posts.

@GPAKOS 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris and Pursuit of wonder. Years of stories and observations in minutes.

@sagefields5847 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing how good a little old lady at the foot of the Himalayas is at English!

@saschamayer4050 3 жыл бұрын

She's a witch.

@cathal6636 3 жыл бұрын

@vishal tv it requires intelligence and dedication to be good at a language

@kulanchandrasekaran4462 3 жыл бұрын

@@saschamayer4050 😄

@neverrip7132 3 жыл бұрын

My belief is "ya don't need a good memory if you tell the truth." Its a moto that has never failed me- however, im aware that it leaves me open to abuse because I almost expect others to be as truthful as I try to be. This belief system leaves u vulnerable to being taken advantage of by trusting people u probably shouldn't. I think the lesson is two fold... i can see straight though peoples lies now. I don't get taken advantage of anymore by punching holes in untruthful claims. I still stand by my moto "you don't need a good memory if you tell the truth."

@daviddoan9447 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing...definitely relatable, which is why this is such an awesome video. I love how Chris came back and was going to repair what he had bc "to live it in it's ordinary form is courage...to just exist for the time one has and to do one's best, that's wise enough...this wisdom is always a means and rarely an end."

@brennanklimchock4947 3 жыл бұрын

This was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.

@siel6883 3 жыл бұрын

holy shit this is the best conversation i've had in a really long life

@greedx7073 3 жыл бұрын

It is important to draw wisdom from many different places. If you take it from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale. -Uncle Iroh

@mbaxter22 Жыл бұрын

Love your vids. Nobody else is doing anything quite like what you’re doing. These really speak to me and have an impact. Keep up the great work!

@himanshu7103 3 жыл бұрын

i saw many of your video , you are not the only one who have these thoughts in mind , many of your messages and questions are really relatable.

@naumankhan422 3 жыл бұрын

I liked how every so called wise man of society contradicted.

@rashmimajgaonkar5707 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes we think too muck about our decisions...the problem is that we tend to measure our spent moments with the amount of success we've had achieved in those, categorise them into good or bad, we question are we making the most of our lives in the limited time we have? In all these pressures, we forget to explore our lives....

@palakmehta365 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of Wisdom this channel has bestowed upon me is overwhelming.

@sarahlovesriceee 3 жыл бұрын

misery loves company and peace loves solitude. true joy, genuine happiness, can ever only be found within.

@tuckerjohnsonjr.229 3 жыл бұрын

For me, in the extremely short time we all have in this world, I want to spend my time enjoying myself. Sure we have ups and downs throughout this journey but that is the ride we are on and we can’t change that. Try to enjoy every minute you have on this earth. Love you all!

@marytizy88 3 жыл бұрын

Yet, I keep thinking that the first woman gave Chris the best advice: "Do not chase worldly pleasures or material successes, Chris. Do not succumb to the temptation of the moment. The only real is the eternal real. Work for what is hard but necessary. What is meaningful in the long run. Let go of yourself and dissolve into this. You only have one chance at this life; you must take it seriously and make something of it. Give up trivial pleasures and desires in consideration of the long game. Live and contemplate in the garden of life beyond you. Always be growing and improving and adapting. Leave your legacy strong and sturdy. That is what it means to live a good life." ❤

@piercewierschem2906 3 жыл бұрын

This advice can be dangerous as people can become obsessive over the future and what part they will play in it, I personally know this is something I struggle with and because of plainly overthinking I have missed opportunities in every aspect of my life, but that begs the question would I have even had those opportunities had it not been for this obsessive lifestyle?? I believe the best advice is that you have to realize that your mind will forever be stuck in between the future and the present. Not sure which person said this but I think it leads to the truth that you have to be selective in your lifetime of what moments you give your presence to and when it is necessary to contemplate the possibilities your life still has.

@antoncabotta5364 Жыл бұрын

Your writing, voicing and animating are immaculate.

@dionemontiel142 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best channels on the world! Every video conveys a very profound lesson. Really, thank you for all the wisdom shared ;)

@ardasargin9431 3 жыл бұрын

These types of lessons should be given at school 🏫

@marvinskywalker9607 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's not.

@thisguy9536 3 жыл бұрын

They do at the right schools

@denzeltodiefor3270 3 жыл бұрын

Love how you guys show meaningful videos 💯💯💯🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@Boopbopboop 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. ❤️

@cristian-mw7ol 3 жыл бұрын

my absolute favorite video of yours. thank you

@raymondphilip6232 3 жыл бұрын

"hi there" -death

@hereb4theend 3 жыл бұрын

Chris finds me. Ask me the question. Me: Learn C++

@ShamefulSheep 2 жыл бұрын

This actually ended up being great advice in itself lol. It’s actually how I came to conclusions myself, but could never figure out how to put it all together so eloquently like you did in this video. Thank you.

@emily-ce1du 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, this channel has become my new favorite channel within a day

@GameDogLeader21 3 жыл бұрын

The meaning of life is to learn how to not suffer, and to learn how to live, to make the good and the bad one. Everyone achieves that differently.

@somethingyousaid5059 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just trying not to lose my mind. That's all I know. Damned straitjacket of a life.

@thetaorobertshow265 3 жыл бұрын

perhaps the effort of trying and clinging to that false sense of "control" is what makes us so anxious. Maybe the answer is to let go and plunge courageously into the dark hole of the unknown and hope for the best by doing our best with what we got...but then again, who really knows?

@MrGrenade121 3 жыл бұрын

@@thetaorobertshow265 you'll know, after you try

@sagefields5847 3 жыл бұрын

@@thetaorobertshow265 Give it a try champ and report back

@rocker99908 3 жыл бұрын

Loosen those strings, most are self imposed

@somethingyousaid5059 3 жыл бұрын

@@rocker99908 it's impossible to take off a straitjacket that one is wearing. More specifically, it's impossible to change a set of circumstances that are immutable. It's for the duration that I have to wear it. I have no choice. I just didn't want _my_ circumstances to be misunderstood by anyone.