Wonderfully said, Streptomyces! I appreciate you highlighting that, as I agree it's critically important. And if that's the only thing people take away from the video, that would be fantastic. However, I also believe the combination of BOTH mindsets and action has an even greater impact and is especially powerful i.e., the choice to approach life with a sense of play increases resilience/grit and helps to take those small concrete steps everyday. For instance, Francesca Gino's book "Sidetracked" goes into some research on how children do better in school when it's treated like a game. Navy Seal James Waters talks about how their training has a greater than 90% drop-out rate, but those who can frame their experience as a game were most likely to pass and become SEALs. I suppose a more materialist explanation would be that our brains evolved to select for those who like to create and play games because it does a lot of things: helps with visualization, helps anticipate possible future outcomes, and is a way for people to reward themselves in the absence of clear rewards in their environment. The mind seems naturally drawn to play. I always try to find a way to make things fun in the work I do, and in my experience it rings true that play increases resilience/persistence in the face of obstacles. I thought about including this research in the video, but in the end left it out because I felt it would make the video too long. In any case, I always love reading your insights, and I truly appreciate your ongoing support. Big love, my friend.

Thank you both… If I have failed for the last 10 years to improve my disgusting life…what makes it probable that it will change now?

@@adrianoss.bougas3720It’s over only when you give up. Take small steps to improve your life. I think you should think positive. I have experienced terrible life for 5-7 years and yet I managed to find a way. Just never give up. Die trying, but never give up.

@@adrianoss.bougas3720 You have the headset on. Realize that and start playing the game…

Love this discussion. Very thought provoking videos and comments. I would like to join. What if you are wrong? Wrong about life. What if life is not a game. What if it is only lived once? The idea in this video reminds me about CTMU the theory of everything, where reality is experiencing itself. I have a problem with that as i see a problem, similar to the reincarnation theory of a well known religion. What is the use of it if I, the exponent of reality do not remember it. I’m either just an empirical data gatherer or not part of the reality. Reality would be god or a similar universal entity. On return into that reality I become one with it, thus loosing my personality. We also talking about control. Can we really control anything? We are so dependent on a multitude of factors. It is hard to have actual control. Don’t want to sound negative :) Right now I adhere to the idea that life is just worth living as is. Let go of control and desires. Just experience it in an awaken state.

Thanks so much Angie! May you continue to follow your bliss

I think we all have a big challange, they may not be as big at yours but they're still challanges either way

​@@aaaveragepretty sure Angie was sharing her own experience, not speaking for anyone else? But yes, life itself - in all it's complexity - is a big challenge, for anyone. Less so if we imagine advice like this as a way to help overcome those complexities, seems to be the message here?

Same here

In relation to procrastination (I am an expert); read "atomic habits" by James Clear. Start the Wim Hof Method. Become a shaolin warrior/monk (Shaolin Temple Europe). Then GO!!

Cheers to the great mystery, Dicedecides!

That was what I thought after I took off my first VR headset many years ago after enjoying a virtual parachute jump from a helicopter over luscious green hills under a deep blue sky. I thought what if my reality in this living room is just a VR game, too.

That's what actually happens when you die. You'd take off the headset i.e you'd leave your body and wouldn't wish to get back in it.

That's a cool thought I also had! But where do we wake up to? I mean, in a sense it's impossible to not question the reality then. From one dream to the next, infinitely

@@josipstrugar1Which is why we should strive to enjoy it and grow from it!

I'm wishing you a full and complete recovery, Dann. Looking back at my own times when I was injured, they were really challenging times, but they also forced me to reflect on the things that were happening in my life, and made me appreciative of the things I still had and could still do. Healing a physical injury helps heal the soul as well. Take good care, my friend

wishing you all the best, brother . my heart goes out to you

Same here. I’m in recovery and came across this video. Sending you healing energy and love

See what I mean... better than you think

Feel ya bud, year and a half into recovery from a double-concussion. Still something of a struggle, but I'm much better at it now lol Counselling really helped - how to observe one's own emotions, as they happen, accept them, and allowing a moment to decide whether to go with that emotion, or, knowing how painful that always is, divert energy towards a moment more of calm, then problem solving. Hard to do when the pain - and there's always mental pain with the physical - is your new 24/7 housemate. I suffered constant nausea for over a year, for example, because the head knocks knocked me into a state of constant anxiety and psych help helped me see I was literally worrying myself sick. If professional counselling not an option, eg in the US, there are dozens of back-to-work services including non-profits. Talk to as many as possible about what you're going through. If nothing else, you get to hear your own voice, outside your head, and helps process things. As we get better at our own story, so we get better in our minds, then our body? Something like that ! Sorry to ramble on; you look young, hale and hearty, so you've got that going for you, which is nice. All bests !

It's already tomorrow, so has your game changed for better or worse???❓❓❓

It's temporary, bro

@@romaroalte2645 everything is bro. 🍻🇺🇲

@@romaroalte2645 nothing is temporary bro. 🤦🍻🇺🇲

I cannot find that episode anyone know what season 😢😢😢

@@darrensurff8554 Season 2, Episode 2: “Mortynight Run”

@@darrensurff8554Season 2, Episode 2.

@@darrensurff8554 It was early on in the show's history. I wanna say episode... okay one sec... _quickly Googling_ Ah it's called Mortynight Run and it's Season 2 Episode 2. Same episode has the Jerry Daycare and the space cloud named "Fart" singing _"Goodbye Moonmen"_ It's a great episode!

@@darrensurff8554 The episode is called “mortynight run” season 2, episode 2

Wow, that really touched my heart. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your really wonderful mindset, and what you call self-referencing. Beautifully said Mindpoacher, I love that!

somehow though if you were in a medieval dungeon for twenty years that would be someone's game too.

For those translating from English :) "I'm completely unable to *fathom going thru life without what I call self referencing" In this context, fathom = understand I'm guessing good old autocorrect gave us phantom instead of fathom, might have been a voice-to-text slip-up.

job and my own separate personal direction is the opposite of each other , job dont allow me to go toward my own personal direction and that intentional opression in the name of common ground ... i am not part in the common future ... personal separate decision first

That book changed my life!!!!

Added to my library. Thanks.

You are an inspiration, Scott. You're going to make it, my friend. Big love to you and yours as you proceed towards your goals and dreams.

scott, right there with ya! me personally, i am realizing that most places just aren’t interested apparently, in hiring a 60 year old🧐🤨🤓; so i rummaging thru AARP’s site for better resources! a baby step! i hope good things are streaming your way! We will blaze on☺️✨💫✨💫☺️

@@lesleyM84 a friend of mine was made redundant at age 62. He found a job he enjoys more a few months later.

That's so wonderful Daphne! May you create many wonderful memories on your adventure, and find deeper connections to your family history and homeland. Have an incredible time, my friend

@@ModernIntuitionist Thank you 😊

Thanks so much! I appreciate you

Agreed! And you can see further……

I am a devout agnostic. At the tender age of 18 I lost one of my best childhood friends. It was at that point I gave serious thought about the afterlife. Years later i went on a spritual quest doing my own research beginning with the book written by Dr. Raymond Moody who did a lot of research on patients that had been clinically dead and resusitated using defibulators on near death expereinces. I still do this research done by only qualified professionals. I highly suggest to use modern these tools many of which are available on youtube. Reincarnation is real proven by translife regression hypnosis. I may be wrong but check it out for yourself. Our creator is the universe itself not some old man with a beard and a penis. 'Nuff said!

I think Humanity is getting an Upgrade ... Health Harmony Peace and Love to All the Beautiful Souls of Creation. Thank you to ALL the Beautiful Souls sharing Creation with me!!!

Thank you, Jonathan for inspiring this work, and for always taking the time to share your wonderful insights. Beautifully said, I believe the act of creating anything, taking something that exists only in your mind and bringing it into the world, is a divine act. May you continue creating as well, I look forward to more of your future work!

Crossroads are always a challenging and exciting time, and they are blessed to have a wonderful and thoughtful mother to help them through it. Big love and hugs to you and your sons, Silvertree! I know they'll do great. I'm so grateful for your ongoing support, my friend

That's a really beautiful description, Dalesco. I haven't played Tetris or any other video-game in years, but back when I did, I've experienced the same thing you describe: the sense of intuiting or willing the next piece to come when I need it. Also beautifully said. I completely agree that games are great life teachers and help with visualizing possible future outcomes, strategy, intuition, etc. and they're just inherently fun and played for their own sake. I always enjoy reading your insights, and I appreciate you, my friend!

I absolutely love Tetris and the problem solving has even helped me solve real life problems by distracting me for a bit and letting me get a few wins before I get back to my own irl problem

Same here 😊

Thanks so much for watching and supporting my work, Dan and Hanaezra!

You are so welcome, Sanndra. Thank you for being so wonderful and for being such a source of warmth and kindness in the comments. I appreciate you, my friend!

🙏💚@@ModernIntuitionist

Thank you! (from a fellow ADHDer)

I think it would be hard for me to play a game with my life's challenges right now. Maybe I'm of a generation not plugged into this solution.

@@heaven7360 This is definitely not the brightest moment in my life as well, I don't know what you've experienced, but I wish you all the best 🙏🙏🙏and there should be a silver lining.

You're so welcome, Lost nomad. Peace, power, and love to you as you follow your bliss, my friend

Thank you, Kevin! That means a lot to me, as I truly value and appreciate you and everyone who takes the time to watch and engage with what I'm doing. May you continue to follow your bliss, my friend

H.O.W (Honesty, Open-minded, Willingness)... Be true to you!

That's high praise! Thanks so much, Jetty! I appreciate you

So glad to see someone else has seen this amazing show!

@@troysolomon7747 I spent SO MUCH time, trying to convince my fav ppl in life to watch it. I love that you seem to have enjoyed it as much as me.

@@troysolomon7747 I love that you seem to have enjoyed it as much as I did! Once I FINALLY got my siblings to watch, they both enjoyed it so much, but its hard getting other people into a new show

Great quote !

Beautifully said, Purpurina! Thank you for taking the time to share that. Your grandmother and mother are inspiring and remarkable people, and what a gift is to be able have their perspective. Big love to you and yours, my friend! PS. I also experience many synchronicities from wonderful people in the comments like yourself! Thank you

I love this quote. It reminds me of "Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny". Ralph Waldo Emerson.

To me, character is destiny for as long as Destiny wants you to play that character. We are observers of our part played upon the stage but the cosmic script is us

Hey, I'm not religious but it reminds me what prophet of islam says when a follower asked him why are we trying so hard on life if everything is already written in our destiny? Muhammad answered; you have to make effort because whatever is in your destiny is eased by your nature (character).

I appreciate you, Ronald! Thanks so much

That really warmed my heart to read. Thank you, Raider Sheri!

Legit

Now who might that be...!? 😊😂

@@martins.6122 satan

Wow, thanks so much, Ken! I appreciate you

So you are going to perform? Circus is so sexy and amazing.

Wow, thanks so much, my friend. I'm so grateful to have support from legendary souls like yourself, and it really warms my heart. Big love to you and yours

@@ModernIntuitionist A pleasure and a privilage to be able to support you my friend! ^-^ ☺☺🤗🤗😊😊❤❤Lots of love always being sent to you and yours! ^-^ 🤗🤗❤❤😊😊☺☺

Nicely put. Just like a game, we don't own anything from the game once we log off. Our soul/consciousness is and will always be the only thing we own in "true" life.

Now keep that attitude when someone kills your daughter while driving recklessly, and at their trial they say, "bro, it's just a game, what's the big deal?" Would you be okay with it? I hink not. The "life as a game" attitude is fine as a mindset, but it is not ACTUALLY a game. You only have one life, and you never ever get to restart or do-over.

Yes, a game that has the ultimate stakes but that is why it is worth playing. The aim of my game is for everyone who should win, all win together, and that involves me making sure I'm true to my truest self because even if I lose this time around, I know it improves me. I learn. I play better. Zero sum games are just training tools but I'm confident life is not a zero sum game so I go for the win-win all round. Don't get me wrong, if someone wants to make burgers out of my grandma or my child or yours, or something, they should just lose but right willed people who want what's best for them and those around them generally, well we should all win... not as easy as it sounds but it is a great game. Why am I talking about such serious things? Well because they are all part of the game of life. I have been a soldier (I am grateful I never saw active combat and thus I have not ever taken human life, that would be tough to get through and is for those who have even those who don't think so) I have been a safety guide and mentor, I am currently a regenerative resource innovator working on circularity for food, water, energy and all the things we need to be comfortable and grow as a species. The game has serious stakes, but you're right we really shouldn't sweat the small stuff, just be very aware of all the stuff as best we can, and enjoy living our best game :)

​​​​​​@@mylesleggette4539Well I mean..if you rly see it as a game and that happens to you, you just get a tragedy plot that also has its sentimentalism and enjoyable parts, IF you see it as game 😅 You get to experience things you've never experienced before, while I agree it's true in a short life time, most ppl want to experience the pleasant parts instead. Anything can be just an interesting experience, if you see it as a game 😅 Also..if you rly see it as a game, someone saying these wouldn't trigger you as much. I mean they would, but it's just a court battle between you and him then, like in the game ace attorney. Understandably, you don't seem like a gamer or someone who've played many games and rly enjoyed it. So, your stance makes perfect sense and you sound like my parents, but just know other realities exist out there, don't feel your views are the one and only lol

You know what makes life crazy hard? Competition.

That's truly remarkable, LstBrth! Thanks for sharing your experiences in this game, my friend!

That really warms my heart, Myrna. Thank you so much! Big love to you, my friend

Thanks for always being here, Luna! Big love

I'm grateful for every person who views this, and I'm grateful for you Celeste. I appreciate you!

My God guides my knife

Thanks so much, Merry Fergie! Keep shining bright, my friend

You're so welcome, Cath! De rien, and big love! I appreciate you

Thanks so much, Dave!

I remember playing "Settlers of Catan" back in the day. You can tell so much about someone from how they play a game like that. Some will take it so seriously, you wonder if they're even enjoying the game. Others have a light and playful approach. Both types of players can be extremely skilled. So I completely agree it's a fascinating analogy for life. Thank you for always watching, I appreciate you my friend! I look forward to your next video productions on your channel.

This is literally how I've taken to understanding life-through the lens of a homebrew TTRPG system I've been fiddling with for years. Top takeways for me in shifting to this perspective are, like at any table, have a good trusting relationship with the MC (even if it's Game Masterless or a solo one, know thyself). Once you have that foundation, you can trust boundaries and safety tools to be respected-which (perhaps counterintuitively to some) empowers you to play to your fullest, free from fear or shame

Thanks so much, my friend! Big love as always

Wow! Thank YOU.

😱 this is a lot of gems, thank you so much. the "law of giving" is amazing i didn't know that it even existed. may God bless you a lot. maybe you don't about it. but you may have changed so many lives from the time you took to write this.

🎉🌟💖🌟 Thank You for sharing ! ✨🙏😌💎✨

This is great advice for being the most delusional patient in the psych ward, who spends all their time writing out a mantra on the walls ;p

I'm sorry, have you ever visited a psycheatrist, I don't mean to be rude. To me making such procedures to make certain goals doesn't seem okey ever. But I guess that it's a good merhod for mentally sick piople, like it's their the only way to function. Doesn't those methods and procedures mean that u'r not healthy?

I'm so grateful for your support. Thank you!

I have ADHD too and found the ideas in the video did not resonate with me at all. We tend to have a very hard set of experiences that neurotypicals won't understand. I also suffered extreme abuse (as in hospitalization and nearly fatal more than once) and emotional neglect as a child. I was trafficked for, shall we say, certain types of behaviors children shouldn't see or know, and I wasn't allowed to choose. I think that despite the rationalizations given here that adults running about telling one another to treat it like a game introduces a risk of profoundly trivializing the kinds of experiences that others are keeping hidden just under the surface. Like any fad, I can see people being in-grouped and out-grouped by how 'playfully' they present to one another. Big successes could become proof (more than they are already) of some kind of philosophical rank. One thing I know is that you can't look at others and judge them, because there are kinds of suffering that most people couldn't even imagine happening every day and everywhere. So, I don't want to hear that I'm wallowing in negativity when I could or should be gamifying it. It's called PTSD and it's not a conscious thing for me. Don't tell me I need to view it all as "this is good for my growth and resilience." Growth? Or growing old because we stopped 'playing'? Excuse me, but I was 80 years old inside before I was 10. Resilient? I survived. I've got nothing to prove to anyone on that score. And along the way, no one in better circumstances lifted a finger. No one gave me justice, compassion, or assistance. I have had to work like a dog for where I am in life, and keeping a job is no picnic when you have ADHD. So, this concept to me is a pretty glib oversimplification of adversity, and tailored to neurotypicals who weren't born into situations that tried to crush them in infancy. Yes, the survival story of the two climbers is uplifting and extraordinary, and I can see how surviving that changed their outlook. I have had second chance euphoria at times but it's not permanent and I don't think it should be. I also want to point out that they went on that climb by their own choice. They were in control until the instant of the accident, and afterwards, no one challenged their personal decisions in that situation, they only had their inner critic to answer to. Believe me when I say adversity hits a lot differently when you are powerless, and it's one thing to survive a very bad few hours, days, or a week. When your entire life has been spent climbing out of disability, poverty, hunger, abuse, or systemic oppression, "treat it like it's a game" is the epitome of trite and privileged. I'm sure your average 12 year old child bride or factory laborer would agree with me, if they were able to read this. Tl;Dr the WASP vibe of this concept is not my jam.

God bless you in your struggles and very interesting observations.

​@@weaviejeebies My thoughts exactly. Life is not a game but more of a prison. It's a prison where you get to spend a few pleasures every once in a while to make up for extended periods of boredom. The only time it reminds me of a game is when I meet NPCs or is exposed to NPC media.

Games have painless reset options. There are challenges that are designed to make resets much harder, but resets are always an option in any great game. Playing YOLO style in popular games like Zelda BOTW etc would suck for all but the most masochistic hardcore gamers, and even then, someone who lost the YOLO challenge would surely want the option to try again painlessly.

Thank you! Finally someone who view things correctly. My friend is exactly the same way! People ask him if he is happy and he says as opposed to what? Are used to be able to work. Now he finds it overwhelming! Just living life itself is overwhelming to him. I lost one of my best friends to muscular dystrophy when he was 13. I fortuneteller was walking around asking us what we wish for and making us laugh. She asked him what he wished for. I will never forget the rage in his voice when he said he wished he could walk again! What about me! My brother has no interest in driving; Oddly enough the quality of his life would have been far better if he were blind. The written part of the drivers exam was so easy for me! I love motorbikes more than just about anything! I would have been a safe driver. I would have found any excuse to use my truck to help people just so I could drive somewhere. I fell into than 90% Blind people and never could find employment. I wanted to be an architect since I was three and all of the interest tests overwhelmingly say I should have been one. Read about Brian Wilson. He said he was born scared of never recovered; to his dying day his father said kids don’t learn unless they are punished harshly. He beat his children horribly. Out of rage he hit Brian with a lead pipe when Brian was seven. I like the video; The best way to live life is with a sense Adventure. I really like the video. Let’s not oversimplify things! What I know now would have helped me immensely when I was a kid! Still, let’s not minimize there’s sometimes debilitating hardships people suffer and never recover from. What a voice! It’s amazing how life like computer generated voices have become! He sounds almost dreamy! Lol I like the video so I will listen to more of them. The correct attitude is to live life as if it were an adventure or a game. Let’s not forget that for a lot of people the cards are stacked against them or they never had a chance from the start, like people in Third World countries. how could Sean View life as a game when he went from complete independence to having to ask people to reposition him so he was more comfortable in his electric wheelchair and to die at 13 enraged because he couldn’t walk!

You’re so brave! Good for you.

Sorry about the shitty part. Impressed you overcame.

Good move

Tell me about it. Where’d you go and where were you in the US? I grew up in North Florida.

Did you move to Africa?

@@Moralatheist101 You're not right. You're completely wrong.

Wow, that's an amazing synchronicity! So great to hear from you Lisa! I hope you're well my friend. Big love to you and yours

@@ModernIntuitionist Everything is fantastic! It's all just one big game. 😃

That would be a good video.

Go look at a couch, I guess?

😊

You didn’t understand anything 😅the point is: you can “worry” but it won’t even matter in the end

So, play it like Rust. :-)

Yeah dude it’s a SURVIVAL game 😊😉

The best games are played in survival mode.

pov: I'm the one that only play minecraft in survival mode

No. This planet is a very unfair harsh reality. God bless you, and me.

In the real game, you simply choose a timeline, there is always a timeline that you have the most badass weapon and best health