"I don't aspire to be a good man. I aspire to be a whole man." - Carl Jung

This felt less like a YT vudeo and more of a face to face conversation from a very close and kind friend. Thank you.

I am super impressed as there are no cuts or edits throughout the video that I noticed. Not that there is anything wrong with edits and all but your authenticity is evident. Fantastic message. Thank you

it’s kind of poetic that one of youtube’s finest channels is just a guy, sitting there, talking calmly into the camera

I love the pace of your presentation. It is soothing and provides time for contemplation and comprehension.

Wow! An old soul in a hunks body! I wasn’t going to click on your video when it came up on my feed because I didn’t think it would be meaningful for me but there is a lot of truth, education and empathy in your content. I clicked on the second video when it came on my feed again because, what’s not to love about dogs and lakes. Well, then I realized that these messages are very well thought out and relevant to all types, nationalities and age groups of people. Thank you for what you do. I’m 67.

This is so so true I attached my whole value and happiness to other people and the minute those relationships ended I lost it. I heavily lost my identity and I didn't know who I was and it left me so depressed. After months of solitude is when I can truly say I did find myself and I feel so complete and content with myself that even the relationships I waited and envied is sth I no longer chase anymore or see the dire need It's so so freeing

"The greatest thing in the world is for a man to belong to himself" My favorite quote from the Montaigne essay "On Solitude". You have a great channel and its great to see young people like you.

I can't express how much your videos are helping me through one of the toughest times of my life

‘Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail…’ Always looking forward for your videos cheers!

It's an honor to have come across your channel and to have the opportunity to learn from your wisdom. Your videos inspire me to reflect more deeply on life's profound questions. I'm from Iran, and your message transcends borders, reminding us all of the universal importance of gratitude and introspection. Keep up the fantastic work, and thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world!

A good sense of humor is an essential life skill, as Viktor Frankl said it's a lifeline to sanity and survival even in dark and bad times, this is true happiness, laughter is good vibrations for the soul what breath is to the body.

been going through a hard time feeling completely lost at the phase of "too young to be rushing things, but too old to be wasting time" been following you since the beginning and your videos really helps me keep up with the fast pace world that we live in, even picked up "letters from a stoic" because of you and i can confidently say its changing my life, you are a lifesaver for my mental health thank you.

Everyone I’ve dated has always tried to dominate me, no matter how good of a person they may be outside of that behavior… It’s exhausting. I’m almost at year two of being single and have progressed more in my personal life than ever before. No dating - just focusing on myself, friends, community, and hobbies. Life is good. It feels like a secret level of bliss very few know about. Thank you for your words, as always they speak to my soul.

Hello, I rarely leave comments on KZfaq, but I must admit, I couldn't resist expressing how much I resonate with everything you say in each of your videos, which I've watched multiple times over. Your voice, your profound gaze, and even your silence are so filled with meaning that I've never encountered before. As I listened to you with all my heart, it felt as though you were articulating my own thoughts. Unfortunately, it struck me that I've never come across anyone in our time with such deep and accurate insights. I'm not sure what shaped you into the person you are, but I must say, I feel like you're the only individual (at least that I've seen) truly living in this world! In the midst of the usual habits of people today, most perhaps pretend to have grasped the meaning of life. However, your channel's name, 'Accepting the Universe,' resonates so well because you truly understand life and living on this planet and strive to help others accept the universe. I'm grateful that your channel was suggested to me, and I hope many others have the chance to stumble upon it as well. Keep going strong, and I wish you all the best in life. A small message from someone perhaps far away !

Your thoughts are helping me so much. I'm also using your videos to study English, thank you very much.

I rarely leave comments but I really enjoy your content. It's refreshing, in the age of influencers and 'sigma males', to see a person just talk and reflect about life in this kind of a format, it feels genuine - something which is sorely missing nowadays.

I love to watch your videos, I started to read Marcus Aurelius thanks to you and my life is changing for the better. It pulled me out of depression, I don't need meds anymore and I feel like I found some glimpse of happiness which I was looking for for years.

This is exactly what I have been thinking for the past while!, you need to figure out who you truly are and what your own beliefs are before being with another person full time.

How incredibly glad and grateful I am for your channel to have found its way to me. Thank you.

What a smart and lovely young man I hear , thanks for the lecture

Great haircut, and thank you for the knowledge, invaluable

Almost every minute I stoped and wrote scene for my novel. This is precious for me. Thank to you for making this video.

After disconnecting with three YT Channels …that I no longer resonate with …..you came up today. This is so perfect for me after being in hermit mode for 1.5 years (no actual argument with my group) …and studying Stoicism for a while. Thank You for your work. I am returning to my family within a month and things do feel completely different. ✨💖✨

Thank you for helping a lot of us in such a professional way. Because of you I read again Marcus Aurelius and Seneca, in France we used to read that at 17 years old. Now I understand all that at a deeper level. that Jack London’s book cover in your shelve winked at me and I bought Martin Eden. Just saying a big thank you, til the next one.

Your idea is absolutely a pure reality for me I attached myself to islam and to Allah

This is such a breath of fresh air, well said. I really appreciate your wisdom and kindness. ❤ Yes, the things that give us purpose and meaningful lives are a beautiful blessing. ✨️

That was truly insightful. The idea that people are attracted to those who seem to have things figured out in order to complete their own meaning really explains a lot. Thank you, you have encouraged me to start living for virtue

I think being in an abusive relationship for many years taught me that most of us are going to be happier alone enjoying peace and quiet, instead of dealing with another person's baby king bullshit.

I'm exactly in this phase that i lost a relationship and therefore lost my identity. And right now all I struggle with is who am I, and what is the anchor in my life? Who do I attach myself to? (however the reality is to find things within ourselves rather that attaching ourselves) And in this journey of self discovery your video gave my some perspective and something to look at: the virtues that made us attracted to others in the first place! Being that kind of person for myself. I think I never thought about this in this way. Thankyou. Thankyou ✨

1. When I see you and listen to you I see a mirror which reflects quite the opposite of my personality… when I'm listening to you I realize how “fast paced” I am and you remind me to slow down and breathe. 2. In regards to this topic, I'd love to hear your thoughts on reasons why people tend to unconsciously find completion in others. 3. Miss seeing your dog around.

It is not easy to be a nonconformist, especially in our current social media culture. If you live for others and their acceptance, you can never know the truth of who you really are. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson, on Self Reliance ❤Great topic - thank you.

I wish everybody I love would understand your message. Thank you for sharing the learnings from your reading. Thank God for Philosophy and the art of staying humble. Please keep up the good work. Love from London, UK x

Your powerful words led me to purchase “Letters from a Stoic” and I have quickly fallen in love with Seneca’s philosophies. Hearing your well articulated words and seeing them laid before me through Seneca’s letters have endowed me with a sense of fulfilment and contentment I never knew was possible. May you keep inspiring all those that are willing to listen

Truly empowering👏🏻

This wonderful mind of yours... Its not just the content, but the WAY you say it. Its calming... And true for that matter... Deep down we all know it. Its just that we have been mislead by the "voices of out ancestors", within and without... The reverberation are there and there is no denying them... But there is a guidance, every now and then, in all this disquietude... I would like to thank you, deeply, for taking the time and sharing the only true knowledge, passing it, like a torch, into our own hands... I would go much deeper, but, for now, that is all I wish to convey... With regards, ND

im glad i found your channel, thank you 💗 your helping me in the best way

I am so happy I found you, I just love your mind ❤️

i have also reflected upon this subject, and am glad to see another person with similar thoughts! thank you!

the simplicity and calmness made me hit the subscribed button

Oh boy the romantic attachment that’s a long topic. Staying true to yourself with respect and compassion is a must. I love the titles of your videos it make me click 🤗 thank you for the great content 🙏

Your videos came to me at the perfect time in my life! I'd love to hear your story, who you are and how you got to this point.

I'm happy to see this channel is doing well in the youtube algorythms. I've been recommended these videos back in November, and found your videos to be the perfect echo to some of my readings and life experiences. A lot of content on youtube, especially about stoic philosophy, lacks the true humility that you feel by reading Marcus Aurelius, or Epictetus and others. So even though some may help people, they do lack the proper match between the form and the substance, hence creating some dissonance which hinders the message. When I read the Meditations, I feel a profound calmness, a profound humility, and a profound compassion for humankind. He did not need for anyone else but him to read them, so it is stripped bare of any superfluous shape that could get in the way. It feels as if your videos do the same, because you are doing them for yourselves. But you still share them, as it is by sharing knowledge lived and good practices, that humanity progresses. Here is a place of humility, calmness and compassion. And it's a very helpful way to get reminded (or to discover) of the simple ways of living that bring peace back to the mind. I'm glad that this sort of "shape" does work its way through youtube, it shows the whole things isn't entirely broken.

I’ve been seeing synchronicities in numbers all day today and the quote by Seneca in your channel’s description is a quote that really just sticks with me and came to me again this evening… and upon seeing this quote the time read 11:11… accepting the universe never ceases to amaze me

I’m loving your videos. It’s helping me re-center myself and I feel very calm when listening to you. Sometimes I wonder what you’re like when you’re being silly. 🤪

This video resonates with me on so many levels - all of your videos bring awareness to important things I am experiencing in my life but they also make me aware that I am aware more than I give myself credit to.

Absolutely soothing videos. Thank you sir.

love how it feels like sitting with someone and listening to them talk about a certain topic, thank you

A wonderful encouragement to "be yourself"..... stand up on my own worth..... I like what you said. It's having something to offer instead of being draining.

Wow - Thank you for sharing this. Your talks nourrish my days 🌞💜

So many gems of wisdom in this video, and very relevant to an individual with a psychology like my own, in which I constantly pedestalize others and view them as the only path to meaning in my life. Thank you for sharing this with us.

I hope everyone listened until the end. That bit about happiness is important but too often overlooked. Your message is greately appreciated as I'm currently working on "completing" myself...

50K subscribers 🎉

Thank you for this reminder! I find that I have the most peace in my life when I’m single even if it gets lonely. At least I have the space and time to learn to truly value myself the most first and foremost. Being needy also attracts predatory people anyway.

Thank you, makes perfect sense.

resonates, much appreciated.

I have found my meaning in life without attachment....it was a lot of work....

I just light up when you have a new video up, because I know my life is about to be rattled with another truth injection. Thank you for keeping it real and unedited, you're awesome!

Congratulations! A job well done, you have done, especially with this video. Really interesting approach !

Thank you so much for your words of wisdom, Norman Osborne.

Excellent message! You are always putting out messages that are incredibly insightful. There truly isn’t any other way to live. I hope to see everyone becoming their most authentic selves!!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🥰

This is so beautiful, thank you!

I eagerly await your videos as i drive a lot and this is great to hear when I'm alone with my thoughts. Thank you for insightful views on life and the hair cut looks great!

Beautiful. Keep them coming 🙏🏻

This is beautiful.

Like a breath of fresh air. Thank you

Great lecture. You have just explained something I have been wondering about. Needy people are attracted to me. This gives me the validation to keep working on my boundaries. I am grateful to have found your channel.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and understandings. I’ve found your videos not long ago, and it gave me the courage to speak about mine here on KZfaq. In a way, I found an aspect of myself mirrored back to me, and I’m grateful. Keep up the amazing work, today’s video also helped me understand where I went wrong in a relationship, the things I admired and loved were things I needed to give to myself, and the things i needed to let myself be.

I love the way you express your thoughts in a very peaceful way, some YTubers can have this wall between themselves and their viewers but yours is presented at a more personal level as though you were speaking to me as a friend. This particular video also got me teary-eyed.

I wrote about something similar to this in my book. I know a few people that depend on their partners even when that person ends up being bad for them because they’re so scared of being alone. It’s sad really

You are such a beautiful being, thank you so much for your words! 💖

Im exactly where you are talking of. Took a lot of pain to get here. I had to die first. Resurrected im sorting myself out and my own happiness. Only today i saw my vision. Not long left! ❤

This is an incredibly powerful message. Thank you for your work :)

Thank you for your content! I am currently going through the most difficult period of my entire life due to the end of my relationship. Somehow, your content is giving me strength to focus on myself and heal. Thank you.

Absolutely beautifully said! I’m applying this to my life, and I will continue to, I am whole

Please keep sharing your knowledge with us thank you ❤

I appreciate your perspective.

Just found your channel, you feel so familiar to me. Thank you for sharing! This is so true ❤

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for discovering your channel. Thank you for being authentic and sharing your insightful thoughts with us. Watching your videos somehow makes me feel seen and understood.

I have been enjoying your videos ever so much Mr. Accepting the Universe. I feel i have discovered these same Wisdoms on my own journey, but i have so much trouble construing my thoughts it becomes frustrating at times. Your videos are very beautifully put, and they help me hear my own thoughts through eloquent words. Thank you.

you voice and presentation style is so calming and soothing to my senses.i enter a meditative phase while listening to your videos.your videos are helping someone 1000s of miles away without your knowledge.keep bringing on more videos like these

This is so true! We have all the answers within and we complete ourselves. I have transcended the need for human companionship in the romantic sense, I have found unconditional love is between child/parent/grandparent/pet/human, etc. It's not to say that unconditional love doesn't happen in a romantic sense, but most likely this is where ego sets in and ruins it.

your channel is popped up on my feed at the right time of my life which is try to chase everything and to be on others even I can’t give that to myself at this time. I do believe in God and Universe and I read your channel’s name and I realized God and Universe sent your channel to me by the purpose. Thank you so much.❤

Great video - but what do you say to the idea that, in relationships, we inherently look for things in people that we seek in ourselves and they act as a sort of unconscious tutor for those lessons that - so far - have evaded us. The same way they find in us the things that they look to learn. Not to act as a temporary plug, but to gain a much more intimate understanding in 'how' that idea/lesson/outlook/response works. After all, we are more likely to 'want' to learn from people that we respect, admire or love. We are at the end of the day social beings, learning from and teaching to one another. To suggest that we must be fully formed before opening ourselves to connections seems mislead. Perhaps then the goal is to become self contented. Seneca says the self-content man desires connection, but is not at a deficit in its absence. So glad to have found this channel. Thank you for your contributions!

I thought I'd never see it! Someone who's almost half as handsome as me!🤓👌

enjoy listening to you, you should make a podcast!

We humans we tend to seek happiness outside of ourselves. Becoming aware about life is a process sometimes we get hurt a lot before we become aware or become conscious. I lost my mother during my early 20's and it's very painful my enthusiasm lost now I know why things happen.Glad your channel is doing well 👍

What a calm and soothing voice

Beautiful message

I’d love to be your friend! What wonderful videos

Loving your channel man, every video is extremely thought-provoking. And your speaking skills are top-notch. I hope you teach or do something involving public speaking for a living because you have a gift for oration.

We must be our own before we can be another's - I love thisss

I love watching your videos, you make SO much sense! Like the whole purpose of me learning English is that I would listen to you someday :D From the other side of the world, you convert my internal chaos into clear and simple words. so thank you🙏🏼 Btw I’d love to hear your thoughts on ‘fate and choice’ one day :) thanks again

Thank you for sharing . I appreciated this video very much . Thank you. 🇬🇧💛🤍

I look forward to your video every week! Looks like I’m not the only one ❤

LOVE YOUR CONTENT MAN! YOU ARE CALM AND GRACEFUL, JUST LOVE IT❤

Appreciate your videos, you're gaining subs at a rapid rate.

my soul is raped the man I revered as my best friend, raped my soul he abandoned and betrayed and discarded and replaced me over the past 15 months (almost 16), while I've been desperately trying to heal from the trauma that he's caused me... he's been with my replacement, making all of his wildest dreams come true! the pain is truly debilitating and paralyzing completely unfathomable do we really create your own reality, even before we incarnate into this world? if so, why this? this morning I read a quote from Lao Tzu, went something like: God gives you the people you need, not the ones you want. utter bullshit? or truth?

Ever since I bumped into this channel, it has been nothing but thought inducing. I wake up, and the first thing is to listen to some knowledge. Thank you for this.

I would suggest we do have an innate instinct towards meaning. It’s our proclivity to move towards our natural self, an expression of who and what we are, or as Bill Plotkin, the author of Nature and The Soul, speaks to: ‘our exact place in the world’. The more in harmony we become with this natural self, the less we entertain thoughts of meaninglessness tethered to feelings of inadequacy. The less we feel a need for change, or project an image upon ourselves that perpetuates a lack of self worth and inadequacy. I believe, the intricate weaving of nature and reality, sets fourth a series of encounters and experiences that serve to bring us into harmony with ourselves and those around us. In tapping into this, perhaps it then becomes possible to directly experience a life of which there is no need to question meaning, and to know who and what we truly are.