What's an ego death? (Jungian psychology) - Jordan Peterson

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Fascinating stuff. Only the self remains, don't be afraid of loosing your ego.
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@mattxXx13
@mattxXx13 6 жыл бұрын
Ego death is the transition from thinking you are something to knowing you are both everything and nothing.
@AwokenGenius
@AwokenGenius 6 жыл бұрын
mattxXx13 How did you know my pronouns? A jest.
@Dale_Blackburn
@Dale_Blackburn 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing explanation.
@paulgoogol2652
@paulgoogol2652 5 жыл бұрын
Alucard...?
@finishme2753
@finishme2753 4 жыл бұрын
that seems to be a good explanation for what he called the Voluntary ego death, seems super scary but awesome
@biggdogg1870
@biggdogg1870 4 жыл бұрын
Ego death is when you see deceased family members and you realize.that are body will die and spirit is only left then you cry 😭 because you thought your body was everything and now it’s gone.you find out you were created to be eaten by bacteria and insects .your not the top of the food chain.time travel from being born .to how death comes to us all.seeing revelations that are in the Bible.
@Tarik360
@Tarik360 6 жыл бұрын
Suddenly we have Jordan in Hollywood-movie camera-angles.
@Tarik360
@Tarik360 6 жыл бұрын
Hollywood has a crap ton of values portrayed in their movies, a lot of them clashing with each other. Good thing Peterson already has a sturdy set of values that may have been tried-and-tested across time and backed with psychological "why"'s and "how it works"'s.
@mihneabulzan432
@mihneabulzan432 6 жыл бұрын
Tarik360 zs
@Tarik360
@Tarik360 6 жыл бұрын
?
@mihneabulzan432
@mihneabulzan432 6 жыл бұрын
commented by accident but wish there was more insight on this topic
@Tarik360
@Tarik360 6 жыл бұрын
Well, internet is full of stuff and it gets distracting. it's k.
@mycommentpwnz
@mycommentpwnz 6 жыл бұрын
I've endured an "ego-death," and it took me 24 years to come-back from it. I was 6 years old, and my Mother asked my Father to choose between us (myself & the rest of my nuclear family) and the "party-scene." It was an ultimatum of sorts, his family or divorce. Anyways, he looked around, surveyed the family, and immediately left. Subsequently, for the next 25 YEARS, I DESPISED myself. I told myself (often subconsciously), "Even my own Father was incapable of loving me. I MUST be unworthy of love. I must be a worthless human-being." At 18, I began turning my girlfriends into Father figures. Hoping they would care enough to stick around, and also set some limits on my actions. That obviously didn't work. At 19, I began abusing hard-core drugs and alcohol. The drugs and alcohol reduced my emotional state to something akin of a cactus, which is exactly what I was aiming for. This lasted about eleven years. At 29, enough time had went by in which the pain subsided & I could approach and analyze the past in a concise and objective way. I realized that my Father needed the "party-scene" (most likely) to alleviate some sort of distress he was experiencing. Animals in distress will do whatever is necessary to reduce the stress, especially animals without honor, dignity, character, and strength. And, most likely, he had none of those qualities. I'm 37 today, I haven't done hard-core drugs in 7-8 years. I have an amazing job. I went back to college at 31, obtained a degree. Sure, I wasted half my life dealing with emotional pain that I didn't understand or comprehend, but we all get dealt a hand, and we just have to make the most of it.
@mycommentpwnz
@mycommentpwnz 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, well said. It's terribly sad when heads of families act in a contemptible manner. Their selfishness often reverberates onto the generations beneath them, acting as a catalyst for pain and turmoil. Oh, well, chalk up another argument in-favor of governmental controlled birthing policies (j/k.)
@mycommentpwnz
@mycommentpwnz 6 жыл бұрын
Wow... That is eerily similar to something I posted on Facebook awhile back. However, you've (rather profoundly) extrapolated a positive affect which stems from being curious, thoughtful, and mindful. (Wherein as I just cynically/humorously questioned the worth/validity of possessing those aforementioned qualities.) After all, on the surface it would seem those who have NO regard for "deeper-thought" appear to be happier in comparison to their counterparts. (At least this has been the case in MY life-experience.) But, perhaps you've hit the nail on the head; meaning, maybe the road traveled to understanding "why" leads to a place of strength, enlightenment, and a higher potential. Great comment.
@mycommentpwnz
@mycommentpwnz 6 жыл бұрын
Of course! Thank you for posting! :)
@paulmckenzie4057
@paulmckenzie4057 6 жыл бұрын
I felt emotional pain reading this; followed by pride and happiness that you were able to reflect on your life and turn things around for the better. You have a really great outlook Marc and I wish you the best. Thanks for sharing.
@mycommentpwnz
@mycommentpwnz 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. :) I wish you the best as well.
@nadimahmad388
@nadimahmad388 4 жыл бұрын
"When someone who loves you betrays you ". the way he said that . Damn. Peterson has known pain , his eyes .when he said that .
@JaredFromSubway88
@JaredFromSubway88 4 жыл бұрын
It answered the question so so deeply. Could have stopped the video there, I was sold immediately.
@healingandbeyondvicky8953
@healingandbeyondvicky8953 4 жыл бұрын
@@JaredFromSubway88 yes ❤
@kathgray6366
@kathgray6366 4 жыл бұрын
This description fits what happened to me ......and it damn near destroyed me. It took almost a year for me to rebuild. Spiritual growth was inevitable ..... without god I had nothing to ground me
@clocked0
@clocked0 3 жыл бұрын
@Wuffaj00 🤣
@deedee7780
@deedee7780 3 жыл бұрын
You need help!! Stop worshipping false prophets.
@Seeattle
@Seeattle 5 жыл бұрын
When someone you severely trusted in becomes untrue, everything else becomes under question as well
@electrouser5
@electrouser5 3 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@stockholmcindy6793
@stockholmcindy6793 4 жыл бұрын
No point in asking. You'll definitely know once you get there lol. "To those who know, no explanation is needed. To those who don't know, no explanation is possible."
@Gallowglass7
@Gallowglass7 2 жыл бұрын
Nice quote and 100%
@kiratorres8805
@kiratorres8805 3 жыл бұрын
One must have an ego death to truly understand and an ego death. He definitely hits pretty close to understanding it with life collapsing. I had one from psychedelics and it was terrifying and changed me forever, but I chose to reconstruct my ego in a more positive and light driven way. But the first 6 months after it happened I was so lost. I lost my identity. I lost who I thought I was. I realized how meaningless everything in life is. And my true self wasnt nearly as cool as my ego or false self was. It’s like you have to grieve your old self. Falling into chaos is correct. You realize everything the ego told you was a lie to protect you from pain. So when it dies, you see things how they really are, not how our ego made us think they are. Going threw your past is eye opening when u loose ur protecting egos lies. For example when I had my ego death I realized my mom didn’t abandon me, she kicked me out because I was doing drugs and stealing from her. My ego made me believe she abandoned me and hated me and i held that belief from 16 until I was 30 when I had my ego loss. When the ego came down I saw my actions from stealing from her and getting high resulted in consequences of having no other choice but letting me go to figure things out myself because she knew she couldn’t save me. And now my mom and I have a wonderful relationship because i grew from what I learned and could let go of the hate and pain I once had. Another was that my ego told me everyone is stupid they just don’t understand me. When my ego came down I realized I never learned how to communicate properly and my anger would tell me fuck them and cut ppl off that don’t get me. When the ego came down I was able to loose my anger and learn how to communicate in a way others will understand with out getting mad and pushing them away. It was the worst and best thing I ever had happen to me. It transformed me in a way many will never understand. But it was the hardest thing I ever went threw.
@augustsandoval3985
@augustsandoval3985 Жыл бұрын
Honestly it hurts and it’s not an easy path but at the end , you feel the change
@Wind3Warrior
@Wind3Warrior 11 ай бұрын
How did you get over it? I just had an accidentally one with psychedelics (a ketamine infusion for anxiety at what was supposed to be a very low dose and it still happened!!) And I feel so much terror, existential dread, and feel like i don't know who I am. My personality is so altered. Now I don't really know what I should want, or care about. It feels like I can't have an emotional connection to things and I feel blunted. I am grieving for myself hard. How did you get back your sense of identity? How did you start caring about things again? Just looking for some help because this is the lowest point in my life and I can't stop comparing to before and wishing I had my old life back, with all its problems.
@tryptamine-loopring-eth
@tryptamine-loopring-eth 6 ай бұрын
Hearing this helps thanks
@AdventuresAwait123
@AdventuresAwait123 Ай бұрын
⁠@@Wind3Warriorhow are you now? You can't really go back, you have to build. The old can take back over for some people but it feels like a betrayal.
@nickwilliams8302
@nickwilliams8302 6 жыл бұрын
There's a great story Richard Dawkins tells (which I'll probably butcher). Dawkins knew a respected researcher who was one day exposed to new research by a much younger scientist that pretty much demonstrated that the researcher was wrong. After the presentation, the older scientist walked up to the younger (in front of the whole audience) and _thanked him_ for proving him wrong. Dawkins says that the entire auditorium then clapped "until their hands were red." It's one of the great strengths of the scientific method: accept the death of the ego (in this case a theory the older researcher had championed and invested much of his reputation in) so that the self may continue. Our ideas die so that we don't have to.
@iamripoff
@iamripoff 6 жыл бұрын
Gold
@flatstuff1630
@flatstuff1630 5 жыл бұрын
The story is correct. To embellish a bit, as a matter of fact the older scientist had been pursuing that field of study for decades. In a moment it was dashed buy a much younger scientist who pulled apart his theory piece by piece.
@leandrodavila5975
@leandrodavila5975 5 жыл бұрын
I just hope that the young researcher didn't turned into an egotistical person after that.
@akpost8780
@akpost8780 5 жыл бұрын
This is a story related to humility (ego-lessness), but it isn't about the psycho-spiritual ego death Peterson's talking about. A scientist's loyalty is to the scientific method itself; meaning that a scientist champions something bigger than himself from the outset. Thus, the older scientist was thanking the younger one for advancing scientific understanding and in this way felt growth - and in no part of himself death. Admittedly, this takes humility, although scientific circles are very accustomed to the notion of new theories supplanting prior ones. (Meaning, the older scientist as well as the audience were already prepared for the occurrence.) In contrast, psycho-spiritual death is the total disintegration of one's constituent notion of self and of one's identity. It's what can turn a nobleman into a wandering babbling mystic, and the pivotal event that can turn a musician into a serial killer, or a serial killer into a priest.
@nevermind824
@nevermind824 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the story of Lord kelvin
@our.secret1130
@our.secret1130 2 жыл бұрын
When someone you truly, deeply love and trust betrays you, you suddenly realize you are not protected on Earth, you are just like all other life forms, competing for the same reward and subject to the same dangers. If you are anything like me, you realize that what others think of you doesn’t matter, all that matters is how successfully you mitigate suffering for yourself and your family.
@RyokoInk
@RyokoInk 5 жыл бұрын
An ego death is a terrifying experience that helps you understand how small you are in the grand scheme of reality. *shrugs*
@IRapOnTypeBeats
@IRapOnTypeBeats 3 жыл бұрын
Actually it shows you how big you are.
@RyokoInk
@RyokoInk 3 жыл бұрын
@@IRapOnTypeBeats That too
@NickGroves-iv7mx
@NickGroves-iv7mx 3 жыл бұрын
Ego death doesn’t have to be scary, it can be very enlightening, depends on the person
@RyokoInk
@RyokoInk 3 жыл бұрын
@@NickGroves-iv7mx terror is also another word for presence of anticipation.
@NickGroves-iv7mx
@NickGroves-iv7mx 3 жыл бұрын
@@RyokoInk then say that, because that’s a bit misleading
@Bassisi
@Bassisi 6 жыл бұрын
Almost went the entire 3 minutes without hearing about Pinocchio, good stuff!
@pinkusfloydus9373
@pinkusfloydus9373 6 жыл бұрын
Emilio Assisi does that mean I'm a real boy somewhere lol. Fuck me..what is happening lmao
@hui975
@hui975 5 жыл бұрын
@@_00_36 Calm down i thought the comment was funny
@yosha2467
@yosha2467 4 жыл бұрын
And almost went 2 years without someone commenting about Pinocchio. Pinooooocchioooooooooooooooo!
@jacobgeorge8136
@jacobgeorge8136 4 жыл бұрын
this is being recommended to me after I listened to Tys new song lmao
@nelk.4554
@nelk.4554 4 жыл бұрын
same!!
@hustler10101
@hustler10101 4 жыл бұрын
Jacob George Yes’ new song
@sylens8266
@sylens8266 4 жыл бұрын
Same
@rajeshpraghavan7629
@rajeshpraghavan7629 4 жыл бұрын
Same 😅
@proptex292
@proptex292 4 жыл бұрын
Same here, but I still can't wrap my head around it hahah
@bernlin2000
@bernlin2000 6 жыл бұрын
He nails it before the video even hits 30 seconds in...it's betrayal, and it's deeply personal. When your ego is built around the idea of endless love (the love of family, friends, etc) and that feeling goes away (often due to breakups, divorce, etc), it can be very destabilizing for one's sense of self, including the ego.
@Hibernial
@Hibernial 6 жыл бұрын
Chris Ducat Betrayal, in the form of deliberate and embraced rejection, is thought of as the most detrimental thing or in the christian mindset the unforgivable sin. It really does kill or wound the self in manner of core identity, as well as kill the ego built up around validated expectations. Is there anything more devastating than an ego-death?
@iamripoff
@iamripoff 6 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, yes! Feeling it right now pretty heavily on accord of all the things you mentioned.
@jntn9965
@jntn9965 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that comment is me. Never thought about my ego was built around the idea of endless love. My life was full of love from everywhere before my ex-girlfriend betrayed me. Since that moment (5 years ago) I lost my mind, my soul, my ego, myself and have not felt love from anyone else again. The love that filled me from everywhere and that I was giving effortlessly around me disappeared and I feel like I have no real friend right now. Everything was so easy and now I struggle to even find a real friend or a real girlfriend. Again, this comment resonnate so much with me and my life .. thanks for posting it !
@HuntingTarg
@HuntingTarg 5 жыл бұрын
To get a bit abstract and metaphysical: Now that I understand and accept JP's narrative, I relate ego-death to Maslow's pyramid or hierarchy of needs: A person enters my life and engages in social and emotional 'commerce', becoming a friend or a lover or a confidant or a mentor or a co-worker (I like the Russian 'comrade' in its original context for this) or any combination thereof, and I start getting needs met through this person. It's not a selfish, one-sided relationship, nothing 'tips me off' that this person might not geninuinely like and care about me, And then they hurt me. As Loki, Tom Hiddleston put it artfully: "... Deeply. Intimately. In every way [they] know you fear." And my inner life, my concept of self and your place and function in society, unravels and disintegrates into a heap, and things that once seemed simple and effortlessly volitional become so emotionally complex or hard as to be draining, impractical, or even impossible for a time. This is because the betrayal has prompted a disassembling and reevaluation of so much mental framework, that even the colossal thinking machine that the subconscious is, takes a lot of time to work through it all, especially when dealing with day-to-day life issues, and meanwhile I feel about as capable as an amputee, because so much grey matter is 'under construction - off limits' that I can no longer be the person I once was. I have to create new structures, perhaps with less material than before because the contaminated threads and pieces have to be discarded, and learn to be someone who doesn't have that particular high-intimacy &/ high-trust relationship anymore.
@gill426
@gill426 5 жыл бұрын
@@HuntingTarg I don't necessarily think that you're supposed to restructure as less-trusting but rather as more self-loving. I have a feeling that if we're whole, bad things cannot affect us that much anymore.
@deim0s243
@deim0s243 6 жыл бұрын
Having the chance to talk to professor Peterson, even for 20 mins, would be such a life changing event.
@LJLewis94
@LJLewis94 6 жыл бұрын
Deimos $200 for an hour session.. Prepare beforehand
@flatstuff1630
@flatstuff1630 5 жыл бұрын
More extra ego worship. Not helpful
@thegreatmpoyi
@thegreatmpoyi 5 жыл бұрын
My journey of ego death began nearly two years ago when I had eight pistols pointed at me. Long story. The journey was further continued when my younger brother, who I will always love very dearly, committed suicide last year. I’ve been set free to heal and create a new life, as these happenings have been rough, but they’ve helped me redefine who and what I am, while morphing into a better, happier and more authentic “me”. Crazy how life does that.......
@mercymusinguzi3375
@mercymusinguzi3375 5 жыл бұрын
Mehn!!! People like you humble me whenever am about to complain about trivial stuff
@shintaku2791
@shintaku2791 2 жыл бұрын
God bless
@txnygotw
@txnygotw 6 жыл бұрын
"Let's say we were married" OK, now he's prodding at my subconscious.
@itsnotatoober
@itsnotatoober 5 жыл бұрын
W...t...f..
@healingandbeyondvicky8953
@healingandbeyondvicky8953 4 жыл бұрын
@@itsnotatoober 🤔
@ericfenton5725
@ericfenton5725 4 жыл бұрын
If you have experienced an ego death by way of betrayal, he’s right on with his explanation.
@Haseeebo
@Haseeebo 6 жыл бұрын
My interpretation on this. (Shout out to Jack Jones for some of the wording on this) Ego = concious core beliefs/identity/reality. Ego death can come about in two ways. 1. Voluntary; through learned experience both intellectual and practical. However this requires one to sacrifice pride in order to accept that thier very idea of reality/self/core beliefs may be wrong...and in doing so it allows for transformationally positive experiences in life. 2. Involuntary; also through learned experience, however it comes in the form of betrayal. Or the notion that one was decieved (living a lie). Anyone that experienced "being played", understands this to some degree. You don't know what to trust anymore and if significant enough it can shatter your perception of reality itself! Devastating stuff. So essentially when speaking on ego, Peterson is referring to fruedian concept of consciousness (super ego, ego, id).
@coreycox2345
@coreycox2345 6 жыл бұрын
I like this. I like what W.H. Although some of Freud's comments seem like nonsense, I love how W.H. Auden summed him up: "in a world he changed simply by looking back with no false regrets, all he did was to remember like the old and be honest like children."
@coreycox2345
@coreycox2345 6 жыл бұрын
Ultimately, it may not matter how one got there. I may have experienced 2., and am responsible for putting myself in the position. Events led me to have the vulnerability. Now, I must be honest with myself. It can create the opening for rebirth. I am hopeful for a resurgence.
@setho1231
@setho1231 6 жыл бұрын
So jungian ego death is cognitive dissonance?
@coreycox2345
@coreycox2345 6 жыл бұрын
My ego has made a comeback. The reason it has been amusing to have a love life with cognitive dissonance as a defining feature is that my sights were set on being single. I have changed and set my sights higher. I hope we will remain distant friends.
@Azraelseraphim
@Azraelseraphim 6 жыл бұрын
I'm currently experiencing an involuntary ego death. Just like Peterson mentioned a family member betraying your trust is pretty devastating and warps your reality as you see it. I'm still struggling and have been acting out in strange and unpredictable ways out of boredom but mainly to fill and void and ignore the hurt.
@joshallen8858
@joshallen8858 4 жыл бұрын
Lol I just got recommended this after listen to tydollasigns new song ego death😂😂
@B3you_
@B3you_ 4 жыл бұрын
Bro same ! Lmao
@menacemafia5672
@menacemafia5672 4 жыл бұрын
Sameeee
@langogwebu7521
@langogwebu7521 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao, me too chile
@miandajasmin671
@miandajasmin671 4 жыл бұрын
Same 😂
@timothygudz8756
@timothygudz8756 4 жыл бұрын
same
@jeremiahar2704
@jeremiahar2704 4 жыл бұрын
You hurt my ego then you walked away!
@nicolascheggia4742
@nicolascheggia4742 3 жыл бұрын
Such a good song and I don’t listen to mainstream stuff
@jackbrady9738
@jackbrady9738 6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful explanation what an exceptionally talented teacher
@alexpalmer9897
@alexpalmer9897 4 жыл бұрын
I had an involuntary ego death 7 months ago after listening to a physicist talk about quantum mechanics and parallel realities. I saw the facade of perceived reality for what is. Nothing held any meaning, everything and everyone I had ever interacted with I now saw to be the same as a drawing on a piece of paper. I was living in a physic cage drawing images and allocating subjective meaning and beliefs to them when in reality they held none of that inherently. The illusion of self, the illusion of control, the illusion of freewill. All figments of my imagination. It was the most intense experience of my life by orders of magnitude. I could feel all my belief systems being dragged away from my soul and the natural pain of that. It never left me for weeks. I'd get attacks and the dread would fill my body and I'd feel like I was being sucked into the ground. I had a hard time separating dreams and reality, it was hard to stay grounded anywhere. My life's gone on as normal ( I've had some great months actually ), no one even noticed I was suffering with anything. But it's been 7 months and I still found it quite hard to write this. However, I am now starting to be able to use it as a tool to clear ego, even from the state of almost nothingness I can still focus on love and light. Peace
@alexpalmer9897
@alexpalmer9897 2 жыл бұрын
@@oliverswales5604 I'm pretty good thanks, my experiences were spiked after the incident; the world was very fluid and strange, at times magical. After two years I now live pretty much fully grounded in the real world again which to my surprise I often find very boring hahahaha. I should probably just be grateful I still have a functioning mind in hindsight
@cleo5079
@cleo5079 Жыл бұрын
​@@alexpalmer9897good.luck to you
@pacoelvato4177
@pacoelvato4177 4 жыл бұрын
An ego death is one of the most beautiful things that you can experience. To be liberated from sense of self and all constructs of reality and just exist as iternal consciousness is absolutely life changing ♥️
@Gallowglass7
@Gallowglass7 2 жыл бұрын
For better or worse.
@Mcfadyz
@Mcfadyz 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gallowglass7 better. I believe it can only be worse if you don’t understand it or just purely don’t want to believe it bc of fear
@christiansamaroo
@christiansamaroo 2 жыл бұрын
What is the easiest way to liberate yourself from the ego
@fmone7878
@fmone7878 Жыл бұрын
@@christiansamaroo meditating, or take a psychedelic trip
@christiansamaroo
@christiansamaroo Жыл бұрын
@@fmone7878 thanks for the tips.
@imacoolkindofguy302
@imacoolkindofguy302 4 жыл бұрын
Me and my younger brother both experienced the same ego death when our father kicked us out at the age of 18 and 17, this was becuase he chose to conform to my stepmoms wishes and completely disowned us when I stood up to my step mom's bullying tactics on my younger brother, theres alot of details and months of problems that led up to this circumstance but it would take forever to type out, anyways, that night we ended up spending the night in a waffle house with all of our belongings until we flew back to our original home in spokane washington, that was a very difficult time for me and him however it made us very strong individuals I am now leaving in 2 weeks for navy bootcamp and my younger brother just got his highschool diploma life is good now
@bwackbeedows3629
@bwackbeedows3629 2 жыл бұрын
How's it going, Sailor?
@KnockoutInvesting
@KnockoutInvesting 6 ай бұрын
Not an ego death
@migueg.r.2088
@migueg.r.2088 4 жыл бұрын
the way he explains things and terms as complex as the ego-death is just GENIUS! Jordan Peterson is so necessary is this wild times we're living in... I truly miss him...
@SuperGrinch123
@SuperGrinch123 4 жыл бұрын
I think I had an ego death when I got dumped by my girl friend a few years ago.. I was arrogant and I thought I had life figured out.. That event, which was one of the most emotionally painful events I had ever experienced, changed me completely, and significantly for the better I like to think.. I'm a lot more humble in a lot of areas than I used to be. The event killed off my old arrogant, entitled, ego based self, and a more humble and considerate person was born in his place.. I look back and although I still miss my ex to this day, as I loved her so dearly; I feel a much stronger, and wiser person as a result of losing her. I therefore accept the event as a necessary learning experience, and am hence grateful for its occurance..
@HondaFit-ot5ws
@HondaFit-ot5ws 4 жыл бұрын
Congrats for going through it like a champ! Thanks for sharing this with us
@SuperGrinch123
@SuperGrinch123 4 жыл бұрын
@@HondaFit-ot5ws Pleasure. . Thank you. . :-)
@futurethewolf5624
@futurethewolf5624 Жыл бұрын
I died and became a furry, then the furry died and gained clothes.
@theequatableskeptic8148
@theequatableskeptic8148 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve had many ego deaths in my life, and not once was I there to have them.
@daithiocinnsealach3173
@daithiocinnsealach3173 5 жыл бұрын
"The involuntary ego deaths, they're really hard on people. People will do almost anything to stop that from happening,which is partly why they fight to maintain their group fostered axiomatic simplifications. That ego death is a journey into the underworld, or it's a collapse chaos, and that's not so bad if you do it purposefully."
@sonalibarman6885
@sonalibarman6885 6 жыл бұрын
I love how he explains it in simple terms. Personally I'm going through this ego death and it's f**king hard! Both loss of marriage and loss of family relationships(emotional losses). Also relocating multiple times and not being able to trust your own family and at times the people you live with, can really put things in perspective on what is truly valuable to you(trust in yourself and your survival). It's a mix between Alice in wonderland and Fight Club. If anyone knows enough about narcissism and codependency and the recovery associated with letting go voluntarily, they can understand what I'm talking about. Hopefully if you're on this journey to recovery, you can have faith that you're not crazy :)
@BabylonCentral
@BabylonCentral 4 жыл бұрын
Sonali Barman How are you getting on today???
@milk9720
@milk9720 2 жыл бұрын
Bro i felt every single word of this. I feel crazy all the time. Its like people dont realize just how meaningless everything is.
@tatrader7665
@tatrader7665 3 жыл бұрын
I experienced ego death at 18 and it truly changed my perspective on everything and it enlightened me
@conniejohnson3029
@conniejohnson3029 Жыл бұрын
So much pain hit my face when he made the first statement.
@dolphinman9896
@dolphinman9896 Жыл бұрын
This makes so much sense and explains so much. I realize now that im going through an involuntary ego death.damn
@divelostmind
@divelostmind 6 жыл бұрын
What a great camera angle, half in shadow and half in the light.
@boogersqueezer
@boogersqueezer 6 жыл бұрын
The dramatic lighting really enhances the message :D
@1mari_
@1mari_ 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely experienced this, gut wrenching before you overcome.
@michaelelijah971
@michaelelijah971 2 жыл бұрын
The willingness to revisit every way you relate to reality itself, is the voluntary ego death. Usually it is a multitude of self realisation, acceptance and the desire to deconstruct perspectives into a new way of life. I went through an ego death after realising that my entire ego system was a trauma response to a series of past unhealed wounds. The sensation? Out of body. No emotion. Except there was what it felt like an invisible weight coming off me, one that i’ve had for my whole life. Indeed it felt like dying
@27GX76R
@27GX76R 6 жыл бұрын
I experience involuntary ego death from my wife suddenly leaving me during health issues I developed. It's very devastating. Seeing this helped me understand it a little more.
@TheFatPunisher
@TheFatPunisher Жыл бұрын
I hope you don't carry around resentment and hatred for your wife. While it's not a "nice" thing to do, leaving a person who has become sick, it's important to take into consideration that we are all human, we have one single life on this earth. You can be mean once, and go start again. or you can tough it out and spend your finite years with someone that is now impaired or ""damaged"" (not in an insulting way, but rather an objective analysis of their state) While I sympathize with you and your health issues, I wouldn't see it as fair to judge a person for choosing to avoid the path which may lead them to being unhappy or miserable for the rest of their life. In my culture, if a man or woman becomes handicapped or unable to perform their duties in life, then THEY will offer to leave their spouse, so that they can separate on good terms, without judgement from others.
@27GX76R
@27GX76R Жыл бұрын
@@TheFatPunisher I let it go a long time ago once I realized what kind of decisions she was making. She alienated much of her family and went off to a crooked path. I'm just fine with how it worked out and even better in life right now. Took work but I feel like I avoided some truly worse things.
@TheFatPunisher
@TheFatPunisher Жыл бұрын
@@27GX76R hmm seems like you feel vindicated that she might have a "Worse" life, as punishment for leaving you. unfortunate the kinds of situations we put others in.
@27GX76R
@27GX76R Жыл бұрын
@@TheFatPunisher no not for leaving me for making strings of bad choices before and after that were antithesis to everything prior. I leave the fault at me for making the bad choice to marry in this day and age. It's extremely risky.
@27GX76R
@27GX76R Жыл бұрын
@@TheFatPunisher as in whenever I start feeling exactly how you mentioned, I say "hey buddy, it was your choice, chose wiser"
@k.m.1380
@k.m.1380 4 жыл бұрын
It happened to me years ago, i am living my life but with different character since then. I know deep inside that there's the old me waiting so i can revive it but it's hard.... very very hard
@hatsaok8153
@hatsaok8153 3 жыл бұрын
I feel that so much man
@reidoj601
@reidoj601 3 жыл бұрын
Same boat
@bonitaramsingh
@bonitaramsingh 5 жыл бұрын
Very very good explanation; very complete and clear.
@waynedurning8717
@waynedurning8717 2 жыл бұрын
Feel like I’ve been searching for this 3 minute, 12 second explanation for let’s see…26 years now. Thank you JP.
@ballsdynamite
@ballsdynamite Жыл бұрын
I had a voluntary ego death a few years ago. I look back at the person I was and wish mercy on the people in my life at that time.
@RolandDerUnverbesserliche
@RolandDerUnverbesserliche 6 жыл бұрын
The Ego is just an Illusion. It's a luxury. The best thing that can happen here is that you become skeptic of the ego yourself. There is no need for anything "bad" to happen, you just start to ask the right questions.... Who am I? Am I (just/also?) the things that have influenced me from the outside, or is there something more? Should I even accept/consider the outside influences as part of myself, or should I draw the line right there. What is left (of me, of my conscience, my mind.......), when I take away the outside influence? Aha, I am the calm observer, and I have no petty needs, I am complete the way I am... Aha, it seems like there is only really one big mind, when the distracting illusions have gone.. Aha, I get a hint as to where we all connect.... Aha, the (deterministic?) Materialist Peterson again using fear in order to try us make to cling to "EGOs", and such things?
@royh4305
@royh4305 4 жыл бұрын
That nod at the end! XD I just love JP.
@leevenable8628
@leevenable8628 6 жыл бұрын
Anyone here who has seen the Maps of Meaning lectures and the Biblical Series from Jordan Peterson can see just how deep his answer really is. This is 100% it. When he talks about the plunge into chaos he truly paints a dark picture of what that is like, and that is exactly where you go when experiencing Ego Death. A plunge into the ultimate unknown reality and a complete collapse of who you are. Most terrifying if a tragedy puts you there vs a voluntary plunge.
@kimmoaslakliimatainen1055
@kimmoaslakliimatainen1055 6 жыл бұрын
I have probably experinced ego death unvoluntarily long ago. Man I can tell you it makes you very insecure. Only now I am reaching the abyss and beginning to plan how to rebuild myself. Probaly I'll take a pilgrimage.
@psychologicalsuccess3476
@psychologicalsuccess3476 3 жыл бұрын
Many voluntary ego deaths, I understood the rebuilding of one's ego from the bottomless pit of unconsciousness, ego deaths can't occur without the perspective you have completely shattering and changing
@Moonietie
@Moonietie 4 жыл бұрын
My personal interpretation of the ego is it acts as the 'scaffolding' keeping us together and going until we are old, wise and experienced enough to take over and live from an authentic place based on our experiences and intuition. When the 'real' self, or soul develops and can take over. The ego does collapse and it's pretty scary for some of us, for me it was spontaneous but gradual with lots of emotions being purged and lessons to learn, I've always learnt the hard way and would make the same mistakes over and over until I got it right. It can manifest as a break down, depression and anxiety. Most (not all) mental illness heals itself with time and the individual comes out better off but sadly we live in a world were these people aren't able to slow down and be cared for and nursed through it with loving support from family, who know what is happening and know they are just going through their changes. We have lost that knowing and most people feel alone or ashamed or have mouths to feed so have to force themselves through work and family commitments , when really they need some responsibility lifted from their shoulders so they can rest and give themselves the space and compassion to heal, that's why I think alot of people use bandaids such as drugs and medication to numb the feelings as it can be pretty intense, but this hinders the process. It's a metemorphisis which you see everywhere in nature. For some ( who have had a stable and loving upbringing) it probably happens gradually without it being noticed as not as much trauma to be released, maybe. I have felt the old leaving as the new comes in and go from a place of fear to love and back again. I'm only 33 though so I imagine I will settle more into myself as i grow older.
@redemption1561
@redemption1561 Жыл бұрын
That's an excellent explanation. Just yesterday I happened to use the same analogy of ego being the necessary scaffolding around a statue until the true self develops sufficiently.
@sjohn4134
@sjohn4134 5 жыл бұрын
Had an ego death, then a new ego emerged saying it had an ego death...
@logicalgoldfish2308
@logicalgoldfish2308 5 жыл бұрын
Dr. Peterson is spot on on saying that ego death is betrayel. When I was in the army my best friend since childhood died. I was training in the desert in a different state when I called my wife at the time to talk to her because I was thinking about her and loved her more than I have ever loved any girl in my life. When I called her she informed me about my best friend's death and it was very hard on me. We hung up and the very next day I had to reach out to my wife again seeking comfort in dealing with my best friend's death. My wife told me during that call that she wanted a divorce and that she wasn't going to be home when I got home. I came back to an empty home without my wife an no longer having my best friend and my support circle being halfway across the US. I felt so betrayed by her considering that I had just suffered the loss of my best friend whom I've never been able to replace even after more than a decade since his death. I suffered in silence for my remaining time in the army and after I was honorably discharged from the army I fell into heavy drug use to deal with my problems. It lead to an incredibly terrifying ego death that freed me from drug use and from my past. I'm glad I had the ego death because it liberated me from those dark moments in my life. Had I not had that ego death I am 100% certain that I wouldn't be alive today do to an overdose or suicide. But for many years after my ego death I was like a zombie void of life, although I've been slowly rebuilding a new better functioning ego.
@bbrangman9325
@bbrangman9325 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this informative video, I had learned a lot and needed to hear this. Watching this video also served as a reminder to me that World Ego Awareness Day is coming up this year on May 11th.😊
@TeunS133N
@TeunS133N 6 жыл бұрын
Awsome explaination, it makes so much sence, wow. I want to continue killng my ego on purpose.
@vivienrhodes4248
@vivienrhodes4248 4 жыл бұрын
Simply put you bounce back and go forward
@laurentv.6631
@laurentv.6631 Жыл бұрын
At 28 I went through a very hard post-breakup stress, with anguish and overthinking. It was like being a flotsam in a violent storm. Maybe I experienced what some call derealization. "Who am I ?" was I thinking, trying to look to the past and cling to something true, something stable. In the end : "I am none of the things I thought I was"... Anyway, not sure whether "ego death" would be appropriate, the pains of the ego are still there, most notably the ones from that time, but the illusion of identity just broke. To me there is no identity, there is no "I", I feel closer ti the truth if I say I am just what I experience.
@Dude-nz6kh
@Dude-nz6kh 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh why is this in my recommended all I did was listen to the new Ty dolla $ign song
@lymanfern647
@lymanfern647 4 жыл бұрын
First line hit like the archetypes dominance hierarchy’s
@noah.2B
@noah.2B 5 жыл бұрын
hmmm. This is something I need to study more. My best, closest, and honestly only friend of about 20 years abandoned me in my time of utmost personal need. The following 3 months were hell for me. Even now 2 years later I still feel fundamentally loose, shaken, or as if my sense of self has no grounding or permanence. I’m in counseling for depression, which I’ve made progress in, but whenever it comes to this topic I feel like it has more control over me than I am comfortable admitting.
@sashatagger3858
@sashatagger3858 5 ай бұрын
I did psilocybin a week ago and this is the most accurate description of what I'm feeling right now. Oh boy the mental confusion right now is unbearable.
@infectedmushroom1419
@infectedmushroom1419 5 жыл бұрын
Got betrayed by my real love and was accidentally while microdosing a psychedelic tripping for several hours. Guess I am a ghost now
@bloodymirpoutin3825
@bloodymirpoutin3825 3 жыл бұрын
You have a great profile pic
@citydrums7525
@citydrums7525 6 жыл бұрын
I believe it's related to the Dark Night of the Soul or "Unloading of the Unconscious."
@vodkacannon
@vodkacannon 6 жыл бұрын
Thats when someone who loves u betrays you...
@timothykuring3016
@timothykuring3016 6 жыл бұрын
Vodkacannon I dread that, but no one that I know of has ever loved me. There was a girl I knew when I was a kid, but she died when she was a teenager. I was disappointed, but still young enough to think I would find another girl as fine as she was. So although it was tragic, it wasn't betrayal.
@consciousclips3313
@consciousclips3313 6 жыл бұрын
That line was like out of a movie
@Jmndmb32
@Jmndmb32 6 жыл бұрын
Timothy Kuring be thankful! Love has ruined my life! It’s such a horrible, painful, mind altering parasite
@ehsanika9361
@ehsanika9361 6 жыл бұрын
When i find out my gf betraying me it was like collapsing in that moment I felt like i am a building and i am collapsing I don't know it was ego death or sth ... :)
@giuseppechris292
@giuseppechris292 4 жыл бұрын
COLD AF
@RyanThaLion1
@RyanThaLion1 3 жыл бұрын
"I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a comedy" Voluntary Ego Death = Acceptance
@newolympiangod8134
@newolympiangod8134 4 жыл бұрын
This is very true I've had some many ego deaths in my life. I just start killing it myself and in doing so I became free. I was free from what other thought of me and how the world saw me. I became something other could look up to. But not in a self imposing manner. But as someone who have lite the way for those bold enough to break the chains of man. Tho it was scary it was worth it.
@SKYDORMER
@SKYDORMER 6 жыл бұрын
I had a huge anxiety attack last week. Since then I've started to notice that I'm thinking clearer and things that scared me before the anxiety attack ( inferiority complex, my hypochondria, my self hate) all of it doesn't scare me at all now. I think I've experienced involuntary ego death.
@timothykuring3016
@timothykuring3016 6 жыл бұрын
Good answer. He really knows his stuff. It really ought to be called ego reorganization, because we need our ego defenses as much was we need the defenses of our flesh. Our egos know when they come under assault before we do, and that is a good thing because we retreat with a vague feeling that we don't like something or somebody and we are forced to think about it. What exactly is going on? How serious is it? What is the best defense, if we need to defend ourselves or our friends and family? Are we overreacting, and do we need to reorganize our defenses? To return to the body analogy. Our skin is permeable and flexible. It responds to pokes, burns, and freezing temperatures, while allowing adjustment to heat and cold and moisture in the environment, as well as access to oxygen. It heals itself. If our egos are healthy, they function in much the same way, but in a social environment. They can receive and transmit information unconsciously, as well as consciously, and they they allow for some degree of conscious control through conscious/unconscious interface. Ego pain is a warning that something needs attention just as surely as skin pain makes us withdraw reflexively from a danger before we know what it is. The ego is a wondrous creation of God that needs to be respected and handled with care and thought.
@zachellis3378
@zachellis3378 6 жыл бұрын
Ya
@timothykuring3016
@timothykuring3016 6 жыл бұрын
Pragmatic Entertainment Sorry that I seemed to ignore your comment. Several times before, I saw it in my notifications and got lost trying to find it here. My Android isn't as fully functional as a computer, and it doesn't take me directly to the notice I'm trying to answer. Some of these comment sections are like an explosion in a noodle factory, and I can get distracted enough to start commenting on other comments. I'm not a psychologist. I'm a dish washer. It's the only job I've been able to get in the past couple of years. After 14 years of running every aspect of the business in a used bookstore, I can't even get an interview in any bookstore. I've also driven a semi, worked in construction, farming, landscaping, carpentry, and other kinds of labor, but I can't get interviews in any of those either. I've been blacklisted and black balled, and in almost every other way, treated like a black man, without the benefit of affirmative action. In fact, most black people treat me almost like one of their own. They have generally been much more friendly and welcoming to me than white people. Even since I was a small child. I don't believe any of the rotten propaganda about them. I believe the evidence of my eyes and ears.
@timothykuring3016
@timothykuring3016 6 жыл бұрын
Pragmatic Entertainment Nah. It's complicated, I suppose. I was an outcast in the upper middle class neighborhood I grew up in, so I ranged further than most kids to find someone to play with. The kids in black neighborhoods didn't know If was an outcast, so they acted more like normal kids. None of them had ever met a white kid before, so they considered me a sort of novelty. They would make fun of me, but in a good natured way, not in the mean spirited way that kids in my neighborhood did. They were generally friendly and they would take me to their homes where their mothers would feed me lunch along with them. I didn't adopt black culture, but back in the 60s and 70s, there wasn't much of a difference. We all knew the same music and television shows. We went fishing, and played the same way kids had always played. These days, in the ghetto, I am generally welcomed, but I get along best with old black men and women who remember the way it was. I see the young people looking at me with suspicion. But the small kids usually like me as they do everywhere. For instance, there was a little boy who came over to talk to me, and his mother eventually came over looking for him. She seemed surprised that her little boy wanted to talk to a white man. It's kind of sad.
@ecself1262
@ecself1262 Жыл бұрын
Mine was in a sense both voluntary and involuntary. I voluntarily wanted to truly get to know myself because I thought I knew myself but I was forced to confront myself when I got deep enough and involuntarily had to learn, understand and overcome in order to experience true growth.
@radusi12
@radusi12 3 жыл бұрын
my story of ego death: if I understood correctly, my ego death started last year when a disease captured my stomach (Crohn) with daily pain for months. Before it, I was seen by some people as arrogant, me believing I was not, but I had false arrogance cause I didn't have much to back it up. All the pain made me realize most things are pointless in themselves, I didn't need an ego, screw that. I realized me and ego are 2 different characters, without it, I didn't care of opinions, girls, jobs, i'm not good for anybody. Now that I got better, I am kinda more humble towards things, but this ego stresses me so much of "do that, get that, i deserve that, i don't talk to people like those without education, i'm competent'. I am aware of these, they are draining my energy, idk what to do. Meditation and calmness helps somewhat, but it sucks cause I am not sure of anything or purpose
@Jamie-Russell-CME
@Jamie-Russell-CME 6 жыл бұрын
"No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
@satchitananda1820
@satchitananda1820 6 жыл бұрын
jamie Russel This is the title of an album by the Flatbush Zombies, D.R.U.G.S. stands for "Death and Reincarnation Under Gods Supervision". What the quote speaks of is realizing you are not finite matter, man which you have thought and thus perceived Infinite Existence through this lens. Hence the death of the Illusion that you are finite form and the realization that you are an Infinite Soul hence you are "born" again. And you will never be free of reincarnation into the 4 lowers Planes of Duality until you realize you are an Infinite Soul connected and One with All through the Essence of All. And you will not see the Soul Plane the 5th Plane the first plane of Nonduality made of Pure Spirit and is a Glorious place filled with the shining light of many Souls. This plane is the first True Heaven. Many heavenly sights may be seen in the lower Planes of Duality however these are traps designed this way to put you in awe, you must have the desire deep within your Soul to go back to the heavenly Planes all the way to the Creator of All or you will not find your way.
@satchitananda1820
@satchitananda1820 6 жыл бұрын
What is the true self? Here is the Truth, heed to the wisdom it is an Eternal blessing for you to know this for all born on Earth are born with amnesia not knowing this which was known once before. I am and you are an Infinite Soul that is Eternal, Timeless, and made of pure light/spirit of the Creator of All the Primordial Source of All things. Us as Souls are currently incarnated into a human body which is a divine vehicle that allows us to experience the Physical Plane. Human default programming is so you believe you are finite matter. The form you see before your eyes. Not the formless that gives birth to the form. Learn to see with thy Eye and you will see the form is truly formless. Thus the terms Maya, Illusion, Matrix. We chose to come here before we incarnated in the physical plane on Planet Earth to experience and learn, the Souls Journey. We have lived countless lifetimes and you may see them all played before you as a 360 degree video if you learn to go out of body and travel to the past the Astral Plane the next plane that still contains Duality and M.E.S.T. Matter, Energy, Space and Time that is above the physical plane onto the Causal Plane which contains the Akashic Records where all things on Earth are record in 360 degree "video" and you may see all you past lives. The Soul Plane the 5th the is the first plane of pure Spirit and Nonduality. Here the Soul Records are contained and give a more thorough view of all that you have done in your existence thus far as an Infinite Soul! How are Souls created you may wonder? Not by the Creator of All, but by 1 to 5 Gods they are known as your Divine Parents. God is a title. Given to beings who have evolved to a very high degree. And there are the primordial Gods that were the first beings birthed by the Creator of All. And there are many Souls who have incarnated on this Earth you walk on who have become Gods and this is the reason we are here aswell. To become something the unrealized "asleep" to their true nature human being which is the majority here on Earth now, could not fathom. Here is an amazing video The True Self VS the Little Ego self kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7yTesihscvDeas.html Now to quote beloved Lord Thoth who is a God and has been helping All on Earth Evolve for thousands of years. These words are timeless and will assist All Souls that have the blessing to come across them in their Journey for 2018. These words are from the Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean for they were written when he was incarnated on Atlantis which was his first incarnation on Earth. "I, Thoth, the Atlantean, give of my wisdom, give of my knowledge, give of my power. Freely I give to the children of men. Give that they, too, might have wisdom to shine through the world from the veil of the night. Wisdom is power and power is wisdom, one with each other, perfecting the whole. Be thou not proud, O man, in thy wisdom. Discourse with the ignorant as well as the wise. If one comes to thee full of knowledge, listen and heed, for wisdom is all. Keep thou not silent when evil is spoken for truth like the sunlight shines above all. He who over-steppeth the Law shall be punished, for only through the Law comes the freedom of men. Cause thou not fear for fear is a bondage, a fetter that binds the darkness to men. Follow thine heart during thy lifetime. Do thou more than is commanded of thee. When thou hast gained riches, follow thou thine heart, for all these are of no avail if thine heart be weary. Diminish thou not the time of following thine heart. It is abhorred of the soul. They that are guided go not astray, but they that are lost cannot find a straight path. If thou go among men, make for thyself, Love, the beginning and end of the heart." "All eyes do not see with the same vision, for to one an object appears of one form and color and to a different eye of another. So also the infinite fire, changing color to color, is never the same from day to day. Thus, speak I, THOTH, of my wisdom, for a man is a fire burning bright through the night; never is quenched in the veil of the darkness, never us quenched by the veil of the night. Into Men's hearts, I looked by my wisdom, found them not free from the bondage of strife. Free from the toils, thy fire, O my brother, lest it be buried in the shadow of the night! Hark ye, O man, and list to this wisdom: where do name and form cease? Only in consciousness, invisible, and infinite force of radiance bright. The forms that ye create by brightening thy vision are truly effects that follow thy cause. Man is a star bound to a body, until in the end, he is freed through his strife. Only by struggle and toiling thy utmost shall the star within thee bloom out in new life. He who knows the commencement of all things, free is his star from the realm of the night." "Know ye, man, ye are the ultimate of all things. Only the knowledge of this is forgotten, lost when man was cast into bondage, bound and fettered by the chains of darkness. Long, long ago, I cast off my body. Wandered I free through the vastness of ether, circled the angles that hold man in bondage. Know ye, O man, ye are only a spirit. The body is nothing. The Soul is ALL. Let not your body be a fetter. Cast of the darkness and travel in Light. Cast of your body, O man, and be free, truly a Light that is ONE with the Light." "Man, ye think that ye liveth, but know it is life within death. For as sure as ye are bound to your body, for you no life exists. Only the Soul is space-free, has life that is really a life. All else is only a bondage, a fetter from which to be free." This quote resonates very deeply within me for my path is to become a Master of Out of Body Soul Travel so I may guide Souls back to the planes of nonduality and Pure spirit all the way to the heart of the Creator of All and beyond for creation is Infinite. When you reach the Soul Plane you no longer are stuck in the wheel of 84 which keeps you incarnating into the lower planes of duality and M.E.S.T. (Matter.Energy.Space.Time.) with corresponding bodies. Astral bodies are bodies and they have an expiration date just like these physical bodies and many Souls are lost due to this Illusion when their physical body expires thinking that the Astral Plane is the highest heavenly plane when it is not even the first true heaven the Soul Plane where Soul exists with no bodies covering it's glory. This is experienced as a 360 degree viewpoint and the traits of the Soul of BEING SEEING AND KNOWING! "Seek not the kingdom of shadows, for evil will surely appear. For only the master of brightness shall conquer the shadow of fear. Know ye, O my brother, that fear is an obstacle great. Be master of all in the brightness, the shadow will soon disappear. Hear ye and heed my wisdom, the voice of LIGHT is clear. Seek not the valley of the shadow, and LIGHT will only appear." "O LIGHT, all pervading, One with All and All with One, flow thou to me through the channel. Enter thou so that I may be free. Make me One with the ALL-SOUL, shining from the blackness of night. Free let me be of all space-time, free from the Veil of the night. I, a child of LIGHT command: Free from darkness to be. Formless am I to the Light-Soul, formless yet shining with light. Know I the bonds of the darkness must shatter and fall before light. Now give I this wisdom. Free may ye be, O man, living in light and in brightness. Turn not thy face from the Light. Thy soul dwells in the realms of brightness. Ye are a child of the Light. Turn thy thoughts inward not outward. Find thou the Light-Soul within. Know that thou are the MASTER. All else is brought from within. Grow thou to realms of brightness. Hold though thy thought on the Light. Know thou art on with the Cosmos, a flame and Child of the Light." "Think not that man is earth-born, though come from the earth he may be. Man is light-born spirit. But without knowing, he can never be free. Darkness surrounds the light-born. Darkness fetters the Soul. Only the one who is seeking may ever hope to be free." To preface what I am going to quote next Hu is an ancient name for God. Hu-man "Now ye assemble, my children, waiting to hear the Secret of Secrets which shall give ye power to unfold the God-man, give ye the way to Eternal Life. Plainly shall I speak of the Unveiled Mysteries. No dark sayings shall I give unto thee. Open thine ears now, my children. Hear and obey the words that I give. First I shall speak of the fetters of darkness which bind ye in chains to the sphere of the Earth. Darkness and light are both of one nature, different only in seeming, for each arose from the source of all. Darkness is disorder. Light is Order. Darkness transmuted is light of the Light. This, my children, is your purpose in being; transmutation of darkness to light." The rest of this part of the Secret of Secrets is amazing, see for your Self! "Forget not, O man, with all of thy seeking that Light is the goal ye shall seek to attain. Search ye for the Light on thy pathway and ever for thee the goal shall endure. Let not thine heart turn ever to darkness. Light let shine Soul be, a Sun on the way. Know ye that eternal brightness, ye shall ever find thy Soul hid in Light, never fettered by bondage or darkness, ever it shines forth a Sun of the Light. Aye, know, though hidden in darkness, your Soul, a spark of the true flame, exists. Be ye One with the greatest of all Lights. Find at the SOURCE, the END of thy goal." www.crystalinks.com/emerald.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nchlncidx5qsqGw.html -"Audiobook"
@satchitananda1820
@satchitananda1820 6 жыл бұрын
"How did we all come to be? Before the beginning began, our Creator designed your spirit and gave it a name. Then a subdivision of that spirit, along with the help of certain gods, created the engine of your soul. Now a fraction of your soul is locked into your physical body. Prior to your birth your soul, which is an immortal entity, reviewed the expanse of this galaxy. Based on the light, your soul wanted to experience an upcoming adventure called life on Earth. You chose this planet to host a long cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in order to give your soul an education of being in duality. Your soul also chose the parents it would like to come through based on certain DNA and energetic inherency within. You chose the number of years you’d be here as well as when you would die. You received permission from your parents, ‘the gods’, to come here. What you did not know is that you would have to deal with the density and darkness down here. Your ancestors are the members of your family no longer in embodiment. Most of them are in the spirit world living a life similar to this. They are awaiting your requests for help as well as your supplication. A large portion of your beloved ancestors’ unresolved karma is left behind and it can be affecting you. Did you know that financial debt follows you into the beyond and must be balanced as well as dark deeds? Our ancestors ask of us to do certain rituals, which I teach, so that they can help us more in our dimension to achieve our goals, dreams, and true hearts desires. After all, your greatest passion is what your soul called your body into being to experience, yes? Over the thousands of conversations with hundreds of people I’ve had about esoterica, I began to realize that some of what would come out of my mouth was not from my brain or human side. Slowly, like putting the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together, I realized that I have a level of mediumship that takes over. St. Germaine and my spirit guide actually made me aware of this last year. I also had a very clear conversation with my “I Am”, that told me that this is one of the many reasons why I am here. I actually hid this stealthy mission deep within my being to unfold ever so ephemerally at a predestined time. That time has begun. The preparation of this mission to bring spiritual consciousness to the populace has been in action all my life. In April of 2013, I received a series of prompts from the spirit world to put together a series of lectures called May Miracles. The dates I selected were May 5th, 12th & 26th. These dates are power days: Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. The proceeds from the first six tickets I sold to the series along with what little I had in the bank came out to $444.07. The series was being held at 444 Atlantic Avenue and on the 7th day, Sunday. This was definitely one sign amongst the many to come that the spirit world wanted this series to happen and they supported it 100%. Every single soul in this world has come to Earth to play an important role. The problem is that many don’t know what that role is. Even more don’t know that we are divine beings who are temporarily experiencing a brief stay here on earth. We exist on many different dimensions simultaneously. We are here to combine those other parts of ourselves and effect change here for the better, on earth. We are to evolve beyond the limits of what have been mistaught from birth. The meaning and purpose of life is far greater than we can possibly fathom. In the words of Dr. Anthony T. Browder; “The things we know that we know fit into a thimble. You empty that into an 8oz glass and that represents the things we know that we don’t know. You empty that into the expanse of the ocean, and that represents the things we don’t even know that we don’t know”. Fortunately, I teach some of what those missing links are. I have had the very good fortune of meeting the 3 gods that created the engine of my soul ,so that i may express my mission here on earth with their help. They are my cosmic parents. SHANGO, SRI LAKSHMI & BALDR. They are from 3 different pantheons, and that gives me a wide range of knowledge to draw from as well as advanced enriching teachings. It was my Divine Mother Lakshmi who revealed to me that my highest form is the Lord Ganesha. She told me directly that I AM a human embodiment of him.The Gods know things we could never know in the fractal earthling human template." -Sri Master Gano Grills
@HuntingTarg
@HuntingTarg 5 жыл бұрын
+Pragmatic Entertainment [ignoring the two walls of text in play]: Yeshua of Nazareth.
@itsnotatoober
@itsnotatoober 5 жыл бұрын
No, some ppl are good. Don't listen to cult leader that call themselves God and king and make you die before they can accept you. Those are called assholes
@JamesDH
@JamesDH 5 ай бұрын
it’s so ironic that he speaks on ego death when a lot of online presence has in some way revolved around his ego
@Iamrichannor
@Iamrichannor 2 жыл бұрын
love this man
@asmitharamesh1766
@asmitharamesh1766 4 жыл бұрын
Not many KZfaq videos made me feel this scared and terrified of what I just learned.
@KoyomiMojo
@KoyomiMojo Жыл бұрын
ego death is when all suffering ceases.
@kellymarieoconnorful
@kellymarieoconnorful 6 жыл бұрын
Great explanation but I feel like true ego death is a total dissolving of the self. After I experienced one on an acid trip and before I had the terminology to explain it I simply said "I forgot that I was a person". It's a complete dissolving of yourself.
@exerciseaccount3271
@exerciseaccount3271 6 жыл бұрын
I felt a vacuum at my core, sucking the logic of existence straight out of reality, pieced together by the ideas and probably recorded calculations of randomness.
@casinozx
@casinozx 6 жыл бұрын
What the fuck thats exactly what happened to me! Like I had to really focus to snap back to reality. Everything seemed so meaningless
@AM-hh2jb
@AM-hh2jb 6 жыл бұрын
He explained Carl Jung's perspective on ego death....
@learrus
@learrus 6 жыл бұрын
Ever been a ball of light?
@weegieboard8432
@weegieboard8432 6 жыл бұрын
learrus mate, i have! First time i tried dmt. An actual ball of light, like a lightbulb with fingers closing around, but beams of light still escaping between the fingers. What the actual fuck though... How can you ever identify as something so detached from personal experience. Bizarre. Next few times on dmt, never happened again.. one was really awful actually. But no me, just a ball of light Bizarre, i honestly find it impossible to integrate it logically- but it was transcendental too
@milk9720
@milk9720 2 жыл бұрын
He forgot to mention one thing. A voluntary ego death can be VERY VERY therapeutic after having an involuntary one. It all depends on where u choose to uh… ‘destroy the ego’ (if ykyk)
@Daveyboyz1978
@Daveyboyz1978 6 жыл бұрын
There is a part of the brain that is responsible for how you see yourself and the narrative that your write about your own self perception. My understanding that an ego death occurs on magic mushrooms, DMT or other psychedelics where this part of the brain blinks out and leaves you able to see yourself for exactly what you are (objectively rather than subjectively) which can be a huge learning experience and one of the primary learning tools of ayuhuaska use.
@buckogray
@buckogray 6 жыл бұрын
This all makes sense hearing others put their experiences into words. For someone to say that their ego has collapsed/died/transcended/heightened .. whatever word fits .. gives me the idea that the experience is subjective (maybe not entirely because you can describe it in a way that is general to all). I've had small ones I would say. Near death experiences also could have chipped away at it. I think of it as almost like letting go kind of. You figure out your ego and reflect to times where you've become "lost in the role" in a way .. maybe it was finding the line between my higher self and my ego that gave me the impression that my ego was dying. It's important to have an ego but it can be destructive or cause a person to be naive in a way. So the death(s) of my ego was/were part of a positive transformation I believe. I may have been working through the enlightenment process. Some were forced some happened naturally. Reflecting back it all makes sense as to how it's working out. I have had an experience where I was in incredible deep thought and something told me I was dying/an idea came to me that I was dying. Since I was completely safe and obviously alive it must have been a part of me that was dying. That was the first time I was aware of what I would describe as ego death. I definitely have changed and see the signs I ask for-- some that I don't but need to see. Every coincidence has some deep meaning now and they may have all along. My awareness is just entirely increasing in all aspects.
@buckogray
@buckogray 6 жыл бұрын
this came from my heart.
@ashberry2852
@ashberry2852 4 жыл бұрын
Simplest explanation
@dagifelner9298
@dagifelner9298 3 жыл бұрын
That's what happened to me. I couldn't have been healthier, more loving, more trustful, more close and personal to them. Involuntary. I lost 5 years of my life. They did that to me. It killed me. It did kill me. I 'v had three groups I considered my family. Really strong bondings, really, really strong. Grown over years of living life together and experiencing everything together. I was connected to them with my whole soul. One my real family. The other one the house I lived in... They even call theirselves family after years of being separated. It was a family. And then my chosen one..my group of friends. Also grown nearly a decade. I still have no idea, what happened really. But they all let me down or turned against me, nothing was my fault, I was innocent. I never understood. My life crashed... Collapsed... I was lost I the universe and I don't know, if I will truly recover from that. I couldn't have been healthier and stronger before. Always knew, who I was. Had strong and deep bondings. For real. Grown with the past. It seemed like not even my present got stolen, but also my past... And also my future. I was in the middle of life... In the middle of my studies, I was good in it. And I loved it. Still I have not finished my studies ... Hard to know, who I am... I feel like that was my life. That was place. I feel like, they mordered me.
@WhiteChocolate444
@WhiteChocolate444 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@risefromtheashes6623
@risefromtheashes6623 Жыл бұрын
This couldn't be more accurate 🤧
@rufusleers
@rufusleers 6 жыл бұрын
I had a scenario of quite a few family members betraying me. It didn't get to me though. I just threw away any notion that they were ever family to me. They still me family, but they can't understand why they are strangers to me.
@sgt.politeness1677
@sgt.politeness1677 2 жыл бұрын
The problem of subjective interpretation of words or symbols was suggested by a sociologist called Max Webber. The introduction of Symbolic Interactionism to Sociology was done by G.H. Mead. A sender communicating with a receiver may have a different meaning or vice versa, associated to the symbols and hence the communication leads to inaccurate exchange of ideas.
@eros6421
@eros6421 2 жыл бұрын
ego death is realizing you are the process and not separate from it.
@javierrivera2539
@javierrivera2539 6 жыл бұрын
The psychedelic death he describes is that of sacrifice. Sacrificing what you are or who you are to rebuild yourself in a way that suites you. The ego death he describes has two options at the end of the chaos. Suicide or reformation. Or atleast this is the way I can interpret it. Because how can someone who loves you betray you. If they love you they wouldn’t betray you if anything they would do anything else. But thinking about what can show you love which can be family, friends, and even wife or husband. They all can love you today and the days coming after. So how is it that if someone that loves you committing suicide spark betrayal to you. It’s the first feeling i felt when a friend of mine committed suicide. Ever since he did it the motive didn’t matter to me. There was something he wanted to rebuild so he doesn’t have to feel so depressed. Thinking about leaving this world to see if you can be reborn to another world means to fall into chaos in this case depression and reform it into something new like looking for a better place to be. Therefore leaving the two choices. Suicide with the belief that you’ll be reborn into s better place than where you last were or some other kind of reformation with ones self. That’s what I can understand off this video and based of personal experience
@gabrielus123gabby
@gabrielus123gabby 5 жыл бұрын
Not was i was expecting
@davefischer2344
@davefischer2344 5 жыл бұрын
Very awesome :)
@TheDoomWizard
@TheDoomWizard 4 жыл бұрын
Had to watch this twice I'm 31 Been thru some shit
@groundofbeing9733
@groundofbeing9733 Жыл бұрын
Its partially when you shift permanently from the “I am this” (I am billy, i am depressed, etc) illusion in the body to the “I-witness” which is always present.
@alvojnikovic2171
@alvojnikovic2171 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve suffered ego death voluntarily and involuntary so so long ago and am so free because of it
@knight1782
@knight1782 4 жыл бұрын
what kind of situation did you got through?
@davidgrant6451
@davidgrant6451 10 ай бұрын
Holy shxt he just nailed it in his first statement!
@Daimo83
@Daimo83 6 жыл бұрын
Powerful video man.
@dreadlockbanana
@dreadlockbanana 3 жыл бұрын
I think he got this right. Ego death is a painful yet orgasmic release of tension that allows room for a healthier and better informed ego to grow. I think the ego is just a survival tool for the body. When the ego adapts to a hostile (traumatic) environment and enters a nurturing one, there is lots of conflict about letting down defenses and constructs of the ego. When you finally kill the now maladapted ego off, you can grow a new one that is simply aware of environments that cause trauma, rather than one that desperately and painfully avoids anything resembling trauma. Psychedelics can probably kill your ego regardless of its qualities, which can be a useful experience if you don't know how/what to give up.
@SuperHappyGirlyGurl
@SuperHappyGirlyGurl Жыл бұрын
Hits different after an LSD trip
@NeverAmountToZero
@NeverAmountToZero Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂wtffff
@Kronikalrag3
@Kronikalrag3 3 жыл бұрын
A purposeful Ego death for me is confronting ones own self and literally stripping away everything that makes you you , It's deciding what is needed and what is not at a bare bones level only then to be followed up with a complete system format , where everything is fresh and what was needed at a bare bones level is now stored in its own folder encrypted completely separate from the new operating system... I know i started to use computer analogy but its a perfect way to see the taxing process it takes on ones own mind.
@SeekingTheLordGod
@SeekingTheLordGod 2 жыл бұрын
We and Father are One
@ryantoner8132
@ryantoner8132 2 жыл бұрын
He answered the shit out of that question
@AnnaLVajda
@AnnaLVajda 4 жыл бұрын
If the person you trust the most betrays you it changes you you become less certain of everything. This happened to me when I was about 20. So since then I have better instincts about betrayal but I still don't always know how to handle the aftermath.
@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 5 жыл бұрын
I don't think what he calls "involuntary ego-death" is an ego-death per se but more of an existencial crisis. Still, his description is on point.
@Superkerl1
@Superkerl1 5 жыл бұрын
im pure potential. everything is fluent. every situation reveals new facettes of myself. its kinda interesting, but also pretty exhausting.
@jimchoate6590
@jimchoate6590 2 жыл бұрын
First time i’ve seen Jordan answer a question without thinking. An Ego death is not a breakup or about mistrust.
@take87chris
@take87chris 2 жыл бұрын
2:30 wow... Just understood it decently.
@eyeexaggerate7687
@eyeexaggerate7687 3 жыл бұрын
Ego is the differentiating factor in consciousness, it is not to be killed. Ego death reduces one to “nothing”, the idea is to become empty, a hollow tree. It is not something to fight, it calls for surrender. It has many names, dark night of the soul, for example. To escape mass “man” one has to endure the ordeal. I learned much from a doc/healer who was taught by von Franz in Switzerland, those of us who are in process know that it is never ending, there is no point to reach. Patience and understanding with oneself is absolutely key.
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