The Whole Wide World Peeling Your Face Off Your Skull
Added 2024-07-20 03:51:36 +0000 UTCI think this rounds out my "transcendentalist trilogy". Although Walt Whitman is increasingly on my radar, so who knows. Thank you for your support <3
-Michael
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Reminds me of Marcus Aurelius, stoicism
Reese's Pieces
2024-12-17 22:15:27 +0000 UTCAnother thought-provoking video. This one reminds me of your “Touch Grass” video, which I revisit every month or so. Thanks.
Joshua B.
2024-08-01 03:46:38 +0000 UTCI have known about Patreon for a while now , a lot of podcasts I listen to advertised they Patreon , but I always knew I should save it for a creator that would revolutionize the internet for me personally. I downloaded the app cause of Dan Carlin Hardcore History And I’m glad I find you on YouTube few weeks back and finally I’m able to support you on here. Your content has waken me up from a long slumber. I resonate deeply with The Long and Violent War Against Your Soul
POUYA ABDOLLAHZADEH
2024-07-29 16:32:12 +0000 UTCI know I’m a bit late to this one but these videos always find me when I need them most, thank you
Aden Mixson
2024-07-26 14:42:11 +0000 UTCOnce again, one of your excellent essays hits me just as I need it. I have been musing upon similar concepts for a while now, and had reached the conclusion that truth to ones motivations is essential for any sort of contentment in living. That an understanding of what you truly believe and wish to do is paramount. I came to the conclusion earlier this year (around March) that I have not been doing this for the last half decade of my life. I had been taking the immediately obvious, socially acceptable steps forward: those that granted me social prestige and pleased those about me. I achieved them well enough, and I certainly don't regret my degree or my job, but I realise now that I did not pick them for my own benefit, or out of truth to my own motivations, rather I picked them as they were the most prestigious and obvious steps available to me. I find you being up the idea that "life must be lived" fairly often, and that is a point I feel few appreciate. I think many (myself included) are happy to allow life to happen to them. I had watched "You Must Go Into the Unknown" around the aforementioned time, and that had aided me greatly in piecing apart my situation. I have resolved to save some money and seek physical toil (in some volunteering program with agricultural elements), as I think hard work (especially physical) can be invaluable to understanding ones own headspace. I had, recently, began to balk at the plan. The plan had made my life more bearable by simply existing, and the increased financial compensation at work had got me second guessing whether I wanted to do this at all. I realise now, that in no small part, the approaching of the deadline (once about a year away, now about 7 months) of putting my plan into action had sparked my anxieties, and the worry of what others would think had flooded back. I cannot live according to that: it brings me only misery and a sense of deep pointlessness. I am getting to the point where I will have to start actually putting down details to my travels and work. I only hope that I can beat through my anxieties and find a better, more authentic to me way of life, as I am aiming to do. For anyone reading, I thank you heartily. And Michael, I thank you for sharing what you have learned in such an interesting format, and for delving into philosophical concepts that have helped me sort through the bric-a-brac of my life in order to make personal sense of it. Self reliance, what an idea.
Victoria Walker
2024-07-25 19:06:23 +0000 UTCSuch a lovely video! My ideal has always been to be self-caused and self-sufficient
Rhea
2024-07-23 10:43:18 +0000 UTCI’m gonna be listening to this one over and over to remind myself what life and personal fulfillment is about
S. P.
2024-07-22 19:57:45 +0000 UTCToday is my birthday, glad to have a new Horses video to give me some wisdom about how to spend the next year of my life.
Olivia Hoover
2024-07-20 13:17:55 +0000 UTCWhenever I’m having a hard time I watch one of your videos and I’m reminded of what’s really important to me. Thanks for continuing your work. It’s important
Liam Brown
2024-07-20 11:46:39 +0000 UTCWow.. I have never heard of this man or his works, but I have lived most of my life with the same philosophy. Thank you for showing me his works!
Rece
2024-07-20 06:17:28 +0000 UTCSo good as usual
Jessi
2024-07-20 05:11:03 +0000 UTCWishing you the best! Keep up the great work!
Plaid Chronicles
2024-07-20 03:55:43 +0000 UTC
