We Worry About Problems We Don't Even Have | Eastern Philosophy
In reality, problems cannot exist without a perceiver, as circumstances aren’t troublesome without someone or something identifying them as such. So, if there’s nothing inherently problematic about reality, doesn’t that mean that we humans repeatedly (and on a grand scale) worry about problems that don’t even exist?
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00:00 - Intro
02:03 - Many different worlds
05:27 - The Two Truths
08:06 - The Problem Machine
09:47 - Resolvement versus Dissolvement
"We suffer more in imagination than in reality" - Seneca
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I love the beginning portion of the quote as well, "there are more things...likely to frighten us than there are to crush us."
@@balzache thanks for bringing that up! I didn't know there was more to this quote 💙
That's so true most of the time. Great quote.
Meditation Man, be enlightened.
"I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened." - Mark Twain.
Damn i really like this one!
Often, what we think might happen is often worse than what actually happens.
I listen to many videos on the channel you share that are quite interesting, it makes me very passionate and want to listen every day
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen “ Alan Watts
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Probably maybe
"When the mind settles down, problems disappear" 💜
@@SeattleMartin chances are, if you have a calm mind, you’re not homeless in a dumpster
@Aaron Hrynyk what if my moment of clarity and calm comes when I'm in a dumpster?
@@Zmej420BlazeIt you'll eventually make your way out of the dumpster because you won't be afraid to move forward.
@@thechinkysight it also depends on if you’re homeless in a warm climate or cold one. Being homeless in a cold climate is more suffering than being homeless in a warm one.
@@SeattleMartin our perception can change how we feel about the situation. I agree that some situations are more difficult than others tho, for sure
When we believe our thoughts we suffer. When I question them I don’t ❤
Wow I like this one, takes a moment longer but it's very good
"Let people hold on to these: Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires." ~~Tao-te Ching, ch. 19 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)
Meditation, IS the path...
Sounds confucian.
How "Reduce selfishness," fits here? it will quite increase your amount of problems
@@meditationtears6725 meditation is nonsense for highly neurotic people. You shodu rather have fun and excitement if you can
Have few desires. Own nothing and be happy. Ypu are being primed to become a slave. And you dont even fathom how or why.
One fundamental truth about the mind is that once you don't think about it it no longer matters
I work a fairly difficult job (12 hour days, physical labor) and a co-worker asked me why I was always happy at work. I told her "Because, for me, complaining and being upset is harder than just being happy; I choose to be happy". That's not to say I don't have my moments. It gets to me sometimes and I might get upset or angry for a few minutes. The more I work on just accepting the things in my life that I encounter, the less those moments of anger happen. Eventually, I hope to train my mind to understand that I can choose peace and happiness in all circumstances and eliminate anger altogether.
But you agree with me that you can't do that job forever because natural path....so I hope you are taking in consideration to open again the book and improve your life.
Whooooooooo man.. I can dig it
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." ~~Marcus Aurelius
That's incorrect, 2+2=4 and that's not opinion and not perspective
@@deltaxcd Numbers don't exist as a physical objects.
@@marjanp so 2 apples and 2 apples is not 4 apples? Also wahsy it has to be limited as physical objects your party experience is also not a physical object
@@deltaxcd Apples exist. Numbers are abstract concepts, created by us to understand this world. If we die, they have no meaning. Mathematics is generally an abstract subject who can describe better science such as physics, chemistry, biology and, using those sciences, we create technology or products important for us. Science is generally a tool to understand the world. It can be an accurate depiction of the world, but seen through human eyes. It's just a translator who mediates the conversation between people and the Universe.
@@SannaJankarin How is any of that relevant to what i said? 2 apples is physical object and 4 apples is another physical object that exists. and obviously if we put 2 apples and other 2 apples we will have 4 apples. Also in principle entire universe and all physical objects are pretty much just mathematical concept on its own as universe can be considered to be a quantum computer which does simulation of our reality The idea of truth is also mathematical concept it has nothing to do with the real world mathematics is completely abstract and universal. science is creating mathematical models of the reality where we live
'I've had many worries in my life, most of which never happened'- mark twain
People may perceive problems differently, but we should still be sympathetic and supportive when someone has an experience that is a problem to them, but not to us eg breakdown of a marriage, death of a loved one, or loss of a job, for example. We need to see them seeing it as a problem as valid, and offer support, even if we don't know what that problem is like ourselves.
Most people are sympathetic and supportive towards other people’s problems but the point of this video is how a person can respond to events in a way that reduces their level of distress and worry.
Well said
Having empathy is thou kind of a different topic. It's not argued here that we all "experience problems" and therefore should be empathetic to each other and supportive. But simply becoming mindful about how we handle those troubling situations and the emotions that arise with them can help tremendously. I recently rediscovered the teachings of daoism as I am suffering through a break up. I have never found as much value out of meditation ever before. I do allow the grief to fully take me over when it arises. But it is coming with a feeling of hopelessness that I struggled to get out from. Simply sitting still and allowing myself to do the very basic first step of noticing my thoughts and returning to my breath helped me so much to get back some sence of peace and ground myself and remind myself that this moment that caused that pain already passed and I am now already in the process off accepting my new presence.
YES. THANK YOU.
The point of this video are the problems we only perceived and its not happening yet... of course if the problems are happening "now" - thats a diff story/topic
Really calmed myself down for my tomorrow's exam. Now I don't care if I would pass or not😇😇😇
Good luck with your exam!
All the very best! ✨
Maybe care a little 😏 Good luck
Good luck with your exam.. not that you need it 😉
From Human's perception it's important but not universally !
Our mind is an excellent servant and poor master. Meditate and you will learn to see through the mind. Remember that we all have the power to choose which thoughts to believe. -Much love from a growing KZheadr
If the mind is an _excellent_ *servant* then why do so many people lose control so easily? & what is this about a _poor master_ ? Robin Sharma mentions this old proverb in his book 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' . "see *through* the mind" ? You can't see through a mirror & all you can do, is _attempt_ to control your mind (after all, it's yours for a life-time). Without a mind, one cannot discriminate one thing from another; nor can one see, hear, taste, or smell anything, Mr. Meditation-breath.
@@TAROTAI 1. Why do people lose control so easily? because they have not developed mastery. To make the mind your servant you must become a master. 2. You can see through the mind into its source. You are the source. 3. mind can cease activity. There is a point where no thoughts arise.
For anyone who comes across this video who doesn’t resonate with this with all that has happened in your life: those who suffered immense tragedy, maybe victimized as a child, or victim of a crime or struggling financially, physically, still on the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, please know that a sense of peace does NOT have to be the place you have to achieve immediately. Honor your pain. Honor any occurances of injustice that has remained and allow your woes to be witnessed and expressed, THEN after you shed that sufficiently, watch this again to now shift your perspective. I see you. I feel you.
This video is for everything above the first two levels of Maslow's Hierarchy. The lack of Safety and Physiological needs are REAL problems and not mental projections.
@@tokuscastle4320 maybe
@GHØUL Muh that was your journey, I absolutely see no problem with it. You stayed in your pain for as long as you needed to be. The only thing that matters is the reality of what happened. If that event (reading the book) didn't happen, you would probably have stayed with your pain for a while more and that's ok, too. Some people take a long time to change their lives, others do it pretty quickly and there's no need to compare people's journeys. You did what you had to do in order to stay afloat, and then you found your motivation to overcome the situation. What you achieved is great, but it would have been fine if you felt you needed to stay with your pain a while longer.
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i was looking for this comment, having the ‘right mindset’ doesn’t fix mental illness, abuse, poverty or other life threatening issues
It took me a couple attempts at listening to this to finally grasp the message but wow it is so true. Just like your Wu Wei video (my favourite) it’s the same message - let problems solve themselves by changing our perception of them. I often see if I overanalyze I create even MORE problems for myself. Now I have a rule “If you don’t know what to do - do nothing”. Has changed my life in many ways, especially in dating. I find no matter what happens we always get through it & we become even closer in the process. Thank you as always Einzelganger🙏🏽✨
Yes. I literally just responded to David hamming (above your comment) and quoted wu wei. The only reason I responded was to say you're not alone his videos always go over my head. I usually need 3 or more attempts to get them. Clearly you're smarter than me
@@stoictaoist8553 Glad I’m not alone! You’re just as smart since it takes courage to admit you don’t understand something and to keep trying over and over again to understand it. I think we’ll grasp this soon enough & apply it to our journey :). Good luck !
I allow myself to worry only and only AFTERi have defined the problem in writing...it works
That's been my mindset recently too about dating, I got myself into a sticky situation because I tried to do something when doing literally nothing would have sufficed. A good learning opportunity, nothing was permanently lost
You always say thank you for watching, so i gotta say thank you for making these videos and reminding me of the "right" way of thinking/living. You are one of the reasons, why i'm slowly but constantly changing into a better person, for me and my environment. So thanks again for your work, you're making the world a little bit wiser/better/more content.
Keep at it friend 💙
It’s not the right way of thinking, it’s a way of thinking. All men know the truth.
Bingo
Read the second reply again.
love it
the part about endless problems is so true. i have to consciously look for the small successes that i forgot or didn't notice and remind myself to celebrate them for a while before being obsessed with the next problem again. funny how we're such problem-solvers that we never even stop to cheer about the things we solved and just go straight for another puzzle immediately
So accurate for me. I was at a new rock bottom a few days ago, but today I feel like that never even happened. It's been a huge mindset shift that saved me, my circumstances barely changed
I remember in my childhood, my friend and I saw the same thing play out… I was surprised to hear her opinion on what we saw.. it was in that moment.. I thought to myself: “wow… two people can see the same thing and have two totally different views on it.” I didn’t know how to make sense of it at the time.. but glad I can now.
Wowww, this is so philosophical. I gotta really control my mentality. One life. Live it.
I believe there is not just this life.
@@spidermiddleagedman same, I don't really mind either way though.
Have you learned Osaka-ben yet?
Anxiety : The search for forty different solutions to a problem that does not exist . Breathe.....
So true! I BREATHE!
This is very true, I'm so worried about my future life, That doesn't exist yet, and it's very true that my mindset has the fault and not the reality to be blamed for. I wish I can figure out life in none worried way.
Your problem can be solved by living the present life as you would want to be in your next life. The next life is a continuation of the present and it will be exactly the same, just as the opening balance of next year is exactly the same as the closing balance of last year. Not an iota will change or be different. So start the process of change NOW and learn to live a satisfied and peaceful life. This stage is what I perceive as happiness.
Focus on the here and now. That’s all you really have any control over.
Struggling with mental health , financial health and keeping positive working my new job hasn't been easy. This video and many more have been enlightening and bring me peace when I feel overwhelmed. Thank you very much. I wish all the best and send love!!!
This video is pure gold 👏
"He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know." ~~Tao-te Ching, ch. 56 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)
Yet he said that
@@dibs0equiped HAHA! Yes, I thought the same thing once! Although, it is quite possible that in that moment he was "being spoken"...meaning, the words came naturally from direct experience rather than philosophical/analytical thinking. But....I don't know :-)
He only wrote it down as he was fleeing his country, they forced him too to allow passage, as the story goes.
So, by rule of his own philosophy, he is part of the latter.
@@SerErryk Precisely because truth is a living and breathing thing.. The Tao of Now is the only eternal one.. spaceandmotion
This Is Why I Have KZhead ♥. Great Work Man !!
The energy from positivity, peace, love, kindness are truths I choose to encompass my reality.
I think experiences play a part. What we grow up with, what we are taught, how we are raised, educated and the experiences we have as children, often shape our perceptions and biases in life. Our perceptions of opinions and what we think are true, go back to what happens to us as we grow up. That has to play a part in how we deal with problems.
This has given me a lot to think about. I am definitely someone who creates problems for himself. It's nice to have a different helpful perspective. Thanks for the video!
Dying because you have nothing to eat is not a subjective problem, it is a problem to any living creator we know of.
My mind was getting super tangled and compressed, this video hit in just the right way, thanks
Isn't it wonderful when we get what we need at just the right time 💙
New to this channel. These are great and very helpful thank you. It’s like iv’e known this stuff internally my entire life but it’s amazing to hear it put into words to eloquently. Very reassuring. Grounding.
Yeah! it really reinforces it when you hear from someone else 💙
he is awesome! You won't be disappointed
:) as Socrates said, we all know the Truth. the trick is to remember it here in this existence :) he called that the Maieutica, or maeuitics, "help it to birth" (in our mind)... :) I think I heard this at my very first philosophy lesson at school...
This is me most mornings at 3am. I worry about my mother's death when it happens,the possible loss of my wife later in our life and my children's health and futures.
Thank you for putting this together. I have been trying to explain to people for years that I don't have bad experiences, everything that happens colors my world and the dark times show how Brite the other times are. Just a palet of paint and I take away the things I wish. Simple.
I am a Survivor of child melestion, rape and murder. I've been struggling, for so long and this is one of the best videos, I've ever heard bringing me to peace of mind from all that has happened to me. Thx and God bless.🤗 God loves u. 💯 he even loves the man that did this to me, my blood uncle. Never stop giving up.
You are a fighter!!!!!!......much respect
This is a re-assuring video for me. I am grateful for my current circumstances and place in life, but my overthinking is causing unwanted stress and is making me feel down. I hope everyone is doing well, and wish the best for those currently struggling.
This video makes me feel at peace.
The part about solving our problem and therefore changing our circumstances reminded me of parable called "Death in Teheran" as told by Victor Frankl in one of his books: A rich and mighty Persian once walked in his garden with one of his servants. The servant cried that he had just encountered Death, who had threatened him. He begged his master to give him his fastest horse so that he could make haste and flee to Teheran, which he could reach that same evening. The master consented and the servant galloped off on the horse. On returning to his house the master himself met Death, and questioned: “Why did you terrify and threaten my servant?” Death answered: “I did not threaten him; I only showed surprise in still finding him here, because I planned to meet him tonight in Teheran.”
Thank you a lot Einzelganger.
Love your videos bro they’ve changed my life
The problem I have right now is that I can only push the like button once! 🤭 Great video! It's as if you summed up rather nicely what I've come to discover over the last 10 years! What a great video to change my perception of things NOW! 👏👏👏 Video rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I have learned to enjoy what others see and feel as difficult.
“I’m so tired of being tired, sure as night will follow day, most things I worry ‘bout Never Happen Anyway.” - Tom Petty
Problems are made and pushed out as fast as never before in history. Learnings: Be a good Dog and be happy :D Great and calming video. Good points with the narcotics.
Still in the middle of the audiobook “stop worrying and start living” by Dale Carnegie and this channel popped up on my algorithm. Excellent video, just what I needed.
I love your channel so much thank you so much for being here and God bless you love you and God bless and I love all the people watching this channel
Hahaha I have just had this happen to Me. I have a friend who is getting an Amp put into his car for music. He only had to wait 2 weeks for the appointment. I told him, "cool you only have to wait 2 weeks. That's not too long at all." He got mad at me and said "what are you talking about? 2 weeks is a long time." I rolled my eyes.🙄
You're both right. Neither is wrong. The 2 week duration is subjective based on your respective life experiences
Everything is perspective. Truth isn't attached to good or bad, its plain & mundane. Its just truth
I really needed to hear this today. Thank you for the upload. ❤
This is the only chanell I found in 2020 that makes me question everything. Its like a crash course to some part of world history, philosophy, and its keeping me sane in these troubled times Thank you youtube creator. I dont know who you are but holy f*ck thank you for keeping me sane 😘
Exactly what I needed to hear right now
Perfect timing on this one. I really needed this now.
Gratitude and thanks for making these, I am truly glad to have seen your creations.
I'm so glad I've found your channel. Your videos have helped me a lot in difficult situations!
Who is the person with the problem and what are they trying to achieve? The story becomes personal when you believe it is yours
Everything is _personal_ - so what are you going on about?
@@TAROTAI find the "person" the thoughts are claiming is real and separate from THIS. Bet YOU won't. ✌️❤️🍄
Beautiful content. Thank you.
All i needed to hear!! thanks so much!
thank u , I really needed this
Been studying For the Principles of Engineering exam (PE) for 4 months, and the stress that has taken over me is insufferable.. 2 weeks away and I seriously needed this video.
This definitely doesn't apply to many problems people have in real life. Worrying about issues is natural but if it becomes too much then help is needed.
backbreaking labour is the best help for frivolous worrying
Every person is different so therefore, we don’t all operate the same. It’s not natural to worry about things we can’t change, solve, or is not within our control. That’s what most people worry about. We can CHOOSE not to worry, that’s the point of the video.
Love your content 🤩
I share these video with my students and friends, Thanks for the great work!
Excellent - the next time my bills arrive I will tell them that it is their subjective view that I need to pay this.
Just wanted to say thank you for making these videos. You are helping a lot of people in many many ways by doing this.
Great perspective! Eastern Philosophy is deep, we need to learn how to apply it to our everyday lives
What a helpful time for such a video. Exactly what I needed when every media outlet is telling me im gonna get nuked
Thanks for this! 🧡
Happiness is a Perception! Well explained thoughtful video ❤️
Good one and this is inspiring!! Similar to the ABC model from Albert Ellis in 1955 : A (Activating event) refers to an inducing event; B (Belief) refers to a belief that a person generates after encountering an inducing event, that is, His views, explanations and evaluations of this event; C (Consequence) refers to the results of people's emotions and behaviors in a specific situation.
Thank you so much! I am enjoying, and gaining so much from, these videos. ... And it doesn't hurt that you have such a lovely voice to listen to!
Thank you, hearing this really helped me today.
Bravo, excellent video and very timely.
I can't believe how topical this is with the current state of Russia/Ukraine. Thank You Einzelgänger, the entire world could use this knowledge.
I love your channel. So grateful
I’m glad I watched, all of these vids ring true to me and validate the way I feel and live😊thanks
This channel is a blessing
Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks for such a beautiful piece. You’ve made my day a lot better
Man, your videos keep getting better and better. Cheers from Mexico!
You are such an enlightenment source , thank you man 🤍
The Buddha said “ the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names.” I think this relates to the two truths in this video. We live in a subjective reality based on our own interpretations of ourselves and the world around us. Others see us through their interpretation of reality which could be quite different or unimaginable to us. There is an objective reality we can only perceive by encountering the uncompromising reality of death. Even then many avoid that by constructing a fantasy that shields them from accepting that ultimate reality. That’s where we get religion, belief in ghosts or the fantasy that some beloved celebrity never really died. The truth or objective reality is always there like the stars in the daytime. They are there but we can’t see them as our ego based reality like the sun blots it out. I know for a fact that many people think the stars only exist at night while any amount of logical thought would tell you that is ridiculous. In fact it’s childish thinking focusing only on what you can or cannot see while your mind can tell you the truth. Even understanding this does not allow you to see the stars in the daytime. Logic tells you they are there even if you can’t see them. This is how we should think of objective reality even though we can never actually see it.
Attachment to general problems causes more problems. Meditation 🧘♀️helps us detached. Free our mind from the idea of Attachment.
Thanks for sharing this interesting comment 💙
I'm starving to death, but you're right, i shouldn't get so attached
Thank you so much for this!
Thanks 👍 for great video
Perfect, to the point about the body I will use mental health, when people think someone is mentally ill or struggling, that is not quite true as the person they are observing have a different reality and they only feel that way for a sense of understanding and how they are the ones who truly feel that way about themselves :)
Worrying about problems we don't have, but could, is a gift from our intelligence. Other animals don't have very good brains, but we do, and we took over the planet because of it. The real problem is worrying about something, not doing anything about it, and then worrying some more.
Understanding that the problems manifest very differently for each individual who will always be limited by our own minds is very intelligent as well, science can’t be done without it.
Glad to have you back man!
Really good video. Felt a lot better thanks!!
Thank you so much as always for these videos. They have made a big difference in my life and continue to be my point of reference for chilling the fuck out about the myriad things that burden my mind all the time. One of my best friends has also found relief in your videos - it's super cool to discuss your videos with another person IRL.
You can really see that they put a lot of effort and research into their uploads!
I concur
Love the content liked and subscribed
Inspiring. Thank you for uploading 🙏🏻
Thank you for making these videos. ❤️❤️❤️ I love you.
Love your work - keep going!
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I'm so glad that I found your channel! I have been looking all over the internet and even on KZhead on how to resolve a problem at work. I've been having problems with my employer, his son and one employee (she's interested in the boss's son). Anyhow, M and G are very rude, condescending, and use various of us employees and me as "dumping bad/negative experience bins" -- in other words they talk about themselves all the time and drop off their personal and professional problems on us. And the father (the employer does the same to the higher-ups) which is really annoying! I was searching up "Am I perceiving work problems as reality, or are these problems being created in my mind" And here I am. After a couple of hours of meditation, and thirty minutes of talking to the other employees I realized my mind it's not making up these problems. These three people are literary the ones causing discomfort. I am looking for a new job right now. Thank you Einzelgänger for sharing these insightful videos!
Thanks, I needed this!
Thank you. This has helped me with a question myself. 🙌
Awesome, thank you so much
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This is what KZhead is made for ❣️
Thanks for sharing. I found this helpful and supportive. Kind regards from Newcastle U.K
Great video Einzelganger❤️
Einzelganger I don't do patreon and don't do social media outside of my KZhead channel - but it's weird how at times in the past you made videos that articulated what I was experiencing or needed to hear. I've never commented before but I pray you are in as good of a space as you've literally put millions of people in including myself. Thank you. Thank you for your past indiscretions as well as your future heartbreaks because the mistakes you made makes and will continue to make has and will make you who you are and you will turn around and channel that suffering into great content. I pray you read all of these comments that you have the time to from.uour haters fans and critics and will laugh cry and yell all at the same time because at the end of the day what can be more human ___________.
"ive never commented before" meanwhile you have 44 other comments on this channel lol
@@Noctifern Factually misleading my friend. Here on planet earth this is the only original comment on any of his videos I've ever posted. The rest were responses to other original comments. But this is the only video of his I've ever commented or left responses to. My point stands but we can play semantics all day long and you'll simply find a way to prove yourself right or not maybe your response to my comment was genuine who knows who cares. Either way sure why not you're right and I'm a BS artist. Yes you are right
@@stoictaoist8553 🤣👌