Why Solitude Promotes Greatness - The Benefits of Being Alone

2024 ж. 13 Нау.
247 618 Рет қаралды

Become a Supporting Member! ► academyofideas.com/members/
Access the transcript and the art used in the video:
academyofideas.com/2024/03/wh...
Substack - theacademyofideas.substack.com/
Twitter - / academyofideas
Instagram - / academyofideas
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/2dio7KU...
iTunes - podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast...
Rumble - rumble.com/c/academyofideas
Odysee - odysee.com/@academyofideas:3
Prefer to Support us with a One-Time Donation?
Paypal ► www.paypal.me/academyofideas
Bitcoin: 1P6ntukFENP1nvEf4bJNj3tsDEuiSyUFW6
Visit academyofideas.com for all our content.

Пікірлер
  • Support our work, become an AOI Supporting Member, and access 87+ videos exclusive to members! - academyofideas.com/members/ Access the transcript and art used in this video - academyofideas.com/2024/03/why-solitude-promotes-greatness-the-benefits-of-being-alone/

    @academyofideas@academyofideas2 ай бұрын
    • And I noticed the exact opposite in a certain group of people, the group that lean a certain way politically. The same group that overwhelmingly try to force us onto mass transit, crowded urban hellscapes, and absolutely screech at everything that even resembles individualism. This same group has embraced a collectivist mentality, sheep/mob mentality to its fullest extent. They can't stand for even a second to be alone in any way. They can't think alone. They can't exist alone. They can't function alone. Its a real shame how some people locked themselves into a psychological prison and their true potential will never be realized. Wasted their being, their existence.

      @DesertStateNevada@DesertStateNevada2 ай бұрын
    • Correction: Jacob wrestled with "God" in the desert, Jesus was tempted by "the devil" during his 40 day fast in the desert.

      @egrytznr8893@egrytznr88932 ай бұрын
    • I have been following your videos since 4 or 5 yrs may be and I am impressed how your core messages resonates well with that of Islam. You must read the life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . He was hands down the greatest man to have ever lived. An exemplary leader and warrior. Epitome of humility and bravery.

      @aavezshams@aavezshamsАй бұрын
    • I can have solitude in public, can you?

      @gregorykelly8000@gregorykelly8000Ай бұрын
  • "I only go out into society to get me a fresh appetite for being alone." -- Lord Byron

    @neilrushton7169@neilrushton71692 ай бұрын
    • I love that. Thank you.

      @ransbarger@ransbarger2 ай бұрын
    • I understand that.

      @lilblackduc7312@lilblackduc73122 ай бұрын
    • Love it

      @jeanmitchell5834@jeanmitchell58342 ай бұрын
    • Every. Single . Time.

      @SubManifest@SubManifestАй бұрын
    • Lord Byron read my very own mind...

      @ENIGMAXII2112@ENIGMAXII2112Ай бұрын
  • Periods of solitude allow you to reset yourself and digest your experiences.

    @fearthehoneybadger@fearthehoneybadger2 ай бұрын
    • Just remember not to become too comfortable with the isolation…

      @_schonwald@_schonwald2 ай бұрын
    • ...Just not necessarily in that order.

      @someguy861@someguy8612 ай бұрын
    • Good insight. And those 2 replies are just as good. My sense is that time alone in nature walking or working with hands would cure many many modern ills.

      @mozdickson@mozdickson2 ай бұрын
    • @@someguy861!!!

      @JustinMetanoia@JustinMetanoiaАй бұрын
    • ​@@_schonwaldWhy not?

      @dee764@dee764Ай бұрын
  • "Not everyone who is alone is lonely" I would add that not everyone who is lonely is alone. One can drown in others without any positive connection to any of them.

    @aleidius192@aleidius1922 ай бұрын
    • Yep, one can be lonely in a crowd or of the like.

      @roystonboodoo7525@roystonboodoo75252 ай бұрын
    • I was lonely in a 23 year marriage.

      @ArtLoverScotland@ArtLoverScotland2 ай бұрын
    • Good you broke free!

      @goeroe1536@goeroe15362 ай бұрын
    • "One can drown in others without any positive connection to any of them." Yep! My 30 plus years in corporate Amerika ("shudder"). Retired now. :)

      @alecfoster4413@alecfoster44132 ай бұрын
    • Well said! I am surrounded by many people everyday and I feel totally isolated. Most of them are woke. I look forward to getting out of here and living in the mountains all alone. Then I won't be lonely anymore.

      @PaulElmont-fd1xc@PaulElmont-fd1xc2 ай бұрын
  • I have adopted a minimalistic, solitary life and I have never felt more whole and happy.

    @justdriveon@justdriveon2 ай бұрын
    • It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. -seneca

      @pesh909@pesh9092 ай бұрын
    • You are not happy, happy people don’t have time to watch youtube 😂

      @bitkurd@bitkurd2 ай бұрын
    • @@bitkurd Unless they enjoy learning from it. I've learnt many skills from it and when I'm working from home regard a day when I don't learn something as a wasted day.

      @HarryLime49@HarryLime492 ай бұрын
    • ​@Victor-xw3ws I'm a minimalist and happy as well. And I'm subscribed to this channel to learn more.

      @Diego-Designs@Diego-Designs2 ай бұрын
    • ​@@bitkurdwe watch KZhead to expand our knowledge. You're confusing tiktok with KZhead videos.

      @Diego-Designs@Diego-Designs2 ай бұрын
  • "Hell is other people," is a such a sober realization about the influencial power that people pin against each other.

    @crosstolerance@crosstolerance2 ай бұрын
  • Everyone has 3 faces. One they show the world, one they show the ones they love, and one only themselves see.

    @dystopiandream7134@dystopiandream71342 ай бұрын
  • 14:15 "When other people are not present, most of us stare at screens to distract ourselves" hey, wait a minute

    @Earl_E_Burd@Earl_E_Burd2 ай бұрын
    • 😂

      @DannyWJaco@DannyWJaco2 ай бұрын
    • Make sure you go for a walk after the video to think about the video without a screen. 😊

      @n8_b_h@n8_b_h2 ай бұрын
    • @@n8_b_h lol

      @proprietarycurez8463@proprietarycurez84632 ай бұрын
    • it was a thing before the internet.

      @clearintentions6182@clearintentions61822 ай бұрын
    • 😂😂😂

      @MIOLAZARUS@MIOLAZARUS2 ай бұрын
  • I love my solitude. Actively embrace it. I can think, create and breathe. Never lonely as i enjoy being alone

    @ArtLoverScotland@ArtLoverScotland2 ай бұрын
    • 💚 same!

      @phoenixbleu1730@phoenixbleu17302 ай бұрын
    • Same ❤

      @coppcar@coppcar2 ай бұрын
    • Same here, I love it.

      @alleycat9369@alleycat93692 ай бұрын
    • Lonely people reunion ❤

      @bitkurd@bitkurd2 ай бұрын
    • Love observing others,from a distance

      @Shh_kult@Shh_kult2 ай бұрын
  • I love being alone. It’s never ever lonely. It’s rejuvenating and enthralling.

    @n8_b_h@n8_b_h2 ай бұрын
    • Enthralling?

      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 ай бұрын
  • “If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.” ~ Paulo Coelho

    @UnschoolingCOM@UnschoolingCOM2 ай бұрын
  • Solitude transformed me in ways that other people, including therapists and relatives, never could. All I had to do for two years during this pandemic was "look in the mirror" and listen to the voice that guides me, my conscience, about what I really want in life and act even if just 1% of it. As Camus quotes: "Moving forward , just moving forward, is already a superhuman achievement"

    @avigmes9738@avigmes97382 ай бұрын
    • 💚

      @phoenixbleu1730@phoenixbleu17302 ай бұрын
    • 😊thank you for sharing 😊

      @monicaramirez51015@monicaramirez510152 ай бұрын
    • @@monicaramirez51015 yeah, solitude is the bless that I give for me every single day 🔥

      @avigmes9738@avigmes97382 ай бұрын
    • I wouldn’t call it “super-human”. The plandemic backfired on its inflictors, for this very reason.

      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 ай бұрын
    • Until now, I hadn't realized that the 'psychological dysfunction' of being an Introvert was a true blessing!

      @lilblackduc7312@lilblackduc73122 ай бұрын
  • As an artist, solitude is as priceless as time…

    @queenofscots839@queenofscots8392 ай бұрын
    • As a human being.

      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 ай бұрын
    • @@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied all beings are truly artists in the very art of being

      @jackholtorf7435@jackholtorf7435Ай бұрын
  • There's an old joke that "Whoever says money can't buy happiness isn't spending it right." In the same spirit, I would say that anybody who doesn't love solitude isn't spending it right. 😅

    @artawhirler@artawhirler2 ай бұрын
    • Lol, I read that as "... isn't spelling it right" and I thought the misspelling is money v/s monkey. A monkey can't buy happiness.

      @cristianm7097@cristianm70973 күн бұрын
  • I don't have a lot of friends anymore. I've always been a bit reclusive, but I spent a great portion of my 20s being very social and I regret most of it. Most social interactions these days revolve around binge drinking and doing drugs. Since I quit drinking and I don't do any drugs, I find most social gatherings totally inane and quite boring.

    @BC-yd6dl@BC-yd6dl2 ай бұрын
    • Binge drinking and doing drugs is absolutely what most social gatherings are about. And it's not sitting around doing illicit drugs per se. Just "going out with a friend for coffee" fits the definition. Hell, you could even say the same about meeting a friend and getting an ice cream cone; refined sugar is undeniably a drug. We often neglect to acknowledge just how many drugs we consume.

      @sahamal_savu@sahamal_savu2 ай бұрын
    • @@sahamal_savu Very interesting point. But I'm talking about alcohol and marijuana mostly. I actually find it troubling how much of the common person's waking hours are spent under the influence of one of the two. I found social gatherings totally pointless because as soon as you get there you are supposed to immediately start consuming drugs and most become totally different people. One of my friends literally could not bring himself to speak to a woman unless he was drunk. I just left all that garbage behind me.

      @BC-yd6dl@BC-yd6dl2 ай бұрын
    • They’re boring with the drugs too 🤣

      @TheSarahJane33@TheSarahJane332 ай бұрын
    • I would acknowledge that more time is required in social gatherings where those influences are absent. It takes time to adjust & acquire more substance to be able to hold discussions worthy of meaning. Previously you had consumption of drugs/alcohol that would alter the environment & allow it to be easier to talk about almost nothing & keep it superficial. Then you may find, it is different people you may need with your new found values for the protection of your mind & body.

      @danielkemp7788@danielkemp7788Ай бұрын
    • Finding a great book can be like finding a great friend.

      @lancenorton1572@lancenorton1572Ай бұрын
  • Independent life and solitude. These days of insanity have given me an even deeper gratitude of my quiet choice. Listen, read, and create as I choose. It’s a personal perspective.

    @lancelotdufrane@lancelotdufrane2 ай бұрын
  • Solitude is the only way to avoid group thinking and behavior ❤

    @MIOLAZARUS@MIOLAZARUS2 ай бұрын
    • WORD!

      @csj9619@csj96197 күн бұрын
  • In the top 20 moments of my life 80% of them where alone. 45 days alone in the Himalayas is still my defenition of freedom

    @pedrosherpa5848@pedrosherpa58482 ай бұрын
    • How did you afford that? Or do you live in Nepal?

      @Aronnax777@Aronnax7772 ай бұрын
    • I live in uttarakhand I have 3 houses in three different hill stations. I'm super rich 😂😂😂

      @nero2814@nero28142 ай бұрын
    • That’s awesome

      @arthurkennington5578@arthurkennington5578Ай бұрын
  • I thought I had lived in solitude for ten years, then I realized I hadn't. I had KZhead around me all the time, populating my head with so many outside influences.

    @brushstroke3733@brushstroke37332 ай бұрын
    • That's actually a very strong and brave thing to see and admit! 👍

      @21stCenturyTemplar.@21stCenturyTemplar.Ай бұрын
    • That's actually kinda sad

      @DanielZamarripa@DanielZamarripaАй бұрын
    • @@DanielZamarripa That's very charitable of you. I would characterize it as pathetic myself.

      @brushstroke3733@brushstroke3733Ай бұрын
    • I’d call that a semi-isolation. One in which you are in solitude, but are taking in information. Today’s world is probably the best to ever be in solitude in, because you can keep learning and growing via the internet without HAVING to around others all day long.

      @FullyOnVolks@FullyOnVolksАй бұрын
    • ​@@brushstroke3733How are you doing now?

      @juliahfl@juliahfl25 күн бұрын
  • I have lived a life in solitude for over 50 years. I do not know if I will ever achieve excellence in my labors, but I won't stop trying.

    @easter_sunday@easter_sunday2 ай бұрын
    • They're your labors. Conjured up by your thinking and your thinking alone. Your ideas are mini goals. Whenever you achieve your goals the outcome is success. Success through experience from an idea fills a need and therefore should be celebrated. You'd have learned something which augurs well for all your future ideas. Even greater success is achieved when goals are carried out alone.

      @musselchee9560@musselchee95602 ай бұрын
    • Don't worry about material gain and earthly matters..solely focus on the way, the Dao, the eternal light within, the divine light of all being.

      @kipperedbeef2084@kipperedbeef2084Ай бұрын
    • I live in solitude right in Memphis,TN. Most people think I'm crazy but, I know that I'm sane. I have no physical job. However, I know who I am, where I've been and where I going when I am no longer in this physical body. My job is staying "SANE" in an otherwise "INSANE" society! I don't know what tomorrow will bring but, today, this moment I'm alive and breathing. I do my best to stay in the "Moment" because I know there will never be another one like it. So I've learned to be greedy with my moments alone. SHALOM and Peace to all, just "BE". The Universe will take care of the rest..........

      @Ribqah-ql4jf@Ribqah-ql4jfАй бұрын
  • I never invisioned being a great man. I realized quite young that I neither had the ego nor the humility. All I have ever wanted was to be left to myself.

    @user-ho4nw5sf3w@user-ho4nw5sf3wАй бұрын
  • Retirement was flat-out the best thing I ever did. In winter I often go for days at a time without ever opening my door.

    @artawhirler@artawhirler2 ай бұрын
    • I do this, in all seasons. But when I am interacting in the external world, I am perfectly warm, friendly and open. I enjoy people very much. But I also enjoy the opposite.

      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 ай бұрын
    • I like to see visitors come by as much as when they leave.

      @alleycat9369@alleycat93692 ай бұрын
    • That’s depression 😢

      @bitkurd@bitkurd2 ай бұрын
    • @@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied👌

      @bitkurd@bitkurd2 ай бұрын
    • @@bitkurd And you're qualified to diagnose that off a single sentence, I presume?

      @JtothePrez@JtothePrez2 ай бұрын
  • You touched on how we stare at screens to relieve our aloneness. And many jobs demand screens. This makes us less 'free' than we once were. But we can still take time in our days to turn everything off. To just sit and be. Preferably outside in nature. 🌳🐦🌻

    @Fair-to-Middling@Fair-to-Middling2 ай бұрын
    • I was thinking something similar a couple days ago

      @craigmason9893@craigmason98932 ай бұрын
  • Solitude is a privilege for intellectuals in a society that is not under attack.

    @rideforever@rideforever2 ай бұрын
    • Society is always under attack, everything is in constant flux, change is the only constant, there is nothing new under the sun, this time is not unique

      @michaelh13@michaelh132 ай бұрын
    • Solitude is refusing attachment. Your choice.

      @MarkTLarry@MarkTLarry2 ай бұрын
    • Society is always under attack, everything is in constant flux, change is the only constant, there is nothing new under the sun, this time is not unique

      @michaelh13@michaelh132 ай бұрын
    • @rideforever Oh, no, not the PRIVILEGE. Way to denigrate something good by making it seem undesirable and using BUZZ WORDS.

      @dominionthemovieisreality1181@dominionthemovieisreality11812 ай бұрын
    • @@dominionthemovieisreality1181 people treat it more like an entitlement than a privilege, like they don't even have to participate in or contribute to society at all.

      @egrytznr8893@egrytznr88932 ай бұрын
  • I felt understood by this video. The need for solitude is something I have and I am often criticized for it. The freedom and bliss it gives me. The opportunity for true deep learning and work. I deeply love my friends and family, by in solitude is where I feel the most at peace.

    @DonumDeiLuminis@DonumDeiLuminis2 ай бұрын
  • I've been ostracized, isolated and alone for years and years. No amount of introspection or self-improvement, which I was all about at one point, makes it okay. I'm sure some periods of loneliness can be helpful but this is NOT how we were meant to live. I did not deserve this.

    @mikaelaraymond4690@mikaelaraymond46902 ай бұрын
  • Thats why they never leave you alone

    @BrandonKratz-ey5qd@BrandonKratz-ey5qd2 ай бұрын
    • The glowies you mean right

      @jcs27@jcs272 ай бұрын
  • No friends since high school, been chasing my goals alone. Theres highs and lows and its not for everyone. Im at the point where I want my house and car away from any big city and other people. Ive found solace in what I have and my goals alongside movies, books, podcasts and travel

    @manhattanvi@manhattanvi2 ай бұрын
    • 😊❤

      @Shh_kult@Shh_kult2 ай бұрын
    • Me too. Much better for it.

      @lancenorton1572@lancenorton1572Ай бұрын
  • "In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose."

    @TwoDudesPhilosophy@TwoDudesPhilosophy2 ай бұрын
    • As well as in the way that one is fed themselves, or fed the many

      @jackholtorf7435@jackholtorf7435Ай бұрын
  • The trick is, when forced to judge yourself when confronted by the observations of others, be kind, forgiving, generous, understanding and have humility. I'm still a little hard on myself but it's only because I love myself enough to become better. This skill takes practice, so I apply it to others and that makes it easier on myself.

    @gan5045@gan50452 ай бұрын
  • “They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game” ― R.D. Laing Thank you for mentioning Laing! Please do so some more!

    @christymcpeake9382@christymcpeake93822 ай бұрын
  • Absolutely! 2020 was my best year. During the chaos of the quarantine, I overcame my life-long anxiety. I fortunately worked outside of my home alone as well. I cultivated healthy new habits and learned to love my solitude. I remember one day on my way to work, driving (which was once incredibly stressful due to my anxiety) that my fretfulness was gone. From childhood, I walked around as if there were someone constantly behind me scratching relentlessly on a chalkboard, then it ceased. What a relief it is! Solitude is my medicine that I take often and it is so good. I've learned to master myself through the quiet times I steal for myself. I'm a wonderful friend to myself there.

    @phoenixbleu1730@phoenixbleu17302 ай бұрын
    • Love your comment. My severe anxiety is gone as well. At 58, it has been a huge, hellish part of my life since childhood. I left a comment, too. I love being alone but I do have my granddaughters and my church family. But I love "keeping to myself" LoL..Peace and Blessings sister 🙏🙏🙏

      @annanderson1470@annanderson14702 ай бұрын
    • ​@@annanderson1470mastering one's self is strength

      @kenputer56@kenputer562 ай бұрын
    • Learned that most people are sheep, institutions liers, science bought, Who had principles and strength. And who was guided by fear, or would take the faustian bargain. And found my inner guide. And some true friends.

      @stayfree6115@stayfree61152 ай бұрын
    • You wrote 2 paragraphs in a KZhead video comment section about how calm you’re 😂 please try another perspective

      @bitkurd@bitkurd2 ай бұрын
    • agreed. if you're not your own very best friend, you're doing something very wrong.

      @nonya.bizness@nonya.bizness19 күн бұрын
  • This is so true. It is very hard to get through on an emotional level because it causes you to face a lot of things that normally we refuse to but once you get past that, it empowers you in a way that will change your life for the better.

    @freedomrings.0007@freedomrings.00072 ай бұрын
  • Good example of the "observer effect". Have a campsite away from everyone for some time then have a person set up camp near you and what is being observed as well as the observer change.

    @mrrutledge1967@mrrutledge19672 ай бұрын
    • yes, i know that example intimately. i stop dancing.

      @nonya.bizness@nonya.bizness19 күн бұрын
  • I mean, very simply, it's because you get to think for yourself and actually process things on the inside without a barrage of unchosen/unwanted inputs from the outside.

    @Typhoon792@Typhoon7922 ай бұрын
  • So thats the feeling whenever you work on something and are alone you dont fear making mistakes because of the freedom of making those mistakes and then being able to correct them but when someone watches or glimpses over your work the mistake will always exist in the mind of others and so in your own.

    @Sakuma_san@Sakuma_san2 ай бұрын
    • You should never fear making mistakes regardless.

      @jarvishamill7717@jarvishamill77172 ай бұрын
    • @@jarvishamill7717its not much fear of making the mistake but the possible judgement of those around you, something that you cant really escape because of the human nature of being a social animal.

      @Sakuma_san@Sakuma_san2 ай бұрын
    • I don’t consider it a mistake if I caught it and corrected it.

      @alleycat9369@alleycat93692 ай бұрын
  • Ah the feeling of solitude is great. When someone disrupts that solitude, it gives me agitating feeling like i want them to go away. The feeling of solitude is very freeing, it's like a absolute freedom where one can find God and be one with all. Such a feeling is brief sometimes and yet eternal.

    @Hedgehog3342@Hedgehog33422 ай бұрын
    • What you're seeing is the divine light within. The ultimate challenge is seeing it in all beings, including humans. This is extremely difficult, ofcourse.

      @kipperedbeef2084@kipperedbeef2084Ай бұрын
  • Solitude used to be…now, in solitude we are tempted and tormented with Netflix, video games and porn that corrupt

    @TheStudentOfLife808@TheStudentOfLife808Ай бұрын
  • This was perfect. The "solitude is loneliness" trope was getting old and I never understood it because I get so much value, growth and productivity out of solitude. Thanks, yet again!

    @Paul_Marek@Paul_Marek2 ай бұрын
  • Thank you, perfect timing for this, I just have embraced solitude after falling in love with a narcissist briefly, triggering and healing a lot of traumas and learning so much about myself and life in process. I have suffered greatly, it's even astonishing for me because I thought I had grown so much stronger through the years, but the pain manages to exceed what I thought would be possible. The game of love is still pretty new to me so I am definitely sailing in the unknown waters which is scary as fuck, but the fear I feel is decreasing little by little and my courage is rising at a steady pace. Much love to all you warriors of life.

    @TheNoboful@TheNoboful2 ай бұрын
    • Hey broski my last two ex's were narcs and had horrible mental health issues. I have my own problems too but no one deserves that Hit the gym, eat healthy, and Chanel's like these will help us reach out full potential God bless brother

      @cobaincowboy7029@cobaincowboy70292 ай бұрын
    • I envy you in that it was brief. I spent 25 years with a narcissist and didn't realize it until I began to educate myself after decades of torture. It's been over two years since I finally managed to get out on my own, but I think it'll take a very long time (if ever) to heal from all the absolute insanity I've endured. Choosing to live in complete solitude and immersing myself in philosophical study has helped tremendously. Much love to you as well.

      @sahamal_savu@sahamal_savu2 ай бұрын
    • @@sahamal_savu Yes, I was lucky for running into a narcissist earlier in my life, it was a girl I tried to pursue but she luckily didn't want me. That made prepared for this relationship. Researching narcissism once again has made me so sad reading about destinies like you, for me it was only 2 month period while keeping my distance since I noticed something off about her immediately and it still had such an effect on me. I can't even think about how multiple years let alone decades of narcissistic abuse will do to a person :( so sorry, but glad you finally got out! For me this definitely was a strengthening experience, for you it will take a lot of effort to overcome I am sure but don't lose hope. Having faith is a big thing in coping even though it might seem self deception.

      @TheNoboful@TheNoboful2 ай бұрын
    • ❤😊

      @DAH81-hh2hu@DAH81-hh2hu2 ай бұрын
  • I Love This Channel. I Have No Family, Live Alone, And Love Solitude. And I Never Get Lonely. Im Retired, Have A Dog, And I Stay Close To God And All Things Devine. 😎

    @user-om9hh5ig4k@user-om9hh5ig4k2 ай бұрын
  • Another quote on solitude I appreciate, from the psychology of self-reliance video : “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance)

    @PierreLouisGagnon@PierreLouisGagnon2 ай бұрын
  • "Not all who are alone are lonely." Thanks for that.

    @davedismantled@davedismantled2 ай бұрын
  • I've always enjoyed time spent alone.

    @USMC_Tex_68@USMC_Tex_682 ай бұрын
  • "To live alone is the fate of all great souls." - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) who also said: "Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people." This is why I relish my solitude living alone with my beloved companion animal.

    @dominionthemovieisreality1181@dominionthemovieisreality11812 ай бұрын
    • This dude lacks humility.

      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 ай бұрын
  • The quiet stillness of solitude allows for deep reflection away from the constant noise and distraction of modern life. In isolation from the daily bustle, one can look inward and confront both their fears and regrets without the pressure of judgement from others. It is in these solitary moments that a person truly discovers who they are and what they believe. Do they have the inner strength and moral fortitude to withstand uncertainty, or will they compromise their principles in search of approval? For too long our society has valued popularity over character, losing sight of the virtues of faith, integrity and personal responsibility that were once held in such high regard. Time alone with one's thoughts is also an opportunity to strengthen weakened faith or rediscover the spiritual foundations that provide meaning and purpose. Without distractions, we are forced to face ourselves and our place in the world, answering life's most profound questions. In solitude the decline of morality in wider society cannot be ignored, and each individual must decide whether to stand up for what they know to be right even if it goes against the crowd. The choices we make during these solitary reflections shape our lives and reveal the depth of our character.

    @passingtraveller114@passingtraveller1142 ай бұрын
  • "Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it." "A *person* is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

    @TH3F4LC0Nx@TH3F4LC0Nx2 ай бұрын
  • I have been on my own since 8 years of age, after my parents passed away. 24 years later and I still enjoy the solitude.

    @waedjradi@waedjradi2 ай бұрын
  • Solitude gives you the ability to see further in future, assess circumstances or events and the actions taken that will create or generate an outcome. This is how a person in solitude is able to compare, contrast, forecast and see the situation from Eagle perspective.

    @clevelandwilliams5922@clevelandwilliams5922Ай бұрын
  • I live alone with my cats and retired at 32. I never have to answer emails or answer anyone. I’m very grateful. I love minimally.

    @mariecait@mariecaitАй бұрын
    • You beat me retired at 56 with my cat. Your never alone with a cat.😅

      @perpetualgrin5804@perpetualgrin580429 күн бұрын
    • @@perpetualgrin5804 it’s heaven. Less is more.

      @mariecait@mariecait27 күн бұрын
    • Envy.

      @tsuken@tsuken27 күн бұрын
    • Woah a 17 years old account 😮

      @spreaderofhatred@spreaderofhatred24 күн бұрын
    • You don't want to have kids?

      @mypapaya590@mypapaya59024 күн бұрын
  • I love my alone time. I traveled for work for many years and on my own I seek out places and travel by myself because I don't want somebody else's constant input. Heading to the cabin in the woods in May by myself and I'm looking forward to the solitude. I enjoy the quiet, I enjoy going for hikes on my own and not running into anybody else and hearing the silence of nature.

    @DarkLouie76@DarkLouie762 ай бұрын
    • time is passing by so very fast, I'm 45 and feel I'm getting close to the end. Looking forward to retirement if I can make it

      @rawfoodphilosophy7061@rawfoodphilosophy70612 ай бұрын
    • @@rawfoodphilosophy7061 seems to go by quicker as we get older. Just try to enjoy every chance you get to have some time yourself. Sometimes I'll jump on an airplane and fly to four different cities in a day and just hang out in airports, and I like flying, so I just put in my earbuds and tune everybody else out and do my thing.

      @DarkLouie76@DarkLouie762 ай бұрын
    • I'd give anything for a few more years, I can feel the end coming@@DarkLouie76

      @rawfoodphilosophy7061@rawfoodphilosophy70612 ай бұрын
  • Love, love, love my own company. It's sad when a person cannot learn to appreciate their own company. Peace and Blessings 🙏🙏🙏

    @annanderson1470@annanderson14702 ай бұрын
    • As someone who's lived in crippling isolation for years despite all my efforts being told "just enjoy it"... I can barely stand it.

      @mikaelaraymond4690@mikaelaraymond46902 ай бұрын
    • I like my own company, but you can't learn to appreciate it as a way of life as we are social creatures. It's ingrained to need and have connections.

      @More_Row@More_Row2 ай бұрын
    • @@More_Row Of course we need others but not numerous people in our lives. My granddaughters, church family and finally I have reconnected with an old friend who I am seeing now. He likes being alone as well. We have learned to navigate this quite well. Too many people and things can go awry. Spending time in the word of God alone has brought many blessings. Please try it . Blessings to you and your family 🙏🙏🙏

      @annanderson1470@annanderson14702 ай бұрын
    • @@mikaelaraymond4690 So sorry to hear about your forced, I would say, aloneness. It should be a choice never something that you feel you must do. My enjoying solitude comes from years of abuse, severe anxiety.. you can draw your conclusions. I was a social butterfly in my youth. But I always liked my quiet time alone. Since 2019 I have lived alone, watched no television, just read and studied the word of God. All the demons are gone! I fasted and prayed. But I wasn't entirely alone. My oldest granddaughter would spend weekends with me and go to church with me. It is what you make of it. Don't listen to what "they" say. Put your own words on it. Please put Jesus first in your life and everything else will be added unto you. We don't have much time left in this world. I pray that you will come to this knowledge because we are at the end of the Age. This life is fading quickly and you will be out of your misery. Then where will you go? Make Jesus Christ your Savior before it is too late. Then you will have Hope and you will be able to endure what hell you are going through. I will be praying for you Mikaela. May you find strength through the storms. Peace and Blessings 🙏💖

      @annanderson1470@annanderson14702 ай бұрын
    • @@annanderson1470 Thank you for the nice reply, blessings to you and yours as well.

      @More_Row@More_Row2 ай бұрын
  • Things the pathologically insecure will never understand.

    @corporaterobotslave400@corporaterobotslave4002 ай бұрын
  • I cant be in a flow state when entangled with other people in some way. I healed severe anxiety and physical health issues with solitude

    @vamoncho@vamoncho2 ай бұрын
  • One of your BEST VIDEOS so far. Congratulations because of your *INDIVIDUATION* (Jungian) process.

    @theelectricorigins846@theelectricorigins8462 ай бұрын
  • The more powerful and original a mind, the more one steers towards the religion of solitude - Aldous Huxley

    @asherbt924@asherbt9242 ай бұрын
    • Like that a lot. Thanks.

      @lancenorton1572@lancenorton1572Ай бұрын
  • Very insightful. In grad school I often visited a quiet pond off my running/walking path, and found it to induce peace of mind. It was a brief respite from the energy of others and vital to my mental health.

    @timewilltell7409@timewilltell74092 ай бұрын
  • I was alone all my life up until age 24 (last year) I had to flee from my country at age 9, then again at age 18 and had a mental rebirth at age 18 and turned my life around from 18 to 24 and was alone but loved myself and accomplished the impossible. After that I tried to let people into my life and after three relationships I find myself broken and I've been in a constant cycle of pain since March 2023. I made the heartrending choice to tell the person I wanted to spend my life with that we couldn't be together for now until we have more means to make it possible and it has plunged me to the very depths of hell that I haven't seen since 2017. I love them and they love me so much and yet It's not possible for now and likely years and after no recovery for a year of very bad events it has all come back to me tenfold and now I have lost everything it feels like. I've clearly had a mental breakdown but I just hope it can turn into a mental rebirth that leads to greater health that in the future I'll attune back into my solitude and arise as someone who can once again give to someone my everything like I've done and was tortured for.

    @Cneqq@Cneqq2 ай бұрын
  • Been watching Academy of Ideas for years. Integral in my intellectual development.. Thank you!

    @johnnyroycerichardsoniii3273@johnnyroycerichardsoniii32732 ай бұрын
  • GREAT job on this video! 😊 There are times it made me laugh because it made me realize how much I enjoy being alone away from the negative forces of being around people who seem to only know how to drag you down and keep you from being who you want to be.

    @larryreis7273@larryreis72732 ай бұрын
  • I'm an entrepreneur and it's been so invigorating to build my product alone without the bindings of trying to share or parse development duties with others.

    @neugey@neugey2 ай бұрын
  • I personally feel like I go trough periods of needing more isolation to reflect on changes in my life, in myself or in my worldview and periods of increased desire to connect with others and share that aspect of reality that I precieve as mine. It's like playing with pieces of a puzzle and trying to build the whole picture by interacting with the rest after you have learned all you think you need to know to put one thing in its proper place.

    @user-qi7xx5ih6z@user-qi7xx5ih6z2 ай бұрын
  • ✨Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side ✨Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms ✨Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed. ✨Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement. ✨Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to spe as ak to us and help us decide what to do with our life. Therefore, blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge. ✨If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself. ✨And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void.” ― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

    @jackszumski7118@jackszumski71182 ай бұрын
  • I value solitude a lot, I wouldn't be where I am now if I didn't, but there is certainly a balance to be struck. I've been living off grid, isolated in the mountains in the South of Australia full time for 15 months now. I've noticed my mental & physical health isn't quite as resilient without any support network around. It's only just viable because I have my dog with me, but I don't have any friends around for well over 100 kms. There's a reason why solitary confinement is a very effective way to torture people who are incarcerated.

    @carl8568@carl85682 ай бұрын
  • solitude affords freedom to pursue personal goals a lot more, and as long as you are not lonely, and have genuine interests, it can be a very positive situation. I live alone but through out my day, can still have lots of pleasurable interactions.

    @SIERRATREES@SIERRATREESАй бұрын
  • The message of this video is on the money and something that must be spread more frequently and widely. As is correctly pointed out, the only reason the consequences of "loneliness corresponds to smoking 15 cigarettes per day" is *_not_* due to loneliness itself but due to the mind and approach to loneliness by the individual himself. *Kudos to the channel for making this magnificent and very important video.*

    @ph6560@ph65602 ай бұрын
    • It's very important to make the distinction between loneliness and choosing to live a solitary life. Loneliness implies that we would rather be socially engaged or romantically involved, and that it's healthier to do so. Of course that kind of persistent unfulfilled desire would be detrimental to our health but if you have chosen or fully accepted your solitude there is no suffering in it. There is great freedom within the silence.

      @sahamal_savu@sahamal_savu2 ай бұрын
    • @@sahamal_savu I couldn't agree more.

      @ph6560@ph65602 ай бұрын
    • You can still enjoy solitude and smoke 15 a day..I love smoking my pipe and cigar when alone

      @kipperedbeef2084@kipperedbeef2084Ай бұрын
  • I always loved the solitude I get during hunting season. I turn my phone off and spend days in the woods. Even if I don’t get a deer it’s very grounding to sit in the woods and commune with myself

    @isaiahwilliams7502@isaiahwilliams7502Ай бұрын
  • Sylens in the horizon forbidden west video game says something along the lines of "great people are always lonely" to aloy and that was relatable to me, not because I'm great but because I am lonely and I want to be great

    @rchgmer863@rchgmer8632 ай бұрын
  • Solitude is needed for self analyzing and correction. I self reflect nightly and document my experiences and write what I learned. I write how I reacted to situations and ask myself If my ideal self would have done so. I always aim to improve

    @heydani6678@heydani667826 күн бұрын
  • I'm the happiest by my self. Nothing happens that I didn't make happen. They say it's selfish but if you don't use your time on yourself then you give your time away for reasons that yourself doesn't agree with 100% of the time.

    @D-train69@D-train692 ай бұрын
  • I moved to one of the lowest population states to find peace in a small town. My life has never been better. People are friendly. Things are calm. Nature is beautiful.

    @KerryFairbanks@KerryFairbanks2 ай бұрын
  • Forest Bathing. Known in Japan as shinrin yoku. A method of being calm and quiet amongst the trees. Observing nature around you while breathing. It’s my safe place and keeps me alive

    @stevestackpole6817@stevestackpole681722 күн бұрын
  • Damn! Then I must be the G.O.A.T.! "Never less alone than when alone." John Uri Lloyd

    @thekingofbohemia1@thekingofbohemia12 ай бұрын
  • This is me - I relish solitude even hiking in the middle of nowhere alone. It's a good point of distinction between loneliness and solitude. Great video on an obscure, deep subject.

    @sstritmatter2158@sstritmatter2158Ай бұрын
  • This is why I’m so eager to move out eventually, because I’m going to have my own place to live in. Moments of solitude really does allow me to be more at ease, feel true to myself, and explore my passions or end. This doesn’t mean that I don’t collaborate with like minded people to held me, but spending more time alone allows me to be more true to who I am.

    @SaurianStudios1207@SaurianStudios12072 ай бұрын
  • Solitude is the ultimate luxury ✨️

    @dna1435@dna1435Ай бұрын
  • I think the Truth is that we humans are always alone, especially after we become "adults" and leave home. I have ALWAYS felt the most lonely and isolated while being in large groups of people. It started as a child; school, church, family reunions, holiday gatherings, parties with friends, etc. Being a homebody has kept me SANE. I also began travelling which freaked out relatives & friends because they could not understand my enjoying going to foreign countries and places where I knew no one and was an "outsider". I could never explain that I have ALWAYS felt like a foreigner in my own life. I prefer exploring different places where nobody is expected to interact with me and it is realistically appropriate for me not to be "known". In actuality, the average person is NOT truly understood, valued, respected or loved. We tolerate each other, ignore others, bully them, use them, manipulate them and pay people for services with behaviour protocols. Genuine kind, thoughtful and intelligent exchanges of ideas or philosophies has not occurred in the public arena for a loooooooong time.

    @samanthagreen8054@samanthagreen8054Ай бұрын
  • this is helping me understand my ''hermit'' phases i go true everyso often. maybe i can help the people around me understand me better true this video

    @martijndevis@martijndevis2 ай бұрын
  • I need both. What good is what I learn in solitude if I cant share it with others to potentially help them? Secondly, how will I know if what I've learned is of any value if I only keep it to myself? A balance of solitude and the company of others. There are people in this world that bring out the best in me. I need to let more people like that into my life.

    @karolisbareika8306@karolisbareika83062 ай бұрын
    • The lone wolf linking up with the other lone wolves. It's usually insightful and brief.

      @kamanijefferson638@kamanijefferson6382 ай бұрын
  • one of your best. This is exactly where I'm at in life right now. I feel deep shame for ways I failed to live up to my own values in an attempt to please the Other

    @veganphilosopher1975@veganphilosopher19752 ай бұрын
    • Don’t. Please. It is a waste of your time. It is fine to reflect, and learn, but don’t do the shame thing.

      @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 ай бұрын
  • exceptional work

    @UltimateAwe@UltimateAwe2 ай бұрын
  • 5:50 this is very true to me. one thing thats annoys me is seeing other people or more especially that not respecting the serenity and peace of nature and it's stillness. them talking too loud or playing there music when I'm hiking trying to escape the sounds of anxiety by society. but mostly when they invaded the space of the wild life with much noise pulling their phones than to watch from afar in silents; to admire the present but not interfere with it. to respect mother nature and her home.

    @mr.inkwell4782@mr.inkwell47822 сағат бұрын
  • Excellent. Thank you.

    @SirPrancelot1@SirPrancelot12 ай бұрын
  • Thucydides: "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage." The secret of courage is knowing what ought to be feared and ought not to be feared.

    @2Hesiod@2Hesiod2 ай бұрын
  • I used to HATE being alone, now I hate it when I don’t have my solitary time to myself. Solitude has created a lasting peace for me and I think above trivial matters. I’m not clouded in everyone else’s junk, I can see the real me and I like who that person is

    @sammoulton171@sammoulton171Ай бұрын
  • I've lived alone most of my life and I can entertain myself with out a problem. When I was younger I would be more prone to engage with others and go back home to my solitude where I can be myself and not be bothered with others. When I go fishing I prefer to go alone. And just enjoy nature it self. Engaging with others at the grocery store is enough for me. I pray every morning and attend Church every Sunday because of my obligations to God and then go home. I don't hang out. Solitude is a wonderful thing. 😊 I don't necessarily ignore the world but I don't have to take it home with me. Happy Solitude. 😊

    @user-tn1xv1vc2d@user-tn1xv1vc2d27 күн бұрын
  • Great topic. I love my solitude, especially walking in nature where no or few people will be there. I love the art you use in these videos! 😍 Thank you.

    @Cynthia_108@Cynthia_1082 ай бұрын
  • Solitude is a gift.

    @jesusguerrero8786@jesusguerrero87862 ай бұрын
  • I feel the loneliest around other people whilst being physically alone is something I prefer unless I’m accompanied by another whose presence is sweeter than my solitude… but my dog I love being with my dog 🐾💕

    @peachykeen6849@peachykeen6849Ай бұрын
  • Your videos always deliver. The most valuable channel on KZhead.

    @pinksupremacy6076@pinksupremacy60762 ай бұрын
  • This is what I feel I have been trying to search for for the past 6 years and I resonate with everything that the video says

    @danieltakyi1793@danieltakyi17932 ай бұрын
  • Every time I'm alone I love all the positive things I get to learn that are NOT possible when you are surrounded by other people. And the contentment that comes from the time you get to spend being surrounded by peace and quiet. It gives you time to relax, think, and improve on who you are or would like to be.

    @larryreis7273@larryreis72732 ай бұрын
  • Almost always, groups of humans pull each other down to the lowest common denominator. In our modern society, it's taught that it is better to forgo excellence than risk letting anyone feel bad about themselves. Grievance and envy are celebrated at any turn. After the pandemic, the older generations especially appear to me as stunted children. It's as if there are no proper adults in the world (or at least not in control of any material power). The people at the top of our power structures are putting everything they can into preserving this societal immaturity as long as possible, because they know that if humanity grows up, they will lose their positions at the top.

    @iyziejane@iyziejane2 ай бұрын
    • Thank You. We share the same experience and thought. I have also said that there are no longer any adults in charge of anything. I've witnessed even the most respected people be pulled into that mass immaturity as if completely abandoning reasoning, self discipline and character just to fulfill a primal need of attention and punishment. It's absolutely mind altering witnessing the mass immaturity once you recognize it.

      @MagicalCreations-fw7pj@MagicalCreations-fw7pj2 ай бұрын
    • ”The world,” or society is falling more and more into this because western society doesn’t have rites of passage. More and more people are aging farther into older age without realizing themselves. Rites of passage were/are (in other cultures) monumental moments of realization that the individual must die to their old ways of immaturity in order to step into their next phase of life and possibly become a parent of another life. The weight of Life is not recognized until midlife crises or even later. It’s a horrible shame the majority does not understand reality nor their place in it.

      @TheSarahJane33@TheSarahJane332 ай бұрын
    • Perfectly said. There are no real actual “adults” anymore. There are no leaders, no maturity, no greatness. Just weaklings riding on the coattails of the excellency from the former generations; riding those coattails into the ground. The adults of today have no wisdom and all seem to be eternally 15 years old. Remember the days of looking towards the adults for wisdom and guidance? Of being able to trust their words of knowledge? Nowadays it seems like all the adults do is stunt the children of the next generation because, as you said, they know that any form of competence will instantly eclipse, erase and expose them.

      @FullyOnVolks@FullyOnVolksАй бұрын
  • Spot on. I now have to go farther into the mountains to find solitude because too many other people are also looking for solitude.

    @chrissullins3@chrissullins32 ай бұрын
  • I'm never alone; I always have the living universe as company. That which brought me into existence. That which always brings me higher and higher, lighter and lighter, brighter and brighter. A conscious universe. The company of other people can sometimes be pleasant and enriching, but all too often it is dealing with their emotional instability, mind games and tiptoeing around their insecurities. Trying not to compromise myself to the demands of their ideology, hivemind, normalcy.

    @TorMax9@TorMax92 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for all the years of insightful lessons My solitude with 40 smokes a day and still contemplating greatness..

    @artifactis@artifactis2 ай бұрын
    • Maybe vape or nicotine patch?

      @longhairdontcare122@longhairdontcare1222 ай бұрын
    • @longhairdontcare122 I did a month of nicorette but smoked alongside it seems it's more the habit than the substance 🤷‍♂️

      @artifactis@artifactis2 ай бұрын
    • @@artifactis Nothing beats getting that addiction off your back if you want to be truly free.

      @dominionthemovieisreality1181@dominionthemovieisreality11812 ай бұрын
    • Try nasal snuff. Just snort a little bit up each nostril and it really brings on alertness and focus. It's great for reading. It is a staple of my solitary study life

      @phillipjordan1010@phillipjordan10102 ай бұрын
  • I've found my place🙏🏻 so Grateful for this video

    @ramblinggypsy8102@ramblinggypsy8102Ай бұрын
  • Great Video 💪🏻

    @DreamChaserEiRi@DreamChaserEiRi2 ай бұрын
  • This is a great perspective because most people view being alone as a bad thing but if you just change your pov, being alone can be a healthy necessary thing.

    @sonicleaves@sonicleaves2 ай бұрын
  • i appreciate the quality and consistency of ur videos 🙏🏼

    @c2anti@c2anti2 ай бұрын
KZhead