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You’re too self-aware. And that’s why things feel weird.

Pursuit of Wonder | May 26, 2026



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  2. @user-ly6sh7hk2t

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    i love this channel bc it always challenges my thinking, but in this video, i was bored. most of us know this and have thought it through.
    i love this channel sm but please include more challenging ideas in your videos🙏

  12. @ConfessionsOverWhiskey

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    The self-aware ones are the loneliest. Because you can see every social interaction for what it is — the performance, the scripts, the unspoken rules — and you can't unsee it. So you participate anyway, knowing it's a game. That's not wisdom. That's its own kind of prison.

  13. @2641hgf

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Lol not me realizing were just waiting to die. We do things to fill in that time. Once you've done or tried most things that you wanted to do on this earth there's not much else to do just free roam and repeat the same missions. All I have left is watching my kids grow. After that just free roam. In the u.s. the culture is so messed up I genuinely haven't met anyone that truly is humble other than completely broken down people. The kids today think they're self aware and do the most unaware things then spit out philosophical quotes and truly believe that's what makes them humble, intelligent, stoic. Lol it's silly to watch and live through. All we can do is make decisions and live with the results whether it's good or bad lol. In the end we'll all be ok all we can truly hope for is we die in a good a gentle way. While I don't believe in any earthly religious god but I still do believe and pray for people in my own way.

  15. @RuinsOfMind

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    The scariest thing about studying how great societies unraveled isn't the scale of the destruction — it's how ordinary the psychology was. No one thought they were the generation that would lose everything. Everyone assumed someone else was managing it. That assumption is almost universal in collapse.

  17. @aykut4254

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Self awaraness is good in general but we have emotions which are defection of humanity. Our emotions are there to sabotage our perception. Emotions cause negative feedback of self awareness. Human brain is terrible and having too many false flags which sabotage ourselves

  18. @Warfarepsycology1

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    The psychological resistance to killing is the part nobody in these documentaries ever explains. The science behind why most soldiers couldn’t pull the trigger is genuinely disturbing.”

  21. @juliosheridon

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    De forma respeitosa acho que posso fazer uma contraposição? No meu intendimento todos estamos surfando a mesma onda … sei que a prescrição divina envolve sofrimento dor aflição ? A ciência Já fala disso como impulso preditivo de superação, exemplo uma bactéria não ira para outro patamar se não reagir aos obstáculos do meio como sala de aula dos campos morficos… o efeito manada subjascente…mais não é um cabresto fatal… apenas um mecanismo evolutivo foi nos dado Lógica racional nexo cognitivo? Nas escolhas e se posiciomarmos de forma lúcida ? você pode fazer o goool!!…. ninguém pode sair da caverna de platão no seu lugar. Heráclito fala do rio que o ser banha nunca será o mesmo em decorrência do fluxo das aguas…Logos ou cristo fala em não acomodar mais que a lição é vencer o mundo? como um simulador de vôo holon deck de aprendizado… A ideia do mono Mito presente em todas tradições e também presente no incosciênte coletivo.—–Algo existe??? e aquilo que somos está inserido neste algo( o Deus de Einstein e Espinoza) Ninguém é auto gerado nem auto suficiente…Respirar, alimentar, absorver a luz do sol etc.Se o outro é parte impercebida de nos mesmos? Devo expressar amor Por tudo e todos … Veja porque você deve ser agradecido por existir ?? Sua inteligência privilegiada associada a capacidade de sintese mostra que isto não é fruto de um lapso existencial mais o cultivo constante de superação . você sabe mais porque ousou estudar ….Os budistas optaram em mostrar as sombras ( sansara sofrimento) mais não significa fazer dela um plano de vôo exemplo: algo de bom subsiste ao Nirvana…? senão porque esforçar cognitivamente no combate do ser e não-ser para alcançá-la? a estrada cósmica está sinalizada é só ler os sinais Platão sugeriu que existe algo de bom e libertador em sair da caverna… Heráclito …mostrava as sombras para o ser apreciar a luz …. Salomão: """nada de novo debaido do sol"" identicamente : ""A luz é melhor que as trevas" A terra é como o rio muda com todos que habitam nela…Depois dos (70 anos ) a gente encherga melhor para poder fazer a escolha certa .Veja ação correta bem como a antitese desta é equivalente a quem faz a cama para deitar nela visto que subsiste a testemunha : Atman cristo interno buda ou espirito Heloin etc ad infinitunn… A gratidão a Deus é opcional A ética é a Moral amor compaixão pelos outros é necessária porque o universo envia tudo de retorno para gente . A pedra angular??? Sei que existe Deus e que ele o abençoou lhe dando um Papai e uma Mamãe Maravilhosa…Tente ver o reflexo de Deus na sua própria mamãe Obrigado por estar postando.

  22. @repdale

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Got the book and read it in two days. It was a fantastic and fun read. Congratulations! I’ll be buying your other work too

  25. @NovaTattooArt

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Just bought this book today from my local Barnes and noble and wow… I am obsessed and already on page 34. I also busted out the highlighter because there are so many profound ideas. Love it and look forward to finishing the book this week

  31. @nullme5

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    My mind is so noisy. Every events that happens, my mind overanalyses. It is consistently giving me stress, anxiety, and depression. Every reaction I have, every emotion I go through, every action I do, it analyses, I always find myself thinking about every stuff so deeply I always stare at nothing letting my body autopilot. Then, I'll be shocked out of it when my senses senses something, it's like waking up from a nap but you're not asleep. But when it comes to learning, it's very helpful but still annoying

  32. @leehansen5527

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    I'm wondering if meaning and meaninglessness are merely bookends on one of the infinite dualistic spectra we seem to occupy as conscious beings. Then, it might follow that the oscillation between them is the experience, not necessarily something to be resolved? I'm not sure we need to solve the paradox at all. Maybe there's even a possibility that the constraints we bump into at the meaningless end are precisely what creativity needs to work with, that limitation might be the condition through which meaning gets generated rather than the obstacle it overcomes. All of this to ask a question about self-awareness itself: how self-aware are we really becoming if we're using that awareness to navigate toward the end of the spectrum that feels more innately embodied rather than just being fully immersed in wherever we are each moment, learning from the less embodied parts of the experience?

  33. @nguoinoidaoly012

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Such a powerful message. I’m a minimalist creator sharing these exact life lessons through Stickman Wisdom. If you enjoy deep metaphors and need a quick 30-second mental reset, my visuals might resonate with you. Keep up the great work! 🎨✨

  37. @skyoneskyinfinite

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Actually self awareness can be liberating. Most people are partially aware of their condition, as much as provided by biology, and never fully get aware of the self as mostly get caught by emotions and desires at some moment.
    The process is definitely hard and painful, but a rigorous and honest self observation can be transcendental.

  39. @IlkanGenan

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Sometimes it seems that someone is living a dream lifestyle, but what really stands out is how intentional everything feels. Social media, e-commerce or any other online business only work long term when there’s structure behind them. That’s something that really clicked for me after reading Shadow Behind The Gate by Brian Rothschild. I'm now on $10k+ per month, wish me luck for the future! 🙂

  40. @meralkendir3166

    May 26, 2026 at 4:25 am

    I usually never post long comments like this, but I feel like I have to share because it helped me so much. Most financial advice is just garbage designed to keep you working forever, but Shadow Behind The Gate by Brian Rothschild is completely different. It gave me the actual strategies the truly wealthy use, especially about debt as a tool and using leverage, not cash.

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