Knowledge

[interbinaryunit51]

The meaning of life? Every person that exists can do different things in life, but all men die, hence the meaning of life is death. What then is the meaning of death? The meaning of death is to solve all your life problems and puzzles forever. What for? Would you rather keep your problems and puzzles not solved forever?

[JunkComa]

The meaning of life is to clean up your room Elise! and then clean up within yourself to understand the rest.

[Eliseharris]

Well the room is certainly a lot cleaner - I am moving and everything is in boxes right now!

[thematchpunk]

the goal of contentment and a loving life drives me to my ends

drugs stay me over until that happens

[MagiMysteryTour]

This is like a continuation of your "Reasons to be cheerful" video.

I think the word you were trying to think of was Cornucopia of knowledge.

We need to do a lot of filtering to find what is nutritious and not simply filling with empty calories of knowledge, let alone toxic information.

Mental exercise would be a good goal to get us in shape and cure us of knowledge-obesity. We are becoming knowledge-diabetics, overloaded with sugar-knowledge and no longer able to process it healthily.

[MagiMysteryTour]

I think it was originally Nigelism, but then some negative guy named Niall came along and claimed it as his own, and ever since then it's been pronounced Neilism.

[Eliseharris]

Poor Neil! And yes, a cornucopia - a great big [cream] horn of plenty.

[NoWattz]

The meaning of life is revealed to us all after the moment of death. ??? Figure that one out. God's wisdom? God's JOKE on humanity? yeah! :(

[elvispelt]

One foot in front of the other is all I've figured out so far.

[TheRadicalreels]

I watched a Documentary the other day called: "The Beautiful Truth" ...this gave me hope! Mum's cancer may have returned and she is what keeps me going. She is 82 and lives four miles from me. We are very close...

I'm glad you posted this video, hope is what keeps us going! Happy Holidays from Texas! Rad

[Eliseharris]

My thoughts are with you and your mother.

[Eliseharris]

I hope you succeed in your goals.

[fondueset01]

Here is my Favorite Poem.

It is not entirely obvious.

Since we've seen each other, a game goes on.

Secretly I move, and you respond.

You're winning, you think it's funny.

But look up from the board now, look how

I've brought in furniture to this invisible place,

so we can live here -RUMI

[fondueset01]

I'm terribly glad to hear you reject the path of the serial killer. I was concerned this might be your one flaw.

[stringquartet]

what I do right now and who I am and what I think right now in this moment determines who I will become. no, I don't mean that I will become Mickey Mouse if I think about him and act like him now... you know what I'm saying. :)

[FOSEEBOY]

REVISED COMMENT...(ADDICTION.....not Addition..lol)

[FOSEEBOY]

''I read the news today''.......(OH BOY) What you need love to get out of bed everymorning and make life worth living is a great big healthy ADDITION! Food is good....drugs are good....booze works well....but my personal favorite is SEX!!!....(and naughty SEXUAL FANTASY) Now THATS whats makes this crazy planet worth living on.....

[Eliseharris]

Are you sure your addiction is likely to get you out of bed?

[FOSEEBOY]

LOL....(I really LOVE you ELISE!....Your too funny dear)

[finnjolly]

yes... a salad bar of knowledge without salmanella...... Love it!! //*u*\\

[lapislazuline]

42!

[Eliseharris]

I am beginning to think the mice are in charge.

[m0nde]

the discovery of varied types and tastes: raison d'etre

[MrPingpongmegone]

" what is the point " !!! LOL

[BITARTEN]

It had always a collar and it used to bark: It shoud be a dog. My dog was fully happy when running in the grass or the beach and so on. No other questions that to eat and to be with us... It is died some years ago.

[KnockoffNigeI]

I love the first sentence of this comment, it's like getting hit over the head with pathos.

[Brainiac1056]

The Meaning of Life Is to have fun. There will always be gray, even black, days. Those days, you need to laugh the most. I think "the fun" way of looking at things is built in, in us and lots of people from all over the globe... so, have fun! :)

I can higly reccomend a person here on YouTube that also takes life a bit different.

Heś called FromUnderTheRock, go and check him out.

[invisibletime]

you nee a boy friend

[dedicated2WHOiLove]

i had a video called "The Hope Speech," but it was deleted with my other account.

You're due for a Video Re from 4ofSwords and maybe some acupuncture needle pricks, mind.

[Eliseharris]

I don't know where 4ofSwords has got to - I tried emailing him.

[outled]

the meaning of life is a phrase to enslave a mind into a spiral while all along the song you hum and beat you drum that forms the narrative of your song is the special frequency you are on that resonates in your quest-ion.

The answer your looking for is locked in a box the key of which lost on an undiscovered island defended by rocks.

Or it might be in one of my vids :p

Dano's vid response is a good un :)

Who knows, for me my hope comes from realising my futility, it makes me giggle.

[hbhell]

sexual pleasure

[urbanimage]

Hi Elise,

Interesting video and question. There's an a very engaging guy called Mooji who talks about the meaning of life and who we really are that I think you might like. If you do a search on youtube for Mooji you'll find him. He lives in Brixton which I find oddly amusing.

Peter

[Eliseharris]

I will look out for him!

[Ape65]

I see life as a book with an unpredicatable plot and where you cannot cheat and read ahead. If you want to know what happens next, you have to keep on reading. In a sense, curiosity is what keeps me going.

Also when I get depressed I'll take a good look at something natural, anything, such as a leaf, an insect, the clouds in the sky, and I'm totally amazed at the incomprehensible amazingness of everything. Life is an amazing unpredictable miracle.

[Steve7508]

here's my prawn and chive vol-au-vent for the table of knowledge:

"life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

I agree with Macbeth that there is no special meaning to life, but that's not a cause for despair. I think life is all about a search for happiness and enabling the happiness of others as much as possible.

[Eliseharris]

Yes, we just have to continue to continue and try not to hurt anyone along the way.

[rwstoney]

There are billions of us out here that badly need a good laugh. Don't underestimate the importance of comedy.

[DorothyDandrich]

I have descretion and good judgement..

I can keep myself out of harms way....This gives me great hope,

[MyOddSock]

Unless you hide yourself away in a cave for years then I think there is always a point. Whether or not you feel successful is irrelevant... what effect you have on the people around you is what is important.

That is what makes you important Elise. Why do you think people like to tune in to watch you? You lift people's spirits (and possibly other things). Yeah... and try not to kill anyone.

[Eliseharris]

It's very difficult to get perspectibve on your own life. And I will be extra specially careful to avoid killing anyone!

[me2ontube]

what do you really want from this life ... knowledge, love, money ... what - what do you really truly want - i don't think you know

[Eliseharris]

I don't think I do! Then again does anyone, really? That's rhetorical - I am sure everyone can come up with a list of people they think know what they are doing - I bet they don't really. So maybe not rhetorical as the answer should be "no"!

[me2ontube]

i know EXACTLY what i want and i'm taking the needful steps to get there - you have to sit down with pen and paper and write out your goals then begin doing whatever it takes to achieve them - if you get in your car and start driving without any set destination and blindfolded you will surely end up somewhere you really don't want to be and waste a lot of time and money for nothing - focus focus focus!

[grnlfe01]

I suppose what gives me hope is the untapped potentual as a person I still have. It makes life interesting. I think you could probably do with a hug. Don't let the bastards get you down.

[Eliseharris]

Thanks. I will try not to!

[Sonicmountain09]

Well, that's life, ain't it ? Up, down, light, dark, and so on. Smörgåsbord ? If you can get it, sure. I guess most lives are a bit drab with the occasional sunshine to brighten things up now and then. What is it you do that doesn't work, exactly ?

[Eliseharris]

I don't know - just everything feels a bit wrong right now. Best not to compare yourself to other people, maybe.

[chillisANDmetal]

I love your tangents!

They remind me I'm not alone in letting my mind hop about really quickly and seemingly talking bollocks :D

In answer to your "what is the point" question, I haven't got a clue... umm...

Fun, friends and GCSEs?

That flows quite nicely

[Eliseharris]

Good answer! Probably the best as I am not sure anyone really knows for sure.

[philipstorry]

There doesn't have to be a point.

When you hit that low, and you find yourself asking for the point, that's usually a good sign that you should just go out and enjoy yourself somehow. Even if it's just a walk in the park.

Or read a good book.

Anything but sit around wondering what the point is, really.

Sitting around wondering what the point is should be a decadent luxury. Something to be saved and shared with others. ;-)

[Eliseharris]

Well I am sharing!

[ReflectedImpedance]

I've read every single comment here, and I think that philipstorry is the only one that has come remotely near the mark. You're going to solve nothing sitting in that house on your own. Go do something that you enjoy. It will lift you up and will free you from today's rut. Maybe doing things that you enjoy is what life is actually about.

I am sure that you would benefit from a hug too, but I am not at all sure that you could bring yourself to trust anyone to give you that hug.

Angus.

[syabing]

Why do we to have goals? They are just imposed over us by others and other things. So, I try not to worry about them as much as I can, and just maybe live my own life.

[ElementalMisshap]

Moon Hee Jun . He is a Korean Singer/lyricist/dancer/musicia­n/composer/entertainer.... He is so many things. Since his music helped me in my darkest times, i feel a life need to spread his music to others and to support him. through him i have met amazing people and can reach all over the orld. In him i find safety and comfort and happiness.

This may seem like a fan rant... but i think its more than that.

To spread the wonder he gives me +perhaps one day share a part of life with him.

[funk4america]

if you had lots of money or something else in your life were very pleasing to you your objective stance would be happier. I dont know if I believe in objective reality, but I believe in making my subjective reality better. Hope is useful in getting started (or restarted) its useful to think of yourself as quixoticly soldiering on. But its just a feeling. in its way hope or any other feeling is its own reward. I think you should move to the US, move to LA and acting

[Eliseharris]

I think I just needed a glimmer of hope yesterday. I feel better about it all today!

[funk4america]

If I found out that the universe had a point I might be profoundly let down. I dont think the world should be looked at in black and white but I think you should go with the version that favors you as a human being. rose colored glasses moral relativism or the illlusion of accuracy by taking all the worst and comparing it with what you allow yourself to see as good and then taking measurements of both and saying oh this must be the truth.

[funk4america]

I think all this nihilism business is just a momentary lapse basicly not recognizing that you are giving in to victim mentality, which in the game of social oneupsmanship is equivalent to folding in poker. but thats just my take on my life and my struggles projected in your direction. I think we set our own purposes in life and its up to us to make life have a point.

[funk4america]

which I pronounce nigh as in the end is nigh nihilsm. I think youd be happier if you could trust in your own subjective positivity more and disbelieve your subjective futility because the combination of both together doesnt reflect a more acurate or objective picture at all, it might if we didnt live in sick societies.

[Mrsir2]

Whenever I get fed up with life I just think that it'll all be different eventually and that the things I hate now (like school and certain people) will be gone.

The only problem with it is that all these hopes are in the future - which is quite a way away - so I have to sort of sit through the bad times.

I have no idea if that made sense but hopefully you get the general idea.

Basically, I hope that things will be better in the future. (I could have just said that tbh)

[Tinplz]

Maybe we're alive to live? Our Existence could be for the sake of itself?

I happen to believe that, while we may make a variety of contained successes, we're here so that the Gods, or the Universe (whatever you wish to regard it as) can learn and study the tendencies of life. Once we're gone and out of the way, New life can flourish, and be guided in the ways we were not.

Or not.

Wutevz~

[jamiethomsonssongs]

something that provides me with a lot of relief from hopelessness, is musical expression, singing & playing guitar, percussion, etc... not as a performance, but simply for emotional relief & expression. i would imagine painting, dancing, sculpting, film making, poetry, etc. to provide a similar type of solace. In my case it isn't permenant, & can't be described in a concrete way, but i know it's real. i can relate to not finding hope in family, faith, etc. & drugs didn't do a whole lot for me!

[TylerRosexD]

The thing that makes my day worth while is knowing that at the end of the day my boyfriend will be there to tell me even if i've had a shit day i'll be fine, and he's always there to cheer me up. That's what makes my day worth while.

[Granshy]

Warmth in the cold

acknowledging and appreciating general textures

Bed & the semi delerious state of being half awake

Food

Gentle light pollution on roads and water at night

Instrumental Music

Books & general escapism

Sustained anticipation for any of the above

Its all Soo good ^^

[Inuyshathebom]

happyness for just living being able to share love and make people smile thats my goal and my hope I want to be known as a friend to all....

Maybe you your just in a rut think about what you want in life and what you have to do to get those things than think about what you will do after you have every on that list note my goals never end because there always going to be a sad preson v,v but that why i live to spred joy.

[Eliseharris]

Well please continue to spread the joy!

[Inuyshathebom]

Will do!! I have a thing on containors I already made the other two just wait till the frist one has more views

[Larkvall]

Didn't Pandora invent hope? She had a box of it or something.

[Eliseharris]

She got a jar as a wedding present from the gods and was told not to open it. She opened it. All the terrible things like war and famine and despair got out and she panicked and sealed it again. Only hope remained inside. This might mean hope was also a terrible thing or that at least we still have hope - only it's locked away where we can't get at it.

[Larkvall]

Maybe you should send her an email explaining your situation and ask her if she can't straighten it out. :-)

[Eliseharris]

It's her fault we are all in this mess to start with!

[Larkvall]

I don't think she really thought the whole thing through.

[ClampshellTheMighty]

There is no "objective" meaning to life, there are no gods, daemons, angels, spirits etc... we are alone on a small marble orbiting a realitivly cold star in a unremarkable part of our galaxy (which is also quiet unremarkable), this is what give me hope as I am free to choose my own purpose and goals...

I am Nihilist and its parent term is (Nile)nihilism, Nihil is latin for nothing

[Eliseharris]

I would say I am pretty much a nihilist myself - though lots of people I have met pronounce it the second way I say it in the video - which is why the confusion. Though of course nobody pronounces annihilate as "a knee ill ate". I don't think, anyway.

[ClampshellTheMighty]

I think the other is an Americanization (fancy word for can't pronounce words properly... Just kidding America love you really, don't bomb me :S), What type of Nihilism do you ascribe to? I myself am an existential and morale nihlist... I believe there are no such things as absoulte truths or absoulte good, evil etc...

[Eliseharris]

No I don't believe in any moral absolutes. Probably why I find it so hard to make decisions without weighing up every side of the argument. Things are probably a lot more simple if you don't have to think about things and instead just look at the world in black and white! Maybe I am a moral relativist rather than a nihilist. Although I am not convinced there is all that much point or purpose in the universe.

[Roddyoneeye]

Actually today, you've made it for me, bless you! It's my bills off day, writing cheques! I find that it's the 'small' joys, the surprise that presents itself that bring great joy.

So thank you, may your Christmas be a wonder filled with joy.

[Eliseharris]

May yours too be a fabulous and joyful time!

[CornyAgain]

Unexpectedly hilarious video, even without my visions of blood and mayhem caused by Elise, Warrior Princess of the Climate Change Wars.

The salmonella of knowledge is an interesting concept. If you're having a party, I expect I could bring that.

The point of it all? Who knows. I just try to enjoy and maybe be above average in helping improve things a bit.

[Eliseharris]

Thanks! And yes it's probably best to just try and enjoy it while it lasts!

[baderhhh]

put some make up m8

[RupertsCrystals]

The entire universe was sneezed out of the nose of a being called The Great Green Arkleseizure.

[CornyAgain]

@RupertsCrystals I too await the coming of the Great White Handkerchief.

[xxxMrSuspendedxxx]

The ghost of Kurt Vonnegut just told me it's a desperate roll of the dice. Bouncing back from and accepting bad rolls, and being wary and guarded about the good ones.

We're a overcomplicated eating, shelter seeking, and too curious and greedy for our own good sort of an animal.

I myself could use a good shag, but afterward I'd still be a wandering mess... unless it was Drew Barrymore and I became her kept man!

Angus good chap, wish me luck on the Drew Barrymore thing, please?

[Halloran1]

meaning of life? It´s 42 :)

[Eliseharris]

But what's the question?

[paulchisholm]

hi elise

i see your in a film with hannah waterman

have you got any seens with her

all the best

Paul

[Eliseharris]

I think she is in the back of the auditorium in the scene where I have my one line (if they keep it in!) I am really not in it much and she is the lead. I ate with her in the green room and I also helped light some of her scenes, though.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

Meaning of life?

To seek meaning is the meaning of life :P

What keeps me going?

Knowing that some of my work, will carry on, even a little, and help some people.

[Eliseharris]

That's a good attitude! I struggle with thinking some of the things I do might not get discovered until after I am not here any more to appreciate and enjoy the fruits of my labour. It is probably very healthy to hope it lives on after you do and others will potentially benefit! I suppose selfishness is a bit of a curse for me!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

Hey, I'm a selfish asshole too :P

You think I don't enjoy the work I do.

Everyone is a little bit selfish, and apologizing for who you are is no way to live your life.

[Eliseharris]

Yeah but when you see success in your life time you know you are making a difference! It's hard when you can't see whether what you do has a point.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

True, and that's when I just start working harder, or take a break...

Most of my work, I don't think will make a difference, but I work on it, like it will.

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

ROFL@KILLING PEOPLE XD

[Eliseharris]

I think it's an important point to bear in mind in life!

[KnockoffNigeI]

There's a line in Clockwise:

"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. "

Now there's a profound insight.

[Eliseharris]

Yes - I was pondering the Pandora's Box [or jar] story the other week. Hope just makes you more delusional and makes you think something better must happen soon! It is the evil that is trapped within still! Everything else that escaped from that container was terrible - why should hope be a good thing? And Clockwise is such a frustrating film!