if you put water in a tea pot it becomes a tea pot, if you put water in a cup, it becomes a cup, if you put water in a vase, it becomes a vase, be formless, be water my friend..
I luv how people can paint a broad stroke against Christians...but if you do it against any other group then you're a racist. go blow urself loser! HAHAHA No one cares about your opinion! You must have daddy/mommy issues! need a hug? HAHAHAHHAA
One thing I thought about is that after so much sacrifice and so many tests of great humility it took to become a Shaolin Monk, Master Kan's final teaching to Caine is to be humble. Then, at the end of the film, Caine meets a fellow monk who turned away from all that he learned in the temple in favor of money. After all of those years of teachings and sacrifice to become a priest, a person could still give into greed/arrogance if not humble!
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
I've been an artist for more than 40 years. There were so many times that after having finished a painting I felt that the painting was always there. The Tao answers that better than any other kind of reasoning or dismissal of the idea as nonsense.
I love these scenes in the temple. I try to carry myself like the Shaolin priests in this t.v. series everyday but it is not easy. When something bothers me, I have a difficult time letting it go. I need to work on inner peace. Thank you for uploading scenes from my favorite t.v. series.
@operationmongoose1 Practice being mindful everyday. Like an instrument, your practice wil become more and more automatic. The key, again, is to practice.
THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT SHOW, WITH GREAT CHARACTERS. I LOVE DAVID CARRADINE, THIS IS THE ROLE THAT MADE HIM A LEGEND. HE HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE KWAI CHANG CAINE TO ME.
I've always wondered why humility is considered a good thing... I mean noone wants to be super-arrogant because that alienates you from the people around you but being confident, especially if you are the "alpha male" type can help you a lot in this world. Can someone explain?
Often people display arrogance because of a deep seated inferiority complex. In this case ego takes over and wants to force the world to conform to what the individual finds the most comfortable.
Yet the most confident amongst us have great humility as they are always comfortable and accepting of things as they are. Their well controlled ego isn't struggling to control or make the world conform to personally held perceptions. I hope this explanation helps.
@yinyangnature I think the whole concept of "alpha male" is misunderstood in our society, people mistake alpha male with a bossy agreesive personality. In my opinion an "alpha male/female" is someone who leads by example and takes responsability for their own actions. I find that people with little self confidence feel the need to show off self confidence to the rest so others can see what that person doesn't see in him/herself. Thanks YYN for these great wise videos, great service you are doing
"In the real world, it's the arrogant, obnoxious, aggressive, manipulative pricks that get ahead, win elections, become bosses, CEOs and get into positions of power."
@ensembletheatre The word, he uses, in hebreos,or hebrew, is passion under wisdom. Those that practice respect and consideration will be long living. You have to be alive to inherit, something passed down to you. If you have such. For those, who do not have...Grace ( skill ) Live short lives, full of misery. and wear themselves out, struggling. In the end creating, machines to even do it for them....because they cant, and are War out. (wore) same word.
@dmingod999 Thats a very sad and cynical way of looking @ things. Often its the perception that gives rise 2 reality if thats wot u perceive 2 b tru then that is your reality but it dont make it factual.
@yinyangnature What is the difference between arrogance and confidence? Perhaps the difference is arrogance is that side of confidence of which has to be displayed openly and to others, and confidence is an inner knowing of ones own ability that doesn’t have to be displayed but allows us to lead by example.
@yinyangnature this is officially the most meaningful conversation i've ever read on youtube.. who would've thought something of such quality could exist here. like!
@bob2me2002 Confidence is trust. con (with) Fide...(fidelity) Arrogance is trust of nothing. It means Rogue...argue, or make waves. To confide in means, the trust and understanding of others and creation in respect with mercy..or to share or connect with creation. Where as the other is disconnecting oneself from it. Those with arrogance worry (war)
@bob2me2002 Thanks for your comment. It made me think. Arrogance is an outer act, an action of sorts, and is part of the damaged self which speaks in the world unless one stops it and doesn't give it a voice. I don't think of Confidence as being the opposite of Arrogance, now that I think of it. One is unspoken and the other comes with lots of verbiage.
@masterofpuppets75700 The positive humility is not an imposed version of the normal understanding of humility.A mind that sees the futility of the normal non humble actions appears to others as a humble man, but in reality he has a deep understanding.The persuits of most of the world are motivated by fear.A wise man could win the 100 and yet see the stupidity of being slightly faster than the rest,or superficially wealthier,one is more likely to harm oneself from too much than too little
Pride is baggage that may indeed help you here, with worldly desires and goals, but weighs one down and is an obstacle to true inner peace, wisdom, and enlightenment.
@masterofpuppets75700 - Well man, I'm pretty drunk right now, but let me break it down for you in comic book terms. See, Clark Kent couldn't be Superman all the time. He'd go crazy if he tried that. So, he humbled himself for his own benefit, as well as the benefit of others.
@masterofpuppets75700 As a corrections officer humility, humor and confidence were my weapons. A calm non-confrontational approach worked wonders with those who had little self-control, hyper temperments, and mental faults. Being in shape at over 50 yoa and treating each inmate as an individual helped immensely. I never had a "use of force", but had the respect of the Lifers.
@masterofpuppets75700 sup. i believe if you already know yourself that you are, capable of being a dominant person, knowing yourself is already a great power in itself. now that's where people come with forks in the road, knowledge is power. knowledge can be abused, just like any other power. just know. thats it. theres a difference in knowing and abusing. control in power. control yourself.
you can be funny, outgoing, social, and sometimes even sarcastic in a good way. all things dont have to be stopped by a thoughtless mind, a humble mind. knowing yourself and knowing what your capable of is the greatest power in the world.
@masterofpuppets75700 Being forceful is like rock. Rock is hard yet water something soft can carve out rock. You say being "Alpha Male" can help you get a lot out of this world. Will being an Alpha Male be the reason you fall in love...have a family....do silly things with your kids or is that allowing your humble side to show?
A martial artist also stays quiet, observes the situation and attacks when necessary.
@masterofpuppets75700 I add also..Do not mistake goodness and kindness for ignorance and weakness. Humility is not weakness, just as water is not weak. It may yield at times and may at other times be powerful. In its natural state however it is calm and inviting.
@masterofpuppets75700 the answer is in your phrase -"...can help you a lot in this world". What do you mean by "a lot"? the wise man does not seek "a lot" but wisdom.
@masterofpuppets75700 ~ Humility is a virtue, and definately a path leading to higher consciousness. An 'alpha male' is always calm and relaxed. He doesn't have to be full of himself, conceited and egotisical. His beingness is authentic. No BS. 100% true, and has no need to put anyone down. So, the best of both worlds. :)
@masterofpuppets75700 of course, as you've stated, no one wants to be super arrogant, as it only makes an ass of yourself and it becomes easier for you to fall into a state of delusion where u believe you are the best in everything you do. Humility is a trait that most gain after they realize, regardless of how strong I may be, I am still but a man, no more, and by man, I refer to the fact that we are humans with flaws. Humility also helps us calmy assess situations and make wise choices.
Humility is knowing that the human mind cannot truly comprehend what is true. Is an empty cup or a full cup better? When seeking something, it is better to have an empty cup to receive. A full cup that is never drank is wasted. Wisdom is like this, too... we cannot observe the changing nature of the universe if we believe we have already know it. Wisdom is the empty cup, knowledge is the full cup.
@masterofpuppets75700 Arrogance and humility are two ends of the same thread. The fruits of humility are often sown in the seeds of arrogance. One cannot experience humility until one has shown arrogance.
Wisdom is a precious gem. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non essentials. The roads to wisdom are Reflection, Imitation, Experience and the wise complain to no one not even themselves.Questions lead to wisdom. Deep doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts small wisdom. People of wisdom are people of action
@OneEyedJack1970 Indeed. Nevertheless, one should not mistake "Tao" for the Abrahamic concept of God. For while God is believed to manifest all things, Tao manifests by No-Thing. Tao is the void in which all things arise. It is the emptiness in which organic substances are allowed to grow in harmony with all other things. I understand this is a very difficult concept for us Westerners to understand. My clip called "Alan Watts - What is Tao" available on my channel may be of interest to you.
@yinyangnature Wait, so Tao is the void from which all things are created. So the concept of Tao states that everything is created from the void of nothing. I guess it makes sense. I always thought it was more logical to think of the beginning of creation that way. Because how else otherwise would everything around us have begun to exist? There MUST'VE been a time when nothing existed. And from that nothingness came about life. I could be wrong of course.
@RedCrescentDemon Indeed. The Eastern philosophies never developed a concept of God in the way the Western religions did. Even in Hinduism, the gods are really just metaphors rather than conscious entities. Nevertheless, if Eastern philosophies did have a God, he would be the God of emptiness and the reality beyond sensory awareness; whereas the Western God is always one limited to sensory awareness and the very limited material realm.
@yinyangnature In other words, the realm beyond sensory awareness. Like opening the third eye and being enlightened and traversing the realm beyond this is connected to the world of the Tao? So from the Tao, the world beyond this world, is where life originated from?
@RedCrescentDemon I think it's more accurate to say that our sensory awareness isn't giving us the complete picture of reality. Physicists now believe there are 11 dimensions, 7 of which we don't have access to, via our sensory awareness. Therefore there are realms of reality we don't have access to with our 5 senses. Particularly the 11th dimension - the membrane or unified field - that connects all physical things, including all people.
@RedCrescentDemon As long as u separate spiritual from form. Body from mind u will always remain ignorant and blinded by belief no matter how powerful and wise u think u might be. Everything is one. Only our ignorant mind separates. Understanding the body makes u understand your mind. Understanding the mind makes u understand the body.Same thing. Peace. Learn, Know, LIVE! :)
@grandslam1998 The river can not flow backwards. Rules which are good one day will eventually lead to their opposite intention. There are no superior philosophies and no perfect rules, eventually all actions must submit to the ways of nature. Not all prisons have bars and guards.
@jacksawild Your over confidence is your weekness. Like all things the ways of nature are in a constant state of flux. Rules serve not only to guide but to entertain. Without the acquaintance with the rules of propriety it is impossibe for the charactor to establish.Philosophy is the no mans land between religion and science and the best answer to any philosophical question is - no one really knows. Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules.
In my opinion, Grandslam1998, you are missing essential points in Taosim. "the ways of nature are in constant state of flux" ????? No no no....only the manifestations in nature are in flux, not the underlying forces. And I also don't believe that philosophy should have objectives. The more you seek, the less you'll find.
@87cyberman As you know there are always more questions than answers and that answers are subjective. Taoism is hard to define for it has no set of doctrines as it not an organised relgion.It is open interpretation! Its three jewels are Kindness, simplicity and modesty and all three can be obtained by leading a righteous life. The objectives of Philosophy is to try to understand the fundamental questions via rational argument. I do not claim to be Taoist or an ist of any kind.I'm a free thinker
Yes, I agree with you in some points. I've probably read the Tao Te Ching fifty times. And even though it is open to interpretation, there is commonality among all those that understand it. Humility is one of its central points, you cannot ignore this. You said is leads "nowhere," which I don't understand. It would only lead nowhere if you already have a destination in mind. As you said, we only seek to understand. "Understanding" is precisely the reason why you are humble.
Once you "understand" a profound change happens in how you see yourself in this world, or universe for that matter. In essence, you stop seeing yourself as a person at the top of some mountain..... looking downward, but view yourself more like a small fish in a vast ocean, no better or worse than anything else in existence. This is the only analogy I can come up with.
@87cyberman Humility is a good thing but don't take it too far thus becoming a doormat.Remember all things in moderation. It is hard to subdue pride for it is alive in most people. One can be proud of their humility! It is also hard to be humble in a society that encourages competition and individuality. To be humble is a virtue and it can help us develop as a person and to enjoy richer relationships with others. Also to be humble makes us to be effective learners. Every day is a school day
When one knows his place with nature he becomes humble like the dust. It just went with the wind being very quite. It was its time to leave when the wind came and it went without any resistance.
@AnonTuck Sure. They are available on DVD or you may like to visit the "girlfromrio" Youtube channel, where many episodes are available to watch online.
we all are granted wisdom, only is the ego which obscures it .... more or less. To control the ego is not something one can do, for controlling means ego. You can merely observe it and know that it is not you. Once you learn who you are not and stay present and conscious, ego loses it's power over you, can no longer control you and pretend it is you. And only then you can start to know your true self.
Yep, you're right. As long as one doesn't choose to walk that path, only by hearing or reading wise words, will never get him to that realm.
Ego is a mental idea, that helps one's mind to understand what is false, for only knowing the false can discover the truth.
From my point of view, trough a person live many entities, each of them fighting for control, but there's something that remains unchanged, no matter what happens. Finding that which is permanent in one is true liberation.
There will be no more beliefs once you free your self from the mind and all mind structures will dissolve; no more memories, no more anticipations, just direct experience. But in order to reach that point one must chose a path, a path for self discover. I had brief glimpses of pure awareness, but when i say that is just the mind speaking. For there ain't no more identification at that time. You lose yourself to find yourself. A big fat paradox :D
Again, the claim that "one must choose a path" makes a false belief, for their is no path.
"Lose yourself to find yourself" amounts to 60s hippy, drippy, druggy talk, misunderstood by Americans & Brits, mostly, who suffer from an Eastern religions fetish.
Rightly, it's shed your false beliefs to free yourself from the prison of your mind of your own making. For you alone are your own jailer.
Look, no lock exists on the door. Push it open and walk.
No man can free himself from his mind for the mind is the man.
The enlightened man is the man who has removed the blindness from his mind's eye.
He has shed himself of false beliefs and of doubt and now can see the code -- how others let their false beliefs rule over themselves and their interaction with others suffering from the same.
You may think of these false beliefs as sin or the demiurge or tricks of Satan or any metaphor you like.
ok, and what is there for a man to do in order to remove the blindness from his mind eyes?
when he is locked in his own prison, and believes so strongly and unconsciously that he is something or someone? when you are lost in your mind, how do you drop your false beliefs?
A young peach tree makes no deliberate effort to yield peaches. The tree takes in sunshine, air and food from the soil. Then, in the right time, effortlessly, produces peaches for others to enjoy.
You want to grow fruits for yourself. You read a book that tells about fruits -- mango, papaya, peaches.
You write notes about what you do not understand. As you read onward, answers come. You erase your doubts from your notes and your mind.
I wanted to cry when I saw this it is so pure. Earlier I was thinking about dust, thinking about writing a poem about a ball of dust in the presence of man. I my minds eyes i could see the dust poem and now this.
A great scene, but I think it's important to understand "why" humility is important. It's probably not something you actually seek though. Humility is a natural consequence once you control the human ego. Not controlled by the ego, you have nothing to prove, no reason to compare yourself to others, no reason to judge the worth of others. You become more genuine, more true. As you become more wise, humility, compassion, kindness, simplicity, etc will all come through their own accord.
@87cyberman To be humble is itself ego. One must be true to ones own path. The path of the humble is the path to nowhere and nowhere is the path to a slow death. The true path of life is always close at hand if you travel many roads. Wisedom is refection on past roads trodden but will not be trodden again. It is the wise man who knows that the more you know the more you realize how much you do not know.
You misunderstand my point. Humility is not the point of wisdom; it is only one of its results. It is cause and effect. To seek humility for the sole sake of seeking it is misguided, and this might be considered ego if you would then consider yourself better than someone who is not humbe. Yet my point is this: To be wise and NOT be humble is to not be wise at all.
And I think you are misguided about humility being the path to nowhere. Define "nowhere" and "True" path...
It seems to me, perhaps, that being granted wisdom, and accepting the wisdom you have been granted are different things. How this wisdom is granted is irrelevant if you do know how to accept it. The understanding has to come from within.
The people of Asia are more wiser the any other race. Truth hurts. When you read their philosophy of life, then you will understand. And I say this being a white man.
johnnyray1717, not in China they aren't nor in any other asian countries that deny basic freedoms to their own people due to fanaticism or communism or just plain intense poltical corruption
That's were they, and other cultures are messing up at today. Industry, dictatorship, money,etc. Very few cultures stick to the traditional ways of life anymore. It's all there in our old books, the ways to live better lives, it just don't fit into these modern times, ....even for the Asian cultures. Too bad
there are many wise people amongst the Asians. Of course they have the biggest population so what do you expect?
In saying that, the real wisdom lies in Islam and the worship of One God. Despite their wisdoms, these Asians bow down to their human masters..something which contradicts knowledge and wisdom.
Sadly with that comment you don't understand the philosophy. Maybe you should watch the show more closely than just the action scenes, it may change you completely.
Spare me your altruism even Cain likes a good laugh every now and then . I understand the show completely. A slapstick joke is an insult only if you choose to except it into your heart.
According to Taoism, plotting to harm people is a big crime and plotting to harm loyal subjects is an even worse crime. Even if schemers manage to have their way, the divinities are wise and the schemers will be duly punished. This is why your attempted humor was not appreciated.
Maybe you shouldn't take yourself so seriously and get your philosophy from places other than an old overly hyped kung fu drama or a book ravaged by mainstream pseudo-intellectuals :D
Through the centuries, Asians have accepted mind programming to make them servile and thus less competitive over limited resources in the face of overwhelming numbers.
It has been a great trick by Asian rulers.
New Agers suffer from many false beliefs about Asians.
No wonder the United States is abundant with neurotic and alpha oriented individuals. There's no humility in this country. No Zen. No Tao. No wisdom. We preach holding the head "high" instead of holding it low. The U.S. is on the road to disintegration.
There is no doubt that the ego and a certain arrogant swagger has come to be highly and pathologically celebrated. There is a level of rudeness and of a "fuck you, I want mine" attitude pervading the culture which is seen as acceptable and attractive. What's more, there seems to be this encouragement to broadcast every mundane thought one might have on twitter, myspace, or....youtube. The point I guess is that as a culture we are way to enamored with our own sense of self-importance.
For culture is mere nutrient medium from which all interaction flows.
Culture arises from the codified law and the codes of conduct established and enforced through Group Dynamics.
It's rudeness and corruption instituted into culture by Politicians and Bureaucrats of which you speak.
Politicians and Bureaucrats practice the Politics of Jealousy, whipping into frenzy the many of low IQ, easily tempted thru their greed and Utopian schemes.
There is evidence that the extremely wise such as Buddha, Jesus, the saints and many sages have all found a way to overcome suffering by the acquisition of wisdom.
To think it is to lose it. The most intelligent person is unaware of their own mind; a humble person is unaware of her own importance; a fish knows nothing about water.
If you feel that way, I pray that you'll learn from adversity and have a joyous life full of enlightenment. Be blessed. Intentionally harming yourself is foolish. But life brings its challenges, and the core message here is to learn how to turn lemons into lemonade so to speak. It's a gift that has made my life truly blessed to be able to do this.
I feel everything is circumstantial. Many or most philosophical teachings can be contradicted. -If I don't accept painting my art is done, I can still have the pleasure painting them. ;)
Rather than "circumstantial" it's more accurate to say everything is relative. What one considers good another may consider bad and yet neither is incorrect if they truly believe this is the case.
Reality is always a contradiction, for without death there can not be life. Without night there can not be day. We can only know anything by also recognising it's opposite aspect.
Night & day, life & death are not contradictions, they don't disagree with each other..they blend or transition into the other as phases :D I will choose circumstantial because everything relative might also be circumstantial :P
Hahah! Maybe Einstein should have called it 'The Theory of Circumstance' instead of 'Relativity'? :-D
Nothing is a contradiction if you see everything as an aspect of the great unity. Yet people holdout against death thinking it is a new experience. However death is only a returning to the place they were before they were conceived.
LOL Naflodi!! "Hey check me out, I am MORE humble than you, so I am waaaaaaay better than you!!" LMAO!!!!!!! You forgot to write "my dad can beat up your dad!" Thanks for the laughs, kid!
A little of both I suspect. Either way the student is now at a place where he no longer needs the master.
We must all eventually reach this place where we can manifest the master within ourselves (our own true nature). Then we can be as free as the birds, who always intuitively know exactly what to do.
Have you ever seen a seagull preaching, attending a church or a temple? Why is it we need to do this and the birds don't?
Yet of course, birds live the uncalculated life and so should we all
I saw this pilot in 1973 at 14 yrs old...I went on to study the Praying Mantis system...and these words fron Phillip Ahn..yes, they worked for me...it does not mean one ia a coward...no..or anti social.
looking down in some cultures can mean low self esteem ,but not all.
The monk is only making a point. American culture [US]could do with some of this. Dont get me wrong i luv the us.There is also many things to learn from the usa.This my view as a european. Whats wrong with peace luv and understanding.
awesome job with this series. I love it. Have you thought about the Tao of Starwars? Seems like there is a lot of similar taoist beliefs in the movies.
Kwai Chang Kane is forever the source of my inspiration. At first sight it all sounds as fortune cookie content, but actually its genuine buddhist wisdom.
his head may be bowed but his shoulders are straight
Kalatiso 2 weeks ago
my uncle created this.......no big deal (:
softballdog1 1 month ago
brings back old memories as a kid when i used to watch the show..
SifuMcIlwrath 2 months ago
if you put water in a tea pot it becomes a tea pot, if you put water in a cup, it becomes a cup, if you put water in a vase, it becomes a vase, be formless, be water my friend..
Sincerely
Bruce Lee
Dan4USCTroy 3 months ago
too bed a lot of christians want apply the buddist sayings in the worship of GOD
but a lot of chirsitians let poltices, business, and their own greedy need come first
altha2008 3 months ago
I luv how people can paint a broad stroke against Christians...but if you do it against any other group then you're a racist. go blow urself loser! HAHAHA No one cares about your opinion! You must have daddy/mommy issues! need a hug? HAHAHAHHAA
fu9955 1 month ago
@fu9955 I'm a chrstian. I do not like people using GOD for government office.
Thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain does not just pretain to cursing. It is any
mis use of his name.
as for other religons buddest like these guys are more in spirt and mind with their false God then a lot of christians are with GOD
altha2008 1 month ago
One thing I thought about is that after so much sacrifice and so many tests of great humility it took to become a Shaolin Monk, Master Kan's final teaching to Caine is to be humble. Then, at the end of the film, Caine meets a fellow monk who turned away from all that he learned in the temple in favor of money. After all of those years of teachings and sacrifice to become a priest, a person could still give into greed/arrogance if not humble!
FreekeeChakra 8 months ago
@FreekeeChakra Greed is the root of all evil not money
altha2008 1 month ago
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Bruce Lee
Dan4USCTroy 8 months ago
I've been an artist for more than 40 years. There were so many times that after having finished a painting I felt that the painting was always there. The Tao answers that better than any other kind of reasoning or dismissal of the idea as nonsense.
jpapare 8 months ago
I love these scenes in the temple. I try to carry myself like the Shaolin priests in this t.v. series everyday but it is not easy. When something bothers me, I have a difficult time letting it go. I need to work on inner peace. Thank you for uploading scenes from my favorite t.v. series.
operationmongoose1 8 months ago 21
@operationmongoose1 Thank you for reminding me of the importance of "letting go" - something we all need to work on.
yinyangnature 8 months ago 7
@operationmongoose1 Try meditation...
larbo1616 6 months ago
@operationmongoose1 I just used the "maim rather than kill" lesson in a way. Remember that for yourself.
bloodandbones9 5 months ago in playlist THE TAO
@operationmongoose1 Practice being mindful everyday. Like an instrument, your practice wil become more and more automatic. The key, again, is to practice.
jbearden 4 months ago in playlist The Tao of Kung Fu
THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT SHOW, WITH GREAT CHARACTERS. I LOVE DAVID CARRADINE, THIS IS THE ROLE THAT MADE HIM A LEGEND. HE HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE KWAI CHANG CAINE TO ME.
MultiJman69 2 months ago
@operationmongoose1 eckard tolle
berlin45ers 1 month ago
@operationmongoose1 Realize that everything is in the now and the past ceases to be relevant.
utube2344 14 hours ago
And later that evening when Caine couldn't find a place to stay he gave the pebble back
nathanwilefrazier 1 year ago
@nathanwilefrazier Very clever! Maybe a coin would have been more apt than a pebble?
TaoFAQ 1 year ago
@TaoFAQ heh, heh :)
nathanwilefrazier 1 year ago
I've always wondered why humility is considered a good thing... I mean noone wants to be super-arrogant because that alienates you from the people around you but being confident, especially if you are the "alpha male" type can help you a lot in this world. Can someone explain?
masterofpuppets75700 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700
Often people display arrogance because of a deep seated inferiority complex. In this case ego takes over and wants to force the world to conform to what the individual finds the most comfortable.
Yet the most confident amongst us have great humility as they are always comfortable and accepting of things as they are. Their well controlled ego isn't struggling to control or make the world conform to personally held perceptions. I hope this explanation helps.
Namaste
Bobba
yinyangnature 1 year ago 40
@yinyangnature Thanks! That was a fantastic explanation. I think I understand now :)
masterofpuppets75700 1 year ago
@yinyangnature I think the whole concept of "alpha male" is misunderstood in our society, people mistake alpha male with a bossy agreesive personality. In my opinion an "alpha male/female" is someone who leads by example and takes responsability for their own actions. I find that people with little self confidence feel the need to show off self confidence to the rest so others can see what that person doesn't see in him/herself. Thanks YYN for these great wise videos, great service you are doing
amrugby 1 year ago
@amrugby it's kinda funny to me, the more truly confident and accepting I am, the more some people want to cut at me and see if I'll bleed
grendelhvs 1 year ago
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dmingod999 1 year ago
@dmingod999 Is it not true that those who live by the sword, also die by the sword?
yinyangnature 1 year ago
@dmingod999
"In the real world, it's the arrogant, obnoxious, aggressive, manipulative pricks that get ahead, win elections, become bosses, CEOs and get into positions of power."
Only them?
WSWarthog 11 months ago
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." This phrase of
profound wisdom came from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, It does not mean weak or afraid, or lacking confidence. Meekness truest sense
is an overt behavior that is not defiant, or threatening, or insulting to anyone. A display of "the peace that passes understanding" and displayed by
the great Kung Fu masters, and the Christian and Hindu saints- a state of calm
and bliss that has no need to insult any other being.
ensembletheatre 11 months ago
@ensembletheatre The word, he uses, in hebreos,or hebrew, is passion under wisdom. Those that practice respect and consideration will be long living. You have to be alive to inherit, something passed down to you. If you have such. For those, who do not have...Grace ( skill ) Live short lives, full of misery. and wear themselves out, struggling. In the end creating, machines to even do it for them....because they cant, and are War out. (wore) same word.
glennmunro01 10 months ago
@dmingod999 Thats a very sad and cynical way of looking @ things. Often its the perception that gives rise 2 reality if thats wot u perceive 2 b tru then that is your reality but it dont make it factual.
westnblu 10 months ago
@yinyangnature What is the difference between arrogance and confidence? Perhaps the difference is arrogance is that side of confidence of which has to be displayed openly and to others, and confidence is an inner knowing of ones own ability that doesn’t have to be displayed but allows us to lead by example.
any thoughts?
bob2me2002 1 year ago 6
@bob2me2002 Well stated. I couldn't have said it any better than that.
yinyangnature 1 year ago 2
@yinyangnature this is officially the most meaningful conversation i've ever read on youtube.. who would've thought something of such quality could exist here. like!
derek400004 7 months ago
@derek400004 Thank you and everyone who has contributed to the conversation over the last 3 years.
yinyangnature 7 months ago
@bob2me2002 Confidence is trust. con (with) Fide...(fidelity) Arrogance is trust of nothing. It means Rogue...argue, or make waves. To confide in means, the trust and understanding of others and creation in respect with mercy..or to share or connect with creation. Where as the other is disconnecting oneself from it. Those with arrogance worry (war)
glennmunro01 10 months ago
@bob2me2002 Arrogance is about how one views oneself in relation to others. Confidence is about how one views oneself.
finitube 10 months ago
@bob2me2002 Thanks for your comment. It made me think. Arrogance is an outer act, an action of sorts, and is part of the damaged self which speaks in the world unless one stops it and doesn't give it a voice. I don't think of Confidence as being the opposite of Arrogance, now that I think of it. One is unspoken and the other comes with lots of verbiage.
jpapare 8 months ago
@yinyangnature very wise to generalize
darkunorthodox 4 months ago
@masterofpuppets75700 The positive humility is not an imposed version of the normal understanding of humility.A mind that sees the futility of the normal non humble actions appears to others as a humble man, but in reality he has a deep understanding.The persuits of most of the world are motivated by fear.A wise man could win the 100 and yet see the stupidity of being slightly faster than the rest,or superficially wealthier,one is more likely to harm oneself from too much than too little
brianmoran1973 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700
Pride is baggage that may indeed help you here, with worldly desires and goals, but weighs one down and is an obstacle to true inner peace, wisdom, and enlightenment.
64bigbaloo 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 - Well man, I'm pretty drunk right now, but let me break it down for you in comic book terms. See, Clark Kent couldn't be Superman all the time. He'd go crazy if he tried that. So, he humbled himself for his own benefit, as well as the benefit of others.
sirlegendhead 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 As a corrections officer humility, humor and confidence were my weapons. A calm non-confrontational approach worked wonders with those who had little self-control, hyper temperments, and mental faults. Being in shape at over 50 yoa and treating each inmate as an individual helped immensely. I never had a "use of force", but had the respect of the Lifers.
dunndirtcheap 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 sup. i believe if you already know yourself that you are, capable of being a dominant person, knowing yourself is already a great power in itself. now that's where people come with forks in the road, knowledge is power. knowledge can be abused, just like any other power. just know. thats it. theres a difference in knowing and abusing. control in power. control yourself.
12o1 1 year ago
you can be funny, outgoing, social, and sometimes even sarcastic in a good way. all things dont have to be stopped by a thoughtless mind, a humble mind. knowing yourself and knowing what your capable of is the greatest power in the world.
12o1 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 Being forceful is like rock. Rock is hard yet water something soft can carve out rock. You say being "Alpha Male" can help you get a lot out of this world. Will being an Alpha Male be the reason you fall in love...have a family....do silly things with your kids or is that allowing your humble side to show?
A martial artist also stays quiet, observes the situation and attacks when necessary.
RHComputerGeek 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 I add also..Do not mistake goodness and kindness for ignorance and weakness. Humility is not weakness, just as water is not weak. It may yield at times and may at other times be powerful. In its natural state however it is calm and inviting.
duchessofpercy 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 the answer is in your phrase -"...can help you a lot in this world". What do you mean by "a lot"? the wise man does not seek "a lot" but wisdom.
jamilyakassenova 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 ~ Humility is a virtue, and definately a path leading to higher consciousness. An 'alpha male' is always calm and relaxed. He doesn't have to be full of himself, conceited and egotisical. His beingness is authentic. No BS. 100% true, and has no need to put anyone down. So, the best of both worlds. :)
pleased9 1 year ago
@masterofpuppets75700 of course, as you've stated, no one wants to be super arrogant, as it only makes an ass of yourself and it becomes easier for you to fall into a state of delusion where u believe you are the best in everything you do. Humility is a trait that most gain after they realize, regardless of how strong I may be, I am still but a man, no more, and by man, I refer to the fact that we are humans with flaws. Humility also helps us calmy assess situations and make wise choices.
chainedsword 10 months ago
@masterofpuppets75700
Humility is knowing that the human mind cannot truly comprehend what is true. Is an empty cup or a full cup better? When seeking something, it is better to have an empty cup to receive. A full cup that is never drank is wasted. Wisdom is like this, too... we cannot observe the changing nature of the universe if we believe we have already know it. Wisdom is the empty cup, knowledge is the full cup.
YouRTheMachine 9 months ago
@masterofpuppets75700 Arrogance and humility are two ends of the same thread. The fruits of humility are often sown in the seeds of arrogance. One cannot experience humility until one has shown arrogance.
stockscalper 9 months ago
Wisdom is a precious gem. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non essentials. The roads to wisdom are Reflection, Imitation, Experience and the wise complain to no one not even themselves.Questions lead to wisdom. Deep doubts deep wisdom. Small doubts small wisdom. People of wisdom are people of action
grandslam1998 1 year ago 3
@grandslam1998 Well stated my friend.
yinyangnature 1 year ago
Wouldnt be wise to walk into something with ur head bowed! haha nah jokes. great scene.
happylee02 1 year ago
yes that is why i pay attention to the taoists. i am christian and its written everything that exists is GOD's. and also al wisdom is from GOD.
domon777 1 year ago
That's ok, yinyangnature. I get the Tao, and I don't equate it with God. I do, however, believe Shangdi may very well be the same deity as YHWH.
OneEyedJack1970 1 year ago
A wise man is humble like the dust. That sounds downright Biblical.
OneEyedJack1970 1 year ago
@OneEyedJack1970 Indeed. Nevertheless, one should not mistake "Tao" for the Abrahamic concept of God. For while God is believed to manifest all things, Tao manifests by No-Thing. Tao is the void in which all things arise. It is the emptiness in which organic substances are allowed to grow in harmony with all other things. I understand this is a very difficult concept for us Westerners to understand. My clip called "Alan Watts - What is Tao" available on my channel may be of interest to you.
yinyangnature 1 year ago
@yinyangnature Wait, so Tao is the void from which all things are created. So the concept of Tao states that everything is created from the void of nothing. I guess it makes sense. I always thought it was more logical to think of the beginning of creation that way. Because how else otherwise would everything around us have begun to exist? There MUST'VE been a time when nothing existed. And from that nothingness came about life. I could be wrong of course.
RedCrescentDemon 1 year ago
@RedCrescentDemon Indeed. The Eastern philosophies never developed a concept of God in the way the Western religions did. Even in Hinduism, the gods are really just metaphors rather than conscious entities. Nevertheless, if Eastern philosophies did have a God, he would be the God of emptiness and the reality beyond sensory awareness; whereas the Western God is always one limited to sensory awareness and the very limited material realm.
yinyangnature 1 year ago
@yinyangnature In other words, the realm beyond sensory awareness. Like opening the third eye and being enlightened and traversing the realm beyond this is connected to the world of the Tao? So from the Tao, the world beyond this world, is where life originated from?
RedCrescentDemon 1 year ago
@RedCrescentDemon I think it's more accurate to say that our sensory awareness isn't giving us the complete picture of reality. Physicists now believe there are 11 dimensions, 7 of which we don't have access to, via our sensory awareness. Therefore there are realms of reality we don't have access to with our 5 senses. Particularly the 11th dimension - the membrane or unified field - that connects all physical things, including all people.
yinyangnature 1 year ago
@yinyangnature But it's possible to reach those planes with spiritual training, right?
RedCrescentDemon 1 year ago
@RedCrescentDemon Indeed. By seeking the truth that is beyond personal advantage.
yinyangnature 1 year ago
@RedCrescentDemon As long as u separate spiritual from form. Body from mind u will always remain ignorant and blinded by belief no matter how powerful and wise u think u might be. Everything is one. Only our ignorant mind separates. Understanding the body makes u understand your mind. Understanding the mind makes u understand the body.Same thing. Peace. Learn, Know, LIVE! :)
Sheikkailija 1 year ago
@RedCrescentDemon Just follow the 10 commandments and you will have a good life.
grandslam1998 1 year ago
@grandslam1998 Which 10 commandments?
jacksawild 1 year ago
@jacksawild From the Old Testament of the Bible. Also read the poem If R Kipling.
grandslam1998 1 year ago
@grandslam1998 The river can not flow backwards. Rules which are good one day will eventually lead to their opposite intention. There are no superior philosophies and no perfect rules, eventually all actions must submit to the ways of nature. Not all prisons have bars and guards.
jacksawild 1 year ago
@jacksawild Your over confidence is your weekness. Like all things the ways of nature are in a constant state of flux. Rules serve not only to guide but to entertain. Without the acquaintance with the rules of propriety it is impossibe for the charactor to establish.Philosophy is the no mans land between religion and science and the best answer to any philosophical question is - no one really knows. Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules.
grandslam1998 1 year ago
@grandslam1998
In my opinion, Grandslam1998, you are missing essential points in Taosim. "the ways of nature are in constant state of flux" ????? No no no....only the manifestations in nature are in flux, not the underlying forces. And I also don't believe that philosophy should have objectives. The more you seek, the less you'll find.
87cyberman 1 year ago
@87cyberman As you know there are always more questions than answers and that answers are subjective. Taoism is hard to define for it has no set of doctrines as it not an organised relgion.It is open interpretation! Its three jewels are Kindness, simplicity and modesty and all three can be obtained by leading a righteous life. The objectives of Philosophy is to try to understand the fundamental questions via rational argument. I do not claim to be Taoist or an ist of any kind.I'm a free thinker
grandslam1998 1 year ago
@grandslam1998
Yes, I agree with you in some points. I've probably read the Tao Te Ching fifty times. And even though it is open to interpretation, there is commonality among all those that understand it. Humility is one of its central points, you cannot ignore this. You said is leads "nowhere," which I don't understand. It would only lead nowhere if you already have a destination in mind. As you said, we only seek to understand. "Understanding" is precisely the reason why you are humble.
87cyberman 1 year ago
@87cyberman Nowhere is beween my ears.! A place that doesnt exist! Existance really is an imperfect tense that never becomes present.
grandslam1998 1 year ago
@grandslam1998
Once you "understand" a profound change happens in how you see yourself in this world, or universe for that matter. In essence, you stop seeing yourself as a person at the top of some mountain..... looking downward, but view yourself more like a small fish in a vast ocean, no better or worse than anything else in existence. This is the only analogy I can come up with.
87cyberman 1 year ago
@87cyberman Humility is a good thing but don't take it too far thus becoming a doormat.Remember all things in moderation. It is hard to subdue pride for it is alive in most people. One can be proud of their humility! It is also hard to be humble in a society that encourages competition and individuality. To be humble is a virtue and it can help us develop as a person and to enjoy richer relationships with others. Also to be humble makes us to be effective learners. Every day is a school day
grandslam1998 1 year ago
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riggs581 1 year ago
When one knows his place with nature he becomes humble like the dust. It just went with the wind being very quite. It was its time to leave when the wind came and it went without any resistance.
kitush64 1 year ago
These clips have so much wisdom, its amazing.. Is this avaliable on DVD or some of the sort?
AnonTuck 1 year ago
@AnonTuck Sure. They are available on DVD or you may like to visit the "girlfromrio" Youtube channel, where many episodes are available to watch online.
yinyangnature 1 year ago
If i am humble i am one with nature. I become part of a whole.
karljjr 1 year ago
i just feel that bad energy from pollution effects everyone and everything. Remove the toxins and you remove the bad energy.
davewoodring 1 year ago
Finally, he got the pebble and learned the road ahead brings the ????
pete0969wi 1 year ago
Humility is a most wonderful trait v_v
SalvoBrosEnt 1 year ago
we all are granted wisdom, only is the ego which obscures it .... more or less. To control the ego is not something one can do, for controlling means ego. You can merely observe it and know that it is not you. Once you learn who you are not and stay present and conscious, ego loses it's power over you, can no longer control you and pretend it is you. And only then you can start to know your true self.
Redecorate 2 years ago 6
@Redecorate agree 100% deep words brother
periclesjorge12 2 years ago
Thanks for your words. I'll try it. I think I have a bit of an ego... :/
Check my name. :P
ashthegreat 2 years ago
heheee, search online for "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, and you will get to know much more about mind patterns.
Redecorate 2 years ago
Wisdom is a virtual realm.
Only those who choose to walk unburdened walk upon the path that leads to its entrance.
It's the disordered mind, filled and ruled by false beliefs that keeps many walking in circles.
Shed your false beliefs and you can walk into wisdom.
'Ego' is mere psychobabble from Freud. Believing in 'ego' is a false belief.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
Yep, you're right. As long as one doesn't choose to walk that path, only by hearing or reading wise words, will never get him to that realm.
Ego is a mental idea, that helps one's mind to understand what is false, for only knowing the false can discover the truth.
From my point of view, trough a person live many entities, each of them fighting for control, but there's something that remains unchanged, no matter what happens. Finding that which is permanent in one is true liberation.
Redecorate 1 year ago
It is not choosing to walk the path for there is no path. No others have come before treading down the earth into a worn path.
Believing in THE path is yet another false belief.
It is choosing to walk everywhere, unburdened by false beliefs.
Unburden yourself from the false belief that paths exist. Only then shall you walk free.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
And can a mind identified state ever know that?
There will be no more beliefs once you free your self from the mind and all mind structures will dissolve; no more memories, no more anticipations, just direct experience. But in order to reach that point one must chose a path, a path for self discover. I had brief glimpses of pure awareness, but when i say that is just the mind speaking. For there ain't no more identification at that time. You lose yourself to find yourself. A big fat paradox :D
Redecorate 1 year ago
Again, the claim that "one must choose a path" makes a false belief, for their is no path.
"Lose yourself to find yourself" amounts to 60s hippy, drippy, druggy talk, misunderstood by Americans & Brits, mostly, who suffer from an Eastern religions fetish.
Rightly, it's shed your false beliefs to free yourself from the prison of your mind of your own making. For you alone are your own jailer.
Look, no lock exists on the door. Push it open and walk.
TruthAxe 1 year ago 2
*there = their.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
No man can free himself from his mind for the mind is the man.
The enlightened man is the man who has removed the blindness from his mind's eye.
He has shed himself of false beliefs and of doubt and now can see the code -- how others let their false beliefs rule over themselves and their interaction with others suffering from the same.
You may think of these false beliefs as sin or the demiurge or tricks of Satan or any metaphor you like.
No longer does he get tricked in experience.
TruthAxe 1 year ago 2
ok, and what is there for a man to do in order to remove the blindness from his mind eyes?
when he is locked in his own prison, and believes so strongly and unconsciously that he is something or someone? when you are lost in your mind, how do you drop your false beliefs?
Redecorate 1 year ago
A young peach tree makes no deliberate effort to yield peaches. The tree takes in sunshine, air and food from the soil. Then, in the right time, effortlessly, produces peaches for others to enjoy.
You want to grow fruits for yourself. You read a book that tells about fruits -- mango, papaya, peaches.
You write notes about what you do not understand. As you read onward, answers come. You erase your doubts from your notes and your mind.
You nurture your peach tree and it bears fruit.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
@TruthAxe
thanks, got it now.
The struggle comes from the false beliefs that one holds and from the unconscious fear of losing a false identity.
In fact the effort taken for disidentifing with the beliefs is perceived as effort only because of the holding to those false beliefs.
Is like one holds a big weight on his shoulders and complains that it is so heavy, but at the same time he struggles to carry it,
afraid to drop it because he believes that something bad will happen if he does that.
Redecorate 1 year ago
lol hehe i i captian
TheAjhomie 2 years ago
I wanted to cry when I saw this it is so pure. Earlier I was thinking about dust, thinking about writing a poem about a ball of dust in the presence of man. I my minds eyes i could see the dust poem and now this.
Iluvmzc 2 years ago
A great scene, but I think it's important to understand "why" humility is important. It's probably not something you actually seek though. Humility is a natural consequence once you control the human ego. Not controlled by the ego, you have nothing to prove, no reason to compare yourself to others, no reason to judge the worth of others. You become more genuine, more true. As you become more wise, humility, compassion, kindness, simplicity, etc will all come through their own accord.
87cyberman 2 years ago 31
Very well stated my friend.
yinyangnature 2 years ago
Thank you very much, YingYangNature. I enjoy watching your videos. :-)
87cyberman 2 years ago 2
@87cyberman To be humble is itself ego. One must be true to ones own path. The path of the humble is the path to nowhere and nowhere is the path to a slow death. The true path of life is always close at hand if you travel many roads. Wisedom is refection on past roads trodden but will not be trodden again. It is the wise man who knows that the more you know the more you realize how much you do not know.
grandslam1998 1 year ago
@grandslam1998
You misunderstand my point. Humility is not the point of wisdom; it is only one of its results. It is cause and effect. To seek humility for the sole sake of seeking it is misguided, and this might be considered ego if you would then consider yourself better than someone who is not humbe. Yet my point is this: To be wise and NOT be humble is to not be wise at all.
And I think you are misguided about humility being the path to nowhere. Define "nowhere" and "True" path...
87cyberman 1 year ago
@87cyberman you are great my friend. i hope you really live as you think. goodluck with all your endeavors
12o1 1 year ago
It seems to me, perhaps, that being granted wisdom, and accepting the wisdom you have been granted are different things. How this wisdom is granted is irrelevant if you do know how to accept it. The understanding has to come from within.
pranakhan 2 years ago
"A wise man walks with his head bowed , Humble, Like the Dust"
Priceless......Absolutely Priceless.
Ma007rk 2 years ago 2
Yes! I like that - wise men are humble.
fossie32 2 years ago 3
I liked the famous scene directly after this one. That is where Caine gets his forearm "Dragon Scars" and leaves the temple.
One of the best scenes in TV back then.
LeaveMeAlone99a 2 years ago
The people of Asia are more wiser the any other race. Truth hurts. When you read their philosophy of life, then you will understand. And I say this being a white man.
johnnyray1717 2 years ago
johnnyray1717, not in China they aren't nor in any other asian countries that deny basic freedoms to their own people due to fanaticism or communism or just plain intense poltical corruption
atfatw 2 years ago
That's were they, and other cultures are messing up at today. Industry, dictatorship, money,etc. Very few cultures stick to the traditional ways of life anymore. It's all there in our old books, the ways to live better lives, it just don't fit into these modern times, ....even for the Asian cultures. Too bad
johnnyray1717 2 years ago 2
true that. I'm against generalisation of nations
sakeena09 2 years ago
is ones wisdom created by him?
or it is given to one?
can it be given to the already wise?
nymrodr 2 years ago
as a Muslim I believe God endows wisdom on a person. In the Quran it says
"He grants wisdom to whom He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom, he
indeed is given a great good and none but men of understanding mind." [2:269]
sakeena09 2 years ago
there are many wise people amongst the Asians. Of course they have the biggest population so what do you expect?
In saying that, the real wisdom lies in Islam and the worship of One God. Despite their wisdoms, these Asians bow down to their human masters..something which contradicts knowledge and wisdom.
sakeena09 2 years ago
I like the episode where he had to paint the fence and wax the cars.
CaptainCrikey 2 years ago
Sadly with that comment you don't understand the philosophy. Maybe you should watch the show more closely than just the action scenes, it may change you completely.
Dovelike 2 years ago
Spare me your altruism even Cain likes a good laugh every now and then . I understand the show completely. A slapstick joke is an insult only if you choose to except it into your heart.
beaverliqour 2 years ago
Maybe you should read the Tao Te Ching.
Cheating is defined as playing tricks on others.
Scheming is defined as underhanded plotting.
According to Taoism, plotting to harm people is a big crime and plotting to harm loyal subjects is an even worse crime. Even if schemers manage to have their way, the divinities are wise and the schemers will be duly punished. This is why your attempted humor was not appreciated.
Dovelike 2 years ago 2
Maybe you shouldn't take yourself so seriously and get your philosophy from places other than an old overly hyped kung fu drama or a book ravaged by mainstream pseudo-intellectuals :D
DeftJay 2 years ago
There's nothing wrong with humor as long as there is no ego involved. The humor suggested involved ego and that is my point.
Dovelike 2 years ago
The more west you go in the world you will often find less humility. The more east you go in the world you will often find more humility.
Dovelike 2 years ago
sweeping statement
worcesterwombat 2 years ago
Dovelike:
the world is round.
Jackthemeat 2 years ago
You confuse servitude with humility.
Through the centuries, Asians have accepted mind programming to make them servile and thus less competitive over limited resources in the face of overwhelming numbers.
It has been a great trick by Asian rulers.
New Agers suffer from many false beliefs about Asians.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
Or a takedown and some stomp.
zqewkl 2 years ago
the point is that if he can't even take the stone from him he would not even be able to fight him.
nanderson1965 2 years ago
But I guess Caine was in no real hurry to lift that very heavy red hot caldron with his bare fore arms?
yinyangnature 2 years ago
this is wonderful.
No wonder this series was so popular. My family and I would look forward to it every week.
claudelebel55 2 years ago
I grew up on kung fu. David was like a hero. RIP.
naflodi 2 years ago
Thank you David, RIP old friend. You will not be forgotten.
kahoonabear 2 years ago 3
RIP DAVID
GirlGeorgeTVshow 2 years ago 2
No wonder the United States is abundant with neurotic and alpha oriented individuals. There's no humility in this country. No Zen. No Tao. No wisdom. We preach holding the head "high" instead of holding it low. The U.S. is on the road to disintegration.
cutis1000 2 years ago
There is no doubt that the ego and a certain arrogant swagger has come to be highly and pathologically celebrated. There is a level of rudeness and of a "fuck you, I want mine" attitude pervading the culture which is seen as acceptable and attractive. What's more, there seems to be this encouragement to broadcast every mundane thought one might have on twitter, myspace, or....youtube. The point I guess is that as a culture we are way to enamored with our own sense of self-importance.
psychicwhoosh 2 years ago 16
Nothing pervades culture as you claim.
For culture is mere nutrient medium from which all interaction flows.
Culture arises from the codified law and the codes of conduct established and enforced through Group Dynamics.
It's rudeness and corruption instituted into culture by Politicians and Bureaucrats of which you speak.
Politicians and Bureaucrats practice the Politics of Jealousy, whipping into frenzy the many of low IQ, easily tempted thru their greed and Utopian schemes.
TruthAxe 1 year ago 2
@psychicwhoosh Well fucking said!
Kevo216666 1 year ago
I couldn't agree more. I'll teach my children humility and modesty.
smillar98 2 years ago
I'm so grateful these are up here, I admired David so much. RIP Grasshopper, now snatching pebbles in heaven.
Ermengarde11 2 years ago
Rest in peace My love for you is always in my heart.
XiuLanJ 2 years ago 2
There is evidence that the extremely wise such as Buddha, Jesus, the saints and many sages have all found a way to overcome suffering by the acquisition of wisdom.
yinyangnature 2 years ago
I am the most humble person on Earth therefore I am better than everyone else.
naflodi 2 years ago
To think it is to lose it. The most intelligent person is unaware of their own mind; a humble person is unaware of her own importance; a fish knows nothing about water.
yinyangnature 2 years ago
What is the purpose of Wisdom?
naflodi 2 years ago
To overcome suffering. We only suffer when we can't accept and we don't understand.
yinyangnature 2 years ago
Do the wise not suffer?
naflodi 2 years ago
Suffering is but a path to understanding. Al adversity has a lesson attached to it. If there were no suffering, how would we know joy?
without tears there would be no rainbow (native American saying)
Ermengarde11 2 years ago
I don't think suffering is a good thing. Stick your finger in a blender and you will see what I mean.
naflodi 2 years ago
Suffering is not a good thing.
But if we did not suffer, how could we truly understand Joy?
jaranu 2 years ago
If you feel that way, I pray that you'll learn from adversity and have a joyous life full of enlightenment. Be blessed. Intentionally harming yourself is foolish. But life brings its challenges, and the core message here is to learn how to turn lemons into lemonade so to speak. It's a gift that has made my life truly blessed to be able to do this.
Ermengarde11 2 years ago 2
I feel everything is circumstantial. Many or most philosophical teachings can be contradicted. -If I don't accept painting my art is done, I can still have the pleasure painting them. ;)
AscensionSeries 2 years ago
Rather than "circumstantial" it's more accurate to say everything is relative. What one considers good another may consider bad and yet neither is incorrect if they truly believe this is the case.
Reality is always a contradiction, for without death there can not be life. Without night there can not be day. We can only know anything by also recognising it's opposite aspect.
yinyangnature 2 years ago
Night & day, life & death are not contradictions, they don't disagree with each other..they blend or transition into the other as phases :D I will choose circumstantial because everything relative might also be circumstantial :P
AscensionSeries 2 years ago
Hahah! Maybe Einstein should have called it 'The Theory of Circumstance' instead of 'Relativity'? :-D
Nothing is a contradiction if you see everything as an aspect of the great unity. Yet people holdout against death thinking it is a new experience. However death is only a returning to the place they were before they were conceived.
yinyangnature 2 years ago
contrast, rythm, intereactional symbiosis.
doublenelix 2 years ago
LOL Naflodi!! "Hey check me out, I am MORE humble than you, so I am waaaaaaay better than you!!" LMAO!!!!!!! You forgot to write "my dad can beat up your dad!" Thanks for the laughs, kid!
IndiumBlue 2 years ago
Finally, someone got it.
naflodi 2 years ago
@naflodi ...if you think and believe that, then you are not
geekeing 1 year ago
did he get the pebble because his martial arts skill improved or did he get it because the old man hand could not close as fast
altha2008 2 years ago
A little of both I suspect. Either way the student is now at a place where he no longer needs the master.
We must all eventually reach this place where we can manifest the master within ourselves (our own true nature). Then we can be as free as the birds, who always intuitively know exactly what to do.
Have you ever seen a seagull preaching, attending a church or a temple? Why is it we need to do this and the birds don't?
Yet of course, birds live the uncalculated life and so should we all
yinyangnature 2 years ago
I saw this pilot in 1973 at 14 yrs old...I went on to study the Praying Mantis system...and these words fron Phillip Ahn..yes, they worked for me...it does not mean one ia a coward...no..or anti social.
Best to all my Y.T. friends.
Jeff
repelghosts 2 years ago
looking down in some cultures can mean low self esteem ,but not all.
The monk is only making a point. American culture [US]could do with some of this. Dont get me wrong i luv the us.There is also many things to learn from the usa.This my view as a european. Whats wrong with peace luv and understanding.
Ger mixed martial arts
GER6655 2 years ago
I remember this episode. I walked with my head bowed...........and bumped into a street sign.
metalrod23 2 years ago
A bowed head, does not mean, eyes that are not alert.
*bong*
pillsburydoughboy47 2 years ago
No looking down is not low self-esteem...you are far above anyone if they made this statemrnt to you.
Fear not.
Dr,J.J
3rd D. Praying Mantis
repelghosts 2 years ago
Old man how is that you hear these things...Young man how is it you do not
haasric 3 years ago
awesome job with this series. I love it. Have you thought about the Tao of Starwars? Seems like there is a lot of similar taoist beliefs in the movies.
brucele9 3 years ago
Thank you for your interest.
Yes, there is a lot of the Taoist philosophy in Star Wars.
Maybe this would be a great project for yourself?
Namaste
Bobba
yinyangnature 3 years ago
some of the best TV ever
maxygg 3 years ago 2
Kwai Chang Kane is forever the source of my inspiration. At first sight it all sounds as fortune cookie content, but actually its genuine buddhist wisdom.