Very positive energy! Your title image reminds me that one night in 1984 I watched the news when I got done with my telescope shift at Griffith Observatory and I learned that the unforgettable face of one the Buddhist monks amongst the line of visitors who had looked through the telescope that night belonged to none other than the Dahli Lama!
Good Editing. I recently had a psychedelic shift in my life. What it showed me was the intent to improve my brain. That the gravity itself is something I can barely see visually. I have aphantasia, and for a while, music became the way to play with imagination. Now like an old married couple, So many years Takes the joy away. My gravitational pull would be to imagine more with my mind, and experience the opposite of aphantasia permanently. I think it's really strange said out loud, but that's what pulling me everyday. I don't know how I'll get there. I think I'm sharing because I feel crazy that's what is driving me
wow! thank you so much for sharing… aphantasia is a really interesting experience. i might discuss on my channel more in the future. i’m glad you’re able to find that creativity and drive in music! 💙💙 i’m sure your journey will unfold in the way that it’s meant to for you, despite any difficulties on the way
I didn't expect anime to be brought up in these serious videos but I appreciate that someone out there sees the deep meaning found in good anime stories! I myself found a lot of inspiration from Naruto during the college years! This idea in JJK is touching on the idea of Justification and Sanctification from the Bible. We cannot move forward until we accept that one who knows the way (Christ) and cast off our old self. 5:52 Luke 14:33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. 8:09 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 7:49 John 6:53-58 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day 8:47 1 Corinthians 11:28-29 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
I do find that at least listing. before I sleep, what I want to accomplish tomorrow is helpful. Even if a bad mood or something else unplanned comes up that gets me off track, eventually just remembering something on the list usually helps me out of a "lost" feeling. Another great video, Ally!
I agree that sorting yourself out by looking within through meditation is helpful. Maybe us guys need to journal as much as women do to bring out our feelings onto paper for mind mapping. Considering what you mentioned at 4:55 I wonder if we should do both examining ourselves and also looking to God for help since he is the designer of us. Like if I wanted to fix a computer I would go to someone who understands the machine better than myself. In this case, our designer would definitely understand us better than ourselves. Matthew 11:28 - "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
16:45 You make an important point in part 5. It is interesting that a lot of people start to lose hope or feel like giving up when they suffer. And this is a perfectly natural response. But then when we read stories or watch movies we kind of look for ones where the characters go through intense trials because we want to see how they develop or overcome. Like intellectually I understand this but emotionally all of us have a hard time accepting it in the midst of suffering and only once we hit the end of the tunnel do we accept it. I am also reminded of this verse. "Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope," Romans 5:3-4
I really like the mind awareness point. I think that a lot of people are lost because they believe in this idea that somehow if they turn inwards in their mind the answers and guidance to navigating the universe are pre-placed there just waiting to be dug up. It's so circular though.
You are really close to the Biblical truth here! Keep going! I like the simple hand drawn visual lol. I also think feeling good is important and not necessarily selfish. Where it gets complicated is what do we define as feeling good or what is a good feeling since it varies from person to person. Some people insist they feel good when they lash out in vengeance violently. Happens on the playground all the time. A lot of people feel like they are living out their purpose while doing things that are either irresponsible to committing atrocities. It can “feel good” to do bad sometimes. Our inner intuition can help lead us toward a higher order. Finding our place in the higher order, the kingdom of heaven is our alignment. The Bible for me is the guide to this. To quote the great writer and Christian apologist CS Lewis, “A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.” The Bible says in Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
you’re so right on that! the inner compass can definitely be more complex and nuanced than it first appears and i appreciate your perspective here. God and the Bible are definitely a wonderful guide
Recently I took an early morning moped ride on one of the Penghu islands. No big buildings, limited technology, no people in sight except my driver, and gosh what a fulfilling and joyous experience. There is something transcendently meaningful about that experience that goes beyond the material. I believe that God gifted me that moment because he wanted to show me something and I think I learned something about myself on that remote idyllic island. I also have a newfound love of small sparsely populated islands lol. Romans 14:17 "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."
that’s amazing!! i’m so glad to hear you had an amazing experience. it sounds extremely serene and i’ve had similar experience finding a lot of peace in more remote places as well :) thank you for sharing Emerson!
Very illuminating! It is obvious that you seem happier, more animated, mature, focused, confident, beautiful, and thoughtful since ending your long hiatus from posting. I think you will achieve amazing things and are unstoppable, Ally. Something I use for planning, now that I'm 69, is keeping in mind what a friend who lived to 96 told me: "The warrantee ends at 75 and it's downhill from there!"
My wife Susie is 5/10, leggy and slim, what makes her seem even taller. While 5/10 is not what I'd call unreasonably tall for a woman like 6/3 would be, she still gets the flack about how tall are you, being a model, how's the weather, and do you play basketball., or volleyball, and you're a waste of talent if you don't. The worst insult she ever got, was from a girl about 5 who innocently asked her if she had a tumor. When she was about 12 and tall for her age, one time in a store, she overheard a girl about 7 ask her mom, "If I don't eat my vegetables, if I'm gonna grow up being a string bean, like she is?"
Thnk you for this insightful video - is an eye opening I've recently started to trly understand the importance of living in alignment. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and positivity -Wishing you continued success and joy on your path 🤍✨
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Great verse friend. Complete it! Acts 4:29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
(You mean commodify.) And yes, the bedrock of the consumerist economy is people buying in to the belief that buying things is the way to buy happiness. You are purchasing permission to feel good about yourself. The solution is to establish a rational basis for joy and peace that goes beyond the material, or at least the commercial.
I mean, you definitely want to believe that the material universe and the moral universe are in accord to at least some degree. The prospect of our internal experience being a thing independent of the greater reality is both bleak and burdensome. And pretty narcissistic. For our joy to be stable, nonreductionist, and proportional (humble), it needs to have a foundation in, or *at least* relation to, the things that exist that are not us.
I agree things don't have any true meaning or at least good meaning unless they have the transcendental properties. Without God happiness is just scientific causation and neurological chemicals which happen to react in a certain way. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
I really wanna thank u Ally for this priceless video, I was searching for this topic a lot and finally find it. For me, I have been betrayed and hated by almost everyone in the past 3 or 4 years and that affected me and brought me a trust issue and made me hating all people around me! I still have a bestfriend I'm not alone or isoliting myself but i feel like i can't find joy again I even start to forget all the best memories of joy that i had in the past Anyway i just wanna share my feelings i hope you read my comment and thank u so much again for this video💓i'm new follower in your channel
welcome welcome!!! thank you for sharing your experience ❤️ i’m sure that was difficult but it’s great that you are looking and finding all these ways to move forward!! you seem like such a positive person 🥰✨
This is one of the best videos I have seen on RU-vid about Achieving things. I really think I think too much and that has been hindering me in my life. I always try to have everything planned out before I act, which is really sabotaging (perfectionism). Glad you talked about it!
