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Five Suggestions for a more meaningful life: John Vervaeke in 10 minutes 

Rich Watkins
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John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist whose work is on meaning - his 50 hour youtube series "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" is famously rich and rewarding - but it's also 50 hours long - and so where to begin to get a grip on his ideas? This is a collaborative attempt to give a 10 minute overview of some of the key themes in his work as it relates to making your own life more meaningful.
To go deeper (in ascending order of time investment)
- If you have FIVE MINS, here is me on his "four kinds of knowing": • Four kinds of knowing:...
- If you have FORTY MINS this conversation with David Fuller at Rebel Wisdom • John Vervaeke: Jordan ...
- This TWO HOUR conversation • Best Synoptic Overview...
- And Jim Rutt's 5 episode mini-series will take you the best part of EIGHT HOURS in 1.5hr bursts: • EP143 John Vervaeke Pa...
- Or the Awakening from the meaning crisis series is FIFTY HOURS but of course you can drip feed: • Ep. 1 - Awakening from...
This video came from a collaborative process involving: Paul Davies, Robert Gray, Alex Cope and Alex Kennedy - and that collaborative process emerged from a gathering initiated by David Fuller at Rebel Wisdom who is in the process of making a documentary about John and his work.
Musical thanks goes to Chopin for Andante Spianato, Nocturne 2 and Prelude 7.

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Комментарии : 84   
@johnvervaeke
@johnvervaeke 2 года назад
Beautiful!! Thank you so much!! 😄😄😁
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Was a pleasure John - and a real team effort
@allencomeau
@allencomeau Год назад
John Vervaeke is brilliant and his series is intense. It changed the way I’m seeing the world or reality and I revisit quite often.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins Год назад
thanks for commenting and glad you liked the video
@richardventus1875
@richardventus1875 Год назад
Rich - I've just watched John Vervaeke with Jordan Petersen and I've now subscribed to you as you have made his conclusions more 'accessible' to me. FYI - I am a Problacist so I follow the Guidelines of Problacism.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins Год назад
Thanks for your comment Richard - just googled problacism and feels related to taoism
@evanhadkins5532
@evanhadkins5532 2 года назад
Very much looking forward to RW's doco.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Yes, it’ll be great
@BrendanGrahamDempsey
@BrendanGrahamDempsey 2 года назад
Excellent distillation. :)
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks Brendan
@chad8537
@chad8537 2 года назад
Excellent synopsis! I’ll be sharing this with people who I think may enjoy Johns work but may also feel daunted about starting a 50-hr series!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Yes, it’s hopefully a good gateway to the gist
@1walkerw
@1walkerw 2 года назад
@@richardwatkins the gist seems to be about being more grounded and having roots. We are too caught up in our virtual environments.
@Andrew.baltazar
@Andrew.baltazar 2 года назад
@@1walkerw not quite, keep diving deeper my dude:)
@ndndndnnduwjqams
@ndndndnnduwjqams 2 года назад
Life is about what you do, day to day, not just about what you think. Focus on modeling your environment to create a more meaningful life.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
:-)
@ndndndnnduwjqams
@ndndndnnduwjqams 2 года назад
@@richardwatkins thanks rich! Which other material would you reccomend me to create a more meaningful life?
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
i've been really impacted by the ideas in Gestalt Therapy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--oZs4eBlccE.html
@ben-sanford
@ben-sanford 2 года назад
What a wonderful expression of John's work. Useful, meaningful, and shareable, thank you!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks Ben
@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack
@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack 2 года назад
After exploring some of John's work and the work of people connected to him, I think that a brighter future with more likelihood of survival lies in philosophically exploring theoretical foundations of social media that are virtuously structured somehow with extreme free speech, extreme physiological safety, and extreme communication between the two, towards a decentralized and exponential mutual objective discovery of truth, goodness, and beauty. World leaders have the power to block out the sun with soot and cause a global food shortage, so I think that making sure some of the most popular social media is an exponential probability and morality deduction machine is a step towards stopping catastrophes like that from happening. And I also think that Thomas Sowell's book Intellectuals and Society is a book that's offers a big puzzle piece for understanding this on a deeper level.
@DanAnear
@DanAnear 2 года назад
Phenomenal work, summing up 50 hrs into 10 is no easy task.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Not quite summing but happy you liked it
@gettingtogive
@gettingtogive 2 года назад
Great job Rich👍
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
I appreciate it!
@momentary7600
@momentary7600 2 года назад
You remind me of Jeff Foster. You should check him out if you haven’t already.
@das3841
@das3841 2 года назад
pretty good synopsis!!!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Glad you liked it
@andrewbartlett9282
@andrewbartlett9282 7 месяцев назад
Great video 🙏🙏
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 6 месяцев назад
Thank you 🙌
@PerNystedt
@PerNystedt 2 года назад
Many millennia of philosophy and wisdom boiled down to 50h by John Vervaeke and then to 10 min by you Rich. That is an astonishing achievement! Thank you!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
You always lose something significant when you boil but happy the video resonates Per
@PerNystedt
@PerNystedt 2 года назад
@@richardwatkins when the reduction of details is done right, it allows you to see what is at the core. It undresses the archetype, gives you a perspective that allows you to stand closer to the truth and to see further than before.
@MEGAHAN
@MEGAHAN Год назад
Nice work.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins Год назад
Thanks Jeff
@alexandrazachary.musician
@alexandrazachary.musician 2 года назад
Great job lads!!! Tough task done beautifully. ❤️
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Appreciate that!
@davidlakhter
@davidlakhter 2 года назад
awesome video!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks David
@ChrisOgunlowo
@ChrisOgunlowo 2 года назад
This is an excellent summary. I have since been on the 7th episode because I'm lost in a rabbit hole. When John mentions names, books or makes references to a phenomenon, I take breaks to dive into them. And here, you have captured everything beautifully. I'm back to watching the original videos. You and your team deserve all the commendation and respect for this work.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks Chris - so glad for this!
@dannydeveau
@dannydeveau 2 года назад
Enjoy the process of inquiry! I've been doing the same for years: in and out of the series, reading his references, etc. I'd be happy to discuss anything anytime
@somedaythewaves
@somedaythewaves 2 года назад
thank you
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
You're welcome Andrew
@danielgratz4977
@danielgratz4977 2 года назад
Fantastic work! So excited to share this.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks Daniel, appreciate that
@samgravell3180
@samgravell3180 2 года назад
Phenomenal overview of phenomenal work!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks Sam
@tobysmith1490
@tobysmith1490 2 года назад
Interesting!!!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
glad you liked it Toby
@KalebPeters99
@KalebPeters99 2 года назад
This is a fantastic overview, thanks for your work 👌✨
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Thanks for the encouragement kaleb
@nathangrinalds2536
@nathangrinalds2536 2 года назад
Great video man! John's lecture series needs to get more viewership and this is a nice sample of what it entails.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Hoping it can point people in the direction - thanks for the comment
@CaptainSpalding23
@CaptainSpalding23 2 года назад
Great stuff. Thanks a lot. This is excellent!
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
🙏
@jelm
@jelm 2 года назад
Great video with great ideas from the great mister Vervaeke.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
😇
@whalingwithishmael7751
@whalingwithishmael7751 8 месяцев назад
Great video. I really appreciate it! Something I've been wondering about is how can I tell if I have a good ecology of practices? I there a certain number which is better (like a small enough number to where I can practice each of them consistently?)? Are there any questions to be asked to see if I'm going along the right path? Any and all responses are appreciated 😊
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 8 месяцев назад
I think "good" is a moving target and maybe "good enough for now" is where we want to be. JV talks about an "ecology" having things that pull in different directions (opponent processing i think he calls it - giving example of meditation vs contemplation as opposing forces i think in one talk) so a good question might be: are my practices a proper "ecology" in this way? And if you get the sense that something might be missing - instead of a particular number or frequency, a good question might be: what do I want to be cultivating more of? Want to cultivate a warmer heart? Maybe move towards relational practices like circling, or meta/heart meditation, or service in the community. Want to cultivate more awe and wonder? Maybe contemplative practices, or walking in nature, or breathwork. Want to cultivate more resolve and determination? Maybe martial arts or distance running or lifting weights. etc etc My own practices have waxed and waned with changing times - currently trying to keep a toddler alive so meditation and exercise are only finding small windows of time - my overwhelming thought really is - don't beat yourself up about it - remember its something to play with not get right :-)
@whalingwithishmael7751
@whalingwithishmael7751 7 месяцев назад
@@richardwatkins Thanks for the reply. I feel like I probably should be cultivating a greater sense of interconnectedness so maybe things like more authentic dialogue or something. Yeah, I'm about to have my first child, so I'll probably have my hands full 😅
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 7 месяцев назад
If you want more interconnectedness then a baby is the perfect practice partner! Becoming a parent is a wild ride too and i had some real ups and downs - another opportunity to keep coming back to practice kindness (to yourself and the other parent). My favourite practice for the first few years was carrying my daughter in a sling for an hour or so every morning while my partner caught up on sleep.
@YoYo-mp2tn
@YoYo-mp2tn Год назад
Do you have any advice on not going it alone? I feel like this one is what I struggle with the most out of the 5. I am in my last year of highschool, and in many ways, I feel stuck.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins Год назад
Hey - sorry i missed this - i just came to review comments. Feel to give an attempt at a proper answer since you had to wait. High school can be a tough place to find kindred spirits and im certanly not a guru on any of that. I think it took me time to find folks and also i went through a number of phases of life with different people - learning a bit from everyone but also finding a flow of new folk as i grew. If you are a year away from finishing, maybe thinking about what you do next through the lens of "where might I meet new folk who care about some of the same things I care about or challenge me in interesting ways" - sometimes this is with further study or work or just the kind of events you go to - especially where there are "scenes" (i was on the london poetry scene for a few years and it was a very stimulating phase of my life). But at the same time, sometimes just taking a step back and really feeling into "who in my life already do I love to be around? who do i feel alive with?" there are no perfect people out there and sometimes the answer is closer to home and not always exotic. Doing a combination of "exploring for new folks" and "investing in people you already have" is the imperfect work we all do to not go it alone...
@fizywig
@fizywig 2 года назад
Disagree at present conjuncture with point 4. , Dia-Logos is now impossible for vast majority, including University which have become ideologically wedded to neo-liberalism etc. Aloneness is now the only route/ path for insight Also, point 5. Not all practices are equal, One can practice mindfulness meditation for years and merely become a Meditation requires a central prominence given to what Ramana Maharishi called Self Inquiry if it’s to lead to “enlightenment”- that is to say, the hard and fast “knowledge” that what I am is pure infinite consciousness.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Not for me to say for sure - we all find our own way - but my take: Aloneness is important part of life/practice, but it’s insufficient. A meaningful life means participating with people - engaging even if it’s challenging and when it’s challenging it’s not just because of the other people. As for practices, agree with broader point - it’s not that all are equal - it’s that none are sufficient - need an ecology.
@whalingwithishmael7751
@whalingwithishmael7751 8 месяцев назад
@fizywig What would you suggest would make for a good ecology of practices?
@4CardsMan
@4CardsMan Год назад
Intro was too long. This seems to be common on youtube. Creators need to just get on with it.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins Год назад
Thanks for the feedback
@DanielDunne1
@DanielDunne1 2 года назад
Background music, no thanks.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Sorry, my daughter was taking a piano lesson in the room next door
@DanielDunne1
@DanielDunne1 2 года назад
@@richardwatkins I thought you added it :-) Talented daughter!
@RedIria
@RedIria 2 года назад
Note: I watched a third of the 50 hour lectures till a certain episode, where John Vervaeke who in his lecture lists a series of wrongs perpetrated by religions and flows up that the resulting skeptic movement are "skeptards" (quote). Full stop. You can tell by such slips and the ample use of dramatic emphasis that getting his ideas out is what gives John the reasons he gets up in the morning, which first seems altruistic but then you realize that it's no different than being a self-deluded influencer, doing things out of selfishness while making it seem the reason they do what they do is for their audience. In a word, insincere. John is no Jordan Peterson.
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Well - while of course all of us have at least slightly mixed motives - I am happy John decided to put his ideas into the world and think the world is richer for them
@Racerdew
@Racerdew 2 года назад
Please indicate where John has called anyone a “skeptard” in his lecture series as you claim to quote. He has been extremely careful not to disparage any perspective that he disagrees with and underscores from the very beginning that it would be impossible to share his message free from bias. This project is literally his life’s work. Regrettably, you sound like you don’t know what you’re taking about and have entirely misunderstood Vervaeke.
@3ricwild
@3ricwild 2 года назад
😳
@NINJA2009Toronto
@NINJA2009Toronto 2 года назад
@@Racerdew John does, oddly, use the term at 4:57 of Episode 20. I don’t know why he says it, but having watched hundreds of hours of his lectures and dialogues, I wouldn't be as uncharitable toward him as the previous poster. As you mentioned, John goes out of his way more than most to be respectful of audiences he could potentially offend. As for his use of dramatic emphasis, he's a university prof and professional lecturer. I imagine his use of emphasis keeps the audience engaged and draws attention to certain points. While I think his emphasis falls flat at times, a 50 hour series delivered in monotone sounds absolutely dreadful.
@Racerdew
@Racerdew 2 года назад
@@NINJA2009Toronto wow interesting, thanks for pointing me to it. Yes I’ve completed the awakening from the meaning crisis series 3 separate times since it was released and hadn’t noticed this; I recognize John’s tremendous passion for this work-a passion I share-beyond his ego. I’ve found this series it invaluable, but I could see how these subtle comments might turn someone away. It appears John used the term in relation to people who incorrectly cite Occam’s Razor, not to be conflated with dismissing skepticism in general, but using it in a formal lecture at all strikes me as unprofessional. Let a great man speak for 50 undivided hours and we choose to tally their errors, can we not look deeper than this? I think so.
@raresmircea
@raresmircea 2 года назад
That was indeed a great schematic presentation! But people should be aware that the course is something else, every point mentioned here opens up in a dense weave of connections, some of which are totally unexpected, everything spanning across multiple domains-art, relationships, philosophy, psychology, technology, evolution, sports, meditation, spirituality, AI..-becoming much more concrete and relevant, setting you up for cascades of insight as parts of you that were previously unconnected or incoherent are put in holistic relationship 🪢
@richardwatkins
@richardwatkins 2 года назад
Absolutely! This isn’t a replacement for all the richness
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