The Art of Trusting One's Self - The Philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson 

“If we hide or hinder ourselves in fear of rejection of others, are we not in essence, rejecting ourselves first?” Bad ass

Having just finished photoshopping a dolphin and horse together for no particular reason, Emerson's message here was slightly reassuring.

*Godfather of self reliance* Once you realise that you are in a driving seat for your life, you become tremendously empowered. From that point and on, every steps brings you closer to heights of your potential.

"In order to be a good minister it was necessary to leave the ministry" this applies in so many areas of life. Which could be interpreted as "In order to be a better individual, I had to leave the group." John Nash had a similar thought process when searching for his truly original idea.

"if all we can know and experience is our self, how can any life be lived fully, if one denies themselves before even trying?" that shit really hit hard man

This came at the perfect time. After 28 years, I am finally beginning to learn to trust myself and it is taking me places and giving me good things. It feels so weird but feels so good. I've entered a new job, a new industry, I'm single, after nearly three years, and I am so happy to go on my OWN and enjoy my own presence. I also notice instead of doubting myself as default, I actively acknowledge negative thoughts and their presence but choose to remind myself that I CAN do that something. It feels weird, but it is refreshing. What a beautiful amalgamation of life, humanity, and religion.

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"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."

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people are too blind with everyday things being around too much people blinds you give yourself time by yourself take a walk in the forest and watch the river flow or take a minute to appreciate and look at all the things humans have done some bad some good but it’s still just amazing to me.

This is kind of amazing to me... Over the course of my life I have had very similar ideas to the ones expressed in this video, but I always felt as if they were 'too crazy' or somehow just unproductive and so I pushed them away. Only lately have I realized just how ingrained it is in us in most modern societies to forget about what's *really* important in life (and most importantly to ourselves), so I started writing my ideas down. Trusting they were good, and even if they were wrong I was putting forth a perspective that I _accepted_ could be wrong-it was freeing. To see this, after just recently finally starting to truly trust myself, really means the world.

If you have time give a read, I also had written a similar essay once -"We have a natural obligation to the cosmos to express our own human experience and subjective reality of this world from our inner eye. The world exists for us and from us. Our consciousness is the way by which the universe experiences itself. Every human, shaped and moulded by the infinitely many elements of this cosmos, has something unique to present back to the cosmos, which is, the intangible multi-faceted human experience which can't be described by mere objective facts. It can only be described in the invisible interaction of the words, human emotions, sounds, colours, their texture, structure and flow in every person's artistic self-expression. The selection of words, the arrangement of words, the visualisation created by them, the storytelling, all are unique to the author and subconsciously places us in the author's mind for the moment. The composition of colours, the technique, the aesthetics, the way the lines, shapes and surroundings meet represents a subliminal message from the artist, both consciously and subconsciously. This subtle aspect of personal touch can never be taken away from the creator even when his work can be replicated or reproduced in other aspects. Every story ever written, represents something about the writer themselves. Every art ever created is a peek into the creator's soul. In a general sense, everyday, the world we surround ourselves with, is a reflection of the values and self-expression of all the beings who have interacted with it. No matter how much we avoid, inevitably we ingrain our inimitable beliefs, values and ourselves into the work that we do everyday. So it's important that we turn this interaction into voluntary means to project ourselves.Thus, everyone capable should find their suitable form of self-expression to document their own original viewpoint of this world. In this plethora of human creativity, everyone might not connect to our art but it is our duty towards the some that do."

This really speaks to me. Life was so beautiful to me when I was younger. I was carefree and I was brilliant. I knew I didn't really understand the world but I didn't care, I leaned into it. But as I became a teenager I had to cope with a lot of trauma and mental illness and I threw myself into religion. I started to care a lot and messing up was never an option. I've become so consumed with perfection and understanding everything in its entirety that I spend all my time hidden away in my room. The world isn't beautiful anymore, it's terrifying. Everything that I used to do so easily is so hard now. Everything that I used to love is so meaningless. It's like I've had who I am taken away from me. I don't even know how to be that person anymore, so how can I rely on them? I think I just need to convince myself that its ok to be that person again, that its ok not to care, that its ok to live for my own enjoyment. Once I manage to do that I think the mask I can't remove will melt away. I think this video helped. Thanks.

“Great artist and writers aren’t merely popular because they say something no one has thought of or experienced before. But because they say something most of us have but weren’t sure if we were right to do so.” Well said!

He is awakened, and he lives in the moment. And he have this ability to express to the world on how he does it, what a beautiful soul. I wholeheartedly salute a Great Philosopher in this mankind! ✨

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Standing on the bare ground, - my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the universal being circulate through me; I am part of particle of god. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"we might feel or think one way today, and opposing way tomorrow"

One Master Stated - "Individuation" Another Master Said- "Become What You Are" Retreat yourself from everything into the citadel of your mind, that he said... No matter what happens, don't let yourself go away. Thank you again Sir, for your work, it helps. Peace.

Amen - in this moment, just be...

"You Cannot Rely to Other People to Chew the Food for You, Will you Eat That? Only You and You Can do that Job For You.. - Louie Frialde

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He put forth a philosophy that I live (mostly)... I know it bothers some, yet it is my life and it's how I find my way.

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I loved how you not only gave a concise history of Emerson's ideas, but also shared your own interpretations of his ideas. This shows your own self-reliance, in a video about self-reliance!

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I adore your essays and analysis. Such a joy to listen to

"if all we can know and experience is ourselves, how can any life be lived fully if one denies himself before even trying, if we hide or hinder ourselves out of the fear of rejection from others are we not in essence rejecting our own self first, the only person we truly and inescapably have to live with".. beautiful

Really appreciated hearing this right now. I didn’t realize how much I would resonate with Emerson’s philosophy. ❤ thank you!!!

This is soo clearly presented and it definitely sparked some wonder in me. Thank you !

This was actually really inspiring. Thank you.

Persist according to a goal, a promise, a purpose, not to go around in circles, but to act persistently in a greater light of becoming more self aware in the process of overcoming the obstacles needed to achieve a goal.🔏🔏

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Whoah this video is a work of art at the same time I'm learning it's good to trust myself and be true to what I feel and know! Huge. Thanks for this gift!

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To live in the spirit of individuality.. thats deep

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Wow; now I need to read some Emerson. His words so jumped into the core of my head!

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Thank you for creating this video. The ending got me emotional. Reimbursing my own my own truth.

This video made me teary remembering the wants, and all those choices I changed getting affected by everyone. Humans really do their best to be accepted, even if shutting ownself from his body that does stuff.

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incredible wisdom

I needed this today. Definitely making it into my graphic novel.

Thank you for an excellent video. It’s going to take me a long time to unpack Emerson’s essay on self-reliance. But your brilliant work has been a step along the way.

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So much connection with other philosophers' concepts like Heidegger and Nietzsche and fascinating takes on art, the present, the self, and the will.

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Harold Bloom praises Emerson and elaborates on the concept of self-reliance in his Omens of The Millenium. By his description in the video, one can easily grasp why Nietzsche was so fond of Emerson.

So much beauty in this words, and in our worlds, also.

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To stop rejecting myself I had to stop showing myself to others , cos as I showed myself to others I was rejected, and as I was rejected by others I also rejected myself.

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