THE MIDNIGHT GOSPEL: Is It Deep or Dumb? 

Which episode is this in the podcast? I started listening to it after watching Midnight Gospel and it's been great.

R Coca ‘MY MOM PT 1’ from 2013

And he says ‘THIS PODCAST IS ON THE COMEDY SECTION OF APPLE PODCASTS’ immediately after sobbing for MINUTES lmao

@@fish9468 lol!

@@williamfelts9599 I'm surprised you could even understand the words he was saying let alone empathize with it while on 600ug. I have a few questions but just so you know, I hold no judgement, just curious: 1. Why did you take 600ug? Were you just stoked on it being 420 and decide that you had something to prove? Was is an act of self punishment, a declaration of strength, a careless psychonaut expedition, and accident or something else? 2. Were you alone? 3. When you say "when I was a prisoner of the drug war," are you referring to being in literal prison due to the war on drugs or the war 600ug of LSD undoubtedly declared and enacted on your umwelt for 12 hours? 4) Was it an elephant blotter you took or multiple doses? 5) Did you learn anything from the experience?

I like that. Sometimes he would lose me because of how weird and surface level deep the discourse would be. But in the end there was such a larger message that the show held. I can't express how fresh your take is. I know it should be obvious but almost no one talks about what you have mentioned. So thanks.

But he doesn't realizes it, or he does but does nothing about it, at the end of the show he's like at the beginning a self-righteous self-justified zen expert who does nothing but running away from his problems and responsabilities.

He suffers the consequences of that avoidance, he literally dies

@@ignaciotaborda6538 Eh, I don't really get that. Where in the last episode do you see self-righteous and self-justified? I'm hot off of watching it and I don't see that at all. Yeah, he escapes the cops, but it's not clear he was ever aware of their presence. If it's been a bit since you watched that episode, I totally get it.

@@matthewjonas8952 oh nice the same shitty argument "the final episode" ok it was good, does that mean the rest of the serie was good? Not at all just the prison episode. The rest of the episodes where casual conversations that people are passing as pseudo-intellectuals

Wasn’t that episode 3 with the fish man teaching him that enlightenment isn’t the be all end all? We’ve just been conditioned into believing it is?

@@TheGreyShaman The fish man is a whole 'nother thing - the idea of enlightenment as just one step on a longer ritualistic journey is basically lampshaded, when the guy who's supposedly "past enlightenment" immediately gets caught up in mundane nonsense. It's the episode where Clancy fancies himself an enlightened master that has the real commentary on enlightenment. That in combination with the prison episode forms a lot of the show's philosophical core, I think (or lack thereof, as the case may be)

@@Aburaishi it’s all perception based then eh? Because how i see it is ego and consciousness are separate. Ego will do it’s own thing while consciousness watches or vice versa. And of course consciousness would allow ego to do as it pleases up to certain extents. But I also realize it’s something people need to experience and I myself am still barely figuring out how to word it all in a way compatible with current human thinking. Cuz it all sounds like a religion, but if it is, then it’s the first religion.

@@TheGreyShaman I think in a world driven by ego we need to strengthen our own before it naturally dissolves. I think Buddha talked about this process, and that it is important to have that awareness of ego.

@@dotkom1234 it’s not about dissolving it though, it’s about teaching it as consciousness how all this works and then letting it decide for itself what it wishes to side with. It’s all a game of consciousness and ego, ego are the characters and they can tune into any player they so choose. Most don’t even know they’re tuning in to a spirit or player or consciousness most think their brains produce the consciousness, but that’s a trick from dark consciousness. It’s supposed to be a beautiful symbiotic experience where we as consciousness experience this reality through ego and the ego can experience our reality through us, but that ability was stolen from people as they age because they are taught their experiences are fake, but so what if they’re fake, there is a reality of fact and a reality of fiction and they should be able to coincide in more ways that just 2D and 3D. And they shall for those who wish it to be so.

ikr, i cried alot cause my mother also died of cancer, its almost 17 years ago

@@helldronez condolences on losing your mom, it being a long time ago doesnt mean it cant still hurt. Hope youre doing well

@@irizl9328 thanks man i appreciate that

she died three weeks after that audio was recorded.

@@anoyintoh my goodness :(

First time I've ever cried at a thing more than once

If that episode doesn't make you cry you are dead inside and you should seek help

kenniSENDit straight up ugly cried

Fucking intense wasn't it

That episode made me feel all sorts of sad and sick and scared inside. I don't think I've ever watched anything from any show that fucked me up as bad as that last episode. Holy shit man.

I'm cryig right now remembering it

I'm afraid to watch that episode because I know I'll have to confront some deep personal fears.

@@MODEL_CITIZEN that's ok. I have been at a similar place in my life. I hope that you find the stamina to overcome those fears at some point. That episode will wait. And if that's not what you want, then I hope your legs are stronger than the world so you can outrun those fears. Fear and pain are intense. But they are ok. I won't say it will be ok or better, but feeling those things is a part of us. Anyway, I hope you're alright. Wherever you are at in life. And I'm glad you commented.

Well said

*"Just Be here now."*

Thiss

Faawk!

Yeah...

Yesssss!!! This right here

Wow to your comment! Very well said. My 18yr. daughter recommended this show to me. She must have known I would understand the significance. DEEP!

My favourites too!

Annihilation of Joy was a masterpiece

yes the prison one was amazing.

The annihilation of joy is by far on its own a beautiful piece of art just in general. Even not having a single idea of whats going on plot wise that episode just stands on its own as a crazy "tip of the Buddhist iceberg".

the prison episode it my favorite cause I always find myself fucking up and starting all over again until I get it right. and currently I haven't fucked up again, so far so good

I couldn't get into it. Its just a podcast that someone animated totally unrelated shit to

@@andrewbingham3304 nah man its all related

@@andrewbingham3304 take some shrooms and you will know how related this is🤣

@@andrewbingham3304 Agreed

@@goldendays3173 funny thing is i was high asf when i watched it

OMG SAME especially the whole we consider ourselves a special case thing

Me too 🥺

same . i miss her

​@@justyce121you knew his mom? What a coincidence!

To watch all prior episodes is a must before skipping to the last episode.

So interesting to me, I have learned about western philosophy through Japanese media. I feel like our whole world is getting stirred and blended together

@@kevinbeck8836 our proto-indo-european tribalists ancestors would be so proud to see their children coming together and forming a sort of big tribe once again

no shame in that, it takes a really invested person with great interest in the subjects to use animation as a medium to share the great idea he learned over the years.

Before enlightenment I chopped wood and carried water, after enlightenment I chop wood and carry water

Just read books my friend.

Exactly, and i like to think it also represents karma and resurection. I could be wrong but i think in buddhism youre reborn each time if you lived a life of uncertainty of yourself and not knowing the two truths, you finally die when you find the meaning of life when you do. Its a perfect analogy for both

@@enalol9127 you’re wrong

@@ChrisDink ok

@@ChrisDink bruh

@@enalol9127 tibet book of the dead as well as bhuddists believe upon death you recieve judgement and if you have not gained what it is to be accepted and to pass through to the other side you are thrown back in the game.

me too!

Rewatch it on psychedelics

They are working on a season 2. I'm sorry about your mom and like the episode said her love isn't going anywhere. Best of luck to you.

@@bananasean5145 thank you for your kind words. It's great to hear they have another season in the works, I'm definitely looking forward to it 👌

Didn't think of it that way while watching it but there are definitely some parallels between Clancy's 'real-life' behavior and the behavior of a couple people I've known who were close to hitting rock bottom with addiction

Realizing i am addicted to youtube**

@@conciliator6440 yeah I didn't see it that way when I watched it either, but supercut in this video made things click for me. I try not to talk about this part of my life too much but there were a lot of parallels with Clancy's addiction plot points and my own addiction and especially what lead up to the start of my recovery. It's hard to see people in their addiction and extremely hard when you care about them. And as most people know, when you've been around it once or twice, you can see it from a mile away.

Idk man, that sounds like a nightmare to me

It was phenomenal on acid, 10/10

I seen 5 mins of it on shrooms and shit tugged my attention . I couldn’t stop thinking about it

watched the prison episode on DMT. definitely a life changing experience.

I watched it with my gf in a similar condition. Quite magical. The perfect show for psychedelics.

what episode was it, i started listening to him recently

@@krysj0zef457 I don't know which DTFH episode it was, but the highlights are Midnight Gospel's episode 8.

Duncan's trussel is one of the best trussels, although Richter's trussel is a pretty good one imo

@@rufio.5961 yeah but they aren't even in the same ballpark. I wouldn't even call his a trussel myself.

Yeah. That was the only episode of this show that I liked.

Omg that’s so sad :(

now you've learned your lessons and keep moving

@@n-1113 exactly!

not to be a dick at all i’m just on some shrooms rn but the worst thing for you to do is feel bad abt that. there is absolutely nothing you can do to fix it yea it sucks but she’s gone and instead of thinking abt all the positives of your mom you always blame yourself that’s incredibly unhealthy. you have learned and you have the chance to do better nkw

I know how you feel , time heals wounds ,not scars

I hate when people are like that😑, we just like to think, honestly i see more and more people my age that literally don't think about anything and try to tell me i'm the weird one, we ARE human beings, we are meant to think

@@kpoptrash6319 It's fine to think, to spend time in your own mind. Just don't forget to spend time here, too.

To be fair, the most annoying people I've ever talked to are stoners that don't realize that they're talking down to you and read 3 pages of an Eastern religion's holy books before considering themselves to have a good understanding on the topic.

@@abreathingcoffin8089 I will say that sadly plenty of things innate to society have been dumbed down consistently by stoners, from buddhism to Rastafarian principles, economic theory to existentialism and more yet I feel like that's come either as a result of the stigma of drug use or as the enlarged ego of people that feel like they understand an objective truth. When you think about it most people in history overall have thought about trying to rationalize their world and people usually have different paths to enter such thoughts. Some people grew up around academics, some dove headfirst into religion, some did psychedelics and others just went to the library/internet for info. I think the rough part for people is that the quest for finding understanding of the world around them also is a contradiction from the modern world goals(food, water, shelter, and the bills that impact those fields) and oftentimes those that want to shy away from activism on any issue do so by trying to avoid some of the daily issues of adulthood. It is sad to say that usually a lot of the people who are stoners/psychonauts often do speak with condescension but I think the issue is that oftentimes if nearly all your energy has to be focused on providing the basic needs for yourself and/or others you don't get the same ability to question the world around you.

@@ElijahLoganmaztrpeac3official I think it is worth mentioning that caretaking of others can absolutely be a pathway to enlightenment. I think the stoner connotation is a pretentious one, because usually these are young adults with very little life experience and a lot of privileged ability to explore these realms-- be that money, time, mommy and daddy helping them or whatever. So in my view it is hard to take that seriously because it is easy to read books and philosophize with your stoner friends and be enlightened "in a cave" so-to-speak. It is a good start, but a premature one because it lacks humility. Now take someone who is a bit older, been through some real pains in life, and learned many lessons. Someone who has adult responsibilities like taking care of others. This person may not have much time or resources to put into learning in a book sense, but they wouldn't need to in my opinion. Because enlightenment isn't about how many books you read on the subject actually. It's about applying what you know in real life by showing up day after day committed to doing right by your family, friends, loved ones etc. Sacrifice. Putting yourself aside for years to give energy to children, sick ones, aging ones. It's realizing humility through understanding that you don't get to be in control and so you learn to control your self and your responses instead. It's letting go of what you thought life would be like. Choosing emotional maturity and responsibility. Commitment. Learning to be grateful for what you have, and striving to be authentic in all you do. Caretaking might be the hardest thing to do in life in my opinion. As such I believe that it will show you much of what you are capable of, and it will bring out all the times you never got your own needs met growing up, and then you can look at that and heal those wounds. Grief is necessary for letting go. Fast track to enlightenment if you ask me. ;)

why would you do mushrooms and watch someone talk about their battle with cancer.

@@theo1856why wouldn’t he

That was a low blow, Wisecrack! Haha, I'm glad they recognize the importance of Alan Watts lectures though, even if they use it to be cheeky with us XD

dude fr

What a Master he was... Cant believe he was actually on tv for a time, things had really changed...

I'm in this tweet and I don't like it

Is he saying slam watts is dumb? Or that someone who listens to him for the first time is dumb?

i call it the stoner talk

Angel Milton check out "Waking Life" it's the original midnight gospel.

Justin Davis I’ve seen it. It’s one of my favorites. I love Richard Linklater. A scanner darkly is another one of my favorites.

Angel Milton Noice!

Same! Another thing I love about the show is that I actually watch it. Paying attention to the visuals is actually important and tells a whole other story. I don’t have time to mindlessly scroll through my phone, it forces you to pay attention, and I think that makes it even better.

Omg death is ask a mortician? I’ve seen some videos or her and she went out of my radar for some reason thanks 🙏 I’m gonna see what she is up to

And the “magician” in the Hunters Without a Home episode is Damien Echols - one of the West Memphis Three. Kind of an unexpected guest for this sort of a podcast but the context makes his episode all the more intriguing

just a friendly warning, if you end up crying at 2am when you finish watching the last episodes, it is ok

I finally let myself get to that point. Binging trussel interviews is what really set it in place for me.

matheus Santhiago Lol guess we had a similar experience

Same. I don't think anyone kept a dry eye on that one.

@@erincarr9411 Oh for sure

Seriously. The last episode destroyed me.

I think the only thing that made me cry harder is this one movie called synecdoche NewYork a movie I can not ever emotionally stand again

Same!!

I agree

Yeah that one was amazing

Drinking blood From the stump of a prison guard That I just chopped up That used to be freedom to me Watching my cellmate cry As I sprayed hot piss In his gouged-out eyes That used to be freedom to me But now it's plain to see The prison was inside of me And I was pissing In my own gouged-out eyes And freedom is what happens When you finally take off Your prisoner disguise

@@brentgould958 THE BEST

That was the only episode that really impressed me and stands on its own.

Mooood

Ikrrr

The episode with the prisoner and his re-births is something I wish they had a video analysis for. It's a very interesting episode and certainly my second favorite of the season

So true. The animations tell their own stories, many at once. The shows so rewatchable for that reason, each time you can focus on something else and gleam so much enjoyment.

It's better to live a life of "oh wells" that "what ifs."

I'm kinda in the same boat. For the past couple years I've been attempting to go on this "spiritual journey" and trying to uncover the truth of reality and the farce of like material reality, but I've just been using this mindset as an excuse and "good reason" to run from the real world responsibilities that we have to deal with. It's like in my own path to try to understand the world, I simultaneously cut myself off completely from the world, pretending I understood. I've got a lot of things to change lol

What is Dharma ?

@@bing4131 living a functional, well-adjusted life What that pertains depends on the society and culture a person lives in

@@bing4131 to not be a piece of shit and contribute to society basically. Like good morals and ethics based on love and oneness

dharma is basically societal purpose?

Yeah, spiritual bypassing is super prevalent in some spaces. Things can't always be positive, experiencing the negative aspects of existence and realizing your place in it is part of the whole experience

Just like Clancy only to forget them next episode

Wow. As someone with an addiction to MMOs this hit me right in the feels and explains a lot about why I connect with Clancy so much;

@@Permafry42108 I admit I had my addictions as well but it is something you can get away from, I believe in you

Hey man, why you gotta call me out like that? Not cool.

Ethical egoism doesn't value short term happiness over long term happiness though. In that frame work Clancy just failed to properly pursue his own interest.. an ethical egoist wouldn't play MMOs 22 hours a day unless they lacked the will power to execute their own philosophy.

@@jayh3805 good point, maybe a very twisted and selfish vertion of ethical egotism then?

Hope you're doing good love

I'm sorry to hear that. And I hope that he can come back from that disconnected place. Or at the very least that he is able to do well for his life. Anyway, from some guy on the internet, I hope everything works out with that situation.

Bruh same

I'm not sure smoking weed has to do with answering phone calls.

@@jessicamessica6327 the amount of phone calls that I take in a day would prove you correct lol. However, I do understand that some people escape into weed. Just as someone can escape into anything really. Some people can drink alcohol every once in a while and some use it as a way to escape the world going on around them. 🤷🏾‍♀️ humans

Damn for a second there I thought you were my sister and then I immediately felt kinda shitty. Got some self improvement to do, thanks for unintentionally making me realise that.

Sometimes the visuals are in conflict with what's being said. I'd say episodes 1,2,5 and 8 are the best episodes to watch and listen while 3,4,6 and 7 can feel distracting. All great information though.

Exactly! I feel that they were too lazy in just reusing the audio straight from the podcast and animating over it. They should have developed stories around each topic and had professional voice actors for each character.

If the visuals are distracting, you may want to skip it and go straight to the podcast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour. I've been straight up binging it since Midnight Gospel aired.

@@brandontheblack same here. All the podcast are fantastic and have more then they could fill each episode with. I like the visuals but some episodes I find myself having to choose one or the other.

@@dothedeed The show exists because pendleton ward wanted to animated Duncan's podcast so what you're suggesting would figuratively eradicate the show from existences

Yeah ... that's not a show for that lmao

Thats a netflix and have an existential crisis

That happened to me too lmaoo

Thats about time you turn an episode of the Office, that you've seen 10 times already, on

I wonder what the guy was thinking when he was watching with you was he also gonna cry?

that episode had the best conversation!

EvB I definitely have to check it out

Julian Gilbert yeah I definitely enjoyed this show more when tripping,it didn’t hit right if I wasn’t

You sir seem to understand a lot about this topic

I don’t know a thing about Buddhism, to be honest but I did feel like there was way more to it than what he simplified Buddhism to be or the way he represented it was as you said one sided

From what I understand tho, they’re talking about Buddhism not as it actually is but as Clancy sees it at the start of the series, i.e. ignoring reality in favour of pursuing enlightenment, which Clancy comes to realise isn’t what it’s actually about. That is fundamental to Clancy’s character and character development… did I get that wrong?

@Freerefill or was it just dumb?

Hey WiseSauce M m I i C c H h A a E e L l H h E e R r E e

Its something else sober or somewhat sober.

Everything is

when engross into the conversation and sudden interruption really make a hilarious moment

Episode one coming down from two tabs was incredible.

I find the show is not really trip safe tho. More if a high show because all of the scary imagery. Just me?

Xavier is a masterpiece.

Xavier says way more than midnight gospel does, that’s for sure lmao

@@cleibarnhart i think it's apple's and oranges. I feel like midnight gospel tries to bring answers to tough questions. Where's Xavier brings more questions up, most of which is wtf

Welcome, glad you are with us. Shake hands, no need to be blue. Welcome to you ;)

I think you need a good basis for those topics to fully understand and enjoy them. Otherwise yeh it can sound pseudo-intellectual. Mind you Duncan and many of his guests really are quite educated, experienced and invested in all this spirituality and such.

Episode 8 with his mom is the true exception

pseudo-intellectual for sure

Well that’s your perspective

I found myself really forgetting about the conversation and just been lost watching the visuals, but it made a really good background sound

Duncan Trussel has said that he planned season 1 to be about death so I know he's planning to continue with a different theme. Netflix would be incredibly dumb if they didn't approve of a 2nd season when you see how popular The Midnight Gospel has become.

@@user-wx8mi1pd6g it's probably up there with Avatar for me. I'd recommend checking out the podcast if you like the things they talk about. It's on spotify

I guess it is not for everyone. Personally I hate Adventure Time and trippy animations like this. Maybe it is just my age showing...

@@ziguirayou yeah for sure! Although I would say there is actually very little connecting it to Adventure Time. Regardless, no show could be for everyone. I just happen to think practically no show has ever done quite what MG does

That's odd, because they made me less messed up. Especially the "World of symbols" lecture which has a similar message to this video. Or maybe I'm still in the messed up phase lol

how did they mess you up? they helped me🧿🍃

@@martine2172 Well, I suppose I started thinking more about the meaning of life and such. My friends were ready to party, get jobs or go to school. Watts' lectures were deep and I felt that there was always more to life than what I knew back then. I didn't want the parties or the drinking, etc. I was afraid no one understood what was going on inside me. All I learned really was that no one cared.

@@moonlit6311 You were enlightened :-)

I was more of a Terence McKenna guy