Touch Grass: A Philosophy

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@ThenNow Год назад

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@PingMe23 Год назад

When I was jogging, I always preferred jogging outside. I HATED, being on a treadmill, inside. I want to feel like I'm going somewhere, seeing things. Outside is really where it's at.

@cxngo8124 Год назад

I just cannot use a treadmill I have to go outside for it

@monke6669 Год назад

Jogging for me is more than jogging, it gives me serene moments

@junta_dj Год назад

Your thoughts and production are to me the best thing on this platform right now. Thank you for doing this, you are appreciated.

@languagegame410 Год назад

well-said!

@themthatjest Год назад

very much appreciated

@nativealien1859 3 месяца назад

I agree thank for your content man

@WSWC_ Год назад

I'm so thankful to be a "professional" window cleaner out pretty much all day. I'll never forget this one time my boss reminded me of this. He said, "be sure to take a second every now and then and just take in the scenery. We live in a beautiful place" it's almost always after the current job is completed, Peace of Mind knowing I've done a job well done and the reward of acknowledging the moment for what it is 😸

@coltonc7832 Год назад

That's really cool to hear! I'm glad you've found meaning in what you do to make ends meet. I wish you a nice rest of your week, hope you're doing well.

@chrlzortz Год назад

I think over the years humans have forgotten the animal part of the human condition, we are just animals with big brains, we are part of nature, and we evolve by modifying it. We've spent thousands of years of evolution outside, so it's no surprise that nowadays we feel trapped in the cities, in our rooms. So far, the best memories of my life have been in nature, away from the cities and people, contemplating. Not in a hippie way, I'm a very rational person, but I still feel more alive in nature.

@languagegame410 Год назад

though you articulated your thoughts with most excellent clarity and eloquence, sir stranger... i must object... perceiving the human condition and human nature merely through the scientific lens, belies the depth and complexity of the human soul... (and my use of the word "soul" was intended to provoke you... though i can only hope i have succeeded in my bold endeavor!).

@tayloreverard2039 Год назад

I'm a broke boi whos never used patreon - but I might change that I love all my youtubers but they are mostly entertainers and informers, you're doing something different, and it's provided me with real value.

@ChristianCatboy 11 месяцев назад

I literally had the same thought after watching this video

@mattbonanza9032 7 месяцев назад

I watched a lot of your videos but been avoiding this one because I thought it would be boring. It started playing while my hands were busy. And after 5 minutes I sticked to it with ears wide open and now I am watching it for second time. The proof you never made a video that I did not like 😊. You are great. Your way of delivering the message is great. I am grateful for every video you made. Thank you ❤

@StokeseyHD Год назад

Ever since I started walking around and riding my bike I felt like I got to know by neighbourhood and town so much better. My town felt so small before but walking and biking around makes it feel so much bigger

@NIHIL0NOVI Год назад

Touch Grass: A Video Essay

@ReynaSingh Год назад

The production quality of these videos is outstanding. Keep it up

@pulpous67 Год назад

This is one of the best RU-vid channels. The fact that quality content such as this exists - free of charge - is truly inspirational. I never comment but I have to let it be known that I am humbled that you took the time and effort to produce this

@userMB1 Год назад

This is a fantastic reminder for appreciation of the outdoors! I am privileged to live near one of the most beautiful hiking places of my country. However the 'be as productive as you can be' mindset has done a number on me; i put headphones in and listen to a podcast or i would have 'wasted' 1,5 hours just walking. Real spring weather is coming so i'm going to try enjoy the nature when hiking without headphones. 💟

@comedyfriendsenglish Год назад

I sincerely love this channel. Thank you so much!

@tobiasjakob1226 Год назад

Your lucidity throughout your videos is outstanding! Thank you sir!

@ss_websurfer Год назад

Thanks for existing Lewis, you put a lot of my thoughts into words. This is why I relocated to Canada; I realized I needed fresh air and the ability to get lost in nature within a few kilometres. It relieves tension and gives shape to my ideas, thoughts and creativity. The sublime experience we find in nature is both overwhelming and enlightening it allows us to transcend our own restricted perspectives and connect with something greater than ourselves.

@icns01 Год назад

You can tell this was well researched. It has the look and feel of a Grade A production...and as a nature lover and small business owner myself, I can attest to much of what was said here. Grateful for the vindication of what I have always thought. Thank you.👍

@Kaz7. Год назад

Your production and content are so impressive and hard-hitting, great work! I always think back to things I learned in your videos

@christophernoto Год назад

Thank you. I’m grateful to be told, in such a thorough, but low key, way, something that I have been thinking is true and trying, but not yet succeeding, to make a real part of my own way of life. ❤

@magnesss Год назад

Beautifully done. Excellent. Thank you!

@More-than-ladyboys Год назад

Quite simply the best channel on RU-vid! Thank you for taking the time. 🙏🏼

@enlightenedanalysis1071 10 месяцев назад

This was one of your best videos Lewis. It has inspired me a lot. Since I watched this video when you first published it, I have implemented your suggestion into my daily activities. I am now walking more in beautiful parks while listening to philosophy and science audiobooks. You are absolutely right that it has a positive impact on how you think. I also share your view that walking outside more has a tendency to free your mind from dogmatic strains of thought and encourages one to consider other perspectives. Really appreciate the effort you put into making this awesome video. :)

@zam6182 Год назад

I too relate to the feeling of nothingness that washes over me in these moments with nature that, more than often now these days, overwhelm me. It's a beautiful feeling that offers a lot to reflect on.

@venusisalwaysabove Год назад

You are causing such great impact. Thanks 🙏

@draw4everyone Год назад

The only thing you're missing here is that, in America especially, the outside has been relegated to the poor. The infrastructure is trash and many of the outdoor areas are polluted. I'm surprised, and somewhat disappointed, you overlooked this.

@ricerat23 Год назад

Thanks, will get out once recovered from cold! Bravo to your ever better video production!

@m4dbr3w77 Год назад

Saw your video on stoicism! You are one great human being! Wonderfully done videos and scripts. Duuuuude how can one be so powerful!! ❤

@PhiTonics Год назад

Really well done sir 👌 The video really embodies the message.

@bboyneon92 Год назад

I watched this video because I felt I wanted to listen to the sounds of nature and I enjoy longer videos. Continue to create this way. This is a beautifully tailored piece of art. Love it!

@fernandabermejo Год назад

Thank you, this is beautiful and feels true.

@livpeake8108 Год назад

this was so beautiful brought tears to my eyes. you are an inspiration!

@steinarbruun3852 Год назад

Well spoken. Well filmed. Well crafted. Much appreciated.

@Daniel_0.0 Год назад

Fantastic tone and measure and insight, great channel 👏

@ToddRock16 Год назад

I needed this video. Thank you ❤

@TheNameIsFreddy Год назад

One of the best channels on RU-vid if not on any platform. It is so good for me mentally and incredibly valuable. I already watched this yesterday, but now I'll listen to it as I fall asleep as it helps with my tinnitus. Of course, with airplane mode enabled. Goodnight and thank you!

@Morroh Год назад

Getting outside and moving truly does feel like your working through energy and allowing new energy to be generated. It’s not a cure but it has helped me with depression and anxiety consistently.

@grantkistel3411 Год назад

I’ve watched you for some years, and a lot more lately as you are great to listen to while I work… but this video in specific really touched me, it was beyond cathartic and was absolutely poignant in my life in this current moment.

@stevel.3903 Год назад

This video might explain why I love your narrations. You are closing in on subjects more like a stroll than a walk. It's not just about getting to the conclusion, it's this "verweilen" (directly translated from German as "lingering", but conciously contemplating and taking pleasure in it) with an idea what makes your videos very special. Even if it isn't much, but I hope my small tip is an appreciation for your work. Your videos are timeless and so it isn't all about getting new content to consume, but I still cherish the idea to explore new topics with your input!

@mitchelltravis1187 Год назад

This reminds me of an interesting phenomenon we have observed with astronauts where once being out in the incomprehensively endless void of space we tend to see a nearly identical shift in perspective about the self. I unfortunately don't remember the details, but definitely something interesting to look into as I think it very strongly ties into what you said about perception, location, and a variety of inputs forcing you to change your point of view on a biocognitive level

@ANewHuman 3 месяца назад

Love your work, Lewis! It's a lifeline, and has given me many moments of peace and insight and reflection.

@apophis2129 Год назад

I moved to Beaver County, Pennsylvania about two years ago now. I came in thinking it was some quaint little backwoods place, but after exploring the parks and forests around here. I realize that these spaces outside, wherever they may be, have a spirit to them. We ought to use them to inspire creativity and have more energy by exploring more. 🖤💚

@Jhawk_2k Год назад

You've convinced me to not renew my lease downtown next year. Gotta live closer to nature

@olmrgreen1904 Год назад

Another beautiful video. Watching this video was almost like going on a walk in the woods

@bethra.flowers Год назад

❤❤❤ SO BEAUTIFUL! Thank you!

@5ivearrows Год назад

As always, this is incredibly well done and thought provoking.

@SirTermos Год назад

Just days ago I had a remembrance of a time; a time when I was waken by sunlight and by a bird who had as its home the tree that was closest to my dwelling. This video resonated with that.

@DMU555 Год назад

Great video! Excellent follow up to your video about attention a few months ago. I'm very ADHD and my psychiatrist always recommends lots of walking in the woods and/or mountain biking. Says multiple studies have shown it's an effective way of managing ADHD, with or without medication, and it makes a lot of sense given the positive effects you describe in the video. I go for walks in the woods when I can, unfortunately the last few months life circumstances have kept me away from it as often as I'd like, but I recommend it to anyone who suffers from difficulties with depression, anxiety, difficulty with attention/focus, and executive dysfunction.

@Dz-rt9fk 20 дней назад

Loved this one, listend to it while walking in the woods. Thanks for the work you put into it!

@RumHamz Год назад

Great Work

@kmk1225 Год назад

Beautiful video ❤

@samakolBanbol Год назад

In my late teens, I used to hike alone in a forest close to my home, go up a hill and sit for an hour or so looking down on the town in the breeze.. It ws always so good!!

@sloanekuria3249 Год назад

What a wonderful video essay, thank you

@dougaljohnson2696 Год назад

Great stats/studies on health and nature!

@erikheymann9390 Год назад

I live in a large US city and also fairly close to one of the best birdwatching sites in the US. When I go there, I don't necessarily notice feeling better or more relaxed being in nature, but that does happen because it's very obvious when I drive back to the city and my shoulders tense up. I also think that showing another person the beauty and benefit of being in nature is very satisfying.

@zizougifu Год назад

These videos you make are so valuable to me! I feel like you are the modern Bryan Magee, bringing the philosophical knowledge to the people

@Beederda Год назад

Toss 3.5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms into them walks in nature 👀 and you got a mix for the ultimate healing process ever applied to a human mind body and soul

@sunhillsband 10 месяцев назад

This is one of my favorite videos of yours!!!

@jjreddick377 Год назад

Awesome. Thank you

@briancourtney6074 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this!

@phumlanindlovu5653 Год назад

These videos will live long just like Friedrich Nietzsche🙏🏾❤ NEXT year after all my debts Ill be a patron member to your channel

@latifoljic Год назад

I've started this video so many times and have never gotten through it because it makes me want to go outside

@themthatjest Год назад

this channel is fine art to me. enjoyable, informative and brilliant

@chrisgord21 Год назад

I’m so glad you mentioned Robert Sapolsky, his book Behave is incredible and totally transformed the way I view the world and how we interact within it. He’s a living legend

@njandrews4105 Год назад

People who never get out of suburban and urban areas ever in their lives are disassociated from reality

@pisceanbeauty2503 Год назад

Urban and suburban areas can have unique outdoor spaces that scratch the itch to be outdoors. Your statement is unfair.

@arnisbrown5848 Год назад

Love the cinematography on this one.

@FLOWLEDGE Год назад

This view on the valley is NICE It would be cool to sit there in the summer and read something

@jennifercatherinekarel8925 Год назад

Brilliant!

@user-rv7kx6ce8x 7 месяцев назад

Truly amazing

@FromKribToGrave 4 месяца назад

I used to do almost every day when I had easy access to a decently sized park that was never too crowded. There's nothing quite like being surrounded by trees while walking down a pathway to make your thoughts feel larger than life.

@ismireghal68 Год назад

"gently distracted from your own concious thoughts" is portrayed as a good thing here...intersting. But i don't quite feel that way in nature to be honest. It rather inspires me to listen to my thoughts with more attention. Huberman talks about the GO and No-GO mode, where a certain amount of noise etc. raises your awareness which you can then direct wherever you want to eg. your own thoughts (thats the GO mode followed by the No-GO mode). That explains better for me why i can't always follow my thoughts as well inside.

@danielmurray9820 Год назад

Isn't the default mode network associated with anxiety , rumination, excessive self focus etc ? With the task positive network being associated with getting out of rumination, like with certain types of meditation . The joy of nature, walking and its impact is wonderful .... I started s little channel here just shooting nature scenes , in the style of a photo, but film. I live in the city, which is great in many ways ... craving nature , space, the different pace , air ... and for a long time , living there. In fact watching your piece and writing this has made this desire, calling , very clear to me. Thanks for another fabulous piece of work. Best to you and all.

@JanoDo Год назад

The DMN is just that: default. It's the compendium of brain circuits that get's activated whenever we're not "exercizing our counscious will", so to speak. Although there certainly are commonalities among individuals, there's probably some differences from one to another. Let us not be fallen on simplistic dualities as one is good and the other is bad; i don't think this video points to that. I guess the main point in bringin up this two brain functions or networks is just to remark that when we are in nature, unbounded to any particular task, the brain just falls into a default, uncontrolled mode. Note that this video also points to the effect of the enviroment we are in onto our brain and psychology, a fact i think is undisputable. Now think about this: if the Default Mode Network is the mode we fall whenever we're not doing anything in particular, then perhaps this is exactly the time when our enviroment is more prone to take over and surpass our counscious will. So, given that measures, examples and thoughts about what happens when the DMN takes over our brains are probably made on city dwellers, maybe - just maybe - those negative characteristcs you associated with the DMN are actually the byproduct of the enviroment that affects that brain, meaingn, the city!

@mlvlnc Год назад

Fantastic as always :)

@alexanderaugustus Год назад

You have a very pleasant voice to listen to :)

@susanwilliams4953 2 месяца назад

Then & Now your imageries are riveting, your channel is outstanding. (I subscribe tonight! )

@alfredstewart1261 Год назад

I miss Washington State, it’s the most BEAUTIFUL place I’ve ever been! I feel so lucky to have lived there and so ashamed of how granted I took my former states beauty. If you get a chance to go, GO, the nature is like nothing else on earth, the mountains tower over the clouds!

@fourthchute Год назад

Listened to this one outside !

@LarsRichterMedia Год назад

About to embark on a journey.

@stinkendersahnebacardi3677 Год назад

I'm trying to be s much outside as i can but i live in the industrial heart of Germany where the literally plan to combine the while area into a single 40+ million city I'm literally planning on going to the larger forests as soon as I have the cheap ticket available.

@scarba Год назад

I hate the Ruhrgebiet for the same reason. Too much concrete and too many people.

@stinkendersahnebacardi3677 Год назад

@@scarba i didn't even have to call it by name... It's just sad , especially in the belt area and Münsterland. Sauerland has some beauty to it but mostly everything sucks.

@scarba Год назад

@@stinkendersahnebacardi3677 I hope you have your Deutschland ticket now! ❤️

@stinkendersahnebacardi3677 Год назад

@@scarba next month , I'm too broke as a student to afford it in months without holidays...

@scarba Год назад

@@stinkendersahnebacardi3677 well get yourself out of there as soon as you finish your education. Move to a different Bundesland with forest. Hessen is pretty green. I’m in the Moselle valley so it’s all vineyards which I hate. I would rather have trees.

@DevonExplorer Год назад

Fabulous video. Something else about being outside are the two beneficial effects from light and sunlight; sunlight for Vitamin D and, as those of us prone to Seasonal Affected Disorder can attest, the decibels of light are much greater outside than indoors, especially on a dull day, so being outside can cure depression caused by S.A.D. Thank you so much. Cheers. :)

@FarTooHard Год назад

Wow this is relevant to how I’ve been thinking lately.

@user-qn8gb5xh8w Год назад

This channel is amazing.

@marcussassan 2 месяца назад

thank you

@mustafabarzanji9280 Год назад

Is this Yehezkel's music in the background in the beginning? I love to listen to it whenever I read Gibran Khalil.

@Matkatamiba Год назад

Going to be camping and rafting all weekend. Feeling justified 😊 in getting out

@jonrollason5709 Год назад

Enjoyed this enormously. Where are you when you're outside in this one? 🙂

@y5mgisi Год назад

I really love this channel.

@natet5959 Год назад

You're preaching to the choir and that's probably why I enjoyed the video so much.

@AKAHEIZER 9 месяцев назад

Bin dann erstmal ne bisschen draußen, vielen Dank für das Video!

@dickdingus775 Год назад

This is beautiful

@DearestJournal Год назад

❤ this a good find

@KevinJLenard 11 месяцев назад

Our species evolved over seven million years, while we have lived in cities for only 7,000 Years, and we have been sedentary farmers for only twelve thousand years. Little wonder that we tend to function best when we get exposure to the great outdoors! My work is primarily based on The evolution of human behaviour which provides great insight into why we do the counterproductive of things we tend to do.

@JavierBonillaC 8 месяцев назад

The quality of your videos is amazing. I just writing this to help the algorithm. Who would have thought that algorithm would become a more generalized term than algebra?

@WELCOME-ThenandNow Год назад

he casting choices from 'then' to 'now' reveal the ever-changing landscape of the film industry. It's a testament to the enduring careers of these actors and actresses, who continue to captivate audiences with their performances

@iwouldprefernotto. 3 месяца назад

Dear sir, I humbly thank thee for thy enthusiastic plea for walking in nature as a means of recreation, well-being and freeing your mind. I will now go out, not without uttering my deepest appreciation of thy channel. I will return to thy pictures in motion lateron.

@hedcorp9827 Год назад

this music under tha talking cramps my brain

@gerhardderachtaalige2746 Год назад

I love your content i want to thank you for all of it. Your Videos have made me realize and helped me reflect my ways of living. :)

@vonunterberg4313 11 месяцев назад

I am very confident that todays philosophers are the small youtubers writing their "little" essays about the people and the world, not grifting off of todays drama.