Why humans believe “everything happens for a reason” | Clay Routledge

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If you're a critic of religion or if you're someone who champions yourself as a strong believer in the power of rationality, you probably think 'supernatural thinking' is bad.
But according to existential psychologist Clay Routledge, supernatural thinking is actually an important part of being a complete human being. From a scientific point of view, all we know is what we have in this life- but if we're open to supernatural possibilities that allows us to at least explore or have hope that there's something about our existence, something about the human spirit, that transcends the material.
When we are dealing with anxieties about mortality, questions about purpose, and trying to understand our place in a large Universe, our minds naturally drift towards at least curiosities about the supernatural if not outright belief.
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About Clay Routledge:
Dr. Clay Routledge is a leading expert in existential psychology. His work examines how the human need for meaning in life influences and is influenced by different cognitive processes, self-regulation, momentous life experiences, personal and professional goals, creativity, social connections, spirituality and religiosity, entrepreneurship, and prosocial behavior.
Dr. Routledge has published over 100 scholarly papers, co-edited three books on existential psychology, and authored the books Nostalgia: A Psychological Resource and Supernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World.
His work has been featured by many media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CBS News, ABC News, BBC News, CBC News, CNN, NBC Today, MSNBC, Men’s Health, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker. As a social commentator, Dr. Routledge has authored articles for a number of outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, Scientific American, National Review, Entrepreneur, and Harvard Business Review. He was the lead writer for the TED-Ed animated lesson Why Do We Feel Nostalgia?
Dr. Clay Routledge is the Vice President of Research and the Director of the Human Flourishing Lab at the Archbridge Institute. He is also an editor at Profectus, a periodic web-based magazine focused on civilizational progress and human flourishing.
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@agentoffortune74 Год назад

When I was heavily influenced by religion I saw the supernatural everywhere. After an accident I awoke and that religious aspect of my mental processes was gone. The supernatural that had surrounded me was also gone. Finally alone with only rational thought processes, life is simpler and more real. The fog of religion is gone. I consider that a good thing.

@tschorsch Год назад

Actually it's not simpler, you have to invent your own meaning as opposed to being served the same bland microwave meal of meaning.

@jamescurnutt1628 Год назад

I am a survivor of organized religion. Peace.

@N0Xa880iUL Год назад

Wait, doesn't that just mean you damaged something?

@jdavi6241 Год назад

@@N0Xa880iUL ever heard of percussive maintenance?

@SquizzMe Год назад

Organized religion is everywhere. You always end up buying into some idea and living by some code that has no material origin. You never really 'escape' any kind of worldview, supernaturalist or materialist. You just become re-conditioned and re-indoctrinated. There is no "None of the above" option.

@janicestevenson6496 Год назад

"It's when we're making meaning that we're often at our best." Thank you for this presentation on the human experience beyond rational thought. Here is an excerpt from Steps to Knowledge on how beliefs can help us: "You do not understand the world. You only entertain judgments about it and then attempt to understand your judgments. The world will reveal itself to you as you look without these restraints and limitations. In this you will find that your beliefs can become useful in allowing you to take each next step in life. They need not limit your perception of the universe. You cannot be in the world without beliefs or assumptions. Yet your beliefs and assumptions are meant to be tools to serve your mind, to give it a temporary structure and to allow it to engage its natural abilities in a positive manner. You do not understand the world today. Be happy that this is so, for your condemnation is unfounded... This gives you an opportunity to witness the world... Remind yourself that you do not understand the world, so you are free to look again." (Marshall Vian Summers, Steps to Knowledge)

@slevinchannel7589 Год назад

What about the amazing Worker-Right Struggle that Affects ALL of us but Big-Think does not get Praise for their videos about it, but 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' do?

@ecollazo67 Год назад

A comforting lie is still a lie. We are better served by seeking truth. If the truth makes you uncomfortable, don't blame the truth...blame the lie that made you comfortable.

@johnswanger8474 Год назад

What's the difference between an incontrovertible proof and something that is inarguably true?

@maestrom5872 Год назад

Technically it may be objectively better to live in delusion than to find truth, and I say this as someone who seeks truth. When you live in certain lies in order to be happy or comfortable you gain those "perks" of being happy and comfortable. Seeking truth gives you no benefit unless you feel it will gain you "spiritual points". This would be similar to doing something morally good. You are actively trying to find this meaning or God.

@frous898 Год назад

@@maestrom5872 no, just no, delusion is just denying yourself what you want

@maestrom5872 Год назад

@@frous898 that's not what delusion is.

@frous898 Год назад

@@maestrom5872 ok

@Alexandra_Wolf Год назад

I think that the purpose for us saying “everything happens for a reason” -like let’s say the loss of a child or some other tragic loss- is a way to stay calm and not remain *angry and bitter* for the rest of our lives about something unjust or unfair. I see some comments saying “ it’s an excuse to not attempt to overcome our shortcomings”. This is like comparing apples and oranges. We rarely rest on our laurels and say “oh well everything happens for a reason”. We typically say it when there is something so horrible and unfathomable that if we don’t lean into the idea that there is a greater purpose for it we will forever live an angry life, angry at this world, the universe and the people in. It’s healthy way for us to say “I have to learn to accept this, if I lean on this mindset I can grieve without grieving my entire life, I can be upset but I can still have SOMETHING to look forward to or in some cases something shifty that we DO NOT have to look forward to after a big loss”.

@robertdouglas8895 Год назад

When you know the reason is always to learn from our experiences, that is where our "profit" is. To only go that far may bring some comfort, but to ask for what you need to learn takes you all the way. Peace comes from understanding. Peace can be boring. The ego mind needs excitement in the way of anger, sadness or fear. Those hold onto the idea that the world is acting upon you making you a victim so you can escape the guilt and lay it on others. "Men at sometime are masters of their fate. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings." Shakespeare would have been ignored if he had said we are always masters of our fate, so he invited people in to think about what blame they might readily escape from.

@nancyaustin9516 Год назад

Right. Immediately when I hear "Everything happens for a reason" I think of this comment happening at a funeral or memorial service. Oh, so my son shooting himself in the head has a reason that neither of us will ever be able to identify, but it was necessary for that to happen? I say, fuck that, I'd much rather have my son here in front of me than to be looking into the face of the moron smugly mouthing "Everything happens for a reason." I'll live the rest of my life grieving his absence, and your words are less than useless. I do recognize that I will learn to accept his death, but empty phrases such as this are not helpful so keep them to yourself. Say nothing or of offer something honest, like "I'm so sorry."

@mpv9866 Год назад

I see what youre saying and I used to only say it 'that way', in tough situations. Now i knowingly say it in many ways. Like say, i will tell a friend after an interesting event, meeting a new person, happy accident etc etc... "oh that definitely happened for a reason, even if it only deepened and strengthened our quantum entanglement". But 'eye kneaux' that whatever 'it' was, there was 'good' reason/s behind it, and more 'good' should/can/will come from it. 🙏

@blakelynashley Год назад

Beautifully and thoughtfully said

@arunarajkumar7193 Год назад

Very well articulated!!

@philblane5752 Год назад

When people tell me that everything happens for a reason, I reach out and slap them in the face. Then I tell them that I couldn't agree more.

@dasfahrer8187 Год назад

The other side of that coin is that this belief can also be used by a lazy or ignorant mind to displace truth and/or to avoid seeking out a better understanding of the world around us.

@mindthebody2781 Год назад

The other thing is. Everybody is always doing it no matter what you think. Some people think they’re above this but they’re not. Everybody has magical thinking or their own personal religion, even if they consider themselves an atheist

@frous898 Год назад

that mind is going to suffer.

@vapinggranny2474 Год назад

@Kiran Kumar it can be, but that’s when religion is misunderstood. If u truly understood ur own religions fundamental teachings, since all religions are basically the same in saying that u should treat ur fellow human good, they would be of much use to us. But people are ignorant and seem to not understand the point of their religions whatsoever

@vapinggranny2474 Год назад

@@mindthebody2781 agreed, every person has some level of needing to answer life’s biggest question, and since we all don’t know, then whatever anybody may believe, it all has the same grounding in reality. And even tho I know in the end we’re all going to the same place, I’d like to think that it’s more fun to believe that whatever everybody believes will happen to them is what they’ll get. Since I know I am because I think, then if this reality is completely created only for me, why would I think up some shit ending to it all.

@bumblebootwiddletoes5185 Год назад

And this is what some religious "leaders" count on to be able to control people.

@cavemanrob Год назад

Nothing has to be "supernatural". Our perception is limited, but as we have invented more sensitive instruments for detecting the world/universe surrounding us, our scope broadens. If a thing exists, it is natural.

@carolwilliams7052 Год назад

@CavemanRob - - yep, same explanation for Extra Sensory Perception. For some folks, it is just plain and simple Sensory Perception, completely natural for them, not ESP. It's only "Extra" woo-woo for those unable to experience it.

@slevinchannel7589 Год назад

@@carolwilliams7052 What about the amazing Worker-Right Struggle that Affects ALL of us but Big-Think does not get Praise for their videos about it, but 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' do?

@carolwilliams7052 Год назад

@@slevinchannel7589 I can't follow your meaning - - if I'm perceiving you correctly, I'm speaking metaphysically and you're speaking earthly application. That's like trying to balance your checkbook with new math. Are you referring to Suzman, Horowitz, Kaku or ... ???

@doloreslehmann8628 Год назад

Exactly what I always say. "Supernatural" is just a chiffre for "not understood yet".

@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Год назад

That's what all athiests and thiests should realise.

@janechambers9980 Год назад

Although I was raised in the church, confirmed, Bible School, etc. I never believed that "everything happens for a reason", . I remember in college, a boyfriend said "You were meant for me", and I replied, "I thought you chose me". If someone says, for instance, my child survived for a reason, I am offended and question, "Did God condemn others to die?" Did they even thank the doctors? How insulting!

@KellyPedro Год назад

As in earthquakes. Church comes down, kills 40, ten little children among them. One boy survives, "thanks God, a miracle, a miracle".

@CastleKingside Год назад

Well... I was raised in the church. Sang tenor in the choir. My grandfather was a minister. Then I got older and started to believe more in rational, scientific explanations for everything. I eventually became an atheist. For a few years I felt this way. Then I had an experience on the 91 freeway one night and I changed my mind. I became agnostic after that. I stayed this way until I finally asked for forgiveness for all the damage I had done to others throughout my life. So then I accepted the gift of Mercy through Jesus Christ. I wasn't there and I don't even know if it happened. But I believe that the story itself is beautiful. It has helped me become a better person. Whatever happens when we die, I don't know. I just believe that it's gonna be great. Whoever is reading this... Thank you. I love you. May you be blessed. Peace.

@JohnComeOnMan Год назад

I prefer we attempt to overcome our shortcomings rather than coddle them.

@thstroyur Год назад

Materialistic dogma has been a centuries-old staple in the West - so I'm afraid we won't be overcoming it anytime soon...

@Alexandra_Wolf Год назад

*IT IS a way of overcoming*. Just because it’s not the way you deem fit doesn’t mean it’s not healthy. It often has nothing to do with shortcomings. Let’s say someone loses their 4 year old, instead of remaining bitter and angry for the rest of our lives we lean on the idea that there must be a reason/a silver lining. Otherwise it’s much too unfathomable and horrible, the idea that we live in a world where that happens. And we hope that it’s a once in a lifetime type of pain, rather than something that happens often to anyone. So we say “everything happens for a reason” perhaps a parent thinking deep down the next time they are pregnant they will give birth to a child with the same soul and that it will be the right time and that the last time perhaps wasn’t the right time, etc. a billion explanations. But it’s got nothing to do with coddling. Some things in life have ZERO ways to “overcome” the type of pain associated with the event. But we can hope that even without knowing the reason there must have been something that didn’t align. Otherwise most people will remain pretty broken, angry, and bitter. Even with therapy. It’s a way of letting go of negative emotions and processing. IT IS A WAY OF OVERCOMING.

@JohnComeOnMan Год назад

@@Alexandra_Wolf I prefer we find ways to cope with emotional distress other than wishful thinking and fantasy.

@Soapandwater6 Год назад

@@JohnComeOnMan Stoicism helps.

@whatsapp824 Год назад

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@tschorsch Год назад

Most religions do not encourage any creativity in their "supernatural" beliefs. The most creative search for meaning is done by not making simple dogmatic assumptions like religions do. In fact, religions discourage exploration of meaning. When in the clutches of a religion, you substitute creative understanding with the already prepared happy meal. Choosing the supernatural is the least creative search for meaning, it is the god(s) of the gaps shortcut.

@sonkeschmidt2027 Год назад

Which makes sense. Exploration is always risky, if you are limited in resources you don't take those risks and stick with what you know. And the middle ages weren't exactly abundant in resources.

@anjali253 Год назад

Some events happened in my life that i couldnt control and i wouldnt even wish those upon my worst enemies, i just think to myself - "things just happen"

@dustinstorey6779 Год назад

Having or creating meaning in life doesn’t require any kind of supernatural thinking. I think supernatural is really just a term used when people don’t want to think things all the way through and realize what we actually know about our existence is far more incredible than any story that’s ever been told. The incredibly immense nature of the world and much more so the universe is is mind numbing and therefore anything we do on top of just the chance of having life is much more meaningful than if some silly god did this to entertain himself.

@joansparky4439 Год назад

you sure 'mind numbing' is the correct description there? I'd expected 'mind blowing'... _curiously asking, as English isn't my native tongue._

@dustinstorey6779 Год назад

@@joansparky4439 true, I thought about that for a second as I typed it but just ran with it. Sometimes when you’re mind gets blown there is a bit of a numbing effect afterwards, lol but you are correct!

@joansparky4439 Год назад

@@dustinstorey6779 OK, but then I have another perspective for you.. what is the meaning of life or our existence? I don't know any or see any.. sobering/disillusioning is what I call that mind-set ;-) I also think the relative joy-low after the joy-high of recognizing the incredibility-ness of nature must be caused by that dopamine shot you get when you recognize something fro the first time.

@dustinstorey6779 Год назад

@@joansparky4439 first of all, I have no idea!! I’ve never been the type to necessarily look for meaning and that is usually fine for me but I’ve had times that I felt there is no meaning let my hat get me down. Honestly I don’t know that there is meaning but I usually find that pretty comforting… The last thing I would want to do is create some false reason we are here and try convince anyone they should believe me or think the same. Going back to my original comment, if we are here by chance, from some mixing of energy and chemistry, eventually single cell organisms, fungus and algae slowly farming rock into dirt. As the atmosphere goes back and forth with the introduction of oxygen, just one of many gases, turning the entire planet red from rusting everything. Plants and animals slowly get their start along with mushrooms and water and land and long, long story short… here we are in 2022 having a discussion on technology that may eventually replace us. I mean I don’t know about meaning but holy shit it’s pretty incredible and worthy of enjoyment whenever possible!

@joansparky4439 Год назад

@@dustinstorey6779 'incredible' is the right word! All the best.

@Berlynic Год назад

My spiritual/supernatural thinking inclinations went away when I read a bunch of books on development and childhood trauma, childhood abuse, attachment theory, attunement, internal emotional regulation of absence thereof, emotional maturity, magical thinking, emotional incest, coping mechanisms we create as little kids in order to deal with parental abuse or neglect. I wanted to believe in something when I didn't know, now, as I know, that wish to believe in something supernatural just vanished. Its like looking at it from above. Supernatural/magical thinking more often than not is harmful. Sometimes it can be useful for a little abused kid, but in adulthood it's more harmful and limiting than helpful, however mild it could be. I have always been an atheist. Yet that didn't prevent me from wanting something spiritual. Until I got seriously educated about what creates a human personality, and how our earliest relationship with our primacy care giver and our earliest environment makes us who we are, creates our deepest beliefs about ourselves and the world around us and our relation to it. Subconscious doesn't seem to me supernatural anymore. Actually, supernatural thinking for me stood in the way of connecting the dots of my childhood experiences and adult life, choices and decision making processes. Supernatural thinking was something that kept me in the dark in terms of understanding what kind of therapy I needed and why etc. Now, as it's gone, I could chose proper therapeutic approach, find appropriate therapist, becomes assertive and not fall victim to charlatans.

@SecretEyeSpot Год назад

Looks like Big Think has lost it. Why would existential mindfulness require terms like "spiritual" when there's no such thing as spirits, or "supernatural" when all things that happen in nature have a natural cause. I could agree with him if he was stating that the need for general abstraction is fundamental to our humanity, which is arguably where spirituality comes from. However insisting that there is a good purpose to believing ideas without evidence is harmful

@ryansergas2776 Год назад

Well put

@1guitar12 Год назад

Another way of saying it is you can live life too literally, and that’s boring as hell (pun intended). Spiritual things also can be intangible things such as emotions and most definitely real. The next time someone cuts you off and you give ‘em the finger, your collective spirit got pissed. If you don’t believe that you’re a spirit in a physical body…you’re confined to the laws of physics where hope is merely a calculation. Again, pocket protector boring. Bet you’re a blast at parties, eh?

@RTL2L Год назад

Exactly! It was an awful message. So, yes, our mind is naturally seeking for an explanation of what is happening around. But it doesn't mean we, as a culture, should play along with it. Kids believe in faeries and Santa, but it's not a healthy thing when a grown up still believes faerie will come and help solve problems. The more rational people are on this planet, the better.

@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Год назад

@@RTL2L “the more rational people are the better” rationality is subjective. Formal logic is something objective and is more like math. And by formal logic, the most “logical” thing to do is to be an agnostic. Being athiest or thiest would mean you're mentally challenged.

@sujimtangerines Год назад

(Long comment, might edit or reply after completing video) I paused after :30 Because I vehemently disagree with the assertion that with science, "what we have is all we have." The very nature and definition of science means questioning, testing, searching, learning. Striving to answer & understand the whys & hows feeds my curiosity. The thought of some ever unknowable, unseeable Being tinkering with the universe, with our lives, gives me extreme anxiety; it does not bring solace or relief. I've never understood Magical Thinking, so I spent my teenage & early adult years seeking to understand, believing I was broken somehow for not having this faith in the supernatural existence of a creator. And I tried. I tried so hard, even stepping away from the dominant religion of where I grew up & I searched in most of the other Christian denominations. I've read the Bible & Apocrypha, and I've also read an English translation of the Koran. I took classes in Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, & Sufism, Sikhism & Shintoism. I just couldn't make myself believe. But the science? That made sense. That was concrete, provable. What we don't know, what science is searching for answers to, explanations of, is what I find astounding. And if I might hijack a word, miraculous. I don't need to be constrained by arbitrary rules, to be bribed by a spiritual reward or extorted into acting in my own or societies best interest. But again, I still seek to understand why others do, even if I know I'll likely not ever completely comprehend. So I might be back after watching to add more.

@terrillmel Год назад

I just went to "The Music Man" play today. I was bothered by the overall plot, but I realized it represented reality well. To summarize, an entire town decides that the con man that tricked them, sold them a lie and took their money, was actually a good thing, because the lie he sold them made them happy.

@joshuataylor3550 Год назад

The loss of power to pursue meaning is probably my best definition of depression.

@Icedcoffee03 Год назад

I understand what Clay was saying about how we tend to stick to supernatural thinking even if we aren't religious. I was never religious growing up so I was always atheist and stayed that way after some curious research into major religions but even as an atheist of religion, I would still say I have spiritual thoughts and choose not to deny interest in spiritual thoughts or beliefs because I don't even think we can completely lose those thoughts or beliefs, only deny we have those thoughts or beliefs. I personally like spirituality more than religion because it doesn't interfere with reality, it's just life philosophy. For example, I use meditation as a practice to help increase focus, relieve stress, and find a time to reflect and think about the future, and even though I'm not a Buddhist, just deeply respect the teachings in Buddhism, I still use it because it's been scientifically proven to improve/strengthen the brain and it helps me connect myself to everything around me in a spiritual sense and that's nice. So my spirituality is absorbing great wisdom from spiritual teachings like Buddhism, philosophers like Marcus Aurelius, scientists like Carl Sagan, and intellectual thinkers like Noam Chomsky, to help me become a deep thinker and have a connection to everything around me by accepting knowledge and philosophy regardless of the delivery system. Kinda like a Intellectual and a hippie combined into one I guess 😂

@ziffulmyer Год назад

magical thinking ...yeah, that's what we need more of.

@DavidLee-ge3nx Год назад

In fact it is. Where do you think the U.S. constitution came from? Atheistic reasoning? Go to North Korea if you want that.

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@ziffulmyer Год назад

@@DavidLee-ge3nx "As the Government of the United States...is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion" - _United States Treaty with Tripoli, Article 11, 1797_ - This article was ratified (signed, approved) by the congress and the senate.

@fretnesbutke3233 Год назад

This is all very important to me. We humans may have needed to evolve a buffer to our novel powers of reason. I believe we disregard science and logic at our own peril,however we are much more than science and logic. "Faith is as necessary to human beings as food and water", Tamim Ansary, "Destiny Disrupted";"The heart has reasons which reason cannot know " - Blaise Pascal

@syedsuhail4736 Год назад

When you can't figure out how something happens and when you fail because of your own mistakes, you call it “Everything happens for a reason” because you don't have guts to take the responsibility of failure

@TheRealTomWendel Год назад

Something that in our nature wants to hope for meaning. Sometimes that works- for example, in exploration of provable hypotheses. Sometimes it doesn’t. It helps to develop a reasonable level of skepticism.

@mrpearson1230 Год назад

Science isn't just "We have what we have" it's we don't know what we have which is why we test ideas, retest them and compare them to data others may have on that idea. Nothing is absolute is Science!

@promisingnotes8597 Год назад

The supernatural gives a sense of *_meaning_* to those who lean to it for answers. I myself used to believe everything happens for a reason but I no longer cling to it. Life is _unpredictable_ and not _fair_ . *PLAIN* & *SIMPLE*

@slevinchannel7589 Год назад

What about the amazing Worker-Right Struggle that Affects ALL of us but Big-Think does not get Praise for their videos about it, but 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' do?

@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Год назад

Life is predictable. And even changeable. You'll need a child's brain to understand this. Yes it's not fair though. Some people have head start.

@promisingnotes8597 Год назад

@@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 It's unpredictable. You can guess what you want in the next 5 years but you can't predict every event that will come across your way there. You can never be sure whether you're going die in a car accident or not. You can never predict whether you're going to have a blessed marriage or not. Like a fish that is caught in a fisherman's net, people are caught in surprising and unpredictable circumstances.

@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Год назад

@@promisingnotes8597 I didn't meant prediction in that sense. But we can assume it's probability. Like you obviously can decide what you'll be in next 10 years. You can reduce your chances of dying by staying coutious.

@promisingnotes8597 Год назад

@@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 👍🏾

@janehughart9290 Год назад

I dislike organized religion for being anti-intellectual and generally forcing people to behave in unnatural and anti-social ways but I think all religions do have some level of moral truth to them. Doesn’t mean I follow any, rather I simply find inspiration from them and from that inspiration, I find meaning.

@CarolLynnWilliams Год назад

Quantum physics goes a long way in pointing to more than just the "Here and Now" - - IOW, the metaphysical. What feels right to me is that there is an Eternal non-physical, and some energy chooses to express into physical from time to time, without ever fully leaving the non-physical (a concurrent existence, if you will). And those expressions are what we are right now. BTW, ALL animal life, not just humanoid.

@dimbulb23 Год назад

Well, isn't that interesting. You should write that up and don't forget to show your math. I mean you got that quantum physics stuff in there and everything. jhopy=hc,,,,,, NOOO... stay away from me. I won't say quantum again,... not the jacket again... I'll take my pills.... it wasnt me... it wuz a lady on youtube.... i'll take m pillss... it waz her....

@jewishmcloin1933 Год назад

We are drops of the ocean flying through the air experiencing the view of the whole ocean for a while eventually returning back into the ocean. but question is what splashed it?

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@CarolLynnWilliams Год назад

@@jewishmcloin1933 "IF" there is some mechanism of control, a controller, "WITHIN" the body - - then who/what controls the controller "FROM WITHOUT" the body ??? If a tree falls in the forest with no one to hear, does it make a sound ??? When we create our own reality, is it primordial soup behind us, where we're not looking - - and what happens if we hold up a mirror to look behind ??? Is it OUR CREATED REALITY that we see in the mirror ??? Like all good science, even if some choose to call it pseudo-science, the asking doesn't always bring forth a solution, but often leads to better questions... 😁😂

@CarolLynnWilliams Год назад

@@dimbulb23 This one doesn't contain the word quantum, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." (Shakespeare, in Hamlet) OOOOOO, that may put a knot in your girdle. Take It Easy (The Eagles) !!! 😂

@umvemnyama Год назад

Let's normalize understanding that people can have hope, connection etc without supernatural beliefs.

@xiscanicolas6009 Год назад

Easier said: magical thinking is the way we use imagination to modify our inner state indirectly, because we cannot do it with direct influence from our will and head. Actually, breathing is the only autonomous phenomenon that can be controlled directly, thus why it's so widely used to modify for example our heart beats and our emotions.

@sonkeschmidt2027 Год назад

Which is why breathing is the key. It connects the power of magical thinking with your autonomous functions and this quite literally turns you into god. That's a big statement but where literal and metaphorical unite, there simply aren't any limitations left.

@henro140995 Год назад

And goosebumps :3

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@xiscanicolas6009 Год назад

@@sonkeschmidt2027 breathing is the key if we pay attention to it and to the chain effect in the body.

@timmarshall4881 Год назад

I entirely agree and we are more than what is rational and provable. Love and peace. Tim

@scottconlon5124 Год назад

Outstanding good work. Keep the faith ❣️

@paulitolee Год назад

I feel that this serious need of searching for meanings and reasons for everything is a recent thing, say since 300 years or so, when we pulled ourselves away from the daily influence of the nature’s meaningless and impermanence view of the reality and I also guess that things got worst with these illusions of discipline, efficiency and productivity from the way we live today plus the fact that we now live way longer and have more time to reflect about everything.

@freespirit-111 Год назад

I concur

@brunomoralescoronado4961 Год назад

Absolutely fascinating.

@Vineeth..v Год назад

Well said, I always like to see stufff like this., general view, not tagged to some tradition or religion. But still keep our hope high for better, and keep pushing ourself from inside and logical when we think about it.

@maxd3028 Год назад

The religious and spiritual feelings are escape ways from the daily stresses and it's great within this context (a relief) as long as it's defined as so (escape ways)

@richardgrabert8248 Год назад

I would definitely like to hear more from Mr Routledge.

@slevinchannel7589 Год назад

What about the amazing Worker-Right Struggle that Affects ALL of us but Big-Think does not get Praise for their videos about it, but 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' do?

@VerucaPumpkin Год назад

I'd like to hear more from this person on this topic.

@OmniphonProductions Год назад

Teleological Thinking (AKA: Assumption of Agency) can be explained by Evolutionary Biology/Psychology. The person who assumes the rustling in the grass is a dangerous predator is more likely to survive than the person who assumes it's just the wind, so the genetic predisposition that favors such psychology is favored by Evolution. (Numerous studies have indicated that Psychological predisposition is actually far more subject to genetic influence that previously addressed in Nature/Nurture discussions.) Anyway, inasmuch as Teleological Thinking helped to protect our ancient ancestors from being eaten, the supernatural extrapolation of such thought helps people to be less afraid of their inevitable demise. Rather than the fear of being killed, it promotes belief in some condition (Heaven, Nirvana, Reincarnation, God(s), etc.) that _protects_ us from dying, even if only in a metaphysical sense. It's a fascinating concept to explore logically, which is ironic because...by nature...supernatural beliefs are innately _illogical._ As mentioned in the video, there's Rational thought, and there's Intuitive thought. Unfortunately, by definition, everything that is not Rational is _NOT RATIONAL!_ Having said that, I definitely understand how the Heart can _drive_ the Head to deeper contemplation...and ideally action...with regard to existential issues. For example, anyone who wants their kids to grow up in a better world than the one they grew up in must _first_ imagine things like _having_ kids who _have_ a future. (That's not necessarily an unscientific thing to contemplate; billions of years of astrophysics and millions of years of biology indicate that the existence of children and the future itself are highly probable.) Moreover, the way we define a _better world_ is often influenced by our _emotional_ response to _this one._ Whatever that response may be, it can be the beginning of a process by which we figure out _why_ we respond how we do and _how_ to adjust conditions to promote a _positive_ (or _more_ positive) response. Such a process can _also_ reveal _whether_ our response to a given situation is appropriate and/or whether our preconceptions _about_ the situation are actually inaccurate. To bring things back around, supernatural beliefs...particularly with regard to the assumption of _intent_ on the part of god(s) who may or may not observe, care, or intercede on behalf of _their_ great, cosmic plans...have unfortunately generated historically _bad_ decisions on the part of individuals, communities, and governments with regard to the well-being of people who exist _now,_ let alone those who will exist in the future. This is largely because they favor their _presumptions,_ often to the explicit _exclusion_ of evidence and logic, in the drafting of _laws_ that have a direct impact on current and _future_ conditions, _believing_ they are doing the right thing in a _supernatural_ view of existence, while willfully disregarding any _demonstrably adverse_ affects on...well...children (and adults...and other beings) who are unquestionably alive _now._ Supernatural beliefs are...well...natural within human psychology, but _natural_ isn't necessarily the same as _good._ (See: Logical Fallacy; Argument from Nature).

@brownell.landrum Год назад

I literally "wrote the book" on things happening for a reason (called Five Reasons Why Bad Things Happen.) Here's a tip: people who believe things happen for a reason are much happier than those who don't. (Check out Albert Bandura's work for confirmation).

@asdfcal Год назад

I remember when this channel used to promote science.

@bukowski4320 Год назад

Everything happens for a reason, people who lived in a developed country would questioning this with their so called rational brain, not until they realize that there are those underprivileged kids in poverty countries such as Africa or conflict countries in the middle east. They're the one who supposedly questioning this, "if everything happens for a reason, then what was the reason?"

@writerconsidered Год назад

We need to believe in the insane in order to cope with an insane reality.

@nandhiniilamaran6213 Год назад

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@AthenaNKnight Год назад

The human spirit is amazing. But we definitely dont have a magical soul.

@Entropic_Alloy Год назад

Supernatural thinking is a coping mechanism for people not realizing that the universe is chaotic and does not care about what you want. Believing in mumbo jumbo does not make you a "well-rounded" human, it makes you susceptible to other bullshit that people will spew at you when times get hard for you.

@thstroyur Год назад

Great argument - so much so, I can just flip it over: "Anti-supernatural thinking is a coping mechanism for people not realizing that the universe is orderly and has a rational design behind it." You can bark at me for that quip, of course; what you can't do is prove the "mumbo jumbo" false, beyond merely asserting it is.

@DavidLee-ge3nx Год назад

You think like a typical fifteen year old. You are not particularly smart. Don't forget it.

@tntblast500 Год назад

@@thstroyur The problem isn't that we can't prove your mumbo jumbo is false, but rather you can't prove your mumbo jumbo is true. If you believe something until it can be proven false, it means you can literally believe anything without good reason to. And it results in people latching onto unfalsifiable claims that have no grounding in reality.

@thstroyur Год назад

@@tntblast500 "The problem isn't that we can't prove your mumbo jumbo is false" This is patently false, since your very use of the word "mumbo jumbo" in a pejorative manner signals that you yourself believe it to be false. It's a clever trick of the New Atheists: it allows them to rhetorically downplay the position of their opponents, without actually having to undergo the hard intellectual work of defending their own position - which in their defense is metaphysical nonsense, anyway - just some mumbo jumbo they cling to as their 'get-away-from-Christianity/religion-in-general-free card'. Such sophistry hath the world not seen since ancient Greece... Oh, and it's rich that you bellyache about "claims that have no grounding in reality", since that's exactly what the word "God" means: _that which grounds reality_ - so according to your own crappy metaphysics, since nothing grounds reality, even if theistic claims were ungrounded in reality (which they aren't - as much as your Dunning-Kruger case tells you otherwise), that'd be OK, really - since not even reality itself is (again according to you, 'the brights'...)

@invox9490 Год назад

I think this comes form our human brain always looking for "patterns" ence when we identify one we try to apply it somewhere else and call it "purpose": this happened because of that. Despite everything (like Bias) it has helped us a lot in our evolution and scientific endeavours.

@joshy2joshy Год назад

I like to say "Everything that happens can be given a reason"

@andrew_blank Год назад

I haven’t figured out where to draw that line yet, and scaling back some of the self-centered thinking such as “the sun exists to keep _me_ warm” is probably healthy, but at some point the potential realization that nature (ourselves included) has no regard for your existence can lead to a dark place… and I don’t just want useful fictions to comfort me until I die

@sm28222 Год назад

"Philosophy should have nothing in common with logic. Philosophy is an art that aims at breaking the logical continuity of argument and bringing man out on the shoreless sea of imagination, the fantastic tides where everything is equally possible and impossible." - Lev Shestov

@ziffulmyer Год назад

I would agree with that statement in many situations...but not all. For example, "ethics" - _'What is the ethical thing to do in this-or-that situation?'_ This falls under the _philosophy_ umbrella, and it's how we often decide on rules, laws, or practices... or just good behavior towards our neighbors. Still, other than a few exceptions, I SO agree with the sentiment of that quote.

@mingonmongo1 Год назад

'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.' -- C.G. Jung

@mosin9105 Год назад

Thanks

@mathrodite Год назад

Everything does happen for a reason. It's called cause and effect.

@elusive9240 Год назад

Rekt

@Soapandwater6 Год назад

And that's all it is.

@kariannecrysler640 Год назад

A true and immensely important aspect of the human condition ❤❤❤ Science would have never come so far had people not imagined the endless possibilities this universe contains. So think big! Just remember not to tread too heavily upon other’s method’s & idea’s. No one can tell you what you know to be true is wrong & you shouldn’t do so either. Share your thoughts, beliefs, idea’s. Listen to other’s thoughts, beliefs, idea’s. You may be surprised by the common ground you find when using this approach.

@ryansergas2776 Год назад

I think I've got to disagree with you there. Religious thinking has repeatedly halted scientific progress throughout human history. Also, the notion that no one can tell you that you're wrong about objective reality is a dangerous one. If ideas don't comport with reality, we shouldn't respect those ideas. But we should respect the person. I do agree that we should make a stronger effort to be empathetic when arguing with opposition

@1guitar12 Год назад

@@ryansergas2776 You do know that believing science is responsible for everything is a religion too right? By the way, you also know that universities were primarily started by the Catholic Church during the reformation, right? Then expanded into the sciences from logical curiosity of the physical environments.

@kariannecrysler640 Год назад

It has shown throughout history that the most horrendous treatment of humans is through the vice of religious beliefs. For and against. Either side guided by blind conviction has had tragic consequences. But to point out flaws is easy. To find acceptable solutions that do not compromise core beliefs is a delicate & complex thing. We all have blind spot’s in our perceptions of the world. Remembering this fact about ourselves is not easy, but remembering that about others is easier to accept. I personally do not have absolute’s. I have 99.9%’s .. that way if new information is found I can adjust accordingly without feeling a fool. It also makes living with conflicting ideas from other’s acceptable. Because there is a .1% chance I am mistaken.

@1guitar12 Год назад

@@kariannecrysler640 The great thing about chance is that it’s not even proven to absolute to .1% I agree with most of your logical approach to human behaviors throughout time, but it’s also where you set and focus the microscope. On a broader view, there’s definitely a war between good and evil in turns of humanity. Religion has been a tool in the toolbox for either solace or malice, because of its power in its connection. Greed of course is truly responsible regardless within religion or not. Hitler is a prime example, just as the Crusades were. Evil is everywhere, yet so is good… those are the real choices regardless if it’s dressed in religion, yoga Mother Earth or bloody sacrifices.

@kariannecrysler640 Год назад

@@1guitar12 absolutely. I find it fascinating that society, before gold is found in grave goods, seem to be more balanced socially than after. You can watch these change with the progression of time. You can also see it in the text’s from history under the scrutiny of historical info as a whole. I have a passion for first century & before world archaeology. I also love learning about the creation and evolution of religious & esoteric writings.😊

@syedmuhammad9557 Год назад

Good presentation, however problems arise, when you use violence to impose your beliefs on others, or when you try to punish people for their sins according to your beliefs.

@emiliaanton6897 Год назад

The saying "everything happens for a reason" is the signal that we should use our reasoning for everything that happens, everywhere, all the time in order to not become alienated from reason. "Everything happens for a reason" is like schizophrenia. Reason for everything that happens is like mysticism. Instead of drowning in the collective conscious you swim in it with awareness. Not to swim in it with awareness become hypnosis. Eyes wide shut. The hanged man with a mask that covers trauma instead of using empathy (understanding) from which stems mercy and not sacrifice. Easy.

@curiouscynic4357 Год назад

I am not religious at present but certainly believe everything has a reason. Every action be it in mind or body leads to some outcome. The biggest mystery that decides your life to a huge extent is where you are born , when you are born and which community you are born. NONE of this are a matter of choice just as first few years of your life where you exercise little control. Now that would be an interesting to figure out the reason for that event! Some swallow dime religious aspects which I found rather manipulative or stunting. After this phase of life which is most critical, the rest of the life is almost driven by prejudices, beliefs that drives how we use what we have been given without our choice. True that some inspirational actions makes you wonder if some invisible forces are in charge. Certainly organised religion imposes too much conditioning and prejudices which is an additional baggage over what has already been fed during first few years. A mind, to fully harness its potentisl, has to attempt to reduce this baggage. It can be liberating experience. Lastly love and compassion needs NO religion.

@jeanettecook1088 Год назад

Interesting video! There's also a great book that touches on this subject, that explains the biology of the origins of religion, called The Illusion of God's Presence, by Dr John C Wathey. There are basically two roots of religion: the neo-natal and the social. This book was amazing. As a former child victim of religious indoctrination, it was also liberating. Thanks for a good video. 👏

@slevinchannel7589 Год назад

What about the amazing Worker-Right Struggle that Affects ALL of us but Big-Think does not get Praise for their videos about it, but 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' do?

@zacharydavis4398 Год назад

Speaks to so many perspective truths ❤️Real L💯 Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content

@FureueTuhinuker Год назад

Rather than using belief in the supernatural to bring meaning. I will much rather have awe at the wonders which this life provides. The questions of reality of our planet, our solar system, our oceans, our universe, provide me with enough eagerness to try and understand and learn that the supernatural is merely super-unnecessary.

@jonathandutra4831 Год назад

Just because cannot understand why "Everything happens for a reason" don't mean that everything don't happen for a reason. Our minds & perception is limited.

@davehendricks4824 Год назад

I prefer to live my life to the fullest and not waste time thinking about the meaning of it.

@Kayash_Kino Год назад

good critical views which improved my thought process.

@user-em6ie2be7x Год назад

I'm an Atheist, but sometimes it's OK to indulge in the unknown if it excites you a little bit. But I wouldn't invest my entire life into things you can't explain with Logic & Reason, since that's the same as Religion (An invisible product), which is basically putting your blind Faith into something you don't have to explain, you just have to....Believe. 🙄

@mdtalha6070 Год назад

Life without purpose and going into oblivion after death doesn't make sense!!

@loc4725 Год назад

@@mdtalha6070 Why not?

@thstroyur Год назад

Even if you tried to be respectful (kudos to you if you did), your post is still clichéd secular condescension, and caricaturing. Your basic premise is that religion is illogical/irrational, and based on blind faith - I reject such a premise, based on nothing but assertion; if anything, atheism is blind faith in something one doesn't properly understand, or want to. Merely defining God in clear terms already reveals as much.

@loc4725 Год назад

@@thstroyur Interesting reply. Atheism tends to be based on what we observe and can proveably deduce from those observations. And we can see that from the fruits of such endeavours. Bridges tend not to fall down, cars start and run every day and we've even put people on the moon. As for your second point, care to give some examples of religion being *concretely* correct and not just assertation?

@mdtalha6070 Год назад

@@loc4725 Humans will be left in the last only an option which is "belief". The only difference between an atheist belief and a religious person is that athiest believe in origin of everything from "Nothing" and religious person believe in origin from "The Eternal Being".

@madararam2853 Год назад

Great one! Less an agent but more to being an innovator of meaningful art language!

@whatsapp824 Год назад

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@NewLife-qj9mx 7 месяцев назад

Can someone please give me a clear definition of the word 'existential'? Im seriously confused - the standard definition is 'of or related to being'

@pakkans Год назад

Superb🔥✌

@-o-6100 Год назад

It's very hard psychologically to live and accept the notion that there is no higher purpose, that we are born, live for a moment then we die and cease to exist forever. It's depressing for most people and they seek comfort in belief systems that promotes platitudes such as "everything happens for a reason" and "there is a higher purpose" mainly as a coping mechanism rather than a literal depiction of a universal or absolute truth (as most if not all religions tend to portray their teachings as). Most people nowadays don't take their beliefs that literally anyways and I reckon most are embarrassed by the very thought of committing themselves to that extent. But the promise of something better to expect is very comforting, I'll admit that.That's why as a non-believer, I don't think a world without religion will be better off or even an orderly place. People put up with a lot and most of them stay in line because of the promise of "a better place", if they behave themselves in this life of course. It may be a very cynical view, but it's the only one that makes sense when justifying why people believe in these things

@JKDVIPER Год назад

0:47 At some point... each and every single idea or technology we’ve created was dreamt up by someone.🤛💥💯super natural is all around us

@tschorsch Год назад

It's not supernatural, it all part of our nature.

@dustinstorey6779 Год назад

Definitely not supernatural but super natural as in outstanding or fantastic natural is all around us!

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@MrkaoPL Год назад

@@tschorsch It is in our nature to look beyond only the rational. Rational thought is only half of the human experience my friend.

@MarkoProximo Год назад

Most, if not all, of technological achievements stem from human laziness, desperation with repetitive tasks and physical limitations, also with the instinctive need to spread our genetic material as far and wide as possible… We want things fast and easy, nothing supernatural about it.

@fpalisse Год назад

This is a physicalist perspective on meaning making. This is one idea of many. I no longer prescribe to this idea. Consciousness is fundamental. That expands many other ideas on meaning.

@markhaunert5029 Год назад

Go where facts and critical thinking go. Period.

@idonotlikethismusic Год назад

02:48 Yoga and meditation ARE intrinsically and necessarily spiritual if you look at their origins and practice them traditionally. They've just been watered down and diluted in the modern world so that people don't automatically associate them with spirituality.

@PsychApe Год назад

Love this perspective to our seemingly innate drive in thinking/believeing in the supernatural! It saddens me to see so many others (especially those in academia) flat-out rejecting any benefits we may receive from this form of thought/belief, and of the potential merit they may carry in their underlying truths. I'm currently doing a PhD in comparative & evolutionary psychology, and sorry for being nitpicky and based af here, but me and my damn ego just want add that I disagree with the claims about which aspects of humans are truly unique to us (especially with introspection & mental time travel). While these are internal psychological states that are currently impossible to truly understand, the limited evidence that I'm aware of (along with my own experiences) suggest to me that these are shared either with a few or many other species (I specifically study the evolution of human language from potentially shared systems observed in other great apes, like chimpanzees, which display a range of behaviours that seem to demonstrate these abilities). I'm still open to other perspectives, but currently my thoughts generally align with the idea that our uniquely human abilities lean more heavily to the 'degree' these traits are prevalent within us over our specific evolved ability to their 'kind', but of our potentially unique 'kinds' I think are the most important to our success as a species are our incredible reliance on social learning and our ability of lanaguge. These abilities seem to me to lay at the core to our incredible cumulative culture we benefit from now by allowing us to communicative a seemingly infinite range of information and to flexibly alter our innate biological predispositions/behaviours. Of course I believe these as they're my field of study, but as this is something I think about a lot, I just thought it might be nice to add that the question of what is 'uniquely human' is still widely contested and, IMO, far from being truly understood. Sorry for the rant about such a specific aspect to the video, but I really do love and appreciate this research so much. This perspective seems to be vitally important in our neverending search of truth for ourselves and the larger universe around us, so while it might be frustrating for so many people who are firmly rooted in rejecting these seemingly 'supernatural' claims in favour of a specific view of the scientific process, allowing ourselves to even just entertain these thoughts will inevitably help much of our research. Thanks so much for sharing!

@Wysedroid Год назад

"underlying truths" - well that's just it right? They aren't truths at all. Plus, the benefits are clear- basically, a type of 'peace of mind' (which is actually quite HUGE in hard times). Sometimes I wish I would believe in the supernatural, but deep down it's obvious I'm just lying to myself to make myself feel better.

@prestonbacchus4204 Год назад

Isn't that a standard pillar of science and reason, that things happen for a reason?

@RTL2L Год назад

The most sad thing is that this man is a psychologists, so I may assume he is giving some of his clients this temporary solution in form of "hope" and "faith", instead of really working out their troubles.

@darylsmith5930 Год назад

"Why Big Think is trying to keep everyone pacified and nullified from exploring their own sense of spirituality in every recent video"

@phills6732 Год назад

"Head" vs "Heart" seems to be what is referred to in "The Law of One" as "Love/Wisdom" Great video!

@christheghostwriter Год назад

Just because we're wired to ascribe irrational explanations to events we don't understand doesn't mean it's healthy or should be encouraged

@lunahri4173 Год назад

It cant be argued that spirituality, especially religion, seem native to humans, almost like its required. The question thats much more interesting to me is: why? And i have come to the conclusion that there are many reasons, all stemming from one thing: primitive thinking. No one human has all the knowledge, we build this tower of knowledge brick by brick. Some know more than others, many dont contribute at all etc. So of course, individually, not too much will change about it. Not soon anyway. Cleary some of those primitive reasons why religions keep popping into existence and continue being quite popular are things like the fear or being alone, of our existence not mattering outside of the meaning we give it ourselves, fear of death, immense ego cause 'humans have to be a special species in the universe, right?`. Some might be more reasonable than others. None of them should have much weight in today's society, however. Since all these topics are rooted deeply, in the emotions of everyone creating the escape called spirituality questioning, arguing, disagreeing with those made-up answers can have catastrophic outcomes. Such as genocides, separation of people, families, friends, etc. While i agree, innately one can argue humans tend (very heavily) to believe in supernatural things the benefits like a feeling of community with like-minded people, peace because you created your answer to those open-ended questions are 1. not real and/or made up. since your answers have no basis, no way to be tested/proven, they have no substance, no meaning, no worth. If one decides to live a lie so be it. But thats once again extremely primitive thinking. Same goes for the communities around those man-made concepts. There are so many things to connect over, why make up religions and other excuses to feel belonging? 2. they do not outweigh the downsides by any means.

@sonkeschmidt2027 Год назад

The more time we spent expanding our dream state into our waking state the more we needed a structure to govern this dreamstate that started to take over our lives. Because it isn't governed by the same rules our waking state is governed. A cat doesn't fantasize about food. It gets hungry and it eats. If it does find food it starves and eventually it dies. Humans can day dream about where more food could be found, how to get it, how to treat stuff so that it becomes food, how to keep it edible etc. This consumes massive energy. And much that we come up with could be potentially utterly useless as it does not adhere to the same rules as our physical world. So we daydream rules that we call culture, law and religion so that we limit the dreams and keep them closer to reality. Eventually we figured out how to dream and test the rules that govern reality and developed science and increased the efficiency of our dreams even more. In the next phase we will marry science and religion and then recieve new expansions that we couldn't dream of before.

@terrillmel Год назад

It would be difficult to make meaningful art and music without breaking rational rules. After removing myself from religion, I tried to fix every problem with my rational mind. Eventually I felt cornered. I knew I could never find solace without giving away to some level of spiritual thinking. Mostly because I struggled to connect with humans around me. It was tough to agree to, but I now go to a less dogmatic church just to be around people who find love and inspiration and something supernatural. I don't think on anything taught there. I told myself that what I put faith in matters very little, it's just the practice of faith that has the benefit.

@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Год назад

Sometimes instincts work better than thinking. The “rational thinking” in mind isnt rational but is simply thinking. Which is clogged with ego, bias, trauma, emotions, experience etc. Instincts are work of pure sub concious mind. Idk if it's from another world or simply mathematics going in your brain. But it does come

@terrillmel Год назад

@@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 yeah. Where I live though, people think your intuition is God speaking to you. And if we were to rely on my group of people the world would look like the dark ages. It sounds harsh, but people fear science so badly here and want to believe they are God's chosen people. So I'm in the 90% rational 10% intuition at most boat

@sigmachadtrillioniare6372 Год назад

@@terrillmel believing in god is good. But we shouldn't be over dependent. We should rely on the intuition no matter where it's origin comes from.

@Raj0520 Год назад

Great

@ceciliasanchez9500 Год назад

Think about dead leads me to my great propose in life. I'm on my way.

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@Juliana-rv1tk Год назад

Humans can be very social and build community connections without religion. Religion only separates us from reality.

@Soapandwater6 Год назад

Yes! No supernatural being necessary.

@juandelacruz1021 Год назад

I don't negate the teleology of the "supernatural" but I just don't think that it's the way for our species to move forward. We must conquer our limitations by being proactive, slowly, even if it takes time. We must understand how certain phenomena occur or perhaps its historiography, for us to have a grasp of the "actual." I must say that the "supernatural" is often exploited by the lazy, bounded to be the "last man" as I relate it to Nietszche.

@michaelbindner9883 Год назад

Carl Jung and Myers-Briggs have some thoughts in this. We are all Intuitive, Thinking, Moral/Emotional and Sensory.

@johnshields6852 Год назад

I know one thing, our world has other mechanisms working that are beyond our eyes ability to see them, wether it's fate, karma, or any other plain, realms, dimensions, something is going on around us all the time. 🙏

@TheMidnightBandit Год назад

Hopefully we will evolve in an intelligent direction, and not rely on make believe.

@gin1740 Год назад

everything starts from human imagination and goes from there.......

@mikehess4494 Год назад

My Authority is the emotional wave. Human Design.

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@davevallee7945 Год назад

The situations that he describes as alternatives to rational thinking, which allow us to imagine, and be creative, aren't. Our actions, and beliefs don't have to strictly conform to specific criteria to be rational. In the same vein, acts that aren't purely in our self-interest don't represent a way of thinking that elevates us beyond rational thought. It is a matter of shades, not black and white.

@FinalCurse Год назад

because we have been taught to believe there is no such thing. however deep down we know

@tschorsch Год назад

That's an illusion.

@whatsapp824 Год назад

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@bleirdo_dude Год назад

People say it through the power of the Holy Dopamine Ghost via Placebo Faith.

@A_few_words Год назад

Psychological comfort. Too afraid to face the truth, that as far as we can tell, there is no fundamental purpose or meaning. That's wy we believe. Cause we are scared. Face it. Grow up. Make your own meaning. It's all up to you.

@mackie172 Год назад

Imagine if we didn’t try to assign meaning to things! We (and I think this goes for a lot of living things) try to accurately find explanations for everything we encounter - consciously or not - to our best ability. From why the billiard balls went where they did - to why the world exists. It is simply a much better survival strategy to ask “why”, sometimes even when there is zero guarantees for a certain answer. Humans may be the creatures that in general gets the least punishment (and most reward) for seeking explanations for things that may not seem directly relevant for immediate survival (there are those of us that have time to waste, going down rabbit holes), and as a result evolving to be curious about ‘mysterious’ things.

@samirfitnessforgoodlife2012 Год назад

Very informing vidéo really like it

@ouimetco Год назад

Believers always bring up “hope” when Speaking of religion or “god” ideals. Hope was the final evil released in the story of Pandora’s box. It, in my opinion, allows irrational thought and unreasonable thinking to flourish.

@thekingmeruem Год назад

but why would anyone want to live if there is no hope ?

@ouimetco Год назад

@@thekingmeruem through action and meaning. Reasoned thought and care and concern for others. And most importantly action. Hope is something which allows a person to cease acting and just wait. Hoping for a better tomorrow. In my opinion.

@gigisonishvili7146 Год назад

@@ouimetco Hope doesn't stop people acting, what a nonsense is that, when you act you have to have a hope that something good is gonna come out of it, there is no action before hope, if you are hopeless in anything you do that is what will stop you acting.

@JavohirKh Год назад

Well, when scientists said that humans can't fly, some random guys did it anyways, and the only thing they had was hope.

@gigisonishvili7146 Год назад

@@JavohirKh Being overly rational is also not so good for your health, it might lead you down to the very nihilistic and suicidal paths.

@eu29lex16 Год назад

Cuz it does happen for a reason, it's painfully obvious and damn circular in reality.

@selfelements8037 Год назад

2:03, 3:42 Perhaps what people get from religion, I get from art.

@alliemw Год назад

Thank you for that explanation. It's not about santa clause, or magic spells or the way supernatural makes it sound. It's about hope and faith, the human spirit and our capacity for evil AND our capacity for good. We have free will to choose between the two but faith is what sustains us. Pride is an awful thing when it causes us to believe we don't need anyone else. And we judge others when they fall short to avoid facing our own shortcomings.

@tr7b410 Год назад

Ever see the movie ;Sphere.?The premise is that the subconscious mind,s thoughts become your reality is pretty spot on with regards to our incarnations. Indeed in the new series;The Ghost Inside my Child,actual testimonials from children in the west remembering their past lives and beyond,the subconscious minds memories come to the surface in a very real way. As we continue to evole the barrier between the unconscious & superconscious becomes thinner allowing one to enter samadhi more easily.See Ramana Maharshi Be as You Are Chapter 12 Experience and Samadhi.

@emmettobrian1874 Год назад

I hear so many people that are a-religious but still say "everything happens for a reason" or express a belief in ghosts. I don't get why someone that rejects religion would even entertain that there's a design to their lives. Maybe you could say it in a metaphorical way and still have it make some sense, but they're not using it that way. They really believe there's something that shapes their lives and that the spirits of dead people hang around. These are people that have been to university, they have degrees. I can only imagine that they haven't really considered their own ideas and the implications.