I find it interesting to see how our perspective on life changes based on how you count it. Think about the ways that we count our span of life. So of course, the most obvious way is by years. So, you know, we’ve all learned that OK, what’s an average life? You know, if you […]

It seems like one powerful way to bring out the feeling of meaning in our lives, and to really build it into everyday life, is to find ways to connect meaning into physical space. Now this is just the beginning of a huge topic, but I feel there’s so much potential in this area. Think

In an earlier video I talked about the dangers of spiritual escapism, that in the world of spiritual things, we can really believe whatever we want, and there’s no test of physical reality that can disprove and say “No, your spiritual belief is wrong”, or “Yes, your spiritual belief is right”. Because we can believe

Another way of looking at what meaning is all about is simply through one word: why? Why are you doing this? Why is this the thing? Why is what’s going on going on? why? This is a question that can really answer what is the meaning of what I’m doing. This is something that can

Sometimes I think the things I talk about are just too simple and obvious, because these are very basic things. I mean, what is meaningful life? I mean, it really can be very simple. There’s no kind of complicated answer to it. And I was asked the question: what does meaningful life even mean? What

One thing that taking a break really helped me to see is how we can really look at what we’re doing on different zoom levels. So imagine being very zoomed out, and you’re looking at the full picture. And the biggest level, I would say, would be your whole life. You’re looking at your entire

Another way to look at this whole balance of working, taking a break, of this active vs passive energy, is to think of it like being some kind of a material. Are you going to be too brittle or too soft? So somewhere the correct mix of hard and soft gets you the best result.

As part of my simple realization that “Wow, I need a break”, I also felt this kind of change in my energy that I didn’t even notice until after the change how much I had been in a certain state. It’s this feeling of being very active, applying the will, projecting into the universe, deciding

In my last video, you can see me trying to make this argument that I just have to avoid taking a break at all costs, but finally, I just felt this need for a break was building up and building up, and for about three days in a row, I would start to go into

So today I had a hit of some kind of fatigue, mental fatigue, flagging morale, some kind of a hit where I just felt like I was tired of doing this work that I’ve been doing everyday. I just wanted a break. […] What does it mean to take a break? We all need to