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The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness | Fernando Pessoa

Pursuit of Wonder | April 20, 2024
The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness | Fernando Pessoa

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  1. @Ean_j

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    The video feels so eerie. The fact that his age is the time he was popular is a bit creepy. And the fact that he credits fictional characters to his works is a bit creepy. What does this man see?

  2. @tarekfouadabdelhalimsaoud1929

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    Guys I said this as a reply to a comment but you love to.act dramtic . If you want to understand what are you ask the one who created you . And if you don't know who created you search for him. Only the engineer who designed the phone can tell you why its created and every single detail And yes you are created you can search for videos you do not need my reply to find the answer. There is a reason people believe in religion and its not because they do not understand. Its because they know that taking a step is better than not moving and they found their own answers (whether it was right or wrong) you just have to make sure you make the right one

  3. @willikurtengels

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    Let´s love even these emotions of the video. Love the disorientation, love the fall, love the meaninglessness. Don´t hunt it ore extra wish to suffer and make a new philosophy out of it, just let it be there, if it comes. It is more seldom, as one imagines, when there is no resistance. If the right way to live is pointless and leads to death, we are free. All projections from others which judged us are unimportant, we are allowed, to see every moment as a fresh experience. We are not the person with a name ore character, as we have been told. We are only the senses, that observe.

  4. @Usser372

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    how old are you guys??
    Why are we so different? being too self aware is constantly making me loose people around me, why should we even have a job? why should we be successful? i see no reason when i think about existence. I think that giving birth is pointless.

  5. @bobkreme2175

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    I think that's a very pessimistic look on things. Nothing you ever do or think is unimportant. It will always matter to someone or something. The universe is connected throughout – every instance of energy is linked to each other. Even if you won't ever notice you are part of a collective human thinktank so to say. We learn by doing mistakes, so not even mistakes are unimportant. Our minds are just too small to understand it fully and our egos developed to be imense in order to survive.

  6. @Andaismyname

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    I had this kind of thought when I was 17-22 it was the most excruciating moment I've ever felt. and it doesn't help that I was still a teenage with massive ego. I only learn that it is called meta-cognitive when I was 22. but god damn those years are filled with confusion, anxiety, phantom burden that it stopped me moving and developed myself a social anxiety disorder.

  7. @anthonypaul8781

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    This past year has been a hell for me, i cant give account of anything, I'm always in my head, i over analyze everything which is very exhausting, its as if i totally forgot how to live, i no longer feel the need to be in a crowd, i no longer see its meaning, its affecting me in everyway and i don't know how to get out of it, I pray this is just another experience that i will get over🙏🏿.

  8. @tammyblessing2123

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    "The impossibility of understanding and communicating one's internal experiences while on this free fall lends itself to a lifetime of disquiet and disorientation" I feel so seen in this moment. I hope one day I will come across another deep thinker like myself so I will not feel so utterly alone even though I am surrounded by people.

  9. @kylekinkade9211

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    Im the bane of my own existence.
    It's physically painful to recognize your own existence. The emotional aspect of it only hardens the fact.
    Death seems evermore welcoming at this point.

  10. @Neon-jn3sp

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    Nobody understands suffering more than us who have deciphered the fractal nature of where we come from and where we go. Knowing is different than believing. To whoever reads this; I believe you when you decide to filter off the expressed inclination towards the conflagration of truth in all of its nature.
    To those who have yet to pierce the veil; Ask yourself this very important question: If you could reset the past, would you? If yes, you should consider the path towards enlightenment. If the answer is no, then for the sake of minimizing suffering I'd suggest that you only remember to be grateful. I sit with a coldness that resonates with the same frequency of a bored God. It's not always worth it to understand what we all are.

  11. @user-ct8jx2iz6u

    April 20, 2024 at 2:25 am

    Life may be nothingness to many, and yes it probably is all for nothing. but life is given to us as a special opportunity to witness the beauty of nature and life, and living and experiencing love and sadness, its all such a magical ride through the unknown and this life is only the beginning 🙂

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