Human Potential - Waking Life excerpt

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"There are two kinds of sufferers in this world: those who suffer from a lack of life and those who suffer from an overabundance of life. I've always found myself in the second category. When you come to think of it, almost all human behavior and activity is not essentially any different from animal behavior. The most advanced technologies and craftsmanship bring us, at best, up to the super-chimpanzee level. Actually, the gap between, say, Plato or Nietzsche and the average human is greater than the gap between that chimpanzee and the average human. The realm of the real spirit, the true artist, the saint, the philosopher, is rarely achieved.
Why so few? Why is world history and evolution not stories of progress but rather this endless and futile addition of zeroes. No greater values have developed. Hell, the Greeks 3,000 years ago were just as advanced as we are. So what are these barriers that keep people from reaching anywhere near
their real potential? The answer to that can be found in another question, and that's this: Which is the most universal human characteristic - fear or laziness?"

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This scene shares ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

This scene shares many parallels with Nietzsche, which is why it is perhaps the best scene in the movie.
Overcoming, evolution, will to power. The Greeks were a much higher culture than the one we live in today. They affirmed life and gave an eternal Yes-saying. We are living in an age of nihilism, herd morality, and superfluous narcotic anxiety. Get of your asses people and grab life by the bal
ls!

Haha, you clearly ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

Haha, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Okay, how about ... ( 8 months ago by bodhidarma1)

Okay, how about instead of dismissing an idea by debasing the debater you actually counter his argument. Because you sound like a cretin and there is no specificity in your argument. It's a Bill O'reilly-esque pinhead write-off.
Read up on Neitschze's life. It won't take much digging to find that he drove himself mad. Ichdue's argument was full of logical fallacies. I pointed them out. That's how you argue. Comment 2 is not as well developed (word limit) but the points are there.

I stand corrected. ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

I stand corrected. You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Nietzsche's "insanity" was due to untreated syphilis he obtained while serving in a war.
Make your points bodhidarma, buddhism is the most advanced from of nihilism there is. Your Nirvana/Emptiness is just a sugarcoated term that means death. You suffer from reality, from desires, from your ego, from your thoughts. But you are getting out of it, good for you. But not everybody suf
fers from life.

I also find it ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

I also find it funny that you criticize the other individual for being too assumptive yet you go right off saying how Nietzsche lived an unhappy life. How the fuck would you know? What I like about Nietzsche with his concepts is it relatively easy to weed out who understands them and who doesn't. Case in point.

1) Neitzsche ... ( 8 months ago by bodhidarma1)

1) Neitzsche revered Buddhism. 2)Why do you assume that I am a buddhist? 3) The syphyllisis theory is disputable. 4) Biographers have noted that he was an unhappy man. One introduction noted something like "there was a great disparity between the heroic image of Friedrich his sister produced in her photos and the man himself." And then through various personal accounts the biographer details how Neitzsche was an abject person. so get up off your ass and grab your balls or something.

and then squeeze ... ( 8 months ago by bodhidarma1)

and then squeeze them so hard that reproduction is no longer an option. That would increase human potential.

1)Nietzsche revered ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

1)Nietzsche revered Buddhism as far as decadence religions went. They actually did something about their suffering as opposed to others who assume going to Church and praying will make the world better. "If life had no meaning and if I had to choose nonsense, then to me too this would be the worthiest nonsense I could choose."

2) It was an ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

2) It was an assumption, but your name IS bodhidarma1 3) He was sick his entire life. Attributing his mental illness to his writings is ridiculous.4) There are dozens of biographies, analyses, and criticisms that don't agree with each other. I think it is brilliant that a man who suffered from blistering headaches, blindness, bowel pains his entire life would still end up turning toward life and loving it in all of its glory. Half of his canon is spent on overcoming nihilism.

Oh, and fuck you. ... ( 8 months ago by drinsanity13)

Oh, and fuck you. All of your critcisms of Nietzsche are based on some "biographer" which you have failed to mention. There is also a dinstinction between Nietzsche and his writings, as subtle as it may be. I'll give you credit though, your little insult at the end was pretty funny. Buddhism = nihilism, remember that.

The biographer is ... ( 8 months ago by bodhidarma1)

The biographer is not a fabricated construction. I find your viewpoints interesting, the argument became more tolerable once you started debating. I agree that my claim regarding the causes of his insanity are controversial, but I wouldn't call them ridiculous. My claim was too strong though. It should have been presented as a mere conjecture. Buddhism and eastern religions, to me, are methods of exploring consciousness. I don't buy it all. Glad you liked the joke. I say, sir, you win. 7-3

Where is this bar? ... ( 7 months ago by JasonDEBO)

Where is this bar? I'd say laziness - fear seems to motivate.

Yes, but if the win ... ( 6 months ago by superchristian102)

Yes, but if the win was through wit and maturity, you'd win by default.

JASONDEBO: Hi. ... ( 6 months ago by Satori1800)

JASONDEBO: Hi. Money motivates, YOU STUPID FUCK!!!
God bless you & yours:)
thanks for great video:)

well, thats a ... ( 5 months ago by OMFGITSSHAUNIE)

well, thats a little pompous satori.I think the human condition, flawed though it may be, comes down to more that just money. fear is a swell motivator. for example. "oh gosh, im almost thirty. if i dont get married i'll nver have kids!" or "i gotta lose this wait or people will look at me bleehhh!" and so on. watching an intellectual movie doesn't make you smart. "hi, i know something, EVERY ONE ELSE IS A POOPDICKFAG!@!".... is not how self proclaimed pillars of intellect talk. blah

I found the ... ( 4 months ago by realicee)

I found the philosophers stone, and 2012 will help anyone that wants to do the same! Don't believe your goverments! Take back your freedom and your dreams! Remember - you get your dreams for free! :)

haha. what will you ... ( 3 months ago by christophergian)

haha. what will you do? make some gold?

Fear is also the ... ( 3 months ago by poderosocosme)

Fear is also the early source of hatred. There is healthy, rational fear, but there is also irrational fear that leads to genocide and fundamentalism. I believe the answer to the question is that fear and laziness are both debilitating to human potential, but debating which one is more universal a characteristic is pointless and semantic.

ohhh yeah! finally ... ( 2 months ago by JupiterIsland91)

ohhh yeah! finally someone said that..

The question isn't ... ( 2 months ago by poderosocosme)

The question isn't a question.

Sounds like ... ( 2 months ago by whitenightf3)

Sounds like something out of the book of Marx and it is bollocks. The Oligarchs want to exploit the people so they play the Lazy card in the attempt to make you feel guilty. So what do you do. Because you are deeply asleep you go and work your but off, serve the system and make the Rich Richer. Stick two fingers up and in the words of Leary Tune in and Drop out people.

well said my friend! ( 1 month ago by Sabbathfan09)

well said my friend!

Watch on, and it ... ( 1 month ago by derevolutionary)

Watch on, and it talks about guilt, the aspect of it. What you have said, in and of itself is another form of guilt. Guilt for feeling guilty. This is nothing of Marxist Theory. This is of human connection and a free existance. To finally continue with the evolution. It has been long enough.

there is no ... ( 5 days ago by yeShoHer)

there is no potential in an eternal instance

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