The Meaning of Life

This week I wanted to talk about meaning. It's a question that I've been struggling with for a while, and I'm coming to some conclusions but it's a really big, overwhelming question. What is the meaning of life? Does anyone really know? Can we break free from our conditioning to consider other perspectives, truly?

[SolavaPlays]

My ex girlfriend once told me “the point of life is not to find yourself. The point of life is to create yourself” I still think about to this day (3yrs Ago)

[nonchalantgarage]

From reading the Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, "People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”
Follow your bliss.

[samanthaadamski]

Woah. I seriously love how serious your videos are. Because I try to explain my friends many topics like the meaning of life and they just say I’m thinking too much. But you think about these topics and it makes me feel happy because I’m not the the only one thinking about these deep topics also. Thank you for making this video, I deeply appreciated ❤️

[billphill]

John fish seems like a character out of a John green book

[GIGUS_CHADUS]

Damn John you actually made me change my mind on that, as i used to think there was no point in doing anything as it wont matter, but i guess all i have to do is make the time that im on Earth worth while. thanks for opening my mind!

[hamstermrs]

Was sitting in class contemplating the meaning of life when I got the notification for this perfect timing

[jacemoore]

you are the most motivational speaker on youtube by far! people look at your stuff constantly for motivation and that's why your so succesfull.

[LoveCrazyCandy]

This video really resonates with me. I struggled a lot to find a reason to do things, to live, i felt powerless, we are so small, there are so many things we don't know. So why living if it doesn't matter?
And one day i realised that maybe being a small human in this enormous universe IS enough. Just like maybe the sun is enough, an atom is enough, a quark is enough.
I have no idea why we are here, but i know that, at least, in my brain, we ARE here, we exist, and maybe that's a good enough reason to live and try to make the best out of it, in our brains.


Idk if this makes sense, i don't know how to put my thoughts into the right words. Also being french doesn't help.

[ROCKSWOT]

To build & enjoy identity.
Think about your identity-goals: Dig deep into the power to choose context for your mind. That helps choosing and shaping identity! To increase ones own initiative to choose context to think about is a goal! Power of Initiative to make choices for quality of context for the mind leads to quality of identity. Consistent identity leads to quality of life! I hope everyone reading this can be inspired into ever evolving journey with ones own identity! Enjoy the ride!

[quirklx]

Thank you John. I’ve been searching for an answer like this for 19yrs. I always had panic attacks when I thought about this subject. I guess I just wasn’t able to give my self a clear answer like the one you’ve given me. I actually cried cause everything you said was music to my ears. My psychologists never gave me an answer like this. Thank you man I feel at peace now.

[hhhhhhahah]

In my view,  do not ask life what its meaning is. Why? Because you are constantly asked by life what is meaning is and how you choose to live is your individual answer.

Great video by the way!

[guitarpiano]

This personally helped me a lot. I spent time too much overthinking about the meaning of life and passion and stuff which led me almost to anxiety but hearing this from a person i idolize made me happy

[youtubebydoug]

I always feel like John's to smart for youtube

[pablowest]

I love you man, you inspire me to lead a life of academic excellence while striving for a good mental health. Thank you, it means a lot and your content is AMAZING!!! Your a great and special person, keep it up man. You inspire people

[Doxographophobe]

You’ll always leave a trace on earth, each of your action will still have had an influence till the end of universe. Then you have to find purposes, goals and act in their direction. Finding them is the hardest but once you do, nothing will stop you from acting. A good purpose is to be happy on long-term or help others to do so, goals will help you to do so.

[rousila]

I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. This is something that recently came up to me as I was extremely troubled by finding the answers what comes after death to or being okay with living in the fear of dying. This video, although does not completely answer this fear, resonates in so many ways and was able to bring me peace. Again, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.

[ArlinMoore]

Sup Johnny boy. I like when you engage with authors of books and bring in your own original perspective. Maybe it would be cool to do a book review series. It would bring interesting new ideas to your audience and allow you to engage in a conversation with modern (or past) thought leaders also asking deep questions. I'd watch regularly!

[gavintoohey]

Thank you for your channel. Struggling with school and work can sometimes make me feel alone and lost. Watching your videos gives me hope in my struggles. In my opinion, what gives my life joy is to know that I matter to others and that others matter to me. Have a great day.

[snowdropx]

I am going to take the SAT tomorrow and I am watching this. WORTH İT!

[haleymadison]

I've been thinking about this topic alot recently as a close friend died and it has made me very aware of how little life we have left. It might also be that I am close to graduating highschool and am afraid of what to do with the rest of my life. But one thing stood out to me in this video the quote "the meaning of life is to find the meaning of life" is very powerful and makes me some how believe that you have to find your own meaning in life and it's up to you if you find it. I think thats a very beautiful and empowering thing to think about.