These Simple Words Can Change How You Think About The Past - Nietzsche

In this video, we look into a unique aspect of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy known as 'amor fati,' an idea that can help console and provide inner peace in life's most challenging moments and deepest regrets.

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[amethystt]

“Perhaps sometimes the only way to experience the beauty of things, is to think about things in a beautiful way”

[Johhn_]

"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you." By F. Nietzsche.

[dankeyote]

“to love a life that tries almost every moment to make you hate it and to still stare stare back at it and say yes, i love it. what’s scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten”

[DayVidsgaming]

4:10

Every decision you’ve made is the best and only decisions you could of made at the time.
With the information you had and the state of mind you were in.

[hunter]

"what's scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten"

[soldtobediers]

''How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday still in me.'' ~Leonard Cohen

[DemetriPanici]

*"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be." - Ken Venturi*

[guyinaroom]

4:03-4:26 probably the most impactful words I'll ever hear.

I recently lost my mindset, my sense of self, who I am. Rewatching this video has restored at least a small part of me. That's invaluable, thank you.

[davidrosset]

“What’s scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten?”

Truly epic.

[Σκιά-γι]

"Every decision you’ve made is the best and only decision you could’ve made at the time with the information you had and the state of mind you were in. And every condition of life that either these decisions led to or that are fundamental to life in general, you have no control over and cannot change"

I'm honestly impressed at this wordplay, you can't just describe something so clearly like this, specially a very mentally painful feeling that most people can't even explain.

[michaelshannon]

"If only I had..." is a prison sentence of the mind. I look back sometimes at missed opportunities, how youth is wasted on the young and I literally freeze in sheer shock at what might have been. I now see why some men grow quiet, sullen and live with a vacant stare.

[Hexnilium]

"Pain is weakness leaving the body." That's a phrase used by Navy Seals to endure their training and to grow stronger.
By uttering it, repeating it, embracing it, the mantra reframes conscious thought into embracing pain instead of avoiding it.

If you react to cold rain and try to avoid it, you'll feel anguish.
If you instead embrace the coldness as a wonderful expression of nature, it will become exhilarating.

The power is in the reframing, but you begin to become enlightened as this view of life's every moment from good to bad pervades your consciousness and you see the higher perspective of it all as miraculous, grand, divine in scale and scope.

It's akin to understanding how small you actually are in comparison to the size of the universe. Once you see it, you are momentarily enlightened. To revisit that thought over and over trains your mind towards a more persistent perspective.

When amor fati becomes your lens to which you have trained your mind to see everything through, then existence becomes less futile and instead full of wonderment in every facet.

[normantent]

The more I learn of Nietzsche I don't see a nihilist unless I don't understand nihilism properly I see Nietzsche as one of the most optimistic philosophers there is

[FormsInSpace]

"acceptance" is the key to a happy life.

[tim]

"Amor Fati"

This is the one quote that my mom showed me when I was struggling with my PTSD and Depression! It always stuck with me and it will always have a special place in my heart!

[randywa]

“To love a life that tries every moment to make you hate it, and to still stare back at it and to say, ‘yes I love it.’ What’s scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten.” — This quote was amazing. I’m keeping it

[rio]

Neitzche was born way ahead of his time.
I sometimes wish he was still there and see how he positively impacted many people's lives across the world.

[LauraHorrorshow]

“What scarier than an opponent who smiles while being beaten?”
This hit me right in the fati.

[thechancellor-]

To the *worthwhile person* seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.

[jenmdawg]

I’m in my 54th year. I had a deep love of philosophy to guide me well in my late teens and early adulthood and out of my criminal family. I was successful in ways that beat the odds and then I destroyed it with… regrets and anxiety and ambition and ultimately addiction.
It is very very difficult to forgive yourself when you’ve been conditioned to believe that material success and status are markers of a good life.
I returned to the Stoics a few years ago and this video made me realize I’d relegated Nietszche to the “edge lords” of my day (angry smart young men) but this message shines right on my central anguish of not being able to forgive myself.
My fiancé died last year suddenly but we had 8 great years together after our first week together when he said “to get the life you want, learn how to want the life you have”.
Yes.