When we stare into the abyss for long...

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Nietzsche said:

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”

What are your thoughts on this concept?

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Alex Mathers

Krakow, Poland, May 2021

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'Honestly, I wish I had access to these sorts of materials at school. I would have done much better. I shall be teaching my children these sorts of principles along with my faith.

The key take-away is that we can learn to watch ourselves without believing that what we think is ‘real’. This is a trip well-worth taking (and I took it myself) and my life is much more content as a result.

- Joshua Cartwright

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Underrated video, I needed this thanks.

CharlesAmericanus
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And when the abyss gazes into me, it becomes so frightened that it closes its chasm, and ceases to be.

AlFoucault
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Great vid as always! Love the illustration :)

xSpiiXeL
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This quote has confused me for so long because I can never seem to find a consistent explanation or definition for it. I know it has an important meaning and is deep but I just wish I knew exactly what is was talking about lol

pyroAdapt
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I was attacked by a narcissist’s gaslighting. And I felt that my perception is contaminated. I suffer extremely from being brainwashed and. not bring myself. I gazed at the abyss for about 7 month. I was like a monster! Now i am trying to do thing that manifests my personal identity.
I keep helping others. Hopefully, my day will return.

青雲浮遊
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Been enjoying your vids a lot recently, keep it up 🙂

alexb
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Thumbnail: if you stare at the abbyse it stabs back

MKG_
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It's an odd quote. It's the opposite of "ignorance is bliss"

CBT
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If you embrace the negative thoughts you start to dissect
Them. You learn it’s your abyss because you made it. You start questioning why this is my nightmare and my dark place. When you learn what made you think this way you can start to fix the things that started this. The abyss is a reflection of ourselves and what molded us. Getting lost in the abyss makes you see light from the darkness. Sometimes it results in good and other times you believe the darkness is light. You either become good or twisted evil that believes they are good. The quote is a warning, you might be the next David goggins or the next Stalin. Either way, both believe they found the light.

narcissisticcapitalist