Eternalised

Modern society has seen a massive spike in mental illness. Why could this be? We will be exploring the characteristics of modernity and associate it with the rise of mental illness. Modernity is associated by scientific and technological advancement, individualism and hedonism. The empowerment of the individual self is one of the most ramifying features of modernity. In The Myth of Mental Illness, Thomas Szasz suggests that many people who suffer from mental illness is due to the consequence of the attempt to confront and to tackle the problem of how to live. Modern man feels the weight of his freedom and responsibility to live his life, as Sartre asserts, we are “condemned to be free”. Kierkegaard says that one can get lost in the finite (becoming lost in the crowd) or in the infinite (a state of analysis-paralysis). Camus’s absurd person is one who has seen through the ridiculous repetitions of daily life (Sisyphean condemnation). When we do not have a “why” to satisfy our existence, we must search for alternatives or risk falling into an existential crisis. Nietzsche’s proclamation of the death of God engenders the most profound cultural, sociological and psychological repercussions, leaving many facing a crisis in discerning a meaning or purpose for their existence, leading to a sense of disorientation. Viktor Frankl tells us that we are living in an existential vacuum, the mass neurosis of modern times is the “unheard cry for meaning”. Modern man is in desperate need for the hero journey, described by Joseph Henderson. Carl Jung analyses the question: “What actually takes place inside the mentally ill?” Sebastian Junger tells us of he importance of a tribe which modern man lacks, and finally, Carl Jung describes the psychic dissociation in modern man. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction: Modern Society and Mental Illness (1:50) The Myth of Mental Illness (3:00) Modern Society: Freedom and Responsibility (5:14) Modern Society: Death of God (6:34) The Existential Vacuum (8:20) The Hero Journey (9:13) What Actually Takes Place Inside the Mentally Ill? (11:45) Modern Society: Lack of a Tribe (14:52) Modern Society: Psychic Dissociation

Friedrich Nietzsche provided the first detailed diagnosis of nihilism as a widespread phenomenon of Western culture and warns the world of its consequences, most famously in the parable of the madman where he proclaims that "God is dead".   Nietzsche was concerned primarily with existential nihilism, where life as a whole has no intrinsic meaning or value. He defines nihilism as the “radical repudiation of value, meaning, and desirability." In other words, nihilism consists in an inability to find value and meaning in the higher aspects of this life and world. It empties the world and purpose of human existence.    In order to overcome nihilism, Nietzsche proposes a “revaluation of all values”, through concepts such as the Übermensch, the Will to Power and the Eternal Recurrence, seeking to replace the old values with new ones that focus on life-affirmation, rather than some beyond. He tells us to remain faithful to the earth.   In this episode, we begin with an introduction to nihilism followed by three different manifestations of nihilism throughout Nietzsche’s works: nihilism as despair, nihilism as disorientation and nihilism as a lack of higher values. We then discuss the formal distinction he makes of nihilism in the will to power as active nihilism and passive nihilism. Finally, we consider nihilism in modern man, answer the question: Is Nietzsche a Nihilist? And end with how to overcome nihilism according to Nietzsche. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction: Nihilism (2:19) Nihilism as Despair (3:00) Nihilism as Disorientation (7:25) Ascetic Ideal as Nihilistic (8:30) Nihilism as Lack of Higher Values (13:25) Active Nihilism and Passive Nihilism (14:34) Nihilism and Modern Man (16:24) Is Nietzsche a Nihilist? (17:20) Overcoming Nihilism

The knight of faith is one of Kierkegaard’s most important concepts, which he discusses in Fear and Trembling under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio. He begins explaining the knight of faith through the story of Abraham and Isaac.    Although he has never found any knight of faith, he would not deny on that ground that they exist. He looks like any normal person, one detects nothing of the strangeness and superiority that marks him.   Before one can be a knight of faith, one must become a knight of infinite resignation, one who renounces that which he most loves in the world. The knight of faith makes the leap of faith and by virtue of the absurd, he renounces everything and regains everything, coming back to his original position through a double movement.   He compares both movements: the movement of infinite resignation and the movement of faith with the leap of a ballet dancer and gives the example through the story of a man in an impossible love with a princess.   The general message is that the notion of faith is so far cheapened that what is talked about is not properly called faith at all. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain

Carl Jung warns us against the dangers of the collective shadow (the unknown dark side of society) and urges us to develop our personal shadow (the unknown dark side of our personality) to be consciously aware of the collective shadow and not fall prey to it. We must acknowledge our personal shadow and enter into long and difficult negotiations with it through shadow work.   Allowing us to rescue the good qualities that lie dormant within us, which improves our lives and the lives of those around us. We can then face the collective shadow and take responsibility to address the denial of important issues and a lack of individual and collective initiative. Telling the truth is the most desirable way to deal with a difficult past, rather than dismissing the atrocities and having the shadow grow blacker until it can no grow no more, and thus history repeats itself. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Personal Shadow (5:40) Collective Shadow (10:42) Summary - Facing the Collective Shadow

Man cannot stand a meaningless life. What is the meaning of life? It is hard to think of a single proposition that can make your life meaningful in an instant. One can, however, orient oneself more meaningfully towards one’s goals. To find meaning is a dynamic process that constantly shapes yourself, immerses yourself in reality and has reality immersed in you.   A meaningful life can be defined according to a positive life regard, referring to an individual’s belief that he is fulfilling a life-framework or life-goal that provides him with a highly valued understanding of his life.   In this episode we explore several models to the development of a positive life regard, the problems of a meaningless life and dangers of nihilism, life affirmation and meaning as embedded in life and Viktor Frankl’s Will to Meaning. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: EternalisedP.O. Box 10.01128080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Man Cannot Stand a Meaningless Life (2:25) What is the Meaning of Life? (3:51) Development of Positive Life Regard (Meaningful Life) (14:02) A Meaningless Life: Dangers of Nihilism (16:29) Life-affirmation & Meaning as Embedded in Life (18:12) Viktor Frankl: Will to Meaning

What is the meaning of death? It is the unequivocal and permanent end of our existence. Most people unconsciously repress the idea of their death, as it is too horrifying a notion to think about.  Some are perhaps not so horrified of the idea of death, but rather the pain associated before one’s death, or the death of loved ones.  We live entirely unique lives with complete different experiences, but we all share one common fate: Death. This is what links all of us together. Death smiles at us all and all we can do is smile back.   In this episode we will analyse death philosophically and psychologically: if it is undesirable, if it is to be feared and the misconceptions around the notion of death. Starting with the terror of death with Becker’s The Denial of Death and how to confront one’s mortality with the Stoic Memento Mori and Nietzsche’s Free Death “dying at the right time”.   We’ll then discuss the Death of Socrates “the unexamined life is not worth living” and Carl Jung’s notions of Life and Death along with his near death experience. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction (0:35) Is Death Undesirable? (2:08) Should We Fear Death? (4:40) Ernest Becker: The Denial of Death (8:40) Stoicism: Memento Mori (10:00) Nietzsche: On Free Death (12:08) The Death of Socrates (14:06) Carl Jung: Life and Death

Life is a journey of self-realisation, of understanding and discovering who we truly are, and of maximising our potential. While this might be a life long journey, one can be closer or further from one's true self.  This video analyses self-realisation from a philosophical and psychological perspective.  Starting from the father of existentialism, Søren Kierkegaard, where we’ll discuss the self, despair and the leap of faith. Sigmund Freud as the father of psychoanalysis, Carl Rogers’ self-concept and Abraham Maslow’s self-actualisation.    We’ll then discuss some aspects of eastern philosophy and their notion of self (Buddhism, Taoism, Advaita Vedanta), concluding with Carl Jung’s analytical psychology and process of individuation. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction (0:15) Søren Kierkegaard: The Self (1:00) Søren Kierkegaard: Despair (4:10) Søren Kierkegaard: Leap of Faith (4:48) Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis (5:40) Carl Rogers: Self-Concept (7:11) Abraham Maslow: Self-Actualisation (7:40) Abraham Maslow: Hierarchy of Needs (8:40) Abraham Maslow: Self-transcendence (9:58) Eastern philosophy: Buddhism (10:50) Eastern philosophy: Taoism (11:22) Eastern philosophy: Advaita Vedanta (12:02) Carl Jung: The Self (13:30) Carl Jung: Individuation (15:38) Carl Jung: Shadow & Persona

What is the meaning of suffering? One of the problems of life is meaningless suffering. Life is pervaded by suffering, and this suffering must be meaningful. It is hard to deny that to live is to suffer, as long as we do not mean that to live is only to suffer.    One who cannot bear suffering and tries to avoid the unavoidable is bound to end up in existential despair and nihilism, death is just as welcome as there’s no purpose for living.   We'll explore how to tackle the problem of suffering ("why do I suffer?"), with the objective of finding a meaning to one's suffering. There are two ideals: to see suffering as a punishment (ascetic ideal) or to seeing it as something for human growth, flourishing and greatness. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain

In Either/Or, Kierkegaard dedicates a chapter on the problem of boredom and the difficulty of maintaining happiness, and proposes his solution for it through the aesthetic sphere of existence.   To explain how one avoids boredom, the aesthete’s worst enemy, he proposes “crop rotation” as an attempt at a theory of social prudence. It is a sort of science of seeking pleasures characteristic of the reflective aesthete, and not mindlessly doing it as an unreflective aesthete, such as the legend of Don Juan.    This method can be done extensively or intensively. The aesthete proposes the intensive cultivation of pleasure as the means to avoid boredom, achieve pleasure and subsequently, happiness. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction (0:45) Boredom (5:10) Crop Rotation: Extensive Cultivation (6:33) Crop Rotation: Intensive Cultivation (7:35) Remembering and Forgetting (10:33) Arbitrariness (13:00) Conclusion

Nietzsche recommends to spend some of our time in complete solitude. To reflect upon the inner voice that conditions our life which is the product of the common conscience of society.  Solitude is but a temporary matter. He also recommends to spend time with people who possess virtues of the love of life, these “higher men” allow for mental elevation. An individual who isolates himself without ever valuing external opinions will only have his conscience with himself and nobody to ever confront or challenge his views.   Solitude is thus not just a result of the contempt of the masses, but allows to forge a more profound longing for a community that allows one to explore the best version of oneself. Company is important, and if chosen well – can be mutually beneficial.   In this sense, solitude is compatible with life in community, but it is also necessary to retreat into complete solitude once in a while, in order to receive its fruits. ☕ Donate a coffee ⭐ Support on Patreon Send me anything you like to my mailing address: Eternalised P.O. Box 10.011 28080 Madrid, Spain