Why Minimalism Supports Manifestation (And Why Materialism Deters It) - FULLY EXPLAINED — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hi guys. Welcome back. I want to talk
2. 0:04about something that I feel is super
3. 0:06important and that benefits everybody
4. 0:10and most importantly you.
5. 0:13I'm going to be talking about how
6. 0:15materialism can actually deter
7. 0:17manifestation.
8. 0:19Why living a more minimalist,
9. 0:22resourceful, and frugal lifestyle
10. 0:25actually supports manifestation.
11. 0:28Even though this might sound contrary to
12. 0:31what a lot of people are trying to do is
13. 0:32manifest physical objects, material
14. 0:35objects into this world. I'm going to be
15. 0:38talking about why this specifically
16. 0:41accelerates your manifestation
17. 0:44through living more frugally and
18. 0:46minimally
19. 0:47while also
20. 0:49learning how to detach from the material
21. 0:51world and material items in general.
22. 0:54So, to begin with, this is a
23. 0:55conversation I had not only with myself,
24. 0:58but I've had this conversation with a
25. 1:00lot of other people recently.
26. 1:03Us humans are not primed
27. 1:07to be domesticated to the level that we
28. 1:10have become today.
29. 1:12Humans
30. 1:14are a species that are driven to create
31. 1:19and thrive in societies.
32. 1:23And I am in no means saying that we
33. 1:26should all revert back to a primal
34. 1:28state. What am I
35. 1:30What I am saying is that
36. 1:32the human race has expanded at such a
37. 1:36rapid rate that we are not able to keep
38. 1:38up with it.
39. 1:40Maybe you're not from a part of the
40. 1:41world that has developed at this rate
41. 1:44and maybe you're still
42. 1:46within a more primal state. A lot of us
43. 1:50are indoors under fluorescent lights, on
44. 1:53screens 8 to 12 hours a day.
45. 1:55We are not designed for that. Humans are
46. 1:58wired for connection.
47. 2:00We are wired for relationships
48. 2:04and
49. 2:06interconnectedness with ourselves and
50. 2:09the world as a whole. What I'm saying
51. 2:12here is that modern life in today's
52. 2:15world, if you are living in
53. 2:18a more advanced society on this planet,
54. 2:23we have been distracted by screens.
55. 2:26We have been distracted by food, music,
56. 2:29TV,
57. 2:30even, unfortunately enough, pornography.
58. 2:33A lot of us are distracted by these
59. 2:35things and it strips us of our human
60. 2:38nature. When we don't have gaps of time
61. 2:40to sit alone with ourselves and really
62. 2:42reflect on life, our purpose, and the
63. 2:46greater meaning of
64. 2:48what it means to be here on Earth and
65. 2:51what it means to be human,
66. 2:53we
67. 2:55don't have a sense of wholeness when
68. 2:58we're distracted by so many things. I
69. 3:00think because so many of us are
70. 3:02desensitized to
71. 3:04having grand lives, having access to so
72. 3:09much food,
73. 3:11entertainment, stimulation, we really
74. 3:13forget what it's like to be human.
75. 3:15We really forget what it's like to show
76. 3:16gratitude
77. 3:18and step into our human nature. Now,
78. 3:20when I talk about manifestation
79. 3:22specifically,
80. 3:25we manifest
81. 3:27from the end state. And I think
82. 3:29something that deters the end state is
83. 3:32an occupation
84. 3:34with
85. 3:36indulgence. I think it is an occupation
86. 3:39with
87. 3:41insecurity. I think it is an occupation
88. 3:44with the lack of connectedness to our
89. 3:46human nature.
90. 3:48One thing I think has really helped when
91. 3:50it comes to connecting with human nature
92. 3:52is
93. 3:53if you haven't picked up on this
94. 3:55intuitively already, I think it's having
95. 3:57alone time
96. 3:58and sitting with the self. This is
97. 4:00something I greatly stressed in the
98. 4:03first video I uploaded on YouTube, which
99. 4:04is how to quit maladaptive daydreaming.
100. 4:06You could also apply this concept to
101. 4:08stopping negative thoughts and
102. 4:10maladaptive day daydreaming itself.
103. 4:12When you sit alone with yourself, you
104. 4:14allow time
105. 4:16for yourself to really take apart your
106. 4:18thoughts and analyze
107. 4:21all the inner conflicts that you might
108. 4:23have, the trauma you might have if you
109. 4:27have trauma in your life.
110. 4:28And it allows you to figure out who you
111. 4:30are as a person, what drives you, and
112. 4:33what you believe your purpose is. I
113. 4:35greatly believe that if you cannot spend
114. 4:3810 minutes alone with yourself in
115. 4:40silence, you have some sort of inner
116. 4:43conflict to resolve. The resolution to
117. 4:46this looks as simple as sitting alone
118. 4:48with yourself.
119. 4:49It looks like journaling, and it looks
120. 4:51like giving yourself permission to
121. 4:54discover your inner world. I want to go
122. 4:57beyond the individual aspect of this,
123. 5:00but I feel like because humans are wired
124. 5:02to crave connection,
125. 5:04reaching out to others is also so
126. 5:06important because the material world is
127. 5:09shallow.
128. 5:10Material things do not last forever.
129. 5:14Material items are temporary, and they
130. 5:16will never bring us permanent happiness
131. 5:19no matter how much money you might have,
132. 5:22no matter how nice of a car you might
133. 5:24have, no matter how much of whatever you
134. 5:27might have, it's never truly going to
135. 5:29make you happy. It might make you feel
136. 5:31happy in the moment when you first
137. 5:33receive it, but you will be desensitized
138. 5:35to it at some point. Relationships on
139. 5:38the other hand, they have a serious
140. 5:41chemical effect on our brains.
141. 5:43Relationships happen at a chemical
142. 5:45level.
143. 5:47Humans bond through oxytocin and
144. 5:50serotonin, which are the feel-good
145. 5:51hormones when we bond, when
146. 5:54mothers have a newborn, when people are
147. 5:57intimate together, we actually release
148. 5:59oxytocin, which is again the bonding
149. 6:02hormone.
150. 6:04And this is biologically, scientifically
151. 6:07proven to make us happy. Relationships
152. 6:09Relationships
153. 6:11are truly what makes us happy. So, I
154. 6:13believe the more meaningful
155. 6:16relationships we have versus just like
156. 6:18the number of friends we have because
157. 6:19there's an obvious quality over quantity
158. 6:23argument here. We really want to focus
159. 6:25on the quality of relationships over
160. 6:27having material items
161. 6:29in our lives because I feel like
162. 6:32there is a couple of societies where
163. 6:34we've seen serious mental health crisis
164. 6:37happen and they've been in societies
165. 6:39that have developed at a rapid pace,
166. 6:43especially in regards to rapid
167. 6:47industrial development and an emphasis
168. 6:51on individualism. I don't believe in
169. 6:56buying big cars, shopping for fancy
170. 6:58clothes. Of course, it's nice to treat
171. 7:00myself every once in a while, but I
172. 7:01don't feel like this is a necessity
173. 7:03because
174. 7:05I wasn't really exposed to most societal
175. 7:07norms that most people were when they
176. 7:10grew up. And this I feel like led to my
177. 7:15advantage of not being a materialist,
178. 7:17but also had some big drawbacks because
179. 7:20I didn't have social skills growing up,
180. 7:21but that's for another video. I bought a
181. 7:24lot of stuff that I didn't need. I often
182. 7:25bought things out of impulse. I shopped
183. 7:28out of impulse a lot in my teenage
184. 7:29years. I bought a lot of stuff that I
185. 7:32didn't really need.
186. 7:33And there was just this clutter around
187. 7:37me that was energetically draining. My
188. 7:39room was a mess. I didn't want to clean
189. 7:41up.
190. 7:42And there were so many things that I was
191. 7:43preoccupied with, that I was distracted
192. 7:45with, and I didn't give myself room to
193. 7:47realize
194. 7:49how much of a miracle it is that we even
195. 7:52just have water running, that we have
196. 7:54access to food, and we have access to
197. 7:56health care. Beyond my own perspective,
198. 7:58I talked with my father about this, and
199. 8:00my father and I have a lot in common,
200. 8:02but we also have very different
201. 8:04experiences in life, and we have very
202. 8:06different personalities, and we do have
203. 8:08some differing opinions, but he has
204. 8:10adopted a more minimalist lifestyle, and
205. 8:13he's he has recently given himself more
206. 8:16time to think about things, I think. And
207. 8:19I've noticed a big shift in his
208. 8:21personality, and he's like
209. 8:24I can just tell he's like a lot more
210. 8:25spiritually inclined.
211. 8:28And this goes for friends, long-time
212. 8:31friends that I've had. There's one
213. 8:32friend in particular that I have,
214. 8:35and she often struggled with material
215. 8:38things, and
216. 8:40she got out of a situation where she was
217. 8:42like
218. 8:43challenged with material items in her
219. 8:45life, and she started focusing on
220. 8:48clearing her mind,
221. 8:50and working on her relationships with
222. 8:52the people whom she was closest with. I
223. 8:55feel like
224. 8:56being that we're able to work physically
225. 9:00together,
226. 9:01and just understand that we both have
227. 9:03this shared experience of battling
228. 9:08materialism,
229. 9:10and clearing it from our identities, and
230. 9:13focusing on relationships, experiences,
231. 9:16and true desires, desires that we want
232. 9:19from the heart, I feel like has just
233. 9:20elevated us, and it's made us so much
234. 9:22more grateful for the things that are
235. 9:24truly around us. I know a lot of you are
236. 9:27probably going to argue against this.
237. 9:29Again, I want to emphasize I am not
238. 9:32against individualism, and I know
239. 9:36this topic does revolve around
240. 9:38capitalism and consumerism and
241. 9:40materialism. I think to a degree
242. 9:43capitalism is healthy and it supports a
243. 9:46growing economy. I am not against it. I
244. 9:49think there is a need for balance
245. 9:51between capitalism and a care for the
246. 9:55social collective.
247. 9:57I think balance is everything. I truly
248. 9:59believe moderation is everything. So, if
249. 10:02you're watching this and you have a
250. 10:03differing opinion, I am just wanting to
251. 10:05let you know that I don't I am not on
252. 10:08one side. I'm very moderate about this.
253. 10:12What I want
254. 10:14to preach in this video is that
255. 10:16you are so much more than your material
256. 10:18belongings.
257. 10:20And that you can acquire what you want
258. 10:22most in life when you learn to detach
259. 10:25from those belongings. When you
260. 10:27physically declutter your space and
261. 10:29realize that you have quiet in your mind
262. 10:33that you can tune into to learn what you
263. 10:35really want in life.
264. 10:37Thus, you will have more mental clarity
265. 10:40to begin embodying that desire and allow
266. 10:43for it to manifest and bloom into
267. 10:45reality.
268. 10:47Thank you guys if you stayed until the
269. 10:48end of this video. I definitely did not
270. 10:50structure this video at all being that
271. 10:52it was just a topic I really wanted to
272. 10:54talk about. I appreciate your time and
273. 10:56patience here. If you want to see it
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277. 11:05future. And until next time, I'll see
278. 11:07you guys.
279. 11:09Bye.