to the ancient Greek Aristocrat danger and hardship were seen as good things even fear was a god they celebrated it was actually comfort and security that were seen as the true dangers where they tried to live up to the mighty myths of Heracles and odyusa through adversity we try to make life as comfortable as possible our modern value system has been completely reversed from that of classical times nature the 19th century philosopher saw this with astounding Clarity and tried to warn us away from The Temptations of an easy life yet many have fallen into this
trap if I gave you the option of an easy life full of comfort and pleasure or a hard life full of danger Beauty and meaning what would you choose one inevitably leads to shallow misery while the other makes the soul sing with vitality and growth I'm looking for someone to share in an [Music] adventure an adventure now I don't imagine anyone west of Bri would have much interest in Adventures nasty disturbing uncomfortable things make you're late for dinner imagine if bbo baggin or Frodo The Hobbit from Lord of the Ring never left the sh would
you want to read that story it would be boring as hell and yet that is the story most of us write for ourselves unconsciously we say we want a great life but aren't willing to pay the price for it whenever suffering or uncertainty arise we run from it or cower in pain when gets difficult we seek the easy path and tend to let fear dictate our paths rather than courage we want success without effort Adventures without Danger there is Limitless potential for greatness within each of us but most will never realize it because they live
for Comfort rather than Victory on the extreme end of humanity many people want robots and AI to do everything difficult for them they want pills for every discomfort and entertainment for every dull hour if the Som drug of the Brave New World was invented most would take the dehumanizing Bliss pill without a second thought no wonder n said Society has tamed the wolf into a dog and man is the most domesticated animal of all the Shih Tzu is a direct descendant of the gry wolf of China years of comfort and breeding for the weaker qualities
destroyed the very essence that made it a wolf wolves are Fierce self-reliant and Powerful creatures that could take down a thousand pound Caribou they fight and live Wild free and are connected to one another the Shih Tzu however is dependent on its Master rolling around in its baby carriage and fed consistent meals it has become a shadow of its former self its instincts and feelings are dimmed its bark and bite are nullified its Soul has been trimmed down to the faintest echo of the original wolf spirit that prowled the hills the Shih Tzu may be
cute but only the wolf is majestic unfortunately we more closely resemble a shih tzu than a wolf likee ancestors and we wonder why we are miserable while swiping away on screens in dark rooms eating frozen meals and shunning our Natural Instincts this is what the Greeks and Nicha warned against the cult of weakness nche foresaw this remarkable de Evolution and warned of the coming last man which we covered in the previous video the last man is akin to a shih tzu someone who lives a superficial life without aim or aspiration as a slave to their
weaker nature today we are talking about the antidote to the last man if you're watching this you're probably one of the Brave spirits who reject modernity and want to bring forth the highest version of yourself and culture in n's philosophy this aspiration is the prerequisite for greatness along with learning to live heroically and suffer well so much of my own life has been a desperate struggle through resistance hardship heartbreak and fear to bring forth the potential I feel inside along the way the lessons and stories of Heroes and Warrior philosophers from the past have inspired
me most n was one of those Inspirations he sought to elevate what makes man most healthy and spiritually alive and his heroic philosophy has been a sweet nectar through times of trouble he saw that the greatness within man could only be manifested through great aim self-overcoming and from acquiring ing a taste for suffering and danger this video is about the latter here in the first video in n's guide to Greatness we are diving into his advice for the free spirits of tomorrow and how suffering makes you beautiful thanks for joining wisdom Warriors I'm Christian hit
that Bell notification for more videos like this let's dive into it also mark your calendars my book the psychology of slang dragons launches October 30th link below to sign up for to launch part one life affirmation for believe me the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is to live dangerously the problem is is suffering sucks getting sick breaking your arm losing something or someone you love feeling lonely pain it's all tragic and no one can fix that about life no matter how hard they try unfortunately we don't have a
positive sense for the tragic drama of living anymore not like the ancient Greeks anyway and as a result we have lost our taste for danger and exalted suffering n identified two approaches to life and the inherent suffering it holds life denial or life affirmation life denial is the chosen path of the West I call it the way of the shih tzu life deniers negate the way of nature the way of strength and pursue safety and comfort externally they hate suffering and pain and discomfort as evil things so they try to escape it they try to
fix it these life deniers try to make the world perfectly safe and equal as to make existence as easy as possible for them and as safe as possible for the herd of shih tzus that is their highest value making life easy and equal and safe to these life deniers and preachers of equality n would ask what is the purpose of civilization is it to make everyone safe and pacified with pleasure or is it to produce higher types of men and women who can push the human species forward is not the production of high culture and
radically free and vital human beings the purpose of all of this Society Stuff n would say we have lost our aim and without an aim we are Paving our way to hell with good intentions life affirmation is the opposite path to life denial and it was nich's solution to creating the most robust type of person and civilization life affirms do not seek to fix Nature's Way They seek to thrive through challenge they affirm the wild mysterious and marvelous ordeal of living as it is they do not seek to escape suffering but overcome it they Revel
in competition and in conquering themselves as a result of this approach they build up their self-reliance and internal resources instead of relying on external Securities to protect them where life deniers become dependent on other people and institutions for their safety and well-being life affirms take full responsibility for themselves life affirms live dangerously where other people stay safe they choose resistance over ease and because of this Spirit of heroism they become free life denial or life affirmation represent the two possible paths we can take to deal with suffering and uncertainty one makes you progressively weaker while
the other makes you stronger and more profound than ever before n saw that our entire moral system as a people will come to reflect which path we choose to walk do we value equality and safety for the herd as the highest ideal or heroism nobility and the production of high culture I'm not arguing that one set of values is totally unimportant but that we have to get clear on what is most important I just read The Giver a fabulous book depicting a society that first appears as a Utopia led by Progressive social systems and a
wise circle of Elders everything is set up under the principle of sameness there is no contrast no great pain or inequality or suffering everything is orderly and perfect all the system systems work smoothly everyone is safe and there is no social or personal disharmony whatsoever even death is removed from society and rered a release from the community as you read further though this once Utopia slowly turns into a dystopia of a disturbing variety under the sameness it feels as if the very essence of life has been removed the main character slowly awakens to this dystopia
after he was chosen to receive the dreams and memories of the world before the sameness he was mesmerized by the memories of cold and hot and snow and changes in the seasons he was overwhelmed by the Majesty of color because up until then everything in his world was whitewashed gray he realized that war suffering attachment and pain had been eradicated from his community but with them went love and a sense of family and excitement and Beauty in whitewashed equality there was no Vitality left in life without great pain and trials there was no joy and
exultation there was no great grief sorrow or true feeling in total sameness there was no valleys or Peaks just a dull happiness that was not true happiness at all this book The Giver and others like the Brave New World by Aldis Huxley provide a beautiful warning for modern times when we try to legislate and manage Society to make everyone equal safe and happy life loses its zest its power its love personal Utopia or Collective Utopia is not earned through denying life and trying to fix it but only through affirming the struggle of life as it
is every golden age of humanity from ancient Greece to the Renaissance has come from this heroic mentality of Life affirmation n said in the genealogy of morals quote he even seeks it out provided he has shown a meaning for it a purpose of suffering the meaninglessness of suffering not suffering itself was the curse that lay over mankind so far all right here's the deal if you want to live an excellent life and bring forth your greatness from within you have to learn to see suffering as a good thing let me repeat that you need need
to see suffering as a good thing even a great thing you must learn to embrace discomfort pain heart emotional distress and especially resistance and fear as worthy things and direct them towards your highest aim you see your highest form your most dominant life lies on the other side of the highest resistance if you want to become the man you could be you need to retrain mind to see resistance and pain and even suffering as positive things in life I just want to jump in here and say that I have an entire chapter in my book
called heroic suffering and others unworthy aim and self-overcoming there's so much practical steps and philosophy and exercises in those chapters that I could never possibly hope to cover in a video like this so go read more in there in short to fully affirm life you must possess a strong enough why when the boxer aims to be a world champion all the Blood Sweat and Tears become meaningful rather than miserable most people wouldn't last one hour in his training but for him the pain only lights a fire in his spirit because he's committed to an ideal
he lives above suffering in a sense I love the scene from Batman Begins where Bruce Wayne commits to becoming a symbol of something greater when we do this in our own own lives it puts all of our suffering in perspective because all of a sudden we have a purpose a meaning in the pain vigilante is just a man lost in the Scramble for his own gratification he can be destroyed or locked up but if you make yourself more than just a man if you devote yourself to an ideal and if they can't stop you then
you become something else entirely which is Legend Mr Wayne this is the way of the warrior and the way of self-actualizers we must fix our sights on a worthy ideal that inspires us and dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly to Excellence in its fulfillment the Uber MCH is the highest aim of man in nich's eyes an idea we will investigate later but what's important here is that we choose to suffer willingly for something greater than our petty lives we must rise to the challenges of living and redeem the pain of life in some way this shift is literally
the polar difference between the last man and higher types of individuals the higher types fight they fight to affirm their suffering and rise to overcome it in this overcoming they grow deeper and more powerful than ever before loneliness for instance is a good thing most don't see it that way most seek to escape it through Tinder drinking video games or shallow stupid relationships I've personally been dealing with a lot of feelings of loneliness this past month and it has been a practice not to distract myself or take just any hand extended toward me unless it
is of the highest quality person sitting on the mountain by myself the other night a voice came to me it said loneliness is a gift channel that pain into deep creative and spiritual effort that voice was right I'll not always be alone or have such quality time for creative and spiritual depth so instead of longing for a different more easy reality I chose the one I have and brought the fire of my spirit into it that is the path n advised the path of self-overcoming of rising into adversity oddly enough suffering with honor and meaning
tends to bring the most intense feelings of joy and connection with the profound world around me it brings me alive the internal shift towards heroism amidst hardship and discomfort is the key to your greatness but this skill cannot be taught you must figure out for yourself how to invoke the heroic spirit in your dark hours it is always hard the hero call is difficult to answer but absolutely transformative so many people let the weak voice in their heads win they live as a slave beneath fear resistance and suffering but the path of the warrior of
the Uber MCH in a sense is to overcome these dragons and transmute Darkness into light for Life AFF firmers strength is the solution to suffering not comfort and safety if you wish to live the good life to thrive in excellence and Beauty you must become stronger you must learn to channel the the pain of life into deeper love wisdom and power Heroes rise to the occasion in the ordeal of living and this is your call if you want the full guide to n and heroism in the modern day I encourage you to get a copy
of my new book the psychology of slaying dragons after two years of writing about heroism and the Warriors Way and facing so many setbacks I'm so excited to announce the launch date for October 30th by the way way you can get the removed chapter for free right now Link in the description below for that so go get yourself a copy or hit that Bell notification below to be notified of the launch and to get more videos like this this is wisdom Warriors I'm Christian have a badass dangerous kind of day peace
