Nietzsche & The Tarot: What is FREEDOM? | Philosophy // Psychology

Summary

This script delves into the concept of freedom, questioning whether it's truly achieved through external liberties or personal liberation. It explores the idea that true freedom comes from overcoming resistance and being self-responsible. The narrative contrasts the physical man who aligns with nature and the mental man who builds towers of intellect, suggesting that a balance is needed. It uses the Tarot symbols of the 'Strength' and 'The Fool' to represent the unconquerable spirit and the power of creation, ultimately suggesting that freedom is an eternal return of overcoming challenges and embracing change.

Takeaways

• 🌏 Freedom is a complex concept that is often misunderstood in a deterministic universe.
• 🏆 True freedom comes from overcoming resistance and personal challenges, not merely receiving liberty.
• 💪 Strength and the will to be responsible are essential for achieving freedom.
• 🔥 The script suggests that without the struggle against resistance, freedom is hollow and lacks value.
• 🧠 The mental man builds castles in the sky, detached from nature and reality, which can lead to self-deception.
• 🌱 Aligning with nature and using its forces can lead to self-mastery and true freedom.
• 🔮 The script warns against the pitfalls of egoism without a strong will, which can lead to a deranged and deceptive path.
• 🏞️ The physical man is encouraged to be in tune with nature to achieve his goals and overcome obstacles.
• 🔄 Freedom is not found in mental juggling but in the continuous cycle of overcoming challenges and self-improvement.
• 🌈 The Tarot's Fool represents the unconformity and spontaneous energy that breaks free from societal norms and stagnation.
• ☀️ The Sun in Tarot symbolizes the divine will that destroys old structures to make way for new life, invention, and creation.

Q & A

What is the primary theme of the script?

The primary theme of the script revolves around the concept of freedom, exploring what it means to be truly free and how it relates to overcoming resistance and personal responsibility.

How does the script define 'freedom'?

The script defines freedom as not just being given liberty, but rather as a state achieved through personal struggle and overcoming resistance, which involves a strong will and responsibility.

What is the difference between being given liberty and being liberated according to the script?

Being given liberty is portrayed as receiving freedom without having to fight for it, which lacks true value. Being liberated implies a personal conquest over obstacles, making one truly free.

How does the script relate freedom to the concept of strength?

The script suggests that strength is necessary for freedom, as it is through overcoming resistance that one gains the ability to be responsible and thus free.

What role do the 'poisons' of life play in the script's discussion on freedom?

The 'poisons' represent the negative forces that try to control or enslave an individual. Overcoming these poisons is part of the process of achieving freedom.

What does the script suggest about the value of self-responsibility?

The script implies that self-responsibility is crucial for freedom. Without it, one allows external forces to control their will and dreams, leading to a loss of freedom.

How does the script view the relationship between egoism and freedom?

The script cautions against egoism that is focused solely on the self without regard for one's physiological value and the world, which can lead to a deranged and deceptive path away from true freedom.

What is the significance of the 'tower' in the script?

The 'tower' symbolizes safety and protection, but also stagnation. Its destruction by the sun signifies the need for change and new beginnings to achieve true freedom.

What does the script suggest about the role of nature in achieving freedom?

The script suggests that aligning with nature and using its forces can aid in overcoming resistance and achieving self-mastery, which is essential for freedom.

How does the script use the tarot to illustrate the concept of freedom?

The script uses tarot symbols such as the 'Strength' card to represent overcoming resistance and the 'Fool' card to symbolize the unconformity and spontaneity that leads to true freedom.

What is the final message about freedom conveyed by the script?

The final message is that true freedom comes from within, through personal struggle, responsibility, and the ability to create and innovate, rather than conforming to external rules or expectations.

Outlines

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🕊️ Freedom and Self-Liberation

The first paragraph explores the concept of freedom in a deterministic universe. It questions whether freedom is truly achieved by being granted liberty or by overcoming resistance and becoming liberated. The narrative suggests that freedom is not merely given but earned through personal struggle and cost. It discusses the idea that without the strength to overcome challenges, one cannot be free, and that true freedom is the result of conquering resistance. The paragraph also touches on the dangers of egoism without self-responsibility, leading to a life of delusion and deceit. It contrasts the physical man who aligns with nature and the mental man who builds虚幻的 structures, highlighting the importance of strength and self-responsibility for true freedom.

05:02

🌄 The Conquest of Resistance and the Power of the Sun

The second paragraph continues the theme of freedom by discussing the metaphor of climbing a mountain as a physical representation of overcoming resistance. It suggests that true freedom comes from conquering minor troubles and ascending above resisting forces. The paragraph uses the tarot imagery of the armored skeleton of death and the horned hand to symbolize the affirmation of life and the spirit of nonconformity. It emphasizes the importance of spontaneity and unrestricted energy as keys to freedom. The paragraph concludes with the imagery of the sun in tarot, representing the divine will and creative energy, which destroys the tower of safety to bring about new life, invention, and creation.

Keywords

💡Freedom

Freedom in the context of the video refers to the state of being unrestricted and self-governed, not merely in a political sense but also in terms of personal liberation and self-responsibility. The video suggests that true freedom comes from overcoming resistance and personal challenges, not from being granted liberty by external forces. For example, it is mentioned that 'freedom is never achieved until one overcomes resistance'.

💡Liberty

Liberty is presented as a gift or a right that can be bestowed upon an individual, contrasting with freedom which is earned through personal struggle. The script implies that liberty without the element of personal cost or effort lacks the true value of freedom, as in 'they're not responsible at all it may be given to them on a silver platter but it would hold no true value for them'.

💡Resistance

Resistance is depicted as the obstacles or challenges that one must overcome to achieve true freedom. It symbolizes the struggles and battles that forge a person's will and strength. The video suggests that fighting and conquering resistance is a measure of freedom, as indicated by 'the measurement of freedom can be seen in those which have fought all battles of resistance'.

💡Self-responsibility

Self-responsibility is the concept of being accountable for one's own actions and development. The video links this concept to the attainment of freedom, arguing that without the will to be responsible, one cannot be free. It is exemplified by the idea that 'no will to be responsible means no will to respond to life's poisons'.

💡Strength

Strength is discussed as a prerequisite for freedom, implying that one must be strong enough to overcome challenges and resist being overwhelmed by external forces. The video uses strength as a metaphor for the capacity to be free, as in 'strength is necessary to be free'.

💡Egoism

Egoism in the script is portrayed as a selfish pursuit of one's own interests, potentially leading to a disconnection from reality and nature. It is contrasted with a healthy self-interest that aligns with one's physiological and developmental needs. The video warns against the pitfalls of egoism without self-responsibility, as in 'a man who has no physiological value with an intent to be an egotist of persona, and not egoistic of one's will'.

💡Physiological Value

Physiological Value refers to the importance of one's physical well-being and alignment with natural laws in achieving true freedom and self-actualization. The video suggests that a person must be in tune with their body and nature to develop properly, as indicated by 'man must be keen towards his physiology to act within the world'.

💡Mental Man

Mental Man represents the aspect of human nature that is focused on intellectualism and mental constructs, potentially at the expense of connection with the physical world. The video contrasts the Mental Man with the Physical Man, suggesting that an overemphasis on mental constructs can lead to a disconnect from reality, as in 'the mental man will build beautiful towers of palace and clear glass without realizing how empty they are of nature'.

💡Divine Will

Divine Will is mentioned in the context of a higher power or force that drives creation, life, and the overcoming of obstacles. It is associated with the power to bring about new life and invention, as seen in the script's reference to the sun's rays destroying the tower in Tarot to allow for new beginnings, symbolizing 'the power of the sun is the divine will of god'.

💡Tarot

Tarot is used as a symbolic system to illustrate various concepts of freedom, strength, and self-responsibility discussed in the video. The script references specific Tarot cards like 'the armored skeleton of death' and 'the fool' to represent ideas of overcoming resistance and the embodiment of freedom, respectively.

💡Conformity

Conformity is presented as the opposite of freedom and spontaneity. The video encourages breaking free from societal norms and expectations to achieve true freedom, as represented by 'the one who raises the horned hand to all the many conformists'.

Highlights

What is the true understanding of freedom in a world perceived as deterministic?

Are you truly free when given liberty, or when you've become liberated?

Liberty given without personal cost may not hold true value.

Freedom is achieved through overcoming resistance and being responsible.

Strength is necessary for freedom; one must fight against life's 'poisons'.

The concept of self-responsibility is key to achieving freedom.

Egoism for personal development must align with one's physiology.

A person with no physiological value may lead to a deranged ego.

The physical man uses nature's force to overcome hurdles.

The mental man builds towers of intellect, detached from nature's reality.

Intellectualism can lead to self-deception and the blaming of others for one's suffering.

Freedom is not found in mental juggling but in the acceptance of nature.

The hiker feels freedom in the body upon conquering the peak of mountains.

A truly free spirit is one of spontaneity and unrestricted energy.

The fool in tarot represents the energy that destroys stagnation.

The sun in tarot represents the divine will to create new life and destroy the old.

The power of the sun symbolizes the creative energy that brings about new beginnings.

Transcripts

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what can possibly be

the understanding of freedom for the

many modern man

and woman who see the world as

determined as a world without free will

a universe powered by uncontrolled flux

spewed by the grandiosity of nature's

churning

belly when are you truly free

do you have freedom when you are given

liberty

or when you have become liberated

now what does this presuppose the

conquering of

resistance but what would one need to

liberate themselves

from to be truly free

we can come to understand that that

which has been given liberty

is not free at all really for in what

way are they responsible

for their own liberation well

they're not responsible at all it may be

given to them on a silver platter but it

would

hold no true value for them

as a person because it did not come

about

through any personal cost in a sense

therefore is it really freedom

at all when no resistance has been

fought

the measurement of freedom can be seen

in those

which have fought all battles of

resistance and one

whereby their will to be responsible has

overcome all

hurdles to be responsible itself

thus if you have no strength why would

you ever have

freedom no will to be responsible means

no

will to respond to life's poisons the

poisons which

try their hardest to make you their own

all the devils

and demons inside and out it's the first

principle

that strength is necessary to be free

one could say that freedom is never

achieved

until one overcomes resistance

for what are you when you subsume into

that which overcomes you

in the fluctuating battle of wills what

do you become when given the mark

of the beast the stamp of enslavement

which not only bends your will of dreams

but contorts it

and devours it like cancer now

to allow for such a thing to happen is

not very responsible

that the will to self-responsibility has

festered away

and allowed all else to crumble before

you

so what is the physiological value of

man when he attains an interest

in egoism if he is to be selfish

for his own development man must be keen

towards

his physiology to act within the world

to be direct and to claim his future

dreams

but a man who has no physiological value

with an intent to be an egotist of

persona

and not egoistic of one's will may lead

themselves down a road of sickening and

derangement

one of deceiting style and of less true

dreaming substance for the physical man

he will align nature to his desired

conditions

as much as possible for his intended

development

and place extremes in his way to

overcome all

hurdles using the brute force of nature

as his measuring rod to intended

proclaim

treating it as the best friend and foe

for self-mastery

yet the mental man will build beautiful

towers

of palace and clear glass without

realizing how empty they are of nature

and reality

that nature's force breaks all tall

towers with just one strike of stone

and in so doing may even pave the

destructive paths

of resontima from his rejection of

nature's power

to idolize an alternative universe of

mind

and maya or nothing but veils of

beautiful deceit

for the weak to blind himself and all

the many follower

that he has seduced to psychotically

use intellectualism and mental

arithmetic

driven instead by inner demons as the

madman's best friend

all for the sake of blaming someone else

for their own suffering then themselves

to enforce within what is good to be

seen as ill

similar to transference in a sense

seeing the other individual

incorrectly with a glaze of their own

unconscious repression

transferring the character of their own

demons

onto them thus freedom

is not that when one is deranged by

mental juggling but is instead

in an unending eternal return of

disappointment

and self-loathing negating nature when

man lives in nature

he tries to negate his own ecosystem

of grounded physiology for a system of

his own making

one of idealism in this state the

opposite of pragmatism

so it's the hiker that feels freedom in

the body

when upon the peak of all the mountain

summits when one looks

above all mountain tops and reaches the

end point

of conquered resistance for the freedom

achieved

is that when the will is free from minor

troubles

and ascends higher than any other

resisting force

that all other conquered resistance has

become a heightened tally

to one's armor like the armored skeleton

of death in tarot

his affirmation of life transcends all

of resistance

made upon him bends them to serve his

own will

through encountered experience like the

reflection

found upon his shining metal which

brings us to the tarot

a truly free spirit is one of

spontaneity

of unrestricted energy ultimately

one of unconformity the one who raises

the horned hand to all the many

conformists for invention is against all

laws

and doesn't play rule to any man's game

thus

limat or the fool in tarot

embodies flux to know that nothing can

destroy

him that his creation will be his life

and death

his beginning and end fearless and with

innocence

in aspiration and it is this energy we

come to know

that destroys all perpetuated stagnation

when need be nothing can stand against

the will of the divine le mat or the

fool

is that embodiment in human form

yet it is the sun which strikes the

tower to bring about

new life for a new beginning

the power of the sun is the divine will

of god

for the sun is that which creates all

life and is

creative energy itself hence why in the

tarot

the sun's rays destroy the tower

the tower of safety the tower of

protection

for the sake of new life invention and

creation

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