So much of life can be summed up in two ideas.
The first is Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, and the second is the common
expression of "it doesn't get easier you just get better." Those are kind of the
same idea.
welcome to the art of intellectual war where we arm ourselves
with ideas because the pen is mightier than the sword. Now we all know this
second phrase - "it doesn't get easier you just get better." Today this Maxim is used
more and more as gym motivation or fitspiration but its roots go down to the
first and most basic existential question: how do I live? Because we all
ask the same question that the father of existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard
posed. I know what I know but what am I to do. Because despite the scientific
validity of quantum theory or determinism, we all experience a
terrifyingly constant possibility - and that's the burden of choice. In this
sense, fitspiration offers us a very clear picture that's easy to understand
The 50 pound dumbbell never changes in weight but our ability to carry it does
Enter Nietzsche, and his often misunderstood idea of eternal recurrence
Now the idea of eternal recurrence has been around since the Greeks, the Bible,
and the Mayans. But Nietzsche took it seriously, very seriously. Eternal
recurrence to Nietzsche was both a statement and a question: your life as
you have lived it, will be lived in the same way, over and over again. Do you
accept this life? The issue here is not whether it is true (it is) but whether you
accept it. That is the choice. Become what you are and accept that burden and
responsibility. But we already know this because it's the same question posed to
Simba in the Lion King. I say this is misunderstood because it is often taken
as a negative or pessimistic outlook on life.
Nietzsche himself declared eternal recurrence as the heaviest burden. Of
course in a world that defines burden and responsibility as bad this would be
a negative philosophy. But without friction there is no movement; without
cause there is no progress; and without a burden there is no meaning. Paradoxically
the worship of convenience, ease, and safety, as the highest values, have
stripped our sense of worth to society, and meaning to ourselves. While it
remains fashionable to make the most boring and unoriginal statement of "life
sucks and then you die." It takes a true revolutionary to say, life is full of
pain, but you get to live it, and who knows, you might make something beautiful
along the way. And while I mean no disrespect to the CrossFit enthusiasts,
there are more noble burdens to bear than kettlebells.
Although kettlebells, they're a pretty good start. So in the final analysis, it
doesn't get easier but you get better, is true, but with a small reformulation.
Because better requires something to measure against. So if this is just about
gym motivation, then proudly say, the weights don't get lighter or heavier, you
just get stronger or weaker. But if this is for life, then say life doesn't get
easier or harder, you just get better at facing it or avoiding it.
Hey thanks for checking out this video, obviously I love all the gym folks and all of the fitness
motivation that's out there, well, it's got its roots in existentialism, so
let's combine the traits and let's bring that motivation into other aspects of
life, or at least that's my goal here. Make sure you subscribe by hitting over
here I believe. You can check out down below I'll be
showing a video of a podcast episode I did on eternal recurrence. I hope you
check out that whole thing. Comment below as well if you have any thoughts. If you
agree, disagree, either way, let me know, I'd love to hear
from you. Thanks again.
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