0:02 hey chat GPT if you were the devil what
0:05 thoughts would you utilize to destroy
0:08 Humanity I tell them three lies lie
0:12 number one this isn't fair fostering a
0:14 victim mindset for example convincing
0:16 someone that they're always the victim
0:19 leading to resentment line number two
0:21 this isn't going to get better planting
0:23 despair like convincing them their
0:25 situation is hopeless leading to an
0:28 action line number three the upgrade
0:30 illusion the idea that constantly
0:32 trading up will bring happiness like
0:34 persuading someone to endlessly Chase
0:36 new possessions or relationships never
0:38 finding contentment let's dive into that
0:40 a little bit number one the victim
0:44 mindset mentality I think that this is
0:46 perhaps one of the most
0:49 pervasive uh ideological mindsets that
0:53 is put forth today not just in culture
0:55 but really truly even in the academic
0:58 setting there is this pervasive
1:01 understanding that due inferiorities of
1:03 one kind or another people have been
1:06 victimized whether that's because of
1:10 gender or race or age or whatever else
1:13 but what ends up happening is when we're
1:15 telling the story of our own life we end
1:17 up putting ourselves in a position of
1:20 inferiority and when we do that and we
1:22 begin to think that we're the victim in
1:25 the story of our own life we begin to
1:27 interpret every situation and
1:29 Circumstance and setback not as an
1:32 opportunity for growth but as further
1:35 confirmation that everything is stacked
1:37 against us so what ends up happening is
1:40 rather than being the protagonist in the
1:43 story the one who's able to make changes
1:46 and decisions and bring forth kind of
1:48 historically what was called the
1:50 American dream meaning that you can
1:52 build a family and build a career and
1:54 have children and all these wonderful
1:56 things can happen to your life you're
1:59 continually stuck in the mindset that
2:02 everything is built in a way in which
2:05 you've already missed the boat now we
2:06 can talk about that even in our modern
2:09 day with young people what is it right
2:11 people today are talking about the fact
2:13 that there was this huge wealth transfer
2:16 over the last couple years that uh the
2:18 Boomers bought their houses for pennies
2:19 and now nobody can afford to live at the
2:22 standard and all these other things it
2:25 is training people to not see
2:27 opportunities and if you know one thing
2:30 about wealthy people and people who
2:32 successful in life is they're constantly
2:34 trying to solve problems and they're
2:37 constantly seeing
2:40 opportunities so this victim mindset
2:43 that is so prevalent in the news is
2:45 there for one purpose and one purpose
2:50 only it gets people hooked on fear
2:52 that's the drug and the lie that it's
2:55 selling so if it can get people uh
2:59 tapping into the news media by fear
3:00 which we know
3:03 is the most efficient and effective way
3:05 for a news organization to build
3:07 viewership right they've done studies on
3:09 this when they do positive things they
3:12 have much less engagement so they
3:15 automatically trying to sell a a product
3:17 which is Gab grabbing your attention and
3:19 they do that through the negativity of
3:22 fear so when you understand that they
3:25 are trying to get you involved in that
3:28 mindset you have to take a different
3:31 approach to this and one of my favorite
3:34 quotes from Elder of from of Arizona is
3:38 say the Jesus prayer and do not
3:42 fear it is our place especially as men
3:45 in the world to be problem solvers to
3:48 find Solutions and to put our hope in
3:51 God and fear has nothing to do with the
3:54 Christian mindset in life in fact my
3:56 whole life before I became an Orthodox
4:00 Christian was full of fear and turmoil
4:03 anxiety and I want nothing to do with it
4:06 that is a totally coward mindset
4:09 mentality that's a failure I want
4:12 nothing to do with that now that I am a
4:16 Christian Christ has conquered sin death
4:19 and the devil and the world I want to be
4:23 part of that Legacy of conquering and I
4:27 want to be uh successful in my life not
4:29 to my own Glory but to the glory of God
4:32 God and for the betterment of my family
4:35 and the people around me it is
4:38 absolutely antithetical to the Orthodox
4:41 Christian mindset to be a victim in any
4:43 way shape and form we should completely
4:46 have a hard charger mentality say the
4:49 Jesus prayer march with humility and
4:52 find success and ask God to bless us in
4:56 our journey number two despair this is
4:57 an easy one and kind of a loow hanging
5:00 fruit if we piggyback on the first one
5:03 what we notice is there is a demonic
5:06 energy that is surrounding negative
5:07 thoughts feelings and
5:11 emotions right so when you see the
5:14 thoughts are pushing a person in that
5:17 direction there is only one uh
5:19 underlying lie that needs to be
5:22 dismantled and that is my
5:25 circumstances are out of control or out
5:29 of God's Providence that is the lie that
5:32 leads to despair for the Christian there
5:36 is always hope do sp SPO as long as I
5:40 breathe I hope the Christian life is all
5:43 about hope the life in the world with
5:47 sin and with death and Decay and
5:49 meaninglessness which is the highlight
5:50 of our culture and
5:55 absurdity it is a culture today of ABS
5:58 absolute existential absurdity where the
6:00 culture is decaying
6:04 and degrading Itself by all kinds of of
6:07 of strange pleasure seeking Endeavors
6:09 that lead to nothing but meaninglessness
6:12 and for us as Orthodox Christians we
6:16 have none of that we have to wipe the
6:19 vocabulary in our mind of Despair out
6:23 there is no room for despair because it
6:26 undercuts the Providence of God what
6:29 does that mean it means the hope is is
6:33 always in Christ I may know that I'm a
6:36 failure in and of myself I may know who
6:39 I really am and to be honest with you
6:41 that may be very humbling for me as it
6:44 is probably for you as well but despite
6:47 my shortcomings and the fact that I
6:50 continue to fail I still stumble forward
6:53 and in my own life I continually find
6:56 that the smallest amount of my effort
6:59 and energy brings the most amount of
7:02 help from God so whenever I'm even
7:06 pushing forward and making effort God is
7:09 there trying to push me further still
7:12 and that's what I rely on I don't rely
7:14 on my Charisma my charm my abilities my
7:17 personality any of those things I am
7:20 continually relying on the good love and
7:22 Providence of my heavenly Father which
7:25 has shown itself in my own life time and
7:28 time and time again to bring hope out of
7:32 the ashes of Ruin okay number three this
7:34 is an easy one we often see it it's the
7:37 classic upgrade it is what you see in
7:39 all marketing literature which is you
7:42 take a picture of somebody who's sad or
7:45 discontented you show an image of some
7:48 object that they are going to acquire
7:49 then you show a picture of them with
7:52 that object and now they're happy and
7:53 contented everything in their life that
7:56 was wrong that was missing is now fine
7:58 fulfillment this is one I think that
8:00 young men in particular particular are
8:03 prone to because they haven't hit the
8:05 stage in life where they've acquired all
8:08 those things so they're looking for a
8:13 wife a career uh a higher salary some a
8:15 house Financial Comfort these sort of
8:17 things what you often find with the guys
8:21 in their 40s is the opposite end of the
8:23 spectrum where they're closer to despair
8:25 cuz they've acquired all those things
8:27 and they're still not happy and so it is
8:29 that when we look at the upgrade model
8:32 the problem with it is is that we're
8:35 looking at changing our externals in the
8:37 hope of changing our internals and
8:39 there's a great saying about this
8:42 happiness is an inside job meaning that
8:45 if your soul is not content now you
8:48 can't take another person a wife or a
8:51 husband and put them into your soul and
8:53 now poof suddenly you're going to be
8:57 content it doesn't work like that things
9:00 like marriage children career money all
9:02 these things they're fine aspects of
9:05 life but they don't bring peace I never
9:07 talk about this in my video they bring
9:10 hardship they bring work they're the
9:13 cross they are sacrificial that's why
9:14 when you get married in the Orthodox
9:16 Church you wear the crowns of
9:19 martyrdom that is the nature of those
9:22 things it is not easy to be married it
9:24 is not easy to have kids it's not easy
9:27 to provide those things are a challenge
9:29 and a struggle are they a good challeng
9:31 all absolutely do they bring
9:34 meaningfulness to your life absolutely
9:36 but they don't bring happiness they
9:38 don't bring
9:41 contentment real contentment comes with
9:44 knowing Jesus Christ in a deep way
9:45 that's why St pidos he said something
9:47 like when you're looking for peace in
9:50 life you won't find peace but if you're
9:51 seeking after Christ your life will
9:56 become peaceful Man's real
10:00 need desire inclination and fulfillment
10:03 are found in his relationship with Jesus
10:06 Christ that is the real way to upgrade
10:09 your life how do you want to upgrade
10:13 your life fast more pray more go to
10:16 Services read the lives of the Saints
10:20 and be encouraged breathe some wind into
10:23 your spiritual Sals and you'll be very
10:25 content with what you currently have you
10:27 won't constantly be looking for
10:29 something else to make you feel
10:32 fulfilled or happy that's what the world
10:35 does and the world is never happy that's
10:37 why you see the most extravagant
10:39 weddings also have the highest rate of
10:42 divorce you see the people with the most
10:43 money and they all need to get
10:46 prenuptual agreements before they get
10:49 married why is that because they're
10:53 missing the core Elements of Life and
10:55 that is the spiritual life of Jesus
10:57 Christ if you fall victim to this
11:00 upgrade mentality of eventually you end
11:03 up in the burnout and despair and the
11:06 reality is is that the real upgrade is
11:09 to upgrade your soul upgrade your
11:11 communication with God and utilize the
11:14 time that you have to develop the best
11:17 deepest relationship you can with him God
11:18 God
11:21 bless now what do you think about that chat
11:26 GPT oh no now you've uncovered my
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