them to have a way out and someone to help them and answer questions they have
about why you know maybe drinking your own pee isn't as healthy as you think it
is or why maybe NASA isn't lying to you in the earth like every other planet in
the universe is a globe in this video we're gonna talk about the wonderful
topic of beliefs what is up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul
where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new
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uplifting type video and my girl Rachel oates came through today and she is
literally one of my favorite youtubers in this video that she just made about
changing the way people think or their beliefs or whatever is now my new
favorite video of her so like I will link to her video down in the
description like if you don't know about her channel like it's it's a very
interesting channel it's a great channel like she she seems like really cool like
she's like I did like the way she thinks I'm like this video like solidified that
but anyway she's like really into books she talks about things like atheism on
their science she's very smart intelligent young woman like she talks
about a lot of really interesting topic she also does some like make up stuff on
their different book reviews P
Rachel Oates' recommendation a while ago which is believes are a huge part of
mental health today November 6 is the midterm elections I saw people like when
it comes to believes whether religious or political you know they're not the
sorts of things that I talk about on a daily basis on my channel but I do talk
about people like the pearls who give these really like harmful bits of
marriage advice and you know harmful advice for hurting your children
essentially I talk about people like Gloria like thunder the transformed wife
who is just very judgmental of everyone who isn't her basically girl defined a
kind of the same they're very judgmental of people you aren't living this perfect
Christian life like they do when Rachel was talking like at first I've seen them
like who cares like if you believe in something like who cares so I grew up
here in Las Vegas Todd a ton of Mormons here in Las Vegas
and I remember like looking at him and they were like they were they were
happier than I was like there was no denying that they were happier than I
was but then Rachel Oates talks about at the point that I just showed you in that
clip believe whatever you want like if you if your kid wants to believe in
Santa Claus cool right if like believing in Santa Claus might do harm to others
okay all my beliefs inflicting harm on other people on something that Rachel
talks about throughout this video which is something we need to ask is that a
lot of our beliefs compliment we're kids wait let me just throw out an example
for you real quick all right so like my dad taught me how to be a man
right and you know as I grew up I'm doing things that are a real man does
this a real man does that a real man does this I question I'm like wait this
was taught to me as a kid is it is there is there even a chance that this might
be wrong I just love how Rachel Oates white kind of gets your wheels turning because
this is a huge part of what I'm talking about with meditation and mindfulness
just question your own ways of thinking I'm not saying that they're like just as
lost call them we should just completely give up talking to them more trying to
get through to them and just let them harm themselves that's not one saying
and that's not what I mean I think I just realized that a lot of these people
they don't want to be saved or fixed or whatever but also they don't think they
need to be they're very content living the life that they're living and and
it's not that they don't see your way out it's that they don't want a way out
then I think they need it here which is talking about like all these people who
believe in these things are they lost causes right Rachel also mentioned
here's a book called the moral landscape one of the reasons that Sam Harris gets
so much pushback is his views on Islam which
not touch with a ten-foot pole but basically in the book the moral
landscape he talks about various religions he talks about so but
basically all what he's saying what I got from this book is just kind of a way
to the same like it it's an issue when your beliefs can hurt somebody right
like for example for example like let's look at you know September 11th right
these beliefs you know killed a ton of people right like that's an issue when
you see what happens with you know that could harm people all right so that's
kind of what Sam Harris talks about in the moral landscape but anyways Sam
Harris is a neuroscientist as well he's one of the only people who has
actually done neurological studies on like the science of belief like what
happens to our brains when we have a belief so what they did was they hook
people up to fMRI brain scans to get like a real-time view of what their
brains are doing so what they found is when a person is thinking about
something that they believe in it affects the medial prefrontal cortex
okay we know that that part of the brain is responsible for like ownership right
this is ours this is our thing right so what happens if someone steals something
that you have you can a little upset you're gonna look angry right you might
even get anxious think about all the emotions so the fact that it affects
that part of the brain what Sam Harris figured out was when you have somebody
question their beliefs or you have somebody talking to them and question
their beliefs you see that the fight flight or freeze response starts to go
off right so this is why it's so difficult to change people's minds so we
might Rachel's asking like are these people lost causes unfortunately in a
lot of cases a lot of cases people are this is why I don't argue with people
someone made a comment earlier like Chris I notice that you only reply once
but you don't get back to people one of the reasons is I don't get notifications
but the other thing is most of time I will only reply once you know why I
don't got time to argue with people like understanding how the brain works I know
that I can't change other people's beliefs
I know it is a scientific fact it is almost impossible to change some of
these belief because a lot of people don't even know why they are responding
the way that they are responding so this is important about mental health like
ask yourself this question real quick how much anger or frustration have you
had because someone in your life doesn't believe what you believe right maybe
this is right this is wrong maybe you believe immigration you believe in
somebody else believes something else right arguments in life how do you get
through to that person how do you change are you wasting time are you wasting
effort me personally believe whatever you want it's only issue like I said
when it begins to harm other people you remember when one of them I I know it
sounds horrible I can never remember which ones which but remember one one of
them set the line about how and she just wishes there was this like specific rule
book saying do this don't do this do this don't do this and to give her these
like exact specific rules I feel like if she had that she would be very certain
about her life there would be no uncertainty there'd be no like worries
or bliss not as many worries and stuff like that this part of videos gonna get
super interesting so rachel is talking about go to find
wishes like there was a specific rule book and so a lot of you are new to my
channel every day and it's you know my biggest secret that Tristan didn't even
know about pray in the shower which is really more of a meditation so just a
little story about that like rachel is exactly right like people want this like
defined rulebook right they want to have answers because when we don't know that
fear of the unknown it makes us anxious it can make us to
press like nihilism and what's the meaning of all this right and when I
started working on my mental health like I had to believe in something okay
so for me my spirituality it's not a religious spirituality but I just
believe that things are gonna work out the way they're supposed to work out
that's all that I believe okay that is the extent of my belief and that helps
me because I am i anxious brain my generalized anxiety disorder makes me
want to have control over everything and I have control over little to nothing so
yeah Rachel's absolutely right like you got to understand that you know even
though I'm not religious I can see how having you know a certain path or a
certain set of rules or guidelines for certain people and you know having
having answers for themselves and their belief that what happens after they die
it helps them live a happier life so at the end of the day like I do not care
what people believe if that makes them happy you do you baby you do you again
I'll go back to what I've said throughout this video
the only time I'm worried about someone's belief is when it brings harm
to other people and something that Rachel talks about throughout this video
is that there are some people not all people but there are some people with
religious beliefs where they like feel sorry for you right they think that
you're suffering because you don't have their same beliefs that could be harmful
you know like I know when I was growing up in Las Vegas with you know Mormons
all over the place like they're always trying to get me to convert to be a
Mormon and stuff because even today some people hate when people say that I'm
spiritual not religious I'm happy you know so I just want you guys to think
about that like when it comes to you know your anxiety and you not knowing
about the future and all of that way like I don't know it's just a tip and if
you want me to make a more in-depth video let me know but just the tip is
just just believe that things are gonna happen the way they're supposed to I was
actually thinking about making a video about karma I mentioned in one of my
other videos like if karma is the extent of
go for it if you only believe like believe in the idea that doing good
things will bring good things are doing bad things will bring bad things that's
cool you know that gives you some kind of guiding force all right so then this
kind of leads me back to this whole big question of if I don't think I can get
through to a lot of these people and I know they're not even going to want to
hear what I'm saying why do I make certain videos about you know debunking
urine therapy talking about why flat earth is wrong why do I make videos
saying how harmful certain Christian books are they're not gonna be listening
to me I guess it's not for the people who are deep into it and want to keep
believing that stuff and it's definitely not to try and insult them or make them
feel uncomfortable I guess the reason I make those videos and point out how
certain actions are harmful answer is because I don't want other people
especially vulnerable people to see what they're putting out and think that's the
only option for them does that make sense I want them to have information
out there saying no wait maybe this isn't the best thing to do she's like
maybe there's one person maybe there's one person who comes across this video
and maybe they they feel accepted or maybe they question something so Rachel
if you watch this you make videos for me right like my was so dark right think
about how our depression fuels our beliefs my depression tells me my
depression gives me the belief that I'm a piece of garbage right
I should've be boyfriend you know my brain is telling killing my all these
lies and nonsense so I need people like Rachel that just get something to click
in my head even just for a moment it has me questioned that belief and that is
one of the reasons why I love meditation so much when you're able to sit and one
of the biggest misconceptions about tation is that it's about stopping your
thoughts no no it's about watching your thoughts so when I can sit and watch my
thoughts now I can say do I believe that thought or do I not believe that thought
and that's something that helps me get out of my depressive funks that helps me
quit being anxious so think thank God for her Rachel
ODEs because like I know for a fact she's probably helped people and like
that's one of the reasons I do this channel I know I'm not gonna be able to
help everybody with their mental or emotional well-being but if I can just
help one person one person maybe you're watching this and maybe you're
questioning wait maybe I'm not a bad person
boom my job's done you know so Rachel if you're watching this keep doing your
thing girl and reply to my idea anyways anyways let me know down in the comments
below like how do your beliefs affect your mental health or does it affect
your mental health when you think you can change somebody else's beliefs like
how often do you run into that brick wall alright so anyways let's have a
conversation down in the comments below okay but that's all I got for you with
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