In this video, Renee Garcia presents a personal, nihilistic perspective that meaning is only what we assign to it, and frames human behavior as driven by a basic pleasure‑pain circuitry. She introduces the Reality Transurfing concept of "Pendulums"—social or psychological forces that hook us by offering occasional pleasure while delivering ongoing pain, creating addictive cycles. Garcia identifies common negative pendulums such as news, politics, social media, junk food, drugs, alcohol, casual sex, and unhealthy relationships, explaining how they keep us in a low‑frequency, pain‑focused state. She argues that completely avoiding pendulums is impossible, but we can consciously choose which pendulums to engage with. Positive pendulums—self‑care, self‑love, creativity, physical activity, positive relationships, and uplifting information—are presented as alternatives that provide pleasure without the accompanying pain. Practical advice includes unfollowing toxic feeds, replacing news consumption with self‑care activities, and actively cultivating the positive pendulums. Garcia shares a personal anecdote about moving to a rural setting, discovering that even seemingly neutral pendulums supply energy, reinforcing the need for intentional selection. The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to assess their current pendulum connections, switch to healthier ones, and engage with the channel’s community.
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Hello, Transurfer and the Transurfing curious! My name is Renee Garcia, and this is Transurfing TV! And today, we are going to be talking about kind of one of my nihilistic viewpoints that I hold. I am a bit of a nihilist myself. I'm kind of— I like to believe that— Really, nothing has any meaning except for the meaning that we assign to the whatever it is, right? And as human beings, we're actually very, very simplistic creatures. We are essentially giant pleasure and pain receptors, and either we're operating in one of two modes. We're either in pleasure and we look to extend that feeling of pleasure. Keeping the pain at bay, or we are in pain trying to find things that are going to in fact pleasure us and get away from the sensation of pain. Now, it gets a little more complex, because pain can actually become kind of addictive, and a lot of people don't know necessarily how to break that cycle of seeking out pleasure— getting pain instead, but then continuing to resonate and live with that pain in hopes of that shot of pleasure that that Pendulum kind of promises us, right? I mean, this really is a lesson that has to do with Pendulums, and how Pendulums have us sort of on the hook waiting for that next dose of pleasure. Pleasure, but they keep us hooked in via the pain. That's why so many people struggle with breaking the cycle of, you know, negative emotions, is because they actually become addicted to the negative emotions. And I'm going to create a whole video on that one alone because it's a powerful, it's a powerful idea that we become addicted to that sensation where, but at the same time, we're, we're in hopes of, we're in search of that thing that's going to make it all go away. But in the meantime, that addictive connection to the pain keeps us in a place where we are not in fact creating our own realities, right? So, this is going to be a lesson on how to really distinguish which Pendulums you're connected to, why you're connected to them, and what you're actually getting from them, and what you perceive is just around the corner, maybe something pleasurable, right? That you're waiting for, but in the meantime, you're willing to take a lot of negative stuff. And of course, this translates to you being on a lower track, not really raising up your frequency to a place where you can extend to some of those— Higher tracks, creating more of a reality of your choosing. Before I get started, remember to like this video and comment below "My world is taking care of me" to enter my daily giveaway for my reprogramming stickers. And subscribe, please! Follow us on Facebook! And Reality 2.0 on Teachable, down below. Check it out, y'all! So, yes, I'm quite a nihilist myself. I really believe that nothing really has any meaning. Absolutely nothing. Not even human life. The, the only reason that human life has meaning, or the state of our environment, or whatever it is external, is simply because you have either assigned meaning or value to it, or collectively there has been meaning or value assigned to it. And We— this is done, obviously, via Importance. And Importance really allows us to feel as though we have some kind of connection with our external environment, right? "I care about the political situation. I care about the environment. I care about this, I care about that." Because if we didn't care about anything and we were completely autonomous beings— beings that cared little about anything going on external, Pendulums wouldn't thrive, right? And we wouldn't survive ultimately. And I learned this lesson firsthand probably about 3 and a half years ago, 4 years ago, when I decided that I was going to move out to the country and live a completely rural life where I would not come in contact with another human being. For days or even weeks at a time. And I realized that I thought that I was going into this thing feeling as though I was gonna have all the time in the world, and I was gonna detach myself from Pendulums, and I was going to be able to create and write and do all this stuff. And when I got to this place, I realized that the Pendulums I had been connected to were really— providing me with a source of energy. Because once I went to this other lifestyle, my energy levels just absolutely plummeted, and I couldn't seem to gather any energy to do anything. So, what I realized then is that Pendulums entice us to connect to them via the offerings that they present to us, right? And a lot of times— These offerings are pleasure, or energy, or other— an array of other things that keep us connected, like sense of duty, or guilt, or some other sort of negative emotion, right? So, here's the thing. Reality Transurfing is all about choosing our Pendulums wisely, because completely avoiding Pendulums is gonna be virtually impossible. But there are Pendulums that are speaking much more loudly than others. And remember, Pendulums give us a little treat, a little reward, a little burst of pleasure or enjoyment, or sense of "Oh, I am fulfilling my duty!" Right? Or some— some positive reward to keep us hooked in wanting to again receive that reward. There's kind of like a channel that gets opened, right? When you decide to let a Pendulum, when you make a choice to let a Pendulum into your life or do business with a Pendulum. So, let's say— one of the most notable ones right now is the news. So, you decide that you're gonna watch the news, right? And at first, you get this sensation like you are doing the right thing. You're staying informed, you're doing your duty as a whatever, an American whatever. And you get this bonus from giving your energy to this external entity. Now, what happens is— and I'm not gonna go into some huge long diatribe about it, and I've talked about it on other videos. But what happens is you end up really connecting via the negative stuff that the news brings, not the positive. You're willing to put up with a lot of negative to get that little morsel of positive. Now, why this happens is because— Throughout evolution, we have thrived as human beings by our negative emotions, fear, instinctual drive, right? If we had just been focused on the positive as an evolving species, we never would've survived, because we would be like, "Oh, look at that pretty butterfly down by that water!" And then— you know, an animal comes and chomps our head off, right? So, what kept us alive was the fear, the anxiety, the running, the seeking, the pleasure-seeking, not necessarily getting or maintaining a pleasurable state. So, the giant entities that have power right now, massive Pendulums, they understand this. So, what's happening here is— You are connecting to the news, to the politics, to drugs, alcohol, bad sex, cultural stuff. And bad sex, I mean like one-night stands, or partners that aren't good for you, or getting into relationships or staying in relationships that aren't good for you. I also put bad relationships here, because it is a big one, right? And I'll make this very clear in a moment. Culture. Low-quality food, this is a huge one! Yes, a Big Mac tastes fucking awesome, right? But you feel like crap afterwards. This is exactly what I'm talking about! Social media, this is another one! How often do you go onto social media and you encounter a bunch of negative information that you don't wanna see, yet you keep going back? And why? It's because you are pleasure-seeking, right? So, you are essentially connected to these Pendulums, if you are, whichever ones you are. Because you are seeking pleasure. Now, throughout evolution, in my opinion— these are all just my opinions— throughout evolution, we had to be connected to things that we were seeking pleasure from, like sex and food, to maintain survival. Now that our survival rate is higher, we go to some other things that don't really have anything to do with survival. We may think that they do, or Pendulums want to convince us that they do. But really, if you turned the news off and you kinda stepped out of current culture and politics and didn't eat fast food and got rid of all this stuff, your survival rate would actually be exactly the same. This stuff doesn't mean anything to you. In the big picture. But most valuably is your mindset would be much higher, right? Your quality of thought would be much higher. So, you go to stuff like drugs and alcohol and casual sex and politics and social media seeking out that pleasure dose. But then the Pendulum is keeping you connected via the pain dose instead, and you keep returning. Turning to it, kinda like those rats in that lab thing where they go and they hit the pellet, right? They're in this thing of seeking out the pleasure thing, but in the meantime, they're being forced to perform some sort of act that would keep them in this place of wanting to seek out how to have that next pleasurable dose of whatever. So, here's the cool thing with Reality Transurfing, you get to choose, right? You get to choose which Pendulums you're connected to and which ones you're not. So, if you're in business with any of these right now and you— well, let's just say this, it doesn't even have to do with if you're in business with any of these right now. What it has to do more with is how do you feel right now? How are you actually feeling right now? Are you feeling good? Are you feeling bad? Are you feeling like your life is perfect? Pleasurable, or are you feeling like you're in pain? These are pretty much the questions. Do you feel good, bad, pleasure, or pain? Now, if you're feeling pain, which Pendulums are involved? It's not a matter of if they're involved, it's a matter of which ones are involved, because they are definitely involved. You are getting too many doses of pain and not enough pleasure. So, here you can switch over. Right? And you can be this character instead. These are my Pendulums. I have Pendulums of positive relationships, and Pendulums of self-love and self-care. This is huge! Self-love and self-care is never, ever, ever going to give me a dose of pain, ever! I could get totally wrapped up into the self-care and self-love Pendulum in the evenings and spend hours luxuriating in my bath and— doing treatments on myself and getting massages and doing all that positive self-care stuff, it's never going to deliver me a dose of pain. Same with creativity, right? I could throw myself into the creativity pendulum, because remember, everything that you give your attention and energy to is in fact a pendulum. So creativity is absolutely a pendulum, and that one again will not necessarily deliver you any pain. Now, I mean, obviously, you could get wrapped up in creating something that's— I don't know, you have expectations it's gonna get into an art gallery and it doesn't, and then you could experience some pain. But more or less, being in the state of creativity is not going to cause you any pain. Physical activity, same thing. And encountering positive information. So, what this really boils down to, to wrap this video up, is that if you are in pain right now in any way, if you are feeling as though you're mistrusting of your world, or your layer of reality isn't looking that bright and beautiful today, or whatever it is, then it's time to clean up that layer of reality and really take a step— and decide which Pendulums are you seeking pleasure from that have maybe given you some pleasure in the past, that are now delivering a giant dose of pain. I know for a lot of people right now, this is news and politics. Time to go! If your reality isn't looking 100%, it's time to give up those connections with— those pendulums and then switching over. If you don't know what to do, replace your news time with self-care and self-love. And I guarantee you insights will come in your direction for what next steps you can take, right? So focusing on the pendulums of physical activity, creativity, positive relationships, self-care, self-love, and positive information only. Unfollow all the people on Facebook, unfollow all the Instagram accounts, unfollow the Twitter feeds that are doing a bunch of this crap. You have the choice if you want to be in this mode, and this mode is going to create a lot more pleasure, I promise you, than this mode. This mode is going to keep you connected with your levels of pain and it is going to deliver more negative than positive, 100%, "I really do feel this way." So, if you are in need of switching over, take a screenshot of this, and next time you're not feeling so well, look at it! How can I move from this to this? How can I sever some of these lines and start developing lines to some of these? So, are you pleasure-seeking? Today, getting something else instead? Are you in this mode? Do you need to tune out of this mode? Let me know your thoughts on this one, everybody! Remember to like this video and subscribe! And thank you so much for watching! Have a good one! Bye!
