Alan Watts-Guided Meditation (Awakening The Mind WITHOUT MUSIC)

[@ItsReuben2You9685]

I am so grateful to have found this version without the distracting music. I am so grateful. This is perfect. Thank you.

[@Pepper360]

extended version / ends at gong: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoSthoWvjc1qr6c

[@Charmian-and-Iras]

I so agree! Adding music goes against his ideas

[@Milassoccer]

Adding Music does not at all go against any of his ideas.... music can be a catalyst for meditation... if u get distracted,, well observe your distraction....

[@christianmairodrigues8513]

And I'm so grateful that you found it and shared it with us!! Namaste

[@johntettis9231]

Listen to the noises around you and don’t push or pull! that is the meditative game!

[@brianguerrahernandez]

thank you for not putting in cheesy "inspirational" music.

[@bradders9743]

Exactly

[@cheeselouise]

I've listened to this 100 times but every time I come back to it, I gain a deeper understanding

[@udaibhanusingh5881]

🙏🙅🙌Wonderful expanding of Yoga Techniques.🙆🙏

[@andrewgremba1450]

I have listened to this so many times. It is wonderful, even where he trips up.

[@syncsummit]

Perfect. Thanks for posting this. It’s not easy to listen to the general buzz and hum of the world with a goofy chorus in the background

[@phgamer3523]

Amazing! I have meditated for 125 days. I use this video almost everytime. Giving me the same energy as one night sleep, in Just 10min!

[@Avonbarksdaleable]

The results are not important, what’s important is that you are doing it ! 😁😉

[@charlesdbarber]

Thank you so much for not adding that insipid music that so many people superimpose over Alan Watts’ talks!

[@kundaliniairport]

Excellent .. tried to find the original without that silly music .. thanks a bunch

[@Tiyasha-l6b]

May be its the first one video which lead us to a real meditation state. Its so calming ❤

[@ildiphoenix]

I prefer to listen without music and hear his voice that is enough thank you 🙏

[@Makziie]

Wow, incredible. I have meditated for a long time on and off but getting into a meditative this quickly and easy amazed me. The way he uses his words to guide you is just too good.

[@joey2614]

Fr the guys a goat

[@garypuckettmuse]

There is a video of him from back in the days when he was going around in a kimono and he demonstrates "how to meditate" and he's very earnest and serious as he was in the early days. Then right at the end he says, "Or you can do this . . ." And he lets out HUGE LAUGHTER, laughing and laughing and it's a close up on his face and anyone who has had the blessing of hearing this man's laugh will get this immediately -- INSTANT ENLIGHTENMENT!! I wish I could find it but look for it. It's one of the rare actual videos of him which are not part of his public television series. Meanwhile not indigo blue you are contributing to my liberation and I bow to you.

[@RababaInc]

I need to find this!

[@garypuckettmuse]

@@RababaInc I'm going to try to find it and I'll put the link if I do. The problem is that so many youtube channels have cribbed and cribbed and cut and pasted segments . . .I'm going to try his own archives and some other places . . .more soon . . .because it will actually liberate anyone who hears it, no s@@t.

[@garypuckettmuse]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3WXloulbapsqMU. HAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAHAAHAAHAA!

[@jeremeymcmillan4575]

No music. Thanks. And I’m a musician.

[@georgedavies9523]

I've dropped two tabs of acid and I'm well into my trip. This is amazing

[@whatsthepoint2059]

fact: whatever moment that has happened, it's over now. There can never be a moment as unique as it was but there can also never be a moment as unique as this one right now.

[@DeusEx3]

Also without ads, unlike the other one that KZbin killed.

[@miimcollection]

Thank you for not having music in it 💎

[@nikipalla]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have adhd and the other version with music was extremely distracting for me. I was able to get through it but I much prefer Alan's voice alone.

[@paulg451]

Nicholas Carro you should research the keto diet. I hope it can help adhd, it's meant to do wonders. peace

[@paulg451]

Nicholas Carro you should research the keto diet. I hope it can help adhd, it's meant to do wonders. peace

[@mycelia_ow]

@@paulg451, not a good diet

[@MezbahRijvee]

Thank god no music in this

[@Doglulul]

ikr

[@sethschuetz3375]

Alan watts almost brings a tear to my eye every time I hear him speak. He teaches us so much about life

[@tompjewell53]

In the first minute he says: don’t judge the sounds, simply allow them to play with your eardrums. It’s all just sound.

[@matthewsmith3078]

True, but the music takes my focus away from all the other sounds.

[@ajuvix]

Watts also says if you can't meditate in a boiler room, you can't meditate anywhere ;)@@matthewsmith3078

[@hathorearth1718]

Let that be the case then allowing your eardrums to be focused on whatever sound they're drawn to. If you don't like the one with music there's this one without music which I prefer.​@@matthewsmith3078

[@travisbickle8008]

i started listening this 3 years ago and thought good but nothing special and now i see and feel that this the peak of meditation.. to relax coz everything is just happening itself

[@stevenlopez722]

So I just started meditating I’m 20 and never done it and I’ve only done it these past 2 days trying to do it daily but within time will I experience a different type of meditation?

[@AyliCarper]

@@stevenlopez722 Just keep going there's no right or no wrong just keep trying and see where it takes you. Pay no money, invest your time five minutes a day.

[@andiriswanmohamad5807]

so true lmao i've searched everywhere and this is the peak

[@thepowerofyourtrueself4794]

So beautiful he describes the way we should meditate in the present moment...he was such a beautiful soul ❤

[@irabnut]

who listening in 2020?

[@PaganBookClub]

2023

[@sususu9]

Came for this

[@ritiksoni4330]

gem🥰🥰

[@wighatsuperreggie]

Thank you for the no music. Thank you for the space.

[@maiapik]

this is the best thing internet gave me

[@seriouslyyoujest1771]

I love both with, and without music. But, thank you for providing an alternative. My sister-in-law L Kojima lived on a houseboat In Sausalito from 1971-1974. She was Mark Watts age, so I would be surprised if they did not meet, or Allan in coming and going.

[@firefolly1284]

Thank you!! I always thought the music was distracting

[@freya5902]

Without music is far superior.

[@JiiHooMan]

Thanks for uploading this without music.

[@bipolar64]

Thanks for uploading this, I absolutely didn't like that "other" version with music and ads. Definitely liked this...👌👍

[@RababaInc]

I use this to fall asleep every single night. such a wonderful voice

[@Pepper360]

extended version / ends at gong: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoSthoWvjc1qr6c

[@derpymcderpypants]

I despise the fact that we live in a culture where people have this need to add music to everything. Sometimes nature should just be nature and meditation should be quiet.

[@NoMercyFate]

Well thats just like your opinion man.

[@dW01F]

You completely miss the point of what Alan is saying then.

[@Beautifulcoil]

People simply like to listen to stuff with music. Nothing "should" be anything. It's all personal preferances.

[@davidcraig7771]

@@dW01F no You miss the point.

[@wackolantern4786]

@@NoMercyFate lol

[@rehanfarooqui2071]

Thank you so much for this It’s my go to Alan Watts is awesome This is so epic on levels God bless everyone la hawla wala quwwata illa billah

[@shpho]

These 10 minutes felt like 20 minutes, fascinating

[@turtleswithbombs]

Do you think maybe you were bored? Or uncomfortable? Thats how I am sometimes when meditating. But still, mindfulness/meditation seems like a practice that’s more than worth it

[@shpho]

Well, I get bored after about 30 minutes. The only thing I find uncomfortable are my toes, at some moment I start focusing on them and they irritate me how they are touching each other.

[@onouphrios]

@@turtleswithbombs it’s definitely worth it bro

[@Brian.001]

Thank you for the no music!!

[@jacekm1915]

Just wonderful ! Thank You

[@Xenusgod]

This is amazing. Thank you brother

[@cxnzz2659]

iv only been meditating for about 2 weeks and this is the deepest iv went i turned off auto play and meditated for almost 2 hours and it was like i wasnt in this realities time frame if that makes sense like i was just so calm and just could hear everything but nothing snapped me out of it but anyways with the time i knew i was meditating for a while just i didnt know this long and it was like i was floating but also one with everything and it was just so peaceful also i felt almost like a soft pulse threw my hands and feet and i also did drift off a little bit in a few dreams but i knew i was in it so i went out of it basically almost lucid dreaming just it was like these dreams were made out of nothing like i cant explain it but can anyone explain what i felt or what happened threw this whole experience ?? also i think i almost astral projected or something cus iv always wanted to do that and i knew i was so deep that i could do it and i imagined my soul or higher self kind of coming out of this body and i felt it a little but it was like it kept restarting me back in the same spot and i had to keep coming out of my body but also i never actually went fully out my body, idk if you will understand what i mean but if you do could you also tell me maybe what happened on that

[@chinstroker1862]

Wow...right at the point that alan talked about breath falling out & in i felt like i was slowly floating down....as i came to i was sat in exactly the same position upright. I felt truly detached from my body...bizarre but my sense of perspective seems different with my eyes open?!

[@Prodigal_Son888]

Something similar happened with me after just 10 mins....then I felt sudden jolts of happiness in my brain and body and couldn't resist being so happy and calm..and opened my eyes instantly.

[@HowardEllisonUKVoice]

Bliss! No music! Ideal.

[@shutupluffy2]

Thank you vm! I'm on the autism spectrum so some noises just set me off and make me really uncomfortable, the humming in the other one made it very hard for me to relax!

[@CandyLemon36]

This content is a beacon to enlightenment. Reading a book with akin themes was a significant life-altering experience. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@scubastocks]

6:41 basically all of Zen summarized

[@J.B.1982]

“Not indigo bliss”. Classic. Haha. And thank you for the no music

[@dillonrogers7496]

Joseph Bianculli ty

[@Welowdy]

i fell sleep to this last night lol it was great

[@pratipkarmakar01]

No bullshit,another kind or maybe the most original kind of meditation

[@TrueSpeak-TS]

Ohhh okay

[@MezbahRijvee]

Silent meditation is the best

[@AMADYTB]

I am hustler so I watch it in x2

[@vinayaadhikary4354]

Thanks for without music 🙏🙏

[@onlyloveisreal1723]

I'm gonna try this with the beautiful sound of my Boston terrier snoring! 🐶

[@thegoodkidboy7726]

My left ear enjoyed that

[@ovrdrm]

who's here because of Nox Vahn and Marsh track?

[@bw5970]

Excellent. Reminds me of Seng Ts'an: ''if the eye never sleeps and fancies will disperse" If you never allow anything to arise without total attention the illusion of our conception of the world will disappear and reality will be experienced without our stories; the stories themselves may still arise but will be seen as just more arisings like sights and sounds. Also reminds me of Krishnamurti's "choiceless awareness.' But i find keeping the eyes open better. Closing eyes leads to more imagination for me. There is some legend of the birth of the tea plant in China about Bodhidharma tearing off his eyelids from frustration at not being able to keep his eyes open.

[@ChoicelessAwareness]

Sitting Meditation with Music is for beginners. This version is great for people who don't want to romanticize the idea of meditation.

[@phillipprice43]

People can meditate however they see fit. Gatekeeping meditation is lame and drives people away

[@ThePhazefuture]

guess you missed the whole non-judgement part of meditation 🤡

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

@@ThePhazefuture 🤭😂😂😂

[@as_the_turntables]

Ego.

[@thealbertcoopercollection9441]

Get over your self brother.

[@ArchieRahman]

Thank you for creating this! 🙏🏼

[@ShadowcZ-pu9gl]

That was the best medication of my life 🤣

[@ljwilliams1076]

😂 i remember when i first found alan watts and this video

[@wandereroftheabyss-o4l]

Thank you very much.. I needed this.

[@toxicpie1000]

thank you so much for not using any music.

[@parsoniareigns]

Thanks. Nirvana awaits not that I'm seeking it.🙂

[@shahir1395]

haha. if you have a spare ticket, pls...

[@kagame6524]

It’s always here :)

[@mikelytou]

Lol, you deserve a thumbs up just for the channel name ^^

[@teizdawn545]

merci beine pour la mama

[@Juankwan]

Thank you so much for uploading this! That other one was impossible to listen too, with that unbearable New Age music 😂

[@narenmohammedali312]

I am appreciated for sharing this cuz it also gives an interesting idea to get rid of overthink i did this challenging and it works. Great ❤❤

[@mickeynotmouse]

This is impossible to listen to without falling asleep

[@bobdylan2843]

Team Drew!!!

[@timangar9771]

hell yeah m8

[@davidy87]

Literally just finished watching this feeling so relaxing and I get a spam call from my energy company talk about ruining it for me 😂

[@KyleLensch]

That was you testing yourself. Pop quiz from the universe on what you just heard haha

[@ragnes18]

Thank you

[@behzadasgharpour661]

he is the best in the west

[@25bmax]

Breathing is just breathing, hearing is just hearing and so on with other senses.

[@CameronWinters]

Thank you!

[@zacreader4751]

Who’s here because of Cole Hastings?

[@theresa7062]

Me

[@dhanushpthampi5587]

Me

[@pancakeman8821]

who

[@AmaPeters-pj6pm]

Who knows

[@liz_dailybarcelo8761]

Meee

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

I meditate without meditating.

[@D2yella]

Lol truth :).

[@VenusLover17]

Thanks so much

[@CryOverdage]

Hey sup guys, the other video with music blocks comments so i wanna put it here. I tried this but i am really doing what he says we shouldnt. I really try to identify, repress and force the noices. I even take noices personal ... I dont even know how to explain this.

[@NoMercyFate]

So ask yourself why you do this. I don't think I can explain it any better then Alan Watts did but try not to see meditation as an effort or exercise. It's pretty much just observing an experience, like if you are lying in the grass in the sun, don't think about how you feel about the sun shining on you or the grass lying beneath you. Dont think about how or why it does that but instead just try to feel everything there is to feel. I totally get what you mean by the way :P But it takes some figuring out to get over this, think about why you do this and why you want to meditate, educate yourself and don't give up if it seems hard at first! Good luck man :)

[@oldkidsjonge]

I would say that you take the noises personally (good or bad) because you have an expectation or wish for the sounds to go this and not that way. Not that that's bad or good, just something different from the video :D

[@mariekevds9277]

Hey! I personally think that it's good to keep trying. It's not about the fact that you can't exactly do what Alan Watts says, but as long as you keep trying to do so, you will experience that the thoughts and sounds will fade out to the background and you will reach the meditative state. I experience when I'm not feeling well mentally, the proces of not identifying with the sounds is harder, because I think my brain is very active(thinking, worrying, judging). It helped me to teach myself more abou the monkey brain(buddhism). This is the conscious part of the brain that generates the thoughts. With practice in meditation you learn to dim down the monkey brain. It's a long story to explain in a youtube comment, but it was really valuable information for me in my journey with meditation and finding inner peace (still looking though!). there are lots of videos on youtube about this! Don't worry about the results, it's the journey that counts and one day you'll get there. I hope this helps! Have a nice day!

[@jackhousman6637]

Don't worry. Keep on.

[@MrBurni1]

Remember the value you gain from practice is not achieving a quiet mind but just noticing the thoughts that arise.Just notice the thoughts and then let them pass.If you can notice the next thought you are already doing really well.

[@miquel2423]

I understand that EVERYTHING is simply an happening and that we have to be aware of that and observe it so that we can get in the meditative state. But I still don't understand arbitrary happenings, he said that you can call breathing as an arbitrary happening, but what else are arbitrary happenings? For example: talking with your friends, studying for school, sitting in the bus, listening to music etc (Or is EVERYTHING an arbitrary happening)? Or maybe a better way to ask: what is the principle behind arbitrary happenings? Also, is this guide only used to get in the meditative state? Or is this guide also applicable in everyday life? I just want to make sure I have the point of what Alan Wattson is trying to tell us to get in the meditative state correct in my mind. Thank you in advance for helping me understand what he is trying to tell us :) Edit: It's the hard and fast division you make between voluntary and involuntary actions (happenings) which is arbitrary, lol. I get that part now. Still, if you want to summarize this guided meditation or give me tips, please feel free to leave a comment. I really want to know what you have to say :) Have a good day!

[@sarujanrupan4831]

What I understand is that you just need to learn to be in the present. It's not easy at first but you can get better over time.

[@neethy1836]

Love you

[@jessann6751]

Excellent suggestions

[@zimmerfrey6505]

thank you for this

[@nyckgs]

HERO

[@johnmccue9866]

Good lad.

[@askriyoussef7877]

Does listening to sounds as if they all were noise require that we understand them or not

[@adamasciak7194]

It's probably ok to understand them but the point is letting the understanding happen by itself. Sometimes, instead of simply understanding we create chains of thought - "Oh a cat meowed. That's my cat Charlie. I should feed her soon. Speaking of food, is it lunch already? What should I have for lunch?" Just imagine how annoying it would be if you had a person standing next to you voicing all of these obvious insights and judgements. Instead of telling yourself that it's your cat you just sense that it's true and move on to a new sound.

[@brodie3805]

No

[@kingminded5356]

@@adamasciak7194 gggģý⁶źßhb x.

[@jamestinner7046]

Can you meditate with eyes open

[@jordankinghorn3758]

Yes you can meditate doing anything

[@KSSKAYDEE]

Yes you can what works for u

[@onouphrios]

every time.

[@wittyname212]

6000 peope actually understand what meditation is, as opposed to new age music and other such crap....

[@RodriiLinaa]

This was the audio that Nox Vahn and Marsh used on the "Come Together" track

[@alexandersideris]

What part ?

[@RodriiLinaa]

@@alexandersideris Starting from the beggining

[@andristic]

the audio is coming through the left ear only...

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

No

[@andristic]

actually it's just quieter in the right ear

[@shakerr7933]

Why would you use headphones listening to this, you're supposred to listen to the world areound you!

[@andristic]

@@shakerr7933 What if I want to listen without disturbing other people?

[@shakerr7933]

@@andristic let them enjoy meditating with you!

[@ericgoodman]

Listen daily

[@ratfats6057]

woa

[@DulceVO]

My Cat Kitty is snoring Too hahahaha

[@Gagarinprojectofficial]

hi, may i ask you where you got the audio from ?

[@WaitDaMinute]

Do you have to be like a little bit on present moment or just fully relaxed even if your thoughts carry you away? 🤔😊

[@3164975582]

Just Be ;) don't force or try anything. Just relax and whenever your mind wanders of and you recognise it, gently bring it back to the present and just be once again.

[@WaitDaMinute]

@@3164975582 thank you ❤️🙏

[@KIDfromOKAGA]

@@3164975582 good point my friend. Recognize it, don’t place any judgments on it, and return to your breathe

[@eduardolopez4520]

thank you I love you

[@lauriallantorni3761]

Thaaaank you!

[@TestChannel-cr6vx]

2:24

[@migueldeleon896]

This os the only guided meditation video i use

[@jackcullen69]

first word/s and last sentence from the IB video aren't here but maybe they aren't that important. thanks!

[@tommygun5035]

Like the name 😂 smart twist off the other

[@williamblackham5008]

Its much better XD

[@miquel2423]

Can someone explain to me the purpose of this meditation guide? I mean, I know I shouldn't practice meditation if I expect outcomes or certain benefits, but I'm just not too sure what this meditation guide is trying to teach us... Is this guide trying to teach us on how to be one with the experience, to be in the moment? Or something else? This guide helped me quite a lot to live more in the moment by being the experience that is going on right now. Or is this guide trying to tell us that everything should be treated as an happening? I just want to make sure that I have the point of what Alan Watts is trying to tell us correct in my mind. I would greatly appreciate any comment, thank you very much and have a great day :)

[@Joel_Simila]

Meditation is for being in the moment. This guide teach us what is easiest way to get in this meditative state. 😃 (I am afraid to chat in english😅)

[@ljwilliams1076]

The point is everything happening to you is what you do and what you do is what happens to you so everything is a happening

[@ljwilliams1076]

The line between what you do and what happens to your is severed

[@JeF_91]

From my experience, from what I've learned and practiced with different types of meditation, I see in this video the core aspect of the meditative state, that is the Observer aspect, the feeling of rest in awareness that sometimes I can get into. When I manage to fully assume this observer posture (most of the times just lasts minutes or seconds), it's like to see things in a 3rd person, and that you have no obligation to react, analyse or take any action on what is happening, and then I feel free, safe, strong and with the peace of mind to see things more clearly. Allan Watts tells in this video to perceive the sounds, thoughts as it was just noises, happenings, leading you to that observer state, that you gradually start to "let go", and reduce the effort you were making in analyzing these thoughts even if unintentionally, until at one point you simply release all tension and rest while just watching everything along with your breath.

[@vafabakhsh]

@@Joel_Simila your English is great bro don’t worry 🤝

[@abdelilhmanflores]

Way better

[@Vishal-dt2sv]

Thanks @not indigo bliss

[@vc1163]

No meditative master ever needed or used music. You would be seen as an idiot if you told an experienced meditator that music is an option in meditation. Its not. Why do you think monasteries have meditation retreats IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE? For the silence.

[@-Safijiiva-]

Its funny because his recording was uaed in a popular dubstep song

[@kaiogden7069]

Especially those awful videos with animal noise samples on a robotic loop. Silence is the most organic music, this upload is perfect.

[@fxm5715]

Needed music? Of course not. I prefer it without, myself, but I suspect a master would see my preference as just an obstacle to overcome by letting it go. Silence, or a rush-hour traffic jam; ideally, it shouldn't matter.

[@JosetheDopeLPs]

Lmao Talk about an ego trip for someone who meditates. "You would be seen as an idiot." Really, dude? I understand your sentiment but is there really a need for you to sound high-and-mighty considering the subject matter? That's the kind of language that drives away people who aren't experienced enough with meditation to stick to it.

[@leversandpulleys9274]

@@-Safijiiva- , lol yea those ambient-lofi-hiphop

[@srinivasmodukuru5346]

Sri Gurubyo namaha