Alan Watts - It can't be done

[@alexacacio8325]

what a wonderful recording

[@robertholmes2957]

my self has improved very little by my own doing. the 2nd step - came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity - most of the work is done by a higher power.. all i do is do the simple actions that are stated in the rest of the steps.. and let me tell u, i never was sane from as far back as i can remember.. there was something missing and i didnt know what that something was until i found AA.. then i discovered what i choose to call god (not the written down god, too small) suddenly the barriers that i had set up from before i was born started to crumble and i was more free than i ever had been previously.. as long as i continue to work the steps and pull back the many layers of disfunction and what not i will continue to get better.. self improvement is not performed by the self except a little but i have to be willing to do the work..

[@AnnCooper33]

❤❤

[@tothemooooon]

Thank u so much for not adding music to this talk!!

[@michealmickey1737]

Whats the music at the end

[@01claudLO]

Music is vibrations.

[@donwanderley7156]

What’s the point in giving self-improvement speeches then?

[@squirtlent]

Did you listen to the whole video ? lol

[@it_is_ov_er]

he always said he was an entertainer

[@timothyburns2081]

lol you have to really listen to understand. Essentially self improvement is possible in a relative sense but on a deeper or rather different perspective there is no “self” to improve.

[@playerproppimp2932]

You clearly didn’t understand or even listen

[@SHAMGODTHECREATOR1]

There is no point really. But as people we think he( people like alan) have the answers and can solve our internal problems. They can't solve it directly but in a way show us the path

[@goldismoney5899]

More BS from another BS-er. So this lecture is somehow NOT self improvement? Why are these people paying money to listen to his blather? They are hoping for self improvement.

[@it_is_ov_er]

he always said he was an entertainer

[@codymills6429]

They are going to listen to his profound talks just as those of us who enjoy him on KZbin do. If you listen and think about it it's simple. On a "basic" sense you can improve "yourself" but once you go deeper there is no "self" to improve. We are all one, all part of something much bigger than ourselves. I used to think stuff like this was crazy but then I sat and thought about things after I had a NDE and realized that the fact that we are here at all is the crazy part. The fact that there is something rather than nothing is the crazy part. So what's so crazy about thinking that something aided in our journey to be where we are and who we are? I don't believe in the Christian God, too totalitarian for my liking, however there was something intelligent that allowed all of this stuff to happen. Be it nature, the universe, some God somewhere, a simulation, whatever. No matter what it is, this is all simply crazy and thinking and talking about stuff like this is very entertaining. Entertainment is what Alan said he enjoys, it's too bad he's no longer around to continue this :(

[@monguskooklord7867]

amusing and ironic contradiction is pretty zen

[@samiharb2643]

LOL 😅 It's hilarious cuz something that calls itself "goldismoney" & clearly worships that... would even listen to something like Alan Watts in the first place & then can't/won't understand the simple words/ideas a Real Man & then whine/complain about it after. OMG that's rich! 🤣

[@Elfyja]

The student wants a teacher and the teacher is there to lecture them that there is nothing to be taught. He got paid to do something he enjoyed, talking. Like someone telling a story from a book about nothing and everything and you’re here on the tip of your toes listening.