Alan Watts - Stop Chasing What You Think Will Make You Happy

[@konkowjosephson1607]

Im thankful for youtube for this,not a big fan of internet and what it takes from imagination of the young. But the fact is that this groovy man is being sent too billions

[@James-wv3hx]

l used to listen to him on the radio in the nineteen sixties. Thank you 🙏

[@jujumulligan43]

I love the wisdom of Alan Watts. He taught humanity so very much to help guide us on this earthly journey. We need more souls like him on this earth. It is a blessing we have Tolle now to help us. RIP Alan

[@enriqueteruel6574]

its the wisdom of Buddha...

[@fingerprint5511]

Yes it's the teachings of the Buddha- and he died of Alcoholism

[@enriqueteruel6574]

@@fingerprint5511 so what?

[@6slapplays931]

​@@fingerprint5511 interesting.. enteresan

[@shivadasa]

It’s extremely difficult to be a Bodhisattva-to carry an open and loving heart in a world populated with beings who hate suffering but are quite hopelessly in love with its causes.

[@KingfisherLtd]

Fantastic thing about Watts' speeches is they are so logical and clearly spoken, that even non native english speaker (like me) can understand them.

[@theordinary1059]

Unfortunately you will never grasp an understanding that will end your suffering. There is nothing to be gained, nothing to learn. You are already as close to enlightened as you're ever going to get, it is not a matter of logic or mind. Oh the irony of me writing this😂 I speak as much to myself as you

[@magomarlin]

​@@theordinary1059thanks

[@Jhawk_2k]

Long bike rides are perfect for these contemplations

[@gramadafilip]

Just did that, thanks 2 you. Thanks!😊

[@adamparker5696]

This is what is meant symbolically in the Bible saying they ate from the tree of knowledge… The distinction of good and evil, right and wrong like and dislike. Thank you.

[@tutorialchief]

right, they were "with god" and after getting the dual knowledge they get "kicked out", not one so called religious person gets this sadly. Still this is also a medal, because through this knowledge as elohim said "man became like us" in the misery of this form of conciou ess lays the new partaking of being a creator in a certain way, it includes having an will ourselves so we can do all kinds of things, ceate, invent, choose how to live and so on, what stays is the fact that all of that creates even more misery 😂

[@-lancepie-1002]

it is this man's logic that made me have common sense

[@williamlee7001]

he helped you realize what was always in you. he only helped you find it. Watt's has helped me realize a lot!

[@Toddtesla8]

A lot of ❤

[@TheMark8765]

We are all born with that...

[@noonespecial4171]

Common sense arises from wisdom, wisdom arises from experience. The rest is delusion.

[@justinmix143]

If only it were common

[@starmelter-band]

the ending, though...

[@stormaggeden]

Yeah that tripped me out

[@MercedesCruz-qe1nj]

Only when I'm listening these words of wisdom do my mind go into total silence. Thanks to the Almighty that we have had this TEACHER.

[@PheazibbleKneads69]

Just don’t be a good student to a bad master

[@tutorialchief]

who is the almighty?

[@m44235]

I realized from this speech that, I make a lot of plans even to be out of suffering 😂😂… I guess I found my Zen moment 😍😎

[@tyroneorozco7289]

this is pure mastery the art of chronological commonsense

[@BF3MeGusta]

And then people ask me what was the lecture about. Huh? I would have to quote the whole thing xdddd

[@berthacheese8924]

I love that it repeats… “like a trap” at the end…. 😂😂😂 it’s a trap!! 😊🎉😂❤

[@dattrajsuryawanshi1648]

But there's a way out of that trap

[@PC-gc6ck]

If one listened to only one of his pieces, this would be it.

[@JeanetteBaylor]

"...and the vision that was planted in my brain still remains ... Within the sound ... Of silence..." Your edits are glorious. 🕐 🎶

[@jokevermeer3828]

Thank you ♥

[@ThoughTObjecTMusic]

Nice touch at the ending

[@ZENIFORNIA]

Great stuff in this one☯️

[@ds3965]

so many things said, one thing and its contrary, and we're always the same

[@watermenplumbingfiltration144]

One may always be desiring, but if the things desired help other people, it's a win. I would argue that one can pray for Devine grace to help channel desire into a positive thing.

[@contemplatingwithamaster]

Thanks 😊 ; me too

[@TheDREADlight]

Middle path 🙏

[@sajonac]

Wisdom at it finest.

[@kaballah-qj1ji]

47:03 - 48:18 Andrew Tate

[@user-sm7wr6vz9k]

I am not trying to make things better, rather just trying not to be bored.

[@BF3MeGusta]

watch bordome, where is it?

[@user-sm7wr6vz9k]

@@BF3MeGusta in my head.

[@uStepProductions]

Amen

[@robertcostagliola3741]

This guy is the only guy in the world that understood life, imo. Everyone else is wasting their time, especially politicians. "You have to accept unacceptance, as well". Genius. I have to get a copy of this lecture and listen to it over and over because there's so much in it...

[@ericmotov9886]

Agree. I listen his teachings 3 years already and there is no doubt he gives us so many to understand. R.I.P. Mr. Watts

[@wulf67]

He’s not the “only guy” who understands. He’s great, but there are/have been thousands of others. Politicians? 😂Those guys are professional liars. They don’t enlighten anyone. Their job is to keep us in the dark while they pick our pockets to make the central banks and defense contractors richer.

[@stevelivingstone4616]

There are a good few.

[@keithmurf426]

Yet he died of alcoholism. 🤷‍♂️

[@vincentkeller4725]

​@@keithmurf426so what, were all going to die regardless & you ain't no better than anyone else! Let go of the fear

[@Yetipfote]

Trying too hard to do the "right" thing implies that I don't feel good enough

[@tapedpopsicle]

Anybody else hear the opera singer in the background? lol

[@malabuha]

My parents trained me how to give up desire as humanly possible. They even named me Desire 😅😅 And they didn't even know it. What a joke 😅😅

[@AkshathaNirmal]

We dont have to go to forest to know that. You can understand by deconditioning and understanding thoughts that is instant perception the intelligence 😊

[@satinderpalsinghkang1816]

Jiddu krishnamurti and Alan watt both enough in schools..

[@TheFXofNewton]

Make a trap. Make a trap. Maybe a trap.

[@ezekielalkhabeer7084]

42:45

[@dustinemerzian5989]

"To make a trap, to make a trap, to make a trap, to make a trap..."

[@mesumit37]

46:17

[@user-en7cc2xi4n]

I'm all ready pin up so I don't need to be among people with knowledge so don't worry about who I am as I with respect and Thanks you much ❤

[@Keely-ml2gp]

We came from the forest, we aren't alone there, the ocean either. I like alone time don't get me wrong i told them ride a horse up a mountain bareback when they told me go find God lol like they had control or i for that matter.

[@blackrook29]

This man will have us just sitting doing nothing.

[@noonenowhere6920]

Tells you, don't chase pleasure, while smoking a pipe and drinking.

[@bike4aday]

Before enlightenment, chop wood carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood carry water. What changes is our understanding of everything, not necessarily what we do, even though that might change a little bit just as any growth or development would result in some kind of personality change.

[@ian123412]

@@noonenowhere6920 and? does a that take away the perspective from his words?

[@fingerprint5511]

​@bike4aday it's not the personality that becomes enlightened. How could it when it's a conditioned response?

[@texasd1385]

​@@fingerprint5511 You just answered your own question

[@vision3691]

How is he gonna say that while getting drunk and chasing that high on a daily basis?

[@7paula777]

The plot thickens! 😊

[@RenatasVilcinskas]

What kind of music are you currently listening to?

[@theshadow8900]

Peter green: I have got good mind to give up living

[@micksmach2680]

I just wanna be with Charlie tbh

[@stillthesame-uo9pi]

Why is there some ghost singing in the background ?

[@madden12]

Because its an old recording device that has backround noise

[@J_Mc314]

But they do fight fire with fire. They call it a fire ring or fire barrier. They do it in fighting forest fires.

[@BorkedShlong]

balls

[@fingerprint5511]

Go back to the TV

[@J_Mc314]

@@fingerprint5511.....As John Prine said..."Blow up your TV, throw away your paper, move to the country, and build you a home! Not sure what you meant by that beings I don't watch too much brain rotting TV. And whether you like it or not....Do your research because the forestry service does do this to combat forest fires. Look up my homie Cody @ #Wranglerstar or any other of the US forestry people or pasture farmer people and they will all enlighten you. Now...#Actaccordingly

[@user-hm6zb2fq6r]

iF I stop chasing your MEN...would you make UNCLE SAM happy with what he already has??? YOU...LiLIths' son

[@doreekaplan2589]

Why did he drink

[@ian123412]

Because he was in a flow state. Did her ever say not to drink?

[@Needabeer76]

Cause he COULD. And he enjoyed it. Why else? You wierdo.

[@fingerprint5511]

Because he could not actually practice what he taught.

[@texasd1385]

​@@fingerprint5511 Why do you insist on imagining that drinking alcohol has a moral component? Or that teaching Buddhism for a living means you can't drink?

[@texasd1385]

Because it's fun and he enjoyed it. The miracle that put Jesus on the map was turning water into wine so the party could keep rolling

[@ChadKingOfficial]

You actually needs salt to be hydrated so that metaphor is wrong.

[@BrennyMadeABeat]

No… it’s not. Because ocean water kills you lmao. He never said sodium in general is bad get a grip 😂

[@ChadKingOfficial]

@@BrennyMadeABeat "Adding a small amount of salt to your drinking water helps replenish these lost electrolytes, promoting better water absorption and preventing dehydration." Ocean water kills you because it's too much salt for your body.

[@kemallinlien2745]

Prihvatio sam ne prihvatljivost. Imao sam sve do sada Samo putem ničega nadam se sveopštom iscijeljenju svijesti.

[@northwoodshaman]

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