Alan Watts - Myth of Myself Full Lecture Part 1 - Alan Watts Organization Official

[@Taldaran]

And the truly mind-blowing thing about Alan's teaching, is when we listen to him we are not really learning. It's already in us. We have just forgotten. We can't help but resonate.

[@JakeK27]

Very well put

[@robertbrumet5391]

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[@lilaabydos9268]

❤

[@cheri238]

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[@Tammygma]

Yes, what a great voice to remind us of ourselves as we've taught or learned these things along the way. Still he has opened up so many things. Love him

[@brianc6379]

Alan watts gives me hope.

[@alainahutch]

I could listen to him all day and night ❤️

[@jameschesterton]

Me too. I think we should.

[@themcstreetz316]

Same I have fell asleep to his lectures for about 7 years on and off. I always come back when I forget. It's like he's an old friend

[@yahyeleban10]

I would love to have met him

[@darrengodden9781]

Yeah me too, strange thing is, at the moment I am !

[@mvcassone]

I do quite frequently 😆

[@aug.jam.1]

Alan has not taken away my physical problems and pain but he certain opened my mind on how to deal with life. I know he felt as an entertainer but a couple of alan watts a day will keep the depresson, devil, anxiety and doctor away. This man is 85% responsible of keeping me sane and not kill myself . Thank for these great uploads

[@czechmeowt2868]

I had a life changing experience not so long ago, and the way I looked at the world changed completely. Not just my values and ideals, but literally the way it looked is different. It's tough to convey to others, but it's somewhere between seeing the world through a third person perspective, and seeing my life as an infinite series of slides. I can't pretend things matter anymore. I can't go back to the way I used to be. I feel shell shocked, looking around at the world, with the veil lifted for the first time. I grapple with the idea that maybe I have had a psychotic break, that maybe I'm crazy or delusional, but I feel lucid, reasonable. It's as though I was navigating life as a maze, and suddenly I've been lifted over the walls, and can see the whole thing from above. It makes exploring the maze seem psychotic. It makes looking for purpose, happiness within the maze seem silly. In any sense, Alan Watts helps me feel comfortable with this revelation. Maybe the world looks very different to me, now, but that's okay. Throughout my life I will have many understandings of the world around me, some more useful, some less. Either way, peace, compassion, and thoughtfulness are admirable principles, and to work towards a better understanding of my own mind is a worthwhile quest. Thanks to Watts and the community.

[@ladyreverie7027]

I felt that the ego is the third person idea. When I listened to Watts I felt that I had up to now constantly been seeing myself from the third person, but that the real me is the subjective experience itself, pure "first person consciousness" that suffuses all life, the "I Am" of God/Atman.

[@brewney1111]

You should consider being a writer if u aren't one already, at a point I thought i was reading a bestseller book

[@jasminebrown701]

Your third eye activated self & started to open once it does nothing will ever be or feel the same

[@DaleTrevors]

You've been awakened. Welcome.

[@bpalpha]

Thanks for sharing Czech. I feel out of place in this world. I don't fit in. Hearing others struggle with identity and also praising the real high ideals of love, compassion, empathy, kindness helps confirm what I know.

[@gazfisher7391]

'This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.' Bill Hicks.

[@eEvelina2135]

@@gazfisher7391 My deep gratitude to you for sharing this incredible quote by Bill Hicks. I have heard his name, but that's about it. I shall undertake a quest to learn more about him and his wisdom as well. 🌸🌈✨

[@shayhawkins0407]

R.I.P. Alan Watts, most of the world will never know how dearly you were needed and how much you still resonate with those wise enough to cherish your wisdom.😢

[@elaineadolph1333]

I am very greaful for Allen's profound wisdom ❤️

[@elaineadolph1333]

Correction Allen to Alan 😮

[@lannigucci]

Alan Watts has made my life infinitely better. Thank you, sir.

[@TyephoonMonsoon365]

You’ve said a lifetime’s worth...

[@dauriced7921]

Great man 😎

[@DRTKO365]

@Mara Fostey, He is by far the most pop-philosopher of all time. Everything he says just makes sense. If you like Alan Watts you should check out Albert Camus, his book 'the stranger' has some interesting interpretations of the world like watts.

[@joangoldblum1176]

All For One Love talan Watts

[@staticskipps4563]

ipiiiiitt yt tyt y yttt tyt to me yeah yeah wow 🤩 is going through it with you i uôûii

[@Inner-wellbeing]

A genius like no other, a free spirit, a liberator of humanity gifted with the ability of eloquent speech to reach all ❤️

[@James-ll3jb]

Ok...must be cool to be god eh?

[@Tatwamasi_Om]

​@@James-ll3jb'pretty cool?' ask yourself if it is pretty cool. Such experience I can not describe as so underwhelming and mundane.

[@James-ll3jb]

@@Tatwamasi_Om ...surely you know why Watts isn't taken seriously...

[@DorothyReich]

@@James-ll3jb Not taken seriously *by you* 😁

[@James-ll3jb]

@@DorothyReich nor anyone who is serious lol

[@killed_phill796]

To think of how the world would be if we listened to people like this from a young age

[@DorothyReich]

We have an *anti-education*, "education" system to ensure we don't...

[@melodinumbra]

It’s never too late for that to become reality, all it takes is the will of a single person to change the world

[@thutog780]

Whoever recorded these clips... i cannot thank you enough! 👏🏼👏🏼🌟💞

[@AlanWattsOrg]

That would be Alan’s son, Mark Watts. He also started this org with Alan and continues the outreach efforts today ;) Thank you for listening and sharing your appreciation!

[@sacredrain7757]

So happy to know this is from the original source, not just someone else passing on the goodness that is Mr. Watts. I will only come to this channel now.

[@Thilosophocl3s]

I listen to him all night, quite regularly, whether I'm awake or not.

[@noneyabizniss1765]

I do that too, listen as I’m falling to sleep. Alan, Ram Dass and Jack Kornfield are enlightened beings.

[@vishtafayaz]

The Rythm of Alan Watts. Listening to him is such a pleasure...

[@justdriveon]

My hero.

[@Dochartaigh190e2.5]

I'm nearly 50 years old and I've only recently discovered Allen Watt's. Everything makes sense now. . Thank you Allen what an inspirational intelligent man.

[@AlwaysfitnessInternational]

Was!

[@DorothyReich]

​@@AlwaysfitnessInternationalStill is 😊

[@eEvelina2135]

I have been transformed by him and his profound and joy-filled insights and wisdom. I am humbled and grateful for all of it, and for him...that our paths intertwined. 🩷🌸🌈🌺

[@Very-ImportantPerson]

You are a gift to humanity

[@debbiebolek2117]

Plain and simple❤

[@lindenpanfalone3481]

I feel extremely grateful to hear this man

[@jujumulligan43]

Alan Watts brings to us timeless wisdom. He speaks to the essense of our humanity and helps to ground us in a sense of fellowship, not only toward one another but also for our planet, Mother Earth. Thank you so much for presenting these videos. I am grateful ❤.

[@GodHelpMe369]

When there’s a disagreement, someone will inevitably, most likely, be disappointed in me. So I engage in any and every disagreement in a way that ensures, that the person disappointed in me, never ends up being me! I aim to never repress, never suppress. I aim to never lose a part of myself. Radical honestly only: 100% of time. Always, all ways.

[@Micheal313]

Onward and upward at right angels is the way.🤙

[@tutorialchief]

for me one of the maybe the biggest teacher in life

[@TheMelanatedPrince]

The bell ringing being conscious because of the reaction, showing the intelligence within it, just open my mind to a deeper understanding of Life than I had before I heard that. It made Perfect sense

[@justdriveon]

Yes!

[@madazaboxofrogzz8884]

I love every minute of listening to him 💖 Sending love to everyone Amanda in Blackpool UK 💖🦄

[@sdutta8]

I began to understand the religion I was born into - Hinduism - through him. My virtual Guru.

[@heatherpowell2679]

I love the humour threaded through it all

[@LC-ht7sg]

He’s so fascinating. What a legend.

[@ramthian]

I love you Alan Watts ❤🙏👍👍👍

[@RedunDant-j6k]

Someday I hope I get to pay for this in return for how much value He has given me. Thank you for letting me learn while I can't afford to learn.

[@HeReS_JoHnNy-qc6vy]

Just found this gem, and I can't stop listening to such that insightful, yet soothing voice.

[@GalacticTrails]

I am a culmination of the holy spirit evident in the eye of I and the Spirit of Truth since birth. The Spirit Of Truth is evident in the Eye of the Beholder and those who know "I" resides in Heaven on Earth as Earth is part of the Heavenly abode of Heaven itself and should be honored with utmost respect by day and by night.

[@dawniebug784]

I love how he puts it. The most fascinating *problem* is "Who am I?" Because there's no concrete solution or answer to it so we keep debating it throughout human history.

[@rajendramirji5830]

I feel lucky to have come across Alan Watts talks. 🙏

[@AlanWattsInspiration-v6i]

This message really resonates-it’s fascinating to see how the West has shifted from seeing the universe as a creation of a divine artisan to viewing it as a mechanical, unintelligent system. But if we start to view everything, even rocks and minerals, as forms of primitive consciousness, it reminds us that life is rich with purpose and connectedness at every level.

[@Mstayevadewatty]

I myself, can’t stop listening to him. Each time I hear something different, not confused but the underlying get more interesting. I really love this lecture, it is something that I am feeling when I’m praying, I am a Hindu, and I always used the three Power of Vishnu, Baran, Shiva.

[@ursalaminor8457]

He straightens us out as he explains who made it crooked in the first place. A rare bird.

[@samsonoloja4909]

Omg 😮 I just unlocked another part of my consciousness listening to this 😢

[@OneOfAMineRocks]

EVERYTHING IS ALIVE....ROCKS MOSTLY!❤

[@lorrieudrea7496]

Alan Watts Words and voice makes my life bearable and so much easier ❤

[@cheri238]

🙏❤️🌍🕊🎶🎵

[@DanElser]

Yes, my favorite broadcast comes through without any streaming or recording. It never dawned upon me that Allan had passed away, 3 years before I arrived on the waterfront in Sausalito on the first day of 1976.

[@josephslinskey]

Listening to Alan Watts has helped SAVE MY LIFE 💯🫂☯️ 👘⛩️🐛🧘🦋⛩️👘

[@elizabethbarefoot1111]

Alan is my Sunday ritual ❤

[@johnmcleod8961]

AW and his wisdom delivered me from destructive Christian fundamentalism...im 65 yo now, born and raised and still live in southeast Mississippi...the "fundies" here are so hostile towards one another and the world, i simply couldnt take another minute of it...but i didnt want to throw the baby out with the bathwater...now, I'm much more at peace and truly find it liberating...thank you AW.

[@ronanryan7755]

Good for you!

[@godjhaka]

@@johnmcleod8961 when people need books to tell them what to do (like Christianity) you're already a programmed slave.

[@chuckhunter77]

I also abandoned fundamentalist nonsense. The thing about Allan Watts though, is that I enjoy the philosophy and looking at our existence from a different perspective, but I've long ago abandoned any notion of "woowoo" supernatural stuff. I simply cannot believe in that which cannot be empirically demonstrated to be true. Take heart in the fact that literally millions of us have examined our beliefs and found them to be lacking. You're not alone, my friend.

[@johnmcleod8961]

thank you for the reply...yes, I had to seriously examine and question what I once took for granted...just goes to show how fish don't even know they're in water...the vast majority of people are ascribed religionist, not achieved, i.e., they get it on their mama's knee...but unlike most people I know, I've always been much more inquisitive and better educated than the indigenous folk around here...living here is like living in a medieval enclave.

[@juliecostello5203]

I love listening to him!!! Genius ~ he is!!

[@yoyo-wr9ep]

Alan is my universal compass ..greatv respect 🙏💥

[@I-am-Hanuman711]

At 15:00 when he mentions the analogy of the singular peculiarity between our galaxy and a people's popping out 😃 equates to the equivalent of an 🍎 falling from an apple tree had me out of breath in hysterical laughter frequency variations that lasted 5 minutes ☺️... thank you Allan wherever you are 🙏💜🕊️

[@russellbarndt6579]

I listen to Allen Watts and Stephen Mitchell's version of the Tao Te Ching and Eva Wong's Being Taoist wisdom for living a balanced life regularly, and my quality of life is beyond what I thought possible when I still believed in that religion of judgment rather than disharmony with the nature of the Way of the Universe ((the Tao)

[@Paula-fj9xr]

Brilliant mind. Brilliant explanation We are everything everywhere in the all

It is always a pleasure to hear and enjoy the wisdom reflections of Alan Watts.

[@indiraghai7972]

Growth is always intrinsic, roots sunk deep

[@LivingJournal]

He reintroduces myself with me. This I understand but cannot form and articulate in words.

[@calebgooden608]

This guy is great I love his talks cuz they hit me hard

[@justdriveon]

Truly the most profound and life-changing message.

[@shawnr3692]

Yes I can certainly agree with U. However; I would have to say that it's a very, very close race, this guy and Jordan Peterson!?! Haven't heard of him? I highly recommend him...

[@georgehernandez9282]

"We grow out of the earth like an apple grows out of an apple tree" -Alan Watts. Mind blown!!

[@asmodeus0454]

This is a good talk from Watts from the "Tao of Philosophy." I will have to listen to "Myth of Myself, Part 2" if I can find it.

[@billsantelli5195]

Did you ever find it? I can’t seem to locate

[@MsGaella]

We didn’t come into this world - we came out of it. Brilliant. Thank you for the recording.👏🙏🏻

[@The_Maze_Is_Not_Meant_For_You]

This is something EVERY person must hear

[@The_Eternal_Now]

Unfortunately they'd rather listen to some Lil vert uzi- Or uh.. Nikki Minaj's WAP? 😏

[@mikey6214]

Consciousness reflecting upon itself, gives consciousness to the reflection. Like looking in a mirror and your reflection comes to life. Both sides of the mirror are both the source and the reflection. Nothing exists unless there is something else to observe it. Reflection is the only way to create another you, if you are the only one that exists. This is how ONE can become TWO, in order to bring the ONE into existence.

[@Leobreaker_G]

I find it so interesting how he came from Christianity to this discovery...and melding the two, its just exquisite. I'm trying to find my faith in God and I know that was the right path for me so many years ago.

[@rumrnr78]

AW sharpened my focus on Jesus! He strips away our physical world veneer to see the truth!

[@emmyloveschris]

Who else is hooked on philosophy now? 🥳😂

[@GlowBowlPhilosophy]

*raises hand* since I could think.

[@melodinumbra]

It is my coping skill now

[@Jason-eo1rh]

You shall forever be an amateur.

[@johndavis2399]

Alan Watts' is the Man. {Note the closed caption text is wildly different than the audio in several spots(?)}

[@hamza3065]

I have suffered from OCD and going through DP/DR right now. No other words have resonated so much with me since I have struggled with these mental issues. Thank you Alan.

[@platypus8135]

sending hugs and a few kisses my dear

[@hayleyb467]

@@platypus8135 they're coming your way now xo ♡

[@thebaryonacousticoscillati5679]

Hope you are feeling better.

[@manslayerchick]

Hearing your voice calms my head Alan 💫✨

[@fayjan73]

Yess

[@girth_goblin]

This is really one of the best lectures I have ever heard

[@calebgooden608]

I like the what is reality

[@girth_goblin]

@@calebgooden608 banger as well. Tbh every word that comes out of his mouth is deep

[@rumi-tunes7727]

yes, until you hear his next and next and next... so glad his onion never stops peeling. wait till you find "Do you do it, or does It do you "

[@Hyumanity]

Ohhh, left hemisphere is the spotlight consciousness and the right is the floodlight consciousness! Thank you McGilchrist!

[@pinaky_AnVikSiki]

Enlightenment of consciousness itself is enlightened by our own intellectual intelligence...

[@melodinumbra]

Intelligence comes to us through understanding

[@classiql]

Well when you explain it like that.... It all makes perfect sense Alan

[@SharpChronofighter]

Philisophy at its true peak! When to know is to be! Pure and simple. Thank you Mr. Alan Watts 🙏🙂..........

[@TyephoonMonsoon365]

What Alan Watts is saying is that consciousness is everything.

[@christianmairodrigues8513]

Exactly! Because only by expanding our consciousness, which is the only "thing" that can see the real world, the great picture of the whole reality, we can attain peace of mind and stop dreading death by seeing it as an annihilation of everything, including our consciousness itself.

[@paulmetdebbie447]

@@christianmairodrigues8513 except it is not "our" consciousness.

[@jasp42]

@@paulmetdebbie447 it is both ours and not ours simultaneously. that's the great paradox

[@robyneperkins4469]

...and everything is conscious

[@jus1085]

Consciousness pervades the universe. We have antennas called brains that can tap into different levels of it. As we evolve, we develop potentials for greater realizations of that One consciousness. We develop concepts of it, all kinds of philosophies and systems of belief, but we always fall short of an accurate identification. Its potentials are limitless and the value, the real realization, is to realize that you are a part of it. There is no separation. Since you come from it, you are like a leaf on a cosmic tree and its not just you or a lower form of life... it is every atom in the universe.

[@Tammygma]

Thank you Mr. Alan Watts

[@user-ex4si2md6r]

It's only a lesson for showing that everything is intertwined and connected to everything else

[@GrafStorm]

Thank you for providing this wonderful lecture for us.

[@koenraadspijker7776]

I asked chatGPT to talk to me as is he were Alan, I then discussed some of my most pressing matters with him. I did the same for Jung and then tried Napoleon and Hitler (chatGPT would't do Hitler but he would do Napoleon, which we discussed too). It was kind of calming and I suppose it helped me, although the replies were ofcourse pretty generic and perhaps too straight forward. The beauty of listening to actual lectures is that they don't attach directly to the most profound questions I have concerning my private life and today's world. We just listen and try to relate to whats being said. I suppose that pretty human, in the end.

[@Matefromthepast]

Alan would ask you to say 'Hey, chatGPT' What are you?

[@AixolaTM]

Me too, My Very Lovely Morher.. Would just love to listen to your whispers all day long 😊❤

[@thereseborgund1818]

He jumped in to my playlist by his own♥️♥️♥️

[@StephenMarshall-c4n]

I do listen to him day in and Day out 😄

[@capwlf]

A true blessing! A wonderful teaching lecture. Long time fan. This message is more of a great reminder for reminding to help eliminate the amnesia dilemma. Everything is in of the experience that is what consciousness is continually attached with

[@susanrawlinson1885]

I was so pleased to find Alan last year and I love him still. However I feel I must share with you Wim Hof, if Alan had been around now he would have embraced this other amazing gift Wim Hof

[@michaelhendrick6698]

the breath of fire meditation is quite an experience

[@susanrawlinson1885]

@@michaelhendrick6698 I will check it out, been listening to Mooji and Chief Oren Lyons

[@judycarroll9971]

i do listen to him all day and night

[@IAMElectric369]

Oh what I’d give to sit and have some whiskey with this man.

[@zp944]

Personally, when I use the article "I" in speech, it's used in such a way that the audience listening associates the concept being explained or the story being told as something personal. The article "I" is used as a frame of reference for the listener, so that they understand the data that follows is a personal interpretation of an experience rather than a repetition of an external influence. "I" is just a trigger word to symbolize it comes from within, rather than the world itself

[@s0ne01]

Well said.

[@tarzan40005]

Thank you Alan. ONE MORE FROM YOU IS VERY WONDERFUL

[@natokafa5238]

Alan Watts is the best

[@bob87849]

PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL

[@eaton55r]

One of my favorites and nice! video Allen Watt Elves, Fairies and Dust Bunnies... etc.

[@blairdawson9506]

This man is truth of life and more commonsense than I will believe as truth

[@theunspeakable24]

one of my all time favorites

[@fransfluitsma6976]

I Apple the tree, year after year. But to be be honest, I live. I live. I live, like You with your big words. Me, being small, I am small. With or without bangles: I am good:

[@thutog780]

The external world ...is your body expended ❤

[@42BETWO]

“Who am I”? Watts explains why God is as much a mystery to me as I am to myself. Every “I am” echos (manifests) the great “I am” of God.

[@psilopsycobilly7963]

I do listen all the time he is great

[@stevedraper3212]

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”

[@istvanheimer1845]

Brilliant! Neuroscience, Eagelman, Sapolsky and all the rest are just catching up with him :)

[@alexisflickinger5601]

Same I need to listen to him more

[@adkrella2692]

Boy it sure is a perfect time with the rise of Christian Nationalism and Fascists to spread these talks as far and wide as possible. He makes it very digestible. Scary times indeed. As I understand it Alan lived through similar turmoil. I imagine that’s why he was so interested in the work he did. Everyone should have a chance to hear it. 👍

[@Paul-g7l]

It's life changing

[@truthaboveall7988]

America - the world is a machine we can tweak & tinker with to fit our needs China - the world is one living organism

[@Matefromthepast]

🤣🤣🤣😂

[@achillesyoung488]

Well done!

[@Dom8o8]

The only time I have ever felt “normal” is when I found philosophy. From Zeno to Yung to Peterson. I always thought I was weird/strange because I thought the ideas of philosophy were so much more important than what society tells us is important.

[@monty70]

Alan Watts is a great Bodhisattva. 🙏🏻☯️☸️

[@samuelmyrtle815]

31:37 Anyone here looking for the Alan Watts sample in The Books' song 'All Our Base Are Belong To Them', it's this segment here. Great talk either way.

[@beenapandey6447]

Great expressions!! 🙏

[@chipkyle5428]

Behind the eyes and between the ears is a center of sound; therefore the location of self.

[@user-jc7ep2xp1c]

That is the location of the pineal gland. The doorway to enlightenment.

[@mikey6214]

The spotlight of consciousness is reenforced by the concept that we are separate from God.

[@Stefan69whatever]

Did he use any notes? I can't remember listening to any philosophical talk of this scope & depth, explaining how much of Western philosophy got it all wrong in 20 minutes. Wow, genius

[@justdriveon]

To my understanding he did not.

[@melodinumbra]

Everything ultimately boils down to understanding