Don't Worry, It's Not A Game You Want To Play - Alan Watts on Life's Drama

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A profound speech on the life's illusion by Alan Watts. Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts - Mysticism and Morality"
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
- Alan Watts. (1915 - 1973)
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T&H Inspiration is on a mission to share inspiring wisdom. The goal is to have you pause, think, and reflect. Many of our videos revolve around the extraordinary teachings of Alan Watts that we produce with permission from the Alan Watts Electronic University.
T&H also films and releases original interviews with iconic people who have experienced successes, while also persevering through life's highs and lows. We look forward to sharing more of these perspectives and insights.
Our hope with these videos is to push your thinking. As Alan Watts said “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.” - Alan Watts.

[@maximelagace]

"No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen." -Alan Watts

[@OnlyThisMoment]

It is not greed but rather, it is fear, that will imprison us all. Worry is preposterous. Everything unfolds as it must 🙏

[@david_oliveira71]

Like a wave. Yes, beautifully put 🙏 Shanti

[@deadreckoning6288]

Ah but we have choice (apparently) so have the fear around making a wrong choice.

[@simplyvibinn5417]

@@deadreckoning6288 not necessarily. people can surmount such a thing through meditation

[@kdbrew]

Are you saying that free will is an illusion?

[@OnlyThisMoment]

@@kdbrewAll your senses will tell you otherwise, but yes. Ultimately, reality is what you perceive it to be 🙏

[@MrPositive1980]

I love this man.

[@andrearenee7845]

I keep watching this one... Lessons are hard in this life. People play games with love, and well it carries with it a numbness.

[@Jack-gn4gl]

Don't play the game

[@reeblesnarfle4519]

ALWAYS BRILLIANT! 😎👍🌹

[@mut8inG]

When I blame my ideas about the reality I have created, I remind myself to L❤️UGH…the JOY of the WORLD is my strength. Thank You.🤪peace+&-🌸

[@Baseballnfj]

What most stuck out for me is the anxiety humans produce worrying about what MAY happen but probably wont is analogous to children scaring themselves in the dark... Wow

[@rogerlin9602]

The game is hide and seek, lost and found. The insides and outsides are one.

[@evinkleinman6052]

I love how Alan basically believes that a person is a part of and an extension of the cosmos and himself

[@Jack-gn4gl]

We're all connected

[@blja]

I understand this. But how to stop stressing about what's happening in the world.

[@burital7284]

Reduce or even avoid social media and tv and spend time with positive stuff

[@muzmuz7822]

The meaning of being alive is just being alive…

[@Jack-gn4gl]

Yes enjoy the ride

[@matthewstenger6150]

People go to such great pains to find the meaning in life, but the meaning of life is to live. If you're here, you've already arrived, there's nothing left to it but to live. It's such great conceit to think that the meaning of our lives is any greater than that of an ant's life, or a worm, or a blade of grass, or any parasite or fish in the sea. We're all a part of the same dance, doing exactly the same thing.

[@Malcolm_99]

In order to remember, we must first have to forget!

[@ahutch3835]

I needed this tonight.

[@OnlyThisMoment]

Man suffers, only because he takes seriously, what the God’s made for fun ~ Alan Watts

[@meatmachine449]

God is a sadist then…

[@simplyvibinn5417]

@@meatmachine449 there's another perspective you have when you lead the unserious life. suffering is grace

[@Seanthedon7]

​@@simplyvibinn5417 very true. Theres nothing to take serious its just a game.

[@kdbrew]

@@simplyvibinn5417 , I'm really trying to understand how suffering is Grace, and can't correlate the two. IMO, the only aspect of Grace as it pertains to suffering, is death. How is one unserious in life when emotions are attached to our experiences? Is this an inherent trait, that we've pushed back into the recesses of our "being", or is it a learned discipline? Please, make it make sense.

[@kdbrew]

@@simplyvibinn5417 My question below, was intended for this person. I apologize for any confusion!

[@Spaceman-jo5mz]

Chills….

[@jamesstewart4314]

So another words what you're telling us is welcome to the Grand Illusion right just like the song from the song from the band Styx welcome to the Grand Illusion

[@popeye747]

Just Be - Nothing More.

[@Rainbow_Daze-1960]

❤

[@reeblesnarfle4519]

Always common sence...💪😎👍❤🙏🇺🇸

[@tyfife79]

I look at the color of your hair and the shape of your eyebrow and I understand that, that IS the point! That's what we're all here for, and it's so plain and it's so obvious and it's so simple.

[@marinelife2486]

I wish you add a English subtitle it makes it much easier for Non-English speakers like me

[@CarbonsHDTuts]

What is the music used at the end ? I loved it

[@Jackie.Miller65]

I see the door and i go to it but how shall i go through it i ponder. I scream for help but find only me. I need to find peace in this.

[@patrickl6932]

Alan Watts is SOOOO much better as just audio

[@ploutarkhos]

🕉️🙏

[@ayampencen6363]

Biarlah orang nak main game..dh hobi dia..kalau ada kena mengena dgn kita tu lainlah...kalau tk ada kena mengena biarlah je lah dia..

[@godgodly9044]

Making my best effort to be a background character.

[@godgodly9044]

With occasional fuck you's to the ego-gi's or those who do not eat popcorn.

[@godgodly9044]

Is that you John Wayne I am wood.

[@godgodly9044]

Stoopid.

[@cheri238]

​@@godgodly9044 Lol🦋

[@godgodly9044]

@@cheri238 dragons cool but also I don't like learning fighting game combos I like smoking weed

[@NeotericWanderer]

The capitalist society has taught us that we need to be serious in life. We play the game not because we want to; but out of necessity. If we don't play the game, then how do we survive? The game distracts us from our originality and creativity. We are drained of our time and energy; distracted by the pressures of finance, health, and societal expectations. One only needs to look at the root cause of these pressures; politics, egos, and past traumas of world powers. The hyper rich that suppress our freedom. The ones that pull the strings to squeeze the most out of our existence for their own benefit. Feeding us only the ideologies and expectations that they can exploit us with, and to distract us from what little is left of our individuality. Our so called modern society. Stay strong, friends; decide on your own game, and play it to your heart's content.

[@Jack-gn4gl]

And keeping people constantly fearful

[@Baseballnfj]

​@@Jack-gn4gl divided, fighting over ID politics and fearful... that's it

[@conradhiggs6640]

Ok, where's the audio without the background music???

[@LoLoThePirate777]

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻💯✨✨✨✨

[@cheri238]

❤