Letting Go - Alan Watts

Alan Watts - How To Completely Let Go (Full )
In this profound and thought-provoking talk, renowned philosopher Alan Watts delves into the principles of Zen philosophy and the art of letting go. Drawing upon Eastern wisdom, Watts discusses the role of desire, attachment, and spiritual energy in Hindu and Chinese traditions, highlighting the contrasting perspectives of the West and the East. Exploring the concept of "kundalini" and the significance of redirecting psychic energy, Watts reveals how the practice of yoga aims to elevate consciousness and transcend the dissipating nature of sexuality.
With a blend of Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism, Zen emerges as a powerful expression of living awakened while actively engaging in the world. Watts elucidates the essence of Zen and its unique approach to existence, characterized by being "king on the outside and the sage on the inside." He delves into the interplay between practical affairs and inward introspection, offering insights into the Chinese Zen tradition and its integration with art, poetry, and scholarship.
Throughout this captivating talk, Watts sheds light on the nature of Zen training, emphasizing the dialogue between master and student, and the journey of self-discovery it entails. He explores the paradoxical nature of Zen, where teachers often reject students and provoke them to persist in their quest for authentic being. By immersing oneself in meditation, contemplating koans, and embracing rigorous discipline, students are encouraged to transcend the illusion of self and experience profound insights.
As Watts narrates captivating anecdotes and shares deep insights, viewers are invited to contemplate the nature of reality, the significance of self-exploration, and the transformative power of embracing the present moment. Discover the timeless wisdom of Zen philosophy and embark on a journey of self-discovery with Alan Watts as your guide.
Join us for this enlightening discussion on "Letting Go" and explore the profound teachings of Zen philosophy with Alan Watts, a masterful orator and philosopher who continues to inspire and challenge our perspectives on life, existence, and the nature of being.
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In this video, Alan Watts discusses morality and letting go.
About Alan Watts:
Alan Watts was one of the very first philosophers to interpret Eastern ideologies for a Western audience. Alan Watts was born outside of London in 1915. It was in his youth when he first discovered a nearby Buddhist lodge. In 1938 he moved to the United States where he became an Episcopal priest and relocated to Millbrook, New York,. it was here that he wrote his most pivotal book The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety.
Alan later moved west to San Francisco in 1951. It was here that he began to teach Buddhist studies, and in 1956 he started his well-known radio show “Way Beyond the West.”
By the sixties, his radio talks were aired nationally and the counterculture movement had truly adopted him as a spiritual genius. Alan continued to write and travel until the end.
How to let go by Alan Watts
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[@jeffreyhamilton8950]

I’ve been listening to and learning from Alan Watts for years on KZbin and the most amazing thing is to see people discovering him and commenting on his videos every day. No matter when I click on a video of his there is always a new comment from a newly awakened person. He lives on as a teacher infinitely.

[@sublime_minds]

Yeah most of these recordings are well over 50 years old.

[@fuzzhead19]

He truly was a special human

[@kendrick1111May1st]

11:11 R.I.P DEAR TEACHER.. HIS SOUL LIVES WITHIN ME.. HIS SPIRIT WILL FOREVER LIVE ON

[@edmundpower1250]

@@sublime_minds thank you for uploading them. You are amazing too

[@meghan42]

@@kendrick1111May1stHe was just a guy. He brings up Jiddha Krishnamurti.

[@kosimpson2010]

Thank you a 1000 times for not putting music in the background!

[@Tutterzoid]

Hear Here !!! Ty Ty Ty too!!!

[@devarmont87]

Also thank you 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@raweggstremist]

Wow I never would have thought people don’t like the music.. I prefer it so much more with music

[@TekNu33]

you can always use youtube music under it, or spotify. there is no beat in the video so any music would do and is easy to mix with his voice. music producer here.@@raweggstremist

[@artantme]

actually there is background music at 12:24 perhaps the very first time Alan Watts' voice was mixed with music haha

[@rickywiddicks]

I allways listen to Alan when I feel lost, which is often.

[@connor7048]

Life is a beautiful journey of losing yourself and finding yourself over and over.

[@lindacollett5784]

@@connor7048Notat the moment it is not with the war against mankind

[@addy405]

Being lost is the way to be found!

[@whalien1239]

Exactly how I felt

[@subtlesynergie]

🩷

[@TheCeciliacalle]

“FAITH is when you let go, not when you hold on to” 🙌🏽

[@meghan42]

I have no need for faith. You>?

[@NorseCode.81]

Letting go and trusting the universe

[@autonomouspublishingincorp8241]

Piss poor philosophy. The tenants of Buddhism rightly state that "Desire is the source of all suffering" which would be more correct to say INWARD suffering. The problem is the selfish conclusion that to avoid suffering, a person should not desire. But it is a mistake to avoid suffering rather than to suffer for causes worthwhile. To lack desire is to lack love, and all forms of passion. Life involves pain. To avoid pain is to avoid a full life. To let go of desire is to remove all substance from life. This is the polar opposite of enlightenment. It is immature selfishness, pure and simple. To live in perpetual contentment is to settle, rather than achieve. To pursue personal happiness is to avoid genuine meaning. To avoid pain is to cower rather than live principled. This is the primary flaw in all similar philosophies. Self esteem comes from accomplishment, not affirmation. Accomplishment comes from painstakingly sacrificing for that which is greater than one's selfish base instincts, which is the importance of principles over policies. Letting go is only a good thing depending on the value of the thing being sacrificed. Faith is only a good thing when it is well placed. Your (personal) truth is subjective and it's understanding is limited by perspective. THE truth is objective, and is limited only by the bounds of reality.

[@NorseCode.81]

@@autonomouspublishingincorp8241 nobody's got time to read that crap. Get a life plz

[@art322]

@@autonomouspublishingincorp8241 Most of your statements above are correct, which is to say, I agree with them. However I don’t think avoiding desire is a tenant of Buddhism, at least according to Watts. “Avoid desire” would only be said to a student whose stated aim was to avoid suffering. The student may or may not figure out (as you have) that avoiding desire means avoiding life. The zen master, again according to Watts, would not see any problem with suffering or desire and equally no problem with avoiding them. There is only a problem if someone thinks they have a problem. So at least this is what I think I have heard elsewhere in Watts, hope it was useful.

[@evanvandaniker]

That last line, “you can’t give it away because everybody’s got it, you have to make them see that they have it … that’s the most difficult task” calls to me from time to time and I come back to this video to hear it again. It’s so beautiful. Thank God for Alan Watts ❤ and thank God for every one of you, whomever may be reading this

[@trinabegg8333]

😢

[@TheBanana93]

Was pretty profound for me that last line I almost lost interest several times but it was worth it... The reason I can't find what I am looking for is that its always been inside me. That feels awesome. Not that the journey stops here!

[@Beherenow-p5e]

We already got it

[@FinnBeen]

I feel the same way. Grateful for your comment 😊🙏

[@minimobilereview6570]

Much love right back at you keep enjoying each passing moment

[@derekborba2644]

Listening to this on a mushroom experience was the key to unlocking my chains. It's been over a year now and every day is just wonderful.

[@Christina-nb6ds]

Do you got psychotic because of the shrooms?

[@croozerdog]

@@Christina-nb6ds if psychotic means not being depressed, sign me up

[@Christina-nb6ds]

@@croozerdog believe me you don't want that either

[@fungdark8270]

@@Christina-nb6dsyou don’t have to take a lot of psychedelics at once to have spiritual experiences, in fact it’s probably better to build up over time. I’ve never taken enough to really “see stuff” or have a big reality shift, and I’ve still had a life changing experience. It took smaller doses over many days, but EVERYONE WALKS A DIFFERENT PATH That’s the point

[@derekborba2644]

@@Christina-nb6ds no. I had a magical and self growing experience. It was absolutely uncomfortable and overwhelming at times but that's when the most work is done.

[@Gene-XL]

In my ever present attempt to overcome a crippling depression, I am coming to really enjoy the voice and the lessons of this man!

[@Elias-jp5gc]

You're not alone

[@SteamedHamburgers]

​@@Elias-jp5gc❤

[@gregcosta4598]

You may also like Albert Camus videos 🙏

[@cecilcharlesofficial]

Start feeling your body, in as many moments as you can, and especially (and it's gonna be tough) all the anxiety and fear. We ALL have it, I'm realizing, though to various degrees and in various places in our body (though tension in the head / face / behind the eyes seems very ubiquitous). Yet no one is taught to feel it. Not that you have to psychoanalyze all the reasons for the fear (of course those are important too), but at some level (and this is more important than the 'why' of fear) fear is just a sensation, a tingle, a stomach-bag-of-icky, a sensation that we all hate. It's the sensation of "Run. React. Get away. Don't look at this feeling." But just like you can concentrate on the tip of your finger and get it to start buzzing, you can put your mind on the physical sensations of fear, anxiety, anger, guilt, etc, wherever they are located in your body, and they start to change. It's not that bad becomes good, or suddenly you're ok with something you're not ok with, it's that the emotions become less and less crippling, precisely because a) you realize that you can feel them (versus running from them and being reactionary), and b) not only does willingly feeling fear cause it to subside, as you let go into the sensation of it, the sensation can transmute and you (and this might sound crazy) start to touch the Void, God, whatever. That's surrender - willingly feeling what you're shown, regardless of what your pride tells you you SHOULD be feeling. Basically the secret is this: radical acceptance of all sensation (apart from physical, damaging pain). Which means you have to consistently remind yourself to feel everything inside, for as long or as minimal a time as it's in your awareness. And as soon as you feel something else, put your mind on that new sensation completely, until you feel something else, then put your mind on it completely, and so on, and so on. You're gonna be 'thinking' that whole time too. You can't stop that. Accept it. Just keep one mental hand on the PHYSICAL feeling (tingles, tensions, discomforts, pleasures) of being alive at all times. Watch where in your body you start to clench based on any given thought, and go to work there. Just as Watts says: "You don't choose your thoughts. You don't choose your feelings." Look at your own experience of life and you'll see this is true. We do learn, thank God, thus the quality and pattern of our thoughts can improve. But we can't ever know what we're gonna think of or feel next until we've thought of that thing, and experienced the feeling associated with it. How would you choose a thought without already thinking of it? You can't. This uncontrollable (but yes we learn) constant flow of thought and sensation is basically all of experience, when you look at it honestly. What else is there affecting what you do, other than a thought and the associated sensation that accompanies it? But, "You don't have to let go because there's nothing to hold on to," says Watts. Exactly. And that's the reveal. You don't control your mind. Mind doesn't work that way. It learns, and thus your patterns of thought and feeling might change, but even then, what is learning? We don't consciously rearrange our neurons to now "get it." Rather, learning happens or it doesn't. You don't have to let go, because you're not in control at all. No one is. But that means you're not in control of letting go either. So you can, thus, REALLY let go. Watch what happens. Even more than that, feel it.

[@noicedrinkzv2.015]

You may realise that by giving up the attempt to “fix” or “overcome” your depression, and just accepting whatever that has happened has happened and that your mind will do what it wants and you have no control over it, that you start to become free. Trying to overcome yourself and your mind is like a rope trying to climb over itself, or a carriage trying to push itself forward- will just result in more anger and frustration & therefore more depression. Make small changes and develop healthy habits but stop trying to control things (including your mind), only god can change and control things.

[@vanessanassif]

Alan is like an old, familiar and trusted friend.

[@briandorsey282]

Yes. Also by no fault/effort of my own I have found myself in random conversations w unknowing stoics who mistakenly guide me to my next level of understanding/ ignorant belief

[@Joeyjojoshabbadoo]

@@briandorsey282 Wow, that's cool. He's definitely right about one thing. Buddihsm's very negative. So I guess I'm not the only who's noticed that. Even Alan Watts himself can't help but notice it. Even though he's buddishm's biggest cheerleader. But it is very negative, so much so that it's almost horrifying. I personally despise it, with love of course. Any religion whose principal virtue is to teach you how to suffer better, is not something to admire. Buddishm is death, it's not life. I'll take christianity let's say, with all its kooky dogma, eight days a week over buddishm. If I was forced to choose. I can deal with all the absurdity of the dogma easily enough, and still keep my soul, so to speak. And just try to love my neighbor as much as I love myself. And that's the way I avoid suffering. By making a better world for everyone. Buddhism tries to take over your soul, in a pretty pernicious way. And resigns you to a life of perpetual suffering. Then it's going to teach you how to bear it bravely and gracefully. So you can die peacefully, without having to be reborn to suffer again. It's really quite appalling. It's almost like it was invented to keep the poor poor. And to love their own suffering and misery. That's probably why it was. And Alan Watts is like a buddihst grifter par excellence. He would give any unctuous southern baptist preacher a run for his money. Even though it only works in western countries with the rich, which is probably the whole point. That's where the money is, and the women, and the 'scene'. And they got the means to love their suffering, which is a luxury to everyone else. To people who actually suffer. He certainly doesn't have to suffer, in any event. But does make his living, indeed his fame, off of everyone else's. Or at least the concept of it.

[@TheReignOfChaos94]

Alan Watts is the rascal. In explaining the game he has played it perfectly. The magician whose trick is showing you the trick. He has outwitted us completely. I see you and your compassion Alan. The Bridge from East to West.

[@silviuurs]

Hey man

[@clintstiemke3788]

It would seem that the virtual master played the role of the student, if you listen to his nonchalant way of teaching, you discover that he almost asks, and answers his own questions without being noticed

[@kensurrency2564]

@@clintstiemke3788we’re all student and teacher, just from different perspectives. remember-it’s all relative 🤔

[@AprylHelder]

Alan Watts mentioned Krishnamurti in this talk; I remember searching for him after hearing his name here…that was another special find.

[@inzanity79]

Nothing as dangerous as a righteous saint. Brilliant

[@rolandlegacy998]

I know he passed long ago.. unfortunately. Still saving lives though. He’s a permanent voice playing on my daily drive to a job and a life I want to shed.

[@juliegardnermv]

It’s not unfortunate….it just is……as we listen to or think of Alan, he is here, present with us…I love you all😘

[@juliegardnermv]

@@penishead0073 interesting.....its the energy then.....that "alan watts" energy....is present today......

[@juliegardnermv]

@@penishead0073 🤨🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣👻🙏👻

[@sublime_minds]

His work transcends time and I think people will still be finding value in many years to come still. If you are looking to adjust your reality I would suggest listening to Neville Goddard. There are some videos on this channel. You can create any reality you can imagine

[@MarinTvarog]

Primordial energy called Alan Watts is not dead, energy cannot die for it does not percieve time or space. Hes part of the collective consciousness, he is everything. 😊❤

[@Hittheb]

Only started listening to him since last night and most things he say just make sense to me and make me happy to hear. He reassures me that death is nothing to be afraid of and that nothing in life or survival of life is of real concern. Death and life are just two versions of existence and it doesn’t change me if I die. Life merely is, and therefore I don’t need to worry about anything or be anxious about something at school or with a relationship etc. I can live my life however I want to live and be grateful for its simple pleasures. I can choose to be sincere and compassionate to others, which is meaningful because that’s the person I want to be. I am eternally grateful to be here right now and being able to listen to him and others, and experiencing the gifts of life!

[@rickybushy]

Welcome and keep listening to I have for years! Some lectures several times over

[@AvionFriday]

You are So true

[@currentlynoname7499]

​@gormenfreeman499 But the actual middle age and old age is not the same as it was 40 or 50 years ago. People died younger so 30 was middle age and 55 was old. Now people are dying aged 90. So 45 is more middle age and 85 is old. But 30 year old are not considered young. They keep youth at the same age and expect people to embrace the older category even though it doesn't apply to them

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Since absolutely everyone and every living being dies, how bad can it be? It is terrible for those who continue. That's so odd, but I wouldn't change any of it.

[@andromedarising5764]

Alan watts is a gift one delights in returning to year after year. Not because it is necessary to do so but because it is irresistible

[@equationat0r263]

"7 times down, 8 times up. such is life" - needed to hear that

[@knutjobgoblin]

His voice and his laughter is appealing lighthearted and kind.

[@sublime_minds]

He was one of a kind!

[@dangerousideas]

@@sublime_minds you don't understand what kind means!

[@Monotonous-Tedium]

😂

[@NOBODYS_HERE6969]

@@Monotonous-Tedium 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ARNOLDBme]

We all knew but have forgotten. If one doesn’t understand, does the one telling/teaching over stand? The earth, that owns our bodies and all that lives on it and is from it, gives to all life on it freely(like God), doesn’t need life on it to live. Does teaching to someone that doesn’t know(remember) make you feel smarter or make you feel as though you are just doing your purpose? Do you need to be paid to for being alive if the purpose of life is to live? Do you think that you should get paid for every breathe you take and everything you eat and drink to live? Or do you thank God and Earth for your life and ask yourself what you can give back to help others after you have life and what you can give freely what was given to you freely? You can tell me that you had to pay for your food and drink so it wasn’t free and nothing in life is free, but if everything is energy you are just giving away energy and how did you get your energy and all life, wasn’t it free? If it wasn’t free what did you trade that you actually owned? Everything on earth is earth’s! We only have our energy and time technically! Time is based on perspective and all energy is one being! So what do we have to give and what are we trying to take and what do we have to gain and if energy never dies what do we have to lose and did we ever actually have anything to give and did we actually ever own anything and can we ever actually lose anything and if everything is energy then do we not already have everything and know everything and are everything? So what is the purpose of this? Why is it that all things sleep? Science still doesn’t even know! Is it because we have to unite as the one being that everything is every night to live for more than a trillion years in love with itself, time is made up look up science, and then it gets bored and is like ok let’s get back to playing this stupid game/life and then we can go back to being one being and loving itself for a trillion years once one of it goes to sleep. It might be a lot to comprehend and know what I’m talking about, but imagine the truth and that everything lives separately in it’s own reality and only perceives it’s own reality but is connected with everything else and everything is just reflecting itself back to it what it’s imagining and everything is one being but dreaming infinite thoughts that are infinite reality’s to the one being that is living in it’s own reality and that everything is doing this but it’s all one being and we are all the one being. Imagine every dream we’ve had is a different reality we live in and we live in this reality as every character and we are all living with ourselves and are different characters but the actors/actresses are all the same being and wrote everything and helps direct it, background and sound, everything is one being living as infinite beings. I hope that we can acknowledge this and see that it’s all pointless and it’s only for an experience/entertainment and we all sleep to be one again and just being one with ourselves/all is good enough we don’t need to play this game

[@holly9993]

I'm 15 and i love alan watts so much I listen everyday oml

[@connor7048]

You’re doing great!

[@user-soon300]

You are amazing ❤love for you

[@aliiaimashova8238]

What's oml?❤

[@AlanSwinegar-s6m]

I'm 33 I started listening to watts same age lol

[@oasi92]

"oh my life*, basically omg :)​@@aliiaimashova8238

[@tims.1553]

My favorite thing about watts is that he once said: im not a Guru or a spiritual teacher. Im an spiritual entertainer. Which fits perfectly to his idea that life is a form of dance or music. Listening to him I never feel the pressure to do anything or to awaken or force my self to any practices like from other Spiritual teachers. The only guy I can still listen in terms of spirituality / Philosophy, without not putting even more pressure on myself.

[@tommyssanderson]

What an amazing human being Alan is I can’t believe these talks are over 50 years old Alan - if you can hear us, come back & teach us more… ❤❤❤

[@mariekung9109]

Buddha's teachings are available at a library.

[@tommyssanderson]

@@mariekung9109 - thanks Marie ❤️

[@dlm9293]

He was blowing hippies minds back in the day lol. Love Alan Watts, but he himself never claimed to be anything more than a "spiritual entertainer". He was an incredibly intelligent, studied and well spoken person, who got a "kick" out of holding lectures and discussing topics he was passionate and learned about. He was no prophet, just a man. By no means does that fact negate any truth that may be found by those who listen to his talks. Quite the contrary. He was a conduit of the universe, speaking about itself, to itself. As are we all. "You see?"

[@iamjuniordash]

Alan takes us right to the edge, up to you to jump :)

[@watittakes2264]

​@@dlm9293 what a great take, I enjoyed that very much. Good for you

[@anthonytorres9140]

I have a new found friend to thank for introducing me to these lessons from Alan. I look forward to reading the healing stories from the comments. I’ll have my own to share soon too.

[@minnesotanice369]

Losing your mind Losing your mind is terribly underrated. All our lives we are taught to be analytical, rational, goal-oriented and in control. That’s why most of us are forever living in our minds rather than in the real world. In other words, we’ve got our heads buried in our screens or lost in thoughts rather than being present to what is here now. And when you take a break from being in your head and look around you, your mind immediately tells you all the things that are wrong or lacking from this moment. It’s a bit cold. I wish it was sunny. I’m bored. I wish I had money/love/happiness. I wish I was as tall/handsome/strong/popular as that guy. Before you know it, we’re right back in our minds figuring out how to fix this moment. In other words, we almost never live in this moment because we are always trying to get to the next, better moment. But by the time we get to that moment, we will be too busy to really notice because we will be so preoccupied with getting to the next, even better one. In this way, the mind separates us from life, from the magic of why we came here in the first place. The mind is afraid of life, that’s why it’s always trying to protect us from it. So if you have the opportunity to lose your mind, I suggest you seize it with both hands. Don’t worry about what the others will think - they’re really too busy thinking about themselves and the next moment to really notice anyway.

[@Lumalnatti11]

You believe in yourself and what you think so much you actually miss the point of Alan's lecture don't you? The true meaning of losing the mind is to hand it over to the True Master, not mental masturbation.

[@doncahooti]

not so much the mind's fault as society's enforcement of it's vision of what shall be reality .

[@Lumalnatti11]

@@doncahooti my present society is small and run by love as its only mechanism of assurance as enforcement, like a cool breeze on a hot day. how are things organized in your society? Life is not meant to be hot dogs and cold saints only.

[@doncahooti]

@@Lumalnatti11 - by capitalism and consumerism, mainly .

[@Lumalnatti11]

@@doncahooti I see, good thing in reality life like love is not about contracts or business, and only my public servants and trustee's can offer anything to me to consume at retail or by trade because they hold the full interest in the principal capital and if they breach the public trust I've entrusted them with it is a capital offense.

[@BigRedeemer]

Alan Watts changed my life.

[@elliotthyde5623]

I’ve just started listening. Got so much work to do on myself.

[@claudelebel49]

"the highest teaching is not to grasp nor to cling"

[@AM-es4mp]

Equnimity ..

[@connor7048]

Thank the Universe that we have all these recordings of Alan Watts. He has done a great service to Western culture by bringing Eastern philosophy to us in ways we can easily comprehend.

[@ONeillShimon]

alan watts is still alive inside me, one of the spirits that is guiding me through depression suicide anxiety, at this very moment am going through alot crying and alan watts is talking to me thank you, i hope and wish for everyone happiness love health am alive and i wanna live to learn to evolve same for everyone ❤

[@ChrisCulbreth]

I read your comment and it resonated with me. I just want you to know that you are not alone. I am in a very similar situation as you described, and listening to this along with some wonderful Ram Das lectures here in this dark, lonely hotel room, It provided me with some much needed comfort, encouragement, and good advice. I wish you much success, love, comfort and peace on your journey. Good luck my friend that I have never known and will never meet. May you find healing and enlightenment and cultivate the changes you need to live a happy and rewarding life.

[@garyb-tl5tq]

Things will get better mate. Good luck!

[@Elizabeth-ef2mm]

I highly recommend listening to Michael Singer as well. Has helped me immensely.

[@ONeillShimon]

@@ChrisCulbreth i couldn’t agree more with you, and ram das is wonderful could you believe it that i have been listening to both for the last one month always at night when it’s dark and it’s amazing, at the end i can wish you the same you wished for me and more

[@annahunter2192]

​@@ChrisCulbrethYou will get to meet each other. Just not in this reality. (although still connected energetically) This was from my experience in an nde-like dream ❤

[@TreezTV]

"Seven times down, eight times up. Such is life"

[@Nyasiaprincess09]

This man was everything open minded and spiritual people need

[@thespazticmunky7015]

I discovered Alan Watts from a band named NOTHING MORE. They sample quite a few of his lectures and I got curious as to who was talking in the sample and thus the rabbit hole began. I am so glad that I discovered him when I did. Definitely has helped me through some of the toughest times in my life

[@crowfan9067]

Same here for me, nothing more is very underrated 😁😁

[@robturner7024]

Eckhart and Alan are who I’m listening to and practicing their teachings. I am.

[@red-tu3jv]

Manly p Hall is good too

[@brain0nfire]

I feel at home with Alan Watts. Life isn't so serious after all. :)

[@storyBuddhas]

I'm no Buddhist, but I do admire it. I've practised mindfulness and meditation before, and they've both helped me control my anxiety.

[@eternalsence3033]

your name is storybuddhas but ur no buddhist?

[@EvanWells1]

Of course, Watts did not consider himself to be a Buddhist, either.

[@MegaChip97]

It's not about controlling, it's about accepting:)

[@MohammedMalik-pj2ig]

Allan Watts, studied in Kings College, very eloquent, enlightened, God the man's a genius! The way he teaches and captivates his audience is truly mesmerising! And you can relate to him as a teacher, he has sympathy for his students and you can tell he really cares for his listeners! He is someone you can listen to and it will only benefit you!

[@cb14011970]

Everyone on the planet should listen to this at least once.

[@offbeat65]

But listening is committing, and by committing you throw your innate cosmic perfection off-balance, creating a divide between yourself and the world in the process.The choice of Buddha is not have to choose, the ice hockey of Dharma is played without sticks.

[@ulrichenevoldsen8371]

Once when I was 15 or so I was visiting a friend in his family holiday home close to the beach. So in the morning we are going to the beach and I am walking in a direct route to the beach when my friend says we can't go through this one guys garden, he doesn't like it. But I continue thinking he won't see us😅 but halfway through the garden he sticks his head out and says what are you seeking. Without thinking I said Abundance peace and enlightenment. He then just closed the door and went back in 😂 I don't know where I got that from. It almost felt channeled 😅

[@kaarsty]

Periodically I hear the call, an inevitably find my way back to Alan. My realms of idealized imaginations ring with his voice from every leaf and petal.

[@sublime_minds]

Very True. Many paths lead us to Alan haha

[@Freedomexpresstrain]

That's beautiful

[@Elise_932]

When you realize you were the only one holding onto it you'll also how much of your time you've wasted on nothing but your choices so I decided to choose better for self without any blame to others ❤❤

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

Zen - a state of consciousness - a one pointedness of mind - total presence of mind - a person who is not distracted - somebody who is completely here that you cannot phaze him - living free from attachment - a mind of no hesitation.

[@Tomohawk-e1n]

"Go, go, go with it" has been my motto for a while, before i even heard Alan say it. My aunt took the piss a bit when i said it, just her way tho. Going to give this guy a good listen to, especially the "learn to let go" stuff, i could be doing with that as i internalise a LOT. Thanks Paul.

[@DesertSageArizona]

Listening to Alan’s recorded philosophies from years ago makes ONE feel like they are sitting in the parlor of an old friend. It’s just US friends here. Kind, Curious. Spiritual Souls here-❤ Keep choosing Love.

[@darkcloud2982]

I've always kept coming back to alan watts after getting stuck into everyday life loop and always found myself again and again .

[@PrincessRising]

“ in other words show me who you are” - thanks Alan for reminding me to be authentic AF ✌🏻

[@LeonardoZuniga-n7z]

Day in and day out the ropes of following the crowd pull but I will from now on, be myself

[@doronsayar1587]

What a relief to listen to Alan..❤

[@sansinha9339]

Make a trend everywhere so that everybody listens to him and see how many we are

[@Sundrowner]

This may be one of my top Watts videos, this is beyond enlightenment

[@aicsynthesizer]

first I read Khalil Gibran, then I listened/read to Camus, now I listen to Alan Watts.

[@craigtechno]

Watts - I’m not a teacher I’m an entertainer 😊 Wise man Mr Watts

[@RonnieLeeJones]

Why do you allow commercials to interrupt such a sacred message?

[@yoyo-wr9ep]

Maybe ,thats why I really dig the song .."Born free...Alan Watts is the healing Balm ,releasing us from the prison of beliefs and doctrines..💥🥳👼

[@antonyloc]

Love you, Alan ❤

[@joeybrooks7848]

It’s sometimes the start of my day, it’s sometimes to finish my day… but whenever I listen to Alan Watts I’m challenged, almost forced to relinquish every “grasp” of everyday life… such a beautiful practice

[@Chris-el4hd]

I'm grateful what he says today stands true. 0:44 Yoga, diet, exercise, mind exercises😅... all emphasized in Hinduism

[@gaylem7953]

Far ahead of his time. What he spoke then in the 60s still applicable today even with todays AI and cell phones and satellites - EVERYTHING. Mr Watts knew!!!!

[@Chadf838]

'50s

[@bobdillaber1195]

For two years now I have been listening to you Alan. Often listening again to what I've heard you say before. But each time I listen I know it just a bit better. I find that highly enjoyable.

[@carduchi5881]

U put my experience to words.

[@aldrinmercado3475]

Have you listened to Neville?

[@fungdark8270]

@@aldrinmercado3475man that old school shit takes a while to dip in to. I’ve come across a bit and some manly p hall but you’ve got to prepare for that stuff lmao

[@Sourpusscandy]

Whenever I hear Mr. Watts’ voice, I immediately feel better. XOXO

[@gamefantasticcuz]

“You don’t get something out of it, you are it”

[@paulwellman1030]

Thaks to who ever is putting these rays of light through the shit storm!

[@sublime_minds]

Thank you for taking the time to comment! What do you think of the newer videos where I breakdown some of the different elements of his teachings? Always looking for ways to improve the content for everyone

[@paulwellman1030]

This is only my second clip. I will keep you informed. Thanks again.@@sublime_minds

[@siilver1]

These recommendations of alan watts wont go away from my feed! I don't even know who he is. But i am gonna give this a listen since it keeps coming back to me. . . . .~28th August, 2024 @2:14 am, Tuesday midnight (official Wednesday)

[@siilver1]

Gosh, listening to this while half asleep felt like a dr*g induced trip.. lol! . . . ~30th August, 2024@2:21 AM, Thursday midnight (official Friday)

[@camilloviski]

i like how you documented your comments :3 makes me feel like i’m writing like i do on paper sept 10 2024 2:59am monday but officially tuesday 2am but basically 3

[@ashburdtarot]

At this point I've lost count of the times this man saved my soul.❤

[@lokomotive28]

facts

[@AtomicJosh]

I wish to attract into my physical reality those who resonate with what resonates with me. My personal history is an illusion whose veil only fades in the presence of internal peace. I love all of you. Thank you for sharing this space with me as collective wisdom and individual spirit.

[@D____L37]

Perhaps its just me but his voice really calms me down.

[@mothercatressa9057]

He's very knowledgeable, enlightened & deeply profound! Would love to sit with him drinking tea & have conversation with him!

[@Vinny_donuts]

Too bad he died in the 1973 =\

[@ChinchillaDave]

With AI I suppose a facsimile of this could be possible

[@JoeyBvr]

Not me,he already said enough

[@aldrinmercado3475]

There is nothing to show when asked who you are.. you are you. Your consciousness is proof. You do not need a reason to feel you deserve something, that you have to work to get something, that you have suffered enough to deserve something, just like when asked what is your name, you think about your name and you know its yours no one can take it away you instantly know that its you when someone mentions your name. So live life as if you have everything and that you have nothing. Everything is yours so long as you want it, and when you lose something just think that you had nothing in the first place so its not a loss.

[@pthompson2113]

This confirms what I intuitively already understand which is you really have to not allow yourself to become hypnotized in the first place which happens in childhood.

[@Dylan-yf5tj]

you are seeing this at the right time

[@yoursubconscious]

needed this reminder like a massage. Stress reliever indeed.

[@Taldaran]

At 14:34 Alan refers to this book which is one of my favorites which you can still find which was written in the '40s. It has the tao te ching chapters interspersed with Chuangtse writings, and they compliment each other very well, and I find Lin Yutangs translations to be much more easily understandable to my Western mindset. If you're interested in the tao te ching, this book is a must have! I also wanted to say that I've been listening Alan Watts lectures for years, and I've never heard this one and it made me smile when he referred to a book that I have enjoyed for a long time. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@Beanerboy168]

Night everyone peace and love, keep going !

[@mjl167]

His voice is so important and inspiring. To remember the way I can feel him say his words so intentionally and firm reminds me of the importance of how we use our speech to move people

[@bilbo31241592]

He brings us the Key to deliver us from our fears, the fondations of slavery

[@madogz]

This is just wonderful to listen to, I'm from somewhere there is no 'culture' and I'm lucky because I already feel zen, nothing phases me, appreciate everything I have and the life I live and have common sense. I don't need to chase someone or something for a 'higher meaning' , too many sheep out there just be your self and everything will fall into place naturally. When you go on holidays to escape your 9-5 job, Forget what day it is and just live in the moment and clear your mind as much as you possibly can. One more thing don't use social media it just clogs your brain full of useless nothingness.

[@VioletKrause0911]

Whites Snow I think you are right about social media, thank you for your wisdom friend.

[@annahunter2192]

Thanks for your valuable insight. You're spot on of course. All the best x

[@fuzzhead19]

Wonderful words. I can't believe it took me 40 years to find Alan!

[@annahunter2192]

@@fuzzhead19 Took me about 47 and purely by accident. I really cannot believe I didn't hear of him earlier but they say 'when the student is ready the teacher appears.' I feel a special affinity with him because he died 3 weeks before I got born. I'm also amazed at what he achieved in 58 years of life...

[@harrisonworley936]

When you say ‘yourself’ who is this ‘you’ that you refer to? Self doesn’t exist my friend- we are everything.

[@barbaramichiels5503]

I think these teachings are like the owners manual for the mind

[@Leggiebeans]

I just discovered Alan Watts today- bits of his lecture had me in tears. It's good to know that the journey can be hard.

[@sublime_minds]

So glad to hear that! He was very influential at the start of my journey. Still so relevant now even though it was recorded like 50 years ago

[@annahunter2192]

In November this year he would have passed away 50 years ago. I was born three weeks after he died but only discovered him a couple of years ago by sheer accident. Although they say there are no accidents...

[@patriciofonseca503]

Speechless. I covered the realm. Blessed are you Alan Watts.

[@KJ-mk6ip]

When he said Ignorance “ignore-rance” I am free from embarrassment from my college experience when my professor asked me what is the meaning of ignorance and I answered “ choosing to ignore “ but he said to me “yes you can put it in that way but that's not the answer I am looking for” I thought I didn't make any sense because everyone was laughing at me but yeah thanks to this video ❤

[@FastHands1504]

To reference the video about the illusion of the problem, for some fun. Was the fact that everyone laughed after your response an indication they were laughing at your expense; or was it the possibility that you answered a question with many answers concisely and it still wasn’t good enough? We create the problem. It is an illusion, wether they laughed at you or with you. You simply made them laugh. There was no presence of a negative exchange. Only one you chose to imply. Perhaps they didn’t even understand why they were laughing, because your answer was not incorrect. The funniest thing about the exchange with your professor was being right about being wrong, and then told you are wrong for being right. “If you ask a question, you get 30 smacks of the stick, if you don’t ask a question you get thirty smacks of the stick.” This is what the zen masters were trying to teach. I am just now realizing how to integrate this into real world situations because of you. Thank you 🙏 it started working itself out as I was asking the questions. 🙏

[@michaelsbrunner]

​@@FastHands1504Smoking love this morning 😂

[@Skyelement84K]

Awesome

[@jasmonfrank379]

Since a little kid I have always thought I’m these ways but always thought I was weird for being the only one who stood up for how I thought. Makes me know that this is not my first go around.

[@elizabethbarefoot1111]

This is beautiful! I was saved from the trap of Christianity at 40! True freedom!!! The kingdom of God is within you. Forgive them…..for they know not what they do….🙏🏽✨

[@xzysyndrome]

You can always spot an avid fan of Alan Watts in the Wild.

[@Peaches328]

This is a great philosophy I'm learning from the late Alan Watts The last sentence in this video shows clearly what a wonderful man caring man he was about life and humanity. He taught Eastern philosophies with an understanding that he shared w the West. What a cool man. The wisdom shared by him is insurmountable I find a lot of comfort in his words ✨✨✨💗 This technology brings and keeps his spirit alive. Technology brings good and bad ☯️ in life. I really enjoyed this video. It was beautiful ✨✨✨

[@racoonsentient]

I come from a hardcore Catholic family listening to Alan Watts is my act of after adolescence rebellion

[@yoyo-wr9ep]

More an act of freedom🙏

[@seemoremoreable]

faith is where you let go not where you hold on

[@AlbPerNil]

Alan Watts changed and saved my life, thank you for this.

[@C0achMcgurk]

I was listening to this while on the treadmill in the gym and several times i just burst out in absolutely joyous laughter when i heard some of the things he said, it was the feeling like you could see again, like you finally understood some obscure mechanism. An amazing uplifting feeling, i hope its at least a little close to that Aha!/satori that was mentioned.

[@jeremyminns5627]

Don't forget to entertain strangers on the way,for you have angels yet to meet.❤

[@4Sportsonly]

"Hinduism is a way of life.." Well defined Alan.....🙏

[@fungdark8270]

Buddhism is Hinduism stripped of cultural necessity for export - paraphrasing Alan

[@verity4917]

Hinduism is a way of life, but which also includes the pitylessness of its various societies and sects.

[@HM87520]

​@@verity4917 don't get me started on the subject of sects and societies in Abrahamic religions

[@simoneoxley3287]

Just started to cry as soon as he started to speak, he strips away all the bull and the layers we bury ourselves under...

[@christopherkenway]

Wow. What a profound punchline

[@wwvvww573]

You really get to know the severeness of your ADHD, as soon as content is not optimized to grab your attention by force. But rewinding dozens of times surely was worth getting through this all.

[@grizz_864]

It easy for someone to let go when they see the beauty of the other side ❤

[@yoyo-wr9ep]

Alan watts is such a cool wise dude 💥🙏🥳

[@Iamvelcrogirl]

His voice is so soothing

[@KMdominicano815]

No AI. THANK YOU.

[@minimobilereview6570]

I discovered this enlightening individual at my lowest moments of life Thankyou for freeing my mind, although you are not alive in the now to recieve my thanks your teachings and voice live on

[@heatherwoods6292]

I'm so happy Nothing More showed me Alan Watts

[@elmagodelmaryahoo]

Another wonderfully pleasurable, passing interlude with lovely Alan Watts = scholar / intellectual / rascal / teacher / bodhisattva = The playful adroitness of Alan's sheer _'radiant isness'_ may well be described, on the verbal plane, in what is ever-delightfully enjoyed as a uniquely 'embraceable' _Man For All Seasons..._ !!! 🤣 Thank you for this pivotal little ditty, which indeed keeps Alan so necessarily and so accessibly ‘Alive-n-Well’. ⛩ = Releasing mental constructs in intimate fusion with the Compassionate Mystery that transcends thinking.... *Obladi Oblada!!!* 😍

[@EbbandFlow1234]

I had a ðream about this guy last night. I was in a university, and he was off to my right teaching folks. We discussed spirituality and ego inflation. On my left was an oldish lady , a professor talking to me about something that I instantly forgot. I left to go to work, and I was worried about being late. I couldn't get there, my moped broke down, and a storm came when I was trying to walk there. There was one obstacle after the other that stopped me from getting there. I got a strong impression I was meant to stay in the university. Dream ended.

[@patchoulicolt7093]

Thank you so much for sharing. What a beautiful experience to get to talk to Alan! To me, it sounds like you were meant to stay in the University learning wisdom, because worldly Life is a little distracting sometimes from the things that truly matter, like wisdom.

[@Neti-Netti]

Krishnamurti use to say dreams are pollution of the mind… He would recommend to meditate …

[@nathananderson8720]

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my KZbin channel 5 months ago about self development. Now I have 327 subs and almost > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.

[@annahunter2192]

I don't know you but I'm proud of the courage you have found in yourself.

[@nathananderson8720]

@@annahunter2192 Thanks so much! I realized that the main reason for doing this is not about the success but the inspiration I've been providing some people with my stories while helping others do the same as I shared the lessons & experiences through making videos to have a sense of meaningful purpose. Therefore, I’m planning to quit nursing to pursue youtube full time as there are lots of issues in our traditional health systems as these don’t align with my values. It’s a huge learning curve but I love helping people through making videos. Also, as part of my video creation progress, I’m switching to a better editing software and a camera so the learning curve is much higher and slows down the completion speed of my next videos so please hang on tight! I do appreciate your support and kind words! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)

[@annahunter2192]

@@nathananderson8720 Good work! I've just started studying Counselling (after working in Insurance for 24 years) so I feel you when you talk about the learning curve and your values not aligning. It's hard; but you're doubly learning something - about your new line of work and about yourself.

[@nathananderson8720]

@@annahunter2192 Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say based on what you said, that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my KZbin channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a KZbinr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this KZbin thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support!

[@joolslorien3936]

25:58 Reminds of how Adyashanti has talked about meditating for so long that his tendons had to be surgically reattached to his knees 😮 So probably not just a myth…

[@F4llenBabylon]

I know im always going through something when his talks pop up on my feed, his talks keep me grounded and aware of what im going through so one day it may pass

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Striking to me how the ancient Greeks had so much in common with the ancient Sanskrit speaking peoples --- including a language from the same more ancient roots.

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

They weee more eastern than us modern westerners

[@zovalentine7305]

change is the one CONSTANT in life

[@HoNkYforLiFe1]

His genuine laugh is what makes me love his lectures

[@benmac5253]

Alan Watts is that inner voice that i always stop to when heard and then ritualistically breathe deep and surrender unto and into . Love this Man .. His words are dna enacting to me.. Good Vibrations.

[@lisarowland1021]

Adore his voice and his teachings are perfect timing at finding enlightenment, bereavement therapy, forgiveness of my self and my change in life after losing my spouse young and he was on a journey and I'd love to have found Alan and ill never know in his quiet moments if he did. So through the love of another. I am on Alan Watts journey