Alan Watts - What happens after Death (Lecture)

Alan Watts explores the idea of death.
Orignal source: Alan Watts essential lectures - Death
"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
― Mark Twain
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[@BRICKIEREPORT]

I think we're all in for the ultimate surprise when we die

[@STLHero]

This is my favorite comment ever. Fantastic.

[@performa1]

totally agree

[@MekazaBitrusty]

Such a pity that you won't be conscious to experience it. :-)

[@isaiahphillip4112]

***** Nobody knows what becoming nonexistent feels like, I'm going to live my life to the fullest and enjoy every second. And I will honestly be excited when the time comes, to experience the transition into nothingness. (Hopefully peacefully, lol)

[@MekazaBitrusty]

Isaiah Phillip Why would you think there are feelings after death? Once your brain runs out of oxygen, the connections between brain cells break down, brain cells themselves stop functioning and die and the person that was you ceases to exist. What makes every human unique is the complex connections that form partially from DNA instructions but mainly from life experiences. Once their destroyed that individual is destroyed. Even cloning won't bring back that person. Without a functioning brain, any signals your senses might still send ( doubtful, as far as I'm aware even comatose people have little if any signals to process ) are lost.

[@ragamuffin8511]

I'm 44 years old and I don't think I've ever heard somebody talk so much sense as Alan Watts in these videos. What an incredible man he was. We're so lucky that so many of his lectures were recorded.

[@MrKelso85]

Isn’t it crazy to think that at the time on scholarly circles they simply thought he was a drunk Charlatan 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Just a good friend advice: Listen to Jiddu Krishnamurti about everything. 🙏🙏👍❤️

[@mehDOGIESRATS2222]

@@MrKelso85 That fact of the matter is even people that are drunks are very intelligent because they are who they are still even without the booze . Ever notice when ya look at someone else you can still see ya self reading yourself even know it's not you . You can judge ya self through their eyes

[@therealKINDLE]

Look into Jacque Fresco. The man changed my life forever. And Alan Watts.

[@OWNSECOND]

And unbeliveably unlucky to discover him in later life of ours....

[@loveandlight92]

"Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.” -Eckhart Tolle

[@Rateclubgirlscom]

he still has an ugly ass girlfriend..

[@ACHU-DETE]

Steffan Jensen Get off of this video, it's not meant for people like you.

[@Rateclubgirlscom]

wow so because I point out that a dude writing about self-help need to get a prettier wife, because I judge a man by his sidekick.. I need to get away from this video.. one day you will be alone again.. and u will kill for my opinion in the room.

[@staceymcr13]

Steffan Jensen deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

[@ACHU-DETE]

Stacey Bluer His words were so profound I couldn't muster up a reply.

[@zeppelingitis]

Thank you for not including ridiculously dramatic music.

[@tone1132]

for real....

[@MrWalkerschannel]

WHAT GREATER DRAMA COULD THERE BE?

[@reggiemunoz3312]

The_Land_Of_Peaceful_Adventure inner sanctum of conciousness

[@user-ju7ze9to4k]

zeppelingitis fav comment in awhile!

[@Headbangingcaveman]

So you are easily uncomforted

[@erik4949]

5 minutes in and i just lost my fear of death

[@Phatzoot]

Same lol if u get it u get it if u dont u think we're mental. Oh well lol im with u buddy i get it

[@naturalisted1714]

I get a bit anxious to think about which organism "I" might be next... the possibilities are endless and so eventually one of those "I's" will have a very hellish experience of life... others will be good... most will be boring.

[@thegod2291]

I never had that fear , I've always wanted to die.

[@mrbirb-rp3lg]

@@thegod2291 oh my god, God are u alright?

[@ticktock1440]

This is the most clear and sensible explanation on death I have ever heard..to me this is simply brilliant.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Perhaps you haven't seen many explanations yet ... 👍🙏🙏

[@VampireJaku]

With the amount of pain I go through in life, non existence sounds like a blessing...

[@bigdog4230]

You are right. Death is a backstop. It can't keep getting worse indefinitely.

[@markheithorn3905]

When I was in a severe depressive episode, 3 years ago, the oblivion of sleep was the only thing I looked forward to. Waking up was awful.

[@noellenns]

We

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

It’s honestly not that bad I think. Personally, non existence for all of eternity is a long time, and it won’t take too long to get there naturally, so I figure, why not just stay along for the ride?

[@onestep1646]

@@user-sf9gs2pg1b one cant experience non existence

[@nonaurbiz2563]

whats the fucking jingle bells sound when he talks? Is he riding reindeers?

[@alexkenley1]

ahahaha

[@codyrogers4099]

sometimes i think to myself " what if nothing existed?" and when i go in DEEP thought about it i get this feeling i cant explain. like it makes me feel weird almost dizzy and it only lasts a few seconds. then when i go back normal i realize that THIS is life and it makes me in a better mood to know i have a life, of how simple it could have been to be nothing.

[@dortega732]

I will forever be thankful for this video. I found it back on October 4th 2014 when my grandfather passed away, as overcome with emotion as I was, I needed to hear something to that spoke to me about the fate we will all meet one day. Thank you to the uploader, and of course thank you to Alan Watts, I can only hope this helps someone else who may be in need. Love.

[@kel3542]

This one makes me sad. I want my conciousness. After all, we are all energy, rubbing your hands together creates energy. What separates us from the universe and non living things is our conciousness. I don't want to forget. The love I feel is deep and grows, I don't want to forget.

[@Ihateregistrations1]

+Kelli D You will always be you, for eternity. Your current consciousness form is only a sliver of your true self.

[@susangregory1585]

+Kelli D Let go. Jump, and the net will appear.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

+Kelli D: 'you want' is the problem when there actually is no 'you' in the first place. Your fear isn't about death of the body, it's about death of the ego. When this is realised in its totality, it's far more liberating than any clinging to wants.

[@abimucmata5793]

I suggest you try 5-meo dmt and this fear of yours will wash away...

[@moesypittounikos]

You forget every night. When you are dreaming you leave yourself behind.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

As much as I'm found halted in thought by Watts, I think this talk has to be one of the most powerful ideas he has expressed. Totally neutralises the existence of 'I' and the fear of not having it, in other words the fear of death. I may forget this feeling but he brings about that state in me with such comfort and playfulness.

[@donhutch5639]

Understanding without any influence deductive reasoning is inclined to tge responsibility each human has to not miss the point in this the current stage of evolution, even with trans-dimension travel to migrate elsewhere the life span of a human is more of an understanding than a simple existence....

[@DihelsonMendonca]

He didn't say anything that Krishnamurti hasn't said more deeply.

[@henrymcdowell3103]

@@DihelsonMendonca That's okay, it's not a competition.

[@Zhicano]

Someones hitting a bong really hard back there.

[@clivigerwindturbines5878]

Louie Salazar Ha ha ha....nice one 😂

[@festy111]

Haa dammit guys though y'all wouldn't hear my bong

[@dragonartist223]

My thoughts exactly lmaoo

[@theoutsiders4ever83]

Exact thought

[@damonedwards1544]

He recorded this over one of his bongo parties, and the erase head crapped out a few times.

[@NetiNeti25920]

Thank you for this. My grandfather just passed on a couple of hour ago. Although I have been following your channel for long, I am now watching this and other videos. This gives me strength and hope to tide over the difficult time and stay thankful for every single moment. Namaste, love and light~

[@BeHisLikeness]

Just because when we go to sleep and do not dream does not mean there is "nothing"... We just don't remember

[@Jostln]

We'll said

[@BeHisLikeness]

***** Yes the tree makes a sound whether there is a human ear there or not... it is vibration and it will bounce off of anything.

[@BeHisLikeness]

***** Wrong. There is a vibration and it does make a sound even if there are no "ears" to hear it.

[@BeHisLikeness]

***** Not remembering something is not the same as "having no consciousness of it". It only needs to be brought into awareness... the consciousness is there all the time.

[@g-gaming6703]

sorry but i just cant help it, so whats your intention here? are you trying to say or correct what mr allan said and what he said is such a big mistake that should be writen on the papers or are you just kind of showing off?

[@megaphilobeddoe5602]

Alan Watts knew the truth.... He was cremated and put in a Buddhist temple, after his death.. If there's one religion, that gets my respect, it's the Buddhists faith. I think they are closer to the truth, than any of us realizes..

[@thschear]

It has always been an interesting sidelight about Alan Watts is that he repeated several time the notion of what would it be like it you went to sleep and never work up and he frequently spoke about your heart stopping. Then Alan Watts died in his sleep due to heart problems. It's like he knew.

[@megaphilobeddoe5602]

thschear Yeah, I read that on Wiki too... I hope he went to another dimension and is living a more wonderful existence.. He was special and deserved it.. :-D

[@megaphilobeddoe5602]

***** Well, then you have no understanding of Buddhism.. I wish you good knowledge and wisdom in the future.

[@EmptyHand_0]

it's the Buddhists faith.... but Buddhists have no faith I think they are closer to the truth....There is no truth

[@megaphilobeddoe5602]

Truong Ngo That made no sense.

[@jellydee123]

If one were to become unconscious, an infinite amount of time could pass and yet, it would seem almost immediate after waking up. time is mind made.

[@o0Desimere0o]

+qwyzl mmmm nope. you said it yourself. its how we perceive it. time is man made. more like mind made. our memories of the past and perception of the future generates time sensation. Thats why its not always accurate either. Dont look at your watch and tell me the exact time.sometimes you get lucky other times you are way off. your mind is most likely not in the past or future as much as it is when you are right. hence "time flies when you are having fun" If you are having fun you are more present. The impermanence of that tells you its a mental illusion. if it were real it would always be there.

[@o0Desimere0o]

No because there is no time if there is nothing there to percieve it. Just presence and all things that undergo change through the constant flow of presence.

[@o0Desimere0o]

Only when your brain can see difference by a memory of something in the past creates like seeing a girl for the first time since you saw her as a baby. you notice change. The phenomena of the distance of presence from then (memory) to now (presence) is only an estimation of distance from that memory to now. Thats how the brain creates the sensation of time.

[@o0Desimere0o]

I understand what you are trying to say but do not let your mind fool you. You can see past this experience of if you are not identified with your mind or the experiences it creates for you to function and survive in this world.

[@o0Desimere0o]

applying memory to presence, presence to future, or past to future is all mind percieving time. all past are memories. all future is an estimated (not always correct) memory that is to come. but the only time anything really happens is the flow of now. when its gone its in the past. only another memory for you to piece together for another idea or plan or anything that is not yet or anymore in front of you right now. it creates anxiety, fear, worry exaggeration, perception of time. Can even use your own brain to self medicate you. how many time have you started to daydream about something when you were bored.

[@FrenchLegoBoy]

Is Darth Vader next to him, or something ?

[@neilsynuse3156]

lol

[@jessidebruyn]

That noise was freaking me out! Creepy!

[@meeemeee9536]

Think the predator is there as well

[@cloroxbleach6143]

FrenchLegoBoy yeah darth vader and a pothead smoking weed...

[@Atrium301]

Nah they're just toking up. How do you think he comes up with all of these speeches.

[@SJ_Waves]

The secret of the great virtue of compassion... As wise, as expansive, as encouraging as always thank you Alan

[@thebudkellyfiles]

Every year before Christmas, I buy the Hubble Space Telescope calendar for myself and my friends. I don't know if it has the same effect on them, but for me all I have to do is look at the images of the cosmos. It fills me with an unshakeable faith that all is well, that whoever or whatever created this unthinkably vast and beautiful universe could not possibly have overlooked little old me. No mistakes. Call it what you will, and there are many names, you cannot capture it in words. It is supralogical, above logic, and perhaps poetry and music comes closer than lectures.

[@user-zk2lx9le5z]

That's beautiful and I hope you still do it.

[@GuyFromTheFutur3]

5:30 some1 smoking that bong

[@TheJourneyofPurpose]

NoBiggie everyone thinks its a bong, its the background audio which was edited to reduce hissing, unfortunately it didn't turn out the best

[@GuyFromTheFutur3]

theJourneyofPurpose TJOP hehe thanks for explanation but yeah i meant it more a as a joke :))

[@mannyplata6851]

that was too funny lol.

[@filipgustaf]

NoBiggie hahahaha

[@filipgustaf]

NoBiggie that bastard right next to the microphone sure has no shame

[@Whatisright]

Had a conversation with a co-worker 2 days about about something like this. I said it's far better not knowing about a lot of things like the stars. Not knowing exactly what they are and what they're doing, how they're made, what they are. I said exactly that, "knowing takes the wonder out of things." It was better to look at the night sky and be amazed. Listening to this now and Watts was in my head decades ago before I was born.

[@khamnung-saowa]

Well in my opinion knowing adds much more awe and beauty to it

[@WormholeUniverse]

I think knowing how the universe works brings an even greater sense of awe. And ignorance opens the door to superstitions that can be dangerous like the Dark Ages or how humans would make human sacrifices to “the Gods” thinking it would appease storms or volcanoes. Carl Sagan put it like this “In its encounter with Nature, science invariably elicits a sense of reverence and awe. The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.” Another good quote is “We are made of star stuff. We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself.”

[@zzzzz77771]

The sun,stars and trees are as beautiful and amazing to me today at 31 ,as they were to me as a child.

[@peacefrog9306]

For a while, the idea of reincarnation somewhat comforted me. But the more I think about it, the more it seems just like ceasing to exist. It terrifies me to think that I probably won't be "me" forever. I'm agnostic, so I have the tiniest bit of hope for an afterlife, but it all terrifies me. I don't want to lose my consciousness, because I then lose everything and everyone I've known and loved. It too bothers me that all of the great people in history cannot look back and see what good they achieved, how they shaped the lives of many. And it's so saddening to know that there are people who devote their whole lives to a chosen religion, trying to pass on to their heaven, next life, nirvana, etc, and it might not happen. I wish that somehow people could have whatever they want and expect after death. I'm having an existential crisis, someone please talk to me. I feel like boo boo the fool.

[@Dreadythedread]

Whether or not you find your peace with the oncoming eternal oblivion, does not really impact whether or not eternal oblivion will find you, make your peace with it, and enjoy the existence granted to you. Personally I've found that death anxiety and mortality salience are more prevalent when I don't eat right, when I don't exercise properly, and when I sit in a hole for myself, and smoke weed all day. You're gonna die, and it's only when you stop to consider the consequences of that thought that it's scary, but think about it, you were dead for billions of years before you were alive, and you're gonna be dead for billions of years after. You get a few precious years, to experience being, and you're guaranteed that death is not some kind of divine punishment. No matter how well Mr Watts phrases it, I can't bring myself to believe in reincarnation, the notion occurs silly to me, besides the reincarnation he describes, might as well be eternal oblivion, since the ego is obliterated when you die. Accept that you are fleeting, and stop clinging on to the idea of not being fleeting, and you will find life opening up, and you will find it is amazing. Also read some Kierkegaard.

[@treefiddy5673]

this is not the only carbon form that will host your spirit and maybe its not by chance you awoke here but letting go is part of the universe... drop your ego let go of your clutches in the end nothing will matter

[@treefiddy5673]

we are all one this life we think of as reality is like a simulation ... just like when you sleep you really are not here

[@diveysaini9676]

I think you are confused about I and your notions. Read the works of Ramana Maharashi and clear it out.

[@Demarini71691]

But as Watts says in this, wouldn't that get terribly boring? Being yourself forever? Having the same memories forever? The nature of forgetting allows us to experience what we had already experienced with the same wonder, passion, and enjoyment that we did before. It's no coincidence that life becomes stale as we enter old age, right before we die.

[@AmerginMacEccit]

Do not be troubled by what happens after death, be worried not to be dead in your lifetime.

[@AlexSGabor]

While I am awake, I am asleep to the Infinite. While I am asleep, the Infinite awakens in me. There is no death, there is only awakening and sleeping, alive or dead.

[@mike3pio]

but u breath when u sleep and still itch yourself and make yourself more comfortable...

[@ceedee873]

It's like the yin and yang, they aren't really separated. The black and white is an illusion, if you spun the wheel fast enough it all blends together and becomes grey. The only thing that truly exists is eternity, and love is eternity.. everything else is an illusion.

[@Gsg-xh3th]

​@@mike3pio have you ever taken a sleeping pill and it's felt like a time skip. Just completely out for 7 hours then boom awake. No dream, no nothing, no readjusting yourself in your sleep simply just breathing. Id imagine that's what death is like

[@mike3pio]

@@Gsg-xh3th nah im sure its more like before you were born type shit, you know just not there...

[@mike3pio]

@@Gsg-xh3th never have i ever taken a sleeping pill actually.

[@konfusionxD]

Kinda hard to concentrate on the words when there's a predator lurking around.

[@jayvlogs6683]

Tea Dawg 😂😂😂😂💀

[@tuincentrum9513]

Hahaha :D :D :D , very funny!! I agree!! Hahaha :D :D :D !!

[@Kyanzes]

Sounds like someone is sipping a drink with a straw.

[@mikhailvolkov8370]

Thanks, I needed that laugh haha

[@connorm8378]

😂😂

[@DihelsonMendonca]

We never experience death. When I am, there is no death. When death is, I am no more. 🙏🙏👍❤️

[@jackalope7372]

Thats grim...

[@novekreilehtam9221]

I've tried to conceive of 'nothingness' as a kid. The experience is terrifying. I tried to imagine not having any sences, no smell, no touch, no sight, etc... I experienced a sort of floating sensation, in pure darkness, but I was dimly aware of both sensations. It felt lonely but I was only dimly aware of that to. It felt like I was no longer in my body but an observer. Then I noticed I was making a noise. I wasn't intentionally doing it though. Then I felt afraid of being alone forever, with no one else. Then I felt myself, my skin, and the floor I was sitting on. The world seemed almost all like a dream, and for a while I was afraid it was a dream, and I was footing in nothingness. But then I realized other people felt the same 'dreamy' experience called life. They were lights in the darkness, I wasn't alone!

[@johnsearight9883]

You can't conceive it. It's what you were before you were born.

[@novekreilehtam9221]

Well I cant speak for everybody... maybe I wasn't feeling 'nothing'. But what I do remember is the terror of being the only thing in existence...

[@echo-trip-1]

John Searight Or maybe not. We can't remember what we were before we were born. But then again, we can't even remember being born. Even tho we know we were there and went thru the experience.

[@novekreilehtam9221]

***** hmm good point...perhaps it was more akin to a lucid dream...but still terrifying

[@novekreilehtam9221]

***** No...it was like self imposed exile...from the universe. It was horrifying because I felt like my mind, not my flesh, not my bones, my mind was the only thing that ever existed. I shaped out of it when my dad burst into the room, to see me crying uncontrollably. He sat with me for a while and the feeling dissolved.

[@randymarsh7577]

I always feel at peace listening to Alan Watts.

[@aevy250]

My mom passed away almost 2 months ago, and to hear this beautiful message it's such a amazing relief that one day i will see my beautiful mom again, i can't wait! See you soon mom! And i'm so sorry for not doing everything i could/should to keep you any longer with us. At the same time i know and feel very strongly that where you are now is full of Love, Unconditional Love, Joy, Freedom and you are having an amazing, peaceful time completly! Thank you so much my dear, strong, supportive, loving and beautiful mom for everything, i will carry it with me for eternity with Unconditional Love!!🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🕊️🕊️

[@Guzmandini]

I see death similar to like Allan Watts says in this speech. We don't experience life. Life experiences itself - thru all of our eyes and heartbeats, including dogs and birds and dolphins. And if we don't experience life, then we don't experience death because life goes on and life is always evolving, trying to gain higher consciousness and understanding of everything that makes up existence - the good and the bad, but specially the bad. We've always been part of the big picture, regardless of how small you may feel. Life is experiencing everything we do, every song we hear or sing, every language we learn, the raindrops falling on our skin or the wind hitting our faces during a mysterious sunset. All the joys love brings and its sorrows. When our eyes close for good, another pair was already open. We've always been aware. Awareness has brought us this far, but selfishness and ego have set us apart. It has put us in boxes and placed barriers between us. But there is hope.

[@BRICKIEREPORT]

I hope I somehow meet my mom and dad again that would be so cool

[@mountainaire4154]

I have lost close loved ones as well and ache and yearn to someday be reunited with them...we will just have to see.

[@Rafiawinters]

You most certainly will!!

[@Corvettelloydminster]

My stepdad 4,days after his death added me to Facebook as his friend. I had the computer and to this day I have no idea how this happened. It even showed the time he did it when I was at work came home nobody could have done this then there was no record of it. This happened the minute I finished my out of town job and I said 4 days it will be done and I can stay with him. He died and 4 days later the minute I got the cheque and done with the job I seem he added me as his friend on Facebook. My dads phone was acting weird too that exact time for 2 hrs almost as well.

[@TheCottoneyedjo]

Yasmin Kasim You have presented a very simple yet gentle and compassionate message. I would dare to say that you get the idea.

[@Rafiawinters]

Cas Tiel no problem hun xx

[@leonreynolds77]

This was an amazing lecture. Deep thoughts and ideas. I have pondered the same things.

[@AllAwake1111]

Beautiful. So much we don't know about life and Alan Watts was a wonderful translator and interpreter of everything around us

[@tallsw7290]

I never heard someone describe life in a way that was so close to my heart.

[@TheSkaffen]

Reincarnation is just the pre-scientific observation of the 'Law of Conservation'. Living and dying are the same thing - as soon as you are born you begin to die. The confusion is in how you define "I". Life is just a spectrum of complexity.

[@alexanderdamm870]

I'm not really afraid of death I just think of it as the next experience, and that once I die the dreams that I have dreamt whilst asleep just become a reality in the way that dreams whilst you are asleep feel like reality just that once I die it never ends.

[@kladinvermont3289]

Alan Watts was one of those enlightened beings who pass through the timeline periodically, pointing us to the deeper truths that many ignore or refuse to comprehend. For me, I try to embrace and accept "not knowing", I can have hopes, but there are no absolutes and there really is only this moment. Everything else is just a hunch but that's OK.

[@37Dionysos]

As usual great points by Watts. But I wish that in my next lives I could remember what I've learned in this one about cherishing friends even more before they vanish. I took too many people for granted out of my own ignorance and ego.

[@taergehtsiram]

Damn. This was some heavy ass shit.

[@sleepyeyeguy]

taergehtsiram Heavy ass-shit... or heavy-ass shit? XD

[@taergehtsiram]

haha sleepyeyeguy Um...the second one

[@freedomfighter2463]

taergehtsiram I think you replied One Year later.

[@jonnyboivan]

@@freedomfighter2463 i think you replied 2 years later

[@beluapi8865]

I had the idea that dying was like going into a dream before I listened to this video. but I think it will be the most lucid aware dream we have ever experienced. We may or may not be aware that we have died.

[@debbielovefearn2031]

I love these kind of lectures!!! and I love ALAN watts

[@SuperHazel9]

Absolutely the most brilliant lecture i have ever heard,i honestly have now got no fear of death whatsoever as i have always believed what Mr Watts has said was true.Thank You so much.

[@lordoftheflings]

Alan Watts is the only one who can calm my anxiety. I love you sir. I feel like you are a close relative of mine. Like I know you personally. Thank you for having existed Alan.

[@maryamali8586]

Oh my , I was not ready for my mind to be blown

[@KrisMcCauley]

I have been listening to Alan Watts for about a year but it really wasn't until as of late this question really came into my mind. And surely enough Alan Watts has a talk on it with some similar thoughts. He really was ahead of his time.

[@borealisdiaz878]

these are thoughts I've always had since I was young. Such a beautifully mysterious thing that life is.

[@sleepyeyeguy]

10:10 (whispering) "you have to wake up, you have to wake up, you have to wake up"

[@80085u]

The thought of nothingness makes me hurt inside. I'm so depressed

[@trashforeverything8604]

Hey I’m hella late but if it helps if there is nothingness you won’t feel it just like you didn’t feel anything before conception and if you do “feel” it I like to think it is perfectly calm and pure or even you won’t realize time is passing and be brought back into comforting darkness sorry I’m late or if this is BS but death is a beautiful thing that makes us human and life would mean nothing (well any less than it means now) if death wasn’t there

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

80085u, just think of somethingness and you'll feel all better again

[@BradPwnsU]

Well to put It simply, death doesn’t exist. It’s nothing. Literally. NOTHING. Get it? Doesn’t exist. So it isn’t there.

[@BradPwnsU]

W.S. T.R.Y exactly

[@brotothewilliams9890]

The thought of nothingness doesn't help because people don't wanna disappear it's scary to think that everything u are will die with ur brain

[@TomLangley13]

Wonderful! Brilliant as always!

[@ElliB27]

I love this little short lecture by him... the others arent as good as this one.. this one is short.. but it makes me think and why I fell in love with his teachings.. 😍❤❤

[@haku22222]

Do not fear death. Death is always by our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light, but if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity...

[@troymindwrite7850]

Classic Bebop

[@joycecharles9959]

Spiritual bonds are never broken.

[@britneymarra6069]

You don't know how much I can relate to this, I've asked myself and others these questions more than you can count. I've always been so curious about death and what would happen.

[@eJohndoe]

As far as we know, nobody has ever come back from being dead so we'd never know what actually happens to us after we die. All we can do is consolidate ourselves by believing in this story or that.

[@MeditationGate01]

Amazing good job! The content is very good, I like it very much

[@anonymousanoonymous6869]

Life is eternal. Praise for him

[@jonasanddemi100]

when we die we won't just go to sleep , our consciousness just transfer into another dimension , we lose our material bodies and our souls go :)

[@Richard-vu7kh]

What a beautiful mind....this talk made me weep as when listening to beautiful music.

[@misguidedmonkey]

This has left me with chills every time.

[@LongboardingCujet]

Losing my memory of who I was means I am no longer the same person. When my memories die I do too die. With the logic of someone being reborn without their memories is not truly accurate since they aren't reborn. Being reborn is being the same person you were originally brought back after death. So with that there is only death

[@mountainaire4154]

This makes sense. Reincarnation has never made sense to me and I'm not "dumb" (scored 140 on the logic component of an IQ test.)

[@RexAnglorumYT]

This is 10x more enjoyable and thought provoking when stoned.

[@craigreilly1339]

Stoned eating pizza, loving life

[@rotflolextreme]

DeadshotYT or when youre completely sober

[@rotflolextreme]

Aka high on life

[@jony1495]

stoned? fuck that you couldn't even form a thought when you think your stoned and smoked to much weed till you think about questions about about stoned being sober, see what I mean?

[@RexAnglorumYT]

Nope, no fucking clue mate.

[@albertwolfe2376]

My first alan watts speech i watched fully

[@fuldagermany]

Will listen when I am calmer in spirit .... too much angst to pay attention, but someone sent it to me so I do want to hear it.

[@N3nadownz]

All i know is I made it here once: probability says i'll be back eventually!

[@dF_fallz]

This one's a bit lengthy, but bare with me. I feel like what was said by this beautiful person was of vast significance and I wanted to share it with everybody else. I hope you get something out of it. "I think that the idea that you've been around for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years, etc - is complete and total bull shit, man. The idea that you only live once - that this is your ONLY experience and ONLY opportunity to LIVE and to LOVE. Yeah? How do you know that? You don't. That's the thing. You don't, I don't. No one knows! So, look. To speak with such certainty, especially in this kind of context, is to attempt to block and repel a tidal wave with just the palms of your hands. It's impossible. It can't be done. That waves just gonna' keep trucking along, man. It's bull! The fact of the matter is that you've been around forever! There's no such thing as true and absolute death and nonexistence. First and foremost, that wouldn't make much sense simply because that would not be an experience - and that's all anyone and anything can do in this Life - is experience everything with the very standardized five senses we've been blessed or cursed with - however you choose to see it. That's what this thing is. It's an experience, man. It's a lesson to be learned. This is LIFE! Class is ALWAYS in session! The bell doesn't ring until it's your time to move on to the next study and that's what we keep on referring to as death! Death is just a graduation. A level up. It's purpose is to help move you along - to walk you down the hall or up the stairs to your next lesson. That's all. And that's such a fucking beautiful thing when you acquire the right kind of intellectual and spiritual tools to help mold the unique mindset that it takes to dissect, to examine, to acknowledge, and to appreciate that kind of viewpoint. It's a HARD thing for most people to wrap their fucking heads around, man. As it should be! You know? But, here. Let's throw some science into the mix while we're at it. When you take the in-depth studies of things like thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and quantum physics into account - holy shit, do you ever start to feel your mind reel! When it comes to subjects like those with such complexity, it's like your mind wants to tuck tail and either run in the opposite direction or implode on it's self! Those studies literally talk about the very STUFF of our existence. The stuff of the stuff of the stuff of the stuff of the stuff that makes up other stuff that comprises more stuff that makes up our stuff's stuff that manifests as more complex and complicated stuff - so, in other words, US! You get to play around with and pick apart these studies and theories and after a while, it dawns on you like a warm, all-enveloping daybreak! You have just delved into the unwindings and peeling aways of the very fabrics of the Universe. Like a ball of yarn. You have just learned something VERY alluring. You have learned that energy - the creative force that shapes and breathes life into beings like me and you, that dog and that cat, that tree and that bush, that cloud and that sun, that star and that planet, that solar system and that galaxy, etc - cannot ever truly die. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It can only ever be re-distributed into and all across the cosmos, and change form.That's it! So, WE are these little, tiny, fractal balls of super-concentrated energy that has been around for EONS! For EVER! Nothing or nobody has ever died. They have only ever moved on, graduated, and changed form. I am you, and you are me. As played out as this sounds, man - and it's been said SO many times and it's often times mistranslated as being the most hippy-kind of argument out there, and people who speak of it and try to relay this message through various art forms like poetry, like music, like paintings, like photography, like philosophy, etc are being shut up and silenced, blurred and mocked! But, that's only because it's a Truth that knows no bounds and spans all borders and dwells deep down inside of every living, breathing creature and organism that has ever known the serenity of the unconditional light and love of the Universe - all is ONE and one is ALL! It's as simple as that, man. I'm eternal. WE are eternal. Eternity is the ever-lasting Life experience granted to us by the Universe - solely because of one single stand-alone reason. It's a resounding message that, when people tune into the right kind of frequency, can hear from all over the world. The Universe LOOOOOOVES you! It loves you! It fucking loves you! It always has and it always will. You are not insignificant. You are PERFECT. You are an extension of the infinite love and wisdom of the Universe. You are eternity it's SELF! Let that sink in, man. Take your time...cause you've got forever to understand it." -Duncan Trussell

[@sinkinfrothies9748]

thanks dude That was deep man it really changed my perspective on life i havent really understood any of this but this whole paragraph, life changing again thanks:)

[@jareroof1581]

+Rick William Nichards totally deep

[@alexaonther0x]

Wow! just wow! This eloquently sums up what I've always thought but could never express. I just lost my brother and I've been having a hard time holding onto this belief even though it makes so much sense and I felt it in my very being before his death. Now I'm not so sure. I wish I could say his energy has returned to the cosmos and transformed into something great but I just don't know. And I know we'll never really KNOW, it's all just speculation but when you lose someone so close to you, it shakes your very core and makes you question your own existence. It's deep. I wish there were some way I could save this

[@wildmansamurai3663]

take it easy on the drugs buddy

[@erikanderson4605]

Micah 6:8 You said you cannot know and made several ridiculous claims backed without evidence. Probably the most logical solution is to use the least assumptions, so I would think that death is but the lack of existence.

[@mobiustrip1400]

This is beautiful and deep.

[@tomt4085]

I wonder if I’ll see this video in my next life...

[@ninjasd1]

Am I the only one to hear Darth Vader and Predator breathing in the background ?...

[@almostatheist]

I disagree, I used to think about life getting boring after while, but I never get bored of living, loving, competing etc... We do things until we get bored, then we move on to something else

[@antoinemisran]

thanks for the great work

[@crankychicks]

There are no opposites; only a severity level on the same scale!

[@chikifree]

We have already been dead. Then we were born.

[@IndagatorAD4]

+LuisEspinozaMusic You can't die unless you've been born. In some way, or another. "In the beginning! There was no end...Until! There was.......lol"

[@IndagatorAD4]

Klovod I hear ya. I'm just being half silly. But to quickly refute. You literally can't be dead/die in any sense of the term, as we understand it, before you've been born. Only after "casual consciousness" is this possible. Very important part to remember..."as we understand it." Klovod I enjoy your thinking. This is friendly and thank you. =)

[@IndagatorAD4]

I agree friend. My favorite professor once said, "living well, is learning how to die well." ;)

[@oeasysun6541]

Klovod We just don't remember!😵...When we were kids we only remember few memories. When we are dying all those memories come back why because are mind is scared and your scared so it brings up past memories to keep you comfort...we don't know what will happen when we die unless we die. Religion is a way of life it was made because people were scared of death. When you die, you won't see nothing you will do nothing all you will do is wait until trillions and trillions of years life is an Illusion, why was the universe made? Nothing can't make something and matter can't disappear matter is you and me it will transform into another energy. Why are we here?

[@maryosgood7044]

You always wake up.

[@christinamacleanhubbard1651]

Alan Watts video on exploring what happens after dead made me feel sad for him. I believe that our soul lives on.....Once a person dies, their soul leaves their body. It is just a dead body! Their soul still loves those left behind...and spiritually watches over their loved ones. How could a Mother or Father ever get tired of seeing their children, Alan Watt states, that one get bored seeing the same people over and over again. How very sad the way he describes death. If one get tired or bored by the same old people here on earth, we can always meet new people or move anywhere in this great universe. One only has to be aware that their spirit is around us! Has none of you ever felt the presence of a love one, or got an answer from them....I, most definitely have numerous times!

[@janedoe-km6ds]

I pray that there is something better than this... a place were yu can be who yu want and this life was some kind of experience we had to endure to get to something else... God help us all🙏

[@Geep1778]

I think that after death our Soul moves on. Either to another world/dimension/reality or we go right back into another body here depending on our Soul's path. I do not believe we just stop existing entirely. There are too many near death exp's shared by those who've gone through it for me to think that life is just a short stint on Earth followed by blackness. Let alone my own beliefs and faith in God or a Source of everything.

[@Cejo871]

Geep1778 Do you still feel this way two years later?

[@kaytimmerman99]

Geep1778 Try thinking rational...

[@MsLoriGold]

Geep, yes, what you said!

[@alejandror4232]

Hi geep

[@AZATHOTH_Z]

Another body

[@sergioarias8742]

listening to Alan Watts is like listening to god...too bad I will never get the chance to meet him

[@Gudnazon]

+johnburnett100 because every human being is god :)

[@kaytimmerman99]

Gudnazon You, my friend, you are so stupid...

[@atlasprime79]

Gudnazon alpha and omega, first and last, beginning and end. in my opinion that acknowledges all are god. lifes end game is to become one with God . imagine human intelligence a billion years from now. universe completely unlocked. the future acknowledges us in the past, because without us, they wouldn't be there. do you think they'll forget about us? i think not.

[@sdot1544]

@@kaytimmerman99 he’s not stupid you are gudnazon is actually very correct my niggaaa

[@rgmedia318]

1:20 "Mummy, who would I have been if you married someone else" great point

[@alloeloise]

This feels like the most obvious thing and most people never consider it.

[@quantumz5934]

We will become what we were before we were born....

[@Exotixa]

best one I've heard

[@Cityslickerr_]

The fact that at the end there's just nothing is the most scary thing you can know. All of our lives, everything we've ever knew, everything that we've ever done is just forgotten and no longer has any worth.

[@justinplushvideosmcdaniel2971]

DROPOUT that doesn't make it true

[@dragonofthewest8305]

This always gives me chills

[@MrEjidorie]

All of us are afraid of death because death is in an uncharted territory.　In these days, many neuroscientists, neurosurgeons and religious leaders are studying near death experience, out-of-body experience, reincarnation etc. If it is proven scientifically that our consciousness could continue to exist even after our physical death, we would be emancipated from the fear of death, and could enjoy a more fruitful life without fearing death.

[@carolyntyree765]

I believe that when our physical bodies die, our soul moves on. Where? I don't know. But I have to believe to a better place. The soul never dies!

[@Phatzoot]

Clearly wasnt listening

[@mikehalinan]

Very good, I love Alan Watts.

[@fusion772]

This dude is so cool I can't even begin to explain it

[@AlexSGabor]

After my death I will reappear to billions of people through KZbin and this universe will simply disappear for me while I chose another universe to play in. But your life will go on without me but with my ideas instilled in your memory.

[@legoworkshop2908]

What if real isn't real? Always felt like I could wake up from reality into something much, much more..

[@expressiondance8173]

Love the videos

[@jeremywinston7199]

To be alive is the greatest gift the cosmos could ever hand down. To witness creation is the ultimate gift. So don't waste it!!

[@dove8oy61]

For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. (Genesis 3:19)

[@no2gangan]

I never believed in life after death until I met my mother in law.

[@mark1952able]

Thank you Rod for the comedy relief

[@no2gangan]

mark1952able Thanks. She did win Britain's Next Top Mortuary Model. Her looks are to die for....literally

[@The4thDensity]

Les Dawson.....is that you?

[@lori9885]

Love the cat purring in the background.

[@chiefswinndowg6156]

This man inspires me.

[@jellydee123]

He speaks the english like a boss

[@ilovetomuckbum3]

+Jamie lee And you, kind sir, do not.

[@gabrielhebert2124]

+ilovetomuckbum3 ///////////// ALRIGHT !!

[@jellydee123]

beTriangle' lmao thanks

[@GG-gz1wm]

Personally, in my own opinion, i think we should just all have hope in what’s to come and just be. We don’t know if it’s Heaven, Vahalla, Reincarnation, etc. I think that’s what makes it so fascinating. We don’t know and come up with these ideas and it gives us hope. Just hope but, don’t despair. Nothing is promised even in this life. Go about your way

[@GG-gz1wm]

I don’t think I made sense at all lol. I’m thinking too much, gotta go lol

[@user-mee82]

Please always keep in mind that after this life you will have eternal peace, that is how it will be!❤

[@horiturk333]

Personally wouldn't want to come back to this place.