Alan Watts - The Beauty of Nothingness

Nothing is more fertile than Emptiness - Alan Watts
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[@user-yy9wp5mo6e]

Have you ever noticed that right before you start writing or drawing, every possibility is available to you? That's nothingness. Nothingness is infinity. Every possibility but no concrete existence. And then when you begin writing or drawing what you do is you put a limit on the infinity. You remove most of the possibilities and you're left with something, existence. This universe is exactly the same. It came out of nothingness, infinity, and it limited itself, and that created significance and existence. Beauty.

[@aidencurl]

+zururubuurr! ! well said.

[@AfterTheStorm0846]

+skapliece kerfunction,,, Wow. I had to share this comment on facebook; so beautifully put.

[@Jonixx95]

+Ashleigh Conway i just did the same, really inspiring x)

[@azunia4]

well said mate, well said indeed.

[@michaelfranciotti3900]

x/79/plasticized echolocation, Omg yes! I've tried explaining this exact same idea to friends using the exact same metaphor with an artist and a blank sheet of paper! Or sometimes its a sculptor and a chunk of rock. But every potential possibility is contained in the void (everythingness and nothingness, two sides of the same coin) until form manifests by the artist pushing away the void. That's why I'm not afraid of returning to the state of "nothingness" when I die. More afraid of not living than dying. I think it's awesome that somebody else shares the same idea almost word for word.

[@taylorstrozier4231]

I feel like the people around me in life aren’t the right people for me. To the people watching this video and reading this comment know that you are special, you are like me and I would love to be friends. I just want a group of people to hang out with to show me what they find beautiful in the mysterious world.

[@YourPopa]

Would be amazing

[@nickb9575]

Agreed.

[@chigirl6391]

You're not alone in that thinking. Know this, whatever you look for, you'll find. If you want to meet "others" like you irl, you have to make decision and you will. Until then, the internet is a great place to connect 😊

[@denisecrook5758]

Taylor Strozier thank you Taylor I feel so lost even though I’m always with people I’ve never understood why it is hard for me to connect with people it’s like they aren’t in the same exact world I live in

[@tay6928]

we have the same name and i can’t help but relate because everyone around me has their people, their goood friend group. i have no friends, i don’t hate it but i often wonder if ill ever feel like i belong. not especially just friends, more like in general. nothing, nowhere feels like home. i’m not comfortable here lol idk

[@spicy4560]

“Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?” ― Emil M. Cioran

[@ryandragonzmaddox7191]

Deep

[@oOAngeloAmorimOo]

damn who would have guessed i would read a quote from some spicy dude with a Ainsley picture and get emotional

[@ucntgobck]

Yes

[@jorgemanso521]

I want to go home and never come back...

[@nettyabbott5412]

Who, what is our? Nothing is nothing. No Our. Quieten ego. Home is.

[@glennoconnor1130]

The only way to end our suffering is so simple. Just be here, present.

[@blueshades98]

Glenn O'Connor but there would be no hap

[@blueshades98]

Glenn O'Connor no happiness too

[@GrubKiller436]

I think it is probable that Jesus Christ knew this as well. He was enlightened. And that's probably why he was tortured. If a person can really say that there is no suffering, then there will be people who're curious to find out if that'll remain true in circumstances of being inflicted with pain. I wonder, if we put Buddha, Watts, and another other person on the cross and tortured them, would they still say the same things about suffering?

[@asherdyns8866]

T'was an old username and I'll change it soon. excellent bro luv from india

[@andersongarcia5117]

Yes. The past doesn't exist, the future doesn't exist. Only here, now, the present exist. This exact second is the only thing that exists.

[@iamlightagain]

Thank you Alan Watts, wherever you are, whatever dimension you now reside. Your gift to this humanity is a most effective source of bringing me back to self after being daily bombarded with media mind garbage.

[@SaithMasu12]

The media always tries to tell you: You need "this" in order to have it more easy or "thus" in order to be more dated. "This" to be more entertained and "thus" to live healthier. Basically the media tells you the following: You need "something" what you do not need. Its all about to somehow fill your life with "things" that are absolutly not "needed" As long as we "sleep" we are no danger. I hope one day the sheep becomes the lion again and remember his true nature!

[@jenndusol3700]

Such an amazing influence. Our generation is very lucky to have him as a guide :)

[@JoshuaBelCamino]

SaithMasu12 does race exist? Or are we all the same?

[@llamalulu4255]

James Freeman I love it

[@NinetyTwoNoodles]

He wasn't human. These thoughts he creates are amazing.

[@LurkingCrassZero]

When Alan speaks it's like somone reminding you of something you'd buried at the back of your mind and long forgotten, and the overwhelming feeling of giddy amusement that you'd be silly enough to forget something so precious and memorable in the first place.

[@AaronLyons]

I got that exact feeling on dmt. I was like how in the hell have I forgotten this place!

[@Barney-ii1no]

and then you forget it again

[@avthreek]

@@Barney-ii1no but then collective consciousness effect will work and remind us through energy channels like other people minds who comment on youtube comments and the notification will pop-up. Basically we will remind to ourselves in a one way or the other :)

[@adammoulds594]

I must commend myself how well said that was ...

[@dpoisonedburritos]

Beautifully put!

[@gregorcollins]

"So cheer up, you see?"

[@vendettaray8748]

I say this right when he said it lol

[@fullbola]

That made me smile 😊

[@FOXAMG63]

Love that part

[@TheJourneyofPurpose]

"We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all." - Kalu Rinpoche

[@SamanthaLoveLegacyCoaching]

thank you, such a warm and positive way to start the day. I feel more at peace.

[@Chalchiuitlyollotl]

***** You think too much. It's easy to see if only you're keen at observing patterns. It's as simple as: right could not exist without left, and vice versa. If you can really see that that is so, you won't have any trouble seeing that something=everything and nothing; and nothing and everything=something. If you can stop thinking, stop worrying, stop trying to get something out of life, you will be filled with not only infinity, but something that goes well, well beyond it. Another thing you might want to consider is taking an internal martial art. You can get this SAME understanding from something like Tai Chi. Be wary though if a master has you help him demonstrate in your early days, as your hand can be vice-grip wrapped around his arm yet he will become nothing right before you, and, well, you really can't hold onto nothing. Don't be frightened, lol.

[@Lloydz0r]

***** Everything is contradictory or paradoxical :-) Nothing and something are not the same thing, yet both depend on each other like poles of a magnet - Explicitly different but implicitly one. You are nothing so that you can receive everything, in the same way that a mirror has no colour and can therefore reflect all colours; and that by life having no meaning - every individual can manifest their own meaning :)

[@Lloydz0r]

Because it is us that says 'this is something', by giving it a name or putting it into a concept. But reality escapes all concepts, and I would say that the only truth is that there is no truth. I don't mean nothing in the sense that all which is physical is not actually there. But all that exists has no meaning until we give it our own meaning. Without our eyes the sun would not be light, and without our ears and our concept of time - music would just be a random mess of meaningless vibrations. I therefore like to think that everything is nothing, but that we - without knowing how we do it - turn that nothing into everything :)

[@Lloydz0r]

Well it's just my opinion :) which is all anything is. You choose logic, I'll choose imagination. But remember, as in the words of Einstein - Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere ;)

[@fizz.zzz101]

2020 quarantine got me here and this video makes so much sense now, anyone else?

[@Aruna2012]

Well it was the spiritual purpose of this virus.. To make people stop and introspect. Lucky and blessed are those who have understood the message

[@emiel333]

Fizzy Rose definitely

[@Costus89]

Yeah! Eureka!

[@ohitsnotme9056]

Probably why it’s now getting recommended

[@riouren666]

Just made it here too, 10 videos of alan watts to get here. A good rabbit hole to find for sure

[@vlone4296]

“It’s just nothing, it’s a dream, because your really nothing, but this is the most incredible nothing”~Alan Watts

[@AurumLuxuria]

I am nothing. What a relieving, yet sometimes scary thought.

[@AurumLuxuria]

Itta Nimulli You can't.

[@artangel23]

It makes me happy to realize this

[@seekerx9574]

U don't got the idea

[@Emeand33]

How interesting that in one speech he shows we are nothing, yet in another he says were the universe. Maybe we’re both

[@juanburgos8176]

@@Emeand33 the universe is nothing

[@FilShishay]

What kind of creatures are we? We even doubt our existence....

[@randomatheist4832]

Im not human at all

[@surreygeorge11]

Not doubting, but questioning. Are we that which we think we are? What happens when we die? If we are NOT our thoughts, and NOT our feelings, then what ARE we? I find it very interesting to consider other perspectives.

[@nothandonatacia2497]

Beautiful creatures we are 🌸🌸

[@christiangaido4354]

@@magoo3283 the idea of life is to learn to love give the perfect ingredients for chaos and you will break then you can begin to love

[@mm-um6yz]

We are conscious. It's both a curse and a blessing

[@Ditiro100]

This guy speaks not to me but my soul

[@axplayakc]

NOTHING IS EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS NOTHING

[@joaopedrocarvalhodepaulade2516]

The weird thing is that this exactly thought was in my mind back in the days i was only 11 years old... Now Im 18 and I discovered Alan Watts and I remember that I used to think a lot of things He says.. crazy crazy crazy...

[@mikailzambrano7991]

Kc IMNAIBRAIN in know that reference

[@jonnylomj7601]

So who are you?

[@janettaschuch3591]

-- mathematically expressed as zero = infinity.

[@thanxx]

dust in the wind

[@JOHNNY-zx1lc]

Some people fear there is nothing after life.. I find it incredibly comforting. No pain, no stress, no worries, no wealth, no greed, no government, no judgement, no concept of time, no bills the list is endless. It sounds like heaven to me. Another few billion years of that once I'm gone is fine by me.

[@cristobaldemetrius7406]

You changed my point of view. Thanks.

[@adrian2571]

"The essence of your mind is pure, clear, a void." This is true. We put into our minds meaningless thoughts that rule our lives. I am guilty of this process as I am fighting with myself to be something, to do something that will put a mark on this world yet I have no intention or interest to do so. Nothingness is the key to reality.

[@ReZdItalia]

I think what puts me in awe the most is the fact that, out of nothing we came and we have no clue who we are nor what this existence means... We know nothing.

[@XShollaj]

+ReZdItalia sometimes this is what i think is the purpose of life, to find that there is no meaning, just a way to eternal oblivion , the only pure state with no pain, stress or anxiety just nothingness. Every form of understanding we put behind a self made meaning means nothing really

[@user-yy9wp5mo6e]

For existence to "mean" something would be the same as it "representing" something higher than itself. A mountain doesn't "mean" anything. Nor does a tree "mean" anything. A picture of a tree means something but that's because we humans created it. Symbols and meanings are a product of our culture and cannot help us understand reality, the raw universe right in front of you.

[@ReZdItalia]

zururubuurr! ! And that's possibly the most terrifyingly-beautiful part about all of this; the very universe needs no meaning nor purpose to exist. It just is...

[@TitanFormEren]

Nothingness is crazy for me.. what is nothingness like for all of eternity?

[@Sparks217]

+So Tree It's not something to be feared because when you become nothing, there would be no "I" to even perceive the state of nothingness. The only reason why it "sounds scary" is because you exist right now trying to grasp or comprehend that which cannot be grasped. When you actually become nothing, there will be no "you" anymore to even be scared of the nothingness. 1000 years could go by and you wouldn't know because you don't exist. It will be as though you never even existed in the first place. Try to remember where you were 5 years before you were born....that's right, all you can see is "blackness" or "nothingness". That is where you came from and it's where you will return. You come from dust and unto dust you shall return. It's fucking beautiful man. It means that there really is nothing to worry about at all. Life isn't to be taken so seriously because every moment is fleeting into the next moment. Everything is temporary. You can be in the most extreme pain imaginable but even that comes to end at some point. It's great! We get to place our own meaning on this meaningless existence. We are nothing. Papa Bless.

[@happinesssomewhere18]

many of these comments are long ago sent to others to read. up until this year as a 22 year old female, I have always felt connected to the beauty of the nature, sky, sun, moon, ECT on this planet. since I was little I always felt something was missing.... I felt different than others. I knew there was a greater meaning to life than seeing miserable people on the trains going to work everyday and night. I knew I never wanted that life. I listened to others way too much and I've come to the point where I am trying to follow my purpose.

[@aaronl1695]

marwa elashrfi good luck!

[@santhoshsun3760]

same here!!! exactly

[@toddybeer3071]

Marwa Elashrfi Such a beautiful comment💓 😇

[@maximillianschauer1439]

Totaly relate

[@neonprado9989]

Well said, 22 year old here as well with the exact same thoughts. I just don't want to look as mindless and devoid of joy as people who slave away miserable with their job, spouse, or etc.

[@RamseyMcV]

Give me eternal nothingness and you've given me everything.

[@michaelbrown7561]

haha, well said friend.

[@krystalizedmagic4894]

Nothingness is the ABSENCE of everything...you wouldnt even be aware of nothingness...

[@jarredmercuri2220]

If i was a billionaire i would still be listening to Alan Watts

[@trevzalez6697]

The way he says "because you're really nothing" at around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="120">2:00</a> is incredibly comforting. The way his voice strains from the profoundness of what he's saying is beautiful. Whether or not you agree with his words, there is no denying he fully believed them himself.

[@vash3860]

This video and audio is my center. I come back every now and then to recalibrate and find my center. I know one day it will disappear, and one day I'll disappear... but regardless of the end, the path was full of wonderful people, creative thoughts, beautiful interactions and gentle hope. I love everyone, even if I can't understand how to show it.... bliss be with you.

[@tsundzukaninghondzweni1966]

I can't believe how this just melted away all my anxiety in under 4 minutes 🙆🏾‍♂️

[@soniasingh6465]

He speaks the truth. I thought I was the only one that thought like this. And people around me thought I was crazy or mad. I'm so glad I have found this.

[@jxnathan4523]

Sonia Singh :))

[@yokobyeol6255]

People will reject everything that scares their comfort and their so called truth

[@kathyashby6019]

Yes!! That 'Nothingness' is Everything. It is Prior to Consciousness - the Absolute, Para Brahman.

[@paulinapaulinasg]

I come 6 years later but I can truly say that life is cruelly beautiful, it’s a beautiful world, it’s filled with breathtaking moments and pain and laugh and I lost so much but sometimes I laugh while I look the sky and these afternoons, I love you all, take care and may we find what we’re looking

[@amandaharris108]

I come back to this video over and over again, no one else makes sense like Alan does and can comfort you with the idea of nothiness.

[@kathyashby6019]

Totally agree. I experienced this. That 'Nothingness', which is also referred to as - 'Prior' to Consciousness or Para Brahman, is Everything -- the Absolute. Attempting to describe this with 'words and 'concepts' is kinda impossible, as I'm sure you understand. Alan Watts was a follower of Advaita Vedanta (as I am as well). There is a small series of yt videos (and clips) which I love - called 'Rays of the Absolute'. It is more into the teachings/instructions/pointers of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and composed by Stephen Wolinsky.

[@dennyyoffthehennyy]

I watch this every single night

[@dennyyoffthehennyy]

Yes not anymore

[@dennyyoffthehennyy]

How did u know

[@Giannis27272]

You still do it 730 days later? 😂

[@Jonas80111]

in hope to get wiser but you will never get it.

[@saniasinghania1183]

Such a great habit.

[@tf3922]

"The essence of your mind is intrinsically pure, pure means clear…void."

[@infinitelyrics658]

I used to be so scared of being nothing, before I was born, I was nothing, sure. But I've lived, and I guess being nothing again is scary. But the best part about dying is, that you don't have to think about anything when you're dead, it seems so scary but amazing at the same time, it's not like you are just a bodiless soul in an endless dark room, trapped alone with your thoughts forever, it's okay. I've decided to just live my life, experience this something, and get ready for the beautiful nothingness. I don't know what I believe, but I'm kind of hoping that there is no afterlife, if I was Christian then I would think, 'How could Jesus let his children turn to nothing?' I guess it's simple, you born to live to die, you can create a person of yourself, play this game, its over before you know it, and it doesn't have to be scary.

[@stevieg5274]

Suicide is everyones choice or at least I feel it should be. I dont judge but ask yourself this first: since death is inevitable, it is GOING to happen, why would you want to hurry it up or fast forward life sort of speak by committing suicide when you could spend that time exploring every aspect of the world and your life? There is some really interesting things to see, hear, touch, feel emotionally, taste and so much more. I know life doesn't always feel that great, trust me, I know like everyone else does, I almost did kill myself a few years ago. I lost 5 people really close to me within the matter of months, just one after the other, some family, some life long close friends, fell into a deep depression, lost my job, my GF of 5 years left, i lost my place to live and had no family to turn to. I ended up living in my 2000 ford focus. I started researching death and suicide while scrunched up in the back seat of my car in a walmart parking lot at like 1 or 2 am every night more and more. Searching ways to do it, the quickest ways, the easiest ways, the least painful ways, do you go to hell? do you come back as a bug to be punished? etc etc etc. I was one second, one step, one thought, one action away from finally saying good bye, the closest ive ever been to suicide, the most pure, painful, most powerful, most sincere feeling of wanting to die, i've never wanted anything so much until I stumbled across a youtube video in my search about death so I watched it. It was this video by Alan Watts. And personally, for me, it made me feel like purposely ending my life was such a waste. Like, its going to happen eventually so why not try to enjoy this life and experience as much of it as possible before the big unknown happens? Its like (for the sports fans out there) watching football or a basket ball game and wanting to skip the entire game just to see the final score. You want to miss out on the adventure in between just to see what the outcome is even though that outcome is coming eventually anyways. I feel like whether im poor or rich, homeless, live in a one room shack or a mansion, there is still a lot that life has to offer through experiences and interactions and adventures. Im not taking into consideration someone who may have a painful terminal illness or something along those lines and wants to depart. This is just a basic view on life and death based on my experience. Just my two cents. And yet again I feel suicide is a personal choice and I don't judge and neither should anyone else. Sorry about any grammatical or punctuation errors in this but even with them I feel i got the point across. Much love everyone!

[@pewdiepiesmosh2055]

Steevee Geebee how are you now?not homeless now right?

[@stevieg5274]

Pewdiepie smosh no actually I'm not. After I seen that video, it lead me down the rabbit hole to another another one of his video which lead to another and another then drifted out onto other videos. Watching all of these while I was still living in my car mind you, and I would just sit and think about these new perspectives that Mr watts explained and then really weird things started happening, awesome unexplainable things. Which lead me to meeting new people which lead to places to stay here and there which lead to me doing odd jobs with people and saving a little money and then a long time friend I haven't talked to or seen In a long time randomly hit me up and invited me to stay with him. Then I started working full time and now I make decent money. Later on I would learn what I believe to be the law of attraction that helped me because I wanted and needed something so bad combined with positivity that alan watts instilled in me and gave me a whole new perspective on life is what I think did it.

[@indrani8378]

@@stevieg5274 brilliant answer...really inspirational...it takes lot of courage to start everything from scratch...you are doing it very well...keep up this good work of never loosing hope...LOA is definitely working for you👍

[@garystarkey726]

cause life sucks, thats why.

[@uzm5744]

Bro.How are you now?If you look at that phase now dont you think its all chemical imbalance going on in brain that leads to depression etc?I mean its all chemicals game in the end

[@user-km5op6cn4d]

Joy is when there is nothing. No thoughts. Nothing to do.

[@user-ll5pj1vj3c]

there is actually beauty in nothing, I just felt it the other day.

[@blueshades98]

B but nothing discards happiness as well even though is also discards sadness

[@user-ll5pj1vj3c]

yes in a way you are right, somehow you've got watch the video one more time or even more to grasp perspective and time. it is contradictory to see beauty in nothing. however make up your own definition of nothing and now. peace love, cheers

[@brianlinville439]

no thing (nothing) really means going past objects and things, to a deeper reality, I wont even call it some thing (something) because its way more than that, Nothingness meaning devoid of all the b.s., that something 'ness has. That's what he means I think.

[@user-yv3mx2hl1l]

Ei Jing Tan you understood it on a conceptual level but nigga you need to get it on a level of experience

[@OhhFocal]

@@blueshades98 nothing is nothing no feeling just being.

[@chillwave5173]

The Essence of Alan Watts Quotes : “So if you really go the whole way and see how you feel at the prospect of vanishing forever. Have all your efforts, and all your achievements, and all your attainments turning into dust and nothingness. What is the feeling? What happens to you? That's what it's all going to come to. And for some reason or other, we are supposed to find this depressing. Do you see in a way, how that is saying: the most real state is the state of nothing? But if somebody is going to argue that the basic reality is nothingness. Where does all this come from? Obviously from nothingness. Once again you get how it looks behind your eyes. You see? So in this way, by seeing that nothingness is the fundamental reality, and you see it's your reality. Then how can anything contaminate you? All the idea of you being scared, and put out and worried, and so on, this is nothing, it's a dream. Because you're really nothing. But this is most incredible nothing. So cheer up! You see? The essence of your mind is intrinsically pure. Pure means clear, void. See? If you think of this idea of nothingness as mere blankness, and you hold onto this idea of blankness then kind of grizzly about it, you haven't understood it. Nothingness is really like the nothingness of space, which contains the whole universe. All the sun and the stars and the mountains, and rivers, and the good men and bad men, and the animals, and insects, and the whole bit. All are contained in void. So out of this void comes everything and You Are IT. What else could You BE?” ― Alan W. Watts, The Essence of Alan Watts

[@michaelmurray776]

we are not who we think we are ... we are nought , nothing ... we are the universe itself , in human guise ... when we are down , we need do nothing more than look into the night sky and the wonders therein and know that we are one and the same ... everything created is impermanent , the permanent is the silence and the void ... and it is wonderful !

[@d.sfilms7677]

"Everything has it's wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I may be in, therein to be content" -Helen Keller

[@quagmirefx]

Beautifully said

[@nick_848]

This is one of the, if not the most important Alan Watts snippets. What he’s describing here is the Hindu idea of Maya, or the “life illusion”, where everything is actually nothing, and nothing is actually everything. It is also related to the Buddhist principle of impermanence, where nothing stays the same and everything is constantly dissolving and unpredictable. The peace you get from understanding this is about as profound as it gets. This is pretty much the central concept of many traditions and mature philosophies. I’m so grateful to Alan Watts for catalyzing my understanding of these things.

[@samsworld1770]

The more i'm awakening, the more alan makes sense, like a good cup of coffee :).

[@nadiasubri7426]

Something magical about both his voice & words. R.I.P Alan Watts.

[@OrgusDin]

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[@fjorela1967]

He is the alchemist we've all been looking for.

[@skeevbuushimmy]

This man was the man that helped me realize that Taoism was something for me. His every word is the practice of balance . Miss you.😕

[@DeagleGamesTV]

Everything exists within nothing, so profoundly true.

[@jeontaemie]

I’m so happy I discovered this part of KZbin

[@SalawuIbrahim]

Nobody: KZbin In 2020 while we're afraid of corona wiping us off the planet: Here, watch a 2013 video about nothingness.

[@Ryano966]

Aye tis a spicy meatball though

[@cristooreal7996]

I been listening to watts

[@AnnPorterCourtTherapist]

Nothingness is the fundamental reality. Most incredible. What can be contaminated? Your mind is intrinsically clear and pure. Your natural mind is as it is. I love you Alan Watts.

[@blueshades98]

Ann Porter but there would be no love and happiness is nothing

[@blueshades98]

Ann Porter please help me im in a very confused phase of life

[@stevenglansburg856]

Ei Jing Tan love is nothing and so is happiness.

[@marce953]

Being aware of being aware...knowing what is behind your eyes, will free you.

[@JD-ty9sv]

I was tripping on shrooms when listening to this and oh man, what a divine moment and realization of ones existence

[@tanikanegron1717]

Nothing is something and something is everything ✨

[@LONDONFIELDS2001]

Will be played at my funeral. This and only this.

[@colinlyne]

I have thought like this for a long time. I think that Alan Watts speaks sense. We don’t know what happens after death, so this must happen!

[@esi5437]

my heart is calmed and stimulated at the same time as I listen to Watts with all my nothingness. absolute brilliance is AW.

[@eldonscott9]

I listen to this and I feel myself just falling into love and I am moved to tears… what is this… wow...

[@madeleinestoop4162]

Eldon you're swooning

[@AutoVive]

People in the comments section on videos like these always respond or comment with love and peace. There's usually no ego in their answers and there's a desire meet each other someday, sit together and have beautiful conversations. And that my friends is just beautiful...

[@jonathanmcculley3728]

This always makes me cry.

[@RinLockhart]

Once my time is up, I'll be nothing and everything at all once.

[@scottkennethjones]

this is beautiful. thank you.

[@hannavillare1501]

Too beautiful !! Thanks.

[@OpinionValid]

I dislike this video to like it again, but in between the process, the void, the nothing, between the like and dislike click, this video was fully appreciated.

[@dexterfinn7275]

The One CTFUUUUUU LOLOLOL

[@manolicannoli]

This is beautiful

[@tiffchoo]

Alan Watts makes me cry and laugh like a baby - because he brings me back to who I truly am. He awakens my inner self

[@m.i.a3532]

Simply beautiful

[@aaphades4179]

Very philosophical. Much knowledge.

[@chavez4627]

Beautiful

[@25bmax]

The essence of the mind is a seed of enlightenment is pure by nature.

[@saltaenutrof]

I listen to this every week, so relaxing.

[@naztubez]

Beautiful, just beautiful! Alan Watts is like a life-buoy in the ocean of confusion.

[@santafemotherblogger]

What a joy to hear the voice of this amazing man again. Happy to have found these videos.

[@soosramirez2510]

*FUN FACT* : the clip on the thumbnail and at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="107">1:47</a> is a clip of Jellyfish Lake in the tiny island of Republic of Palau. Here you can swim with jellyfish and not get stung by them. Google it, I've been there many times. This island is my homeland.

[@MichaelAyden]

I love love love your videos.. You brought Alan Watts to me when I never knew!

[@RamonThomas]

Your voice echoes from the future back into the past. And like you said so many times, "Remember to remember..." thank you Alan Watts

[@dryver8]

very moving, the voice, the visuals, striking...

[@paulfleming5103]

Such a beatiful voice with total consuming words

[@mirelamirela5717]

So,its 10 o'clock in the morning ,I'm out just doing my things, not high not even anxious, and out of a sudden i felt like a Wave hit me to reality. I felt like nothing that i am really matters .i had no feelings at all ,i just felt like i was part of the All.A calming empty feeling like floating. It lasted a minute and i end up looking at the sky busted into tears.I was in the midlle of the street when this happend. It was heavy .I still love my mom soooo muchhh .But in that moment even that didn't matter .

[@uzm5744]

You guys got hit by a car?

[@danshazam8511]

3/10 storyline. Would not read again or recommend it.

[@mirelamirela5717]

Well... As you judged ,english its not my first language. But i know now that what i experienced then its called ,,satori,, Now you can go and read a book about it for a better storyline...

[@NormanconEVE]

For a guy who has a severe anxiety about death, this can help so much. But at the same time it can make you just want to end it all sooner as we are nothing in the first place.

[@finnianwilliamson]

I know how you feel.

[@DoYouFeelLucky]

I would say, who is it that wants to end what? The mind creates all these ideas, images, concepts, worries, problems etc - all put together by thought. The mind is of course an aspect of you, but if you watch these ideas, such as wanting 'to end it all sooner' see what happens to your point of view over time. It is your anxiety about death speaking, the mind, old patterns of thought. You are the void which perceives all of this. I you remain in this 'emptiness' or state of peaceful mind and don't latch onto any of these ideas, as we often get so used to doing out of automatic habit, you will find your need to identify or attach yourself to any thoughts or ideas weakens dramatically. The mind has no limit to it's ability to keep you in that state of confusion or illusion whatever you want to call it - naturally it contains all your worst gremlins you've accumulated throughout your life, the things that really get to you. But once you see clearly how you are the neutral perceiver of even your own mind, which is taking place within you also, then it loses it's power to overwhelm you. When you can see an infinite beauty in even the most downtrodden of people or dilapidated of places life becomes an immense joy and nothing can drag you down. The mind is still obviously there, but you see it for what it really is and it becomes playful rather than sinister.

[@NormanconEVE]

DoYouFeelLucky That is well written. I understand what you mean by realizing that we are the neutral perceiver's of even our own minds. I use this to in some cases to block emotion or pain, sometimes just block physical feeling. And the immense beauty of anything and everything around can be one of the most amazing things to behold. People seem to lack the broad view on life and it holds them back. I find a lot of enjoyment from the interest people find in my having this point of view. I have had several people say its weird they I think this way, but at the same time its so amazing that people don't do it more often. The mind is an amazing thing, but I can not seem to use that understanding of my own mind to stop myself from becoming overwhelmed. Its almost as though I loose control of my mind, I am just there witnessing my mind wreak havoc with my emotions. Quickly fall into a mode of helplessness. Lately I found that if I can gain the willingness to go be with one of my friends, get my mind to break off the topic, I can find relief instead of using sleep to reset my broken state of mind. It is very interesting to me, just the way this works. But I am also frustrating as I cant fully understand how it works or how to control it.

[@TitanFormEren]

I have a anxiety from time to time its horrible and it makes me so anxious like time is running out on me at lightning speed. I used to have a nightmare where you would have to clear out thousands of dots by running at them with only 10 seconds to do so. I had this nightmare as a kid but it only made me understand more that death is a relief of a stressful life.

[@NormanconEVE]

Haha. I just watched inception last night and that lines up so well with the conclusion I made for that ending. I agree with the idea that death is a relief, but in my eyes that's a problem and it scares me. I find myself wanting to end it all just because I want relief from this crazy unending shit show we call life.

[@rankconarine1322]

You are absolutely wonderful being.

[@nataliechwalek]

Beautiful words.

[@eagleye729]

I got to experience nothingness in a sensory deprivation tank. I haven't felt that peaceful or relaxed in a while. I lost all touch of reality, and it was truly beautiful!

[@TitanFormEren]

Have you ever been in school and realize your just sitting there, in a room, on a planet, in a solar system, in a universe of void and the unknown? Seeing all other beings assume that school and life is their reality, when you realize its all made up by humans, I believe that is what it means to awaken from the illusion of life. You work with your time to spend it enjoying your time. In the end its all for nothing... to be nothing, to feel nothing, to.... nothing. Life means Death, Death means Life.

[@blueshades98]

Andrew Hiebert but there would be no happiness too . Please help me

[@pewdiepiesmosh2055]

So Tree WOW

[@Allgirlsdad4life]

I believe that you go back to what you came from before you were born. The beautiful nothing. Great piece Thank you TJOP

[@latvians13]

With gratitude and love Eternally.

[@crystalidx]

just listening to his words calms me down..

[@TheMagykKonch]

Never wrapped my head around the idea of nothingness being upmost bliss, now I have found perspective. Watts was a poet. Thankyou.

[@Greatbigdog69]

I am afraid that Mr. Watts makes me flirt with the idea of suicide.

[@dominiquepoole3337]

Right? Not cause you're depressed but because not only are you not afraid of death but because you're curious of what it holds

[@wopperconpalta5356]

+Greatbigdog69 There will be plently of time of being on the other side. This part here right now, is also soooo interesting, it will end fast enough on its own!!

[@thuthuka1181]

+The Observer stop being an idoit and trying to instill fear into people by using hell you

[@isak098]

+deep thinker Being CEO of pain sounds badass cool though

[@stevendiaz3206]

+The Observer what the commenter meant it opens up several ideas in his head not necessarily that he wants to commit suicide.

[@thatwhichisnot9820]

awesome music. stunning edit. breathtaking talk. thank you.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Great job on Rogan!

[@joelbarker3724]

I’m sure Alan is in an amazing place right now ❤️

[@horsewithnoname4157]

If you’re depressed your living in the past, if your anxious your living in the future, enjoy the moment life’s short 😄👍🏼

[@btul2569]

but what if the current moment is shit

[@aaaarnelia1872]

Thank you 😊🙏

[@intezamable]

Nothingness, Emptiness, Ek Onkar, Oneness of Allah, Tawheed, Your Lord is One, Creator.....all are the same

[@dogsaresogreat]

"Our essential, immortal self or soul is like the blank sheet that physical life is written on, the darkness that gives light a place to shine, the silence that gives sound a place to be heard. An infinite stadium that the game of life is played in. Nothing is more than something. It is the complete opposite of what people think. It is impossible to get your mind around; all you can do is know it is true and be it." *- from page 69 of "The Present" at TruthContest·Com*

[@mickeytanasijevic2622]

I watch this video every month or so to reorient myself and remember not to sweat the small things (i.e. everything), and to be grateful for being a part of this miraculous thing called life.

[@MrMindgiant]

I’ve been listening to this same audio for like 5 years now thanks

[@nancykim7331]

".....but this is the most incredible nothing."

[@ForlornFreddy]

I feel like I stumbled upon Superman's Fortress of Solitude and I'm listening to Jor-El.

[@darrenthomas1000]

Man, Mr. Watts is just an amazing human being!

[@kcampbell841]

Wow, you have some of the most beautiful and touching videos I have ever come across. Thank you for making them. They bring me joy. =)

[@NerosolTV]

Nothingness is the reflection of Everything just as Everything is the reflection of Nothingness.

[@Larisonn]

Most people are afraid to come to terms that they are nothingness, that is, their ego is resisting the realization of its true nature. Probably it is better to use the term potentiality. Nothingness is the infinite potential -- you are that potential.

[@westburyadam]

Another beautiful video. The footage is absolutely breathtaking. I love this talk from Alan and Goldman by Threnody is perhaps my favorite musical piece of all time, but the video footage is beyond words much like the void. Once again we get what's behind the eyes. Thank you so much for your work. Please keep them coming. They are a part of my daily menu of spiritual sustenance.

[@gracielaird720]

i cry everytime

[@thestoicman3685]

When you realize you're nothing you turn into everything

[@erogullari27]

When you’re home staring at the wall for hours until it becomes nothingness and looks back at you

[@jacobr.1369]

This one was really beautiful, thank you