Alan Watts For When You Think Too Much

[@JohnPeacock-vm1ew]

I am currently serving 10 years in jail and let me tell you rite now, to keep my mind stable every night before I go to bed I will connect my phone to my stereo and listen all night to alan watts, this guy has changed the way I think about life and let me tell you now I’m ready to go home in 2 years and be a totally different person because of this guy thank you Alan watts

[@MD-bu3xc]

I'm glad you found this. May you continue to find peace .Thank you for sharing this.

[@JohnPeacock-vm1ew]

@@MD-bu3xc I have finally found peace thank you

[@LaneBarnett-py1rm]

It's good you have found peace in your life. A satisfied mind is my biggest wish..

[@iEndd]

How you in jail with a phone cuhh

[@joeycarlo6178]

You’re ready 😏🙌🏽🔥💯. So enjoy those last 2 years and take from it what you can. I was incarcerated for 4 months.. takes all 6 senses away if u think about it. I think I missed touch the most. Soft animal, and the bark of a tree… metal wasn’t cutting it😂, but the peace I felt and found within, and felt by my brain and body, and feeling(energy) meant everything!! Such a good inner self we really have 👍🏽🤙🏽🥹😁😋❤. Keep going my friend..cuz u get it now ❤. 🎉. So enjoy your last few days, and enjoy it and use these ideas and tools when you’re out. Keep up the good work, much love to you 🙌🏽😁💯🔥❤️❤️

[@RollerSkatinActor]

The regrets of yesterday coupled with the fear of tomorrow robbs us from living in the moment, the only place happiness can truly exist.

[@ShirleyShirley-t5f]

Personal within the mind.

[@shadofaxes]

Very well said. For me unfortunately I have a really hard time avoiding regret, I wish there was a drug that didn't kill me that could restrain me from this disease.

[@Mooseknuckle713]

Don’t push don’t pull

[@UnknownHumanOnline]

If you live in past you are depressed. If you live in future you are anxious. If you are present , you are at peace 🕊️

[@MikkoMurmeli]

@@UnknownHumanOnline Well said, hyvin sanottu.

[@cordariusniter5735]

The highest state of mind is to have fun and laugh. Everything in life is a contradiction but we take it so seriously

[@ruskinyruskiny1611]

The highest (most effective) state of mind is that "versed in action yet remaining unaffected by it" . That chosen action should be the service of others especially "The least" or pooreset and most despised. "I keep laughing instead of crying, I must keep fighting until I am dying". (Gandhi, Jesus, Paul Robeson).

[@happierabroad]

Only Americans and NE Asians take life too seriously. In Latin America, Europe, and Russia people are much more vivacious and playful and freespirited. That's why I advocate going abroad to have real fun. America is too uptight to have fun. In America, the only fun you see is on a TV or movie screen, not in real life. But when you go abroad you see that there is fun in real life, not just on a screen. America is no fun, it only offers a boring routine. Go abroad to other countries and you will see what I mean.

[@Mossy_Wombat]

Cosmic joke

[@TheForgotten__1]

Exactly! Absurdism is the answer in this insane world

[@MarthaWoodworth-f9s]

And to “relax”. Michael J. singer

[@andrevisser8940]

This man saved my life, and I'll always be grateful for finding his powerful message.

[@Mrmadeinent216]

Same here buddy

[@ElMelomanopesimista]

Me too brother, I come back often to recharge when I leave to play the play and it wears me down.

[@richrich6749]

Same here man

[@SH-th4wy]

This _is_ a powerful message. It is the first time I have heard it stated like this. It makes sense. I will have to absorb it. I'll have to see what it does to me. I have been at odds with the circumstances of my life for a long time now. At odds with things I cannot change. Maybe this will help me relax where I can and focus on changing the only thing I really can change. Which seems to be only myself. Like I say, I will have to absorb it. I'll have to see what it does to me. For some reason, it brings to mind a line from Kurt Vonnegut. "Here we are, in the amber of the moment. There is no why."

[@ferise1]

You’ll still die

[@brows.]

It's always a great time to listen to Alan Watts

[@smelltest]

...all you need is a whole lot of 'word salad' and an accent and you too can be an alan watts...

[@Mrmadeinent216]

Facts!!! 💯

[@PaulWall-po4bs]

All killer no filler

[@Themadcelticshoe]

@@smelltestyou must be careful of the word salad.

[@ArtificiallyVirtuos]

He is my favorite music

[@deong6289]

This is what makes the internet amazing.

[@livinglife1089]

Unfortunately the other half is negative. Imagine a world with all positivity

[@bvresplendor3169]

No good without the bad, you would know what good means if bad didn't exist

[@LiamLiminal]

@@livinglife1089 Not possible, there's no such thing as light without dark or dark without light, joy without pain, indulgence without restraint, it all has to be balanced

[@rickduque5799]

I agree with most of that, but don't you feel that maybe the scales have tipped a little too much to the negative side?

[@Nature_Consciousness]

​@@rickduque5799You are right, I feel like it has become much worse since years ago, and it might get even worse before it starts to improve.

[@lilyhempt1144]

To anyone who needs it: Holding you all in my heart right now. ❤

[@jamesreid8638]

Likewise, dear friend❤️

[@ninamackay2859]

I am broken to pieces don’t know how I’m carrying on…

[@jamesreid8638]

@@ninamackay2859 please don't give up. Sometimes, the cracks are where the light shines through. 🌹

[@tariksuleman2934]

Almighty GOD bless you always and whoever reads this....

[@tariksuleman2934]

​@@ninamackay2859it's possible for you build yourself up.

[@PositiveEnergy733]

If you’re reading this comment, it’s too late, you’ve already been immensely blessed with an abundance of love, wealth, luck, health, joy, and whatever else your heart desires!! I’m so proud of you for surviving everything you’ve been through. This is your sign to go after what your heart most desires for the highest good, it’s your time....

[@francesdumaliang6132]

At peace…finding joy in everything. Life is a blessing.❤️🙏

[@wannabemindful]

Beautifully said! Thank you!

[@InvictusManeo.]

No it justs means the choices you made worked out for you.

[@Casey-One]

That is what I am thinking too. It’s not pessimistic to think of it as rational vs irrational that something worked and didn’t.

[@lindagarland5223]

​@@InvictusManeo.both ideas CAN be true.

[@Dave-mz9qp]

God bless each and everyone here today 🙏

[@peterphilstacey4698]

Alan knows there is no god

[@El_Paracleto]

@@peterphilstacey4698 Alan was wrong about there not being a God...He's an interesting guy who is easy to listen to, though i just read a piece of his about Christianity and he gets things wrong...His version isn't my experience...Best to keep a critical EYE out...

[@paulwalker797]

@F2332unn32 Jesus died for his own sins and the vanity project of your 'god'

[@Watusifarm]

My mind can be my worst enemy. Nothing riles up or depresses me more than my inner voice. I found Mr Watts and I’ve been so thankful

[@YouriBat]

U should get to know yourself more, talk to yourself within yourself.

[@ChrisMo16]

In Buddhism it's called "Monkey Mind". The mind of man ; we know the least about

[@AreonAbrams]

The mind is its own place, of which it can make hell of heaven or heaven of hell

[@Hawkenshmire]

Something I have taught myself is if you keep thinking about something, you arent going to come to a conclusion and keep thinking and make more problems.

[@batdorfvideo]

I needed this, thank you

[@R.Pi_II]

some say thinking about things is the problem ~the human mind has another, parasite mind, feeding on it and usually keeping our attention trapped (not my own idea... so i can't explain better)

[@Michael_X313]

@@R.Pi_II you like Gad Saad?

[@DS-fi4hf]

This is wisdom

[@The0Matador0]

@@R.Pi_IIso true.

[@markcossey1755]

Move through life slowly and appreciate what's around you and be mindful.Alan Watts is a inspiration

[@terrariumelio974]

I couldn’t agree more. Every sunset, every rainy day, all the little details of this existence are precious and we become happier when we take the time to appreciate them.

[@ernieh.9030]

"too much" technology. too easy available for today's Youth. - Drugs aren't "drugs". - Being too "serious for all End Of Days. :((

[@nedcramdon1306]

@@terrariumelio974 That's well put sir.

[@waykee3]

Life is meant to be an experience.

[@JoInnovate]

Alan Watts quite literally changed my approach of how to understand the whole of existence and the universe itself.

[@rudolfboukal1538]

For me the same. He is gold - even with all his dings and oddities. Would have so enjoyed meeting this person ....

[@JoInnovate]

@@rudolfboukal1538 same same I would have loved to be on one of his retreats.

[@PrimeNPC]

Same. A single sentence I heard him say changed my entire perception on reality and I had just come across the video by pure chance, wasn't looking for anything inspirational or spiritual. The video was called The Real You. He says.. "You are something that the whole Universe is doing, in the same way that a wave is something the whole ocean is doing"

[@JoInnovate]

@@PrimeNPC I know that recording of him (Probably most of all of them there are) and this sentence rings so true!

[@Grandbesta]

Me to, but this is all intellectual understanding, go to Jesus and everything will be clear with true love 💖...because the universe os the most living thing there is

[@ISEEKSPACE]

As I've gotten older, I realize that if you have stability and you remove yourself from negative life patterns, all that will be left to deal with is the difficulty of people. I have come to the realization that the majority of my stress and "problems" come because of the people in my life. The moment I eliminate them from my circle, my life becomes less hectic and I have more time to focus on myself. We always tell ourselves that we are creatures that need interaction and this is true. But one has to realize up to what point is interaction necessary for you. For me, I don't need much. Just a hello here and a nice to see you there. Nothing constant. Recognizing this for me has been monumental in releasing all the "problems" from my life. This is inclusive of friends, family, and intimate relationships.

[@raulbarros8077]

Your name is “I seek space” and what you said reflects on your true nature. I can tell you the reason why you are here, and what is your quest. There is no “we”, because every single being in the universe is part of a unique conscious. This conscious realized that the only way to not be alone is to create individuality, but how can one create individuality inside a single conscious? That’s why this conscious created space and matter and all the planets and scattered life all accross it, so it could split itself into individuals that are “stuck” in an enclosed environment disconnected from the central conscience. We are here on earth behind this “meat puppet” being controlled by this slice of a whole conscience so we can achieve individuality, and when we are done achieving this, we no longer will be a single conscience alone in the cosmos, but individuals who had different growth and different experiences.

[@arielcandoleta5347]

"People survive until they don't". Simple yet profound statement.

[@shovethatupyaNSmokeit]

We do until we don't.

[@arielcandoleta5347]

@@shovethatupyaNSmokeit by the time I realized it, all I can do is laugh at myself.

[@christophers.1517]

Drinking alcohol excessively doesn’t help with survival.

[@bonfettucine6958]

​@christophers.1517 lmao you sound boring and judgy. Here for a good time, not a long time. You migbt die driving in your car. Better to enjoy the wine and pass on the traffic 🎉

[@rudolfboukal1538]

Being too critical (judgmental) doesn't help with survival either. I take the good I can get - even if its just a pebble from the sands of a vast shoreline ... its still a treasure for me.@@christophers.1517

[@MilkyManGaming]

somebody recently told me that your mid to late twenties are your hardest time. you're either having kids or getting married or going through heartbreak and those stresses. you're adding on fitting yourself into the daily life of society, and where you place in the world. you're adding on all of the death you and your family is going through with its oldest generation or your grandparents, aunts, uncles, moms, dads. you're witnessing friends you grew up with end up down the wrong path and pass away to something either horrific or natural. this is by far the hardest time of your life. you learn the most about living at this point in life. to those who are also currently going through this. please... keep your head up and just keep pushing forward. you got this.

[@johnboggs8765]

20s were the best time of my life. Not a care in the world. For me, life got difficult when I got married and had children, which is a paradox because I love being a family man. But I started CARING more about EVERYTHING. Money, politics, status, the future, the past… None of those things crossed my mind when I was single in my 20s. I assume it has to do with 4 children naturally forcing me to have a vested interest in the future. I love my life, yet I’m still angry and stressed. I’m listening to AW to try and figure this out.

[@jdanyonsan1950]

Depends on the culture you are born into ... whatever period maps to your parents passing while new kids joining the fold ... kids can really f**k up a marriage ... immensely bittersweet ... the U-shape is real.

[@vancegirl]

Thank you ♥️ needed to hear that today

[@remigielis]

Hey remember, there is very good saying- what’s not killing today-makes you stronger tomorrow. 20s is easy, when u r young, you need to test it out this world, try many things, because you know you can recover easy and keep going since all life in front of you…for me from 35s my life start getting more difficult as more understanding time is very important in our life and we should not waste it for nonsense…but I’m happy, no regrets! Keep going brothers/sisters- never give up, One Life!

[@Peter-vn5jq]

Jokes on you, I drank my way through my twenties, have no family, and I'm in complete chaos and disarray two months from hitting 37.

[@tapster9657]

He captivates me everytime I listen to him

[@markriva4259]

Imagine what it's like to hear him as well.

[@MartianTom]

The problem isn't the people who think too much. The problem is the people who don't think enough - or who don't think at all.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

You can't let them worry you

[@kblenseigne]

Or feel.

[@GodSpeed-eo9pc]

Thinking is a distraction from reality.

[@freetibet1000]

Yes, our ability to think is not the problem. It is how we use that ability that can become either a problem, or a solution. Without the ability to think we wouldn’t be here listening to this talk by Allan Watts. We wouldn’t be able to evaluate what we’re hearing. Becoming a wiser person very much depends on our ability to harness and develop our ability to think in constructive rather than repetitive and ineffective ways. That can only happen if we start paying sufficient attention to our own mind and how it actually functions. But it also requires discipline and skillful application.

[@GodSpeed-eo9pc]

Thinking isn’t the answer. We don’t think about our bodies operating correctly and it does just fine without us thinking about it. As soon as we think too much we corrupt natural processes and the relationship the nature of things has with itself.

[@Variance1337]

Such a beautiful soul, his words always shine through this could of confusion I have manifested.. isolated at the moment focused on problems, forgetting it’s a journey and nothing is permanent asides from impermanence. Have a great day anyone reading this ❤

[@lisaharling6801]

I love it when Alan Watts says "phony". We're all individual parts of the same thing. When one is doing well, we're all doing a little better. Appreciation and love encourages and enhances. Questioning and challenging inspires growth in new ways. (My 2 minutes of wisdom from being 'in the zone' right now - thank you)

[@jtrdrew]

I recently had a mushroom trip that predicted a break up. I was tripping alone and kept seeing my own eyes watching me on my walls. I thought I was going to throw up, I got really sweaty, cold, and scared. Then a voice echoed in my head that said “you’re only doing this to yourself” and it all went away. 2 days later I get dumped and all those feelings I’d normally feel after a break up didn’t come. I’d already felt them. I was okay not being okay with it. I think I’ve finally figured out that walking away especially if you continue in pursuit of improving yourself is the best way to handle that kind of rejection. And not out of revenge. Just love for yourself. You can’t control another persons actions, words, anything really. But you can control yours.

[@POETONDRUGStv]

Good job.

[@kearnshippy]

The idea that you're only doing it to yourself is so powerful! Wow!

[@ultzisakhain]

I love magic mushrooms

[@Bubble-Foam]

That was just a bad trip, it didn’t predict anything lol

[@nunodafon]

That wasn't a prediction, that was a teaching. The mushrooms gave you the tools to deal with your pain and overcome it. With mushrooms, nothing is random. They provide another prespective of what is really important in the end of the day while letting go the baggage that we don't actually need to be happy 😊

[@wannabemindful]

Don’t move through life to fast, to be at your best and enjoy the most slow down take time for your mind

[@ngc5195]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

[@wannabemindful]

@@ngc5195 aye sir

[@Bo11Jangles]

Maybe you should have sped up a little in 3rd grade grammar class…hard to take you seriously

[@russes088]

*too

[@josefraguas2768]

God knows it is difficult to me..:)

[@JamesDavis-jq8wq]

To listen to Allen, to me, is like my subconscious having a conversation and explaining to my own conscience self…

[@mahonrimartins1767]

The instant moment when you realize the nature of it all, is when you continue living as it is. Be this you, now, here. Smile, laugh at the astonishing amazement of it all and continue being this version of you. Don't run to the mountains and preach, dont change your name and begin a pilgrimage to the temple; just live.❤❤❤

[@davidmoulton2784]

❤

[@davidmoulton2784]

Anazing

[@francesdumaliang6132]

At peace.❤️🙏

[@rudolfboukal1538]

Nice .... you figured it out. Smiles!

[@Deyv1d]

Sometimes I just sit down, look at my window and listen to the wisdom of Alan Watts .

[@mikkthompson]

If you’re reading this, may you find the peace your soul is searching for. We are all one, a unified consciousness and thus we are never alone, always with one another in spirit ❤

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

In a fragmented part of this, my take on the "material world" expectation of happiness: As a man nearing retirement, I do not reflect on what wealth I missed out on or should have had as a middle-class American. I am grateful for my health which is still good, a roof over my head, food in the refrigerator and clothes on my back. People who today judge me on what I do or do not have - who once made me feel inferior in society - I now look upon them with contempt. If that is the measure of one's true character and worth in their eyes, then I pity those whose real values are truly lost.

[@kblenseigne]

“Some people are so poor, all they have is money.” If I may, because I love so much of what you said here, move your contempt and pity towards compassion and forgiveness and you will see an end to your suffering.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

@@kblenseigne Thanks, but I am not suffering whatsoever. I know what is important to me. That's simple.

[@lindasharp8523]

I try not to look on them with contempt but sad for them. They do not know the meaning of life yet.

[@voidofmisery4810]

buddy, don’t miss the point. STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT. Just live! have a good life and enjoy it

[@voidofmisery4810]

@@lindasharp8523there is no meaning, u missed the whole point, that THERE IS NONE 😂

[@anthonymcwilliams777]

This man is the universe speaking to us

[@HadizaAtta]

Last night I couldn’t sleep…Having palpitations for my dreams that I haven’t realized… I know this is definitely a sign from the universe for me to calm down but mehn… it’s easier said than done. I’m so grateful for this message this morning. I hope I can find a way to deal with my desires better

[@stanleyezepk]

Hey Tutu, I relate so much with this. I've been finding it hard to sleep for some nights now. I've got dreams and sometimes when I think about the country, economy and all that I just feel despair that I may not be able to live these dreams.

[@HadizaAtta]

@@stanleyezepk hi Stanley, I get you, it’s easy to say oh don’t worry things will be fine and honestly I wish I could say that and mean it but like you said for us living in Nigeria, among other millions of problems, it can feel like you’re in a boiling pot with no way to come out of it… But I do know that no matter how bad life gets one can rise up from the worst with the right attitude and determination… so allow yourself to feel how you feel, cry if need be.. that’s where I am now… I give myself the grace to feel down because I am human after all but I keep at the back of my mind that someway, somehow, when this feeling is gone, I will rise again, better and stronger… these challenges are what makes us and the bigger they are the stronger you become if you maintain the will to overcome them... I wish you the best Stanley… keep your head up regardless, things will get better for you 💕

[@framhouse2935]

"I had a dream"... Replace HAD with RECEIVED. I received a dream. A dream that felt oh so gooooood. Where did that good feeling dream come from? From Consciousness itself. Which means the plot line has been received. Therefore the details will start flowing. But for that you must believe in the dream. You must acknowledge it. And ask the Universe for more. It must happen. It is law. The Universe wants it. And you are the conduit.❤

[@HadizaAtta]

@@framhouse2935 wow this is lovely! Thank you

[@menamgamg]

@@framhouse2935Why is recieved a better word to use?

[@JackScagnetti]

I got 99 challenges but a Problem ain't one.😎

[@Neha_0103]

there's a book called whispers of manifestation on borlest , and it talks about how using some secret tehniques you can attract almost everything in life it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal

[@zoinmcfatty7268]

This is a scam Don't fall for it

[@craigbrandon4611]

Still haven’t been able to manifest that winning lotto quick pic and man do I really manifest I’m going to win going to win going to win nope good luck I know a lot of people who have it 😝🍻💫🌈

[@Ayeayeaye614]

​@@zoinmcfatty7268 defs a scam, this content is written all over you tube, probably promoting some book?

[@realmrpoopybutthole7587]

@@Neha_0103 How are the techniques secret if they've been published in this bs book of yours?

[@rhysmuscle2329]

Ahhh those secret techniques no one has heard of yeah hahaha

[@miradoramusic]

I’ve been waiting for this for all my lives.

[@fasterpussycatkillkill9650]

Keep reading and listening to him. Next pick up “The Power ofMyth ” by Joseph Campbell.

[@brendanconnor5761]

Such wisdom spoken so authentically by a true human such huge lessons from such a short 'explanation'

[@L0n3N0n3nt1ty]

I feel like i could listen to this a thousand times and get a different point from it each time

[@StockSpotlightPodcast]

I just found out that I’m having a baby boy. Thanks for this video.

[@LoveGrowsAdam]

Congrats! Teach him to love what is good! Don't let him learn hate, start now reaching, Bruce Lipton helped me understand how I my mind was programmed, understanding the subconscious mind will help you understand the dangers your child will face. Do a great job, his future depends on you!

[@jeffharris7777]

Congratulations 🎉 He will be healthy

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

Alan Watts is THE man. The dude set my mind on fire in my early twenties and some of my fondest memories is reading a copy of The Spirit of Zen my buddy gifted me alone in a park in Oshawa, Ontario, on beautiful sunny evenings. I would watch the squirrels, and people playing with their dogs, and children running with their parents. Sometimes I’d wander into the park and walk in the most serene and beautiful piece of woodland; right in the middle of the city. Props to the city of Oshawa for keeping these spots untouched. Anyways I am rambling. I love you all.!

[@spider-fram]

Life, as it seems, is one consistent series of ever changing and evolving elements… I believe that is each individual’s job to experience those elements to the fullest; and to use that to help teach the youth of your life the things your weren’t taught, that you wish you were… Obediently yours

[@scorpio11955]

This man is amazing for real❤❤...his knowledge and wisdom is on another level

[@Tranquil_Hobby]

life isn’t a problem, life is a process 🧐

[@Starrs1825]

I’ll never understand why people add generic music to the background of Alan’s teachings

[@DUDERINO0]

I can't understand it either.

[@davieburke]

Alan Watts always makes me feel better about things 🤗

[@Aquarius_Warrior]

Absolute Game changer 🙌 I give thanks @AlanWatts

[@chancebernard4311]

Alan Watts !! Genuinely a brilliant speaker!!

[@NewLife-qj9mx]

You guys do a great job with the video clips - thank you for sharing 🙂🙏

[@WildedTarot]

His lectures always centers around the understanding that humans have made life so much more than what it is, and we should just simply live. Though it may seem hard it is actually not, the mind must release. ❤

[@holysmokes5817]

Thank you for your efforts keeping his work alive And rhythmically moving..wonderful! Cheers!

[@TheSelf918]

We are exactly who we are supposed to be. If I am lost in my ego, with all its pleasures and suffering, I am meant to be lost. If I seek and find enlightenment, I am supposed to be enlightened. There is no nirvana without samara.

[@rainmanjr2007]

Awesome. I've just had new insights so am grateful to you and Alan.

[@shadofaxes]

The tune: n u a g e s - Dreams with audio from Alan Watts was my first experience listening to this brilliant and massively interesting person. Since then my journey thru life has been somewhat easier to understand. I thank graciously this man for helping me expand my mind even further than I've been able to do it myself.

[@mikemastrocola405]

Life inseparable from life❤

[@krisg3984]

Love the amazing nature and purpose and connection to everything . Watts helps put me in the right perspective. Patterns are somethings we can step back and look at, if we take those moments to do so. We are not the work we do . Don’t let that be the first or 2nd thing we ask people when we meet.

[@1STBUCKLEY]

I wait for people to tell me what they do, if they want to. Too much emphasis and stress if you think you're not up to the standard you thought you could attain

[@davidthomasla]

1:00 PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING

[@agrimshaw92]

Replying to try to push this up

[@inajane4665]

The most beautiful thing I have ever heard.

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

Why are humans capable of using the spoken word to this rarefied and exalted manner so uncommon in present Western culture?

[@gunguntrio1247]

Because we currently have a culture of hate and division. So many people are focused on hating people that they never met because someone else they never met told them to. If we could learn to listen with intent to learn instead of waiting to respond and scream at them for being "wrong". We have to learn to push out these caricatures of hate we've created and actually learn to love and embrace each other.

[@Noahsuess]

Seems to speak quite plainly to me. Thank goodness!

[@lost870]

Because the dominant philosophy here in the west is that of science and science is within the paradigm of Duality. Duality is the very thing Alan watts attempts to explain away because it is the primal illusion. Our schooling system is one of science so we do not breed anything other than dualitic thought here in the west 🙏 Alan watts was also a master of satsang. The original and most direct method of awakening, its also kind of a lost art amoung the spiritual community ATM, especially with the commercial rise of yoga and sitting meditations and all that new age stuff people get drawn into by the "spiritual" marketing.

[@zandrokos]

because western society is so focused on material things and people have gotten caught in this neverending cycle of working to get stuff and upon realizing you dont have enough stuff you have to work more. overconsumption is cancer to humanity. becoming homeless and losing everything broke me out of that feedback loop.

[@zandrokos]

@@gunguntrio1247 division itself is not wrong. as a gay male i will not reach across the aisle to those who are advocating my genocide and destruction. i hope those people will find a way to understand i am not that different from them but it is not my responsiblity to put them on that path.

[@nikkisummers3983]

"Words of Wisdom" What an Inspiration.

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

Wonderful.

[@MicksA]

Imagine if every person on this planet was to adopt this genius’s ideas? What a world it would be

[@P-qc9ho]

And I think to myself..........

[@eeetee792]

What he describes is what I believe to be a feeling I have felt in the climax of psychedelic experiences. Subjective problems seem insignificant when the perspective of being is that everyone and everything the self included is intertwined and coexisting in transaction.

[@Snaggletooth75]

🍄

[@zandrokos]

i have yet to try psycedelics but plan to very soon. i am curious where my mind will go.

[@Eddy-nn7wj]

Its interesting that once you get into psychedelics, you start to see the same pattern expressed by them everywhere. You see patterns seen by others, which has little to do with psychedelics, but orientate about the same idea. An eye-opener, really. I really appreciate having opportunities in my life to try them and afterwards discover the same states without them.

[@SertacTugba]

I agree, 4ra really connects people. We discuss strategies and cheer for our teams together.

[@ArtificiallyVirtuos]

You have to float above life to enjoy his words, but you have to learn how to float first. Until you can float, you just can’t understand. Your head is buried so deep within the noise of reality that you cannot simply let go. You have not sufficiently suffered, but we love you and are patiently waiting for you to meet us up here.

[@margewisniewski149]

Depression has me and I don't know how to let go of it. Intellectually, what my brain tells me is all lies, but I can't stop myself from believing it.

[@ArtificiallyVirtuos]

@@margewisniewski149 - The feeling arrives before the thought perhaps? (When I’m depressed it does) - Life is a whirlwind. I have been feeling kind of depressed lately too. - I know one thing that helps me personally: - Meditating on the silent stillness of the moment - Repeating a mantra or two: - “Let it be as it is” - “This too shall pass” - “I am right here, right now. This moment is precisely what I am seeking” (this tells me that what I am searching or striving or wishing for is in the immediate present) - We are all looking for an excuse to be here now. Whether we are aware of it or not. - Raise your hands above your head (reach for the sky) while smiling. (Your body will naturally release feel-good hormones) try it, it’s how I get my daughter to calm down and switch her mood. Works every time (sometimes it takes a few tries, but it’s neat to see) helps me too. - It also helps when I take a minute and remind myself that EVERYBODY on earth is suffering and insecure. There are no exceptions. - Take aim at something simple and achieve it. (Fold your clothes, wash your car or any minor task) the feeling of achievement helps too. (Little hacks that help me)

[@ArtificiallyVirtuos]

@@margewisniewski149 - The feeling arrives before the thought perhaps? (When I’m depressed it does) - Life is a whirlwind. I have been feeling kind of depressed lately too. - I know one thing that helps me personally: - Meditating on the silent stillness of the moment - Repeating a mantra or two: - “Let it be as it is” - “This too shall pass” - “I am right here, right now. This moment is precisely what I am seeking” (this tells me that what I am searching or striving or wishing for is in the immediate present) - We are all looking for an excuse to be here now. Whether we are aware of it or not. - Raise your hands above your head (reach for the sky) while smiling. (Your body will naturally release feel-good hormones) try it, it’s how I get my daughter to calm down and switch her mood. Works every time (sometimes it takes a few tries, but it’s neat to see) helps me too. - It also helps when I take a minute and remind myself that EVERYBODY on earth is suffering and insecure. There are no exceptions. - Take aim at something simple and achieve it. (Fold your clothes, wash your car or any minor task) the feeling of achievement helps too. (Little hacks that help me)

[@Panda72021]

Floating is nice. But people generally have a hard time floating if their basic needs aren't met. And this is unfortunately the reality we live in. Some issues you can let go of, and that is a privilege. But telling someone who is disabled and/or can't afford to eat to "Float above life" probably isn't going to have the same effect as someone who is at least living in some form of perceived stability.

[@americasariesson1862]

@@Panda72021exactly

[@raulbarros8077]

I finally understand everything this man was saying, and he is putting our mission in jeopardy just by saying it. To whoever is suffering, feeling anxiety/depression or whatever aflicts you, I can only say this: You are here by your own decision to be here, you have something to accomplish, if right now you could open yourself to understand life for what it truly is, you would put everything you did so far in jeopardy. You are on a quest to acomplish something that is bigger than your life on earth, it’s bigger even than the universe, if you already accomplished your mission and understand what I am saying: just help others to accomplish theirs. Maybe you are already finished on your quest for individuality, and you only came here on your own free will to guide others to accomplish this. Your whole existence is only a blink in comparison of what you truly are, but here on earth we get caught in the “context” just like a context in a dream makes you never question the reality of it. Please keep going, finish your mission, if you don’t accomplish it you will realize how silly your “problems” were and will only try again…so keep it up and accomplish your mission

[@resistivpeach]

wow that second to last paragraph is captivating

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

I'm 65 yrs old,,,still cry at my fathers passing,,3 years later he was 85 yrs.old,,,,I started thinking ,since Dads funneral,,,,what happens at death,,,is this it,,,Its fearful for me just thinking we just die,gone,,life is over,,..as the years go on..closer to the end..

[@jeffharris7777]

Get to know Jesus.... there's more after this!!

[@mrbrownz554]

Wish we were all a bit more gnorant when it comes down to knowing that we're going

[@lukebennellick4315]

​@@jeffharris7777this is such an incredibly simplistic thing to say as a comment on a video of Alan Watts.

[@jeffharris7777]

@@lukebennellick4315 just making it easy for you. Also, cool comment bro 👍

[@deadilluminati5]

Death doesn't exists. It's just your ego that will truly end. You'll live forever. Life after life.

[@ChieuTran-s7s]

It's all a matter of perspective. Nothing is eternal, our mood, our view, what is good, i.e. what is right or what is wrong. But that's how the universe is, it's constantly changing. Viewed in this perspective, I fully agree with the author that the problem does not exist, because only we make it so, from our point of view it is a problem, but from his point of view it could be for the others an opportunity, like death, an opportunity for another life for another way(form/body) of life. We should celebrate, because as they said a long time ago: His soul has been set free.

[@jamesalan1900]

Nice to think like this when you’re sitting in your armchair in front of the fire, but the truth is it is not in our nature. I am bloody freezing I wake up every morning worrying about how I am going to eat and pay bills. You cannot think the way you do when you’re in the bad place it is only for other people who are comfortable

[@tootsitroll9785]

You are so right , But you will find that even if you were rich life still seems this way. I make 2 grand a month that don’t stop me from thinking in all facets I Ben homeless and occupied by life but I taken control and my thinking is solid stream. Realize to free yourself from society you must work to end the enslavement. Start a career invest but some land first take away society’s grip of bills and rent every month. Takes work to end work live cheap below your means save the rest when you start from the bottom position yourself in the advantage and mail it home all the way go to work save buy land.

[@simborodach1956]

That’s real

[@aliciageary7653]

Of course we still have to work to survive. But we can keep this shit in the back of our heads so we never take anything more seriously than is necessary.

[@outisnemo8443]

That's because you're not living in the natural human habitat, where we evolved for tens of millions of years; that's a key aspect Alan is completely neglecting to mention. In the tropical equatorial rainforest where we belong it's warm (but not too warm, just right, exactly what we evolved for) all year round, with less temperature variation over the course of an entire year than within every single day. Rainfall is constant there, with no pronounced dry or wet seasons (let alone unnatural crap like winter), and food grows in abundance all year. So the only thing Alan is ultimately wrong about here is the survival instinct, which isn't a "spook", but a basic fact of evolutionary biology; but in our natural habitat that comes down to avoiding predators (which are few, really only leopards, which tend to avoid humans due to our size) and avoiding conflict, while temperature and food never is a problem or something you'd ever have to worry about there, and certainly not something as bizarre as "paying bills", which is literally slavery.

[@freespirit-111]

Yes. When you’re in survival- mode, there’s no time to ponder on the meaning of life and so forth, but when your basic needs are met, and you have time on your hands, then you’re free to think. Being stuck in your head, thinking about the past, present and future, is no easy feat. Never satisfied, thinking that, there’s always something to do, to change, to fix. This is a world of contrast. It’s a conundrum really.

[@tchina23]

Love listening to Alan Watts speak ❤

[@rudolfboukal1538]

Thank you T&H for posting this and so many other valuable video - particularly those by Alan Watts. And LOOK, almost 450,000 views. There is so much not worth seeing on YT - I am glad that you are making it possible for something like this - of this quality - to be accessible to the many that could find relief in viewing this! Thanks Again!!! Like and of course, subscribed (some time ago).

[@SoaresDean-ls2gl]

*Hey I'll refer you to this dude online who guided me through my first ever experience,he got all kinds of psychedelic stuffs and he also ship discreetly to any location**

[@SoaresDean-ls2gl]

He's on telegram¿¿¿

[@SoaresDean-ls2gl]

Coldtrips ✓✓✓

[@lindaw.5836]

Please spell his name right. It's Alan Watts.

[@rudolfboukal1538]

@@lindaw.5836 Sorry about that. I don't know why I didn't catch that - or even better where that spelling came from. I'll edit it now.

[@ingridgruen67]

Just Love This Man ❤❤❤

[@yogawithsaba]

How to get enough to eat is in fact a real “problem” for some.

[@theclumsyprepper]

One Watts obviously never had to deal with or he wouldn't be talking lightly about it. I doubt he ever did one day's work to put food on his table. He reminds me if the rich who tell poor people they need to learn to budget if they can't afford to buy food.

[@tinar1310]

The most amazing moment is when you finally wake up.

[@s4nj0k]

So much wisdom but still fall into the trappings of alcohol, drugs and depression

[@natashasingha0078]

He did ? Wow so human then .

[@mainman3941]

he said if you try to be really a saint you loose the human side of you... meaning you annoy everything around you

[@mainman3941]

if you try to be very very perfect you can achieve it but you won't enjoy being a human being even God is a little mad it's not depression, it's being human

[@solb101]

@@mainman3941you know God?

[@americasariesson1862]

@@solb101we are God

[@anothermove-h4654]

What a man. Thank you Mr Alen

[@gregh_777]

I feel like ive just had a wave of enlightenment come over me that I've never experienced before. It was a lot to take in at first but now I know its guiding me in the right direction. I've never felt like this before and I fear that my family will struggle to intergrate into their reality. I dont know who to speak to about it as I feel like Im on my own. I live in London. Could you please point me in the right direction?. Id like speak to someone. Thank you Greg

[@insomniac1232]

id speak with you about your enlightenment im curious to see your perspective as i don't have many people to talk with either

[@Chris_978]

@@insomniac1232 Maybe we should all get together and talk because I would like to know as well and Would like to talk with someone. you guys got discord , Instagram etc ?

[@CaseyB.2229]

Same here !

[@austinmatthews6689]

I feel the same

[@WeAreLove432]

Follow your heart! Everything follows the path of least resistance. Do not think that you must work towards any “goal” or awakening. Everything you need is already inside of you. Allow the universe to flow to and through you, without ego. You are God in the most humble measure.

[@renatomoinhos]

the amazing side of the internet! So glad i found this....

[@ShAlove22]

Thank you God, thank you for this exceptional video

[@Tarius369]

Logically solutions can not be found without problems 🖖

[@Billybob75-lx9ng]

Alan Watts is the perfect antidote to todays 'rat race' society. Not many master the calming, tutorial wisdom, Alan exudes with every word. Brilliantly perfect.

[@MikeT-o5b]

I like simple but complex intriguing. Also learned over the years to be slow with anger as one coping mechanism.

[@johnwolfie1945]

I think he’s saying that no matter what you go through, what you feel and what we become in life life/nature is going to happen and when nature/life happens we have no control of what will happen but we can control the feelings towards it, if we believe in the positive energy as much as we do the negative then your feelings about the situation could be different, These days we are trained mentally to go by what we think we should feel about neg/pos situations, For instance once we’re born we have no control over what the future will naturally bring however we are taught and trained as to what love/hate is, this is why we have different cultures a different way of thinking because thats what they are trained to think therefore feeling can be adjusted towards different scenarios

[@seatownzz]

In life, your mindset determines your reality

[@Jay-bj3lg]

I feel like my life has changed. Something amazing has happened, and this is what it feels like.. I'm just beginning this journey, but I love what I see already 🌟

[@jeanettenejadi1777]

❤️

[@SemraOmer-y8l]

I never thought a platform like 4RA could make IPL this special for us It's all about the community and shared experiences.

[@HappyWilburySr.-wk9gm]

Stop the soundtrack. Let’s just hear what is spoken.

[@mickduffy]

Don’t criticize condemn or complain. Dale Carnegie The mindfulness to pause and reframe.

[@markriva4259]

The description of this video says "A clarifying and powerful lecture from Alan Watts on Jesus and religion." Not once was that ever mentioned in this video. Thanks, I wasn't looking for a lecture on those subjects anyway.

[@DUDERINO0]

Great talk from Alan Watts. Would be much better without the awful background music

[@tradgedyandhope]

Hi! Thanks for your feedback! Appreciate your perspective on the music. We'll definitely consider different approaches in the future to enhance the viewing experience. Stay tuned for more content, and feel free to share any other thoughts you have.

[@petreionut8579]

You think to much 😊😉

[@markriva4259]

I love a presentation called "For When You Think Too Much" that never mentions the word "think" at all.

[@PrimeNPC]

It is mentioned. You were too busy thinking instead of listening, try again.

[@francesluke7609]

Not a problem, but at times a challenge which we all need 🐴

[@N.c.bby84]

That was so needed.

[@robertwylie326]

Amen brother Watts 🙏 thank you 😊

[@bobblebec12]

Family is my problem- walking away is the solution ❤

[@sageejumanjee]

I woke up...everything else is extra.

[@rmoore4172]

Me too!!!

[@wendydaniel1110]

Amen ❤

[@GLOWORMFORLIFE]

What's your point?

[@LoveNaturality]

@@GLOWORMFORLIFEcrypto

[@Nik-hs3qj]

He says that by only waking up in the morning its a tremendous blessing and everything else even more so because you we have the privilege of experiencing it all!

[@paullapthorn5386]

the highest state of the higherself is to love SELF only and care about others but only love SELF the reflection is incredible from others, what you think you BEcome

[@americasariesson1862]

Exactly! So within so without is absolutely 💯

[@DATONEGAMER25]

You are not your thoughts. 🙏

[@benbobo8330]

So easy to understand So hard to remember

[@brewedboy8135]

However, youre reality is based on your thinking path. Whatever you give your energy to is what you create.

[@gerrywhite741]

@@benbobo8330 I feel you

[@DaneLutchmanen]

@@brewedboy8135 yes so you have to fight certain thoughts

[@tinab3627]

I disagree.

[@rogerlin9602]

3:00 People talk about survival instincts. You survive until you don't. What happened to the survival instincts when you don't survive? 🐧🌱🌹🌱🦅💝🕰🕰🤩 All the stuff are stuff because you don't examine them closely enough or your instruments aren't fine enough. It's all pattern, behaviour. It's a transaction. Everything is in transactional relationship with everything else. 9:07 Everything is the whole complex. Every organism is part of the environment. 🌹🚣‍♂️👍😇🤠🕰🏘🍒 We are what is happening! No more ghosts. Life isn't a problem, not a contest between ourselves and our environment. Thanks Alan. 24 October 2023.😂🦅💝😇🤠🌟🍁🕰👍🚀

[@Splashstar216]

Find your gift and celebrate it 💜

[@jsm9096]

If this nest of a world has a creator and that creator is all powerful and therefore gets what they want, then they *wanted* this world to be a hellhole, therefore that creator is undoubtedly evil. If not, then why is the *default* in this world suffering and fear?

[@causticretort]

There has to be a creator. We just don't understand what that means yet.

[@hamzafanshorts1]

God lives within us and we have free will at the same time. The world is the way it is bc we are making it evil, not God. Nothing will ever come down from the sky to put things in their place, but the change must come from us. It's just another dark age we're living in but a golden age will come, his-story repeats itself.

[@ShirleyShirley-t5f]

With good or evil, contrasts exist in great variety. God created good. Evil exists from wrong choices. Right or wrong is with humanity not by chance.

[@OdinsArcanum]

Keep following your heart! Let's glow together ⭐️🌏⭐️

[@abelcarpenter3386]

Jesus said it well, Never be weighed down by the anxieties of tomorrow for today has enough of its own anxieties.

[@jeromedevecais2751]

What verse??

[@abelcarpenter3386]

@@jeromedevecais2751 Mathew 6:34

[@DavidMiller-ce6id]

Matthew 6:34 is the verse.

[@chriskincaid6035]

Thank You ...

[@Redwoodbeauty93]

Life is a leson, make it a positive growth.

[@sydneykasmar]

There is no competition between ourselves and our environment.