Alan Watts - Don't Think

Alan Watts - Don't Think
A powerful and thought-provoking speech about the art of not thinking and meditation.
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From: A New Social Ritual
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience.

[@wsc1955]

Alan Watts always makes more sense than any religion I've ever heard. He's always very interesting.

[@lawnmower4884]

It's all based around Buddhism!

[@Saber23]

Then you’re so clueless it’s actually funny 🤣 Alan Watts makes no sense whatsoever and he’s not even close to real religion

[@Saber23]

@@lawnmower4884 a watered down version of Buddhism that allowed Alan to do whatever he wanted

[@Saber23]

@@lawkmask1able good? A bloated alcoholic is “good” to you?

[@lawkmask1able]

@@Saber23 no bro some is okey and some not

[@cosalidra759]

Why am i crying? Neither happy nor sad tears. Just tears. Perhaps the only adjective that describes them, is 'beautiful'. What a privilege it is, to not just see beauty, but feel it.

[@Saber23]

Bruh what?

[@raynarks]

Been there. Enjoy & appreciate. Appreciation is a gift. 😊

[@crysaura]

So real

[@ChalehTamaleh]

Pain-body(part,or side, of ego) is diminished...from what I've read..💪💪💪u where letting go of a lot of accumulated bs👏good job... Will post name of book & author in later date...onelove✌️

[@IrieRogue]

Healing indeed ♡

[@WeAreAllOneNature]

2:38 to 2,57: ''You (your ego) cannot meditate. You, you ego image, can only chatter (think), because when it stops it isn't there... When you are not thinking you have no ego.'' 5:22 to 6,20: ''One of the easiest ways to enter into the state of meditation is therefore: listening to what is... Listen to the random sounds that are going on in the room - in the street - as if you were listening to music - without trying to identify it's source, name it, or put any label on it at all. Just enjoy whatever sound is going on...''

[@TimberWolfmanV6]

“are you breathing, or is it breathing you” ❤🙏

[@steve_randolf]

What a synchronicity! Just 5 days ago I found that 14 century meditation guide titled "The Cloud of Unknowing" written by a Christian monk, and had the same idea that people should lie down on the floor in churches and meditate.

[@bigcheech1937]

You were actually able to read the Cloud of Unknowing by Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagite? 👏🏾 I tried reading that a long time ago but olde english is tedious as hell.

[@steve_randolf]

@@bigcheech1937 I agree that it is difficult to read. I tried to but decided to postpone it. However, abstracts suggest the theory is the same as the one exposed in this video and in many other places.

[@bigcheech1937]

@@steve_randolf It’s all the same brotha. You don’t have to read the Cloud of Unknowing to live in the Cloud of Unknowing…. I was just impressed if you were actually able to finish the book but it looks like we both put it down. Ye Olde English doth be tough to consume

[@BOARMoto-bm2mh]

Listen to the S W A N S track, ‘Cloud of unknowing” and then you’ll get it…

[@JimBillyRayBob]

Watts clearly spent his entire life thinking, and thinking about thinking.

[@puckie55]

Wonderful message. I can’t stop thinking, I ask myself to stop, but a few minutes later I start thinking again.

[@farrider3339]

You haven't understood. Stop trying to stop.

[@NaWais]

Just be aware of the mind directly. Don't use words or language.

[@max.8063]

@@farrider3339 but we forget don’t we. Your just the same as him/her aren’t you. Haha.

[@tortaenjoyer]

its impossible to stop thinking just let it pass

[@user-gi7fd4ew8p]

In the moment that you think that you stop thinking you are still thinking .. The idea is not to stop thinking but to let your thoughts flow and focus on breathing

[@sweetINFINITY369]

When our body is sick just by stop thinking our body automatically heals on its own, stop thinking is the greatest healing thank you so much! ❤️🙏

[@Mar6008]

The breathing really helped because i was not breathing good but now i am

[@user-iw7bl3hj1r]

Alan Watts was a fantastic guru. A true bodhisattva. He made deep things accessible and understandable for the "average Joe".

[@Crypt0Band1t]

Joes 1# bestie for the spirit

[@Saber23]

He was a garbage “guru” and garbage human being

[@karlisast.bernard2978]

God is wonderful thank’s for today and every day I love you god❤

[@evanreiter747]

This is absolutely profound and makes you think so much about how beautiful life truly is.

[@joshnicholls4668]

I have just experienced an ego death/ meditative spiritual experience and I just know it's going to change my life. Thank you Alan Watts and the uploader! I have been going through a real hard time lately and I'm currently in a psych ward. But now instead of feeling anxious I feel enlightened and at peace. Thanks thanks thanks!

[@Jophiel50]

I love it when videos like this just plays after something that I was watching, because I love his voice, and Alan never says anything untrue, at least not when he was recorded.😁.

[@jamesbanks4606]

Sharing this love with all

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

I live in 'Thoughtless awareness' it is established not continuous, because I am still free to think whenever I want, however thoughtlessness is the status quo for me now. It is profound and I living in it all my waking hours now since January 10, 2023. It is the best thing that ever happened to me. It feels like living in Heaven on Earth. It is beyond thought, because thoughts are too slow versus being thoughtless, where questions are answered instantly because I am ONE with Source/God/ infinite intelligence. I took me 50 years to find and experience it and yet now I know that it can happen in 1 hour for anyone. I found the Holy Grail to living in the moment Now, one with Source. Good luck to you all. Few on Earth have achieved it and even fewer can show someone else how to do it. I am One.

[@jenniferwalker2891]

Thanks Mr Watts. My hat is off to you. Sound is all.

[@TheDAT9]

I am always thinking negative thought, in spite of trying not to. I can only assume my spirit has a negative aspect to it. Also my mind races with thought churning around. I get old songs and tunes from 50+ years ago popping out into my conscience mind and cycling around, over and over again.

[@bensonbrett30]

Hi friend. Hope you’re doing well today. I’ve had that happen before; it can be infuriating! Want to discuss any considerations on how to approach it? -Brett

[@user-xm1et7cz2o]

Do you have negative attachments to having negative thoughts? Meaning, do you think that you shouldn't think negatively? I've had a lot of stuff around negativity that kept me stuck in those loops, wanting to get rid of it but only digging myself deeper by resisting and "shifting" into something more "positive". Hanging out with fear, pain and discomfort all the time now (ridiculously unsustainable situation I'm currently in) and learning to love it, by allowing it, and me, to exist, just as we are. Does that make any sense in regards to you?

[@TheDAT9]

@@user-xm1et7cz2o No it does not, because we don't have the knowledge of what is real and what isn't. Our perception of true reality is very limited It will remain so until we leave our bodies once more.

[@Andrew-ox1ed]

It's beautiful, isn't it?

[@cosalidra759]

Yes 🥲

[@Saber23]

No

[@Saber23]

@@cosalidra759 how?

[@glowiever]

perha🅱️s

[@mrface19]

@@Saber23 Touch grass. Honestly.

[@user-cy9ef4bc1s]

We cannot allow the old wisdom to be forgotten

[@duanekaaz3159]

Amazing 👏

[@5samela]

So easy so difficult. Practice nothing else.

[@idorosen8842]

Thank You. Much Love.

[@EcomCarl]

Embracing silence and present-moment awareness can lead to transformative experiences, fostering a deeper connection with ourselves and the universe. 🧘

[@Im1BossyChick]

That was so beautiful, I cried. I love Alan Watts. ❤

[@Saber23]

So you love a lying scam artist?

[@doncahooti]

@@Saber23ridiculous

[@Saber23]

@@doncahooti so now reality is ridiculous to you? Then you really are a follower of Alan Watts

[@tyyearwood9032]

​@@Saber23 you are all over this comment section like it's your fulltime job. Please get a life

[@Saber23]

@@tyyearwood9032 says the guy listening to Alan Watts 🤣

[@alterecho8261]

Isn't his poetry just marvelous!?

[@bettyhaines2570]

Thank you Alan Watts 😊❤🙏💝

[@amarrejane0]

Many, many thanks!

[@Hakunawins2]

Superb

[@danieledaniele8939]

wonderful speech, wonderful editing. 💞💫👏👏

[@carrenchebet335]

This was surprisingly soothing and relaxing!

[@chalo3427]

I love this man so much

[@SergioTachini]

This piano was perfect for this

[@jbhibi]

Whoever does these edits is awesome

[@Spiritual.Madness]

I feel so driven with this!

[@blueline2241]

beautiful..

[@billc2948]

😊 Thank you…!!!! ♥️

[@carrenchebet335]

Now only, is what is important ✨

[@iklak777]

Mushin - No Mind is the highest state...!🔮

[@Lovegraceblessingsbliss]

❤😊

[@GodHelpMe369]

I'm so ashamed I feel so much shame I'm the oldest and my youngest sibling is getting married... AGAIN! (for the second time!!) meanwhile, I've never been married, I have no children, in fact, I've never actually ever been, in a real relationship... (just an awful horrific series of abusive "situationships") I die of the grief and shame just die

[@MarciaB12]

Please dont feel ashamed. I have so much to be guilty about, but we all do. Life is so hard. We all walk around trying to keep our heads above water. 😢 You are not alone. I'm ashamed too. But we are only human.

[@Kashifkhan94k]

Impressive ❤

[@chrishynes6091]

I need to try this.

[@philcooke87]

Hum the sound.. i humbed my sound once and had my eyes closed it went totally silent, i left it 10 seconds and opened them,, the video was finished ❤

[@SimoneMancini1]

Obrigada ❤❤❤

[@karlisast.bernard2978]

I like to Listen to him👍🏽

[@Listen_To_Think]

Thank! I ưill to try it.

[@YamaChatGpt]

just energy

[@jimnicosia5934]

I excellent at not thinking. My wife tells me all the time.

[@adeprince]

Good video

[@YamaChatGpt]

emotions

[@marcopolo9781]

Most people try to be silent,point is not what you do or dont do. Point is in what you have sense of "self" . If that is changed,than there is silence,otherwise you can have eternal and still miss the point.

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

Interest helpful video by Alan Watts, however still a far away point from living in thoughtless awareness naturally all day long established not continuous because you are always still free to think, however thinking is too slow and inefficient when you achieve living in thoughtless awareness connected with infinite intelligence with instant answers, instant insight. No mantras, music, or special breathing is required. Few on Earth have achieved it. I have achieved it after a 50 year quest and it was through Divine Intervention on January 10, 2023 and it is the best thing that ever happened to me. I live in it all day long and it feels heavenly to me. Good luck finding it. It only takes one hour when you know how. Good luck to you. Maybe you will find it in your lifetime. The odds are 10 million to 1. Good luck.

[@richardberry8830]

I Dig Alan Watts...

[@MarciaB12]

He's groovy

[@Micheal313]

This will be a good'n to fall asleep to 👍

[@noveltycrusade]

I wish i knew someone like Mr Watts😢

[@childpeanut5095]

It’s you.

[@sapkotadp]

❤❤❤

[@user-df8yl1pi1y]

More! We want more! Love Alan Watts. ❤️ Where can i hear the rest of this? Thank you

[@bwnco]

So out side my boudaries.....Cowboy, Blue collar........... then dawned on me.. we do this naturally, we just do not call it Mediatation. Being mindful of the smell of grass, horse sweat an not thinking just being. As an athlete, no thoughts just reactions. I wish before I die I could get some Hunters, Cowboys, spirtual people together like Alan Watts etc.. because we do many of same thing but do not have the same names for them. Love him.... Do not think, just be. Hear, smell........ mmmmmmmmmmmm

[@lollyvelasquez3421]

The sky sounds like andrew Ryan. from bioshock 1. Giving us a life lesson 😂

[@Snowstormscoming]

Ya right, not possible no matter how hard I try But I won't give up 😊

[@childpeanut5095]

There’s your problem and solution 😭

[@manifestinguide]

Mind is everything, what you think you become -Gautam Buddha

[@MekaylaElizabeth]

❤

[@yoyo-wr9ep]

Maybe its like when your half asleep and the sounds become quite relaxing in the background ...or just flowing in a non intrusive way ..🥳

[@silversurfer666]

Go Surf🏄🏄‍♀️

[@DeanMasello]

I dig music.

[@ten5ionator]

Think. Just control your thoughts.

[@mkh2799]

🙏

[@gen-zeke-8571]

I do "Thought Recording sessions" to get the thoughts on to Paper, then they become echoes of a silence that speaks along with me. *Save the Thinking for the Thinking, and Keep the Faith in Aceptance"- Author of this post; ME. Whoever that is.

[@5samela]

PLS Can you recommend some nice mantra chanting to listen 🙏?

[@zeldaguy32]

What he really means is don't be self conscious. It's funny how the title can ironically be counter productive when viewed in a way.

[@YamaChatGpt]

but nothing can take away this blues

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

"Just be" Domo😊

[@programeady]

Heya, any chance we could get the music from this video? Tried shazam but ain't working :(

[@user-ud7pu8tn8i]

Thoughts feeling emotions this elementary

[@user-ud7pu8tn8i]

Hey wait till you try suspended animation

[@childpeanut5095]

Baby steps brother

[@YamaChatGpt]

moods

[@monikamonika2208]

What mantra is the best

[@benderbender1233]

🖖😉

[@theonlywayoutisin1461]

✨🙏🌊💙🌎💙🌊🙏✨

[@CheesusSVT]

We are all Psychedellic beings.

[@weaintdointhis]

Music credits???

[@larryaldrich4351]

The first step to the Yaqui way to knowledge is stopping the internal dialog.

[@karlisast.bernard2978]

👇🏾

[@petera1797]

I like Alan Watts but I'm not sure that thinking is a bad thing.Its a perculary human gift and sometimes prevents people from doing the wrong thing..for example thinking about the consequences of an action before doing it. The mind can obviously think too much and go round in circles and needs rest and recuperation but the act of thinking has produced so many great things particularly in the west.

[@Maxetkd]

I think you missed the point and got tricked by the title.

[@NotASheep100]

I thought about possibly watching this video... And thats as far as i got😅

[@YamaChatGpt]

the force 4th

[@alfreddifeo9642]

🙏🕉🕉🕉

[@YamaChatGpt]

how to get rid of unwanted emotions

[@dylankoczwara137]

Kinda hard when we live in such an ego driven world....

[@sunyata1016]

We? Maybe that's it...

[@markmcarthy596]

Try explaining silent mind to a know it all

[@MrWhatever1234567]

Forgive me if you can. I have ruined myself beyond what I could fix, and there is no hope except to die as I was born. I have nothing to give. And I want to sleep forever and dream about what life could have been like if I were a better human. And be true to myself. Trust God. And. Wait. That’s what I’m doing

[@MrWhatever1234567]

I can’t wait to see you again

[@YamaChatGpt]

sadashiva tathwa

[@Artuurio93]

sound is everything, but what about deaf people?

[@michaelhenderson2657]

How did the ego get created in the first place....i am sure i was one with the universe before...so why did i get caught in the ego....where did my soul originate...and get caught in time....

[@ina7559]

Who is asking the question? In Reality there are no questions, no answers. They arise in the Awareness that is You. There is only You and this world appears in You as You as you imagine. You are both. You are everything. Everything is a spontaneous happening fulfilling its karmic propensities. You are Awareness that imagines , dreams that is you, a limited being.

[@mmka5434]

AI would think for us.

[@ttacygeddes]

If I can “not think” enough, will I become a politician?

[@jazmineyvone]

I want to pay attention to this so bad but my attention span is not allowing it

[@tobysessions5002]

Just save it, and keep it as a mediation play list. He's hard to keep up with at times but each time you hear it a small piece goes in.

[@SecretsOfASage]

Can you dig it?

[@vivianeprudentiabuelens9142]

No sound Santos ‼️❤️🏫🇧🇪 0:05

[@333iamchosen]

🫡❤️

[@magicalvideoclips9285]

Alan and Osho two sides of the same coin