Who Are You? - Alan Watts On The Illusion Of Thoughts

[@dmackenzie3528]

“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” ― Alan Watts

[@skynet4496]

yep, the superego pretends to be the true ego

[@danahall4346]

0q

[@floater267]

Yeah

[@jjrecon3024]

💯 Cult'ural conditioning as designed

[@rickymorcus8962]

Wow this is amazing

[@peachbaby8618]

I love Alan watts seriously. He’s changed my life so much

[@silveriver9]

Thich Nhat Hanh and Alan Watts for me.

[@SchizoetryOfficial]

The irony is probably that Alan himself would hate you saying that. Because you are him and he is you. But then he would love that he hated it. Because he knows it's all an act. And then he would smile. And then you would smile because he smiled, knowing that his smile was your smile. I love you seriously because I am you and you are Alan Watts and Alan Watts is me. We are the experience. Man just imagine if I took some psychedelics. I never have but just try to imagine.

[@eduardogomez59]

❤

[@9one9Music]

One needs only three things in life: freedom, gratitude and a sense of wonder. ☯️ Alan Watts

[@rokaie8666]

Soul Obtained and secure 🙏👌✌️

[@needheartranken]

Yes!

[@q21wak]

A man who is universally interested is universally interesting. I'm loving all of these videos

[@nadia6756]

Thank you Alan. We love you ❤

[@barbkennedy9382]

Watts is so down-to-earth exact for the obvious...:)

[@kylesanger3242]

I struggle with overthinking and analyzing everything. It makes one insecure and creates anxiety Alan watts helps me to slow everything down

[@skynet4496]

I used to do this. These days I'm not this way. I stopped by noticing it and how it made me feel. After observing it more and more, it no longer happened. No formal meditation needed, just remember to pay attention to the behaviors that make you feel anxious. The brain will take care of the rest! Also, check out feldenkrais - which teaches you how to reconnect your body to your mental state.

[@kylesanger3242]

@@skynet4496 I have never uttered my message above out loud before. Your response makes it a discussion = I have never discussed this before and your response is highly appreciated. Thank you, I will definitely have a listen to your referral

[@ema72676]

the thinker behind the thought is just a thought.

[@harrygeorge3220]

Hello Dear How are you doing today?

[@MrKynuna]

I also like saying. You can’t think yourself out of thoughts. 😊

[@ema72676]

@@MrKynuna that's a good one. It's strange, because we try so hard to think ourselves out of thoughts and it's exhausting

[@BrainFlixTv]

that's strange...so what's a thought then?

[@TheSanityMachine33]

Hey... I just posted an Alan Watts video analysis... on my channel, The Sanity Machine. Check it out. :))

[@RussellSperry-sl2cr]

Feel so "Blessed!" reading his posts

[@Victor-cx3cn]

Wow! This is mind blowing

[@jjrecon3024]

Freedom is found when one can see what and who they are Not. This purity and clarity comes gradually as discovery is sought, thought and then realized.

[@melvinmertens]

Love it! Just curious, why do think clarity comes gradually?

[@jjrecon3024]

@@melvinmertens The process of discovering thyself is gradual for good reason. Too much at once can be overwhelmingly discouraging. The path of purpose is lit for you if you can allow your light to shine bright... Love you.

[@melvinmertens]

@@jjrecon3024 Interesting, thank you. Why would overwhelming clarity be discouraging?

[@jjrecon3024]

@@melvinmertens I see your interpretation. Thank you for sharing. Imagine how your physical eyes feel when you open them from a long deep sleep to bright sunlight. Too much light too quickly can be blinding, overwhelming and down right uncomfortable. Growth is gradual no matter the path chosen. Comfort zones prevent taking action.

[@melvinmertens]

@@jjrecon3024 Interesting analogy. Thank you for sharing as well. What would you say to the notion that we are always in a state of clarity and that taking action to get to that state is impossible, like trying taking a trip to the place you already are? I’m not insinuating that that is the case, just curious how you feel about that notion.

[@JamesFox1]

marked by extreme calm , impassivity , and steadiness , serene

[@boking1589]

All we really know is that this place is here and we are in it now

[@moneybagz4620]

This one talk here from alan watts is life changing. Ive watched and read a lot about alan watts, but this one little 9 minute recording is one that hits home the hardest when it comes to trying to understand how your brain works. Its a scary concept and i dont quite like it, but i think what he is saying is so close to the truth you dont even need to question it.

[@ramsesrameez5430]

Freedom comes when you realize everything

[@susanfortunegolden]

At the end🌝 when he said "who is the thinker, who is the real you?"That is what was going through my head when I was 6. Awakening on mega blast✨

[@franciscosifuentes3007]

Thank you, wow Powerful statements. Who is the real genuine you? That was deep

[@markriva4259]

“There is an expression in Chinese which means “the flow of thoughts” or what we call “streams of consciousness”, and so you will notice that thought follows thought follows thought the thoughts arise and go like waves on the water. All the time they come and go and when they go, they are as if I’ve never been here. So actually, this shows your mind doesn’t stick, really. You could get the illusion of it sticking by for example cycling the same succession of thoughts over and over again, and that gives a sense of permanence… and it is from these connecting of thoughts that we get the sensation that behind our thoughts there is a thinker who controls them and experiences them, although, the notion that there is a thinker is just one member in the stream of thoughts. But you know, in your stream of thought and experience I am in object, and a very fleeting and passing one, and concert also in my stream of experience you also are people who come and go. We are all living in the same world. We think, there is “me” and there is an “external world” around me, but I am in your external world, and you are in my external world, and if you think about that you see we are all in one world going along together. There isn’t really the internal in the external, there is simply the process. It’s very important to get rid of that illusion of duality between the thinker and the thought. So, find out who is the thinker behind the thoughts. Who is the real genuine you?” -- Alan Watts

[@42BETWO]

Watts reminded us: that every inside has an outside, and vice versa (e.g., organism/environment). This polarity of inseparable opposites are ‘two’ that are also ‘one’ thing or process. Each implies the other. This appears to make polarity and non-duality the same. Thus, thinker and thought, higher and lower selves…etc., conceptually form non-dual unity that ‘go together’ like two sides of a snake as it swims-in polar tension. Concave/convex: different, yet the same.

[@Sulbee]

This made me tear up because I haven't heard something this reflective in a very long time.

[@carltwidle9046]

We look outside ourselves all the time. We make the mistake of comparing ourselves to others. Most people enter relationships with others in order to feel complete. People can't make themselves happy, they look to others to do that for them. I like being isolated from others.

[@paolagiunti2979]

Many thanks for sharing this precious Pearl's of this Master.

[@emski77.66]

God bless

[@jeremiahharden8900]

May God bless you too.

[@asmodeus0454]

Alan Watts makes good sense when one thinks at some depth about what he says. His world-view and the approach to human life that that view engenders are sensible for being wise.

[@sourcetext]

I dont know who i am ... all I know is that i know nothing ....and you are my roll model so im going to pump up with chemicals and get smart (?) like you ......and end up with nothing and die on the street.....like hundred of others .you are my Hero i want to be like you with all my Heart and soul .....thank you for the example of what good man is.... and the purpose of any lifetime 😫😖😵

[@ItApproaches]

Realizing you know nothing is the first step. Like when a baby i born he/she knows nothing, A blank slate. Once you realize you know nothing, it's as if you were re born, or reset. This time navigate the dream selfishly. What I mean is do not let external factors such as asleep people aka egos fill your head with a bunch of bs. Think for yourself, question everything, analyze everything, be playful with everything. Be aware that ego will try to reform a new self, as ego is stubborn as hell. Keep an eye out for whenever you're speaking opinion rather then truth, if you can be hyper aware and catch when ego tries to make it's move, you can push it back away into the void, and it will have to wait to swing by again to try to create another self.

[@tootoofalse2625]

Who am I ? I am the self appointed Spiritual Teacher , writer and lecturer that you have come to rely on instead of you finding out for yourself through natural Meditation that I don't really teach because intellectual thought is more satisfying and ego gratifying.....God bless . Love this stuff.

[@TheSanityMachine33]

I just posted an Alan Watts video analysis... on my channel, The Sanity Machine. Check it out. :))

[@bettyhaines2570]

Thank you

[@SammyVideoPlex]

I love this man RIP ❤

[@kamjad414]

Is Alan watts passed away? Please tell me,

[@SammyVideoPlex]

@@kamjad414 Yes Alan Watts passed away in 1973 he left so much of his work for us the next generation and future generations to learn. ❤

[@kamjad414]

@@SammyVideoPlex thanks for telling me,.

[@SammyVideoPlex]

@@kamjad414 Very welcome

[@sidneybaraka3844]

" And when you find out you laugh yourself sily" A.W

[@42BETWO]

Watts reminded us: that every inside has an outside, and vice versa (e.g., organism/environment). This polarity of inseparable opposites are ‘two’ that are also ‘one’ thing or process. Each implies the other. In this sense, polarity and non-duality are the same.

[@crinanthethane9386]

Are you aware of an awareness.........an awareness, that is aware of being aware?

[@frontsidegrinder6858]

Life is.

[@VanTheuni]

Great editing for a great speech... thanks for sharing 🙏

[@floater267]

Don't let them know everything. When you know everything and you'll still there is like killing who you truly are

[@Moymoy-25]

Don't watch the news unless you care what’s happening or else sometimes it's overwhelming

[@SchizoetryOfficial]

What a very fun game we play with ourselves. 😍

[@laurenwhite7734]

love the music at 0:48!!!

[@carlosangulo11]

Great video!! Thank you 😊 🙏 unconditional love ❤️♾️🌌

[@mirouu13]

This was cool

[@joelloyd5268]

i would have loved to have met him in person imagine having a conversation with him in person when he was alive

[@Moti-v82024]

Visit a local nursing home. The incredible minds is astounding to listen to when they are given time to speak

[@skynet4496]

him and george carlin together... they would get along so well- Carlin didn't even go into spiritual stuff but he figured out that life is absurd.

[@olafad7997]

We having our greatest conversations with ourselves

[@markdraper7452]

L9ve and lite unity and respect

[@usarmyveteran177]

Thoughts are not real. So if you think all the time, you have nothing but thoughts. If you have nothing but thoughts all the time, you become detached from reality.

[@chamarigangoda2196]

🙏🙏🙏 Amazing !

[@olafad7997]

Insightful 🙇🏿‍♂️

[@patriciastaton6182]

❤️

[@patriciastaton6182]

@@harrygeorge3220 if you were talking to me I'm doing okay and I'm learning and listening and following God and I want him to take me with him when he's on his way to take his children with him 💙

[@harrygeorge3220]

@@patriciastaton6182 Of cuz I'm talking to you Patricia

[@maximelagace]

SImple, but profound: "Become what you are." -Alan Watts

[@DogruAnahtar]

Water💧♾️💗Everything is Water🌈🎶💧♾️💗

[@DaHolyCanadian]

"There was a young man who said: though it seems that I know that I know, but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I know." -Alan Watts

[@elmarcardejonvillarias9409]

The clean down.

[@rmutter]

I can't get the thoughts of this video out of my mind.

[@azloii9781]

Whats the music at 2:15?

[@Donpadron95]

Someone knows That background Music Form 4:00 ?

[@OutsideTheColony]

OK if i borrow this including music? It's a mix video and be great if OK and crediting your channel

[@ramthian]

❤❤❤🙏

[@shunlaiei5981]

You are you. I am I. Here, you, I and we are not mind, mental factors and aggregates. Via Zen, you can control mind where you wanna set it. Via Zen, you can dedicate mind, mental factors and aggregates to stop and attain absolute peace called Nibbana

[@zacharythomson9968]

When he asks who is the thinker behind the thoughts it makes me think about when you tell yourself to pay attention to a task and then your mind drifts, if I can't pay attention when I want to then who's attention is it?

[@JustDontMove111]

No ones.

[@George.Coleman]

We are who our brains have fooled us to be

[@azloii9781]

The image of our brain is still created by our mind. So what is really creating all of this illusion?

[@kristenischosen]

I wish I could understand Alan Watts better. Maybe it’s my ADHD partially but I can’t seem to focus and process what he’s saying. When I read a quote in text however it makes more sense. Maybe I’m just not ready for his messages yet.

[@gautamk1732]

Can you tell us where you think you missed his point. You are always ready for his messages

[@jadeouellet830]

You are more than ready if you already want to be able. Same here. I usually pause something- think for a bit -watch it again. It’s a lot better when you take time to understand each part. They start flowing together and making more sense the more you process one thing at a time in your head. anything you really want to remember too- I found it helps to repeat it about 3 times in your head and your subconscious does well in remembering.

[@alanwatts8385]

What are the music tracks in the background?

[@myname413]

So the me is thought? Any thought that that thought is aware of is seeing double that's what I'm getting from this

[@elinmansson5535]

The problem is when you start observing the thoughts only and do not engage. there is this emptiness? Everything just feels pointless. I might as well die?

[@orion9182]

That emptiness is not you either. Just as most people are in the thoughts, but can not see that they are not them, you see the feeling but do not know you are not it.

[@elinmansson5535]

But how can you disidentify from a painful feeling when you can feel the discomfort in the whole body?? Take withdrawal from a substance for example. Its unbearable.. @@orion9182

[@nerd9347.]

I am me.

[@ayobabdelli1539]

came to figure out that there's no you there is is => is everything and nothing both together at same process when u try to catch it u forget ur self and when u r almost bout to describe it with the indescribable but its impossible to describe cuz theres a glitch theres an error u cant just picture it your mind will have no idea bout wut is he trying to describe but he knows that he exists same as any perceived thing from atoms to universes it's been all you 😊

[@tonydecko7866]

is then meditation a form of Zen?

[@ItApproaches]

Meditation is just you sitting on your butt on the floor in silence. Nothing more. It may calm you down or relax you, but that's all it does.

[@jocelynbolduc2769]

Krishnamurti.

[@rodriguezgomez7515]

I'm what makes you tick...

[@brianmckoy5037]

Why isn't everyone listening to this?

[@JustDontMove111]

Blue pill.

[@markroberts9944]

If,by chance you've experienced a tragic circumstance physically.( I hope not), and or you find yourself calling upon (Most-high God),maybe then by chance you would realize. Just, how inconvenience individually yourself is. We, are a collective (humankind) or (LEGION),brothers be and sisters of whom's welfare,should be our concern. Besides, our love for God and Jesus, for we were known in our conception in the womb... So, where then did we come from??? Was, it HELL??? Or, was it heaven??? Are,you a demon or an angel to experience what life on earth is???

[@Gino565]

Am I the only one who’s noticed loads of the taglines of these videos are recycled? Usually something to the effect of ‘people don’t see it, until it’s too late” or “it’s happening now, but people don’t see it”, “we see it too late”. Like what’s all that about? It’s not exactly the most creative title.

[@therealcryss]

Can we have it the pure way, without any music and videos?

[@shunlaiei5981]

Yeah Mind and mental factors are replacing itself for people who have no mindfulness Mindfulness people are replacing 1. good mind, mental factors and aggregates , 2. are dedicating mind, mental factors and aggregates to be 100% peace called Nibbana.

[@miles6168]

3:48 cleisha

[@bm1858]

very annoying and distracting people scenes and music!!! If you remove this "noise" the power of the wise words of Alan Watts are coming through much stronger. Put a picture of Alan instead of meaningless video to purify the wise messages

[@gautamk1732]

Who is the real genuine you?

[@adamsandberg7190]

I am a child of God

[@robertpierce1981]

The Who- Can You See The Real Me

[@A.G.Birajdar]

Alan that's not like you ☺

[@Deepak-lc4gw]

They uploaded your mind first to become a null mind

[@YourSoRqndom]

Try just listening to he’s lecture, the videos don’t do the lecture justice. It seems to confuse the mind as he talks.

[@Eric_B]

Good speech, awful to add the music. Can’t listen…

[@floater267]

The problem is the society wants to destroy you

[@kirklorange]

How to cheapen a wonderful talk by Alan Watts: insert stupid irrelevant clips into the timeline. I recommend scrolling the video screen out of view and JUST LISTEN.

[@adamsandberg7190]

Who are you?

[@dark-cn9yq]

Too many ads

[@jrt2007gjdje]

What's with the annoying background music and the AI-like video. His voice is more than enough.

[@Atmanyatri]

Man stop adding music and visuals t’s so cringe. Please

[@EJV0013]

Take off the music in the background

[@asdergold1]

Wow. This screams brianwashing so hard it fired every single one of my alarms. The tone, the background noise. The wording. Avoid this or take long breaks from every sentence. At least 5 minutes. I'd recommend you don't watch this at all. Though the quote in the description couldn't be truer, if you pardon the figure of speech there. You can know that by having basic understanding of the basics and fundamentals of physics and piecing that infomation together with that of how we experience our memories. It's how we perceive "time". It's in regard to matter, motion and more.

[@Russian5]

You clearly don't know who Alan Watts is.

[@innernesss]

Lol

[@d.sfilms7677]

Alan Watts reminds me of things I knew instinctively as a child. You should look more into him, everything he says makes sense, and he has no alterior motive

[@asdergold1]

@@Russian5 I'm more talking about the video, genius wonder.

[@skynet4496]

Even if it were brainwashing by him, you really brainwash yourself. I haven't heard any brainwashing, but then, maybe I am the brainwashed one? LOL Does it matter? “Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.” - Robert Anton Wilson

[@chamicels]

Love is a verb.

[@markdraper7452]

L9ve and lite unity and respect