I'm of the opinion that Alan Watts was one of the most brilliant minds to ever live. Being able to listen to his speeches like this many years after he has passed is one of the great privileges of modern technology.
Some of what he says is a bit silly - for example, reality is not composed of parts and we only think there are parts because we cut it up into parts. This is not true. Take the human body, for example - everyone has bones that are about the same shape, that slide against one another in about the same way, and the same organs arranged in the same places. We have even gotten so advanced that we can sometimes transplant these parts from one person to another, but if it is not done correctly, it does not work. Even at the atomic and subatomic levels, reality seems to be composed of the same 'parts', like atoms which have the same number of protons in the centre and the corresponding number of electrons in their electron shells to result in a unit of the same element.
@@louisj2256 you could learn a thing from alan. im not the smartest tool in the shed but your message didn't convey very well, at all. as for alan sure he is great, but he is just a messenger.
@@louisj2256you misunderstand what he meant by that is the problem. It went over your head, I don’t mean to be rude in saying that but the point is none of those “parts” exist by themselves but as if they were assembled. The point is it’s not parts assembled but one undivided whole that has distinct characteristics that make up that whole that we then can piece into parts for whatever reason we deem necessary. Follow?
Now I’m out of the worst of it, I can say that five years ago Alan Watts saved my life. I was very suicidal, constantly high, terrified to leave my house. I found his voice on UA-cam and for the first time, something made sense. So I got sober, I engaged with Buddhism, I became alive again. Life is wonderful. I became more than my body in that moment. Ask for help, and the universe reaches out to you. Life is better than I ever could have imagined.
💚 Thank you, for sharing your voice, your story, and for choosing to stay here with us! We appreciate your presence, as unique and wonderful as you are!
@@Sun-ng7gj I wonder if this is the appropriate response to this comment? It speaks about you, actually, more than Alan or the commenter. It comes through as a person possibly feeling lost in the shadows, unable to trust the light.
Boy don't I wish Alan Watts was around today even though it was about 50 years ago this message is timeless and relevant always. He has a calm reassuring and logical way to him.
I’m sure he is, he’s simply exploring the universe in a new way. “The ocean waves, the universe peoples.” But I totally understand what you mean. And I hope you’re well broseph
This is soo good, I fell upon him by accident while listening to music as he was speaking to a techno beat, he helped me deal with the death of my son.
I also found him by chance . Now I can't stop listening to him. So sorry for your loss, but now we know he is not lost, he's just vibrating in a different way now ❤ xx
wow that's really heavy. i'm grateful that you found one another in that way. I too lost a child. my daughter. my already deep self , delved into Mr. Allen Watts, all the way. i love it. i think a little differently each time even if it's the same material. perspective is most all things. good or bad. we can allow ourselves to choose. never that seamlessly or without tremendous effort sometimes, we can be open to new ways to see one another and loving ourselves and eachother. pain is never truly gone . But your love heart mind and body sort of carry it more effectively in my opinion. im aware there's nothing anyone can say or do, to change the one thing that's been and happend. still it weighs on me knowing you know what i know as well. i love you friend. i mean it!
@@EJV0013 I listen to him when I go to bed at night like I did when I was a kid. I find him relaxing. Especially in these times. I think Eliot Mince had him on his program.
I've listened to just about all of Alan's lectures on UA-cam, multiple times over. It never gets old. This, however, is probably the best lecture that synthesizes his teachings in layman's terms. It's the perfect talk to introduce Watt's philosophy to first time listeners. He has a way to touch your soul like none other. So well spoken; he can take the complex and simplify it for what life actually is. Just amazing. His life will always live on with these recordings. I just wish more people heard his message. Love to all ❤
@@neiljoy8465 everyone needs some kind of guide, or someone to look up to...otherwise you're just lost...esp in the freakin' chaos that is around us today...don't be too quick to dismiss figures of wisdom...
I never thought a Western person could grasp the depth of Zen or even the fundamental concepts of Buddhism. What a brilliant human. He mentioned the question, “Who am I before I was born?”-the very question Buddha asked when he sought enlightenment. Mr. Alan, a truly enlightened bodhisattva, shines as a star in the Western world.❤
Alan Watts very cleverly picks up where Nietzsche left off, showing the West a potential path forward that N himself could not find to even his own satisfaction. Watts draws from Eastern philosophy to help fill in the holes in Western angst, and he does it in a very charismatic, entertaining, and non-preachy way. There's no sales pitch, no sky-high promises of self-improvement, just an outstretched hand offering to show us alternatives to how we were raised to think.
@@theflow8972"i"? Try again? Or you get it, man i wish we had a word* for the us inside but that would demeane the experience, very well done thank YOU for giving me a learning lesson
Mind blowing, he merges eastern philosophy and modern physics to paint perspectives of reality that are both more real and poetic than anything I have ever heard before Edit: furthermore he is a master at the lost art of analogy, in my mind the greatest tool for teaching understanding.
@@Aquaticphilosophia Who is it that gives Crazy athletic ability in addition to enlightenment? Who is the judge in this situation? Figure that out and we can talk lol.
@@Aquaticphilosophia what i understood here is how you try talking down watts without an argument. you may have skills and abilities, but when you let yourself be guided by judgement and comparing to others, these will hardly shine through friend. maybe it helps to understand why you feel like you need to defend yourself!
@@dondankleberg4965 not defending. If you like watts, then you’ll dig my videos on consciousness and water. Less alcoholism. I like watts but he’s obviously just offering nihilistic freedom. Feels good to hear that stuff. It has its place
In the words of Micheal Jackson, "You are not alone" my friend. Only those whos mind's eye is open enough to see beyond the vision of the two physical eyes can truly share these types of unexplanatory experiences. Consider yourself chosen in this the age of the awakening. Stay in tuned👁
People around me are interested but don’t get it yet. So like you, I practice alone. It’s not necessary for me to have others understand my perspective on nature. Doesn’t mean I won’t keep trying though.
@@commie281This reminds me of a quote I heard, not from Alan Watts but Ram Dass, about his response he often gives when he's asked 'how do we share our excitement and passion about these teachings with others?' and he says, "all you can do is become an environment, so when another person is ready they can come up for air." I sorta take on this philosophy when it comes to Alan Watts. I find that people listen better and have more insight when certain ideas come up naturally in conversation. And if people already know I enjoy listening to Alan Watts, they tend to come to me when they have questions in that domain and I do my best to help them find some ground so they can do their own introspection if they're willing.
Alan Watts got me into spirituality in a profound way just as how Aphex Twin got me into music. It seems as if they speak to us the very reality of our core being - as if they accessing our collective memories that only the higher self know - As if You and I were also Alan Watts reincarnation, separated in time space and forgetfulness. As if Alan Watts is also those artist whom he admired.. maybe even Bob Ross is also Alan Watts.
@@adrianbenedictmendoza6818 That is what I was thinking… because if you see almost all the teachings of religions and some philosophies its that you and I are the same when it comes to mind/human experience… just in different bodies and timelines perhaps. What do you think?
Of course he doesn't. But when done properly a good melodic soundtrack in the background can ultimately compliment his speeches and provide the listener with an enhanced experience.
@@cryptopotomus1417 no its really just incredibly distracting to have seagull sounds while he's talking. He keeps getting interrupted by "SQUAWK SQWAWK" and interjections of notes in between his words that makes it harder to process the topic. I'm here because my brain is stressed and anxious. All that background noise is just terribly detracting from the message
@@cryptopotomus1417sure, I can appreciate that. What I mean is that his words and voice are quite powerful enough on their own and need no “enhancement”. It seems we put music to everything these days, as if we can’t be okay with less stimulation, never mind actual silence. So many people these days think that meditation is done with music. I’m glad it’s soothing, but it’s just another layer on top of actually getting to what Alan Watts is actually talking about. Stripping away all the “extras”, so you can actually hear the deep inner sound of the soul. I’m sorry, I know I digressed. If pretty sounds help you calm down, focus and receive the message, enjoy!
One could say, u saved urself... another could say, there was nothing to save urself from. This other would say, what is this darkness u speak of, for darkness and lightness are two aspects of the same thing and cannot have one without the other... hmm, lots of things to think about, or even better, stop overthinking, for all ur troubles are caused by excess, in this case of excess thought.
Ive listened to Alan Watt's for 10 years this year. And im very very grateful for this mans life and wisdom. Whatever our belief systems, this man has touched the soul's of so many people. His respect and perspective for life and understanding is so magnificently helpful to survive this busy chaotic life. I truly wish i alive when he was, to sit, listen, and just be.
Me too! Ten years as of this month. He’s guided me through the biggest of life’s challenges - including the sudden and awful death of my life partner. I am so grateful to live in an age where I have access to his wisdom on demand.
@@TheRealSilentsomeone where are the teachers and profs that teach or let young people at least have a glimpse of Alan watts perspective of life.. what school of learning what university is having him in their curriculum?
My first encounter with the wisdom was probably about 50 years ago, he had written an article in playboy magazine called the world’s most dangerous book . It was about the Bible, and it had a great influence in my life. Nobody else quite like Alan Watts one of greatest philosophers of our time!
Ive listened to so much of Alan Watts, but this one made me cry at the end for some reason. Not frustrated, or sad. Just some feeling in the center of my being making its way out through tears. Im not sure I have ever been moved so much by a speech as this one.
I have read several of his books, and I have followed him for several years. He is one of the most profound speakers of recent history. He may become a historical figure in the consensus of Jesus.
I have been lost for the last couple of years… but having found Alan Watts some 10 years or so, I have again listened to as much of his work as I possibly can. I have read his books and listened to his voice for hours. Lacking any family support, I can with absolute certainty say that Alan Watts is one of the greatest blessing I have had the good fortune to experience in my life. Once I cried from pain and hurt, now I cry from an increased sense of peace and appreciation. I am so very grateful to have found Alan Watts. I wish that I could have said thank you to him in person… maybe one day on some way but my appreciation grows every day. A true miracle of modern technology that he once spoke about makes his soothing voice and wisdom available to me every day. I am forever grateful.
Thank him. Alan would tell you even now, I will hear you. I thank him. Just because someone is not in form doesn’t mean they can’t hear you. Alan is!!!!!!!
Since I was a boy I would tell my grandparents they would be at my wedding. I was about 8 they where probably in there mid to late 60s. They would say they hope so and joke a little to sooth my anxiety of death. My grandmother made it my grandfather just missed it. His death hit me hard. The closest person to me I have ever lost. Seeing him just a few hours before he passed. Knowing this would be the last time I spoke to him, I told him how much I loved him and what he meant to me and that I would keep his memory alive and tell my kids about him. I felt in that moment I made him realize he was dying that’s what I seen in his eyes and I feel terrible about that. Fear of death and search for reason of life has led me to find Alan Watts. His talks have helped but I still can not come to the grips with death I still feel stuck, trapped like I can’t get out.
If you knew it was your last conversation with your grandfather surely, he knew that he was dying. It’s entirely possible he was surprised by your emotional outpouring and was feeling a deep love and connection with you in that moment. Don’t let your assumption make you feel terrible about that beautiful conversation.
I feel your pain when it comes to loss, and understand your fear of transcendence. My grandfather was a strong foundation of my family and raised me through till I was 15. He had a stroke and this caused me to go off the rails. I'm 36 now and have a family, both of my grandparents live in my heart and I know that I shall meet them in the next dimension.
I lost my grandmother 2 years ago - her passing is always with me. She was the only real light in my life (her positivity and wit was second to none; she had no malice outside of her failing brain). I really struggled with her memorial - it was a big bible-bashing session, but in that moment I felt and knew she was with me, she gave me peace in her passing and she made me realise that she can always be with me. I find myself saying out loud, "I miss you granny. Thank you for the light in all the dark." Death isn't the end, it's just the end of the physical self and death of others cannot be about you, it has to be your realisation they gave you what you needed in life and tools to grow, it is just the end of their suffering (that is all). She's one of very few people in my life that loved me as I was made and never criticised me. I hope you find healing and realisation that there is never an end, there are only new beginnings 💚
I was listening to cassette tapes of Watts on the beach in L.A. in 94 and it helped open my mind to the point that my creative visualizations came to fruition, sometimes instantaneously. Please meditate!
He is absolutely brilliant! His wisdom sets me free - I find comfort and stillness by grasping his perception of reality - what is .... the universal dance.
Alan' enumerational patterning simplicities platter before us to partake from life's complexities. I'm absorbed in understanding these patterned recurrences ever patterning recurrent as even when reabsorbed recollecting tentative bodhisattva times of consciousness and on and on and on. My sail is in the wind with Alan, cuz he'll always be the Man ! THANKS
Alan Watts was a great philosopher. I have really enjoyed and learned so much listening to his podcasts. I wish we had a great philosopher of today because we really need one to get through this world of today.
I don't know if you would consider Jordan Peterson as a great philosopher but he sure is a wise and good man who has very good things to say about society and all things that are good. Plus Dr Peterson is brave enough to say out loud the parts of our society that are not good. In fact one could make an argument that doctor Jordan Peterson has taken up the good fight for us all.
JP was good until he joined the daily wire and started promoting genocide. Anyone associated with that is no awakened person. Eckhart Tolle is probably the closest we have to Alan Watts currently.
I have BPD and when I really listen to and start to get what he means with the whole connectivity thing the dream like dissasociative feeling I live with gets a bit better and even for a moment I start to feel more clear and I think that alone speaks volumes to what we do in western society. Truly a great man for integrating this way of thinking.
I'm of the opinion that Alan Watts was one of the most brilliant minds to ever live. Being able to listen to his speeches like this many years after he has passed is one of the great privileges of modern technology.
The verbs describe the activities of the nouns. To think a man of such intensity and sharp wit even existed at all is just incredible. Not to mention his warm intellect and magnetic charisma. Such a gentleman, too. Oh, thank you to the universe for such a man.
I, too, started 🎶 to Watts in the sixties and I continue to listen to him. He's a great help in healing my wounds from childhood ptsd . He's a true gift
Simplicity I use to survive. Many find it difficult because they've never heard priceless lectures that explain life in its simplest forms such as this. Just be... Give thanks...One Love to All!!!❤
When I was in high school, I asked a speaker at a religious conference about this... I didn't know how to articulate my question. But I was asking why we agreed on how we describe what we are experiencing. I asked why do we agree to call the chairs we are sitting on chairs...and describe them as blue chairs... .Every little event is something this whole Cosmos depends on, and the reverse. The Universe depends on an arrangement of pattern and every little event is essential. The enormous depends not he tiny and the tiny on the enormous. I'm 70 now. Thank you, Alan Watts.
wait... "as to the catastrophic fact that you were born... well you had nothing to do with THAT! And you can spend all your life blaming your parents for putting you in a situation where you now find yourself".... Finally a talk directed straight to me :D
I think you both misunderstood what he is getting at. He is saying it's pointless to be mad about it. Parents are going through life for the only time, too. No matter how many books, experts, or wisdom exists about parenting, you only learn about parenting by actually being one. They didn't sit down and choose for "you" to be born. They didn't ask to be born any more than you did. They couldn't predict what their or your life would be like. It's amazing how many young people are mad because their parents weren't perfect when they have birth to them. You will never be perfect and neither will they.
I’ll be damned if there aren’t some days when Watts strikes chords so deep and true. I come to the end of my racing thoughts, my maundering proclamations are silenced and I finally become still. It doesn’t last. It’s like the peak of a parabola just before the downward inflection. Fleeting though the moment may be, it is most unregrettable.
The spirit speaks to me through his voice and teaches me life by giving me space to let go of antiprograms of life taught. Through his philosophy I have goals to help me get through what I recently thought I was in.
I, the speaker, have recently given my attention multiple times to Alan's educational talks on the internet video platform, UA-cam. These talks, despite being experienced repeatedly, continue to hold my interest and never seem outdated. However, this particular talk stands out as likely the best in combining his ideas into a coherent whole, in a manner understandable to those without specialized knowledge. It's an ideal speech for presenting Alan Watts' study of fundamental nature of reality to people hearing it for the first time. His ability to affect the inner, immortal part of humans in a unique way is remarkable. So articulately and fluently, he manages to make complex concepts simpler and clearer, illuminating the true nature of existence. It's genuinely astonishing. His existence as an individual will perpetually continue through these audio captures. I deeply desire that a larger number of people would experience his verbal message. Sending deep affection to everyone. ❤
Im an older guy, 62, and a newcomer to mr watts. I took philosophy and some other humanities in college, but this may take a while to absorb. Thank you for this wonderful insight.
you are I are of a similar age...be glad you got the education that you did, from what I understand a degree from even a top tier college today is pretty much worthless....
A Voice of reason in a world of confusion . Alan Watts , such a thought provoking man . There is something to learn or at least be reminded of from listening to this wise man. Like myself a true seeker . I can listen to Allan for hours .
I listened to this many times. It is remarkable how I pick up new points of understanding. Like when he talks about vibration being constant. It made me think of how a heart beat is a beautiful metaphor for it.
Alan Watts lectures are the only ones that I've listened to more than one time. Some I have listened to many times. One of the best excerpts / videos on UA-cam is called Sudden Enlightenment
Dan Koe suggested I listen to Alan Watts to calm my anxieties, but of the many lectures I've heard, this one is the most cathartic, therefore bringing both sadness but also joy, and waves of tears between giant smiles and calming sighs as I reconcile with my busy mind, realizing that I'm not really afraid, I'm just excited by the unknown and the uncertainties around me, but also inside me. I'd love to know if it reaches others seeing this in the same way, therefore I share my own vulnerabilities publicly again, hoping to help another seeker and maybe raise the level of our shared human condition. Isil'zah
Alan watts is for those who do not seek but nonetheless find. There is not a more save or soothing person to have ever walked the face of the earth than he. The troubles that he himself have just make that more so. So we delight in his music.
every alan watts lecture feels like reading an old very beloved book that was forgotten over time, but then rediscovered. a most satisfying momentary release from the cruel reality of physicality. the release from the material is the highest of freedoms.
Man of no ego is an amazing ambient dj with a lot of Alan Watts recordings. Web of life album and also Blinkers removed. That's where i discovered him and now i listen to he's speeches to sleep most nights 🙌🙌🙌
Alan was a man before his time he was a master teacher with a life path numerology number of 33. He was and is wise before his years and a futurist like i feel none other has been. He is a man after my own heart. I want to meet him in a future lifetime. God Bless Alan Watts!
Allen has changed my life, for the better! Thank you, to his son. I had no idea he was passed... for almost 2.😮 I've now been listening to, and reading his words for over a decade now. Just an amazingly beautiful soul🎉
Seriously I wish once in high school we got to watch the lemonade album by Beyoncé and take notes and stuff I was the only who who had a problem with it like wth is this? Like yea it’s cool or whatever but not really what the hell are we even doing and there were so many half naked chicks I complained to the teacher ltr but I didn’t know how to say what i was thinking instead I said something stupid like do you think this is appropriate for kids to be watching?
I have a good collection of lectures on my Watts playlist. If you listen to "You do not exist," I'm willing to bet it will top this one as your favorite. 🖤🤍
I am so grateful for Alan Watts. What a beautiful mind. Thank you for making this available to listen to. So Amazing. I particularly loved 19 minutes in ❤.
I've been listening to Alan Watts for years but this talk. Wow. Blew my mind. The ending is beautiful, how he figured these truths out is beautiful. This is the cure to how we were taught to think.
Alan was a wonderful human being with an unprecedented and profound understanding of the nature of reality. Although I never met the man, I consider him to be the greatest of friends, he has helped me to understand what I came here for. He has illustrated the most challenging concepts in a marvellously simple, erudite and intuitive way.
😁As one of the immediate baby boomers after ww2 to drop in after the two big mushroom clouds blew up wandering the chaotic San Francisco Bay Area of his day I can finally grock what this guy was saying! What a treat! Kind of summarizes all the stuff we HU wo/mans have have Ben coming up with in the last 50 Plus years! Who says we are not eternal!?💝 Thanks Allen and Pals
I'm 65 yo...I remember reading a lot of AW many years ago...his thoughts facilitated how differently I see the world and life...all for the better...now, you can hear him with his reassuring voice...he let's you know it all is and going to be alright...his wisdom is timeless...this is teaching I never received being born, raised, and having lived all my life in southeast Christian fundamentalist Mississippi...I just always felt something wasn't quite right with "fundie" christianity...just didn't resonate with me...there's so much alienation among them...hypocrisy, self-righteousness, condescension...and in many cases, downright hatred...now, I truly believe I "see" what Jesus himself "saw"..."blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God".
If you wait long enough you'll come to a point where so much of what AW offers really does apply to your life. And so I tune in from time to time. This particular offering of his resonated quite well with my current state of mind and experience.
I'm of the opinion that Alan Watts was one of the most brilliant minds to ever live. Being able to listen to his speeches like this many years after he has passed is one of the great privileges of modern technology.
So was Tesla.
Some of what he says is a bit silly - for example, reality is not composed of parts and we only think there are parts because we cut it up into parts. This is not true. Take the human body, for example - everyone has bones that are about the same shape, that slide against one another in about the same way, and the same organs arranged in the same places. We have even gotten so advanced that we can sometimes transplant these parts from one person to another, but if it is not done correctly, it does not work. Even at the atomic and subatomic levels, reality seems to be composed of the same 'parts', like atoms which have the same number of protons in the centre and the corresponding number of electrons in their electron shells to result in a unit of the same element.
@@louisj2256 you could learn a thing from alan. im not the smartest tool in the shed but your message didn't convey very well, at all. as for alan sure he is great, but he is just a messenger.
No truer words spoken 😊
@@louisj2256you misunderstand what he meant by that is the problem. It went over your head, I don’t mean to be rude in saying that but the point is none of those “parts” exist by themselves but as if they were assembled. The point is it’s not parts assembled but one undivided whole that has distinct characteristics that make up that whole that we then can piece into parts for whatever reason we deem necessary. Follow?
Now I’m out of the worst of it, I can say that five years ago Alan Watts saved my life. I was very suicidal, constantly high, terrified to leave my house. I found his voice on UA-cam and for the first time, something made sense. So I got sober, I engaged with Buddhism, I became alive again. Life is wonderful. I became more than my body in that moment. Ask for help, and the universe reaches out to you. Life is better than I ever could have imagined.
💚 Thank you, for sharing your voice, your story, and for choosing to stay here with us! We appreciate your presence, as unique and wonderful as you are!
@@AlanWattsOrg God loves us. Because we are him.
Alan drank heavily
@ the sun is yellow
@@Sun-ng7gj I wonder if this is the appropriate response to this comment? It speaks about you, actually, more than Alan or the commenter. It comes through as a person possibly feeling lost in the shadows, unable to trust the light.
Boy don't I wish Alan Watts was around today even though it was about 50 years ago this message is timeless and relevant always. He has a calm reassuring and logical way to him.
Well, I guess in a way he still is around
If he hadn’t existed when he did, we wouldn’t appreciate him the way we do now.
It is with us.. in form of books and now even videos and youtube
I’m sure he is, he’s simply exploring the universe in a new way. “The ocean waves, the universe peoples.” But I totally understand what you mean. And I hope you’re well broseph
@@TheRedEyedSloth it's not a new way, in fact it's a way at least 50 yes old....lol
This is soo good, I fell upon him by accident while listening to music as he was speaking to a techno beat, he helped me deal with the death of my son.
First time I heard him in music was in the Nuages song
I also found him by chance . Now I can't stop listening to him. So sorry for your loss, but now we know he is not lost, he's just vibrating in a different way now ❤ xx
INZO - overthinker
Peace Be With You ❤
wow that's really heavy. i'm grateful that you found one another in that way. I too lost a child. my daughter. my already deep self , delved into Mr. Allen Watts, all the way. i love it. i think a little differently each time even if it's the same material. perspective is most all things. good or bad. we can allow ourselves to choose. never that seamlessly or without tremendous effort sometimes, we can be open to new ways to see one another and loving ourselves and eachother. pain is never truly gone . But your love heart mind and body sort of carry it more effectively in my opinion. im aware there's nothing anyone can say or do, to change the one thing that's been and happend. still it weighs on me knowing you know what i know as well. i love you friend. i mean it!
I loved listening to Alan Watts on the radio when I was a boy in the nineteen sixties. I'm happy to hear him again 🤠.
Have your thoughts on Alan changed over your period when you first listened to him on the radio?
@@EJV0013 I listen to him when I go to bed at night like I did when I was a kid. I find him relaxing. Especially in these times. I think Eliot Mince had him on his program.
Where did he speak?? Usa ?
Yes 👍. USA.
I've listened to just about all of Alan's lectures on UA-cam, multiple times over. It never gets old. This, however, is probably the best lecture that synthesizes his teachings in layman's terms. It's the perfect talk to introduce Watt's philosophy to first time listeners. He has a way to touch your soul like none other. So well spoken; he can take the complex and simplify it for what life actually is. Just amazing. His life will always live on with these recordings. I just wish more people heard his message. Love to all ❤
I have not heard all of his lectures nor have i heard this one before but this so far is my favorite.
I got a copy of his works on torrent, and they never get old.
Wasn't he an atheist ?
It's really you touching yourself-
Alan Watts was and is a part of the eternal self.
He didn't die because he was never born.
🤍🖤
Have you listen to Neville Goddard?If Not..do it
He was way ahead of his generation. Way ahead of all of us even today. He is my guru. ❤
I find myself sobbing when I listen to hi. really cracks open my heart
Empty words🤷♂️
He'd likely tell you not to subscribe to Guru's & Idols
Well we are early too
@@neiljoy8465 everyone needs some kind of guide, or someone to look up to...otherwise you're just lost...esp in the freakin' chaos that is around us today...don't be too quick to dismiss figures of wisdom...
I never thought a Western person could grasp the depth of Zen or even the fundamental concepts of Buddhism. What a brilliant human. He mentioned the question, “Who am I before I was born?”-the very question Buddha asked when he sought enlightenment. Mr. Alan, a truly enlightened bodhisattva, shines as a star in the Western world.❤
Alan Watts very cleverly picks up where Nietzsche left off, showing the West a potential path forward that N himself could not find to even his own satisfaction. Watts draws from Eastern philosophy to help fill in the holes in Western angst, and he does it in a very charismatic, entertaining, and non-preachy way. There's no sales pitch, no sky-high promises of self-improvement, just an outstretched hand offering to show us alternatives to how we were raised to think.
Why are you talking to yourself?
Hehehe
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Haha I get it
@@theflow8972"i"? Try again? Or you get it, man i wish we had a word* for the us inside but that would demeane the experience, very well done thank YOU for giving me a learning lesson
Fabulous commentary..
I can never get enough of this guy
Mind blowing, he merges eastern philosophy and modern physics to paint perspectives of reality that are both more real and poetic than anything I have ever heard before
Edit: furthermore he is a master at the lost art of analogy, in my mind the greatest tool for teaching understanding.
Oh come on. I’m way better at analogy than watts. He drank himself to death. My analogies make you crazy athletic in addition to enlightened
@@Aquaticphilosophia Who is it that gives Crazy athletic ability in addition to enlightenment? Who is the judge in this situation? Figure that out and we can talk lol.
@@lukeiffland424 oh stop with the non dual comment section bull shit. No one cares that your ego is aware of enlightenment.
@@Aquaticphilosophia what i understood here is how you try talking down watts without an argument. you may have skills and abilities, but when you let yourself be guided by judgement and comparing to others, these will hardly shine through friend. maybe it helps to understand why you feel like you need to defend yourself!
@@dondankleberg4965 not defending. If you like watts, then you’ll dig my videos on consciousness and water. Less alcoholism. I like watts but he’s obviously just offering nihilistic freedom. Feels good to hear that stuff. It has its place
I feel weird to be so moved by Watts. Nobody around me understands and I am incapable of explaining. So I do it alone. Anyone else?
In the words of Micheal Jackson, "You are not alone" my friend. Only those whos mind's eye is open enough to see beyond the vision of the two physical eyes can truly share these types of unexplanatory experiences. Consider yourself chosen in this the age of the awakening. Stay in tuned👁
People around me are interested but don’t get it yet. So like you, I practice alone. It’s not necessary for me to have others understand my perspective on nature. Doesn’t mean I won’t keep trying though.
@@commie281This reminds me of a quote I heard, not from Alan Watts but Ram Dass, about his response he often gives when he's asked 'how do we share our excitement and passion about these teachings with others?' and he says, "all you can do is become an environment, so when another person is ready they can come up for air."
I sorta take on this philosophy when it comes to Alan Watts. I find that people listen better and have more insight when certain ideas come up naturally in conversation. And if people already know I enjoy listening to Alan Watts, they tend to come to me when they have questions in that domain and I do my best to help them find some ground so they can do their own introspection if they're willing.
Alan Watts got me into spirituality in a profound way just as how Aphex Twin got me into music. It seems as if they speak to us the very reality of our core being - as if they accessing our collective memories that only the higher self know - As if You and I were also Alan Watts reincarnation, separated in time space and forgetfulness. As if Alan Watts is also those artist whom he admired.. maybe even Bob Ross is also Alan Watts.
@@adrianbenedictmendoza6818 That is what I was thinking… because if you see almost all the teachings of religions and some philosophies its that you and I are the same when it comes to mind/human experience… just in different bodies and timelines perhaps. What do you think?
Alan Watts does not need a soundtrack. I repeat, Alan Watts does not need a soundtrack
Of course he doesn't. But when done properly a good melodic soundtrack in the background can ultimately compliment his speeches and provide the listener with an enhanced experience.
@@cryptopotomus1417 no its really just incredibly distracting to have seagull sounds while he's talking. He keeps getting interrupted by "SQUAWK SQWAWK" and interjections of notes in between his words that makes it harder to process the topic. I'm here because my brain is stressed and anxious. All that background noise is just terribly detracting from the message
Agreed. No music needed please.
@@cryptopotomus1417sure, I can appreciate that. What I mean is that his words and voice are quite powerful enough on their own and need no “enhancement”. It seems we put music to everything these days, as if we can’t be okay with less stimulation, never mind actual silence. So many people these days think that meditation is done with music. I’m glad it’s soothing, but it’s just another layer on top of actually getting to what Alan Watts is actually talking about. Stripping away all the “extras”, so you can actually hear the deep inner sound of the soul. I’m sorry, I know I digressed. If pretty sounds help you calm down, focus and receive the message, enjoy!
I grew up listening to Alan watts, he's probably the closest to what I viewed as a father figure ngl. I would say man saved me from darkness.
Who is Nigel?
One could say, u saved urself... another could say, there was nothing to save urself from. This other would say, what is this darkness u speak of, for darkness and lightness are two aspects of the same thing and cannot have one without the other... hmm, lots of things to think about, or even better, stop overthinking, for all ur troubles are caused by excess, in this case of excess thought.
@@waysofzenexactly this
His speeches;
Love of waters
A conversation with myself
On being God and Jesus his religion are also right up there for me
@@waysofzen Ah... You beat me to some ideas.
Ive listened to Alan Watt's for 10 years this year. And im very very grateful for this mans life and wisdom. Whatever our belief systems, this man has touched the soul's of so many people. His respect and perspective for life and understanding is so magnificently helpful to survive this busy chaotic life. I truly wish i alive when he was, to sit, listen, and just be.
Me too! Ten years as of this month. He’s guided me through the biggest of life’s challenges - including the sudden and awful death of my life partner.
I am so grateful to live in an age where I have access to his wisdom on demand.
Only if my fellow brothers and sisters would give this a listen and a chance. Great thinker and non thinker. 🙏
Why?
He has absolutely no message.
@@peterladetto708 you simply don't understand
@@TheRealSilentsomeone where are the teachers and profs that teach or let young people at least have a glimpse of Alan watts perspective of life.. what school of learning what university is having him in their curriculum?
My first encounter with the wisdom was probably about 50 years ago, he had written an article in playboy magazine called the world’s most dangerous book . It was about the Bible, and it had a great influence in my life. Nobody else quite like Alan Watts one of greatest philosophers of our time!
Ive listened to so much of Alan Watts, but this one made me cry at the end for some reason. Not frustrated, or sad. Just some feeling in the center of my being making its way out through tears. Im not sure I have ever been moved so much by a speech as this one.
Same here, actually with many of his videos.
You are beautiful
I have read several of his books, and I have followed him for several years. He is one of the most profound speakers of recent history. He may become a historical figure in the consensus of Jesus.
Alan Watts was a genius, I could listen to him all day!
Is a genius.
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That's right: "Is."
You see, I AM - still - Alan Watts.
I have been lost for the last couple of years… but having found Alan Watts some 10 years or so, I have again listened to as much of his work as I possibly can. I have read his books and listened to his voice for hours. Lacking any family support, I can with absolute certainty say that Alan Watts is one of the greatest blessing I have had the good fortune to experience in my life. Once I cried from pain and hurt, now I cry from an increased sense of peace and appreciation.
I am so very grateful to have found Alan Watts. I wish that I could have said thank you to him in person… maybe one day on some way but my appreciation grows every day. A true miracle of modern technology that he once spoke about makes his soothing voice and wisdom available to me every day.
I am forever grateful.
Thank him. Alan would tell you even now, I will hear you. I thank him. Just because someone is not in form doesn’t mean they can’t hear you. Alan is!!!!!!!
All is there… for those who have ears. Thank you Alan.
Came across this last night. My mind is blown. I know I will listen again and again to absorb this incredible wisdom. Whst a gift. ✨
He was definitely a smart one...
Alan Watts puts things in prospective. Goosebumps...
Since I was a boy I would tell my grandparents they would be at my wedding. I was about 8 they where probably in there mid to late 60s. They would say they hope so and joke a little to sooth my anxiety of death. My grandmother made it my grandfather just missed it. His death hit me hard. The closest person to me I have ever lost. Seeing him just a few hours before he passed. Knowing this would be the last time I spoke to him, I told him how much I loved him and what he meant to me and that I would keep his memory alive and tell my kids about him. I felt in that moment I made him realize he was dying that’s what I seen in his eyes and I feel terrible about that. Fear of death and search for reason of life has led me to find Alan Watts. His talks have helped but I still can not come to the grips with death I still feel stuck, trapped like I can’t get out.
Try some LSD might help some
If you knew it was your last conversation with your grandfather surely, he knew that he was dying. It’s entirely possible he was surprised by your emotional outpouring and was feeling a deep love and connection with you in that moment. Don’t let your assumption make you feel terrible about that beautiful conversation.
@@FellowTraveler432Hz Thank you for that great outlook on that I never thought of it like that.
I feel your pain when it comes to loss, and understand your fear of transcendence. My grandfather was a strong foundation of my family and raised me through till I was 15. He had a stroke and this caused me to go off the rails. I'm 36 now and have a family, both of my grandparents live in my heart and I know that I shall meet them in the next dimension.
I lost my grandmother 2 years ago - her passing is always with me. She was the only real light in my life (her positivity and wit was second to none; she had no malice outside of her failing brain). I really struggled with her memorial - it was a big bible-bashing session, but in that moment I felt and knew she was with me, she gave me peace in her passing and she made me realise that she can always be with me. I find myself saying out loud, "I miss you granny. Thank you for the light in all the dark."
Death isn't the end, it's just the end of the physical self and death of others cannot be about you, it has to be your realisation they gave you what you needed in life and tools to grow, it is just the end of their suffering (that is all).
She's one of very few people in my life that loved me as I was made and never criticised me.
I hope you find healing and realisation that there is never an end, there are only new beginnings 💚
I have listened to so many speeches by Alan, and this is by far one of the best...
Easily top 5
I was just thinking the same. This is a keeper
I was listening to cassette tapes of Watts on the beach in L.A. in 94 and it helped open my mind to the point that my creative visualizations came to fruition, sometimes instantaneously. Please meditate!
He is absolutely brilliant! His wisdom sets me free - I find comfort and stillness by grasping his perception of reality - what is .... the universal dance.
Alan' enumerational patterning simplicities platter before us to partake from life's complexities. I'm absorbed in understanding these patterned recurrences ever patterning recurrent as even when reabsorbed recollecting tentative bodhisattva times of consciousness and on and on and on. My sail is in the wind with Alan, cuz he'll always be the Man ! THANKS
All people who commented i wish i coud meet you all, people who take time to listen to Allan surely have a story to tell.
Alan Watts was a great philosopher. I have really enjoyed and learned so much listening to his podcasts. I wish we had a great philosopher of today because we really need one to get through this world of today.
I don't know if you would consider Jordan Peterson as a great philosopher but he sure is a wise and good man who has very good things to say about society and all things that are good. Plus Dr Peterson is brave enough to say out loud the parts of our society that are not good. In fact one could make an argument that doctor Jordan Peterson has taken up the good fight for us all.
@DonPayne-vt9rq i will look for him. I need more strength to get stronger and make my life easier to live
@DonPayne-vt9rq no true philosopher would tout hatred in the way he does
JP was good until he joined the daily wire and started promoting genocide. Anyone associated with that is no awakened person. Eckhart Tolle is probably the closest we have to Alan Watts currently.
I have BPD and when I really listen to and start to get what he means with the whole connectivity thing the dream like dissasociative feeling I live with gets a bit better and even for a moment I start to feel more clear and I think that alone speaks volumes to what we do in western society. Truly a great man for integrating this way of thinking.
I'm of the opinion that Alan Watts was one of the most brilliant minds to ever live. Being able to listen to his speeches like this many years after he has passed is one of the great privileges of modern technology.
The verbs describe the activities of the nouns. To think a man of such intensity and sharp wit even existed at all is just incredible. Not to mention his warm intellect and magnetic charisma. Such a gentleman, too. Oh, thank you to the universe for such a man.
I cant listen to this enough times. Im trying to be hypnotized into this stated system.
I went to sleep and got woken up with his amazing talk. Thank you 🙏🏼
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I, too, started 🎶 to Watts in the sixties and I continue to listen to him. He's a great help in healing my wounds from childhood ptsd . He's a true gift
Simplicity I use to survive. Many find it difficult because they've never heard priceless lectures that explain life in its simplest forms such as this. Just be... Give thanks...One Love to All!!!❤
When I was in high school, I asked a speaker at a religious conference about this... I didn't know how to articulate my question. But I was asking why we agreed on how we describe what we are experiencing. I asked why do we agree to call the chairs we are sitting on chairs...and describe them as blue chairs... .Every little event is something this whole Cosmos depends on, and the reverse. The Universe depends on an arrangement of pattern and every little event is essential. The enormous depends not he tiny and the tiny on the enormous. I'm 70 now. Thank you, Alan Watts.
Of all the Alan Watts lectures I've listened to, this one is the best. I'm so thankful for what he's done.
" he" didnt really do anyThing ;) consciousness in human fOrm , as "alanwatts" iow :
I love you Alan. I will always be grateful to you and all you have taught me. 🙏✨🌟
Alan Watts is 🔥🔥🔥
A hot fire makes steel, cool name and comment ironic combo well done. I am also a big fan of Alan Watts.
Yesss
I’m about to be 51 and I just realized there is no me. This video just set me free! Thank you
Thank you for posting for us. Many of us are connected and listening with our hearts.
He is so peaceful and amazing I wished he was my dad😊❤❤❤
I just love his voice
Ty alan for helping me feel better today
M.C Escher
Oops sorry, replied to the wrong comment
wait... "as to the catastrophic fact that you were born... well you had nothing to do with THAT! And you can spend all your life blaming your parents for putting you in a situation where you now find yourself".... Finally a talk directed straight to me :D
Exactly. Im so angry to my parents because not asking me if i want to be born or not :D
I think you both misunderstood what he is getting at. He is saying it's pointless to be mad about it. Parents are going through life for the only time, too. No matter how many books, experts, or wisdom exists about parenting, you only learn about parenting by actually being one. They didn't sit down and choose for "you" to be born. They didn't ask to be born any more than you did. They couldn't predict what their or your life would be like. It's amazing how many young people are mad because their parents weren't perfect when they have birth to them. You will never be perfect and neither will they.
I’ll be damned if there aren’t some days when Watts strikes chords so deep and true. I come to the end of my racing thoughts, my maundering proclamations are silenced and I finally become still.
It doesn’t last.
It’s like the peak of a parabola just before the downward inflection. Fleeting though the moment may be, it is most unregrettable.
form a daily meditation routine, be consistent, avoid overindulgence (drugs/alcohol/social media etc..) and you'll get there.. because you are there.
We are the eyes through which the universe observes itself.
The spirit speaks to me through his voice and teaches me life by giving me space to let go of antiprograms of life taught. Through his philosophy I have goals to help me get through what I recently thought I was in.
Have to say I'm not sure I've ever seen any videos that have ALL thumbs up and NO thumbs down! Almost seems impossible! Such incredible wisdom.
UA-cam stopped showing viewers the thumbs down tally awhile ago.
I'm so glad his lectures are still available!! ❤
I, the speaker, have recently given my attention multiple times to Alan's educational talks on the internet video platform, UA-cam. These talks, despite being experienced repeatedly, continue to hold my interest and never seem outdated. However, this particular talk stands out as likely the best in combining his ideas into a coherent whole, in a manner understandable to those without specialized knowledge. It's an ideal speech for presenting Alan Watts' study of fundamental nature of reality to people hearing it for the first time. His ability to affect the inner, immortal part of humans in a unique way is remarkable. So articulately and fluently, he manages to make complex concepts simpler and clearer, illuminating the true nature of existence. It's genuinely astonishing. His existence as an individual will perpetually continue through these audio captures. I deeply desire that a larger number of people would experience his verbal message. Sending deep affection to everyone. ❤
Genius, I always believed that we had souls but this makes it more of a reality. Thank you!
What ???? This is pure quantum physics
He is a true genius
And he is also funny, a rare alignment of the stars
Sophisticated man, but he played it cool. A mystic but never announced himself
even with the confines of language he finds a way to extract thought from us in such a manner i am infatuated with
Absolutely
for sure. truly profound @@dustynharris3345
Im an older guy, 62, and a newcomer to mr watts. I took philosophy and some other humanities in college, but this may take a while to absorb. Thank you for this wonderful insight.
you are I are of a similar age...be glad you got the education that you did, from what I understand a degree from even a top tier college today is pretty much worthless....
A Voice of reason in a world of confusion .
Alan Watts , such a thought provoking man . There is something to learn or at least be reminded of from listening to this wise man. Like myself a true seeker . I can listen to Allan for hours .
I listened to this many times. It is remarkable how I pick up new points of understanding. Like when he talks about vibration being constant. It made me think of how a heart beat is a beautiful metaphor for it.
Alan Watts lectures are the only ones that I've listened to more than one time. Some I have listened to many times. One of the best excerpts / videos on UA-cam is called Sudden Enlightenment
@@PrimeNPCI really like that. I wish I knew of Alan Watts sooner. Thanks for the suggestion.
Dan Koe suggested I listen to Alan Watts to calm my anxieties, but of the many lectures I've heard, this one is the most cathartic, therefore bringing both sadness but also joy, and waves of tears between giant smiles and calming sighs as I reconcile with my busy mind, realizing that I'm not really afraid, I'm just excited by the unknown and the uncertainties around me, but also inside me.
I'd love to know if it reaches others seeing this in the same way, therefore I share my own vulnerabilities publicly again, hoping to help another seeker and maybe raise the level of our shared human condition.
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Nuff Respect to the one who posted this. Allan brought the knowledge and you are making it powerful by sharing it. Salute to you my friend.👍🏿👍🏿
Alan watts is for those who do not seek but nonetheless find. There is not a more save or soothing person to have ever walked the face of the earth than he. The troubles that he himself have just make that more so. So we delight in his music.
This is bringing me back home to myself. Thank you Alan Watts, the music composer and the ones who put this video together.
every alan watts lecture feels like reading an old very beloved book that was forgotten over time, but then rediscovered. a most satisfying momentary release from the cruel reality of physicality. the release from the material is the highest of freedoms.
Everything is a manifestation of everything and yet I go for long periods of time feeling totally alien, I’m sure it will pass. We need more Allan
You got to love Alan watts, what a great man👍
Alan, always there when I need advice. I was asleep and POW, Alan kicked in via the algorithm. Learn to programme your reality people.
I put this on while at the gym. Not disappointed
@@Humblestoryteller96 yes. I’m working out now. Garage gym.
The Great Journey of Life doesn’t happen to someone. It’s happens for us, & because of us.
One of his best lectures ❤ amazingly eye-opening and empowering message delivered masterfully!
Man of no ego is an amazing ambient dj with a lot of Alan Watts recordings.
Web of life album and also Blinkers removed.
That's where i discovered him and now i listen to he's speeches to sleep most nights 🙌🙌🙌
Alan was a man before his time he was a master teacher with a life path numerology number of 33. He was and is wise before his years and a futurist like i feel none other has been. He is a man after my own heart. I want to meet him in a future lifetime. God Bless Alan Watts!
I always smirk when hearing that church bell in his lectures and counting the rings.knowing what time it was exactly in his zone..
Allen has changed my life, for the better! Thank you, to his son. I had no idea he was passed... for almost 2.😮 I've now been listening to, and reading his words for over a decade now. Just an amazingly beautiful soul🎉
This should be taught in junior high and high school instead of the crap our children are being taught… can you just IMAGINE???
They would never. Too much good to come from it
No
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Seriously I wish once in high school we got to watch the lemonade album by Beyoncé and take notes and stuff I was the only who who had a problem with it like wth is this? Like yea it’s cool or whatever but not really what the hell are we even doing and there were so many half naked chicks I complained to the teacher ltr but I didn’t know how to say what i was thinking instead I said something stupid like do you think this is appropriate for kids to be watching?
Pure intelligence. So succinct. Such beautiful clarity. The best ever lecture I have heard from Alan Watts.
I have a good collection of lectures on my Watts playlist.
If you listen to "You do not exist,"
I'm willing to bet it will top this one as your favorite.
🖤🤍
Note for myself to come back n listen to the last 10 min again and again
I have listing to Allen Watts for the last few years. This is a wonderful talk. Top 10 perhaps. Thank you!
I absolutely love his messages!❤🙏😊
Thank you Alan for helping us see. You are a treasure and teaching still. Priceless talks.
Thank you for the words of affirmation and support!
I am so grateful for Alan Watts. What a beautiful mind. Thank you for making this available to listen to. So Amazing. I particularly loved 19 minutes in ❤.
I've been listening to Alan Watts for years but this talk. Wow. Blew my mind. The ending is beautiful, how he figured these truths out is beautiful.
This is the cure to how we were taught to think.
alan watts: sensei of the art of expression
Beeniste reading and listening to Watts for about 15 years and I'm always amazed to find a new recording like this one.
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This was so good it almost made me cry
Alan was a wonderful human being with an unprecedented and profound understanding of the nature of reality. Although I never met the man, I consider him to be the greatest of friends, he has helped me to understand what I came here for. He has illustrated the most challenging concepts in a marvellously simple, erudite and intuitive way.
😁As one of the immediate baby boomers after ww2 to drop in after the two big mushroom clouds blew up wandering the chaotic San Francisco Bay Area of his day I can finally grock what this guy was saying! What a treat! Kind of summarizes all the stuff we HU wo/mans have have Ben coming up with in the last 50 Plus years! Who says we are not eternal!?💝 Thanks Allen and Pals
I'm 65 yo...I remember reading a lot of AW many years ago...his thoughts facilitated how differently I see the world and life...all for the better...now, you can hear him with his reassuring voice...he let's you know it all is and going to be alright...his wisdom is timeless...this is teaching I never received being born, raised, and having lived all my life in southeast Christian fundamentalist Mississippi...I just always felt something wasn't quite right with "fundie" christianity...just didn't resonate with me...there's so much alienation among them...hypocrisy, self-righteousness, condescension...and in many cases, downright hatred...now, I truly believe I "see" what Jesus himself "saw"..."blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God".
And he knew this 50 years ago? How amazing ❤️
A beautiful tapestry of wise swords and knowledge 🙏🏼❤️
Dude saved my life. That I am. I lost my son 14 years ago. Due to a bad day and self termination.
I am happy for chest pains on a ladder. Only hope.
Very sorry for the loss of your son. That must be very tough. i hope things are going well for you overall and hope the best. Stay strong!
Love to you and your family
This is wonderful what a brilliant mind, i feel so calm and accepting. We can not control this 🎊
Got emotional listening to this.... splendidly beautiful ❤️
If you wait long enough you'll come to a point where so much of what AW offers really does apply to your life. And so I tune in from time to time. This particular offering of his resonated quite well with my current state of mind and experience.
No matter how insignificant we may feel we are part of a chain.. remove even the smallest part, and it stops being a chain..
@@paulbosse262 now that was deep u
Answered the question ⁉️⁉️ thanks!!!!
I'm not just a drop in the ocean I am the ocean ❤️
Alan Watts is a great big wind bag...
Each word blows through my mind clearsing out what is not useful and leaves what is useful.
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard
Brilliant and inspiring ❤️Thank you. It’s all about perception
The Energy from eating an apple and throwing an apple come from the same Organism/Environment Field. 🌌☯️🌌
Thanks
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