I'd honestly love to meet everyone else that listens to Alan Watts and meet some beautifully like minded people to just talk for hours on end. Anyone that's in London 'spontaneously' wants to meet up, let me know
“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days…Lightly, lightly - it’s the best advice ever given me…to throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…” - Aldous Huxley, Island Man i love this, i love you all
As someone who is aggressively addicted to making sense of everything, this statement just unraveled my mind. In the same way that we think about the north and south poles of the Earth - a man could drive himself crazy in the literal pursuit of finding them. In reality, they are only concepts which enable us to delineate up from down.
Like saying dont feel so much, close the valve for feelings little like that is something to be controled and submitted, i must walk quietly and dont ever be so happy so i dont be so sad....
@@Lollylovestealth on the contrary, feeling is an essential part of the human experience... if you don't consciously let yourself experience your emotions, you'll still subconsciously experience them and they'll control you without you noticing, because you never gave yourself the time to acknowledge that they're even there
@@dcgreatman thats deep, usually walking on egg shells is description of abuse, must watch your step around people and adopt to them, lose myself....idk maybe i dont get it or something
I don’t think I can really put into words how much Alan Watts saved me at a really low point. At times I thought my life was all over, I’d listen to his lectures and it would really ground me. It would settle my fears and come to the realisation to keep going. Keep surprising yourself, life keeps throwing things right at you but you got to keep going.
At worst point of time in my life, this talk saved me, Thanks to Alan Watts. Don't take life too seriously and remember everything has an end, therefore there is no reason to worry
@@AtlasNothingosho used to say "something that never dies". That scares me. Because some day my superficial me won't exist anymore but something will still exist. That triggers thoughts like "I will still exist but won't have a body. I'll be nothing. Maybe my mind will still exist". I keep having headaches and nightmares. Maybe it's all in my head and maybe death ends everything
@@SparcBR There's no point on be worried if there's anything more than death. We don't know and we will not know, we don't have the ability to know what's beyond life. But that's okay, it's alright, that means that we need to live our lives as we want and in a virtuous way, because wondering what's after death will not bring us anything in life, right now. That was said by Socrates, which I agree.
@SparcBR Tolle said: nothing which is true is ever lost. The mind is not that :) the love and power of you is, perhaps. In any case: this too shall pass
I have been revisiting this gem for 8 years without fail. It encompasses all. To keep me grounded. To keep me sane. To keep me present. There will come a time when our society will acknowledge the unequivocal contribution he has left behind, not only the far in people.
D Herrera This video is enlightening!! The same energy he permeates is in all of us. I have been awaken to this degree which is none we all know. Subscribe to LIVIVID UA-cam channel we will discuss daily situations how to maintain the higher self
I need some backround music like this whenever I'm late to work Boss: "Why are you late again?" Me: "When you... seek.... to arrive on time to work, you are already late, therefore must one somehow... endeavour... to attain earliness without planning it" Boss: "... you're fired"
Every thing is just made up. I always use to think that as a child. Then I forgot about it and my life became miserable lol. It took me 6 years of "soul searching" to remember that.
"Yesterday does not exist, and tomorrow never comes. there is only the eternal now." Enjoy every second, tell your family you love them and don't forget to love yourself.
I remember sitting in my garage after years of intense depression. Listen to Mr. Watts. I can't remember what it was. I'd been intrigued and soothed my him for months. One day, without warning...CRACK! LMAO. Weight lifted. I suddenly realized I wasn't depressed. That I'd been unintentionally learning the most important things. 2 weeks later, Mt now wife called me to hit on me. She's my best friend. She is me. I was finally fine. Then she came. As did the laughter, and I laughed even harder. It's ok. Every part is where it's supposed to be for maximum affect.
Life just is. We live on a floating rock blissfully un-aware of the many years that have passed and the many years that will pass. The mind can only comprehend the now, and it will continue that way forever. Love eachother, and the things you do.
I was very religious (christian) for a couple of years before I eventually rejected it and turned agnostic. I stumbled onto alan watts about a year ago and I can say that this man has done more for me in my life thus far than religion ever did or could do.
Same here! I think you will enjoy these lectures where he discusses the Christian religion : - Democracy in Heaven - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/tobkNQKx-oc/v-deo.html - Jesus and his religion - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/oYcy-Fr5Ckg/v-deo.html - Sex in the Church - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/l4EsCRLqtoM/v-deo.html - God as Mother - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/wJFNVYGRybo/v-deo.html Have a nice day!
how could you have been "very religious for a couple years?" what were you before? and gnosticism deals with what you know and agnosticism is something everyone should invest in because how descrates put it "I think therefore I am" Is the only thing you can be certain of. Theism or atheism deals with what you believe. Do you act or even consider that some deity is constantly watching you as you go about life or say are in the bathroom? What do you think? you're almost there my fellow mortal and it's not bad at all.
Џон Доу people are people, subscribing to a faith doesn't make you a good person, it doesn't make you a bad person. If it makes you happy to accept or reject a god or gods of any faith then do so but don't you dare suggest that you are better than any other human based upon what you believe to be better.
It's so natural to attribute what you don't know to a magic old man hiding in the "sky" not to accept him. The atheists that you know are humans with a lot of negative emotions and meds are known to cause more harm than good! Religion can turn people into insane haters and murderes like islam for example!
I love that! Don’t take life too serious just be sincere with what you do! Don’t be too serious, just be sincere! Don’t loose sleep over something so minor or frivolous just because you took it too serious and it caused you to overthink so much you lost sleep over it! Just be sincere, go to sleep every night knowing YOU DID EVERYTHING that day to the BEST of YOUR possible ability and that was way more then good enough, and tomorrow will be another day to do it all over again and maybe even better. Just don’t kill yourself for a job that would replace you without a seconds thought or any hesitation at all. A business stops for no one and must continue on with or without you. Know and never forget in the work environment, no matter what field you work in, no matter how much experience, knowledge or degrees you have under your belt, that you are easily replaceable! But to your family and loved ones you are absolutely beyond irreplaceable!! So know your priorities, know the reality of it all outside the “bigger picture” and know you are worth much, much more to ANY of your loved ones, current, new or old then any job could ever possibly value your degrees, skills, ability and capability to do said job! In any and all work environments you yourself has a price value set on your head of your worth hence your set hourly/salary rate is what your worth to said job! Your loved ones couldn’t put a price on your skill, ability and capability to love them as they love you! So take life less serious, be more sincere about everything, know your worth! Get your priorities in order, set standards for yourself, live by morals that YOU cherish and uphold yourself to them to the highest standard and never slack on it! Remember to be humble to not only your loved ones, those around you in general but most importantly yourself! Humble yourself to be humble to yourself! Live Laugh Love Isn’t just some corny quote on every soccer moms wall in the living room above the sofa beside the family photos.. It’s something we should take very serious and live by!
I listened to Alan watts quite a bit when I was around 19, 20 years old. Breakups, addiction, I spiraled and stopped focusing on growth and started focusing on escaping. But now approaching my mid 30's this mans words are world shattering.
There is no meaning bro, we're alive for a little while then we die, that's it. I guess all we can do is try and enjoy the time we do have here, do whatever the fuck you want, we're all gonna die anyway, yay!
One of my important moments in life was the time l was at a crosswalk that had the pedestrian signals to tell you when to stop or go. Directly across from me was a young woman who appeared to have down syndrome. No cars were coming, so l started to cross the road, eventhough the signal showed to stop. The young woman said "you're not suppose to go...STUPID". That made me laugh. She was right for one thing, but l also saw it as her chance to call someone else "stupid" How many times has someone called her "stupid"? Never will forget.
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One things i’ve always told myself since i was little is, “life could always be worse” and it’s such an interesting sentence; truly. Such a powerful one but most of us ‘overlook’ it and brush it off with not much value. But if you truly sit and think about the history of our species, what we have been through, what some people still go through to this day… and compare it to what you have been though/experienced; it should quickly put into perspective your struggles and (hopefully) give you some hope… No matter what you’ve been through or what you’re going through right now, someone has been through it or something similar and *HAS* made it out alive. They *HAVE* succeeded and continued with a life of happiness. I think in todays society a lot of us really take for granted the basic things in life. Once some of that is stripped away you start to realize how fragile we all truly are. Enjoy life. Slow down. *TAKE A LOOK AROUND* Life is beautiful, people are beautiful. I see so many hurt/broken souls. And it makes me think how weak we all have become honestly. Back in the day hope was the only thing that drove us through famine, disease, war, etc. *HOPE*
Your comment caries a lot of wisdom that I'm afraid many people dismiss. We are truly blessed to be in the point we are now... we have endless possibilities to pursue what we want, but we seem to be carried away by bullshit and fear. Gratitude is crucial, because in a way, it makes you stronger, you can't have your head held high without gratitude. I know there are problems in the horizon, and I know reality is different for many people on this Earth, but hey, we are watching a video about not taking life to seriously on youtube, we all must have some semblance of gratitude for even HAVING that possibility. You also need to take into account though, that for much of our history we were surviving, that is, focusing on whats on the outside. Now that we have the privilege to have FREE TIME on our hands, that is, time not trying to survive, we start to look within. In a way we turn against ourselves. Those who don't are still "surviving", how can they not without any self awareness? There is a reason that the highest good in our economy is now attention, its extremely powerful. Due to its power, when we turn attention against ourselves, the main enemy becomes exactly that, ourselves. We see the absurdity around us, and trying to merge our desires, with expectations, trauma, with a whole lot of other shit. We yearn to reach a point of self transcendence, individuation, however you put it, but nobody points towards the path unless we search for it ourselves. Its hard to be at peace and feel fulfilled in a society that is spiritually rotting, and completely out of touch with nature. This is VERY HARD for a lot of people since social institutions were built whilst we were still surviving, and everything we see now was built to keep something going, its not built for our benefit, to transcend our biology lets say (I think that self awareness allows you to do that, in a sense). Its no wonder there are lots of broken souls out there, I think your mistake is attributing it to weakness. We are simply in a completely new stage as a species and we need time to figure OURSELVES out, weed out the trauma, and actually start acting for our benefit as a whole and not stay dysfunctional. We can start by having some gratitude for those that came before us.
love your comment and i agree wholeheartedly! the systems we currently live in are outdated because they were created at a time of consciousness that we have transcended, our systems are based on survival, not on cooperation that considers the Whole and the potentials of expansive awareness applied to an ever changing society. grateful to see this comment and this put so clearly, screenshooting to share 🩷
Well, I was given a serious incurable illness by my doctor giving me the wrong medicine. (it's called FQAD if you want to look it up) Its a made up illness basically but so bad I will be killing myself. MS, Parkinsons, Chroronic Fatigue, Fibromialgia, the list of chronic diseases goes on and on. Most are modern illness. not seen at all or rarely in the past. Mental illness caused by modern society too, as well as many other things - not breatstfeeding, pesticides, fake food, pollution, lack of sunlight, chronic stress, chemicials, pharmacueticals. So if your mental health is good, your physical health is good and your finaces are good - and you don't have a sick child, child on drugs, etc. you can do OK. But in my opinion modern society has made things worse. Hunter gatherer societys have very little depression, suicide, etc. I was doing OK but it all went in a flash with, by my "doctor" messing up. And modern medicine messes up all the time, we just hear the success stories. I didn't even need the damn antiobitcs to begin with. So now I listen to Allen Watts to calm my fears of death which I hope comes soon.@@anabolicchicken4115
Even after we decide not to take life seriously, there are still times when we encounter people who take life too seriously, and their energy can rub off on us. Now, it is up to us to decide not to take those people too seriously.
Tears of relief off of this. I’ve made it through so much shit growing up and now I’m in the military and I feel at extreme peace. I’ve come far and these tears are of joy and gratitude to all my hardest struggles. This is so relieving. Life is beautiful and death is inevitable. Live freely, you only get one ticket.
When i got home from overseas I hit bottom. I went into the military with no family. No friends. I had nobody. I thought the military would be that family but I was wrong. I was alone even around my troops. But weakness is cut from the mind if we want to or not. It made me weak and these videos have helped me heal. I had a 30% chance of not walking again. I healed on my own, by my own. And these videos helped. Because boy lemme tell ya. Holding a gun to your head is a sobering experience despite how drunk I was .
Definitely an Interesting way of looking at it.. No One Gets Out Alive.... True Indeed. One of the many reasons I stopped Caring about Alot of Things etc.. It's Pointless & a waste of time and energy. We ALL will leave this Earth at some point,.
His laugh. I love his laugh. It warms my soul. He knew and understood something so fundamental that he found it humorous, as I do decades after he spoke the words. That to me is beautiful. To understand a man, that died as he lived, and lived as he died, long before I was ever born.
Last time I listened to this I was 16-17 my english was not great, here I am listening to this again at 24, smarter, I can get more wisdom from this now.
I feel so much gratitude for his talks. I dont dwell on it but in this moment im reflecting on the fact that before you come to this realization you spend so much time fighting the very nature of existence. So much energy put towards fighting the duality that will always be there. You dont have to fight, both sides define the other. Without one there is no other. I feel like unless you've really thought deeply about it this seems like nonsense but to me it makes perfect sense and brings me peace.
I think I get what you mean and still disagree. I'd rather have a boring monotonous life over a bad life filled with minimal good or any variation. If I could exist not knowing what pleasure is and without knowing pain, I'd take that. Without life there is no death. I'd rather life not exist at all Edit: just wanted to clarify that this isn't me trying to change your mind. Just a conversation. Don't want a snarky comment when I'm being genuine.
I discovered this guy when I was 17 ,since than I've learned many things. I'm 19 now and still the best videos I've came across, not to mention his voice is relaxing.
I had a near death experience as a child and saw a timeless glimpse in the realm beyond, it has taken me 30+ years to be able to put words behind this amazing experience, but Alan does it very natural and truthful. To put it into simple words "life is a mirror, all your thoughts will reflect back upon yourself" allowing us to see our own karma. There is no good, there is no bad, everything just is. When I first started my search to understand things that nobody seemed to have answers for I was lead toward a few sources that met my desire. I will share them with you as you all are already moving toward the right direction by finding Alan Watts works. They are "Science of the Mind" Ernest Holmes, Teachings of a Immortal. Edgar Cayce's One life many vessels, We are all Doing Time, The Four Agreements, Proof of Heaven -Eben Alexander, anything Alan Watt says are all lessons learned in my timeless experience and I am glad to see others sharing in the same universal truth that I believe everyone should accept in their lives. Love peace and prosperity to you all.
I forgot to mention a book written by Dr. Doughlas Cottrell named The law of One. All of these books depending on who you are, have great knowledge that will give great strength if you decide to believe in them. As we do live in a universe where we see what we believe, instead of seeing is believing. Since everyone is infinitely connected to the infinite at all times, everything remains relative from our subjective view point. Everyone can climb the same mountain regardless of the name they give the mountain,or choose different paths up this same mountain, yet we are all climbing the same mountain from our desired view point of reflection. My own Meditation exercise to center ones self mind , body and soul. I have developed my own form of meditation that works for me, and I will share it with you now in hopes it brings understanding as all answers are within. Rather then teaching you what to think, I will teach you how to think for yourself using meditation as a tool. Once you blank your mind, you can shut your eyes and lose sense of time, and enjoy the gentle stillness and peace it brings. Once all surface thoughts have subdued. You push even deeper (think of it as a ocean, on the surface waves are roaring, but deep within there is always a calmness) this is where you plan to be, mentally and spiritually. Once you have this selflessness and emptyness achieved, focus on yourself with no particular goal or motive, just that you exist within this blackhole of selflessness. Once there surround yourself with 6 Mirrors making a hexagon around you, each being a part of yourself that makes the combined reflection of who you are. It can be anything from a feeling you desire, a person you love, a item that brings happiness, each is something that helps you to be you. Once you move from one to the next and can see each for what it is you will wake up from this selflessness meditation, however the memory of the reflection in the mirror will remain in your conscious mind. This is your subconscious soul mind giving you clues and you can then apply your conscious thought toward why you selected them. Reflect on it, and ask the question why you selected them and the importance they play in your life and if you see yourself as incomplete without them. This has helped me to achieve great happiness as it allows my higher mind to show me first hand what it is that I seek, when sometimes I have no clue myself where I am headed nor any control for what the future may hold, only how I react to it. It brings great clarity in knowing that nothing is meaningless and has helped me to achieve happiness despite my surroundings or obstacles in life. I hope this helps anyone who wishes to center themselves. I developed this using my experience of my near death in combination with many years of meditation and self reflection. Prayers held within the heart are normally what surfaces in my own experience but that is the beauty of this exercise, that each will be as unique as the individual using it.
I believe religion to be personal between you and God. What I experienced only proved to me that no human mind could nor can understand how vast God is or our own souls really are. No label or religion can define the infinite. Man has often created God in his own image if you study history and the evolution of God. You will find that our evolution and God's are almost one in the same. On a spiritual stand point I think humankind is still a young teenager with much to learn. I myself do agree with many religions, especially the ones centered around love and sympathy for all, because after all, we are all one. I am doing a interview via youtube about my entire experience I will post here around November 6th or around so you can hear it for yourself. I hope you find it of use in what you seek. Love, peace and prosperity to all, Can email me at Joshwl1981@hotmail.com
I do take life too seriously sometimes, even though intellectually i know i shouldnt. Depression and grappling with other issues does that to you. I find it is easy for a person to give advice when you are in a good place in your life.
Death ends life. But death doesn't just end lives, it breaks hearts. I don't think we fear the end of life, I think we fear the end of love. Love is what really matters in life and we wonder if death puts an end to all love. That would be the tragedy of it.
Death is a Human construct because it's truly an illusion, even Quantum Physics have proven this. We're really energy operating a biological 'computer' body which does die off, but since we're energy; energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred.
Crows Descend I love to read well thought out comments like this. The existential writer and therapist Irvin Yalom said the same thing you said... death does not exist for you for as long as you live lol. You'll never really know death.
Well death is a construct of living beings, as all animals do fear it when they see death on their doorstep. What we do see is that collective evolution doesn't stop with death. That is why species develop adaptations through millions of lives and deaths. Be thankful you are a part of this process, because we are all still evolving!
I recently had my neighbor, who I didn't know quite well, only once saw them and said hi when they were entering their apartment as I was mine, suicide. Even though I barely knew her, I felt compassion and as if love for her spirit that I felt so sorry for her death. When you look at death from the point of view of others who live past your point of death in time, I don't think it is human for people to not feel connection and to let love be blank in such event. There's your answer.
I'm 33 and it still applies! Wise understanding brother! Never compare yourself to a fellow man, always compare yourself to who you were yesterday! Always show respect! Always demand respect! but also roll with the punches! Look up stoicism and different life philosophies. You'll hear the right words to keep you motivated and grounded in reality! "Always question the man in the mirror!"
Appreciate your experience here, appreciate that you were able to come this way, appreciate the light that turned on for you that you would be able to live a life here and now.
I have had this occur countless times, where I just happen to listen to his lecture on the exact theme of my day or a conversation I just had. Alan-depity.
Sarah Gammon What the hell, same. Literally, it all started with one day me finding this video on some crazy third eye stuff. Then, every now and then I'd go on UA-cam because Im bored, and a video on the first screen would catch my eye, I'd watch it, and it would strongly relate to my day.
This helped a lot today. It reminded me of my self care needs. I got out some letters I wrote to myself and read them. Time for me to slow down and to stop. To be like a rock, still. I am happy here.
Life's a joke because people lie and get angry when others do it to them what makes it even more funny is why be mad when you even lie to yourself irony
@@samusaran7317 all people are hypocrites im their own way, they dont know how to be responsible for their own hapiness but expect these self made enemies to be responsible for their misery
" TO LIVE AND TO LOVE IS THE KEY TO ANY SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND TO NEVER LET THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS EVER KILL YOUR HEART FOR ALL YOU MUST DO IS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND LET EVERYTHING HAPPEN NATURALLY "
dude had been dead for almost 30 years when I was born and still he manages to touch my life more than most real acquaintances. It's kinda funny how people like him or even imaginary characters can be more real to me than 99,99...% of the human population. Connected by human civilization, greater than the sum of its parts. I better try to get some sleep
Too easy to think..but when you look at your mom crying.. getting sick.. stressed.. dealing with anxiety and depression...due to financial issues... looks like you have got to be serious!!! 💔
Use your imagination. Have faith I AM love therefore I attract love. I AM abundant therefore I attract abundance. I AM beautiful therefore I attract beauty.
Kidy Fiddler But life happens everyday...life is now, life is now, life is now. Life ends when you sleep from your perspective but life isn’t ever over, life is just life. Life.
Life is empty and meaningless. It is up to you to apply your own meaning to it. Make it fun, make it worth what you want. Never give up learning... about yourself.
“One day we’re all gonna die and they’re won’t be people to remember…cleopatra, motzart.” -Hazel Grace Lancaster. I’m sorry if I got this quote wrong but I agree with it, I’m 14 and dealing with high school kids, but in the end, no one’s really gonna remember, whether that’s your embarrassing days or everyone’s legacy. So yes, don’t take life to seriously. 😉
0:50 when he talks about games , i recognize myself there . I played Dark Souls 3 a lot (I think it's noticeable) and everyone thought I was ridiculous for attaching so much importance to a game, but I played it for a good reason: I played it to prove to myself that I was capable of overcoming hardships that seemed "impossible" to me. today i am aware that nothing is impossible and i fight every day to achieve my dreams i put a lot of effort into what is important to me because this game taught me that i can do it.
@@Rolling2Much -essaye de parler dans une vraie langue on se comprendra peut être mieux -try to speak in a real language we may understand each other better -Versuchen Sie, in einer echten Sprache zu sprechen, vielleicht verstehen wir uns dann besser -حاول التحدث بلغة حقيقية قد نفهم بعضنا البعض بشكل أفضل -luka koloba na monoko ya solo tokoki kososolana malamu -προσπαθήστε να μιλήσετε σε μια πραγματική γλώσσα που μπορεί να καταλάβουμε ο ένας τον άλλον καλύτερα -尝试用真正的语言说话，我们可能会更好地理解彼此 -zama ukukhuluma ngolimi lwangempela singase siqondane kangcono
@@zopidoo4785 he means that he thinks the opinion is not good. Most would doubt its seriousness and expect it to be an attempt at ironic humour. It's counterintuitive to associate hardships thought impossible to overcome with a video game.
@Wicker_ bruh you don't know me you don't know anything about me... lower your voice kid and come back to me when you've experienced the real difficulty of life by the way .. this game helped me not to end my life when I was homeless ... you should really think before you speak
Idk why people are giving you a hard time. People just don't understand and I think it's kind of stuck up to act like you're too good for video games or to make video games seem childish. It still takes mental fortitude, resilience ,and determination to beat dark souls, which are the traits needed to overcome real adversity. It doesn't matter if one is more "real", it's still the same mental strength needed for both.
hes so amazing, i hear his voice on some ego death meditation. truthfully it fits so well. there is no point to life, at least not out there. but you can take that as a blight on the world, as a loss of purpose. or you can see there being no one point, as an opportunity to make ur own points, the things your strive for, just because you want to. you are the artist, painting on the canvas of your life. your feelings, thoughts, actions, desires. they, are the paint with which you form the painting of ur life. some ups, some downs. some fast parts, some slow. you are beautiful and amazing, and the you your becoming, is the more gorgeous. be your true self, it helps.
13:06 everyone needs to live by this, dont get stuck in the past because the past is no longer existant, the only thing that exists is the 'here and now'
Modern life and being caught in this so called “LIFE” and the rat race and retirement plans, and insurance policies blah blah blah MEANS NOTHING! This is all a game and we are part of a play and he puts it so justly and explains it in such a creative way. Modern life (at least in America) is so unauthentic until you realize that life goes WAYYYY beyond what meets the eye. You aren’t defined by the job you have, the money you have acquired or the materials you possess. Or how “good” you look or the clothes you wear or the car you drive ITS ALL A JOKE HENCE HIM REFERRING TO THE JOKER! 🤣. To not only realize the time we spend on this Earth is limited, but to acknowledge our existence and truly being in the moment is something most people can’t do, and understandably so. But I also believe most people are actually scared of what reality REALLY IS. Because these modern times aren’t reality. That is why people are more depressed then they have ever been. Anxiety seems never ending and it can be when you begin to think about all these BS games they try to make us think are important when they don’t mean anything. I could go on and on.. I really enjoy listening to this man.
I sometimes cannot understand the whole thing he is trying to explain, however the most importantly point is he makes me chill and keeping think while listening.
The musical score behind his lecture really adds to it... gives it texture. I've listened to over a dozen Watts lectures and I keep coming back to this one because his words and the music blended with it just moves me so much.
Alan watts changed my life over the past 1.5 to 2 years. Wow. But this particular talk is tough for me to grasp, need to replay it several times. Will do.
Allan is the best thinker of the 20th century . I have listened to a lot of amazing people but Allan always seem to come from a place of information and insight not judgement
I remember once listening to Alan watts and he said that death feels just like how you felt before you were born and that shit gave me so much peace.. been listening go this man for 8 years now.
This explains the relationship between the Joker and Batman perfectly. The Joker is far from insane, he is just supersane, as they say in the comics. I love these Alan Watts videos. Cheers from the way up North! (Norway)
I love Alan Watts. If you look at your own mind as a big black room expanding and becoming bigger with every experience, and the only way you can see something is with help of your candle light and believe that that what you see is everything, then Alan is the one triggering the room light making it possible to see actually everything. He is opening our eyes
Excellent ambient choice, in both backing volume and choice of track. To understand thought we need clarification, and Alan gives us a road map. Contentment and peace.👍
Have always loved Alan, the guidance of a father. Allows you to decompress, find answers aswell as pull the wool from our eyes. "we are all fighting to be right, but some how we're all wrong"
DMT Infinity If it has psychedelic properties, then it qualifies as a psychedelic, however minor it may be. I've tripped balls on marijuana in my younger days before my body and mind built a tolerance to it.. of course this was no where nearly as powerful as any triptamines I've consumed, but no doubt.. sometime's I hallucinated and my senses were augmented
DMT Infinity Yep. It is possible. I've seen people bad trip, never bad tripped personally.. but I've definitely had a few 'minor' trips which were more than just being high
DMT Infinity It doesnt happen to everyone, that's for sure. Usually it's when people have never experienced it before and it rocks their perception of reality
Alan Watts is my favorite teacher. A true inspiration to my own personal quest. Which is ''to influence as many people that I can in a positive way.'' I publish twice a week on Spotify and get a video out on youtube once in a while. It's the same old ideas from a different perspective. A guide to living a better life. Thanks for your support and may the good vibes be with you :) -Mat Dauph
I'd honestly love to meet everyone else that listens to Alan Watts and meet some beautifully like minded people to just talk for hours on end. Anyone that's in London 'spontaneously' wants to meet up, let me know
+ram singh serial killers don't listen to this
That's exactly what a serial killer would say!
I am but I don't talk. I despise talks.
I wish I could, sadly I"m in another continent.
We can try to arrange an "Alan Watts" Get together sometime, somewhere :)
Greetings from Norway :)
“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days…Lightly, lightly - it’s the best advice ever given me…to throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…”
- Aldous Huxley, Island
Man i love this, i love you all
We love you too bae
As someone who is aggressively addicted to making sense of everything, this statement just unraveled my mind.
In the same way that we think about the north and south poles of the Earth - a man could drive himself crazy in the literal pursuit of finding them. In reality, they are only concepts which enable us to delineate up from down.
Like saying dont feel so much, close the valve for feelings little like that is something to be controled and submitted, i must walk quietly and dont ever be so happy so i dont be so sad....
@@Lollylovestealth on the contrary, feeling is an essential part of the human experience... if you don't consciously let yourself experience your emotions, you'll still subconsciously experience them and they'll control you without you noticing, because you never gave yourself the time to acknowledge that they're even there
@@dcgreatman thats deep, usually walking on egg shells is description of abuse, must watch your step around people and adopt to them, lose myself....idk maybe i dont get it or something
I don’t think I can really put into words how much Alan Watts saved me at a really low point. At times I thought my life was all over, I’d listen to his lectures and it would really ground me. It would settle my fears and come to the realisation to keep going. Keep surprising yourself, life keeps throwing things right at you but you got to keep going.
Me too brother 🙏🏼
You saved you .
Woah. That’s really impressive
Yeah he is awesome. I want to be like Alan Watts. He gives you that "Everything is ok" feel. But when you think about it, everything is OK. 😁
Nah
Your life really IS over
Stop the charade. just give up
At worst point of time in my life, this talk
saved me, Thanks to Alan Watts.
Don't take life too seriously and remember everything has an end, therefore there is no reason to worry
Or rather, there is no end. That’s why it goes on forever.
@@AtlasNothingosho used to say "something that never dies". That scares me. Because some day my superficial me won't exist anymore but something will still exist. That triggers thoughts like "I will still exist but won't have a body. I'll be nothing. Maybe my mind will still exist". I keep having headaches and nightmares. Maybe it's all in my head and maybe death ends everything
@@SparcBR There's no point on be worried if there's anything more than death. We don't know and we will not know, we don't have the ability to know what's beyond life. But that's okay, it's alright, that means that we need to live our lives as we want and in a virtuous way, because wondering what's after death will not bring us anything in life, right now. That was said by Socrates, which I agree.
@SparcBR Tolle said: nothing which is true is ever lost. The mind is not that :) the love and power of you is, perhaps. In any case: this too shall pass
Relatable
Don't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive.
@Green Giant Spread good energy while we can
Except 5-10 generation from now when the illness of aging has been eliminated
@Green Giant pl k
No. Nin M m
@@wile123456 i dont think wed have to wait that long
*scooter intensifies*
I have been revisiting this gem for 8 years without fail. It encompasses all. To keep me grounded. To keep me sane. To keep me present. There will come a time when our society will acknowledge the unequivocal contribution he has left behind, not only the far in people.
Took the words out of my mouth.
this speaks to me on so many levels. as I struggle in this darkness of depression and anxiety, Alan Watts is the voice that calms my soul.
same here !!!! are we in tha know? lol
I feel you, how are you doing? :)
Same
D Herrera This video is enlightening!! The same energy he permeates is in all of us. I have been awaken to this degree which is none we all know. Subscribe to LIVIVID UA-cam channel we will discuss daily situations how to maintain the higher self
Try also eating healthy :)
I need some backround music like this whenever I'm late to work
Boss: "Why are you late again?"
Me: "When you... seek.... to arrive on time to work, you are already late, therefore must one somehow... endeavour... to attain earliness without planning it"
Boss: "... you're fired"
🤣love it!
lol this is the best thing i saw all day!
Nice drop of humour old chap.
I love this 🙌😂😂😂😂😂
daily giggle accomplished
Life is like a box of matches. To take it too seriously is ridiculous. To take it not seriously enough is dangerous.
© Ryunosuke Akutagava
In other words balance ⚖️
Meh. Even death isn't a big deal. If it was it wouldn't happen to everyone.
@@rickywilson5563 Ok mr nihilist, have fun being dead im sure its very fun
@@rickywilson5563 sure, but being stuck in a really bad situation and having to suffer through it without actually dying? Torture.
Life is like my penis, it’s short and can’t please women.
Every thing is just made up. I always use to think that as a child. Then I forgot about it and my life became miserable lol. It took me 6 years of "soul searching" to remember that.
infinite perspectives for you to choose, my friend
imagine that lol
I think we all know this at birth but diminishes over time by the worldly entertainment
Anything that can happen has already happened.
Bless
"Yesterday does not exist, and tomorrow never comes. there is only the eternal now." Enjoy every second, tell your family you love them and don't forget to love yourself.
In addition to the second part of your comment, remind yourself of how mortal everything and everyone is.
And if nobody has ever told you that just know I love you & this goes for anybody who just happens to find my comment ! I LOVE YOU & YOU ARE WORTHY 💓
@@radicallizard5990 lllllllllllllllllll)lll))llllll)llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll)llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp])l)llm
.......Exactly!😆✌🏻
Nah, because if you fuck up yesterday tomorrow can catch up to you.
I remember sitting in my garage after years of intense depression. Listen to Mr. Watts. I can't remember what it was. I'd been intrigued and soothed my him for months. One day, without warning...CRACK! LMAO. Weight lifted. I suddenly realized I wasn't depressed. That I'd been unintentionally learning the most important things. 2 weeks later, Mt now wife called me to hit on me. She's my best friend. She is me. I was finally fine. Then she came. As did the laughter, and I laughed even harder. It's ok. Every part is where it's supposed to be for maximum affect.
Don't read the comments. Listen instead. You might miss something important. Scroll up and start again dude
thx m8
Heard so many times and read comments too many time now what?
stress free cooking umm you missed the point; listen one more time.🤷🏼♂️
dw man, i paused the video =)
Caught me.
Life just is. We live on a floating rock blissfully un-aware of the many years that have passed and the many years that will pass.
The mind can only comprehend the now, and it will continue that way forever. Love eachother, and the things you do.
Well said!
I love the quote "what happens after you die?, well a lot of things happen they just don't involve YOU! ;D
that is an excellent quote, my i use that?
+King Leonidas That's much nicer than being told to come back with your shield or on it...times have changed, man! ;)
King Leonidas I always think I about what I am going to say and what things might happen (butterfly effect) but now I just don’t give a fuck
People who listen to Alan Watts is automatically my friends.
"Are" automatically*
That’s quite tribal of you
Hello my friend
❤
@@Jazzmaster71 hi friend
I was very religious (christian) for a couple of years before I eventually rejected it and turned agnostic. I stumbled onto alan watts about a year ago and I can say that this man has done more for me in my life thus far than religion ever did or could do.
Same here! I think you will enjoy these lectures where he discusses the Christian religion :
- Democracy in Heaven - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/tobkNQKx-oc/v-deo.html
- Jesus and his religion - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/oYcy-Fr5Ckg/v-deo.html
- Sex in the Church - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/l4EsCRLqtoM/v-deo.html
- God as Mother - Alan Watts: ua-cam.com/video/wJFNVYGRybo/v-deo.html
Have a nice day!
Thank you! And also thank you for posting all of the videos! Its a blessing really
how could you have been "very religious for a couple years?" what were you before? and gnosticism deals with what you know and agnosticism is something everyone should invest in because how descrates put it "I think therefore I am" Is the only thing you can be certain of. Theism or atheism deals with what you believe. Do you act or even consider that some deity is constantly watching you as you go about life or say are in the bathroom? What do you think? you're almost there my fellow mortal and it's not bad at all.
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people are people, subscribing to a faith doesn't make you a good person, it doesn't make you a bad person.
If it makes you happy to accept or reject a god or gods of any faith then do so but don't you dare suggest that you are better than any other human based upon what you believe to be better.
It's so natural to attribute what you don't know to a magic old man hiding in the "sky" not to accept him. The atheists that you know are humans with a lot of negative emotions and meds are known to cause more harm than good! Religion can turn people into insane haters and murderes like islam for example!
I love that!
Don’t take life too serious just be sincere with what you do!
Don’t be too serious, just be sincere!
Don’t loose sleep over something so minor or frivolous just because you took it too serious and it caused you to overthink so much you lost sleep over it! Just be sincere, go to sleep every night knowing YOU DID EVERYTHING that day to the BEST of YOUR possible ability and that was way more then good enough, and tomorrow will be another day to do it all over again and maybe even better. Just don’t kill yourself for a job that would replace you without a seconds thought or any hesitation at all. A business stops for no one and must continue on with or without you. Know and never forget in the work environment, no matter what field you work in, no matter how much experience, knowledge or degrees you have under your belt, that you are easily replaceable!
But to your family and loved ones you are absolutely beyond irreplaceable!! So know your priorities, know the reality of it all outside the “bigger picture” and know you are worth much, much more to ANY of your loved ones, current, new or old then any job could ever possibly value your degrees, skills, ability and capability to do said job! In any and all work environments you yourself has a price value set on your head of your worth hence your set hourly/salary rate is what your worth to said job! Your loved ones couldn’t put a price on your skill, ability and capability to love them as they love you! So take life less serious, be more sincere about everything, know your worth! Get your priorities in order, set standards for yourself, live by morals that YOU cherish and uphold yourself to them to the highest standard and never slack on it! Remember to be humble to not only your loved ones, those around you in general but most importantly yourself! Humble yourself to be humble to yourself!
Live
Laugh
Love
Isn’t just some corny quote on every soccer moms wall in the living room above the sofa beside the family photos..
It’s something we should take very serious and live by!
Beautiful
❤️ Thank You
Beautifully said ❤️
I listened to Alan watts quite a bit when I was around 19, 20 years old. Breakups, addiction, I spiraled and stopped focusing on growth and started focusing on escaping.
But now approaching my mid 30's this mans words are world shattering.
I’m more afraid of living a life with no meaning then I am afraid of death
Good luck in the quest .•°
You said a mouthful there, my friend. To which I add, FACTS!
Life never has any meaning, this is the absurdity of human existence. We keep chasing a meaning although there cannot even be one
There is no meaning bro, we're alive for a little while then we die, that's it. I guess all we can do is try and enjoy the time we do have here, do whatever the fuck you want, we're all gonna die anyway, yay!
The only meaning that exists is your personal meaning ,own your truth .so if u gonna play the game play it by your own rules.
This video once helped steer me out of a super dark mushroom trip and the rest of my trip was absolute bliss. 🙏 thank you
One of my important moments in life was the time l was at a crosswalk that had the pedestrian signals to tell you when to stop or go. Directly across from me was a young woman who appeared to have down syndrome. No cars were coming, so l started to cross the road, eventhough the signal showed to stop. The young woman said "you're not suppose to go...STUPID".
That made me laugh. She was right for one thing, but l also saw it as her chance to call someone else "stupid"
How many times has someone called her "stupid"? Never will forget.
This is beautiful.
“Lex Fridman is dangerous” 18 min inspirational video on UA-cam ends w the poem “if” by R Kipling Which is best, Law abiding citizen, Forest gump, Green mile 51st dates hancock click or stepbrothers
wow
Damn that’s deep
Hahahaha, great plot twist.
This is my favourite lecture from Alan. The music is incredible. Whenever life gets too much, this one always does the trick. I love it
One things i’ve always told myself since i was little is, “life could always be worse” and it’s such an interesting sentence; truly. Such a powerful one but most of us ‘overlook’ it and brush it off with not much value.
But if you truly sit and think about the history of our species, what we have been through, what some people still go through to this day… and compare it to what you have been though/experienced; it should quickly put into perspective your struggles and (hopefully) give you some hope…
No matter what you’ve been through or what you’re going through right now, someone has been through it or something similar and *HAS* made it out alive. They *HAVE* succeeded and continued with a life of happiness.
I think in todays society a lot of us really take for granted the basic things in life. Once some of that is stripped away you start to realize how fragile we all truly are. Enjoy life. Slow down. *TAKE A LOOK AROUND*
Life is beautiful, people are beautiful. I see so many hurt/broken souls. And it makes me think how weak we all have become honestly. Back in the day hope was the only thing that drove us through famine, disease, war, etc.
*HOPE*
Your comment caries a lot of wisdom that I'm afraid many people dismiss. We are truly blessed to be in the point we are now... we have endless possibilities to pursue what we want, but we seem to be carried away by bullshit and fear. Gratitude is crucial, because in a way, it makes you stronger, you can't have your head held high without gratitude. I know there are problems in the horizon, and I know reality is different for many people on this Earth, but hey, we are watching a video about not taking life to seriously on youtube, we all must have some semblance of gratitude for even HAVING that possibility.
You also need to take into account though, that for much of our history we were surviving, that is, focusing on whats on the outside. Now that we have the privilege to have FREE TIME on our hands, that is, time not trying to survive, we start to look within. In a way we turn against ourselves. Those who don't are still "surviving", how can they not without any self awareness? There is a reason that the highest good in our economy is now attention, its extremely powerful. Due to its power, when we turn attention against ourselves, the main enemy becomes exactly that, ourselves. We see the absurdity around us, and trying to merge our desires, with expectations, trauma, with a whole lot of other shit. We yearn to reach a point of self transcendence, individuation, however you put it, but nobody points towards the path unless we search for it ourselves. Its hard to be at peace and feel fulfilled in a society that is spiritually rotting, and completely out of touch with nature. This is VERY HARD for a lot of people since social institutions were built whilst we were still surviving, and everything we see now was built to keep something going, its not built for our benefit, to transcend our biology lets say (I think that self awareness allows you to do that, in a sense). Its no wonder there are lots of broken souls out there, I think your mistake is attributing it to weakness. We are simply in a completely new stage as a species and we need time to figure OURSELVES out, weed out the trauma, and actually start acting for our benefit as a whole and not stay dysfunctional. We can start by having some gratitude for those that came before us.
love your comment and i agree wholeheartedly! the systems we currently live in are outdated because they were created at a time of consciousness that we have transcended, our systems are based on survival, not on cooperation that considers the Whole and the potentials of expansive awareness applied to an ever changing society. grateful to see this comment and this put so clearly, screenshooting to share 🩷
Well, I was given a serious incurable illness by my doctor giving me the wrong medicine. (it's called FQAD if you want to look it up) Its a made up illness basically but so bad I will be killing myself.
MS, Parkinsons, Chroronic Fatigue, Fibromialgia, the list of chronic diseases goes on and on. Most are modern illness. not seen at all or rarely in the past. Mental illness caused by modern society too, as well as many other things - not breatstfeeding, pesticides, fake food, pollution, lack of sunlight, chronic stress, chemicials, pharmacueticals. So if your mental health is good, your physical health is good and your finaces are good - and you don't have a sick child, child on drugs, etc. you can do OK. But in my opinion modern society has made things worse. Hunter gatherer societys have very little depression, suicide, etc. I was doing OK but it all went in a flash with, by my "doctor" messing up. And modern medicine messes up all the time, we just hear the success stories. I didn't even need the damn antiobitcs to begin with.
So now I listen to Allen Watts to calm my fears of death which I hope comes soon.@@anabolicchicken4115
Even after we decide not to take life seriously, there are still times when we encounter people who take life too seriously, and their energy can rub off on us. Now, it is up to us to decide not to take those people too seriously.
The title says dont take life seriously. Meanwhile the comments are the exact opposite
yes because the people who clicked on the video take life too seriously and want to learn how not to!
Don't take it seriously but take it with sincerity
@@whizz8871 yeah
but you dont 'just learn how to not to take life too seriously'
you do it or you dont
it is simple as that
🤔
Stop watching Alan Watts, you're taking life missing awesome things
Tears of relief off of this. I’ve made it through so much shit growing up and now I’m in the military and I feel at extreme peace. I’ve come far and these tears are of joy and gratitude to all my hardest struggles. This is so relieving. Life is beautiful and death is inevitable. Live freely, you only get one ticket.
When i got home from overseas I hit bottom. I went into the military with no family. No friends. I had nobody. I thought the military would be that family but I was wrong. I was alone even around my troops. But weakness is cut from the mind if we want to or not.
It made me weak and these videos have helped me heal. I had a 30% chance of not walking again. I healed on my own, by my own. And these videos helped. Because boy lemme tell ya. Holding a gun to your head is a sobering experience despite how drunk I was .
Share the videos with a battle buddy. You'd be surprised and in a weird way relieved to know how big of an impact it makes if they'll listen
“Don’t take life so seriously, no one gets out alive!”
Arrive alone,
Leave the same...
EVERYONE IS THE
SAME...
Some will have to do it, shame for all...
I love a happy ending!
You only can't get out alive when you can't get out of a cliché.
@@peacesound1101if you can get out alive please share.
Definitely an Interesting way of looking at it.. No One Gets Out Alive.... True Indeed. One of the many reasons I stopped Caring about Alot of Things etc.. It's Pointless & a waste of time and energy. We ALL will leave this Earth at some point,.
His laugh. I love his laugh. It warms my soul. He knew and understood something so fundamental that he found it humorous, as I do decades after he spoke the words.
That to me is beautiful. To understand a man, that died as he lived, and lived as he died, long before I was ever born.
Last time I listened to this I was 16-17 my english was not great, here I am listening to this again at 24, smarter, I can get more wisdom from this now.
One of the deepest, wisest lectures, and I will forever cherish it in my heart ❤
Hearing Watts laugh is always an absolute joy.
I feel so much gratitude for his talks. I dont dwell on it but in this moment im reflecting on the fact that before you come to this realization you spend so much time fighting the very nature of existence. So much energy put towards fighting the duality that will always be there. You dont have to fight, both sides define the other. Without one there is no other. I feel like unless you've really thought deeply about it this seems like nonsense but to me it makes perfect sense and brings me peace.
This is very nicely said
I think I get what you mean and still disagree. I'd rather have a boring monotonous life over a bad life filled with minimal good or any variation. If I could exist not knowing what pleasure is and without knowing pain, I'd take that. Without life there is no death. I'd rather life not exist at all
Edit: just wanted to clarify that this isn't me trying to change your mind. Just a conversation. Don't want a snarky comment when I'm being genuine.
"YOU" are the "OTHER." There is no duality.
Can you dumb this down please?
“Our anxiety cannot permit the existence of people who don’t belong.” WOW.
I discovered this guy when I was 17 ,since than I've learned many things. I'm 19 now and still the best videos I've came across, not to mention his voice is relaxing.
Remember to smile and dance today
Just hearing this man's voice fills me with inner peace.
Thank you, Mr. Watts.
Only Love, mate. Only Love~
I had a near death experience as a child and saw a timeless glimpse in the realm beyond, it has taken me 30+ years to be able to put words behind this amazing experience, but Alan does it very natural and truthful. To put it into simple words "life is a mirror, all your thoughts will reflect back upon yourself" allowing us to see our own karma. There is no good, there is no bad, everything just is.
When I first started my search to understand things that nobody seemed to have answers for I was lead toward a few sources that met my desire. I will share them with you as you all are already moving toward the right direction by finding Alan Watts works.
They are "Science of the Mind" Ernest Holmes, Teachings of a Immortal. Edgar Cayce's One life many vessels, We are all Doing Time, The Four Agreements, Proof of Heaven -Eben Alexander, anything Alan Watt says are all lessons learned in my timeless experience and I am glad to see others sharing in the same universal truth that I believe everyone should accept in their lives. Love peace and prosperity to you all.
Glad you're here my friend. Words were powerful.
Great job buddy
I forgot to mention a book written by Dr. Doughlas Cottrell named The law of One.
All of these books depending on who you are, have great knowledge that will give great strength if you decide to believe in them. As we do live in a universe where we see what we believe, instead of seeing is believing. Since everyone is infinitely connected to the infinite at all times, everything remains relative from our subjective view point. Everyone can climb the same mountain regardless of the name they give the mountain,or choose different paths up this same mountain, yet we are all climbing the same mountain from our desired view point of reflection.
My own Meditation exercise to center ones self mind , body and soul.
I have developed my own form of meditation that works for me, and I will share it with you now in hopes it brings understanding as all answers are within. Rather then teaching you what to think, I will teach you how to think for yourself using meditation as a tool.
Once you blank your mind, you can shut your eyes and lose sense of time, and enjoy the gentle stillness and peace it brings. Once all surface thoughts have subdued. You push even deeper (think of it as a ocean, on the surface waves are roaring, but deep within there is always a calmness) this is where you plan to be, mentally and spiritually. Once you have this selflessness and emptyness achieved, focus on yourself with no particular goal or motive, just that you exist within this blackhole of selflessness. Once there surround yourself with 6 Mirrors making a hexagon around you, each being a part of yourself that makes the combined reflection of who you are. It can be anything from a feeling you desire, a person you love, a item that brings happiness, each is something that helps you to be you. Once you move from one to the next and can see each for what it is you will wake up from this selflessness meditation, however the memory of the reflection in the mirror will remain in your conscious mind. This is your subconscious soul mind giving you clues and you can then apply your conscious thought toward why you selected them. Reflect on it, and ask the question why you selected them and the importance they play in your life and if you see yourself as incomplete without them. This has helped me to achieve great happiness as it allows my higher mind to show me first hand what it is that I seek, when sometimes I have no clue myself where I am headed nor any control for what the future may hold, only how I react to it. It brings great clarity in knowing that nothing is meaningless and has helped me to achieve happiness despite my surroundings or obstacles in life.
I hope this helps anyone who wishes to center themselves. I developed this using my experience of my near death in combination with many years of meditation and self reflection. Prayers held within the heart are normally what surfaces in my own experience but that is the beauty of this exercise, that each will be as unique as the individual using it.
I liked what you said until "proof of heaven". Leave the religious bs out of this type of thing, please.
I believe religion to be personal between you and God. What I experienced only proved to me that no human mind could nor can understand how vast God is or our own souls really are. No label or religion can define the infinite. Man has often created God in his own image if you study history and the evolution of God. You will find that our evolution and God's are almost one in the same. On a spiritual stand point I think humankind is still a young teenager with much to learn. I myself do agree with many religions, especially the ones centered around love and sympathy for all, because after all, we are all one.
I am doing a interview via youtube about my entire experience I will post here around November 6th or around so you can hear it for yourself. I hope you find it of use in what you seek.
Love, peace and prosperity to all,
Can email me at Joshwl1981@hotmail.com
I can’t believe this has been on UA-cam for 8 years and I’m just hearing it for the first time now 😆
I do take life too seriously sometimes, even though intellectually i know i shouldnt. Depression and grappling with other issues does that to you. I find it is easy for a person to give advice when you are in a good place in your life.
How are you doing now man
I take advice better when im in a bad place
Peyote button and a nap
Death ends life. But death doesn't just end lives, it breaks hearts. I don't think we fear the end of life, I think we fear the end of love. Love is what really matters in life and we wonder if death puts an end to all love. That would be the tragedy of it.
Reasonable Doubt be skeptical then
Death is a Human construct because it's truly an illusion, even Quantum Physics have proven this. We're really energy operating a biological 'computer' body which does die off, but since we're energy; energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred.
Crows Descend I love to read well thought out comments like this. The existential writer and therapist Irvin Yalom said the same thing you said... death does not exist for you for as long as you live lol. You'll never really know death.
Well death is a construct of living beings, as all animals do fear it when they see death on their doorstep. What we do see is that collective evolution doesn't stop with death. That is why species develop adaptations through millions of lives and deaths. Be thankful you are a part of this process, because we are all still evolving!
I recently had my neighbor, who I didn't know quite well, only once saw them and said hi when they were entering their apartment as I was mine, suicide. Even though I barely knew her, I felt compassion and as if love for her spirit that I felt so sorry for her death. When you look at death from the point of view of others who live past your point of death in time, I don't think it is human for people to not feel connection and to let love be blank in such event. There's your answer.
This video has been so impactful to my life at my lowest point in life.
I’m 18 listening to this helps me stay composed and analytical in stressful work situations and high power contrast’s/ disputes
I'm 33 and it still applies! Wise understanding brother! Never compare yourself to a fellow man, always compare yourself to who you were yesterday! Always show respect! Always demand respect! but also roll with the punches! Look up stoicism and different life philosophies. You'll hear the right words to keep you motivated and grounded in reality!
"Always question the man in the mirror!"
I really love the background music you chose. Interestingly it makes it much easier for me to follow the talk.
Thanks for the upload!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds very much like the soundtrack for the game LIMBO. If not, check that one out as well! (Menu theme) Very similar
@Thulani Mason ITS GARBAGE AND DESTROYS THE MESSAGE
@Thulani Mason Benn Jordan - Looking into the Past
best and favorite talk of his and music is really suitable too❤❤🎉
Appreciate your experience here, appreciate that you were able to come this way, appreciate the light that turned on for you that you would be able to live a life here and now.
this is so weird. He adresses my thoughts of the day 100% and I didn't even look for it, but it popped up in my sidebar
I have had this occur countless times, where I just happen to listen to his lecture on the exact theme of my day or a conversation I just had. Alan-depity.
Mace Windu The master arrives when the student is ready.
Sarah Gammon What the hell, same. Literally, it all started with one day me finding this video on some crazy third eye stuff.
Then, every now and then I'd go on UA-cam because Im bored, and a video on the first screen would catch my eye, I'd watch it, and it would strongly relate to my day.
thats because google is monitoring your browser searches and hitting you up on things you might like. its just key-words, not exactly spying... i hope
That's not weird that's just reality.
This helped a lot today. It reminded me of my self care needs. I got out some letters I wrote to myself and read them. Time for me to slow down and to stop. To be like a rock, still. I am happy here.
I didn’t know Alan Watts before, but this lecture reminds me of Nitzsche’s philosophie. To live is to surrender to our passion.
Putting an add, mid-video, in a video like this really messed up my meditation. I felt someone else has encountered this problem.
The Alan Watts quoting business is booming.
right after I finished reading this comment an ad popped up..
jarring
adblocker is a game changer
@@stayjaya7674 yeah, i use UA-cam vanced. Lol
Life's a joke because people lie and get angry when others do it to them what makes it even more funny is why be mad when you even lie to yourself irony
Yep. So many projecting hypocrites out there
how inspiring/s
@@samusaran7317 all people are hypocrites im their own way, they dont know how to be responsible for their own hapiness but expect these self made enemies to be responsible for their misery
@@unknown9zz0 that got me
@@chickenstripsp4222 hehe
" TO LIVE AND TO LOVE IS THE KEY TO ANY SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND TO NEVER LET THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS EVER KILL YOUR HEART FOR ALL YOU MUST DO IS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND LET EVERYTHING HAPPEN NATURALLY "
dude had been dead for almost 30 years when I was born and still he manages to touch my life more than most real acquaintances. It's kinda funny how people like him or even imaginary characters can be more real to me than 99,99...% of the human population. Connected by human civilization, greater than the sum of its parts. I better try to get some sleep
How is he or your imaginary friends any less real?
@@interstellar_student yes aren't we all imaginary really? Our "personalities and life stories" were all made up
Beware of wisdom if you didn’t *earn* it
There is very little makers these days everyone has become followers so that is why you are no longer inflicted by today's stupidity.
Because true love can connect us all but sadly only connects a few of us
Too easy to think..but when you look at your mom crying.. getting sick.. stressed.. dealing with anxiety and depression...due to financial issues... looks like you have got to be serious!!! 💔
because it is the love between you that is the most magnificent.
You should love yourself. Otherwise you can't give love to other's ..
Even then, just take it as it goes. Don’t stress too much or worry like frazy and crack ur skull over EEVRYTBJNG
I'm 70 years old sitting in a campsite west of Phoenix Arizona I think about my mother she's been gone for years and I still choke up and cry
@@Liedtoandlost oh dear. Ee should stay in present so we can live happily....
Use your imagination. Have faith I AM love therefore I attract love. I AM abundant therefore I attract abundance. I AM beautiful therefore I attract beauty.
K
Dont use your imagination use your heart settle within yourself its bigger than the imagination you can imagine all sorts of things
That is actually wrong. Just live the moment, NOW! That's it. So fckin simple.
"Something that happens only once doesn't happen at all."
-Alan Watts
Life only happens once tho
Kidy Fiddler But life happens everyday...life is now, life is now, life is now.
Life ends when you sleep from your perspective but life isn’t ever over, life is just life. Life.
Um could i get ur contact by any chance never seen a girl that watches alan watts..i would love to talk to u for a bit.
@@omarlives wtf hahaha
@@someoneyoumightknow2795 she's hot :)
This was an enlightened man ❤
Life is empty and meaningless. It is up to you to apply your own meaning to it. Make it fun, make it worth what you want. Never give up learning... about yourself.
That itself is a judgement.
That indeed. Romanticize life as they say
@@Tattlebotall of it is. That's the beauty of it
@@Tama-zephyrwindlass you'll go mad judging it.
“One day we’re all gonna die and they’re won’t be people to remember…cleopatra, motzart.” -Hazel Grace Lancaster. I’m sorry if I got this quote wrong but I agree with it, I’m 14 and dealing with high school kids, but in the end, no one’s really gonna remember, whether that’s your embarrassing days or everyone’s legacy. So yes, don’t take life to seriously. 😉
This is thee best lecture by alan watts for me..music is soo revealing too
So many experiences that this Guru makes me have without leaving home
+MrMattgood14 Alan Watts is not a guru
a guru can also be an influential teacher or popular expert, so indeed he can be called a guru.
0:50 when he talks about games , i recognize myself there . I played Dark Souls 3 a lot (I think it's noticeable) and everyone thought I was ridiculous for attaching so much importance to a game, but I played it for a good reason: I played it to prove to myself that I was capable of overcoming hardships that seemed "impossible" to me. today i am aware that nothing is impossible and i fight every day to achieve my dreams i put a lot of effort into what is important to me because this game taught me that i can do it.
L Take + ratio bobo
@@Rolling2Much -essaye de parler dans une vraie langue on se comprendra peut être mieux
-try to speak in a real language we may understand each other better
-Versuchen Sie, in einer echten Sprache zu sprechen, vielleicht verstehen wir uns dann besser
-حاول التحدث بلغة حقيقية قد نفهم بعضنا البعض بشكل أفضل
-luka koloba na monoko ya solo tokoki kososolana malamu
-προσπαθήστε να μιλήσετε σε μια πραγματική γλώσσα που μπορεί να καταλάβουμε ο ένας τον άλλον καλύτερα
-尝试用真正的语言说话，我们可能会更好地理解彼此
-zama ukukhuluma ngolimi lwangempela singase siqondane kangcono
@@zopidoo4785 he means that he thinks the opinion is not good. Most would doubt its seriousness and expect it to be an attempt at ironic humour. It's counterintuitive to associate hardships thought impossible to overcome with a video game.
@Wicker_ bruh you don't know me you don't know anything about me... lower your voice kid and come back to me when you've experienced the real difficulty of life
by the way .. this game helped me not to end my life when I was homeless ...
you should really think before you speak
Idk why people are giving you a hard time. People just don't understand and I think it's kind of stuck up to act like you're too good for video games or to make video games seem childish. It still takes mental fortitude, resilience ,and determination to beat dark souls, which are the traits needed to overcome real adversity. It doesn't matter if one is more "real", it's still the same mental strength needed for both.
hes so amazing, i hear his voice on some ego death meditation. truthfully it fits so well.
there is no point to life, at least not out there.
but you can take that as a blight on the world, as a loss of purpose.
or
you can see there being no one point, as an opportunity to make ur own points, the things your strive for, just because you want to.
you are the artist, painting on the canvas of your life. your feelings, thoughts, actions, desires. they, are the paint with which you form the painting of ur life.
some ups, some downs. some fast parts, some slow.
you are beautiful and amazing, and the you your becoming, is the more gorgeous.
be your true self, it helps.
Aa q😅❤🎉
I really need to read this thankyou🙏
13:06 everyone needs to live by this, dont get stuck in the past because the past is no longer existant, the only thing that exists is the 'here and now'
Modern life and being caught in this so called “LIFE” and the rat race and retirement plans, and insurance policies blah blah blah MEANS NOTHING! This is all a game and we are part of a play and he puts it so justly and explains it in such a creative way. Modern life (at least in America) is so unauthentic until you realize that life goes WAYYYY beyond what meets the eye. You aren’t defined by the job you have, the money you have acquired or the materials you possess. Or how “good” you look or the clothes you wear or the car you drive ITS ALL A JOKE HENCE HIM REFERRING TO THE JOKER! 🤣. To not only realize the time we spend on this Earth is limited, but to acknowledge our existence and truly being in the moment is something most people can’t do, and understandably so. But I also believe most people are actually scared of what reality REALLY IS. Because these modern times aren’t reality. That is why people are more depressed then they have ever been. Anxiety seems never ending and it can be when you begin to think about all these BS games they try to make us think are important when they don’t mean anything. I could go on and on.. I really enjoy listening to this man.
The Truth 👏🏾
The Truth u a bawse
We live in a society we are force to have a job and retirement plans unless you want to live in the woods.
Thomas Wonders isn’t that sad..?
Thomas Wonders they own the land so they therefore own everything
I sometimes cannot understand the whole thing he is trying to explain, however the most importantly point is he makes me chill and keeping think while listening.
Normally I don't like music under Watts lectures. Tends to make both lamer. But this isn't too intrusive or cheesy
because it's ambient
dnplk lmao, yes, imagine the trumpets starting. XD
should have put dubstep in background or trap rap
Life is too important to be taken seriously
This is where all the cool and spiritual people meet 🙌🏽😎
The musical score behind his lecture really adds to it... gives it texture. I've listened to over a dozen Watts lectures and I keep coming back to this one because his words and the music blended with it just moves me so much.
I tend to return to Alan watts when I'm feeling particularly anxious about my future. This stuff is so calming
Same here!
He can't have been that calm, he was a chain smoker who died of alcoholism!
@@timjonesvideos addiction doesnt mean he wasnt calm
No but implies he wasn't particularly happy.
@@timjonesvideos when you are addicted its really hard to resist the urge to do that thing, watts was probably happy but just addicted
I just love how this man translates and interpreted this powerful information. Well received. Thank you for posting. Enlightened.
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Don't take too seriously is easy to say but hard to practice It's all about self-confidence/self-reliance to achieve this state
And a lot of letting go.
Listening to this in public at my college, in the sun, with a huge smile on my face because I keep forgetting the game
Never listened to this guy before but I think this just got me through the day
There’s something about this man that connects me to the soul. All material disappears and I feel free to
Song - Benn Jorden - Looking into the Past - Album: Pale Blue Dot, Tribute to Carl Sagan.
ok
Thanks !
Alan watts changed my life over the past 1.5 to 2 years. Wow.
But this particular talk is tough for me to grasp, need to replay it several times. Will do.
Allan is the best thinker of the 20th century . I have listened to a lot of amazing people but Allan always seem to come from a place of information and insight not judgement
Why is this so relaxing to me?
I’m nearly falling asleep. His voice is so relaxing
I've watched this maybe 10 times and it's still full of meaning every time I watch it
I remember once listening to Alan watts and he said that death feels just like how you felt before you were born and that shit gave me so much peace.. been listening go this man for 8 years now.
This explains the relationship between the Joker and Batman perfectly. The Joker is far from insane, he is just supersane, as they say in the comics.
I love these Alan Watts videos. Cheers from the way up North! (Norway)
I'm not crazy, I'm just ahead of the curve.
I love Alan Watts. If you look at your own mind as a big black room expanding and becoming bigger with every experience, and the only way you can see something is with help of your candle light and believe that that what you see is everything, then Alan is the one triggering the room light making it possible to see actually everything. He is opening our eyes
Excellent ambient choice, in both backing volume and choice of track. To understand thought we need clarification, and Alan gives us a road map. Contentment and peace.👍
I want this played at my funeral.
Have always loved Alan, the guidance of a father. Allows you to decompress, find answers aswell as pull the wool from our eyes. "we are all fighting to be right, but some how we're all wrong"
This… this speaks words that I couldn’t explain feeling.
when i'm listening alan watts i feel some kind of holy feeling inside
This came out the year i graduated 2016 now 8 years later almost 26. Life is going very fast just trying to make each day count before im old 2/8/24
All the chronic pains I have , the anxiety, the emotional pain .. loss
Fuck ..I’ve somehow let a temporary experience really get a grip on me
1. press pause.
2. load bong.
3. smoke bong.
4. press play.
Maybe not compared to DMT.. but yes you can trip. It is a psychedelic
DMT Infinity If it has psychedelic properties, then it qualifies as a psychedelic, however minor it may be.
I've tripped balls on marijuana in my younger days before my body and mind built a tolerance to it.. of course this was no where nearly as powerful as any triptamines I've consumed, but no doubt.. sometime's I hallucinated and my senses were augmented
DMT Infinity I guess you'll have to define 'trip'?
DMT Infinity Yep. It is possible. I've seen people bad trip, never bad tripped personally.. but I've definitely had a few 'minor' trips which were more than just being high
DMT Infinity It doesnt happen to everyone, that's for sure. Usually it's when people have never experienced it before and it rocks their perception of reality
Ty Alan, you are a true gift to society
I don't, but life is taking ME seriously.
Not really. It's just in your head and what you believe in it.
😂
Damn. 😌
@@RedianRed 😢
😂
Alan Watts is my favorite teacher. A true inspiration to my own personal quest. Which is ''to influence as many people that I can in a positive way.'' I publish twice a week on Spotify and get a video out on youtube once in a while. It's the same old ideas from a different perspective. A guide to living a better life. Thanks for your support and may the good vibes be with you :)
-Mat Dauph
Just finished first time watching. Going to watch again asap.
“Love is receptive intelligence” - Kal Ray
This made me feel something. I can't put words to it... but something...
Watts transmits on high. When you hear him, the body starts tingling and you start vibrating on a different frequency. Healing.
"There's nothing left to you but to have a good laugh"
I like how this audio isn't overwhelming
Alan, you beautiful human, I can listen to this all day