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in the least, I believe it gives us the opportunity to examine "now that I find myself in a position similar to how I envisioned my goal... *is* it what I genuinely want"? When I was put in that position, I answered "I really don't know; more like I think it's what I *thought* I wanted"
@@DarkAngelEU I've actually starting selling off a lot of material possessions I amassed over the years, realizing how little they genuinely mean to me; I'm not of course telling people they *have* to do this, but if they're going to...make sure those possessions are acquired for the right reasons, and not cause you feel "I'm supposed to have this for validation", or whatever. I'm still keeping a good chunk of them, but it is *so* freeing selling off what I am, I can't even describe it. Funny thing: so last year, I was doing a *lot* of overtime at work for a particular set of reasons, and as a result, my paychecks were like around twice as big as they normally are; and I would walk around utterly exhausted....and with such little desire to really spend almost any of it; I finally had a scenario to understand what it was like being financially loaded (even though I'm nowhere near close to that), and when I was officially put in a position where I could afford "whatever I wanted"....all my time working and amassing it...just didn't make blowing it worthwhile. I bought a few things here and there, but instead preferred to still go for deals and sales and clearance and whatnot; I enjoyed the challenge more of that than just buying whatever. Sure, all those people with tons of money have huge houses and exotic cars....and no time to spend *in* those houses or *driving* those cars, unless to impress some clients or something. Who the hell wants that?
Isn’t it amazing that we watch these videos, feel enlightened for a day and then we all fall back into capitalism and all we want is financial security and job satisfaction and a family
The message of the video is not to quit doing everything but to be curious of tomorrow. Just sit back and enjoy the show. It's going to be the greatest story you'll ever hear.
There’s nothing wrong with those things. First off we are hard wired to want children, all animals are, financial security is to meet our needs, food, shelter, the last and least is job satisfaction. we’ve always had to work hunter gatherering was work, work is essential, satisfaction with it is a side benefit.
@@codytaylor9087 said while using a device that has some of the filthiest most polluting components to make it work. Consumerism is the fastest most efficient way of doing away with old dirty sources of fuel. Did government come in and mandate that burning wood would be replaced with coal? did they mandate that coal would be replaced with cleaner and more efficient oil? then they forced industry to change over to natural gas? No, those choices were made by consumers both residential and commercial/industrial because they were more efficient. Once renewables reach the point of competitiveness, folks will switch over in droves.
1. And? How many of us didnt even exist 40 years ago? 2. Did those who heard it 40 years ago, did something different for hearing it back then? 3. Will it hurt to be repeated if it has positive effect?
orion 310591 I think what’s funny is we haven’t gone anywhere since it’s been taught. It still applies to everyone today, yet the world seems to be blind to the speeches point.
@@blakedavison8850 actually we seem to be going in the wrong direction. All I see everywhere I look is people who want to control society, control behavior, control thought, etc.
I don't buy that shit for a second. When I'm in a state of abundance, my instinct is to help others get to where I'm at because I derive pleasure from finding problems and fixing them!
@@avithedev so you are going to create a paradize for the children in yemen, until they are so oversaturated and full of pleasure, that all that can give them a greater kick is pain. stop being so shortsighted
After more than 2/3rds of my life drowning in drugs and alcohol, asking myself WHO I am, this video(lesson) speaks to me on a spiritual level. At 37 years of age, I often ask myself, who am I? What is it I desire? I always answer, " I don't know "... to both questions. This presentation made me cry.......
Hi...addiction is usually a response to trauma. I recommend Complex PTSD by Pete Walker. It can help walk you back to your true self that was minimized by traumatic events. I'm becoming a trauma recovery coach...I recommend that or a trauma informed therapist...only if any of this resonates. Take good care.
@@christidiscipulus1576 I understand that way. But some good intentions have made it that humans don't like being preached it. but some really do. Look a Joe Rogan.
It's sad Alan passed away so early, everytime I listen to him speak I feel like a good old friend is talking to me. You feel his geniunity in his words and he's incredible at describing rather complex Buddhist or Hinduist concepts in easy to understand terms.
The worst thing about it is that he died an alcoholic. Kinda takes hope away. You have an idol like him who seems to be enlightened in a way, and he goes on going down by one if the most based on human weakness ways ever.
@@Borex2 Weakness alright. But sad part is that you can be full of wisdom words and it is just a theory you cannot apply/use/realize in everyday life. Talking is not living. It's the cobbler's children that go barefoot. We can only guess how miserable Alan felt behind this curtain of enlightenment.
@@Jon-mh9lk creating confusion, creating more 'communities' the individual can identify with. a community to protect, an enemy to defeat - the others. dividing humans even further. why teach children not to identify with anything, not to trust everything we are said, not to live in the past or future, ... as the previous commenter said, they need these slaves to power the world they've built - to keep it running. as long as the majority is asleep and caught in a cycle of addictions (stress, drugs, complaining, money, games, ...) nothing is going to change. sad.
It is a recording of a recording. You can hear the kids and cats of the ambience of the place where the recording was recorded. Probably to fool the auto algorithm so it doesn't infringe/ trigger a copyright claim
@@scarlethottie3955 like you, me, everybody else and nature. So care about what you say to the next God you encounter and lisent well to the next God you encounter. I love you.
I got redirected to this video by a friend of mine and I honestly feel validated after watching this. since i was old enough to know even a little bit about this world, about ~8 years old, i have struggled to imagine my own place in it. I didn't know the answer to the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?", I didn't know what i wanted to achieve and even now, 10 years later, as i am going through the motions of live and going to college I still don't know. I enjoy spending time with my friends, i enjoy the sports I play, but there is no future that I wish for that seems sustainable or even accepted in this society. I don't know why I wrote this comment, I highly doubt anyone will even see it or take the time to read it. I suppose I just wanted this off my chest.
Honestly I'm going through the same thing. Right now I'm enrolled in a trade program but I'm not seeing a future in that field. Nothing really appeals to me except the art, nature, music, comedy and philosophy that I take in but I have no real passions of my own. I wish it were possible to simply exist in a small private world all by myself but I know that isn't possible. The best part of my life is my janitor job at the college I attend where I can listen to videos like this one.
I feel the same was both of you but I am 33 and have felt like the world just keeping turning and everyone keeps running around wide open for no REAL reason. Everyone is caught in the debt trap. Once you're in it, it's very hard to get out. I have always felt out of touch with what others call "reality" when really in MY reality, they're the crazy ones. I live for the moment. Right here and right now. I have never been more unhappy until I started planning for the future. I have had the fortunate opportunity to work for myself for the last 10 years and it has given me more insight to what I call the "REAL reality" as he explains in other presentations. The here and now. I have desires and I know what I need to do to be happy but it's not what the rest of the world consider normal. Taxes keep us chained to big brother and always having to make money only to pay the taxes. Being in the purposelessness of nature really helps me be one with myself. But in current society, having your own piece of nature to be naturally yourself, is quite expensive. So if you take a little bit of desire and mix it with today's society of needing money to buy nature and call it your own, it's very expensive. You may soon be caught up in the debt trap... very similar to a death trap... it's very easy to slip into so I would advise any young person to go be in nature and stay there by yourself for just 1 day. Go somewhere where you won't be found or discovered without a cell phone or any form of communication or entertainment and just be with nature and really enjoy the moments and see how you feel at the end of that day. Don't think about the past or future. Don't think at all. Just be with nature. It's very eye opening if you can truly admit to yourself while you're in the moment of how great and peaceful that very moment can be. Every day and every second that exact peace of mind can be found and enjoyed if you just stop running the race and stop thinking.
I hear you and I get it. The answer is simple yet powerful as can be. FOLLOW YOUR BLISS. I am 68 years old. I love the best life….I read over 35 years about Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and that’s when I read about following your bliss. I’ve loved and continue to live an awesome awesome life…never once taking a job I don’t want. Love❤my life
so my guys let me show you the true purpose and meaning of life....... it is to know ur creator the Lord Jesus Christ.......trust me I was on the first stage of "I don't know", and now im on the third stage with an answer "I KNOW". We humans cant be God......cause we arent meant to be one.....
My advice would be to save the money you can from a young age until you decide. It's hard to do anything without resources. And keep your expenses low.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. C. S. Lewis
@@jerichoaldrich3041 Haha! It isn't my given name, I didn't give much though when naming the UA-cam account, thanks for commenting on my name, weird and retro, I'll remember that. Hey but is yours given or not? If so I would love to know where you are from!
This has really rattled me . I’m quite the hedonist. And I’m always miserable. The concept of chasing pain after being bored with pleasure has sent shivers down my spine .
11 months later..hows your path looking my friend? I hope its going better. I can relate to your situation. I made a lot of changes. As a wise man once said 'if you dont know what is right or cant do those things, at least stop doing what you know is wrong'.
I'm a big believer in pain and pleasure being "twins", in the sense that we can't have more of one without also having more of the other. Alan Watts and many others throughout history have written about this intertwining of pleasure and pain. Chasing pleasure always leads to pain. The solution is to give up on the idea of having lots of pleasure while being free from pain, because this is not how life works. Life starts to flow much more smoothly when you accept both sides equally. If you're interested, I've even spent 5 years writing a (free) book called The Sudist Way about what this all means and how to use these ideas to overcome chronic depression, anxiety, irritability, and chronic pain. Take care and be well.
When I heard that line I immediately thought of Eckhart Tolle. Be present. Enjoy everything in the now. This channel has really changed my views and mindset throughout the years. Stay blessed everyone 💛
I have said so often "I dont know" but always getting more frustrated but not having that answer, that I never stopped to realise it is the only true way of experiencing the present. Also never seen it as "I love", "I let go" where I lost my mother a month ago it made me tear up thinking of letting my mother go is the same as loving her. It sort of makes sense giving me some peace I havent had in awhile.....
Don’t go to college/university simply to get a degree. Go there because you want to expand your knowledge in an area, because you will enjoy growing in that area throughout your life. And if studying isn’t for you, then it isn’t. Do something else and be better off for it. Edit: my experience: Was going to do a veterinary degree as this was the only option where you could make money with animals. However I realised that I didn’t want to be stuck in the rut Alan Watts is talking about. Instead I will hopefully be a badly paid but content conservationist, travelling the world and trying to give back by saving wildlife species at the same time. Life is about choosing fulfilment and experiences rather than money.
Since i have no direction in life at the moment Iplan on going to community college atleast for a semester, i dont know what ill major but few reasons im going is too see if I like school, to see if I find a career ill like to persue and continue college, and hopefully to meet new people also... but for those reasons im not sure if it will be worth the time going at least for the first two reasons
MoonintheMist Well, with today’s possibilities in regards to social media, being a wildlife conservatist doesn’t necessarily damn you to be financially poor. Unless, showing off/promoting your work is also something, you’re not comfortable doing, of course. But otherwise...you start out with a clean slate (no student debt) and could have a tidy little side income, aside from what your jobs are actually paying. Lots of people love to follow that kind of content...with the added bonus, that you’ll have to deal with way less trolls and haters than most people on social media.
Wonderful comment, thank you for sharing. I know it will work out for you because you won't have to make any sacrifices you'll ultimately regret- plus you'll never regret not doing anything. I was recently berated for not wanting to go to college. I'm currently at an internship and a team lead told me that I was pretty good at what I do, despite not knowing much. He heavily emphasized that a degree was the only way of earning lots of money and having job security. However, upon thoughtful meditation, I have realized what Alan Watts expounded: life should be about enjoying it, not making money. I don't care how much money I make, as long as I get to do what I want to. That is the true definition of success, and getting there is a matter of perspective. Sorry for the rant and personal story, but thank you to those who dedicated their precious time to reading and liking my comment.
@@raraavis7782 "Well, with today’s possibilities in regards to social media, being a wildlife conservatist doesn’t necessarily damn you to be financially poor. Unless, showing off/promoting your work is also something, you’re not comfortable doing, of course." I love that you made this comment! I think about this all the time and I find it to be one of the best potential positives of life in this incessantly innovative eras. Of course, I'm one of those people that can't imagine a work-life balance with that kind of spotlight.
Honestly, quarantine is working wonders for figuring out what I want. It’s so long and drawn out that I have gotten bored with video games. I’ve gotten bored with UA-cam a lot. I’ll watch or play it for an hour-2 in a day, then get bored and find something more interesting to do. Use this time to learn how work is fun, as long as it’s something you want to do.
Im finding that having my civil liberty removed and freespeech censored for a virus that has a 99.97% survival rate has made me realise the government is destroying my country for the benefit of global corporationsm Bill Gates and Big Pharmaceutical companies. We'll all end up being royaly fucked if we dont get up off our arses and start putting up some opposition.
Loren Gabelein My friend this is as close to you can get to a unachievable utopia, the system we have now is not perfect but it’s the best, humans will always look out for their own self-interest, it’s philosophically flawed to think teachers and scientists, or anyone as a matter of fact, should be given extreme power in the pursuit of “good” intentions.
As a child, when people asked me: what do you want to do/be when you grow up? I never knew... Even later, while doing and being this and that all the time, i never knew what i wanted to do/be. I just was and did and followed the signposts life showed me in order to find my path. All of my life, i felt there was something wrong with me and my indecisiveness. Today i learned i was right all the time... What a relief. Thank you so much.
"When you have explored pleasure to its ultimate limit, the only thing you can get a kick out of is pain." Explains why so many of the ultrawealthy do the things they do.
@@iOwnzNubz1 nope then it loses the scope and definition of "pleasure".. moreover all time pleasure dulls your brain, balance is key no matter how philosophical it seems..
@@exoticpash8823 I dont get it. Sorry. Maybe you can explain further? How can you and Alan know all this to be true? How does one live a life of balance? What is this balance? Is it possible for one person who is living a life of balance to do it in a way which is more pleasurable than someone elses way of balance? Or is there like only one way to live a life of balance? Must thinking/seeking/studies/meditation/ect be kept in moderation or can anything which seems to point towards higher/greater good be done as much as one likes? :) Thank you.
HyperMoon & conrado k If you like Watts, I would recommend you listen to some Sadhguru. Very profound words, much like Watts. Here's one I can point you to, if you like: ua-cam.com/video/K2S5-_AgckA/v-deo.html
I love Alan Watts and what he has taught our Western sisters and brothers. He never tried to turn Buddhist teachings into "mindfulness" or "evidence-based" psychology. He stayed true to the source of these lessons and never claimed his learnings were science to gain the trust of a Western audience. Top bloke!
I'll be 39 years old tomorrow & I still don't know what I want to do with my life. I'm married, have 2 kids, make a decent amount of money, but I'm not terribly satisfied with my life. I find myself constantly looking to my past & wondering what could've been, so much so that I rarely look towards the future. In short, I needed to hear this today.
If money and responsibilities weren't inhibitors what it it that would have been? I'm 60 next year and have learnt that nothing should prevent you living your full potential You are only in this body for a short amount of time so just do it😘
@@sue2087 I really don't know. I enjoy cooking & daydream about starting my own steakhouse, but I looked into how much capital I'd need to open the doors & that took care of that dream.
I have listened to a great many lessons taught by Alan, and have gleaned much from them, and gained a great many insights. But in this moment,for some reason, or purpose unbeknownst to my conscious thought, this touched me very deeply and profoundly. I began weeping at the epiphany that, I have accomplished a great many things in my life, which others would say make me “successful” or “accomplished”, or even “high-value”. I have what many would call a “perfect” life, or “wealth”. I just now, this moment, realized that I have never enjoyed any of it. I took no real satisfaction in what I’ve done or accomplished. I was always thinking three or four steps ahead, and looking to the future. Too preoccupied with the destination, rather than seeing I am here, now. I arrived many times over, yet always continued moving forward to the next “thing”. I haven’t really accomplished anything that has truly fulfilled me, or gave me true contentment. I have talents which I never nurtured or pursued, because I allowed so many people, although well-intentioned, to tell me who I am, and what’s important. What those things are that I SHOULD do, to have a “good” life. I have never once stopped and enjoyed those moments, or all that I have worked so hard for. I weep even now, because I realize, that truly, all any of us have, or possess, is this moment. I never have been “here, now”. I have wasted so many opportunities to be truly happy, and to experience real joy or beauty! To see each moment as a gift. I weep, not because I am sad, but because it really is all so SIMPLE. It is US who makes everything so damn complicated, with our incessant need to control everything. I wasn’t, or couldn’t possibly be, happy, because I was in a constant state of fear. I put so much pressure on myself to “achieve” or “be perfect”. It wasn’t my idea of happiness, but others ideas of what happiness is…. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank You!!!
When it comes to the "the more you give, the more you recieve" quote in the context of the video, does he mean the more you embrace the "I don't know" idea and let go of things, and control, and quit forcing things to be the way you want it too be, only then will you receive? Or is it something else?
@@TheDeadb3ar yes exactly the more you give in to the idea of desirelessness, the more you will receive in return. but dont expect material in return, detachement and desirelessness will give you spiritual riches.
m not sure I agree with everything he's saying he kind of contradicts himself because at the start he says to go out and pursue the things that give you pleasure rather than money and then says to not pursue pleasure -- I think he means dont just pursue extrinsic pleasure but pursue the intrinsic pleasure of doing things you love - where the mere act of doing them makes you feel good. ie playing the piano. remember if it weren't for pleasure and pain will would not exist at all - the way we learn to do things it to pursue things that give an internal reward ie pleasure , happiness , socialising ect and avoid internal punishments e.g pain, sadness - both things are very important and necessary to live your life though as without pain you would not learn what not to do. remember internal rewards/pleasant sensations in the brain often come about from giving , acts of kindness and things that from the outside look like they are totally selfless acts. because we evolved in a social society so it was important for us to also enjoy acts of altruism
I recommend reading the book titled: the untethered soul. I don’t read leisurely, but this mindset has changed my life for the better and I highly recommend it
This is eye opening. Social media has a way of making you believe that you have to have more of everything. I admit that success has been an idol in my life. We have to watch the things we desire.
“You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing.” Simple but yet so difficult.
so my guys let me show you the true purpose and meaning of life....... it is to know ur creator the Lord Jesus Christ.......trust me I was on the first stage of "I don't know", and now im on the third stage with an answer "I KNOW". We humans cant be God......cause we arent meant to be one.....
@@topranked5465 death gets them sooner who starts to give away the secret.. Illusion is the game you see,you can't give away the game. Welcome to looney town.
I've been kinda depressed for the past month, bored, feeling like I have no purpose after 2 years moving to the country I wanted to move for so long. Thanks to Alan Watts I realized that it's not the worse thing can happen. I probably feel this way because I already have what I want. Great video 👏👏
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” -C. S. Lewis
Work, school, work, school, work, school. No love. All toil and no happiness. It's a trap, and sadly some of us are stuck. We dump the things we love and make us happy to make more time for things that only give us the expectation of things we consider "better." And once we've achieved these goals we then ask, "what's next?" And the cycle repeats itself. No love, all toil, no destination.
“An idle mind is the devils playground” I have experienced this. I have witnessed this. Thanks for sharing. I feel more human now than I have in awhile.
@@killerme4774 Think of people are into child porn or sick fetishes, or child pedophilia, they have indulged themselves in so much pleasure, that they need more kick after each time they indulge themselves. That is why I believe the elites of our world are into the things they are into because they have had so much pleasure that they involve themselves with sickening hobbies/pleasures that the normal everyday person would seem horrifying aka Child pedophilia/prostitution
Pleasure and Pain are two opposite sides of a coin. You can't have one without the other. The stronger the pleasure one experiences, the stronger will the pain be when you're in withdrawal from that pleasure. For examples, drugs and love: The stronger the love and the drugs, the more miserable you will get when the love and drugs are taken away from you. You could try to withdraw from the love or the drugs slowly, but then in the future, it will take stronger stimuli to give you the same pleasure that you've gotten before. Experienced too strong pleasure early in life and you won't be able to enjoy the same for the rest of your life. It is better to dole out pleasurable experiences gradually so that you can experience life to the fullest.
I encourage you to do what other people hate to do. That way you earn financial independence quickly and can spend the rest of your life not even considering money. Then you can live your dreams!
Maybe I'm more lucky than most but I receive a moderate disability check from the VA and now I plan to go and do what I want to do. I'm done trading what little life I have for other people.
There's a rehab center not far from me and the people that come out of there put chills down my spine. They look completely drained. Their eyes are empty and it seems like they're using up their entire strength just to keep themselves on their feet. This motivates me not because I do drugs or alcohol. But as an example what happens if you give up on life in general. Giving in to depression and refusing to fight is just as bad as being addicted to drugs.
I'm amazed by people who overcome addiction. an incredible feet that we could all learn from. so much to teach from reaching the depths of internal suffering and rising even higher to free yourself. 👏
I'm so glad there was people like Watts to explain these things to people, especially in English. It's so imoortant and he's good with the language. I am so terrible at explaining my thoughts. He had a gift and he knew how to use ir. He gets his point and a meaning across so clearly. Such an important man.
When you let go of the false power, you get true divine power. I decided to let go of the “control and power”, I cried my eyes out laying on the floor. I felt a flood of pain leave my heart. I used meditation to find the light at the end of that tunnel I faced. Addiction, pain and heartbreak 24/7. There’s hope friends, there’s another way to exist in this world outside of a gloomy dark sadness. There’s peace from GOD and self-love. Overcoming attitude instead of giving up. True friendships. And so much more we all could experience. Despite the evil & danger in this world. Life is also good!!
What I really like about Alan Watts isn't even what he says but how he says it and how he laughs at the way some people are stuck in their lives because he knows they are already free. All they need to remove the chains is to not think about them.
@@555tonyleon I'm in my early 40s and work in software development. I am not super wealthy or anything - don't want to give the wrong impression but I do well enough to provide a comfortable life for my wife and I. When I look at where I came from and compare it to where I am all I feel is gratitude. I think that gratitude may be the key truthfully, it's such a fulfilling feeling that it doesn't leave room for much else. My life is not "perfect" and would make a pretty unimpressive Instagram page but I've found that I don't care about the trappings of wealth. Life is about relationships and being someone you can be proud of. All the other stuff is just noise. My focus is just on always trying to be better and perfecting what I have. I give myself challenges and pursue them so that I am always tested. When I was younger that was all in athletics but now that I'm getting older I find I'm drawn to things like woodworking. I don't give much thought to what others have or what they are doing or how "cool" what I'm doing would seem to others.
I've had really rough childhood (i mean mentally). I was from somewhat "wealthier" family, and the whole village was jealous and despised us. We gain wealth recently, because my grandfather worked overseas, but never trough his life did he invest in something. Only kept spending money. Now 35 years later, we are slowly going bankrupt. My mother always put pressure on me telling me that if i dont succed in life, we will be poor, and it will be all my fault. Anyway, Because people from village hated us. I never had friends, and always was alone. But never hated anyone. I could've always ask for money, but never did. I always tried to earn money for myself. I could have easily driven some good car, spent tons of money in the clubs, be famous (around friends, you know the "cool" kid) but never found joy in it. Not even till this day i haven't met a person who didn't wish for at least one of these things (money/fame/hoes). And then i concluded that im weird. Im not normal (it doesn't matter if im right). To cut story short, since i was 10 i kept wondering what will make me happy, what is for me "happiness". Since my life was shit, i gavr up on it, BUT i made a pledge to sacrifice my life, in order to give everything to my child. I thought that in that way if my kid lives the way it wants, i wouldn't give two fucks that my life was miserable. I would've imagine:"Hey this could have been me, and i would be happy, just knowing that". But you won't believe what happened, for the first time in my life i knew what i wanted. I fell in love in this one girl. I've never felt like this, to any other girl that i liked. I love her eyes, her voice, her character, her looks... I just love HER like whole. I felt motivated to achieve anything in the world just for her. Unfortunately, when i confess to her, she refused me. In a way i wasn't suprise, i mean my whole life was shit, did i really think after all that time I will achieve happiness far greater than any sorrow i had trough my life!? But yea, it's been a year and a half since that. I distanced myself from her in order to forget her. I thought, meh what do i know im young, i will probably forget her as soon as i find some other girl. Ou boy was i wrong. I can't get her out of my head, every part of my body is telling me that probably she is the "one". The one i've been looking for. But then again, I would rather suffer my whole life, than to only thing i care about, force into being with me. As much as i am glad i met her, i regret every second i spent with her. If i didnt met her, i would've never knew what i was looking for. Never knew what could make me happy... If i didnt met her... I wouldn't know what i am missing. I wouldn't know i can never achieve my happines. We will see, like i say, im young, so it probably cant be that serious right? I will meet someone else. If not because she will be better, then at least because she will resemble her... God i love her so much...
Its sad that at 36yrs old..im just now realizing what he's talking about..when i was a kid..u had to go to school, then college, then get a job, have a family, pay bills, then die. Anything outside of that and u were lazy, weird, or not a productive member of society..i chose to be happy. Whether that means traveling the world with no plan just allowing the universe to guide me..i have given enough of my life away..im living for me now...life is more than mortgages, school loans, and heartache..its time to LIVE life instead of just surviving
I was hired to build a fence for someone last year and decided to make it the most creative I could for my ability. About halfway through the project I envisioned the next project beyond this one in how I could make the next fence even better, but a strange thought came to mind, knowing that I know how to do the next did not create excitement, it created longing for figuring out what would be beyond that one. In other words, I realized that even though I hadn't even done the idea in the physical world, simply knowing how to do it made me feel as though I already had (a completely predictable future is the past). It was a very strange realization.
I have this same problem. I crave for learning something new, the challenge of it, the anxiety, the hopeful accomplishment. But then I realized once I got there I felt nothing. The act of doing it was what I liked. So now that I know I dont know how to care for it without wanting to improve or do something different.
I was just thinking about that listening to this. I heard that back when I was a Senior and high school and man have I came a long way. Now a third year in college...
At age 22 I read Alan Watts' book, Nature, Man, and Woman, then I read the rest of them. Now in my older age I finally have everything I want...because I learned how not to want.
Bojangles Ferguson to be content I would guess. To make the most out of everything you have now, to take the high road, to live sober, to love life. That’s not to say there aren’t good desires that won’t lead to trying to experience pleasure to the point the video shows. But we have to have passion in our endeavors. Not mindless activity. When you really work toward something that shares in helping others with your passion and selflessness, you will find yourself loving what you do more and more and eventually leave a legacy for others to follow.. it’s not about us. In some ways it has to be us because we are all limited to one body and one life, but we must be careful not to be selfish. The end of all desire means you are happy where you are in life and happy with what you are doing and happy with the people you are doing life with.
@@Valetic6 There is no such thing though, you can't not desire, and wishing or hoping to be content and happy with a legacy to leave behind is still desiring.
My eyes filled with tears towards the end. I can't even tell you how much that helped me to watch. It's the truth we all knew but didn't realize we knew it's the thing that's kept me stuck in doing nothing in fear of being there. And blaming myself at the hardship I've faced because of my choices in doing nothing. I feel like that healed a place in me I didn't even know was hurting. God that was excellent!! Thank you for posting that!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you WOW
I've listened to many of Alan Watts' dialogues and have appreciated them all. Great lessons, great insight but the visuals in this video have made me appreciate them even more. Excellent work.
DON'T GO INTO DEBT SO THAT YOU DO NOT BECOME A SLAVE TO A JOB YOU HATE. Throw all credit card applications in the garbage. Do not go into DEBT to buy a car that is less than 7 years old... make sure it isn't an American car or a BMW. Learn how to change your car's oil and brake pads so that you don't have to pay for that either (you'll need a wrench and a small socket set). Don't eat fast food. Floss. ;)
I've chased short-term pleasure most of my life overlooking the importance of following the path to long-term pleasure and find myself with a good amount of regrets
yes, but sometimes to get things you want, you have to do things you don't want. You cant do anything with your life if you are piss poor broke all the time. So you have to do things that are not enjoyable for money. The key is to defer gratification and don't go out and spend it on stupid entertainment and status. Save money until you have enough to start doing what you really want. As he correctly pointed out, almost anything can turn into income if you are really good at it. But it takes a long time, and you need to eat while you are doing that.
sometimes, due to life circumstances you are already in, perhaps its is best to save and then take the leap. but, he's right, you can certainly make money doing anything you love, and it's important to not put boxes and limitations around ourselves, as they're just beliefs not truth. like, it does not always and has not always taken a long time for people to start new things and immediately make money- there are overnight millionaires and I personally know plenty of people who finally stepped into their gifts and were immediately thriving. there are as many ways and stories as there are people on the planet. people are always surprising us by doing things we thought were impossible, because there really are no rules- just the one's we believe that keep us small and not living to our full potential. you're worthy of living your potential, empowered, continually freeing yourself, and living more and more in love and joy and giving so much to the world just by doing so. being the light you actually are. deep down, we know we are.
This is why I disagree with his point about doing what you would do if you didn't need money. You do need money. I think you should always consider what you're getting money for, because that's where people get really dissatisfied, when they're getting money for money's sake. Your goal should be to do what you would do if you didn't need money, but you have to get yourself there in reality with money. Like for me, if money were no object, I wouldn't monetize anything. I would screw around with my friends and just hang out with people all the time, but to get to the point where that's an option I need to have some way of getting money.
There's a book called Hidden Time Wealth, and it talks about how using some secret techniques, you can overcome procrastination and accomplish anything in life. It's not just a bunch of empty promises; it's the real deal.
This man was so uncomprehending ahead of his time, that he is still articulating the concepts of today.. That honestly aren't simple to comprehend beyond generality.
Your born, live and die and old age is not a guarantee. Love. Create. Experience. Good or bad. Never care what others think about you. We're here on this rollercoaster so grow from your ride until you get off it. Remember that there's nothing to fear except fear itself. You will loose loved ones and one day they'll loose you... but don't dwell on the loss of attachment...this cosmic dance is forever....
All I want is freedom, to do whatever I want, whenever I feel like it. I don't want to contribute in anything substantial, I just want to do my thing without being bothered by others. And I think that's unfortunately impossible unless you have power or more specifically money. But maybe I'm just naive and unknowing of my true passion, since there's not one thing I want to do. I want to do it all.
@Karhammer Is freedom what you want? To have freedom in everything is to want control over everything (and we know where that leads to). If you desire undisturbed freedom you require power over anything that will or could potentially disturb it (which is everything).
“I don’t want to contribute I just want to do my thing without being bothered by others” Sounds innocent at first, but this is actually a very VERY dangerous rhetoric
I just really, truly love and deeply appreciate your channel. Half of these talks I’ve heard dozens of times before, but your illustrations help to shine such a bright, modernized light on the subject matter. I can’t even estimate how many times I’ve shared a link with a friend, follower, or family member from your page. You are appreciated. ♥️
The way Hidden Time Wealth dives into the concept of productivity is mind-blowing. Hidden Time Wealth tips are pure gold, and I wish more people knew about them.
How I interpreted the meaning, is that a lot of people are brought up and taught to pursue making money alone and not the things that they are truly passonate about. Also, not knowing what your passonate about is totally ok! Its human nature, I believe, to not know. Hope that helped!
I find Allan Watts teachings amazing n on point with the happens in my life at the moment - it true I have all that I ever wanted n I do so enjoy it n I do not get paid hahah it is amazing!!
This is a very insightful video. I feel like I have the same ideology as Alan and he’s right about everything in this video. Everyone, keep on doing what you love and escape the matrix. Schools, 9-5 jobs, and the media wants to keep us trapped💯
I dont know who i am or what i want and i accept it. I let go and dont fight it trying to control everything, as it only leads to neurosis and depression.
As one who floods the internet with whiteboard animations on behalf of companies trying to tell us what we want... I have to say.. This is really amazingly well done. A lot of work, love and stick-to-it-tive-ness went in to this. It is really appreciated. Well done.
I ask for nothing but pursued my favorite interest to the point that those around me considered me to be an expert. I was labeled an authority but my only concern has been to learn more of what I do not know in my field but always willing to share my experiences with others. We live our lives and if we do not dwell on who we are someone else will define you. You just need to choose a path that is honorable and of some value to others.
I honestly feel a bit awkward asking for money, but every penny you give will go directly towards creating more videos like this. If just 1% of the After Skool subscribers contributed a dollar on patreon, I could be free to simply focus on creating. Thank you so much for the support! www.patreon.com/AfterSkool
How is this comment 4 days old lol
Are you sure that's what you really want?
@@betiedumaybe he had the video on private for a few days :/
@@betiedu time travel ;)
@@betiedu Patreon members/people get to view it first.
" A completely predictable future is already the past "
in the least, I believe it gives us the opportunity to examine "now that I find myself in a position similar to how I envisioned my goal... *is* it what I genuinely want"? When I was put in that position, I answered "I really don't know; more like I think it's what I *thought* I wanted"
@@KingRandor82 It's one of those things that puts your desires into perspective: are you a dog chasing its tail or are you actually pursuing a goal?
@@DarkAngelEU I've actually starting selling off a lot of material possessions I amassed over the years, realizing how little they genuinely mean to me; I'm not of course telling people they *have* to do this, but if they're going to...make sure those possessions are acquired for the right reasons, and not cause you feel "I'm supposed to have this for validation", or whatever. I'm still keeping a good chunk of them, but it is *so* freeing selling off what I am, I can't even describe it. Funny thing: so last year, I was doing a *lot* of overtime at work for a particular set of reasons, and as a result, my paychecks were like around twice as big as they normally are; and I would walk around utterly exhausted....and with such little desire to really spend almost any of it; I finally had a scenario to understand what it was like being financially loaded (even though I'm nowhere near close to that), and when I was officially put in a position where I could afford "whatever I wanted"....all my time working and amassing it...just didn't make blowing it worthwhile. I bought a few things here and there, but instead preferred to still go for deals and sales and clearance and whatnot; I enjoyed the challenge more of that than just buying whatever. Sure, all those people with tons of money have huge houses and exotic cars....and no time to spend *in* those houses or *driving* those cars, unless to impress some clients or something. Who the hell wants that?
@@KingRandor82 Haha, apparently some people want it. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to talk about them right now ;)
It suddenly reminded me of Machine learning ;)
"Why dont you know what you really want? You have it" that caught me completely off guard, really made me look deeper into myself and my life
Nice to read this. Did you come to understanding with yourself by this time that has past?
me too, most of us just have it, but we are still distracted its absolutely unbelievable
@@pirds102010 The aim of this world is to keep us distracted. Mankind's true purpose is free and simple to achieve.
@@drboyton1 Yes, this Dunya is a test, it has temptations and distractions.
@@rebelliongaming8232 dunya?
The sweet irony a man named watts telling us we don't need power. Love it.
And Alan spelt backwards is Nala . Nala from lion king told simba to stop chasing pleasure and to fix his life . Wow mind blown
But is he correct, isn't have the power to make a choice, freewill what makes us divine ?
We don't need power, because we have it, although we don't use that power correctly!
He doesnt have power. He isnt forcing you to listen. Hes a teacher saying "if you want to learn im here."
@@vincentpham8605 it's just a pun on his last name b/c a Watt is a measurement of electrical power. ;)
“Life isn’t a problem to be solved, but a reality to experience” - Soren Kierkegaard
Isn’t it amazing that we watch these videos, feel enlightened for a day and then we all fall back into capitalism and all we want is financial security and job satisfaction and a family
The message of the video is not to quit doing everything but to be curious of tomorrow. Just sit back and enjoy the show. It's going to be the greatest story you'll ever hear.
grow you and ur family some food
I just wish we could all agree and create a way to get myself and others to care for the planet. Either way were fucked with consumerism
There’s nothing wrong with those things. First off we are hard wired to want children, all animals are, financial security is to meet our needs, food, shelter, the last and least is job satisfaction. we’ve always had to work hunter gatherering was work, work is essential, satisfaction with it is a side benefit.
@@codytaylor9087 said while using a device that has some of the filthiest most polluting components to make it work. Consumerism is the fastest most efficient way of doing away with old dirty sources of fuel. Did government come in and mandate that burning wood would be replaced with coal? did they mandate that coal would be replaced with cleaner and more efficient oil? then they forced industry to change over to natural gas? No, those choices were made by consumers both residential and commercial/industrial because they were more efficient. Once renewables reach the point of competitiveness, folks will switch over in droves.
The hilarious thing is this speech is 40-50 years old. Oh how far we've come
1. And? How many of us didnt even exist 40 years ago?
2. Did those who heard it 40 years ago, did something different for hearing it back then?
3. Will it hurt to be repeated if it has positive effect?
Antoon Groenewoud woah🤯
orion 310591 I think what’s funny is we haven’t gone anywhere since it’s been taught. It still applies to everyone today, yet the world seems to be blind to the speeches point.
@@blakedavison8850 actually we seem to be going in the wrong direction. All I see everywhere I look is people who want to control society, control behavior, control thought, etc.
I recently watched a movie titled, "The Fountainhead". 1949. 70 years ago. You may find in interesting. Speaking of ,'Not much has changed'.
“when you have explored pleasure to its ultimate limit the only thing you can get a kick out of is pain”
I don't buy that shit for a second. When I'm in a state of abundance, my instinct is to help others get to where I'm at because I derive pleasure from finding problems and fixing them!
@@hangukhiphop but do they really need it or it is you who need it more and you just trying to satisfy your own ego?
@@the793 yes, they do. Just take a look at the children in Yemen
thats saying you do
@@avithedev so you are going to create a paradize for the children in yemen, until they are so oversaturated and full of pleasure, that all that can give them a greater kick is pain. stop being so shortsighted
After more than 2/3rds of my life drowning in drugs and alcohol, asking myself WHO I am, this video(lesson) speaks to me on a spiritual level. At 37 years of age, I often ask myself, who am I? What is it I desire? I always answer, " I don't know "... to both questions. This presentation made me cry.......
Try psychedelics
Hi...addiction is usually a response to trauma. I recommend Complex PTSD by Pete Walker. It can help walk you back to your true self that was minimized by traumatic events. I'm becoming a trauma recovery coach...I recommend that or a trauma informed therapist...only if any of this resonates. Take good care.
try Jesus Christ
YOU need to have all 3 cause everything is better, in 3s lol Your almost there but there is mercy in hell. 2/3 is .666
@@christidiscipulus1576 I understand that way. But some good intentions have made it that humans don't like being preached it. but some really do. Look a Joe Rogan.
It's sad Alan passed away so early, everytime I listen to him speak I feel like a good old friend is talking to me. You feel his geniunity in his words and he's incredible at describing rather complex Buddhist or Hinduist concepts in easy to understand terms.
He had a short life well spent, instead of a long life worth nothing.
its quite remniscent of Mr. Rogers
The worst thing about it is that he died an alcoholic. Kinda takes hope away. You have an idol like him who seems to be enlightened in a way, and he goes on going down by one if the most based on human weakness ways ever.
@@VenganceWarrior i didn't know he was a alcoholic but remember every one has a weakness that's what a life is. There cant be good without the bad.
@@Borex2 Weakness alright. But sad part is that you can be full of wisdom words and it is just a theory you cannot apply/use/realize in everyday life. Talking is not living. It's the cobbler's children that go barefoot. We can only guess how miserable Alan felt behind this curtain of enlightenment.
Working hard for something you don't believe in is called stress. Working hard for what you believe in is called passion.
And understanding that you need not do neither is called freedom
I wish we had that option.
@@turolretar man must work hard. Or else he is no man.
@@brianfleming1984And who decided that?
@@St.Calamityhis ancestors
Wish they showed things like this at schools or at children’s homes.
Can't, kids growing up with this mindset are a problem for the status quo
Then there would be no slaves to foam your latte or greet you at Walmart.
Today it's more important to ask them what gender they are.
@@Jon-mh9lk creating confusion, creating more 'communities' the individual can identify with.
a community to protect, an enemy to defeat - the others.
dividing humans even further.
why teach children not to identify with anything, not to trust everything we are said, not to live in the past or future, ...
as the previous commenter said, they need these slaves to power the world they've built - to keep it running.
as long as the majority is asleep and caught in a cycle of addictions (stress, drugs, complaining, money, games, ...) nothing is going to change. sad.
@@belmarcc It's time to raise a new generation.
Moderation is key, we should chase our dreams, but also learn the skills to survive in materialistic world and pay bills.
Mr Watts is a great thinker.
The person recording him is good at breathing into the microphone.
It is a recording of a recording. You can hear the kids and cats of the ambience of the place where the recording was recorded. Probably to fool the auto algorithm so it doesn't infringe/ trigger a copyright claim
zen zin yeah. Sometimes it’s distracting. The chillstep with Alan Watts lecture helps
How dare you? He is a GOD!
@@scarlethottie3955 like you, me, everybody else and nature. So care about what you say to the next God you encounter and lisent well to the next God you encounter. I love you.
@@manbel9185 Hahahaha! Wise words, fellow human! Said in a really funny way too!
A completely predictable future is the past- you’ve already had it 👏🏾
@James Lauricia Did you watch the vid?
You're beautiful
Yes. This applies no less to the next five minutes, as is it does to the rest of your life.
@@Charlie-502 message her man....let her know how you feel.
@@KyleAlexanderkneeGrowPlz good idea. I'm really horny
"you're wasting energy all the time, in self defense"
This hit me hard.
Hopefully not like you’re father.
I got redirected to this video by a friend of mine and I honestly feel validated after watching this. since i was old enough to know even a little bit about this world, about ~8 years old, i have struggled to imagine my own place in it. I didn't know the answer to the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?", I didn't know what i wanted to achieve and even now, 10 years later, as i am going through the motions of live and going to college I still don't know.
I enjoy spending time with my friends, i enjoy the sports I play, but there is no future that I wish for that seems sustainable or even accepted in this society.
I don't know why I wrote this comment, I highly doubt anyone will even see it or take the time to read it. I suppose I just wanted this off my chest.
Honestly I'm going through the same thing. Right now I'm enrolled in a trade program but I'm not seeing a future in that field. Nothing really appeals to me except the art, nature, music, comedy and philosophy that I take in but I have no real passions of my own. I wish it were possible to simply exist in a small private world all by myself but I know that isn't possible. The best part of my life is my janitor job at the college I attend where I can listen to videos like this one.
I feel the same was both of you but I am 33 and have felt like the world just keeping turning and everyone keeps running around wide open for no REAL reason. Everyone is caught in the debt trap. Once you're in it, it's very hard to get out. I have always felt out of touch with what others call "reality" when really in MY reality, they're the crazy ones. I live for the moment. Right here and right now. I have never been more unhappy until I started planning for the future. I have had the fortunate opportunity to work for myself for the last 10 years and it has given me more insight to what I call the "REAL reality" as he explains in other presentations. The here and now. I have desires and I know what I need to do to be happy but it's not what the rest of the world consider normal. Taxes keep us chained to big brother and always having to make money only to pay the taxes. Being in the purposelessness of nature really helps me be one with myself. But in current society, having your own piece of nature to be naturally yourself, is quite expensive. So if you take a little bit of desire and mix it with today's society of needing money to buy nature and call it your own, it's very expensive. You may soon be caught up in the debt trap... very similar to a death trap... it's very easy to slip into so I would advise any young person to go be in nature and stay there by yourself for just 1 day. Go somewhere where you won't be found or discovered without a cell phone or any form of communication or entertainment and just be with nature and really enjoy the moments and see how you feel at the end of that day. Don't think about the past or future. Don't think at all. Just be with nature. It's very eye opening if you can truly admit to yourself while you're in the moment of how great and peaceful that very moment can be. Every day and every second that exact peace of mind can be found and enjoyed if you just stop running the race and stop thinking.
I hear you and I get it. The answer is simple yet powerful as can be. FOLLOW YOUR BLISS. I am 68 years old. I love the best life….I read over 35 years about Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and that’s when I read about following your bliss. I’ve loved and continue to live an awesome awesome life…never once taking a job I don’t want. Love❤my life
so my guys let me show you the true purpose and meaning of life.......
it is to know ur creator the Lord Jesus Christ.......trust me I was on the first stage of "I don't know", and now im on the third stage with an answer "I KNOW". We humans cant be God......cause we arent meant to be one.....
My advice would be to save the money you can from a young age until you decide. It's hard to do anything without resources. And keep your expenses low.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
C. S. Lewis
Damn, that's deep.
In the subconscious you will find what you seek.
@@jerichoaldrich3041 Is that your given name? Because it's awesome!
@@user-jl4zz1re4c , is that yours?
Cuz it's retro, and weird (in a good way).
@@jerichoaldrich3041 Haha! It isn't my given name, I didn't give much though when naming the UA-cam account, thanks for commenting on my name, weird and retro, I'll remember that. Hey but is yours given or not? If so I would love to know where you are from!
This has really rattled me . I’m quite the hedonist. And I’m always miserable. The concept of chasing pain after being bored with pleasure has sent shivers down my spine .
The concept is not to “chase” or go looking for pleasure and happiness. Open yourself up, and let it come to you.
11 months later..hows your path looking my friend? I hope its going better. I can relate to your situation. I made a lot of changes. As a wise man once said 'if you dont know what is right or cant do those things, at least stop doing what you know is wrong'.
Go to Federal Prison - you'll get a fix for something then. You will even see what you've taken for granted.
I'm a big believer in pain and pleasure being "twins", in the sense that we can't have more of one without also having more of the other. Alan Watts and many others throughout history have written about this intertwining of pleasure and pain. Chasing pleasure always leads to pain. The solution is to give up on the idea of having lots of pleasure while being free from pain, because this is not how life works. Life starts to flow much more smoothly when you accept both sides equally. If you're interested, I've even spent 5 years writing a (free) book called The Sudist Way about what this all means and how to use these ideas to overcome chronic depression, anxiety, irritability, and chronic pain. Take care and be well.
@@rustym.shackelford5546 You wouldn't happen to know the whereabouts of one Dale Gribble?
The "You have it" moment is so powerful to me. I am speechless and mind-blowing. Thank u.
I got goosebumps
When I heard that line I immediately thought of Eckhart Tolle. Be present. Enjoy everything in the now. This channel has really changed my views and mindset throughout the years. Stay blessed everyone 💛
it was insanely powerful
Well said🙊🙉🙈
It directly touched my soul.
I have said so often "I dont know" but always getting more frustrated but not having that answer, that I never stopped to realise it is the only true way of experiencing the present. Also never seen it as "I love", "I let go" where I lost my mother a month ago it made me tear up thinking of letting my mother go is the same as loving her. It sort of makes sense giving me some peace I havent had in awhile.....
Don’t go to college/university simply to get a degree. Go there because you want to expand your knowledge in an area, because you will enjoy growing in that area throughout your life. And if studying isn’t for you, then it isn’t. Do something else and be better off for it.
Edit: my experience: Was going to do a veterinary degree as this was the only option where you could make money with animals. However I realised that I didn’t want to be stuck in the rut Alan Watts is talking about. Instead I will hopefully be a badly paid but content conservationist, travelling the world and trying to give back by saving wildlife species at the same time. Life is about choosing fulfilment and experiences rather than money.
Since i have no direction in life at the moment Iplan on going to community college atleast for a semester, i dont know what ill major but few reasons im going is too see if I like school, to see if I find a career ill like to persue and continue college, and hopefully to meet new people also... but for those reasons im not sure if it will be worth the time going at least for the first two reasons
Therealdeal 10 go for it :)
MoonintheMist
Well, with today’s possibilities in regards to social media, being a wildlife conservatist doesn’t necessarily damn you to be financially poor. Unless, showing off/promoting your work is also something, you’re not comfortable doing, of course.
But otherwise...you start out with a clean slate (no student debt) and could have a tidy little side income, aside from what your jobs are actually paying. Lots of people love to follow that kind of content...with the added bonus, that you’ll have to deal with way less trolls and haters than most people on social media.
Wonderful comment, thank you for sharing. I know it will work out for you because you won't have to make any sacrifices you'll ultimately regret- plus you'll never regret not doing anything.
I was recently berated for not wanting to go to college. I'm currently at an internship and a team lead told me that I was pretty good at what I do, despite not knowing much. He heavily emphasized that a degree was the only way of earning lots of money and having job security. However, upon thoughtful meditation, I have realized what Alan Watts expounded: life should be about enjoying it, not making money. I don't care how much money I make, as long as I get to do what I want to. That is the true definition of success, and getting there is a matter of perspective.
Sorry for the rant and personal story, but thank you to those who dedicated their precious time to reading and liking my comment.
@@raraavis7782
"Well, with today’s possibilities in regards to social media, being a wildlife conservatist doesn’t necessarily damn you to be financially poor. Unless, showing off/promoting your work is also something, you’re not comfortable doing, of course."
I love that you made this comment! I think about this all the time and I find it to be one of the best potential positives of life in this incessantly innovative eras. Of course, I'm one of those people that can't imagine a work-life balance with that kind of spotlight.
Honestly, quarantine is working wonders for figuring out what I want. It’s so long and drawn out that I have gotten bored with video games. I’ve gotten bored with UA-cam a lot. I’ll watch or play it for an hour-2 in a day, then get bored and find something more interesting to do. Use this time to learn how work is fun, as long as it’s something you want to do.
Keep at it baaaaby 💪🏼
That's the attitude we need!
Im finding that having my civil liberty removed and freespeech censored for a virus that has a 99.97% survival rate has made me realise the government is destroying my country for the benefit of global corporationsm Bill Gates and Big Pharmaceutical companies. We'll all end up being royaly fucked if we dont get up off our arses and start putting up some opposition.
The question is not what do you want to learn, but who do you want to become
Loren Gabelein My friend this is as close to you can get to a unachievable utopia, the system we have now is not perfect but it’s the best, humans will always look out for their own self-interest, it’s philosophically flawed to think teachers and scientists, or anyone as a matter of fact, should be given extreme power in the pursuit of “good” intentions.
As a child, when people asked me: what do you want to do/be when you grow up? I never knew... Even later, while doing and being this and that all the time, i never knew what i wanted to do/be. I just was and did and followed the signposts life showed me in order to find my path. All of my life, i felt there was something wrong with me and my indecisiveness. Today i learned i was right all the time... What a relief. Thank you so much.
"When you have explored pleasure to its ultimate limit, the only thing you can get a kick out of is pain."
Explains why so many of the ultrawealthy do the things they do.
Great takeaway 👏🏼
Yeah shows Everything in life needs a balance, you can never live happily with too much of anything✌🏻
Wouldnt pleadure to its ultimate limit last until death?
@@iOwnzNubz1 nope then it loses the scope and definition of "pleasure".. moreover all time pleasure dulls your brain, balance is key no matter how philosophical it seems..
@@exoticpash8823 I dont get it. Sorry. Maybe you can explain further?
How can you and Alan know all this to be true?
How does one live a life of balance? What is this balance? Is it possible for one person who is living a life of balance to do it in a way which is more pleasurable than someone elses way of balance? Or is there like only one way to live a life of balance?
Must thinking/seeking/studies/meditation/ect be kept in moderation or can anything which seems to point towards higher/greater good be done as much as one likes?
:)
Thank you.
He died aged 58. So I guess he lived a short life doing what he loved. ❤️
Long enough
From what I read, it was tobacco and wine that led to his early demise.
@@BillRemski Yes. It shortens so many people's lives. I've given up both. But it's probably too late. 🤣
The main reason to all financial issues is that people live too long making salaries watered out as the old work too much.
I've been listening to watts for about 7 years now and I never get tired of hearing him. So much wisdom.
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anyone you particularly recommend?
HyperMoon & conrado k If you like Watts, I would recommend you listen to some Sadhguru. Very profound words, much like Watts. Here's one I can point you to, if you like: ua-cam.com/video/K2S5-_AgckA/v-deo.html
@Ligeia D.Aurevilly search: waiara, they posts heaps of Alan Watts talks into short videos.
@Ligeia D.Aurevilly search for wiara. They posts heaps of his talks.
I love Alan Watts and what he has taught our Western sisters and brothers. He never tried to turn Buddhist teachings into "mindfulness" or "evidence-based" psychology. He stayed true to the source of these lessons and never claimed his learnings were science to gain the trust of a Western audience. Top bloke!
When you have explored pleasure to its ultimate limit, the only thing you can get a kick out of is Dark Souls.
Praise the sun! Y
SANEST COMMENT IN WHOLE UA-cam
This comment right here tho.
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Life hunt scythe :)
Give without regard to what you recieve, you will be happy.
Didn’t expect to see you here, this is a pleasant surprise
@@Kolateak_ Yes its a surprise to be sure but a welcome one.
it has been a long time proto, nostalgia
Yessss
True
I'll be 39 years old tomorrow & I still don't know what I want to do with my life. I'm married, have 2 kids, make a decent amount of money, but I'm not terribly satisfied with my life. I find myself constantly looking to my past & wondering what could've been, so much so that I rarely look towards the future. In short, I needed to hear this today.
You can do this. Best wishes my man. I believe in you.
If money and responsibilities weren't inhibitors what it it that would have been?
I'm 60 next year and have learnt that nothing should prevent you living your full potential
You are only in this body for a short amount of time so just do it😘
@@sue2087 I really don't know. I enjoy cooking & daydream about starting my own steakhouse, but I looked into how much capital I'd need to open the doors & that took care of that dream.
Travel? If you can, it’s a small world but it’s a big world full of so many beautiful things and places to experience. Even if just for a short time
@@lexxie225 And mess up the very things you want to see...with pollution.
I have listened to a great many lessons taught by Alan, and have gleaned much from them, and gained a great many insights. But in this moment,for some reason, or purpose unbeknownst to my conscious thought, this touched me very deeply and profoundly. I began weeping at the epiphany that, I have accomplished a great many things in my life, which others would say make me “successful” or “accomplished”, or even “high-value”. I have what many would call a “perfect” life, or “wealth”. I just now, this moment, realized that I have never enjoyed any of it. I took no real satisfaction in what I’ve done or accomplished. I was always thinking three or four steps ahead, and looking to the future. Too preoccupied with the destination, rather than seeing I am here, now. I arrived many times over, yet always continued moving forward to the next “thing”. I haven’t really accomplished anything that has truly fulfilled me, or gave me true contentment. I have talents which I never nurtured or pursued, because I allowed so many people, although well-intentioned, to tell me who I am, and what’s important. What those things are that I SHOULD do, to have a “good” life. I have never once stopped and enjoyed those moments, or all that I have worked so hard for. I weep even now, because I realize, that truly, all any of us have, or possess, is this moment. I never have been “here, now”. I have wasted so many opportunities to be truly happy, and to experience real joy or beauty! To see each moment as a gift. I weep, not because I am sad, but because it really is all so SIMPLE. It is US who makes everything so damn complicated, with our incessant need to control everything. I wasn’t, or couldn’t possibly be, happy, because I was in a constant state of fear. I put so much pressure on myself to “achieve” or “be perfect”. It wasn’t my idea of happiness, but others ideas of what happiness is…. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank You!!!
Damn you made me cry. For a moment I realized that always striving for perfection is a lonely world.
'the more you give, the more you recieve' explained exactly as it should be explained.
Chris Kabalan 3.6 roentgens, not great but not terrible.
@@omarrochet the more you take the less you have. now where have i heard that?
When it comes to the "the more you give, the more you recieve" quote in the context of the video, does he mean the more you embrace the "I don't know" idea and let go of things, and control, and quit forcing things to be the way you want it too be, only then will you receive? Or is it something else?
@@TheDeadb3ar yes exactly the more you give in to the idea of desirelessness, the more you will receive in return. but dont expect material in return, detachement and desirelessness will give you spiritual riches.
m not sure I agree with everything he's saying he kind of contradicts himself because at the start he says to go out and pursue the things that give you pleasure rather than money and then says to not pursue pleasure -- I think he means dont just pursue extrinsic pleasure but pursue the intrinsic pleasure of doing things you love - where the mere act of doing them makes you feel good. ie playing the piano. remember if it weren't for pleasure and pain will would not exist at all - the way we learn to do things it to pursue things that give an internal reward ie pleasure , happiness , socialising ect and avoid internal punishments e.g pain, sadness - both things are very important and necessary to live your life though as without pain you would not learn what not to do. remember internal rewards/pleasant sensations in the brain often come about from giving , acts of kindness and things that from the outside look like they are totally selfless acts. because we evolved in a social society so it was important for us to also enjoy acts of altruism
not sure if this makes my depression better or worse
literally lmao
same here
I recommend reading the book titled: the untethered soul. I don’t read leisurely, but this mindset has changed my life for the better and I highly recommend it
Exactly
Mephistopheles 10 k, It's over 9000 then isn’t that just an endless loop of never being happy?
I don't know
I love
I let go
I don't try to force or control
Humility
your poem is beautiful
This is eye opening. Social media has a way of making you believe that you have to have more of everything. I admit that success has been an idol in my life. We have to watch the things we desire.
So True. "The root of all suffering is desire". - Buddha
Someone is doing really gentle bong rips in the background.
Righhtt???? Like wtff was that ahaha i could barely watch it with all the breathing in the background ahahah
wow that's great, so much more cred
lol
I thought it was a second message at a very slow speed
Also there was a cat somewhere around 8-9mins
“You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing.” Simple but yet so difficult.
Made me cry realizing the incredible truths in this. I am who I am. I am not death. I desire nothing. I am life.
you're deep!
Age and centuries to come, he will be regarded as one of the most influential philosophers that ever lived
Philosophy is such a touchy subject but we’ve been deceived too long
so my guys let me show you the true purpose and meaning of life.......
it is to know ur creator the Lord Jesus Christ.......trust me I was on the first stage of "I don't know", and now im on the third stage with an answer "I KNOW". We humans cant be God......cause we arent meant to be one.....
Love Alan Watts, one of the most profound speakers I've ever heard.
you clearly haven't read the bible yet.
@@RedMaster-mw6ti lol
Crazy that he was an alcoholic and taking his own advice
@@RedMaster-mw6ti there is no need for competition and comparison... it's impossible for anyone to hold the ultimate truth.
@@topranked5465 death gets them sooner who starts to give away the secret.. Illusion is the game you see,you can't give away the game. Welcome to looney town.
I can't describe how much I needed this video right now.
I've been kinda depressed for the past month, bored, feeling like I have no purpose after 2 years moving to the country I wanted to move for so long. Thanks to Alan Watts I realized that it's not the worse thing can happen. I probably feel this way because I already have what I want. Great video 👏👏
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
-C. S. Lewis
Amen
@Jacque passing by
it means you are not separate from the ultimate reality. Not heaven and hell.
Work, school, work, school, work, school. No love. All toil and no happiness. It's a trap, and sadly some of us are stuck. We dump the things we love and make us happy to make more time for things that only give us the expectation of things we consider "better." And once we've achieved these goals we then ask, "what's next?" And the cycle repeats itself. No love, all toil, no destination.
The system is flawed (on purpose) but it can be broken out of with a change of mindset
I feel the same. I feel like an overworked robot. I dont even paint or play the piano anymore. 😔
@@ryllae8059 Then for a change go and do so. Just play and forget about everything else for sometime 😊
Your destination is death. What you choose to do in between during the journey is entirely up to you.
“An idle mind is the devils playground” I have experienced this. I have witnessed this. Thanks for sharing. I feel more human now than I have in awhile.
“when you have explored pleasure to its ultimate limit the only thing you can get a kick out of is pain” says the elite of today.
Wouldn't pleasure to its ultimate limit last until death?
@@iOwnzNubz1 no
@@bignicker12 how do you know?
to everyone who's feeling down esp this quarantine, I'm giving you a virtual hug
Right back atchya, Cosmic C :)
@@joannietrotter2344 🙏
Thank you, back to you too ❤️
YES! More Alan Watts Please
you got it!
After Skool ❤️
Agreed.
yes that was very good
Absolutely, Alan Watts is a great mind, and inspiration
I’m happy that so many people have discovered this.
Me too
“When you have explored pleasure to its ultimate limits - the only thing you can get a kick out of is pain .” 🤯
What does it means?
@@killerme4774 Think of people are into child porn or sick fetishes, or child pedophilia, they have indulged themselves in so much pleasure, that they need more kick after each time they indulge themselves. That is why I believe the elites of our world are into the things they are into because they have had so much pleasure that they involve themselves with sickening hobbies/pleasures that the normal everyday person would seem horrifying aka Child pedophilia/prostitution
Accurately, inflicting pain on everyone else...
My narcissistic upstairs neighbor described
Pleasure and Pain are two opposite sides of a coin. You can't have one without the other. The stronger the pleasure one experiences, the stronger will the pain be when you're in withdrawal from that pleasure. For examples, drugs and love: The stronger the love and the drugs, the more miserable you will get when the love and drugs are taken away from you. You could try to withdraw from the love or the drugs slowly, but then in the future, it will take stronger stimuli to give you the same pleasure that you've gotten before. Experienced too strong pleasure early in life and you won't be able to enjoy the same for the rest of your life. It is better to dole out pleasurable experiences gradually so that you can experience life to the fullest.
"Better to have a short life that if full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way" Alan Watts
I'm heading out this weekend to start my life doing what I really want to be doing. Listen to this advice and you will truly never be more happy.
Yes! Many blessings to you!
I encourage you to do what other people hate to do. That way you earn financial independence quickly and can spend the rest of your life not even considering money. Then you can live your dreams!
Maybe I'm more lucky than most but I receive a moderate disability check from the VA and now I plan to go and do what I want to do. I'm done trading what little life I have for other people.
I agree with you but the question is how
Wow This gave me a profound insight into my old heroin addiction
Clayton Bigzby 4 years sober now and I feel that comment.
There's a rehab center not far from me and the people that come out of there put chills down my spine. They look completely drained. Their eyes are empty and it seems like they're using up their entire strength just to keep themselves on their feet. This motivates me not because I do drugs or alcohol. But as an example what happens if you give up on life in general. Giving in to depression and refusing to fight is just as bad as being addicted to drugs.
Fast Internet hahaha you’re so funny 🤣🤣 stfu nigga
You're so cool dude. NOT. Die.
I'm amazed by people who overcome addiction. an incredible feet that we could all learn from. so much to teach from reaching the depths of internal suffering and rising even higher to free yourself. 👏
I'm so glad there was people like Watts to explain these things to people, especially in English. It's so imoortant and he's good with the language. I am so terrible at explaining my thoughts. He had a gift and he knew how to use ir. He gets his point and a meaning across so clearly. Such an important man.
When you let go of the false power, you get true divine power.
I decided to let go of the “control and power”, I cried my eyes out laying on the floor.
I felt a flood of pain leave my heart.
I used meditation to find the light at the end of that tunnel I faced. Addiction, pain and heartbreak 24/7.
There’s hope friends, there’s another way to exist in this world outside of a gloomy dark sadness.
There’s peace from GOD and self-love. Overcoming attitude instead of giving up.
True friendships. And so much more we all could experience. Despite the evil & danger in this world.
Life is also good!!
What I really like about Alan Watts isn't even what he says but how he says it and how he laughs at the way some people are stuck in their lives because he knows they are already free. All they need to remove the chains is to not think about them.
I love what I do and I love my life, I have a glorious opulent life!!! Thank you so much Universe !!!❤ thank you for your work !!❤⭐
I find that I have everything I want. Now, I am at a point where I am simply trying to master what I have.
Brandon May how old are you? what do you do?
@@555tonyleon I'm in my early 40s and work in software development. I am not super wealthy or anything - don't want to give the wrong impression but I do well enough to provide a comfortable life for my wife and I. When I look at where I came from and compare it to where I am all I feel is gratitude. I think that gratitude may be the key truthfully, it's such a fulfilling feeling that it doesn't leave room for much else.
My life is not "perfect" and would make a pretty unimpressive Instagram page but I've found that I don't care about the trappings of wealth. Life is about relationships and being someone you can be proud of. All the other stuff is just noise. My focus is just on always trying to be better and perfecting what I have. I give myself challenges and pursue them so that I am always tested. When I was younger that was all in athletics but now that I'm getting older I find I'm drawn to things like woodworking. I don't give much thought to what others have or what they are doing or how "cool" what I'm doing would seem to others.
@@MegaTeeruk sick mate enjoy your life!
I've had really rough childhood (i mean mentally). I was from somewhat "wealthier" family, and the whole village was jealous and despised us. We gain wealth recently, because my grandfather worked overseas, but never trough his life did he invest in something. Only kept spending money. Now 35 years later, we are slowly going bankrupt. My mother always put pressure on me telling me that if i dont succed in life, we will be poor, and it will be all my fault. Anyway, Because people from village hated us. I never had friends, and always was alone. But never hated anyone. I could've always ask for money, but never did. I always tried to earn money for myself. I could have easily driven some good car, spent tons of money in the clubs, be famous (around friends, you know the "cool" kid) but never found joy in it. Not even till this day i haven't met a person who didn't wish for at least one of these things (money/fame/hoes). And then i concluded that im weird. Im not normal (it doesn't matter if im right). To cut story short, since i was 10 i kept wondering what will make me happy, what is for me "happiness". Since my life was shit, i gavr up on it, BUT i made a pledge to sacrifice my life, in order to give everything to my child. I thought that in that way if my kid lives the way it wants, i wouldn't give two fucks that my life was miserable. I would've imagine:"Hey this could have been me, and i would be happy, just knowing that". But you won't believe what happened, for the first time in my life i knew what i wanted. I fell in love in this one girl. I've never felt like this, to any other girl that i liked. I love her eyes, her voice, her character, her looks... I just love HER like whole. I felt motivated to achieve anything in the world just for her. Unfortunately, when i confess to her, she refused me. In a way i wasn't suprise, i mean my whole life was shit, did i really think after all that time I will achieve happiness far greater than any sorrow i had trough my life!? But yea, it's been a year and a half since that. I distanced myself from her in order to forget her. I thought, meh what do i know im young, i will probably forget her as soon as i find some other girl. Ou boy was i wrong. I can't get her out of my head, every part of my body is telling me that probably she is the "one". The one i've been looking for. But then again, I would rather suffer my whole life, than to only thing i care about, force into being with me. As much as i am glad i met her, i regret every second i spent with her. If i didnt met her, i would've never knew what i was looking for. Never knew what could make me happy... If i didnt met her... I wouldn't know what i am missing. I wouldn't know i can never achieve my happines. We will see, like i say, im young, so it probably cant be that serious right? I will meet someone else. If not because she will be better, then at least because she will resemble her... God i love her so much...
I forgot what i wanted to say... Hahahaha
Its sad that at 36yrs old..im just now realizing what he's talking about..when i was a kid..u had to go to school, then college, then get a job, have a family, pay bills, then die. Anything outside of that and u were lazy, weird, or not a productive member of society..i chose to be happy. Whether that means traveling the world with no plan just allowing the universe to guide me..i have given enough of my life away..im living for me now...life is more than mortgages, school loans, and heartache..its time to LIVE life instead of just surviving
I was hired to build a fence for someone last year and decided to make it the most creative I could for my ability. About halfway through the project I envisioned the next project beyond this one in how I could make the next fence even better, but a strange thought came to mind, knowing that I know how to do the next did not create excitement, it created longing for figuring out what would be beyond that one. In other words, I realized that even though I hadn't even done the idea in the physical world, simply knowing how to do it made me feel as though I already had (a completely predictable future is the past). It was a very strange realization.
Great comment. This is why we explore the unknown.
Thats why people say you have to fall in love with the process, not the result :]
I have this same problem. I crave for learning something new, the challenge of it, the anxiety, the hopeful accomplishment. But then I realized once I got there I felt nothing. The act of doing it was what I liked. So now that I know I dont know how to care for it without wanting to improve or do something different.
Thank Logic for showing me this speech in the incredible true story. This video is beautiful
Indeed! Please share it around!
The god of all that is rational. I love it!
I was just thinking about that listening to this. I heard that back when I was a Senior and high school and man have I came a long way. Now a third year in college...
At 0:49 I remember it sounded way too familiar! Good job !
Yesss!
I love this. The more I learn, the more I don't know & that's the beauty of this life.
At age 22 I read Alan Watts' book, Nature, Man, and Woman, then I read the rest of them. Now in my older age I finally have everything I want...because I learned how not to want.
His voice and his tone are so soothing, I want to meditate now.
This is a great video, I'm so glad UA-cam recommended it to me.
Really enjoyed it 🤗
This is amazing. It starts out with do what you desire, and then turns it around to, it's better not desire anything.
sobering thought
But how do you stop desiring to desire?
Bojangles Ferguson to be content I would guess. To make the most out of everything you have now, to take the high road, to live sober, to love life. That’s not to say there aren’t good desires that won’t lead to trying to experience pleasure to the point the video shows. But we have to have passion in our endeavors. Not mindless activity. When you really work toward something that shares in helping others with your passion and selflessness, you will find yourself loving what you do more and more and eventually leave a legacy for others to follow.. it’s not about us. In some ways it has to be us because we are all limited to one body and one life, but we must be careful not to be selfish.
The end of all desire means you are happy where you are in life and happy with what you are doing and happy with the people you are doing life with.
@@Valetic6 There is no such thing though, you can't not desire, and wishing or hoping to be content and happy with a legacy to leave behind is still desiring.
@@JanglingYourBo balance
Perfect understanding of the law of attraction, karma and that for every action there's an opposite equal reaction.
Well I'm glad I lived long enough to see this video.
"The root of all suffering is desire". - Buddha
"There are two reasons why you don't know what you want. Reason number 1: you have it."
I'm comfortable with admitting that I cried when I heard that.
My eyes filled with tears towards the end. I can't even tell you how much that helped me to watch. It's the truth we all knew but didn't realize we knew it's the thing that's kept me stuck in doing nothing in fear of being there. And blaming myself at the hardship I've faced because of my choices in doing nothing. I feel like that healed a place in me I didn't even know was hurting. God that was excellent!! Thank you for posting that!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you WOW
I've listened to many of Alan Watts' dialogues and have appreciated them all. Great lessons, great insight but the visuals in this video have made me appreciate them even more.
Excellent work.
What I took from this: the more you can relinquish control, the more power comes back to you in the form of love
I think me coming across this channel was one of the best things that have ever happened to me.
Me too 😳
As just a teenager I’ve never really known myself or what I truly want or what my future desires, I’ve been needing to hear this speech 9:08
DON'T GO INTO DEBT SO THAT YOU DO NOT BECOME A SLAVE TO A JOB YOU HATE.
Throw all credit card applications in the garbage.
Do not go into DEBT to buy a car that is less than 7 years old... make sure it isn't an American car or a BMW.
Learn how to change your car's oil and brake pads so that you don't have to pay for that either (you'll need a wrench and a small socket set).
Don't eat fast food.
Floss. ;)
It can't be explained simpler. This is absolutely brilliant.
it could
I've chased short-term pleasure most of my life overlooking the importance of following the path to long-term pleasure and find myself with a good amount of regrets
yes, but sometimes to get things you want, you have to do things you don't want. You cant do anything with your life if you are piss poor broke all the time. So you have to do things that are not enjoyable for money. The key is to defer gratification and don't go out and spend it on stupid entertainment and status. Save money until you have enough to start doing what you really want. As he correctly pointed out, almost anything can turn into income if you are really good at it. But it takes a long time, and you need to eat while you are doing that.
rustyscrapper Well said
sometimes, due to life circumstances you are already in, perhaps its is best to save and then take the leap. but, he's right, you can certainly make money doing anything you love, and it's important to not put boxes and limitations around ourselves, as they're just beliefs not truth. like, it does not always and has not always taken a long time for people to start new things and immediately make money- there are overnight millionaires and I personally know plenty of people who finally stepped into their gifts and were immediately thriving. there are as many ways and stories as there are people on the planet. people are always surprising us by doing things we thought were impossible, because there really are no rules- just the one's we believe that keep us small and not living to our full potential. you're worthy of living your potential, empowered, continually freeing yourself, and living more and more in love and joy and giving so much to the world just by doing so. being the light you actually are. deep down, we know we are.
rustyscrapper YES, I have lived trying to help others, received help as well learning from kids
This is why I disagree with his point about doing what you would do if you didn't need money. You do need money. I think you should always consider what you're getting money for, because that's where people get really dissatisfied, when they're getting money for money's sake. Your goal should be to do what you would do if you didn't need money, but you have to get yourself there in reality with money. Like for me, if money were no object, I wouldn't monetize anything. I would screw around with my friends and just hang out with people all the time, but to get to the point where that's an option I need to have some way of getting money.
Then again what do you desire? What do you want? and who are you want these things?
"Better to have a SHORT life FULL OF WHAT YOU LIKE than a LONG life spent in a miserable way"
Alan liked a life full of shorts (whisky).
Believing those are the only two options available to you is misguided at best.
That's an individual judgement call, though a valid viewpoint. I prefer to believe that "any day that starts and ends above ground is a special day".
There's a book called Hidden Time Wealth, and it talks about how using some secret techniques, you can overcome procrastination and accomplish anything in life. It's not just a bunch of empty promises; it's the real deal.
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This man was so uncomprehending ahead of his time, that he is still articulating the concepts of today.. That honestly aren't simple to comprehend beyond generality.
I like how it all boils down to the law of conservation of energy.
Your born, live and die and old age is not a guarantee. Love. Create. Experience. Good or bad. Never care what others think about you. We're here on this rollercoaster so grow from your ride until you get off it. Remember that there's nothing to fear except fear itself. You will loose loved ones and one day they'll loose you... but don't dwell on the loss of attachment...this cosmic dance is forever....
I love Alan Watts. one of the wisest people who ever lived
All I want is freedom, to do whatever I want, whenever I feel like it. I don't want to contribute in anything substantial, I just want to do my thing without being bothered by others.
And I think that's unfortunately impossible unless you have power or more specifically money.
But maybe I'm just naive and unknowing of my true passion, since there's not one thing I want to do. I want to do it all.
this is exactly the way I feel like... did u come any further?
@Karhammer Is freedom what you want? To have freedom in everything is to want control over everything (and we know where that leads to). If you desire undisturbed freedom you require power over anything that will or could potentially disturb it (which is everything).
“I don’t want to contribute I just want to do my thing without being bothered by others” Sounds innocent at first, but this is actually a very VERY dangerous rhetoric
What do I desire?
I'll have to ask my Dopamine at the next shareholder's meeting
How often you get?
when i read this i thought ADHD this is how i do things
Then you aren't really happy the point is money isn't happiness
The question is not what I want but rather 'what is my purpose in life' . Knowing your purpose gives you peace and happyness
I just really, truly love and deeply appreciate your channel. Half of these talks I’ve heard dozens of times before, but your illustrations help to shine such a bright, modernized light on the subject matter. I can’t even estimate how many times I’ve shared a link with a friend, follower, or family member from your page. You are appreciated. ♥️
Being content enables you to not be depressed when your are not happy in any given moment.
The UA-cam algorithm brought me here... Glad it did.
Your now on the path of self knowledge !
You brought yourself here. The algorithm simply tracked your past youtube behavior and presented this to you.
I brought myself here
they are not now?
A piece of advice for anyone who reads this: never question th yt suggestions algorithm.
“Choose a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life” - Confucius.
I would love to be a male pornstar, but I'm short in multiple ways.
Then Watts comes in and says NO Cunfucius, never desire anything. Basically.
@@iOwnzNubz1 To have desires is to sign a contract with yourself. " I'm going to be unhappy untill I have this. "
@@1loumellor51 but no desire also means no motivation..what do u say?
When you have explored pleasure to the limit the only thing you can get a kick out of is pain.
The way Hidden Time Wealth dives into the concept of productivity is mind-blowing. Hidden Time Wealth tips are pure gold, and I wish more people knew about them.
When sensitive people dont persue power, all the power is taken for non sensitive people.
👏🏻👏🏻 true story
Wow, i actually cried. So good the feeling. Like im doing nothing wrong to not know. Im in tears.
How I interpreted the meaning, is that a lot of people are brought up and taught to pursue making money alone and not the things that they are truly passonate about. Also, not knowing what your passonate about is totally ok! Its human nature, I believe, to not know. Hope that helped!
Thank you for spreading Alans wisdom its very much needed in todays time. May the veil be lifted to all.
I find Allan Watts teachings amazing n on point with the happens in my life at the moment - it true I have all that I ever wanted n I do so enjoy it n I do not get paid hahah it is amazing!!
This is a very insightful video. I feel like I have the same ideology as Alan and he’s right about everything in this video. Everyone, keep on doing what you love and escape the matrix. Schools, 9-5 jobs, and the media wants to keep us trapped💯
I dont know who i am or what i want and i accept it. I let go and dont fight it trying to control everything, as it only leads to neurosis and depression.
Really needed to see this. So damn true
As one who floods the internet with whiteboard animations on behalf of companies trying to tell us what we want... I have to say.. This is really amazingly well done. A lot of work, love and stick-to-it-tive-ness went in to this. It is really appreciated. Well done.
I ask for nothing but pursued my favorite interest to the point that those around me considered me to be an expert. I was labeled an authority but my only concern has been to learn more of what I do not know in my field but always willing to share my experiences with others. We live our lives and if we do not dwell on who we are someone else will define you. You just need to choose a path that is honorable and of some value to others.