The mark of an "intelligent" mind. There are many who are educated and more lost because of it! Education does not carry with it objectivity or critical thinking...necessarily.=)
+GnarlyBroMr it means that the person with the "mark of an educated mind" is capable enough to play along with a concept or idea, respectfully, but also stick true to their beliefs and respect themselves as well
@@EliyahDaBoss oh my god I have been singing this song my entire life, but I can never finish the tune. When your dad sing this song, was there more verses of different lyrics? I can’t recall if there were anything left to the song
Anyone else going through a stage of finally waking up and realising life is being completely wasted by doing the same things everyday? But why is it so terrifying to think of doing anything else but this? I'm starting myself on a slow transition of change eventually and hopefully leading to travelling the world! What do you want to do?
Yes!! Im doing it too! I've made changes and I feel like i am in a dream like state atm...it's astonishing :) i think I've played this vid a hundred times now. All the best to you :)
Jetto245 I am exactly where you are but haven't figured out what to do. I want to travel the world also. It seems insane to waste our lives working like dogs for 45+ years and then retire
Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact same f*cking thing over and over again, expecting sh*t to change. That is crazy.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing the same thing every day unless you say it is so. That is a trap, the one where we are led to believe that if only you have a certain thing, or act a certain way, then I will be happy and fulfilled, but it doesn't work that way. There is only the here and now, all are special and every moment is golden, live in this moment. Material circumstances only provide momentary satisfaction, true peace and happiness come only from within. If you really think about it, it does not matter what you do, or don't do, there is really no right or wrong answer. There is only what happens to you and how you respond and feel about it. Perception is reality. For example: two individuals could have the exact same experience, one could feel nothing but love and joy, the other could see the same experience as a living hell filled with despair. Life is illusion, it is impermanent and therefore ultimately meaningless, that is the basic lesson laid before all to see. It is all a matter choice, what do you choose?
We played this at my son's funeral. I still come back here from time to time; to help me remember and to also try to understand. It never stops hurting, but it does become more manageable. I love you Ethan, sleep tight. 😢❤
+Northern Gardener the world is working hard on this, to lose their ability to recognize themselves, to observe themeselves, to questioning everything. "Many people, however, refuse to accept this, making excuses for their unhappiness, for their feelings of disconnect and loneliness in the world, prodding on through their daily activities, never striving for self actualization." And to run a life like this, that can only be bad for the whole world. for me, its a lack of information about how things really are.
teach me how i change, teach me how i beat all the rules in life that keeps me down... how can i live my life if i cant pay for food, water, a place to live and everything else.
Every time I watch this video and listen to that particular line, it makes me realise how much my emotions and thoughts restrict my actions. He makes me feel as though I could do anything
This is how ideas of god should be. Not religious assertions, filled with dogma and deluded certainty, but a possibility, not absolute, to be played with and explored.
make the world a better place. not only for humans but for the others we dont think about in are day to day lives. were not alone on this wet rock :) lets make life a paradise. life is whatever you make it to be.
10 years ago, I listened to this. One of my best friends told me to look up Alan Watts when I was going through a terrible time in my life and this was the first video that popped up. A decade before that i hadn’t shed a tear. I’ve came back to this speech every single year for the last 10 years to ground myself. I can confidently say this one simple video change my life, and I don’t care who believes it.
@Foxxy_Therian_Wolf I guess I was freshly 27 years old because my birthday is in December. It was a great reminder that no matter what I’ll always get older but 10 years ago I was obviously 10 years younger, and I wouldn’t trade what I have now for what I had then just to be younger, but I would love to be wiser
@The-.-f0xi-.-ther1aN That’s how I was too man. I was a mess of emotions. It’s the break through so let the emotions run tonight and let it fuel you for the future
How beautiful. We are God dreaming itself. As Alan says, "playing hide and seek" with our "self" in all our myriad forms. Just for the joy of waking up to ourself and our infinite beauty. Again and again and again.
Adelle Ramcharan Every time I have a rough spot in life, I come here and hang out,,just to remind myself, that it is going to be ok, because when I do pass, I will wake up and say "Wow, I am glad that was just a dream"
Chalchiuitlyollotl You must redefine what the word god means in order to reach that conclusion, God is not simply defined as a conscious being with the ability to affect itself and it's environment, which is what we are. Remember this, when you change the definition of a word, the connotations of that word change as well, taking away the actual importance the word brings to the statement.
Alan Watts changed my life. I got accepted to my new university and get to stay with the love of my life because of this man. I wish he was still alive to thank him.
Such a brilliant man. He helped me overcome so many of my fears and anxieties about life and helped me to move on from the darker days of my childhood.
Misclickable I don't know how to say much further than he made me feel that i was important. I was bullied a lot when i was little and my self value and self confidence went plummeted. His videos made me understand that I am important and while I may not see it myself others do
A lot of people don't like the music which accompanies a lot of Alan Watts' videos here on UA-cam.Personally,i think it adds an ambience, to an already magical experience whilst listening to this great man..
+stevebenbob It's mostly fine, but it gets a bit annoying when you keep hearing the same soundtrack(s) over and over in different videos. Also sometimes it may feel like it's distracting you away from the speech, and I believe that is the aspect which people don't like about it.
The music adds a sense of poignancy that we don’t need, he is alerting us to something much more vivid and raw, these saccharine piano chords are a distraction
I agree. And “dreams” on Spotify has music that just sends chills and it’s almost like a instrumental version of his words. Like speaking without speaking
Dare to dream, dare to cry, dare to laugh, dare to run through the ruins of the autumn leaves as they crumble beneath your feet, dare to die one November day when the sun is at its highest and the fog is at its lowest - when the showers of snow peddles lightly glide across the cold sky. I ask you and I say - I plead and pry on you with shaking arms do not waste that, don't you want to feel the wind glide across your face as you tumble down the midnight sky, kissing the heavens and laughing at the pearls of water droplets keeping you company as you do a dangerous dare - a dare to live.
Alan Watts was the first Buddhist philosopher that I listened to in my path of true spirituality and awakening. His thoughts and lectures will never cease to amaze and awaken me. Thank you, Alan.
If you awaken from this illusion and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death (or shall I say death implies life?), you can feel yourself - not as a stranger in the world, not as something here unprobational, not as something that has arrived here by fluke - but you can begin to feel your own existence as absolutely fundamental. I am not trying to sell you on this idea in the sense of converting you to it, I want you to play with it. I want you to think of its possibilities, I am not trying to prove it. I am just putting it forward as a possibility of life to think about. So then, let’s suppose that you were able every night to dream any dream you wanted to dream, and that you could for example have the power within one night to dream 75 years of time, or any length of time you wanted to have. And you would, naturally, as you began on this adventure of dreams, you would fulfill all your wishes. You would have every kind of pleasure during your sleep. And after several nights of 75 years of total pleasure each you would say “Well that was pretty great”. But now let’s have a surprise, let’s have a dream which isn’t under control, where something is gonna happen to me that I don’t know what it's gonna be. And you would dig that and would come out of that and you would say “Wow that was a close shave, wasn’t it?”. Then you would get more and more adventurous and you would make further- and further-out gambles what you would dream. And finally, you would dream where you are now. You would dream the dream of living the life that you are actually living today. That would be within the infinite multiplicity of choices you would have. Of playing that you weren't god, because the whole nature of the godhead, according to this idea, is to play that he is not. So in this idea then, everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality, not god in a politically kingly sense, but god in the sense of being the self, the deep-down basic whatever there is. And you are all that, only you are pretending you are not.
I think black, and life, do not require white, or death Though death does by definition require life, (you can't die unless first alive) life does not require death, if this was true anything that is alive, at any point, including a creator, or eternal beings, must come to an end.
I see only peace and love in this comment section. I like to think of death as a soul returning from the distant shores of the universe and experiencing it in all its infinite glory. Whether we go back to the void, an afterlife, or another chance at life, I think there is eternal comfort in knowing that we at least got the chance to feel our own existence. If you're reading this, I hope you find the solace, happiness, answers, or whatever it may be that you're looking for. Every time I look at the stars I will send good energy your way. RIP Alan Watts.
+Matthew Hansen I understand :) I had a moment of complete clarity the other night, which I'm sure grew from the seeds of great teachers like alan watts. We're fractions of the conciousness that is the universe. Our purpose as human beings is to be a way for the universe to feel, explore and express itself. To live out countless dramas. Not just humans. I honestly believe this is a dream or simulation of some kind. There is evidence to support the simulation theory. If this reality is a simulation or a game, when you play a game, you're a player in a game, playing a game which was created by another player of the same game........which is a part of the game reality... if we get to the stage where we create a simulation of the universe, we're getting fractalicious!!!!!
+Matthew Hansen why did it take you so long? i know what he means, and i *understand* what he means by watching these videos. i will read his books in the future, though.
I sent this to my grandmother shortly before her death. She helped raise me form a child and was a pragmatic but spiritual women....I like to think that she is here with me as I listen to it again as I drift off to sleep. Thank you.
So, this Universe is our playground, and when we play our games we for a moment in time forget who we really are.....this truth will set you free, it is the key to the door of our divinity....love one another.
My grandfather passed away yesterday. I saw him the day before. He loved me, and I loved him. He sent me this through my son's Google Home speaker tonight as he slept through it, silently, listening to what used to be white noise. I love you, Grandfather Clock.
the deep meaning: you are dreaming of being a God, capable of doing anything you want. But maybe YOU ARE A GOD dreaming of being just a man and having a life full of surprises. i buy that.
The eloquence of this is so profound. I can’t believe that philosophy isn’t a more fundamental part of education, it makes things so much easier to understand and appreciate.
Couldn't agree more the full lectures changed my life so much so that I was inspired to start making videos on these teachings.. I would recommend the 3 hour lecture "Do you do it or does it do you?". That lecture changed my life.
Preston Ray No worries, we all have "wasted" time doing things in confusion. But the great thing with life is that time does not matter. Time only matters for the "ego" which is a product of time, but for life/death time can't be wasted. See it like this; these 15 years was important so that you can know that you were something that you don't wanna be, in order to know what you wanna be. It's quite a beautiful thing that we humans can have the experience of "closed mindness", look what the world is now, the shallow society that talks about things like materialism, who is best/who is not, all wars about nothing, our search to be famous and so on. All our history is this "shallow-closed-mind", and I guess it has been a thrilling experience for the human race. But now it's time to wake up for it does not serve us anymore, we are destroying the planet and ourself at greater and greater rate. Whatever happens happens, life always finds a way :)
Preston Ray Same here brother, wasted about the same amount of time throughout childhood~teenage years being a believing muslim. I'm very happy that I eventually outgrew religion and definitely not gonna put anyone through the same stupid cycle ever. Onwards and upwards!
Alan Watts has opened up a realm in my brain I never knew existed. My mindset has changed completely and I don't remember the last time I let someone else determine what choices I made in life. Alan Watts has taught me to think for myself. Because that's all you have at the end of the day.
I've never heard of this guy before till this yr and I'm glad the way I live my life is the way he has been saying even though I never heard of him lol
Thanks bro! You made my day!! I´m really trying to re-compose this audio without the background song, and there´s a part in the alan watts speech that doenst come in that track "captivated by drama". And the part is this: "I am not trying to sell you on this idea in the sense of converting you to it, I want you to play with it. I want you to think of its possibilities, I am not trying to prove it. I am just putting it forward as a possibility of life to think about." Can you help me?
my heart dropped when i came to this video. everyone on here is just like me; they feel the same way as i do. i no longer feel like the only one. we are truly the wise
I would say more, the most genius things that you have heard or will ever hear are not the things from other realities or other highly unreachable levels of consciousness. They are from your own thoughts, from the things that you already have inside your head, that is the real reason you accept them with pleasure and gratitude and happiness. You feel complete, because finally you understand that the beauty expressed by a genius has been living inside you for as long as you exist :)
Once a year I take time to sit and listen to a lot from him Older I get more better I understand this weird thing. None of it matters and no one cares. It's life we are here like the birds doing nothing
This is the most amazing..touching...godly emanation of words gracefully woven together l ve ever heard☘️🙏☀️🤍l only cry cause l didnt get to meet Alan Watts..but...surely he s Alive.. as Eternal as Godd is...
Nikomi, I would say more, the most genius things that you have heard or will ever hear are not the things from other realities or other highly unreachable levels of consciousness. They are from your own thoughts, from the things that you already have inside your head, that is the real reason you accept them with pleasure and gratitude and happiness. You feel complete, because finally you understand that the beauty expressed by a genius has been living inside you for as long as you exist :)
I don't completely understand this speech. But I really want to. I feel it's really important to know so I can live the way I'm meant to.. if that is so.
When I was 17 (I'm 76), I wrote to two of my favorite authors, Robert Heinlein and Alan Watts. I received a form letter from Heinlein's wife informing me her husband was ill, and a handwritten response from Mr. Watts. I brought that letter from New York to Sausalito, California where Mr. Watts lived on a houseboat. I burned the letter to ashes in a non-attachment ritual on the pathway leading to his houseboat. I'm pretty sure I'd read just about everything Mr. Watts ever published by his death, which clearly indicates the depth of my admiration for the man and his ideas.
One of the most pleasant voices to listen to. Particularly suited to his philosophical readings. His voice makes them seem more profound and leaves you keen to hear more. Many speakers on this subject manage to bore their readers. This guy not only makes them think, but makes philosophy entertaining.
Hearing Alan Watts voice is like reading the bible for a religious man or talking to god. Every word takes me further out of the infinite black hole that I constantly fall down. If only you could see what your words have done for us.
The circus has us all hypnotised and confused. Only when we listen to each other, do we start to realise nobody is wrong for their misgivings. Love each other with empty pockets. Soon as you feel that love, share it straight back, own nothing be complete x
The average person works for 46 years. In most cases we go to work out of necessity, to eat, to have somewhere to sleep. Maybe even buy a place we could call our own for a finite time. Some days are a struggle, others we want to hold onto, relive. The days we remember most are the days where we triumph, the job interview that goes well, asking that stranger out for a drink. Other days are noise, background static to life itself. For those who are feeling lost or alone, remember you aren't, for those who are trying to make something of themselves. Remember to slow down, you have nothing to prove. If you spend 1 hour a day, in 300 days you could write a book, or learn a completely new skill. Go take that long awaited holiday to somewhere you can't afford, to do something you have never done before. We lose ourselves in small problems, others problems that don't involve us and over time, that child in us who could dream of unbelievable things will be gone. Dream big and do what you want with life. Remember that you are here in this exact moment, to be who you are. Nothing more, nothing less :)
I came here from Palaye Royale ("The Boom"), and I can say that I'm not unsatisfied. I've been listening to Watts' speeches for hours. I'm in class. I'm wasting time, but I really don't care. These are the thoughts that go through my mind that I don't know how to put into words, but he's put them into words perfectly. And I love it so much.
This is one of my favorite Alan Watts thoughts. That eventually we'd come to dream of exactly the life we're living now. And we're all that, only we're pretending we're not. How inspiring.
I just watched this three times in a row. Alan Watts, damn. He has awakened thoughts, ideas and emotions in me I didn't even know I had. This particular video (and a few others of his) made me cry.
I am so grateful that we have access to all of this wisdom. His insight has changed “my” life, my dream. I love getting these little glimpses into the true nature of things.
I would like to add, Our conscious experience of existence, is the evolution of the conscious being that became self-aware of its own existence. Became the conscious experience of existence, in all its forms.
If anyone is wondering where the audio comes from: Alan Watts - Out of Your Mind: 2 -03 "Captivated by the Drama" I can't recommend the Out of Your Mind Lecture series enough, go listen to it! With love.
They say that the real thing can not be described or seen, but this comes close...! Thank you for a perfect match of images and words. Love to you all.
"The mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain an idea without necessarily accepting it."
+777static777 "that's very interesting. I have never perceived that viewpoint before. Thanks for sharing"
What's tht mean
The mark of an "intelligent" mind. There are many who are educated and more lost because of it! Education does not carry with it objectivity or critical thinking...necessarily.=)
+GnarlyBroMr it means that the person with the "mark of an educated mind" is capable enough to play along with a concept or idea, respectfully, but also stick true to their beliefs and respect themselves as well
+rob mcmahon. Depends on what you're using the thinking for and where you may be trying to go...I guess. =)
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
- Albert Camus
My dad always sung me that as a kid
@@EliyahDaBoss oh my god I have been singing this song my entire life, but I can never finish the tune. When your dad sing this song, was there more verses of different lyrics? I can’t recall if there were anything left to the song
"Dont walk behind me;i may not lead. dont walk in front of me;i may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Why can copy to clipboard
First time I've ever seen this quote. ..and I like it. .❤👍👍👍
and for 3 minutes and 38 seconds, everything was ok
Such an underrated comment 💔💔
as if the world just shut down
It still can be OK and much better
If we try...
If we change things in our lifestyle ☮️
Trying to show ✌️
For every moment of every day, everything is okay. ❤
@@chully99 Not for everyone.
I could listen to this guy talk for days on end
Same. His messages are brilliant and his cadence while speaking is hypnotizing.
That can be arranged.
Same here :)
I would love to have him talk to me everyday.
I do.
Anyone else going through a stage of finally waking up and realising life is being completely wasted by doing the same things everyday?
But why is it so terrifying to think of doing anything else but this?
I'm starting myself on a slow transition of change eventually and hopefully leading to travelling the world!
What do you want to do?
Yes!! Im doing it too! I've made changes and I feel like i am in a dream like state atm...it's astonishing :) i think I've played this vid a hundred times now. All the best to you :)
Jetto245 I am exactly where you are but haven't figured out what to do. I want to travel the world also. It seems insane to waste our lives working like dogs for 45+ years and then retire
been watching the secret life of walter mitty?
Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact same f*cking thing over and over again, expecting sh*t to change. That is crazy.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing the same thing every day unless you say it is so. That is a trap, the one where we are led to believe that if only you have a certain thing, or act a certain way, then I will be happy and fulfilled, but it doesn't work that way. There is only the here and now, all are special and every moment is golden, live in this moment. Material circumstances only provide momentary satisfaction, true peace and happiness come only from within.
If you really think about it, it does not matter what you do, or don't do, there is really no right or wrong answer. There is only what happens to you and how you respond and feel about it. Perception is reality. For example: two individuals could have the exact same experience, one could feel nothing but love and joy, the other could see the same experience as a living hell filled with despair.
Life is illusion, it is impermanent and therefore ultimately meaningless, that is the basic lesson laid before all to see. It is all a matter choice, what do you choose?
We played this at my son's funeral. I still come back here from time to time; to help me remember and to also try to understand. It never stops hurting, but it does become more manageable. I love you Ethan, sleep tight. 😢❤
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Thats amazing. Thank you for that. ❤
Ethan hasn’t died. He just woke up.
@@daisyl2629 feels like inception
My son died last year and I feel the same way.. looking beyond
"Only you're pretending you're not" Damn.
hi, i really dont understand this sentence. can you explain what it really means? regards
+Northern Gardener the world is working hard on this, to lose their ability to recognize themselves, to observe themeselves, to questioning everything.
"Many people, however, refuse to accept this, making excuses for their unhappiness, for their feelings of disconnect and loneliness in the world, prodding on through their daily activities, never striving for self actualization."
And to run a life like this, that can only be bad for the whole world. for me, its a lack of information about how things really are.
teach me how i change, teach me how i beat all the rules in life that keeps me down... how can i live my life if i cant pay for food, water, a place to live and everything else.
You're always living your life, regardless of your situation.
Every time I watch this video and listen to that particular line, it makes me realise how much my emotions and thoughts restrict my actions. He makes me feel as though I could do anything
His voice and concepts make it really difficult to consider listening to any other philosopher.
So true!
Gotta start reading some more then! Marcus Aurelius' Meditations is good
his philosophy is the apotheosis, you should have listened to P manly Hall too. try it.
Donald Carlton *Jordan Peterson entered the chat*
Right!?
"Finally you would dream where you are now..."
It is called a nightmare for many 😂
Never, not in a million lifetimes would I have chosen this nightmare. Never.
@@caribgirl726 Sorry to hear that. I hope whatever evils that have befallen upon you pass soon.
You didn't understand the message and purpose of the video, but I hope things have improved for you!
@@caribgirl726
It's not for us to choose. But have some peace that it will pass @@caribgirl726
This is how ideas of god should be. Not religious assertions, filled with dogma and deluded certainty, but a possibility, not absolute, to be played with and explored.
+Shrek Ogreton thats a bit deep coming from an ogre ! Back to the swamp with you
+Shrek Ogreton thats absolutely right Shrek!and remember:Shrek is loveShrek is LIFE
lol
Shrek same here
Much like dreams, onions have layers
as someone who struggles at night with the question of why I am here and what I should do with my short life I say this. Thank you.
Septem ❤
make the world a better place. not only for humans but for the others we dont think about in are day to day lives. were not alone on this wet rock :) lets make life a paradise.
life is whatever you make it to be.
Septem same.
Keep asking the questions!
"This life is the time for men to prepare to meet God." - Alma 34:32
10 years ago, I listened to this. One of my best friends told me to look up Alan Watts when I was going through a terrible time in my life and this was the first video that popped up. A decade before that i hadn’t shed a tear. I’ve came back to this speech every single year for the last 10 years to ground myself. I can confidently say this one simple video change my life, and I don’t care who believes it.
@Foxxy_Therian_Wolf 37 now!
@Foxxy_Therian_Wolf 10 years ago
@Foxxy_Therian_Wolf I guess I was freshly 27 years old because my birthday is in December. It was a great reminder that no matter what I’ll always get older but 10 years ago I was obviously 10 years younger, and I wouldn’t trade what I have now for what I had then just to be younger, but I would love to be wiser
@The-.-f0xi-.-ther1aNIs this your first time talking to an adult?
@The-.-f0xi-.-ther1aN That’s how I was too man. I was a mess of emotions. It’s the break through so let the emotions run tonight and let it fuel you for the future
Reality is a dream a God would have.
Yggdrasill4 "what I I wasn't all powerful, what if I didn't always get my way, what if the unpredictable happened"
Yggdrasill4 Gods dont need reality when "Any God favorite comedy tv show is life."
Azathoth?
Yggdrasill4, I like how your sentence is worded. I haven't heart it phrased like this - very short, impactful and beautiful.
How beautiful. We are God dreaming itself. As Alan says, "playing hide and seek" with our "self" in all our myriad forms. Just for the joy of waking up to ourself and our infinite beauty. Again and again and again.
I love this video and the people who comment here.
Adelle Ramcharan Every time I have a rough spot in life, I come here and hang out,,just to remind myself, that it is going to be ok, because when I do pass, I will wake up and say "Wow, I am glad that was just a dream"
Adelle Ramcharan same it keeps me going
I love you too! And in doing so: Myself ;D
I think I've seen you top comment on a Jorden Peterson video. Haha how time files and life progresses
I like cheese
I want this played during my funeral.
No rush though
Play it during your life!
"I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God."
+Chalchiuitlyollotl G'Kar's light on the wall.
Guess God is in us all, then. Even in that burger.
Chalchiuitlyollotl that sounds beautiful 😧
Chalchiuitlyollotl
You must redefine what the word god means in order to reach that conclusion, God is not simply defined as a conscious being with the ability to affect itself and it's environment, which is what we are. Remember this, when you change the definition of a word, the connotations of that word change as well, taking away the actual importance the word brings to the statement.
Andrew Linn What do you know what god is?
Alan Watts changed my life. I got accepted to my new university and get to stay with the love of my life because of this man. I wish he was still alive to thank him.
Such a brilliant man.
He helped me overcome so many of my fears and anxieties about life and helped me to move on from the darker days of my childhood.
Can you explain it further, in detail? I'm interested in how it changed your life :) .
Misclickable I don't know how to say much further than he made me feel that i was important. I was bullied a lot when i was little and my self value and self confidence went plummeted. His videos made me understand that I am important and while I may not see it myself others do
***** Interesting. I hope everything goes well for you in the future?
How about you, SoaR Origins?
OOOOoooooooooooo
2020 quarantine got me here and this video makes so much sense now...
Same, I keep watching these videos everyday. And crying
So when you know who you are, there is no need for fear and it is about time to be sovereign and to resist the enslavers of humanity peacefully.
I wake up at 4.30 every day, meditate and then listen to this. Life makes so much more sense now!
Who ever is reading this, you're a good person. You'll be okay
GingerGames so are you. thank you for being a good person.
A lot of people don't like the music which accompanies a lot of Alan Watts' videos here on UA-cam.Personally,i think it adds an ambience, to an already magical experience whilst listening to this great man..
+stevebenbob It's mostly fine, but it gets a bit annoying when you keep hearing the same soundtrack(s) over and over in different videos.
Also sometimes it may feel like it's distracting you away from the speech, and I believe that is the aspect which people don't like about it.
Yes, the music is beautiful. I prefer his lectures with the music rather than without.
The music adds a sense of poignancy that we don’t need, he is alerting us to something much more vivid and raw, these saccharine piano chords are a distraction
I agree. And “dreams” on Spotify has music that just sends chills and it’s almost like a instrumental version of his words. Like speaking without speaking
He feels like he's talking to you personally, to your heart. I think that's why he's such a brilliant orator.
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus.
Dare to dream, dare to cry, dare to laugh, dare to run through the ruins of the autumn leaves as they crumble beneath your feet, dare to die one November day when the sun is at its highest and the fog is at its lowest - when the showers of snow peddles lightly glide across the cold sky. I ask you and I say - I plead and pry on you with shaking arms do not waste that, don't you want to feel the wind glide across your face as you tumble down the midnight sky, kissing the heavens and laughing at the pearls of water droplets keeping you company as you do a dangerous dare - a dare to live.
RICHYCORSO33 love this, amazing
I needed this tonight, thank you
I listen to this multiple times a year. It keeps me humbled.
Thinking of yourself as the ultimate arbiter of reality humbles you? Well I suppose philosophical thought can bring about several divergent emotions.
Self implies other, death implies life. And here we all are. Listening to the Professor almost 50 years after he has left us.
“Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.”
― Eckhart Tolle
Alan watts saved me from the darkest times of my life. I will always be so very grateful…
Me too
Same here. ❤
Me too!
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I agree with you 100
Percent Courtney,he sounds like he’s talking now and he been dead so many years but still lives on ❤
This is best thing that the internet has ever given me
Alan Watts was the first Buddhist philosopher that I listened to in my path of true spirituality and awakening. His thoughts and lectures will never cease to amaze and awaken me. Thank you, Alan.
If you awaken from this illusion and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death (or shall I say death implies life?), you can feel yourself - not as a stranger in the world, not as something here unprobational, not as something that has arrived here by fluke - but you can begin to feel your own existence as absolutely fundamental.
I am not trying to sell you on this idea in the sense of converting you to it, I want you to play with it. I want you to think of its possibilities, I am not trying to prove it. I am just putting it forward as a possibility of life to think about. So then, let’s suppose that you were able every night to dream any dream you wanted to dream, and that you could for example have the power within one night to dream 75 years of time, or any length of time you wanted to have.
And you would, naturally, as you began on this adventure of dreams, you would fulfill all your wishes. You would have every kind of pleasure during your sleep. And after several nights of 75 years of total pleasure each you would say “Well that was pretty great”. But now let’s have a surprise, let’s have a dream which isn’t under control, where something is gonna happen to me that I don’t know what it's gonna be.
And you would dig that and would come out of that and you would say “Wow that was a close shave, wasn’t it?”. Then you would get more and more adventurous and you would make further- and further-out gambles what you would dream. And finally, you would dream where you are now. You would dream the dream of living the life that you are actually living today.
That would be within the infinite multiplicity of choices you would have. Of playing that you weren't god, because the whole nature of the godhead, according to this idea, is to play that he is not. So in this idea then, everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality, not god in a politically kingly sense, but god in the sense of being the self, the deep-down basic whatever there is. And you are all that, only you are pretending you are not.
Maria Diaz on probation, not unprobational.....lol
Is it? I have no idea. Will check later. Ty.:)
I think black, and life, do not require white, or death
Though death does by definition require life, (you can't die unless first alive) life does not require death, if this was true anything that is alive, at any point, including a creator, or eternal beings, must come to an end.
@@andrewlinn7863 it does, thats the flipflopility, now is there now its not.
Godhead→Godhood?
I think this is my favorite thing he ever discussed.
Yeah that shit was pretty deep
I see only peace and love in this comment section. I like to think of death as a soul returning from the distant shores of the universe and experiencing it in all its infinite glory. Whether we go back to the void, an afterlife, or another chance at life, I think there is eternal comfort in knowing that we at least got the chance to feel our own existence.
If you're reading this, I hope you find the solace, happiness, answers, or whatever it may be that you're looking for. Every time I look at the stars I will send good energy your way. RIP Alan Watts.
Thank you. ❤
I have been studying Alan Watts for an infinite present it seems. After many years I can finally feel his wisdom blossoming inside me.
What a feeling!
+Matthew Hansen And for those who don't understand what you mean, G'Kar had a great answer for that:
"Put your face in the book"
+Matthew Hansen I understand :) I had a moment of complete clarity the other night, which I'm sure grew from the seeds of great teachers like alan watts.
We're fractions of the conciousness that is the universe. Our purpose as human beings is to be a way for the universe to feel, explore and express itself. To live out countless dramas. Not just humans.
I honestly believe this is a dream or simulation of some kind. There is evidence to support the simulation theory.
If this reality is a simulation or a game, when you play a game, you're a player in a game, playing a game which was created by another player of the same game........which is a part of the game reality...
if we get to the stage where we create a simulation of the universe, we're getting fractalicious!!!!!
+Matthew Hansen why did it take you so long? i know what he means, and i *understand* what he means by watching these videos. i will read his books in the future, though.
+maxsiehier / bravethinkers because the knowledge of what he means takes a while to shift and change into feeling what he means :)
I carve for that feel! started a week ago I can feel its growing on me :)
I sent this to my grandmother shortly before her death. She helped raise me form a child and was a pragmatic but spiritual women....I like to think that she is here with me as I listen to it again as I drift off to sleep. Thank you.
This is so sweet. Sorry for your loss, I’m sure she is listening along with you ❤️
She is
Same with my Dad...
I wonder how many times I’ve gone back to watch this video over the past decade. And every single time it brings me to tears.
Same here
So, this Universe is our playground, and when we play our games we for a moment in time forget who we really are.....this truth will set you free, it is the key to the door of our divinity....love one another.
Sitting in school listening to these kind of videos is the best lesson I could ever experience.
I agree
Aye I was just doing this now haha
Only your pretending your not’ the delivery of that final sentence is breathtaking
Alan Watts made it okay to have "faith beyond faiths," and that's a true blessing that frees the soul.🙏🙏🙏
My grandfather passed away yesterday. I saw him the day before. He loved me, and I loved him. He sent me this through my son's Google Home speaker tonight as he slept through it, silently, listening to what used to be white noise. I love you, Grandfather Clock.
I’m so sorry for your loss. It sounds like you loved each other very much.
ありがとうございます！
It’s okay person scrolling through the comments we can get through this difficult times together, if we all just group as one.
Lol. Bullshit
thank you
the deep meaning: you are dreaming of being a God, capable of doing anything you want.
But maybe YOU ARE A GOD dreaming of being just a man and having a life full of surprises.
i buy that.
Once we make peace within ourselves, we can achieve anything.
The eloquence of this is so profound. I can’t believe that philosophy isn’t a more fundamental part of education, it makes things so much easier to understand and appreciate.
Couldn't agree more the full lectures changed my life so much so that I was inspired to start making videos on these teachings.. I would recommend the 3 hour lecture "Do you do it or does it do you?". That lecture changed my life.
RIP Robert Byrd 😰 I didn't know you but I'm here watching this because of you. I love you
I have wasted 15 years of my life being a closed minded Christian and I hate it, I will not put my kids through that
Preston Ray Little by little people like us will change the world for the better :)
Preston Ray No worries, we all have "wasted" time doing things in confusion. But the great thing with life is that time does not matter. Time only matters for the "ego" which is a product of time, but for life/death time can't be wasted. See it like this; these 15 years was important so that you can know that you were something that you don't wanna be, in order to know what you wanna be. It's quite a beautiful thing that we humans can have the experience of "closed mindness", look what the world is now, the shallow society that talks about things like materialism, who is best/who is not, all wars about nothing, our search to be famous and so on. All our history is this "shallow-closed-mind", and I guess it has been a thrilling experience for the human race. But now it's time to wake up for it does not serve us anymore, we are destroying the planet and ourself at greater and greater rate. Whatever happens happens, life always finds a way :)
I was the same as you my friend, people are starting to wake up!!
Preston Ray My life on the other hand got meaning when I began to visit church again.
Preston Ray Same here brother, wasted about the same amount of time throughout childhood~teenage years being a believing muslim. I'm very happy that I eventually outgrew religion and definitely not gonna put anyone through the same stupid cycle ever. Onwards and upwards!
He is a master of describing the practically undescribable
I achieved "Heaven" after watching this...
Alan Watts delivers wisdom like nobody else can.
for me, the book "I am that" (which is free online) is the ultimate book.
Byamba Qyseus kinda new , can you give me a little more help locating it! thanks.
Alan Watts has opened up a realm in my brain I never knew existed. My mindset has changed completely and I don't remember the last time I let someone else determine what choices I made in life. Alan Watts has taught me to think for myself. Because that's all you have at the end of the day.
I've never heard of this guy before till this yr and I'm glad the way I live my life is the way he has been saying even though I never heard of him lol
Psilocybin did the same to me
Still strikes me after all these years🤍
Yup
Whatever Alan Watts says, makes more sense than anything i hear in today's world.
You'll forever live on
For anyone looking for the audio source of the speech:
Alan Watts - Out Of Your Mind
Track 2-03 "Captivated By The Drama"
Thanks bro! You made my day!! I´m really trying to re-compose this audio without the background song, and there´s a part in the alan watts speech that doenst come in that track "captivated by drama".
And the part is this: "I am not trying to sell you on this idea in the sense of converting you to it, I want you to play with it. I want you to think of its possibilities, I am not trying to prove it. I am just putting it forward as a possibility of life to think about."
Can you help me?
No worries, and no I don't recall hearing that bit in 'Out of Your Mind' sorry, but there's a lot of audio in there so I may have just missed it
Thank you!
And finally, you would dream the life you are living now... 🌌☯️🌌
Who else is here from the Xbox X announcement? Love that they used Alan Watts in it
Found this in 2019 during some of the darkest days of my life. 2022 and things are hard but better. Means a lot to me. Thanks.
You are your own destiny.
You are the dream you’ve been dreaming about.
You are your own God.
Go get it!
my heart dropped when i came to this video. everyone on here is just like me; they feel the same way as i do. i no longer feel like the only one. we are truly the wise
I would say more, the most genius things that you have heard or will ever hear are not the things from other realities or other highly unreachable levels of consciousness. They are from your own thoughts, from the things that you already have inside your head, that is the real reason you accept them with pleasure and gratitude and happiness. You feel complete, because finally you understand that the beauty expressed by a genius has been living inside you for as long as you exist :)
I love this.
In times of adversity, I find solace in revisiting this cherished piece. Always a refreshing renewed perspective.
Once a year I take time to sit and listen to a lot from him
Older I get more better I understand this weird thing. None of it matters and no one cares. It's life we are here like the birds doing nothing
Learning..?
Yeppers
Weird but growing @@leeturner3750
I cannot work out whether this is simply what I want to hear or whether it's the truth that makes me love this idea.
HEHE XOXO, they are one in the same. What have you concluded?
It is the truth. I can confirm.
Once you awaken to the idea that you have the power to do anything. You awaken to the idea that we are all god within.
"Nothing like being in a dream, then waking up to a nightmare."
Alan Watts changed my life. Makes me wonder why else is out there that can’t totally change my perception. Alan Watts calmed my soul.
This is the most amazing..touching...godly emanation of words gracefully woven together l ve ever heard☘️🙏☀️🤍l only cry cause l didnt get to meet Alan Watts..but...surely he s Alive.. as Eternal as Godd is...
I come back to this video over and over.
This is what I've been saying in my head for years
Nikomi, I would say more, the most genius things that you have heard or will ever hear are not the things from other realities or other highly unreachable levels of consciousness. They are from your own thoughts, from the things that you already have inside your head, that is the real reason you accept them with pleasure and gratitude and happiness. You feel complete, because finally you understand that the beauty expressed by a genius has been living inside you for as long as you exist :)
thank you
Edvard Grieg beautiful Edvard beautiful
I don't completely understand this speech. But I really want to. I feel it's really important to know so I can live the way I'm meant to.. if that is so.
Sylvia K. its ok cutie pie don't try to force it
When I was 17 (I'm 76), I wrote to two of my favorite authors, Robert Heinlein and Alan Watts. I received a form letter from Heinlein's wife informing me her husband was ill, and a handwritten response from Mr. Watts. I brought that letter from New York to Sausalito, California where Mr. Watts lived on a houseboat. I burned the letter to ashes in a non-attachment ritual on the pathway leading to his houseboat. I'm pretty sure I'd read just about everything Mr. Watts ever published by his death, which clearly indicates the depth of my admiration for the man and his ideas.
One of the most pleasant voices to listen to.
Particularly suited to his philosophical readings.
His voice makes them seem more profound and leaves you keen to hear more.
Many speakers on this subject manage to bore their readers. This guy not only makes them think, but makes philosophy entertaining.
Hearing Alan Watts voice is like reading the bible for a religious man or talking to god. Every word takes me further out of the infinite black hole that I constantly fall down. If only you could see what your words have done for us.
The circus has us all hypnotised and confused. Only when we listen to each other, do we start to realise nobody is wrong for their misgivings. Love each other with empty pockets. Soon as you feel that love, share it straight back, own nothing be complete x
The average person works for 46 years. In most cases we go to work out of necessity, to eat, to have somewhere to sleep. Maybe even buy a place we could call our own for a finite time. Some days are a struggle, others we want to hold onto, relive. The days we remember most are the days where we triumph, the job interview that goes well, asking that stranger out for a drink. Other days are noise, background static to life itself.
For those who are feeling lost or alone, remember you aren't, for those who are trying to make something of themselves. Remember to slow down, you have nothing to prove. If you spend 1 hour a day, in 300 days you could write a book, or learn a completely new skill. Go take that long awaited holiday to somewhere you can't afford, to do something you have never done before. We lose ourselves in small problems, others problems that don't involve us and over time, that child in us who could dream of unbelievable things will be gone.
Dream big and do what you want with life. Remember that you are here in this exact moment, to be who you are. Nothing more, nothing less :)
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I came here from Palaye Royale ("The Boom"), and I can say that I'm not unsatisfied. I've been listening to Watts' speeches for hours. I'm in class. I'm wasting time, but I really don't care. These are the thoughts that go through my mind that I don't know how to put into words, but he's put them into words perfectly. And I love it so much.
Everyone controls the universe, when your are happy you are simply conscious of it.
This is one of my favorite Alan Watts thoughts. That eventually we'd come to dream of exactly the life we're living now. And we're all that, only we're pretending we're not. How inspiring.
Every few months since June 2020 I come back and listen to this in bed. Really helps me to reboot and just kinda get life and goals back in line.
Thank you Mr. Watts I'm rebuilding my life ......❤🙏🏻🤔
Alan watts guru extraordinaire
I just watched this three times in a row. Alan Watts, damn. He has awakened thoughts, ideas and emotions in me I didn't even know I had. This particular video (and a few others of his) made me cry.
I hope u r doing fine
I love you alan...for this words...for all this feelings..wherever you are i send you a big hug
Wow.. for a 'scientific hippie' i never thought id ever feel so at peace for what he has to say.. hmmm.. Idk.. i like what this man has to say.
I'm quite the philosopher myself and I have always felt the way this man felt.
This “life” is 100% a simulation. Realizing that is true liberation
everyones comments im reading are from 4+ years ago... to think how everyones lives must be so different due to this man. it gives me a lot of hope.
Every few years, I come back to this video, and every time I feel it just as strongly as the first time around.
Alan Watts is one of the greatest philosophers alive period.
Unfortunately Alan Watts died of heart failure in the 70s
“maybe death is a crossroads and we just continue into something new. maybe there isn’t and end, but just a new beginning.”
- Nina Waddington
After loosing my father last year this video helped me beyond what I thought any words could.
I lost my father a week ago, trying to bring everything in perspective as I keep myself together.
I could listen to his voice all day. Intelligence and humanity in a perfect vehicle
I am so grateful that we have access to all of this wisdom. His insight has changed “my” life, my dream. I love getting these little glimpses into the true nature of things.
Absence of mind proves the presence of one
Best quote you will ever see..."live life..."
His voice is soo nice😭
I would like to add,
Our conscious experience of existence, is the evolution of the conscious being that became self-aware of its own existence.
Became the conscious experience of existence, in all its forms.
If anyone is wondering where the audio comes from:
Alan Watts - Out of Your Mind: 2 -03 "Captivated by the Drama"
I can't recommend the Out of Your Mind Lecture series enough, go listen to it!
With love.
They say that the real thing can not be described or seen, but this comes close...!
Thank you for a perfect match of images and words. Love to you all.
i watched this video for the first time almost 10 years ago. this video and this channel has changed my life.
So soothing. Love Alan. He is one of those rare few, that truly had the courage to stand alone.