There's Nothing To Do But Watch it - Alan Watts on Depression
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- A powerful and thought-provoking speech about depression and the ego by the great philosopher Alan Watts.
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“There is nothing more reprehensible than the ambition to be a saint.” -Alan Watts
Acknowledging, being aware of "evil" in human is one thing.
Acting out the demons in you in another thing...
Dont just give one side of the story so dangerously.
Of all the words, those hit the hardest...
A person doesn't need the ambition to be a saint, but can do saintly acts....very noble......
"Tomorrow can only be handled by those who don't take it seriously" 🙏🏼
What! My feelings exactly! I'm 73 and seen it all. Lose your ego! I don't have one that constantly needs to be fed. Confidence and a sense of humor is all I need to get through anything! Lose the need to worry and get angry! Two useless emotions that never solve shit! Stop taking life so seriously! Yea, I have concerns, but life has much to offer! Prioritize! What's important and what's bull shit! Best if all, surround yourself with like minded friends. That's the hardest part! Having real friends is rare. Keep what helps and ignore what doesn't! Easier said than done, but get in there and live a good happy life!
@Stanley Zilinski hey man, thanks a lot! That is one knowledge-filled comment right there. I appreciate the thought you put into that. I welcome your wisdom. 🙏🏼
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@@Downecker Thank you and may you too find peace in a World of chaos. I'm about your age and I find, that a lot of the neediness and confusion falls away, as one enters the final chapter of one's life.
I’ve had severe depression/mental disorders and this man is spot on about tying to be a saint. I have learnt to have just enough ego to survive and keep people at a distance and the ones you like close. It’s all part of the game of life, you can’t be friends with everyone. Sure be polite and curteous but run your own path. Find out who you are, once you know this and what is making you upset and depressed you can move forward and thrive. I have met countless junkies and a lot of them think life is about being high all the time, they run from their problems. But we all have problems and we all have to face them eventually. Most of our suffering I believe is from this view that we have to be happy and outgoing all the time but let’s face it the world and society make us unhappy. You have to accept the darkness and make peace with it. Be at one with the universe. Forget what they say on tv or what others say - listen to your heart, turn the chatter off in your brain. Don’t be what society wants you to be! Be your fucking self! Fuck what others think!
Spoiled the point by swearing ttttt shame it was good 👍
Love ❤️ this comment needed to hear that thanks 😊
Well Said! I've had very similar experiences to you. In regards to severe depression/mental illness. Like you said you 100% need enough ego to survive. All the Egoless nonsense you learn and think is the answer initially actually turns out to be a major problem. Life is definitely a process and being who you are is definitely better than being someone you are not. Thanks for sharing what you wrote.
. I always think the idea of ' ego'can be mis interpreted . Eg someone like ALI had a huge sense of who he was and how good he was, but he was also self less and very generous and humble.
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Don't read this wrong!! this is not to brag but to motivate!! I’m glad I pulled through, despite the crises. I am retiring next yr at 55 with 3 houses paid off worth 4.5 million . One is my place of residence the other 2 properties will give me $80,000per/yr rent . I will have an income stream of $20,000 per yr through my super which gives me total $100,000 a yr to live comfortably . I have no debts ... Stay Motivated!!
That is so amazing, I’m trying to get onto the housing ladder at 40. I wish at 55 I will be testifying to similar success
Credits to ROCHELLE DUNGCA-SCHREIBER, she saw me through the process. You can glance her name up on the internet and verify her yourself. she has years of financial market experience...
😂😂😂people fall for this garbage
lmaooo botss
That’s good but that wealth would be better taken advantage of spread out a bit more
I have lived with depression for many years, it would go on for weeks or months , I just had to wait and I would come out of it, but at times I would not know if I would. But now I'm older, I'm happier, it still comes and pays me a visit, but I'm gonna just be still and watch it pass by as it always does 😃
Try microdosing mushrooms mate it's gave me a massive boost mentally
Depression becomes a distant memory if a person is able to pull themselves together and move forward. Scars are always there but wounds do heal in time.
@@giggsy2022 Are you my brother? He says the same.
I think, that as you grow older, there are less pressures on you to succeed at whatever Society dictates to us, so you can prioritize in your life more personally and clearly.
I am 14 years old, growing up in a bad ghetto. Thanks to watts I've been able to get my life on track and focus on myself
You’re gonna be someone you’re very proud of one day 🙏
Beautiful to hear of your success. May God guide you every day with discernment and love.
Tomorrow can only be handle by those who dont take it seriously.
I literally scrolled to your comment just as he said this.
Synchronicity
BOOM!!!!
It is fitting you botched the quote, since the quote itself sucks and is barely a coherent thought much less profound.
Try being a 53 year old with complex PTSD , a long history of trauma from 2 years old, brain injury, and now crazy menopause and poverty now nearby. I do take notice of the small things every day. Beauty in small things etc. but it gets harder and lonelier everyday. Knowing I can ‘opt out’ is the only comforting thing sometimes.
My friend had to look at the user name to make sure I hadn't posted this. This is absolutely me and where I am at in life. I'll be 53 in a month.
Depression is not something you catch, but it something that comes from within.
This is what I say to myself if I have a blue day, it reminds me that it all of my own doing, and if depression comes from within, so does Joy and happiness. Stay strong my fellow humans, nothing but love to give.
100%.
I really appreciate your comment. Never thought of it like that.
No one knows the cause of depression. To say “it comes from with” - wth does that mean? To someone who is lost in depression that’s expressing some sort of goodwill, but nothing else. I would think that mysterious talk would make someone feel far worse.
@@rjrj1160 You're welcome brother.
@@rockforester7908 nothing mysterious about it my friend, where do you think depression comes from?
Depression is mainly of your own doing, you create it. Yes there are external events and happenings that can aid in feeling a certain way, but what people seem to forget is they too can choose how to feel or react to a certain happening. We do posses the power of how we want to feel, we just need to learn how to access it. In this day and age we are constantly distracted, always moving, always needing to be somwhere, whether it is the past or the future. To really strip yourself of depression, the best place to do so is in the now. Where nothing exist, between happy and sadness. Be the observer of your thought and do not get attached to any emotion, doing so will take you somwhere where you are not. When people say they are depressed they will reinforce that belief. The best way to go about your day if you are in a bad place in life is to accept. Surrender and be transparent to what is.
Just want everyone to know it’ll be okay.
Thank you
Hmmm
Thank you
And how would you know it was ok? If there was no "non-okay".
Thanks but it won't
I've never felt so light than when i sincerely said to myself " well i'm not the best out there and I am fine with it ! "
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Maybe you are second best? You know, after me. CHA-CHA!!
Wish i could feel IT when i say it to myself.. been down for a Long time....
I grew up good at a lot, and yet my dad made a point to remind me, "There will always be someone out there better than you at any given thing." I was competitive, and I remember hating the idea of what he was saying. And yet now I see it as one of the most important things he could have ever said. The drive to 'win' (or to have only happy, or no sad) is always part of us, because we PREFER happy over sad. But life will never comply (to give us ONLY happy or NO sad) because while we prefer happy over sad, we actually prefer story over all else. And there's no story anymore when you 'win' forever. Also, we're not in control. At all. Because we can't ever choose a thought without simply having it. Thus we didn't choose it. We don't know what we'll think of next, whether logical or not, nor how we'll feel about it until the thoughts and feelings occur to us in our awareness. Yet we still feel the morality of what we do. We ALWAYS have a conscience. Right and wrong still exists, even if we're imperfect at figuring it out (or doing it) at times. And we still learn. There are always options (a wise person sees even more options and acts in ways that seem to benefit lots of people)... but what we choose: we don't know what we're gonna choose till we feel it inside. And we can't choose what we feel. It's always some version of "This is what I want and it's great" or "This is what I want and it's not great but I'll deal with the consequences" or "This isn't really what I want but it's what everyone else wants and :shrug: I guess I'll go along with it." And we feel some version of that. We don't choose what we feel. We just feel. And we do the thing and we look back at how we acted and we feel judgment on ourselves (either good or bad). And we hope that we learn. And we see that so often we do, but often we don't learn, also. Watts wants to show us (finally) the secret (and he says it plainly in his interview, also on YT, with Elliott Mintz): "Neither fate, nor free will." It's not determinism. But you don't know what's gonna happen next, at all. Choice is an illusion. Determinists use this as a reason to get sad (or to legitimize immorality), and to fuel their cynicism, because they think that means the ego is stuck in this prison of 'no choice.' When really it means there's no chooser at all, and the feeling of an ego is both illusory and all part of the show. And thus it's not up to you if you see this at all, or if you touch God because of it. You will, but it's not up to you when. Because there's no such thing as choice. At all. And you'll never escape your conscience. Reconcile all that. Hence faith.
‘You can always take a detour but they always get shorter’…so true.
Us sensetive souls that suffer with deep depression at times,it is so hard,but has we mature we learn to deal with it so much better,just like a storm in our head that does pass...
Take care to you all out there...
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Bless you. Hope you're ok!
Glad to hear, that you are having more success dealing with your "darkness". May God bless and guide your efforts.
I choose to be single. I’m better off this way. I suffer with a lot mentally. I can say that I LOVE being independent and having freedom to do what I want, when I want and how I want. I have “0” relationship stress. I only stress at work depending on the day. I cannot handle stress. The only beating heart I want in my bubble is my dog. I’ll talk to you, laugh with you but just remember…we aren’t friends. This isn’t “normal” behavior but so far it’s working. I LOVE being a complete loaner. Was all my childhood. I’m numb to it and finally excepted it. It’s great though. No social network drama. I’m at peace with myself. “I stop and smell the roses” I appreciate the simple things.
Wow. Thank you for this. This is me as well. Being around people is extremely exhausting for me.
Amen!
Are you still single?
Whenever I'm feeling down and like my life is shit, I go to my library and listen to this brilliant man. He always snaps me out of it. When someone I know, is depressed or upset about something, I just find the appropriate Alan Watts video and I send it to them and tell them to watch it and they always come back to me and thank me for it. This man's wisdom has saved me multiple times and I am very grateful.
Shunryu Suzuki said he was a very good important bodhisattva.. he got quite angry when someone dismissed him as just a talker and philosopher..
I also appreciate his angle and explanation on life and ancient Eastern philosophies
Maybe you should listen when your life's good 😉
@@phillylarkin.s1930 that works too. When we're up or down.
I will do the same; no need to look for mental health counselor at this point.
When he died, a place of wisdom just became emptier. Always love listening to his recordings since the 70's
His teachings will stay for a long time and i think that many people will get to know him in the near future. ( Τι ειπε ο τυπος το βιντεο τα εσπασε)
Look up Stephen Jenkinson. Brilliant mind
That “place” of wisdom is now you and countless others. You now carry the torch of light within.
Since his transition, the worlds connectivity has become something past civilizations could probably never have imagined.
For the first time in the history of man, the world is at your fingertips and communication to others is actualized. You can be heard by millions. It may not seem like much as we watched its slow progression in our lifetime and may even be taken for granted or even unnoticed.
But it is a giant leap for our era of civilization.
Because of this,the the reach of Alan Watts
has become widespread and increases on platforms of those who resonate. The light he has sparked in peoples consciousness has multiplied a thousand fold.
From sparks to small fires into Infernos 🔥
The place of wisdom is here, now, my friend. Always has been. Just enjoy letting him teach you now.
I’m from the east. Know English pretty well. Alan is definitely one of the best when it comes to presenting eastern philosophy to a western audience. I’m pretty sad how his journey ended though. He would have been such a light were he still around.
I have had seasonal depression for most of my life, but this year is different. I am not suffering from it, so far this year. Usually I start having problems in September, but this is November 5th and no Symptoms. Hallelujah
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Try travel to Brazil stay over winter
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Congratulations! I also have SADD. This year I’ve been doing better & better every year. Today I felt heavy, sad, unwanted. Ok, I’ve watched it and I see what it is and the “solution” isn’t validation from others. It’s validation for me from me and shift to reinforcing the positive
I’ve been a life long runner. 50 years now. Whenever I got depressed, or stressed out about anything, I’d put my shoes on and head out the door. Because I knew running would eventually resolve these feelings, they always did. The run starts out just as this guy points out early in his video, with feelings of doubt and desperation. Then once your mind can get a hold of the entire picture of what I was feeling, it slowly makes sense of it all for you. So all of my problems during my runs were solved with my mind. Not therapy, drugs, or friends and family. Just my mind. So when you ever see a runner out running, don’t say to yourself, there goes someone looking out for there physical health. That maybe true, but he, or she is running because of what it’s doing for there mind first, then there bodies. Ask any long term runner how they overcome depression, stress, or anxiety and they will all say, just run.
At first I thought you meant you had run away from situations in life, not the actual jogging exercise of running. 😅
cant run from all your problems fam
Good to hear, that this has worked well for you. It would be good, if I could discipline myself better along those lines.
''And there is nothing more reprehensible than the ambition to be a saint''. Well said.
WHY is it reprehensible to want to be a saint?! I want to be as good and loving as possible. What am I missing here? I want to be a saint. Or should I say, I want to live a life of humility, compassion and love. Saints are good, God-fearing people right? Right? (Like I could ever be a saint! LOL. -Still though I would like to be I think.) I would like to be "perfect" whatever that means right? (Open mind / innocent heart.)
@@jimchambers8580 Sometimes ( and usually) the ambition to be a saint is riddled with ego and venal ambition. The humility which comes with this saintliness can be a raging pride saying to the world, 'look how saintly, how hunble I am''.
If you are motivated by compassion and love and not vaingloriousness, and do your thing without seeking fame, then more strength to you.
That is egoistical to say that non the least. No escaping it.
@@jimchambers8580 I'm sure you know that "perfection" is a myth. Not to say we shouldn't strive to be the best version of ourselves possible, but to believe that our duty is to do nothing other than express ourselves positively is naive. Love and compassion should be expressed toward ourselves before it ever truly means anything outside of ourselves. If you're late to work, but someone asks for a ride, what would a saint do?
Being authentic, truly honest and up front with everyone in order to not disappoint or manipulate or misuse is being a good person to both yourself and others was the message I got from this whole speech.
I find it so true that often those who pretend to be Saintly are the biggest wolves in sheep's clothing of all.
Like most organized religious and cult leaders lie and manipulate others for power or control and or money.
Or people that lie and pretend to be good and caring but it's only in order to manipulate others and use them for sex or status or money or something else..
Lol if only I saw as many people in real life following this logic as I see comments on this video thread I'd think I'd have found myself a honest match by now.
Truth is most people I've met even the ones who listen to Alan often don't take this man's advice and it's a shame for all of us who exercise such up front authenticity of self with others and repeatedly get lied to by inauthentic narcissistic people who disguise themselves as honest and good and spiritual and such even often lying to themselves while lying to everyone else around them for whatever reasons
I just did 20 years hostage in my own mind this has opened up new horizons of understanding
That’s AWESOME ❤️
That's a pretty amazing statement.
Brilliance
@@juleestoner3939 I too am a Stoner, but my last name is Conseco.
Live brother
I'm amazed to know I had depression, when your in it it's all you know but when your out of it it's amazing.
Is it possible to be out of it
@@keiron.4612 it is very possible to get out. itll pass like every other emotion. just be patient with yourself and let it pass, be nice to yourself and it’ll happen💖
@@keiron.4612 No I don't believe a person can truly be out of it
@@koota8341 There are different levels of depression for different individuals, but your advice is good no matter what your level.
@@Mrright87a person will be out of it when they end their ego’s ability to control their decision making once and for all. Then you realise depression was just are ego refusing to accept reality.
Whatever happens to you, life continues doing its thing and there is nothing you can do about it, so you stop. And for the first time you see. Nowhere to go, nothing to to, and yet it moves.
I always come back to this when I feel depressed. Such amazing words by an amazing man.
It's easier when life physically breaks you, but building back up and surviving the rest of that life, is the most difficult part.
True.
I think, that it can be just as difficult either way.
Sometimes I'm sad that I was born too late to listen to Alan in person, and other times I'm relieved, because I'd have been tempted to follow him like the saint that he was not.
Thank you for this video, really needed it this week.
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I could listen to Alan all day. He so eloquently explains and simplifies how to achieve a better, happier life .Thank you
Has a great manner of eloquently speaking
Ahhh...but does he not state that the contemplative state leads only to watching the world go by?
Depression is a way for the self to be aware of all the misconceptions the self had when it was happy .
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Beautiful video.... brought me to tears... only in total defeat you'll find liberation... But it has to be an unexpected 'grand defeat' otherwise the ego is playing up again, saying: "well I can use this defeat to 'get more liberated."And you're in the same trap...
Wise words
@@CleopatrasNemesis thank you. I went through several 'defeats in my life. First I felt super depressed, afterwards very Light and free... and then the ego kicked in again... and the whole cycle starts anew.
Wellbutrin
@@leaettahyer9175 no thanks, I am not depressed. Quite the opposite. Antidepressants are not the solution. Facing your reality and fears, and still learning how to be joyfull, is much more fulfilling.
i feel alan watts is a pure gem of the past, present, and the future
Alan resides in the eternal now
Kind of feel compelled to leave a tip of the hat to my first wife. May she rest in peace.
She was a psychologist, and I was her research assistant crunching numbers for her PhD Thesis. I went in to engineering.
Through her I appreciate the work you do Alan Watts
“There nothing more reprehensible than the ambition to be a saint.”
That was good to hear. I am far from it.
Richard Patik .it's great to hear that.this sounds like exactly 💯 what I needed to hear.lm kind don't trust easily oh 😉 stubborn,so I'm never going to be a Saint.
Absolutely brilliant thank you it's helped me alot . I've been sad lately because I lost my friend who was hit and killed by a train and I lost my brother as well I was in 13 foster homes and 3 prisons and I've tried to keep my head up all these years but just lately I've been very sad this has been a brilliant watch
I hope u r doing fine my friend. ❤️
@@sahilnegi4326 thank you
You have a series of heavy things that few can say they’ve been thru. You search for peace and calm is a wonderful show of strength.
@@pdxfun4888 thank you peace
So sorry, man. Best wishes.
As someone with a myriad of "disordered thinking" mental obstacles, mindfulness has been the only thing to help me move forward with the severe depression I have lived with my whole life. Nothing is going to rid you of feeling because that is part of being human.
Feeling depressed about something in the short term is normal, but having chronic depression where you just want to cry and aren't motivated to do anything or look after yourself is not part of being human. I had chronic depression from the time I was young and I finally overcame my depression in my 50's. You say you have a myriad of disorder thinking, but I have worked with bipolar and other more extreme highs and lows of emotions and thoughts and it is possible for you to overcome your depression and possibly some of your other symptoms as sometimes they are all connected and when you address one of them the others reduce in intensity or disappear all together. Would you be open to suspending your belief that there is no solution to find out more about therapy method I use to help others overcome their depression?
I would gladly hear what you have to share? 💜💜
@@suzanneellison1729 I would love to hear what type of methods got rid of your depression..
Same
This is where I'm at in my journey. I find so much comfort in the words of Alan Watts. I feel maybe I'm more found than lost, and I just didn't realize it until now. Many thanks.
I truly love this man. Thank you for all your wonderful talks Alan. X
Best comment I’ve ever heard about the ego… ‘it’s the ego trying to get rid of itself’, which in itself is an impossible task.
This just hits the nail on the head for me, for where iam in my life and my path, in some ways I find it amusing as he describes some of me, not only that he offers a "solution" or at least I hear one. I have lot of others impose themselves on me and its crushing me, it drains me, somewhere along the path I suppressed my Ego unable to tell others what I honestly wanted to say in case it hurt or offended them, however I know my own suffering was caused by my own self, so time to buckle up and address it, 🙏 AUM Shanti
What an amazing realization for any of us to have. You're very lucky.
Back in the day we just called that growing up
“My mind is deep but my soul is infinite” - me
Hope someone reads this and understands
You always make cry, in the best way. Thank you 💐have a beautiful day.
One if his best talks IMHO. This one really hit home for me - I’m going to listen to it frequently. Thanks for sharing.
A recent study has proven that seretonin levels, in all its workings within the body with reuptake, etc, is no different between non depressed and depressed people, and that it is not known how antidepressants help some people who take them. They have realised they have absolutely no idea about what's going on.
My only advice is: get the wrong people out of your life, accept yourself, and find out who you are.
Bravo Watts!! Unhappiness is judging/ not accepting how you feel/ what happens. Allow all and be free
Truth is what you are🙏
wow I can listen to him forever
This is the best explanation of the ego and its real meaning and effects on us as I have ever heard. This is something I need to hear on a regular basis.
What a legend what a human 🌍👀❤💙 Alan you are Awesome my Freind your words of truth have helped me through life 🌍 thank you
I'm with dumdum88, I didn't go through what you did man, bit I did go through another of shot too, you'd probably laugh at it because my problems would be a sinch for you however this man has helped me so much. RIP alan watts. I send nothing but love to you in heaven and to your family. You truly saved the lives of so many just from your lectures. Thank you for being you and the service you have done for humanity.
The ego undertakes the task of getting rid of itself. Awesome unthinkable understanding of the self .
Depression is fear of the past & anxiety is fear of the future, overcoming my fears is one of my daily struggles but it can be done one day at a time
Times it’s a chemical imbalance and there’s people that can only try to do something about it with diet and exercise and hopefully no medication because I refuse to take any kind of medication for depression
Times it’s a chemical imbalance and there’s people that can only try to do something about it with diet and exercise and hopefully no medication because I refuse to take any kind of medication for depression
@@janice8925 you have a chemical imbalance because you are depressed, you are not depressed because you have chemical imbalance.
@@unknowntrademark9992 how do you know that for sure
@@katejones2172 He doesn’t. Just like we don’t know Alan Watts is right for sure. It’s something he believes.
Very thankful for coming across this video
This concept changed my life long before this video... thanks to my family
What a gift and blessing to be able to listen to Alan Watts hundreds of years later to understand it all.
There's a big difference between depression and feeling depressed.
Alan Watts is so incredibly interesting and I love to hear and learn about him and his ways of philosophy as well as learning styles. I struggle with depression and anxiety as well as I know.
This man was so so far ahead of his time...
Allow your heart the space it needs to manifest your highest desires into existence. When you really just let things be, and detach from all outcomes, you give life the opportunity and space to work in your favour. When there is space you can manifest even more and finally receive what you have been waiting for. I set another intention for anyone who reads this, I promise what you desire is on its way. I am sending you love and strength. You are Appreciated & Loved You are Accepted and Supported. Trust in yourself and Trust in life.
~Much Love from a Law of Attraction RUclipsr💜
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This sounds great but i always wonder about its actual application in everyday situations.
For example, if you are boarding a flight that you know you reserved and are told upon boarding that unfortunately the flight is overbooked and you have a wedding or birth of a child to be at and you’ve been planning this for weeks would you just say ok i understand and not fly or would you try to get on the flight etc etc.
There are so many situations like this in everyday life and i wonder what it would look like if you just say “ok” and just go with it.
But I do find it hard to believe that if you were told your channel or a vid you produced that took you a while to make was removed or demonetized for no good reason that you would just shrug and be like ok 👍🏽
I have fought for many things to be resolved in my life and often successfully, i think being challenged or solving a problem is useful for our growth.
How do you distinguish between something that needs to be solved,
ie your electricity being turned off erroneously, and things that you can just go with?
If you see someone robbing an elderly woman would you allow it or try to stop it? And does that inject your egos version of Justice into reality?
Just seems like life is pretty complicated and it sounds nice to go with the flow but who actually does that? I’m sure you have gone through many challenges that you fought hard for no?
Love from Montreal. Xxx
Loa is kind of like scam.
Neville is real deal tho.
“There is nothing more reprehensible than the ambition to be a saint.” The best line in the video. Speaks to the people of today. No, I will not take a refugee into my house, just so I can talk about it, loudly, at dinner parties or in front of the artisan bread in Waitrose.
But ,what you have written does not stop you from just being an empathetic human being,and taking a refugee into your house,without having to be a saint....and you can stay silent,you do not have to tell anybody about it....Now your excuse for not being humane and empathetic has been made void.....
As a wild land firefighter sometimes you can only put out fire with fire
Advice is spot on. Thank you for this video.
Clock ticks for everyone. Not only you worry, not only get depressed, not only you become happy or sad. Easy mate. Enjoy your life journey
When I feel depressed, I ask myself, am I still OK? Am I breathing? Does anything hurts? Other than my story, am I ok? And then I see that I am ok, nothing is wrong with me, it is a delusion..
If you are truly enduring depression, it most certainly is NOT a delusion. Try selling that b.s. to the almost 46,000 families that have lost loved ones to suicideover the last year.
@@EnCroissant427 please read what I wrote again, and check it out. I wrote about myself, my feelings. For me, that is not bs. And maybe it helps someone else too.
@@Vlatka211 "it is a delusion." Depression is not that for anyone who is clinical. I just hope you know you are minimizing an insidious beast that takes the lives of 10s of 1,000s a year.
@@EnCroissant427 watching the video and reading the comments, I thought I'd find some solace, but I don't think this is about depression. I think it's about a deep, deep sadness or disillusion with life.
@@aicerg your right. Both are key components to depression, but by themelves are not.
What he's talking about here is BOUNDARIES. Good, strong boundaries with utterly EVERYONE in your life. Say no when you mean it. Know how to protect yourself from others, in terms of your emotions. Make rules for others to be in your life. Accept that you are not perfect and a lot of people you meet probably won't like you, and that's normal and ok. You're going to meet ppl you don't care for either. But be civil. Be as kind as you can. Don't overthink anything. Try to roll with life the best you can. Be gentle with yourself, or no one else will❤️❤️❤️
This man has just changed my life..... thank you.....😐
Allan watts saved my life im forever gratefull
I finally found my mentor in life.
God bless you Alan. Your a father to all who listen.
Facts.❤
Beautifully well said
My thoughts have no time for what needs to be. Swipe them away as soon as they conjure. Keep on going in a way that helps you. You know what that is!! It's not that hard to do!! Others are just in the way.
There is nothing more reprehensible than the ambition to be a saint.
I feel like everybody in this comment section doesn’t understand what this man is saying he’s saying happiness is a choice you can control how you feel by changing your focus focus on your breathing seeing hearing what your doing keep practicing that’s how you stay in the present and find happiness it’s what we used to do all the time as a child naturally stop focusing on what makes you suffer you have to believe you can or you won’t
Mr. Watts is a real hero.
He is so right, he got it so much.
I needed to hear this. Thank you
Don't worry, you will be all fine and so will be things around u. All crap/pain, will come to pass.
Those who feel depressed in your life. I suggest you start saying "I like myself" whenever negative thoughts come to your mind. Reason When you like yourself you like others and overflow with positivity and attract others to positivity.
Have a nice day 🤗.
Thank you Mr. Watts
All the hours of his lectures...and I finally get to hear this about the Ego...
False Virtue is the notion of sequestering The Ego...
It cannot be done without False Virtue...and still will never be separated.
Outstanding Mr. Watts.
OMG this opened my eyes and my heart
Excited to hear. Heck of a video indeed.
I may not have ambitions of being a saint but I do of being a better man
Indeed. Just curious, how do you, personally, determine what being a better man is?
So glad the algorithm gave me this channel 💯👍🏼
You and me both 🙂🙏
Stay strong out there. ❤
Bro just live and focus on what makes you content. All the explanations of life are just intellect and it’s the same reason you can’t get rid of the fog. Just do it, it’s all a show, it’s just a celebration of the supreme one. Spend time with your family and do not take it seriously 😀
This is a beautiful statement - all intellect … life changes a lot for me when this hits
no u
All about love 💗
Thats great when you are not depressed, but once you are... you cannot think your way out of it. That is like throwing a cup of water on a volcano. It is no use. What helps: medication, set sleep patterns, exercise if possible, stretching, meditation (spend hours just trying to relax yourself and calm your overbearing thoughts). Be around people.
@@nicholasvanlierde2546 Haha that's very true nothing wrong with being depressed. I really love the depressed "me", in this guy there is an ever flowing cosmic triumph. Learn to love all of your feelings my friend 🥰
I don't care to spend the brief flash of time that is my life contemplating the complexities of deep philosophical questions to which there are usually no true answer. I realized a long time ago that there are circumstances I can control, and some that I cannot. But I absolutely can control how I REACT. Regardless of circumstances, positivity is a choice and can be a learned behavior that leads to a greater percentage of this short life being spent in happiness.
So smart, so simple, such light!
Allan watts is the only other therapy I have that breathes life back into me the same way music does❤ Allan watts started my soul tribe 👏 👏
Understanding frequency helps one understand Alan’s point.
Frequency is a system of vibrations, they push and pull, highs and lows at a certain unchanging rate.
If we look at our egos emanating a certain frequency, then only those who are in tune with our egos can receive our signals. Only those in tune with us can understand us. Those who are not in tune will not.
This is why we should be true to our own egotistic manner. By changing our frequency to be nice, or to be liked or to simply not offend, we pretend to emanate a different frequency and when we go back to our regular frequency, people will think of us as phony, mean and insensitive.
The difficulty lies at discovering what our true frequency is.
Now don’t confuse true frequency with current frequency, because there is a difference.
TASK:
Now is the time to emanate your “current frequency”, if you don’t like what it attracts then this is not your “true frequency”.
Dialing in your station will take work, but it’s absolutely worth the effort!
Wise words, thank you! 🙏❤
Thank you for this.
I love the last line, it it gave me a much needed belly laugh!
He seemed to have a great sense of humour, as well having great insight. Amazing wisdom.
What some people forget is Alan watts was born in 1915, that's a 108yrs ago and he's teachings,/word's are still teaching today🤯 would have loved to have seen him but he past in 1973 many yrs before I was born.
I've been dealing & battling anxiety & depression for years, it's been pretty bad lately 😔
Stay strong out there. ❤
Happy Hogmanay 🎉🎉🎉❤😊Alan watts thanks 🙏
Iv always said there's no tomorrow.
Live for moment.
I live my life with love and respect for everyone because we are all in the same boat.
Live. Love.
Make time for others especially family.
My dad always said It's how you treat people when there alive because when they go.
All the crying in the world makes no difference at all.
People are selfish just worrying about what they can have and poses.
They pay no attention for others..
Like the video said no yesterday. No tomorrow..
Just here and now.
We can make a huge difference I'd we only open our hearts for other people instead of yourself.
Trinity.
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I finally get it now.
All this time have been trying to ACT nicely. I sacrificed everything I had for my friends. I listened to what other people wanted me to do. I doubled down on whatever they encouraged me to do. Their ideas failed over and over again, I became increasingly resentful. I tried to be humble when inside, I felt a great ego wanting to be released. So I tried to kill my ego. My ego fought back furiously, even took over at certain points and easily solved many long term problems. Trying to hide it, and reproaching myself for ever showing it, has been a toxic endeavor. Now I just want to be myself and effortlessly show my confidence in my work and creativity by simply showing it. No more talking about it.
Aw Alan man,you certainly know how to make me question everything I think,do,feel and see. I bang on about ego and realise that I'm the one with the ego. Ffs
I Can listen to whomever needs to this
chills...
“There is nothing more reprehensible than the ambition to be a saint.” Well said & so true. I see this pretty often in the spiritual community - like “being saintly” or the drive to maintain saintlyness is more spiritual than not. Also the drive for “ego death” or claiming to have had death of one’s ego - that is not possible. Ego is very much a part of the human body & thus, the human experience. Fighting w/the very essence of who we are seems like such a waste of time. Living in alignment w/our passions &/or w/what inspires or makes us feel truly alive? - THATS what makes my life feel like it’s worth living; it makes me feel full inside, like i have purpose & im doing exactly what I’m meant to. It took me over 40 yrs of fighting w/myself & life to figure that out 😂(I’m 52 now😮) & once we start to “figure things out” we die🤣. Ain’t that a b**ch😂
Respectfully, I've had ego death twice. I don't still feel it, as the only reason I'm writing this comment is my ego feels the need to defend its sense of self! Lol.
But I have experienced it twice, once with drugs, once through meditation
"Feel" into your depression and it brings you to a point of understanding.
❤
Amazing footage footage!
Thank god the death of my ego was natural and not forced. Strange i came to this feeling one day that i could only describe it at that time was the weight of myself off my shoulders which was what followed a extremely tuff part of my life saw both the evil and good of man. Took me years to figure out what happened at it was only after Allen watt, Carl jung, Confucius, and. Jordan Peterson blessed my feed
4:22 tomorrow can only be handled by those who don't take it seriously..
That hits me real close.