Just Let Go - Alan Watts

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @TrueMeaning
    @TrueMeaning  8 месяцев назад +41

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    • @John-me7tx
      @John-me7tx 4 месяца назад

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    • @shannonnew5298
      @shannonnew5298 Месяц назад

      😊😊😊😊😊

  • @jamesward5721
    @jamesward5721 7 месяцев назад +276

    In Martial Arts, real mastery is achieved when exhausted - when you are so tired, you no longer care, but still forge ahead, with no regard for the outcome. At that point, you have truly just let go - whatever happens, you did your best, you're still trying, but the outcome is outside your control & you are ok with that. Acceptance. Zero concerns.
    At that point, The Universe steps in and takes control. Odd things happen. Usually good odd things.

    • @thebluedragon07
      @thebluedragon07 6 месяцев назад +10

      And it's a beautiful feeling. Even if you achieved something once, you don't have to worry about trying to achieve it again, it means you're ready for the next thing, and you'll know you can get to there at some point.

    • @paulgavian90
      @paulgavian90 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@thebluedragon07breaking the plateau

    • @akitagilmore8306
      @akitagilmore8306 5 месяцев назад +4

      Your message was so beautiful and profound. Thank you. ❤️🙏

    • @osamabillah2069
      @osamabillah2069 5 месяцев назад +4

      This was a beautiful message, Im going to write it in my diary and frame it as well. Thankyou ❤

    • @MsOrganic1
      @MsOrganic1 3 месяца назад +2

      Love your wisdom ❤

  • @ChineduEnyindah
    @ChineduEnyindah 7 месяцев назад +174

    "Pleasure in it's fullness can not be experienced when one is grasping it"
    How profound!

  • @nostarswithoutdarkness
    @nostarswithoutdarkness 9 месяцев назад +1101

    Attachment is the root of all suffering.

    • @tarawillis3995
      @tarawillis3995 8 месяцев назад +12

      thats great and everything but regarding people you either desire to not get hurt or attach to someone you cannot commit or love without attaching. " the new watts"

    • @nostarswithoutdarkness
      @nostarswithoutdarkness 8 месяцев назад +16

      @@tarawillis3995 Sounds like suffering with extra steps.

    • @tarawillis3995
      @tarawillis3995 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@nostarswithoutdarkness did you not get it?

    • @JonJCairns
      @JonJCairns 8 месяцев назад +7

      craving
      attachment is inevitable

    • @MichealChan66
      @MichealChan66 8 месяцев назад +3

      Amen……….. 😢

  • @lifeofquanameditationmusic4311
    @lifeofquanameditationmusic4311 9 месяцев назад +424

    “Sometimes
    letting things go
    is an act of far
    greater power
    than hanging on” x

    • @missmaomi28
      @missmaomi28 8 месяцев назад +3

      Eckhart Tolle 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @111Benzie
      @111Benzie 8 месяцев назад +4

      Wow--so deep--I think I read that once in a fortune cookie.

    • @lebogangmatholwane3132
      @lebogangmatholwane3132 8 месяцев назад +1

      CORRECT!!!!

    • @akitagilmore8306
      @akitagilmore8306 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, Lord! I had to realize that’s where true freedom derived from. 🙏❤️

    • @nicky-pn3pj
      @nicky-pn3pj 3 месяца назад

      letting go of what? its you you fools.

  • @elisabethstabel2082
    @elisabethstabel2082 7 месяцев назад +486

    I have let go of everything. My family, my friends, my career, my dreams and desires about the future, my past, my anger, my fears. Nothing makes sense any longer and Im all alone. But I feel peace, a peace I never felt before. Im curiuous how life will continue

    • @richiestan.
      @richiestan. 6 месяцев назад +37

      Keep going.

    • @Mixo1998
      @Mixo1998 6 месяцев назад +13

      Hahaha for some reason your comment sounded funny to me. ​@@richiestan.

    • @Mixo1998
      @Mixo1998 6 месяцев назад +23

      Bro what do you do in your every day life?
      I am in the process of Letting go but your level of let go sounds so scary to me.
      Dont you have a job?
      Do you feel any emotions at all?
      Don't you miss your family?
      Your old life?

    • @skunkgucc
      @skunkgucc 6 месяцев назад +8

      @@Mixo1998all good questions

    • @Mixo1998
      @Mixo1998 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@skunkgucc appreciate it bro

  • @nachozombiekilla481
    @nachozombiekilla481 9 месяцев назад +455

    For it is in closing our eyes that we begin to see.

    • @kinbolluck476
      @kinbolluck476 8 месяцев назад +14

      bacon 🥓

    • @Senorzilchnzero
      @Senorzilchnzero 8 месяцев назад +12

      Truth doesnt lie on the surface where sunlight is. Where its warm. Where its comfortable. Truth lies in the cold deep underground. Cold darkness is your friend

    • @jaydenlott7232
      @jaydenlott7232 7 месяцев назад

      @@Senorzilchnzeroperhaps even your best and most kind friend. Difference between kind and nice

    • @chuckrobinson3551
      @chuckrobinson3551 7 месяцев назад +3

      I’m bumping into things in the dark, is my trouble. I can’t get oriented. I have shadow work to do, I believe. That’s why I can’t let go of past trauma, pain.

    • @seanbain-j5r
      @seanbain-j5r 6 месяцев назад

      @@kinbolluck476 true

  • @Damian_Ravenscroft
    @Damian_Ravenscroft 6 месяцев назад +167

    for those who struggle to understand - basically the idea is not to try too hard and being moderate with your desires because if you chase them then you get obsessed by them which leads to losing yourself and also the point of the end goal

    • @TimPotter228
      @TimPotter228 2 месяца назад +3

      Thank you.
      I was a lil confused.
      I thought this was the meaning, but I wasn't sure

  • @GLOWORMFORLIFE
    @GLOWORMFORLIFE 9 месяцев назад +192

    He is right letting go ceases suffering but we are all exactly where we need to be or else we would not exist. We have to go through our trials and errors for It is in the darkness we appreciate the light and in the light, the darkness humbles us

    • @theForrestGalantey
      @theForrestGalantey 8 месяцев назад +6

      Got more from your comment than all of what Mr. Watts said. Thank you.

    • @GLOWORMFORLIFE
      @GLOWORMFORLIFE 8 месяцев назад

      @theForrestGalantey happy yo be of service:)

    • @thaconqueror777
      @thaconqueror777 7 месяцев назад +1

      …..or else we would not exist. Sheesh. You’re not lying.

    • @VicCave
      @VicCave 3 месяца назад

      So TRUE! 🙏 thank you!

    •  2 месяца назад +1

      15 years of a broken body, I don't feel humble at all, every Fin day I'm in a ton of pain, there's no enlightenment here

  • @Moonwalker3-r5v
    @Moonwalker3-r5v 5 месяцев назад +47

    Beautiful message. Let things go, let people go. Dont hold on, dont cling to. Dont increase suffering.
    Just go with the flow.......
    Whatever happens, happens...
    Keep going.

    • @dave136
      @dave136 3 месяца назад

      When there’s a person one has met..a fixture in one’s head…how do you do the things you suggest?

    • @theonewiththeeyeoftruth884
      @theonewiththeeyeoftruth884 2 месяца назад

      Then nothing happens.

    • @j.c.2514
      @j.c.2514 Месяц назад

      amen

  • @Full-Wisdom
    @Full-Wisdom 9 месяцев назад +77

    This video delves into the profound realm of detachment and the art of letting go, drawing on the wisdom of Buddhism and the philosophy of living fully without clinging. The notion that true pleasure and the essence of life are found not in grasping tightly but in the freedom of letting go resonates deeply. It's a reminder that life's transient beauty is best experienced in the moment, without fear of loss or the burden of possession. The analogy of the little girl who squeezed the bunny too tightly, metaphorically illustrates the counterintuitive truth that to truly hold something precious, we must hold it lightly. This video doesn't just explore the concept of detachment; it invites us to reconsider our approach to life's pleasures and pains, urging us toward a state of being where we can fully engage with life in all its undulating, unpredictable beauty, yet remain free from the confines of our desires and fears. A truly liberating perspective that challenges us to find balance in the 'middle way,' embracing life's experiences without becoming ensnared by them.

    • @111Benzie
      @111Benzie 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yawn

    • @renaissanceman5847
      @renaissanceman5847 8 месяцев назад

      And yet Alan Watts died relatively young due to being an alcoholic… therefore couldn’t attain that what he preached

    • @kashaf8922
      @kashaf8922 7 месяцев назад +3

      Thankyou so much for explaining further 😊

    • @annikalohrke8043
      @annikalohrke8043 7 месяцев назад +1

      I respect your insight.
      Long winded

    • @rhythm2mysoul.
      @rhythm2mysoul. 6 месяцев назад +2

      I love that ❤

  • @MaximumChroma
    @MaximumChroma 8 месяцев назад +103

    The way I have detached myself from the past is by realizing that this long gone human isn't me. We don't have the same personality, the same thoughts, heck even the same aspirations. Whatever happened to him happened to him and whatever will happen to me will happen to me. I too in a few years will probably be only a distant hazy memory, with another human resembling my image and sharing my name taking my place.

    • @johnnymilligan7398
      @johnnymilligan7398 7 месяцев назад +2

      They are all you, my friend.

    • @thaconqueror777
      @thaconqueror777 7 месяцев назад +1

      Well I get what you meant. Ase 💜

    • @WeAreAllOneNature
      @WeAreAllOneNature 5 месяцев назад +2

      The power of 'Now'.

    • @sasshsgsgava
      @sasshsgsgava 4 месяца назад +1

      The past you is still you, you shouldn't try to detach from him, else you are losing a part of yourself.

    • @j.c.2514
      @j.c.2514 Месяц назад +1

      this is so true In my life as well. evolving every year

  • @harryv6752
    @harryv6752 5 месяцев назад +123

    Get up. Get out. And move. Go walk a few miles. Go jog. Go run. Go hike. Go bike (bicycling). Work out. Learn something new. Finish an unfinished project. Go somewhere you've never been before. Do something you've never done before (nothing of ill intent and within limits of the law). Wish someone you've never met (a stranger) a good day/evening. Reconnect with an old friend. Read a book on a subject you've had an interest in but never really dove into. Go and do some charity work, helping others. On. And. On.
    Move on to let go. Letting go, you move on.
    Keep on rockin'! 🤘

    • @KACHMONEY
      @KACHMONEY 5 месяцев назад +2

      Well Said Harry 🤌🏾

    • @harryv6752
      @harryv6752 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@KACHMONEY
      💯
      🔥
      🤘

    • @michaeldurrant9719
      @michaeldurrant9719 5 месяцев назад +2

      This! Every word of this!

    • @ItApproaches
      @ItApproaches 4 месяца назад +1

      With in the limits of the law....well now, now you're saying color in the lines, I say nay nay. Law is a human concept to maintain control over those who are lacking in awareness. Law is not real, it's a made up illusion. You can restrict yourself if you fear yourself, but that's a whole other issue.

    • @TheMarmite09
      @TheMarmite09 2 месяца назад +1

      Yes, this is it. You just have to keep moving. That’s how you ultimately let go. All these people saying that staying in solitude as letting go are wrong. Letting go is not procrastinating on your goals you have been procrastinating on for years. Believe me you can do anything if you really want to. Just get up and do it.

  • @ultrablue7477
    @ultrablue7477 7 месяцев назад +20

    He was really wise.
    When others saw him smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, he saw himself smoking only one cigarette in the present moment.
    Such a genius.

  • @edwardclarkson-ph1kl
    @edwardclarkson-ph1kl 6 месяцев назад +583

    Great video, I was in a beautiful marriage before my now ex wife left me, i still love her and most times i cant stop thinking about her, i am doing my very best to get rid of the thought of her, but i just cant, i love her so much, i dont know why i am bring this here for, i cant stop thinking about her.

    • @Zacharychampion-yy3nt
      @Zacharychampion-yy3nt 6 месяцев назад +14

      its always difficult to let go of you love, i was in a similar situation my wife for 12 years left me.i couldnt just let her go, so i did all i could to get her back, i had to seek the help of a spiritual adviser who helped me bring her back

    • @edwardclarkson-ph1kl
      @edwardclarkson-ph1kl 6 месяцев назад +6

      wow, how did you get a spiritual adviser, and how do i reach her?

    • @Zacharychampion-yy3nt
      @Zacharychampion-yy3nt 6 месяцев назад +6

      Her name is Shelly renee white , and she is a great spiritual counselor who can bring back your ex.

    • @edwardclarkson-ph1kl
      @edwardclarkson-ph1kl 6 месяцев назад +4

      Thank you for this valuable information, i just looked her up now online. impressive.

    • @diazstrickland6735
      @diazstrickland6735 6 месяцев назад +7

      Sending my Love with you Brother ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Charlotte-xh4lt
    @Charlotte-xh4lt 7 месяцев назад +18

    Yes! If you are satisfied that you gave all! Then just let it go!

  • @deanjorgenson5207
    @deanjorgenson5207 8 месяцев назад +93

    I'm always troubled when I listen to Alan Watts, and the same with Trungpa Rinpoche. Both were full of wisdom about suffering, yet they both died relatively young of alcoholism. I guess we have to seperate their teachings from their lives. We're all such enigmas.

    • @sonsofthetribe
      @sonsofthetribe 8 месяцев назад

      They are actors illuminati

    • @fomorians
      @fomorians 8 месяцев назад +20

      You can separate art from the artist, but not spiritual teachings from the teacher, otherwise no one would see anything wrong with cult leaders and priests who molest people while teaching purity and abstinance. Nobody who is truly content needs spiritual help, and you're absolutely right to be troubled by those issues. I disagree that attachment is the root of all suffering, but letting go is one way to deal with it effectively. The nature of this world is suffering itself, whether you're attached to it or not. Let us not forget that these same teachings were used to brainwash young Japanese pilots to plunge to their deaths as kamikaze pilots in World War II. "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

    • @DrKungpow
      @DrKungpow 8 месяцев назад +15

      Perhaps it's depressing to know so much; to also have others look to you for the hard questions of life and meaning. He certainly had an active life. Also, you know as well as I do that everyone struggles with something. If you read some of his books, like Behold the Spirit, there's an emphasis that what he teaches is more of pointing to the way, and not actually the way itself. I believe he held this belief constantly and that throughout bits of time he struggled and made his comebacks only to fall once again into it. And though he taught about suffering and attachments; he is not hypocritical in the sense that he says to not drink, do not smoke, do not etc.. and does it himself! But rather that he too had an attachment which was holding him, and he was telling people to let go! I think of this as the struggle of all people spiritually and physically; I think his teachings are still precise and still valuable.

    • @Pam74055
      @Pam74055 7 месяцев назад

      According to Mark Watts (Wikipedia) Alan planned his death due to an illness. Who knows…..

    • @Pam74055
      @Pam74055 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@underthecortex Not judging him at all. Who am I to do that?

  • @MHda-p4g
    @MHda-p4g 8 месяцев назад +51

    This world needs teachers like Alan Watts, Osho, Sadhguru so much more now than before. So grateful for them 🙏🙏🙏

    • @holocaste9256
      @holocaste9256 8 месяцев назад +12

      no not sadhguru please

    • @oldboychano
      @oldboychano 8 месяцев назад

      why not?@@holocaste9256

    • @patricio.dorantes
      @patricio.dorantes 8 месяцев назад +3

      I find that Alan stands a lot further than those other two. But I agree. Metta.

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan 8 месяцев назад +9

      Osho was a cult leader who ripped off his cult members.

    • @kishkindhaa
      @kishkindhaa 8 месяцев назад

      @@robfromvanExplain how?

  • @lusbs
    @lusbs 5 месяцев назад +28

    I've never commented on anything before. But here I just must thank you.

  • @trinityp8575
    @trinityp8575 2 месяца назад +3

    I came to a point of letting go.
    I had such a massive heartbreak and now have accepted it. I let go of someone I love. I also let go of my past. All areas of my life are at 0. I am anxious of the future and the unknown. But I am tired of being scared to. At this point I am not sure where I am going. I am letting go of the control to know. I let Universe step in. 🙏

  • @bondjames6353
    @bondjames6353 8 месяцев назад +12

    I fully believe we are put on this earth to learn a lesson. I even believe we are sent back again until we learn the lesson. My lesson was her and I’ll make that mistake in every lifetime we meet ☺️

  • @jeorgewatson
    @jeorgewatson Месяц назад +2

    I’m an actor. 58 years old. I’ve been submitting excellent auditions all year long. I’ve yet to book any of them. Today it was so painful, this feeling of “rejection” that I was literally crying out to God “WHY?!?” Tearing up in the gym. Frustration. Then my ex said let it go. And I remembered the videos from Dr. Joe, Bob Proctor and my man here Alan Watts. Good stuff.

  • @Candraseka
    @Candraseka 8 месяцев назад +34

    Just let it go, dont look back.....stay strong 💪💪💪💪

  • @thunderstar8396
    @thunderstar8396 8 месяцев назад +37

    So very true.
    2 years ago I met a great beeing, that just so happend to be a beatiful young woman.
    But that wasnt what attracted me, it was her energy, her compassion and the way she carried herself.
    She saw my whole beeing right away, the joy and the pain. It took me longer to really see her, I felt her more.
    The thing is, the moment we called hethother boy and girlfriend, I was so affraid to loose her, that my whole beeing changed.
    The worst part is, that I know that you shouldnt pick a beatiful flower and that you cant own anything, but things in my past, let the scared little kid take the wheels as soon as she was "mine".
    We have to remember that we are not only the human experience, we are also pure energy and that energy can never go wrong, it is exactly thr way it is suppose to be and we will always pull and push the right energies around us as we need, as long as we stay true to our self.
    I wish all my brothers and sisters peace of mind ❤

    • @111Benzie
      @111Benzie 8 месяцев назад +3

      So, did you consummate the relationship or did you just talk a lot of philosophical BS?

    • @nikolajkrarup-os9gn
      @nikolajkrarup-os9gn 7 месяцев назад

      @@111Benzie 😂

    • @stephenkirk1024
      @stephenkirk1024 Месяц назад

      😂😂​@@111Benzie

  • @annettehansen6047
    @annettehansen6047 26 дней назад +2

    I've always had problems with resentments and forgiveness because of the things some people did to me especially the major things. I went to treatment for an addiction problem to get sober and in recovery where I had a therapist and a sponsor I did the steps with. My therapist told me that resentments only hurt you, not the other person. You do it for yourself. The steps are all about letting go of bad behaviors, making amends, becoming a better person, and helping others. I had to write down all my resentments, how they affected me, and my part in them. When you see your part you know what to change and make amends if needed. I also try to understand why people are the way they are and do what they do. Not justifying or condoning their behaviors but we act how we do for a reason. Then it helps have more compassion and pray for them. If they change be happy for them, if not, don't stoop to their level and get revenge, but be the bigger person and be kind. They will get their karma whether from an experience, another person, or God. I wouldn't wish that. It's good to heal and protect yourself.

  • @chriswhitenackmediaproduct6906
    @chriswhitenackmediaproduct6906 9 месяцев назад +77

    Exactly what I needed to hear at this moment.

    • @Klazi
      @Klazi 9 месяцев назад +1

      me too same

    • @111Benzie
      @111Benzie 8 месяцев назад +2

      So does your shrink too.

    • @harrybrown-r5p
      @harrybrown-r5p 8 месяцев назад +1

      I know what you mean it’s nice to see that people still want to help even when things don’t go right I’m a Christian so I want to say god bless you and I hope things are going well for you many prayers your way my friend

  • @leonardomodes1007
    @leonardomodes1007 5 месяцев назад +7

    Finally after 1 year and 3 months of intuitively meditating I managed to let go. It´s beautiful! This is the most incredible, peaceful, complete and natural state of life/existence. I am my life. In hindsight it appears so obvious. If anyone needs tips I am here for you. Okay I can not help you on youtube because my comments get deleted immediately. I don´t know whats going on.

    • @maciej_zieba
      @maciej_zieba 5 месяцев назад

      I find it hard to meditate each day, I either forget or just get lazy I guess. Gym I do each day and just have it in my schedule now for almost two years but been hard to do same with meditating. Any tips? Thx😁

    • @leonardomodes1007
      @leonardomodes1007 4 месяца назад

      @@maciej_zieba First it´s important to know what meditation is all about. It´s about getting out of the world of thought back into actual reality. Now, actual reality/actuality is simply what you are, where you are, so your body and the world it is in, it´s as simple as that. The process is basically just to bring your attention from your thoughts back to your senses. Meditation is basically just being present with what actually is. The first step of meditation is to relax, now be with your senses and stop thinking. And that´s it! There is no need to make it any more complicated than that because that would just make you think about mediation instead of meditating. It´s important not to make meditation into an intellectual thing by getting caught up in methods and theories, just meditate intuitively. You have to really be consistent with not thinking and coming to your senses because that´s the only way out of your mind and back to actuality/stillness/peace/rest. Meditation is really something that you have to practice because that´s the only way to get good at it but trust me you will eventually get really good at it. The best advice I can give you is to just keep practicing meditation for now and blindly trusting the process. After a couple of weeks you will start to notice the benefits, you will slowly become less anxious, less stressed, more free, you will start to slowly feel more like yourself, more alive, more happy, your life starts falling into place again and maybe you will even get a few glimpses of actual reality and this will truly start your journey because after that first glimpse you will not stop until you´ve made it back home. I know it feels overwhelming and impossible right now but this just your imagination making it seem like you have to reach some otherworldly spiritual plane when in reality you just have to come back to your senses and that´s it. This world is your home don´t think about some other imaginatory spiritual world. It doesn´t matter who you are, what this world is, what god is, that is completely irrelevant, don´t get lost in ideas and theories! The truth is that you simply are what you are. REMEMBER meditation is just about coming to your senses and being present. The not thinking is only necessary at the beginning to get you out of your mind and into the actual reality after that it´s just about being present and deepening that presence.

    • @leonardomodes1007
      @leonardomodes1007 4 месяца назад

      ​@@maciej_zieba First it´s important to know what meditation is all about. It´s about getting out of the world of thought back into actual reality. Now, actual reality/actuality is simply what you are, where you are, so your body and the world it is in, it´s as simple as that. The process is basically just to bring your attention from your thoughts back to your senses. Meditation is basically just being present with what actually is. The first step of meditation is to relax, now be with your senses and stop thinking. And that´s it! There is no need to make it any more complicated than that because that would just give you a reason to think about mediation instead of meditating. It´s important not to make meditation into an intellectual thing by getting caught up in methods and theories, just meditate intuitively. You have to really be consistent with not thinking and coming to your senses because that´s the only way out of your mind and back to actuality/stillness/peace/rest. Meditation is really something that you simply have to practice because that´s the only way to get good at it but trust me you will eventually get really good at it. The best advice I can give you is to just keep practicing meditation for now and blindly trusting the process. After a couple of weeks you will start to notice the benefits, you will slowly become less anxious, less stressed, more free, you will start to slowly feel more like yourself, more alive, more happy, your life starts falling into place again and maybe you will even get a few glimpses of actual reality and this will truly start your journey because after that first glimpse you will not stop until you´ve made it back home. I know it feels overwhelming and impossible right now but this just your imagination making it seem like you have to reach some otherworldly spiritual plane when in reality you just have to come back to your senses and that´s it. This world is your home don´t think about some other imaginatory spiritual world. It doesn´t matter who you are, what this world is, what god is, that is completely irrelevant, don´t get lost in theories and ideas! You simply are what you are. REMEMBER meditation is just about coming to your senses and being present. The not thinking is only necessary at the beginning to get you out of your mind and into the actual reality after that it´s just about being present and deepening that presence.

    • @leonardomodes1007
      @leonardomodes1007 4 месяца назад

      @@maciej_zieba First of all it´s important to know what meditation is all about. It´s about bringing your attention from your thoughts to your senses. It´s about being what you are where you, so in other words being present. It´s about coming out of the world of concepts into the real world/actuality/stillness. All you have to do to meditate is to first of all relax, stop thinking and come to your senses. There is no point in making it more complicated than that, because we don´t want to make meditation into something intellectual by following some methods or ruminating over theories and ideas, because then you will just think instead of meditating. Just meditate intuitively. My best advice right now is to just keep practicing meditation and trusting the process. After a couple of weeks you will start to notice the benefits. You will feel less anxious, less stressed, more at peace, more like yourself, more happy and content and maybe you will even get your first glimpses of stillness and after that first glimpse your journey really starts because you will not stop until you´ve made it back home to stilllness. Just be with your senses as often as you can and stop thinking. I know that in the beginning mediation seems really hard but you will get good at it in no time. Remember meditation is about being with your senses not about figuring out questions. Just simply relax, stop thinking and be present wherever you are. Be meditative as often as you can throughout the day and you will get better and feel better in no time.

    • @stanperch6000
      @stanperch6000 24 дня назад

      Where else can you be found

  • @jushere4thacomments671
    @jushere4thacomments671 9 месяцев назад +77

    🎯 if more humans detached from worldly things, they'd be at peace and not killing each other every second of every day

    • @derekbarddal9194
      @derekbarddal9194 9 месяцев назад +1

      We’ll said

    • @MHda-p4g
      @MHda-p4g 8 месяцев назад

      I wonder that day would ever come on this earth…..

    • @happybhoy777
      @happybhoy777 7 месяцев назад +1

      That is exactly the problem, humans looking for something on the outside always striving for more, will never be satisfied or at peace.
      They need to look inside themselves we have everything we need 🙏

  • @torazis3286
    @torazis3286 2 месяца назад +4

    When you are too focused on getting maximum pleasure from something, your focus shifts from just experiencing pleasure to focusing on experiencing maximum pleasure and you experience less of it as a result.

  • @biasedknowledge
    @biasedknowledge 2 месяца назад +2

    I love how you linked detachment with freedom and fulfillment! It brings to mind the Sunk Cost Fallacy, where people continue investing in something because they’ve already put so much into it, even when it’s not working anymore. A close friend held onto a project for years, despite its constant failures, because they felt they couldn’t just 'let it go.' This video perfectly explains how letting go is actually the gateway to peace, not failure. Brilliantly articulated!

  • @MatthewSands-e3g
    @MatthewSands-e3g 3 месяца назад +3

    Best thing I've ever done Let it go, if things are meant to be it's meant to be

  • @studyingbadger
    @studyingbadger 7 месяцев назад +2

    Pleasure and pain are like flipping a coin. I think that is why detachment is important for one to achieve sustainable happiness, which comes from freedom.

  • @chilpeeps
    @chilpeeps 3 месяца назад +2

    As a human being we all do mistakes and face darkness no one is perfect but with its harshness comes wisdom you learned to let go.
    Become free from sackles see life as it is there is no guide for life its all about the memories we make along the way.
    And just like a book some chapters are good some are bad some are full of joy and some are of sorrow but in the end we all built ourselves a Beautiful story.
    Do not attached yourself to anything just go with flow and experience what life has to offer you and explore make memories.

  • @cameronscott1853
    @cameronscott1853 4 месяца назад +1

    these always come to me when i need them most. GOD is close. I need to let go of working in hospitality and find a new path after my Cancer journey. I hope soon i will find that path and continue peacefully through my life.

  • @lailak482
    @lailak482 8 месяцев назад +3

    GOD & the universe alwyas give me the right message when I need it thank youuuuuuuuuu to this channel Alan watts I love his wisdom

  • @rijd2304
    @rijd2304 9 месяцев назад +12

    The irony is that the mind cannot let go of the mind; it'll believe it can, it'll create thoughts that think they can, but letting go is out of our mind's control. I like mindfulness meditation for practicing letting thoughts dissipate. The workbook called 30 Days to Reduce Anxiety by Harper Daniels is helpful.

  • @mariomario-fk4di
    @mariomario-fk4di 4 месяца назад +2

    Reading these comments makes my heart happy. Thank you all!

  • @youngmarshall
    @youngmarshall 8 месяцев назад +12

    This can be applied in various circumstances.. if you're socially anxious person, it could be due to your excessive desire for approval of other people.
    The video explains that you ought to get to a point where you don't need approval where rejected does nothing to you.
    Only when you're okay with rejection will you find the approval you seek.
    If you want something .. you have to be okay with not having it.
    Ironic.

  • @plutoplatters
    @plutoplatters 2 месяца назад +2

    The power of that first guys Manbun is unsurmountable

  • @triggerbunny
    @triggerbunny 3 месяца назад

    It truly is an art to be able to embrace this concept & I'm not going to lie. It's incredibly difficult at times. That freedom though... once you taste it...the struggle really begins...because you desire it more and more.

  • @ChristianP-i9d
    @ChristianP-i9d 2 месяца назад +1

    Thankyou I’m letting go whatever is meant to be will be ❤

  • @UMADtouchgrass
    @UMADtouchgrass 4 месяца назад +2

    suffering in this realm is inevitable, all we can do is prepare until our last breath in this earth to not come back.

  • @bandieboo8102
    @bandieboo8102 8 месяцев назад +6

    I so wish he was here now.....😢 truly smart person....

  • @danny-li6io
    @danny-li6io 4 месяца назад +8

    Being a follower of Christ is absolutely about being detached from this world

  • @patrickboudreau3846
    @patrickboudreau3846 8 месяцев назад +30

    I’m affraid if I let go there will be nothing left, of me. I have been fighting for so long that my personality has become dependent on my quest. My struggle.

    • @rarasirius3795
      @rarasirius3795 8 месяцев назад +12

      At some point, you will be forced to let go by life itself. Once that has happened, you will be surprised how capable you actually are.

    • @KimZoroGaming
      @KimZoroGaming 7 месяцев назад +3

      The self can die and be reborn multiple times in the existence of a single body. Even when the change is positive the loss of who you were is always mournful.

    • @Jessiethegirl23
      @Jessiethegirl23 7 месяцев назад +4

      When you let go, you overflow with your authentic self. Its the old version that doesnt want to be forgotten. It’s an ego death… LET GO. The real you never disappears. Its just more of who you are. The real you never ceases to exist.

    • @byronnilsson6808
      @byronnilsson6808 6 месяцев назад

      If you let go, maybe you get everything 🤔

  •  5 месяцев назад +1

    Letting go of someone you love the most is so difficult to make yet very good to give to someone who really needs it. I love her so much but it's to late hence I already cheated on her. I hope I can find the strength to let go of her and just give her the peace of mind she wants.

  • @Mr.Honest247
    @Mr.Honest247 Месяц назад +1

    Funny how no matter how wise these guys are, they still can’t escape death.

  • @WadeWoodruff
    @WadeWoodruff 9 месяцев назад +5

    Strange Energy For Old Soul Warriors GOD WINS 🙏😇🙏❤️ I FEEL YOUNGER

  • @thevinufernando8526
    @thevinufernando8526 8 месяцев назад

    im sri lankan , loved hearing our sinhala "anithya", " duka" in a very popular video like this❤❤ hope you all get tge peace y'all are looking for😊

  • @eangie35
    @eangie35 3 месяца назад +1

    The best of the best Alan Watts! The man!

  • @pay7183
    @pay7183 Месяц назад

    It’s been almost a month since breakup.
    I’m still feeling sad because I’m grieving the loss of the relationship, the connection we had, the future we thought we were building together, you and the idea of you, and most importantly, the past self in childhood and in this relationship.
    My mind tends to spiral into toxic shame due to childhood. The what-ifs and should haves that play in my mind constantly. I want to let him know that I recognize my part to the ending of the relationship and how I’m actively working on myself to be more grounded within myself emotionally and spiritually many times. But this is control. He’s moving on. And to love someone, is to respect their choice. I’m hurting. I’m sad because of abandonment and neglect wounds rooted in childhood. I feel it in my body and I’m surviving it.

  • @ashesa2601
    @ashesa2601 21 день назад

    I think it means not having immense attachments that keeps us from the moment. Every moments is so new in order to be in the present is needed to let go of the previous one

  • @parz1v3l
    @parz1v3l 9 месяцев назад +15

    This is right on queue for me today.

    • @patrickryan1515
      @patrickryan1515 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hit home for me as well. Congrats!

  • @nicolemason3964
    @nicolemason3964 9 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you kindly and always unconditionally

  • @SarvalSarval-dz5uo
    @SarvalSarval-dz5uo 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you all. Peace and love

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin9602 8 месяцев назад +2

    0:11
    The art of letting go.
    3:40
    Poor in spirit. No attachment.
    5:50
    Buddha can’t be stuck. He is always in the flow.

  • @heidifrazer-cherry6647
    @heidifrazer-cherry6647 2 месяца назад +1

    Listening to this beautiful recording and being deeply impacted by it. Then-abrupt ads. Ruins the experience.

  • @dea1man
    @dea1man 2 месяца назад +1

    One such "attachment" is the attachment to "imagination" and "beliefs", that LIFE should BE a certain way, other than the way IT IS.........

  • @petergedd9330
    @petergedd9330 Месяц назад

    Be kind to yourself, we tend to exclude ourselves from kindness whilst giving it to others.

  • @iambitiouz280
    @iambitiouz280 2 месяца назад +1

    For this reason im happy to be a Muslim because we're never really going to be satisfied in fullness unless we detach ourselfs to desires and material things. El hamdoelileh thanks God 🙏🏼🤲🏼

  • @mattymolyneux6487
    @mattymolyneux6487 4 месяца назад +1

    Letting go is the act of freedom

  • @shalxnda
    @shalxnda 6 месяцев назад +2

    I love philosophical and spiritual videos

  • @40sauravasoman47
    @40sauravasoman47 7 месяцев назад +2

    When I was a child I heard a quote from Sanskrit, Mana Pragya meh vacha: meaning control your mind as this stalian which can go aimless.

  • @lucymot2010
    @lucymot2010 9 месяцев назад +3

    Alan watts 🧚‍♂️❤ always amazing and your live also in my teenage boys 🙏❤

    • @111Benzie
      @111Benzie 8 месяцев назад

      That is truly disturbing. You know how twisted these kids will be when they keep listening to his goobly gook philosophizing?

  • @matt_cummins28
    @matt_cummins28 9 месяцев назад +10

    Thank you. Beautiful 🙏

  • @Lulu-yc2in
    @Lulu-yc2in 9 месяцев назад +14

    I don't know how, and I'm suffering. Majorly.

    • @rah6699
      @rah6699 9 месяцев назад +10

      I’m sorry you’re suffering. I know it doesn’t seem like it and it’s really cliche, but it does get better . Hang in there! It’s worth it

    • @randomelvis3359
      @randomelvis3359 9 месяцев назад +2

      RUclips Mooji ✨👍🏻

    • @dertythegrower
      @dertythegrower 9 месяцев назад +5

      Ze bugs... eat ze bugs.... you shall own nothing and be happy... the company owners are trying to monopolize

    • @Zelda2829
      @Zelda2829 9 месяцев назад +8

      I've been through this kind of place once, I'm not saying it's the same place at all, but, I've suffered greatly before and I think I have figured out what these great masters of humanity tell us everday, at least part of it. So, I'm yet to see a suffering that doesn't have a cause even if you don't know what's the cause, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, but from what I've experienced and observed, probably when you don't know why you suffer, if it's not clear what you're wishing to be different, then probably the wish itself is the thing, I mean, I was always a simple person and didn't need much to be okay, but even that way I was still suffering, it came to a point where life itself turned into a problem, I was very afraid to die, especially a scary or slowly painful death, and we all know that to die it simply requires to be alive, what I meant to say with all that is that you suffer because you're not okay with how things are, no matter how, no matter what, something in you is still resisting the flow, either you are too afraid of the future, of having to go through a rough process or even fear of the possibility to pass through any traumatic experience just like me or just wishing for something new, like a drug to keep you always addicted to the "happy" state of mind, I will not say that it's easy to just let it go and flow, if you still see yourself, your "ego" as you, it will be tremendously difficult, but that's why the masters teach us to look inside beyond the self of the ego, a place I can hardly explain in words but I feel that everything's fine in that place, not because nothing happens, but because no matter what happens I'm still there, it's all like a movie in the cinema and I'm just watching it without getting emotionally envolved, quotes like "being in the world but not of the world" start to make all the sense after that discovery of what were always there inside watching and knowing. I kinda like this one I've heard once: "we are all gods already, we are here to learn how to be humans" but we can't mess things up, not necessarily is the same meaning of gods like powerful beings like superheroes or the common concept of God, I think the divine thing is the peaceful mind state even when it's dark, because you're the whole light yourself. Sorry for this big essay and for any grammar mistake, I originally speak portuguese. Wish you all the best.😅🙏

    • @bellafontejohnson-bm8ep
      @bellafontejohnson-bm8ep 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Zelda2829wow why do you have that much time to write a dam near full ese’ on YT

  • @CoudyCanvas
    @CoudyCanvas 5 месяцев назад

    If someone wants to go he/ she was never urs! Before you start any new thing keep urself ready to be walk away! Values are mutually shared! I defer the thought of not being attached! If you are not attached then do not open up! If the other person thinking physical can be without attachment please walk away!

  • @Ivor-nv4zo
    @Ivor-nv4zo 5 месяцев назад +3

    I once dated a woman who had a dog named Buck. This woman was always telling Buck what to do and how to do it. When I finally ended our relationship, she couldn’t understand why I was doing so. I told her that she needed a man like Buck and that I wasn’t Buck

    • @BobKhan-k8v
      @BobKhan-k8v 3 месяца назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Tribophopic
      @Tribophopic 2 месяца назад +2

      Tales from the dog house.

  • @randomelvis3359
    @randomelvis3359 9 месяцев назад +22

    For it is in letting go that we find our grip ✨

  • @גידימרום
    @גידימרום 5 месяцев назад +1

    כל כך מרגש ואמיתי. תודה יל המילים

  • @cynthiafreeman2995
    @cynthiafreeman2995 4 месяца назад +1

    Projection w these repeated videos IM NOT WATCHING!!!! I’ve been single by choice for years and love it it’s PEACEFUL AND FREEING. I’m not holding on to anyone or anything, let’s be clear ❤

  • @poetrymodern
    @poetrymodern 3 месяца назад +1

    May the Universe align in our favor, bringing us Serenity in chaos and Joy in every step.
    💜🌌💜
    When we forget about the Unity of all the existent, the World gets heavy.
    Once we let go. Once we are trustful, respectful, sensible we can truly transcend the World into The Dream.
    As an Individual. You’re never alone in this journey. Comprehend the Oneness. Live your life as a never ending Poetry. 💜🌠💜📜✍

  • @hiabex
    @hiabex 5 месяцев назад +1

    It's good to hear Alan after a good decade or so, my only complaint is that in cleaning up the recording, AI has given him the lisp that he never had. I wonder if new listeners would just assume that he wasn't good at pronouncing the letter S?

  • @PranzalBaraily
    @PranzalBaraily 6 месяцев назад +1

    If we let go the things, then the things will come back to us in unexpected ways...

  • @Antidoxy
    @Antidoxy 3 месяца назад +1

    Let go of everything you fear to lose. Fear will lead to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. - Yoda (George Lucas)

  • @beatereich5466
    @beatereich5466 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you so much❤❤❤

  • @unedited2716
    @unedited2716 9 месяцев назад +3

    THANKS FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND WISDOM💯👍 VERY INTERESTING WISE CONTENT BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AMEN🙏💯🌏🌎🌍👍

  • @ssSkullZzz
    @ssSkullZzz 6 месяцев назад +1

    I have always desired not to desire, and was getting attached to this idea by itself

  • @mikemastrocola405
    @mikemastrocola405 9 месяцев назад +1

    It is thought,it is said,it is thought,it is done.....free at last❤

  • @sianlewis3153
    @sianlewis3153 5 месяцев назад +2

    Sometimes holding on does more harm than good

  • @Hs5687
    @Hs5687 6 месяцев назад +1

    No need to” immerse power “ … Just Be You 😊

  • @MoseVaser
    @MoseVaser Месяц назад +910

    It’s crazy no one here is talking about “rapid manifestation secrets by marie runner”

    • @RickyRenegade-f5w
      @RickyRenegade-f5w Месяц назад +10

      No it's not

    • @youpartake420
      @youpartake420 Месяц назад +8

      leave we are running from people like you

    • @RickyRenegade-f5w
      @RickyRenegade-f5w Месяц назад

      @@youpartake420 because I know you are carpet baggers that's why you run? I run from no man and I don't need this book to manifest I already know manifestation and I am favored by the divine universe.

    • @alexisgabriel2733
      @alexisgabriel2733 Месяц назад +1

      @@youpartake420 is it a bad book?

    • @youpartake420
      @youpartake420 Месяц назад

      @@alexisgabriel2733 women are evil so is man but man is easy to read but women is hard to read vary evil

  • @Lightmane
    @Lightmane 4 месяца назад +1

    So I need to "not desire", and then I need to not desire "not desiring". So now I'm trying to not desire, while also trying to not desire not desiring. Then I got so dizzy that I passed out... ... darn.

  • @crazylegsgio2866
    @crazylegsgio2866 9 месяцев назад +8

    The algos obviously know what I need and when 😅

  • @A_to_Zappa
    @A_to_Zappa 9 месяцев назад +3

    "This is the moment of just letting go." -- Cardinal Copia

  • @plutoplatters
    @plutoplatters 2 месяца назад +1

    This helps to solve constipation.

    • @Tribophopic
      @Tribophopic 2 месяца назад

      It’s certainly a pantload

  • @MegaNerdrager
    @MegaNerdrager 5 месяцев назад

    I always loves me some Alan Watts!

  • @8thangel-energetic-spiritual
    @8thangel-energetic-spiritual 8 месяцев назад +1

    Blessings 🌹
    A genius…Allen watts 💯

  • @KyOte13
    @KyOte13 5 месяцев назад +1

    I’m right at this threshold right now… everything I TRY to, or think I’m holding onto… hurts, and eludes me. Not just people… ideas, goals, dreams… everything…and this is exactly what I’m going through. I define myself currently by everything I DON’T have… my mind and heart is ruled and haunted by want and desire. I know this isn’t the right way to live. Maybe I’m not what, or who, I thought I was. Maybe I never knew at all… that’s okay. I can handle that. I’m willing to let go now. I’m willing to unblock myself by getting out of my own way. It truly is the root of suffering… all we feel we need to feed the persona.

  • @Qunioxide141
    @Qunioxide141 Месяц назад

    I really need to listen to this.

  • @marcherrmann2772
    @marcherrmann2772 2 месяца назад +2

    Life is the school of suffering

  • @themccullersgroupllc
    @themccullersgroupllc 2 месяца назад

    INFINITE HEALING & WELLNESS be upon you in this NOW experience. KNOW that ALL IS WELL & WE are the deciding factors of our realities. This experience is one for us ALL to cherish, so enjoy it ALL!

  • @medicine_box
    @medicine_box 6 месяцев назад +1

    Let go, not to get a better grip, but let go completely...

  • @lawnmower1066
    @lawnmower1066 8 месяцев назад +3

    I was wondering how to adopt this method when asleep? Dreams can be unsettling!

  • @bluesteel4223
    @bluesteel4223 6 месяцев назад +1

    Other people will never allow you to let things go.

    • @KP-fr5bh
      @KP-fr5bh 6 месяцев назад +2

      Why do you require permission?

  • @stensballe3683
    @stensballe3683 8 месяцев назад +1

    stop distracting yourself - be it greed, envy, seeking power, seeking money, seeking status.
    go your own way, or your regret will destroy you

  • @kristenbailey12
    @kristenbailey12 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you 😊

  • @Labrynthetic
    @Labrynthetic 5 месяцев назад +1

    I found myself letting go of my annoyance of the background music, even when it got louder.

  • @orfeasmusic
    @orfeasmusic 8 месяцев назад +1

    That was very sweet and touching ❤

  • @dawnfreeman1839
    @dawnfreeman1839 2 месяца назад

    Loved this one ❤thank you