I think he'd agree that YOU transformed your life, he only asked the right questions to keep your mind busy while you looked for the road. And that's no disrespect to Alan, he's spoken of tatva masi before. It was all you, friend :)
@@MrSchuriI that’s a really tough question to put into a small space like here. But in the best way I can say that my overall understanding of life and death, workings of my own mind etc have hit a point I never thought I would ever come close to. I think I have a peace in my heart I would not have without his teachings.
Its like listening to Kee Carol who channels a being he calls Kryon, only is less woowoo sounding, very cool. This guy is kinda sorta the reason why many dig 'Mindvalley'
I love this. My person has always been my love. It’s been a tough lots of lessons learned journey. Worth it. 6th grade sweetheart, again at 23, and now at 48. The alpha and the omega. The best is yet to come. 💥🌟🌟🔥♾❤️❤️❤️
Ty Nicholas, along with Delaina your beautiful words touched me, I hope you are a writer & if not please consider it. I have a cousin named Nicholas, don't hear that cute name much, keep putting out Your sunshine ---
❤ Yes. Yes. And yes. Surrender to yourself. Love yourself. Surrender to another, then. Love another then. The latter can't be true without the former..
Yet for 85% or maybe more of Western society's people its a hard thing to do. Being in control is what (western ) civilization is all about. So handing it away is scary for most.
I'm starting a new relationship and we are madly in love. This is helping me understand so much about a feeling I never truly felt before. The tears are coming down my face because I want to be the best I can be for a woman who treats me better then anyone else ever has! I love you my sweetheart. I hope you read this some day!
I give my love freely but receiving love I find hard to accept. My Mother told me when I was a young girl that I would die a lonely old Woman. I didn't believe her. I'm now 66 and so far it's true. Not so much lonely, but alone with no family. My Mother didn't show me any love so maybe I think I don't deserve it. But deep down I believe every one deserves it. I've only recently discovered Alan Watts. Very encouraging words of wisdom. ,
We only received the love that we think we deserve.. Understanding this changed my life. There are beautiful people out there, try not to close that door of opportunity 💛
You are loved, re-write you story by telling yourself you are Worthy of love and never die lonely but in the hand of a man you love that loves you equally to.
Wow thank you for your courage to share that. Don't worry about love and keep moving closer to your own heart. That's where you find it. "Healthy happy and strong", all the rest is BS
People are wrong when they say that loving is difficult, what is really difficult is being WILLING to truly love because everyone needs love and longs to be loved but only some are WILLING to love. When you have the will, love will be easy and intuitive for you.
Respectfully, maybe you are referring to your own unwillingness to love. People often say “we” when it’s actually themselves. But you are right - many are unwilling to love because their caretakers did not truly love them. People are very terrified of realizing that their parents did not truly love them and will not accept it even though that’s where it starts. Humans are not the finest creatures on this planet. I am very loving and very willing to love but it is very difficult to find others who are able to love. Many see those who are loving as weak, as prey to harm & destroy. And this makes it all even worse.
@@Bronte866 i totaly agree with you... when I love, i love deeply... bring down my walls ... most times, end up hurt...but never sorry... they lost a deep soul.... peace and love, be with you
Love this! Every near death experience I’ve heard (and I’ve heard so many) could not be told without using the word love in some significant way. It’s truly what we’re here to do.
I'm spiritual by nature, and everywhere it's "Love yourself first." This is the best explanation of what self-love is that I've ever heard. We can't be us without the other. I love that.
Nostalgia - its delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards… it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the wheel, it’s called the carousel. It let’s us travel the way a child travels - around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know we are loved. Don Draper
How beautiful, my eyes are tearing up. A prayer for those that are lost. Life, please take me to where I am going... However allow me the strength to carry me... to the place that is, knowing.
I'm 65, well-educated, a 'Profound' widow of 6 years, alone, and Forever Shattered. Having seen and read Everything there is to read at this point, I AM SO MOVED BY THIS AND YOU, ALL 🗻🌟💖🌹!! Please, Pray That I May Find ALL The UNDERSTANDING In Everything, As I Spend My Next Days, Or Weeks, Searching For PEACE IN THIS??? IT'S ALL SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And SO ARE EVERY ONE OF YOU. I LOVE YOU. AND EVERY ONE WHO IS SEARCHING FOR ANYTHING 😉. 😧💞🍃🌹🙏🌎🌈🌄🎶🎵💌🐕🐈🐇🌼🍓🍨🌠😅
i lost the man i thought was the love of my life…after 6 years we broke up. truly, deeply, maddeningly, earth shatteringly painful. i thought i would die. i actually asked God to just kill me now because i believed i couldn’t withstand it. today not only am i thankful that God removed him from my life, i’m thankful for everything we learned together, as well as prepared to wait as long as God asks me to for my husband.
I pray for your patience and for God to be with you always. I felt like you described after my wife and I divorced after 11 1/2 yrs. Our girls were 2 and 4 and they stayed with me in our divorce and I've raised them on my own ever since. Fixing to be 10 and 12, I don't know where time goes. Almost 6 yrs ago I met a very Beautiful girl who was going thru a divorce and 6 yrs later she's still going thru it. We're totally committed to one another but we've never lived under one roof in the six yrs. She has 2 kids as well. With us in separate houses and raising 4 kids with activities it's almost like we never see one another. I feel if I hadn't gotten involved with her i would have already met the one God had for me. I was single when we met. In the last 2yrs I've thought seriously about ending it, but I never have the courage too. The thought of it makes me sick. I don't want to go thru what I've been thru already but I don't want to loose this point in my life to try and meet someone that's more available and wanting too start a life under one roof and have a life together. I'm almost 45 and time isn't going backwards. Relationships are hard. May God bless you
@arthurradley4423 I am single for this very reason. I'd rather be fulfilled on my own than devote myself to someone who isn't 100% devoted to me. I trust my intuition more than ever. Humans have a built-in "compass" to steer us in the right direction, but too many people ignore it. I learned the hard way to NEVER ignore those red flags. But I'm truly grateful for the life lesson! Please don't ever settle for the sake of not being alone. Once you have enough time on your own to self-reflect and truly grow, it'll take a literal Mrs. Right for you to give up the peace in your solitude! Best of luck to you and your situation! 🫶
I filled up reading this. I had the same years ago and then realised the universe had done me a favour by removing her from my life. God bless and I hope life worked out as you hoped it would
❤What we think what we look at what we all want to feel can never truly be felt until it is given … “If you find yourself in the midst of Chaos it is in that Chaos that you will find Yourself “
I learned from a young age to live my life in LOVE, not fear, and that in coming to love my SELF, not myself, I learned to love everyone and everything in my life unconditionally. Many people don't like being around me, as I am always sending love out from myself, and they feel threatened by my energy and philosophy.
Loving SELF is embracing all that makes you unique, the good the bad and the ugly. Loving myself is narcissism. I started loving all people when I was shown that we are all sick in our own ways, and hate only poisons thyself. If people are tending to shy away from you oh, it could be just need to get to know them with a little phatics first before introducing Concepts they're not familiar with period also be careful with jargon it can turn people off quickly. Best wishes Sean
@@Palidin13 I've been told many people don't like being around me because I'm "too positive" for them to deal with, don't allow anyone to talk others down, and don't bow down to the "beautiful" people who think that because they're physically attractive it gives them a license to treat everyone around them badly. I don't tolerate disrespect, narcissism or pretty much any negative behaviour, as I myself used to indulge in certain negative ways when I was younger, mainly due to being bullied by family/teachers and others, and so became quite violent at times. I learned to accept myself and set boundaries, and my life became so much better that I won't turn back on how far I've evolved, and appreciate who I AM, what I have in life, and also what I don't have in life (Such as materialistic ideals, jealousy, addictions to alcohol/drugs etc), and live my life victoriously every day. Most people I meet seem to focus on what they don't have when compared to so-called "celebrities," and so miss out on celebrating so much that they DO have inside themselves. I've met many celebrities over the years, and most of them are deeply unhappy people away from the cameras/limelight. I try every day to make anyone I meet feel better about themselves, which is just my way of trying to make the world a better place to live in. Social media has many trolls following me and making derisive comments about me as a person, yet the very few who've actually met me after posting such comments have found themselves changed after spending time getting to know me and learning that they aren't what they think they are, hiding behind a keyboard.
Wow. That opened my eyes tremendously. I've held back love and didn't let it out and I self sabotaged a lot of things in my life and past relationships that now, looking back, I realized were great relationships with the other caring and loving me deeply but I wouldn't return the love.
Such a shame that most people look up to Hollywood celebrities, when we have actual real heroes such as him. This man would take my breath away with the things he says. And I’m not gay either lol
Inspiration indeed hon , forgiving as well in order to heal properly Thank you for the kind words , may you find everlasting beauty in everything you see & peace and comfort in & out of your lovely heart 🌹
Alan Watts.. possibly the most awakened, brilliant men of his time. Or any time I’ve learned about from grade school until now. One of the many things I love about him is, his hunger to understand all cultures did not come from seeking which one is better, but he knew there is some truth In each.
I feel blessed to know this in my life truly. I want to spread love. I have faith my love is finally coming back to me, love took awhile to come back to me 48 years, I never gave up. Thank you for your words
For the past couple of days .I have been wondering the thing about where exactly I went wrong.. thei idea to let go and truly Loving yourself and unconditional surrender made a lot of sense to me..thank you for this video.
I have only just started listening to Alan Watts. In my long lifetime l have listened to so many, such as he... I certainly find myself really enjoying the sound of his voice, deep melodious, easy to listen too. I will continue to listen... I never stop learning, relearning, finding something in spoken words which echo's new, or resonates deeper. Living life through- the word, never ends. Isn't it so!
Keeping you close in prayer .. your suffering never goes unnoticed, those who love you can feel your pain & struggles .. Unfortunately my wife died in Oct 2013 . My little girl was starting school for the first time back then & I had no clue how life would play out . I don’t want to bore you with a long drawn out spill but I promised myself I wouldn’t fall in love again because 10 years before marriage I was in a DUI crash that killed my high school heart .. After a few years of cussing God out every chance ever given it took years away from my life . Such vivid nightmares of the two of us trapped in my Mustang .. In having ptsd,the putrid smells of death & chaos surround me each night …. If we can’t beat it learn to love it , welcome the pressure , the constant state of panic and be comforted by what no one els can handle.. Is it possible?? I don’t know ?? Im working on it & probably will be for years to come , alive with my little girl graduating high school next year ptsd will suffer from me .. Unknowing how life will play out still, I do know the breath in my lungs pisses the devil off to know end cause he almost had me 3 times now so if he wants it , he will have to earn it .. Yesterday’s mistakes shouldn’t affect tomorrow and its decisions .. I don’t presume to know the pain you may feel, I don’t know what you are facing talking to someone who might be able to relate is always progress.. May God Bless you & your burdens. Keep the fight going Aiden .. Praying for you in FL God Bless
Its a huge relief to hear this and know I'm not the only one who feels this longing of emptiness. Thank you all for sharing and thank you to the people who make these amazing videos
Humanity means everything to me. It always has, even through the eyes of a young child. Every child is my child. One world. One universe. I learned to love these things long before I truly loved myself. So it was extra fulfilling when I finally understood. I can tell you the exact moment that god saved me. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced. Every tear worth it. Peace.
Only once in your lifetime will you cross paths with that one person who will literally make you crazy .I hope everyone crosses paths with their one .don't be surprised when your heart is completely broken but to have the ability to feel anything at all is a blessing whether it's hurt or something else ....I have found the greatest love is the idea of being completely under a beautiful cloud of LOVE ......GOD BLESS ALL LOVERS
God forbid you cross paths with your weakness yet your greatest strength ..such a fine line that are both so powerful it can cripple you if not careful ❤
These always make me so emotional. Its because I know this is all true and as frightening as it is to hear and process, its also incredibly liberating. What a trip, huh? What a beautiful life we get to experience.
One thing I never realized about the "falling and rising" of love, you need to rise together, regardless of situation. Total control and total trust, but make enough mistakes and before your eyes, your partner will begin falling out of love..
In the end all that matters is LOVE. Love is worth it..always regardless of the outcome. Love gives you life. Hate takes it away. Light shows you the way. 🙏
Lovely words to sit & think about , I believe you have a valid point ! I can’t help but feel some are destined to walk alone , just a theory in no way an argument…. Beautiful words though Everyone needs to stop & think on the very topic you addressed. Thank you for allowing me to do so & I certainly hope your right .. cheers 🌹
This is by far one of my favorite Allan Watts videos. Before I ever heard him say that about self love I figured it out. But I am extremely unusually intelligent that way. And it wasn’t easy for me to go through it. Not by any means. A great man speaks the words we all need to hear. Opens the door. It’s easy to stay blind and think that means safety and ease when it always ends with the opposite.
Love isn't what I thought it was. After 37 years and many, beautiful relationships and women, I've found someone with whom I can can really be me. Maybe being me will eventually pull us apart but I'm prepared to take that chance. And she loves me for it 🙏
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Cor. 13:4
35 years ago I fell deeply in Love with someone, and although we are not together, (as a couple) each time he calls me or we meet for lunch, it's like seeing him for the first time, and it happens again, and again.
Do you both marry others? Why aren’t you together? I have a very heartbroken situation. I fell in love with someone so much, but we can’t be together….and he left me ( a year now) and I am having a very difficult time. But I’ve lost him. He won’t even talk to me. I don’t know how to stop even thinking about him.
And how beautiful it is no matter if you never meet the reason but the feeling of falling in love man it's no better feeling .it's wonderful because even if you never meet you're safe your heart is protected for the illusion in your heart and soul it never changes it's pure .
This keeps coming back around and I think I have listened to it about three times now. I never tire of it. It always elevates me. To experience the truth of what he talks about is the greatest blessing one can ever ask for. I feel blessed for having loved. For loving. For being loved. And for having learned that love and pain are one and the same thing. Thank you for sharing love. And yes, yes, yes, yes... the world needs more of it. Love Yourself. Love Nature. Love Everything and Everyone of Any Nature.
I like what you are suggesting however LOVE and PAIN are most definitely not the same thing. Pain can lead to love and love may lead to pain but they do not share the same description. If what you love is causing you pain then I suggest it is not an ideal fit unfortunately. Love heals pain, pain does not heal love. See what happened there? I hope this helps you in some manner further understand the spectrums of human emotions. Love is beautiful, delicate even and true love is extremely rare. If found it is to be protected and guarded at ALL costs. As if it were the very essence the universe depended on and would collapse without it. I would die for what I love most, I would also endure pain for it. If I could see fragments of my past lives I believe if it's inbuilt in you those things would never change. ❤️
Grateful, deeply grateful to everyone who is part of making this video- Someone spoke the words, someone chose the words, someone edited the words, someone chose the videos, someone edited the videos, someone played the protagonists in the videos, and many more who remained Unseen ..& YET, they ALL came through as ONE.. ..THAT IS LOVE. Wow!
For all you AW fans here, his autobiography is really something else. You’re connection to him will be so much deeper after reading it. You’ll laugh to tears over and over too! In My Own Way is the title
I will look out for it - What brings me back to Alan Watts is his mischievous, rascaly, impish humor as much as his formidable intellect- he was/is so full of Life.
Loving the Divine within helps one to truly love another. No expectations, hard to do though a way to avoid suffering from any who do not have their life dedicated to deepening their realization of the Divine.
To love individual that has freewill takes courage once you become aware of all outcomes in choosing to interact with fate . Nothing can be guaranteed so it takes courage to love To really love
I stumbled upon Alan Watts after having already come to terms with the idea that all there is, is one eternal consciousness. When hypothesizing the point of making anything at all, one of my favourite theories was that the universe is designed in the manner it is so that this lone, sole conscioussness can experience otherness (even if that otherness is artificial.) We still experience eachother as seperate even though we are one. And in doing so we can find joy in companionship.
it isn't so much how or where we will get the love from...we all have it. Its deep down bursting to get out. Our desire to love and beloved is the deepest of all. Its about seeing this deeply repressed love needs to be let out.
Selfishness and Love have been in a war since the begin of time. In the 21st century, selfishness has once again slowly, regained the upperhand. Its secret weapon; narcissism.
So the final conclusion is that love is there to be expressed. This way you surrender to it. It means being vulnerable by being open to that special person. To surrender to the process it the only healthy way for the person in love to deal with it in the long run. Otherwise, the person might regretting it later his/her whole life not to have been strong enough to stand up for his/her own feelings
I just had a mutual breakup with my girlfriend because of long distance and it’s absolutely devastating even though it was just 5 months. Love is so strong it can bring so much happiness or bring absolute devastation, but it seems to me to be the best thing ever or so it feels like haha
To be in love you become. The other person you live for them, you lose yourself,, ...its beautiful but its gut wrenching pain .the burden you carry for them ,the pain. You take on for their behalf i hope everyone finds that kind of love . ❤❤
I'm learning to believe in what Mr Alan Watts, say I enjoy these videos he isn't just smart. He is talented also he was a good speaker thank you for these videos. ❤
True love is recognition of another souls direct counterpoint. If you fall in love ONCE in this life?? You have felt something truly magical that so many people never actually experience or feel.
LIKE I SAID, A CONNECTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ENLIGHTENING ACTION WE AS INDIVIDUALS MUST LET HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE ....... PERIOD!! IT MUST HAPPEN OR ONE DOES NOT LIVE!! LIVE FREE IN THE CLOSEST SENSE OF THE WORD FREEDOM!! LOVE IS LOVE 💫🤟🏼🎶♎
My son was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2013 and ten years later I'm still grieving for him, for his loss of potential, feels a bit like there's been a death. And in my quest to know what happened, why, what will happen to him? Has led me all over the place, trying to feel better about this, tryna ng to be happy. Somehow I came across Alan Watts, knew of him, knew the name but unsure who or what he was, and I'm learning about him, listening to some of these videos. His voice really is soothing.
'I did not choose thee dearest it was love that made the choice not I , for my eyes were blind and I was unwise in all , but the sheer chance which was my fortune, led me to love's abode.. you see, i did not choose thee dearest, it was love that made the choice .. but the gifts, the gifts alone were mine, the rest was Love's' We do not choose the ones we love .. love chooses us..
Loving yourself is a power that will pull everything towards you... You will gain all the internal riches... Then your blessed with external gifts... I AM Ready for a love that shatters everything in its path... Come for me... 🕊️
OHH MY GOD, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !! I LOVE THID SOO MUCH !! MADE ME CRY !! I LOVE ALAN WATTS SOO MUCH !! Thank you for this ,beautiful soul !! ❤️❤️❤️🥺
@@kapiltiwari1133 awww, Thank you brother !! May God bless you soo abundantly !! Sending you loads of Lovee, blessings and positive energy and hugs !! ❤️❤️🥺✨
The 1% who's reading this may all your dreams come true
Amen
I sure hope so. Praying daily. Thank you and God bless.
Same to you friend. Hugs to you and everyone here💕✨
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Alan Watts may have the greatest mind of his generation. His lectures have transformed my life in ways I cannot describe.
I think he'd agree that YOU transformed your life, he only asked the right questions to keep your mind busy while you looked for the road. And that's no disrespect to Alan, he's spoken of tatva masi before. It was all you, friend :)
@@Shindai damn what a beautiful beautiful way to put things 🥺 literally almost made me choke up man!! Thanks for the insight
Hey man that's nice to hear. What did you change or how did it transform your life? I'm curious
@@Shindai well said.
@@MrSchuriI that’s a really tough question to put into a small space like here. But in the best way I can say that my overall understanding of life and death, workings of my own mind etc have hit a point I never thought I would ever come close to. I think I have a peace in my heart I would not have without his teachings.
Whenever I feel lost, I listen to Alan Watts. His words are so soothing to me.
Its like listening to Kee Carol who channels a being he calls Kryon, only is less woowoo sounding, very cool. This guy is kinda sorta the reason why many dig 'Mindvalley'
@@mimib6253 Oh I haven't heard of that other guy, but I just looked him up & he seems interesting so thank you!
Same
Agreed! ❤️ It's so calming. Reminds me what the universe is about. Sometimes, sadly, I tend to forget, when I feel low.
I love this. My person has always been my love. It’s been a tough lots of lessons learned journey. Worth it. 6th grade sweetheart, again at 23, and now at 48. The alpha and the omega. The best is yet to come. 💥🌟🌟🔥♾❤️❤️❤️
You are what you love, not what loves you. Keep the vibes high and remember to do something today that you can thank yourself for tomorrow.
Those words hit me deep
Ty Nicholas, along with Delaina your beautiful words touched me, I hope you are a writer & if not please consider it. I have a cousin named Nicholas, don't hear that cute name much, keep putting out Your sunshine ---
Needed to see this today! Your words home in a big way. ❤
❤ Yes. Yes. And yes. Surrender to yourself. Love yourself. Surrender to another, then. Love another then. The latter can't be true without the former..
Let yourself go completely in the hand of someone. what a beautiful definition of Loving someone.
Excactly! Thank you 😙💞🙏
Thank you it's hard but I'm still giving myself go with the one that I have given myself to. My love for him is unexplainable words could not do ...
So powerful
Yet for 85% or maybe more of Western society's people its a hard thing to do. Being in control is what (western ) civilization is all about. So handing it away is scary for most.
But its scares me what if those very same hands let me down …
Live for the present. And never regret what you can't change.
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So be as selfish as possible and never second guess it. just the program per usual.. great "advice".
*dramatic*
I NEEDED THIS!! ❤❤
I'm starting a new relationship and we are madly in love. This is helping me understand so much about a feeling I never truly felt before. The tears are coming down my face because I want to be the best I can be for a woman who treats me better then anyone else ever has! I love you my sweetheart. I hope you read this some day!
One things to always remember....and it's harder to do than it sounds... Do not...under any circumstance...take that woman for granted...
@Beverley L Foster who are u?
sweet
@@silva0186 😂😂 some random person
I hope you’re still very much in love.
I give my love freely but receiving love I find hard to accept. My Mother told me when I was a young girl that I would die a lonely old Woman. I didn't believe her. I'm now 66 and so far it's true. Not so much lonely, but alone with no family. My Mother didn't show me any love so maybe I think I don't deserve it. But deep down I believe every one deserves it. I've only recently discovered Alan Watts. Very encouraging words of wisdom. ,
You're loved
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We only received the love that we think we deserve.. Understanding this changed my life. There are beautiful people out there, try not to close that door of opportunity 💛
You are loved, re-write you story by telling yourself you are Worthy of love and never die lonely but in the hand of a man you love that loves you equally to.
Wow thank you for your courage to share that. Don't worry about love and keep moving closer to your own heart. That's where you find it. "Healthy happy and strong", all the rest is BS
People are wrong when they say that loving is difficult, what is really difficult is being WILLING to truly love because everyone needs love and longs to be loved but only some are WILLING to love. When you have the will, love will be easy and intuitive for you.
Respectfully, maybe you are referring to your own unwillingness to love. People often say “we” when it’s actually themselves. But you are right - many are unwilling to love because their caretakers did not truly love them. People are very terrified of realizing that their parents did not truly love them and will not accept it even though that’s where it starts. Humans are not the finest creatures on this planet. I am very loving and very willing to love but it is very difficult to find others who are able to love. Many see those who are loving as weak, as prey to harm & destroy. And this makes it all even worse.
@@Bronte866 i totaly agree with you... when I love, i love deeply... bring down my walls ... most times, end up hurt...but never sorry... they lost a deep soul.... peace and love, be with you
And not trying to change anything about the other person
Yep
Well said !!💪
Absolutely fantastic 👍👍 _“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” - Marge Piercy_
Love this! Every near death experience I’ve heard (and I’ve heard so many) could not be told without using the word love in some significant way. It’s truly what we’re here to do.
Lovely quote 🌹👌
Without the two, there would be no one.
Wow!!! Thank you 🙏🏻
Vulnerability.
So precious. So very priceless.
My own beating heart is my one true love.
True.
I'm spiritual by nature, and everywhere it's "Love yourself first." This is the best explanation of what self-love is that I've ever heard. We can't be us without the other. I love that.
1 + 1 = 2 = 1
Nostalgia - its delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards… it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the wheel, it’s called the carousel. It let’s us travel the way a child travels - around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know we are loved.
Don Draper
Das sum deep shit right there!🙏🏼😉
Felt a twinge in my heart and a tear form in my eye as I read this....and I'm "only" 47.
How beautiful, my eyes are tearing up. A prayer for those that are lost. Life, please take me to where I am going... However allow me the strength to carry me... to the place that is, knowing.
🌟Thank you so much 🌼😙💓🙏
I'm 65, well-educated, a 'Profound' widow of 6 years, alone, and Forever Shattered. Having seen and read Everything there is to read at this point, I AM SO MOVED BY THIS AND YOU, ALL 🗻🌟💖🌹!!
Please, Pray That I May Find ALL The UNDERSTANDING In Everything, As I Spend My Next Days, Or Weeks, Searching For PEACE IN THIS??? IT'S ALL SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And SO ARE EVERY ONE OF YOU. I LOVE YOU. AND EVERY ONE WHO IS SEARCHING FOR ANYTHING 😉.
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i lost the man i thought was the love of my life…after 6 years we broke up. truly, deeply, maddeningly, earth shatteringly painful. i thought i would die. i actually asked God to just kill me now because i believed i couldn’t withstand it. today not only am i thankful that God removed him from my life, i’m thankful for everything we learned together, as well as prepared to wait as long as God asks me to for my husband.
I pray for your patience and for God to be with you always. I felt like you described after my wife and I divorced after 11 1/2 yrs. Our girls were 2 and 4 and they stayed with me in our divorce and I've raised them on my own ever since. Fixing to be 10 and 12, I don't know where time goes. Almost 6 yrs ago I met a very Beautiful girl who was going thru a divorce and 6 yrs later she's still going thru it. We're totally committed to one another but we've never lived under one roof in the six yrs. She has 2 kids as well. With us in separate houses and raising 4 kids with activities it's almost like we never see one another. I feel if I hadn't gotten involved with her i would have already met the one God had for me. I was single when we met. In the last 2yrs I've thought seriously about ending it, but I never have the courage too. The thought of it makes me sick. I don't want to go thru what I've been thru already but I don't want to loose this point in my life to try and meet someone that's more available and wanting too start a life under one roof and have a life together. I'm almost 45 and time isn't going backwards. Relationships are hard. May God bless you
@arthurradley4423 I am single for this very reason. I'd rather be fulfilled on my own than devote myself to someone who isn't 100% devoted to me. I trust my intuition more than ever. Humans have a built-in "compass" to steer us in the right direction, but too many people ignore it. I learned the hard way to NEVER ignore those red flags. But I'm truly grateful for the life lesson! Please don't ever settle for the sake of not being alone. Once you have enough time on your own to self-reflect and truly grow, it'll take a literal Mrs. Right for you to give up the peace in your solitude! Best of luck to you and your situation! 🫶
It’s hard but the road gets less difficult when you let go
I was a stepping stone for both and to break away was what was put in place
I filled up reading this. I had the same years ago and then realised the universe had done me a favour by removing her from my life. God bless and I hope life worked out as you hoped it would
When you understand Alan Watts words, they become indistinguishable from the singing of birds
Hi God. I love listening to the birds. Kookaburras at the moment. Thanks. ☮️❤️🙏🏻
*way irrational and also very dramatic*
@@OrchestralOrg. . . A couple of years on from your post - let us all read just ‘ w h y ‘ that may be?..
Something about this man speaks to the heart of all of us.
This comment section. Wow. Thanks again Alan for bringing us all together. And thanks to the people who comment such beautiful things ❤
❤What we think what we look at what we all want to feel can never truly be felt until it is given …
“If you find yourself in the midst of Chaos it is in that Chaos that you will find Yourself “
"out of control" is the BEST state if one can trust the balance....oh my
I learned from a young age to live my life in LOVE, not fear, and that in coming to love my SELF, not myself, I learned to love everyone and everything in my life unconditionally. Many people don't like being around me, as I am always sending love out from myself, and they feel threatened by my energy and philosophy.
Loving SELF is embracing all that makes you unique, the good the bad and the ugly. Loving myself is narcissism. I started loving all people when I was shown that we are all sick in our own ways, and hate only poisons thyself. If people are tending to shy away from you oh, it could be just need to get to know them with a little phatics first before introducing Concepts they're not familiar with period also be careful with jargon it can turn people off quickly. Best wishes Sean
@@Palidin13 I've been told many people don't like being around me because I'm "too positive" for them to deal with, don't allow anyone to talk others down, and don't bow down to the "beautiful" people who think that because they're physically attractive it gives them a license to treat everyone around them badly. I don't tolerate disrespect, narcissism or pretty much any negative behaviour, as I myself used to indulge in certain negative ways when I was younger, mainly due to being bullied by family/teachers and others, and so became quite violent at times. I learned to accept myself and set boundaries, and my life became so much better that I won't turn back on how far I've evolved, and appreciate who I AM, what I have in life, and also what I don't have in life (Such as materialistic ideals, jealousy, addictions to alcohol/drugs etc), and live my life victoriously every day. Most people I meet seem to focus on what they don't have when compared to so-called "celebrities," and so miss out on celebrating so much that they DO have inside themselves. I've met many celebrities over the years, and most of them are deeply unhappy people away from the cameras/limelight. I try every day to make anyone I meet feel better about themselves, which is just my way of trying to make the world a better place to live in. Social media has many trolls following me and making derisive comments about me as a person, yet the very few who've actually met me after posting such comments have found themselves changed after spending time getting to know me and learning that they aren't what they think they are, hiding behind a keyboard.
brilliant.
LOVE!!! ❤️❤️❤️
“Deeply depressed love must be let out.” I really like this final statement of Alan Watts.
repressed not depressed.
It is quite a statement. Some wheels began turning emotionally for me, listening to this.
Alan translated and interpreted ancient texts like no other during his time
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and in so doing took the fear out of it so beautifully
Even today
Wow. That opened my eyes tremendously. I've held back love and didn't let it out and I self sabotaged a lot of things in my life and past relationships that now, looking back, I realized were great relationships with the other caring and loving me deeply but I wouldn't return the love.
To fall in love is to fall in line with another for in love no one stands above another
Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be - Alan Watts 💖 One of my favorite quotes by him!!! 🏝🧜♀️
Very cool quote. Makes sense
Right!!! 🌞🌞
Such a shame that most people look up to Hollywood celebrities, when we have actual real heroes such as him. This man would take my breath away with the things he says. And I’m not gay either lol
That's true!!! I Absolutely love listening to him as well!!! It's alot of fun!!! 😇😇
Inspiration indeed hon , forgiving as well in order to heal properly Thank you for the kind words , may you find everlasting beauty in everything you see & peace and comfort in & out of your lovely heart 🌹
Alan Watts.. possibly the most awakened, brilliant men of his time. Or any time I’ve learned about from grade school until now. One of the many things I love about him is, his hunger to understand all cultures did not come from seeking which one is better, but he knew there is some truth In each.
As AW said, "in madness lies sanity". To me, this tells humanity that we do not run the show
Being alone is nurtuting
I feel blessed to know this in my life truly. I want to spread love. I have faith my love is finally coming back to me, love took awhile to come back to me 48 years, I never gave up. Thank you for your words
Wishing you the best my friend
“ In madness lies sanity” Yes ✨ Thank you ✨
I LOVE MYSELF ENOUGH TO KNOW WHO DESERVES MY LOVE.☮️💗
Too true
May your Hearts flutter with Love 🦋❤️
Yours as well. 😌
I see myself in everyone; this is why I do not hurt anyone! I always keep my word!
What a time to listen to this. I like the analogy of the two sticks supporting each other. I almost want to send this to someone.
Me too!
Do it. I just did and don't regret it.
Its that time of year yet again, i hope whoever reads this no matter race colour or religion, i hope your life is full of joy and fresh experiences
My hero. His philosophical mind was beyond Beautiful to me. 💜
3:00 You need no hero; Alan is as much a part of you as he was, is and ever will be. You have it right now. You and he are inseparable. ♥️
@@chully99 ~ Yes. He is my hero still 😊
“To desire to love and to be loved , the most BEAUTIFUL thing of all” ❤️❤️❤️
For the past couple of days .I have been wondering the thing about where exactly I went wrong.. thei idea to let go and truly Loving yourself and unconditional surrender made a lot of sense to me..thank you for this video.
I love being free and single! More peace and harmony that way!! 😌
I have only just started listening to Alan Watts. In my long lifetime l have listened to so many, such as he... I certainly find myself really enjoying the sound of his voice, deep melodious, easy to listen too. I will continue to listen... I never stop learning, relearning, finding something in spoken words which echo's new, or resonates deeper. Living life through- the word, never ends. Isn't it so!
You have to love yourself before you can love somebody else 💓.... respect....is the beginning of being whole.. with your self.....
or loving someone else can help you to find self love :-)
brilliant 🙂 yes it can.
self ☯️ other
go together.
Yes very true
I have lost my family because of my ptsd. I am really sorry. Daddy, will get better for you
❤️❤️God bless you
God.Bless you .. God loves you ! ❤️🙏🏻
Keeping you close in prayer .. your suffering never goes unnoticed, those who love you can feel your pain & struggles .. Unfortunately my wife died in Oct 2013 . My little girl was starting school for the first time back then & I had no clue how life would play out . I don’t want to bore you with a long drawn out spill but I promised myself I wouldn’t fall in love again because 10 years before marriage I was in a DUI crash that killed my high school heart .. After a few years of cussing God out every chance ever given it took years away from my life . Such vivid nightmares of the two of us trapped in my Mustang .. In having ptsd,the putrid smells of death & chaos surround me each night …. If we can’t beat it learn to love it , welcome the pressure , the constant state of panic and be comforted by what no one els can handle.. Is it possible?? I don’t know ?? Im working on it & probably will be for years to come , alive with my little girl graduating high school next year ptsd will suffer from me .. Unknowing how life will play out still, I do know the breath in my lungs pisses the devil off to know end cause he almost had me 3 times now so if he wants it , he will have to earn it .. Yesterday’s mistakes shouldn’t affect tomorrow and its decisions .. I don’t presume to know the pain you may feel, I don’t know what you are facing talking to someone who might be able to relate is always progress.. May God Bless you & your burdens. Keep the fight going Aiden .. Praying for you in FL God Bless
God will bring you back together at the right time
Its a huge relief to hear this and know I'm not the only one who feels this longing of emptiness. Thank you all for sharing and thank you to the people who make these amazing videos
Humanity means everything to me. It always has, even through the eyes of a young child. Every child is my child. One world. One universe. I learned to love these things long before I truly loved myself. So it was extra fulfilling when I finally understood. I can tell you the exact moment that god saved me. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced. Every tear worth it. Peace.
Only once in your lifetime will you cross paths with that one person who will literally make you crazy .I hope everyone crosses paths with their one .don't be surprised when your heart is completely broken but to have the ability to feel anything at all is a blessing whether it's hurt or something else ....I have found the greatest love is the idea of being completely under a beautiful cloud of LOVE ......GOD BLESS ALL LOVERS
His voice is comforting
God forbid you cross paths with your weakness yet your greatest strength ..such a fine line that are both so powerful it can cripple you if not careful ❤
These always make me so emotional. Its because I know this is all true and as frightening as it is to hear and process, its also incredibly liberating. What a trip, huh? What a beautiful life we get to experience.
It’s so interesting to hear the changes in his tone over the years. Can literally hear him age
One thing I never realized about the "falling and rising" of love, you need to rise together, regardless of situation. Total control and total trust, but make enough mistakes and before your eyes, your partner will begin falling out of love..
One of the most beautiful speeches about love I've ever seen! ❤
In the end all that matters is LOVE. Love is worth it..always regardless of the outcome.
Love gives you life.
Hate takes it away.
Light shows you the way.
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Lovely words to sit & think about , I believe you have a valid point ! I can’t help but feel some are destined to walk alone , just a theory in no way an argument…. Beautiful words though Everyone needs to stop & think on the very topic you addressed. Thank you for allowing me to do so & I certainly hope your right .. cheers 🌹
This is by far one of my favorite Allan Watts videos. Before I ever heard him say that about self love I figured it out. But I am extremely unusually intelligent that way. And it wasn’t easy for me to go through it. Not by any means. A great man speaks the words we all need to hear. Opens the door. It’s easy to stay blind and think that means safety and ease when it always ends with the opposite.
“Love The One You’re With” Alan loves on!
Always can bring tears to my eyes mr watts
Love isn't what I thought it was. After 37 years and many, beautiful relationships and women, I've found someone with whom I can can really be me. Maybe being me will eventually pull us apart but I'm prepared to take that chance. And she loves me for it 🙏
He has a great probably the best description of earthly love
What a fantastic individual human being to ever present himself to us all with his words of wisdom: 🤙🤘👊✊
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Cor. 13:4
Amen. I love my boyfriend 🥰
35 years ago I fell deeply in Love with someone, and although we are not together, (as a couple) each time he calls me or we meet for lunch, it's like seeing him for the first time, and it happens again, and again.
U love him. Deep down
Do you both marry others? Why aren’t you together? I have a very heartbroken situation. I fell in love with someone so much, but we can’t be together….and he left me ( a year now) and I am having a very difficult time. But I’ve lost him. He won’t even talk to me. I don’t know how to stop even thinking about him.
Thanks Alan Watts🙏🏻
He’s so inspirational man...
And how beautiful it is no matter if you never meet the reason but the feeling of falling in love man it's no better feeling .it's wonderful because even if you never meet you're safe your heart is protected for the illusion in your heart and soul it never changes it's pure .
This keeps coming back around and I think I have listened to it about three times now. I never tire of it. It always elevates me. To experience the truth of what he talks about is the greatest blessing one can ever ask for. I feel blessed for having loved. For loving. For being loved. And for having learned that love and pain are one and the same thing. Thank you for sharing love. And yes, yes, yes, yes... the world needs more of it. Love Yourself. Love Nature. Love Everything and Everyone of Any Nature.
I like what you are suggesting however LOVE and PAIN are most definitely not the same thing. Pain can lead to love and love may lead to pain but they do not share the same description. If what you love is causing you pain then I suggest it is not an ideal fit unfortunately.
Love heals pain, pain does not heal love. See what happened there?
I hope this helps you in some manner further understand the spectrums of human emotions.
Love is beautiful, delicate even and true love is extremely rare. If found it is to be protected and guarded at ALL costs. As if it were the very essence the universe depended on and would collapse without it.
I would die for what I love most, I would also endure pain for it. If I could see fragments of my past lives I believe if it's inbuilt in you those things would never change. ❤️
Grateful, deeply grateful to everyone who is part of making this video- Someone spoke the words, someone chose the words, someone edited the words, someone chose the videos, someone edited the videos, someone played the protagonists in the videos, and many more who remained Unseen
..& YET, they ALL came through as ONE..
..THAT IS LOVE.
Wow!
We can choose or control who we hate, but we can't choose or control who we love.
In madness lies sanity....
How true but the reward of pure love is ecstasy and a fulfilled life with your soul mate.
For all you AW fans here, his autobiography is really something else. You’re connection to him will be so much deeper after reading it. You’ll laugh to tears over and over too! In My Own Way is the title
I will look out for it -
What brings me back to Alan Watts is his mischievous, rascaly, impish humor as much as his formidable intellect- he was/is so full of Life.
Loving the Divine within helps one to truly love another. No expectations, hard to do though a way to avoid suffering from any who do not have their life dedicated to deepening their realization of the Divine.
To love individual that has freewill takes courage once you become aware of all outcomes in choosing to interact with fate . Nothing can be guaranteed so it takes courage to love To really love
I love you always. For real and for true.
I'm soooooo glad my ears got to hear this. 🧘🏾♀️🤸🏽♀️🎂 This was SOOOOOO needed right now. Thank you for posting this. Simply epic enlightenment
I stumbled upon Alan Watts after having already come to terms with the idea that all there is, is one eternal consciousness. When hypothesizing the point of making anything at all, one of my favourite theories was that the universe is designed in the manner it is so that this lone, sole conscioussness can experience otherness (even if that otherness is artificial.) We still experience eachother as seperate even though we are one. And in doing so we can find joy in companionship.
it isn't so much how or where we will get the love from...we all have it. Its deep down bursting to get out. Our desire to love and beloved is the deepest of all. Its about seeing this deeply repressed love needs to be let out.
For me, Alan Watts is Buddha's reincarnation in a philosophical way. My great teacher.
Alan Watts is not who you think he was, he came straight out of the ESLAEN institute, a 21 Century Bohemian grove.
Beautiful, thank you Alan♥️
Every time I hear these recordings, I feel more relaxed about life.
Selfishness and Love have been in a war since the begin of time. In the 21st century, selfishness has once again slowly, regained the upperhand.
Its secret weapon; narcissism.
I say this all the time about selfishness...It has to be removed to be able to love and succeed
I agree
So the final conclusion is that love is there to be expressed. This way you surrender to it. It means being vulnerable by being open to that special person. To surrender to the process it the only healthy way for the person in love to deal with it in the long run. Otherwise, the person might regretting it later his/her whole life not to have been strong enough to stand up for his/her own feelings
I just had a mutual breakup with my girlfriend because of long distance and it’s absolutely devastating even though it was just 5 months. Love is so strong it can bring so much happiness or bring absolute devastation, but it seems to me to be the best thing ever or so it feels like haha
To be in love you become. The other person you live for them, you lose yourself,, ...its beautiful but its gut wrenching pain .the burden you carry for them ,the pain. You take on for their behalf i hope everyone finds that kind of love . ❤❤
I'm learning to believe in what Mr
Alan Watts, say I enjoy these videos he isn't just smart. He is talented also he was a good speaker thank you for these videos. ❤
Aww so sweet on every level. This makes me desire a hug! 🥰
Youre lovely ❤️
Sending hugs & kisses your way my dear , cheers 🌹. Truly wishing & hoping you have found that one who exist on your every level..
True love is recognition of another souls direct counterpoint. If you fall in love ONCE in this life?? You have felt something truly magical that so many people never actually experience or feel.
LIKE I SAID, A CONNECTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ENLIGHTENING ACTION WE AS INDIVIDUALS MUST LET HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE ....... PERIOD!! IT MUST HAPPEN OR ONE DOES NOT LIVE!! LIVE FREE IN THE CLOSEST SENSE OF THE WORD FREEDOM!! LOVE IS LOVE 💫🤟🏼🎶♎
My son was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2013 and ten years later I'm still grieving for him, for his loss of potential, feels a bit like there's been a death. And in my quest to know what happened, why, what will happen to him? Has led me all over the place, trying to feel better about this, tryna ng to be happy. Somehow I came across Alan Watts, knew of him, knew the name but unsure who or what he was, and I'm learning about him, listening to some of these videos. His voice really is soothing.
'I did not choose thee dearest it was love that made the choice not I , for my eyes were blind and I was unwise in all , but the sheer chance which was my fortune, led me to love's abode.. you see, i did not choose thee dearest, it was love that made the choice .. but the gifts, the gifts alone were mine, the rest was Love's'
We do not choose the ones we love .. love chooses us..
I have watched this maybe 100 times and never tire of it- so much wisdom!
Falling! Kicking and SCREAMING INTO LOVE!
Lol what?
Crying literly. I cry when i feel love like its painful or soemthing
Loving yourself is a power that will pull everything towards you... You will gain all the internal riches... Then your blessed with external gifts... I AM Ready for a love that shatters everything in its path... Come for me... 🕊️
I truly hope to love someone one day that shares the same feelings as me
Love is surrender!
I listen to these things and wonder. I think the alignment of love is the most complicated thing I've experienced.
Thanks for making me cry at work.
OHH MY GOD, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !! I LOVE THID SOO MUCH !! MADE ME CRY !! I LOVE ALAN WATTS SOO MUCH !! Thank you for this ,beautiful soul !! ❤️❤️❤️🥺
God bless you
@@kapiltiwari1133 awww, Thank you brother !! May God bless you soo abundantly !! Sending you loads of Lovee, blessings and positive energy and hugs !! ❤️❤️🥺✨
Love for other, more then self, is the purest form of activism
Oh wow. I've always loved this man. Profound.
Easier said than done but I loved his message.....thank you.
Live, laugh & love every single day as if it was your last.
Who are the 100 who did not like this ?
How can you not like the wisdom of his words....?
Beautiful