Alan Watts was my first teacher. I was at a very low point in my life. A friend of mine gave me a bag of mushrooms. Never taken mushrooms before this day. I just wanted to escape reality, so I ate the whole bag. It turned out to be 7 grams. Instead of escaping reality, I went deeeep into it. It felt like I was downloading all the knowledge of the universe, only it was too much too fast to grasp it all. But the gist of what the mushrooms told me was that I was everything. I didn't know what that meant at the time. The next day, the universe put Alan Watts in my youtube recommendations. He started to speak about Eastern philosophy. And he was explaining my experience in the most beautiful, poetic way I could ever imagine.
That's an amazing experience, brother. We are all connected on a higher level, but the only way to find out is through ego death and tripping. I once took mushrooms while thinking of my ex, and this video popped up. Life is sure strange once you let go of control. It tends to feel like you're dreaming.
On my first mushroom trip 4grams I came to the conclusion that we are all one and truly came to accept death. There is a single answer to all the complexity
In my opinion, Alan Watts was and is the best spiritual teacher ever: because he didn't keep you busy with spiritual discipline. He said it's right there for all to see
Yes, but to obtain that awareness, one must go through stages of true, discipline to a daily spiritual process, amongst other things, which is ironic bc, once you reach the plateau of those efforts, you realize it was all right there in the first place. Always has been. 🙏
@@dangerousdiscourse For years I tried. I tried this. I tried that. This discipline. That practice. This group. That group. I wore this hat and that hat. I read this book. I read that book. Then I decided to forget about all of that nonsense. I stopped trying. This "I" that was trying.... What is that?!? How ridiculous!!!
7 years ago i went thru the worst part of my drug addiction 3 ODs and was still digging my grave deeper and deeper. Heard a small 4 mins of how life is more important with oneself in it and it saved my life and allowed me to have the strength to climb out of that hole. Allowing me to watch my oldest son who will be 8 this year and i can say in Aug I’ll be 7 years clean! I hope one in addiction see this and will notice life is better with you in it!
Every time I had an opportunity, or when I had internet access or in a treatment center, days and days of miserable insomnia, Alan Watts was the only thing that could take me away from myself and misery, while I detoxing off heroin, 25+ times over the last 8 years, have a year clean and 0 urges for relapse. But Alan Watts was the only thing that helped.
I got clean and was miserable for twenty some years... clean but still a mess inside. I heard Alan on a video talk about the Eternal Now and it opened the universe to me. Everything made sense...I just let go. Bless you brother.
Just imagine if every government official, police authority, council worker, judge, solicitor, teacher, parent, bishop, doctor, etc, had Alan Watts enlightened intelligence. Just imagine what world and existence we would experience. If only this was reality. . Miss you Alan.
Its unfortunate that Alan Watts isn't here to provide us with his wisdom and love for humanity right now at a time that it needs wisdom and humility the most.
🎯 it’s like you future self reminding of your younger wel saying hey if I could give myself a clue to reveal or hide something this a prime example of it our old present n future self all at the same time 😅
Around 15 years ago I discovered Alan's lectures. The only way I've ever been able to explain his impact in simplicity is that Alan Watts has made me think the most interesting thoughts I've ever had. I met an old friend of his name Gerry and her Dog Karmalita in SF area , sweetest lady. She gave my friend & I a ride while we're hitch hiking on our backpacking trip. She told us a lot about Him, the wild side, the friendly side, and everything in-between. Ever since my discovery, I truly believe I've never seen the world, my life, or energy in the same way again. I found Alan's work when I was in a dark place in life and it helped pull me out and here I am 15 years later going through something similar as the past and what decided to pop up today... a beautiful lecture from the man himself. Thank you Alan I wish I could personally thank you for your life's devotion to enlighten the world, as still to this very day your impact has grown larger than you may ever had imagined. Thank you Alan 🙏
You actually hitch-hiked fifteen years ago? It was somewhere around that time that I saw a small group hitching at an onramp, I couldn't believe it. His thinking makes so much sense, but I worry that his very honest depiction of what most people are like will make me into a fatalist--a person too afraid to change or affect society because to challenge the senseless will always fail.
My heart aches for truth. My spirit cries out for relief. My soul is made whole by the life of the light. Once I removed religion from my supernatural walk, I now am the closest to God I have ever been. ❤
The problem with this is the GOD you have found won't be the same as the GOD someone else has found because we have different consciences from one another. Therefore it can't be GOD. Well at least the one and only creator
The moment I dare to take life too seriously I hit that play button somewhere on the internet and come to senses. This man is the universe most sane creation and this is one of his most amazing talks.
There are many alan watts in msny cultures, you are doing exactly what he is speaking about in much of his monologues- expand your reading or continue as you are, its no diffrent to me
@@mondop5270 @mondop5270 Off course there are. But from all the great philosophers. he is the one that never took anything seriously. And that's just entertainingly beautiful to listen to.
What Radio show was that? The one out of Berkeley? I vaguely remember that. I was in College in Claremont at the time and adventuring up and down the coast doing yoga and dancing, listening to The Grateful Dead, Alan Watts, Ginsburg, Hunter S Thompson, reading Interview Magazine, tuning in and dropping out. I ended up with a Masters in Fine Art on the tails of Basquait and Franz Kline and Warhol. Left at just the right time 1998 to live off grid in Alaska.
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." - albert einstien
I stumbled upon his lectures on you tube about a year ago. Now I can’t sleep without him, and THAT makes me keep listening to the same ones over and over cause sometimes I fall asleep too quickly. So there’s always something I haven’t heard him say ! Lol. Oh how I love his voice too. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you for making me feel normal. I haven't felt normal since I listened to the "You do not exist-" lecture almost 1 year ago. What a wonderful rascal he is.
@@The_Eternal_Now it’s spooky to hear him talk about his generation because he’s pretty spot on about right now. We never learn. Wish he was around now and listen to him talk about OUR GENERATION. I’m pretty sure he’s somewhere just shaking his head. I love to hear him speak. Keep posting whatever you got!
Time is a human construct. I can only be here and now. All that exists is the NOW. The past is realm of regret, the future one of anxiety, both existing ONLY within our mind.
not so simple i was once fully there but recently I am becoming bitter at the corruption and governments and bad laws i try remember its all necessary like i know is true but it's as if i get lost in the moment have hateful thoughts about the evil who corrupt the innocent and then just too late i realise and go oh damn i need to stop.. Its not something that is permanent or a constant sadly and hate can unfortunately sneak back in especially in this "new normal" i need to 're centre' myself they call it.. It seems like once attained it would be easy and its easy to remember what you know is true but even though we sometimes will react still.. Its ok though you never forget the truth so you are able to re centre yourself and if my preferred sacrament was still available id be able to do that much easier so i guess its a sign to train my unassisted meditation up that would be understandable ✌❤️
It’s more he just had a really good way of translating eastern teaching to the west. Every idea in this video has existed for a couple thousand years in the east.
In my gooey prickly opinion this is the finest, most concise, elucidation of this great man’s philosophy. Long time listener -appreciative and grateful for his perspective and insight! We are each waving back at the universe.
I was in my 20s, 1970, when I read some Alan Watts and enjoy having youtube to hear him again. He is certainly one of the helpful people, or instigators of helpfulness.
Alan Alan Alan you are a prophet of your time. Thank you for being one of my greatest teachers. We are here, your people, living free because your gifts have reached us, touched us, blessed us.
All the best to everyone for the coming year! Positive thoughts and good vibes are always here on this channel from the amazing, beautiful, powerful people who watch. Sincere love and respect to all 🙏
I always come back to AlanWatts if I ever get overwhelmed of thinking about what life’s supposed to be all about because he reminds me that there’s nothing to figure out
I love how while listening to this i subtly came to the answer that the universe is “one”. Without actually uttering the words this message is delivered to us by Alan here. Beautiful
This man is a gift to humanity. He is so needed. I often find myself crying while listening to his lectures. Every thing he says is so deep yet so beautiful. Wish I could have met him. ♥️
This video is perhaps the best of Alan Watts’ teachings, in my opinion. I just watched it today, and I AM very grateful to Mr. Alan Watts for all his wonderful work! Love to all the people of our beautiful world!
One of the most enlightened people of his time, and I believe most of us won’t ever fully grasp or experience what true words of wisdom he has said throughout his life. It’s one thing to hear it and understand it. It’s an entirely different thing to go through it and live it and truly understand the meaning behind the words. I believe he is one of THE modern philosophers of our time and still isn’t fully understood or appreciated to this day, I hope his teachings/experiences continue to help those that come after us and not disappear quietly into the night. With how over saturated our media has become on the internet with an over abundance with garbage we fill our heads and time with , he is a gem among the rubble for those who come across him. I hope others who listen and hear him wake up and live their lives.
I’m 79 years old and picked up my first Alan Watts book when I was 20 and I believe there was only one Alan Watts in this universe and I’ll always be learning new things from him.
Amazed at how well he could work through and express the ocean of knowledge in his head. Hardly ever a stumble. Just flows from one sentence to another, reciting tons of insights he's had or learned. As if he could talk forever and never run out of worthy things to say.
What more can one comment from a man whom speaks so real And even tho they say Alan passed this side of the earth He speaks right on the past present and future All at the same time … Today❤
I’m sooo happy I found this. I thought I was the only one that thought this way and realized this and the fake world we are presented with and that distracts most from the real nature and reality of earth and our lives and our universe
One of the best talks among so many gem of talks he left behind. Eye-opening, “you are the Big Bang, the original process, there are no separate things, you came out of it like apple tree apples…” awakening begins with philosophies of genius Watts! :)
A interesting message. I'd like to compliment whoever added the music to the message. The volume was low enough not to interfere with what was being said but high enough to blend with the spoken words.
"Because you and I are flukes in this cosmos, and we like our way of life, we like being human, if we want to keep it, say these people, we've got to fight nature, because it will turn us back into nonsense, the moment we let it." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Again and again he brilliantly poses the same questions for us to ponder, making us question those very questions. What we thought or think isn't important, it's HOW we think about it that matters. A wonderful mind that changed mine.
My mentor, in our Hopi Tewa culture, we are taught to listen and respect and learn as much as we can from all our elders. All elders no matter who they are really. Makes me wonder who their parents were and how their childhood was. The grand design of human beings are extraordinary and extremely sacred and very important to our people. Especially the women in our lives in our tribe and throughout the world. MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL ALWAYS
@@commenteroftruth9790 The stories are very interesting and important for everyone to learn and cherish and are passed down from generation to generation. Some of the stories are so beautiful still while others are very scary and extremely difficult and too powerful to understand and there are others that are not to be talked about. Rituals are extremely sacred and are practiced for centuries for many reasons, not only for our Hopi Tewa people but, for the entire human race and our MOTHER EARTH. Social dances ,men's and women's own separate ceremonies and also together in so many different ways. But one of the most important thing is the planting of our four primary colors of ancient Hopi corn which are White, Red. Yellow and Blue.
I'm 46 now. From the age of about 20 onwards I was on a quest for knowledge and answers to the ultimate questions about life. No matter how much philosophy I read I never got any nearer to finding the answers, all I did was make myself think I was going crazy. Then a year ago I discovered Alan. He connects and explains everything I've ever read about metaphysics in a way that I can finally understand. Bless you Alan, you saved my life.
I had studied Alan Watts for some time now, Words cannot describe just how excited and interested I was when I found out my favorite band Nothing More listened to Alan Watts too as well as applies his philosophy to their lives too.
Settiing his teachings to music allows so many of us the extra sensory that helps us deeply process his teachings. It's unfortunate we aren't seeing it with this channel, because he had a reputation for being truly innovative in his teaching style; and he might've been highly attracted to the psychological question of how and why we sometimes learn better when we learn along with music. ~THC
This brlliant intelligent human gave me more knowledge in 2 videos than I got in 15 years of going to school thank u from the bottom of my heart for teaching me what the govt an elite didn't want me to know ✨Alan Watts is my hero an I will believe him over the govt anyday
I have just discovered Alan Watts recently, I am in awe of his lectures and his perception of how Divinity and Humanity are intertwined. What an amazing channel to share his work. Thank you x
This is one of my favorite Alan Watts’ sessions! Self-reflection is no different than the search for the understanding of any mechanism of the way of natural world
To be able to think and conceptualize like Alan Watts is truly a feat of logic, emotion, and rationale, in a multitude of layers of thought all at once.
Amazing! That's how a discourse is supposed to be. The rhythm of his speech is so natural! Unlike any of today's generation. Ben Shapiro and Russell Brand are an example of today's frustrated fast speaking influencers, and on top of that, they even cut the milliseconds of all pauses.
Please find a living spiritual master and bee free of any beliefs ; that is the only AUTENTHIC training . You will find that Body and mind are secundary parts of human BEEINGS
My personal beliefs are;“love & respect all people” - Love doesn’t LIE, CHEAT, STEAL, or KILL. “Sin” is only that which causes our brothers & sisters to experience pain & suffering. Everything else in life is to be enjoyed responsibly & cherished while we are all here.
Organic learning is higher level stuff.. Show ur working, think b4 u speak and schools in general badly mess peoples development up i was lucky enough to learn at home and hide my intelligence at school im wayyy different to most people im so happy I got lucky cos so many people innocently trust the system. :(
Reality is a creative process (jmho), I believe that our magical universe is a "non~judgemental, forever evolving, being of awesomeness", and that it is our minds, eyes, and ears that give beauty to it. Consciousness is "the spark of life"....the "power" that "drives" everything (jmho). I love him...and some people tell me about his problems with alcohol....but I believe that he sees the world....and how the world can be...and has inner struggles with that (I often have the same feelings). Thank you for keeping him alive, and very best wishes to all the other beautiful spirits out there....may you all live a life of beauty and wonder 🙏
This amazing human deserves a statue in every capital of this awesome world. Thank Mr Alan Watts 🙏 much love ❤️ and respect for everything I learn from you every day. PEACE ✌️ BROTHER
I was amazed when he put suicide into the perspective he did. I saw myself as a child in a new light. ❤ There is so much beauty in what he's says in this whole talk.
I will never forget the time I regurgitated some of these myths to someone 25 years my elder..thinking I was the only enlightened soul in the convo…and his old ass said to me “you’ve been listening to Allen Watts”…and I was floored.
Just found these talks by this man and I’m hooked and will be passing them along to my teenage children I hope they enjoy them as much as I have thank you
The reality is, that we have been trained forever to look at others and judge. Instead, we must realize we all emerged from the same protozoic slime. We are only here for a little while. What you have is what you should enjoy
The first time I was exposed to Alan Watts was 1967. I am 68. Every once in a while, I find myself needing to go back to listen yet again so I can remind myself that I truly belong here, because I am living with so many that either are living only for their life after death, or are making all of our deaths more probable due to their own blind greed, or both. I wonder sometimes how many endless numbers of worlds in this universe have already died from their own collective madness. I wonder if there ever will be a time when we can all say that we all belong here, and, still in our stupidity and our ignorance, can say that we permit everyone else to say the same as well.
It's too bad he wasn't fully appreciated until now, with the advent of the internet. It seems there's a progressive sadness that comes out in his later lectures. I wish I could have been in his circle to know what his state of mind was like just before he passed. There's an odd familiarity, or as Alan would say, hintergedanken, way way back. Thank you Mark, for your work in disseminating your father's message. As an audio engineer myself, I'd love the opportunity to Re-Master and improve the quality of the recordings.
I meet in this new generation mostly, overwhelmingly, young adults who think that if they understand the meaning or definition of an idea, then they've "got it". Very sad, very sad. Like myself, they may discover, too late, that life only begins there but we slowly fill in the idea with our own and unique experiences which deepen the idea, the foremost ideas such as our ego, the transiency of everything, and that society is insanity. Alan Watts gives depth to ideas so if you are listening to him you may not think you know, and if you think you know, opportunities are squandered.
This man is just amazing life is great life is hard but that’s what it’s all about ,figuring out what you want and how you’re going to achieve it . Or if it’s even worth it to you to begin with a big game
I've seen quotes from Alan Watts on my instagram feed. Just today, I realize this is the fourth time this week his name has popped up. I love this synchronicity! Going to go on an Alan Watts binge.❤
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I was brought here by a wave of energy.
Thank you!
Alan Watts was my first teacher. I was at a very low point in my life. A friend of mine gave me a bag of mushrooms. Never taken mushrooms before this day. I just wanted to escape reality, so I ate the whole bag. It turned out to be 7 grams. Instead of escaping reality, I went deeeep into it. It felt like I was downloading all the knowledge of the universe, only it was too much too fast to grasp it all. But the gist of what the mushrooms told me was that I was everything. I didn't know what that meant at the time. The next day, the universe put Alan Watts in my youtube recommendations. He started to speak about Eastern philosophy. And he was explaining my experience in the most beautiful, poetic way I could ever imagine.
That's an amazing experience, brother. We are all connected on a higher level, but the only way to find out is through ego death and tripping. I once took mushrooms while thinking of my ex, and this video popped up. Life is sure strange once you let go of control. It tends to feel like you're dreaming.
I think everyone should experience psychedelics atleast once in life.. it's an eye opening experience.. atleast it was for me
@@StevenMele That's good stuff. I mean your story. Glad to hear it. Thanks for sharing that. That is so cool. I'm jealous.
@StevenMele that's an amazing experience for example. I very found so much wisdom from Alan. We are all brothers and sisters of this universe ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️ 💜 💖 💕 💙 ✨️ ❤️
On my first mushroom trip 4grams I came to the conclusion that we are all one and truly came to accept death. There is a single answer to all the complexity
My mom listened to hom A lot, she passed away 14/02/2024. I will listen to him more mom. To Catherine Wattson.
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Bless you.
Please take care, there's many miles that lay a head.
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my mother passed on 1/2/2024, I understand the pain hope you're doing well.
*“A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts”* - Alan Watts
that line hits deep every time I hear it. "chatter in the skull"
that might be the dumbest crap i ever heard
“That might be the dumbest crap I ever heard” -blargblarg
alan watts the pseudo intellectual for single digit iq's!@@jmarlor
"and therefore lives in the world of illusion"
In my opinion, Alan Watts was and is the best spiritual teacher ever: because he didn't keep you busy with spiritual discipline. He said it's right there for all to see
Yes, but to obtain that awareness, one must go through stages of true, discipline to a daily spiritual process, amongst other things, which is ironic bc, once you reach the plateau of those efforts, you realize it was all right there in the first place. Always has been.
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@@dangerousdiscourse For years I tried. I tried this. I tried that. This discipline. That practice. This group. That group. I wore this hat and that hat. I read this book. I read that book. Then I decided to forget about all of that nonsense. I stopped trying. This "I" that was trying.... What is that?!? How ridiculous!!!
Came here to say the same thing 🙌🏼 Couldn’t agree more.
Nothing to see, no one to see it.
Curious, have you observed j.kristnamurti?
7 years ago i went thru the worst part of my drug addiction 3 ODs and was still digging my grave deeper and deeper. Heard a small 4 mins of how life is more important with oneself in it and it saved my life and allowed me to have the strength to climb out of that hole. Allowing me to watch my oldest son who will be 8 this year and i can say in Aug I’ll be 7 years clean!
I hope one in addiction see this and will notice life is better with you in it!
Congratulations on 7 years.
🙏 NAMASTE 🙏
Every time I had an opportunity, or when I had internet access or in a treatment center, days and days of miserable insomnia, Alan Watts was the only thing that could take me away from myself and misery, while I detoxing off heroin, 25+ times over the last 8 years, have a year clean and 0 urges for relapse. But Alan Watts was the only thing that helped.
@@douglasscott7551 1 year Congratulations! Keep it up and remember you are stronger than the disease is!
I got clean and was miserable for twenty some years... clean but still a mess inside. I heard Alan on a video talk about the Eternal Now and it opened the universe to me. Everything made sense...I just let go. Bless you brother.
🎉🎉🎉🎉 so proud of you 🔥🥳🥳 I knew you could it 🚀💫
Just imagine if every government official, police authority, council worker, judge, solicitor, teacher, parent, bishop, doctor, etc, had Alan Watts enlightened intelligence.
Just imagine what world and existence we would experience.
If only this was reality. .
Miss you Alan.
Buddhism really could save the world if we all understood and accepted it.
Imagine???
It would be a boring world 😂. Didn’t you listen at all xD
Unity rules Supreme of all
Every one does they are all playing their part of the events that our society is doing at this point of time .
This is where all the cool people on the Internet hangout 🕊
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Its unfortunate that Alan Watts isn't here to provide us with his wisdom and love for humanity right now at a time that it needs wisdom and humility the most.
Alan watts is the universe, speaking to you ... telling you, that you are it.
When he said you are the big bang it startled me, never thought of it like that before
🎯 it’s like you future self reminding of your younger wel saying hey if I could give myself a clue to reveal or hide something this a prime example of it our old present n future self all at the same time 😅
@@TommyGuichardo true it feels like that ,
@@TommyGuichardo Listening to these lectures sometimes feels like I’m talking to myself. I’m so so grateful to this man.
The center of the mandala.
It’s amazing that he died so long ago and his voice is still so popular recognisable. Quality never ages.🙏
Amen 💚
Around 15 years ago I discovered Alan's lectures. The only way I've ever been able to explain his impact in simplicity is that Alan Watts has made me think the most interesting thoughts I've ever had. I met an old friend of his name Gerry and her Dog Karmalita in SF area , sweetest lady. She gave my friend & I a ride while we're hitch hiking on our backpacking trip. She told us a lot about Him, the wild side, the friendly side, and everything in-between. Ever since my discovery, I truly believe I've never seen the world, my life, or energy in the same way again. I found Alan's work when I was in a dark place in life and it helped pull me out and here I am 15 years later going through something similar as the past and what decided to pop up today... a beautiful lecture from the man himself. Thank you Alan I wish I could personally thank you for your life's devotion to enlighten the world, as still to this very day your impact has grown larger than you may ever had imagined. Thank you Alan 🙏
I've always wanted to thank him. If I had to live my life over again and I could read only one book, it would be his "This Is It."
Dude was crystal 25
Check Robert Anton Wilson
That's inspiring to me he's the only one no other can ever compare or come close to me
You actually hitch-hiked fifteen years ago? It was somewhere around that time that I saw a small group hitching at an onramp, I couldn't believe it. His thinking makes so much sense, but I worry that his very honest depiction of what most people are like will make me into a fatalist--a person too afraid to change or affect society because to challenge the senseless will always fail.
My heart aches for truth. My spirit cries out for relief. My soul is made whole by the life of the light.
Once I removed religion from my supernatural walk, I now am the closest to God I have ever been.
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Fight the matrix. Congratulations for obtaining true eyes
Religion is man’s funnel to distort the Reality of purpose.
The problem with this is the GOD you have found won't be the same as the GOD someone else has found because we have different consciences from one another. Therefore it can't be GOD. Well at least the one and only creator
@@VitoAsaro-ey6bv And when we meet The Creator, we start all over again by asking IT “Who created you?” 😉
@@TheSimpleTruthOne And IT will answer: "Well, silly, it was, it is, it will be you of course" 😇
The moment I dare to take life too seriously I hit that play button somewhere on the internet and come to senses. This man is the universe most sane creation and this is one of his most amazing talks.
Love this
This is awesome man
There are many alan watts in msny cultures, you are doing exactly what he is speaking about in much of his monologues- expand your reading or continue as you are, its no diffrent to me
@@mondop5270 @mondop5270 Off course there are. But from all the great philosophers. he is the one that never took anything seriously. And that's just entertainingly beautiful to listen to.
My sentiments exactly
Listening to Alan's videos is like a meditation. It makes me so relaxed! Thanks Alan.
I used to listen to Mr Watts on the radio in the nineteen sixties. I'm glad l found this. Thanks 😊.
Thanks for listening
Damn from 1960s !!!!!
What Radio show was that? The one out of Berkeley? I vaguely remember that. I was in College in Claremont at the time and adventuring up and down the coast doing yoga and dancing, listening to The Grateful Dead, Alan Watts, Ginsburg, Hunter S Thompson, reading Interview Magazine, tuning in and dropping out. I ended up with a Masters in Fine Art on the tails of Basquait and Franz Kline and Warhol. Left at just the right time 1998 to live off grid in Alaska.
We are pure energy having a human experience. Alan Watts understands that and articulates that brilliantly.
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." - albert einstien
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I stumbled upon his lectures on you tube about a year ago. Now I can’t sleep without him, and THAT makes me keep listening to the same ones over and over cause sometimes I fall asleep too quickly. So there’s always something I haven’t heard him say ! Lol. Oh how I love his voice too. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you for making me feel normal.
I haven't felt normal since I listened to the "You do not exist-" lecture almost 1 year ago.
What a wonderful rascal he is.
@@The_Eternal_Now it’s spooky to hear him talk about his generation because he’s pretty spot on about right now.
We never learn. Wish he was around now and listen to him talk about OUR GENERATION. I’m pretty sure he’s somewhere just shaking his head. I love to hear him speak. Keep posting whatever you got!
Time is a human construct. I can only be here and now. All that exists is the NOW. The past is realm of regret, the future one of anxiety, both existing ONLY within our mind.
It’s as though the mind is a being unto itself.
@@redpillnibbler4423 Not as though...It IS! 😎
Finally found a video that isn't fake!
Alan Watts helps me understand things how I would never comprehend it I am forever grateful
I’ve been falling to sleep every night for the last 8 years or so to Alan Watts. I’m here to support the org and his son. Love his speeches
This man had great wisdom. If one is able to view the world in the way he did I think it becomes near impossible to give way to hating.
not so simple i was once fully there but recently I am becoming bitter at the corruption and governments and bad laws i try remember its all necessary like i know is true but it's as if i get lost in the moment have hateful thoughts about the evil who corrupt the innocent and then just too late i realise and go oh damn i need to stop.. Its not something that is permanent or a constant sadly and hate can unfortunately sneak back in especially in this "new normal" i need to 're centre' myself they call it.. It seems like once attained it would be easy and its easy to remember what you know is true but even though we sometimes will react still.. Its ok though you never forget the truth so you are able to re centre yourself and if my preferred sacrament was still available id be able to do that much easier so i guess its a sign to train my unassisted meditation up that would be understandable ✌❤️
Hello Naas Are you from South Africa?
@@themartian7121 Yes I am
Or wasting our time on unimportant things.
It’s more he just had a really good way of translating eastern teaching to the west. Every idea in this video has existed for a couple thousand years in the east.
Alan Watts saved my life. 🙏🏼
In my gooey prickly opinion this is the finest, most concise, elucidation of this great man’s philosophy. Long time listener
-appreciative and grateful for his perspective and insight!
We are each waving back at the universe.
Shame it's ruined by music in background
@@evansnick81and that annoying scratching
I was in my 20s, 1970, when I read some Alan Watts and enjoy having youtube to hear him again. He is certainly one of the helpful people, or instigators of helpfulness.
Where did you read Alan Watts talks?
I have only heard him on RUclips.
@@Off_Grid_In_Utah He wrote books long before RUclips.
Almost 30 now myself and enjoying hearing for first time this past year now.
I was in my 20s in the 80s and Alan Watts has been part of my journey ever since then. Brilliant ❤
Congratulations on getting that far in life
Even though, I stayed in my chair. Crying, listening to this made me realize how lucky I am.
I love you alan watts.
he loves you back :3
Alan is a mix of ancient and modern intelligence.
Alan Alan Alan you are a prophet of your time. Thank you for being one of my greatest teachers. We are here, your people, living free because your gifts have reached us, touched us, blessed us.
Alan and Ram Dass the eternal gurus of truth ❤️
Alan Watts has allowed me to see that truth lies in understanding, and that life simply is.
Love this guy
The GREATEST Philosopher, Teacher and Mystic we have had the ABSOLUTELY PLEASURE to have cherished since Carl Jung. A real Gem!! 💎
I’ve never cried and felt enlightened and grateful at the same time, thank you Alan watts, I hope you’re watching from heaven.
that’s the feeling
He's watching through your eyes, through all of ours...
He likely watching you as a snail on your window sill. 😅
All the best to everyone for the coming year! Positive thoughts and good vibes are always here on this channel from the amazing, beautiful, powerful people who watch. Sincere love and respect to all 🙏
I always come back to AlanWatts if I ever get overwhelmed of thinking about what life’s supposed to be all about because he reminds me that there’s nothing to figure out
I love how while listening to this i subtly came to the answer that the universe is “one”. Without actually uttering the words this message is delivered to us by Alan here. Beautiful
I love the background music--and its the perfect volume and the right tone and tenor. This is an awesome lecture. A true modern thinker.
Yeah I love the background music for Alan Watts lectures. I need that ambience for when I’m on my walks out in nature. :)
The chillstep stuff is transcendental
Alan Watts. The true mystic.
This man is a gift to humanity. He is so needed. I often find myself crying while listening to his lectures. Every thing he says is so deep yet so beautiful. Wish I could have met him. ♥️
This video is perhaps the best of Alan Watts’ teachings, in my opinion. I just watched it today, and I AM very grateful to Mr. Alan Watts for all his wonderful work!
Love to all the people of our beautiful world!
Love how you capitalised the I AM part of your comment, very good.
Yes!!! Such a wonderful talk. Should be considered a basic lesson for all ‘peopling people’….
To him it wasn't work; it was play.
Alan watts helps me get through life every day
Alan watts and Manly P Hall, these two people changed my whole life for good.
I listen to this to sleep to, I wake up in a great mood because of Alan’s words being drilled into my head.
Me too!! ❤
Thanks!
Alan Watts-Spiritual Entertainer!
One of the most enlightened people of his time, and I believe most of us won’t ever fully grasp or experience what true words of wisdom he has said throughout his life. It’s one thing to hear it and understand it. It’s an entirely different thing to go through it and live it and truly understand the meaning behind the words.
I believe he is one of THE modern philosophers of our time and still isn’t fully understood or appreciated to this day, I hope his teachings/experiences continue to help those that come after us and not disappear quietly into the night. With how over saturated our media has become on the internet with an over abundance with garbage we fill our heads and time with , he is a gem among the rubble for those who come across him. I hope others who listen and hear him wake up and live their lives.
Among all spiritual men,Alan watts is truly unique.
I’m 79 years old and picked up my first Alan Watts book when I was 20 and I believe there was only one Alan Watts in this universe and I’ll always be learning new things from him.
Amazed at how well he could work through and express the ocean of knowledge in his head. Hardly ever a stumble. Just flows from one sentence to another, reciting tons of insights he's had or learned. As if he could talk forever and never run out of worthy things to say.
❤❤ A.Watts one of the Best Teachers. 2024 We Here. ❤😊
This man was a gem, a beautiful pillar of light, a true voice in the kingdom of the heart
What more can one comment from a man whom speaks so real And even tho they say Alan passed this side of the earth He speaks right on the past present and future All at the same time … Today❤
I’m sooo happy I found this. I thought I was the only one that thought this way and realized this and the fake world we are presented with and that distracts most from the real nature and reality of earth and our lives and our universe
I'm so much a better person from hearing this true prophet x❤
One of the best talks among so many gem of talks he left behind. Eye-opening, “you are the Big Bang, the original process, there are no separate things, you came out of it like apple tree apples…” awakening begins with philosophies of genius Watts! :)
A interesting message. I'd like to compliment whoever added the music to the message. The volume was low enough not to interfere with what was being said but high enough to blend with the spoken words.
Yes, breathtaking. Its great other people can hear him talk. Thanks for putting this out.
The eye of the storm is rest. Find that in your own mind and you win
"Because you and I are flukes in this cosmos, and we like our way of life, we like being human, if we want to keep it, say these people, we've got to fight nature, because it will turn us back into nonsense, the moment we let it." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
True
I owe my journey to Alan Watts. Nothing more needed to say.
Again and again he brilliantly poses the same questions for us to ponder, making us question those very questions. What we thought or think isn't important, it's HOW we think about it that matters. A wonderful mind that changed mine.
My mentor, in our Hopi Tewa culture, we are taught to listen and respect and learn as much as we can from all our elders. All elders no matter who they are really. Makes me wonder who their parents were and how their childhood was. The grand design of human beings are extraordinary and extremely sacred and very important to our people. Especially the women in our lives in our tribe and throughout the world.
MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL ALWAYS
do they have a lot of strange and intriguing stories, rituals, etc?
@@commenteroftruth9790 The stories are very interesting and important for everyone to learn and cherish and are passed down from generation to generation. Some of the stories are so beautiful still while others are very scary and extremely difficult and too powerful to understand and there are others that are not to be talked about. Rituals are extremely sacred and are practiced for centuries for many reasons, not only for our Hopi Tewa people but, for the entire human race and our MOTHER EARTH. Social dances ,men's and women's own separate ceremonies and also together in so many different ways. But one of the most important thing is the planting of our four primary colors of ancient Hopi corn which are White, Red. Yellow and Blue.
@@wenmcbrainvansandt3030 true, sounds like cool corn.
I feel these great teachers of the mind with me.
I am from his time He was and truly is amazing very intelligent a joy to hear his voice again thank you..
I'm 46 now. From the age of about 20 onwards I was on a quest for knowledge and answers to the ultimate questions about life. No matter how much philosophy I read I never got any nearer to finding the answers, all I did was make myself think I was going crazy. Then a year ago I discovered Alan. He connects and explains everything I've ever read about metaphysics in a way that I can finally understand. Bless you Alan, you saved my life.
@@Samuel_J_Russell The answer is 42
@@Sion_6EQUJ5 I know what you're referring to but I never saw that show or read any of the books.
God BLESS this Man's Soul. When Alan elaborates on Life it is layer after layer after layer. He was beyond sharp and intelligent.
RIP Alan Watts 🙏
I had studied Alan Watts for some time now, Words cannot describe just how excited and interested I was when I found out my favorite band Nothing More listened to Alan Watts too as well as applies his philosophy to their lives too.
Changing🎉
Settiing his teachings to music allows so many of us the extra sensory that helps us deeply process his teachings. It's unfortunate we aren't seeing it with this channel, because he had a reputation for being truly innovative in his teaching style; and he might've been highly attracted to the psychological question of how and why we sometimes learn better when we learn along with music. ~THC
Teachers teach, learners learn, believers believe, may the secrets unfold in time for you all worthy and strong to contain the current of truth.
This brlliant intelligent human gave me more knowledge in 2 videos than I got in 15 years of going to school thank u from the bottom of my heart for teaching me what the govt an elite didn't want me to know ✨Alan Watts is my hero an I will believe him over the govt anyday
I have just discovered Alan Watts recently, I am in awe of his lectures and his perception of how Divinity and Humanity are intertwined. What an amazing channel to share his work. Thank you x
This is one of my favorite Alan Watts’ sessions!
Self-reflection is no different than the search for the understanding of any mechanism of the way of natural world
All of what he speaks is as true today as it was decades ago when he was alive and spoke the words to the people of the time …
Alan Watts stated, several times, that he was not a guru; but to me, personally, that's exactly what he was
Many times since my 20s, he has helped me to start thinking in the right direction. I am deeply grateful for his guidance. Now im 50 something.
To be able to think and conceptualize like Alan Watts is truly a feat of logic, emotion, and rationale, in a multitude of layers of thought all at once.
Allan watts is my number1 spiritual teacher
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This whole thing he says. The way he says it. It's so beautiful it makes me want to cry.
Amazing!
That's how a discourse is supposed to be. The rhythm of his speech is so natural!
Unlike any of today's generation. Ben Shapiro and Russell Brand are an example of today's frustrated fast speaking influencers, and on top of that, they even cut the milliseconds of all pauses.
I love how he delivers this information and allows me to form my own opinions and beliefs.
Please find a living spiritual master and bee free of any beliefs ; that is the only AUTENTHIC training . You will find that Body and mind are secundary parts of human BEEINGS
My personal beliefs are;“love & respect all people”
- Love doesn’t LIE, CHEAT, STEAL, or KILL.
“Sin” is only that which causes our brothers & sisters to experience pain & suffering.
Everything else in life is to be enjoyed responsibly & cherished while we are all here.
Organic learning is higher level stuff.. Show ur working, think b4 u speak and schools in general badly mess peoples development up i was lucky enough to learn at home and hide my intelligence at school im wayyy different to most people im so happy I got lucky cos so many people innocently trust the system. :(
Reality is a creative process (jmho), I believe that our magical universe is a "non~judgemental, forever evolving, being of awesomeness", and that it is our minds, eyes, and ears that give beauty to it. Consciousness is "the spark of life"....the "power" that "drives" everything (jmho). I love him...and some people tell me about his problems with alcohol....but I believe that he sees the world....and how the world can be...and has inner struggles with that (I often have the same feelings). Thank you for keeping him alive, and very best wishes to all the other beautiful spirits out there....may you all live a life of beauty and wonder 🙏
I read Allan watts in 1976 … the game of black and white … it was a revelation
This amazing human deserves a statue in every capital of this awesome world. Thank Mr Alan Watts 🙏 much love ❤️ and respect for everything I learn from you every day. PEACE ✌️ BROTHER
I was amazed when he put suicide into the perspective he did. I saw myself as a child in a new light. ❤ There is so much beauty in what he's says in this whole talk.
I will never forget the time I regurgitated some of these myths to someone 25 years my elder..thinking I was the only enlightened soul in the convo…and his old ass said to me “you’ve been listening to Allen Watts”…and I was floored.
Just found these talks by this man and I’m hooked and will be passing them along to my teenage children I hope they enjoy them as much as I have thank you
Grateful for these lectures! I hope my kids continue to listen as I do.
The reality is, that we have been trained forever to look at others and judge. Instead, we must realize we all emerged from the same protozoic slime. We are only here for a little while. What you have is what you should enjoy
The mind is like music being played.
The first time I was exposed to Alan Watts was 1967. I am 68. Every once in a while, I find myself needing to go back to listen yet again so I can remind myself that I truly belong here, because I am living with so many that either are living only for their life after death, or are making all of our deaths more probable due to their own blind greed, or both. I wonder sometimes how many endless numbers of worlds in this universe have already died from their own collective madness.
I wonder if there ever will be a time when we can all say that we all belong here, and, still in our stupidity and our ignorance, can say that we permit everyone else to say the same as well.
Why does ignorance persist?
Humans have had thousands of years to learn from experience yet still make the same fundamental mistakes.
It's too bad he wasn't fully appreciated until now, with the advent of the internet.
It seems there's a progressive sadness that comes out in his later lectures. I wish I could have been in his circle to know what his state of mind was like just before he passed.
There's an odd familiarity, or as Alan would say, hintergedanken, way way back.
Thank you Mark, for your work in disseminating your father's message.
As an audio engineer myself, I'd love the opportunity to Re-Master and improve the quality of the recordings.
BEST WESTERN INTERPRETER CERTAINLY HAS A WAY WITH HIS WORD'S..... ❤❤❤
He has untangled everything and made the most complicated simple. Alan Watts recordings truest a gift in the world thank you ❤
I meet in this new generation mostly, overwhelmingly, young adults who think that if they understand the meaning or definition of an idea, then they've "got it". Very sad, very sad. Like myself, they may discover, too late, that life only begins there but we slowly fill in the idea with our own and unique experiences which deepen the idea, the foremost ideas such as our ego, the transiency of everything, and that society is insanity. Alan Watts gives depth to ideas so if you are listening to him you may not think you know, and if you think you know, opportunities are squandered.
this man is truly amazing. so inspiring, hopeful and so true......
Im gonna stop chasing respect and start chasing my inner creativity.
This man is just amazing life is great life is hard but that’s what it’s all about ,figuring out what you want and how you’re going to achieve it . Or if it’s even worth it to you to begin with a big game
I've seen quotes from Alan Watts on my instagram feed. Just today, I realize this is the fourth time this week his name has popped up. I love this synchronicity! Going to go on an Alan Watts binge.❤
"It will turn us back in to nonsense them moment we let it." Is humbling.