What’s stopping your happiness? - Alan Watts
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Alan Watts was an incredible philosopher and speaker who had a unique way of exploring Eastern philosophy and spirituality. His captivating lectures and books have inspired countless people around the world.
Alan Watts was born in England in 1915 and developed a deep interest in Eastern philosophy from a young age. He studied Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism, and became a renowned interpreter of these philosophies for Western audiences. His ability to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western thought made him a popular figure in the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
One of the central themes in Watts' teachings was the concept of "the self." He explored the idea that our sense of self is an illusion, and that we are all interconnected with the universe. He encouraged people to embrace the present moment and find joy in the simple act of being alive.
Watts had a way of delivering profound insights with a sense of humor and playfulness. He believed that life should be approached with a sense of wonder and curiosity, and that we should not take ourselves too seriously. His lectures often included anecdotes, stories, and metaphors that helped illustrate his points in an engaging and relatable way.
In addition to his lectures, Watts wrote numerous books on topics such as Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and the nature of consciousness. Some of his most well-known works include "The Wisdom of Insecurity," "The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are," and "The Way of Zen."
Alan Watts passed away in 1973, but his teachings continue to resonate with people today. His ability to distill complex philosophical concepts into accessible and relatable ideas has made him a beloved figure in the world of spirituality and philosophy.
Speaker: Alan Watts
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Thankyou for not adding any annoying background music.
The best comment on youtube.
@@obscuremusictabs5927the second best comment on RUclips
REAL I've been looking for audios to sample for the past 30 mins, all having annoying music
Exactly
This comment should have annoying background music.
"If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you can't solve your problem, what is the use of worrying?" -Shantideva
Amazing. Needed that one!
Alan Watts, stop stopping my happiness!
Challenging times are no different than being ill or injured - just as you're consumed with thoughts of feeling better, so is your anticipation for challenging times to end.
When you're in the middle of being ill, injured, or inconvenienced time slows down significantly.
But regardless of your struggles, on the other side of the planet - people there aren't aware of your existence much less able to acknowledge your troubles.
So despite its overwhelmed demeanor, your troubles are smaller than the world - and knowing that makes your troubles measurable and finite.
Who needs therapy when you have Alan Watts
Right 🫡
I need therapy after Alan watts haha
Truer words have never been spoken
"Anybody who goes to therapy should have their head examined"
Free therapy im not rich lol
Hits on all the goodies
It’s fun to delve in to these thoughts but anxiety does have a purpose. It’s typically the first sign that something needs attention. As an entrepreneur it has saved my ass a thousand times. It’s a tool. And of course, just like a million other things, can be misinterpreted and villainized. The ceaseless pursuit of internal peace can at times thwart important and educational pain.
What's stopping your happiness is your idea that the point of life is to be happy
Mind blown 🤯
Oh to be around people like him (Him) all the trip. I really love the way he loves us. But also.knocks us.
Yeppers 😛
I tell that to my anxiety all the time but still the brain chemistry has its way.
Brain chemistry is interdependent with the thought process.
just let the brain tell it`s " story`s". Look at it more like a " radio" playing in the background. You are the " observer" of the mind. You don`t need to get consumed by the monkeymind. The mind and the emotions are in a constant " flux", always changing. More or less like the weather. All we can do is accept that this is how it is, and wait for the " storms" to calm.
No amount of anxiety makes any difference.. Tell that to my anxiety!
No. You tell it to your anxiety!
You gotta take the anxiety to its most ridiculous...then, you may see what he meant.
Think of the worst outcome in a situation and accept it.
You react to your anxiety, people react to you. So ask yourself, am I interacting with myself and my inner fears, or am I interacting with another person.
If you act with ignorance towards your anxiety, the outcome would be the same as if you had none at all.
You are stronger than yourself, likely stronger than you know. Show yourself exactly why you have nothing to fear. To act is to learn, to learn is to leave my old concerns behind as I grow into something much, much more.
I agree my anxiety completely stopped once confronted it
Good luck everyone, you are all unique.
From a bright light in New,
I would say there's a fair amount of anxiety that may influence my choices that i have control of, therefore resulting in an impact of what is going to happen in my life.
That sounds very much like a Buddhist teaching about emptiness specifically the union of the two truths relative and absolute but without the practice or convention of focusing on this in the sitting practice
Yes, I’ve said that many times.
Are there any teachers around today that we will look back and think " wow, I'm happy i was around to experience their teachings"?
This is not entirely accurate. Everything we do or say or think causes a particular vibration. Anxiety creates one of the strongest vibrations next to hatred. When you are anxious you are putting that vibration out to the situation and the situation will respond or go through random and enhanced changes based on your train of thought.
Thank you and no noise. :-)
Thanks ❤I kinda miss the music, but I'm smiling anyway
Its sounds funny when he clears his throat played at 0.25.
Anxiety makes a lot of people work faster. A lot of other people, or a portion of those even, will formulate better plans under pressure than not. It's just a fact of life. You think and choose faster with a massive dose of adrenaline.
Seriously . Counselors or county staff in my local city anyway , do not genuinely have an interest in fixing your problem let alone to have full focus when your mindlessly admitting to guilt / events that they " have to report." Ultimately reportiñg anything !suicidal person last thing they need is police for welfare check.
Power
He wouldn't strike me as a big fan of schopenhauer
True
True shit
END THE FED. Gold is money.
And what's money?
I'm tired
Me dawg. Obviously
He's always wrong. Anxiety 100% affects the outcome of things.
That’s easy for you to say Alan. You’re dead.
Taxes maybe?? Hellooo
classic case of sounds good doesnt work
Many things in life only work after you understand them. Take the time to understand. Cheers!
@@jsar5409 i agree cognitive flexibility is important but the more things i try to more i realize that nothing works
@Zop. Mind is a tricky thing because It makes you believe something doesn't work only after you have tried it once. I have realized some of these concepts will take years or decades to sink in, for as long as you're aware of them, since our surface level knowledge is basically... nothing. You can listen to all the talks and think you understand it on a cognitive level, and you might, but REAL understand happens in the unconscious, in your bones. It happens outside of mind and language.
@@vuksha_yo alright ill try to look into it more. ive been learning about this for a while because its interesting, i was just hoping for it to be more applicable in life
I promise it works. Meditation is so helpful to my anxiety. The crux I think is to realize what you can control and what you can't, then simply accept.
didnt you passed away drinking yourself to death... one thing is to theoretise about a battle, another is to actually fiight it
I kind of disagree..
That's cool, we done have to agree. Id love to hear more why you don't. This is the first time I've listened to this so I'm only just forming opinion.
@@jwheeler9991 well just becoz in my lived experience I've experienced the opposite..
I attended those famous San Jose State lectures he gave. Read every book of his. ❤ He was the beginning of my spiritual and healing journey. Loved him.
Wow!!
I was in Colorado once.
That’s awesome! Can you tell us any other details? What was it like? Where? What was he like? How many people? Very cool!
I’m having a sandwich shortly. Looking forward to it.
*love - he's still around
“The soul is not inside the body. The body is inside the soul. The soul, your soul is the whole universe as it is focused upon your organism.” Never thought of it this way🙏🏻
Im laughing in bliss reading that, thank you
Wow, I wish this life was not so agonising.
I am killing myself with cigarettes and can't connect with our beautiful planet any more.
I've tried everything to 'heal' and can't keep going like this.
Agony.
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@@karate4348 I hear you and life can be challenging at times, no doubt. Reach for a thought of gratitude, think of one thing you are grateful for. Thoughts of gratitude are contagious. Try this whenever you feel sad or are in despair. One breath at a time friend.
@@karate4348I’m sorry you’re going through that but I think all of us are. Just most people aren’t self aware enough to realize it. Hang in There. Things have got to get Better. Stay Strong.❤
Your life is just a raindrop in a thunderstorm
The water falls to the ground just to evaporate and then fall again
@@Slapnuts9627🔱
Or potentially a thunderstorm in a raindrop......consider that one ?😂
No
Tears in the rain
Alan Watts is the voice that wakes you up from the simulation
Wheres evidence for the lol simulation?!!? If you dont like life you dont live in the now and you arent searching for hidden beauty.
You know, I understand what we are living in and you might call it a simulation, except that you are the one who created it, and you are the one who want to be here.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Stop the simulation bs
@@Flawaffles that’s what I’m saying
We have anxiety for a reason. It serves a purpose when used constructively but like everything, too much of something will be a negative at some point.
Like so many people, I was in awe of him from the moment I first heard his five minute talk on “What Do You Desire?” I listened to more and more of him, and I was deeply saddened and disillusioned when I finally found out that he was an alcoholic, a philanderer and a lousy father. For a long time after that, I looked on him as a hypocrite, a charlatan and more of an entertainer than an actual guru. But over the past couple of years, I’ve come to accept him for what he truly was: Not as a great practitioner of Buddhism oe Taoism, but absolutely as a great TEACHER of those things. There are plenty of great practitioners who can’t teach us much of anything. Alan Watts, on the other hand, could teach almost everything.
i am glad you finally got it
I think it’s up to his children to decide what sort of father he was. And terms like ‘philanderer’ - that’s very much a description of someone not fitting an idealistic soothing image of a spiritual “good” man, but he was never about fitting, and he never lied or tried to pass himself off for a “saint”.
But yeah, if he lived nowadays and with psychology having made great progress he potentially wouldn’t have needed to drink and could have used modern techniques of therapy to help himself
I had the same experience and accepting him as deeply flawed was like a new awakening for me. It’s not the same as excusing bad behavior or minimizing any pain his actions caused and the heartbreak I felt was real. I don’t argue with anyone who chooses to see him as a cad or a bad man - he never claimed to be a guru and his brilliance isolated him in a way I can only imagine.
I appreciate your comment!
If an alcoholic dead beat dad tells you water is wet, is he lying?
@@jenmdawg Life is perfect imperfection - and Alan Watts is/was a part of life.
Listening to Alan Watts has helped SAVE MY LIFE 💯🫂☯️
Responsibility: "Certain backgrounds, certain interests, awareness of relationship create responsibility in some human beings. They live that way, not because they are giving themselves sermons, and telling themselves all the time that they aught to be responsible, It's because they are intelligent enough to see, that being responsible makes things very much easier for everyone all around." Amen!
Passivism bullshit. You either take charge and deal with the fallout or follow blindly and deal with the cleanup.
I’ve listened to a lot of these and this is one of the talks with the most interesting ideas one after another.
This was such an insightful lecture. I'm glad I found a "new" alan watts video
Every few days or so.. I come back, when my soul feels like it needs to be realigned, and listen to an Alan Watts lecture.
I started off on my "self improvement" journey when I accidentally came across Alan Watts. I've wandered all over the place reading and listening to all sorts of people in the last couple of decades but believe me, no one comes closer to fundamental truths than this guy. And no one can explain those truths with such clarity and simplicity.
Try with Michael Singer. Much easier to understand
I feel the same about Alan Watts. I 'accidentally' discovered him too - but now I think he found me 😅 and there are no accidents.
I'm not sure I agree with the quote on the thumbnail. Sometimes anxiety will motivate you to take action, and those actions will be beneficial to you. It does happen
What if I told you that I’m mediation and in a panic attack the same activity occurs. Ones voluntary the others forced. As in mediation the object is to let thoughts come and go and not retain thought. In a panic attack you can’t retain thought.
I think the quote applies to situations that happen whether you took action to prepare for it or not. For example, you prepared for an interview yet you still feel anxious. It is soothing to know that feeling that anxiety won’t change the outcome so it is essentially pointless. What you say at the interview and how you are perceived is not impacted by the fact that you spent the last 2 days in an anxious state, but instead you tortured yourself for nothing. Or for example, you spent your whole life anxious about death but yet, death arrived. Did freaking out change the outcome? No.
That sounds like logic and motivation. Anxiety is unhealthy rumination and fear.
Well then why feel anxious at all?
Why create a barrier of thought to motivate yourself,
Rather than be motivated?
@@HolyBruh123 YES! My thoughts exactly
We are not drops of water from the ocean of God. We are the ocean of God in a drop of water.
I like this☯️
❤Rumi-You are not just a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in one drop. ❤
I'm gonna have to use this
More accurate. People will misinterpret and believe life is insignificant compared to the vastness of the Universe, but the consciousness encased within the body is of absolute paramount importance and cosmically consequential.
@@GOD999MODE The consciousness animating our body is what Jesus called Christ. Rise above, people. Stop waiting for your savior. You ARE Your savior.
No amount of “anxiousness”….
Anxiety is a totally different animal….those that know…know.
Anxiety is an irrational feeling that exists for a situation that only exists in the mind. It's a defense mechanism that's just gone awry and can cause someone to act out or become extremely nervous. I know, I have it and it rules my life unless I talk myself down from it.
@@milfordcivic6755
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom ✨
We don’t “have it” we “do it” …a natural alarm of growth, sit with moments of vulnerability (meditation) and be honest with yourself about your life… become at peace in the presence and also let go of anything that comes up for you that you wish to change… this vulnerable honesty will dissolve anxiety and reward you with spiritual vitamins of growth, peace, love and harmony within…. Be very well ✨🙏🏻
@@milfordcivic6755
You “Do it” you don’t “Have it” ….doing it until the growth is served ✨
My mind is often strange to me. Probably from my programming by public school education and my religious education by the Catholic Church.
I am a recovering Catholic and I hope, recovering from my public school education.
I guess the alcohol chased away the anxiety when the words wouldn’t.
Hes so intelligent and this kindof intelligence goes completely unseen and unappreciated today, or even just gets called "lazy". A typical American would call "peace" lazy or boredom. And fun and also abundant prosperity a waste bc you didnt ruin the fun part for $1 more in profits.
I'm not sure that's completely true. I do think you're right in the sense that your average person can't appreciate intellectual dialogue, but to say "completely unseen" is incorrect in my opinion. It takes intelligence to recognize intelligence, and honestly I like it that way. If everyone was intellectually inclined we wouldn't have individualism. The intelligent and strong teach the weak and uneducated. It's a way of life.
The trash people who stalk me.
them who are stealing my name and my retirement.....
Wow. Beautifully spoken. What a voice.
In his book, ‘The Way Of Zen,’ Alan Watts writes, “One must not forget the social context of Zen. It is primarily a way of liberation for those who have mastered the discipline of social convention, of the conditioning of the individual by the group. Zen is a medicine for the ill effects of this conditioning, for the mental paralysis and anxiety which come from extensive self-consciousness.”
I don’t see any need to master social conventions to be ready for the Way of Zen. On the contrary, trying to master dead, old rules shows stupidity. Why not drop them immediately?
Second, Do you see Zen as a medicine for the ill effect of conditioning?
"Whenever you are reading a book, remember the man who is writing it, because those words are not coming from the sky, they are coming from an individual mind.
Alan Watts was a trained Christian missionary. That training continues to affect his effort to understand Zen. And finally, when he came a little closer to Zen, the Christian church expelled him. That brought a crisis in that man’s life. He was not yet a man of Zen, and he had lost his credibility as a Christian. Under this stress he started drinking wine, became an alcoholic and died because of alcoholism. If you know this man you will understand why he is saying what he is saying.
His statement that “One must not forget the social context of Zen,” is simply saying something about himself - that if he had not forgotten the social context and remained a docile Christian, things would have been better. His interest in Zen, rather than bringing him freedom, brought him catastrophe. But Zen is not responsible for it; he could not go the whole way.
He tried somehow to make a Christian context for Zen. Neither did Christians like it, nor the men of Zen. They don’t need any Christian context, they don’t need any social context. It is an individual rebellion. Whether you are a Hindu or a Mohammedan or a Christian does not matter. Whatever load you are carrying, drop it. Whatever the name of the load, just drop it.
Zen is a deprogramming.
You are all programmed - as a Christian, as a Catholic, as a Hindu, as a Mohammedan… everybody is programmed. Zen is a deprogramming. So it does not matter what kind of program you bring; what kind of cage you have lived in does not matter. The cage has to be broken and the bird has to be released. There is no social context of Zen. Zen is the most intimate and the most individualistic rebellion against the collective mass and its pressure.
Alan Watts is not right. His understanding of Zen is absolutely intellectual. He says, “It is primarily a way of liberation for those who have mastered the discipline of social convention.” All nonsense. It has nothing to do with social convention. There is no need to master something which you have to drop finally. There is no point in wasting time. In other words, he is saying, “First, get into a cage, become a slave of a certain conventionality, a certain religion, a certain belief system, and then try to be free of it.
He is simply showing his mind, unconsciously. He was encaged, and for years trained as a Christian priest. You can expel a Christian, but it is very difficult for the Christian to expel the Christianity that has gone deep into his bones, into his blood. He could not expel it, hence his advice for others who may follow: “It is primarily a way of liberation for those who have mastered the discipline of social convention, of the conditioning of the individual by the group.” Absolutely no.
It does not matter whether you are conditioned this way or that way. Conditioned fifty percent, sixty percent, or one hundred percent - it does not matter. From any point freedom is available. And you will have to drop it, so the less you are conditioned the better, because you will be dropping a small load. It is better if your cage is very small. But if you have a palace and an empire, then it is very difficult to drop it.
When Jesus asked the fishermen to drop their jobs and “come follow me,” they really dropped. There was nothing much to be dropped - just a fisherman’s net, a rotten net. A good bargain: dropping this net and following this man, you will enter into the kingdom of God. But when he asked the rich young man to drop everything and “come and follow me,” the rich man hesitated and disappeared into the crowd. The less you have, as far as conditioning is concerned, the easier it is to drop it.
And he is asking that first you should be conditioned by the group, and master the discipline of social convention. Strange… Do you have to become first a soldier just to get retired from the army? If you don’t want to fight, you don’t have to become a soldier. Why not be fresh? But he was not fresh.
He was contaminated by Christianity, and he hopes - according to his programming - that everybody first should be conditioned, chained, handcuffed, put into a jail, so that he can enjoy freedom one day. A strange way of experiencing freedom!
When you are free there is no need of being conditioned by any group, by any belief. There is no need. As you are, you are already too conditioned. Society does not allow their children to grow like the lilies in the field, pure, uncontaminated. They pollute them with all their conditionings, centuries old. The older the conditioning, the more precious it is thought to be.
And contradictorily… the second statement he makes: “Zen is a medicine for the ill effects of this conditioning.”
Zen is not a medicine. Zen is the explosion of health. Medicine is needed only by sick people, but health is needed by everyone - more health, a more juicy life. Zen is not a medicine, Zen is the inner explosion of your wholeness, your health, your ultimate immortality.:"
Wrong on every level, Watts was coming from a place of enlightenment which you have clearly not experienced. Words are not the answer, any words but it's the only way to convey the unseen and he does it brilliantly. I think you missed the point, not your fault part of your journey and one day you will understand. Peace be.
I'm just up jorkin it. And by "it" I mean... my ego.
... Writes a damn book for a comment!
In "In My Own Way", Watts describes himself as having been out as a Buddhist in his teens. He also described his stint as a ordained minister as a knowing attempt at subversion, and there is plenty of footage of watts discussing various topics related to Buddhism back in the 50s, long before he had the iconic grey goatee.
You would have us believe he got kicked out and drank himself to death. He _was_ an alcoholic, but I don't quite think that's _why_ it happened.
@@Mrcake0103 "I love one statement of one of the most important people of the West, Alan Watts. He was a drunkard, but he was the man who introduced to the West the most essential parts of Zen and enlightenment. He wrote not as a scholar, but as a master. Before he was dying, he was still drinking and a disciple asked him, "Have you ever thought... if Buddha had seen you drinking alcohol, what do you think he. would have thought about it?" Alan Watts said, "There is no problem. I always drink in an enlightened way." The question is not what you do, the question is how you do it. Yes, I accept Alan Watts' statement. There is a possibility of a man to drink alcohol in an enlightened way. Enlightenment should not have any limits. And it should not have a particular formula, a particular pattern."
Sounds like as good a reason as any to continue being extremely anxious, then.
Thanks Alan!
The title to this is like saying “no amount of hiccups makes any difference to anything that is going to happen”.
I was born with 2 emotions called love and kindness. I must occasionally fake the other emotions and can make it look quite real. Humans 😊
The thing that I have found with Alans teachings for me is I remember what he says and when I need to I go back to get level again. This is so good for me.❤😊
He had a rigorous meditation practice: one bottle of vodka per day. Whatever works.
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.”
Wow! Knowing anxiety doesn’t help anything totally makes it go away! NOT!!!
What's wrong with you? Just feel better.
Knowing that isn't the point. Acting on it is.
You just need to push the anxiety off button!! Simple as that.
I had the exact same thought, I’ve known forever that anxiety doesn’t help anything but not even Klonopin makes it go away and I wouldn’t need that medicine in the first place if what this dude says was true, that just knowing that anxiety doesn’t make a difference makes it go away.
It should. Whats the cause of your anxiety?
Taking steps to reduce one's anxiety would surely make a better future more likely than if one did nothing about their anxiety?
"The hill also runs you up it". That's deep and simultaneously intricate!
My attention dropped off around 5:00
@@milfordcivic6755
It would do.. Alan died in 1973 and i truly believe “anxiousness” and “anxiety” were seen as the same thing back then, it still is to a degree these days… you described anxiety well in your reply to me… keep on track knowing this is truly a gift although extremely challenging, you will consciously benefit from this work you’re doing on yourself… you’re not alone ✨🙏🏻👍🏻
I’d disagree with the idea that anxiety is some pathological presence. Anxiety is the igniter. If it’s not igniting your action towards some goal, it’s wasted. Embrace the anxiety as a useful force.
This is just ON THE INTERNET for free.
it matters if a panic attack is about to happen
Convince someone that their individuality is all that matters and you can make them do anything as long as you tell them it’s a personal challenge.
Hold my fucking beer
Health issues 24/7 - that's what's stopping my happiness.
Same😢
Being homeless, 54, having to continually move, continual change, which is the very worst thing for CPTSD, that’s what.
Not having my own forever home where I could bloom and thrive and then be able to give back to the community that’s supporting me, that’s what .
Me too. The worst is what you can't see your Judged.
are my health issues causing my unhappiness, or is my unhappiness is causing my health issues?😵💫
@@agenericboringhomosapien8108Obviously, my health issues are causing my unhappiness.
My health issues aren't imaginary like "anxiety" or "depression".
I have very tangible disabilities that cause chronic pain, naseau and inability to exercise.
30-40 years ago and longer you might not have had a lot but you could get by and be happy and family’s and friends where close it’s all be taking away and even people that are working can lose everything and have to go to a food bank is disgusting.
The amount of people commenting suicide because they feel that it would be easier to not be here is horrendous.
And the rich greedy bastards in charge watch it all and still want to take 🤢. Crazy how it’s all designed for normal people to suffer more into problems
No amount of knowledge about anxiety will make any difference in the anxiety i will definitely feel regardless of how prepared i seem to be 😅
All you junkies know that
😂
😊
Your mother was a junkie
Each time I think I know something, someone destroys my point of view. With a smarter or higher view.
That is the story of my life.
For Ex : If I think that the universe is huge.
Some guru would say , that the space only exists in my mind, or that the space is an illusion etc etc.
I have never experienced the universe, it is just a theory in my mind.
If you tell me the stars are not big but tiny , what can I say? I’ve never hold them, or approach them,
Sometimes I think life is an infinite hoax!
I am so tired of trying to understand.
I don’t care anymore if you are a spiritual genius or not, good for you, enjoy your higher life.
"All you junkies know that" why did Alan make a comment like that? To joke about my personal struggles as if they don't matter is very very inspiring
Why is he addicted to nicotine when he is so peaceful? Just like Neville Goddard who was addicted to alcohol. Practice what you preach man, but they never do, do they....😮
Each person has a unique and different personality, thoughts, actions, feelings, and emotions! Each person takes their own path to change their own life as they deem fit! I agree that school and church programming affected my childhood. I’m still trying and looking for ways to change and improve my ways of thinking!!! I find that I am more confused the older I become! Life’s changes sometimes don’t make sense when older, because when you are younger, thoughts are different from generation to generation! Some people can keep up, and others can’t keep going with the new age.!! Hence, alcohol, drugs, medication, back to religion etc!!!!!! If I could have been a stronger man, I could have been more productive man than I am today!
This stuff used to make me feel better. But I just don't have the endurance to keep up this view for long. Here's to another trip round the desire coaster😢😅
This didn't age well.
"I'm educated so I get to play"
-someone check with the millenials
"Go check out the marvels of aeroplanes"
-Boeings falling out of the sky every few months.
You just have to have enough balls or kitty to do it!
Yeah, cuz shit is gonna happen no matter what. And f*ck happiness, it's fleeting. Calm...
Great voice, should've done some documentaries or audio books. Everything else is crock of she it. Lot of talk about nothing to probably get others peoples money into his pocket.
He's interesting. My only hang-up is that I can't make myself believe I have free will, else I'd be so set haha
I enjoy Alan Watts, but this one really is devoid of some understanding when it talks about collectivism.
What's he smoking in that pipe? He has a very good grasp of the incredibly obvious!
I love Allan Watts hes the guy..
When one is not in control of ones anxiety.and it is an outside influence. By this one doesn't mean someones else's actions but the fact that they control your mind.
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I liked this video for a reason
Btw at 5:56 It's David Goggins moving the boat 😂
Who’s gonna carry the boats and logs?!!!!!! Stay hard!!!!!😂
I just realized it. finally i found the answer. the answer is at 29:41
Goddammit I can’t think this deeply for this long 😅😵
When person A catastrophises about the life of person B there can be a particular outcome especially with children. Be positive about our future please
Easy to tell yourself that after a few drinks, not so east the next morning, eh Mr. Watts?
Hmm, I just cannot get into him at all. He seems to talk a lot, but says very little
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Anxiety absolutely makes a difference to what's going to happen.
One would have to be able to experience the present moment twice, once without the anxiety in question, and once with the anxiety, to be sure about that. Otherwise, one is still only imagining the difference.
@@liamtaylor4955 Doesn't anxiety drive our decisions, then somehow making a difference in a least the MOOD of what is happening in any given moment? Being trapped in yourself and reacting to that in your mind, changing details of a scenario just because you thought about the scenario in a certain way? All of this just seems like oversimplification and implies that our thoughts and perceptions don't really matter.
“If he didn’t laugh it would not be true “
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unfortunately for people who experience chronic anxiety, it’s not a choice, it’s just a thing your brain keeps doing and you can’t really stop it however much you want to.