The Mind - Alan Watts
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2014
- An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts.
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T&H Inspiration is on a mission to share inspiring wisdom. The goal is to have you pause, think, and reflect. Many of our videos revolve around the extraordinary teachings of Alan Watts that we produce with permission from the Alan Watts Electronic University.
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Our hope with these videos is to push your thinking. As Alan Watts said “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.” - Alan Watts. 
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Keep pushing out content your great at it
What he has to say can't be that important as you drown it out. Feels like I'm watching the Family Guy's "Distracting trumpet" -troupe.
Take what Alan Watts says and apply it to your life.
@@brba or Scientology. Everyone is trying to peddle something. In this case it's the AlanWatts Org trying to cash in. The message is good but it gets lost in all of the hooplah and the business organization trying to make money.
Yeah sure recommend 6 years later
I wish I could've sat down and had a conversation with you Alan Watts.
7saany please be respectful. ..thank u😊
He will blow ur concepts of who you are and then you become void
Me too, what a great mind
I wish that too
I’m not surprised that nobody gets your jokes
Worrying is like rocking back and forth in a rocking-chair, it gives you something to do but doesn't take you anywhere.
soo freaking true is a waste of time tbh
Perfect
Amazing analogy
My boss told me this once but about excuses because ya know, I’m a big procrastinator 😂
Jack D 🙌🏼 🤯 🙌🏼 Vivid!!!
Alan Watts is my therapist. He always knows what to say to bring me closer to centre again.
I feel similarly about Terence McKenna.
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All in one vid
Faxx
If we take the premise that we are spirit having a physical experience, it follows that spirit and matter aren't separate,
Consciousness is spirit and matter combined...not separate....we are all one organism on the quantum electrical vibrational
plain. Then where are we located, at what position? We aren’t located anywhere we are everything…..just waking up at this
point and position within our own mind dream, we are in total everything. All energy at the quantum electrical vibration
level is alive…..and everything is energy. All things we think are solid, table, steel, tree, roadway etc, at the quantum level is
nothing more than energy that being quarks, neutrons, electrons etc all spinning, all alive…if everything in matter is doing
that all the time, “it means at that level everything is unified…one entity” Then it stands to reason we also are immersed
within that entity. Inside ourselves we stand consciously at the crossroad of the vertical and horizontal plains, located within
the all…waking up to the fact that we individually and collectively are a reflection and projection of the universal mind. It is
what it is coz we is “is
"Because you are addicted to thoughts. This is a drug, too dangerous one." This hit me hard.
me too....and I m only 23....don't know what to do
@@subhamsaini1416 i know what you mean. Did you ever observed a child who don't want to listen to his parents?
I think its the same analogy.. Someone is saying something in your head and most of the times there should be no reaction... Just ignorance of the talk
@@mariachaneva4869 thanks a lot!! Btw m smthng better now.
Meditate. Observe. Give no reaction. It will quiet itself when it realises its not getting a reaction. If you try to stop, you will only muddy the water
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Alan watts makes me feel like I am talking to a big brother that really cares. He just lays out the path for my mind to see the truth for myself. So thankful that his lectures were recorded.
Ignite Your Fire _Unleash that’s deep brother. Peace
i grew up without a dad and my brother left when i was 10 had nobody to teach me to be a man and handle myself
and you are right he was like a big brother we never had
That was extremely well said 👏
Learn about who he was, to others. He was very abusive.
Epic Quote: *"You are worried, because you're worried, because you're worried... That is a VICIOUS circle".*
Indubitably. *
I learned that you have to embrace your bad thoughts as experience and let go
I try to show my friends this because the message is so powerful. They just laugh. I wish they could just shut up and listen.. It's very deep and would help them but they are too stubborn to listen.
Because the message here is deep, too deep for most of people sadly. We need to educate the future generations with another way of thinking.
Manon Froment 💯🙏🏽
Emma Mayfield same with my friends
Quite an arrogant thing to say, I find this profound but leave each to their own
They are not ready for it when the day comes for them they will find the message themselfs or the message will find them. Just stop trying to change people and you will see how people will start to change themselves if it's mean for them to change
I tripped on 200 mics of lsd a couple weeks ago, I remember watching the moon, it looked like an eye (exactly like the all seeing eye on the dollar bill). As i sit there the eye is watching me and everything and i watching it, suddenly I realise that eye in the sky is infact me looking back at myself as i watch it. I was one with everything after that.
I woke up the next day to find I had wrote something on the side of my bed.
If your having a bad (day/trip), you need not worry!
As this is only your "self" swimming through the "madness"
that is the "mind"
I lost everything that night.
Jamie lee very inspiring
LSD is incredibly powerful stuff, I've had a few life changing moments alone in nature on it. The self is ancient.
_leafhouse _ man I wish I could meet ppl that think like you man
+jsinmcc92 I wish I could meet people that have LSD, someday....soon.
what country are u from?
I love Alan Watts. Everything is amazing.
ayyy smart rapper GANG
I started listening to Alan last ngiht before going ot bed, i have a hard time sleeping. i have found something absolutely great. WHY have i never heard of this glorious man before.....
Alan might spark intrest but I assure you it shall fade,and you'll resume un-changed. You must look within my friend. Literally and thoroughly. Be well
+1995yuda Always great to take meditation advice from a 20 year old RUclips hero.
Lucas Schaaf In the end of the day,your attitude will hurt you the most.
Thats great sensei.
+1995yuda very wise words my freind
Whoever you are who can't sleep tonight, is tired or sad, believe that there will be tomorrow that will light up your beautiful days.
You just need to endure a little more, a little more, and a little more ...
Thank you for being patient, thank you for being able to survive. And as you read this, promise yourself that you will be able to get through your toughest days in the future.
Promise to keep smiling, no matter how you are ...
You deserve to be happy :)
is everything all right?
One line I'll never forget: "To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses." -Alan Watts
I lost my daughter august 19th if 2019, she was only a year and a half old... I’m only 23. I’m still fighting demons in my head but Alan watts has helped me greatly! Rest In Peace Halo Rebecca-Mae Chesney. Daddy misses you😢
I am so sorry for ur loss dear 😔
May the little angel's soul rest in peace 🙏
@@divyanshuprasad3442 it’s been one year, I’ve been suffering from ptsd. I feel my life is falling apart. I always have these premonitions of me dying. I am stressed, I am sick. I am… tired…
@@jamiechesney213 one day at a time man, i believe in you
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When I listen to Alan Watts, I feel instant happiness. No matter how sad, unmotivated, broken, whatsoever I feel, when I actually experience and feel his words/thoughts I experience truths about life and the human being.
Does somebody feel similar? Or does somebody have other interesting thoughts when realizing Alan Watts words? Or am I simply insane?
you're not insane, when you're sad, unmotivated, broken is when words of wisdom like these makes you relate to his lectures
these words are the Truth, and the proof is that they remove fear when we listen to them...
I agreee!❤️
Listen to RamDass speak. I reckon you'll enjoy his talks
I'm probably the crazy one. I loved what you had to say and I totally support you. But Im not sure if it's happiness I feel. It's certainly less sadness, but I'm more inclined to believe that it's me becoming more at peace and calm about my own existence. Which, having typed that out now, makes me realize that THAT does in fact bring me happiness.
See? Maybe I am crazy.
Loved your comment. Peace and love brother.
a wise man once told me: 'don't meditate cause you think its a thing that must be done in order to gain or become something else from that place you're currently not: meditate simply cause you dig it!'
***** yet, meditation is essentially self-introspection. when, in time, one comes to the realization that the "you" which they invariably distinguish him/her-self as, doing the act of meditating, doesn't even exist THEN meditation becomes pleasurable and a joy.
+Yäsef Sütterlin so what you are saying is that i can meditate in my own way such as watching nature....??? i dont quite understand XD
renato muu You most certainly cannot. Meditation is the act of no acts. You must sit there,breath,and the rest will occur naturally. Watch Sadhguru on youtube for precise info. Good luck to you my friend.
1995yuda thank you !!!!
renato muu You're most welcom.
one of my favorite comment section threads on RUclips hands down, Alan Watts brings out some of the purest attributes of people
Always refreshing to see the comment threads on these videos. Makes you feel more connected knowing we all share similar outlooks. Amazing.
So true I was thinking the same thing. Alan watts draws out the most interesting people who think differently from the status quo
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I dont always worry about my future, but when i do i make sure its 2am and i have to sleep
3 years later now. Did things work out?
Nicki , I hope so
here I am, reading this comment 3 years later and its 2 am LOL.
Haha, wow. History seems to repeat itself.
I realized he was basically talking about OCD and it is crazy because it’s so true. Overthinking and obsessing can cause such a toxic cycle and can cause the mind to trick you into believing things that are fabricated. I hope everyone reading this with mental health issues gets through what you’re going through. I believe in you with all my heart and you should too ❤️
I thought ocd was being obsessed about doing a thing over and over....
@@smiley1958that can be a result of OCD, the compulsion component more specifically, though there's other forms in which it can manifest. One's [O]bsessions will [C]ompel them to act in a manner that brings [D]isorder to their life and wellbeing.
Tell yourself It is OK to be addicted to thoughts. It is natural to be addicted to thoughts. Don't put that burden on yourself wishing you need to be someone you aren't yet. By noticing this and with the intent of taking little steps towards being less addicted to thoughts is the direction to freedom. Mt Everest is conquered by little steps not a giant leap.
HDvids101 this is 3 years old but just know I just read this and it spoke volumes to me thanks for the comment
Wth are you talking about? This is about overthinking and becoming obsessed with it rather than just thinking in itself. He doesn't refer to thinking as a bad thing, he refers to overthinking - worrying too much as a "vicious cycle" because overthinking in it's nature is obsessive causing you to cycle between thinking and thinking about not thinking about bad things. Hence the "cycle".
Humor is also a vital tool to learn to possess. Don't take everything so god damn serious all the time. Laugh at your own madness and silliness. It really helps. And isn't that wisdom?
THE KEY TO FIND YOUR REAL SELF IS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO BE PERFECT AT SOMETHING IS TO HAVE THE SOURCE OF YOUR MOTIVATION AND YOUR THOUGHTS *ONLY* (IN THE FASCINATION) IN THE THING YOU WANT TO BE GOOD AT. IF YOUR MOTIVATION LIES IN THE WISH TO JUST BE BETTER, TO IMPRESS OTHERS OR TO DO IT SO YOU FEEL BETTER IN TERMS OF SELF EXPECTATION WHILE YOU DO IT, THEN YOU WILL FAIL AT IT. THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE IS NO REASON TO BE SCARED IN FAILING, SINCE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS WHAT HAPPENS. NOT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN, WHAT YOU WISH TO BE HAPPENING OR WHAT DOESNT HAPPEN. SO CUT OUT DESIRES AND START ENJOYING.
edit: i myself have, for a very long time, a belief that i have to grow and fulfill my self expectations, which led me to the constant habit, constantly watching myself not to fail in something, mostly thinking and that opened up a world full of illusions which nearly made me vanish in my own self, but i did never loose hope.
Self Inquiry will cause this veil to be seen quickly
Alan Watts is such a gifted speaker. He speaks plainly, with emphasis where it's needed. It's a refreshing contrast to the 'spiritual' voices of people like Adyashanti or Alan Wallace who seem like they are 'trying to sound enlightened' or something (even if they are doing it unconsciously), always speaking in hushed tones and sounding like they have saliva problems.
What an intriguing opinion.
SillyBehavior
Thank you!
IMO, he was the most articulate exponent of Zen that the west has produced. He was no zen master, but he made amazing, beneficial use of his own awakening experience. He was my first introduction to eastern thought back in the 50's. Then I found D.T. Suzuki, and the universe of Buddhism began to open up for me. I have always been grateful.
Worrying is a waste of time, I learned not to worry a year ago from another Alen watts video and since then I can truly say I much happier and less stressed! Thank you for the video as always
what lecture was that video you mentioned from?
What video?
@@Deepskies1 overthinking will kill your reality.
You just can't stop something you have no control on.
@@johnmarston3080 you can’t stop it, but you (consciousness) can stop taking part in it which is what I meant in this comment.
Question : What is your Happiness?
Answer : Present Moment
Forever relevant
"How to leave the mind alone?" One of the biggest and most important questions which answer is worth looking for.
That is not at all a question. Cut distractions,sit still,breath. Do that for a day or two and you will certainly see everything you're looking for mentally is already there.
Sit in silence outside. Watch the wind blow through the trees, look at how pretty the sky is. For once, feel your connection with nature and not the internet. It will quiet itself.
+simich It is really important indeed. Google Truth Contest for amazing Insights about the mind and the universe and much more.
+simich In theory you can not since you are the mind, rather than you have a mind, therefore, you are unable to leave the mind since you can not leave yourself, you are your brain, mind and body, you are the mind, brain and body rather than having such things; they are in fact - in Wattsian way - three differences of the same sameness, or suchness.
Ano Nymous It's called spam,O bright one. Don't judge - lest ye be judged
If you want a clear, understandable description of how to stop your thoughts and be 100% free: read Eckhart Tolle: The power of now and start meditating (every day 10 minutes). My life completely changed in only 1 year! I was depressed for many years because I lost my parents at the age of 16 (I'm 27 now) and also I was naturally always a very shy person and felt always that I don't belong....
Now I never worry and every day is full of love and bliss and I can feel (physically) the connection to the universe through my chakras.
Sure I still fail in some situations or people are cruel to me, but it dosn't affect me mentally or emotionally.
You can do it too! I believe in you! : )
Thank you for shareing, this really helped me. Whereever you are now i pray you still doing great ❤
these words are better healers than any religious words would ever be
Well you should look into Advaita Vedanta. It is much more straightforward and direct compared to this.
***** it is what people need because it teaches you to the path to true self realization aka enlightenment with very little confusion
flat religion doesn't help in the long run
Not Advaita Vedanta, which encourages people to give up all beliefs and worldly knowledge.
So it is infact the very opposite of religion like Christianity where they would push a belief down your throat without explanation.
I don't know all of the religions but I assume the most known of them are punitive and heal people at the cost of deluding them from reality while what Alan Watts appears to say is a pure human philosophy supported by objective experiences, he starts from common ones and brings you to higher and more complicated ones instead of asserting beliefs with parachutes.
Alan watts should be automatically broadcasted on a global scale
I've watched this so many times that I've lost count. This is incredible. This is something that should be shown to every person on the planet, in a language they understand. This is life changing, profound, reverent and breathtaking. This is the universe explaining the universe to the universe. This is Alan Watts!
People need to hear this now more than ever
One of the valuable things Alan Watts brings to all this is a sense of humour; not irrelevant jokes to spice it up or help the message go down, but a real sense of how funny and paradoxical his subject matter is. And it IS! Here we are, going around pretending to be these characters that don't exist, making out that my nobody is better than your nobody! Or getting into a pissing contest about who is the nobodiest! NOBODY isn't!
Wonderful summation!
still good
He's saved my life so many times. Thank you alan
Addicted to thoughts.
If you are lonely when you are alone you are simply bad company.
Please check the description for more information on meditation and it's benefits. It truly is the single best way to reduce stress, anxiety and depression. And thanks for watching!
...thank you! ...excellent video!
Where can i find the longer version of this speech ? thnx :)
MrKaidalen Ashamed at what we have become? Surely people have always been just as greedy and terrible as we are today?
MrKaidalen Done :)
ZaaaaaM7 you didn't look at what I was replying too. Humans have not changed since Alan Warts died.
im extroverted.but i usually find truth when doing things alone.
I feel the most happiness with myself
This is absolutely amazing
+Sophiee Lewis
Indeed, indeed....
yes it is
I practiced a form of Korean Zen for about three years in the later half of the 90's, and I was so excited, I wanted others I knew to do it too. So I got several friends to accompany me one weekend, and after about 4 or 5 hours of the most silent time I had ever known before (it was also a bitter cold winter, with deep snow on the ground, and clear, vivid dark blue sky above), the wife of this friend suddenly broke down into quiet sobbing. She and her husband eventually left and drove back home, and I didn't understand what had happened for a while. Then I found out that this long silence, with nothing but one's mind for company, had been something this woman couldn't stand; and she had to leave. Meditation can (sometimes) be almost too much for some people. Now with the prevalence of I-phones and the like, I see this constant distraction everywhere, all the time. These things are not, in of themselves, the problem, but they do provide a way of escaping one's inner life.
This 'compulsive thinking' syndrome is such part of our daily lives, and meditation is an excellent way of finally seeing this inherent jitteriness! Perhaps plunging in isn't the correct way of going about this, but taking small steps further and further into the silence that meditation works best in is. Haven't we all, at some point in our lives, suddenly stopped in the midst of some mental vicious circle, and said (or thought): "STOP IT!" That's a good glimpse into this whole topic that Watts is talking about.
This video has allowed me to be alone with nobody for the past 3 years. As much as Alan states in this video, I wanna run away from myself, to entertainment, to girls, to anything that allows my brain to be busy processing thoughts as this allows me to avoid boredom and will entertain me and almost give me a purpose of waking up. Alan has taught me otherwise, I can make my mind shut up and relax and have the purpose of being alive. No matter how lonely you get as I have done, don't worry, you've always got yourself, your life which is something you will always have until having thoughts is no longer required, but resting is required, this stage of your little journey is death, don't be afraid of death but only embrace it, it is one of many gifts that life offers, a time to rest, a phenomenon that will completely rid of emotions such as worry.
I'm not religious I'm actually agnostic about god but I fear the possibility of the next life. I want peace, but I'm scared of this heaven and hell that people talk about.
this video changed my life.
i want days in the ocean, days in the forest. and ill work as hard as i can to be happy.
This talk is Mental Oxygen. What a relief, what a deep serenity behind these enchanting and calming words. We feel embarked in an immense sea of tranquility and repose...
"We are addicted to thinking"
I have found this out myself quite recently but I have never had a good way to put it until now. Thanks.
What an incredible speaker.
Alan Watts was a true intellectual.
At the times I was most happy, there were literally no thoughts in my head. Be it a concert of my favorite band, a time spent in pure love, or doing something full of action and excitement, there was only the experience and feelings of it. The mind and thoughts are naturally necessary but we have to learn to 'call it' only when needed.
I come back so frequently to these amazing videos , they give me space to wonder and detach briefly from my mind.
Alan Watts sounds like the universe itself talking to you.
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This guy died way too young he was way ahead of his time a credit to mankind! Very wise and clever gifted individual!
I understand no word, but I feel it.
weirdly enough, i listened to this whole thing so thoroughly.... I felt my mind go blank. As if all my thoughts disappeared. My brain felt cleansed of gunk. I bet I sound stupid, but wow. As someone dealing with add and constantly thinking every 5 seconds of a different idea or topic. I truly felt my brain go quiet, and just as the video came to an end I was able to tell myself to relax and only do that. I felt pure equilibrium with myself and earth
Two years ago when I saw this clip, it made me think about meditation. It had planted a seed. Now I meditate nearly everyday and has helped me change myself, and how I perceive the world. Thank you !
how are oyu now? :)
You will not stop worrying and over thinking, until you will realize that you have nothing to lose anymore. Until then you can just partially cover that feeling.
This guy has a powerful message. His voice is very calming and soothing. Thank you sir.
Precisely! How True, Thank God I do recognize this truth and do not suffer this condition. 💕🤗🙏🤓
I needed this right now. Things seem impossible. -June 20th, 2020.
So familiar, his words. Somehow, I have known that voice my whole life.
Alan Watts guided me through life,good and bad times. I found peace, joy, love and balance because of him. Thank you😌
I’ve listened to Alan Watts for decades. And I like to be with myself. I always have.
If you meditate and do yoga. This shit will really resonate with you in a different way then never before.
has it change for you?
Absolutely know what you mean. Just enhances the mind/body connection through breathwork and body movement not only thought alone. Like having a double shot of coffee instead of decaf
I spent four years of my life depressed and it doesn't worth it. Get out of this vicious circle guys ! I feel amazing now and I wish you success in trying to get over it ! Cheer up guys :)
How are you now? :)
Arthur Cleret sir please be respectful. ..thank u
Alan was, is and always will be amazing. And there is many many Alan Watts's among us.... in fact we all are. I am so happy to see all of you here, watching his videos and thinking similarly. It is really a pleasant feeling. Have a great evening wherever you are
Our true power is found in each breath. Thank you, Alan Watts, a million times thank you
To truly understand ourselves we need to transcend the most basic ways we think of reality. We need to see reality as it is and not how we think about it BUT that is only paradoxical because our experience of reality IS determined by how we think about it.
What we experience, the ONE experience creates our thoughts, but to experience we need to think about it. they are the same thing yet we split them up, jumble the experience into numbers and measurements with thinking and get a false created view of our reality, that one beam of light then gets fragmented by the prism of the mind.
Beautifully done, thanks for this.
The great thing about this is I get enraged when the advert comes on, but luckily the content calms me down again. Until I watch something else :(
krafty1708 google and download adblock plus... it's free and there'll be no more ads on any videos
Really? Wow, there's the best kept secret out of the bag, thanks for that.
I does feel like I've known this man my whole life even though I've never met the Man Alan Watts gone but will never be forgotten R.I.P
Alan Watts is the voice in my head when I wanna stop stressing or worrying and motivate myself.
"The mind is like a monkey jabbering all the time, and once you start thinking you can't stop"
hmmm i really felt that deep inside me wooow
Don't people think everyday lol
It's been a long while since the last Tragedy & Hope video. This was a great one! Never stop making these videos.
Meditation, love, compassion, respect, empathy, Shrooms. That’s my life.
WOW. Alan Watts is truly a genius.
A recorded conversation between Alan Watts and Terence McKenna would have been a true masterpiece to remember.
The general issue with the great Alan Watts is that he makes you think.
IDK HOW BUT ITS SCARY HOW MUCH I CAN RELATE TO EVERY ONE OF HIS SPEECHES!!!!! SOMETIMES I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF HE IS NOT SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO ME :)
I suffer from anxiety, and i just wanted to say thank you for making this video..
i love this side of youtube...
I want to travel the world so bad. But I'm always worried by what other tells me about money and careers and marriage and children. I have sleepless nights thinking about my life and the cycle I May end up taking or living a life that's not what I want
how old are you?
i feel u...got the same...
Definitely do it before you have kids
Surprisingly I want to do the same thing, please please please promise me you will travel the world, technically you answered this yourself , you said 'I want' and at the end of the day it's your life so always follow what you want to do and don't let others interrupt, life has a plan for you, please don't live a life you'll regret.
I just wanted to put my 2 cents (or pence as I'm from the UK) towards this. I was what was known as quite an introverted person, I had my moments of confidence don't get me wrong, but like yourself I was worried (and still am in certain regards) as to what other people would say about my decisions. It sounds cliche to say that the best time is now, but it truly is, otherwise your mind will make room for "there'll be other days" or "maybe tomorrow"'s. Travelling is one of the most accomplishing things you can do, from personal experience I bought a ticket to New Zealand with the intention of staying there for 2 months, I in fact stayed there for 3 years in the end. I made friends (many of which I am still in contact with today) with whom I shared amazing experiences and don't regret one minute of it. The thing that held me back from doing things was my own mind and doubts, it was masquerading as a safety net for rejection or for failure, but in the end failing to act on what you want to do can be one of the biggest regrets. I'd be more than happy to give you any more information on travelling in general or just the basics :)
I cry to this, it really touch my soul
Something extremely soothing about hearing how you know you feel.
I listen to this weekly. I connect with Alan Watts so well. He's truly fantastic.
good to listen to....especially for those who can't be alone!
Over thinking!
Stop running away from yourself. You cannot escape a thought because it is not outside of you. Seriously,think about what I just said. Peace
I want to stop, to be in control of my thinking and not the other way around..
Meditation is the answer to that. Easy as simple sitting down in a good position and trying to keep your mind either focused on something like your breathing, or nothing at all if you can manage that.
Give it a try if you are interested. If you do it daily for 5-10 min, you WILL notice a difference in a couple months.
Ive found on my journey that the best way for me to meditate is not to try and quite the mind, not to try and think of nothing, but instead simply let my thoughts happen. If I am trying to meditate and an off topic thought comes into my mind, I dont try to force it out. Trying to force it out takes thinking. So in other words, you are just creating more thoughts about how you dont want to be thinking. I have found that the thing to do is completely accept whatever the unwanted thought may be. Have the thought, recognize it as what it is, but dont associate with it or try and force it out. Dont let it trick you into thinking about it more heavily. That just creates another cycle of new thoughts. Simply observe the thought, as you would observe the branches on a tree blowing or the sound of the birds outside your window. Recognize it as something separate from yourself and let it fade into the background noise of your environment. Then do the same with whatever thought comes up next about how the first one left. And again, and again, and then suddenly, as you become the observer and not the thinker, there is nothing left to do the thinking, and you've made it.
I agree with TheDrunkenMantis Meditation works WONDERS my friend. There are a ton of books and even audio CD's on how to do it but this is a very good book I have seen on Meditation. TheDrunkenMantis is right. Learn to meditate and you'll start to find about 95.9% or more of what you worry about isn't even anything worth worrying about at all. :) www.amazon.com/gp/product/1492855235/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1492855235&linkCode=as2&tag=philofdrea-20&linkId=AQNCSRVF5SFPDR7K
cbotr thank you
Ivan Božić To make meditation easier, have fun with it. Your mind will not want to be in the present if it's bored so take an interest in your breathing and smile ~ the more fun you have the more you will commit :)
I've come back to this video from time to time over the last 5 years of my life. Each time I feel a little less anxious, and a little more still. Thank you for creating this, I share its breath.
There are many days that I am so physically and emotionally tired, that I feel like I am trapped on a treadmill with no stop button. These videos about men like Alan Watts give me hope and relief, because of their wonder and love for understanding the world around them. Thank you.
I've practiced yoga & meditation for about 2 1/2 years now after being inspired by the same teacher whom introduced me to Alan Watts as well. Life has been greater than ever, since then
Are you still meditating and yoga? :)
Amazing video. I find it difficult to quiet my mind sometimes. We have all these things too keep us bussy that its hard to simply be still.
So this helped me a lot.
you dont need to quiet the mind simply to realize that the mind its an ilussion and you are not it , the ego seems so real this we think we are the ego the voice in the heard but its also mind , so if you realize that you have done everythings you needed in this life let your mind think what he want to think and just observe without identify
alilouscript ali oh I see. It's like completely surrendering to the will of the universe aka-go with the flow?
Novek Reilehtam exactly..
Strangely enough I heard myself as this wise man speaks, and suddenly saw that I'm not depressed, but overstressed. This helped me more than the makers can imagine, thanks a lot.
when your mind is busy and you listen to this... you start thinking about your thoughts, thus proving him right.
Sorry, I usually don't skip advertisements because profits go to the user and I like your videos but a 15 minute advertisement?! Great video. Keep it up.
Hey Ricardo. Thanks :) And I am sorry to hear that you received a 15 minute advertisement, that is crazy! I have no control over what type of ads are displayed. I had no idea Ads that long even existed. I have no problem with you skipping that!
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+Konrad Ribeiro Exactly.
+Ricardo Navarro The poster has very limited control over what TYPE of ads are played, but not over anything specific about the ad.
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2:06 Is my favorite part. Makes you think .
Such a wise man. I often think about all these things but Alan Watts helps it all make sense.
In a way he's right because as much as we hate to worry, it's a part of us. All the distractions we give ourselves are just there to avert our attention away from it as the mind heals itself. But the thing is I don't do it to get away from myself; I do it to actually be myself and to get away from toxic people and things. Sometimes a little individuality can take you a long way. In my experience, it always does.
If Alan's words speak to you, I recommend the book: Inviting A Monkey To Tea, by Nancy Colier (subtitled: Befriending your mind and discovering lasting contentment).
It's along the same lines as Ekhart Tolle, and the ancient message found in Advaita Vedanta. I have found her guidance to be very explicit and easy to follow.
i hope watts' family gets the revenue from the adds u run on his lectures.....
Alan Watts is a genius. A deep, poetical genius.
Alan Watts is truly inspirational.
For some people once they stop worrying, they start feeling sad. Worry became a practice they thought would give them answers. Then they feel sad, like they lost a part of themselves that use to give them purpose, it's a damn illusion, and what kind of fuckery is that? LOL
***** like Alan Watts said, we like our own suffering lol
I watch this every day and will continue to do so. It speaks to me on so very many levels and I've learned to love this philosopher's work in general as well.
I'm so glad i found this guy❤
i love my self, i wish i loved others more awsell, and partying.. it all fits just that my escape is solitude, to a point.. now i long for company, but get uncomfortable when i get it. wait.. nvm im good now! just kidding but i'm so used to loving every aspect of life that it hurts now that i need to consentrate on being myself so much that i barely have time to love. look at me pouring out to strangers.. but for me it helps knowing others go trhu the same stuff, i feel i know but it feels better to see it, so maby one of the people reading this felt better, that makes it worth it!
Jesus can walk on water
Cucumbers are 97% water
I can walk on cucumbers
I am 97% Jesus
MAXnBOOM max lol
MAXnBOOM max 100% legit
MAXnBOOM max Hmm, pretty sound logic.
MAXnBOOM max Genius. You seem to follow Alan Watts way of thinking.
MAXnBOOM max ...lolll, that was a good one mate. Cheers! )
Alan Watts is so inspiring and true to his words..
Thoughts will go on forever. The best option we have isto be dedicated to someone, something or a cause (other than ourselves), who stays there in the back of head all the time, stopping rest of the negative, worrying thoughts, and keeping us busy in serving the object of devotion.