Why your life matters- The Deep Structure of existence | Alan Watts

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  • @TheNightWatcher1385
    @TheNightWatcher1385 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1152

    It's one thing to be told this. It's another thing to figure it out and experience it for yourself.

    • @xT0Xx
      @xT0Xx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      So true. I don't think that it is possible to understand this video completely, if you have not found it out yourself. Which makes it hard to share these thoughts with people :(

    • @zomb3kill3r
      @zomb3kill3r 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      xT0Xx A concept shared is no matter how close, is still so far from experience.

    • @kalebull4971
      @kalebull4971 9 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      ***** as open minded and "awake" as we are, it is our job to help others find the path that they need

    • @almadeliamendez3775
      @almadeliamendez3775 9 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      I found that out myself and freaked out, I thought I was going crazy, wasnt until i started to do some researches that I calmed down and felt proud of such discovery.

    • @aviatorlevi9
      @aviatorlevi9 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ***** Very true. To transcend the "I" takes a bit of effort. It requires letting go of concepts, precepts and any notions of the self that we cling on to so dearly.

  • @CalmestK
    @CalmestK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    You can’t help but to cry tears of joy, when you finally GET it.

    • @youngtevanced8818
      @youngtevanced8818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same.. I experience the same.. gosh..

    • @granillo5618
      @granillo5618 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would like to know what you think of it

    • @PradaCashHD
      @PradaCashHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@granillo5618 no word can explain it

    • @JohnD0129
      @JohnD0129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@granillo5618 we are spiritual energy beings here to experience the so called “ physical form “ just enjoy the dance 🕺🏽 when we “ die “ and leave this avatar body we are free to experience another journey. We are forever lasting.

  • @EmperorsNewWardrobe
    @EmperorsNewWardrobe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I'm coming to the conclusion that Alan Watts may be a healer for mankind's mental suffering, the reassuring grandparent to a world of secretly scared adults

    • @haidengeary8277
      @haidengeary8277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You clearly have no idea about who the guy was. He was a drunk, and a terrible husband.

    • @idahoplantguy9027
      @idahoplantguy9027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@haidengeary8277 Why do you feel the need to discredit someone just because you know something they don't?

    • @aidenconnor2126
      @aidenconnor2126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "It's not about the messenger, it's about the message"

    • @zackf3688
      @zackf3688 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said.

    • @christianstordahl8688
      @christianstordahl8688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alan Watts is you & you are Alan Watts. As am I you and you are I. As is the device that you are using to read this comment, is you.

  • @Will-xl7xp
    @Will-xl7xp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Reminds me of Bill Hicks quote, " All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow, vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves"

    • @pingagigante123
      @pingagigante123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love this philosophy

    • @Will-xl7xp
      @Will-xl7xp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Also another quote by Eckhart Tolle "You are the universe, expressing itself as a human for a little while." Very enlightening

    • @beefcakepantiehoes
      @beefcakepantiehoes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Here's Tom with the weather.

    • @lawrencegregory4605
      @lawrencegregory4605 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +beefcakepantiehoes Haha! :L

    • @ojorumiogedoh3275
      @ojorumiogedoh3275 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will Y I always felt this when was little...but I thought I was crazy.

  • @MrPlTA
    @MrPlTA 10 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    "Your skin doesn't separate you from the world, it's a bridge through which the external world flows into you and you flow into it."
    Love the way his brain works. Thank you TJOP for this beautiful rendition!

  • @Jgjules
    @Jgjules 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I remember being 5 years old on a trip to the planetarium and feeling this incredible connection, synergy, comfort, knowing, beauty of looking at the stars. It has stayed with me my entire life and now realize it was a very pure soul (by way of being so young and not yet conditioned) recognizing a part of itself. Beautiful

  • @Aaron_Gentry
    @Aaron_Gentry 9 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    I, and every other living thing on this planet, are sentient stardust. When ancient stars exploded eons upon eons ago, in effect, that is when all living things on this world were born. And thinking about it like that, you are not twenty, thirty, forty or seventy years old, you are already billions and billions of years old. You are not in the universe, you ARE the universe.
    And if that doesn't empower you and make you feel a little bit bigger, then I don't know what would :)

    • @ForevaTrue
      @ForevaTrue 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Im staring at a reflection of myself :)

    • @misaellegare
      @misaellegare 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Aaron Gentry Beautifully put

    • @killa3468
      @killa3468 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What self?

    • @ichbinsedon9402
      @ichbinsedon9402 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aaron Gentry h

    • @loucasanastasiou
      @loucasanastasiou 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow, amazing words Aaron, thank you

  • @anders5611
    @anders5611 6 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    There is only one Truth about reality but sadly it cannot be explained or described through words. You can only experience it. Until you let go of the ego ( who you think you are ) you won't be aware of the Truth which is right in front of your eyes. You are not a person experiencing the Universe. You are the Universe experiencing a person. Reality is absolutely infinite. You are nothingness. You are the emptiness that contains everything possible and nothing at the same time. Paradoxically, Reality itself is a paradox. There is no limit to reality because limits themselves are within reality. Every possibility and impossibility already exists right now in the present moment. There is no escaping reality because reality is all there is and will ever be.

    • @sabrinasmith933
      @sabrinasmith933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is the scary part right :) :) :) :) Anything really is possible. Very nicely worded

    • @kasia6598
      @kasia6598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      spot on. absolutely beautiful

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is Pantheism
      There is only ONE thing in existance constantly going through perpetual construction and deconstruction, infinite recycling of itself.
      You were formed by the metabolic process derived from the lifeforms that your mother ate when you were in the womb, like those beings your energy and the lowest levels of your composition will be consumed and returned to billions of things, just as you were billions of things in constant composition and decomposition before the birth of your current temporary composition.
      Just as with the process of individual beings, all material entities, the earth, solar system, galaxy and universe also goes through the same process of composition and decomposition and the process repeats forever. The ALL was never born and never dies.
      There is only the ONE thing in all of it's different forms and masks.

    • @STyl888
      @STyl888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So enlightening

    • @Phoenix-tv4gb
      @Phoenix-tv4gb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We are all infinite reflections of the One.... Imagine one being going into a room full of mirrors and seeing billions of reflections of himself... That is who we are 💝💝💝🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @MotivationalPhilosopher
    @MotivationalPhilosopher 9 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    You are as much the universe as the stars are in the sky, just like each cells in my body is as much me as the head on my shoulders. - #MP

    • @TheJourneyofPurpose
      @TheJourneyofPurpose  9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Motivational Philosopher love it!

    • @Nautilus1972
      @Nautilus1972 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Motivational Philosopher Every atom in our bodies came from the explosion of a star. We are the universe, who created us, to observe itself.

    • @MotivationalPhilosopher
      @MotivationalPhilosopher 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nautilus1972 perfect. #MP

    • @thenaeryndam9250
      @thenaeryndam9250 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nautilus1972 ive had this view since I can remember before I learned about atoms and philosophy. that life is just one way in.which we experience ourselves

    • @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385
      @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Screw u

  • @ucantSQ
    @ucantSQ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember when I first saw this, that we all flow from the same source of consciousness. I tried explaining it to people, but I got the sense that people didn't want to be reminded of that. As if they were saying, "Don't explain to me the rules of the game, just shut up and play!"

  • @danteking3596
    @danteking3596 8 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    wood is only hard in relation to a soft skin...a situation is only hard in relation to a soft will.

    • @martinumber1
      @martinumber1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Love it. Awesome connection. :)

    • @danteking3596
      @danteking3596 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      thanks

    • @caseywhalin8415
      @caseywhalin8415 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that's good

    • @rocksunjaxindie
      @rocksunjaxindie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Damn.......

    • @martinumber1
      @martinumber1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rocksunjaxindie Thank you for commenting, I remembered this video and Forgot how to find it. Thank you.

  • @nathanpatera9836
    @nathanpatera9836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    All is one. One is all.

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is Pantheism
      There is only ONE thing in existance constantly going through perpetual construction and deconstruction, infinite recycling of itself.
      You were formed by the metabolic process derived from the lifeforms that your mother ate when you were in the womb, like those beings your energy and the lowest levels of your composition will be consumed and returned to billions of things, just as you were billions of things in constant composition and decomposition before the birth of your current temporary composition.
      Just as with the process of individual beings, all material entities, the earth, solar system, galaxy and universe also goes through the same process of composition and decomposition and the process repeats forever. The ALL was never born and never dies.
      There is only the ONE thing in all of it's different forms and masks.

    • @georgieorgy5589
      @georgieorgy5589 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whatabouttheearth Beautiful. Well said.

  • @nigiastephens6984
    @nigiastephens6984 9 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I'll never grow tired of watching this. His words are healing to me. Well done.

    • @sweven9861
      @sweven9861 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nigia Stephens has gggg

  • @karlbuttler
    @karlbuttler 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Thank Goodness for Mr. Watts, and who ever made the effort to keep all these lectures in the History Banks..

  • @Bezol69
    @Bezol69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You yourself are the eternal energy that appears as this universe. You didn't come into this world; you came out of it. Like a wave from the ocean - Alan Watts. This quote from him is pure gold.

  • @lordoftheflings
    @lordoftheflings 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Who are the 82 trolls that downvoted this magnificent piece by Alan Watts?

    • @toruslife
      @toruslife ปีที่แล้ว

      My guess is they’re people that believe Alan’s words are an affront to their religious beliefs. Please don’t hate on them, Religion is their way of connecting with their inner spirit and they believe they must fight to protect it. 🤗

  • @saltaenutrof
    @saltaenutrof 8 ปีที่แล้ว +491

    Brilliant. Shouldn't this be taught at schools?

    • @vrsquz
      @vrsquz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      marigold1232009 well said

    • @hellooutthere8956
      @hellooutthere8956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Enutrof Salta no tht would be education. The school system indoctrinates.

    • @oskarostermann4734
      @oskarostermann4734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yes, it shall be taught. Philosophy together with science instead of religion and egoism.

    • @TFD.aep2
      @TFD.aep2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      the government doesn’t care about the schools

    • @haidengeary8277
      @haidengeary8277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Uh, it is.
      They do not "keep it to themselves to keep us in line". It hasnt been totally accepted for a terribly long time. I mean some of you are in your teens, perhaps older. Yet you take this idea to mean you are actually the universe. You're part of the universe just as you are the nation you live in. Did "stardust" make you? Well, over billions of years when a massive star explodes at the end of its life, the resulting high energy environment enables the creation of some of the heaviest elements including iron and nickel. The explosion also disperses the different elements across the universe, scattering the stardust which now makes up planets including Earth.

  • @koonerd321
    @koonerd321 10 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    "what you are basically, deep-deep-down far-far-in is simply, the fabric and structure of existence itself, and when you find that out you laugh yourself silly"

    • @alejandrolegra4543
      @alejandrolegra4543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes we were there...

    • @MrCool-vu1nr
      @MrCool-vu1nr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ok really strange

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is Pantheism
      There is only ONE thing in existance constantly going through perpetual construction and deconstruction, infinite recycling of itself.
      You were formed by the metabolic process derived from the lifeforms that your mother ate when you were in the womb, like those beings your energy and the lowest levels of your composition will be consumed and returned to billions of things, just as you were billions of things in constant composition and decomposition before the birth of your current temporary composition.
      Just as with the process of individual beings, all material entities, the earth, solar system, galaxy and universe also goes through the same process of composition and decomposition and the process repeats forever. The ALL was never born and never dies.
      There is only the ONE thing in all of it's different forms and masks.

    • @travishibachi
      @travishibachi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's what having a good sense of humor means. The ability to laugh at yourself knowing you are existence itself :)

    • @travishibachi
      @travishibachi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@whatabouttheearth There is only Oneness yes. Hope your day is going well, James :)

  • @ZombieWolfe
    @ZombieWolfe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I always wanted to know what God was. I thought to know what it is I had to be in some kind of religion. But The more I listen to Alan Watts the more I realize it's not about knowing its about realizing and understanding that we are all God pretending not to be God and just living to live. Like he said "the God hood is unknown to itself" all that life is, is a game. To have fun. And enjoy now.

    • @seri4832
      @seri4832 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      BLASPHEMY! _GOD_ is infinitely greater than we are, you aint' _GOD_ .

    • @kadenpeterson7320
      @kadenpeterson7320 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Black Hole stfu

    • @seri4832
      @seri4832 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kadenpeterson7320 no u

    • @kadenpeterson7320
      @kadenpeterson7320 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Black Hole 😘

    • @mebefuqu7406
      @mebefuqu7406 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe Black Hole is correct, you are clearly not God. God may very well be you though! ; )

  • @humanbeingenhanced6877
    @humanbeingenhanced6877 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I am in fucking sane. Billions and billions of years of solar galaxy creation, solar systems craetion, planetary creations... millions of years of incarnation to get to this point just to know that the reason of my existence is because I do??? that is.. that is utter, insanity. I AM INFUCKINGSANE, THAT WAS SO AWESOME.

    • @jestemriley6327
      @jestemriley6327 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wE arE connecteD what a wonderful realization. Nothing is truely serious.

  • @cadecampbell8047
    @cadecampbell8047 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    "You are the fabric and structure of existence itself..and when you find this out you laugh yourself silly". Haha, in that moment that's all you can do.

    • @instantkarma6592
      @instantkarma6592 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Word! Love that part as well. So powerful

    • @goose33
      @goose33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When i had my kundilini awakening i literally laughed/cried with happiness

    • @goldehh1069
      @goldehh1069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shane goose i’m excited for the day i have mine

    • @elizabethbailey4299
      @elizabethbailey4299 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats crazy lol but amazing at the same time

  • @MrSerpent89
    @MrSerpent89 10 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    in other words all humans, animals, plants, The Whole universe were all ONE CONSCIOUSNESS having different experiences at once! i experienced this feeling in a psychedelic trip i felt like i just wasnt me i was everything scary experience yet beautiful at the same time:)

    • @markwatney8641
      @markwatney8641 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember watching a movie a few years back that talks about this same thing. it wasn't a blockbuster or anything like that, so not sure if you got to watch it. 2014 Predestination - Ethan Hawke. Did anyone else watch it and get the same feeling about it ?

    • @lbombastik9582
      @lbombastik9582 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whats the purpose of all this then mate? Animals suffer from Being Hunted and eaten Daily.. Whats the purpose? Peace

    • @philippw3824
      @philippw3824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lbombastik9582 animals don't suffer, they experience pain that's true, but to suffer you need a brain to fight against what is and that is something only humans do.

    • @haidengeary8277
      @haidengeary8277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It says absolutely nothing about "being one consciousness". Neither does science.
      You people love to take scientific ideas and turn it into hogwash. Get a proper education.

    • @haidengeary8277
      @haidengeary8277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Whats the purpose of all this then mate? Animals suffer from Being Hunted and eaten Daily.. Whats the purpose? "
      The universe does not need "purpose". Do not put our human insecurities on the rest of the universe. Purpose? Thats up to you. Do you mean point, whats the point? To live, reproduce, survive. Other animals do the same thing, bacteria does the same thing. You are no different. Purpose, or meaning, is up to you.

  • @azunia4
    @azunia4 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Mr Watts, the catalyst of enlightenment.

    • @jestemriley6327
      @jestemriley6327 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maxime VH beautifully put

    • @PrimeNPC
      @PrimeNPC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "And in knowing That know you see that you never die"

  • @sparkely1122
    @sparkely1122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's so crazy, I couldn't stand listening to his videos. My brain just never could fathom what he was saying. Then in the last 3 months I had an extreme awakening brought on by a brutal "illness" I now listen to his talks and understand them as much as being on acid or mushrooms. It's so cool!!!!! Mind bending! My "illness" is now healed thanks to somatic meditation, allowing, accepting and Allan watts videos! Boom!

  • @janscott602
    @janscott602 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Once you realize your self is largely an illusion and that more or less the same versions of you will always exist in time and space, death becomes more like sleep and less like existential horror. This isn't magical thinking or reincarnation. It's the very reality that we inhabit.

  • @axplayakc
    @axplayakc 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I totally know what he means when he says "you will know when the universe shows you what it really is" for example...a few months ago i would say " wow i get it, thats weird,,, " but i only kind of understood it, but i thought i completely got it!!! then one day driving my truck at work on a dirt road in the middle of no ware i started thinking deep about what i new,, and then out of no ware i sat up strait grabbed the steering wheel and hit the brakes and started screaming "HOLY FUKN SHIT ....I AM THE UNIVERSE" my life has changed completely since then,, i am not the same person i was 2 months ago, the only thing the same is my body!!! I DESIGNED MY OWN UNIVERSE AND WOW!!! TRUST ME!!!

    • @alexdragon6893
      @alexdragon6893 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kc Poopiepants i'm happy that you understood brother.
      Blessings!

    • @axplayakc
      @axplayakc 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Wondering Wanderer I sure do!!!

    • @barancekim3060
      @barancekim3060 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What does it mean that to be universe?

    • @MrDionstarrr
      @MrDionstarrr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kc IMNAIBRAIN I'm trying to get to where you are at brother. congrats on your rebirth.

    • @inferno3080
      @inferno3080 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      slimjimdion I don't understand!! What did he discover??

  • @connorreed417
    @connorreed417 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I cried tears of joy from this video. The first time I first hand experienced this feeling. I thought I was crazy or going insane. When I would describe it to other people, no one would understand me and they would think I was crazy. I now realize that I am the correct one and everyone who doubted me just will not know what I mean unless they experience it

  • @v1nAyA
    @v1nAyA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In Hinduism, there is a description of the 1st person to know this fact, the fact which is TRUTH itself about LIFE. We call him god. So, from that very moment, he's trying to wake the world since then, maybe from billion years, but some wake up some don't. I've not yet. Alan Watts did in the past century. So, my point is, making Human blossom, is a very very hard task even for enlighted beings working together. Anyways, I must say LIFE is so beautiful that nobody can give any explanation other than it being a dream of a being who is light itself. Let wisdom hit us all.

  • @vurvurvur
    @vurvurvur 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    dude i need to sit down, this video was just too good.

  • @damo778
    @damo778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You are..The fabric an structure of the universe it's self. I love this guy so much

  • @S4rdon1c
    @S4rdon1c 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    His voice is so calming and soothing

  • @fulldead7416
    @fulldead7416 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    gives me chills every time I see the picture of intergalactic space moving backwards.. so many galaxies. so much possibility of life. so expansive.. so beautiful.

  • @nurse-oj3gm
    @nurse-oj3gm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just cried. When he said the part about look at the stars and say that's me. I 100 percent found what I am.

  • @donaldhoover1254
    @donaldhoover1254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I first heard Alan in 1956 when I was 8. He was my teacher then and still is.

  • @behemoth97123
    @behemoth97123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The biggest thing that surprises me is that I didnt hear about alan watts until 2015.
    I appreciate the internet and people like this that spread his teachings.

  • @ryanrodriguez8926
    @ryanrodriguez8926 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "And when you find that out you laugh yourself silly" I honestly did and then laughed some more at the fact that he caught me :)

    • @SwAxiJoHn
      @SwAxiJoHn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Now your still walking on 2 feet paying taxes fantasy helps but making it sound soooo serious is annoying

    • @thegreathawk3659
      @thegreathawk3659 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SwAxiJoHn 💩

  • @hollythomason9013
    @hollythomason9013 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am that thing I see far far away in great telescopes. I love Alan Watts' words, and I needed to remember.

  • @Phoenix-tv4gb
    @Phoenix-tv4gb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We are all infinite reflections of the One.... Imagine one being going into a room full of mirrors and seeing billions of reflections of himself... That is who we are 💝💝💝🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @alejandrolegra4543
    @alejandrolegra4543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always felt something like this but i couldnt express it or put into words. This gentleman gave words to my experience.

  • @TrojansFirst
    @TrojansFirst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had that experience he talks about at the end. I laughed for 8 hours straight. It started near the peak of a 9.5 dried gram mushroom trip.

  • @ryanfatal
    @ryanfatal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Perhaps this is what Jesus realised. When he tried to explain it, everyone mixed up his sentiments and created an entire religion based on a misunderstanding. He understood he was the eternal energy of the universe manifested briefly as a human-being; hence ''son of god'. It's almost comical to think about really.

    • @davidcraig7771
      @davidcraig7771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ryan I understand what you are saying but he was in reality a practicing Jew. He claimed to be the prophetic messiah of the Jews.

    • @lukehartsfield5646
      @lukehartsfield5646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No not quite
      Jesus understood his nature of being 100% God and 100% man. His goal on this earth was to become a propitiation for our sins and reunite us with God in eternity. His message was clear throughout scripture. He gave us wisdom to allow us to live godly lives in the wake of his second coming. The religion (if it must be called this) was created long before and Christ simply fulfilled over 300 prophecies in his coming. The reason was because of our sinful nature and because “the wages of sin is death” we need a savior as our spirits had become eternally separated from God. We know there is nothing we can do to save ourselves . “For by grace you have been saved, through faith. This is not a result of your own doing but a gift of God; so no one may boast.” But simply believe in his deliverance, accepting our sinful consequences, and admitting the need of a savior, unlocks His eternal kingdom. Didn’t mean to share the entire gospel with you but I kinda did

    • @crypt1d550
      @crypt1d550 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luke Hartsfield no one asked you to either

    • @uusa
      @uusa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stop talking about myths... this is science..

    • @hamsafarvlogs8718
      @hamsafarvlogs8718 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats what people do to prophets

  • @2TheAbbeyClinic
    @2TheAbbeyClinic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Buddhism is like a technology that teaches you to become established in this reality- that you are NOT. You are inseparable from everything that came before and will come, from everyone. It's hard to remain established in this truth, while living in the world, but Alan Watts helps you do this. He is a master.

    • @rediatabate7338
      @rediatabate7338 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      W.J. Kelly

    • @kenmcleong8175
      @kenmcleong8175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree, if I know this at childhood, my life would be much better

  • @chinstroker1862
    @chinstroker1862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alan watts speak such sense...to think he died almost 40 years ago is mind blowing...

  • @TigerintheMist
    @TigerintheMist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This gentleman is completely 100 percent right when you think of it our body is of the earth but the breath of life that God gave us is of the universe because he is the creator of the universe and the universe came out of him and he put the universe into us which makes us an unstoppable abundance !!!!!!

    • @TheRealFufuchs
      @TheRealFufuchs 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did the universe come out of god's anus? .__.

    • @TigerintheMist
      @TigerintheMist 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lolololol I would say his conscience so which makes us the ambassadors of earth and the universe think about it

    • @aziz04ify
      @aziz04ify 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      the fact that you mention God proves you don't know Alan Watts quite enough.
      He is not a deist ( christian, Mulims or Jews " and the variants of each religion), he doesn't believe in a God who created the universe and therefore us.
      He is more a Pantheist, that means that Pantheists do not believe in a distinct personal or anthropomorphic god. Some Eastern religions are considered to be pantheistically inclined.

  • @alexander2705
    @alexander2705 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is only passion to know the truth, the love, strive towards understanding and finding that which we look for all our lives, ourselves, in this path of learning is the key to all the doors inside of us,we are it... we are what we are looking for,we are love.

  • @avatarmccravy5210
    @avatarmccravy5210 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    this is absolutely awesome, i spent all night watching videos by alan watts confirming some incredible realizations. this morning i got onto youtube to watch a few more, i wondered why i hadnt seen this one last night. and that is because this video was uploaded today, crazy. :)

  • @mobiustrip1400
    @mobiustrip1400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alan said so many beautiful things, he's a Yoda in many ways. He surprises you with a simple turn of phrase all the time... You do not come into the world, you come out of it.

  • @JayJohnBryce
    @JayJohnBryce 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "Wow, that's me!"

  • @Chris-sg4th
    @Chris-sg4th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you werent born into the universe, you were born out of it, we are the universe being aware of itself.

  • @Crawdad_Nick
    @Crawdad_Nick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Have we grown tired of forgetting ourselves yet? Is it time to rest from the game and remember again?

  • @rotschimmel
    @rotschimmel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We are our beings plus the environments we live in. We can't be separated from that. Alan Watts was a true Master.

  • @renefraters8780
    @renefraters8780 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Why?? That is me..... So beautiful.

  • @dimetime99
    @dimetime99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I'm listening to Mr. Watts speak, I feel like my mind is expanding, opening or relaxing. I really can't describe how I feel while listening to him. Its not just in my head, it's throughout my entire body. It's kind of a tingling, soothing sensation that resonates inside and outside of my body. I can't be the only person that feels this way while listening to Mr. Watts speak. If you're reading this and you experience similar or odd feelings while enjoying Mr. Watts , I would love to know what you feel , if you don't mind. I apologise for my vague attempt to describe these feelings.

  • @butterflyman33
    @butterflyman33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man is a genius.

  • @jeffclark1129
    @jeffclark1129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I AM ETERNAL! I am ancient, sentient stardust just waiting for the day when my consciousness returns to the Universe. Who knows! I may have existed in some form eons ago, as an animal, a person, or a star! Worth thinking about.

  • @jgallant3814
    @jgallant3814 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This video saved me...

  • @Cicuta__
    @Cicuta__ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank god for this man. He has enriched my life with feelings and thoughts that I never thought possible!

  • @WildWarriorBill
    @WildWarriorBill 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    it was beautiful tjop, thank you

  • @Crichjo32
    @Crichjo32 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is what we should teach in schools. Learning language, science, maths and other skills are important yes. But teaching kids that our very existence is an absolute wondrous miracle, that we are the universe, we are one and all, and that we should love ourselves and each other. That is the most important teaching, which all other teachings will follow after. Once we all know this, there are no limits to what we can achieve.

    • @ChrisOakesCO
      @ChrisOakesCO 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly what the pointy hat wearing child molesting vatican doesn't want people to know.

  • @Slumber-gz5rx
    @Slumber-gz5rx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We are light we are life we are all the same we are all one

    • @martygenplay5646
      @martygenplay5646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are also darkness, without darkness you would not be able to tell between light and darkness...

  • @gangigirl1
    @gangigirl1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The source of all light is in the eye.
    If there were no eyes in this world there would be no light.
    You evoke light out of the universe.
    Eternally grateful to Alan Watts for ever opening my eyes so I can let the light in.

  • @ThaRSGeek
    @ThaRSGeek 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks for this amazing video!

  • @solodolotrevino
    @solodolotrevino 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alan Watts developed his own theory of everything mixing science and eastern philosophy to give us a beautiful and simplified explanation of what this whole thing is. I’m forever grateful for his work.

  • @MrOAKIL246
    @MrOAKIL246 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Anyone else crying...?

    • @Torres1710
      @Torres1710 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yes :) but smiling at the end, when he says: "when you find that out, you laugh yourself silly."

    • @Weirdbrah
      @Weirdbrah 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MrOAKIL246 i feel you guys.

    • @MikeKollin
      @MikeKollin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes.,...

    • @rumarin84
      @rumarin84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gets me every time it randomly toggles into my videos and I click on it.
      I'm always like "You beside me, YES YOU! Stop cutting onions!" ;o;

    • @TheStruggler101
      @TheStruggler101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@degaussingatmosphericcharg575
      He makes no assertions, this is literally the reality of things, and science has shown this to be the case. That reality is that YOU are the universe. You are not something that was outside of it that was placed into it when you were born, you grew from it, you are something the whole universe is doing. The human condition (A product of our biology and evolution), makes us feel as if we are something inside our bodies (behind the eyes and between the ears). We think that we are the ego, which is the idea and opinion you have of yourself and the world, but we know that this is a complete illusion. The self is an illusion. This universe is just a big playing of energy, and the human being is just a complicated pattern of energy, and this pattern has given rise to consciousness and essentially allowed the universe to observe itself. When you realise this, that there is no duality (self and other) and that it is just one big playing of energy, you loose the idea that you are just some poor little thing inside of the universe, a stranger, afraid in a world that it never made. You are this universe, and there is no woo woo rubbish or outlandish claims made in that, it's just the way things are.

  • @richardmignone1184
    @richardmignone1184 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's not about figuring out or understanding as that would be just another, albeit interesting, philosophy. Alan Watts is speaking these truths from his very EXPERIENCE of life. This experience is available to anyone willing to investigate their own nature. So what he's saying is interesting as an idea, but sublime as an experience...

  • @hamidcoolboy
    @hamidcoolboy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Incredible editing, well done and thanks

  • @RastaMonn
    @RastaMonn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As these tears fall down the face, joy of knowing I am connected and cannot ever truly "die". "I" am evrything
    Finally I have connected the dots a little further. Thankyou 🙏😂Thankyou 😌

  • @brianb5939
    @brianb5939 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This hit me hard.

    • @markdelej
      @markdelej 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hit “who” hard?
      There was no one there to get hit!

  • @baltofanforever
    @baltofanforever 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    True awakening for those who are still asleep. Allan watts is forever the greatest philosopher of the times.

    • @TheNightWatcher1385
      @TheNightWatcher1385 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasn't really his philosophy. He merely packaged it for a western audience. And for that I'm eternally greatful.

  • @Gwyllm01
    @Gwyllm01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank You Isaac. Much appreciated.

  • @jazzsnare
    @jazzsnare 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    More us than I. Had to stop there for a bit. How priceless. Watts continues to be a great source now as when he lived.

  • @molomix23
    @molomix23 9 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    it's nice talking to ourselves huh guys hahha we are just a being experiencing itself

    • @molomix23
      @molomix23 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We are creation, we are the intuit, we are the fire, we are the parable we are, we are, we are, we are

    • @I_Am_Midnight-i
      @I_Am_Midnight-i 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Pr3ssPl4y We are the universe, but we are different parts of it, therefore we are not the same being. It's a nonsense to call "you" me since that is logically equivalent as asserting that you don't have a conscious of your own. Try to think a little next time.

    • @Baumgardner
      @Baumgardner 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +ByRTD yO (byRTD) You are assuming separate consciousness must make something not part of a single whole. You have no logical basis to make that assumption. You have different parts of your brain that are separate - conscious and unconscious thinking. Perhaps we have a lot consciousness points, like a bunch of eyes.

    • @I_Am_Midnight-i
      @I_Am_Midnight-i 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dr. Michael Baumgardner Are you trying to be stupid on purpose or are you just joking? My existence is the only thing in the whole universe I cannot doubt. I am aware that I am thinking, feeling, doubling, therefore I exist. Even an illusion requires my consciousness to exist. I can doubt the universe exists, but I cannot doubt my existence. Sorry but you failed. Yes, the proposition that we are the universe is sound and valid but not the proposition that we are the same being. Your flaw is thinking that just because we are part of the same being that therefore that makes us the same, but that is not true since we have different minds.

    • @I_Am_Midnight-i
      @I_Am_Midnight-i 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dr. Michael Baumgardner Even if it's only one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, that still doesn't make us the same being by the simple facts that we have different properties such as different minds and experiences. You guys are confusing the idea that just because we are the universe looking at itself that therefore that makes us the same being ignoring that we have different unique properties such as different minds like I've said.

  • @MrJamesdryable
    @MrJamesdryable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the most important concept man has discovered. Nothing else matters in comparison.

  • @GiaS777
    @GiaS777 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ""And when you find that out, you laugh yourself silly." LOL how true...:D ♥ ☼

  • @krisblackman83
    @krisblackman83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YOU are Your Own Universe. LOVE and you will EVOLve.
    People were created to be loved & things were created to be used. The reason why the world
    is in chaos is because things are being loved & people are being used.

  • @DavidColyer
    @DavidColyer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your efforts are producing positive impacts on society. :)

  • @USAisNoLongerFree
    @USAisNoLongerFree 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ive said for a very long time that I feel the human body is the universes most advanced, evolved form that it has taken to explore and experience itself, subjectively. in other words we are all the universe itself, each wearing this highly evolved biological suit it has designed in order to explore and play inside of all of creation. I wonder how reasonable that sounds

  • @HesitantBear
    @HesitantBear 9 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    its 4:30am and its way too late to have an existential crisis

    • @chrisparker2118
      @chrisparker2118 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How does this make you feel purposeless? I find great comfort and a sense of purpose when I watch this.

    • @DragonGoddessMagick
      @DragonGoddessMagick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      time is just an illusion made up by mankind 😉 Anytime is the perfect time for an existential awakening ☮

    • @amiewonch3526
      @amiewonch3526 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      God is here Alan said so

    • @amiewonch3526
      @amiewonch3526 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      God is here Alan said so

  • @selvynquijada5599
    @selvynquijada5599 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I listen to this every other month, because sometimes; the world just simply gets to me; thank for your thoughts Mr.Watts, they help me every passing day, I just need a reminder.

  • @carlofantozzi7404
    @carlofantozzi7404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He right though, because when I figured it out, I was driving. And sure enough, I literally laughed myself silly. Wondering how the hell I did not know this all along. LMAO

  • @theshape1681
    @theshape1681 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first one minute and 27 seconds of this video is the most inspiring and moving spiritual teaching I have ever heard. I found Alan Watts about a year ago and I listen and read everything I can by him.

  • @LeeDahle
    @LeeDahle 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you.

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin9602 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the eternal thing that comes and goes. You evoke light out of the universe with your eye. The whole cosmos looks out through us. We are the fabric and structure of existence itself.
    Thanks Alan. 🤩🌷🎯🌎🐧💖🥂🎈🌴⚡🤠🌾

  • @soniavenegas13
    @soniavenegas13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Awesome

    • @user-lf6bo6ur4f
      @user-lf6bo6ur4f 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      먼지씻어 멋진작품 작품 주셔서 감싸듯 극적인 차원 우주 감사합니다, 친구 주셔서 행복 하세요 ^..^ 미소

  • @Dimethyltriptamin
    @Dimethyltriptamin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This always get me back to earth when I am lost.

  • @koonerd321
    @koonerd321 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    life changing video ....... srs!

  • @jasont4532
    @jasont4532 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This message with that music. Chilling.

  • @Dhamma_Nomad
    @Dhamma_Nomad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Have you ever felt the Universe in your heartbeat?

    • @haidengeary8277
      @haidengeary8277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, because my heart is just beating to pump blood.

    • @MrCool-vu1nr
      @MrCool-vu1nr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea pretty much everyday.

  • @TheMissingLink1
    @TheMissingLink1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Alan Watts saved me, as I'm sure he saved a good deal many others, from the very brink. I was lost and asleep. He helped me wake up.

  • @newcasual22
    @newcasual22 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Haha Could literally send you insane this stuff! Still I enjoy questioning my sense of reality.

    • @hxhxhgfd
      @hxhxhgfd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      alan wxm I disagree with that. The realization that you are as much part of the universe as the stars and galaxies and planets out in space, in fact that you are simply a function or expression of the universe itself, is eye-opening. The ability to look beyond yourself as a superficial entity separated from the cosmos to what you really are; an action that the universe is performing, just as a galaxy is or a star is or anything else, is so invigorating as to give you tingles up your spine. I don't find it maddening. I find it enlightening. You are as much everything as everything else; in fact, what basically is "you" is everything.

    • @indexer69
      @indexer69 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alan wxm It's comforting to know we can never die and we have lived for millions of years. Fear of death will send you insane. Good that we question our sense of reality, which is our's alone. I see insanity in this "real world" and none in the "buddhist world"

    • @lawrencegregory4605
      @lawrencegregory4605 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Ethan d "I disagree with that. The realization that you are as much part of the universe as the stars and galaxies and planets out in space, in fact that you are simply a function or expression of the universe itself, is eye-opening. The ability to look beyond yourself as a superficial entity separated from the cosmos to what you really are; an action that the universe is performing, just as a galaxy is or a star is or anything else, is so invigorating as to give you tingles up your spine. I don't find it maddening. I find it enlightening. You are as much everything as everything else; in fact, what basically is "you" is everything" - Yes!! Love this :)

    • @JonasAnandaKristiansson
      @JonasAnandaKristiansson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, this is the stuff that makes a person go from insane, to sane :)

  • @jasonandash
    @jasonandash 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is a mirror,if you was prevented from seeing your own reflection your entire life your concept of yourself is mental not physical now your confronted with your reflection and you find yourself introducing yourself to yourself to know oneself is more important than any knowledge there is because when the gig is up and the time is near that's all you have and Alan watts made it simple

  • @arcad1an292
    @arcad1an292 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The journey of no purpose, is what life really is

    • @wujiarts6866
      @wujiarts6866 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      WISE ARCADIAN
      The purpose is to be :))

    • @arcad1an292
      @arcad1an292 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wuji Arts
      Purpose- the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.- an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal.
      So, by definition, purpose means something ( some-thing ) is done for a goal ( the terminal point, or an end ). Alan teaches us that what is ( the universe) is ultimately No-thing and without end, no future...only the eternal Now. Furthermore, he teaches that nature is defined as spontaneous, without premeditation, unplanned, purposeless.
      Our journey has no purpose, our being has no purpose. You can give it whatever purpose you desire (and we suffer because we desire)

  • @phientanglement801
    @phientanglement801 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came on to this realization shortly before I saw this video and began to ask myself if I was crazy, then I heard it from Mr. Watts mouth and am quite positive now I'm not crazy. We are all so obviously one.

  • @Fuzzled369
    @Fuzzled369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Am I the only one who cried at this

    • @lukeharris1bear
      @lukeharris1bear 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, you're not the only one. Far from it.

  • @ff_hao
    @ff_hao 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    His every word makes me melt and I am bursting into tears everytime I realize something which...I am.

  • @RoseMarieRaccioppi
    @RoseMarieRaccioppi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Proclaim along with me ...
    I AM the rising and setting sun
    I AM the waxing and waning moon
    I AM the ebb and flow of the tides
    I AM the inhalation and the exhalation
    I AM the giving and the receiving
    I AM the challenge and the quest
    I AM the light and the shadow
    I AM the past and the NOW
    I AM I, the Ascension Manifest
    I AM blessed BE , Birth Eternal.
    In Creation's Grace,
    Rose Marie Raccioppi
    Poet Laureate
    Orangetown, New York

  • @Aum_shantishantishanti111
    @Aum_shantishantishanti111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow just had a breakthrough , if I am the fabric and substance of existence itself then I am everything, if my atoms are the same as other atoms then that makes me the same as everything. Now , I’ve done mushrooms a lot and went so far out in my consciousness that is was unbelievable that it could happen until I did , plus I’ve had bliss states that was pure , raining tears and just an opening of my being . Those experiences unlocked a door within myself . I still struggle with the eternal part . My consciousness is eternal ? After death my spirit rejoins universe love ? It appears it does . Until I experience this through direct experience I’ll just smile anyways cause it’s truly a beautiful miracle what we are , what we see and just the beauty all around . Opening up .

  • @hollyk435
    @hollyk435 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fantastic video ...

    • @yesmkaymakcan1660
      @yesmkaymakcan1660 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ı love hım so much and lıke thıs vıdeo too he ıs great and Thank you Holly kısssss you

    • @hollyk435
      @hollyk435 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your welcome yesim...hugs and kisses..

    • @EsperanzaUrueta
      @EsperanzaUrueta 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Allen John MIller is from the Spirit World check him out, he talk about it

    • @hollyk435
      @hollyk435 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Okay is he on utube

    • @andrewwilson4953
      @andrewwilson4953 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      holly kelley don't listen to that guy he's nuts

  • @Rex_Lordship
    @Rex_Lordship 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have lived this realization and am continuing to live it while I am alive.

  • @samolux
    @samolux 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guess that is what you remember sometimes on hallucinogenic drugs, like shrooms or even dissociative drugs like n2o and ketamine. That super obvious simple "answer" that you can never really remember or explain easily. (Except if you're Alan Watts)

    • @YarikSychov
      @YarikSychov 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      grip the memory while under the effect and try to stay mindful whenever you can. Meditate and watch your emotions, thoughts, intentions. Eventually, you will find yourself in this well known memory but with no drugs involved.