Alan Watts - Acceptance of Death and Meaning of Life
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- We have a culture to live life as if to survive and to hush the idea of death, to avoid this topic of discussion. Alan Watts explores this taboo with a different approach, that death and life are like fronts and backs of the same coin. Death gives meaning to life and gives us the opportunity to understand what life is all about
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This helped me brace myself for stage 4 cancer. I don't know how to explain it but it removed my fear of what was to come next.
Not brace but embrace life my dear. You are energy and energy never ceases ...
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Hey man
You still here?
@@rubendias7356 do you not know what stage 4 cancer is?
RIP boi, love you wherever you are right now. As quick as it was to read your comment, its weight wasn't as easy to grasp. Your comment means something to me, I hope you know this somehow...
the last minute, when he talks about the way kids see the world......it's just amazing. I would like to see the world again the way a child does.
+touareg91m I agree....we become programmed as we get older,i remember daydreaming as a child,it was magical
They to Programm us.. Creativity is the greatest act of Rebellion in existence.
Cosmos Fate you are a beautiful soul I hope you are enjoying your life
a lot of people compare the experience of psychedelics to be very similar to being a child again, you gain that childlike wonder back.
they aren't for everyone though, especially if you have a history in your family of mental illnesses or psychosis.
touareg91m you can...just imagine again
It's a weird thing life, beautiful. I am 17 and learning more and more about the journey. When my dad passed away last year, i had a sense on why we are here...To be and to create love. Within 5 minutes of my dad passing away i felt a powerful sense of what i can only describe as being love reach inside of me. I stopped crying, and just felt peaceful with this buzz inside my chest. I am so grateful to my higher power for feeling that, so grateful to my dad too. Its made me feel more understanding on the process of life. That one moment, impacted me so much.
matsterness that was beautiful. I'm sorry for your loss.
matsterness, I hope you're doing good!
this was a very powerful thing to read and it really made me feel what you felt, I can't imagine what its like to lose a parent but I would hope I can deal with it the same way as you when the day does come, I've spent the lat 20 years trying to find my dad and only get to see him once a year at the moment as he's in Canada so I would literally be distraught if that was to happen. hope your doing well now and have learnt many new things about life :)
Matsterness do you still feel the same way today that you felt 3 years ago. You have grown some; Has this growth changed your view of life and death?
My dad passed away a year ago, and i can say i felt exactly the same way you described it, he passed away from cancer, and his last couple hours where he was in a state of brain-death, and when he took his final last couple of breaths, i stopped crying and realized that that was his chapter in life, which touched me in a way that, i realized i have to love and embrace all the moments i have with anything and everyone on my journey... A year later since the last reply, i hope matsterness somehow remembers he made a comment on this video with his story, i hope to hear from you, and if not, have a peaceful life, to you, and everyone else reading this comment.
Alan Watts is one of the most insightful humans I have ever heard!
Without life there cannot be death, and without death there cannot be life. The point that modern society completely misunderstands is that it is not how you die that is important at all, it is how you lived. So the ultimate consequence of birth, is death, and this transition alone is The Journey of Purpose
That is beautifully said.
+Mark Edwards words of wisdom
Very very well said
I don't get upset when someone dies! I get upset because I will miss them. The journey of life is so amazing! please everyone enjoy your life be happy it's to short! don't hold grudges against family or people close to you! it will be a regret because one day they will be gone. ✌
Mr Anomalous, this comment me cry so much. Thank you for opening my mind
Well said. Pretty much sums up my feelings. I hope to leave this earth with love in my heart.
I am afraid of death and dying. I hope we can live forever oneday.
Talhah Khan that’s never gonna happen because that’s not living...you can not have existence without non existence just as you can’t have an up without a down or cold without hot. It’s all a balance from the universe and we are all made up of energy from the universe that’s the real you. You are just experiencing life in a physical form that is not the real you. And that’s the problem us humans have. We have hidden from the fact that our physical body is not the real me or you. We are all one massive ball of energy.
Thank you man, same to you 🙏
Alan Watts was on another level. Brilliant
His mind was truly one of a kind
Just lost my mother, was in the terrace of my house. looking at the sky, I can feel the presence of my mother. I can feel her more alive now than ever, if its okay to say that. I come down, switch on my computer to this video in the recommendation. I feel magical divinity within me and I connect with everything that is alive.
Chandana C beautiful
Hey i hope you are doing better now. I'm incredibly sorry for your loss. May God be with you. 🙏
But there is still pain.
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@@mariannecohen7675 Of course there still will be pain. No loss goes without some measure. "Pain is life is inevitable, but suffering is optional." Meaning that of course there's pain occasionally in life, but it is the mental suffering that does not need to be there. Which can make the original suffering greater.
"I've experienced a great deal of pain and suffering in my life .... most of which has never happened." ~ Mark Twain
By opening your heart and mind to the greater picture. That there are many more people who are going through the exact experience, if not worse, and by refocusing the picture from self to others, your own suffering can be taken care of as a byproduct.
I hope that this helps you, and all others, even in a very small way. ~Sent with warm greetings. 😊
The past few days have been drowning in thoughts of death. Why it happens, how it happens and how it feels when it happens. Some days those thoughts would feel so real that I would snap out of them panting, trying to grab my breath. What I then realised was that what I'm really afraid of, is not just death but that everything has come to an end. Listening to Alan Watts has put my fears of death to rest. I am no longer afraid
Yeah, ever since I joined the military I've thought about what happens when we do. I just gotta except it happens and that's it.
I've had one perdiod like this in my life and i was 7.
I'm going through this at 28 and i just can't sleep at night because it feels like dying in some way.
The irony is, I've got "Memento mori " (be mindful of death") tattooed on my arm. I am aware pf death, and that's why i'm scared.
Most people don't think about it,they just enjoy the journey,they will sometime think about it when someone dies and that's it, back to normal. I'd like to be like them lol
DimDisaster I had this period on and off since I was 12. Then I listened and read Alan Watts and it’s was like a my whole perspective shifted. I’m not afraid of death, in fact, I embrace and laugh about it even. I gives me peace that all of this will one day fade, so all I have to do is enjoy the ride.
The part with the bomb hits me hard every time. I was in a bad motorcycle wreck at 160 mph and flew around 180 feet. Felt like ages, first terrified but after a while i felt this feeling that everything is ok and will be fine. Like being comforted and i felt no fear, just love. 1000 of thoughts went through my mind and i saw my relatives and family vividly. I am an atheist but this is really what alan is talking about. I dont fear death, ride faster and harder then ever before.
I don't fear death too...it's just the next phase of life...but I damn will miss the memories when I'm gone...why...I miss the good old days this instant
I had to put my cat to sleep today. I knew I would have to spend time on youtube listening to Alan Watts. Had it not been for my interest in Alan Watts starting almost a year ago, I don't think I could hold it together. My entire outlook on life has changed since listening to him and reading his books. It made her passing so much easier on me that I can barely describe it. Her energy is out there, free from this side. I will never forget you Lady, and I will always love you. Thank you to every content creator that spreads this man's extraordinary views on life.
True words
I am so sorry for your loss. Your post helped me so much as I had to put my cat down two weeks ago and I believe her spirit is around me-and her energy is free as you said. Bless you!
I lost most of my family the ones that hurt the most are my parents. I’m 36 years old I’m constantly fighting anxiety but Alan is therapeutic I couldn’t find a better therapist with a million bucks. He’s one with the universe now Rest In Peace.❤️
These videos explain so much, over the past few months they have helped me on my journey to peace and happiness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart guys!
Brody Hall thank you, we are humbled to share Alan's amazing work
theJourneyofPurpose TJOP Alan is one of the people whose influence made me quit my day job permanently and start my Quest to visit every country and travel 10 million miles in the process. I also like the messages of Wayne Dyer, Stuart Hameroff, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles T. Tart, Peter Russell.
***** Oh, thank you very much!
+10 Million Miles Journey
Check out Tom Campbell :)
probablechoices Thank you. oh yes, I know Tom Campbell, I've been listening to his talks too.
Damn..i didnt know alan watts died in 73' i listened to his audio and felt as if he was still amongst us. Yet his spirit was around through his wisdom and knowledge. Thats how powerful his presense is. Hes still here in some way
Someone with true purpose. ❤️👏 The spirit carries on
I wasn't born when he died and i'm already 47 years old...
"The shapes of a scratches on the floor cease to have magic" --- perfect
"The reason we die is to give us the opportunity to understand what life's all about"
Awesome..
NO its starts...
How are you going to understand what life is if you're dead?
@@TheFracturedfuture Nobody will ever know or care once dead...
My GOD, Alan Watts was an amazing thinker, philosopher, human being. These excerpts into his life, his way of thinking are paramount to the truth seeker. Thank you for giving us glimpses into the mind of Alan Watts in such a profound way. This six minute dialogue is epic and I have listened over and over. There is so much in here that will keep me thinking and questioning for a very long time. Thank you!
i remember watching this video when i was 10 after my grandparents died and it made me feel so much better. Made me feel better about their passing and my own mortality
This brought me comfort because I too have ceased to see magic in the world. It is a blessing that life (for many) is short.
This resonates with me in an odd way. I OD'd some months ago and now i realize why and how i changed. I don't cry because of redundant things in the past and I don't worry about the future. Seeing death can really fix your point of view in life. If you realize that you could die at any moment and you are okay with that then one day you wake up and it feels like the world has new life and that weight that you carried for so long has faded and you finally understand that every day is the best day of your life.
Every time I watch these videos I get an existential crises
Try to calm down as we will all die sooner or later...No other option at all !
alan watts and coffee is euphoric
I like Alan before or after meditation. Actually I like him any time of the day.
If you can accept death, then you will naturally accept life and all it's possibilities. You will find that there is no need to live within the confines of fear, instead live as far into greatness as you wish for you will die no matter what. #MP
Thanks, but why do we need to die. live is so cruel
"Nature's self awareness is worth the gamble"
It is so freaking incredible how wise this man was. Everytime i read something written by him, or listen to a speech like this im stunned. There is nobody that has this deep understanding of life and how to talk about it without making it logical understandable. He paints with his words (at least for me) his ideas and concepts directly in my soul.
We're all in for the ultimate surprise and there is no stopping it we all go
OMG finally someone who doesn't make me wrong for not wanting to live forever and not being afraid to die. I don't have to be depressed to know that there's no point in living on forever, and that in fact we NEVER GET ANYWHERE like we're always told to get someplace in life. We live INSIDE A BALL, meaning we only can go in circles anyway, which can be fun for a while but I just get bored easily and I really don't think I'm missing out on anything when I leave the human body form... Maybe its due to the fact that I almost died as an infant, I was blue in the face when my mom shook me and I started breathing again - maybe I saw something there that reminded me of my undying nature so I never felt quite home here, but always as a nomad, or visitor, who's kinda homesick by now....
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Exactly.
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"to be of importance, existence does not have to continue longer than a moment. quantitative continuity is of no value. who said you are supposed to survive? and we can't say its a good thing to go on living either. we'd be like an unpruned tree."
I once thought that a truck on the tracks was a train. It was winter and it was too late for me to stop my car by the time I saw what I though was a train, so I just kept going. Obviously nothing happened but in the moment that I thought that it was all over for me at the age of 19 I had completely accepted that there was nothing I could do and I wasn't scared at all and I was just at such peace with everything. I'm absolutely terrified of dying but when I thought that was it, I felt 100% at peace. Crazy how your mind works.
CrispyNinja Wow, thats crazy... btw, I am not so scared of death, to me that is rather exciting. I am more scared of the pain that would come before it happened XD
Well i think that´s because we are all and mostly conditioned in life to link almost all achievements and sources of joy with certain conditions or efforts, as to say "nothing in this life is for free!"..so we learn to react and live in this patterns..we have to do this, to deserve that..and so one..and that´s a neverending vicious circle, which prevents us from being free at all and creates the illusion that we have to "handle" and "control" life, so actually we never feel free, as long we think we really are able to control things or particular goals..and in contemplation of death we finally realize that we merely cannot control things and therefore we are able to let it go, deeply accept and feel the true core of life, which gives us peace and freedom of fear..
one of the best Watts videos on the tube. Thanks TJOP
I just had to listen to this after that I've heard that one of my uncle died from a heart attack, and this helped me well to know that I'd rather die happy knowing my life has meaning rather than nothing but hate and regret.
listening to this has helped me understand my mother's death just this past June 23, 2015 & then suddenly on July 25,2015 I played this video for my granny and she passed away on July 27th,2015.... I lost 2 of the most important women in my life and with out the lectures of Alan Watts I would be lost... thank you! your helping me in so many ways to accepting their deaths. ...
I always cry on those videos.Beautiful.
I love him. He's something I'm listening when I need some support. I was in the traffic accident 70 hours ago. It was a bicycling accident. Car drove over me. It was pure miracle I'm still here. Since then I haven't slept a minute. I talked with GP and he said try not to think sleeping or the accident but none of the guides I have been given has helped me. I just can't sleep. I'm not even sleepy.
there is an alan watts lecture where he mentions the book "escape from freedom", and briefly talks how capitalism wants you to hate the now so you can "escape" every now and then with the money earned and then go back to the repeat cycle, it will be great if you could make a video about that.
agreed
insanet3 deep
That is why one should find a job that reflects one's values. Just to make this clear, without capitalism you wouldn't be able to listen to Alan Watts videos right now, and a system such as communism in which you don't have the chance to "escape" to begin with is not exactly a good selling point.
insanet3 do you have a video were he talks about that?
These videos are changing the way I approach life each day. I love it, thank you.
Alan watts is a magical speaker. I enjoy these talks so dearly.
I watched this video half a year ago. And today my Grand mother died. And I can say this video helped me out so much. I don't fell sad, because I know she gets to explore a new thing, she has a new adventure infront of her.
Could listen to you everyday.. So glad you shared.
Love Hanz Zimmer in the background. Love it!
thanks so much for this video, I needed this, I have feared death for so long, it's been a roadblock. thanks for getting rid of it!
I love this so much. I cannot listen to it enough. It brings me such comfort.
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If you come across this after I have passed from this life to the next my beautiful son, Do not worry, I know you are afraid of my upcoming surgery to remove my brain tumor in June. I love you with all of my heart and we have to trust this is as it should be. Just the same way I speak of my parents that have passed they live on through that, I too will live on in you and my grandchildren you will have one day. I love you with all of my heart, do not get lost in grief but Choose life, remember all of our crazy and impetus adventures and I will live there in your memories.
Hey love. I hope you’re doing well. Sending love to you and your family ❤
@@uuloveguccii4729 Thank you so much for asking, I send blessing on you and all love you. It has taken a lot to recover,Thank you
Soul's Journey to the blessing, Gratitude. Namaste Thomas
Alan Watts' lectures basically raised me tbh
Alan is still amongst us. Imagine with all the technology if he were with us today. We are blessed to have his perspective forever .
A very powerful video of one of the greatest voices of science and reason.
The most valuable words on YT
Another great video, thank you for uploading !!
This is incredible I love it now I’m not scared of death I’m just gonna miss people and things if I was to know I’m gonna die soon I would accept it instead of cry because why have your last experience living on earth be crying I want to feel completed and happy before I die
This Is Profoundly Beautiful ! As All Life Is Nature..The Way Out Is The Way Into Beautiful Harmonious Beginnings...
You made me understand something existential for me.. ty!
Wonderful playlist! Thank you so much for producing and compiling these incredibly beautiful and professionally edited videos with the Great Wisdom of Alan Watts leading us through Reality As IT IS.....May Peace Be with You Always...Namaste' _/|\_ 💖
i love this mans way of thinking,,,,,,,,,,,,
Beautiful video well made thank you Alan Watts!!!
My bestfriend Conner sent me this and I just now realized he took passed away a couple months ago and I think this is what I needed but also I failed him. I think this was him reaching out.
Someone with true purpose. ❤️👏 His spirit carries on
I love Alan Watts SO much...
Love your videos! Always so uplifting. =)
Watch this when stone is amazingly inspirational.
Gives you purpose to your life.
this year I start to understand all this....not too late!
What an amazing man.
Death a very old door in a very old wall
I realised what he said about the leaves falling off the tree, when I was on LSD.
What was it?
that’s perfect...no other words but perfect...
Most profound words I have ever heard.
I had 4 life goals, right now I have 3 goals left.
I am 14 years old and my expected life age is 72 years old.
I hope that I can reach and have made all my dreams real. :)
I love this video so much
This is amazing!
hans zimmer's "time" playing in the background somehow calms me while listening
Keep up the amazing work🌊🌊
Love this part
It would be so much better if you put the speech in the description box. I had to search it up. But wow, this was great
Thanks Alan Watt..I love your speech so much..May ALLAH bless you
What a wise man
This is wonderful, thank you for sharing! See more of Alan's inspiring thoughts on how to let go when we die - @UKHA
Beauty in words
this video is a godsend thanks friend
I'd say,that's my favourite video from Alan Watts....🤔
another awesome video :) thanx for doing these :D
Jared Chouinard pleasure, thank you
This video did what I was going to do. Compine Alan Watts AND Hanz Zimmer Time!!
Thank you Alan
Acceptance of morality makes me live in a more vital way. That’s just the way it is. I think when you are young you don’t think about it. Now as you get older, you take this on board and your life becomes more valuable!!😅😘❤️
People will not have any joy in living forever unless they can understand these and similar insights. The same way people can't enjoy our current short lives.
So I'm looking forward to marvel at endless ways "nature is" in universe. With out soon to be very long lives.
This reminds of the poetry I read by Sal Keto on death, you can get it on amazon
My father is Allan watts,s grandson so pretty much im related to him I figured it out today my dad told me
Eye-opening.
Holy shit it happened, this video actually changed my life
I'm so sorry it to so long for me to find this man. This has really helped me in my struggle with getting older.
Wonderful.
I'm reading Nagel: Death currently and it made me think about alan watts' thoughts on death
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A beautiful speech.. thank you. I never understood why people are always think about dying .. a whole machinery (like a religion) was built around death. Thats sad.
These videos have helped through so much through bullying and a bunch of other s***
Thank you
Ignore all bullies my friend. They're just bored with their own pathetic lives
Minemasters3000 Sorry you had to go through bullying, it's life-destroying. i hope you've refound your true worth
thank you all
Minemasters3000 Try to realize that when you are being bullied, there isn't anything wrong with you. Instead try to realize their is something wrong with the bully. Feel bad for them because they have much worse issues than anything they are bullying you about. Bullies pick on people they envy most of the time, they have something they wish they had.
Nice video matey
I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid I haven't been alive enough.
With subtitles it would be much easier for non-english subscribers to better understand things. So me and alot more people would appreciate if you put english subtitles in videos. It is alot easier when you read and listen to understand the point
hesh jnkql I have written subtitles for this. hope this helps. www.salsway.com/alan-watts-acceptance-of-death-and-meaning-of-life/
sahal sadique I understand you clearly you speak English Excellent Thank You For This Video My Husband is Having a Difficult time Dealing with Death Bcuz This Country Teaches Death is Bad Terrible Horrible thing 2 Happen Thx You Sooo Much for This Video & Your English is Fine :)
+BSA Queen Goddess you are welcome. :-)
If you cant speak or understand english, then its time to learn it now.
@theJourneyofPurpose TJOP
What's the name of the song played from 0:00 to 2:00?
Thanks for sharing with us your amazing videos.
What is the music used in the first portion? The piano bit is just beautiful.
wow I'm totally mind blown
Watching Alan watts and Sam Harris debate free will, death, and consciousness would be amazing
amazing 😢