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Allan Watts was the Hugh Grant of the American University Lecture circuit, floppy hair, and, a massive alcohol problem. Being nihilistic and being very priveleged with a plummy accent is all he had. He went Stateside because if he'd stayed in the UK he would have had to get a actual job, as we see right thru home grown parasites. Alcoholism always makes people maudlin and self pitying and very very very verbose. The Universe was created from meaning, refusing meaning is the act of a devout coward. Watch this comment drop to the bottom in 3 2 1 😀
@@weareinfinite117 Where is the evidence of misery then? Misery is an attitude and a state, not a passing emotion. Perhaps your "hive mind" we should work on your infinite bombast?
The man was the greatest western philosopher of the 20th century. He opened western minds to the east. One cannot over-exaggerate his contribution to humanity. Articulate, brilliant, gifted, Alan Watts was the voice of sanity in a world gone mad. He still is. He was not a perfect man as the commenters have noted. Good luck waiting for one of those.
He was a philanderer, a drunk, a man unaware of his many shortcomings, and on the contrary, just about the worst pseudo philosopher of not just the twentieth but of any century.
@ReficulDrakul When death inevitably comes to you, which will overtake you sooner than you think, and the awe-ful reality is made clear, then on that day, your vision will be sharp, but far too late... . Anyone who subscribed to this deluded fool's vain fancies will be in terror for rejecting the sure reality. You did not create yourself, nor the universe, nor did the universe create itself, the One who did will hold you to account. Nothing that you believe or don't believe in is going to change that reality.
Realizing how insignificant you are in the cosmic sense frees you to live without the constraints of or enumerable excuses provided by the promise of "eternal reward". You realize you have one fleeting moment to enjoy this thing we call life.
This is a contradiction in terms nature has all the meaning in life, then since it is a part of the world, then life has to have meaning in the world. This type of sophistry was a speciality of Alan Watts I hope that you can see the fallacy in the statement, you cannot have it both ways; life having no meaning in the world but nature which is part of that world having meaning. The statement is meaningless read like that.
@@atiphwyne5609 nature and mother Earth is not of the world and worldly things. Your man made world, doesn't have much to do with nature. We are a part of Mother Earth, not the world. When you can walk away from the world and worldly things. And understand that we are a part of earth, then you will know the meaning of your life. From dust to dust. We come from mother Earth, not the man made world of lies and desires that destroy our souls. I see this may be beyond your understanding.
@deemisquadis9437 Pray tell where do you think mother earth came from? Did it create itself? Or are you the Creator? It is very easy to move from the literal meaning of words to the metaphorical meaning in order to escape the formative contradiction that your statement trapped you in. However, that is neither here nor there now. Once you honestly answer the questions of whence the source of 'mother earth' and yourself, then we can get somewhere. Oh, and let us keep the disrespectful patronising comments out of our discussion otherwise it simply becomes abusive. I expect better from a mature woman of some years.
@DrumWild There is something that we agree on. Any God that needs rest is not worth the name. There is no proof for God to the one who needs to ask for it. In fact, the opposite proof should be sought. What is your proof that there is no God? No scientist, nor any philosopher who denies God has a plausible explanation for the Universe, The Big Bang and evolution are processes where did the matter spring form that these remarkably fortuitous processes were given an opportunity to work on? In other words, why is there something instead of nothing? Either 'you' created this universe and yourself or it created itself or an uncreated Creator did. What is the most likely out of these scenarios? It is not possible that it (the universe) popped into existence from nothing into an infinitesimal infinitely dense point from which exploded outwards at least 2 trillion known galaxies. Is that a 'point' that we could agree on? Perhaps we can then find common ground. However, no God/Allah but an immense universe most of which we cannot see ( far outnumbering the 2 trillion galaxies that we can see ) due to it expanding faster than the speed of light is an absurdity.
Him boiling it down to living things just being tubes making more tubes is hilarious 😂. I also agree with watts belief that life is meaningless but not in a negative way, not like you should just give up and not try but rather embracing this and living your life to the fullest as best you can without the worry of caring about what other people think too much or pressure to be someone. It’s a liberating viewpoint in my opinion.
Life is meaningless is a false statement, I Don think he said that. His philosophy is detachment which is not healthy and is not going to help anyone, I've done it all my life and it doesn't help me grow
@@MrPHIGGS2 I believe what he meant is there is no inherent meaning to life but rather you have the freedom to create your own meaning for life. Your own story. It shouldn't mean that you spiral into nihilism and be apathetic to everything.
life exists in it's own right beyond meaning. If a flower exists in the forest and no one sees it, does it have any value (beyond us)? it is still a miraculous playful and spontaneous expression of life in it's own right. It is the highest "complement" and freedom to ourselves and others to let everyone and everything be the life and isness that they are, without trying to ask, what value do they have to me, or what purpose do they have, or to disect it''s practical functions. I think we ourselves are more alive, and experience the alivness and miracle of all things when we don't put things in a mental box.
"It's much more important to record what happens, than what happens." Wow! This has become even more true today! The comment about university administration has also become even more accurate (I've worked at one for 23 years and have seen the growing amount of administrative requirements, and money flow up the hierarchy).
But joy and expression is also purposeless. Do you need joy? Nah, you want it. Why? Well nobody really knows....to simply not, not have it? Because the opposite is not what anyone wants so therefor I must want joy? It's all a bit silly.
The purification of the mind makes the life purposeless, and liberates it from the body within 7 days, unless that person has a purpose to teach it to others, according to Theravada Dhamma teachings. Thank you. 👍
@@kingdaleclarke, If you know about the Ultimate-meaningful (Paramartha) Realities (Dhammas) mentioned in Theravada texts, then you would understand what I said.
@@SimplyArt-Inspire When somebody says "these people are wrong" and continues "universe is vibrational and has these attributes" that's a complete philosophical theory. But he cannot demonstrate anything at all so... Another one that knows everything. Right? I could be made only of "matter" or "divine matrix" or... Whatever you want. Philosophers talked about that for centuries. For example E. Kant. So we have 3 possibilities: God. No God. And something in between but I cannot know if I am god. That's the problem. Even if you show me the proofs I am the only one aware of my "piece of awareness". I cannot go further than this, I'm sorry
@@SimplyArt-Inspire I exposed my point of view in a Stupid sarcastic way. But the essence of it all is that when you fall in the trap of agnosticism you cannot get out and quantum mechanics knowledge is a terrible time. Science is caged by herself. I am not a believer, it's a problem for me. Sorry if I seemed superficial and stupid
And when those who drop you in the smelly stuff wind up at the bottom of the ocean as fish food and the authorities are unable to do anything to stop it. Sounds like heaven right.!
He might be right on this one. There is so much confusion about life purpose because it is a concept. Every concept is our invention, so it is with any purpose of life. To me, the universe exist to explore possibilities. Matter is organized this way. electromagnetic spectrum works this way. Not to mention our imagination also works this way. Whatever happens keep in mind that we are just vibrating electron shells communicating with each other. We are just groups of atoms talking to each other :)
This is gnostic philosophy and is inherently destructive. If all is one then it eliminates any distinction between good and evil. In fact it denies their very existence. When you do that, it opens the door for the most abhorrent evils because “there is no such thing as evil”
@@unitylight9172 There is nothing either good nor bad, but thinking makes it so. - Shakespeare Just because you don't like, that doesn't mean it isn't true. All is one... sorry.
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Judging the meaning of life is not possible by humans as they are involved and it is subject of Divine. For us it should be our objective to search for a meaning of life to make existence meaningful. Without it we are anchorless. And heading for doom. Life is beautiful live it.
There is clearly no intrinsic or inherent meaning or purpose to nature and so in human life. It is incumbent on the individual to find and pursue that which is meaningful and purposeful for that individual. We are finite beings with finite time in which to exist: therefore one ought to do that which one finds meaningful and purposeful and this will naturally vary from one person to another. Alan Watts is clearly not advocating mere pleasure-seeking, arrant hedonism, or inactivity or passivity as manifested in sloth or idleness.
Shame about the main title: "Life has no meaqning", when really what Alan is saying is: meaning of life is living the life that we have just for the sake of living it......
That's not his message , only you can give yourself meaning , the universe or the concept of existence doesn't give you meaning , society doesn't give you meaning , you can only give yourself meaning
Pretty much all these comments are from people who have an ego problem. They want their life to be meaningful in material ways. They all totally miss his point. I would certainly say that this information in this video should be only available to what he describes as a scholar. For the average person can not fathom it's meaning.
There is no such thing as “sane” or “insane” those are reflections of speech used to describe something. There is no sanity in nature there is just existence.
Pretty sure all the comments are from people who will never know anything about the universe. They have just listened to 8 minutes of this guy and already vomitting their opinion.
Allan Watts thinks life is meaningless therefore do what you want to do and enjoy it. Well, humanity and the world would collapse if everyone had that attitude. Better yourself for a better future imo.
Yes , this is what I also think his main point is that what we do, we should do with passion and evolvement . The Old saying , enjoy the Journey and not just the end . Just Dance
I think it is meant to think deeper into it. While doing what we want, we may thrive if we have respectable morals and virtues. So with that, things like building shelter, growing food, taking care of eachother and ourselves, would all be things we want to do and enjoy doing. In order to live a life that where we get to do whatever we want and enjoy it, we must learn AND teach the power of good moral and virtue. There are steps to take before living, and ensuring that nobody walks the steps alone:)
The point us that we are free to make our own meaning, we are liberated from static, hegemonic signification and our language and culture can grow and adapt in a vital and dynamic manner. Complexicification is the goal.
If life has no meaning it's completely absurd to speak about motivation, trust, morals etc. In an atheist world only raw materialism and nihilism exists. If there is nothing then there is nothing.
@@SimplyArt-Inspire why did you had to add music,you can't throw a stone on youtube without hitting an Alan Watts lecture that isn't contaminated with music.It's useless and people get distracted.Have another playlist on your channel with just music and you will give more value to Alan Watts talks that way.
@@SimplyArt-Inspire Thank you for trying! How sweet of you! Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to get it low enough for me. I'm going to try finding his recorded talks that have no music. I'm sure most people enjoy this exactly as you've presented it. Thank you for spreading some Alan Watts!
no , life has alot of meaning it actually matters what you do or dont do here imo. it is my belief, thats why i dont let youtube brain wash me about those facts.
It is just another perspective , he is just saying to us to enjoy life more . Everyone has also addictions but this does not mean what he says are not good words .I don't think the Universe gives a dam if we drink or not .
@@logic7124 That's true, but it doesn't apply in this case. Alan Watts spoke from a position of enlightenment and was not the least bit humble. He tried to hide his flaws and issues. The fact is that if his philosophies were true and righteous, he would have been able to live a virtuous life himself. Matthew 7: 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."
@@SimplyArt-Inspire He drank himself to death. His addictions and cheating destroyed his family. If we are all part of the universe, then yes, the universe does care about your self-destructive behaviours very much so. When you hurt yourself, you hurt everyone around you.
So… he attributes no value to life… but he attributes value to nature, which lives, for a reason. Mother Nature has a Father, his name is God. He gave everything life and just like nature, there is a reason for life as there is a reason for nature.
❤️🩹♾️☯️🙏🏽 That fearful feeling to go within.. is the very path I steered away from and by staying with positive thoughts I kept myself so busy!!' Once I surrendered after feeling of complete despair..! To the extend of ending it all in 2012., I'm sure a lot us have been down this path.. the true warrior attitude and dedication I gave to my career., I was now going to give to myself. Without a care for losing all I had worked for. Trying to plaster debts by puppeteer exercising of law advice bureaus visits and solicitors, took time away from me, as these exercises are meant to. So I stopped interacting on calls and engagement of senseless followings. I told the debtors, if they want their money for bills or whatever, take my house, my car whatever they want; I’m not playing your game anymore.!!! I shut myself away from the world that I knew’ in 2016.., and was made homeless in Aug 2018. I was a high flyer with so much drive on succeeding and meeting and overachieving my corporate career targets..! Proven record of reaching over the peak results that made myself and my teams shine.. with majority of my staff development leading them towards senior jobs.. I had a sudden realisation., on how far I'd come in my life.. and I felt.. having experienced the poorty and violence whilst living in India and Kenya., then to experience UK., I decided to let go of luxuries that kept me bound in a web of trap (so fast) that kept me suppressed from ever allowing myself to express., and feel my own pain.!!! For once..! I let go of my career and used that drive to go within and allow every painful emotions to surface..! With some, that felt like, even Death 💀 could have been sweeter., as I couldn't even breath..! All I kept wondering is., why, how, how could they..! Seeing and experiencing the ignorance of some people., before the anger could rise..! I could see.. the lessons I was to learn from them.. how I could have spoken my truth.., instead of mostly giving my power away..! As I began to see., how they were only portraying behaviours of their own insecurities, fears, their knowledge and entrapment from society and cultural barriers..! It is true..! I believe.. that there is a capacity within each of us.. to be a murderer, rapists.. etc., its which one we give our energy to., that makes us., our ability to decide can only come from our previous experiences., that we've brushed under the carpet.. the previous pain is the one that would trigger our current reactions.. ❤️🩹♾️☯️ We are the creators of our exteriors and vibrationally’ we attract people who will trigger the very emotions that we have buried within us, to heal.. but our cultures have programmed us to point fingers and see the disrespect of another’ which sadly chains ⛓️ us with the karma’s of a person trying to awaken us and ourselves to create another to come and treat us in ways that will trigger us to look at the unhealed part of us. ❤️🩹♾️☯️🙏🏽
@@SimplyArt-Inspire I strongly believe, the universe is in each of us., we’re just in different thought processes as aligned with our past experiences and our mind exercise’s to prepare us for our soul paths ahead’ no one is ahead or behind; just where we need to be to awaken each other’s. ❤️🩹♾️☯️🙏🏽🧘♀️
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Allan Watts was the Hugh Grant of the American University Lecture circuit, floppy hair, and, a massive alcohol problem. Being nihilistic and being very priveleged with a plummy accent is all he had.
He went Stateside because if he'd stayed in the UK he would have had to get a actual job, as we see right thru home grown parasites.
Alcoholism always makes people maudlin and self pitying and very very very verbose.
The Universe was created from meaning, refusing meaning is the act of a devout coward.
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@@weareinfinite117 Where is the evidence of misery then?
Misery is an attitude and a state, not a passing emotion.
Perhaps your "hive mind" we should work on your infinite bombast?
He's right, there's no meaning outside of what it means to you and you alone, and then we are gone forever , in the blink of an eye...
exactly , the Universe is with you !
Gone forever in this form. We "exist on".
You really are dumb and lost
OMG how relevant are these words of wisdom in today's world
you are right , indeed !
The man was the greatest western philosopher of the 20th century. He opened western minds to the east. One cannot over-exaggerate his contribution to humanity. Articulate, brilliant, gifted, Alan Watts was the voice of sanity in a world gone mad. He still is. He was not a perfect man as the commenters have noted. Good luck waiting for one of those.
He was indeed , thank you for sharing , and yes he was not perfect !
He is one of the most intelligent men ever and he single handily has helped me slowly try and let go.
He was a philanderer, a drunk, a man unaware of his many shortcomings, and on the contrary, just about the worst pseudo philosopher of not just the twentieth but of any century.
@@atiphwyne5609 to each their own, enjoy being wrong.
@ReficulDrakul When death inevitably comes to you, which will overtake you sooner than you think, and the awe-ful reality is made clear, then on that day, your vision will be sharp, but far too late...
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Anyone who subscribed to this deluded fool's vain fancies will be in terror for rejecting the sure reality.
You did not create yourself, nor the universe, nor did the universe create itself, the One who did will hold you to account. Nothing that you believe or don't believe in is going to change that reality.
"It's much more important to record what happens than what happens" sarcasm
so true in today's social selfie world
indeed !
Realizing how insignificant you are in the cosmic sense frees you to live without the constraints of or enumerable excuses provided by the promise of "eternal reward". You realize you have one fleeting moment to enjoy this thing we call life.
indeed , thank you !
3:32 all work and no play
Makes Jack a dull boy... wise proverb indeed
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I didn’t want this to end, mind blown.
I am limited to 10 minutes , more to come soon !
Life has no meaning in the world. But with nature, it has all the meaning of life. ❤
This is a contradiction in terms nature has all the meaning in life, then since it is a part of the world, then life has to have meaning in the world.
This type of sophistry was a speciality of Alan Watts I hope that you can see the fallacy in the statement, you cannot have it both ways; life having no meaning in the world but nature which is part of that world having meaning. The statement is meaningless read like that.
@@atiphwyne5609 nature and mother Earth is not of the world and worldly things. Your man made world, doesn't have much to do with nature. We are a part of Mother Earth, not the world. When you can walk away from the world and worldly things. And understand that we are a part of earth, then you will know the meaning of your life. From dust to dust. We come from mother Earth, not the man made world of lies and desires that destroy our souls. I see this may be beyond your understanding.
@deemisquadis9437 Pray tell where do you think mother earth came from? Did it create itself? Or are you the Creator?
It is very easy to move from the literal meaning of words to the metaphorical meaning in order to escape the formative contradiction that your statement trapped you in. However, that is neither here nor there now.
Once you honestly answer the questions of whence the source of 'mother earth' and yourself, then we can get somewhere.
Oh, and let us keep the disrespectful patronising comments out of our discussion otherwise it simply becomes abusive. I expect better from a mature woman of some years.
@DrumWild There is something that we agree on. Any God that needs rest is not worth the name.
There is no proof for God to the one who needs to ask for it.
In fact, the opposite proof should be sought. What is your proof that there is no God? No scientist, nor any philosopher who denies God has a plausible explanation for the Universe, The Big Bang and evolution are processes where did the matter spring form that these remarkably fortuitous processes were given an opportunity to work on? In other words, why is there something instead of nothing?
Either 'you' created this universe and yourself or it created itself or an uncreated Creator did. What is the most likely out of these scenarios?
It is not possible that it (the universe) popped into existence from nothing into an infinitesimal infinitely dense point from which exploded outwards at least 2 trillion known galaxies. Is that a 'point' that we could agree on? Perhaps we can then find common ground. However, no God/Allah but an immense universe most of which we cannot see ( far outnumbering the 2 trillion galaxies that we can see ) due to it expanding faster than the speed of light is an absurdity.
They laughed about it and now we live it . Long live tattle tails
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Welcome to 1984, or should I say 2023. Orwell and Watts knew it was coming!! It's here
He said it. No one listened. And then it became reality.
It's crap. Crap and more crap.Stupid nazi way. Peace and joy 😊 8888.
I like the way you describe that there is no Need of go on surviving
Each Moment is The Miracle
miracles !
Well said my friend!!
The meaning in Life is to enjoy our short time here and for me being a part of Nature, the Cosmos.
yeees ❤❤❤
Him boiling it down to living things just being tubes making more tubes is hilarious 😂. I also agree with watts belief that life is meaningless but not in a negative way, not like you should just give up and not try but rather embracing this and living your life to the fullest as best you can without the worry of caring about what other people think too much or pressure to be someone. It’s a liberating viewpoint in my opinion.
Absolutely !
Life is meaningless is a false statement, I Don think he said that. His philosophy is detachment which is not healthy and is not going to help anyone, I've done it all my life and it doesn't help me grow
@@MrPHIGGS2 I believe what he meant is there is no inherent meaning to life but rather you have the freedom to create your own meaning for life. Your own story. It shouldn't mean that you spiral into nihilism and be apathetic to everything.
@@MrPHIGGS2what's your karma?
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This is a good one my friend, thanks for the download!! Love it!!
thank you for being here !
life exists in it's own right beyond meaning. If a flower exists in the forest and no one sees it, does it have any value (beyond us)? it is still a miraculous playful and spontaneous expression of life in it's own right. It is the highest "complement" and freedom to ourselves and others to let everyone and everything be the life and isness that they are, without trying to ask, what value do they have to me, or what purpose do they have, or to disect it''s practical functions. I think we ourselves are more alive, and experience the alivness and miracle of all things when we don't put things in a mental box.
6:57 what a flight
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"It's much more important to record what happens, than what happens." Wow! This has become even more true today! The comment about university administration has also become even more accurate (I've worked at one for 23 years and have seen the growing amount of administrative requirements, and money flow up the hierarchy).
thank you for sharing this with us here , totally true !
One thing worth attaining is intellectual clarity.
It is not so easy to be unpractical as the ignorant Philistine imagines.
indeed !
2:34 the original meaning of the scholar leisure
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“All music is purposeless”. I love that, although I would add its ‘purpose’ is joy and expression.
you are right !
Joy and expression are purposeless. The reason I like fun is because........its fun!!
But joy and expression is also purposeless. Do you need joy? Nah, you want it. Why? Well nobody really knows....to simply not, not have it? Because the opposite is not what anyone wants so therefor I must want joy? It's all a bit silly.
Really needed this. Thank you.
thank you !!!!
The purification of the mind makes the life purposeless, and liberates it from the body within 7 days, unless that person has a purpose to teach it to others, according to Theravada Dhamma teachings. Thank you. 👍
thank you for this words , The Universe is with you !
@@SimplyArt-Inspire, You are welcome. ❤
You don't know what you are talking about
@@kingdaleclarke, If you know about the Ultimate-meaningful (Paramartha) Realities (Dhammas) mentioned in Theravada texts, then you would understand what I said.
@@smlanka4u I don't need to read books and texts to think I am all spiritual mate ,you're not
you said sensible.. .we are industrious people....the industry is more important than the functional or people if serves
we will be better !
Wow another genious that knows everything. Wow
he does not know everything , he is just giving us another perspective !
@@SimplyArt-Inspire When somebody says "these people are wrong" and continues "universe is vibrational and has these attributes" that's a complete philosophical theory. But he cannot demonstrate anything at all so... Another one that knows everything. Right? I could be made only of "matter" or "divine matrix" or... Whatever you want. Philosophers talked about that for centuries. For example E. Kant. So we have 3 possibilities: God. No God. And something in between but I cannot know if I am god. That's the problem. Even if you show me the proofs I am the only one aware of my "piece of awareness". I cannot go further than this, I'm sorry
@@SimplyArt-Inspire I exposed my point of view in a Stupid sarcastic way. But the essence of it all is that when you fall in the trap of agnosticism you cannot get out and quantum mechanics knowledge is a terrible time. Science is caged by herself. I am not a believer, it's a problem for me. Sorry if I seemed superficial and stupid
Fantastically delightful lecture.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Each moment matters.......if one is present in that moment......
yees !
And when those who drop you in the smelly stuff wind up at the bottom of the ocean as fish food and the authorities are unable to do anything to stop it. Sounds like heaven right.!
He might be right on this one. There is so much confusion about life purpose because it is a concept. Every concept is our invention, so it is with any purpose of life. To me, the universe exist to explore possibilities. Matter is organized this way. electromagnetic spectrum works this way. Not to mention our imagination also works this way. Whatever happens keep in mind that we are just vibrating electron shells communicating with each other. We are just groups of atoms talking to each other :)
so nicely said , thank you for sharing this with us !!!
Not Just matter but even immateriality, since materialism is only a scientific model of belief in which people started to think it was fact.
All Is One
And One is All !
This is gnostic philosophy and is inherently destructive. If all is one then it eliminates any distinction between good and evil. In fact it denies their very existence. When you do that, it opens the door for the most abhorrent evils because “there is no such thing as evil”
@@unitylight9172 There is nothing either good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
- Shakespeare
Just because you don't like, that doesn't mean it isn't true. All is one... sorry.
@@MrJamesdryable there is good/bad, there is good/evil, that shakespeare quote is wack as fuk
My only gripe is the guy paddling the kayak at the beginning has the paddle blades backwards and the background noise is unnecessary, enjoy
thank you for this feedback , will be noted , and about the background noise , you mean the wind sound ?
T'is man got some words.
Be happy
Don't worry , be happy !
Life has purpose if 1 wants
this is true as well
TRUST GOD ALMIGHTY
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Bester Mann 🙏
Oh yeah !!!
brillianT :) thankyou Maestro 🙏
kisses 2all who are living in PURe☂Poselessness
LAUGHTER as LOVE , cutting thru concepts
subtitlz read " you again " (Yugen) 😂🤣
PurrrrfacT 🎶🎶♥🎶🎶
thank you for your comment , all the best and The Universe is with You !
And there's Nothing we can do about it.
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it would be more accurate and less depressing if the title was (the meaning of life, is whatever you make it)
thank you for this feedback , you are kind of right , I wanted to make the title a little bit more controversial
That's good ... not that I was at all worried, anyway ... I'm NOT a vulture! (And it's official, from the guru himself; yay!)
thank you for being around here !
The word "meaning" is not well defined. Thats why this is a true statement: Life has enourmous meaning and has absolutely no meaning at all.
you are right yes !!!
Life.. it's all about decisions. Right or wrong one decision to the next.
decisions , decisions !
Wrong title!
Life has meaning
Life is meaning
Life is purposeless
Meaning is purposelessness
from your comment it concludes that meaning is purposelessness , good point
We're living 1984
why is that ?
Fuck Life, Rather Be Dead. #TheDeadKnowPeace
maybe yes maybe no
Judging the meaning of life is not possible by humans as they are involved and it is subject of Divine. For us it should be our objective to search for a meaning of life to make existence meaningful. Without it we are anchorless. And heading for doom. Life is beautiful live it.
There is clearly no intrinsic or inherent meaning or purpose to nature and so in human life. It is incumbent on the individual to find and pursue that which is meaningful and purposeful for that individual. We are finite beings with finite time in which to exist: therefore one ought to do that which one finds meaningful and purposeful and this will naturally vary from one person to another. Alan Watts is clearly not advocating mere pleasure-seeking, arrant hedonism, or inactivity or passivity as manifested in sloth or idleness.
exactly , just some perspectives !
I enjoy reading Watts but he was an alcoholic and not a role model.
@@Resmith18SR Oh dear...perhaps he drank so you don't have to...and you don't have to.
ON NEWS beautiful shades .TYT episode
thank you !
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Shame about the main title: "Life has no meaqning", when really what Alan is saying is: meaning of life is living the life that we have just for the sake of living it......
thank you for this feedback , you are kind of right , I wanted to make the title a little bit more controversial
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No. Life has meaning. Your life has meaning.
Life itself !
Pretty sure he knows that although those who police others they never realize it. Stuck in limbo. Stuck in the matrix… and they like it
Chop of those beta bitch attenae
That's not his message , only you can give yourself meaning , the universe or the concept of existence doesn't give you meaning , society doesn't give you meaning , you can only give yourself meaning
What is the meaning?
Pretty much all these comments are from people who have an ego problem. They want their life to be meaningful in material ways. They all totally miss his point. I would certainly say that this information in this video should be only available to what he describes as a scholar. For the average person can not fathom it's meaning.
very right here , I still want to spread his wisdom !
@@SimplyArt-Inspire very appropriate response. Thanks
Good thing you're an above-average person who totally doesn't have an "ego problem". 😚
@@joejohnson6327 you're comment comes from your own projection of superiority and is also putting words in my mouth.
Yeah... no ego in your statement smart guy. Gamers are about as average, as the creative thinking in sheeple like...... see example above.
We’re all just Tubes!!!! You’re a Tube. TH-cam is a Tube….
TH-cam yeees !
Gotta cigarette?
sure , got a lighter ?
he points out problems and insanity, but he has no idea of how to become sane. But i'm no help either
his words are just another perspective and I know is hard !
There is no such thing as “sane” or “insane” those are reflections of speech used to describe something. There is no sanity in nature there is just existence.
Let's knuckle down and be hippies. After all Armageddon is staring us in the face.
hippies :))
There is a life after death . That life is equally important like the present life.
yes. it is !
What's the Glory of God? Well who knows. ...
exactly , who knows ..
Pretty sure all the comments are from people who will never know anything about the universe. They have just listened to 8 minutes of this guy and already vomitting their opinion.
I hope for the best for them too !
Allan Watts thinks life is meaningless therefore do what you want to do and enjoy it. Well, humanity and the world would collapse if everyone had that attitude. Better yourself for a better future imo.
I agree. But I think he is telling us that with no capacity to enjoy, things we do for others won't help them either.
Yes , this is what I also think his main point is that what we do, we should do with passion and evolvement . The Old saying , enjoy the Journey and not just the end . Just Dance
Exactly , to do things with passion and with love !
I think it is meant to think deeper into it. While doing what we want, we may thrive if we have respectable morals and virtues. So with that, things like building shelter, growing food, taking care of eachother and ourselves, would all be things we want to do and enjoy doing. In order to live a life that where we get to do whatever we want and enjoy it, we must learn AND teach the power of good moral and virtue. There are steps to take before living, and ensuring that nobody walks the steps alone:)
The point us that we are free to make our own meaning, we are liberated from static, hegemonic signification and our language and culture can grow and adapt in a vital and dynamic manner. Complexicification is the goal.
Alan Watts - you are mistaken. Get healed.
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Nature is unreliable? Sun comes up in the east every day. Sun sets in the west everyday. That sounds pretty solid to me
you are right yes !
God is as purposeless as nature is...
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The moral to this.... watts analogy is irrelevant.
it is just another perspective !
If life has no meaning it's completely absurd to speak about motivation, trust, morals etc. In an atheist world only raw materialism and nihilism exists. If there is nothing then there is nothing.
if there is nothing maybe we can make everything
Life DOES have meaning
it might have !
I disagree and that’s what makes life beautiful it’s basically a sandbox game.
What is it?
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TURN DOWN THE DADGUMMED MUSIC!!!!!
I tried to make it as low as possible , is it still so noisy ?
@@SimplyArt-Inspire why did you had to add music,you can't throw a stone on youtube without hitting an Alan Watts lecture that isn't contaminated with music.It's useless and people get distracted.Have another playlist on your channel with just music and you will give more value to Alan Watts talks that way.
@@SimplyArt-Inspire Thank you for trying! How sweet of you! Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to get it low enough for me. I'm going to try finding his recorded talks that have no music. I'm sure most people enjoy this exactly as you've presented it. Thank you for spreading some Alan Watts!
he's full of it. He's not my guru for sure. Talk talk talk.
just some perspectives !
Like you trusted nature and lost everything 😂😂
maybe got something better !
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no , life has alot of meaning it actually matters what you do or dont do here imo. it is my belief, thats why i dont let youtube brain wash me about those facts.
this is the idea , that we give meaning to our life !
@@SimplyArt-Inspire i like giving my own meaning to my life. its been out of balance since the meddlers have been involved. lol
No meaning? So thats why Watts drank himself to death.
who knows
This guy was a severe alcoholic and chronic cheater. I think I'll take my life advice from someone who walks the walk.
You don't have to walk the talk to do this
An addict advising you not to do drugs won't be considered an hypocrite ,right?
It is just another perspective , he is just saying to us to enjoy life more . Everyone has also addictions but this does not mean what he says are not good words .I don't think the Universe gives a dam if we drink or not .
Good point here logic !
@@logic7124 That's true, but it doesn't apply in this case. Alan Watts spoke from a position of enlightenment and was not the least bit humble. He tried to hide his flaws and issues. The fact is that if his philosophies were true and righteous, he would have been able to live a virtuous life himself.
Matthew 7: 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."
@@SimplyArt-Inspire He drank himself to death. His addictions and cheating destroyed his family. If we are all part of the universe, then yes, the universe does care about your self-destructive behaviours very much so. When you hurt yourself, you hurt everyone around you.
So… he attributes no value to life… but he attributes value to nature, which lives, for a reason. Mother Nature has a Father, his name is God. He gave everything life and just like nature, there is a reason for life as there is a reason for nature.
and we are Nature , we are Life , we are God !
❤️🩹♾️☯️🙏🏽 That fearful feeling to go within.. is the very path I steered away from and by staying with positive thoughts I kept myself so busy!!'
Once I surrendered after feeling of complete despair..! To the extend of ending it all in 2012., I'm sure a lot us have been down this path.. the true warrior attitude and dedication I gave to my career., I was now going to give to myself. Without a care for losing all I had worked for.
Trying to plaster debts by puppeteer exercising of law advice bureaus visits and solicitors, took time away from me, as these exercises are meant to. So I stopped interacting on calls and engagement of senseless followings. I told the debtors, if they want their money for bills or whatever, take my house, my car whatever they want; I’m not playing your game anymore.!!!
I shut myself away from the world that I knew’ in 2016.., and was made homeless in Aug 2018.
I was a high flyer with so much drive on succeeding and meeting and overachieving my corporate career targets..! Proven record of reaching over the peak results that made myself and my teams shine.. with majority of my staff development leading them towards senior jobs..
I had a sudden realisation., on how far I'd come in my life.. and I felt.. having experienced the poorty and violence whilst living in India and Kenya., then to experience UK., I decided to let go of luxuries that kept me bound in a web of trap (so fast) that kept me suppressed from ever allowing myself to express., and feel my own pain.!!! For once..!
I let go of my career and used that drive to go within and allow every painful emotions to surface..! With some, that felt like, even Death 💀 could have been sweeter., as I couldn't even breath..!
All I kept wondering is., why, how, how could they..! Seeing and experiencing the ignorance of some people., before the anger could rise..! I could see.. the lessons I was to learn from them.. how I could have spoken my truth.., instead of mostly giving my power away..!
As I began to see., how they were only portraying behaviours of their own insecurities, fears, their knowledge and entrapment from society and cultural barriers..!
It is true..! I believe.. that there is a capacity within each of us.. to be a murderer, rapists.. etc., its which one we give our energy to., that makes us., our ability to decide can only come from our previous experiences., that we've brushed under the carpet.. the previous pain is the one that would trigger our current reactions.. ❤️🩹♾️☯️
We are the creators of our exteriors and vibrationally’ we attract people who will trigger the very emotions that we have buried within us, to heal.. but our cultures have programmed us to point fingers and see the disrespect of another’ which sadly chains ⛓️ us with the karma’s of a person trying to awaken us and ourselves to create another to come and treat us in ways that will trigger us to look at the unhealed part of us. ❤️🩹♾️☯️🙏🏽
The Universe is with you !
@@SimplyArt-Inspire I strongly believe, the universe is in each of us., we’re just in different thought processes as aligned with our past experiences and our mind exercise’s to prepare us for our soul paths ahead’ no one is ahead or behind; just where we need to be to awaken each other’s. ❤️🩹♾️☯️🙏🏽🧘♀️