The Illusion of MONEY, TIME & EGO - Alan Watts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ธ.ค. 2024
- Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a well-known British philosopher, writer and speaker, best known for his interpretation of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. He left behind more than 25 books and an audio library of nearly 400 talks, which are still in great demand.
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at the end... what soundtrack u used there ? can you share please
will do! thank you for providing these insightful vids, truly unique
Bravo 👍👍 Alan Watts is my go to for self reflection.
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Keep up the great effort!!!
6 months of being quarantined at home taught me more about life than 25 years of education
Same, I’m so grateful for this time we’ve all received
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I’ve been making hiking videos with Alan Watts audio on my channel. Such deep stuff 🙏🏼😎
Edit: I appreciate all the love on my channel from this comment 🙂
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Yup
Past = depression, melancholy
future = anxiety, uncertainty, illusion
Present = peace of mind.
I would have to disagree.
Present = getting worked up and angry over things that mean nothing in the long run.
You need a combination of all three if you wish to live in peace
@@icedawggg you’re right dawgg👌🏽
just remember that you only came into this world with your mind and your body, so it stands to reason that they are the two things you need to nurture the most.
an active lifestyle and educating yourself on nutrition is the best investment you can make in your life, because if your mind and/or body fail you, you don't have shit.
@@MrBadintentionss yes I rather be rich in health then actual money
@@icedawggg living in the present is peace of mind. Its hard to explain to someone who doesn’t meditate
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
seen this quote used way too often but it’s so true
This is loosely based on the quote from Fight Club
"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate, to buy s**t we dont need"
See..... greed works to motivate. We think in the ideal; we live for the moment; we see in others those qualities we disdain........ so we love it when charming voices tell us the things we desire to hear--- even though we don't follow them long enough to understand the hidden message. 🌾🌿🐡
Teacher…, Why do these FREE MASON Lodge Members lie to our faces about everything.?.?.? Had you done something that was so wicked, and so vile, and so upsetting, would you want others too know whom could hurt you back for hurting them first??? Let us take a look at the LOT of [their ways] #QANON /_\ where the Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Rainbow Girls, and Eastern Stars to Shriners like LISA HAVEN and AMTV have all they could want “with money” as they Denied PizzaGATE when it first came to the attention of we The nonmason Populations of Father Earth and Mother Heaven??? Why would she and he say these things “are not” True in Hollywood of the MTV FREE MASONIC Lodges??? Surly Comet Ping Pong, and the release of so much damming images and conversations all they way up to OBAMA and Hillary Clinton would have given any Honest Person some pause…. Moreover, how can RICHIE FROM BOSTON the Road Man give out $500.00 [to viewers] Q’ when none of us are WORKING??? He sounds just like them STIMULUS CHECKS U-Tube channels always saying WE GOT MONEY to give away to you if you will but {Like My Channel} and watch our Malfeasance!!! There is one thing Christ Jesus taught us about The EVIL ONES known as Angels called SATANS not SATAN Singular…..., and that is They Live for this world….., and when you live for this WORLD that is just a REFLECTION of what happened to our Real Celestial Sphere Home World if you have not been a Nice Person……., but one of Deceptions…….., and Misdirection no matter how convincing your “ACTING” as Actors and Actresses……..., there is always this one thing that if your really gave a damn about We nonmason…., you would say: The FREE MASON Lodge Members are “U.N. Troops” of JADE HELM 15 in all U.N. FLAG Territories for WE THE PEOPLE surely have no rights under our U.N. FLAGS even though WE pay all the Religious Military Government TAXES that allow people like Trump…, and Pence.. and Putin. and Xi, and Macron, and the Queen of England to LIVE OFF OUR Welfare as THEY LIVE Tell WE ARE what to do!!!! And even though I have singled out LISA HAVEN - AMTV - RICHIE FROM BOSTON cause they say they love Me, they still DENY that I Christ Jesus “have returned” in this Body known as The Host of the Spirits, and your body is the Host of another spirit, as is theirs, but what SPIRITS do these people whom LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING “have” for it is not the NARROW PATH of Honesty where you must say: The U.S. Government is doing high treason, Sedition, Treachery, nor do they talk about the ACT OF 1871, nor do they talk about THE MUD FLOODS, or our Celestial Sphere, or that we are all BORN into Purgatory for Redemption or Damnation!?!?!? Once you have this knowledge, and they speak it not, then people [like them] Q+ are just doing the work of THE WATCHERS to condition you to accept the Vaccines, the Mask, and that Christ Jesus will “never” return when ALL this Written Works PROVE That The Oracle Born of a Dead Wombman, and Touched by The SWORD of the ROMAN CATHOLIC God did so [choose me] Q’s to be the one to get us home... They don’t want to go home, or they know they can never go home for they too are The “unrepentant” that we call The Racka, and they have no hope for We The People of Pak-Toe… You know how to think things through, and these people might as well be more ALEX JONES “types” muddling the waters, but never actually speaking the TRUTH, nor the word of Our God, and Their God, and My God, and Your God… The Book of EXODICE!!!
th-cam.com/video/DQP3IqZuqbI/w-d-xo.html
Since these people whom have EVIL SPIRITS in their SOULS do not care for the Mercy or Grace of Our God of Gods, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords from the Book of Enoch, they say: No NEWS is Bad NEWS “as long as” it runs Traffic to feed your TH-cam Hollow WOOD lives of Worldly FAME!!!
Vanity Vanity, all is Vanity with these FAKE PEOPLE and “nonhumans” in the Spirits of their minds, and bodies, and Celestial beings…
The Sentinel…
#ProectFrance
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As I get older I appreciate my parents more and more... These are the kind of conversations I had with them as a kid. I remember asking my dad: "What kind of job I will have when I grow up?" My dad replied: "Your only job in life is to get to know true self and be happy. And question everything. Especially ideas that claim to be the absolute truth."
I was 9 )))
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De bons parents 😊 👍
You had amazing parents
yep amazing parents !
You've got the dad of the century over here
Mark Twain said on his deathbed that all of the things he feared happening the most in his life...never actually happened. I try my best to hold on to that one.
What for example? I'm just curious. And if anybody replays thank you.
Interesting.
Everything that I've ever feared (which is not much!!) have all come true over the past 6-7 years. The rest happened in 2011-2012. More is happening right now.
Pretty soon... they'll be nothing left to fear nor lose. 😎 But, essentially: absolutely nothing matters anyhow, so... whatever. I just have a few extra 'empty years' in my life instead of being fulfilled right up until my death. 💪😎🤟
@No one star what i like to here it?
@@Novastar.SaberCombat i like to example of what happen that you feared sorry if I'm beginning to nosey
Same with me. The journey goes on and fear becomes just another luggage not worth being taken along.
Life is easy, it becomes hard when living better than our neighbour becomes our goal.
Life is easy. Hmmm. I know that to compare myself to anyone is to deny the uniqueness of me!👑
Good one
Life is simple: it's not easy.
Thats is true .
Love Best quote thanks for sharing Safar
Let's all just appreciate that there is no annoying background music
Yeah but what was that? 1:59
I’ve been making hiking videos with Alan Watts audio on my channel. Such deep stuff 🙏🏼😎
@@OsirsVictorySkywell lol, no. It was a gong.
It was the sound of now. The piercing sound before/after the silence
@@aaronking8706 indeed.
I can't even imagine how hard it must have been to draw this whole video. It is beautiful. Thank you for your hard work
such a beautiful & mindful comment!! I hope ur having a beautiful day 💖
@@monicanguyen65 Thank you for your kind reply!
I was thinking the same! It flows with the ideas so well. I hope you’re doing well 🤟
Amen ❤️🙌
It’s a brilliant computer programme that’s creatively made you think that. 😏
Can we take a moment to appreciate the amazing art that this man has created to go with these wise words. Really impressive
It isn't art is a software you can buy
Josiffrank what software is it?
Jang-geum Seo you are in the wrong video calling somebody words like that when you judge someone you are projecting your insecurities towards others
@Jang-geum Seo Right, cause the software listens to the audio and generates the animation by itself. Smh
One of my faves from Alan Watts is Myth of Myself try listening to it th-cam.com/video/CkzNGbBM8P0/w-d-xo.html
Deep! “If you don’t learn to live in the present no need in making plans. You won’t be there to enjoy them anyways.”
wow
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WOW. That was like a SLAP in the face. Thx for sharing this quote.
@K.C CHARLES Have your heard of the phrase “stress will kill you”? My interpretation is, that this means if you’re too busy worried about the past (depression) or future (anxiety), you’ll ruin your health and your plans will be pointless because you won’t be able to enjoy them. You’ll be sick or dead.
That's why people say "going with the flow" or "vast in the moment" .
“Who you think you are is entirely dependent on who people have told you you are. You are not that.”
Yes but he's telling you what you are not.
True I still struggle with that
Thing is, it's hard to believe that you're something else if you were told all of your childhood and all of your young adult life that you are something else. I don't believe that there is anyway to change that. I am that story.
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouams", "a-u-m", and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 528 hz.
@@misterresister8358 and you will believe that fully until one day you wake up with a different thinking, different view, and everything mentally will fall into place, and over time you will develope a good view of yourself and your actions through mindfulness. i hope you find what you are looking for, friend
I am sure I have been here before in the present moment. I am glad to hear and watch this again with more clarity on the now. It is an exciting time to be here with you all. Enjoy your now and thank you for being here with us all.
We suffer more in our imagination than reality.
Ooh nice I like this
Big facts
Speak for urself
Seneca, the stoic goat ;)
Disagree
Lockdown has lifted the illusion for so many people. Some people have suffered mental health issues working from home because their only social interaction was with work colleagues. Now they have to face the reality that they don’t have many meaningful relationships, just distractions.
Perfectly said.
Sure I can see that. You can also say the flipside: lockdown has, in the same breath, dampered on people’s social lives because they cannot be in “groups” and enjoy company, depending where you are of course.
Life in America, no community.
I said the same thing. This is the cost of not paying attention
But they have money, the precious money...
"The meaning of life is just to be alive"
That hits different
So when u die game over? Is that what u think it mean
@@san2476 that question couldn’t be missing the point more. By asking what happens after we die, you are concerning yourself with the future, rather like that Gertrude. Watts’ quote at the end means precisely the opposite; not to be concerned with the future nor past but instead to live in and concern yourself with only the present. *bOngggggg*
@@amandasmith3338 im high asf
Read the book of Ecclesiastes to know “the meaning of life”
Asking what is the meaning of life is like asking what is the meaning of meaning
Alan watts the goat, helped me through the hardest times, could listen to him all day. 🐐
"There is no Future"
"There is no Past"
"There is only forever here and now"
"For every day is a Gift"
"That's why it's called the Present"
Trying to remind myself that everyday
Master oogway
I wish the world could just be that simple.
Yeah!
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I came here to listen to Allen tonight hoping it would make me feel better.. my little brother who suffered from Autism passed away because he had drown in a lake thinking he would learn how to swim. He was on a field trip and the people who were supposed to care for him lost him in the forest.
I took care of him his whole life and suddenly now he’s gone.
Allen has helped me through a lot of my hard times in life where I didn’t think I could go on. And now .. I feel the need to share my story with anyone who cares to listen because the reality of life and people around you and the places you go and the things you do with what you have is what makes life and consciousness itself a living gift from God & Universe.
Everything is connected, not everything is love.. but we can choose to love one another and take care of each other.
So sorry for your loss! Thank you for sharing.
I love you my sister. I’m very sorry for your loss and I couldn’t imagine the pain you’ve been through. I want to extend my gratitude for sharing. You really spoke to me.... I’m praying for you and your family. You brother is home now. God bless
May he be in peace
much love and strenght
💜♾💜
I’m sorry your brother isn’t around to make new memories with you. Just remember the good times and lessons he taught you while he was here. I’m sure he wouldn’t want you to be sad and upset. Stay positive. Everything happens for a reason. Even if the reason is beyond our understanding at the current moment. Treasure the time you have left and make the best of it! God bless you.
This confirms that I have nothing to prove to no one.
Once you truly internalize that you'll be free
Nothing to prove to no one could still mean you have everything to prove to everyone. Poor grammar
Including to yourself beautiful soul; keep shining :)
Don't confuse that with taking no accountability of your flaws and bad choices though. Often times our ego is too big and we tend to do toxic or harmful things that others would normally call us out on, but we'd have the mindset of being unapologetically ourselves, even if it means having bad traits that affect others around us. Once you bypass that, and learn to differentiate bad behavior with good, then you'll be good.
You never did
I see a lot of comments who seem to misunderstand living in the moment.
Living in the moment doesn’t mean “never buying groceries or letting experience inform your decisions”
it means eliminating the needless worry about the future and not allowing yourself to use the past as an excuse for being unhappy forever.
ITM
“I have nothing to think about except thoughts.” So true. As an introvert I often imagine myself very open to listening. But I am often lost in my thoughts and that means I am never really quiet enough to listen. Thanks for sharing these profound words and the engaging illustrations.
I'm an introvert and my mind won't stop generating scenarios, possibilities, thoughts, except when I go to sleep and even then I have very vivid dreams. It's a fascinating part of the human body it gets me thinking even more lol
"lost in thoughts" mean that you're being, is dreaming as a servant of your ego mind, instead of being human, with thoughts.. (::)
@@nonya2905 haha! Yes, apparently we humans must always think.
Introvert and extrovert are just ideas. Its all the game of past experiences. If you had good social experiences in childhood, you naturally grow up to be a good social talker. Otherwise, you become socially awkward just like me. The key to switch between these two natures is not sticking with your past. It is hard to do that, because we are the embodiment of past memories, ideas and thoughts. So, the struggle arises the moment you are not satisfied with your nature. This struggle keeps changing up and down in amount throughout our lives. So, to conclude, if you want a permanent solution then completely get rid of your past or short answer "get rid of thoughts". That is what mostly works for me in social situations. I try to be in a thoughtless state where i can't remember any previous awkward interaction and thus, remain in the present manintaining my composure.
@@observingatoms Absolutely agree! This concept of “inter-being”, of knowing each of us is part of a whole is so true. We don’t exist in vacuum, we are in each of us. Thanks for sharing!
Things that CAN raise your vibration / improve your life
-Try to drink a gallon of water a day
-Meditation
-Not relying on anyone else for happiness
-Loving yourself
-Sungazing
-Vent to yourself
-Working out
-HIIT (some type of cardio)
-Reading books
-Semen retention / Nofap
-Protect your sexual energy (females)
-Having a leader mentality
-Cold showers
-Eating less
-Chew food slower
-Fasting
-Waking up/ sleeping earlier
-Having/ expressing gratitude for EVERYTHING
-Cutting out fast food
-Eat to LIVE , not for pleasure (natural foods, no need to feel obligated to go vegan or vegetarian tho)
-Not comparing yourself to others
-Only compete with yourself
-Affirmations
-Going outside (in nature )
-Get some sun
-Not caring what others think
-Give / contribute more to the world
-Focus on you, go within
-Breathing in from your nose
-Cut out sugary drinks
-Wim Hoff breathing
-“OM” Chanting
-Stoicism
-Minimalism
-Express yourself with art (music, drawing, poetry, etc)
-Practice a martial art
-Have a balance between being alone and having social company
-Having an open mind and be aware of what you’re doing/ using your time and energy for
-Cleaning your room (MAKE YOUR BED)
-Use social media / electronics less
-No phone (electronics ) 1-2 hrs before bed
-Try not to use electronics first thing in morning
-Sober lifestyle
-Journaling
-Writing down dreams
-Getting 7-8 hrs of sleep
-Taking Herbs: blackseed oil, haritaki, sea moss
-Take vitamins
-Have faith
-Speak less
-Spend less time with toxic people
-Full body stretches / Yoga
-Sleep on back (face to ceiling ) to strengthen spine
-Have good posture
-Listen to 432hz music
-Listen to chakra frequencies: (396, 417, 528, 639, 741, 852, 963)
-Use fluoride-free toothpaste
-Ground yourself (walk barefoot in nature )
-Clap your hands more
-Dance more
-Use left hand more (using right side of brain)
-Stop fighting against ego and work TOGETHER
-Eliminate fear of death (have no fear all together)
-Realize you’re a soul inside a body having a physical experience
-Smile and laugh more
Just some advice from what I’ve been doing. Please consider to try out at least 1 of the things from this list.
(Feel free to screenshot this list if you want)
If there’s anything you’d add to this list, comment below ‼️
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this is great, thank you!
U watching von lol
Stop watching TH-cam you got shit to do yessirr, learned a lot from that man 🐐
I use to stare at the Sun, or Sungaze. It definitely has some pretty interesting short term effects, but I would not recommend anyone do this except for in very small qualities. You will most likely damage your eyes. Great post though. Also learning something can elevate your spirits. Science is a beautiful and precious thing. Learn something new, think new thoughts, and maybe share your new thoughts with others. Cheers.
GAZER GAZER
My fight with depression is over. Alan Watts was a big help for me.
I can write an entire book (I will) on how I conquered it, but to cut to the chase, the 2020 pandemic is what made me overcome it -- as ironic as that sounds.
The virus deprived us of the things we valued everyday -- be it jobs, mobility, people, leisure, or money. And so, plenty tried to bend their lives to seek the happiness they've lost.
In my pursuit to mental freedom, I've subconsciously thrown these standards of "happiness." My promotion, a better life in USA, a bigger circle of friends, and the stability provided by my family.
I realized these "blessings" that people tell us are oftentimes the things that dictate our lives.
What is a promotion if I am unhappy with work?
What is migrating if it's just an excuse to be richer?
What are anti-depressants if their only permanence is artificiality?
What are relationships if they are just conveniences?
What is an ambition if its only purpose is to cause anxiety?
What is money if it's just a measurement?
When I stripped away the things that ran my life, I became the one who ran it. I became free.
When the dust settles, what's left is only ourselves. No time, no dream, no person.
Happiness was never a pursuit after all. Happiness is me.
-End-
Very smart move not moving to the US, you’re good wherever you are fam just focus on the values you stated and I hope you complete your book!
Congrats on winning the battle and good luck with your book, i would love to read it!
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I would definitely read it 🤗
Next we need a power/internet outage. Let’s not give covid credit since many died. I get your point tho!
Alan Watts saved my life. From suicide to understanding
Straight up
Was gonna do it 2 nights ago but I calmed down and came across alan watts yesterday helped me realize a lot and calm me down most of the times I was freaking out..
Why did you want to do that? Suicide that is....
@@marcusknoll9500 That's a very complex and personal question some may wish to answer or not, there's a lot that contributes to feeling that way since I speak from experience struggling with it.
@@Defirence it's because......life ain't all that great...............
"Don't take life TOO seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway"
That is a Jim Rohn quote right?
Jim Morrison.
we’re playing a game that we know has no winners and always the same ending
@@jameskulevich8907 lol crap it totally is. Thanks!
but if you take life seriously, and strive to make as much precious money as possible and buy land and property, you can have many kids, you can leave the land to them in your family name potentially forever if you create a family pride of the land, you can own a piece of the world forever and ever. even if you are dead.
That bell hit me to the next dimension
I dead ass started tripping
I love the bell!!!
Sounds like chakra bowl 528hz used in meditation
Facts like woahhhh
@@braedonwolcott6381 I think i met the machine elves when that gong.. gonged.
As someone who has always spent a ton of time in their own head, this was oddly comforting. I have often found that I am most peaceful...the most MYSELF when I am sitting in the woods listening to the birds, or out on a walk admiring the sky, or in my room creating an art piece or listening to music. There's a comfort in the now, just as it is. Regardless of what is going on in the world, the various versions of 'now' for each individual; our now is where we have the greatest influence. The 'then' or 'when' is where we slip into chaos and become unhappy with the burden of things that either haven't happened yet, or have already happened, so there's no possible way to go back for a cosmic "do-over".
Love this comment. I feel the same, I’m only in the present and myself when doing my hobbies or in nature
I agree.
If you haven’t experienced a silent meditation retreat in which you sit in silence for a certain period of time, I highly recommend it. You will find the present moment like you never have before. I’ve been on two and I am going on a third one for 18 days next month. They will change your life, I promise.
There’s a place called spirit rock in Cali and one called the Rocky Mountain ecodharma center in Colorado. I’ve been to both. Sitting with others in silence while meditating and while eating is one of the most beautiful things we can experience in life-from my perspective.
some people struggle so hard to live in the moment, i struggle to see outside of it
@@xxmeanyheadxx Well put.
The word myself I don’t spell together… I’m by my Self … this self is something just like of if I were to say I’m by my car I wouldn’t say I’m by mycar… so why do we spell it the we we have since forever
I'm dying from cancer right now. I'm sad of loosing my future present. But I love my present right now. Just a putty it will not last. That's why I live hard, as hard as posible while I can. Living hard means doing what gives joy to me and my surroundings. You don't have to wait. You can start today.
How to start? The most joyful things in life are children, spouse, famely and physical activity. Remember to first do the physical activity, because one have to first help one self to help another.
For me this means to ride my bycicle to and from the hospital and to and from my local errands here in beutifoul Norway.
May God grant you peace and happiness in all present and future moments 🙏🏿
@ don't believe in the supernatural, but thank you for wishing me well. I wish you pease and happiness too🙌
This is how I felt as a child and teen.. that money, power and ego were all superficial and not important. But through interactions with other people growing up I came to believe as if money was everything but now I need to unlearn that and just be.
I've noticed that as you grow up you literally have no choice but to be conditioned by society to follow your inevitable orders. Slowly I notice myself losing my imagination, and my head is being pulled down from above the clouds as I grow older. In 25 years will I be open to Existence and be grateful for Life, or will I be working from 9 to 5 in a convenience store?
@@thinginground5179 The Illusion of working...
Money is a tool. U use it to buy things u need. Food, water, gas, clothing, shelter.. U can use the tool in the right way and budget. Therefore u have less to worry about than the other material things. You'll have the basuc material things to get through life that doesn't depend your life upon it.
@@seenitpurple : No offence meant but I feel sad that you own a manipulated mind. Those words don’t come from yourself buddy. If you are a human being, you are capable of several senses. Including feeling and thinking.
Is that what you truly think or just bullpoop the systems throw to you and your mind digests?
I read Alan as a teen, young adult and thought how wonderful it was to finally know an intelligent adult. Once I gave the adult an inch they took the rest, they began to all say: 'get a life' and I have been spending all my time since, doing that. These vids bring back my youth and the pleasant knowing I had then that I cant seem to get back to. :{
The noise the bell makes is an amazing example of the moment. Hearing that bell, the sound it first makes and listening as it slips away. That is real, that is the moment, and the moment is the only place we will ever be.
I may be wrong but I feel like Alan was speaking at the same time at 2:00 when he said the "the reality is..." and I feel like I missed the most essential part of the video. You could even hear him in the background as the noise fades
@@gjagster357 this is kinda crazy
@@gjagster357 oh me too! I need to reply it several times just to make sure the bell sound is real and not my ‘aha moment’.
Ineffable. And you see what I just did? I used another word...
That kinda hypnotized me
“Who you think you are is entirely dependent on who people have told you are. You’re not that.” So simple and obvious yet something I never thought about in my life until now.
do you now know that you are God though?
What Alan is saying there is far deeper than you may think, he is not just repeating some empty platitude there.
He is referring to the mis-identification of the "self" with the body/mind/sensations (5 skandhas or 5 koshas).
We do this because that's what we have been told - you are this body, you are your mind, etc. etc.
None of it is true.
That is what he is getting at there...
he knows that "atman is brahman" (self is God)
check this out, if you care: th-cam.com/video/rPtHCCT1SZM/w-d-xo.html
I highly, HIGHLY urge you to watch it...
if you like western traditions (Christianity / Judaism) more, what must you answer when asked "Who is God?"
"I AM".
Yes, you are.
There you go, its occulted in the western traditions, but if you must, go use them. Eastern traditions are way better, there is no occultation (hiding in parables etc.) its plani and out there.
Thank you for taking the time to put Alan’s words with the animation. 🙏🏻
A few years of drug addiction leading to being homeless changed my perspective on life. Prior to being homeless I was a workaholic. Too much work and stress helped me become a drug addict. One day I was sitting by a canal and it occurred to me that everyone is racing to work and for what reason???? Money? I have been sober for 3 years now and own my own business. I work when I feel its necessary and play a whole lot! Alan is the man!
Howd you start your own business
@@toastyvlogs8431 for real
@@toastyvlogs8431 I've always been a fence builder so I just started my own company 🙏 you can do it too. Learn a trade or find something you love and create a source of income ❤
@@toastyvlogs8431 1) start working for others
2) profit
@@jamescobia3677 that's really cool
this is so true, most people are upset because they are walking around with all these skeletons in their closets & putting the blame on others..when honestly the future is in your hands! you can steer the ship however you want it..the mind is so limiting & powerful. wow. i love this.
When I turned 12 I stopped focusing on everyone else, and focused on myself. It’s quite liberating and can be very rewarding
Vilda Chaya ✨🤎
@MikeDonaldson-eh2ru to each his own. This was simply my perspective . 💚
The meaning of life is to just be here, and exist. Not everything has to be good but we're here to experience good and bad, everything is.
there's a book called Secret Pathway To Triumph, and it talks about how using some secret tehniques you can attract almost everything in life it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal
Yeah the real deal of scamming people and buying likes😶🌫️
There is only one failproof way to attract money into your life -- work hard and put something valuable into the world.
Book doesn’t pop up anywhere , well at least not how you typed it
Man that picture of the ego you drew of the green man putting on a mask (ego) is my exact experience on shrooms. I saw everyone as just a mask and even my self. This body will mean absolutely nothing when we “die”. It will be decomposed into thin air until it’s absolutely nothing. This body would not be something if it wasn’t for the you that’s inside it. As in the same way the peel on the orange is the thing we do not eat but we throw away. It’s the fruit that grabs our attention and we work hard for. So find your self and you get a great deal of satisfaction from the bs of this world
Correction.. you body will decompose into Something not Nothing. Atoms just don't tend to disappear lightly unless fused or swallowed by a black hole. Your body will decompose and become a part of inanimate Universe and some of the atoms that made up your body will become part of a new living creature...
Learned this at 18, 25 now. Still living a basic life, never been happier :)
Is it worth it? Does it actually make you happy and be at peace?
@@atharvshrivastava1255 if you have to ask that you clearly didn’t read his comment
@@atharvshrivastava1255 I can say from experience my life became significantly better
Same.
How do you define happy?
Are you married or single?
You live in a house or under a bridge?
You have enough food daily or not?
First found Alan Watts when I was about 16 I’m currently 24 pushing 25 and man I can never get tired of his voice and his thoughts. Always seem to cheer me up in one way or another
I wish I found him at 16. Making sure my teens know him .
Do you know how he died? He died in excess.
@@theplanetruthalcoholism, so what I’m failing to see your point in the comment besides pointing out a vague cause of death
His voice is somewhat spiritual
Kudos to you for creating such an informative and engaging video. I was recently shocked when I found a forbidden book on Borlest called Whispers of Manifestation . trust me, guys, I have never seen anything like it in my life. From secret dark strategies to some unbelievable ideas. Trust me on this, find the book.
Bots?
Can we just take a moment of silence to appreciate the quality of Alan’s understanding and the ability of the artist to visualize this for us; For sometimes seeing is believing.
I’ve deleted almost every social media (aside for one for contact reasons if my friends want to make plans) because it’s an honest waste of time to ponder how you fit in with everyone else online. It’s important to live in the moment for yourself, not someone else.
proud of you
Same here!!
They’re also usually toxic.
same here so proud of u too
I’ve been off social media and it took 2-3 months just to get rid of the mentality of oh I should post this and oh lemme see what’s going on in this and this and this
I only had social media for memes but I realized that the constant feeling of being connected to all of these people and pages was overwhelming. I didn't realize how much time it would take away from my day until I finally deleted it. Whenever I want to have a good laugh I just put a podcast on or watch some stand up, so I don't really miss the memes. Most importantly the extra time I use for sleeping more and I have never had a healthier sleep schedule since my pre-teen years. This definitely changed my life for the better, hopefully some of you also find this useful. Quarantine brought me down so hard, and honestly it's the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me. 😁 We are not alone, life is beautiful!
so happy for hou
So I should leave memes too?
@@davidjasaon1681 You have to decide if they mean something to you or not.
Personally I don't give a shit about memes
Great response man! I agree, sometimes we don’t realize how much time we spend on our phones in which serves us with little to no purpose. We could instead learn to live in the present and use what we call “time” to appreciate life in so many other perspectives.
@@davidjasaon1681 that's the thing bro, only you know how they affect you and the choice comes down to you. In my case they weren't adding anything of value, that doesn't mean that memes have no value. Things aren't good or bad they simply are.
Thank you! The artwork of the video is a masterpiece. Thank you for creating this and for the effort it took. I’m about to turn 25 and I’m in a existencial crisis. But not in a negative way. I’m eager for a really positive turnaround. It’s like I learned a lot during these past years and I’m ready to deploy the best of me. This video really made me feel like I can achieve and I’ll achieve the things that in this present I can imagine and feel that is what I want to do while alive. Thank you again.
Absolutely spectacular. I always hear “live in the present, don’t worry about the future” and I never understood how one could do that. But I realized during this video that if you always look in the future, the future you want will never come. You will always be looking for something else. Even if you found what you used to look for, you won’t be in the present to enjoy it. This is really changing my thinking.
This is a powerful perspective. The concept of time really bothers me in a way that I'm always thinking of my timeline. Worrying if I ever will become that person that I'm always wanting to in the future. Worries of everything that will happen in the future, that I'm constantly fading and not living for the present moment. It's always my dream to be in the medical field and somehow it makes me feel that my time isn't enough. Rushing to achieve things that I forgot to live in the present moment. This video made me assess how I'm living my life. I always say "Carpe Diem" but I guess, I never really lived a day in my life. I'm afraid not to be the person everyone expects me to be. But now I thought of how precious life is and shouldn't be spent asking for validation from others. There's this different level of happiness when you keep living in every moments of your life and not living for people, money, and everything that this harsh world expects me to be. To everyone reading this, live life well , not thinking much about unnecessary things, after all life is short and should be spent wisely. Live for love, peace and joy .
You can do it Kathleen. I see that you're Filipino too.
You have arrived
Thank you. I always aim to live for the simpliest things in life but I always worry if my way of living is boring (because most people believes having a simple and peaceful life is boring or that I should go chase for things that will make my life "less" boring) but this video and your comment calms and reassures me that I'm living the way just as I want it to be and there are people who like me prefer this kind of life 💓
Awwww. Thank you all for the kind words. Yeah.. Everyone can! Just gotta put your mind and heart to it. And don't forget to take a break for a while too. It's good to avoid being burnt out.
The point of letting go of materialism is to free up psychic energy from desires and wants. If you are addicted to desiring to change, desiring non materialism, you will suffer just the same. Think of time as a journey that you may take a snapshot of, or string snapshots together into a narrative. Time, space and gravity cannot be separated. A photon of sunlight exists from its release from sun until infinity trillions of years later, at the same "time" because it is a wave. So this is your snapshot life. It already exists forever because it happened. You are the part of time that you are. Every baboon born, from when the first mammal evolved to the last, is equally part of the evolution of baboons. It's nothing personal. Yet only you can make your contribution to the process and flow of time.
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibrations" - Nikola Tesla
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself" - Carl Sagan
Astrology 😌
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouams", "a-u-m", and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 528 hz.
@@ashhcatchemall yeah no
@@chychywoohoo it's ok to admit if you're too stupid to understand astrology 😌
THANK YOU!!! Thank you that you don’t play music in the background. I don’t want the music to move me, I want his words to move me. I absolutely love that you draw while Alan is talking. Again, thank you
If you're reading this, we're on the same energy wave.
What up.
heyyyy:)
🏄🏻♀️ 🌊
Hell yeah good vibes
Hey guys :)
@@czmyi welcome.
These illustrations were as profound as the speech 👏🏻
I wholeheartedly agree with you
Pretty sure it's a program, no?
Resource Based Economy , 7 pillars supporting the matrix
Nothing profound about it. If there is no past or future and never will be, how are you hearing him say this...he has been dead for almost 50 years.
Hi Pedro ! Can I ask you again when do you re located. I saw your messages on the psylocibin related video :)
This is the best video i've watched in a very long time. Real importance in life planing, perspective of who i am, what am i doing and what do i really want to experience and remember as life goes on
I'm 53, and having watched this video, I may have found my perfect way to learn. To SEE it and HEAR it at the same time was a revelation. The very was amazing and enhanced every word. Thank you to the artist that did this. This work was simply amazing. I don't TH-cam much but I'll be watching more of your videos. Thank you.
Snap I'm ??? too.
There is something about Alan Watts...his charisma,his elegance,his way of speaking... it all seems so true.....
@timwins31 Absolutely
He wrote some great books you might be interested in. Very easily digestible.
@@jacobkuca7711 Yeahh when I watched his video for the first time....I immediately googled him and started reading his books. He is truly a gem.
This is everything I think of on a daily basis and I’ve been trying to tell people that I’m just trying to live my life to the fullest and not make plans or future “goals”. thank you for finally putting it into words for me😩
Do you buy food for more than the meal you are eating?
Goals are important 🙌
@@cartergomez5390 yeah that's what he's working on
And this is how people like you will end up screwed in your final years.
The real secret is that you don’t need to tell anyone. They don’t need to understand, only you do.
This is such an amazing video on an incredible forum… I am reeling over the portion where you compared the menu of food with the money that you pay for the food… Sans food. This is the most amazing point; one that I’ve been trying to make, with too many words, for a very long time. Epic.
After Skool comes before school
😂😂😂 watching this during online school
my thought exactly
🤣🤣💯
During Skool (the present moment)
PLEASE RATE OR ROAST MY FREESTYLE!
I’m glad I’m starting 2021 off with listening to this, I hope a lot of people tune into this video this year. Wise words as always from the man himself
Yessir
I’m a good 3 months late to finding out this man’s existence and honestly 2021 now feels a bit more bearable
@@Cyprimm I would say you were like a decade late but most of what he had to say was recorded.
How'd your year go?
@@icecoldchilipreppers it was quite the year but overall well. Had its ups and Had it’s downs, achieved a majority of my goals this year, found consistency in a couple of good habits while dropping old ones. Shedding old layers of myself and working on myself has became the big focus lately. Blessings. Happy New Years to you I hope you succeed in 2022. Thanks for asking
💚 From Syria to all living beings on Earth ...we are all One
And love💚 to you to Frial, from Ireland! I feel the same as you, that we are all One. How is the situation in your country today? I don't believe much of what I hear in the media, but it does seem like your country has been through a very hard few years. I hope that things are going in the right direction, the direction of peace, tolerance and respect.
Sending love to you all from New York :)
Greetings from the Philippines.. -----****------
We are ruled you very by these liars
th-cam.com/play/PLiZnkb_gY_JVNgHsN7Ji_r-rjRZLhDeCY.html
Much love, from ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 ❤️
You really were fantastic Alan Watts. A great boddhisatva and its in so many ways a deep comfort to listen to your talks ❤❤
every single art depiction of what alan watts was saying was absolutely beyond amazing. the artist is so very talented. alan watts will forever be my favorite human.
The things you own, end up owing you. Let go and live, just live.
@Derek Kranz "Second rule of fight club is that you don't talk about fight club"
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouams", "a-u-m", and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 528 hz.
With being quarantined for just about a year I have learned so much about my self
🤎we all feel that with you
You are not self. We’re all living organisms within this sole universe
Lol I never quarentined myself because quarantining would have taken everything I cherished and loved the most: family, community, hiking, exploring, learning, etc.
@@midnull6009 yeah it did take everything from me and it made me try and be happy just with me because that is one of the most important things you can learn to do
@@drebushby9085 you can do that without being quarentined tho. We are social creatures in general and too much isolation will destroy our mental health. Before covid there were paper on papers on isolation and confinement and how it eventually destroyed people. And than as covid hit....those research papers just got pushed down into a void. In fact, several states tried to pass laws banning solitary confinement in prisons because 99% of the inmates committed suicide or were never the same after.
Thank you so much!
I could never concentrate on what Alan was saying before, but with your visuals it makes it easy for my mind to follow and understand ❤
Life isn’t pressure .. the system is pressure it tells you their standard of living.
There is no such thing as failure. It only exists when we compare ourselves to others and society's standards
who is they
their or them
is a project of you
I agree but do bunnies in the wild feel pressure?
@@11WaterSkier11 Advertisers, now they call them Influencers.
The purpose of life is exploration, adventure, learning, and pleasure.
Not pleasure*
@@warrierrohit Idk.. Would you say then it's meant for suffering? I believe to an extent: "indulgence not compulsion." Balance. It's definitely pleasurable to spend time with family and friends, explore and learn.. It's our egos and addictions we must be wary of.. Least that's what I think thus far. Attachment leads to suffering. And in the end we must let go, lest we be bound to our own shadow.
Pleasures are temporary , if you follow your life for pleasures your doomed bro
Happiness is not equal to pleasures , happiness is something you are , pleasures are just chemical releases for some shit that happens to you, happiness is something you are , you are a vessel full of it and everything around has joy you just have to go ahead and reach it , there aint no good or evil in this world , its our ideologies, i could say a lotta stuff but nvm , have a great days from today guys ❤✌
@@warrierrohit Thank you. I feel I have more clarity on the difference between happiness and pleasure now.. I appreciate it.
no its to be alive
I truly believe persuing things you would use and enjoy go far beyond anything else.
Doesn't matter if you have thousands of games if you only play 1 or 2...
Doesn't matter if you have 3 cars or 3 houses if you only use 1...
Waste is the suffering of our souls.
Holy shit dude I used to watch your videos... crazy seeing you here
Ok protomario
@Cole Ritter Things that help you learn and grow ARE technically useful. Therefore, wasting your life is a useless way to go about it.
We are mass producing clothing still. We are all mass producing chemicals. We are all mass producing greed, hate, separation, anxiety, diabetes, we need love here. We need love. The shootings, the technology. Are we driving the car or the car driving us?
Life doesn’t need to be useful. I’m sorry you were made to feel not useful. Life should be loving. Loving feels the best in our bodies and biology. Choose love and see.
Wisdom
I remember Fred. My old dance teacher. He used to say illumination is available for everyone, right here right now.
He also says something I really like:
"I am where my body is
I stay where my heart desired
I go where my spirit wants."
I'm getting obsessed with this dudes work, the more I learned from him the more I realize how much of a genius he was, great stuff, thank you for sharing whoever uploaded this video and of course Alan Watts himself as well.
Alan Watts changed my entire perception of life
how so.. What was the main thing?
For me he helped deconstruct the fallacies of the Roman Catholic Church I was raised with, and helped me understand Jesus had a mystical experience, which anyone could also have. He also helped me realize I am not my thoughts, I am being itself. He was a truly great man.
@@hoppas77 ..Just seeing through the veil of so called reality. Understanding that were all one collective consciousness and death is by no means the "end" of anything.
Mine too.
Specifically, that life is too short to be listening to rambling droning overrated "wise" people.
I’ve been making hiking videos with Alan Watts audio on my channel. Such deep stuff 🙏🏼😎
The only wish would be that more people had access to this information. What a wonder humanity would be, luckily it still has the potential to be. After all, it all begins now 🙏
The person who put together this video is a genius. 8 years in my spiritual journey. Back here watching, and learned new things
Each present moment is the seed of the next, what you FEEL NOW is creating your reality.
holy cow i can’t get over how much i love this comment section in comparison to all the people i know in real life.
You are a loser, that’s why.
Lol you are not a loser , you simply don't have much friends
Maybe is for the best no need to contaminate yourself with bad energy. Maybe is time to find yourself and unlock your full potential.
One of my faves from Alan Watts is Myth of Myself try listening to it th-cam.com/video/CkzNGbBM8P0/w-d-xo.html
andrew what are you lol
“I have nothing to think about except thoughts” that part 👀
Ay shordy what's yo @??
Ryan Huncho really 😐
@@salvie777 :D
Look at a thought as a thought 💭
It’s been helping me a lot
@@salvie777 lmao he gets it hes living in the present
"We are psychologically perverted in a say that some of us would like to have money rather than real wealth"
WORD!💯👌
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouams", "a-u-m", and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 528 hz.
And then.....?
@@joeturner6024 😳
“If i talk all the time, i won’t be able to hear what anyone else has to say”
When other ppl talk i cant hear myself think & thats annoying. Shut up
Alen watts was a genius. He will always be remembered for his great philosophy and knowledge.
Thank you for illustrating the words of one of my favourite human beings so beautifully.
I am utterly sure that Alan would love your work.
"You are all God in disguise." The best line that I have heard in a long time.
“And when Jesus figured it out they crucified him” really got me too
@@Kittysticks yeah Joshua was awesome and arguably mythical but definitely one of the best Israelis
We are God’s creation. We are not the one true God but we are gods in that we create certain things like our creator. We are not perfect like God but he makes us perfect through his perfect Son’s sacrifice on the cross for our sins. We are made righteous through faith in Christ and our relationship with God is restored and we return as children of God instead of the Devil.
@@rookie4311 I do believe that you are missing the point of line and my posting of it
****point of the line
"Today is but yesterday's tomorrow. And yesterday? Why, yesterday is the day before today."
- Dan Kweed (420 BCE, Letter to Socrates)
I see what you did 😏
Nice
Ok so meaning time doesn't exist? Illusion is time
The legacy of Alan Watts, along with Ram Dass have been of significant healing and teaching legacies for me on my personal spiritual journey. I met and spoke with Ram Dass' spirit in my dream recently. It must have been my frequent state of gratitude, and loving thoughts about his graceful teachings that drew him to me. I love you to whomever may be reading this. Truly.
After 58 years on this planet I'm kinda having a light-bulb moment after listening to this 💡☯️🕉️😊 Namaste 🙏😘
me too 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 i am happy to be alive
im serious
I just wanna hug Alan Watts for all the wisdom and clarity he has given me. Thank you for making this video and the illustrations.
hug yourself too and pat yourself on the back, wisdom is earned 💫
Thank you so much for this!
you’re welcome
needed this big time too
@@JensVanDeAarde okay Simpleton
@@miner4236 okek
Come here often?
I had never heard of Alan Watts, to my shame, before your videos. His words are ground-shakingly insightful. They make me question my outlook on life and my purpose of being. Thank you.
This is what we should be teaching in schools.
That's against the matrix you can't do that 😂
This is something to be discovered not taught, it needs to be understood within oneself
They don't
That's why it's named Afterskool
@@chrischill5439 lmao good one but on a serious note school is just pure brain washing, I like seeking my own truth if it resonates with me I understand it well rather then being forced stupid subjects into your head
Magical like this π precisely bro they set kids up to want to be slaves their whole lives. The indoctrination of the work till you die mentality is learned at school
Wow your art really makes his words come to life.. this is amazing!!
i cannot get over how good this material is to watch when tripping on LSD or psilocybin. absolutely amazing
Helps the mind grow bro
watch thoths prophecy if ur tripping rn it’s on their page 10/10
Where did you get psilocybin?
watching this while candyflipping.
one of the best videos I've seen in a while.
Haven't tried that yet but not sure I've even tripped since I found this channel. It's been a couple of yeas or more
Alan Watts’ book “the book” is really mind blowing and I really really recommend I haven’t read it all the way through but that just goes to show how ahead of his time this man was
I truly believe Alan Watts should be taught in school because he seriously has an in depth knowledge of how to heal your soul
the #BigPharma lobby, who design the curriculum, and pay decision-makers (politicians) to execute their bidding, will not allow this knowledge in the open.
#AmericanDemocracy #SchoolSystem #Institutions #NYSE #HealthForProfit
Why would they want people to know truth in school. They want people to continue to believe the illusions and lies. School is part of the system of brainwashing.
That's y he isn't. Not is how to do your taxes grow food be self reliable...
so interesting that the point of this video was something my intuition made me realize this summer exactly watching my first kitten live, eat or sleep. she lives in the moment and she brings literally peace in my life. i would've never imagined how powerful it is to live with a pet. my dream is to connect more with nature and animals to feel this peaceful feeling to the fullest.
I had the exact thought about my cat during an acid trip lol
2020 is changing us all. We're going to look back at this year & just laugh about everything. May we keep on growing! Love y'all!
Winner of: Most Honest Video ever, thank you all who put together
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. Alan watts
That is one of my favorite quotes and Alan Watts introduced me to it too. But it is from GK Chesterton
This video literally changed my life
Money and time are literally human-made concepts.
Yep
@Reid Ballantyne of course time is real as we are moving, no movement no time, you could say hence death, but human time is an absurdity.
time has existed since the big bang, doesn't matter if humans existed or not
Yes and 2+2=5 right?
wow Floop, big brain moment there? You're wrong because you simply made two sweeping statements.
If I listen to even two lines of modern pop songs I lose SO many brain cells. Then I come to Alan Watts to restore them. Works every time. 🙏🏼
I had a near death experience for like 3 days now and I just recovered , this brought great insight to how I look at life now . Blessing to you and yours .
"If I think all the time I have nothing to think about except thoughts." ~A. Watts
💯🔥
Doesn't really make sense
@@letdomf It does because thinking all the time will only result in you having thoughts rather than experiences. So when you think, the only thing you can think about is the thoughts you've gathered because you've achieved and experienced nothing. You get it?
@@arbaz1 Yes, makes sense that way. Thanks