The False Idea of Who You Are - Alan Watts
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- Speech extract from "What is Life About?" by Alan Watts, courtesy of alanwatts.org
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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I wish u could do daily videos...with multiple creators of the drawing. Different mediums. Maybe crayon, paint, or even have a video where different creatora do a secrion of the video each there own style. Just make that one like 3 hrs long lol
Keep up the great work! Have you considered featuring Joseph Campbell? Thanks!
please bring more speech of Alan Watts
This was absolutely brilliant, the mind of Alan watts was truly something to behold. And the way you animate breathes so much life into his words!
Excellent talk and video. 6:20 ''What you are, basically - deep, deep down .... is the fabric and structure of existence itself.''
"LIfe is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to experience." - Soren Kierkegaard
Damn this hit hard
Life is about the balance between solving problems and and enjoyment being mentally healthy. There can't be any "but" - pretending problems don't exist and aren't worth paying attention to is a false and dangerous philosophy.
Fantastic quote ... 👏👏👏
@@Anton_Sh. You are taking a 13 word sentence and trying to find a way to "debunk" it....don't dig so deep at it. Of course there are problems in life and some worth paying attention too, but way too many damn people are depressed and have anxiety problems and are always worried about something...even, and often, crap that is way out of their control. Life is too short, experience it the best you can, ignore most of the bad crap you think is out there after you, handle the bad crap you can that is actually something you can control, but just live your life to your best ability.
@@Anton_Sh. Life being a "reality to experience" will also include problems to be solved. It is a matter of perception.
“You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.”
Alan Watts
Except in a debate, probably.
But is this quote taken the wrong way? I feel as though we are constantly wanting to change in order to improve ourselves rather than expecting who we are which is to say, the universe. So in realizing this we are free from worrying about being any different than we are at this very moment.
But alas I'll remain evolved tubes lol. Tubes with no obligations, only guidelines that I'm pretty sure are best left unfollowed.
People with Schizophrenia felt this.
@@dallas1891 there’s never an end to discover who we are and to evolve
Alan Watts is the reason I’m ok.
Alan Watts is the reason I survived that one LSD trip.
@@ElephantWhisperer222 facts
Same bro same...
You are the reason you are okay. You found Alan Watts
imagine if everyone has and applied this mans insight
“We are all branches from the same tree”
“The greatest illusion is separation”
Two great quotes from Avatar The Last Airbender
Offtopic, but yes. Alan means that all your actions, intended or untended, is you. If you were ordered to do smth and you did it, It is YOU who did it. You cant just say I was ordered. If you wanted to become a singer/businessman at youth, but your family went against it, you cant blame your family for changing your mind. You can blame only yourself.
@@nurikkulanbaev3628 Blaming things on yourself or not. Even though an occurrence might be someone else's fault, if it affects you it will be your responsibility how to deal with it.
Rather than blaming anyone for actions that a person took. It is more fruitfull to investigate what motivation you had that made you do those actions. Linking back to what was told in the video. Do we even have choices? or is it all a flow actions and reactions.
“Ye are all fruits of one tree, the leaves of one branch, the flowers of one garden.” Bahá’u’lláh 1863
“There is no war in ba sing se” -Joo Dee
@@nurikkulanbaev3628 Yourself in this case being all of reality I assume, not the individual human
For those who wanna practice:
Take 5 moments a day "the reminders" in which you think, say, imagine it. So, you cut the tomato, you think that the tomato is you. You see the tree, you are the tree, you walk outside, you are the sky, the sky is you, etc. Though still intellectual, this will help integrate the idea, in you, in your meditation. Then, in your awakening moments, in your taste of Truth it gets "easier" to comprehend that you are the whole. Good luck! From me, which is you.
This idea kinda scares me sometimes, i dont wanna be smth as cruel like a pedophile or worse ; a politician
If i watch a horrormovie, then it is also me
I keep it way simpler, just breathe...
Experience the air and that's it.
Even scientifically, the atoms and molecules that we breathe all have been circulated trough other humans, animals, plants, trees etc. It's an constant flow.
And all I need to do, to remember that everything is connected is just feeling the air I breathe.
@@UKnowURRetarded I agree, it is scary; and it is an important realization, motivating mindfulness of what we support, in this example, supporting scary movies.
Life takes dedication & a willingness to particpate
@@UKnowURRetarded everything around us (good and bad) are manifestations of the whole spectrum. Though there are ugly parts, you have to accept them along with the righteous ones because everything depends on the balance 😌
@@UKnowURRetarded Read the short story "The Egg" by Andy Weir. In it the main character dies and has a conversation with god.
“Just me? What about everyone else?”
“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.”
You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”
“All you. Different incarnations of you.”
“Wait. I’m everyone!?”
“Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.
“I’m every human being who ever lived?”
“Or who will ever live, yes.”
“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”
“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added.
“I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled.
“And you’re the millions he killed.”
“I’m Jesus?”
“And you’re everyone who followed him.”
You fell silent.
“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”
Most people don't really love themselves, they just love all the stuff they've accumulated and accomplished
wow yeah thats so true
Or they don’t love themselves, they love what their body can do for them
Nothing I’ve gained in life material or economic has brought me to the decision to love self this has been since birth I’ve felt this way I always felt not believed but felt that self love was very important to my SURVIVAL
@Dao the Eternal Nameless Beyond Thought Have you considered typing in a comprehensible Manor?
I haven't accomplished shit nor do I have great possessions, yet I know I don't fully love myself
Life can only be understood backwards, but can only be lived forwards.
False.
sounds good.
That's just a saying to sound smart but very false
No it makes sense. You did C because of B. You did B because of A. Only in reflection can you understand the reaction to any given action. But in life the action comes first.
I cant explain everything I do, but I can explain everything I did.
This was literally my first trip on psychedelics. The boundaries between the self and the other are inexistent. I call it the “here and now state”. Everyone seems to be trying so hard to be themselves when there's no need to worry, just let it be. It's an eternal flow of energy that leads to universal love and existence.
@Brayden Dempsey some people lose money when children are encouraged to think for themselves
@Brayden Dempsey I love the way you explain things, I agree
Bro I just farted. Want a sniff? It’s some good stuff, I promise
@Brayden Dempsey Not a rant at all. Great, wise, inspirational thoughts. Wishing you well and the best life possible.
Yes!
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.” - Alan Watts
Which means that, fundamentally, you and I are the same. Hello me! How does the universe look from where you're standing?
@@i_accept_all_cookies looks pretty shit I should sort myself out
@@jaedonmunton3498 Yeah, that sounds like something I'd say...
you are the bow through which eternity shoots itself - kahlil gibran
You're the universe experiencing itself. An endless song, aria of eternity listening to itself
*“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending...”*
*―C. S. Lewis*
I may not know you personally, but I believe in you my friend! 🙏
Love Ahmet 💜💜💜
@@deonlion 🙏🙏
Ahmet, your channel is fantastic. You have such amazing insights for someone so young. 💕 🤗
❤️❤️😌
thank you
“Waking up to who you truly are, requires letting go, of who you believe yourself to be…”
- Alan Watts 🕉️☯️⚛️
Did Alan Watts teachings change your life? .......It did me.
Yes
they
Yes
Over and over again
Absolutely
*Complaining is one of ego's favorite strategies to strengthen itself.*
Ah, irony, at last.
Nice one 👌🏾 can I use it?
I’m going through a lot. I’m pretty depressed; feeling hopeless. This made me cry. It felt like a hug.
Thank you
You are not alone
@@DustyBottoms201 thank you
@@gic8849 How are you now?
@@lilrudie5194 this is the sweetest experience I’ve ever had on CZcams. Thank you for asking! I’m better 😌I hope you’re doing well too!🌻🤍🌻
@@gic8849 I’m depressed too, I also have severe anxiety, I understand this unexplainable feeling of dread and sadness and fear. I don’t think anyone can really understand what it is like without going through it. We can’t blame them but it is really beyond words. And sometimes even in the lowest lows it’s beautiful if you can take a step back and see that even this is just a ripple in the universe, completely meaningless and non influential to the big picture. And most likely if we really come to terms with that even the anxiety and sadness will be nothing more than a faint memory.
Sketch artist is immaculate
Just had a shroom trip, and this is exactly how I felt, connected to all of reality and consciousness, what a coincidence that this just came out
When I did psychedelics a while ago, I had a thought expiriment (thought about it a few times but on psychs it made me 'feel' the most).
Think of this. You are you, and you came into the world the moment your mother gave birth to you. But did you really only exist from at that moment? No, obviously you came into existence when your father and mother convieved you by merging of their 2 cells. But then. Doesnt that mean that you existed even before you were born? Because you didnt just suddenly exist. The things that made you, the things that literally *_are_* you, already existed. Your parents already contained you in them. But then we might as well say that the moment your parents were concieved, you started to exist. But that would mean that the moment their parents existed you also existed.
You existed the moment the first human ever existed. But thats not true either. When the first dinosaur existed, the first fish, the first multicellular organism, when the first cell ever existed, you existed with them. You may live only a few decades. But you have existed since life exists. And I find that a pretty cool thought.
One can even say that we all existed even before life. Life had to emerge from the lifeless. The big bang set in motion a chain of events, creating matter, forming galaxies. forming planets and the earth. Eventually that chain of events created life, and you and me. Does this mean the big-bang contained information, an accidental, random, maybe intended blue print to create us? I dont think we will ever know.
@@bas_ee wow thank you!
Whenever i watch your videos i feel like my problems are vanished
Drugs have that effect, too. Ever notice?
@Gio Javii when evere things happened whether they are happened with problems or without problems.
@@mikeyh0 what type of drugs u mean?
@@rameshbist703 Alcohol to start. Then pot, peyote, mushrooms, heroin, etc.
@Chavez 88 That wasn't advice. I shun all forms of chemical experimentation/dependencies. It was merely an observation.
You are a great artist After Skool. You have mastered the gift of transforming words into reality and for that we thank you 🙏❤️
Thank you!
yes he transforms school into skool lmfao. i generally dont follow marketers of others' philosophies as their own,but sheepling others is good dollahs these days and always.
i dont thank him,speak for self. . i thank all the buddha and other spriritually-unscathed-by-money philosophers amd leaders. hes no gandhi or mandela. cmon. lol.
@@princessruth9155 they’re thanking him for making the words accessible for a newer generation! A lot of people prefer to watch a pretty visualisation while listening rather than just a blurry video or some such. It helps keep focus I find! Art’s always a nice addition.
I like the artist’s interpretation of the words Allan watts is talking about . It always feels like a scene of color when you hear the man talk . Always paints a mental picture w words his brush.
Without a doubt, Alan Watts is my favorite philosopher. He takes the most beautiful ideas from cultures and religions all around the world and makes them palatable for a Western audience. His words (both written and spoken) have been a grounding force in my life for years.
The power of enlightenment is within us all at all times.
4:24 “what is discord at one level, is harmonious at the higher level” 🙌🏼
Alan Watts. Truly a wise man.
I always like to mention an interview in which Fran Zappa just said: “Man, do you know what the real problem in the world is? Mental health. Because if everyone worked on their mental health (meditation, education, psychoanalisis, etc) problems between people would be completely different.” This video reminded me of it.
That man was a bodhisattva
And that is 💯 the truth!! Mental health is the key that unlocks awareness!
when you lead with your ego, you live a life of constant anxiety. i never realized that was an issue until now. love this video
These videos played a vital role in saving my life I believe 🙏
I listen to Alan every night I go to sleep, I've heard all his talks over and over, but I still love and am amazed by his poetic words every time. He's seriously changed my life for the better and has made me more positive and optimistic enjoying the here and now.
U must listen Osho too
“The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same.” -Guru Pathik
like the heart and the mind - Eduardo Viajero.
Just love this channel.
The illustration on this video was totally next level. WOW WOW WOW. I can't even comprehend the process. Cudos to all involved.
Some Alan Watts on my birthday? Thank you for the gift! 🙏🏽
Happy Birthday! ^^
...may u 😉 enjoy & think of ur mother who was given the miracle of bringing u out into the world 🌎
I went through a phase where all i listened to was Alan Watts many yeats ago. Hearing his voice again unlocked my memories
The best spiritual entertainer
Alan Watts was a very special man. Thanks for the hard work and great video.
Alan Watts and art. This is perfection.
Alan Watts, will forever remember this name from CZcams. Wise man comes with wise words & information
Profound. What an amazing human Alan Watts was.
is
@@MikeBarbarossawhy is? Where is he? im curious
@@chokispokis If you insist he "was" simply because he passed, you completely missed his teachings
In my opinion Alan Watts is too often judged upon personal circumstances of his life. That shouldn't take away from the brilliance of his philosophy. The best coaches were not necessarily the best players, the best financial advisors are not necessarily the richest, and the best philosophers shouldn't be expected to be the perfect individual.
Right. For the most part these are peoples projections based off of their level of perception of his teachings. He never said he wasn’t a rapscallion.
@@Awakenedmind333 Agreed. I've just seen many people throw the baby out with the bathwater so to speak because Watts had some personal issues that some may not agree with.
Sometimes being a deep introspective thinker has its downsides. The phrase ignorance is bliss is very true. When you make it your life purpose to ponder deep philosophical questions about consciousness and the nature of reality then you are inadvertently opening yourself up to deep existential anxieties too. Nietzsche went insane trying to understand the human experience. I guess the secret is to try not to get lost in content and try to focus on being mindful and living in the moment
@@andybrown3016 Listen, the beauty about the human life is that everyone has a different story to tell. It would be a shame if people followed the exact same rope of a different individual. Life is out there for humans to experience and grab but over the years we have become slowly enslaved to technology which is not a living being. Life can't be experienced through soullessness. But indeed we have come to a stage where our soul is completely stripped.
Alan Watts speaks from the soul. And your soul is your experiences/what you make out of life.
And honestly that is the way to live but rather we are not heading that way anymore. Lets keep our heads up people 👍
Well alan watts is an ENFP philosopher his entire philosophy revolves around individuality, self efficacy, and personal growth.
Who honesty thumbs these down? Someone on their way to a job that they hate, working for a machine that doesn’t recognize them. These are positive, educational videos. They are incredible and really have changed my mornings and days.
Bible thumpers maybe🤔
you do you and let others be themselves. it is hard enough to be yourself.
Its definitely people who have different high strung religious beliefs. Some would say Alan is a hippie and they would mean it in the old sense cause they are all boomers.
Too much ego leads to greedy capitalism, while not enough ego leads to communism, which is just as bad. We need the golden middle in order to thrive.
@@au9parsec NOT REALLY. Any one can have too much ego. Perhaps you are equating ego with surplus goods or consumerism or riches. there are plenty of poor people with large egos.
Wow, I needed to hear this, thank you! Alan Watts is a legend.
Your videos just get better and age so well. After skool is truly where we learn, just like my own life, I didn’t wake up until after I left school and found zeitgeist in 2007 and, here we are. Love to all my universal sentient family. Namaste
We are like creatures caught in a trap. When the I becomes separate from nature, we are limited and tortured unable to understand the totality of existence.
beautifully written. Amazing channel
Ah, you feel trapped while I feel free. You have the "real" view and I am stuck with delusion. But you feel trapped? Are you really trapped or do you just feel that way? Am I truly free or do I just feel that way? Which would you prefer? That's obvious, isn't it? Enjoy your prison.
Actually, we are NEVER separate from nature/God/the Universe, it is just our limited human Ego that creates the PERCEPTION of separateness, numerous mental stories, pointless labels, and false identities that almost all of us buy into and defend like a dog defending its bones due to our ignorance of our True Nature.
Your animations and the themes on which they are based never cease to amaze me. Absolutely loved it. Thank u for spreading wisdom in such a gripping way.
Thank you Mr. Watts for existing. And continuing your life in exsistence as a voice of teaching.
I am so grateful for these videos, this feels like the most important pocket of the internet I've ever stumbled upon. I was raised on McKenna and Hicks and when things turned to trouble it was Eckhart and Watts who inspired me to come back to life. Keep up the good work!
This is the first time I've listened to Alan Watts. As a newfound spiritualist, his words moved me. I've never heard of someone putting the words I don't have so beautifully.
He has tons of recorded audio online and it's all great!
This moved me to tears, thank you. Absolutely beautiful.
Just beautiful. As always, a HUGE thank you to After Skool
This man was such a genius. Thanks to channels like this his wisdom stays alive🙏🙏
I've been following this channel for many years now, Alan Watts is my favorite
This is exactly what i needed to hear, thank you so much universe 🌌
Yes!😍😍
Beautiful. Just… Beautiful. Listening to Alan’s calming words over recent years has changed my self-awareness beyond measure, loved this lecture! 🙏🔮
I always knew that more people needed to hear Alan, the concrecence is closing in ever more, he was a highly self aware Human being and i thank for sharing his outlook on the experience of being alive 🤙🏾✌🏾
You are the big bang the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are . - Alan Watts ☯️
Alan Watts is one of humanity's greatest gifts! Thank you!
3 minutes in...Gonna come back for this for when I'm high.
We are forever changing, we’re a different person than we were two minutes ago, and will be a different person two minutes from now….Evolution. Forever evolving🦋✨✨✨
I would reply but I don't know whom I'm addressing.
@@mikeyh0 yet you’re here 🙃
@@stelliumX5 Turn your head right side up and then watch as my comment sails over it. Dax, you are not.
To summarize: each individual is a thread that makes the blanket of humanity.
Again- after two years where I am struggling - this channel makes a relevant video for me. I am sobbing at how this hits home and how much my soul/heart are weighed down. Saying this world is okay helped me a lot. So much more to this but no matter what it was helpful for me.
Love this channel thank you for helping me through my awakening journey ✌🏾❤️
Great job illustrating such profound ideas!
Just when I needed you hear this, it pops up on my YT feed. Whenever I am lost, listening to Alan brings back peace and reconnection of awareness to Source. I give thanks to The All for the reminder, that in the apparent midst of darkness I am not alone. I love you Father; please forgive my self inflicted ignorance.
Mesmerizing and so Profound! Incredible explainer artwork too!!!
So beautiful! Alan watts genuinely had an incredible way of viewing the world and putting into words how he feels and experiences.
I’m so thankful for this channel & all of the amazing featured beings 🤲💛🌟
To hear Alan Watts speak aloud on a concept I haven’t felt able to bring up in any setting before was imperative to me realising the sanity of and compassion associated with the thought that “what’s discord on one level is harmony on a higher level.” Hearing that message was a gift, and despite listening to countless hours of his lectures I hadn’t heard him say it before- thank you!! 😄
Why is after skool such an educating channel, I just love it
This is EXACTLY the conclusion I came to, when I had dmt under a gum tree one afternoon a few years back. Very enlightening 15 mins. A overwhelming sense of connection to every single atom in the universe. Very hard to explain in words, but this experience definitely reduced many of my psychological anxieties.
*Jordan Peterson's 10 Rules:*
*1- Don't waste your life.*
*2- Take responsibility.*
*3- Confront suffering.*
*4- Persue meaning, not happiness.*
*5- Find your WHY.*
*6- Live the truth.*
*7- Get better every day.*
*8- Have adventurous goals.*
*9- Struggle up the hill.*
*10- Fight for your beliefs.*
If Jordan Peterson is gooey prickles then Alan Watts is prickly goo.
(Reference to one of Alan's lectures)
This is the most beautiful lecture I've ever heard
Alan got me through many tough times. Thank you
Every time I see Alan Watts on this channel I automatically know this gonna be amazing ♾❤️
This opened my eyes. The past traumas, mistakes, wealth, and egos I’ve built up don’t make me who I am. I give myself my meaning. Not everyone is perfect, no one will be perfect. But the reality in truth is we give ourselves a true meaning. No one else. I was. I can. I can’t. I will. I won’t. I will be…..
I am, you are.
This channel is god given!
Thank you for sharing knowledge
So so good. Thank you After Skool.
A true legend has spoken🌄
I been up all night 🌙 watching these after skool videos even at the bar and the after party just got home and Damm I have not felt this peaceful in a long time .. thank you and blessings to every single person in this lifetime..
This channel introduced me to Alan.. God bless you for what you’ve done for me.
This video was fantastic. Really needed that today. Thank you.
watching this while on any psychedelic is amazing omg
Jelly
Perfect. Fantastic. Alan Watts is just pure zen and love.
Such profound teachings. Thank you for uploading these videos for humanity. May you be happy ❤
WHAT AN ARTIST THE GUY WHO PAINT MAKE ALL ...INCREDIBLE ...I WATCH 3 4 TIMES...WOW U ARE A NEW AGE PICASO MY BROTHER....DON T BE SHAME DO WHAT U WANT TO DO I WANT TO HAVE A CAREER IN THIS...TO MAKE WHAT U LIKE AND PAY IT FOR IT.....TNX U FOR THIS..I NEVER SEE SOMETHING SO BEATIFULL
The amazing AfterSkool. Great work!
This will forever remain one of the most important videos I've ever seen. Literally life changing.
Love these lectures from A .Watts. thank you.
Alan Watts is a legend 🙏♥️
Really?
Thanks Alan watt and afterskool💚
Thank you so much for taking the time to produce this. It’s beautiful.
Thank you so much for your incredible artistry in support of a phenomenal message. I truly appreciate it.❤️
incredible strong message! you‘re the fire you must enlighten in others!🤩
This is outstanding, even if my ego doesn’t quite grasp it yet... beautifully done.
You’ll get it in time friend.
The ego never grasps anything. The trick is to quit identifying with the ego, which is nothing but an irrational idea of who you are.
@@tomrhodes1629 ego is needed in order to process the things of this world, including this video by using Langland comprehension. I get what you mean, generally ego gets in the way of our well-being.
This video has given me so much perspective. Thank you for the work you do.
I love that opening statement. I tell my children that the way they feel about themselves is going to be corelated to the way their peers respond to their actions.
Allan Watts is the reason I can even fathom that I'll one day will be a bit more closer to OK.
Thank you very much for making such a beautiful video ❤️
And thanks to the motivation that drives you to make such beautiful video ❤️
This video made cry. I feel so touched ❤️
This video just brought me down from having an anxiety attack about my purpose so thank you 💜