Alan Watts - When you're silent it speaks

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  • Famous lecture from Alan Watts

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  • @irabnut
    @irabnut Před 4 lety +2563

    who's listening in 2020?

  • @breydonkokas6778
    @breydonkokas6778 Před 7 lety +2595

    I wish they taught this sort of thing in schools. We would have much more peaceful and intelligent human beings in our world

    • @craigbone2121
      @craigbone2121 Před 6 lety +6

      B Ko

    • @craigbone2121
      @craigbone2121 Před 6 lety +199

      Thats why they dont

    • @jimini1976
      @jimini1976 Před 5 lety +106

      The powers that be cant control a world full of intelligent human beings

    • @ciaranhealy5277
      @ciaranhealy5277 Před 5 lety +29

      They do in other parts of the world...

    • @flow5718
      @flow5718 Před 5 lety +84

      I always say this, _philosophy_ should _never_ be _taught_ anywhere. It has to be _learnt._

  • @Vipenstrike
    @Vipenstrike Před 6 lety +1982

    "If you take words too seriously, you are like someone that climbs a signpost instead of going where it points."

  • @artemisfamily324
    @artemisfamily324 Před 6 lety +1344

    Grateful to whoever was wise enough to record him so we can continue to learn from him throughout the generations of now.

    • @matthewmontano9695
      @matthewmontano9695 Před 4 lety +3

      Pff

    • @thenameless4848
      @thenameless4848 Před 4 lety +5

      Dr Artemis Morris check out Raymond Karczewski CZcams channel. These are the Christ Consciousness beings not to worship but to understand the energy not the being.

    • @InnovAce
      @InnovAce Před 4 lety +11

      The Nameless nope

    • @owentomos2306
      @owentomos2306 Před 4 lety +8

      And thankfully there are numerous recordings of him on CZcams.

    • @booiiiiibsyoutube
      @booiiiiibsyoutube Před 4 lety +5

      Namaste 🙏

  • @armandolopez6302
    @armandolopez6302 Před 3 lety +120

    Peace and quiet is the most valuable thing to the human mind. Learn to be alone and you’ll never be alone

    • @ga3697
      @ga3697 Před 2 lety +2

      for most of us, unfortunately, it happens through living a traumatic childhood. Become your own best friend or you sink.

    • @billmoyer3254
      @billmoyer3254 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Owlobserver stop "trying" and it will happen

    • @abdulc5726
      @abdulc5726 Před 2 lety

      Wow that's powerful

  • @UDimwit
    @UDimwit Před 7 lety +1438

    Just listening to Alan watts is meditating in itself...

    • @IrieBuddha94
      @IrieBuddha94 Před 7 lety +55

      UDimwit not really because he makes you thinks a lot. And the key to meditation is not thinking at all. I get what you mean but no it really isn't....

    • @UDimwit
      @UDimwit Před 7 lety +36

      Though to think is not to think if you can get that concept of things..You listen to what he says, you think about it, then you apply it in the form of meditation which is not thinking.. just applying the conceptual values in a different form or state... and it is when you don't think that real and true ideas come from out of no where...

    • @ajs9378
      @ajs9378 Před 7 lety +47

      The key to meditation is not "to not think" , indeed in one of his talks Alan Watts says exactly this. Meditation is a whole state of being, I can meditate going about my everyday life, it is an inner calm of sorts and a perspective only you can be aware of. To apply a maxim such as you have is to put it in a box , it is like trying to explain love, it cannot be explained by something which it is not, you cannot explain love because it is so very personal and indeed everyone will have a different view which also cannot be exactly felt by another. Meditation is not tangible, Alan Watts does make us think a lot but that is not to say we cannot be in a meditative state whilst thinking. In Savasana in Yoga I ask my students not to empty their minds, indeed that would be impossible, but rather to try to slow down thoughts ; to try to create spaces in between them to calm a busy mind, this to me is how anything and anywhere and any place can be a meditation,they can then take that with them and their inner calm shines out in their interations with others and has a beautiful knock on effect of compassion and acceptance. I would explore this open view of meditation as it is very interesting to oneself. Peace x

    • @bigwill9631
      @bigwill9631 Před 7 lety +17

      Very true, many ways to meditate! You can guide your self or you can be guide by another :D

    • @CC-uh8ed
      @CC-uh8ed Před 7 lety +2

      A Js on point :-) xx

  • @premanesbit
    @premanesbit Před 6 lety +575

    "Most people do not have time, because they are not aware of present. Present is the only real time. There is no past and no future."

    • @relaxjq
      @relaxjq Před 5 lety +3

      nicely put

    • @s.b200
      @s.b200 Před 5 lety +9

      Its important to keep in mind that our brains evolved the concept of "past and future" because it helped us survive at a time when we were prey (we learned to plan/organize). Our close cousins chimpanzees and other monkey species don't have this ability, because their ancestors stayed tree-living. But on the ground we were more vulnerable. When our brains got the concept of time, we traded that brainspace and sacrificed other traits that has to do with understanding the present (like reacting fast to something we see). Today this time-perspective still helps us, but like most traits there's an obvious downside to it. We tend to focus too much on future and past.
      (Based on research mentioned in this video: czcams.com/video/ktkjUjcZid0/video.html)

    • @josephmcdevitt7583
      @josephmcdevitt7583 Před 5 lety +5

      @@s.b200 great point we keep looking beyond the present

    • @AndrewHibberd
      @AndrewHibberd Před 5 lety +6

      now can not be replicated nor relocated. its now yet we are listening to the words of a dead man.

    • @kalsar4076
      @kalsar4076 Před 4 lety

      I would say, no matter how thin we slice Tim, it will fall either in the past or in the future.

  • @ironclad452
    @ironclad452 Před 7 lety +1380

    "Reality is ... GONGGGGG"
    That's excellent

    • @vinylwrap5571
      @vinylwrap5571 Před 7 lety +40

      John if only the world can understand this..

    • @shakubob
      @shakubob Před 7 lety +68

      John ,this is not to be understood but to be experienced. The key is to bring this reality to your beingness on a daily occurance.The truth is yours to do with as you wish. What will you do?

    • @ajkosicki519
      @ajkosicki519 Před 7 lety +15

      AUM

    • @imagebob
      @imagebob Před 7 lety +70

      ...that means: reality is vibrancy, frequency, (electromagnetic) oscillation,
      represented by that gong-sound and the moment of now ...

    • @TheLazyClips
      @TheLazyClips Před 7 lety +47

      +Robert that is not what he is saying, that is your idea that of the sound. The only reality is in the moment of now when you hearing it. No idea no thought no belief. At least i think that is what he is saying maybe im wrong maybe im nottoooooooo

  • @duaneborgaes7449
    @duaneborgaes7449 Před 4 lety +229

    When I was 15, I remember considering how a person who is blind must see... So I closed my eyes and was listening to everything around me, calculating what I thought was what and what it's aproximent location was...
    This was causing my brain a lot of work trying to know where everything was without seeing it. So then I stoped, (trying to identify) labeling everything, every sound that I heard. And just listen. Let all the sounds come in all at once (without me "getting in the way" turning it into a process, putting a label on everything... Just let it be.) And for a moment, I swear to you, it was like I could see 360° degrees around me. From kids outside running by the house, cars driving on the road near by, birds tweeting right outside the window that had wind flowing through it because it was open slightly and the clock sitting on the counter clicking. I remember it kinda freaking me out a little bit so I opened my eyes, jumped up and snapped out of it.

    • @wesnik6050
      @wesnik6050 Před 4 lety +13

      Nah man I expierenced that myself quite a few times albeit on LSD haha but i know exactly what youre talking about i could thinksee everything aroung me the birds in the trees what color they were and everything. I wrote it off as imagination the first few times but after a while and actually seeing the things afterward that kinda changed my perspective on the matter. There probably really is something to that especially considering so many govermental agencies around the world did extensive research into this matter....

    • @firghteningtruth7173
      @firghteningtruth7173 Před 4 lety +11

      @lisa gaye This is fucking fantastic. Thank you for sharing that.
      Hope you are well.

    • @lolavedette7566
      @lolavedette7566 Před 4 lety +6

      @lisa gaye wishing I knew you

    • @andylane7142
      @andylane7142 Před 3 lety +11

      As the commenter above I am blind and I think what you did is truly incredible because thats exactly how it is. The same as sight. You don’t look around and label, you observe passively and everything you need to see is there which is exactly what you have to do with sound when you don’t have any sight, all the detail and richness is there if you just shut up and take notice. Its harder with sound though because its very easy to shut down your visual imagination and just see through your eyes but shutting down your inner voice and just listening is more challenging. Sounds to me like you are a very empathetic person and I appreciate you trying to imagine what my perception is like.

    • @timfreeman8656
      @timfreeman8656 Před 3 lety

      @lisa gaye much love to you

  • @aimeeandhersin5784
    @aimeeandhersin5784 Před 4 lety +220

    5:50 THE BEST sentance in the history of communication!
    Who you think you are is entirely dependent upon what people have told you you are.
    You're not that.

    • @listerinestrips1156
      @listerinestrips1156 Před 4 lety +8

      listen to your own voice

    • @eli5649
      @eli5649 Před 4 lety +2

      Imo yes actually that does incorporate a large part of you

    • @nonyabidness5429
      @nonyabidness5429 Před 4 lety +4

      When the quotes speak louder than the teacher, it's infinityly finite🔄🔃🔯

    • @RTC-qg2yn
      @RTC-qg2yn Před 4 lety +4

      He at the same time is TELLING YOU that you are NOT what people say you are. If I’m told I’m not what people say I am then What am I? What I say I am? But I’m told to define myself. I’m also told that I am what others say. What do I subscribe to? GONGGGGGGGG *silence*

    • @sarahwallace5892
      @sarahwallace5892 Před 4 lety

      Hello

  • @FloydMaxwell
    @FloydMaxwell Před 4 lety +493

    Reality is vibration
    If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. - Nikola Tesla

    • @athenairene2497
      @athenairene2497 Před 4 lety +3

      Right on

    • @anthonypope7329
      @anthonypope7329 Před 4 lety +7

      i thought the point is to not think oh shit im doin it right now oh nooooooooooo. but yeah nikky is a bad mama jamma i cant help but wonder where 369 fits into energy frequency and vibration and dang isnt frequency and vibration dangerously close to being the same thing and obviously energy is present in both and all three so its all energy its all frequency its all vibration because everything is what 99.999999999%energy and all energy vibrates at a specific frequency

    • @daphnesmith1686
      @daphnesmith1686 Před 4 lety

      Wowwwww! I hv learned something 4rm this statement.

    • @daphnesmith1686
      @daphnesmith1686 Před 4 lety +3

      Wowwwww this is the MOST Enlightening statement. Thanks so much sharing ur intelligence.

    • @gezzapk
      @gezzapk Před 4 lety +9

      No my friend, you see reality is.....
      GONNNNNGGGG!!!

  • @amberlevine5272
    @amberlevine5272 Před 5 lety +262

    Watching him has literally saved my life. Been feeling suicidal lately. He breathes life into these world. Wonderful.

    • @brianattyberry
      @brianattyberry Před 5 lety +16

      I'm happy for you. Really. Stay strong. Stay safe. Progress.

    • @alangorman8
      @alangorman8 Před 5 lety +19

      Amber Levine Don’t give in to them negative thoughts, it’s just an old collective program. You are doing amazing! Keep faith in your heart. Keep listening to these tapes everyday, be around like minded people.

    • @amandaroberts9949
      @amandaroberts9949 Před 4 lety +8

      Know that you have love in your life from friends and family, and it would break their heart if anything happened to you. STAY STRONG!

    • @thawk321
      @thawk321 Před 4 lety +24

      Amber, i found him because my 17 year old daughter did commit suicide and it has utterly devastated life for me. Since then I've been obsessed with near death experiences in an effort to find some comfort in where my daughter is (even though I've been a faithful Catholic all my life) You posted 4 months ago - i hope things have gotten better for you since then whether through listening to AW, sleeping better or through some other catalyst. And, just know that people love you without ever having to even meet you. Hang in there and try to focus on seeing life from a different angle.

    • @bashfrancis9462
      @bashfrancis9462 Před 4 lety +6

      Stay blessed im sorry for circumstance's 🙏

  • @chrisroach8385
    @chrisroach8385 Před 7 lety +899

    Wouldn't it be awesome if Alan was still alive and you could take his classes online ! I found Allan and it's definitely changed my life

    • @austinlittle5407
      @austinlittle5407 Před 6 lety +43

      CHRIS ROACH Consider all these videos on the net to be an online course. Pretend he's still alive. Imagine him old as dirt in a wheelchair.

    • @lisanichols2239
      @lisanichols2239 Před 6 lety +19

      Well considering he's lived his live and has departed from our points of view, one could very well consider all of his work that is on CZcams right now, is one giant online course lectured by yours truly, Alan Watts ;)

    • @MKTElM
      @MKTElM Před 6 lety +5

      CHRIS ROACH he's only one proponent of the message

    • @rickspalding3047
      @rickspalding3047 Před 6 lety +22

      The closest u can find today is jordan peterson, the biggest differences is jp uses religion as a lever to stay true,out of practicality. Watts did not like religion for the amount of guilt it put on someone out of control

    • @jnazorek
      @jnazorek Před 6 lety +10

      omg, someone thinks as i do. that brings hope

  • @PKG12341
    @PKG12341 Před 7 lety +719

    Thank you for not putting ads on this!

    • @AndrewHibberd
      @AndrewHibberd Před 5 lety +8

      Truth finds it way in chuckles and smiles.

    • @BROWNIE7053
      @BROWNIE7053 Před 4 lety +5

      Shhhh stop talking in class. Lol
      But i know right. Freaking ads..

    • @alexnitsche2000
      @alexnitsche2000 Před 4 lety +1

      Was gonna like this comment, but.. 333 likes. Nah it's nice lmao

    • @idahoplantguy9027
      @idahoplantguy9027 Před 4 lety

      @R F I haven't thought about an add in months. Haha. Best money you can spend.

    • @gallen2101
      @gallen2101 Před 3 lety

      Yes 👌🏽💯

  • @jammasterj13
    @jammasterj13 Před 5 lety +278

    When your silent, your soul speaks to you, whispers to you silently.....

    • @anthonypope7329
      @anthonypope7329 Před 4 lety +5

      uummmm a whisper is not silent i love it when people just say shit as if its fact to try to sound knowledgeable or relevant theres enough nonsense to weed through as it is maybe it would be best if we let the intelligent people or at least the people without mental dissabilities to do the educating in the mean time may i suggest you take a bath hippie wwaaagghhh or not i dont really care this has allready taken enough of my time just thought id let ya know that in my meaningless opinion that was some ignorant hippie dippie bullshit just thought youd wanna know so you could save yourself future whateverness but maybe thats your thing so im just gonna shut up now maybe. hey maybe ill hear my soul whisper to me in "silence?"

    • @anthonypope7329
      @anthonypope7329 Před 4 lety

      maybe im just climbing the sign post hard to know

    • @joegrizzly999
      @joegrizzly999 Před 4 lety +3

      Mine always tells me to "get outta me swamp."

    • @anthonypope7329
      @anthonypope7329 Před 4 lety +1

      @@joegrizzly999 lol what ya doin in my waters boy. you ever drink bailys from a shoe?

    • @alexanderobrien9200
      @alexanderobrien9200 Před 4 lety +15

      Anthony Pope so hateful toward someone you don't even know. Talk about a mental disability, MFs have an inability to treat each other with respect. Who cares if the guy doesn't know what he's talking about, he's expressing himself. Perhaps you should focus more on yourself. Maybe then you would actually face your own self doubts and insecurities, rather than trying so desperately hard to ignore them that you must distract yourself by putting others down and insulting them as a means to make yourself feel better. Let the guy spout his nonsense and keep that negative energy to yourself, or perhaps let it out into a punching bag or something. Make it productive

  • @RobD2000
    @RobD2000 Před 7 lety +327

    Whoever is doing Alan Watts Videos: I LOVE YOU...!!! =-)

  • @carayverson
    @carayverson Před 6 lety +475

    It's a shame that we haven't evolved to the point where this is all just common sense for us. Because that's what it is.

    • @matthewseth8224
      @matthewseth8224 Před 6 lety +10

      Ty Hardel shouldn't common sense, be common?

    • @DPX9000
      @DPX9000 Před 5 lety +7

      Every knowledge that we sense through our perception is nothing new.

    • @JeremyFrancispiano
      @JeremyFrancispiano Před 5 lety +19

      Most of us have common sense. But we lack common interpretation. And thank God for that. Variety is the spice of life.

    • @leonardbomova505
      @leonardbomova505 Před 5 lety +3

      Over course nothing would be this way, unless someone wanted it that way

    • @jonathanfrancis109
      @jonathanfrancis109 Před 5 lety +4

      It takes time to remember things sometimes

  • @thejtotti29
    @thejtotti29 Před 5 lety +301

    “...you’re all God in disguise. Jesus found that out and they crucified him for saying so.”
    Like, yo. I love moments of integration like this. We need more of this kind of discussion.

    • @r011ing_thunder6
      @r011ing_thunder6 Před 5 lety +14

      Jesus is God's son

    • @conniehelms3980
      @conniehelms3980 Před 5 lety +24

      Well God did say I made you in MY IMAGE!!!!

    • @user-cl1hd3gz9o
      @user-cl1hd3gz9o Před 5 lety +4

      Please do more research and find evidence before you make false statements.

    • @wisconsinfarmer4742
      @wisconsinfarmer4742 Před 4 lety +8

      I agree. We are not separate from god except by convoluted choice.

    • @r011ing_thunder6
      @r011ing_thunder6 Před 4 lety +2

      @PraiseHisName I don't get how we're all Gods though lol. Like I cant move a mountain or do any sort of magic

  • @BainPlays
    @BainPlays Před 4 lety +22

    "Meditation isn't about being devoid of thoughts. But rather listen to them as you would birds chirping outside your window."

  • @poetrykellymaiden5457
    @poetrykellymaiden5457 Před 5 lety +196

    This man is saving me! Helping me cope with the pain of existential despair. I love you ALAN! So grateful.

  • @mountain5623
    @mountain5623 Před 4 lety +53

    I'm reading Kenneth Cohen's, Honoring the Medicine.
    He states that the Native American elders like to listen to what people don't say, to the space before, between, and after words.
    Words can lie, but silence tells the truth.
    Silence requires us to slow down, stop doing and start being.
    Great book, I highly recommend it.
    Thank you for your video. I love the space silence is in. Magical there.
    💜🏔️🥀

    • @moony77
      @moony77 Před 4 lety +5

      Mountain wow, I was just thinking how different life would be if we didn’t have language... so much more authentic... like the animals💗

    • @marymoon5020
      @marymoon5020 Před 4 lety +6

      @@moony77 The beauty in your comment is that The Natives also listened to the animals and watched their behavior. Even the tree's gave them knowledge. Everything is connected and they understood that like no other humans have.

    • @VeaireProductions
      @VeaireProductions Před 4 lety +1

      I always listen to the sound of words. Either they hit a wall, fall off, or they go somewhere

    • @peachbellini2615
      @peachbellini2615 Před 4 lety

      I have the ability to hear what people don't say.. I tried explaining it before to the people closest to me.. but they don't understand.. lol.. so I stopped telling people.. now I just "know" things without being told.. I've always been able to do it.. but only figured out I could 20 or so years ago now

    • @mountain5623
      @mountain5623 Před 4 lety +1

      @@peachbellini2615 It is a gift, use it to help heal the world, and brighten hearts. Blessings and much love from the Mountain 🙏

  • @momentseboko1989
    @momentseboko1989 Před 4 lety +761

    anyone listening in 2019?

  • @renib1159
    @renib1159 Před 7 lety +286

    This world is too noisy..our minds are busy with clutter..meditate. Find the unfettered mind..the empty vessel is open to the vastness of the universe.

  • @oakthestick4265
    @oakthestick4265 Před 3 lety +12

    Why is Allan Watt's voice so calming? It's so nice to listen to.

  • @ACARNELL1
    @ACARNELL1 Před 7 lety +75

    Liberating myself from my past. This is the answer I have being missing. Tomorrow is a New day for me, living in the presence. Thank You

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 Před 4 lety +44

    Silence is golden. Until we say something, we can be considered the wisest of ppl alive.... these are old truths.

  • @lb2683
    @lb2683 Před 3 lety +5

    This man has helped me cope with my suicidal ideation. Thank you AW

  • @VisiionYayo
    @VisiionYayo Před 4 lety +111

    Any one listening in 2020??

  • @purnendu11
    @purnendu11 Před 4 lety +5

    Before listening to him I need to scroll and like all the beautiful comments.

  • @thebuzzbud
    @thebuzzbud Před 6 lety +61

    That's my one peeve, the concept of "time". It's​ like awaiting death instead of enjoying life...

    • @ericphilen3433
      @ericphilen3433 Před 4 lety +1

      @Gary Russ mannn, great practice.

    • @NI000NoIdentity
      @NI000NoIdentity Před 4 lety +1

      Time/Space Continuum is a LIE found only in Life/HELL. Mind Control is all words for words exist not in Reality. Form exists not. Emotions and Spirituality exist not, mere words of Mind Control. Dissolve all knowledge, all Mind, have an empty Mind and Silence Knows itself as Absolute/TAO, the UNKNOWN. This is Eternal, Simultaneous, Immortal, Peace, Freedom.

    • @somefuckinguy4519
      @somefuckinguy4519 Před 4 lety

      One foot on yesterday, one on tomorrow. Means you shit on today.

  • @suz-anne9185
    @suz-anne9185 Před 5 lety +47

    His voice gives me peace in My heart and soul❤

  • @dfreedapperlife4462
    @dfreedapperlife4462 Před 7 lety +130

    Alan Watts is what everyone should listen to once a day at least an hour for reality check!
    love Alan🎩🔌💡✔DF

    • @ryanbentall4251
      @ryanbentall4251 Před 7 lety +3

      DFREE DAPPERLIFE makes you reflect and contemplate

    • @Sean-md7qn
      @Sean-md7qn Před 5 lety +3

      Or take mushrooms 🍄

    • @Sammasambuddha
      @Sammasambuddha Před 4 lety

      search for Sadhguru...watts talks a lot...

    • @jeffhorton2722
      @jeffhorton2722 Před 4 lety

      i have been since this time last year and it motivates me to live mindfully and realize its all a game.. that being said also 1 year sober [=

  • @YourFutureMrOlympia
    @YourFutureMrOlympia Před 4 lety +45

    Sometimes I contemplate being silent. Only becsuse people hear what they want to not what you're saying.

    • @Sammasambuddha
      @Sammasambuddha Před 4 lety +8

      once you notice people's eyes slowly look down as you talk, you know they are no longer listening. I call it ”Deitering out” cause I knew a guy named Deiter and he thought he knew everything.

    • @retaingang7858
      @retaingang7858 Před 3 lety

      @@Sammasambuddha yep

  • @kennyfrench4701
    @kennyfrench4701 Před 5 lety +21

    " Silence is the greatest sound i've never heard ! " , and as for yesterday , " Yesterday owes for a today that a tomorrow can never fully repay " .these are just two conclusions that i believe . Is this why the present is considered such a wonderful gift ? By Grace be grateful for the gift of 'presence of mind ' .

  • @FreakyDeeky69
    @FreakyDeeky69 Před 7 lety +283

    forgot how much .. I love Alan watts

    • @motivationstation172
      @motivationstation172  Před 7 lety +20

      When the time is right.

    • @sahajafreed1116
      @sahajafreed1116 Před 7 lety +6

      Derek Barton Never forget :)

    • @FreakyDeeky69
      @FreakyDeeky69 Před 7 lety +6

      Sahaja Freed never surrender 😉

    • @BartSimpson-jd2vs
      @BartSimpson-jd2vs Před 7 lety +4

      Derek Barton , Money isn't " a measure of wealth" it's mostly a measure of survival. you can't " eat money", but you certainly can't buy food without money.

    • @MsTralalapa
      @MsTralalapa Před 7 lety +4

      grow food with no money. one just needs to want to. All supplies free, just need to research. start at extension services. end at seed festival.

  • @JammaHeelGrabber
    @JammaHeelGrabber Před 5 lety +83

    Also thank you for not adding music in the background

  • @JohnHenrySheridan
    @JohnHenrySheridan Před 7 lety +86

    I always feel both energized and calm from within when listening to Alan Watts!

  • @m-bronte
    @m-bronte Před 7 lety +101

    music is like a massage to our emotions.

  • @mizzle2264
    @mizzle2264 Před 4 lety +26

    The most relevant Man who ever walked this earth in my opinion

    • @dustinf49
      @dustinf49 Před 4 lety +3

      He's given me better advice and helped me in more ways than anyone else has. So I'd have to agree with you.

    • @shakmetu9568
      @shakmetu9568 Před 4 lety

      Marcus Garvey, Malcom X Bob Marley just to name a few. Peace and Power to Alan regardless

  • @lillybeaninc673
    @lillybeaninc673 Před 4 lety +33

    Listening to Allen Watts calms my mind . It is very refreshing

  • @mattrocker4094
    @mattrocker4094 Před 7 lety +295

    ALEN "THA MUTHAFUCKIN TRUTH" WATTS

  • @bobwoods5017
    @bobwoods5017 Před 4 lety +20

    The real world? Live where it snows.
    Work outside in the coldest of winter days. When it rains you are going to have to deal with it. Cold and hungry, gives the world a bite to it. Going home, to that place you and your best friend have made, the warmth you share gives rise to fulfillment. The nature of the world reveals itself when you're ready, never before.

  • @judycarr981
    @judycarr981 Před 3 lety +8

    Truth.....We are responsible for our actions....sometimes we get frustrated,, & weak...we feel like giving up but we must keep walking ..we fall down ..we get back up..its not a choice...its a must....life is too short to be consumed with greed...💕

  • @f-teezydboyrecords9761
    @f-teezydboyrecords9761 Před 4 lety +34

    The mind is a incredible thing. Dont waste it.

  • @dragonfly4806
    @dragonfly4806 Před 4 lety +22

    I wish I was alive when Watts was alive. I would have loved to see him speak in person. 👍 He was and is amazing 💜

    • @NI000NoIdentity
      @NI000NoIdentity Před 4 lety +1

      There is no Alan Watts, that is a Lie. Names exist not. Form exists not in reality. YOU ARE ABSOLUTE/TAO, all else is unreal.

    • @amybennett8901
      @amybennett8901 Před 4 lety

      I say same 💗💗

    • @DH-sx2tt
      @DH-sx2tt Před 2 lety

      Is it possible to live life without comparison? Here and now. Cannot enjoy anything in the moment if comparing to or thinking of something else. Perhaps a past experience. Seeking pleasure. Pleasure, enjoyment, joy, happiness. Does anyone get past seeking pleasure?

    • @2vintage68
      @2vintage68 Před 4 měsíci

      It was very painful when he passed.

  • @dbzmaniac1234
    @dbzmaniac1234 Před 3 lety +4

    This is the very first video in which I heard Alan’s teachings. I can’t express in words how much this single man has changed my life for the better. Thank you Alan, for helping so many

  • @N0RRec
    @N0RRec Před 5 lety +22

    Pretty much every time I listen to any of his monologues, I find myself astonished by the fact that he said all these things over 46 years ago :O mind = blown

  • @scottgeorge4760
    @scottgeorge4760 Před 4 lety +14

    Im learning to calm down , as far as being edgy and tense all the time the gym is helping me become more mellow . Alan Watts is great as well and I enjoy listening to him .

  • @samiahmed6875
    @samiahmed6875 Před 6 lety +42

    Silence is salvation. Either say something good or be silent.

    • @BuRn_FrN
      @BuRn_FrN Před 5 lety +3

      unless you don't feel good vibes ... that inner you senses you cautious of itself

    • @grandartsdesign
      @grandartsdesign Před 5 lety +1

      The exception would be in laughter at someone’s expense. In my circle of friends we find much humor in putting each other down with no filters only truth. Because the truth hurts and it’s funny.

    • @HL19860410
      @HL19860410 Před 5 lety +1

      Be still and know

    • @Sammasambuddha
      @Sammasambuddha Před 4 lety +2

      nothing good to say say nothing at all

    • @AnradTheUnvaxxed
      @AnradTheUnvaxxed Před 4 lety

      Greetings far in people,
      If there was never the pain of listening to anything "bad" that is said, what pleasure would be derived from hearing or speaking anything "good". And what of jokers, do they not often purposely speak what is considered "bad" the stupid, the offensive or the absurd, just to give people an alternate viewpoint as well as for laughs.
      Sincerely yours, a far out person

  • @caribman1305
    @caribman1305 Před 6 lety +46

    Alan watts and all the other gurus, pointers and teachers of self awareness speak of the same message, it just delivered differently by each one of them.

    • @burnief9636
      @burnief9636 Před 5 lety +6

      I think the main message portrayed all humor aside, is that we all are the universe literally the same as animals are part of nature. If we don't all get on the thought track we can't thrive as loving and caring people who make our world better.

    • @LostSoul90_
      @LostSoul90_ Před 4 lety

      I Strongly Disagree 💯

  • @hamm24
    @hamm24 Před 7 lety +22

    After 20 Years of spiritual practice Alan Watts is my favorite philosopher. Greatest mind of our time. We are rewarded with his many recordings. Thank you Allen!

  • @szucsmarkus3248
    @szucsmarkus3248 Před 4 lety +11

    The fact that there were plenty of questions at the end truly highlights how phenomenal this speech was
    It actually made people grind their gears

  • @harrietmatthee9865
    @harrietmatthee9865 Před 3 lety +2

    Greetings from Cape town...love spending the afternoon with Sir Alan watts....sending Love light and Laughter to all...

  • @Gboythunda
    @Gboythunda Před 6 lety +177

    i spend so much time alone that i think on a different plain as others and i only play along with their thoughts an ideas just to fit in sometimes

    • @sharefortunes166
      @sharefortunes166 Před 5 lety +10

      Gboythunda same

    • @scottgeorge4760
      @scottgeorge4760 Před 5 lety +10

      I am a solitary person myself but I now own cats 🐈🐈🐈🐈

    • @g49613
      @g49613 Před 5 lety +28

      That is so pretentious AF.

    • @iammewhoyoube
      @iammewhoyoube Před 5 lety +6

      Kindred spirits, you and i

    • @burnief9636
      @burnief9636 Před 5 lety +28

      @@g49613 I don't really think it's pretentious. It's really just a matter of saving face. Worded pretentiously sure but it'd be different if he said I think on another plain from others so much so I don't bother acknowledging anyone else. I get what he means because take an open minded person and a close minded person and put them alone in a room. That won't boad well and heads will butt. It's to avoid that situation really although sad the two can't respect personal opinions.

  • @bobrown7067
    @bobrown7067 Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve been listening to Alan Watts for a few months now. I don’t look at society, nature, or death the same.

  • @godspunishment1351
    @godspunishment1351 Před 4 lety +44

    "If you take words too seriously it's like a person who climbs a signpost instead of going where it points."

    • @NI000NoIdentity
      @NI000NoIdentity Před 4 lety +3

      Words do not exist in reality. Words are Mind Control, dissolve knowledge and Know The supreme One.

    • @moony77
      @moony77 Před 4 lety +1

      Absolute Dao Yes, Word’s put a “spell” on us.

    • @donaldfreymuth2762
      @donaldfreymuth2762 Před 4 lety +2

      Try not to confuse the menu with the meal.

    • @everlinehums6297
      @everlinehums6297 Před 3 lety +1

      I have ignorantly climbed the signpost instead of going where it points

  • @rudolfboukal1538
    @rudolfboukal1538 Před 6 lety +13

    Pure genius! for living life. Glad he was here - glad we can still hear his words.

  • @Elalqui_mista
    @Elalqui_mista Před 6 lety +16

    I randomly ran into this video on you tube and I have to say.....I feel like someone finally understands my way of thinking lol well definitely look more into Alan watts

  • @arcad1an292
    @arcad1an292 Před 7 lety +78

    I can listen to Alan for days

  • @wandagail2564
    @wandagail2564 Před 5 lety +15

    We will never find peacefulness unless we start with ourselves 💯

    • @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385
      @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385 Před 4 lety +1

      Absolutely💙🙏

    • @LostSoul90_
      @LostSoul90_ Před 4 lety +1

      You Are Very Beautiful 💋💋💋💋💯 Mrs. Wanda😍😍😍😍

    • @wandagail2564
      @wandagail2564 Před 4 lety

      @@LostSoul90_ Thank you 🤗😊

    • @LostSoul90_
      @LostSoul90_ Před 4 lety

      If you want add me on Facebook or Instagram. Yaka Phoenix 😁😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍 I'm waiting to hear from you 💋💋💋💋💗

    • @marcies1297
      @marcies1297 Před 3 lety

      Lol

  • @auntienemo1
    @auntienemo1 Před 4 lety +14

    "Who you think you are is entirely dependent on who people have told you you are. You are not that." Exactly what I'm struggling with right now. This guy.
    Edit: OK, no, ALL THE THINGS, WOW

  • @joshsidebottom3811
    @joshsidebottom3811 Před 4 lety +8

    I find myself in an almost constant state of meditation, and I must say it's made my life difficult at times. Its makes social situations very difficult. Learning anything that I'm not genuinely interested in. It's like my mind is blank at all times and I have to turn it on anytime i think. Idk how to feel about it but really, it's a blessing and a curse.

    • @verdecaramelo
      @verdecaramelo Před 3 lety

      If it doesn't flow is it balanced?

    • @fusion9619
      @fusion9619 Před 3 lety

      That's how you know it's a real blessing - at first you think it's a curse.

    • @IavenderSyndrome
      @IavenderSyndrome Před 3 lety

      I struggle with the same thing. I do wonder if it's just inner insecurities revealing themselves though. What other people think shouldn't matter so idk why i get so much anxiety about it

  • @belleroxy9470
    @belleroxy9470 Před 4 lety +32

    I say someone needs to introduce a bill to have schools teach philosophy and spirituality/meditation. Something that matters!

  • @JoJoJo789
    @JoJoJo789 Před 4 lety +5

    Wow how amazing was Alan Watts. I wish he was still alive so I could attend one of his live talks. What a guy, thank you Alan Watts for your old school authentic spiritual teachings 💕💕💕

  • @trackerbuckmann1627
    @trackerbuckmann1627 Před 5 lety +10

    When he compares the subtle click of the hair thin hand on the clock to that of the sound of the gong, which reverberates, /mind blown.

  • @theshanny8
    @theshanny8 Před 4 lety +3

    One of the people i most highly adore and am so grateful for. There are truly no words... Humankind understands him in an extraordinary way. The gifts he was blessed with shared with humanity have and will have a monumental effect in uniting us which will enable us to fulfill our purpose. LOVE he is an important wise old soul. For lack of better words like the royalty of ancient wise men. Worthy of the place he holds in every aspect. He gives me renewed faith and security for what is to come. Me calling out into the universe: I love you alan watts' soul. Thank you

  • @effortlessawareness8778
    @effortlessawareness8778 Před 7 lety +27

    "How on Earth can one get a VerB out of a noun.....(chuckle)" lol love it.
    Crowd was tough on him they seemed far too skeptical.
    Alan Watts 4 LIfe. By the far the most valuable wisdom I have ever heard. Only heard of his existence this last year by randomly clicking one of his audio lectures in related videos by mistake.

    • @logancasner8467
      @logancasner8467 Před 5 lety

      I think they were actually listening to understand rather than listening to respond. I just think they were quite because they wanted to hear him speak lol

    • @letmetellyasometin9508
      @letmetellyasometin9508 Před 5 lety

      There is no mistake.

    • @drgnflyangeltruthseeker8556
      @drgnflyangeltruthseeker8556 Před 4 lety

      There are NO MISTAKES!!!

    • @TheTwinfalls420
      @TheTwinfalls420 Před rokem

      Same here. I just discovered Alan Watts about 6 months ago. I found out researching his professional history and discovered he had a daughter who has the same name as me. Epic!

  • @dcme9117
    @dcme9117 Před 4 lety +8

    Life is a vibration of thoughts that if focused on can become matter ... music is a beautifully organized vibration ... to meditate is to vibrate with your own music in silence to be within ones self is priceless.

  • @WinkLinkletter
    @WinkLinkletter Před 4 lety +32

    "...the Serpent said nothing."

  • @Lot19SatellitesByJosephSarfati

    I never realized how smart I am. I mean i don't stay around many to compare. Hearing him sound like me to myself, lets me know something I already knew. But reaffirms it which is nice. Hope all are well. Now ungravitate yourselves from the complex illusions that control most of all.

    • @rails4ever
      @rails4ever Před 6 lety +9

      Stop trying to be all Philosophical you sound like dipshits

    • @letmetellyasometin9508
      @letmetellyasometin9508 Před 5 lety +1

      Oh maya

    • @letmetellyasometin9508
      @letmetellyasometin9508 Před 5 lety +2

      @@rails4everdo or do not,there is no try.
      Why even comment when all you are inviting is negativity, better to say nothing if this is what you are provoking, if you dont like what was said and you want to say something offer words that are uplifting like maybe just saying as long as you are being honest with yourself , or thank you for sharing to relate to others who are thinking similarly because connection with others is important and people are our reflections projected.
      Maybe i shouldn't of said anything either if I'm not benefiting anyone reading it for the better. I am that i am is not what I think or others say you are, im just stumped on this tell i follow it to its death

    • @letmetellyasometin9508
      @letmetellyasometin9508 Před 5 lety +1

      @@HelloKurse and how am I supposed to fight you if I dont know where you are, so watch what you say cuz talk is cheap and I would like to fight you just to teach you a lesson so ssssshhhhhh!🤫😌

    • @maxrocc5283
      @maxrocc5283 Před 5 lety +1

      One is not smart if one identifies itself as so. And calling yourself smart still traps you in an identity. We are sometimes smart, and sometimes stupid. No one is solely one or the other.

  • @michaelwoodsmccausland5633

    Allan Watts His energy has been impacting thy journey since seeing him in 1971!
    Shine Bright! Your energy flows forward!
    Shine Bright!
    Onelv
    MWM

  • @AJSchnell
    @AJSchnell Před 4 lety +10

    It’s all about character. Decide who your character is and play that role.

    • @infrnape
      @infrnape Před 4 lety

      No dont get stuck in a role! Dont give yourself away to others, you don't owe anyone what you do with your life apart from yourself!

    • @AJSchnell
      @AJSchnell Před 4 lety

      enemyofthestate
      Clearly you have never been apart of a well oiled machine TEAM

  • @jinaarman8041
    @jinaarman8041 Před 7 lety +8

    I have listened to him so many times. I never get tired and I always learn something new. And I love him too.

  • @liakim7041
    @liakim7041 Před 4 lety +7

    I understand you. You are extremely intelligent and I understand every word. You answered so many questions for me. This is on a different Platform a higher frequency. I'm thankful for the knowledge given to me. My journey. TY!

  • @THEWAY-jf2ny
    @THEWAY-jf2ny Před 14 dny

    Alan Watts has the faculty to depict the absurd and fall in a euphoric state... sincere laughters.
    He's has been my teacher for the forth decade now.
    Miss you

  • @Redefinedacoustic
    @Redefinedacoustic Před 4 lety +38

    I listened to this while tripping on mushrooms and it makes perfect sense

    • @TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
      @TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt Před 4 lety +4

      Well, Jeezuz came to his epiphanies when he was wacked out on hallucinogenics.
      Same for Guatama Buddha, and other 'enlightened gurus'
      Unfortunately, every guru claims this 'truth' of reality from the position of the living.
      NDE's don't count because even doctors fail to reach a concensus on exactly what point one becomes 'dead.'
      So all we have from gurus are some cool stoner thoughts, but nothing measurable or testable.

    • @johnstearns4549
      @johnstearns4549 Před 4 lety

      Redefinedacoustic Ooh...I want some

    • @nazwaffen9219
      @nazwaffen9219 Před 4 lety

      @@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
      Guru with out 420👉Is guru in stress.
      Smart Stoners can see things ...... But don't have 100%proof.
      Just meaning full Harb talk😒.

    • @itch347
      @itch347 Před 4 lety

      i'm on cocaine and i get what you mean

    • @CoZzyvvr
      @CoZzyvvr Před 4 lety

      @@itch347 not even close 😑

  • @MrListenerman
    @MrListenerman Před 6 lety +3

    Discovered Alan a few months ago...so glad i did. Thanks you Alan for gracing us with your presence. You popped up again thankfully through the positive side of Technology..

  • @AndrewHibberd
    @AndrewHibberd Před 5 lety +25

    old but good. dead but alive.

  • @fusion9619
    @fusion9619 Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely the best sermon I've ever heard. I've listened to it probably a hundred times...

  • @prateekbablani
    @prateekbablani Před 2 lety

    Thank you for putting this on the internet. 🌸❤❤. Thank you for this service🍁❤🌸

  • @lov4570
    @lov4570 Před 6 lety +9

    The links between this world and the spiritual are hidden behind our thoughts and our inability to silence them

  • @bentolleson2585
    @bentolleson2585 Před 5 lety +8

    I love listening to this man speak. R.I.P. sir

  • @joanacosta2741
    @joanacosta2741 Před 4 lety

    I love the act of silence. The world is in need of this peaceful feeling. Thank you! Sincerely, Shasta

  • @seanbutler164
    @seanbutler164 Před 4 lety +1

    I wish I could have sat through a live lecture, truly an amazing spirit. Mr. Watts is a true inspiration

  • @laurenwade3795
    @laurenwade3795 Před 5 lety +9

    I love Alan's voice!!

  • @37Dionysos
    @37Dionysos Před 7 lety +125

    This is what Native Americans always taught me---first, be quiet, watch and listen.

    • @amylouden7416
      @amylouden7416 Před 5 lety +26

      37Dionysos
      Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak and remove all doubt.

    • @dickslayer111
      @dickslayer111 Před 5 lety +3

      first, be quiet, watch and listen...

    • @suz-anne9185
      @suz-anne9185 Před 5 lety +1

      @@amylouden7416 love this!

    • @benitezenterprise
      @benitezenterprise Před 5 lety

      @Omertà DocTones awesome experience. Can you share your experience and what you learned? their concepts etc?

    • @Sammasambuddha
      @Sammasambuddha Před 4 lety +2

      true...they also believe they come from the stars, or what we call Aliens. Well? so do I.

  • @quantumspirit8439
    @quantumspirit8439 Před 4 lety +10

    “It’s much more spooky than that.
    Much more wonderful.”
    Indeed. 😍

  • @lovepeaceisneverguaranteed7385

    I'm grateful I let go of destruction and focus on Alan watts wisdom🙏

  • @classiql
    @classiql Před 4 lety +7

    *Money.... simply.. represents wealth in rather the same way, that the menu represents the dinner*
    -OG Watts

  • @drakobby6418
    @drakobby6418 Před 4 lety +12

    Here in 2019 just silent listening namaste 🙏🏽

  • @AnnA33P
    @AnnA33P Před 4 lety +1

    This is incredible!!! I never heard of him! I'm blown away!! Love how well he explains this complicated, yet simplest concept! ❤

  • @themisterimpossible
    @themisterimpossible Před 7 lety +42

    Alan Watts allows me to have a drug free trip that lasts longer called life, Enjoy :)
    Anyone know where the second part is?

  • @carolalderete2034
    @carolalderete2034 Před 7 lety +162

    just heard about this guy today.

    • @Normenian
      @Normenian Před 7 lety +36

      There's always that first time with Alan Watts. From then onwards it's one heck of a ride!

    • @AldousHuxley7
      @AldousHuxley7 Před 7 lety +2

      Max Igan is fantastic to listen to as well!

    • @Burning_Babylon
      @Burning_Babylon Před 7 lety

      boo

    • @karenmcardle142
      @karenmcardle142 Před 7 lety +3

      I come bk every couple of years just to confirm, how I'm living . especially if I feel down. #justthoughtadshare:-)
      my grammar is terrible lol
      Alan's voice is so calming . I wonder if he ever seen a ghost. I feel them (ghosts spirits). premonitions.i ask myself is this because of how I live. o yip av meditated better not knowing I was actualy meditating lol . Thankfully am far from crasy but in that madness there is sanity.Energy without using Movement lol. yes when the minds doing back flips , usually when you go to bed your head remembers everything you've forgotten lol. #Happydays

    • @lanarawlings7787
      @lanarawlings7787 Před 7 lety +8

      Society has tried to use fear and biases to suppress the easily accessible spiritual powers humans have:
      joyofsatan (.) org
      josministries (.) prophpbb (.) com
      Researching without fear and with an open mind leads to spiritual freedom.

  • @seeker2716
    @seeker2716 Před 4 lety +3

    FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANTASTIC!!!! HUUUUGE THANKS from Belgium, Europe 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @kimmyqueen8009
    @kimmyqueen8009 Před 4 lety +1

    I could listen to this man speak all day! And I hear everything 😊

  • @moonsuns2941
    @moonsuns2941 Před 3 lety

    I really love this!!! I've listened to lots of his speeches many times over and over again, and I always will I tell ya what as if they are songs.

  • @iusedmylastnamechangeandiu2215

    This is amazing.
    From now on whenever it's raining I will no longer say "it's raining", just "raining" XD

  • @Irishmule169
    @Irishmule169 Před 5 lety +9

    We’re living in the New Renaissance!! The Information Renaissance... anything anyone wants to learn is at your fingertips ...

  • @tamrasmith918
    @tamrasmith918 Před 5 lety +2

    Alan Watts always an all time favorite... Thank you ...

  • @brianabinion9840
    @brianabinion9840 Před 4 lety

    i am going through so many changes on a wide variety of topics. i know would take years for me to listen to a different person speak individually on each issue im having to learn something. but right now, what he is speaking on is what i needed to hear at the core of it all. now i can heal, process, and learn in all my different issues with this enlightenment.