What is Reality? - Alan Watts
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2017
- Alan Watts reflects on how modern "civilized" humans have been cut off from direct connection with Nature (and reality) because of the endless chatter of our thinking minds...
"A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusions." ~Alan Watts
Subtitles added to video:
"Alan Watts - Your Thoughts": • Video
Music:
"Coyote Oldman - Silver Pearl" • Coyote Oldman Silver ...
did anyone else come here to find out what reality is without the beat drop
shkofnfl YES
hell yeah, thats me😂😂
Yes
Yes
Yeah it wasn’t even a good dubstep or whatever. My opinion.
“lives in a world of illusions”
*proceeds to smoke a fat blunt*
Alex Antonio yeah all the way thru as well 😂 like you high as fuck 60 hippy trying to tell me how to live my life 😂 he is right tho well in my case. I’m just ill fuck it
Isn't wrong though
@@Anglo_Browza I mean his idea isn't wrong.... There's nothing wrong with thinking but not too much
@@Anglo_Browza there’s nothing wrong with smoking it’s a problem when it’s causing you health problems or mental problems
@@milesarroyo8404 Honestly drugs can be a good tool to make you present. We spend so much time stimulating ourselves with technology, drugs are a way to stimulate the mind without distraction. Obviously it still has its down sides and draw backs. But smoking weed can make you present compared to the technology reliant mind.
INZO - Overthinker brought me here
Not sure if it's the same track but I heard this sound bite so I googled it and looking for the track that sampled it ha ha!
Welcome, enjoy your journey. 😊
Same
Evan Acosta me too
THANK YOU! I remember listening to that song but then forgot the name and thanks to you i found it been searching for the past hour
idk man seems like he's overthinking this
Then where do you think it all came from?
English Man it’s a joke chill
@@litsportsclips4725 He knows, he made a 'think' joke.
I think so.
He’s sharing his wisdom
Damn this made me laugh lmao
I miss when was younger and i would go in my head and then snap back to reality and it would feel weird for a minute, but then i would adapt. i miss being able to snap back. one time i got lost, and i never snapped back. for years. i want my world back. and mostly, i want my happiness back.
I always say my life is better but I'm not happier. As I got older and saw the world for what it was I grew a desire to grow in order to fix it, I've been striving for goals involving my species yet, ignoring my home. However, every so often I take a step back and go back to my roots. I've always been a martial artist, and if you've really been taught by somebody whom is still in touch with the roots, balance is key, understanding, meditation; so, I'll go outside and sit, meditate, remove myself from the very fundamentals of humanity and simply exist. It is in this space I feel the happiest, where I feel the most connected with both what's around me and who's around me. We must relax and find out balance.
This makes me concerned
I hope you’re doing okay rn ?
Same, but I managed to take control and fully snap out off my head. This started happening only a few months ago, one day I went into my head and its like I couldn't snap out, it's like it felt good to be in my head with out snapping out. Its like I was satisfied that I was imagination without snapping out or getting interrupted, a few months went pass, no matter where I go, where I was or who I was with, it was like I was just alway imagination. I felt stuck in my head so one day I tried my BEST to stop going in my head but it was hard! Its like trying to quit smoking but I finally managed to snap out & it felt goooood, till this day! I pray for you and everyone else that's going through this. ❤️
I don't think that you can get your happiness back, once you lost it it's gone forever
'' A good servant but a bad master '', that says it all
Dangerous 🤦♀️🤦♀️
@@hopeastrays Please don’t try to interject politics into places such as these. You’re too absorbed in your own thinking of what you believe is reality and truth that you have missed the whole point of what Alan Watts was saying. In fact, you did not just miss the point, but you completely misinterpreted it in the most ironic way possible.
@@hopeastrays Biden:Aight,let me blew the fuck outta Syria first 👍🏻
@@hopeastrays dude why bring politics in this smh
“Overthinking is bad” precedes to shoot arrow straight up in the sky. #LivingLikeLarry
Shouldve thought that one through
I used to an over thinker like you, until I took an arrow to the cranium..
WHO THE ACTUAL FUCK IS LARRY
Rep 😑Larry the lobster you uncultured swine smh
Bruh I read this comment right when he strung his bow
“And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed” reeeeeaaally hit different. This entire video is genuine wisdom
I do this i overthink so much that at somepoints i dont know what reality is anymore i get lost and it gets scary sometimes i fell hopeless and alone to suffer with these thoughts
Just meditate and focus on the silence and the darkness that exists. Try also to be aware of your thoughts because it will then be easier to control the thoughts 🙏🏼
I can relate fully. You aren't alone, friend. I get lost in thought for monthes and even years at a time. Only to wake up suddenly and grieve over the time I've wasted and lost.
There is no problem in that reality is not superior to thoughts. Nothing is superior. You can enjoy the world and not think or you can try to answer your questions. Just because you stop asking questions doesn't mean that they are answered. You can feel and enjoy sensations or you can think or you can do both. Enjoying sensations is not superior. Its just a choice . Animals enjoy sensations . This doesn't make animals superior than humans. This also does not make humans superior than animals. Nothing is superior than other. Its all a choice.
@@pravinrao3669 do u believe in god
Sounds like typical depression symptoms, maybe go see a doctor
Tbh I'm just hear to hear his voice it's relaxing ( not trying to be weird)
Same .. i keep a playlist made just for alan watts
Vestroia Beuford too far but I see where your coming from
I feel you man 😂
why's it weird? thinking it's weird to fall in love with a voice more rather over a person is the very existance of doubt within ourselves towards people who don't. say, you heard Morgan Freeman's voice for the first time, anyone would fall in absolute love, doubt yourself or not, with his voice until you look at it. therefore, concluding that the discovery of appearances is the very reason that we choose to neglect our thoughts when it comes to the matters of enjoyment.
I know right! Reminds me of listening too -Paul Harvey- the rest of the Story
As a man who overthinks and is constantly anxious, the first and following verses can never be more accurate
Amen to that, I have OCD and this hits deep
Same
@@happytrails5342 Yep. ADHD here, this hits different
Yes
If he had taken his own advice would probably have lived longer. He smoked and drank like a mad man and died an alcoholic. He had so much to offer to others like myself who listen to him quite often.
He said that because of that probably... He said all this cause he doesn't want anyone else to do that of he's bad choices
@@edgararizpe7613 I agree with you.
Everyone is free to choose their own path. That's ultimately what ZEN is. Acceptance. He just chose to live in a certain manner but the key is that your life's path is your own to fulfill without judgement from the Universe. There is no pressure to live out a certain existence according to what someone else might say or think.
@@TheNickloco Except its not that black and white... social control is necessary in society.. I.E there are people who enjoy and find pleasure in victimizing others.. this behavior should not be accepted. The mentality of complete acceptance no matter the choice is devoid of the absolutes, such as morality.
A well said
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints, and then I smoke two more
ahh... life.... :)
Oh u gone gone 💀
😂😂😂😂😂
Lols
Sublime
A quote I came up with randomly.
"Let life come as it pleases. Don't force it."
i really like that
That is probably one of the best quotes I’ve ever heard
Funny, that gong actually cleared my head for a few seconds, wish it was permanent though... my always flowing mind filled with ideas and random thoughts just doesn't wanna quit till I'm either asleep or dead
yeah, it made me feel something I can’t really explain
This is legit a representation to how i used to be, it wasn’t helping during a depressing state either. But when I started listening to this man and first heard this, it guided me in a sense and I reached for help.
this has helped me beyond words. not even years of guided meditation has been as beneficial as this 2 minute video. i spend every moment from the time i wake up until i go to bed with major anxiety trying to figure out which way is up. i will listen to this every day until it’s burned into my mind and i can finally let go
Anyone from INZO - overthinker?
Yeah
indeed
yep
Nice, I see you all have good taste in music
I would like but you're at 696 likes and you know the rules
Simple fact- fear is born out of thought. It has no existence as such.
This is not a fact, animals incapable of conscious thought can still feel fear. Fear is an emotion not a thought.
Ophelian they mean specifically referring to the human experience. we feel fear out of pure instinct and emotion but we also become fearful through our thoughts and consciousness
@@ruesylvester how do you know what they mean specifically
@@kernow2619 well that's just how I interpreted it
simple fact, fear is an illusion an doesnt exist. we create this perception out of nothing an label it fear.
_"Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind_
_Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must_
_Feed my will to feel my moment, drawing way outside the lines"_
I need to swing on the spiral too.. after this video imma make a spiral noose probably
@@argeecz7020 yea, it's over.
Games over 4 me
We perceive REaLITy as we are. Thank You.
SURYA SPIRIT! INDIA overthinking reality kills it.
I love Alan Watts. I wish I had friends that were into his ideas.
Moderation and balance in life is one of the hardest things to master
Thanos master it
He has me overthinking my life choices right now.
Transcription:
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions. By thoughts I mean specifically “chatter in the skull” ... perpetual and compulsive repetition of words... of reckoning and calculating.
I’m not saying thinking is bad. Like everything else, it’s useful in moderation. A good servant, but a bad master - and all so called civilized peoples have increasingly become crazy and self-destructive. Because, through excessive thinking, they have lost touch with reality. That’s to say, we confuse signs, words, numbers, symbols and ideas with the real world.
Most of us would have rather money than tangible wealth... and a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed... and to read about it the next day in the newspaper is oddly more fun for us than the original event. This is a disaster. For as a result of confusing the real world of nature, with mere signs, such as bank balances and contracts. We are destroying nature. We are so tied up in our minds that we’ve lost our senses.
Time to wake up. What is reality? Obviously, no one can say. Because it isn’t words. It isn’t material. That’s just an idea. It isn’t spiritual. That’s also an idea. A symbol. Reality is, this!
Its not like the words are already on the screen
Thank you
@@riggyg2262 it's not like anybody cares about your comment, smh🤦🏽♂️🙄
Copied from google
@@Godddd144 I literally typed this shit with my own hands and ya be tellin me what
I liked Inzo's mix but honestly what caught my eye (ear) was this audio and I'm glad I finally found it
yes'
This should get more attention,its like somebody understand all of us,LIFE
Unfortunately no, he doesn't. If there were not the great thinkers which humanity as a race had, we should have not got the great revolution in which we are living in and which gave as so many advancements in every field of life.
“Like everything else it’s useful in moderation, a good servant with a bad master” is my favorite quote of this
Its crazy how easy it is for me sometimes to get stuck in my own mind, its like a utopia prison, where im both the ruler and the slave of my own thoughts.. a greek guy said "dont fear death, fear to never begin to live"
Reality is yourself in the moment👁
It’s crazy. I lost who I was last year, and everyday I try harder and harder to find my way back. My thoughts help me find my old self a bit, but it seems everyone I meet I’m afraid to let down. And I end up acting like them so they like me more. And every person I meet drags me farther from my old self. Every girlfriend I get I’m scared to lose because I’m afraid I’m acting too much like someone else or too clingy or not enough. And I lost myself to the point where killing myself would be the only answer to finding myself.
Stop trying to go back, and move forward. We are not meant to be the same person forever, even if it seems comfortable, it would be hell. Please do not even contemplate the idea of suicide as a thought is only one step removed from an action. I must say I too "lost" myself, but sometimes you have to lose something to find a better alternative. I hope you find peace, but looking hard is a sure way to miss it. If you listen to the knowledge in this video you'd realize you never lost yourself because you're still here, and that is a gift.
I think so too
"and i ended up acting like them so they like me more" bro that hit hard cause thats what im doing now 😓btw how are you doing now? Better i think
@@irfan-yf6jb shit bro it’s been a while , still lost but i got a little bit of a plan now
@@GriZPyro i wish you could do better bro😊let your plan make you better 😊
Live in the moment and don't overthink whats happening around you
Dearest Grandmother,
I am so happy that one of our last conversations that you introduced me to the deeper thoughts of Mr Alan Watts. It makes me wonder sometimes if you knew your end was near. If you knew what I was up to these days you wouldn't be able to contain your excitement.
With love, your grandson.
C.S. Alcalá
0:01 🗿pov: you came here to listen this
Reality comes to you constantly it comes when your plane trains with your son it comes when you're playing video games with your brother, it's so vivid but we are so tied up in our minds that we lost those senses and become an inhuman and lost
This is sooo me and this brought me to realize that a person who doesn't overthink sees things more clearly than a person who over thinks.
I noticed that when I look at something while I may see it clearly i'm still in my head while I look at it so I don't see it as clearly but I still see it as bright as day while someone who doesn't overthink just sees it 100%
heard it on some instagram post and was like: "ohh this describes me"
He was such a smart and kind spirit for sharing his knowledge which even nowadays help many people and sometimes I think how wonderful is being someone's motivation...
Saw one of those stupid tik toks and I KNEW it was my man Alan Watts 💪
The insane thing is that as you listen, your mind will inevitably drift toward social media and online activity. Until he starts on about that stuff with reading it in the newspaper and you realize...we've always had this problem, even before social media was a concept in anyone's mind. It's just worse now than ever.
This hit so hard for me, I actually had tears well up. I can't stop my mind for even a minute, it's on 100% of the time I'm awake. Constantly worrying about something.
Overthinking you lose touch with reality.
I’m living in a world of illusions
What does that even mean? :/
Most people do, we are just cattle.
man, hearing this at 4 am really hits different
Idk whats so peaceful about this, but it just is. I don't know why
Reality seems like a huge game we're all playing. We could play to win, or to lose, but either way, it doesn't stop until our time is up.
Actually it doesn't stop, its infinite.
2:14 DONNNNGGGGGG
@Marcus Freestone reality is vibration and sound
...?
@Marcus Freestone that dong is to distract the chatter in your skull. notice that you can't focus on the thoughts in your mind when you hear that loud dong.
Reality is BWAAAAA
I come back here every so often just to keep peace of mind....
I have never had someone describe my mind so well
Music is something new happens on my heart.😻😻😻😻
Each of us lives dependent and bound by our individual knowledge and our awareness. All that is what we call reality however both knowledge and awareness are equivocal. One's reality might be another's illusion . We all live inside our own fantasies
Thank you. To you and him.
I love Alan Watts
I needed this, my brain never fuckin stops when i lay down
every man made tragedy started from a thought
One of the greatest philosophers out there
In other words reality to you is simply just what you are experiencing
"Reality is...this!"
*Well no shit Alan*
He’s spitting facts that have never been more relevant.
I'm gonna use this audio to sleep, its so good.
tis 4'am and this music dang nearly instantly put me to sleep
Thanks for that!
Im so tired of being tired.. over thinking is exhausting 😩
Same, i keep telling myself to not overthink but i end up overthinking about that too.
Just start meditation put your headphones and relaxing music and deep breathing 10min a day could help you a lot
Wonderful stuff! Alan Watts....... What a guy!
He is right! One time I stopped thinking I got a big shock and stopped talking in my head, and so i stayed like that for the whole day, and I haven’t felt so unbothered like I did that day. I don’t know how to make it happen again though.
i came to this video because of a meme and i left with a real lesson 💀
Same
As an over thinker and a maladaptive daydreamer, it constantly keeps me detached from the real word but at the same time It’s been keeps me from having negative thoughts, it’s a escape from reality for me.
Thanks to INZO’s Overthinker, I’m now hooked on Alan Watts speeches
This calms me
I'm here from Trap Nation 2019 Best Trap Music. Headed for INZO - Overthinker.
Thank you Alex, very cool!
I have something in my mind that is so deep there is no words to describe it, look at something and just wonder what makes it exist and just look at the texture of this world its like is this really it why does it look like this, is there another world that is so different from us that they dont have life and they have something else like a new color a new texture like there is a different creator and in there words isn't a thing communicating isn't a thing movement isn't a thing life isn't anything and nothing isn't something, there it's like a different mode like a different type of existence a different reality, and just think about it pain is just a feeling why do we avoid it?
We should be friends lol
its that time of the year when i come to listen to this again
Thanks, for someone with severe OCD this words help a lot
he's overthinking this
This is sadly true
I needed to hear this. Thanks.
Who just watches this because of the voice. And because this is just satisfying to see this video
He's John Wick's father
Reality is being washed away. Was a new country founded originally because of a desire for freedom, or hatred for where they came from and is it worth trying to figure out. These thoughts are what I woke up to this morning. Lol
Woah hatred of where they came from is a bit strong.. humans had just found two new continents.. who would be excited? Wars are cause by France have you not learnt that yet?
I knew about Alan watts before listening to overthinker but I never knew the piece he was speaking about. When I first heard overthinker I just knew it was watts. I loved the blending of the two! It works really well.
I really needed this as I always think, now I will stop thinking.
VEIN brought me here
Let’s fucking goooo
Tradução para Português(Brasil)
Uma pessoa que pensa o tempo todo, não tem nada para pensar além de pensamentos, então ele perde o toque pela realidade, e vivem em um mundo de ilusões, quando eu digo pensamento, me refiro especificamente a conversas na mente, perpétua e repetitivas repetições de palavras de ajustes de contas e de cálculos.
Eu não estou dizendo que pensar é ruim, como qualquer outra coisa, é útil com moderação, uma boa servente mas um mestre ruim. Todas aquelas pessoas chamadas de civilizados tem continuamente se tornando loucas e autodestrutivas, pois através de tanto pensar tem perdido o toque pela realidade.
Dito isso, nós confundimos sinais, símbolos, palavras, números e ideias com o mundo real. Muitos de nós preferem ter dinheiro a bens tangíveis, e grandes ocasiões são de alguma forma estragadas para nos, amenos que sejam fotografadas. E ler sobre no próximo dia no jornal, isso é estranhamente, mais divertido para nós que o evento original.
Isso é um desastre, como um resultado por confundir o mundo real natural com meros sinais, como balanços do mercado e contratos, nos estamos destruindo a natureza. Nós estamos tão ligados em nossas mentes que perdemos os nossos sentidos.
É TEMPO PARA ACORDAR.
QUE É REALIDADE?
Obviamente ninguém pode dizer por que não é uma palavra, não é material, é apenas uma ideia, não é espiritual, isso também é uma ideia, um símbolo.
REALIDADE É ISSO
This man was seriously amazing.
Truly legendary quotes
"a person who thinks all the time, has nothing to think about except toughts"
me writing an essay that has a minimum wordcount.
that is one of like 3 lines which made sense in video.
That's literally the attention grabber and one of the bigger lines to reflect on
I came here cause of a stupid tik tok and left it with the wisest shit i have ever seen.
These are very inspiring words
reality is an experience, everything your doing in the moment...is an experience of reality.
Vein
8 y/o me realizing If I’m being choked I could survive breathing through my nose 0:00
@Akari he 8 y/o bro
so much truth in such a short video
I don't know why but his voice and his talking makes me believe in myself somehow
It's as calm as Bob Ross voice
So reality is still a fucking beat god damm
This and the minecraft credits are reality...
When this Video just hits home a bit to much
“A person who think all the time has nothing to think about but thoughts.”
he overthinks as well.
does anybody know if there is like an actual medical term for this?
Anonymous Person Some Dissociative Disorders have people who escape from reality and into their own minds. The disorders are quite often developed after a traumatic event or anxiety or depression, as the brain’s way to involuntarily ‘take a person out’ of the ‘real’ situation that may be causing negative feelings to arise.
Being a human
@@enchantedtiger3705 such as the 1000 yard stare
Emmanuel Lima haha yep!
Anonymous Person overthinking
Someone need to make a compilation of Alan Watts being happy, it's very wholesome
thank you, Mr. Watts.
Very cool