It Will Give You Goosebumps - Alan Watts On Existence
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- It Will Give You Goosebumps - Alan Watts On Existence
A powerful and thought-provoking speech by the great philosopher Alan Watts. Speech extract from "Limits Of Language".
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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York.
It Will Give You Goosebumps - Alan Watts On Existence
Moral of the story, don’t overthink and live in the moments of emotion and excitement. Stop being so smart it hurts you.
Aiit
Your right my bro I wish you the very best
Austen Salcedo wrote, _"Moral of the story..."_
Do not try and extract a moral from the story. That`s impossible. Instead only try to realise the truth: *there is no story.* Then you will see it is not the story that offers a moral; it is only ourselves.
But pain means you're living.
This is the difficulty of being a person who is philosophical, introspective, and wise.
My favorite quote: "We are not humans experiencing the universe, we're the universe experiencing humans"
We are the universe experiencing itself
Pretty much what I was told when doing a huge dose of 2C-B
....................and our neighbours conducting the experiment are.....................not content with how we are progressing, that's why they are visiting us from time to time.
Something I Believed for many years now. We are all built from the dust of stars, dust which contain tiny pieces of people and things that have existed at one point. To the star dust we shall return to be part of the building blocks of existence yet to come.
@@TheShoottheradio Creator? What? No being created the universe, just science and nature.
The aliens that have been visiting earth are much more aware of the meaning of it.
If you live in the past you become depressed, if you live in the future you become anxious but if you are at peace you are living in the present.
This is not the case with everyone
@@aliengod3528well for the people it’s not, they should read this perfectly said quote or watch this video a few times, if it doesn’t help them then so be it , they will figure it out eventually
That's why it's called the "present" because it's a gift🥰
I'm going to write that down. Excellent quote.
One day, I was very very young, I hid in the closet because I realized my mother would die someday. I was not crying, I was shocked, so shocked I built everlasting memory of that episode. Power of life can only shine in the darkness of being aware of death. The fact that we desire to live knowing that our body keeps aging, our bonds with people will all be broken, is fascinating. Our intelligence is so delicately balanced, no creature could ever hold the burden of consciousness without something as powerful to balance it: love, curiosity
These are some really pretty words. Thank you
wow , thank you for shareing
Nicely put
This comment is probably the most fascinating idea I’ve ever heard. My brain can’t comprehend this fully but wow
love,curiosity, are all by products of evolution. The truth of the matter is we are all visitors here to reality and we aren’t here for long.
ive always told myself that everything will be okay in the end, and work out the way its suppose to.. but you really have to wish for it. you have to want to really bad just like that new iphone or drugs or whatever it maybe. if you desire it so immensely, you will do anything to achieve it and it will manifest itself. best wishes everyone
I'd say more so not wish but have faith in the process. Everything will always be ok, because it's always been ok.
You don't wish for a new iPhone or drugs my friend, nonsense. Every chemical you require is within you so wish for your health and the health of other's if you wish for anything at all. As for materials, you can't take them with you either after the physical body turns to dust and you really don't know when that will be, tomorrow or the next day so to speak. You take the life experience and information collected when disembodiment happens. You yourself are the phone or radio and that's all you really need. Wake up and God bless..
That’s wishful thinking, my friend. You already have what you want. That’s why you are here, where you are. Your conscious is not guiding you. It’s the unconscious that steers the ship. That’s what you don’t realize, because we cannot know ourselves. We just do. Go with the flow, and everything works. That means letting go. The ship guides itself. If you fight it, you invite suffering. That’s what we are trying to avoid. Let go. I’ve seen it, very recently. The universe is truly magical, glorious.
@@kensurrency2564 what about fear of old and alone. I know for sure ill be alone and am alone.
@@mitch5222 well is that something you can change? Being alone?
“We are always thinking that the satisfaction of life will be coming later. Don’t kid yourself.”
Pessimistic, but your comment is so true, but without hope of a better day what's the point .
@@mrmralloa8540 I think the point is to make the immediate right now the best possible?
Wordplay too vicious
Which is to say "only suckers put hope in the future"
@@mrmralloa8540 Hope is last Thing dying for a reason .. Hope or false hope can hold us in Bad thoughts habbits or Relationships..
Self Love solves much in oneself
What a profound last line: "Only suckers put hope in the future." -Alan Watts
I dont agree with that one
I guess that's one way to say "YOLO bro!"
@@skysk3l3t0nwhy?
@@nasa_fanboy4434 Because if you put hope in the future, if you work hard for the better future then you'll have a better future.
For example somebody can be suicidal or suffer from depression, putting hope in the future and being optimistic will change that, because nothing lasts forever
@@skysk3l3t0nwatts only here mean that live in ur present bcz it's only the truth u have he doesn't mean don't put ur efforts for future.
I just watched this with my 15 month old daughter walking around my house being a little discoverer and it’s amazing. It put me in the moment immediately. I have 3 children under 3 years old and my wife and I need to realize that we are living in “the good ole days” right now. Enjoy it.
@MarkHonest-vf9jk hi mark hows it going for u my guy. I also am quiet a man for a good tamed woman if u understand what i mean. Would u like to discuss women with me over a nice drink and a cigar? Im close tou your place, partner. Take it easy. Long gone are the days but the heart still runs america and its best woman. Stay safe brother. The cities are big out here.
@@lovelaugh7299well that’s not sketchy at all
Probably the hardest realization for many is how many trials and tribulations you go through through life, only to realize when you get older that none of it really mattered in the first place.
No, all those struggles and achievements did matter. They must have
@@dannyfenton3476 They really don't. They only matter when comparing yourself to others, which mean they really don't matter.
@@dannyfenton3476 Even the simplest thing left it's mark and the slightest remnant still shows, in the heart, blood and the soul, from a perspective that only one can or will ever see, in moments that will never repeat.
if you loved, it mattered
Wow this is very positive
It's crazy how life can end in the blink of an eye, never take a moment for granted.
Who the hell is Alan Watts, Brad Pitt?
Live, Die, Repeat
@@matthewhawking4318 who's Brad Pitt...????
@@PAULY-P that is total bs .. there is no repeating , and if ? Where were you 1000 years ago ? And where were you a million years ago ? What is the use of repetition if it is out of reach from our memories , hence , you only have this shot so choose wisely because a next final and eternal life is definitely waiting.
Life can’t end . The human appearance can disappear but what that human actually is can never and will never end . It was there before the human appeared in it and it will carry on. What you are will never go anywhere, it’s always here
I have always said "If you wake up happy and you go to sleep happy every day, then you win at life, even more than those with millions who can't remember the last time they truly felt happy." Happiness truly is an inside job.
Some of us are genetically predisposed to unhappiness. It's mental illness that's described as depression or psychosis of various kinds. We can't be happy in the normal sense of the word, we have to settle for satisfaction with what we accomplish rather than how we feel.
It's hard to go to sleep happy knowing 6000 pigs a day are gassed alive in excruciating pain on the slaughterhouse only 2 miles away, then add on the willful ignorance of humans who willingly pay for this suffering.
In the multiverse being happy causes earthquakes for some reason.
@@leadnsteel1428mirthquakes
@@natesilvers2166Right? Let's be honest here, life is not some wishy washy "oh it's amaaaazing" affair, it's not profound or lovely and humanity is a dirty fucking bug that fucks the rotation up for everything else on the planet through it's selfishness and shitty self appointed right to do as it pleases. As I've said elsewhere, my only hope is that a large celestial object, travelling at high speeds, ploughs into our planet and fucking obliterates it and us along with it. I genuinely do 😁, and I hope that the people who claim; "oh I'm not religious but I'm very spiritual" , these nuts who think the weird shit they believe in "we are all one consciousness, we are the universe experiencing itself" thinking it's anything different to what the religious crackpots believe in, well, I hope they get it first 😁 and hardest
"The smartest man in the world also knew that he knew nothing " great video
I've always kind of felt like life is a cross between a Joke, a Dream, some absurdity, and a little craziness. Sometimes I'm amazed that everything works as well as it does.
Same. It’s really pretty crazy that things work as well as they do.
Birds of feather flock together and demonic humans make excuses .
Well said
It's really strange to be anything at all .
It works for the privileged
Exatcly. There is no past, only memories, there is no future, only wants, there is only this moment.
There is a past, if I leave a rock outside my window and go to sleep and wake up in the morning the rock is still going to be there and once I picked it up it's in the past, that doesn't mean there's no past. It was there at one point
@@mrebkhimself-3615 yeah but by 200 to 500 years no one would even know you put the rock there or you were. That’s point of view Alan watts meant.
@@mrebkhimself-3615 the past has no true value on most things.
Buddhism teaches that. Alan watts just shared what Buddhism teaches. Just look into Buddhism more for more depth
Really? Because I put a lot of current moments into studying and into writing and got a PhD out of it 20 years ago. The ability to be able to plan for an uncertain, far-off future is what makes humans superior to animals.
Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery , it's quite fascinating how effective they're for depression and stress disorders . Saved my life other than the weed.
Psychedelics definitely has potential to deal with health issues like anxiety and depression , I would like to try them but it's hard to source them here 0:06 😊😊
@@HudsonJay
dr.johnsonshroom is your guy, best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know
My first shroom trip was really awesome , it felt like I was deep into the sea 0:01
@@TracyJake-wt5znShroom microdosing help me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol
@@AnitaPhilipsplease where can I locate him ? Is he on insta?
When your young you worry about what other people are thinking about you.
When your old you realize that no ones thinking about you > 1:38
I'm pretty young (30's) and I'm almost at the point where no one thinks about me. But yeah, when I was really young, I did care way too much.
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When i was young, I didn't worry what others thought of me. They made it very clear that they thought very little of me, and they did not rest until I agreed with them.
Sometimes, you just wish people would stop paying too much attention to you. Not everyone is lucky enough to live a life where the people around them are actually not concerned with you.
When I was eight, I realized for the first time I wasn't going to live forever and that life is just another terminal illness. No matter how perfect or imperfect one lives, it will all be the same in the end. This realization filled me with deep sorrow and hit me with a depression from which I still haven't truly recovered from. I would even say a part of that exuberant kid died that day.
Even though I pushed that thought away and tried suppressing it so I can live like a normal human being, I always end up questioning my existence and never actually lived, just hanging on and getting by. There is no moral to my story, no silver lining. I wish I could say I had found God or a purpose, but it just wouldn't be true, and that's something I have to accept. You just go on breathing until you don't. I do have a lot of admiration for people who continue to go strong despite facing the same dilemma.
Without God there is no meaning. That’s something to be depressed about. And yet we’re here. Is it all just a big accident? How can that be? Seek and find. The universe reveals itself to those who don’t stop seeking. Depression is a dead end.
Thanks Abe. You ain't alone.
I also, have had a cynical and almost nihilistic view point of existence. I truly understand.
At some point however, it finally clicked for me...that life brings on the meaning I assign to it, and I have to strive and work for that meaning. Also, that maybe I have been wrong, this entire time. Maybe, just maybe there is some inherent meaning and truth. Maybe, just maybe, life does not have to be just suffering and sadness.
Yes, we start dying the minute we are conceived...but the flip-side to that coin is that there is time in between those two events, and that I am responsible for what I do in that time. I didn't appear in this life to waste it. I didn't appear in this life to just suffer. I am here to live, to the best of my ability at any given moment, in order to help, live, learn, and love. It may come off as cliche, but there is a lot of truth in that for me.
Hang in there. I believe you can find meaning. You just might have to let go of some attachments to things.
@@28happenstance The truth is not to live for your self, but for humanity. In all of its monotony, you being here is for the life of others. Kind of like the mindset of Star Trek. Living and working to have "stuff" is pointless. In all of its horrors, when humanity was approaching the industrial revolution, it soared because it was striving to be more. Now humanity just wants a house, a sports car, and a permanent vacation. That is not what we are here for. The stars kiddo. Our mission is the stars.
You’re not alone brother
moral of the story: don’t waste your time “preparing yourself for the future” be “the future” live in the moment and don’t bind yourself to time.
What if we miss our destiny? Jesus came to bring answers. He, being God, revealed Himself in human flesh, taught about destiny, about life and love, about destiny to eternal communion with God. He confirmed His teaching and authority by raising the dead.... by resurrecting himself.
Philosophy cannot give deep answers, Jesus can and did give them.
All people need to repent and become part of Catholic Church, to serve God and gain salvation. This is the sense of our existance.
@@ukaszczop4373 The Bible calls the catholic church the beast
@@deonaeddy7749 Only the Catholic Church leads to salvation. Do you know why Christians have always been persecuted? Do you know why Saint Perpetua was killed? Why Saint Bartholomew was skinned alive, or Saint Paul slain by the sword? For the same reason that the world today hates the Church to which they belonged.
One must choose the world or God. Do not delude yourselves dear ones.
Bible is nowhere telling Catholic Church is the beast. It's a mix of blasphemy, misunderstanding, and disobedience.
@@ukaszczop4373 Wrong
Existence is weird, wonderful, and totally pointless.. I love this life..
It's not weird, neither is it wonderful...
If you think logically - then the universe, statistically speaking, is on an average wonderfulity and weirdness levels - which means it is not wonderful, since wonderful is more than average and it is not weird, since the existance is normal...
Though you're kind of right about it being pointless, it is, after all, dependant on your own choice...
@@mr_koko2070 to counter your argument. The number of planets spinning through the universe and a complete lack of "visible" life on the. Basically makes us weird, and if you like the human experience "I do", then that makes it wonderful.
@@theopinionatedbystander Yeah, but what we are speaking about is existance, and both the weirdness and wonderfulness depend on perspective... Is existance that weird to you if you see everything around you +/- the same?
And still, I imagine you haven't been on any of the planets yourself, right? And I personally have heard that there might be, or might have been life on Venus... That's a planet in this solar system... And even if there isn't - it still is ATLEAST about 1/9 chance that there is life in any other solar system - we simply can't see such far to say for certain, soo... life might not be as unique as you say.
And I certaintly wouldn't call life wonderful, because I'm young and can already say that there is nothing in the world now that could surprise me - so I wouldn't call it wonderful too... Atleast until there is some Full Dive tech like in sword art online, and some AI or other Full Dive game making tools that could make Full Dive game dev basically instant :I
@@mr_koko2070 beyond a doubt. Perspective will always be the dominant force of opinion. So yes, you are correct.
ah a typical nihilistic hypocrite. If life is pointless, then put the gun to ur head. But you'd never do that, because you know life is not pointless.
"We are always thinking that the satisfaction of live will be coming later"....truest statement ever!
"Dont kid yourself "
There really is only the hear and now and u really have to grab onto the now and not think for the future when it comes to spending time with family esp. Just ask any parent that has lost a child and what they wouldn't give to go back and have more Now time.
For some people... maybe. Not for me. The satisfaction in life should be be local and ever present. If you can't sit in silence in your own company and just be happy, then you're lost.
@@hazchem1 I'm lost
It's funny all those who smoke weed think and feel the same way - gobbledegook
When I lost my father at 18 years old, I reached the lowest point in my life ever. I went through shock, grief and so on and at one moment while sitting by the kitchen table, I thought to myself that if I were to feel even worse than I did right then and there I would cease to exist. Just after that thought everything turned into love. Everything was love. I mean absolutely everything like all the material things around me, every cell in my body, the action of putting a knife on the table earlier, everything was pure love. It is unexplainable and it was not a feeling, it was a condition. I call it my spiritual moment. I it was a wow moment and I felt harmony times a million.
I do not know for how long it lasted, perhaps two minutes, but I don’t know.
With all the suffering on this planet I have always hoped that those who suffers have these moments of relief.
Tf up
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Once I hit my most horrible moment. I was free. I realized my fear of horror and suffering is right before me and yet I still exist. This was Phoenix in ashes and from this point I rose. To truly be we must sometimes suffer.
When my father died in England I was living in the states, he was 87 and it wasn’t unexpected or sudden, but a few days after I was sat on my sofa thinking about him and suddenly I felt a reassuring presence around me, and while I have no strong or certain beliefs in what comes after this life or not, I felt absolutely certain it was my dad, I even said out loud “I know you are there” and laughed a little at the thought of it. Of course I can’t say what you experienced, but just maybe it was something similar!
@@Bluedog4712
One day on my way to work at a bus stop, thinking normal day to day thoughts of everything and nothing, noticing normal things around me like a woman passing the road with a dog on a leach, looking at my watch and figuring out how long time I would have to change clothes before starting work, you know, just normal thoughts, I suddenly thought “ I am his daughter”.
It was very sudden and it felt so divine that my eyes teared up.
After this very sudden thought and feeling, I wondered if he had somehow visited me at that bus stop.
He had been dead for years at that time. It is like what you told in your story.
I think you can make up too believe what ever makes you feel better.
I see my dad on a bench, rolling a cigarette, laughing and joking with his uncle and other relatives that has left their life behind. They are surrounded by roses and greenery and flowers and now and then he looks down at me making life too serious at times.
I know that I do not know, but I choose the thoughts that make me content.
I love how he points out that everything is denfined simply because humans defined things the way they wanted to define it so they could have an answer. But people never seem to think that our system of classifications could be wrong.
I do
Same . all the time
It's not about being right or wrong, he's saying the question itself is absurd.
@@memitim171 i know. but I have also been questioning why we always have to classify everything around us, in stead of just letting it simply be.
but i get what you are saying:)
@@HasturLaVishnu Because it's efficient I suppose, even if it's not entirely accurate, it often gets the job done and sometimes that's all that matters. It's still rather silly of course, but so is everything if you think about it long enough, as the video aptly demonstrates.
Over the 47 years of my life I've finally come to realize that every second minute hour day week month year matters, don't take this life for granted, love laugh exist feel life talk to a stranger be kind spread love tell people you love them, even when your tired never give up keep going spread Joy, let others know your there, make your positive mark enjoy the sun enjoy the rain enjoy pleasure pain triumph defeat gain & loss, Your here take part enjoy nature enjoy others God bless 🌹♥️🙏
i can't believe itz not butter
This is what is different about humans, in the face of pointlessness..you still continue even knowing in the end it is futile.
Since I was born, I've wanted to explore the universe. Feels like I'm stuck in this life and I can't escape.
When you do "finally" escape (and you will,) you may discover that this here and now lasted but an instant.
Same
Your mind & imagination is always your strongest tool to explore the infinity of inner & outer space both in dreams & in reality as I have experienced in mine...
You are exploring the universe
You are exploring the universe, right here and now. You are the nerve that feels, explores and digs the universe, while being the universe itself. And you can't escape, because there is nowhere escape to! Reality cannot run from itself. But is okay! It may not feel like that now, but is is, I assure you
That language circle... "Let's pretend that we matter." pure genius
Let's pretend that we pretend?
We've pain&fear, peace, temptation, & motivation, perception, doubt & believe. Valuing many correlation, meaning many integration & disintegration. Labelling many purpose, then we've reality. Sometimes we feel empty, confuse, regret, & pain. We feel like to take care of those things. But we don't. bcoz we feel in love with those things. It's like paradox.We attach to those things. Is there something we can do bout it?? What do we need to do??
Such. A. Powerful. Quote.
That hit me the most.
We are very important in the scheme of the entire universe = birth of religion.
Thank you Alan Watts , old rascal you saved me, I'm still here because that moment when it came all i had was your voice.. saying ,do it . And you know what you mad master ,it didn't matter .. thanks master ,i owe you 😊
You are who you think you are. Every one is unique in there own way and we all think about life in different ways. Every body's journey is different. We all have moments of sadness and happiness. It's all about learning how to deal with whatever life has in stall for you and the decisions you make. Stay positive as much as you can and work hard and hopefully everything goes your way for happy and successful life. Peace to you all🙏
I've always thought that the recipe for good mental health is a combination of having a goal to pursue and being able to relax and appreciate what you have in the here and now.
Well said.
Very well said.
Hell yes.
So true
Kinda hard to appreciate the here and now when your life is constant strife. Easy to say from your invariably privileged position. This shit is just mental masturbation for the overly catered to.
So basically life is spontaneous. We live by the second. Tomorrow is promised to no one. Live in the now. All this reminds me of Eastern philosophy. Wonderful messages.
Alan Watts immersed himself in Eastern philosophies, particularly Zen Buddhism, if I recall. I read his work extensively whilst in college and while out following the Grateful Dead--surprise, surprise!
Allah is One and there is no God besides him and Muhammad saw is his prophet, and Jesus is his prophet as well. This is the truth from our Lord.
@@alcapone3212 if this true what makes your god more real than other people's gods?
You sound like Tyson Fury… 😂
@@alcapone3212 Hey, I respect your religion and belief.. But do you really KNOW that, christianity, buddhism, (and like 1000 other religions we as humans had or have on earth) are ALL wrong, while yours is correct?
Isn't it better to just be a good person that follows his heart and helps and is honest and lives by those things, instead of following a religion made by regular humans?
I don't think ANY GOD would say i'm evil, when I always tried to be good ... And I also don't think that someone who does evil things, but "in the name of his god" is rewarded. Even if his specific religion is the "correct" one..
Wise words, God bless everybody reading. Live long and prosper
Keep coming back to this every once in a while. giraffe are giraffing, clouds are clouding, trees are treeing and stars are starting, rains are raining.. profound and simple. Beautiful
Live in the moment. It's all anyone can ever do. Be the best possible you, you can be. No one will reward you. You reward yourself by knowing you are doing the best you can in that moment.
Yes 100%
Yes!! I e been telling my little brother this!
I don't live my life based on superstition.
God will reward you. God will punish you. God will keep you in hell forever. WAKE UP NOW!
A biblical worldview raises our thinking beyond what is naturalistic and temporal and earthy, pointing us to that which is eternal. Living merely for the "moment" is Darwinian foolishness.
“Only suckers, put hope in the future” that’s one of the most truthful statements I’ve ever heard
Did anyone else notice the giant land cock in the scenery when this was said?
The poet A E Housman put it a little differently. "Hope lies to mortals and most believe her but man's deceiver was never mine.."
So many of us are suckers
@@simonemason5352 so all dreamers would fall into that category bc all dreams are is hope for something better
Worse is to be scared of the future
I feel like he truly knew who he was to himself and who he was since a child, it seems like he was very happy with how he saw things.
"Giraffes are giraffing
Trees are treeing
Stars are staring
Clouds are clouding
Rain is raining
And People are peopling.
...Wow."
-Alan Watts
That is one I always remember from Mr. Watts. A true understanding of life.
Actually this concept is derived from platos theory of forms or theory of universals
I respect alan watts as he matches wavelength with me but all that he said I have somewhere already thought of that and lived all of that and I have gone ahead of this.not saying anything out of ego or arrogance .if you observe and let the things flow to you and understand it beyond the language of script you get to the core or soul of that thing and everything gets clear about it and around it
@@BestInterviewclips ultimately you are still looking though, still searching, for soemthing. Meaning possibly. Or maybe you have found your purpose. Does it fulfill you? You are quite set on finding answers it seems, to say you have already thought of something so it doesn’t bear fruit any longer. Or you have already considered something and ruled it out. Stop. Relax. Observe and admire.
@@wadeklein8962 I feel like it's about finding the mentality to not need fulfillment. Like the quote "people are peopling" I think you could dumb it down to "life is living".
It feels right, just live and experience life, enjoy life. And do what you should to keep living. This would also mean "Don't take a life" as life should not be taken, life should be lived (and I don't mean it in that specific wording as philosophy shouldn't be limited by language).
It’s really that simple
Whoever was able to know him personally in their lifetime... what a gift.
Power of Now
Satisfaction is in the internal moment of Now
It's a gift to have him now.
@Jorge Hernandez heck yeah. everyone is so scared to see the facts and reality
@@quickstepz9250 how have people changed?
This sounds like I'm going to be an ass here but I honestly am not I honestly think he would be or it would be more aggravating being his friend jokingly and seriously at the same time because one he sounds like somebody who has to finish the conversation to be the last important conclusion witch isn'ta bad thing cause what he says is pretty damn interesting for one or fat to have to imagine the pot and or acid he is shut down and ingested I've been concerned with extremely small tipical and very very thoughtful provoking and pharmaceuticals galore lol it probably wasn't the nowadays hot smoking dream stoned munchies and sleep stoned munchies wild exploring the vastness of the possibilities would you freaking mind can comprehend LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤦
Everything he talks about makes me worry less and less about the trials and tribulations of life. Inner peace is accepting that life will do what its going to do and their actually is NOTHING you can do to stop it, so don't worry, just react, and experience it. Even suffering and pain is just something we have to experience to move forward and continue to be people, peopling
This is my favourite video on CZcams
I just wanted to be a 10 year old child forevermore. Parents love, long days of play and fantasies are worth more than a ton of gold.
i know right, i'm turning 20 but i never left my inner childhood behind. i have been so lonely that my inner kid came to me and played with me (if u know what it meant, like helping you out thru sadness), i'm a young adult now but still acting childlike because my inner childhood says that that will make me happy, and it did. ofcourse im not childish, i'm not acting dumb, i'm honestly acting modest and professional in school but with just a hint of being childlike, and it made me make a ton of friends, i had bestfriends, people referred to me as their "small sibling" and i loved being loved by people. and my inner childhood was right, it did made me happy.
@@XiaoSunJing let me give an important piece of advice. People like us have the spirit of God in us. Sounds crazy but in life be careful of people, friends, partner. Protect your inner child and trust almost nobody. I'm 50 and this is what I teach my kids. Everything someone tells you ,investigate it. This world is full of violence, liars,users etc. The devil is in so many people, trust nobody. You will stay safe if you really listen to me. God be with you. We both are still connected to our inner child.
yeah relieving the past seems like a blessing for me, i often get lost in memories...bringing me joy and sadness at the same time, knowing nothing ...nothing...will be the same again...
@user-mi4yc7pr3x it will once we are in heaven it will be again. This is out hope and it is real. Focus on Jesus focus on God. You have more of that child in you than you know.
@@levinolan636 thanks for the msg. I hope you re right
You shouldn't dwell in the past or the future because you exist in neither. You do and always will exist in the present. When I first realized this I cured my depression and anxiety. No pills no doctors. Just realization of that fact.
Then u didn't have real anxiety and depression disorders...
Lol you cured it just like that?
Interesting.. 🤔
@@zehahahava That's a disgraceful comment.
@@Loverofdaimbars no its disgraceful to act like chemical imbalances can be cured by one single concept.
He simultaneously calms and perturbs my soul, what sorcery is this..
Exactly
It's not sorcery. It's just the result of looking around and coming to an honest, logical conclusion about what you see and experience, rather than trying to make it all end up being what you want it to be.
Yep
Exactly lol, it kind of plays in the duality he talked about. Life is paradoxical in many ways..
Sensational goosebumps..but also dread of sorts.
lol, same
I love listening to these talks.
This is why I love fractals, they appear everywhere in Earths natural world, and in the universe, even within concepts. It doesn't matter what the thing is, but put that thing on a thing, iterate however mathematically, and all you're left with is beauty.
Don’t ever get down on your self or be suicidal because you never know you can always have the chance to fix what’s wrong and make it right
Its even easier to just start a relationship with God and have Him carry you and establish your plans. If you make a serious attempt you can get a response. Pray for him to intervene in your life and listen for His voice and look for the motion of His hand. Revelation 3:20. if you dont understand biblical prophecy i would educate yourself as soon as possible. There is a great video here on youtube called "From Babylon to America" that covers the beast from Revelation 13 and ties it with nebuchadnezzars dream.
@@FreightmareFTW I absolutely agree people need to start investing more of there free time into god and I think everyone would be 10x happier!
@@sgvincent100 Yeah I've been exhausted and have to reach tons of people so I try to plug a bunch of stuff together to help people. i used to have copy and paste spams for this but I got banned so now I have to type everything by hand.
@@sgvincent100 God and religion are two different things. Humans over the ages have completely confused who God really is.
He even condemns “religion” because religion is man made and it doesn’t allow you to personally know God. With religion you follow a set of rules which don’t do any good for you whereas you get to know the true living God that’s what life is really about.
Some people just have such a bad chemical in balance, there brain creates all the worst feelings and emotions possible, all day every day. Being fully medicated for this can make them feel horrible in another ways so death for them may really be there only answer to make the pain go away.
“Listen….that’s the meaning.” How staggeringly profound! A statement that applies to every aspect of our existence.
It is simple not profound
prove it
@@yummy2318 Profound means that it sticks out like a sore thumb. In fact, saying it’s profound is stating it’s simplicity.
@@yummy2318 it seems you are not listening.
Yes 'God' made the World as saw that it was Great. _Genesis_
Listened 1k times and won't ever stop. Of there's one to watch its this one ♥
Blown away... Profound people are my jam
It's funny how I heard his voice today for the first time. I've felt hopeless and now I don't. I was thinking of how mean humans are. Then I saw a photo of one of my grandchildren holding a big frog. I saw a video of a man helping a huge sea turtle. I felt hope and joy. Then I heard Alan talk. Everything seems ok suddenly. Not hopeless.
that's it...let us not hope and just live...
Relaying on hope is hopeless, it's just another tweak of the mind to look for something else, a rejection of what is. Believing and hoping are mental escape mechanism, the minds inability to comprehend and accept of what is. There is a meaning and a message in all we encounter and experience. When ones heart is open to what ever happens, there is never any hopelessness or need to create a believe.
The mind works in mysterious ways to find some conceptual key to see fleeting glimpses of our true nature. When you are home, their is no need to create anything anymore. Hope and believe are not needed anymore once we leave the plane of mental delusion. Everything will be clear from the illumination from one's true nature of mind.
Thank you for sharing that. Your vision became mine and gave me hope and happiness as well.
Thank you for sharing that. Your vision became mine and give me hope and happiness as well.
@@fk-hi6gs I completely agree with what you say here, they are the kind of words J Krishnamurti would use, I know the mind just tricks you into further thinking, which gets you nowhere (this is where ‘gurus’ make fortunes), and yet although I know intellectually the truth of what you say, I’m not experiencing it (though I’ve had glimpses), otherwise I would not be watching these types of videos, are you in a similar position to me? (The reason I’m thinking you might be, is if you were ‘awake’, there would literally be no point in you being here watching and commenting either)
Whatever life is all about . We are here for a very short while and only a few make it . I pray we all be among the ones that make it❤️
Amine yarabi 🤲🏾
None of us makes it. “We’re parasites on this big ball of air we share”
@@oOcerealkillaOo im not that big man come on
Only a few make it? Define "make it." According to who? I choose not to live in a box.
@@toni2606 we are all gonna make it bro
Every time I watch Alan Watts' profound video on existence, I'm filled with contemplation. He urges us to explore our being's essence and nature deeply. It's a call to embrace the present moment, leading with confidence and compassion.
Authenticity is crucial for leaders, as it allows them to break free from doubts and expectations. Our uniqueness empowers us to inspire change and make a real impact.
Let's embrace this journey of self-discovery, leading with confidence, empathy, and compassion.
We hold the power to transform ourselves and the world around us.
It's worth listening to this short video every now and then to remind yourself to go with the flow rather than fighting existence with incessant unanswerable questions. You've got to accept 'is' since 'why' is unavailable!
I needed this. I’m gonna be one of the best blues guitarists ever right up there with Stevie Ray Vaughan , Robert king , bb. King and lighting Hopkins
Just be yourself !!!
DO IT!!!
Yes you are!
Good luck fulhum
Introducing'" Troy Fulgrum the Gresstest Blues Guitarist since....anyone ever" When you planning to do that. I want a front row seat. So I can say ' look at him.. I was there when Troy chose this path. Listen to those strings cry...He did it. and I knew he would.
“With life no matter what you do, you are all in. This is going to kill you. You might as well
play the most magnificent game you can. Because do you have anything better to do?” -Jordan Peterson
Very good point
@@linc2256 Hey Linda! You should check out our video "The Secret to Your Existence" ft. Jordan Peterson. Our channel is passionate about psychology education so that everyone everywhere can live a healthier life. Our goal is to create a free source of #DigitalTherapy for our subscribers.
jordan peterson is a snake oil salesman who uses basic platitudes to get his foot in the door.
@@jack_rabbit "The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing." -Fritz Perls
...and really nothing to lose.
“We do not see things as they are we see things as we are” I was quiet in life and learned, stop thinking so much just do because your not supposed to just do becomes we have constant intuition telling us what we like, fun is living, that’s when time flys and you bend time, 2 hours feels like 30 mjn
We are all here to heal 💙
A voice you could listen an eternity to
Check out Manly P. Hall as well...not to mention Anthony De Mello.
He sounds pompous to me.
A load of waffle, this is just the wandering of a simple mind who can't answer his own questions
@Ricardo garbage
@@tclanjtopsom4846 that's true. Allan watts can't answer any question. He is just wandering. But still he is better than the rest of us who are not doing anything except destroying this world.
What I got from this is, everything is perfect. We’re experiencing the human experience which is to experience it.
Nah its far from perfect. We live in a fallen world. Perfection will be achieved within the restored Eden. If you want to see perfection then I would repent of your sins and follow Jesus. Repent doesn't mean confess your sins, but to stop doing them entirely. God doesn't want people that are going to be causing problems in His kingdom. You wouldn't either if you were a ruler. Get right now especially since doom is hovering over all humanity. The mark of the beast is almost here. Sweden is testing out that RFID microchip that they are using to buy and sell goods with. Elon Musk's neuralink is in the works and IDK what is going to happen with the quantum dot tattoos. Denying Jesus would be denying the last 3000 years of recorded history. We have identified the beast from Revelation 13 as The "Holy" Roman Empire, it got split up into ten parts etc. Israel was reborn in 1948 and Russia and Iran are currently allied and on track to cause armageddon.
Pray for God to intervene in your life, listen for His voice and look for the motion of His hand. If you make a serious attempt you can get a response
how is everything perfect??
@@jeromemosk5028 it’s perfectly imperfect therefore it’s perfect -> (+) X (-) = (+)
Circular reasoning. I think he is an obtuse, dreadfully sad person to believe a person that has hope for the future is a sucker. I will spend eternity in glory with my Heavenly Father. There is no better hope - and better future. Period.
Kevin is sucker for believing in a fake deity. Keep creaming your pants fir eternal life lmao
I just see it like this, enjoy the life you’ve been given and do everything you can possibly do
This is great to listen anytime you want to be alone. Recommend it, actually.
Alan Watts... What a hell of a guy. He really understood life, with all of it's facets. His level of comprehension always has an impact, even if I've heard the speech 100 times. I'm glad for the availability of his wisdom in the 21st century, even though pretty much everything else is horrible.
His level of comprehending life isn't greater or less than anyone else.
He is literally just parroting eastern philosophy.
@@TheTruthofIslam812 --- Not understanding what the problem is.
And what would he say to you saying that last line there?
I really heard from Alan a cute way to make a person think and ponder, but nothing of actual substance.
It’s amazing how we can speak words to describe a deep meaning to life and how odd it is.
Took me a while to settle in being born again how bizarre it is too be, and couldn’t even look at my parents for ages experiencing life in its truest reality, like pure consciousness within of its self
It is amazing. But even so we are still limited by human language and vocabulary to effectively and completely illustrate and explain deep subjective feelings only YOU can understand because you went through it yourself
@@iGNiTETheKiD maybe if we spoke less we could say more. Since words are the limiting factor could it be that we can speak without them? I think we can but we have used the voice for so long that we can longer communicate any other way.
@@jjohn56 We can it would just be difficult we’ve been accustomed to normal voice communication. It is deff possible tho, sign language is an entire communication method with absolutely no speaking.
The universe is one being. Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories.
neverending stories, na na na, na na na, na na naaaaaaaaa!!
Man. Parts of this speech hit hard for me. I've not taken a listen to Alan Watts in quite some time. Several years. Though I did listen to him quite frequently then. The two lectures I just listened to from this channel, I don't think I had heard before.
I've had a difficult go of things for the past 5 to... Well, 20 years probably if I get into technical detail lol. But, starting in late 2018 things started getting really bad - with many similarities to my late teenage years. My parents heavily abusing alcohol and drugs, constant fighting amongst them, with me and my brother caught in the middle. Being involved in their quarrels when we shouldn't have been and sometimes involving ourselves because things were clearly getting completely out of control between them. My dad passed on Xmas Eve 2021. Many health complications. Some no fault of his own, on one hand he adamantly refused to seek help with his medical issues. On another, the standard and quality of care when he did was very subpar. On yet another, his drinking was way out of control and played into his refusal to get medical help as well. Life and the people in it are complicated.
I've since 'gotten over' his death and hold what I feel is an unpopular opinion about the way things went. My mom's health was very poor around that time as well. Though it (and she) has gotten a bit better over time. At least to the point where I'm not constantly worried if she's going to pass out or fall when I'm not there. Or that I might find her laying on the floor when I arrive. Very grateful for that. Though I still worry a lot about her current state, my mind is no longer in constant agony over it.
Shortly after my dad's passing, my grandma's rapid development of dementia became apparent. While struggling with the loss of my father, digging for answers pertaining to the cause of his death, grieving heavily, taking care of my mom and trying to get her the care she needed, I had to step in to help her as well. Going over to fill her new automated medication tray, taking her to her hair appt's... Her car was stolen around that time as well which added a whole new level of stress on everyone. She was eventually blindsided by my aunt who is PoA. She took her on vacation while my uncle and the rest of the family moved all her belongings into a nursing home. Dropped her off there when they returned and that was that.
My mom and I had to continue caring for her because the quality of care there is just sh*t, but my aunt won't hear any of it. And my uncle would never step up to assist us in caring for her to relieve some stress on my mom and I so she could actually get to doctor appt's when she needed to - even while she was still at home.
I've been through points in my life over the past several years where I didn't recognize any of the people, blood relatives, who I consider family. My dad. My mom. My brother even. My aunt. My uncle. My best, and only close friend. I read an article which made me realize that, though they were all still alive, I was grieving over them.
Like I said. It was a lot in a relatively short period of time. Things are still bad, but... better. Life has it's odd ways of working itself out, some way or another.
When you realize and accept that bad things happen, have always happened, and will continue to happen, in a very strange way it makes it easier to deal with and just go about living. Everyone's got things they're going through and reasons behind why they are the way they are, which for the most part we're unable to see. Unless we take the time and show genuine interest to let them reveal their secrets. Or simply sit and listen.
❤ Be kind to others, and to yourself. We're all just out here doing it. Experiencing what it means to be alive. And if things are really difficult right now, have faith and stand strong. No matter how strong the storm is, it doesn't rain forever.
The way I see it is, everyday here on earth is a blessing, I also see it as a reset button, for every single day that allows you to wake up and walk the earth, be the best person you could possibly be, life is like a freestyle, it doesn’t have to be perfect but just be mindful of your actions and try to self reflect from time to time, hold yourself accountable for your actions and learn from every single chance of experience you get, we’re all in this together…
AMEN 🙏WONDERFUL!💓 you TOTALLY get IT😂😂😂
Have you ever dealt with addiction?
You and me, we’re in this together now
Nothing else can stop us now
We will make it through somehow
You and me, if the world should break in two
Until the very end of me
Until the very end of you
How is it reset if there’s still a chance of hearing the consequences today of having done something yesterday
@@bluebutok9827 maybe that’s the acountable part
Life is living, living is giving, giving is loving, loving is life!
Nope
Imagine being totally enthralled by this man preaching his philosophies, then he fire an arrow directly up in the air mid speech.
I love this guy! He’s so authentic.
He's totally tripping out.
I love Alan watts but he said a whole lotta nothing right here 💀
Being “destined for greatness” only comes through active and conscious decisions. But fate is what happens when you let other people and external circumstance dictate your life.
I'm stoned and this makes so much sense, thanks Mr Watts ✌🏻❤💨 stay free
Stay Free 🔥❤️💪
@@jonathancarmony5952 ✌🏻💨
@@MandyHartnett ✌🏻stay free
Facts
@@MandyHartnett My mind , my conscience my energy will ALLWAYS be free...✌🏻💨
"You think of yourselves as humans searching for a spiritual awakening. When in fact, you are spiritual beings attempting to cope with a human awakening. Seeing yourself from the perspective of the spirit within will help you to remember why you came here and what you came here to do."
This just made me smile.....so true
I listened to this on a loop for almost 2 hours straight while doing cardio outside, while it was snowing. Amazing. Absolutely lovely.
One of the best quotes about life I ever heard came from the movie The Enemy Below, starring Robert Mitchum..., when the captain from the German U-Boat told his fellow officer, "Never think too much, you pay penalty. You never rest." In my life, it's a quote I can relate to big time.
Can you give an example?
@@lhdnp1980
I have a form of social anxiety disorder brought on by the environment I grew up in. My father was verbally abusive to me and to some of my other brothers on a daily basis. It left a mental scar which I carry to this day. I became very self-conscious. I couldn't be natural anymore. Conversations would be tense and awkward with embarrassing silences. People would become uncomfortable around me and begin to avoid me because I'll be busy thinking of what to say next instead of listening to what was being said to me. I'm getting better but I still keep thinking I'm not good enough. I have good days and bad days.
Even on a good day especially when everything is going swell I'll hear my father's voice. And I begin to think that maybe I am a loser.
@@libraryquiet your not a loser… I’ve read that and it broke my heart… your beautiful my friend, I mean that and I’m being wholeheartedly serious as I can!! I love you brother, and you are worth it!! You are special… my name is Billy Bazemore and I’m here for you my friend
@@thirstforknowledge3720 that is a true expression of humanity there. If only all or just most gave a fuck about the person next to them; think what society could be. Peace brothers. Thanks for sharing.
@@garywillow6578 thank you Gary…. I used to live my life in my earlier years only caring mostly about myself…. I wasn’t happy… the moment I realized that life was more about helping and caring for others than yourself, is when I found my true happiness….You are so right, and one day I hope people all can realize if we care and work together, this world would be such a better place…. Thanks for taking the time to give praise, means alot!! Hope you guys both have an awesome day!
I believe part of this speech of Alan Watts' was in the Game called Everything. It is an Indie title that first introduced me to him and I had not idea who he was until I had played that game. Game is not very good but some of the audio clips of Alan's made it worth it.
Purpose of life is doing the things you love to do for as long as you can and as best as you can while enjoying the company of the ones you love. One person might love to paint or another might love helping others or you might love to travel. So meaning of purpose of life has a different answer for everyone.
His essential message, and the whole point and joy of human life, as he shared in the preface to his autobiography In My Own Way, was to “integrate the spiritual with the material”. He believed that this could only be done by carving “your own way”, by “accepting your own karma”, and by “following your own weird.”May 5, 2020
I really really like those quotes. TFS🤗😃
I love how I've described existing as weird so many times, just life is weird, the things we do to live is weird, it's all weird.
I say that all the time, life is weird.
It makes more sense for nothing to exist. Something shouldn't come from nothing. And if we really came from an explosion of super dense matter well who put that there to explode in the first place makes more sense for nothing to exist
Ong 😂
everything is weird, wich technically makes nothing weird.
This guy is so profound he doesn't need this emotive music. He doesn't need it.
That last bit about living in the here and now, that really hit me...
I've been stuck in my head for around a decade now -- 35 years old and constantly living in the past. It's difficult to let go of something you never wanted to end in the first place, and I'm finding it hard to make new memories that live up to the ones I've made in the past.
Life is fast and short, and I've wasted a decade of it, running around in circles in my head...
be happy you realized that. Ive come to grips with the same and Im 47. would kill to be 35. so now you can start - day 1.
same here. just hit 30 too..smh
I feel you man I just turned 36 and I relate to your struggles. I just keep on keeping on too!
@@bm5799😂😂
Just turned 33. Comments like these make me not so alone . Thank you.
There is existence and then there is conscientiousness, you can exist without being aware and you can't be aware without existing.
You can't be anywhere forever, but you also can't be nowhere
You mean consciousness....
@@8ofwands300 yes consciousness, sorry English is not my first language
I was told this when I broke through not long ago and hearing this again in human form made me cry with joy
What do you mean???
@gmoore04 long story short. I was shown the gases and energy that started it all by what I can only say was a star man. As he had the body of a star with a pointy head both front and back. He was warm and welcoming, even funny at times. After showing me thousands or millions of years of creation, he told me there is no heaven or hell. The universe is in all of us and duality rules. When I asked why does there has to be bad or evil, he said without it, there would be no good. It's all action/reaction, push, and pull. We won't remember coming back or all the things we learnt this time so just have fun and live in the moment. Once we die, we become the energy that reforms life. So, to the meaning of life, there is none, so enjoy the time you have. This is the crazy part. When I asked how I would remember all this he told me to watch Avecii last show and left it at that, wouldn't comment on it anymore and when I asked again he said I told you already. So I watched his last show and the name at the top of the stage stood out to me. Anyway that word is from the language of the Fuegians of the southern most tip of Argentina in a place called Tierra del fuego. And what you know, there was, the star man. Look it up and that's who I talked too
Thanks man, now my goose has bumps all over it 👍👍❤❤
I too have always thought life and existing was weird. Make sense how Mr Watts explains it all!! I feel this today!
It will be amazing when this life is over and you get to meet your maker
@Soul Crusher Widowmaker tell me how this “random cause” was so intelligent that it knew humans needed two eyes, a brain, a nose, tongue, etc etc (which all have their own jobs you can say), and then tell me how this “random cause” knew how to “program” the sun to know exactly when to rise, every single morning, since the beginning of the earth.
Sure, if the sun only rose once in its life, every human died after 7 days of being born and this earth was in shambles maybe then a creator wouldn’t make sense.
What i have learned is that there is no such thing as always being happy, just like sadness also happiness goes away. What i have also realized is that there is more struggles in life then successes but if you think about it, the only time you get stronger and smarter is when you deal with your problems or struggles. These days i just look forward to dealing with my struggles and conquering them or anything that bothers me or that i want. Dont fight the struggle, accept it and embrace it :)
There is only process. Success and failure are just ideas.
That's really wise there's a lot of power in you're mentality
I love this. thankyou.
Glad you hit that stride.
Happiness is just a word manufactured by the government to destroy the 3rd eye
Wish my dad understood that but at the same time. He was a dreamer. Le'sigh. RIP old dude.
Guy blew my mind took my thoughts and carved them into the air
I'm 34 and just realised philosophy is another level of thinking, wow 👏
I’ve always felt this way. It drove me into depression. I always felt alone in thinking about this. Luckily I’m not the only one. It’s an existential crisis when you overthink it.
Thank you
Me too
"Only suckers put hope in the future" - Alan Watts, what a line 👏
The.point you either get or it's too obscure
Yup
That's a depressed man.
@@jonkobler1637 Live for the now because the future might not be there
Yeah what a line lol. All that is, is depression. And don't give me the all he meant was live for the moment stuff. Because he didn't
I love how he talks as someone who is living what he is saying instead of questioning what he is thinking. If I were a wise man, I would say this is as close to believable as you can get.
"We are not humans experiencing the universe, we're the universe experiencing humans" as simple as that.
"May the wind always be on your back and the sun upon your face and may the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars."
Makes me want to party
@@arlspencejr4816 Go get 'em mr depp
Existence here on earth is a test...to see if you've learned how to cleanse your selves of sin...
the money's not real.
The true meaning of life is to live it. 🖤
but all we do is slaving ourselves for jobs we don't care to get money to pay the rent so we could have somewhere to sleep to get back to work and do all that nonsense again till we 65 yo
how exactly is it "living"?
@@kiril323 so, what do you propose then?
@@purelyrandom1230 honestly don't know. i
stopped asking questions about this "existence" and just doing what everybody does
going to work paying bills etc etc
until your old and that's it
i don't say i accepted this madness but hey
if everybody around me can put the blindfold on pretending that's the "Life worth living" so can i
and that's what i'm doing
@@kiril323 You ask important questions which need addressing. Do not stop this in favour of submitting. What you described however, is not life. That is being denied a life in favour of capitulating to a system opposed to nature. This is why it is important to consider alternatives. In a word, Futurism. 😎
I can't answer the questions you pose, for our language is far too old & inept to give 75 years of learning in a simple sentence. If you are still not satisfied however, I would consider looking up & watching a short video called *"Story Of Change - Jacque Fresco"*
Existence as such, is a miracle.
This is a man who has taken psychedelics. All these exact thoughts “trees are treeing” “people are peopling” I had on LSD. You tap into the cosmic wisdom and infinite collective consciousness that is God!
As someone who has a very creative mind that sometimes causes stress, as it does for all of us to a greater or lesser degree, I ultimately must remember that we humans are no different (at a fundamental level) than all other forms of life. We adapt to survive. The human mind adapted (or was given) the ability to think introspectively for example. We can process the idea of the future and thus prepare and predict with reason in order to safely navigate. The human mind is always curious. We crave stimulation and for those with more creative minds we tend to think about the meaning of life when in fact it is simply to survive and procreate. Our brain evolved to crave serotonin. We release Serotonin when we feel superior, have achieved something, figured it out or love. The world does not need "meaning", our human brain is a survival tool and when something is not understood (which can pose an existential threat to our being) we "worry" about it, or dwell on it seeking meaning or understanding so we can tame it. Our creativity which is a survival mechanism can carry us beyond the need to simply survive and thus lead to the ultimate question of why we are here. In fact it is quite simple; we were a creation of the coming together of two people (male and female) who conceived you. In order to survive our brains crave serotonin which effects your mood and thus how well you survive. Some people feel they must find the meaning of life in order to justify their existence. No you don't. Your mind may tell you that and crave the "answer", yet that craving is due to our advanced brain seeking knowledge as a survival mechanism. We are gifted with creative minds, some more than others, yet seek happiness in what you do understand and stop trying to give meaning to life beyond what is given. Your truth may be quite different than another's truth. So who is right? Learn to be content. Stop struggling for meaning to the most difficult of questions. Learn to accept while at the same time learning to enjoy the experience of not understanding it all. It's OK. Start to focus on what you see. Enjoy the fact that your eyes have adapted to see a flower within the visible light spectrum rather than in, for example, the rather bland infra-red or ultra-violet. Marvel that your brain has evolved to see the rainbow of colors instead of trying to understand why they do. It ultimately comes down to survival mechanisms that have taken millions of years of evolution. If you believe you can find the "meaning of life" you will still see a flower in the same visible light spectrum, you will still smell its fragrance with the same olfactory receptors........Do I believe in "God"? I believe in a Creator. With that, I do not need to understand it all as I never will. Yes, I have a very creative mind and have used it creating music. I also have a very analytical mind having been a career research scientist. I will never stop thinking about the "why" or "how", yet I will not allow that to be a stumbling block to relish the present. Life is a gift. Stop questioning its ultimate meaning. It simply is..........Your flaws are no greater than any other. You just believe it is because it dwells within your mind. Just .....be.
Well said 💪
I have to say that your comment is brilliant. I appreciate that it is thorough, concise, and perfectly summarized. I accept your premise.
A great man, his mind was a gift to humanity.
When I use to get stoned a lot when I was a teenager I got into some deep thinking and this same thought hit me. I was extremely hit with great panic cause it's like here I been living my life like everyone else and someone pressed the pause button.
Facebook quotes covered for a year ahead. Thank you, Mr Watts.
"What's odd stands out, what's even lies flat"
So good
Exactly!! Totally profound.....just like that..!!
Philosophy For Dummies. Chapter
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It's amazing to hear questions I've had since a child that I couldn't articulate be put into words.
In the name of Allah, all praise for Allah Who has honored man and has created him in the best of forms.
All praise for Allah Who has endowed man with the ability to speak with his tongue as one of His greatest bounties. I bear witness that there is no God, no Creator, no Sustainer, no all-capable and no all-knowing but Allah, the only God Who has no partner and I bear witness that Muhammed p.b.u is the last and final messenger to mankind, the seal of prophethood until the last day the day of judgment. I bear witness O Allah that you have sent down the last revelation the Quran and through your selected messenger Muhammed p.b.u we mankind have received the message.
God has clearly stated our purpose being here, some will except it and others will arrogantly laugh it off as though it be petty matter.
Allah the All-mighty says in the Quran: And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me. Indeed, it is Allah who is the [continual] Provider, the firm possessor of strength. And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their predecessors, so let them not impatiently urge Me. And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised. 51:56-60
Are you from the ones who can hear, see, contemplate and reflect or from the ones who will leave this world to an eternal hereafter of regret, once our soul leaves our body I swear by Allah there is no return. Its eternal Paradise or eternal Hell may Allah guide us all. Allah says: Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion. Quran 3.185
I bear witness O Allah that I have delivered the message here and everyone who has read this is now responsible for their actions. No one here can say to you O Allah on the day of judgment they did not know. May Allah guide all the lost souls who are marching blindly towards their death with no purpose, ameer. How sad..