Life is NOT Complicated - Alan Watts

Speech extract from "Do You Do It or Does It Do You?: How to Let the Universe Meditate You" by Alan Watts, courtesy of alanwatts.org
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a well-known British philosopher, writer and speaker, best known for his interpretation of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. He left behind more than 25 books and an audio library of nearly 400 talks, which are still in great demand.
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  • @AfterSkool
    @AfterSkool2 жыл бұрын

    We build much of our life on assumptions. Alan Watts has a beautiful way of dismantling those assumptions, letting us down gently and then painting a new vision on a new foundation. Although Alan Watts passed away nearly 50 years ago, his words continue to make sense in a time where common sense is lacking. I am currently working with Alan Watts' son on a graphic novel to illustrate the wisdom of Alan Watts. If there are specific Alan Watts speeches you love and would like to see in the book, please send them my way (Email info@afterskool.net). And if you want to help support this venture, please consider supporting After Skool on Patreon. Thank you. www.patreon.com/AfterSkool

  • @fatarsemonkey

    @fatarsemonkey

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kind of like King Solomon, after chasing after everything he comes to the conclusion that most of what we race around for is vanity, a striving after the wind and that happiness and contentment can be found in simplicity.

  • @cusetowm4life

    @cusetowm4life

    2 жыл бұрын

    KZread unsubbed me from the channel .... im back 😃

  • @carefulcarpenter

    @carefulcarpenter

    2 жыл бұрын

    Success for Alan is his legacy of recordings. His failure is his limited years on the planet. Our endownment: his love.

  • @22guru

    @22guru

    2 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the great work

  • @byronwall8745

    @byronwall8745

    2 жыл бұрын

    is patreon the only way we can support? thank you for all of your hard work

  • @herenowrightnowwithyou4714
    @herenowrightnowwithyou47142 жыл бұрын

    Your Watts video "The Illusion of Time, Money and Ego" jump started my journey and changed my life forever. I'm so happy you keep returning to the Watts well, the man's already a genius and yet your art takes his words and provides a whole new context that imaginations can really grab on to...and it takes his elevated concepts and makes them so much easier to understand. I am in grateful awe.

  • @joelthadevous824

    @joelthadevous824

    2 жыл бұрын

    💯❣️

  • @ColemanGlascock

    @ColemanGlascock

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same video spoke to me as well, cool to see I’m not the only one

  • @herenowrightnowwithyou4714

    @herenowrightnowwithyou4714

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ColemanGlascock I show that video to anyone who will listen. How cool we share a similar connection to that video and speech!

  • @JesseDoesHVAC

    @JesseDoesHVAC

    2 жыл бұрын

    Next in line for listening would be Terence McKenna. simply put, it takes Watts’ words to a whole new level

  • @tnerb830

    @tnerb830

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alan Watts changed my life too! 🧘🏻😇

  • @kingkrisanne
    @kingkrisanne2 жыл бұрын

    I’m a simple woman, I see After Skool and Alan Watts, I click.😆 I believe the purpose of life is to find the thing(s) that you enjoy doing so much that you forget time exists. When we are in this flow, we are serving spirit and that’s the most beautiful and meaningful state we can achieve. That feeling of being so united with the experience that you become it and disappear. It can’t be explained, only felt.

  • @dontcomment6012

    @dontcomment6012

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's nothing simple about a lady.

  • @adnanathar5398

    @adnanathar5398

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dontcomment6012 HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

  • @mst5g826

    @mst5g826

    2 жыл бұрын

    Flow state is nice and purposeful, but one has to exist in the grinding times as well. There has to be balance, otherwise your expression will have no meaning.

  • @glitchmanshandle

    @glitchmanshandle

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Dont Comment bruh your username doesn't check out. But a simple woman made you comment. Understandable.💀😜

  • @kingkrisanne

    @kingkrisanne

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mst5g826 I agree, balance is always optimal. Whatever that may look like for you

  • @dmtdreamz7706
    @dmtdreamz77062 жыл бұрын

    It puts you into a state where nothing matters in a good way. You truly don't give a shit about anything and you're just happy as fuck as a result, because nothing matters. Nothing matters, nothing means anything, there's nothing to do, there's no point, there's no goal but there's also no boredom, there's no negative meanings attached to the meaninglessness, it's just perfectly meaningless and it's awesome. You're basically just like sitting like a cat on a windowsill enjoying whatever experience is before it, just being and it feels amazing.

  • @maddiehagan

    @maddiehagan

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfectly said my friend

  • @Beastmaster1221

    @Beastmaster1221

    11 ай бұрын

    You've just described nihilism. Not good at all.

  • @dmtdreamz7706

    @dmtdreamz7706

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Beastmaster1221 Cum to Sweden and smoke DMT

  • @kuyab9122

    @kuyab9122

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Beastmaster1221 Who are you to label OP's experience as "not good"? He literally said it's awesome and amazing. And here you go categorizing and assigning things as bad.

  • @mckaymusicTV
    @mckaymusicTV2 жыл бұрын

    Alan Wats is like the sober and eloquent version of the really high friend who just figured out the key to the universe.

  • @pappajnm

    @pappajnm

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably not sober.

  • @mikeg4691

    @mikeg4691

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pappajnm Far from sober.

  • @Lalaafastroli

    @Lalaafastroli

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s the drunken master

  • @jakethehuman7

    @jakethehuman7

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahahahaha Alan Watts IS that high friend. He's open about the fact he trips. Psychedelics

  • @SynthwavelLover

    @SynthwavelLover

    Жыл бұрын

    And just like that really high friend, they're talking out of their ass and didn't figure out the key to the universe.

  • @bitkurd
    @bitkurd2 жыл бұрын

    I was depressed then I found Alan Watts, now I am enlightened, in love with life and you as well. Whoever you are, I love you ❤️

  • @moony77

    @moony77

    2 жыл бұрын

    🧡God bless you💜

  • @jessicadalager364

    @jessicadalager364

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ditto ❤ found Alan watts during depression and now have forever changed. I seek his guidance and insight to remind myself how to pull through hard times when I feel like I don't have the strength to do it on my own. Love you too stranger, Lev.

  • @aliasofanalias7448

    @aliasofanalias7448

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well done Lev. Hats off 👏 ✌

  • @moises5865

    @moises5865

    2 жыл бұрын

    hey same to u, my coffee is great

  • @livewithmeterandnomeasureb1679

    @livewithmeterandnomeasureb1679

    2 жыл бұрын

    We💙you too.

  • @freemind2025
    @freemind20252 жыл бұрын

    When I simply observe, that’s when I truly feel free. We have mental models to explain every single thing and we get caught up with words and symbols. What I used to call enlightenment was only a realization of what I am. Experience the totality of being my friends 🙏🏼 Thank you for the upload 👏🏼

  • @imdiseased_imfreaky9418

    @imdiseased_imfreaky9418

    2 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully said.

  • @turolretar

    @turolretar

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s way too complicated

  • @aliasofanalias7448

    @aliasofanalias7448

    2 жыл бұрын

    We think with symbols, then we put words to the symbols. Metaphors and analogies (Symbols explained with words) also play a huge part in our understanding and this is deeply intertwined with our thought process

  • @killingmyselftolive2526
    @killingmyselftolive25262 жыл бұрын

    At the beginning of the Scamdemic lockdowns I would listen to Alan Watts late at night accompanied by some ambient music in the background, it was one of the few things that would calm my nerves..

  • @E_Clampus_Vitus

    @E_Clampus_Vitus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Covaids- haven’t we been here before?

  • @michaelwhary7697
    @michaelwhary76972 жыл бұрын

    And the most important lesson that I have learned from all this: Smartphone bad! Nature Good!

  • @silveriver9
    @silveriver92 жыл бұрын

    "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" - Confucius

  • @turolretar

    @turolretar

    2 жыл бұрын

    "I farted" - Confucius

  • @thechancellor-
    @thechancellor-2 жыл бұрын

    To the *incredible person* that's seeing this, I wish you all the best in life❤ don't over blame yourself, accept things and go forward. Don't let others define what “success” is for you. Get up, learn the skills needed and get after it, all the keys to a happy life is in your hands. Keep pushing.

  • @budwhite9781

    @budwhite9781

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very inspirational. Cheers.

  • @mariofantozzi8763

    @mariofantozzi8763

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir! Great advice.

  • @justinblair429

    @justinblair429

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @lilyflower6096

    @lilyflower6096

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you and same to you 🙏🏻❤️💫

  • @kianjin

    @kianjin

    Жыл бұрын

    Namaste to you my fellow human being. May you live long and prosper.

  • @Brian-qg9bm
    @Brian-qg9bm5 күн бұрын

    Alan Watts, wherever you are, thank you for being.

  • @orionxavier6957
    @orionxavier69572 жыл бұрын

    When I was a child I had an epiphany of sorts. I was accustomed to seeing a clock in our kitchen, but one day I really "saw" it. I was aware of its presence on the wall, the flowers drawn on it, the shape of it. Before I could only see "a clock." I recognized it for its "meaning" its purpose, rather than actually seeing it. In this way we often see the world through a lens of interpreting things according to categories or stereotypes.

  • @naromngin

    @naromngin

    Жыл бұрын

    The same thing when I'm on the toilet and notice the little flower prints on the toilet paper

  • @MontyangeloProductions
    @MontyangeloProductions2 жыл бұрын

    3am in Atlanta…Alan Watts and chill type of night

  • @hidebehindyourscreen
    @hidebehindyourscreen2 жыл бұрын

    When I was 19, meditations revealed a great truth. I saw with my own eyes how we are all connected. Then later on I saw How the more we try to quantify existence the more shortsighted we become. As children we get it. The world is colorful and one thing not parts. Then our societal enforcements systematically indoctrinate us into objectivism instead of subjectivism. Those people, that cloud, that land. Such sensibilities ain’t spiritually sustainable. It creates walls where there are none. It cheapens life to a heartbreaking degree

  • @AustinKoleCarlisle

    @AustinKoleCarlisle

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. The more effort and resources we spend trying to "explore" the universe, the more disconnected we become from ourselves. We need to explore and master the "inside" before we explore beyond the Earth.

  • @wendyyy5573

    @wendyyy5573

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am recently into this concept that we r one. Many masters seem to agree on this, but how can I experience this? Just meditation???

  • @hidebehindyourscreen

    @hidebehindyourscreen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wendyyy5573 You start by shedding yourself of all pettiness and immaturity. No more beef (with anyone). No more triggers. No more harboring resentment. Letting go is much easier than holding on. And remember, this is not for others to behold. It’s for you and your inner peace. Meditation will bring it all together. The universe will reveal great spiritual truths once it sees you are ready to understand. Godspeed

  • @jessanderson4419

    @jessanderson4419

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AustinKoleCarlisle what about exploring things like research into how to manage illnesses and disabilities to give those with who have them a far better quality of life? Surely exploration of things like that is good to do?

  • @AustinKoleCarlisle

    @AustinKoleCarlisle

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jessanderson4419 there is no point in extending life if we remain unaware of it's purpose, and the purpose is within us, not simply living a long life because we're human and humans deserve to live long because we figured out how to use tools and animals didn't.

  • @annas4191
    @annas41912 жыл бұрын

    the illustrator is amazing!!!!

  • @HillbillyHippyOG
    @HillbillyHippyOG2 жыл бұрын

    A description is one step removed from reality. A mental barrier between consciousness and experience. ❤️ ✌🏼

  • @tarottabootalk

    @tarottabootalk

    2 жыл бұрын

    The seer and the things seen

  • @ikaros4203

    @ikaros4203

    2 жыл бұрын

    The secret that can’t be told :)

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @prodpurejuice4816

    @prodpurejuice4816

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ikaros4203 dont fucking talk about fight club bruh

  • @proloycodes

    @proloycodes

    2 жыл бұрын

    so now description is a mental barrier rather than complementing experience?

  • @cypruns
    @cypruns2 жыл бұрын

    Out of coincidence I was able to break through on a psychedelic experience and visually experience what he talks about here. We are all one, words can not go into how connected the universe is. The cycle of life and death and the kiss of forgetfulness that we get when we are able to let go of our ego, and be reborn again.

  • @leojulianedeleon9138

    @leojulianedeleon9138

    2 жыл бұрын

    same here

  • @KeyDyer

    @KeyDyer

    Жыл бұрын

    Psychedelics are an incredible tool for empathy and understanding, of the world and for ourselves

  • @SpiritverseOfficial
    @SpiritverseOfficial2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you brother! 💛✨🙏

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @pab702
    @pab7022 жыл бұрын

    Life is as simple as you make it out to be. BE EASY ON YOURSELF 🌱🌞

  • @_joannahans
    @_joannahans2 жыл бұрын

    There is something about his voice that makes me want to listen. Love the Alan Watts videos 💛

  • @tarottabootalk

    @tarottabootalk

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣me too

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @OGkush69x

    @OGkush69x

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its that 480p audio

  • @claybrook32ify

    @claybrook32ify

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same! His voice is so relaxing

  • @jackfunnell2891

    @jackfunnell2891

    2 жыл бұрын

    Although wonderfully calming and mellifluous, I’d wager it’s not his voice you love so much, rather the words he is saying. People are drawn to the things he is talking about because these things have a tendency to resonate with us all. And the reason they resonate with us all is because they’re speaking to an ultimate truth that we all know. Deep, deep down, far, far in our very selves. The ultimate and undeniable truth. The thing WE ALL long for and seek, via different means. Love, joy and peace. An end to any and all suffering.

  • @ifinnature
    @ifinnature2 жыл бұрын

    Years ago Alan Watts saved me from myself! Bravo!

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @TheKarikatur
    @TheKarikatur2 жыл бұрын

    I discovered Alan Watts thanks to your channel and it has been such a journey so far... Thank you!

  • @Universal.G

    @Universal.G

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you're into games, get a game called "Everything". That is what got me into Alan Watts. Check it out..

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @diego432hz

    @diego432hz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Thank you!

  • @alexandrudinca2884
    @alexandrudinca2884 Жыл бұрын

    What Alan Watts says here reminds me of an episode from the cartoon series Dexter's Laboratory: Way of the Dee Dee. In this episode Dee Dee teaches Dexter to see the world with his own eyes and not using scientific instruments. He shouldn't over analyze every little thing, it's not healthy. The answer was right there in front of me. I just didn't see it when I was little.

  • @wilma8326
    @wilma8326 Жыл бұрын

    Dear Alan was so ahead of his time and what a gift he was and still is. Thanks for giving his words a stage 🙏🏼

  • @thabisondlovu9327
    @thabisondlovu93272 жыл бұрын

    Im exactly at this point and I literally find joy in everything.

  • @THESMOKERSHUT
    @THESMOKERSHUT2 жыл бұрын

    The title is correct. Life is not complicated, people make it complicated for themselves and others.

  • @kingchief4038
    @kingchief40382 жыл бұрын

    Alan watts has that special ability to teach profound mystical lessons so eloquently :)

  • @stevenfrasier5718
    @stevenfrasier57182 жыл бұрын

    Alan Watts: The Voice of Sanity.

  • @paperlanterns34
    @paperlanterns342 жыл бұрын

    Just finished a book of his The way of Zen....this guy is amazing to listen and read his work.

  • @sebastiaocarneiro4122
    @sebastiaocarneiro41222 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ! Stay alive and do more videos , all good !

  • @daquanfrappiere2537
    @daquanfrappiere25372 жыл бұрын

    This intense complexity that we see in everything is created by our attempt to analyze it all- that hit

  • @vonster4117
    @vonster41172 жыл бұрын

    Watts is the 🐐. He definitely got it and was way before his time.

  • @laurakeyse9944

    @laurakeyse9944

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, he was a prophet .. in his own way.

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @buddy_132

    @buddy_132

    Жыл бұрын

    Dumbest speech I’ve ever heard. “Life isn’t complicated, it’s just hard to put it into words” Tell that to a doctor and he’ll laugh in your face. Life is complex because God is smart and we are dumb, simple concept.

  • @vonster4117

    @vonster4117

    Жыл бұрын

    @@buddy_132 I think you’re missing the point. He’s saying there’s no reason in wasting energy trying to fight life or think you’re going to understand it based solely on the human experience. It just is what it is and you will never be able to grab ahold of it.

  • @ioodyssey3740

    @ioodyssey3740

    2 ай бұрын

    confucious, lao tzu, etc...

  • @Keenplaya
    @Keenplaya Жыл бұрын

    This man never ceases to amaze me. Legit live life in a much simpler way by listening to Alan watts.

  • @utterlyrelaxed9109
    @utterlyrelaxed91092 жыл бұрын

    So thankful 😍😍😍😍

  • @TerriblePerfection
    @TerriblePerfection2 жыл бұрын

    I think he is also saying that enlightenment is not something you have to search and strive for. It's always there, our natural state, but we get distracted by the mind and our internal dialogue.

  • @dadrummagstag7626
    @dadrummagstag76262 жыл бұрын

    Its amazing that a community of open minded thinkers and artists, whove created a series of videos full of interesting perceptions and facts, can share this stuff with everybody around the globe. It's truly a show for those who love learning something new and practicing mental and spiritual flexibility :) Blessed be

  • @evyvon69
    @evyvon692 жыл бұрын

    I love listening to Alan Watts! Wish he was still alive giving his lectures. I can listen to him all day . He was a very intelligent man who knew what life & the world was all about & puts other professors to shame. 💯❤️

  • @laurakeyse9944

    @laurakeyse9944

    2 жыл бұрын

    I listen to him at night... he helps me to sleep.. He was so 'Human' .. not always PC.. but 50 years ago, the world was a different place. He died when I was 17 years old, and wasn't in my life then. But now.. now is the right time to be in my life,.. I'm so grateful for his presence now...and to all the people that have recorded an released his lectures. Blessings to Everyone.

  • @evyvon69

    @evyvon69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laurakeyse9944 were you related to Alan watts?

  • @laurakeyse9944

    @laurakeyse9944

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@evyvon69 I wish.. but maybe in spirit.. I have a few favorite philosophers.. I call them my 'Boyfriends '.. they have all left this world.. but their stories resonate with me...

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @rezanasiri6941

    @rezanasiri6941

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laurakeyse9944 my girlfriend calls me Alan Watts sometimes, I am like him, I think like him

  • @sahajtloi
    @sahajtloi2 жыл бұрын

    The Concept of Pralaya and Manvantara from Hindu Cosmology so accurately described by Mr Watts is spell binding. The east is a treasure trove of figuring out the universe, the west are the masters of material success. Both can learn so much from each other.

  • @bobbyboyce6174
    @bobbyboyce61742 жыл бұрын

    Alan Watts was the man.

  • @bkosimi
    @bkosimi2 жыл бұрын

    Watts is the best of all philosophers, the master of Zen and synthesizer of Eastern and Western ideas! The more people learn from his speeches the happier and harmonious they’ll be as part of this magical universe, enjoying the musical that life is now!

  • @BoBro99
    @BoBro992 жыл бұрын

    I agree with his view point and disagree. I agree with the point that we shouldn't forget how fragile life is and that our time in this form is short. However, we have to be able to dissect stuff analytically while being able to think critically. Lots of people have lost their abilities to think critically and just do at their told, opting to not use their scalpals and just be too simple. At the end of the day we all have to be able to question why things are the way they are dissecting analytically is apart of what keeps us free. We just need to find the happy medium I think

  • @insufficientquestionsforpr740

    @insufficientquestionsforpr740

    2 жыл бұрын

    everything has a duality, also depends on lifestyle i guess, youre right about finding a happy medium; everything should be balanced. but for example when youre walking through nature, i find it so much more calming and real to just let things be, not naming everything. puting labels and judgements on anything ties a string to the thing, and then youre left with an association that your mind made, and i found out that i cant trust my mind, because its basically just made up of things that i experienced in this life, so by not puting any labels or judgements on anything youre able to experience actual truth! but ofcourse this doesnt apply in every situation, i just try to do it as much as possible. but these are also just words haha! peace and love from me to who ever is reading this

  • @LuisHernandez-sf5hf

    @LuisHernandez-sf5hf

    2 жыл бұрын

    Study Rudolph Steiner You would love his teachings. Dissects everything into spirituality. Steiner and Alan are great teachers but are almost like polar opposite but once you combined their knowledge it will open a whole new world. Also Yogananda is one of the greatest gurus of our time give him a search as well. Truth is wisdom and wisdom is God

  • @VeganSemihCyprus33

    @VeganSemihCyprus33

    2 жыл бұрын

    👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌

  • @dialaskisel5929

    @dialaskisel5929

    2 жыл бұрын

    I somewhat agree, with a caveat. We should not throw away our scalpels and just live an unreflective or unquestioning life. We should, however, be mindful of getting ourselves into the trap of allowing our analytical nature to create unsolvable problems, and then (most importantly) turning on the pressure to demand that we MUST solve them. As a student of philosophy, I know full well that I will never reach the day when I put down my books, throw my hands in the air and say "Aha! I now understand all of this perfectly and can put all that I know into words that other people will understand!" Instead of focusing on reaching that impossible destination, I instead choose to continue learning out of the love of wisdom and a desire to understand things as best as I am able.

  • @FabianSchoelzel

    @FabianSchoelzel

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it is kinda lacking of some kind of reflection that a person explains that explanations are control and we shouldn't do that. I guess that kind of person doesn't enjoy explanations about things, but enjoys explanations about humans. That's fine, everyone is different, but to state that explanations and analysations about things are control or necessarily a bad thing is not really fine for me. Myself, I greatly enjoy thinking about why the sunset is red, and how the colors come to be. I understand how that works, and I enjoy thinking about it. Doing that doesn't take away from the beauty of the sunset. In fact, it makes it even more magic for me. Not less. It's not a problem at all, as it doesn't impair my enjoyment of being in the moment. Thinking about these things IS being in the moment. It's a natural part of it for me. Not something that is "foreign" to it. Everyone is different. Some people enjoy thinking about physics. Some do not. That's fine. Nobody needs to do anything. But to think that doing what you personally don't enjoy is somehow problematic or wrong is in a way some sort of "othering", and I guess I didn't expect such a thing from Alan Watts. Maybe he didn't meant it that way and the visuals of this video are expressing something that he didn't intend to say. I don't know.

  • @uzymaandias
    @uzymaandias2 жыл бұрын

    The illustration’s have levelled up BIG TIME 👏

  • @purp_cray0n936
    @purp_cray0n9362 жыл бұрын

    "The vehicle of words is a clumsy one" this rings so true.

  • @garrettkittel304

    @garrettkittel304

    2 жыл бұрын

    “And when you try to talk about the processes of nature, it’s not the processes of nature that are complicated. what’s complicated is trying to put them into words, why thats as complicated as trying to drink up the ocean with a fork”

  • @mraBJJ33
    @mraBJJ332 жыл бұрын

    I always love a good Alan watts talk

  • @andreyassa7638
    @andreyassa76382 жыл бұрын

    The world itself is one single piece. But seemingly we're unable to draw any picture about the world, without cutting things into pieces our mind can cope with. The realisation of the world is rather a realisation of the observers limits. I really liked the video! Great work - thanks a lot!

  • @chamicels
    @chamicels2 жыл бұрын

    he is describing the eyes of an artist... balance is the key...

  • @satnamo
    @satnamo2 жыл бұрын

    A good life is simple because simple is beautiful since simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication

  • @Mystdragon
    @Mystdragon2 жыл бұрын

    Alan woke me up. I wish I discovered him sooner. He's a gem

  • @redpillmatrix3046

    @redpillmatrix3046

    2 жыл бұрын

    Read autobiography of a yogi by paramhansa yogananda

  • @PrimeNPC

    @PrimeNPC

    2 жыл бұрын

    I find now I can look up Watts at any time and it can be any video, the first that comes up, and it seems to be exactly what I needed to hear

  • @malibudolphin3109

    @malibudolphin3109

    Жыл бұрын

    Seraphim Rose The Soul After Death

  • @connarfontaine2710
    @connarfontaine2710 Жыл бұрын

    Ever since I was very young I vaguely remember wondering about what triggered my existence.. why I was living here on this rock and had responsibilities such as going to school and doing my chores... why I felt like I was so different from everyone else... After listening to Alan Watts I felt like someone understood my confusion and I wasn't alone. I hope you all find your purposes in life and we can all get through this together ❤️

  • @richardmiddleton7770
    @richardmiddleton77702 жыл бұрын

    I cried listening to this!

  • @asomedude21
    @asomedude212 жыл бұрын

    Live simply; so that others may simply live.

  • @remembranecofficial6792
    @remembranecofficial67922 жыл бұрын

    This was nice to start my afternoon with. Thank you.

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia Жыл бұрын

    Alan Watts' lectures are always so comforting =)

  • @10amSanta
    @10amSanta5 ай бұрын

    I needed this. I've been in such a cycle and the deja vu is intense.

  • @nabieladrian
    @nabieladrian Жыл бұрын

    Funny how Alan Watts looks like able to "figured it out" when he actually "abandoned" the very pursue of it. What a man.

  • @catechauntee1535
    @catechauntee15352 жыл бұрын

    The purpose of life is to just live ✨ Thank you for another great video , Alan Watts has become my go-to. I hope this message reaches as many people who need it 🙏

  • @elisteele574
    @elisteele5742 жыл бұрын

    This channel deserves so much more credit. You guys are brilliant.

  • @codyshafer5706
    @codyshafer57062 жыл бұрын

    Best page ever

  • @ShisnoGaming
    @ShisnoGaming2 жыл бұрын

    Alan Watts, the best way to expand your thinking and living.

  • @MelLele
    @MelLele2 жыл бұрын

    yes more Alan Watts videos! 🕊

  • @eduardopadilla5505
    @eduardopadilla55052 жыл бұрын

    Excellent message!

  • @pthompson2113
    @pthompson2113 Жыл бұрын

    You're right Alan, it's not. But what you fail to mention is that society and other people complicate it.

  • @sempiterneldesiderata7439
    @sempiterneldesiderata74392 жыл бұрын

    Life is hard and cruel. The ones who can say that life is not hard had it easy. Good on you.

  • @alaricgoldkuhl155
    @alaricgoldkuhl1552 жыл бұрын

    Alan Watts is for sure a life well lived. I must have had a ball when I was him!

  • @Laneline5000
    @Laneline5000 Жыл бұрын

    If I could take psychedelics with anyone, it would be Alan Watts, hands down!

  • @CooperMarchal
    @CooperMarchal2 жыл бұрын

    What fantastic timing. Thank you

  • @anotherfinger
    @anotherfinger2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again for yet another wonderful video.

  • @garymedia7551
    @garymedia75512 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful tribute to one of Alan Watts' great lectures

  • @ashmadison9238
    @ashmadison92382 жыл бұрын

    Just found this page and also recently learned about Alan watts. Currently dealing with depression and mental health, this gives me hope that I can get over my current state and just reading the comments makes me feel like I’m in the right place. Thank you for creating digestible content to accompany the good words of Alan Watts. 🙏🏾

  • @ColemanGlascock

    @ColemanGlascock

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve been where you are and I promise you that if you continue to try and improve your situation, it will 100% get better. I was insanely depressed and felt like it would never go away. Got to the point where I was wanting to end it all. Never did tho, and now I’m happier than I’ve ever been. Just keep pushing! I don’t know you but the fact you’re watching this channel gives me a lot of faith that you’ll overcome this mental fog.

  • @wilma8326
    @wilma83262 жыл бұрын

    When I was young I heard an older person complaining that in this world problems are always 'solved' by creating new problems. I didn't quiet understand it then but I always remembered it. I recently quit my job because I was over and over again getting this 'haven't-we-been-here-before' feeling .

  • @Serenitylovelightpeace
    @Serenitylovelightpeace2 жыл бұрын

    Love Alan ✨ Thank you ❤ Namaste

  • @thesoulgardener38
    @thesoulgardener382 жыл бұрын

    I just simply love the visuals of these videos, they impress me every time. Thank you for the great content!

  • @E.Humperdinck
    @E.Humperdinck2 жыл бұрын

    I always like when you do Alan Watts videos.

  • @charlesramosjr.1904
    @charlesramosjr.19043 күн бұрын

    A+ Mr. Watts. Well said. 🦉🕵️

  • @VinayakaHalemane
    @VinayakaHalemane Жыл бұрын

    What an amazing talk.

  • @CreateVibrations
    @CreateVibrations2 жыл бұрын

    The occasions that I've watched these videos, I am always in a sense of awe in the deliverance. My kinda skool...thanks for sharing part of this lecture, in this way! ✌️💚

  • @995apoorva
    @995apoorva2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this, After Skool! Your "Life is NOT a journey" video was my first Alan Watts lecture (4 years ago) and it changed my life. This one was also beautiful to watch.

  • @magicnipplez433
    @magicnipplez4332 жыл бұрын

    Really makes my day seeing one of these episodes came out

  • @octane_rl4659
    @octane_rl46592 жыл бұрын

    Simply beautiful

  • @andresote2
    @andresote22 жыл бұрын

    Great videos! This is so much needed in our society… there’s so much anger driven by high levels of ignorance.

  • @kathleenlovett1958
    @kathleenlovett19582 жыл бұрын

    When you break something down to its parts, like the flower, you no longer have the flower.

  • @laurakeyse9944

    @laurakeyse9944

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes,... and if you break a human down to their parts ( like doctors do) you no longer have the 'Human.'

  • @frankthesauce
    @frankthesauce2 жыл бұрын

    Incredible as always, family. Thank you. All my love.

  • @amismiles
    @amismiles2 жыл бұрын

    New sub here. Hooow am I only discovering this man now? Wow!

  • @ahorsenamedkids
    @ahorsenamedkids2 жыл бұрын

    So long story short somethings are just left better unsaid

  • @emmynspires1719
    @emmynspires17192 жыл бұрын

    To the first channel that I heard Alan Watts lectures - Afterskool, you guys are amazing. Watts has really been an influential figure in my life, so are you too guys ❤️

  • @joefloine2000
    @joefloine20002 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much.... thank you and thank you once again...

  • @lizzie1896
    @lizzie1896 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Just what I needed to hear today (and every day!)

  • @samira_mirzapour
    @samira_mirzapour2 жыл бұрын

    I needed to hear this. thank you.

  • @Alazerith
    @Alazerith2 жыл бұрын

    The conclusion that life is about life itself and being alive, was also reached by Leo Tolstoy. I tend to agree with these great thinkers. To truly appreciate life and what it has to offer, one needs to get out of the confines of the city. Buy a house on the outside somewhere in nature, have a family, a garden, join a small community, and just enjoy the feeling of being alive. Cities have become too big and unnatural to be able to represent what life is about. You can't even see the stars! Humans weren't built to be able to live in cities.

  • @mitch5222

    @mitch5222

    2 жыл бұрын

    But if u don't like the feeling of beeing alive? I never asked to be here.

  • @WonderlustThing

    @WonderlustThing

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mitch5222 same. ..Too much agony and chaos

  • @100ghillie

    @100ghillie

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WonderlustThing stop focusing on it, you were unaware of it as a child and you were weightless mentally and experientially, the phones have opened us up to the possibility of thinking we, by observing far away suffering can somehow solve it by internalizing it, you can't. start with you and work out from there. The people who broadcast the pains and sufferings in the world siphon off your energy by your engagement alone. I've fallen for it too but stop engaging and reclaim your portion of energy.

  • @nestea007

    @nestea007

    2 жыл бұрын

    I fully disagree with the city Statement I feel way more alive visiting a huge vibrating city. All the people inside, their emotions, the possibilitys to eat, drink, Listen and watch increadible stuff is way beyond other places. The real answer simply is, cities are damn expensive so most people with a normal job tend to get stuck in suffering - hardly even going out and live. They suffer because they eager the life of the rich, not willing to accept they are to poor to live confienient in such an expensive city So my Advise would be: live as near a big City as you can afford to, without dramatically shorten your financial abilities to spend your free time

  • @turolretar

    @turolretar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mitch5222 you think you know the answer

  • @jacobbrumett8746
    @jacobbrumett87462 жыл бұрын

    Glad to be here

  • @ptsitius
    @ptsitius2 жыл бұрын

    One of the best yet!!!!!!

  • @racksoner9899
    @racksoner98992 жыл бұрын

    Being healthy is wealthy

  • @ruthmore8803
    @ruthmore88032 жыл бұрын

    Love it love it love it! Such an important reminder 🙏🏼

  • @nikhilPUD01

    @nikhilPUD01

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love me ❤️

  • @cspreach1963
    @cspreach19632 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making these Alan Watts videos. Please make more of them.

  • @bruceprigge7420
    @bruceprigge74202 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 🙂

  • @rolfwenigmann717
    @rolfwenigmann7172 жыл бұрын

    As Confucius used to say: Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated...

  • @Universal.G
    @Universal.G2 жыл бұрын

    Man I love Alan! So basically what he is saying is, we should look at the world and universe the same way a baby would be looking at it. Just look, observe, be in the present moment, now. ( I threw a little Eckhart in there as well. 😉

  • @beautifulreflectionsmusic7322
    @beautifulreflectionsmusic73222 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! ✨🌞✨

  • @ashleysunshine333
    @ashleysunshine333 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful, thank you!