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
@fatarsemonkey2 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.
@cusetowm4life2 жыл бұрын
KZfaq unsubbed me from the channel .... im back 😃
@carefulcarpenter2 жыл бұрын
Success for Alan is his legacy of recordings. His failure is his limited years on the planet. Our endownment: his love.
@22guru2 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work
@byronwall87452 жыл бұрын
is patreon the only way we can support? thank you for all of your hard work
@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.
@joelthadevous8242 жыл бұрын
💯❣️
@ColemanGlascock2 жыл бұрын
Same video spoke to me as well, cool to see I’m not the only one
@herenowrightnowwithyou47142 жыл бұрын
@@ColemanGlascock I show that video to anyone who will listen. How cool we share a similar connection to that video and speech!
@JesseDoesHVAC2 жыл бұрын
Next in line for listening would be Terence McKenna. simply put, it takes Watts’ words to a whole new level
@tnerb8302 жыл бұрын
Alan Watts changed my life too! 🧘🏻😇
@Brian-qg9bm2 ай бұрын
Alan Watts, wherever you are, thank you for being.
@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 Жыл бұрын
Perfectly said my friend
@Beastmaster8698 Жыл бұрын
You've just described nihilism. Not good at all.
@dmtdreamz7706 Жыл бұрын
@@Beastmaster8698 Cum to Sweden and smoke DMT
@kuyab9122 Жыл бұрын
@@Beastmaster8698 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.
@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_imfreaky94182 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said.
@turolretar2 жыл бұрын
That’s way too complicated
@aliasofanalias74482 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
@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 ❤️
@moony772 жыл бұрын
🧡God bless you💜
@jessicadalager3642 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.
@aliasofanalias74482 жыл бұрын
Well done Lev. Hats off 👏 ✌
@moises58652 жыл бұрын
hey same to u, my coffee is great
@livewithmeterandnomeasureb16792 жыл бұрын
We💙you too.
@_joannahans2 жыл бұрын
There is something about his voice that makes me want to listen. Love the Alan Watts videos 💛
@tarottabootalk2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣me too
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@OGkush69x2 жыл бұрын
Its that 480p audio
@claybrook32ify2 жыл бұрын
Same! His voice is so relaxing
@jackfunnell28912 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.
@HillbillyHippyOG2 жыл бұрын
A description is one step removed from reality. A mental barrier between consciousness and experience. ❤️ ✌🏼
@tarottabootalk2 жыл бұрын
The seer and the things seen
@ikaros42032 жыл бұрын
The secret that can’t be told :)
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@prodpurejuice48162 жыл бұрын
@@ikaros4203 dont fucking talk about fight club bruh
@proloycodes2 жыл бұрын
so now description is a mental barrier rather than complementing experience?
@TheKarikatur2 жыл бұрын
I discovered Alan Watts thanks to your channel and it has been such a journey so far... Thank you!
@Universal.G2 жыл бұрын
If you're into games, get a game called "Everything". That is what got me into Alan Watts. Check it out..
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@diego432hz2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Thank you!
@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.
@leojulianedeleon91382 жыл бұрын
same here
@KeyDyer Жыл бұрын
Psychedelics are an incredible tool for empathy and understanding, of the world and for ourselves
@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. 💯❤️
@laurakeyse99442 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.
@evyvon692 жыл бұрын
@@laurakeyse9944 were you related to Alan watts?
@laurakeyse99442 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...
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@rezanasiri69412 жыл бұрын
@@laurakeyse9944 my girlfriend calls me Alan Watts sometimes, I am like him, I think like him
@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 🙏🏼
@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.
@pappajnm2 жыл бұрын
Probably not sober.
@mikeg46912 жыл бұрын
@@pappajnm Far from sober.
@Lalaafastroli2 жыл бұрын
He’s the drunken master
@jakethehuman7 Жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha Alan Watts IS that high friend. He's open about the fact he trips. Psychedelics
@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.
@SpiritverseOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Thank you brother! 💛✨🙏
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@kingchief40382 жыл бұрын
Alan watts has that special ability to teach profound mystical lessons so eloquently :)
@ifinnature2 жыл бұрын
Years ago Alan Watts saved me from myself! Bravo!
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@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.
@budwhite97812 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very inspirational. Cheers.
@mariofantozzi87632 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! Great advice.
@justinblair4292 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@lilyflower60962 жыл бұрын
Thank you and same to you 🙏🏻❤️💫
@kianjin2 жыл бұрын
Namaste to you my fellow human being. May you live long and prosper.
@michaelwhary76972 жыл бұрын
And the most important lesson that I have learned from all this: Smartphone bad! Nature Good!
@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!
@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
@AustinKoleCarlisle2 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.
@wendyyy55732 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???
@hidebehindyourscreen2 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
@jessanderson44192 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?
@AustinKoleCarlisle2 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.
@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
@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 🙏
@Keenplaya Жыл бұрын
This man never ceases to amaze me. Legit live life in a much simpler way by listening to Alan watts.
@mraBJJ332 жыл бұрын
I always love a good Alan watts talk
@paperlanterns342 жыл бұрын
Just finished a book of his The way of Zen....this guy is amazing to listen and read his work.
@Mystdragon2 жыл бұрын
Alan woke me up. I wish I discovered him sooner. He's a gem
@redpillmatrix30462 жыл бұрын
Read autobiography of a yogi by paramhansa yogananda
@PrimeNPC2 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 Жыл бұрын
Seraphim Rose The Soul After Death
@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.
@naromngin2 жыл бұрын
The same thing when I'm on the toilet and notice the little flower prints on the toilet paper
@vonster41172 жыл бұрын
Watts is the 🐐. He definitely got it and was way before his time.
@laurakeyse99442 жыл бұрын
Yes, he was a prophet .. in his own way.
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@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 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.
@ioodyssey37404 ай бұрын
confucious, lao tzu, etc...
@pab7022 жыл бұрын
Life is as simple as you make it out to be. BE EASY ON YOURSELF 🌱🌞
@thesoulgardener382 жыл бұрын
I just simply love the visuals of these videos, they impress me every time. Thank you for the great content!
@thabisondlovu93272 жыл бұрын
Im exactly at this point and I literally find joy in everything.
@ShisnoGaming2 жыл бұрын
Alan Watts, the best way to expand your thinking and living.
@jude-kingsleyduckmanton83402 жыл бұрын
Alan watts is the man. He offers you a perspective that is proably the truest of all.
@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. 🙏🏾
@ColemanGlascock2 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.
@alaricgoldkuhl1552 жыл бұрын
Alan Watts is for sure a life well lived. I must have had a ball when I was him!
@elisteele5742 жыл бұрын
This channel deserves so much more credit. You guys are brilliant.
@remembranecofficial67922 жыл бұрын
This was nice to start my afternoon with. Thank you.
@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 ❤️
@annas41912 жыл бұрын
the illustrator is amazing!!!!
@jonvia2 жыл бұрын
Alan Watts' lectures are always so comforting =)
@garymedia75512 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful tribute to one of Alan Watts' great lectures
@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!
@chamicels2 жыл бұрын
he is describing the eyes of an artist... balance is the key...
@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! ✌️💚
@THESMOKERSHUT2 жыл бұрын
The title is correct. Life is not complicated, people make it complicated for themselves and others.
@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.
@tylerfickell40392 жыл бұрын
I’ve been listening to Mr Watts for two years now and there’s always new content to be found. It’s fantastic!
@mithrandir900 Жыл бұрын
I so much love your visualisations to Watt's speeches. It's wonderful that keep the wisdom of this extraordinary man accessible. Thank you!
@daquanfrappiere25372 жыл бұрын
This intense complexity that we see in everything is created by our attempt to analyze it all- that hit
@10amSanta7 ай бұрын
I needed this. I've been in such a cycle and the deja vu is intense.
@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.
@stevenfrasier57182 жыл бұрын
Alan Watts: The Voice of Sanity.
@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_Vitus2 жыл бұрын
Covaids- haven’t we been here before?
@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 ❤️
@eg99392 жыл бұрын
Best..Channel..Ever
@andresote22 жыл бұрын
Great videos! This is so much needed in our society… there’s so much anger driven by high levels of ignorance.
@MontyangeloProductions2 жыл бұрын
3am in Atlanta…Alan Watts and chill type of night
@charlenesimard7439 Жыл бұрын
I'm infinitely thankful to be able to educate myself thanks to this channel while I'm still young
@uzymaandias2 жыл бұрын
The illustration’s have levelled up BIG TIME 👏
@sebastiaocarneiro41222 жыл бұрын
Thanks ! Stay alive and do more videos , all good !
@carolineoakshett85202 жыл бұрын
Exquisite how you put together Alan Watts' profound words with your unique and, tender imaging. Very grateful.
@pthompson2113 Жыл бұрын
You're right Alan, it's not. But what you fail to mention is that society and other people complicate it.
@MelLele2 жыл бұрын
yes more Alan Watts videos! 🕊
@alexandracardi25832 жыл бұрын
I came across this video EXACTLY when I needed to hear it. Manifestation is a funny thing to observe as it's starting to unfold. Words and analysis will never capture that distinct feeling of alignment!
@frankthesauce2 жыл бұрын
Incredible as always, family. Thank you. All my love.
@silveriver92 жыл бұрын
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" - Confucius
@turolretar2 жыл бұрын
"I farted" - Confucius
@joefloine20002 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.... thank you and thank you once again...
@utterlyrelaxed91092 жыл бұрын
So thankful 😍😍😍😍
@aliasofanalias74482 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making these concept approachable for young people, it's crazy how much a little bit of colour and illustration can do for attention span. Hopefully my little sister will actually listen to Alan now like I've been telling her!
@richardmiddleton77702 жыл бұрын
I cried listening to this!
@eyuelnegash26812 жыл бұрын
Alan Watt enlightened person thank you after skool💚
@kpunkt.klaviermusik2 жыл бұрын
I'm aware of Alan Watts' genius since many years. But listening to his talk while watching your drawings adds the thing a whole new dimension. It shows how true everything is and how dumb we are: people seeking and creating problem after problem and then crying how complicated life is. And besides that we are destroying the basis of our life.
@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.
@anotherfinger2 жыл бұрын
Thank you again for yet another wonderful video.
@E.Humperdinck2 жыл бұрын
I always like when you do Alan Watts videos.
@brainyjanie81862 жыл бұрын
Love you all 🥰
@bobbyboyce61742 жыл бұрын
Alan Watts was the man.
@mikeshem76652 жыл бұрын
I could sit and listen Alan Watts for days. His perspective is absolutely genuine 👍👍😎🤟🤟♒️
@lizzie1896 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Just what I needed to hear today (and every day!)
@ptsitius2 жыл бұрын
One of the best yet!!!!!!
@MultiHamoun2 жыл бұрын
Im so glad I found this channel. Alan Watts' voice is as soothing as his messages. Keep it up 👍👍
@charlesramosjr.19042 ай бұрын
A+ Mr. Watts. Well said. 🦉🕵️
@satnamo2 жыл бұрын
A good life is simple because simple is beautiful since simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication
@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 .
@codyshafer57062 жыл бұрын
Best page ever
@mayjvr6662 жыл бұрын
I listened to this as a podcast with no visuals, and now I am watching this as a video. The ability to depict and illustrate The incredible knowledge and truth behind Allan watts and all the the other astounding people featured on this channel gives the lessons taught a beautiful completeness. Thank you Alan watts and thank you AfterSkool❤️
@nickthielemier35012 жыл бұрын
Your art brings so much life to these videos. Thank you.
@purp_cray0n9362 жыл бұрын
"The vehicle of words is a clumsy one" this rings so true.
@garrettkittel3042 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”
@CooperMarchal2 жыл бұрын
What fantastic timing. Thank you
@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
@insufficientquestionsforpr7402 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-sf5hf2 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
@VeganSemihCyprus332 жыл бұрын
👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖✌
@dialaskisel59292 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.
@FabianSchoelzel2 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.
@a380rockerfan2 жыл бұрын
I love the way you draw the face with two eyes and a nose, that is colourful, and is composed of psychedelic colour schemes, sacred geometry, and cosmic / spiritual themes. It's very beautiful and invokes a sense of wonder, what I could describe as the essential beautiful spiritual experience: tears flowing, goosebumps, speechless, and filled with gratitude, awe and love :) It's almost like looking at God in some ways!
@alcide.velasquez38572 жыл бұрын
I love this
@iWannaYanna2 жыл бұрын
thank you, for telling us what it means to live and to be alive again❤️ this world is ripping apart before my eyes. I hate to see it
@kerrymulholland24922 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your amazing videos words art & ideas
@boomybelmar57842 жыл бұрын
when i ever i find myself at my lowest you drop another banger
@samira_mirzapour2 жыл бұрын
I needed to hear this. thank you.
@tarottabootalk2 жыл бұрын
Between Aleister Crowley, Many P Hall and listening to your videos and Alan watts. 🤷🏻♀️I don’t know why it brings me harmony but it does
@AfterSkool2 жыл бұрын
Been looking into Manly P. Hall. Might have to animate one from him.
@tarottabootalk2 жыл бұрын
@@AfterSkool philosophically Nietzsche is awesome too. But I love watching your videos!!! You do great and it’s always relatable to whatever I am reading or researching at the time
@tarottabootalk2 жыл бұрын
@@AfterSkool I always share your videos with my brother and other like minded❤️❤️❤️
@AfterSkool2 жыл бұрын
@@tarottabootalk Thank you!
@lswilliams52832 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this and for not adding music.
@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.