Alan Watts and the Illusion of Time

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7 ай бұрын

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As a culture, we’re obsessed with time. We’re both haunted by the past and dreading the future. But the truth is that the future and the past don’t exist. We might think that the past and the future are as real as the present, but that’s the illusion of time. In reality, the present is the only thing that exists. A clock tracks movement, like the rotation of Earth and our orbit around the Sun. But its measurement of time isn’t objective. There is only the present, and its direction is forward.
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@ApertureThinking 7 ай бұрын

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@tseek001 6 ай бұрын

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@Bokeh1004 5 ай бұрын

Don’t argue with your God. Not a single human can confidently describe the Time. Humanity doesn’t have a solid grasp of Time. Just because you don’t understand doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It’s your stupidity. - the Almighty God

@Sayansv 7 ай бұрын

Alright bring it on, I'm ready for my weekly life crisis

@Theworstchannelposting 7 ай бұрын

What is the crisis about that you been living your life with so much unnecessary restraint?

@bamboosr8733 7 ай бұрын

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@flyguydez 7 ай бұрын

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@kap1526 7 ай бұрын

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@Theworstchannelposting 7 ай бұрын

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@thecoolguy4947 7 ай бұрын

I recently faced a challenging English assignment - crafting my college application essay. On the first day of this assignment, I found myself staring at an empty Google Docs page, feeling utterly lost. Uncertainty about my life's purpose left me struggling to write about myself. Nevertheless, I knew this essay would be one of the most important pieces I'd ever write, and perfection was the goal.When I returned home from school, I sat at my desk, adjusted the lighting, fired up my computer, and, most importantly, played your videos on the TV behind me. The insightful discussions about life and its profound questions brought a calming influence into my writing space. With your content as my backdrop, I finally found the clarity and focus I needed to tackle my college essay.I'm genuinely delighted with how it turned out. I want to express my heartfelt thanks for providing these videos that eased my mind and opened up a world of new ideas and perspectives for me. They are my go-to source for inspiration and contemplation. ❤️ Thank you so much

@LiftingStress 6 ай бұрын

"We spend a lot of time preoccupied with things that don't exist and very little time enjoying the things that do." - Aperture

@emperorlelouch5696 7 ай бұрын

I freaking love Alan Watts and he's helped me gain so much insight to what's more important in life. Thank you for making this video. I appreciate it.

@obeseoverlold 7 ай бұрын

This is the time of all time, I can feel the time timing inside of me

@TheGreatEvan 7 ай бұрын

dude i thought it was just me but i can really be feeling the timeing time time in me

@heavyfe4788 7 ай бұрын

Yay!! Alan Watts is my favourite philosopher. The beginning of worry was the fall of man. It made us like gods but we lost our innocence. I really enjoy this take of Garden of Eden by Alan Watts. Thanks for a great video

@wisealchemythst 7 ай бұрын

Your words are also so inspiring😇

@ApertureThinking 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for supporting us!

@snowreganit6739 7 ай бұрын

Bring back the versus channel

@user-lp7rp7cb4g 5 ай бұрын

@@wisealchemythst true

@pixilated_holograms 6 ай бұрын

I have been studying Alan Watts philosophy for 5 years now. I think you did an incredibly good job interpreting his work into your words. It came across flawlessly.

@wacoldestv1704 7 ай бұрын

Fella, that was a amazing video. I could relate to your words. It was like everything I needed to hear to move forward in my life. My past did haunt me but now I am learning to forgive myself. I hope to become a better human to help other lifeforms. Namaste 🙏

@ShreshthSharma99 7 ай бұрын

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@SpiritusMundi3 7 ай бұрын

👏🏾

@AmarinderSinghOfficial 7 ай бұрын

@shresthsharma007 thanx

@Andrew_alxf21 7 ай бұрын

Alan Watts is my favorite modern philosopher. Listening to his voice recordings is my therapy

@steverino6954 7 ай бұрын

I think this is why people like doing exillerating things like skydiving or running with the bulls. It forces you to be completely focused on the present.

@ozimarco 7 ай бұрын

I get that from riding my bicycle

@tofootball298 7 ай бұрын

@@ozimarcoor a scooter. Or even running or playing a sport

@johnkliz 7 ай бұрын

i have been listening to Alan Watts for 12years now and reality he has changed the way i perceive time

@JimCrow-gv8pw 7 ай бұрын

Ur videos have transformed my existence. I can't put into words how grateful n thankful for ur subject matter, and how it all somehow connects to what my thoughts are, what I might be going thru, or knowledge that I truly believe hold the keys to unlocking our trueselves and answering questions we've asked since the beginning of time..thank u, and anyone reading this, plz show more love and empathy for every brother, sister, as well as creature that we are all connected to

@VickyVictoria00 7 ай бұрын

What are the odds?! I recently discovered Alan Watts, and did not expect to see an Aperture piece including this philosopher.

@Juicegoat_ 7 ай бұрын

Same here

@EnrichedUranium- 7 ай бұрын

I discovered Alan in 2017

@vidalskyociosen3326 7 ай бұрын

It's A.I not co-incidence

@EnrichedUranium- 7 ай бұрын

@@vidalskyociosen3326 I love AI bro

@kaycarroll820 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like a sign from the universe! Dive deep, friend, there is so much to be discovered about yourself.

@kaycarroll820 7 ай бұрын

Listened to Alan Watts long before I found your channel. What a nice refresher!

@suhel550 7 ай бұрын

Our favourite youtuber Aperture is back again 🎉 With his amazing life changing contents ❤️

@evotme9995 7 ай бұрын

"The future I dreamed of will never come, because there's always something more to chase." Sounds more profound than accurate. If I dream of winning a competition and do so, how is that dream I once wished for, now not a reality for me? Sure, I can now have a NEW dream about wanting to win more competitions, but that's just it.. it's a NEW dream, not the old one. Just because you now desire bigger and better things after achieving a dream, does not take away the fact that you've accomplished the original dream.. 🤯

@lukaszgandecki4069 7 ай бұрын

it's not that you have not achieved the dream, it's the fact that the future you "dreamed of" doesn't come, because in that dream, achieving the goal meant peace and happiness and lasting satisfaction. But, instead of that, you get a very short satisfaction, and then a longing for something else. THIS was not the part of the dream - so in that sense, the dream never comes

@kyleallen4574 7 ай бұрын

Love your videos man, i’ve been listening to allan watts a lot lately i was surprised to see a video of yours about him.

@MegaBeeYT 7 ай бұрын

Love your videos, great channel

@lethalwolf7455 6 ай бұрын

The why files is my second favorite channel. This is my first favorite. Thank you for the time you put in to always provide top notch content

@jamesharper6745 7 ай бұрын

Was listening to Alan Watts "the moment" when I got the notification that this video was uploaded! Very interesting and ironic! I love this

@MSHNKTRL 7 ай бұрын

not ironic, but serendipitous.

@armin3821 7 ай бұрын

Agree on most of what you said but we need to have a vision and goal for our future in order for us to have a purpose here on this world. Not being focused on future will just make us live from day to day like animals. I think we should set our goals and think of future but enjoy every moment in the present and appreciate what we have and not take it for granted.

@chrisjarmain 7 ай бұрын

it's not that we should live in senseless present moments that lead to nowhere but still more present. It's more that when you have grasped the fish, you no longer need the net. To use Zhuangzi for a moment. When we understand that there really is no future or past, we can fully live now. We can appreciate that the past and future do exist, but that it's unwise to take them too seriously.

@dvdmon 5 ай бұрын

These are simply beliefs, not facts. We don't "have to" have a vision, or goals, we don't "have to" have a purpose. We ARE animals. The idea of needing to have a purpose or goal in order to be satisfied is often just a distraction from the present - I don't like being in the present, there's something unsatisfying about it, so I'm going to just think about this imaginary future by making goals. The problem is that the idea of "the future" is a double-edged sword, as the video implies. We've been able to progress technologically by leaps and bounds due to our ability to think about the future. Technology in and of itself is a huge double-edged sword. Many things about it make our lives longer and healthier, more connected, and many things about technology make our lives more dangerous, more painful (in terms of anxiety, loneliness, distraction, etc.). The idea of needing to have a purpose or goal in order to be satisfied is often just a distraction from the present - I don't like being in the present, there's something unsatisfying about it, so I'm going to just think about this imaginary future by making goals. Being able to imagine the future was definitely an adaptation that served our species in terms of it's survival early on, but it also has proven to an aspect of our brains that has caused a huge amount of suffering in a variety of ways...

@kirandeepchakraborty7921 7 ай бұрын

Worthy of an Aperture video. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

@kirandeepchakraborty7921 7 ай бұрын

This is why I love this channel so much. ❤

@Suchness_of_Life 7 ай бұрын

So grateful to have Alan Watts. He is truly a spiritual entertainer. Vivid memory and fantastic imagination are great tools human beings have. The problem arises often when we do not use them NOW properly. However, it is OK as well. Just go with the flow.

@Craetooz 7 ай бұрын

The ads have always a great timing :DDD Very good video, keep it up :)

@currenttrendsdesign 7 ай бұрын

love yah aperture, keep it up.

@gunnasintern 6 ай бұрын

Aperture made an Alan Watts video? lets goooo i’m glad more people are making videos about him

@JewishBanker911 7 ай бұрын

Good work. Good job. Keep it up.

@viktoriarose9055 6 ай бұрын

I needed this, had a panic attack thinking about the future yesterday, sometimes by body feels like im living in a future bad moment even though its illogical

@-handala- 7 ай бұрын

Don’t thank us. We thank you. This channel is impactful.

@Private_Account101 7 ай бұрын

"if you continue to obsess over the past and the future you'll never truly live a full life you'll be too busy thinking about the moments that have either already passed or are yet to come you'll forget to be present and to take it all in" is a great statement

@pinkiemdinwa 7 ай бұрын

Love you man❤

@Krysdavar 7 ай бұрын

Congrats on 2 MILLION subscribers! 🤯🥳

@loftycc 4 ай бұрын

I adore your vids and your voice is the background to my life, currently. Nobody matters, but you matter to me-

@joaovictorfuggi7300 6 ай бұрын

What an amazing video. I can relate a lot with the idea due to time doesnt exist in my line of thought. It was really good to hear something kinda alike that

@stevenvasselljr.9278 7 ай бұрын

Bro best videos to watch right before bed.

@brettvictory4606 6 ай бұрын

Our past shapes us whether we remember it correctly or not. I have learned from but not dwelled on my past. I live in the present but don’t worry about the future as much as most people do. It has taken my whole life to get to this point. I inhabit the earth and have ridden around the sun 57 times.

@erwinzer0 7 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your creativity, rarely comes to me.

@bwalya773 7 ай бұрын

Video of the year

@basantagurung369 7 ай бұрын

Fabulous ❤

@tijj 7 ай бұрын

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:01 ⏳ Obsession with the Future - Many people obsess over a future that never seems to arrive, always chasing something better. - We spend little time enjoying the present, often preoccupied with things that don't exist. - The future is an illusion, and the present is the only real existence. 01:09 🕰️ Time as an Illusion - Clocks measure the movement of the Earth, but time is a subjective construct. - The past can only be accessed through limited memory and recordings. - The future hasn't happened yet and is uncertain. 02:36 🦁 Human Capacity to Plan - Humans' ability to plan for the future has been crucial for survival and societal development. - Early humans prepared for the future by making tools and anticipating sustenance. - Planning for the future is deeply ingrained in human nature. Made with HARPA AI

@robfut9954 7 ай бұрын

I realized back in college that time did in fact not exist. It’s as if there are three mirrored, but separate streams. Forever connected, but never to touch.

@suesmith9665 7 ай бұрын

You got good stuff here.

@nissanzenkiboy 7 ай бұрын

In a 9-5 time is very real… get off work and blink it’s 12am blink again it’s 8am again. Ps Alan watts was the best discovery I ever found 8 years ago I highly recommend listening to his lectures

@brendakrieger7000 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@johniebreezy5627 7 ай бұрын

Now this is content

@literalnobody7921 7 ай бұрын

I’d love more videos discussing Alan watts, meanwhile I’m happy with this one.

@HyperHrishiHD 7 ай бұрын

Ohhhhhh. Life crisis always hits hard ❤

@EvilDaren 7 ай бұрын

Alan Watts was amazing, love his work

@nobody_425 7 ай бұрын

There's a quote of mines that possibly doesn't connect with the overall message of this video, but it simply states: "If you don't got time, you can't change."

@flymoolahman2763 7 ай бұрын

you did what you did with what you knew and what you were capable of at the time, the current u is better than the past you

@lokijordan 6 ай бұрын

I think there is at least one time we are all fully present even while recalling the past and anticipating the future: When listening to a piece of music for the next (at least second) time. We are recalling notes and anticipating the next notes while listening to the notes being played in the moment.

@Knytz 7 ай бұрын

Finally ffs, my youtube feed is empty with actual good content. Had to scroll for a minute to find this

@PaulMaudDib2677 7 ай бұрын

We flee to the future because death is always present. It's a coping mechanism. So, live in the moment and leave tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.

@dvdmon 5 ай бұрын

It's amazing to hear people who have had deep realizations about the nature of self, reality, etc. IE, they've gone through kensho, but even more so, they have had nondual realizations where they can essentially see through the illusion of time and even form, not conceptually, but intuitively (or however you want to phrase it). It doesn't always take decades of meditating 12 hours a day either, some people just get "lucky" (if you consider it that). I definitely think about it as kind of Neo seeing the code behind reality of the Matrix, lol

@CamoMFDave 6 ай бұрын

I really like some of your videos some of them are just I don't know I'm not too much into the technology crap but I love your ideas and philosophy

@thomasnyariki967 6 ай бұрын

"it's all meaningless chasing after the wind" Solomon knew what he was talking about

@Axel1058 7 ай бұрын

Let’s go dude

@Chris-sv5ic 4 ай бұрын

Alan Watts saved my life.

@denisemcdougal6445 7 ай бұрын

That’s why the happiness is in the journey not the outcome

@corners1733 7 ай бұрын

Watts is an amazing philosopher

@jordanrobinson9064 3 ай бұрын

The illusion of time is the reason why Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and Goku’s Mastered Ultra Instinct are overpowered.

@tseek001 6 ай бұрын

They say ..If you want to glimpse the future, just look behind you.

@anot_ 6 ай бұрын

As soon as he said bad previous experiences I just zoned out and remembered all the horrible mistakes I’ve done and didn’t remember a thing from the vid

@andrewhanson5942 7 ай бұрын

I agree 100%, except for a slightly different reason. Time is imaginary. A construct of the human mind for convenience and coordination of human events. Basically, motion is the more fundamental quantity in the universe. Without motion there is no time. If you have any training in basic physics, you have probably seen that motion (velocity) is defined as "velocity = distance/time". I submit that is the incorrect definition and should instead by written as "time = distance/velocity". Motion is everywhere, it is tangible (unlike time.) Thinking about it like this makes a lot of phenomenon in the universe that would otherwise be counter intuitive much more logical. For instance, take Einstein's theory of relativity. At relativistic speeds, time does not slow down, but rather motion within the speeding entity slows down. And I'm talking about the vibrations of atoms. Once all of your atoms slow down, everything slows down along with it. You age more slowly. Does time stop in a black hole? No, it's just that there is such a high degree of gravity there that all motion (again on the atomic level) ceases. Think about it. Makes sense. Time is imaginary.

@Meta-trope 7 ай бұрын

I'm not a platonist. I'm actually most on the organic reality school. But I bet that's why Plato started to think about the forms. If there are no horses around you in the present, does that mean they don't exist at all? But I get the point of the video, it's just that some words were miss chosen. And that can lead to more confusion about this already confusing concept.

@suesmith9665 7 ай бұрын

If time dont exist then you dont exist. You exist outside your body and you exist inside of it. What is your inside? What can you do to paint the outside of your inside? One dont have to change the world and one dont have to change oneself. What topic you loves and what you want to feel that is what you should go after. Simplest things are hardest to capture. What simple things and smaller thing can make one very happy. Remember that..... still young dont let fire go out.

@jojo-mg7bn 7 ай бұрын

every time watch your videos I thing, nothing really matters, and I know its bad bcz sometimes it gives me existential crises. But sometime, this is all i need. I care about everything less everyday, which is a bad thing, bcz i don't even care about me being happy, bcz why will this mater at the end of this illusion of time...

@shoebox742 7 ай бұрын

the reason most people care about themselves being happy is because of how it makes them feel pleasant. For example, eating a dessert like cake or ice cream will make you feel happy, so people do it for that reason. I also feel like if nothing at all mattered anyways, your happiness would be your only priority because your feelings are all that you can experience.

@BigBeerBellyBen 7 ай бұрын

Tomorrow is just a hypothetical concept that we think will happen

@gabemesa3921 7 ай бұрын

So true

@paris466 7 ай бұрын

Plan for the future, just don’t count on it.

@auggy7675 7 ай бұрын

Will you ever get an aperture discord server?

@wisealchemythst 7 ай бұрын

I've always wondered, what really is time...?⌛️ Are we all stuck in the illusion, or are we all brains in a vat? 🧠🤯

@JaysonT1 7 ай бұрын

George Carlin had an old comedy skit about that

@takenname8053 7 ай бұрын

My father always said time waits for no one

@derekdavis614 7 ай бұрын

Transcendental meditation seems to work for some. I know David Lynch practices it and look at the work he produces.

@tutornick 6 ай бұрын

Time is a human construct dimension of the physical universe. It is a quantifiable means of measuring duration, in which events happen in irreversible succession.

@tsweens13 7 ай бұрын

my best advice to living in the present: ride a motorcycle. Trust me. You're so focussed on the road and what's going on around you, literally nothing else matters.

@InspoMantra 7 ай бұрын

The future is NOT a destination, you'll never get there, it's a never-ending journey

@erikmoore7402 6 ай бұрын

Humans do not dictate the temperature of this planet. A warmer planet isn't at all a more deadly planet,It's most likely a much easier planet to live in. Despite what the media always cries. The idea that the planet is easier to live on when there's more ice on it is quite frankly ridiculous.

@daviddarkstonedtv9775 4 ай бұрын

Well this one really didn't apply to me and can't relate but makes me realize how lucky I am that it doesn't because I imagine that there are lots of people that live the way this video describes and honestly I'm glad I don't!!

@ThefinaIkiss 7 ай бұрын

What is the present? I always ponder it. Time is always changing;if you were to consider it as the hands of a clock, If it was at 15 past 3, that would be your present. But what about when it becomes 16 past 3? Then 15 past 3 becomes the past. What if it was merely one millisecond after 15 past 3? Wouldn’t that still make 15 past 3 the past? The present seems to become shorter and shorter. But, in the end everything in the world _exists_ in the present, because whether it’s 15 past 3 or 49 past 3 we’re still living in it. But, what is time? The Present past and future are all based on time. How was the first clock able to tell the time? The sundial used shadow positions to tell the time , but how did those shadows become things that help tell it? Someone must have chosen what the time should be at each shadow. Based on the position of those shadows and the suns position too. But time has always been here..? Time is everything, the past , the present, the future. It’s all of it. Yet If there isn’t time, how can we move? It’s so odd, all of it. Shower thoughts, shower thoughts.. tut tut tut 🙄 I don’t mean this as a challenge to science, I don’t know dog crap about it, like I’m not all that interested in it and IM ONLY YEAR SEVEN…😰 Wow, an eleven year old watching Apertures. Only a little concerning ☺️☺️

@mylesmcquad1763 7 ай бұрын

Quick question, but if there is no past or future then how can there be a present? Isn’t the present the point in time where past and future meet?

@antonyperks9156 6 ай бұрын

1:16 OUR ORBIT AROUND THE SUN.....? COME ON GARRET BEHAVE.

@tseek001 6 ай бұрын

What's the difference if for example you are dead 5 mins from now or dead now / already? I think it would be more liberating and lively to live every moment of your life until death actually occurs as if you are dead already.

@AllByDesign4 7 ай бұрын

The construct of time puts all humanity in a Box. Your time is used as a cage to keep you under wraps. Break free. Why only work 8 hours a day when you can sleep for 7 and work 17 hours.. then your work becomes play. 🎉

@rijuchaudhuri 7 ай бұрын

Don't get me wrong, but according to the Special Theory of Relativity, the past, present and the future all exist together in the spacetime continuum like a flipbook. The people inside the flipbook would think that their time is moving forward, the their past no longer exists, and their future is yet to arrive, when in reality the all the pages in the whole flipbook all exist at once. It's like that.