this just changed my mindset I have been having lately. thank you for this

I believe he’s saying that’s a bad thing. That reality is not the goal. That reality is the ego

@@robertfoley9801 we’re on the same page

@Robert Foley - LOL! If that was true I would be a healthy Billionaire

why are thoughts symbols? what does that mean?

Interesting. Why do you think that is? It does kinda help restore peace in your self but why does thinking of tomorrow cause anxiety if in the moment you can feel peace?

If tomorrow doesn't exist, than why is it in your statement or perhaps even mantra?

Learning this also made my life a lot better. We’re always worrying about what to do later, about hypothetical events, things that don’t exist exactly because tomorrow doesn’t exist. The best is just to focus on what we can do right now and be present. It will turn out fine.

@@0rchxd I'd say, it's important to know where you came from and where you heading, yet above it all the thing that you own called present moment is one of the profoundly important thing that you can own. This understandin is so important yet so easy to be ignored.

@@UsefulVitamins Yes!! Exactly.

Same here 🎯

It does make sense in a systematic way tbh in my opinion. We made that because it is to sort of, a word to describe what time we think to do something that's planned.

​@@JuanThaSilva The problem with philosophy and religion is that they talk about giving up thinking and concepts while all they do is keep thinking and preaching about concepts. Everything he just said is just a belief from his limited perception. He isn't any more correct than physics, science, or anyone else. Symbols are existential. There is no separation between physical reality and symbolic meaning, such as mathematics.

@@ADUAquascapingAlan Watts didn’t have beliefs. He knew. Just as I know that we are all the same. We are God, the universe, we are everything. This is what you understand if you let your ego die. Everyone letting go of their ego and existing just now have the exact same conclusion. It’s impossible to explain, you have to experience it, and you will know. But be warned, there is no turning back when you see behind the veil of reality. You will be changed forever.

@@user-vq1ne6es5m its not in the way Alan is talking about. The future doesn’t exist, because you can’t predict it. You can spend a day make a 1 year plan, then the same day you slip in the shower and die. Or meteor hit the earth, or a war breaks out. The only thing that truly exists is the present moment.

BS 12 step mantra. The world is getting worse precisely because people accept things as they are.

U ryt!!

Agreed

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It really does make a difference if you don't need music to sway the mood

Let's implement them right now

@@geovaniraffaelli4508 how i just keep thinking

@@walterclements1466 I guess that's where meditation comes in. Observe your thoughts instead of interacting with them.

@@Vlad-wl3fw when i meditate i keep thinking although i’ve probably only had a couple hours of meditation all together, it will probably come with time

@@walterclements1466 yeah the thing with meditation is that you have to put in the time. It's not just there for you to take it. You have to earn it (the peace of mind). I'm currently working on this myself. Good luck!

You could try less “integration” and more of a perspective change. Integrate the rest of your life to this mind set because this mindset is the thing that keeps you content, so you wanna be like that as much as possible. Instead of looking at this like a standard of maturity or like a chore, look at it like a choice and an overall perspective that everything else works around

In my case it was a lot of fears that I hardly recognized I had, when I found them and started working on facing them, I started making much more progress, had a huge shift recently, less NEED and more awe at the whole process

But how is time always now? time was also 100years ago. Just ask a people with white hair. They will tell you time was.

@@FStandsForFunWhen those people lived 100 years ago they perceived that time as the now. All of your memories exist, because they happened, but all of your memories are from the perspective of how the present felt at that moment.

Well you don’t need to do you. Not really.

Wut

Opor

Duality

Get off meskaline, son .

Wooow, I came to the same conclusion 9 months ago. "Everything is the same but at the same time nothing is" it came to mind just like that. So I understand you. I get you🦋

you are repeating the words of an alcoholic trapped in linear time

@@agnidas5816 was he a booze hound? My brother loves showing me this guy's stuff and I can dig it some. But ultimately, he's not enough to satiate my curiosity of the spiritual realm. He points out the obvious, which I like. He's trying to calm people who have severe mental problems, I get it. But no one man's opinions are enough to get me off this planet with any form of true peace and joy. This world is wretched. I don't think we can just meditate terrible suffering away from us, not in any lasting way. Basically, we better hope there's a God. Because this place has left me broken and wanting to mend.

There is no destination, just a journey. The journey is the enjoyable part. They always say the journey is better than the destination. Whenever you reach somewhere it is never how you anticipated it and never as good as you think it will be. Like the thrill of the chase. The chase is always better than the catch.

We were not created simply to live and exist. We are not mindless drones. Our existense if far deeper.

@@mohammedali111 if that would be true than you were waiting for tomorrow.

Same goes for me, this guy saved my life

Feel that🙏

He IS you 😉 you made this for yourself through another body

Wow, love this way of looking at it..

@mmiller4255 Beautiful just beautiful

@mmiller4255 Mushrooms taught me this the hard way

@mmiller4255 idk what any of that means but yeah ❤️

To me there are two types of thought. Compulsive thoughts and thoughts of the soul. Compulsive thoughts being a repetiton created by the mind. A memory. I dropped something. Fuck I think or even say. The minds reflex brought to existence because my mind has experienced this before and it triggers a memory in the mind. That is because the mind is flesh. But then there's thoughts of the soul. Unique thought. It's hard to explain the potential of this. But I believe it's important to learn the difference to avoid being weak minded in that your thoughts can be controlled by falling prey to memories that are tied to triggers.

That's amazing

I think that’s called a midday nap 😴 lol

So beautiful

@@dannny2511 We all meditate differently, don't we.

Amen

Not to much though. Not too much.

Point is not to think 🤔 lol

@@dirtypete372 Is the point not to think? Or is it to not think too much? Maybe its to not suppress thinking. Maybe its to indulge in thinking itself. Good day🤙

I enjoy Allen. Started listening to him a while ago, but I've shifted over to stoic philosophy and I find the philosophy of the stoics have truly filled me with nourishment and helped me find alot of peace. It's a quite a fine line to tread but I think its worth it

gooouu

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What you said here is beautiful :)

thank you

69th like Have a great day, God bless! =D

Nicely put. Thanks :)

Amen

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Sums up a lot of powerful ideas in only a few minutes. Love it.

Opinions are like nostrils we all have em Opinions are why so many problems exist today.

I agree.

First encountered this lecture in a different video here on KZfaq… it shifted my entire perspective about everything. I’ve never had such a life changing experience, where a single stimulus shattered my whole understanding of life. I’m forever grateful 🙏🏽

@@Med1na2012 Is that your firm opinion?

Alan watts, Hitchens, Peterson, John Taylor Gatto,Illich... wouldn't have found them without youtube

A great choice for each of us, to stay away from what you don't belong to...

Touche!

There is a wonderful new practice that just might change your mind.

Same

U ryt!!

Yep, we made up a lot of stuff. Bro you think animals got money? You think they get paid for their jobs 😭 no, they just do, they do with what the universe has to give. We’re twisted creatures. I’ll never fully understand us

@@Nsobloo alien intervention is what I think

We have a lot more in common with animals than we think, we just overcomplicate things with language and concepts. Those in themselves are beautiful developments but we get so stuck to them and forget how to BE

@@UntangledKnots well put. We are animals, just very domesticated

I hope you doing better

All we have to do is just be and let go of resistance to the present moment. Amazing stuff

Anything can be meditative. I do 5 second meditations 20+ times a day to bring me back to “mindfulness”. Its no longer a method of fixing anything. It’s like breathing

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​@@UntangledKnotsaayyyeeee!

​@@UntangledKnotswhy do they call it 'mindful' though

Beautifully put my friend

Hey! What are you doing?

Brilliant 😂

Stealing this!

Why no deep breathing if you don’t mind me asking?

I really needed this I have just been over thinking (22 going through the adult transition) I have reached out and the people I go to for comfort are feeling the same way I closed my eyes and just breathed and let my thoughts roam and I just felt a big sense of release . It was like a mental weight just lifted as if my thoughts have been pressing against my head I’ll practice these breathing excersize

Thank you, I needed this.

Bingo!

Experience it as it is - mushrooms teached me - some people dont get that

I go through the same problem unfortunately but truthfully there are a lot of things that I know is wrong with me that I know I’m supposed to sacrifice or give up for my mental freedom. It’ll be hard to give up these “things” I have to “give up” because I do it everyday and use it everyday that it has become a bad habit. If you don’t know what your conflicts are look into yourself deeply and no it’s not just anxiety. Anxiety is a correlation with the root of another more deep battle within you. Find that. And give it up.

@@NateJustAlone I see what you’re saying though I really don’t know what it is tbh. I feel like sometimes its just pure self-doubt like fear of failure but even then I would say its also something else and not that, as some of the things it happens with you cant really fail at, its just so random and happens over anything.

You guys need daoism in your life, watch some videos on those ideals. Just remember there’s an art to not trying. Also watch fight club and then check out some break downs on it. These two things have helped me a lot. Just learn to let go. However this could take a lifetime to do.

@@cameront7804 I absolutely couldn’t agree more with what you just said. Since I don’t have any answers unfortunately I do find comfort in knowing that I am not alone in this but I have a feeling that this may just be a path of enlightenment for anyone who struggles like we do or “an opportunity” at enlightenment rather than a struggle in our lives. If there is one thing I’ve learned truly in the life I’ve lived is that everything has an origin a history a reasoning and that we can find it. But once again I believe this is our chance at our own enlightenment and mental/spiritual awakening whether your religious or not. Sometimes you just have to enjoy the little things and sit back and watch things settle.

@@themarkus6472 it’s great you mentioned that I’ve been oddly gravitated towards daoism recently. I will look into it further and as for fight club I’ll watch it today I heard it was a great film.

It was made like this for a reason

ooo tolle.. havent hear him in awhile now, he's one of my first

You sound like an independent thinker -- one of precious few in these comments. Good for you, sir.

Well i disagree with him ,,what he said in nutshell is that purpose of life is to enjoy the present . i would like to ask a question further ,, First of all there are 2 components enjoying is composed of = 1) satisfying your physical desires food .. etc.. 2) desire to be praised by other people or own ego... ,,, If you do a thought experiment ask urself a question ,, if you are given everything in life ... What will you do ..then ,, what when all the things are enjoyed ,,, now you have 2 options you could repeat the same infinitely like a machine with no emotions ,like a stone falling to decrease it's potential energy. ((WHICH YOU KNOW/FEEL THAT YOU ARE NOT )) being a feeling creature (whatever this feeling is ) you will ask yourself the same initial question = WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT... And you will surrender your ego and all the intelligence and come to know that YOU DON'T KNOw ANYTHING ..WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE /REALITY ? SO THE real PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO ,, FIND THE REALITY ,, WHICH I CALL GOD,, ((NOW ,,SOME PEOPLE MAY ASK WHY SHOULD WE BE MORAL ,, BECAUSE YOU FEEL GOOD AND BAD ,, AND FOLLOWING THE MORAL CODE ENABLES YOU TO DO GOOD , JUSTICE WHICH GIVES SOME KIND OF FEELING/PEACE , IT IS INEHERENT PART OF US ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW ITS ORIGIN ,, mercy , love towards other people etc , WE KNOW /feel are good ,, and if you question why should we do good ,, the answer is that it is what you are made of ,that is what your innerself tells , you can't question it ... And conversely ,, if you question it ,, then question the question as well and you will end up in a loop ,,after you get exausted you will give up , so why did you give up , because it hurts ,,, now you accept getting uncomfortable is a thing ,, now you feel it.. and that's how we derive good and bad)) Now let's get back to the initial question ,that what even after we spend a moral life ,, what is life all about ,,, The answer is that whatever the reality is what created us ,, it will do justice and reveal itself after your death.. because you fell ( now , if you are still being a smartass asking what you feel may not be true ,, then go to a building and drop yourself ,, as it won't make a difference If You Believe= that purpose of life is nothing ,we arrived from nothing and after we die there will be nothing ) Which you indeed feel must not be true and it isn't ,, SO ACCEPTING THAT THERE IS AN ENTITY WHICH IS THE REALITY , KNOWS EVERYTHING AND ALL POWER =🍷 IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THis EQUATION ... (( If you live nd eat like normal people ,, your life should be bound by moral principles ,, and still think about the CREATOR / REALITY ,, AND WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THE LEVEL TO SACRIFICE ALL YOUR WORDLY DESIRES (WHICH YOU CAN'T BEING A HUMAN ) THEN YOU CAN LONG FOR THE REALITY ... NEVERTHELESS ,,, YOU WILL SEE IT AFTER DEATH.. ( YOU MAY BE DECADES OLD ,JUST BEFORE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU ARE /EXIST ) ,, THE THING THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE WILL MEET YOU AFTER DEATH... (( AND IT'S GOOD INDEED/as that's what we want it to be ,, we are made by it (god) means that's what it has made us think and so that's what it is )))

Checkout my reply I've explained for you !

What’s causing the anxiety? Job? Girl? Education?

Panic attacks are fucking scary. But if you expose yourself to the things that trigger your anxiety, and take deep breaths then it’ll be less scarier the next time. I also talk to myself letting me know I’m safe. Hope this helps

Clair Weak’s book, Hope and help for your nerves. It will save your life

Sorry, the author is Clair Weekes

@@yudhveer99 nah man it just strikes out of the blue. Even when im having a very good day

Keep listening to Alan. ❣️

Nothing really matter ..Oooo..😂😂 Death is matter..