Acknowledging, being aware of "evil" in human is one thing. Acting out the demons in you in another thing... Dont just give one side of the story so dangerously.

Of all the words, those hit the hardest...

A person doesn't need the ambition to be a saint, but can do saintly acts....very noble......

What! My feelings exactly! I'm 73 and seen it all. Lose your ego! I don't have one that constantly needs to be fed. Confidence and a sense of humor is all I need to get through anything! Lose the need to worry and get angry! Two useless emotions that never solve shit! Stop taking life so seriously! Yea, I have concerns, but life has much to offer! Prioritize! What's important and what's bull shit! Best if all, surround yourself with like minded friends. That's the hardest part! Having real friends is rare. Keep what helps and ignore what doesn't! Easier said than done, but get in there and live a good happy life!

@Stanley Zilinski hey man, thanks a lot! That is one knowledge-filled comment right there. I appreciate the thought you put into that. I welcome your wisdom. 🙏🏼

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@@Downecker Thank you and may you too find peace in a World of chaos. I'm about your age and I find, that a lot of the neediness and confusion falls away, as one enters the final chapter of one's life.

Spoiled the point by swearing ttttt shame it was good 👍

Love ❤️ this comment needed to hear that thanks 😊

Well Said! I've had very similar experiences to you. In regards to severe depression/mental illness. Like you said you 100% need enough ego to survive. All the Egoless nonsense you learn and think is the answer initially actually turns out to be a major problem. Life is definitely a process and being who you are is definitely better than being someone you are not. Thanks for sharing what you wrote.

. I always think the idea of ' ego'can be mis interpreted . Eg someone like ALI had a huge sense of who he was and how good he was, but he was also self less and very generous and humble.

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That is so amazing, I’m trying to get onto the housing ladder at 40. I wish at 55 I will be testifying to similar success

Credits to ROCHELLE DUNGCA-SCHREIBER, she saw me through the process. You can glance her name up on the internet and verify her yourself. she has years of financial market experience...

😂😂😂people fall for this garbage

lmaooo botss

That’s good but that wealth would be better taken advantage of spread out a bit more

Try microdosing mushrooms mate it's gave me a massive boost mentally

Depression becomes a distant memory if a person is able to pull themselves together and move forward. Scars are always there but wounds do heal in time.

@@giggsy2022 Are you my brother? He says the same.

I think, that as you grow older, there are less pressures on you to succeed at whatever Society dictates to us, so you can prioritize in your life more personally and clearly.

My friend had to look at the user name to make sure I hadn't posted this. This is absolutely me and where I am at in life. I'll be 53 in a month.

You’re gonna be someone you’re very proud of one day 🙏

Beautiful to hear of your success. May God guide you every day with discernment and love.

You can do anything you set your mind to. Always remember that

Proud of you little man.

I literally scrolled to your comment just as he said this. Synchronicity

BOOM!!!!

It is fitting you botched the quote, since the quote itself sucks and is barely a coherent thought much less profound.

Shunryu Suzuki said he was a very good important bodhisattva.. he got quite angry when someone dismissed him as just a talker and philosopher..

I also appreciate his angle and explanation on life and ancient Eastern philosophies

Maybe you should listen when your life's good 😉

@@phillylarkin.s1930 that works too. When we're up or down.

I will do the same; no need to look for mental health counselor at this point.

Wow. Thank you for this. This is me as well. Being around people is extremely exhausting for me.

Amen!

Are you still single?

100%.

I really appreciate your comment. Never thought of it like that.

No one knows the cause of depression. To say “it comes from with” - wth does that mean? To someone who is lost in depression that’s expressing some sort of goodwill, but nothing else. I would think that mysterious talk would make someone feel far worse.

@@rjrj1160 You're welcome brother.

@@rockforester7908 nothing mysterious about it my friend, where do you think depression comes from? Depression is mainly of your own doing, you create it. Yes there are external events and happenings that can aid in feeling a certain way, but what people seem to forget is they too can choose how to feel or react to a certain happening. We do posses the power of how we want to feel, we just need to learn how to access it. In this day and age we are constantly distracted, always moving, always needing to be somwhere, whether it is the past or the future. To really strip yourself of depression, the best place to do so is in the now. Where nothing exist, between happy and sadness. Be the observer of your thought and do not get attached to any emotion, doing so will take you somwhere where you are not. When people say they are depressed they will reinforce that belief. The best way to go about your day if you are in a bad place in life is to accept. Surrender and be transparent to what is.

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Bless you. Hope you're ok!

Glad to hear, that you are having more success dealing with your "darkness". May God bless and guide your efforts.

Thank you

Hmmm

Thank you

And how would you know it was ok? If there was no "non-okay".

Thanks but it won't

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Try travel to Brazil stay over winter

Vit D

Congratulations! I also have SADD. This year I’ve been doing better & better every year. Today I felt heavy, sad, unwanted. Ok, I’ve watched it and I see what it is and the “solution” isn’t validation from others. It’s validation for me from me and shift to reinforcing the positive

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Maybe you are second best? You know, after me. CHA-CHA!!

Wish i could feel IT when i say it to myself.. been down for a Long time....

I grew up good at a lot, and yet my dad made a point to remind me, "There will always be someone out there better than you at any given thing." I was competitive, and I remember hating the idea of what he was saying. And yet now I see it as one of the most important things he could have ever said. The drive to 'win' (or to have only happy, or no sad) is always part of us, because we PREFER happy over sad. But life will never comply (to give us ONLY happy or NO sad) because while we prefer happy over sad, we actually prefer story over all else. And there's no story anymore when you 'win' forever. Also, we're not in control. At all. Because we can't ever choose a thought without simply having it. Thus we didn't choose it. We don't know what we'll think of next, whether logical or not, nor how we'll feel about it until the thoughts and feelings occur to us in our awareness. Yet we still feel the morality of what we do. We ALWAYS have a conscience. Right and wrong still exists, even if we're imperfect at figuring it out (or doing it) at times. And we still learn. There are always options (a wise person sees even more options and acts in ways that seem to benefit lots of people)... but what we choose: we don't know what we're gonna choose till we feel it inside. And we can't choose what we feel. It's always some version of "This is what I want and it's great" or "This is what I want and it's not great but I'll deal with the consequences" or "This isn't really what I want but it's what everyone else wants and :shrug: I guess I'll go along with it." And we feel some version of that. We don't choose what we feel. We just feel. And we do the thing and we look back at how we acted and we feel judgment on ourselves (either good or bad). And we hope that we learn. And we see that so often we do, but often we don't learn, also. Watts wants to show us (finally) the secret (and he says it plainly in his interview, also on YT, with Elliott Mintz): "Neither fate, nor free will." It's not determinism. But you don't know what's gonna happen next, at all. Choice is an illusion. Determinists use this as a reason to get sad (or to legitimize immorality), and to fuel their cynicism, because they think that means the ego is stuck in this prison of 'no choice.' When really it means there's no chooser at all, and the feeling of an ego is both illusory and all part of the show. And thus it's not up to you if you see this at all, or if you touch God because of it. You will, but it's not up to you when. Because there's no such thing as choice. At all. And you'll never escape your conscience. Reconcile all that. Hence faith.

At first I thought you meant you had run away from situations in life, not the actual jogging exercise of running. 😅

cant run from all your problems fam

Good to hear, that this has worked well for you. It would be good, if I could discipline myself better along those lines.

His teachings will stay for a long time and i think that many people will get to know him in the near future. ( Τι ειπε ο τυπος το βιντεο τα εσπασε)

Look up Stephen Jenkinson. Brilliant mind

That “place” of wisdom is now you and countless others. You now carry the torch of light within. Since his transition, the worlds connectivity has become something past civilizations could probably never have imagined. For the first time in the history of man, the world is at your fingertips and communication to others is actualized. You can be heard by millions. It may not seem like much as we watched its slow progression in our lifetime and may even be taken for granted or even unnoticed. But it is a giant leap for our era of civilization. Because of this,the the reach of Alan Watts has become widespread and increases on platforms of those who resonate. The light he has sparked in peoples consciousness has multiplied a thousand fold. From sparks to small fires into Infernos 🔥

The place of wisdom is here, now, my friend. Always has been. Just enjoy letting him teach you now.

I’m from the east. Know English pretty well. Alan is definitely one of the best when it comes to presenting eastern philosophy to a western audience. I’m pretty sad how his journey ended though. He would have been such a light were he still around.

That’s AWESOME ❤️

That's a pretty amazing statement.

Brilliance

@@juleestoner3939 I too am a Stoner, but my last name is Conseco.

Live brother

WHY is it reprehensible to want to be a saint?! I want to be as good and loving as possible. What am I missing here? I want to be a saint. Or should I say, I want to live a life of humility, compassion and love. Saints are good, God-fearing people right? Right? (Like I could ever be a saint! LOL. -Still though I would like to be I think.) I would like to be "perfect" whatever that means right? (Open mind / innocent heart.)

@@jimchambers8580 Sometimes ( and usually) the ambition to be a saint is riddled with ego and venal ambition. The humility which comes with this saintliness can be a raging pride saying to the world, 'look how saintly, how hunble I am''. If you are motivated by compassion and love and not vaingloriousness, and do your thing without seeking fame, then more strength to you.

That is egoistical to say that non the least. No escaping it.

@@jimchambers8580 I'm sure you know that "perfection" is a myth. Not to say we shouldn't strive to be the best version of ourselves possible, but to believe that our duty is to do nothing other than express ourselves positively is naive. Love and compassion should be expressed toward ourselves before it ever truly means anything outside of ourselves. If you're late to work, but someone asks for a ride, what would a saint do?

Being authentic, truly honest and up front with everyone in order to not disappoint or manipulate or misuse is being a good person to both yourself and others was the message I got from this whole speech. I find it so true that often those who pretend to be Saintly are the biggest wolves in sheep's clothing of all. Like most organized religious and cult leaders lie and manipulate others for power or control and or money. Or people that lie and pretend to be good and caring but it's only in order to manipulate others and use them for sex or status or money or something else.. Lol if only I saw as many people in real life following this logic as I see comments on this video thread I'd think I'd have found myself a honest match by now. Truth is most people I've met even the ones who listen to Alan often don't take this man's advice and it's a shame for all of us who exercise such up front authenticity of self with others and repeatedly get lied to by inauthentic narcissistic people who disguise themselves as honest and good and spiritual and such even often lying to themselves while lying to everyone else around them for whatever reasons

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Is it possible to be out of it

@@keiron.4612 it is very possible to get out. itll pass like every other emotion. just be patient with yourself and let it pass, be nice to yourself and it’ll happen💖

@@keiron.4612 No I don't believe a person can truly be out of it

@@koota8341 There are different levels of depression for different individuals, but your advice is good no matter what your level.

@@Mrright87a person will be out of it when they end their ego’s ability to control their decision making once and for all. Then you realise depression was just are ego refusing to accept reality.

Sort of, 😊

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True.

I think, that it can be just as difficult either way.

Has a great manner of eloquently speaking

Ahhh...but does he not state that the contemplative state leads only to watching the world go by?

Wise words

@@CleopatrasNemesis thank you. I went through several 'defeats in my life. First I felt super depressed, afterwards very Light and free... and then the ego kicked in again... and the whole cycle starts anew.

Wellbutrin

@@leaettahyer9175 no thanks, I am not depressed. Quite the opposite. Antidepressants are not the solution. Facing your reality and fears, and still learning how to be joyfull, is much more fulfilling.

I hope u r doing fine my friend. ❤️

@@sahilnegi4326 thank you

You have a series of heavy things that few can say they’ve been thru. You search for peace and calm is a wonderful show of strength.

@@pdxfun4888 thank you peace

So sorry, man. Best wishes.

What an amazing realization for any of us to have. You're very lucky.

Back in the day we just called that growing up

Richard Patik .it's great to hear that.this sounds like exactly 💯 what I needed to hear.lm kind don't trust easily oh 😉 stubborn,so I'm never going to be a Saint.

Truth is what you are🙏

Alan resides in the eternal now

But ,what you have written does not stop you from just being an empathetic human being,and taking a refugee into your house,without having to be a saint....and you can stay silent,you do not have to tell anybody about it....Now your excuse for not being humane and empathetic has been made void.....

Speak for yourself we are all different I love the music in the backround we are all here for the message spread love❤

Exactly

​@@purelight7277"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise." -William Blake

Respectfully, I disagree. If the music isn't too loud or distracting, and if it's tasteful, then I feel it can add to the overall experience and emotional impact of his talks.

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If you are truly enduring depression, it most certainly is NOT a delusion. Try selling that b.s. to the almost 46,000 families that have lost loved ones to suicideover the last year.

@@EnCroissant427 please read what I wrote again, and check it out. I wrote about myself, my feelings. For me, that is not bs. And maybe it helps someone else too.

@@Vlatka211 "it is a delusion." Depression is not that for anyone who is clinical. I just hope you know you are minimizing an insidious beast that takes the lives of 10s of 1,000s a year.

@@EnCroissant427 watching the video and reading the comments, I thought I'd find some solace, but I don't think this is about depression. I think it's about a deep, deep sadness or disillusion with life.

@@aicerg your right. Both are key components to depression, but by themelves are not.

Feeling depressed about something in the short term is normal, but having chronic depression where you just want to cry and aren't motivated to do anything or look after yourself is not part of being human. I had chronic depression from the time I was young and I finally overcame my depression in my 50's. You say you have a myriad of disorder thinking, but I have worked with bipolar and other more extreme highs and lows of emotions and thoughts and it is possible for you to overcome your depression and possibly some of your other symptoms as sometimes they are all connected and when you address one of them the others reduce in intensity or disappear all together. Would you be open to suspending your belief that there is no solution to find out more about therapy method I use to help others overcome their depression?

I would gladly hear what you have to share? 💜💜

@@suzanneellison1729 I would love to hear what type of methods got rid of your depression..

Same

Don't worry, you will be all fine and so will be things around u. All crap/pain, will come to pass.

One thing to take into account is that fact that this is probably just a snippet of a multiple-hour long lecture. It's not nonsense, you just don't get it. Nobody can really articulate what happens inside your head, but Alan Watts got pretty damn close if you ask me. It's not really that he has a better insight, it's more that he's just really good at explaining things, and sometimes even if it's something we already know deep down, sometimes you still need to hear someone else say it. All he really did was explain the way that he sees the world. I just happen to think he has a beautiful and rather relatable perspective.

He didn't give an actual answer on how to deal with depression. He always goes from one subject to another and never finishes his supposed point. He just seems to babble on.

@@truckguy8613 Was that the title of the seminar that this recording was pulled from? I had assumed that the title of the video was mostly clickbait. I clicked anyway because I just enjoy hearing the man speak... I think a lot of these types of videos take Alan Watt's words a little out of context. What I'm saying is I believe he may have been driving at a different point entirely, but whoever made this video heard him mention depression and was like "oh this must be instructions on how to deal with it" even if he is babbling, I still enjoy hearing it 🤷‍♂️

@@LtDan-fy7lc you could very well be right about it being taken out of context. I don't really mind listening to him babble either TBH, I just wish that I could understand whatever points he's trying to make.

Excited to hear. Heck of a video indeed.

Indeed. Just curious, how do you, personally, determine what being a better man is?

This is a beautiful statement - all intellect … life changes a lot for me when this hits

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All about love 💗

Thats great when you are not depressed, but once you are... you cannot think your way out of it. That is like throwing a cup of water on a volcano. It is no use. What helps: medication, set sleep patterns, exercise if possible, stretching, meditation (spend hours just trying to relax yourself and calm your overbearing thoughts). Be around people.

@@nicholasvanlierde2546 Haha that's very true nothing wrong with being depressed. I really love the depressed "me", in this guy there is an ever flowing cosmic triumph. Learn to love all of your feelings my friend 🥰

Times it’s a chemical imbalance and there’s people that can only try to do something about it with diet and exercise and hopefully no medication because I refuse to take any kind of medication for depression

Times it’s a chemical imbalance and there’s people that can only try to do something about it with diet and exercise and hopefully no medication because I refuse to take any kind of medication for depression

@@janice8925 you have a chemical imbalance because you are depressed, you are not depressed because you have chemical imbalance.

@@unknowntrademark9992 how do you know that for sure

@@katejones2172 He doesn’t. Just like we don’t know Alan Watts is right for sure. It’s something he believes.

You and me both 🙂🙏

He seemed to have a great sense of humour, as well having great insight. Amazing wisdom.