Alan Watts - Myth of Myself Full Lecture Part 1 - Alan Watts Organization Official
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Tao of Philosophy
Not What Should Be
Sense of Nonsense
Coincidence of Opposites
Seeing Through the Net
Myth of Myself
Man and Nature
Limits of Language
Philosophies of Asia
Relevance of Oriental Philosophy
Mythology of Hinduism
Introduction to Buddhism
Eco-Zen
Taoist Way
Intellectual Yoga
Myth & Religion
Images of God
Jesus: His Religion
Spiritual Authority
Image of Man
Democracy in Heaven
Religion & Sexuality
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Veil of Thoughts
Divine Madness
We as Organism
On Being God
Mysticism & Morality
What Is Reality
Comparative Philosophy
Mind Over Mind
Philosophy of Nature
The Cosmic Drama
Spectrum of Love
Love of Waters
Game of Yes and No
The Smell of Burnt Almonds
Spiritual Alchemy
Eastern Wisdom Collection
Ways of Liberation
Introduction to Oriental Philosophy
On Buddhism
On Taoism
Way of Liberation
Introduction to Hinduism
On Hinduism
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Religion of No Religion
Journey to India
The Middle Way
Buddhism as Dialogue
Religion of No Religion
Wisdom of the Mountains
Diamond Web
Transcending Duality
Eastern & Western Zen
Introduction to Zen
Early Chinese Zen
Uncarved Block
Zen Bones
Biting an Iron Bull
World As Just So
Taoism
Swimming Headless
Wisdom of the Ridiculous
Philosophy of the Tao
Way Beyond Seeking
Landscape, Soundscape
Zen & Meditation
Democratization of Buddhism
The Controlled Accident
Meditation
Zenrin Poems
Art of Meditation
Why Not Now?
Introduction to a Contemplative Ritual
A Contemplative Ritual
Extended Seminars Collection
Comparative Religion
Four Ways to the Center
Worldly Religions
Buddhism
Net of Jewels
Problems in Meditation
Thusness
World as Consciousness
Zen Reconsidered
Early Radio Talks
Aldous Huxley
Art of Psychoanalysis
Bang or Whimper
Bhagavad Gita
Buddhist Mysticism
Constitution of Nature
Daylight Savings
Fundamentals of Buddhism
G.K. Chesterton
Gateless Gate
Ghosts
Humor in Religion
Laws of Karma
Man is a Hoax
Parallel Thinking
Play & Sincerity
Problems of Preaching
Reconciliation of Opposites
Return to the Forest
Seeing Through the Game
Study of Asia
Symbolic and the Real
Tribute to Carl Jung
Un-Preachable Religion
Human Consciousness
Ecological Awareness
Education for Non-Entity
Nature of Consciousness
Transformation of Consciousness
Psychedelics
The Psychedelic Experience
The Psychedelic Explosion
Turning the Head or Turning On
The Arts
Bushido
The Importance of Space
The Way of Tea
The Future
Future of Communications
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Time and the Future
The Self
Birth, Death and the Unborn
Pursuit of Pleasure
World as Play
World as Self
The Universe
Individual and the World
Power of Space
Don't forget to not take anything too seriously. Happy listening!
Some great Quotes from the works of Alan Watts:
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
I owe my solitude to other people.
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth
You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
And the truly mind-blowing thing about Alan's teaching, is when we listen to him we are not really learning. It's already in us. We have just forgotten. We can't help but resonate.
Very well put
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Yes, what a great voice to remind us of ourselves as we've taught or learned these things along the way. Still he has opened up so many things. Love him
I could listen to him all day and night ❤️
Me too. I think we should.
Same I have fell asleep to his lectures for about 7 years on and off. I always come back when I forget. It's like he's an old friend
I would love to have met him
Yeah me too, strange thing is, at the moment I am !
I do quite frequently 😆
Alan Watts brings to us timeless wisdom. He speaks to the essense of our humanity and helps to ground us in a sense of fellowship, not only toward one another but also for our planet, Mother Earth. Thank you so much for presenting these videos. I am grateful ❤.
I had a life changing experience not so long ago, and the way I looked at the world changed completely. Not just my values and ideals, but literally the way it looked is different. It's tough to convey to others, but it's somewhere between seeing the world through a third person perspective, and seeing my life as an infinite series of slides. I can't pretend things matter anymore. I can't go back to the way I used to be. I feel shell shocked, looking around at the world, with the veil lifted for the first time. I grapple with the idea that maybe I have had a psychotic break, that maybe I'm crazy or delusional, but I feel lucid, reasonable. It's as though I was navigating life as a maze, and suddenly I've been lifted over the walls, and can see the whole thing from above. It makes exploring the maze seem psychotic. It makes looking for purpose, happiness within the maze seem silly. In any sense, Alan Watts helps me feel comfortable with this revelation. Maybe the world looks very different to me, now, but that's okay. Throughout my life I will have many understandings of the world around me, some more useful, some less. Either way, peace, compassion, and thoughtfulness are admirable principles, and to work towards a better understanding of my own mind is a worthwhile quest. Thanks to Watts and the community.
I felt that the ego is the third person idea. When I listened to Watts I felt that I had up to now constantly been seeing myself from the third person, but that the real me is the subjective experience itself, pure "first person consciousness" that suffuses all life, the "I Am" of God/Atman.
You should consider being a writer if u aren't one already, at a point I thought i was reading a bestseller book
Your third eye activated self & started to open once it does nothing will ever be or feel the same
You've been awakened. Welcome.
Thanks for sharing Czech. I feel out of place in this world. I don't fit in. Hearing others struggle with identity and also praising the real high ideals of love, compassion, empathy, kindness helps confirm what I know.
A genius like no other, a free spirit, a liberator of humanity gifted with the ability of eloquent speech to reach all ❤️
Ok...must be cool to be god eh?
@@James-ll3jb'pretty cool?' ask yourself if it is pretty cool. Such experience I can not describe as so underwhelming and mundane.
@@Tatwamasi_Om ...surely you know why Watts isn't taken seriously...
@@James-ll3jb Not taken seriously *by you* 😁
@@user-ku7bt4ge9b nor anyone who is serious lol
Alan Watts has made my life infinitely better. Thank you, sir.
You’ve said a lifetime’s worth...
Great man 😎
@Mara Fostey, He is by far the most pop-philosopher of all time. Everything he says just makes sense. If you like Alan Watts you should check out Albert Camus, his book 'the stranger' has some interesting interpretations of the world like watts.
All For One Love talan Watts
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I listen to him all night, quite regularly, whether I'm awake or not.
I do that too, listen as I’m falling to sleep. Alan, Ram Dass and Jack Kornfield are enlightened beings.
I'm nearly 50 years old and I've only recently discovered Allen Watt's. Everything makes sense now. . Thank you Allen what an inspirational intelligent man.
Was!
@@AlwaysfitnessInternationalStill is 😊
The Rythm of Alan Watts. Listening to him is such a pleasure...
My hero.
You are a gift to humanity
Plain and simple❤
'This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.' Bill Hicks.
for me one of the maybe the biggest teacher in life
I love you Alan Watts ❤🙏👍👍👍
I myself, can’t stop listening to him. Each time I hear something different, not confused but the underlying get more interesting. I really love this lecture, it is something that I am feeling when I’m praying, I am a Hindu, and I always used the three Power of Vishnu, Baran, Shiva.
I love every minute of listening to him 💖 Sending love to everyone Amanda in Blackpool UK 💖🦄
The bell ringing being conscious because of the reaction, showing the intelligence within it, just open my mind to a deeper understanding of Life than I had before I heard that. It made Perfect sense
Yes!
To think of how the world would be if we listened to people like this from a young age
We have an *anti-education*, "education" system to ensure we don't...
It’s never too late for that to become reality, all it takes is the will of a single person to change the world
Alan watts gives me hope.
"We grow out of the earth like an apple grows out of an apple tree" -Alan Watts. Mind blown!!
I love the humour threaded through it all
He’s so fascinating. What a legend.
Who else is hooked on philosophy now? 🥳😂
*raises hand* since I could think.
It is my coping skill now
Growth is always intrinsic, roots sunk deep
I love listening to him!!! Genius ~ he is!!
Just found this gem, and I can't stop listening to such that insightful, yet soothing voice.
I am a culmination of the holy spirit evident in the eye of I and the Spirit of Truth since birth. The Spirit Of Truth is evident in the Eye of the Beholder and those who know "I" resides in Heaven on Earth as Earth is part of the Heavenly abode of Heaven itself and should be honored with utmost respect by day and by night.
I love how he puts it. The most fascinating *problem* is "Who am I?" Because there's no concrete solution or answer to it so we keep debating it throughout human history.
EVERYTHING IS ALIVE....ROCKS MOSTLY!❤
Truly the most profound and life-changing message.
Yes I can certainly agree with U. However; I would have to say that it's a very, very close race, this guy and Jordan Peterson!?! Haven't heard of him? I highly recommend him...
This guy is great I love his talks cuz they hit me hard
This is something EVERY person must hear
Unfortunately they'd rather listen to some Lil vert uzi- Or uh.. Nikki Minaj's WAP? 😏
Omg 😮 I just unlocked another part of my consciousness listening to this 😢
Listening to Alan Watts has helped SAVE MY LIFE 💯🫂☯️ 👘⛩️🐛🧘🦋⛩️👘
PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL
This is really one of the best lectures I have ever heard
I like the what is reality
@@calebgooden608 banger as well. Tbh every word that comes out of his mouth is deep
yes, until you hear his next and next and next... so glad his onion never stops peeling. wait till you find "Do you do it, or does It do you "
When there’s a disagreement, someone will inevitably, most likely, be disappointed in me. So I engage in any and every disagreement in a way that ensures, that the person disappointed in me, never ends up being me! I aim to never repress, never suppress. I aim to never lose a part of myself. Radical honestly only: 100% of time. Always, all ways.
Onward and upward at right angels is the way.🤙
It is always a pleasure to hear and enjoy the wisdom reflections of Alan Watts.
I find it so interesting how he came from Christianity to this discovery...and melding the two, its just exquisite. I'm trying to find my faith in God and I know that was the right path for me so many years ago.
Well when you explain it like that.... It all makes perfect sense Alan
Alan is my universal compass ..greatv respect 🙏💥
Consciousness reflecting upon itself, gives consciousness to the reflection. Like looking in a mirror and your reflection comes to life. Both sides of the mirror are both the source and the reflection. Nothing exists unless there is something else to observe it. Reflection is the only way to create another you, if you are the only one that exists. This is how ONE can become TWO, in order to bring the ONE into existence.
This is a good talk from Watts from the "Tao of Philosophy." I will have to listen to "Myth of Myself, Part 2" if I can find it.
Did you ever find it? I can’t seem to locate
Thank you for providing this wonderful lecture for us.
Hearing your voice calms my head Alan 💫✨
Yess
Alan Watts Words and voice makes my life bearable and so much easier ❤
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A true blessing! A wonderful teaching lecture. Long time fan. This message is more of a great reminder for reminding to help eliminate the amnesia dilemma. Everything is in of the experience that is what consciousness is continually attached with
Ohhh, left hemisphere is the spotlight consciousness and the right is the floodlight consciousness! Thank you McGilchrist!
Well done!
Philisophy at its true peak! When to know is to be! Pure and simple. Thank you Mr. Alan Watts 🙏🙂..........
Thank you Mr. Alan Watts
Some people say we live in a matrix, or a holographic universe. The better analogy would be, that we are living “as a reflection”. As a reflection of source(or God). ONE cannot know the color of ONE’s own eyes without observing oneself in a reflection. The reflection gives the illusion that two exist, thus giving ONE the ability to observe itself. To become aware of the color of ONE’s own eyes.
Place a mouse in front of a mirror and your cat will believe there are two mice. As with humans, they believe there is two, a heaven and an earth.
I have suffered from OCD and going through DP/DR right now. No other words have resonated so much with me since I have struggled with these mental issues. Thank you Alan.
sending hugs and a few kisses my dear
@@platypus8135 they're coming your way now xo ♡
Hope you are feeling better.
I do listen to him day in and Day out 😄
Thank you Alan. ONE MORE FROM YOU IS VERY WONDERFUL
Wonderful
Thank you Mark 😊 🙏
Behind the eyes and between the ears is a center of sound; therefore the location of self.
brilliant 🙏🏽
It's only a lesson for showing that everything is intertwined and connected to everything else
one of my all time favorites
What Alan Watts is saying is that consciousness is everything.
Exactly! Because only by expanding our consciousness, which is the only "thing" that can see the real world, the great picture of the whole reality, we can attain peace of mind and stop dreading death by seeing it as an annihilation of everything, including our consciousness itself.
@@christianmairodrigues8513 except it is not "our" consciousness.
@@paulmetdebbie447 it is both ours and not ours simultaneously. that's the great paradox
...and everything is conscious
Consciousness pervades the universe. We have antennas called brains that can tap into different levels of it. As we evolve, we develop potentials for greater realizations of that One consciousness. We develop concepts of it, all kinds of philosophies and systems of belief, but we always fall short of an accurate identification. Its potentials are limitless and the value, the real realization, is to realize that you are a part of it. There is no separation. Since you come from it, you are like a leaf on a cosmic tree and its not just you or a lower form of life... it is every atom in the universe.
Me too, My Very Lovely Morher.. Would just love to listen to your whispers all day long 😊❤
Amazing!!!
Personally, when I use the article "I" in speech, it's used in such a way that the audience listening associates the concept being explained or the story being told as something personal. The article "I" is used as a frame of reference for the listener, so that they understand the data that follows is a personal interpretation of an experience rather than a repetition of an external influence. "I" is just a trigger word to symbolize it comes from within, rather than the world itself
Well said.
Enlightenment of consciousness itself is enlightened by our own intellectual intelligence...
Intelligence comes to us through understanding
Same I need to listen to him more
One of my favorites and nice! video Allen Watt Elves, Fairies and Dust Bunnies... etc.
Brilliant! Neuroscience, Eagelman, Sapolsky and all the rest are just catching up with him :)
Oh what I’d give to sit and have some whiskey with this man.
This man is truth of life and more commonsense than I will believe as truth
i do listen to him all day and night
The only time I have ever felt “normal” is when I found philosophy. From Zeno to Yung to Peterson. I always thought I was weird/strange because I thought the ideas of philosophy were so much more important than what society tells us is important.
Love it
Great expressions!! 🙏
So good 😊
Alan Watts is the best
I was so pleased to find Alan last year and I love him still. However I feel I must share with you Wim Hof, if Alan had been around now he would have embraced this other amazing gift Wim Hof
the breath of fire meditation is quite an experience
@@michaelhendrick6698 I will check it out, been listening to Mooji and Chief Oren Lyons
He jumped in to my playlist by his own♥️♥️♥️
I do listen all the time he is great
31:37 Anyone here looking for the Alan Watts sample in The Books' song 'All Our Base Are Belong To Them', it's this segment here. Great talk either way.
This lecture slaps fr fr no cap
Alan Watts is a great Bodhisattva. 🙏🏻☯️☸️
This is straight from the heart. I have strone away from God at one point and leaned on the universe yet it did not work and that was because there is a God who made the creation and growth of this world and many others in other galaxies. The Lord breathed life into us that was the beginning of growth the lord God let us grow in earth therefore having the ability to explore our consciousness and other ideas. But there is a God almighty and I feel like I truly belong in his kingdom. I feel truly a part of a church in a spiritual sense like my conscious is breaking through and being lifted. I dont feel like I should be in church anymore once I received the spirit of jesus I feel like I am one with the church and that my being and myself belongs there.
Also just a side note, when I say "I myself" i feel a sense of entitlement, like I'm proving myself or that I myself stands out and is different
Because the Lord God made me and knows me
I haven’t listened to this guy a lot, idk if he ever received the Spirit of Christ or not? It doesn’t seem like he had a personal experience with Christ Christ saved my life. Changed my life 4/21/81
Yes!
Thanks!
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“Who am I”? Watts explains why God is as much a mystery to me as I am to myself. Every “I am” echos (manifests) the great “I am” of God.
Good Message
Being there.
I love this dude.
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Beautiful cover shot
At this moment 67 people who gave a thumbs down are de- Volving. I feel sorry for you all.
Wow! Wow! Wow!
Did he use any notes? I can't remember listening to any philosophical talk of this scope & depth, explaining how much of Western philosophy got it all wrong in 20 minutes. Wow, genius
To my understanding he did not.
Everything ultimately boils down to understanding
🙏 Thank you ❤💯💪🔥🏀💼🔌
Cool
Happy New Year 🎉 much love from the Netherlands
I just love him
You sent me on another journey with my soul and I just wanted to thank you from my heart ❤️
So much so😍
Problems are fascination because perhaps we haven't found resolution.
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