Alan Watts For When You Feel Stressed

I got snowed into a house with a wood burning stove one winter in New Hampshire, and listed to about 7 hours worth of Alan Watts after the sun went down with the only light coming from the fire. It was an amazing and surreal experience.

"Our world today is about speed. Everyone seems to be in a rush, yet most of people are unsatisfied; and, they have no clue where they're going...it's the rare person who slows down to enjoy the present moment." (Harper Daniels, 30 Days to Reduce Anxiety). We don't need to accept the stresses and preconditioned worried of our modern societies. We can return to the basics. We can return to ourselves.

I'm from Afghanistan ❤ Allan Watts voice before bed is a regular thing" Great human being 👍💝💝💝✅

As Witt LOwry put it, "Society taught me to hate myself." and like many have said, to let go and live life for the moment not in fear of the future, or fear of the past repeating itself.

Alan Watts is a speaker for all generations. He clearly knew how to play the game of life. What a truly life changing talk.

If you’re reading this comment, it’s too late, you’ve already been immensely blessed with an abundance of love, wealth, luck, health, joy, and whatever else your heart desires!! I’m so proud of you for surviving everything you’ve been through. This is your sign to go after what your heart most desires for the highest good, it’s your time....

This human who is no longer with us in physical form, by me listening to him sharing his thoughts and perceptions, has made me feel more understood than I have ever felt by anyone in my entire life except perhaps by my own mother.

Holy freaking christ, did this guy have things to say or what? Is this just philosophy, or is it art as well? To speak so eloquently such deep truth, seriously? I have listened to this man for years, I don't know how many, and still it's just mind blowing. As we live life, these things take on new meaning. Straight at the core. Jiddu Krishnamurdti was like this. This is earth shattering truth, a level of consciousness and understanding that is pushing the boundaries of human consciousness. This is a part of all of us, as we chop our wood and carry our water. This is a wonderful example of how incredible humans are, and ultimately the cosmos and whatever may lie beyond.

I enjoy taking time to watch and listen to these videos. I don't judge or question, I just be part of it. My breathing rate drops, my sense of calm increases. My mind always feels better by the end of it. Thank you for continuing to make these videos. 🙂

Life sends you the problems.....then sends you the solutions to solve them!Accept resolve -forget move on ......its called life 😊

Older recordings have so much character. It would not be the same if it was crisp and clear. This is perfect.

i'm now in the middle of a Typhoon labelled category red, I am stuck indoors with a hot cup of English breakfast tea and the sound of the rain and heavy-winds up to 200kmph (125mph) pounding against my large glass windows, listening to this remarkable man on my loud speaker. It's a true ASMR experience.

I got locked in a small cave while on a hike with my dog. It started to snow and I made a fire and listened to 12 hours of Alan Watts with only the small fire as light. It was a surreal experience.

This is the big secret (and Watts said it many times): you don't control your thoughts. You don't control your feelings. Aka, you can't choose what you're going to think of next without already thinking of it. Similarly, you don't know how you're going to feel about anything until you do actually feel - sensations aren't chosen, they arise in the body. We learn, yes. We have preferences. I don't know if our thoughts are 'just' a product of our biology / environment or if they're given to us by God or what. It almost wouldn't matter - because a thought is a thing experienced. And thus we get to it: what then, is choice and free will? We have our own preferences and we like to think that we're not puppets, and fine. But what would choice even be? To 'choose' (do) the thing you prefer, right? Except you didn't choose what you prefer. That preference that you have about anything - you didn't choose to have it. You just have it. Just like you can't choose to learn. You take in information but you don't go into your brain and rewire it to finally 'get' whatever it is you didn't get previously. See - choice doesn't exist. Options exist, yes. Action exists. Consequences exist. Learning exists. We all have a conscience and that's never going away, even if it's not always right. But at a fundamental level, we're not choosing. We're experiencing our thoughts and our feelings and the consequences of our actions. And so then what is the ego, if choice doesn't exist? Not much, if anything. But does that mean you'll wake up? Who knows - it's not up to you. Watch and see. Would you remove the obstacles from the path of the protagonist in your favorite story? Neither would anyone else. Why expect life to be any different?

As a fine artist myself, it is refreshing to feel understood. Thank you! 💖

I am an Ayuvedic trained Licensed Esthetician. Lately I've been working with different sound frequencies (alpha, delta) along with Shamanic drumming and chanting sounds/music into my treatments to help bring more balance into my clients lives. It definitely helps me too. Thank you for sharing this sincerely. It helps bring confirmation that I am on the right path. Namaste ✨️🪬

There's thousands of people out there who we all can learn from and I'm sure there's thousands of you people who are always listening to Alan Watts but, after listening and learning what he is talking about no one will ever be able to live such a life until you apply it to your way of life. Then comes the experiences and knowledge fore... Experience + Knowledge = true WISDOM Take life to a level of simplicity and peace 🕊️ MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL ALWAYS

"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be." - Alan Watts

3:15 AUM is what there is. Everything is AUM. It has no meaning except it is the pulse of life. Thanks Alan. 1 September 2023.🦋🦋🌷🌷🌷🌻

Stop caring so much and everything becomes funnier, people hate it