It’s All Around Us But People Don’t See It - Alan Watts On The Illusion of Reality

Published 2024-04-29
An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts.
Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts - Philosophy of the Tao"
Video Produced and Edited by T&H Inspiration

“Trust in human nature is acceptance of the good-and-bad of it, and it is hard to trust those who do not admit their own weakness.”
- Alan Watts

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T&H Inspiration is on a mission to share inspiring wisdom. The goal is to have you pause, think, and reflect. Many of our videos revolve around the extraordinary teachings of Alan Watts that we produce with permission from the Alan Watts Electronic University.

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Our hope with these videos is to push your thinking. As Alan Watts said “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.” – Alan Watts.

All Comments (21)
  • I have stage 4 cancer at 52 yrs old. And it was really motivational to hear something like this. Considering I just paid for my own cremation. Odd, ashes to ashes dust to dust. 😊
  • @whysosrs5534
    I just want to say how privileged we are that Alan Watts is recent enough to actually hear the mans voice. I love his books, but there is that charm and humour in his voice that makes me so happy.
  • @user-xc2sb9ub2y
    He has helped me understand that my "Vr glasse" are programed as an African, muslim woman. It doesn t serve me well neither the collective to go overboard for an exotic identity. Acceptance and having compassion for myself and others that s the secret. Thank you ❤
  • This is a man that understood and agreed that his own brain no matter how great it may be is only understood by himself, he can tell you the sum of anything but died asking the question… as we all will 🤷‍♂️ why,where,when,what,who ? The fact is no one knows ❤️❤️
  • @kelvinminja5721
    I don't know about the truth of life, but this sounds as close as our human minds can get to understanding life
  • @dmackenzie3528
    "I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is." - Alan Watts
  • @-nobody6272
    True. You can't have good without evil, life without death, light without dark. There's no other way to measure
  • @IkA-xg4em
    Wisdom of the ages.If you know you know!
  • @discodan2265
    The ether is real people. Believe the voice in your heart it speaks the truth.
  • @omarose7504
    This is simplicity at its best. We can all see things differently with the "On" or "Off" framework.
  • @Adubz84
    The man, the voice, the greatest. Alan watts ❤
  • @chazyazd4110
    Alan Watts is ingenious at questioning every perspective from both sides - e.g. you need a good for there to be a bad
  • @ibk____8249
    This brought tears to my eyes, life is so deep.. i dont understand it and i want to.
  • @procles876
    "Everything is connected" is what he is trying to convey here in his speech.
  • This is so beautiful, so much it brings me to tears because so many do not know.
  • @amyrenee1361
    Something can exist without an opposite - it just wouldn't be compared, it would just be. Bees and flowers are not one and the same, they are two distinct organisms that rely on one another for living.
  • @nikriedel
    "To see wisdom is to understand the secret conspiracy between the opposites"