Alan Watts - Acceptance of Death and Meaning of Life 

matsterness that was beautiful. I'm sorry for your loss.

matsterness, I hope you're doing good!

this was a very powerful thing to read and it really made me feel what you felt, I can't imagine what its like to lose a parent but I would hope I can deal with it the same way as you when the day does come, I've spent the lat 20 years trying to find my dad and only get to see him once a year at the moment as he's in Canada so I would literally be distraught if that was to happen. hope your doing well now and have learnt many new things about life :)

Matsterness do you still feel the same way today that you felt 3 years ago. You have grown some; Has this growth changed your view of life and death?

My dad passed away a year ago, and i can say i felt exactly the same way you described it, he passed away from cancer, and his last couple hours where he was in a state of brain-death, and when he took his final last couple of breaths, i stopped crying and realized that that was his chapter in life, which touched me in a way that, i realized i have to love and embrace all the moments i have with anything and everyone on my journey... A year later since the last reply, i hope matsterness somehow remembers he made a comment on this video with his story, i hope to hear from you, and if not, have a peaceful life, to you, and everyone else reading this comment.

Not brace but embrace life my dear. You are energy and energy never ceases ...

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Hey man You still here?

@@rubendias7356 do you not know what stage 4 cancer is?

RIP boi, love you wherever you are right now. As quick as it was to read your comment, its weight wasn't as easy to grasp. Your comment means something to me, I hope you know this somehow...

+touareg91m I agree....we become programmed as we get older,i remember daydreaming as a child,it was magical

They to Programm us.. Creativity is the greatest act of Rebellion in existence.

Cosmos Fate you are a beautiful soul I hope you are enjoying your life

a lot of people compare the experience of psychedelics to be very similar to being a child again, you gain that childlike wonder back. they aren't for everyone though, especially if you have a history in your family of mental illnesses or psychosis.

touareg91m you can...just imagine again

Brody Hall thank you, we are humbled to share Alan's amazing work

theJourneyofPurpose TJOP Alan is one of the people whose influence made me quit my day job permanently and start my Quest to visit every country and travel 10 million miles in the process. I also like the messages of Wayne Dyer, Stuart Hameroff, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles T. Tart, Peter Russell.

***** Oh, thank you very much!

+10 Million Miles Journey Check out Tom Campbell :)

probablechoices Thank you. oh yes, I know Tom Campbell, I've been listening to his talks too.

That is beautifully said.

+Mark Edwards words of wisdom

Very very well said

Chandana C beautiful

Hey i hope you are doing better now. I'm incredibly sorry for your loss. May God be with you. 🙏

But there is still pain.

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@@mariannecohen7675 Of course there still will be pain. No loss goes without some measure. "Pain is life is inevitable, but suffering is optional." Meaning that of course there's pain occasionally in life, but it is the mental suffering that does not need to be there. Which can make the original suffering greater. "I've experienced a great deal of pain and suffering in my life .... most of which has never happened." ~ Mark Twain By opening your heart and mind to the greater picture. That there are many more people who are going through the exact experience, if not worse, and by refocusing the picture from self to others, your own suffering can be taken care of as a byproduct. I hope that this helps you, and all others, even in a very small way. ~Sent with warm greetings. 😊

His mind was truly one of a kind

Mr Anomalous, this comment me cry so much. Thank you for opening my mind

Well said. Pretty much sums up my feelings. I hope to leave this earth with love in my heart.

I am afraid of death and dying. I hope we can live forever oneday.

Talhah Khan that’s never gonna happen because that’s not living...you can not have existence without non existence just as you can’t have an up without a down or cold without hot. It’s all a balance from the universe and we are all made up of energy from the universe that’s the real you. You are just experiencing life in a physical form that is not the real you. And that’s the problem us humans have. We have hidden from the fact that our physical body is not the real me or you. We are all one massive ball of energy.

Thank you man, same to you 🙏

True words

I am so sorry for your loss. Your post helped me so much as I had to put my cat down two weeks ago and I believe her spirit is around me-and her energy is free as you said. Bless you!

Awesome..

NO its starts...

How are you going to understand what life is if you're dead?

@@TheFracturedfuture Nobody will ever know or care once dead...

Yeah, ever since I joined the military I've thought about what happens when we do. I just gotta except it happens and that's it.

I've had one perdiod like this in my life and i was 7. I'm going through this at 28 and i just can't sleep at night because it feels like dying in some way. The irony is, I've got "Memento mori " (be mindful of death") tattooed on my arm. I am aware pf death, and that's why i'm scared. Most people don't think about it,they just enjoy the journey,they will sometime think about it when someone dies and that's it, back to normal. I'd like to be like them lol

DimDisaster I had this period on and off since I was 12. Then I listened and read Alan Watts and it’s was like a my whole perspective shifted. I’m not afraid of death, in fact, I embrace and laugh about it even. I gives me peace that all of this will one day fade, so all I have to do is enjoy the ride.

The part with the bomb hits me hard every time. I was in a bad motorcycle wreck at 160 mph and flew around 180 feet. Felt like ages, first terrified but after a while i felt this feeling that everything is ok and will be fine. Like being comforted and i felt no fear, just love. 1000 of thoughts went through my mind and i saw my relatives and family vividly. I am an atheist but this is really what alan is talking about. I dont fear death, ride faster and harder then ever before.

I don't fear death too...it's just the next phase of life...but I damn will miss the memories when I'm gone...why...I miss the good old days this instant

Someone with true purpose. ❤️👏 The spirit carries on

I wasn't born when he died and i'm already 47 years old...

Thanks, but why do we need to die. live is so cruel

I like Alan before or after meditation. Actually I like him any time of the day.

Try to calm down as we will all die sooner or later...No other option at all !

agreed

insanet3 deep

That is why one should find a job that reflects one's values. Just to make this clear, without capitalism you wouldn't be able to listen to Alan Watts videos right now, and a system such as communism in which you don't have the chance to "escape" to begin with is not exactly a good selling point.

insanet3 do you have a video were he talks about that?

hesh jnkql I have written subtitles for this. hope this helps. www.salsway.com/alan-watts-acceptance-of-death-and-meaning-of-life/

sahal sadique I understand you clearly you speak English Excellent Thank You For This Video My Husband is Having a Difficult time Dealing with Death Bcuz This Country Teaches Death is Bad Terrible Horrible thing 2 Happen Thx You Sooo Much for This Video & Your English is Fine :)

+BSA Queen Goddess you are welcome. :-)

If you cant speak or understand english, then its time to learn it now.

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Exactly.

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CrispyNinja Wow, thats crazy... btw, I am not so scared of death, to me that is rather exciting. I am more scared of the pain that would come before it happened XD

Well i think that´s because we are all and mostly conditioned in life to link almost all achievements and sources of joy with certain conditions or efforts, as to say "nothing in this life is for free!"..so we learn to react and live in this patterns..we have to do this, to deserve that..and so one..and that´s a neverending vicious circle, which prevents us from being free at all and creates the illusion that we have to "handle" and "control" life, so actually we never feel free, as long we think we really are able to control things or particular goals..and in contemplation of death we finally realize that we merely cannot control things and therefore we are able to let it go, deeply accept and feel the true core of life, which gives us peace and freedom of fear..

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Hey love. I hope you’re doing well. Sending love to you and your family ❤

@@uuloveguccii4729 Thank you so much for asking, I send blessing on you and all love you. It has taken a lot to recover,Thank you

South Empire Productions you know they are the same thing if you really go to understanding intuition of y=mx+c these things are all apparent 😊

whithout death there would be no life and with no life theres no death life implies death and death implies life

+Stephen Perry I took this to mean something slightly different than you did. Much like you, I agree that the idea of "giving up on life" is terrible. If you have the chance to continue living, you should fight. However, I think what Watts is saying is that life is only possible because one dies. It's the fear of it all ending that scares us. You even said, "all those wonderful things you have experienced or will experience gets shut off and you are gone forever." But I disagree. Those things still happened, and you still live on in the people with whom you experienced those moments with. Watts mentions a passing of the torch to your children. I fear death, but I have to tell myself that even when I'm gone, the world will continue. Others will still live on. That to me, is the beauty of life and death. Without one, the other cannot exist. To fear one, means you should also fear the other. They are 2 sides of the same coin. It isn't that you should simply give up and say "life isn't worth living because we all die", but instead you should enjoy every moment because it happens. You shouldn't fear death, but accept that one day it will happen. Hope life treats you well!

+sportzaddict15 ;)

Stephen Perry life wouldn't be life without death

You may feel different when your. old and most of your loved ones have passed away, your lifes ambitions have been reached or are now out of range, and your body starts fighting against you, then death may be welcome.

Fear of death is normal. We fear what we perceive as an end to our existence and think there’s nothing after death. But that’s not true. You’re still afraid because you haven’t accepted what death is. Death is a word for a form of change. When we die, every atom which constitutes our bodies will be disassembled, only to be reassembled as something else. And it was like this before we were born. In a sense, we’ve always existed and will continue after death. We are a way for nature to experience itself, in reality there’s no difference between nature and ourself.

I can relate. My cat is 15 and is my best pal. My other cat died a few years back and it was awful. But I got through it. When she was dying, It hit me at one point that I'm blessed to love a creature so much that I mourn their passing. My cat is also one of my favorite beings ever and she feels like all I have. I don't have any answers but just wanted to let you know I get it. ❤️

Jared Chouinard pleasure, thank you

I wish life was the other way around. We are born old and die young.

Elizabeth KA Agent99 BENJAMIN BUTTON IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AND MORE...LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Drugs will get you there, weed helps you get back some of your childlike perspective. It's why stoners are content to just sit around all day and enjoy what's going on around them.

Maybe not but once dead we won't ask this question again...

Well put! There is something out there.

We all die...

Maybe not...

Beware of imaginary friends such as "god", you'll be disappointed.

Interesting, maybe this is one of his last cycles. However maybe not