Alan Watts - Let go of controlling everything

Background Music: Ludovico Einaudi - Time Lapse

[jaonsevan]

An Allan Watts video a day, help keeps the insanity away.

[Greyz]

it's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything

[eyeofthetiger]

This man is so wise. We are so unbelievably lucky to have so much recordings of him.

[poledancer]

This simple 3 minute lecture helped me recover from horrible anxiety two years ago. <3 Allan Watts

[mickieebradD]

‘In giving away the control, you got it. You got the kind of control you wanted’

I’ve listened to this a thousand times and it has massively helped my obsessive behaviour. Thank you Alan

[kustomkure]

This piece came at a perfect time in my life. It helped me to find the thorn that was poisoning my life for years and years.

I love people and sincerely want them to be happy. Yet I am afraid of them and need to control them to feel safe. To love is to admire, to love is to allow people to be spontaneous and beautiful, to be themselves. This paradox of needing to control the uncontrollable was giving me a huge internal conflict.

I still have a long way to go but first time in a long time I feel like I finally found the right path.

[Snoochtothenooch]

and my third eye sheds tears of joy in the fact that letting go is the key to enlightenment. letting go of this material plane. letting go of all matter. letting go of fear and control but accepting love into your heart and soul. Love is the answer. Love is the key to an eternity of happiness.

[MatterIsNotSolid]

Control is an illusion. Of all the lifetimes spent in contemplation, this is the one truth that permeates all time.

[Trueno]

And this is why we are so unhappy in this society that promotes individualism and competition. It goes absolutely against our true nature.

[Greyz]

holy shit this was so obvious once i heard it and yet i never would have thought of this in a million years

[gregorcollins]

"let's see what you're gonna do."

[MrMrdonk]

Power is the illusion. Harmony is the truth. People live their whole lives trying to control everything. Everything from family to their surroundings. Letting go of the illusion of power/control allows you to truly enjoy life. Not having to worry about every last detail. Not living in perpetual fear. This is what those who want to Control humanity fear the most. People letting go.

[andrewbeadle]

That very example of telling yourself you have to get up at 6 o clock came true for me last week..and woke to that very minute 06.00. My battery was flat on my phone so couldn't set the alarm before bed, but I was amazed at how this happened.

[FrostTrollzor]

I think I found my medicine for recently prevailing nihlistic/cynical thoughts. I like him more and more with every new quote I manage to find or listen to.

[suncat]

man, sometimes i wish i could just get a hug from Alan when i really need it... and tonight is one of those times :(

[Caffbat]

As I hear it, letting go of control, does not mean do nothing. It is to adapt and embrace. It is to know that you are surrounded by the mystical oneness of the world around you, and that the "real you" is as much a part of cause and effect regardless of your conscious course of action or lack thereof.

Adapt, grow, never stop learning. Become the strongest person that you can be mentally, physically, emotionally.

[Tackleberry]

His books are even more fascinating. I am amazed what kind of humand mind is/was capable of putting so much sense on so little pages.

[zabelicious]

The music and images are amazing as they complement the words beautifully. Good job who ever did this. Your gift to the world is not going unnoticed.

[kimH]

As a mother of adult children this is so powerful.

[ItzChloe]

These videos help me feel like I have overcome a lot, they make me feel wiser. I like Alan Watts.