The Power of Nothing - Nature of Duality | Alan Watts

"and this sudden dawning on our consciousness that life is not really a contest to make yes triumph over no...the two sides go together"

Alan Watts explores duality and the relationship between life and death and existence. He explains the concept of nothing and the importance of nothing for the existence of something

Original Audio sourced from: Alan Watts - Nothingness: by the Electronic University 1971, Sausalito CA
from "The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts"

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[TheJourneyofPurpose]

Thank you to those who have stayed subscribed, I know I haven’t released much content but your waiting for my next edits have kept me going for this one, I hope you gain many blessings from the wisdom of Alan Watts, all credits to him, your feedback is much appreciated, stay blessed 💜

[andrearenee]

Didn't learn this truely until I lived alone for years.. That experience was all the wealth in the universe.

[GavinMuzik-toge]

Alan Watts found my ear like a few years ago. Definitely my favorite philosopher, and IDK why they don't teach his name in schools... well... yeah i do, but the reason is lame. Definite validation for anybody having an existential mindset, or going through spiritual changes and growth.

[BlondeManNoName]

Seems that my prayer was answered tonight as I wanted to listen to Alan Watts again and then I noticed this video just after it was uploaded and from this great channel too. Thank you!

[peacelovessynchronicity]

that ending extract was good as thanks man

[chancerobinson]

“The nothing that is not there, and the nothing that is.” - Wallace Stevens

[CelestialService]

the end was beautiful thank you so much for sharing this

[Minh_Hieu_AU]

The historical Buddha taught Emptiness over 2600 years ago. It is profound and will transform the way you view the world and yourself. If you're brought up to from a religious background, it will uproot your foundation.

[russellganaya]

Before anything there was nothing. Nothing is everything and everything will go back to nothing. Nothing is extraordinary powerful.

[mirko.jankovic]

Balance of life. Yes over No. -100, 0, 100
Be good, be nice, be kind that's the meaning of life.

[MrAndrew]

One of the most abused words in language is the term "Creat" which literally means, to bring something into existence, i e to manifest something from nothing.

Is such a thing actually possible? How could one possibly know or how could one even begin the process of knowing?

That could only happen with absolute and precise use of language and intelligent definition and description of terms.

[Newhorizons-oy]

It's like you saying that you are moving towards me but I am saying you are moving towards me, and both are correct. The scientific view is the common view, but the actual and bigger truth is the opposing view. There is a continual struggle to be whole from nothingness, a ternary world, encompassing a duality.

[Life_]

8:38 I hope that's true. Thanks for sharing

[deusvult]

Nothing is something, something is nothing

[serdar]

Was writing some facts about existance in my dairy this morning and minutes later received this video, message. Aceepted happily.

[poeticdiscourse]

Great video! Could you please tell me the name of the last piece of music towards the end of the video, the music that starts at around 7 minutes 20 seconds? Thanks

[sigmacentauri]

Everything is actually a destroyed version of nothingness ... the chaos of chaos, the death of death... the world is the nothing that could not.

[stereotypo]

Darkness is the absence of light. Cold is the absence heat. Vacuum is the absence of pressure. Nothing is the absence of something.

[Nobody]

It looks like my attempt to remove this dimestore philosopher from my feed is just impossible. I have don't recommend channeled more times than I can count when presented with a Watts like two years here he is again.

[tattoomarkwood]

Like, wow....BUT...

I see the Ying and Yang different.

For every good, there's a bad, and vice-versa.

I try to just stay ok as to not pay the piper either way. In the Grey I call it.