It Starts Now - Alan Watts

An inspirational and profound speech from the late philosopher Alan Watts.
Original Audio sourced from: “Alan Watts - 'Not What Should Be' from Tao of Philosophy”

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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.

T&H also films and releases original interviews with iconic people who have experienced successes, while also persevering through life's highs and lows. We look forward to sharing more of these perspectives and insights.

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.

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.

T&H also films and releases original interviews with iconic people who have experienced successes, while also persevering through life's highs and lows. We look forward to sharing more of these perspectives and insights.

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.

[mattmelnarik]

" I searched for God and found only Myself...so I searched for Myself and found only God"
-Rumi

[eldonscott]

This man and his ability to articulate what he does about the nature of existence blows me away over and over again. I feel grateful to have heard these things in my lifetime and to feel this resonance with them. And, I will admit that I rather enjoy the vehicle of Alan Watts.

[UfaseleBrothers]

I'm glad I've found this at a young age, I can finally open my eyes earlier than I could have

[hiphopapotamus]

People asking why they've never found Alan watts before.... You found him when you were meant to find him... It was the right time in your life you needed to hear his words.

[SimplySoccer]

Alan Watts blows my mind with every talk

[psilocybinenhancedmonkey]

Let's start caring and loving one another

[robertrobyount]

I'd do anything if I could sit down and have lunch with Alan Watts..

[NefariousSun]

i love the comments ppl are leaving. i love u beings very much

[MMidnightCity]

"You can't blame anyone else for the kind of world you're in" Wow....

[craiglloyd]

'You are this universe and you are creating it' that got me in tears such an amazing speech

[breakthroughreality]

“The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.” – Alan Watts.

[breakthroughreality]

“Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts.

[ricardosalinas]

kudos Alan Watts rest in power you brilliant soul

[tazzak]

This explains to me.... why children always seem so fascinated by the world, until we drill it into them that it's an unfair place.

[simplesoul]

Notice he raises his voice when the children start to laugh to bring them back to their attention... I wonder where the people that attended that seminar are today in their journey in life.

[JrnMnd]

His words shine with a bright luminosity that makes me uncontrollably giggle like a maddened fiend when his wisdom pierces the veil of the world I live in.  it makes me feel like I weigh nothing.

[AnnPorterCourtTherapist]

things are not explained by the past. things begin now. everything starts now. I am defined by what is now happening. what is happening. cheer up. you can't blame anyone else for your world. so wake up and know that you're god.

[margaretemulani]

Philosophy explains what is necessary to know to understand ourselves and life

[dccowboys]

"You can't blame anyone else for the kind of world you are in"

[SurplusLlama]

"...and if you know, you see, that I in the sense of the person, the front, the ego, it really doesnt exist. Then, it wont go to your head too badly if you wake up and discover that you're God." - A.W.