The Illusion of Time, Past and Future - Alan Watts

Alan Watts was a British writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience.

“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

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[mackethridge]

Alan, you were so needed in the world. You are so needed now. Come again and again.

[slimdylan]

Wonderful video, I send this to people who haven't heard of Alan Watts as a way to introduce them. Thank you for this!

[ronaldmorgan]

Whenever I say that time is just a measurement like any other, physicists and their like go nuts. They think it's a thing. They postulate if we're real or not. It doesn't matter what we are. We are.

[chrisgeorgallis]

We are Spiritual beings...living in a body.

[dwightshealey]

I like how he says there's a limit at which one can consume but one can be consumed unlimitedly if that's a word and for example the seven deadly sins you can be consumed by them amongst other things in his words illusion in this time we say matrix

[terrypeters]

Such a great perspective! Perception and understanding ourselves in this world takes away some of the pain that society has created and profited from.

[quadatvdrifterguy]

We are all the eyes of God experiencing God's creation...view yourself up and out of this human avatar body you occupy now. You were different avatars in different time periods. As higher self looking down realize your avatar is worthy to receive...

[kevincarty]

As a parachute catches enough air to slow our descent knowledge avails itself enough as needed

[livondiramerian]

We are living in the present, the past & future are non existent, so don't worry about them.

[st.charlesstreet]

What a Great Teacher❤️ Thank You Alan Watts🙏

[gireeshneroth]

Time and space and their so called measures either way are mere illusory in the background of infinity of infiniteness.

[believe-in-yourself]

Silence begins thought process called "Thinking"

[Soulartist]

Passing the buck is an object lesson that when one owns it, freedom of being is not far behind. Alan had the gift of gab, yet wasted no words.

[prestolee]

Beautifully thought provoking - thank you for the upload.

[pravinasings]

Time is not an illusion. It is a concept. Words we don't have in English, Sanskrit words, can explain.  
Mithya: something that comes to go, in time and space. Annirvacchaniam: inbetween reality: here, gone, here, gone. In this way there is an appearance, that comes and goes.  
Satya, or true reality is free of aspects; consciousness, existence, and limitless. The substantive of the concept of time is consciousness. Consciousness is: a Being reality. Think of it as a different order of reality. In the becoming reality, thought comes to go. For example, there is an awareness of a thought, in this case a time-thought. Consciousness lights up the thought. So consciousness is (Satya) while Mithya (thought) comes to go.

[ChiDante]

So the past is a creation of the now, an echo, and so time is the moving of space around the self. Laying out the future as of now, knowing it's an envisionment that isn't any more real than what is now

[dwightshealey]

Well since this is about time what he's talking about happened at another time but when he talks about a moment of silence for him he does not include her as the woman doesn't Garner that kind of reverence it's not time that changes is people through time that should change hopefully for the better and arrogance from anyone male or female gender or hermaphrodite or her morphodite doesn't make any difference a solid soul is timeless

[pappi]

Basically he explained concept of "Maya" and "Kaal".

[lindenh]

There is such a thing as a sequence of events, or a temporal event sequence. Recognising this is in no way akin to imagining that 'the tail can wag the dog'. We pass from situation to situation, and there is a causal link between events that can be logically described or explained. I am definitely a fan of Alan Watts, but I can't agree with him on everything.

[henryjoseph]

Or one might say that time is a concept. How long is a moment? Take the moment down to zero, and see that time is eternal. So what need of a creator?