Your Mind Was Never Designed to Give You Peace | Alan Watts

Описание: This talk explores a simple but often misunderstood truth: the mind was never meant to give you peace.

The human mind is a survival instrument. It remembers danger, anticipates threat, and constantly scans for what could go wrong. Yet many of us spend our lives expecting serenity from this very mechanism — and then wonder why we feel restless, anxious, or mentally exhausted.

In this video, we look closely at why the mind behaves the way it does, and why trying to silence it only creates more inner conflict. Peace does not come from controlling thoughts, fixing the mind, or forcing stillness. It emerges naturally when you stop identifying with thought and recognize the awareness in which thoughts appear.

This reflection explores:

Why mental noise is not a flaw but a function

How survival conditioning shapes constant thinking

Why effort and control strengthen the mind

The difference between thoughts and awareness

How peace appears when identification with thought ends

If you struggle with overthinking, meditation frustration, or the feeling that your mind never rests, this talk offers a perspective that reframes the entire problem — not by adding another technique, but by questioning the assumption behind the struggle itself.

Listen slowly. Let the words settle. Nothing needs to be fixed.

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This talk explores a simple but often misunderstood truth: the mind was never meant to give you peace.

The human mind is a survival instrument. It remembers danger, anticipates threat, and constantly scans for what could go wrong. Yet many of us spend our lives expecting serenity from this very mechanism — and then wonder why we feel restless, anxious, or mentally exhausted.

In this video, we look closely at why the mind behaves the way it does, and why trying to silence it only creates more inner conflict. Peace does not come from controlling thoughts, fixing the mind, or forcing stillness. It emerges naturally when you stop identifying with thought and recognize the awareness in which thoughts appear.

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