Why Searching for Awakening Is Exhausting | Alan Watts

If you feel like you're working hard to reach spiritual awakening but getting nowhere, you've fallen into the ultimate trap. Alan Watts explains why the search itself is the very thing keeping you from peace.

Alan Watts philosophy often points to a surprising truth: the harder you seek awakening, the further it seems to move away. In this late night philosophy talk inspired by this Alan Watts paradox, we explore why spiritual effort creates stress, mental fatigue, and the awakening paradox itself.

This video reflects on Alan Watts wisdom around letting go, inner peace, ego dissolution, and why being tired of self improvement may actually be a sign of clarity—not failure. Through calm reflection, nature imagery, and gentle insight, we look at how awakening, healing, and relaxation emerge naturally when striving falls away.

If you feel spiritually exhausted, overwhelmed by practices, or caught in the paradox of searching for peace, this talk invites you to rest, listen, and remember what is already here.

Sit back, breathe, and allow this moment to unfold.

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