Alan Watts on Meditation | Why You Can’t Meditate

Discover why meditation isn’t a technique, discipline, or skill—but a natural state that arises when you stop trying. This full 27 minutes guided awareness talk dismantles the myths of effortful practice and reveals how meditation naturally unfolds when we let go, observe, and be present.

In this video you will learn:

✔ Why the mind’s inner chatter blocks peace
✔ How the ego illusion interferes with meditation
✔ What real meditation actually is — beyond techniques
✔ How allowing replaces doing
✔ How listening, breathing, and effortless presence lead to awareness
✔ The illusion of separation — self vs world
✔ How meditation dissolves fear, striving, and inner conflict

You don’t learn meditation — you stop interfering and it naturally happens.

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⏱️ Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction: Mind Chatter & Trying Too Hard
1:12 – The Common Misconception About Meditation
3:40 – Why Trying to Meditate Is Already Failing
5:15 – The Ego & Its Role in Meditation Resistance
7:10 – Inner Chatter: Symbol vs Reality
9:08 – The Illusion of Thought & Reality
11:00 – Separation Between Self & World
12:50 – What Meditation Actually Is
14:30 – Observing Thoughts Without Judgment
16:25 – Meditation as Listening, Not Controlling
18:40 – Breath & The Illusion of Control
20:20 – Life Is Not a Journey — It’s a Dance
22:05 – Fear of Death & The Illusion of Self
24:15 – Letting Go & Dissolving the Ego
26:10 – Meditation Is Already Here — Just Allow It

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