Choosing Yourself Above Everyone Else Is Not Selfish — It’s Awakening | Alan Watts

Many people are taught that choosing themselves is selfish — but Alan Watts reveals the opposite truth. 🌱 True spiritual awakening begins the moment you stop living for approval and start living from inner alignment. In this powerful talk, Alan Watts explains why constantly sacrificing yourself for others leads to exhaustion, resentment, and loss of identity — and how choosing yourself is not ego, but awakening. In this video, you’ll discover: Why self-betrayal creates suffering The difference between selfishness and self-awareness How guilt keeps people trapped in people-pleasing Why awakened individuals stand firm in their truth How choosing yourself brings clarity, peace, and freedom Alan Watts reminds us that you cannot truly love others until you stop abandoning yourself. Awakening is not about becoming better for the world — it’s about becoming real. 🎧 Listen deeply and allow this wisdom to release you from guilt, obligation, and fear. 🔔 Subscribe for more Alan Watts lectures, spiritual philosophy, mindfulness, and life-changing insights.