Alan Watts - Time and The More It Changes 1 of 6

[TheBigBoss851]

huh huh he he huh hey butthead,he said fisting

[Hellrun1]

this is a mindblowing video...ing^^

[trainofaaron]

Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman I suggest people to watch this Alan Watts was truly a genius.

[nemac3]

@9:30 Another amusing example -> I was fisting!!! LoL that sure is amusing! Dear old Alan,joking aside you really changed my life,thank yout! A real life Jedi no doubt!

[Openmindness]

yeah baby fisting

[Arlichsson]

it was present it is present and it will be present

catting sat on the matting

[Arlichsson]

it was present it is present and it will be present

[nocithemisfit666]

alan watts is a big inspiration, but you'd have to be dead to not have laughed out loud when he said he was fisting

[SlowScrewU]

In reality there are no separate events ~ Alan Watts

Thanks for uploading.

[DeepMeditationAudio]

Good job.

[integraleric]

Good job.

[capereyda]

haha, he said fisting

[1simonmatthews]

Alan Watts blows me away. He's brilliant!

[TheDesertFox]

@1simonmatthews Found this comment by googling "Alan Watts blows me away!" I completely agree. A lot of people hate on him cause he was a drunk and deserted his kids, but the guy was absolutely brilliant.

[1simonmatthews]

@TheDesertFox I don't know anything about his history to be honest, so I'm just going by what I hear in these videos. I like listening to him :-)

[MobiusRoom]

that was so good....i kinda feel bad that i laughed so much at the end!....im only human.....

[watayapupuya]

Too bad it doesn't play,so I could watch it.

[Embrigh]

"I was fisting, now I'm handing."  Must remember...

[Seroster]

"I'm fisting", hehe.

[selvmordspilot]

wow. brilliant. I get it :O

[snoo333]

thanks for sharing this with the world.

[photodharma]

I'm Tonying.

[MrChimochay]

"I was fisting, now I'm handing" - The Late Great Allen Watts

[Bogoa2000]

Some people like bob need to insure all know Allen Watts mistakes to kill his message. This is just how people do. Yet Noah laid drunk himself and cursed his son for staring at him because of it.

[MUFC127]

He was fisting, now he's masturbating.

[sau333]

feel like im back at preschool being taught ABC dam sounds like he's on acid?

[blobbhed]

Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter

[chillyayo09]

lmfaoo, whoever edited this video has a sense of humor. "I was fisting, now I'm handing"

[bahoss]

This is beautiful indeed. R.I.P

[Bobjb999]

I like Alan Watts,but can't ignore that he drank himself to death.I'm sure an intelligent man like himself was quite conscious of the damage he was doing to his body.Of course he justified it by "philosophically" saying "life isn't worth hanging onto".Ah,but apparently vodka in chronic excess WAS worth hanging onto at all cost.He formed a mighty strong attachment to booze.He also said "but I don't like myself when I'm sober".Oh, which self is that Alan?I thought there's only One Consciousness.

[sd62t833]

@Bobjb999 so....can you do better? it's always easy to judge...

[Bobjb999]

@sd62t833 If he was a Zen master or at least a prominent Zen teacher,he's the only one I'm aware of who may have turned Zen into a "suicide cult",at least for himself. Because he seems to have used Zen as a justification for his self-destructive behaviour.As far as I'm aware he never even contemplated giving up cigs&booze.But by his "philosophical" justifications for slow suicide( he said life "is not worth hanging onto"),how many others did he encourage in irresponsible,deadly behaviour?

[bboyalchemist707]

@Bobjb999 he means to let go ,to become the void,to not cling to life .he most definitlyy loves life.he does drink but so what if you enjoy it ten let him enjoy it.haah .alot of his thinking hes done on pure curiousityy and not by others views or opinions.he actualy used his own brain.and not the subconcious one.if ya know what i mean

[Bobjb999]

@bboyalchemist707 Yes, but he apparently used the Zen notion of non-attachment as a convenient excuse to consciously destroy his body through the destructive behaviour of chronic alcoholism. I don't know of any other Zen Patriarch or prominent teacher who ever drank himself to death &/or used Zen philosophy as an excuse to do so. Non-attachment? he sure was mightily attached to drinking deadly vodka in excess every day. So much for non-attachment in Alan Watts!

[Cuddrow]

@Bobjb999 Alan wasn't a Zen Buddhist, he extracted some (or many) of his principles from there, but he was himself. Listen to what he says, or read what he wrote, instead of judging from what mistakes he made. He was human, we make mistakes, and despite these mistakes he has brought me and many that I know a lot of great perspectives on this thing that's happening. I salute Alan for being an intelligent, philosopher and oddball in the midst of a very in-sane and unhealthy society of people.

[zetetic0void]

@Bobjb999 - Why would you suggest he is "responsible" for other people? He was himself and as far as I can see he was saying you can only be yourself. There are some stars that form as very massive and much more blazing centres of energy than other stars and they burn out quicker and often produce a supernova. Why should I expect all people or all stars to conform to rules saying you "must" live as long as possible. There are tons of people clinging to rules and unhappy and living a long time.

[zetetic0void]

@zetetic0void Watts reminds me of the Zen monk Ikkyū from the 1300's-1400's era in Japan. He drank a lot, and openly visited brothels (whilst other monks went in civilian clothes Ikkyū would go to the brothels to be with the women in his monk's attire - he dispised hypocrisy and even said many of the women prostitutes were more enlightened than many monks). Go look for some Ikkyū poems. Watts never said he was a Buddhist or a Zen master or a Guru - Can ayone actually leave the flow of Tao?

[zetetic0void]

Now some may judge Watts negatievly but everyone should really contemplate why they judge others when you dont have a clue of what it is like living from that "focal point of consciousness". As far as I'm concerned, I'm grateful for that particular "whirlpool" we call Alan Watts because even in this talk he talked about the whirlpool and how it appears to be an object but really it's a form in which all the water is always being replaced. His examples are so easy and clear and often funny!

[michor10]

@Bobjb999 : said the guy who spends his whole day wanking...

[Anuranpostage]

Alan Watts saved my life

[julioscissors]

Alan Watts was ahead of his time. True prophet.

[smudge6699]

@julioscissors

He's a philosopher not a prophet. He never predicted anything he taught the understanding of the flow of the arising of all manifestation.

He's as much a Taoist Sage as he is a Zen Master though he always denied being either due to his skilful secularisation of Buddhist teachings.

Possibly the coolest guy in the universe.

:-)

Try Dr David Hawkins here on YT too.

I'd be interested in your opinion.

[Vertsk8er419]

@julioscissors aren;t you kind of going against his core teaching by restricting him to a time in history? instead of saying he's ahead of his time you should just say he has good timing or... you see where i'm going with this...

[Arlichsson]

@Vertsk8er419

i would say he is alive

[Zee96969696]

@julioscissors Alan Watts is probably ahead by 1,000 years of his time, the human brain and behaviour has to evolve pretty dramaticly in order for more people to understand this stuff. People aren't stupid, but people wouldn't understand this because they arn't able to think outside the box. Most people in the world today are squares, and that makes it difficult for them to understand things which are obvious. Sad really, but what r u gonna do?

[Zee96969696]

People are living in a matrix and most of them aren't ready to wake up. Alan Watts is Morphius, and the blue pill is lsd. No actually lsd will probably make someone dillusional

[Tengent]

@julioscissors Ahead of his time? He was exactly where he belonged, silly.

[bobbygnosis]

Alan Watts = hyper-bro-fist

[justthink124]

so, it seems like we've mastered pulling apart, then crudly putting together what was already whole..ah, the blight of humanity, our selective ignorance.

[Anuranpostage]

@justthink124 I'd say it's worth it overall.

[bobbygnosis]

Warning: topless man ahead.

[TheBanyanEmperor]

I can just imagine Beavis and Butthead watching this......

Man that would be epic...

[azmista]

Fisting then handing, very dangerous maneuver especially when your deep inside.

[brefnyorourkefanX69X]

I was fisting... now I'm handing.

[rotagen5]

Its interesting that Watts gets more hits than Mooji or Nisargadatta, If you're reading this, try some advaita concepts as well, you will appreciate it.

[verisimilitudino]

I'm beginning to think that Alan Watts is the only man who could defeat Chuck Norris......

[DevonWhorton]

@verisimilitudino Alan Watts was a jedi. The original Obi-wan.

[JarethGT]

@verisimilitudino Alan Watts would think Chuck Norris out of existance.

[Sora657]

@verisimilitudino  many men could defeat uck borrus

[ventura433]

@verisimilitudino chuck norris defeats himself with his stupidities.

[2dubstep5]

hes the one ..

[Explorer766]

the guys a genius

[PathlessTraveller81]

Just because things are beautifully different it does not mean they're separate. A pole of a magnet differs from the other pole, and yet they make up 1 magnet. And since there are no separate events in reality, which would be a hierarchical view, it is absurd to imagine one event 'causing' another. They're different, yes, but they are not separate! They form a single event that is existence itself. It means that pointing your finger at 1 thing implies excluding all other things, that's the ego.

[PathlessTraveller81]

He explains basically what Nagarjuna thought; the ultimately contradictory nature of causality. Our whole culture is absorbed and obsessed by causality, we derive our law-systems from it. Laws only come into being when there is a idea of a external entity that lays them down. To Taoists for instance this is absurd; they taught that reality is of a correlative nature and not of a flawing and concluding, hierarchical causal logic. Existence/reality is being itself...

[putitupmike1]

This is impossible to watch. He takes the simple and makes it unintelligible.

[classicdinner]

@putitupmike1 unintelligible..... to you

[verisimilitudino]

@putitupmike1 God you're dumb.....

[putitupmike1]

@verisimilitudino ... Yep, I am dumb. But I can understand an attempt to organize and make cognizant the Universe when I hear it.  That we require something to make sense out of what simply is, sort of reminds me of Christianity, or the Taliban. Just enjoy the trip, it's s mighty short one, and you will not be able to create order out of what is actually, nothing at all.

[amazinero]

@putitupmike1 . Don't just sit back and "enjoy the trip". For man'ssake try to DO something meaningful during.

[ApeShallNevaKillApe]

lol i was fisting

[theseanze]

He needs to be more careful in speaking of cause and effect as a fallacy because the indistinctness of phenomena does not disprove it. Indeed, things are interdepependently arising, that is what he is describing and it goes with the metaphor of water. But there has to be energy transmitted through the water molecules while they push each other forward and interact. If there was no cause and effect, there would be no interdependence of phenomena.

[kazakastan78]

@theseanze he is exploring and asking the question, when does the event occur to say that it is the cause. His argument is that because we cannot correctly define when an event starts how can we be certain that events lead to other events?

[theseanze]

@kazakastan78 -- I really have respect and fascination for the things Alan Watts digs into. The crisis of naming the start of an event is a problem of distinguishing an event as separate from others. Similarly, I might think that a musician is playing a certain tune until I hear it fully played out and realize that the cluster of notes I recognized were really only part of a larger peice, and that doesn't mean the song I had in mind came from that peice either. But I think they interrelate.

[pcnation11]

wouldnt it be a flaming on the candleling? lol

[rehabib2]

is it just me or does he sound like obe won konobe .

[mku17ra]

I'd bet you lucas based ob1 around watts, and yoda around krishnamurti. Listen to both before watching SW again. You'd get a chuckle at least

[kchuk1965]

@mku17ra actually i think Yoda was based on the Dalai Lama but i haven't checked out Krishnamurti in a while.

[JerseyFinch]

There is no fire on the sun...

[claymanlucas]

give the man a break. Nobody knows everything, not even Huxley!

[TibetKanagawa]

@claymanlucas I like to think I do! ;)

[Cam3210]

@JerseyFinch It's a thought experiment, an analogy. Not meant to be hugely accurate.

[SirTubelot]

Now I'm five-starring.

[yetimach]

He said he was fisting! Don't look that one up on google! Sorry. Childish, I know : )

[esotericcosmos]

excellent video, love Alan Watts 5 Stars

Justin

[Kainlarsen]

At 9.44...

ha ha ha!

[askinovic]

Haha

[barjtom]

Ha..

[bikeNdrum]

i was fisting, now im demolishing

[teflondon91]

i'd love to get smashed with thiss guy and try to solve the worlds problems

[kensho3]

There is ONE way to solve the world's problems and you can do it right now: Don't see it as a problem.

[dbcityl]

he's interesting and very funny  to listen to.

[ubikmonroe]

A sense of superiority, judgement and narcissism are not aspects

of spiritual development nor do they engender any sort of comprehension.

Actually the above mentioned traits are aspects of ego and fear which

are quite the opposite of growth, if anything they are symptoms of

intolerant stagnation and emotional immaturity. If one is genuine in their strive

towards authenticity they become incapable of leaving such comments

[bknarden]

@ubikmonroe What are you commenting on? Is this an attack on Alan Watts or on someones comment? I admire Dr. Watts, but I am not a devotee. Am I missing some fatal flaw in his teachings that you have transcended? Or are you a Republican Christian?

[ricardas83]

@bknarden LOL, slappy end :).

[biggerthenreligion]

@ubikmonroe "If one is genuine in their strive towards authenticity they become incapable of leaving such comments" It seems that there may be a hint of irony in your reply to roland's comment. Alan puts it right but never actually claims to know best.

I liked the 3 fantasy stories he told at the end. 2 of them I would have thought of on my own when I was smaller, it was still very nice to listen to, he is a very good story teller. Also his first fantasy is the concept of the Matrix

[wugm]

What about reading them all? nothing substitutes nothing.

[ERICLEEPARKER]

@rolandinthecaves most brilliant comment ive ever seen

[novaflo339]

@rolandinthecaves suck penis.

[rolandinthecaves]

@novaflo339 Is that an offer? Well, why not. Okay then.

But it'd better taste better than your mother's did.

[dereklearnslow]

Alan Watts was fisting.

[claymanlucas]

indeed lol

[mazza558]

@dereklearnslow

I was clueless about what you meant by this until I got to it... now I'm in hysterics...

[machoupoi]

@dereklearnslow but now he s handing :)

[SmoothPinkWater]

@dereklearnslow ROFL...

[biggerthenreligion]

@dereklearnslow Lol, I'm sure he would appreciate the humour in that comment, wtf

[cargoDROID]

@dereklearnslow now he's handing :-D

[Griindel]

@dereklearnslow i'd like to do some fisting with him. :)

[capekmira]

this means that we define things because we are not not able to keep track with what is going on..every thing is an invetion of some mind..things are here because we want life to be static..dead..readable for us..we can read it only in the language of "things" and that which is not a thing we must call "nothingess" and simply throw it out of the window.But there is a choice..not to make life a thing but love it instead! Love brings about Life whereas mind brings only more and more things..

[phobosx12]

or can mind comprehend that nothingness is mind

[eldiagrama]

I coulden[t agree more. AS I think our friend here would aswell.

[dbcityl]

i think he says that in order to keep track with what's going on,you have to know who you are.

Thing is, one can only find out by finding out what the inventions of one's own mind are.

theoretically, there's only nothingness maybe.... but humanity seems to be better of when we skip the looking for theoretically... and start living our lives. then we start seeing what's really there, And jolly old mine! It's you! In all greatness of everything... By the process of life, or actually "living".