...and even though you can't do anything with what he says. It is still a part of humanity/human nature/reality. There are experiences that are unexplainable. You can say they are just "in the mind," yeah but they still happen. And to pretend it doesn't you would be in denial, lying to yourself and others.
I like Alan Watts. Although he talked about weird things he kept it realistic. He didn't go off into some fantasy world of BS. Yes, you can't really do anything with what he says, but it is entertaining/fun to listen too. And yes, they are questions that all intelligent people eventually ask themselves which he confronts and explains from his own point of view.
I could compare abstract contemplation of what I am too saying a word a few times until you begin to hear its' sound and not its meaning. Although of a much more sophisticated peculiar fashion.
@IIemzyII Hmm I'm wondering if were on the same page. Many times I have caught myself repeating a word aloud simply to hear the sound and ponder it. If you say a word like, desk for example over and over for some reason it begins to seem alien almost.
@Skoople88 Yea that "alien" feeling is fascinating. I often get that when thinking about existence in general. It's like a peeling off of the labels. You realize you don't know what the hell anything is.
I enjoy the way Watts tickles your intellect with such a gentle touch. I am glad my consciousness created him, but he, like everyone else, is just guessing.
Justin Bieber at millions of hits and Watts or any of his ilk, at thousands, is a perfect reflection of the commodity culture we now exist in in the 'west'
@debris54 You seem to think philosophers have been widely respected and listened to with great enthusiasm throughout history. I'm afraid you'll be disappointed by the fact that they have not. Perhaps more disappointed that nothing much has changed in that respect over the past couple thousand years.
This is an invitation to anyone or everyone to see an artist theory on the physics of light and time!
This theory is based on two postulates
1. Is that the quantum wave particle function Ψ represents the forward passage of time ∆E ∆t ≥ h/2π itself
2. Is that Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle ∆×∆p×≥h/4π that is formed by the w- function is the same uncertainty we have with any future event that we can interact with turning the possible into the actual!
I said (in dutch though) the same sentence when me and my friends were sitting on a mountain tripping on psilocybin mushrooms. I understood what it meant :) Existence is very very weird. Life is a mystery. And i welcome it!
question is why is there life and why is there a world existing instead of nothingness... and how could it come out of nothing or if it always existed then how could that be? but on the other hand maybe the universe is not all there is in this reality, well then how can that be and what does it imply?
@Zee96969696 .. Good questions man. Reasoning can't answer those questions though because it seems as if we're just a passing part of infinity. Don't know where we came from, don't know where we're going.. and an absolute verifiable truth really isn't possible. Nothing to be worried about though.. :)
Are you seeking truth? Search for "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then click on "The Present" to open it. What it says will blow your mind.
@lagging199527 :) I feel ya, I went through this trance for nearly a year in which the question "why is there something rather than nothing?" went through my mind all the time. Existence played a major role in my thoughts. The feeling was so intoxicating.
My Theory: We are here to witness the existence of life and everything it has to offer. Why does love or hate exist? Why does saturn have rings, Why are flowers different colors? I think existence is for us to bare witness to it all. To know of life's existence, to see beauty, to feel emotion. What reason would anything need to exist without something to witness it's existence? This also explains why humans are mortal. To truly appreciate anything it can't last.
This man is more than brilliant If I ran down your God, I would be denying my God! Death offers me more than what life can. Death and life is of the same study. No one knows the purpose of life since all is theory. When we are happy God is ecstatic and when we are down and out God dies.
The way I have seen it for years is that life is beyond purpose or reason. Beyond understanding, for the most part at least. If we knew exactly why we existed, could the whole process not then be bypassed? What I mean is that if we knew exactly why we existed, we could bypass the process, whether it be sudden or gradual. We could bypass, transcend, or whatever, much more easily. But then again, that would not really serve a purpose, or would it? Now I am just talking in circles, good ole circles
@ChuckNorrisKratosLOL I'm pretty sure he meant that for thirty years he saw mountains as mountains as an unenlightened man. The "study" of Zen indeed can be disputed.
"Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters. " - Li Ching-Yuen
There are questions that don't have one profound answer. By coming to your own understanding of this question is YOUR path that CAN'T be made by other for you. Not everything is a question-answer problem, there are things that should be experienced!
You want your mind to be like a child fed by others??
One more think, YOU CAN evolve your understanding and in the same time think "how can you/we make this better" Just open the bunker that your mind is in right now.
@JustusScottJr Hmmm... I wouldn't say that he was wicked famous. For example, none of the people in my social circle has ever heard of him, or anyway I haven't heard anything about him EVER except here, on the internet.
@SincereCreature I found his works for the first time in the public library of the very small minded town I live in, while researching Zen, so maybe I overestimated, but not by much.
@JustusScottJr I agree that humanity is in bad shape and I also wish things would change for the better but I think your approach will not work. It seems to me that you want to rationally find a solution to all the problems in the world then force these decisions on humanity. But I feel the source of all these problems come from the rational mind stuck in the focus of particulars and in the limited view of the ego. I feel questions that Alan presents will help people break that limited view.
@bbjrsr it's all about karma... the reason some people get interested in Dharma and philosophical views like the ones expressed by the Buddha... Allan Watts.. or any being who guide us to get closer to the truth is related to the merit and desire to attain liberation... those seeking only short term pleasure will crave for Bieber... Britney.. or something like that..
@bbjrsr Well sadly in the world we live whatever the media/man/globalists say is "Hip,cool, or otherwise" is what happens. and this is happening horribly in america. im very sad to see my place of birth falling to her knees. People are ignorant and want to know nothing of TRUE knowledge. I agree with you my friend it is sad. at least it's at almost 30k now
@sagnardful .... the pendulum will swing as far to one side, as it did to the other side... 'popular' has always governed the thought of the majority, has it not? ... what is different now, of course, is what 'popular' IS nowadays... as much as my adolescence/early adult life was focussed on .... hmmm... 'deeper things' comparatively, the current mindset of society/young society is focussed on the trite and trivial... things will change again... they always do
This discourse reminds me of Georg Cantor's infinite set; or the set of all sets, which was generated to facilitate some problems of classification, and numbers properties.
This discourse reminds me of Georg Cantor's infinite set; or the set of all sets, which was generated to facilitate some problems of classification, and numbers properties.
Has not the historical process shown us that the alienation of man from man issues in discord, and that this alienation is but an offshoot of man's alienation from the macrocosm? Is this not what is indicated louder in each succeeding epoch? Is it really reasonable to hold that progress is to be made by ignoring this indication?
@hhhfffrrr (Part 2) answer. I think that the elevated minds of the populace have a responsibility to guide those with less ability towards making their world better, but I don't think that will happen by sitting around and talking about it. If a country's governing body is filled with corrupt and small minded individuals (like ours is) then instead of writing books, and giving lectures about how weird existence is, the noble and intelligent people should be thinking of how to affect change.
JustusScottJr, take away from human beings the peculiar urge to feel at home in the universe and you will have nothing more than machines -- beings that "just deal with it and move on" --; no more of what we call 'humanity' will be recognizable. Although inadequate responses to this demand may be responsible for immense bloodshed and suffering, it is only through addressing it -- and not rather, by silencing it -- that meaningful progress is possible.
@hhhfffrrr I have no faith that humanity as a whole will ever elevate beyond the plane it has always been on. The tools change, the means change. More deception, less truth. In the end men will always war to possess more than his neighbor has. We have made zero progress as a race in all of recorded history. What gives you any reason to believe this will ever change. You can't change human nature. You can just futily try to curb it's distructive tendencies.
@JustusScottJr I am not in disagreement with you concerning the apparent lack of any meaningful progress over the course of human history. What I was addressing was what seemed to me to be an assertion that meaningful progress is a question altogether separate from how humans perceive themselves and their relationship to the universe; i.e., that we should "deal with it and move on." Your assertion that individual transformation is an impossibility is patently wrong, as well.
@hhhfffrrr If it were to work, I imagine it would create great change. However, that is going on everyday for the worse by the media. If Allan Watts were to help pass a law that changed that, I would not say it was a watse of time. However, though I am very willing to admit I don't know it all, everything I have ever seen/read/ heard concerning Watts, is just these musings on human nature with no action behind it. What did he accomplish? The human race is still on a path of self destruction.
@matanuskatundra2 You judge incorrectly. I judge the worth of an achievement by it's effects. I could devote my time to asking abstract unanswerable questions, or I could look at real life going on around me, and think "how can I make this better?", then devoting myself to making that happen. Philosophy in action.
@hhhfffrrr So then I would ask you: What meaningful progress will ever be made by contemplating unanswerable questions? Helping individual people see that their suffering is brought about by their own mind is noble and all, but look at how long people have been doing this. Has humanity as a whole evolved? Not in my opinion. My only argument is that instead of spending time thinking of these hugely abstract ideas that will never be answered, we should focus more on the questions that we can
Science, like math, is just a sub-category of Philosophy. Adding words and thought to civilization is much more important than "things". Our fascination with things and consumerism has led us, and the planet, to our current sad state of affairs. Philosophers, and their scientist bretheren, will lead us out of this mess - if only the politicians will listen...
@mindbringer The politicians will listen and act if enough of the people listen and act. The failure of a good change in the law to be passed, is a result of it having not reached the tipping point of exhibited public approval.
How can such a mind, simply be born ---> wander ---> and Die? I'm not affraid of the all unknowing death, but it is meaningless that such a mind doesn't go on and search further on ... this whole world is made of pure logic - because we have reason! So that we approve this life in this dimension - but ... how can in this LOGICAL world be something so unlogical than the Death of such a mind that hasn't gotten to its destination and yet long way ahead of those who have no thime to think - system!!
@carnivourlocust who told you that this mind hasn't gotten to its destination? better yet, who told you that you have a precise destination to get to? I'm sure that if god proposed him eternity (immortality, that is) he would refuse. because that is PRECISELY not having a destination.
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three minutes and forty one seconds of your life gone. But, at least now you know that there is a question out there that Allan Watts thinks we can't answer..... not sure how making up unanswerable questions is particularly insightful, or more important.. useful in daily life, but he is wicked famous, and has a british accent, so he must understand something infinitely more profound that I can imagine.
@discordian420 I have gone down that road for many years, and I have come to the realization, that there are no answers that we can find outside of our own experience, and that is a natural (not a purposeful) happening. In my own experience, I have never seen any practical good come from sitting and contemplating life. We have been doing it since before the beginning of written history, and yet we have no greater truths today. The human race has made not great leaps, so what is the point?
@JustusScottJr For someone who claims to be against sitting around and thinking, you've managed to do quite a lot of sitting around, thinking, and then sharing your thoughts with other people... hold on, isn't that what philosophers do? You have a strangely clinical attitude towards philosophy. The human race hasn't made great leaps? What on earth are you talking about? We've come from caves to space exploration, philosophy is the fuel. Just look at all of the art and science of the world.
@mrbibio I used to. I have found it to be a waste of time. I have found that true realizations come to you through experience interacting with life, not sitting around and hypothesizing about it. If someone engages me in conversation, I will politely reply, but it is honestly the last thing I want to talk about. The human race has evolved its technology, not it's nature. Take away the technology, and we'd fit right in with cave men. "Order" is an illusion used for controlling the masses.
@discordian420 For all this philosophy, the human race has still become a parasite to the world we inhabit, and we treat each other in ways that (to make ourselves feel better) we call inhuman. What good comes from philosiphy? It does not put food in my children's stomach, or clothes on their back. No one is going to "figure it out". Once it has been determined that we will never find the answer, then what point is there in seeking it.
@JustusScottJr what do you mean philosophy hasnt done anything for humanity? greek philosophy gave birth to science? we humans are given the faculty of wonder why not use it? i know i will not find answers, but i find great joy in the mystery of it all!
@777kru08 You make valid points. It is good to question and think. If I were to be more specific in my complaint with "philosophers" (not Watts specifically) is that they seem to spend quite a lot of time sitting around thinking, and don't DO much. Scientists actually discover, improve, and create. They add something to the world (good and bad). But (especially when drug users) philosophers don't seem to add much to the world but their words.
@JustusScottJr Words are powerful things. Your criticisms are valid for a lot of philosophy, but don't be so quick to disregard the whole enterprise. Philosophy after all includes science in that science is a logical sub-catagory of it. Do away with metaphysics and science soon follows. An overly pragmatic approach to life is incoherent imo. How do we decide on legal matters and forms of government if not through 'political philosophy'?
@invanorm I agree with you. I think that (though often masturbatory) political philosophy is philosophy that DOES something. It helps decide laws. The scientific philosophers such as Hilary Putnam seem to be interested in applying their theories to life to help humanity and the world. In these cases, I am the utmost supporter of philosophy. What I don't like is when people just sit around talking about life and doing nothing else. (like Watts seems to do)
@JustusScottJr What is the difference with a novelwriter? Talking and thinking without powerpoint in an open spontaneous way like Watts is rare these days. A briljant speech can be very practical. The way of using words is the substance of everyday live, special when your working with other people. Politics are about people. Watts is mostly talking about the fundamentals of humanity: the power of words. In his philosophy and meditation is this crucial, but knowledge of empty silence is his key.
@Contextcatcher A novel writer provides entertainment for people, and apart from that is practically useless. That is why I would not devote my life to writing novels. All I am saying is that some people just sit around saying things like "isn't it odd that we are all here" and then people say "what a wise individual". It is just annoying. Sitting around contemplating abstract things like "existence" is a waste of time. We are here, so deal with it and move on. Find out how to make it better.
@JustusScottJr. "Find out how to make it better". This note lead us to Alans abstractions. His mind circles around the meaning of words and the act of silence. His meditations implicate: stop making sense. Conducting relentless without thinking about the roots of our (word) acts isn't smart and doesn't lead us to a better world. But thinking or doubting all day inhibit us.
@JustusScottJr As a matter of fact, much of what is to be made better exists because of a lack of this sensitivity, and can only be made better by the development of such sensitivity. I would go so far as to say that your comments betray a very superficial grasp of what Mr. Watts dedicated his life to conveying. Perhaps it would be for the better to cultivate that lost “naivete”.
@JustusScottJr As a matter of fact, much of what is to be made better exists because of a lack of this sensitivity, and can only be made better by the development of such sensitivity. I would go so far as to say that your comments betray a very superficial grasp of what Mr. Watts dedicated his life to conveying. Perhaps it would be for the better to cultivate that lost “naivete”.
@JustusScottJr As a matter of fact, much of what is to be made better exists because of a lack of this sensitivity, and can only be made better by the development of such sensitivity. I would go so far as to say that your comments betray a very superficial grasp of what Mr. Watts dedicated his life to conveying. Perhaps it would be for the better to cultivate that lost “naivete”.
@hhhfffrrr I agree that there is a need to examine ones own life and the lives it effects. What I have a problem with is JUST contemplating, and doing nothing. From what I can gather of Alan Watts, and many other drug using philosophers, is that they talk quite a bit and do very little to effect practical change.
@JustusScottJr well thats just it you came here to get a straight cut answers well it doesn't work that way to you it seems that he is just siting around doing nothing just talking well thats because you already have preconceived ideas while not emptying your cup and taking in his words..''i can't teach you i can only help you explore yourself''Bruce lees wise words...It only take one insightful question to open your mind but no one else can open it for you that why you think alan is jus siting
@swarrior80 When I was younger and more nieve, yes, I did listen to people like Allan Watts, and even, unfortunately, Bruce Lee thinking that because they spoke in abstract terms in an attempt to explain everyday things that don't need any explanation, that they could help provide insight into life that would help me figure it out. I know better now.
@discordian420 Have you ever seen "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? In this universe the ultimate answer has already been determined. It is the number 42. So now that they have the answer, "people" want to know the ultimate question. As absurd as it seems, is it not just as absurd to search for an answer, when we really aren't sure of the question, and wouldn't have anything that we could do with the answer if we knew it. It might as well be 42. What does it matter to us?
@discordian420 perhaps neither the examined one - since earth is just as likely a farm and we - bound for the celestial slaughterhouse. Its only our urge for survival that causes us to want to make nice of it all. Our science is colored by our drives.
@carnivourlocust because. one is not living just by being here. one lives when one is aware of every action and thought. one does not live ... means one is unconscious of it's actions (becomes aware of it after the action) and reflexive, responsive towards situations. one lives when one sits back, relaxes and smiles at his own silly mind games. but first, you need to realize what it means "to be alive" and not to be a program of mind with which most get infected through social norms, education.
he is getting at a question which has plagued thinkers for thousands of years. you have the feeling that you exist, right? so what then is that existence? what is it made of? try to answer that without just talking about a model or feelings.
@junior00bacon00chee My mother will testify that I have been questioning everything since I was 2. Now I have a 5 and 2yr old, and I only have one question. "How do I put food on the table?" What does it matter what existence is? Even if it were spelled out for us, I doubt we could comprehend it. We are part of it, so how could we. How could a single piece of sand understand an ant colony? So since, we will never know, then why not focus on more practical things?
@JustusScottJr Alan Watts considered himself an entertainer, someone who shared points of view he enjoyed with other people. Learning how to defragment a hard drive, or how to change the drive belt in a washing machine, or how to change the battery in your iphone maybe considered learning something useful these days... and are all things shared on youtube... but not all information has to be useful - it can be entertaining, or inspiring, or thought provoking, or confusing, or humorous etc.
@mrbibio So, if Allan Watts' only real value is that he makes you sit around thinking about questions that will never get answered instead of focusing on the real problems we are facing, then what good does he do for socitety?
@JustusScottJr With the same level of consciousness that created those problems how are you but to aggravate'em? His deal is pushing you toward understanding your own sort of "ineffability", precisely what is needed because we've unconsciously built on the assumption of the knowability of the world. And all shadowed by the notion of death - that's how wrong it all is folks.
@Comcouveflor I doubt the people who need to broaden their horizons are listening to Allan Watts. I used to be a dreamer. I believed that all the worlds problems were fixable. I thought I could solve a lot of them myself if I was in charge. I grew up and realized that human nature is what it is. If you endeavor to improve the human psyche through enlightening words, you might as well try to turn lions on to veganism.
@JustusScottJr Your pursuit shows itself to be misguided because no improvement is sought, but rather understanding; growth follows. To intend improvement does anticipate being let down, for the seeking entity is what ought to be transformed, i.e., attention is placed "erroneously". Watts' words can aid a great deal IF in light if your own already somewhat differentiated psyche. Human nature isn't where the culture dams it at. See if you enjoy Terence Mckenna.
@JustusScottJr Alan Watts discussed REAL problems we are now facing in more depth than most scientists or sociologists manage. He discussed the problem of human identity and the ego, the feeling of separateness, feeling alienated from nature which leads to all sorts of environmental problems. He was aware of this while the masses were sweeping it under the carpet. Alan Watts helped me and no doubt others to try to understand themselves and how their minds are shaped by society and environment
@mrbibio It was an admirable, yet ultimately futile effort. Two reasons. 1) The people in the most need of help are too stupid to understand these ideas. I tried for years to broaden the minds of people that I met by showing them how they are controlled by a corrupt system. Most people want to keep their blinders on 2) The people who care about changing the world for the better are never the ones with the means to achieve it. There is no money in altruism, and without money, nothing happens.
@JustusScottJr It is extremely useful in your daily life if you understand what is being said. You want an answer, you want things to be spelled out for you. This is much deeper than an answer to the question. Because in this instance the question IS the answer. I understand your misunderstanding though.. listening to short segments of Alan Watts without ever having heard a full lecture and knowing where he's coming from is probably incredibly confusing. The water flows, will you drink it?
...and even though you can't do anything with what he says. It is still a part of humanity/human nature/reality. There are experiences that are unexplainable. You can say they are just "in the mind," yeah but they still happen. And to pretend it doesn't you would be in denial, lying to yourself and others.
CheddarBob39 13 hours ago
I like Alan Watts. Although he talked about weird things he kept it realistic. He didn't go off into some fantasy world of BS. Yes, you can't really do anything with what he says, but it is entertaining/fun to listen too. And yes, they are questions that all intelligent people eventually ask themselves which he confronts and explains from his own point of view.
CheddarBob39 13 hours ago
boomshakalaka...he hit the nail on the head with such elegance and straight forwardness
BrianAD80 1 day ago
Beaker...
Same same.
Dig?
Dugit.
SLEETONCAMBRIAST 3 days ago
I feel slightly less crazy knowing that I'm not the only one who's thought about this.
BeekersSqueakers 3 days ago
Things that aren't can't be!
suredoloveya 1 week ago
While other people are asleep in their beds, I'm trembling in mine, not with fear, with excitement !! Existence is so weird. Thank you Mr. Alan Watts
Chemgirl99 1 week ago 2
I could compare abstract contemplation of what I am too saying a word a few times until you begin to hear its' sound and not its meaning. Although of a much more sophisticated peculiar fashion.
IIemzyII 1 week ago
@IIemzyII Hmm I'm wondering if were on the same page. Many times I have caught myself repeating a word aloud simply to hear the sound and ponder it. If you say a word like, desk for example over and over for some reason it begins to seem alien almost.
Skoople88 6 days ago
@Skoople88 Yea that "alien" feeling is fascinating. I often get that when thinking about existence in general. It's like a peeling off of the labels. You realize you don't know what the hell anything is.
IIemzyII 5 days ago
i love this guy he be thinkin the same shit i do
OutletBoyalex 1 week ago
Oodd lol.
TheWayshowerTube 1 week ago
I enjoy the way Watts tickles your intellect with such a gentle touch. I am glad my consciousness created him, but he, like everyone else, is just guessing.
kichohana 1 week ago
brilliant.
novaflo339 3 weeks ago
he should put 'existence is weird' on his tombstone and thats it.
LovePeaceSexDrugs 1 month ago 3
@LovePeaceSexDrugs More like "existence was weird", amirite?
PeterTheEvilBastard 2 weeks ago
Thank you for posting such a wonderful and unique speech.
Phaedrusgr 1 month ago
he is my spirtual teacher
and i love him
kupa200707 1 month ago 2
3.33 - Did you hear a dog barking in the background???
Besunica 1 month ago
@Besunica That was wierd!
rememberwhite 1 month ago
not all can be show trough "word/term"... you need sense... abstract.. right brain..
renedescartes1989 2 months ago
Justin Bieber at millions of hits and Watts or any of his ilk, at thousands, is a perfect reflection of the commodity culture we now exist in in the 'west'
debris54 2 months ago 3
@debris54 You seem to think philosophers have been widely respected and listened to with great enthusiasm throughout history. I'm afraid you'll be disappointed by the fact that they have not. Perhaps more disappointed that nothing much has changed in that respect over the past couple thousand years.
IHaveAPodXTLive 4 weeks ago
@debris54 nature seems to favor stupidity...possibly because it provides for more novelty.
novaflo339 3 weeks ago
we are observers, witnesses to creation
greenpilgrim50 2 months ago
∞ to the power of ∞ decimal ∞ repeated equals existence
kobojinator 2 months ago
I'm glad these genes get passed down. :) I thought of this when I was 5...
restlesspride666 2 months ago
Interesting video!
This is an invitation to anyone or everyone to see an artist theory on the physics of light and time!
This theory is based on two postulates
1. Is that the quantum wave particle function Ψ represents the forward passage of time ∆E ∆t ≥ h/2π itself
2. Is that Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle ∆×∆p×≥h/4π that is formed by the w- function is the same uncertainty we have with any future event that we can interact with turning the possible into the actual!
nickharvey7 2 months ago
@nickharvey7 You should add a Legend or Key to define your terms.
restlesspride666 2 months ago
I said (in dutch though) the same sentence when me and my friends were sitting on a mountain tripping on psilocybin mushrooms. I understood what it meant :) Existence is very very weird. Life is a mystery. And i welcome it!
texasB666 2 months ago
why was the dog so angry?
MultiSteini 2 months ago
question is why is there life and why is there a world existing instead of nothingness... and how could it come out of nothing or if it always existed then how could that be? but on the other hand maybe the universe is not all there is in this reality, well then how can that be and what does it imply?
Zee96969696 3 months ago
@Zee96969696 .. Good questions man. Reasoning can't answer those questions though because it seems as if we're just a passing part of infinity. Don't know where we came from, don't know where we're going.. and an absolute verifiable truth really isn't possible. Nothing to be worried about though.. :)
monkimind 2 weeks ago
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Are you seeking truth? Search for "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then click on "The Present" to open it. What it says will blow your mind.
jchijan 3 months ago
Justin Who?
duffland09 3 months ago
aaaAAHH MY BRAIN!!!1
sthlmss 3 months ago 10
I always rave to my friend in school about how odd just existing is, and he doesn't get it.
lagging199527 3 months ago 2
@lagging199527 :) I feel ya, I went through this trance for nearly a year in which the question "why is there something rather than nothing?" went through my mind all the time. Existence played a major role in my thoughts. The feeling was so intoxicating.
JordanMedina 3 months ago 2
@JordanMedina I'm so glad there is something rather than nothing, it seems so much more interesting. :P
lagging199527 3 months ago
@JordanMedina :) Haha I went through the same thing for about a year! That is the biggest question of all time !!
Chemgirl99 2 months ago
@Chemgirl99 :) No doubt
JordanMedina 2 months ago
thank you for not putting loud, distracting new age music in the background of this clip.
eg463665 4 months ago 112
My Theory: We are here to witness the existence of life and everything it has to offer. Why does love or hate exist? Why does saturn have rings, Why are flowers different colors? I think existence is for us to bare witness to it all. To know of life's existence, to see beauty, to feel emotion. What reason would anything need to exist without something to witness it's existence? This also explains why humans are mortal. To truly appreciate anything it can't last.
1SmartMofo 4 months ago
This man is more than brilliant If I ran down your God, I would be denying my God! Death offers me more than what life can. Death and life is of the same study. No one knows the purpose of life since all is theory. When we are happy God is ecstatic and when we are down and out God dies.
TEARDUCTER 4 months ago
This man is more than brilliant
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Mosixman 5 months ago
"Existance is weird." Probly the biggest understatement EVER!
texasB666 5 months ago 3
The way I have seen it for years is that life is beyond purpose or reason. Beyond understanding, for the most part at least. If we knew exactly why we existed, could the whole process not then be bypassed? What I mean is that if we knew exactly why we existed, we could bypass the process, whether it be sudden or gradual. We could bypass, transcend, or whatever, much more easily. But then again, that would not really serve a purpose, or would it? Now I am just talking in circles, good ole circles
tonyfalca 5 months ago
@ChuckNorrisKratosLOL I'm pretty sure he meant that for thirty years he saw mountains as mountains as an unenlightened man. The "study" of Zen indeed can be disputed.
Tengent 5 months ago
@ChuckNorrisKratosLOL Yeah, that was a copy and paste quote that I liked. It was relevant to some of the earlier comments.
Tengent 5 months ago
"Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters. " - Li Ching-Yuen
Tengent 6 months ago
The null set is a subset of all sets?
extopiastudios 6 months ago
We must come to live in the light, of the mystery of being...
CosmicFork 6 months ago
Life truly is beautifully bizarre..
RightHookJoker 6 months ago
Youve been Watts'd LMFAO!!!!!
k1ll3rl0rd 7 months ago 2
@JustusScottJr
There are questions that don't have one profound answer. By coming to your own understanding of this question is YOUR path that CAN'T be made by other for you. Not everything is a question-answer problem, there are things that should be experienced!
You want your mind to be like a child fed by others??
One more think, YOU CAN evolve your understanding and in the same time think "how can you/we make this better" Just open the bunker that your mind is in right now.
Static172 7 months ago
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Static172 7 months ago
He looks like raz al ghoul
shadow42097 9 months ago
you have just been mind fucked
ashman9992 10 months ago
cant stand without a floor
warcloud463 10 months ago
Even if you could get the "group of all groups" it would require something outside of that even. Still, that just made 2 groups, inside and out.
Anuranpostage 10 months ago
buzzards got a eat, same as the worms,josey wales
deepknotch 10 months ago
Very Wittengenstein
greenghost2008 11 months ago
what is existence? what is reality?
existence is the opposite of non-existence...
what is non-existence?
non-existence is that which you cannot perceive!
existence is therefore anything and everything
you can perceive or imagine or think about
everythingislameface 11 months ago
@JustusScottJr Hmmm... I wouldn't say that he was wicked famous. For example, none of the people in my social circle has ever heard of him, or anyway I haven't heard anything about him EVER except here, on the internet.
SincereCreature 1 year ago
@SincereCreature I found his works for the first time in the public library of the very small minded town I live in, while researching Zen, so maybe I overestimated, but not by much.
JustusScottJr 8 months ago
@JustusScottJr I agree that humanity is in bad shape and I also wish things would change for the better but I think your approach will not work. It seems to me that you want to rationally find a solution to all the problems in the world then force these decisions on humanity. But I feel the source of all these problems come from the rational mind stuck in the focus of particulars and in the limited view of the ego. I feel questions that Alan presents will help people break that limited view.
MrRichard1108 7 months ago
i always had that same thought "existance/life is weird". Of course you ask the person next to you and they dont get it lol
CantWeedThis 1 year ago 55
@CantWeedThis NO KIDDING i understand100% wish i had more friends who said this!
weenosu 6 months ago
@CantWeedThis I KNOW MAN
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@CantWeedThis Haha so true, but even those who don't think about it, one day it will hit them too, hit them right in the face, maybe
Chemgirl99 2 months ago
its a shame a justin bieber video can get 300 million hits and alan watts is sittin at 7,000
bbjrsr 1 year ago 86
@bbjrsr, why can't you just forget about justin -effing- bieber!
the sooner we make him irrelevant the sooner he'll be gone.
Iamthewalrus17 7 months ago
@bbjrsr You can't see the outstanding without the flat background. ;)
johnmickle 4 months ago
@bbjrsr a more industrious philospher might link an alan watts video to a selena gomez video....you know..to make him jealous.
sd62t833 4 months ago
@bbjrsr it's all about karma... the reason some people get interested in Dharma and philosophical views like the ones expressed by the Buddha... Allan Watts.. or any being who guide us to get closer to the truth is related to the merit and desire to attain liberation... those seeking only short term pleasure will crave for Bieber... Britney.. or something like that..
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@bbjrsr that is the ratio of people dying/surviving 2012.
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@bbjrsr
Not everyone has a concern for the truth
HollywoodrMr 2 months ago
@bbjrsr Well sadly in the world we live whatever the media/man/globalists say is "Hip,cool, or otherwise" is what happens. and this is happening horribly in america. im very sad to see my place of birth falling to her knees. People are ignorant and want to know nothing of TRUE knowledge. I agree with you my friend it is sad. at least it's at almost 30k now
sagnardful 2 months ago
@sagnardful .... the pendulum will swing as far to one side, as it did to the other side... 'popular' has always governed the thought of the majority, has it not? ... what is different now, of course, is what 'popular' IS nowadays... as much as my adolescence/early adult life was focussed on .... hmmm... 'deeper things' comparatively, the current mindset of society/young society is focussed on the trite and trivial... things will change again... they always do
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This discourse reminds me of Georg Cantor's infinite set; or the set of all sets, which was generated to facilitate some problems of classification, and numbers properties.
nouvaphono 1 year ago
This discourse reminds me of Georg Cantor's infinite set; or the set of all sets, which was generated to facilitate some problems of classification, and numbers properties.
nouvaphono 1 year ago
Has not the historical process shown us that the alienation of man from man issues in discord, and that this alienation is but an offshoot of man's alienation from the macrocosm? Is this not what is indicated louder in each succeeding epoch? Is it really reasonable to hold that progress is to be made by ignoring this indication?
hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@hhhfffrrr (Part 2) answer. I think that the elevated minds of the populace have a responsibility to guide those with less ability towards making their world better, but I don't think that will happen by sitting around and talking about it. If a country's governing body is filled with corrupt and small minded individuals (like ours is) then instead of writing books, and giving lectures about how weird existence is, the noble and intelligent people should be thinking of how to affect change.
JustusScottJr 8 months ago
JustusScottJr, take away from human beings the peculiar urge to feel at home in the universe and you will have nothing more than machines -- beings that "just deal with it and move on" --; no more of what we call 'humanity' will be recognizable. Although inadequate responses to this demand may be responsible for immense bloodshed and suffering, it is only through addressing it -- and not rather, by silencing it -- that meaningful progress is possible.
hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@hhhfffrrr I have no faith that humanity as a whole will ever elevate beyond the plane it has always been on. The tools change, the means change. More deception, less truth. In the end men will always war to possess more than his neighbor has. We have made zero progress as a race in all of recorded history. What gives you any reason to believe this will ever change. You can't change human nature. You can just futily try to curb it's distructive tendencies.
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hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr I am not in disagreement with you concerning the apparent lack of any meaningful progress over the course of human history. What I was addressing was what seemed to me to be an assertion that meaningful progress is a question altogether separate from how humans perceive themselves and their relationship to the universe; i.e., that we should "deal with it and move on." Your assertion that individual transformation is an impossibility is patently wrong, as well.
hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@hhhfffrrr If it were to work, I imagine it would create great change. However, that is going on everyday for the worse by the media. If Allan Watts were to help pass a law that changed that, I would not say it was a watse of time. However, though I am very willing to admit I don't know it all, everything I have ever seen/read/ heard concerning Watts, is just these musings on human nature with no action behind it. What did he accomplish? The human race is still on a path of self destruction.
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hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr well I think if you ask the question what he achieved
than you obviously do not fully understand what he's saying either. achievement
is what we make of it. if you can relate to his observations at all then
his observations have served their purpose in letting u know you are not the only
person who has observed this..and if you think it's a waste of time to reflect
on what life is..then i doubt you are even attempting living your life to the fullest.
matanuskatundra2 1 year ago
@matanuskatundra2 You judge incorrectly. I judge the worth of an achievement by it's effects. I could devote my time to asking abstract unanswerable questions, or I could look at real life going on around me, and think "how can I make this better?", then devoting myself to making that happen. Philosophy in action.
JustusScottJr 8 months ago
@JustusScottJr durpaction
laqtor 8 months ago
@hhhfffrrr So then I would ask you: What meaningful progress will ever be made by contemplating unanswerable questions? Helping individual people see that their suffering is brought about by their own mind is noble and all, but look at how long people have been doing this. Has humanity as a whole evolved? Not in my opinion. My only argument is that instead of spending time thinking of these hugely abstract ideas that will never be answered, we should focus more on the questions that we can
JustusScottJr 8 months ago
Wow !!!
zakzikr 1 year ago
The world is fucked when YouTube commenters are the generation in charge. Bunch of lazy, selfish, spoiled, ignorant little brats.
vigil 1 year ago
The group of all groups is the organism we are a very small group of.
YinyangDK 1 year ago
why ask why its all judgement
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why ask why
DMBPRODUCTIONS 1 year ago
Novelty is what it is...
Look up Terence Mckenna's Novelty Theory.
ThePsychedelicBanana 1 year ago
I can't wait to see what is on the other side...
ThePsychedelicBanana 1 year ago
Science, like math, is just a sub-category of Philosophy. Adding words and thought to civilization is much more important than "things". Our fascination with things and consumerism has led us, and the planet, to our current sad state of affairs. Philosophers, and their scientist bretheren, will lead us out of this mess - if only the politicians will listen...
mindbringer 1 year ago
@mindbringer The politicians will listen and act if enough of the people listen and act. The failure of a good change in the law to be passed, is a result of it having not reached the tipping point of exhibited public approval.
stratman06 1 year ago
How can such a mind, simply be born ---> wander ---> and Die? I'm not affraid of the all unknowing death, but it is meaningless that such a mind doesn't go on and search further on ... this whole world is made of pure logic - because we have reason! So that we approve this life in this dimension - but ... how can in this LOGICAL world be something so unlogical than the Death of such a mind that hasn't gotten to its destination and yet long way ahead of those who have no thime to think - system!!
carnivourlocust 1 year ago
@carnivourlocust who told you that this mind hasn't gotten to its destination? better yet, who told you that you have a precise destination to get to? I'm sure that if god proposed him eternity (immortality, that is) he would refuse. because that is PRECISELY not having a destination.
lympheneas 1 year ago
@lympheneas hmmm ... you are correct. I'll think about it more.
carnivourlocust 1 year ago
Death?
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three minutes and forty one seconds of your life gone. But, at least now you know that there is a question out there that Allan Watts thinks we can't answer..... not sure how making up unanswerable questions is particularly insightful, or more important.. useful in daily life, but he is wicked famous, and has a british accent, so he must understand something infinitely more profound that I can imagine.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr The unexamined life is not worth living.
discordian420 1 year ago 58
@discordian420 I have gone down that road for many years, and I have come to the realization, that there are no answers that we can find outside of our own experience, and that is a natural (not a purposeful) happening. In my own experience, I have never seen any practical good come from sitting and contemplating life. We have been doing it since before the beginning of written history, and yet we have no greater truths today. The human race has made not great leaps, so what is the point?
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr For someone who claims to be against sitting around and thinking, you've managed to do quite a lot of sitting around, thinking, and then sharing your thoughts with other people... hold on, isn't that what philosophers do? You have a strangely clinical attitude towards philosophy. The human race hasn't made great leaps? What on earth are you talking about? We've come from caves to space exploration, philosophy is the fuel. Just look at all of the art and science of the world.
mrbibio 1 year ago
@mrbibio I used to. I have found it to be a waste of time. I have found that true realizations come to you through experience interacting with life, not sitting around and hypothesizing about it. If someone engages me in conversation, I will politely reply, but it is honestly the last thing I want to talk about. The human race has evolved its technology, not it's nature. Take away the technology, and we'd fit right in with cave men. "Order" is an illusion used for controlling the masses.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@discordian420 For all this philosophy, the human race has still become a parasite to the world we inhabit, and we treat each other in ways that (to make ourselves feel better) we call inhuman. What good comes from philosiphy? It does not put food in my children's stomach, or clothes on their back. No one is going to "figure it out". Once it has been determined that we will never find the answer, then what point is there in seeking it.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr what do you mean philosophy hasnt done anything for humanity? greek philosophy gave birth to science? we humans are given the faculty of wonder why not use it? i know i will not find answers, but i find great joy in the mystery of it all!
777kru08 1 year ago 4
@777kru08 You make valid points. It is good to question and think. If I were to be more specific in my complaint with "philosophers" (not Watts specifically) is that they seem to spend quite a lot of time sitting around thinking, and don't DO much. Scientists actually discover, improve, and create. They add something to the world (good and bad). But (especially when drug users) philosophers don't seem to add much to the world but their words.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr Words are powerful things. Your criticisms are valid for a lot of philosophy, but don't be so quick to disregard the whole enterprise. Philosophy after all includes science in that science is a logical sub-catagory of it. Do away with metaphysics and science soon follows. An overly pragmatic approach to life is incoherent imo. How do we decide on legal matters and forms of government if not through 'political philosophy'?
invanorm 1 year ago
@invanorm I agree with you. I think that (though often masturbatory) political philosophy is philosophy that DOES something. It helps decide laws. The scientific philosophers such as Hilary Putnam seem to be interested in applying their theories to life to help humanity and the world. In these cases, I am the utmost supporter of philosophy. What I don't like is when people just sit around talking about life and doing nothing else. (like Watts seems to do)
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr What is the difference with a novelwriter? Talking and thinking without powerpoint in an open spontaneous way like Watts is rare these days. A briljant speech can be very practical. The way of using words is the substance of everyday live, special when your working with other people. Politics are about people. Watts is mostly talking about the fundamentals of humanity: the power of words. In his philosophy and meditation is this crucial, but knowledge of empty silence is his key.
Contextcatcher 1 year ago
@Contextcatcher A novel writer provides entertainment for people, and apart from that is practically useless. That is why I would not devote my life to writing novels. All I am saying is that some people just sit around saying things like "isn't it odd that we are all here" and then people say "what a wise individual". It is just annoying. Sitting around contemplating abstract things like "existence" is a waste of time. We are here, so deal with it and move on. Find out how to make it better.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr. "Find out how to make it better". This note lead us to Alans abstractions. His mind circles around the meaning of words and the act of silence. His meditations implicate: stop making sense. Conducting relentless without thinking about the roots of our (word) acts isn't smart and doesn't lead us to a better world. But thinking or doubting all day inhibit us.
"And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action"
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@JustusScottJr As a matter of fact, much of what is to be made better exists because of a lack of this sensitivity, and can only be made better by the development of such sensitivity. I would go so far as to say that your comments betray a very superficial grasp of what Mr. Watts dedicated his life to conveying. Perhaps it would be for the better to cultivate that lost “naivete”.
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@JustusScottJr As a matter of fact, much of what is to be made better exists because of a lack of this sensitivity, and can only be made better by the development of such sensitivity. I would go so far as to say that your comments betray a very superficial grasp of what Mr. Watts dedicated his life to conveying. Perhaps it would be for the better to cultivate that lost “naivete”.
hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr As a matter of fact, much of what is to be made better exists because of a lack of this sensitivity, and can only be made better by the development of such sensitivity. I would go so far as to say that your comments betray a very superficial grasp of what Mr. Watts dedicated his life to conveying. Perhaps it would be for the better to cultivate that lost “naivete”.
hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@hhhfffrrr I agree that there is a need to examine ones own life and the lives it effects. What I have a problem with is JUST contemplating, and doing nothing. From what I can gather of Alan Watts, and many other drug using philosophers, is that they talk quite a bit and do very little to effect practical change.
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hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr well thats just it you came here to get a straight cut answers well it doesn't work that way to you it seems that he is just siting around doing nothing just talking well thats because you already have preconceived ideas while not emptying your cup and taking in his words..''i can't teach you i can only help you explore yourself''Bruce lees wise words...It only take one insightful question to open your mind but no one else can open it for you that why you think alan is jus siting
swarrior80 1 year ago
@swarrior80 When I was younger and more nieve, yes, I did listen to people like Allan Watts, and even, unfortunately, Bruce Lee thinking that because they spoke in abstract terms in an attempt to explain everyday things that don't need any explanation, that they could help provide insight into life that would help me figure it out. I know better now.
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hhhfffrrr 1 year ago
@discordian420 Have you ever seen "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? In this universe the ultimate answer has already been determined. It is the number 42. So now that they have the answer, "people" want to know the ultimate question. As absurd as it seems, is it not just as absurd to search for an answer, when we really aren't sure of the question, and wouldn't have anything that we could do with the answer if we knew it. It might as well be 42. What does it matter to us?
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@discordian420 perhaps neither the examined one - since earth is just as likely a farm and we - bound for the celestial slaughterhouse. Its only our urge for survival that causes us to want to make nice of it all. Our science is colored by our drives.
ChakaOganza 1 year ago
@discordian420 .. The unlived life is not worth examining.
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@discordian420 .. The unlived life is not worth examining.
monkimind 1 year ago
And the unlived life is not worth examining : )
LesserOf2Evils4Pres 11 months ago 10
@LesserOf2Evils4Pres The not-lived life? So you mean the nothing deserves nothing? Wow you really have some deep insight. lol.
LeafFreedom 1 month ago
@discordian420 exactly so. most live ... not living.
carnivourlocust 6 months ago
@carnivourlocust because. one is not living just by being here. one lives when one is aware of every action and thought. one does not live ... means one is unconscious of it's actions (becomes aware of it after the action) and reflexive, responsive towards situations. one lives when one sits back, relaxes and smiles at his own silly mind games. but first, you need to realize what it means "to be alive" and not to be a program of mind with which most get infected through social norms, education.
carnivourlocust 6 months ago
@discordian420 The overexamined life is not worth living
Gzanothor 6 months ago
@JustusScottJr
he is getting at a question which has plagued thinkers for thousands of years. you have the feeling that you exist, right? so what then is that existence? what is it made of? try to answer that without just talking about a model or feelings.
junior00bacon00chee 1 year ago
@junior00bacon00chee My mother will testify that I have been questioning everything since I was 2. Now I have a 5 and 2yr old, and I only have one question. "How do I put food on the table?" What does it matter what existence is? Even if it were spelled out for us, I doubt we could comprehend it. We are part of it, so how could we. How could a single piece of sand understand an ant colony? So since, we will never know, then why not focus on more practical things?
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr Alan Watts considered himself an entertainer, someone who shared points of view he enjoyed with other people. Learning how to defragment a hard drive, or how to change the drive belt in a washing machine, or how to change the battery in your iphone maybe considered learning something useful these days... and are all things shared on youtube... but not all information has to be useful - it can be entertaining, or inspiring, or thought provoking, or confusing, or humorous etc.
mrbibio 1 year ago
@mrbibio So, if Allan Watts' only real value is that he makes you sit around thinking about questions that will never get answered instead of focusing on the real problems we are facing, then what good does he do for socitety?
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr With the same level of consciousness that created those problems how are you but to aggravate'em? His deal is pushing you toward understanding your own sort of "ineffability", precisely what is needed because we've unconsciously built on the assumption of the knowability of the world. And all shadowed by the notion of death - that's how wrong it all is folks.
Comcouveflor 1 year ago
@Comcouveflor I doubt the people who need to broaden their horizons are listening to Allan Watts. I used to be a dreamer. I believed that all the worlds problems were fixable. I thought I could solve a lot of them myself if I was in charge. I grew up and realized that human nature is what it is. If you endeavor to improve the human psyche through enlightening words, you might as well try to turn lions on to veganism.
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@JustusScottJr Your pursuit shows itself to be misguided because no improvement is sought, but rather understanding; growth follows. To intend improvement does anticipate being let down, for the seeking entity is what ought to be transformed, i.e., attention is placed "erroneously". Watts' words can aid a great deal IF in light if your own already somewhat differentiated psyche. Human nature isn't where the culture dams it at. See if you enjoy Terence Mckenna.
Comcouveflor 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr Alan Watts discussed REAL problems we are now facing in more depth than most scientists or sociologists manage. He discussed the problem of human identity and the ego, the feeling of separateness, feeling alienated from nature which leads to all sorts of environmental problems. He was aware of this while the masses were sweeping it under the carpet. Alan Watts helped me and no doubt others to try to understand themselves and how their minds are shaped by society and environment
mrbibio 1 year ago
@mrbibio It was an admirable, yet ultimately futile effort. Two reasons. 1) The people in the most need of help are too stupid to understand these ideas. I tried for years to broaden the minds of people that I met by showing them how they are controlled by a corrupt system. Most people want to keep their blinders on 2) The people who care about changing the world for the better are never the ones with the means to achieve it. There is no money in altruism, and without money, nothing happens.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr well said.
matanuskatundra2 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr lighten up
ElbowSauce 1 year ago
@ElbowSauce Oh, why didn't I think of that?
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr Way to miss the point. Grats.
SloppyManwich 1 year ago
@SloppyManwich Please do tell me what the point is oh enlightened one.
JustusScottJr 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr What an odd assumption to make.
SloppyManwich 1 year ago
@JustusScottJr It is extremely useful in your daily life if you understand what is being said. You want an answer, you want things to be spelled out for you. This is much deeper than an answer to the question. Because in this instance the question IS the answer. I understand your misunderstanding though.. listening to short segments of Alan Watts without ever having heard a full lecture and knowing where he's coming from is probably incredibly confusing. The water flows, will you drink it?
Adeptmind 9 months ago
@JustusScottJr just buy some of his books
samuelsixvids 7 months ago
@samuelsixvids or borrow them from the public library.
LifePixelated 7 months ago
@JustusScottJr
that's got to be it! it can't just be that he is famous because people have come to the same conclusions in some degree..
LIVExLEARNxLOVE 6 months ago
its funny, even before hearing any alan watts ive had this exact dialogue with myself
what is it?!
fatwadmcskylar 1 year ago
@fatwadmcskylar
YES. this is so key, i too have wondered this for a long time, yet it never seems to be brought up.
junior00bacon00chee 1 year ago
I love thinking.
KRITICALConscious 1 year ago
What is it?....listen and think about it.
innanadescent 1 year ago