Anyone out there know of anyone who's writings are similar to Alan Watts'(same philosophy different way of putting it)...I love reading Alan's books but have read everything he has ever done including listening to all his lectures. I'd appreciate it.
And what of the religion of hedonism and self-indulgence and hatred, envy, greed, lust, revenge, and of course, pride? Does no one believe in these things anymore?
Hello. I'm an artist, craftsman, musician, inventor, performer. I first saw god in nature, then music, then I meditated, stilled my mind and saw that everything is god. In the past five years I've become politically and socially aware, now I'm a registered republican and I'm voting for Ron Paul 2012. Peace and [̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]
how come so many people around the world, at different ages, at different times, comes to understand the very same things, when they detache from their social enviroments, or when they have a near-death experience. Have you ever found yourself thinking about this?
@NyorexDC That's because it is an interruption of thought. At all times thought is attempting to preserve itself (ideas) and not life. Life is given full expression in places untouched by thought which happens to be in nature and death. In fact it is not necessary to detach yourself from anything. Life is forever bursting at the seams and confines of thought which IS man as he/she functions NOW. We (our given conceptions of self) are afraid of life. Thought is afraid of life as that is it's end.
sigh... add 35,044 to the number of people who flunked out since i wrote the first comment, theres no hope for us at all... attention spans shorter than a midgets eyelid (the insect type though, not the small people type :)
funny, I hear so many undertones of Taoist philosophy. Just accepting what is, not judging or comparing, accepting the essence of everything, which is good in general. Reminds me of the Vinegar Tasters analogy from the Tao of Pooh.
This man is one of the many great minds out there.
We focus too much on the stresses of becoming a "functional member of society". Simply from what I've seen, the way we work our world and the way our minds work makes it seem as if the idea of "functioning in society" is mostly based on making people go through the motions. We don't indulge ourselves enough in what makes us happy.
must be the best quote: "lets get things straightened out, let's get it all squared away, and then somehow we think we understand things when we have translated them into terms of straight lines and squares - maybe that's why they call rather rigid people squares"
@iwergvuiswven9 DOOD! First thing to read: The Essential Alan Watts -- easy reading, and a great primer. Also read, THIS IS IT. And for sure, read this one : THE BOOK
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are. PEACE! Lemme know if u wanna read more. Alan is Da Man!
I have watched all four parts of this along with as many other Alan Watts videos that I can find and I have to say, listening to him makes me think, makes me smile and makes me cry because everything just seems so obvious and beautiful.
I wish he were still in the flesh today, I would very much like to meet him.
I enjoy Allen, but there's no mystery in why people build in straight lines; it is economical. Given time, people in fact have always "improved" economical, linear construction with floral patters, and "wiggly" art. Even the most cursory study of art reveals elaborately "wiggly" designs in art throughout all know history. Given a moment's free time, man recalls nature through the prism of himself.
Why he ignores this to make his point, I don't know.
Meditative peace and interconnection. Those fresh sensations of being alive. Watt's voice warming the atmosphere. Simple reflections containing a deeper truth. Thanks for sharing this pearl.
@savagecabage there is a simple answer to this. It's called 'checking out' or in my case dipping into the video to see that it is. I have lots of Alan Watts material, I have heard most of what he says, which I cherish. I am searching through his videos for something to perk my interest that may be of a different flavour. Therefore this is one reason that backs up the 'dipping in' mentality. I can't answer for the newcomers that have no curiosity though.
@savagecabage this is the day we live in. 45 seconds and they are out. Id love to see if people in video one stopped before the end or where they stopped.
@benjaminpwallen if only you could fit alan watts into 45 seconds, there might be hope for them :) id be curious myself, does youtube still have that info available? i remember it used to a while ago, only mr alan watts can see it though
@savagecabage i meant to say mark watts there not alan watts, duh. mark would be the only person to see that information. lol imagine alan watts uploading stuff to youtube, and then tweeting about it!
@savagecabage : interesting observation, not sure if related, but when i looked for part 3 on this page, I couldn't see it, thoug i could see Part 4--wondering if it's some sort of 'flue' or other inconsistency with YouTube. Just curious, how were you able to see those stats?
@archiemagoulas i didtnt think of that actually, they do see a bit mixed up over on the right compared to some other videos. i just remembered as well that it fades out at the end of part 2 , so that would probably confuse some people too.
i just added up the views on each video, but that was a month ago now, the amount of people who havnt heard the end of the story has gone up by 7,357! its just plain terrible. still its pretty cool that it got around 10k views since then. go on alan!
@savagecabage You're so right: and it seems A Watts is still going (...ang going...) it's all the 'wiggly' Energy, you know... I'm so glad to have found these posts on YouTube. If only we had more of his kind !!
@archiemagoulas yea me too, youtube is king these days. I cant think of anybody like alan watts either, apart from terence mckenna, he is the only one i would put in the same category, totally different but a great mind as well.
@savagecabage Well, the best response I can give is that I never knew there were parts 3 and 4. I see part 4 listed on the side of the screen now, but when I first watched this a couple of years ago, I watched part 1 and then part 2 came up, and I didn't see any more listed. So that might explain some of it. A lot of Watts' stuff is listed as incomplete clips, so when something cuts off in the middle of an idea, it's not necessarily a given that the continued part will be found. Just my 2c
Well, you actually missed it. There used to be a top comment about how people would watch the first one, and the other three had a progressively lower amount of views. I was just letting the person who posted that comment know that I watched all 4.
@savagecabage Part three is actually more interesting, no more rambling, and more pointing at the actual problem. People or rather the "self" don't like problems. We want solutions. Nothing wrong with that. Spiritual teachers are too busy talking out of their buttocks pointing out what's wrong instead of really helping people cross the gate.
probably because some of those people were stnd way too much and being tired went to sleep before finishing all videos and some of them wasn't stnd at all
@savagecabage maybe 233,060 people (more as people continue to watch the video) felt enlightened/inspired after the first video and thusly felt compelled to move into a different plane on consciousness which did not involve the subsequent videos. How wonderful is it that there are videos such as this so readily available. Bringing light to our consciousness and our ability to shift this filter of the mind.
I guess..... thats what it is all about. When u look out of ur eyes.... you see you happening. And maybe these people are not ready to see that part of themselves. They are fully involved in what they are. Everything resonates in its own frequency.... to resonate and to let others resonate is what the human BEING is...to be...
@rodrigojoseunb Hahaha, provavelmente ninguém conhecido, o que me chamou atenção foi o 'unb' no teu nome. Não moro mais em brasília, mas acho que o pessoal daqui (e de fora) devia dar mais atenção a essas coisas, mas tenho alguns amigos aí na unb que estão na mesma onda... :)
Sometimes the truth makes one's ego feel so insignificant, so small...that ego slaved mind at a point cannot take it anymore. In two parts those people got bored or tired. Just like in the movie matrix the character cypher gives up hope and wants to go back into the matrix...the illusion.
Someone told me when i was young that the brain is the only part of the body that can think about itself. But, i feel now that other parts of my body can think about thier self.
The GREATEST Philosopher. He combined science and philosophy into a beautiful understanding. His personality is engaging and would make a kick ass dad, probably. He is wise. He talked at IBM, (I'm a programmer) I am just amazed by him. I keep coming back for more lectures! But, I do not worship him, as there are MANY great men to study as well. Feynman, Sagan, Dawkins and many more. But, Alan Watts always is not-dry and seems more human yet highly analytical too.. it's just weird!
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I was ten years old when I first started listening on KSAN FM to Alan Watts. It was every Sunday morning. It was my church time. He spoke in detail about every religion. He was a great theologan and he had a great mind. I knew then that most people were not like Alan. Most people are to close minded to see beyond the tip of their nose. The next few years Malcolm X, MLK, and Robert K were taken from us. I was lucky to be influenced by these people. Today young people are on their own.
There is no doubt in my mind that within nature we (humans) come 'alive'. Mentally, I feel so different within the woods, or whilst walking along a clif, or scampering over some rocks. Or just sitting, looking at a horizon out to sea. I begin to think of more nobel things. As Mr Watts said, we have a simple kind of mind. My belief is that we have complicated ourselves into a messy sypher. Analysis Paralysis. Simplicity is the key to happiness. Those basic things that we need to live are key.
(Leofox94, what is important I suppose is that they are hearing his testaments that go on even after his death. I just discovered his works today- I am eager to discover more on his journey about life and his 'love of wisdom', or philosophy. We all die- what matters is how and why we live.)
@pifapastoral I agree, and also, with my personal conclusion of life, and I'm yet 15, I made this kind of conclusion that with a cosmic perspective of life, we are even smaller than the microbes on our body, compared to the universe, so my conclusion is that there is no point in existence,there is no purpose in it, ALTHOUGH we give a purpose to it, we are so arrogant, that we say "God created everything for us!" but we are just microbes...
@Leofox94 We are the whole thing. It's when we separate from it, and create egos , that we are "microbes". Sometimes being a microbe is fun though. The things we humans have done... and can do, are pretty amazing if you think about it.
@SmoothPinkWater It is a big topic to talk about, and it would take few hours to discuss it lol, we humans are very arrogant but at the same time pretty amazing by what we do.
@sylta09 That's too bad you have no appreciation for this clip. Alan Watts put some great ideas out into the world. And you not only insult him but you don't even know how to spell the word douche. He would have gotten a huge kick out of that. That's my guess anyway. I hope in the future we can live in a world that allows no comments on the Internet. Now THAT would be a giant leap forward.
@concretetundra sorry if a somehow offended you. if you read my comment agien maby you see that i diden't say anything bad about Alan Watts or this video. i enjoyed this video, thats why i watched allot of these. i just said that he reminds me of a character in south park.
@sylta09 Hi Sylta. I think I was in a cranky mood when I quickly read your comment. I thought you were calling him an aging liberal hippy. I see now that you were not slamming Alan Watts but just quoting what was said in South Park. My mistake. As for the spelling, I don't even know why I focused on that. I don't like it when people on the Internet focus on typos. Thanks for clarifying your comment. I hope all is well in Norway.
@concretetundra also i wanna comment on you correcting my typos. i don't wanna apologise for that, because i live in norway :) and i am well aware that my writing is far from perfect. hope we can one day live in a world were people dont focus on minor typos to think less of other people. i have a very good understanding of english, but writing it perfectly have never ben my interest, my interest is to be understood, and i think i am understood and understand others very well.
Dec.14 -2010--A 1971 television recording with Alan Watts walking in the mountains and talking about the limitations of technology and the problem of trying to keep track of an infinite universe with a single tracked mind.
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the brain is all wiggles...I love that! makes so much sense..we don't understand this unbelievable organ that is capable of more than anyone truly knows, and we cannot understand the essence of nature made up of wiggles...nature is not only beautiful, it is emotional and effects every single sense...nature can move you.
I think, power of the nature -in it's harmony, states of absolute balance. Human mind is too confused and chaotic, wishes too much and selfish. Our disharmony attracts us to nature for the sake of restore the forgotten paradise pleasure. Trees, grass, hills and river - haven't our passions, especially plants - are harmonious. But warm-blooded, animals - already are suffering, because they have a rudiment of Mind, the future intelligence. The nature only feels, does not think.
Seems like such a centered, spiritual guy. Makes you wonder how he could have had two broken marriages due to his own infidelity. Was his private face so different from his public one? Did he tell the truth in his work, and tell lies in his life?
@Silenus6 Understand my brother that your idea of morality and the correct life is derived from a psudo-moralistic society who tells you that the correct path has already been dictated...The path of GOD is without direction
@toogjolly That's an interesting assumption. I don't blame you for making it. I'm just as much of an arrogant free-thinker as you are. My morality has very little to do with this culture, or any industrialized culture. I believe in polyamory. See as many people as you want to, but be HONEST about it. Don't vow to be monogamous and then sneak around. Or is that bourgeois? lol
@Silenus6 Well he was still human, wasn't he? We don't know everything about his personal life and it doesn't matter anyway. As he said so himself: you can't have the ups without the downs.
@zerothehero123 That sounds like a rationalization. The whole point of spiritual practice is to control the mind, so as to attain mastery over one's desires, and ultimately transcend the lower nature. Many have done it, Watts did not. He was an adulterer who drank himself to death. Doesn't mean he wasn't a good man, worthy of love and respect. Or that he wasn't skilled in delivering the teachings (even if he fell short in their practice). But he was no master. That's all.
@MrPontiusPilate Don't get fixated on the words. The point is, there is such a thing as spiritual practice, and one does not practice for nothing. There is a particular object in sight. It concerns the process of not identifying with mind. And, by awakening to the present moment, anchoring ourselves to a much larger, much deeper, and more peaceful center within ourselves. However you articulate it. If a man were truly accomplished in this practice, would he be an alcoholic and a cheater?
@Silenus6 Best spiritual practice - cruel conflict or love, when conflict is resolved - mind feels a shock and becomes silent by itself, naturally, because of horror or ecstasy ( it depends on a situation).
For this ability is necessary to admire something for much time - of beauty, arts,nature, thus these emotional intense states of consciousness ...gradually become norm in life, and the person easily enters into silence of mind by natural vital impulses instead of spiritual practice.
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Yes, you're right: he IS the best. :)
satire75 1 day ago
Alans sweater is lookin like a warm...
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Anyone out there know of anyone who's writings are similar to Alan Watts'(same philosophy different way of putting it)...I love reading Alan's books but have read everything he has ever done including listening to all his lectures. I'd appreciate it.
Foldisfitch 4 days ago
Look up Army of the Pharaohs - The Five Perfect Exertions...
ReYeS2318 6 days ago
And what of the religion of hedonism and self-indulgence and hatred, envy, greed, lust, revenge, and of course, pride? Does no one believe in these things anymore?
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Hello. I'm an artist, craftsman, musician, inventor, performer. I first saw god in nature, then music, then I meditated, stilled my mind and saw that everything is god. In the past five years I've become politically and socially aware, now I'm a registered republican and I'm voting for Ron Paul 2012. Peace and [̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]
dogenzes 1 week ago
Alan Watts was the best.
satire75 1 week ago
@satire75 Alan watts is the best. =)
sykosis12 4 days ago
And here we are spinning around a star...thank you for your videos....I will try and learn..
DramaDon83 2 weeks ago
how come so many people around the world, at different ages, at different times, comes to understand the very same things, when they detache from their social enviroments, or when they have a near-death experience. Have you ever found yourself thinking about this?
NyorexDC 1 month ago
@NyorexDC That's because it is an interruption of thought. At all times thought is attempting to preserve itself (ideas) and not life. Life is given full expression in places untouched by thought which happens to be in nature and death. In fact it is not necessary to detach yourself from anything. Life is forever bursting at the seams and confines of thought which IS man as he/she functions NOW. We (our given conceptions of self) are afraid of life. Thought is afraid of life as that is it's end.
Josephjoel3 4 weeks ago
i think hes trippin ....
AndrewDrakon 1 month ago in playlist Self Actualization
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IlRezzonico 1 month ago
GIMME PART TWO. NAO. oh my goodness. this is incredible
missveryenthu 1 month ago
sigh... add 35,044 to the number of people who flunked out since i wrote the first comment, theres no hope for us at all... attention spans shorter than a midgets eyelid (the insect type though, not the small people type :)
savagecabage 2 months ago
Thanks Mark
maulcs 2 months ago
funny, I hear so many undertones of Taoist philosophy. Just accepting what is, not judging or comparing, accepting the essence of everything, which is good in general. Reminds me of the Vinegar Tasters analogy from the Tao of Pooh.
Ricardo11372 3 months ago
This man is one of the many great minds out there.
We focus too much on the stresses of becoming a "functional member of society". Simply from what I've seen, the way we work our world and the way our minds work makes it seem as if the idea of "functioning in society" is mostly based on making people go through the motions. We don't indulge ourselves enough in what makes us happy.
PeopleR2sensitive 4 months ago
must be the best quote: "lets get things straightened out, let's get it all squared away, and then somehow we think we understand things when we have translated them into terms of straight lines and squares - maybe that's why they call rather rigid people squares"
Zee96969696 4 months ago in playlist Alan Watts: A Conversation with Myself
Fuck wiggles.
PRICKLES 4LYFE!!!
bobbygnosis 4 months ago
Man is sill pulling the wold !!!
Songs4LovesGods 4 months ago
anyone else thinking of minecraft? where even nature is all squares and grids LOL
ShaolinViolin 5 months ago in playlist science
Und so lang du das nicht hast
Dieses: stirb und werde
Bist du nur ein trüber Gast
Auf der dunklen Erde
IlRezzonico 5 months ago
I want his Jacket!
magicalray93 5 months ago
@iwergvuiswven9 DOOD! First thing to read: The Essential Alan Watts -- easy reading, and a great primer. Also read, THIS IS IT. And for sure, read this one : THE BOOK
On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are. PEACE! Lemme know if u wanna read more. Alan is Da Man!
TheBigPrettyOne 5 months ago
I have watched all four parts of this along with as many other Alan Watts videos that I can find and I have to say, listening to him makes me think, makes me smile and makes me cry because everything just seems so obvious and beautiful.
I wish he were still in the flesh today, I would very much like to meet him.
Psychonauticus6 6 months ago
I want his sweater
raiden3k 6 months ago 9
@raiden3k I want his peace.
Josephjoel3 1 month ago
42 people do not know who they are.
dustinmartinez316 6 months ago in playlist Alan Watts
Check out Alan Watts on iTunes -- free podcasts there. For sanity's sake !
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The wiggly world of nature is so fair and beautiful in comparison to the grey and drooping world mankind created.
Plant trees instead of power plants! ;-)
henryfred 7 months ago
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TheHolyMolyPoly 7 months ago
I wish he was alive right now so he could make sense of all this..
trainofaaron 7 months ago
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coffunism 7 months ago
so true!
SpeakZen 7 months ago
Please tell me someone else sees the face in the trees at around 5.50? It is on the right of Alan.
BrascoXVIII 7 months ago
After having listened to him, I actually felt more joyful. He expresses deep concepts with great clarity and simplicity uh? Refreshing
Silence4Sounds 7 months ago
Thank you so much for uploading this. Too many great Alan Watts videos get taken down.
jlambertstl 8 months ago
"The part cannot comprehend the whole" and yet somehow we do
blackmagicmarkr 8 months ago
@blackmagicmarkr I would be very surprised if you do so , but we don't actually
collector619 8 months ago
@collector619 The part and the whole are one in the same
blackmagicmarkr 8 months ago
@blackmagicmarkr how do you beat your heart?
alienfetusllc 8 months ago
The sheer depth of thought astounds me, or rather the deep penetration of the consciousness into reality between the thoughts.
ulsahalcyon 8 months ago
I liked the part where he had a conversation with himself.
KoanPhilosopher 8 months ago
I enjoy Allen, but there's no mystery in why people build in straight lines; it is economical. Given time, people in fact have always "improved" economical, linear construction with floral patters, and "wiggly" art. Even the most cursory study of art reveals elaborately "wiggly" designs in art throughout all know history. Given a moment's free time, man recalls nature through the prism of himself.
Why he ignores this to make his point, I don't know.
032125 8 months ago
@032125
For the most part man still designs things in squares and boxes.
Another thing in nature does this too... Crystals like NaCl
batfly 8 months ago
Meditative peace and interconnection. Those fresh sensations of being alive. Watt's voice warming the atmosphere. Simple reflections containing a deeper truth. Thanks for sharing this pearl.
thefourthway 8 months ago
what series is this from? and where can I find it
plutoend99 8 months ago
Have any of you watched the remix? It's hilarious.
ShutUpNtellMe 9 months ago
@ShutUpNtellMe Where can I see the remix?
MyPetGoat2U 9 months ago
@MyPetGoat2U
Its on the 'melodysheep'-channel. Alternatively you can write 'the real you' into the search box.
Enjoy!
Paalfaal 9 months ago
i cant help but wonder about the views for these videos.
307,848 people watched part 1. 171,260 of them never made it to part 2
fair enough, they probably weren't into alan watts or just clicked by accident.
what i dont understand is 45,028 people out of 136,491 watched part 2 but never made it to part 3, how? how could you turn it off at the best part!
then 16,772 never made it from part 3 to 4?? really?
so altogether 233,060 people never heard the end of the story. what a shame
savagecabage 9 months ago 129
@savagecabage there is a simple answer to this. It's called 'checking out' or in my case dipping into the video to see that it is. I have lots of Alan Watts material, I have heard most of what he says, which I cherish. I am searching through his videos for something to perk my interest that may be of a different flavour. Therefore this is one reason that backs up the 'dipping in' mentality. I can't answer for the newcomers that have no curiosity though.
PomBare 9 months ago
@savagecabage They probably didn't understand the first part,
KABRIS1 9 months ago
@KABRIS1 the gong? yea.. i wouldnt be surprised at all :D
savagecabage 9 months ago
@savagecabage this is the day we live in. 45 seconds and they are out. Id love to see if people in video one stopped before the end or where they stopped.
benjaminpwallen 9 months ago
@benjaminpwallen if only you could fit alan watts into 45 seconds, there might be hope for them :) id be curious myself, does youtube still have that info available? i remember it used to a while ago, only mr alan watts can see it though
savagecabage 9 months ago
@savagecabage i meant to say mark watts there not alan watts, duh. mark would be the only person to see that information. lol imagine alan watts uploading stuff to youtube, and then tweeting about it!
savagecabage 9 months ago
@savagecabage Only the posting person can. I thinks its his son or relatives keeping the message alive after his passing. If I recall correctly.
benjaminpwallen 8 months ago
@savagecabage It all wiggles.
nyclear 9 months ago
@nyclear i agree
savagecabage 9 months ago
@savagecabage : interesting observation, not sure if related, but when i looked for part 3 on this page, I couldn't see it, thoug i could see Part 4--wondering if it's some sort of 'flue' or other inconsistency with YouTube. Just curious, how were you able to see those stats?
archiemagoulas 8 months ago
@archiemagoulas i didtnt think of that actually, they do see a bit mixed up over on the right compared to some other videos. i just remembered as well that it fades out at the end of part 2 , so that would probably confuse some people too.
i just added up the views on each video, but that was a month ago now, the amount of people who havnt heard the end of the story has gone up by 7,357! its just plain terrible. still its pretty cool that it got around 10k views since then. go on alan!
savagecabage 8 months ago
@savagecabage You're so right: and it seems A Watts is still going (...ang going...) it's all the 'wiggly' Energy, you know... I'm so glad to have found these posts on YouTube. If only we had more of his kind !!
archiemagoulas 8 months ago
@archiemagoulas yea me too, youtube is king these days. I cant think of anybody like alan watts either, apart from terence mckenna, he is the only one i would put in the same category, totally different but a great mind as well.
savagecabage 8 months ago
@savagecabage Checking out some of T McKenna's videos -- thanks for the reference
archiemagoulas 8 months ago
@savagecabage im back to hear the rest lol
runtubefantasy 7 months ago
@savagecabage Well, the best response I can give is that I never knew there were parts 3 and 4. I see part 4 listed on the side of the screen now, but when I first watched this a couple of years ago, I watched part 1 and then part 2 came up, and I didn't see any more listed. So that might explain some of it. A lot of Watts' stuff is listed as incomplete clips, so when something cuts off in the middle of an idea, it's not necessarily a given that the continued part will be found. Just my 2c
jabuhrer1 7 months ago
@savagecabage
I watched all 4 clips! Yay! - small percentage increase in the statistics!
GuitarMannnnnn 7 months ago 35
@GuitarMannnnnn why why why... why would you consider something like statistics after watching all 4 clips!? Dude... You might have missed it.
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Well, you actually missed it. There used to be a top comment about how people would watch the first one, and the other three had a progressively lower amount of views. I was just letting the person who posted that comment know that I watched all 4.
GuitarMannnnnn 1 month ago
@GuitarMannnnnn ohhh I see.
Baxxter101 1 month ago
@savagecabage Part three is actually more interesting, no more rambling, and more pointing at the actual problem. People or rather the "self" don't like problems. We want solutions. Nothing wrong with that. Spiritual teachers are too busy talking out of their buttocks pointing out what's wrong instead of really helping people cross the gate.
fuaburisu 6 months ago
@savagecabage
probably because some of those people were stnd way too much and being tired went to sleep before finishing all videos and some of them wasn't stnd at all
starydziadu 6 months ago
@savagecabage maybe 233,060 people (more as people continue to watch the video) felt enlightened/inspired after the first video and thusly felt compelled to move into a different plane on consciousness which did not involve the subsequent videos. How wonderful is it that there are videos such as this so readily available. Bringing light to our consciousness and our ability to shift this filter of the mind.
idrawallday84 6 months ago
@savagecabage
I guess..... thats what it is all about. When u look out of ur eyes.... you see you happening. And maybe these people are not ready to see that part of themselves. They are fully involved in what they are. Everything resonates in its own frequency.... to resonate and to let others resonate is what the human BEING is...to be...
diabolusX9 5 months ago
@savagecabage The ego puts up quite the fight eh?
KaraikoRaine 5 months ago
@savagecabage it's a damn shame :<
SirDanielMcLean 5 months ago
@savagecabage attention span?
mechazaowa 5 months ago
@savagecabage And how many kept inquiring and meditating themselves?
rodrigojoseunb 5 months ago
@rodrigojoseunb And how many end up being from the same city, watching it at the same time? Nossa.. :)
contac0 4 months ago
@contac0 Acho que só nós dois. :P
Quem é você?
rodrigojoseunb 4 months ago
@rodrigojoseunb Hahaha, provavelmente ninguém conhecido, o que me chamou atenção foi o 'unb' no teu nome. Não moro mais em brasília, mas acho que o pessoal daqui (e de fora) devia dar mais atenção a essas coisas, mas tenho alguns amigos aí na unb que estão na mesma onda... :)
contac0 4 months ago
@savagecabage cause i have to go to work
CrosJg 4 months ago
@savagecabage there are a few reasons for that:
1. they've heard him before....and his lectures are etched in their minds
2. the message theme is pretty much complete in the first part
3. they moved on to justin bieber
whothehellgivesadamn 3 months ago
@savagecabage people have short attention spans these days. sad!
allanpoeism 3 months ago
@savagecabage
Sometimes the truth makes one's ego feel so insignificant, so small...that ego slaved mind at a point cannot take it anymore. In two parts those people got bored or tired. Just like in the movie matrix the character cypher gives up hope and wants to go back into the matrix...the illusion.
tjxkid 3 months ago
@tjxkid thats it exactly! case solved :)
savagecabage 3 months ago
@tjxkid
only someone who misunderstood would think this makes you feel small your not little old you (current form and ego) your everything.
topbluffa1 3 months ago
@savagecabage Maybe, or maybe they left to look for the whole story in one video;)
Snoogumss 2 months ago
@Snoogumss ha yea, all 268,104 of them!! well at least they might have seen the end of the story so
savagecabage 2 months ago
Someone told me when i was young that the brain is the only part of the body that can think about itself. But, i feel now that other parts of my body can think about thier self.
judge6754 9 months ago
"We live in the Age of Focus; the Afterlife is a period of transcendent being"
~~cc
"The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention"
~~Alan Watts
carefulcarpenter 9 months ago
Fantastic! Good luck with the film!
JacanaProductions 9 months ago 5
'our brains are an incredible mess of wiggles'...
ravengoddess5 9 months ago 3
hmm very UG krishnamurti, but with greater detail
capgains 9 months ago
Watts is a true genius and is great at speaking without trying to convert you to anything. Just raw beautiful intellect!
libermusic67 9 months ago
my god did he record this all in the same take
royallthefourth 10 months ago
The GREATEST Philosopher. He combined science and philosophy into a beautiful understanding. His personality is engaging and would make a kick ass dad, probably. He is wise. He talked at IBM, (I'm a programmer) I am just amazed by him. I keep coming back for more lectures! But, I do not worship him, as there are MANY great men to study as well. Feynman, Sagan, Dawkins and many more. But, Alan Watts always is not-dry and seems more human yet highly analytical too.. it's just weird!
freeadplanet 10 months ago
He is so Wonderful!
Sunylocust 10 months ago
Mark, I have followed your father's work for years and years (as many have). Thanks for keeping him alive...
spcole22 10 months ago
Mark Watts, your father was a wonderful human being, lightyears ahead of his time.
I am sad that he is not alive right now, but it natures way, his essence still lives. :)
DemonHermit 10 months ago
38 people doesnt appriciate life
Thomawaa 10 months ago
@Thomawaa I don't appreciate your spelling and grammar.
StuartGilliganGriff 10 months ago
@theorpheans Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California,
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BabaBoczar 10 months ago
Could someone tell me the appropriate name for the cylindrical gong in the very beginning? Thanks!
killcritter 10 months ago
No other animal is better equipped to live on Earth than humans.
ARURTOREYES 10 months ago
I was ten years old when I first started listening on KSAN FM to Alan Watts. It was every Sunday morning. It was my church time. He spoke in detail about every religion. He was a great theologan and he had a great mind. I knew then that most people were not like Alan. Most people are to close minded to see beyond the tip of their nose. The next few years Malcolm X, MLK, and Robert K were taken from us. I was lucky to be influenced by these people. Today young people are on their own.
forfaka 11 months ago
Alan watts' son is on YouTube. Wow.
damirkotoric 11 months ago
3:44 Alan Watts is awareness examining awareness!
OwlJulie 11 months ago
acid watts you are the man!!!
stinkyp101 11 months ago
It all wiggles!
wmc1982 11 months ago
There is no doubt in my mind that within nature we (humans) come 'alive'. Mentally, I feel so different within the woods, or whilst walking along a clif, or scampering over some rocks. Or just sitting, looking at a horizon out to sea. I begin to think of more nobel things. As Mr Watts said, we have a simple kind of mind. My belief is that we have complicated ourselves into a messy sypher. Analysis Paralysis. Simplicity is the key to happiness. Those basic things that we need to live are key.
CelticReject 1 year ago 2
I bet 80% of his listeners do not even know that he is dead lol, or I didn't know that only lol..
Leofox94 1 year ago
(Leofox94, what is important I suppose is that they are hearing his testaments that go on even after his death. I just discovered his works today- I am eager to discover more on his journey about life and his 'love of wisdom', or philosophy. We all die- what matters is how and why we live.)
pifapastoral 11 months ago
@pifapastoral I agree, and also, with my personal conclusion of life, and I'm yet 15, I made this kind of conclusion that with a cosmic perspective of life, we are even smaller than the microbes on our body, compared to the universe, so my conclusion is that there is no point in existence,there is no purpose in it, ALTHOUGH we give a purpose to it, we are so arrogant, that we say "God created everything for us!" but we are just microbes...
Leofox94 11 months ago
@Leofox94 I wish I had your level of awareness when I was your age. Bravo! Keep thinking. Superstitions will not serve us in the 21st century.
mindstormsabrewin 11 months ago
@mindstormsabrewin Thanks, thinking is the greatest power right? :P
Leofox94 11 months ago
@Leofox94 We are the whole thing. It's when we separate from it, and create egos , that we are "microbes". Sometimes being a microbe is fun though. The things we humans have done... and can do, are pretty amazing if you think about it.
SmoothPinkWater 11 months ago
@SmoothPinkWater It is a big topic to talk about, and it would take few hours to discuss it lol, we humans are very arrogant but at the same time pretty amazing by what we do.
Leofox94 11 months ago
DONT THINK... FEEL IT
artsyone90 1 year ago
Enjoying his voice and the calm way he talks.
luticia 1 year ago
He was an eloquent genius and his books are still a delight to read -- I could care less if he had a few bad habits...
gardnjw 1 year ago
I never get sick of listening to him or watching these clips, was such a wise man, each time he reminds me of something I had forgotten.
Antdoggy25 1 year ago
Although they wiggle things are essentially still
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michor10 1 year ago
Alan watts- The pathetic drunk!
Remembermylai 1 year ago
@Remembermylai so was the genius that was james joyce
adrenelinryan 1 year ago
@adrenelinryan and faulkner and hemingway
Kinshasa9200 1 year ago
Oh snap, take that Euclid.
signupforspank 1 year ago
'The part cannot understand the whole.'Kinda like 'You cannot taste your tongue.'(taken from a different talk by Mr Alan Watts).
Thank you for posting this!
Meskerem065 1 year ago
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was this guy by any chanse in a south park episode? called "aging liberal hippie duche"?
sylta09 1 year ago
@sylta09 That's too bad you have no appreciation for this clip. Alan Watts put some great ideas out into the world. And you not only insult him but you don't even know how to spell the word douche. He would have gotten a huge kick out of that. That's my guess anyway. I hope in the future we can live in a world that allows no comments on the Internet. Now THAT would be a giant leap forward.
concretetundra 1 year ago 2
@concretetundra sorry if a somehow offended you. if you read my comment agien maby you see that i diden't say anything bad about Alan Watts or this video. i enjoyed this video, thats why i watched allot of these. i just said that he reminds me of a character in south park.
sylta09 1 year ago
@sylta09 Hi Sylta. I think I was in a cranky mood when I quickly read your comment. I thought you were calling him an aging liberal hippy. I see now that you were not slamming Alan Watts but just quoting what was said in South Park. My mistake. As for the spelling, I don't even know why I focused on that. I don't like it when people on the Internet focus on typos. Thanks for clarifying your comment. I hope all is well in Norway.
concretetundra 1 year ago
@concretetundra also i wanna comment on you correcting my typos. i don't wanna apologise for that, because i live in norway :) and i am well aware that my writing is far from perfect. hope we can one day live in a world were people dont focus on minor typos to think less of other people. i have a very good understanding of english, but writing it perfectly have never ben my interest, my interest is to be understood, and i think i am understood and understand others very well.
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88888FORCE 1 year ago
Love it Live it Learn it
Aftereality 1 year ago
@Aftereality
Not in that order though, eh?
DrSwindles 1 year ago
@DrSwindles Depends on who your talking to. Good point tho.
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polysemousncrk 1 year ago
this is real art in words
jystyle 1 year ago 2
the brain is all wiggles...I love that! makes so much sense..we don't understand this unbelievable organ that is capable of more than anyone truly knows, and we cannot understand the essence of nature made up of wiggles...nature is not only beautiful, it is emotional and effects every single sense...nature can move you.
dgivy 1 year ago
I love Alan Watts!
ChanStudent 1 year ago 44
me too, i love guy finley too :) do you know him
pmartin51 10 months ago
@ChanStudent Me too. Please god, give us back alan watts!
znikacz 10 months ago
@ChanStudent and he loves you.
bnsomin 9 months ago
we all believe that choice is real............. ha, funny.
hmsixsixsix 1 year ago
@hmsixsixsix What does this video have to do with determinism and free will?
This leads me to the question, why is choice not real according to you?
Ignozi 1 year ago
I think, power of the nature -in it's harmony, states of absolute balance. Human mind is too confused and chaotic, wishes too much and selfish. Our disharmony attracts us to nature for the sake of restore the forgotten paradise pleasure. Trees, grass, hills and river - haven't our passions, especially plants - are harmonious. But warm-blooded, animals - already are suffering, because they have a rudiment of Mind, the future intelligence. The nature only feels, does not think.
10axyz 1 year ago
weak intellect for euclid? merp
sockrocker117 1 year ago
@sockrocker117
derp derp weak intellect.. lol i totally agree
shaegse 1 year ago
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truthbeeeetold 1 year ago
Avatar!
CJDownz 1 year ago
does anybody know what the instrument contraprion the strikes the large pipe at the beginning of the video is called?
baebameows 1 year ago
String Theory much? :P
nhmllr725 1 year ago
Hey Alan, string theory much? :P
nhmllr725 1 year ago
WIGGLY WIGGLES!
LifeIsAnicca 1 year ago
Seems like such a centered, spiritual guy. Makes you wonder how he could have had two broken marriages due to his own infidelity. Was his private face so different from his public one? Did he tell the truth in his work, and tell lies in his life?
Silenus6 1 year ago
@Silenus6 Understand my brother that your idea of morality and the correct life is derived from a psudo-moralistic society who tells you that the correct path has already been dictated...The path of GOD is without direction
toogjolly 1 year ago
@toogjolly That's an interesting assumption. I don't blame you for making it. I'm just as much of an arrogant free-thinker as you are. My morality has very little to do with this culture, or any industrialized culture. I believe in polyamory. See as many people as you want to, but be HONEST about it. Don't vow to be monogamous and then sneak around. Or is that bourgeois? lol
Silenus6 1 year ago
@Silenus6 Well he was still human, wasn't he? We don't know everything about his personal life and it doesn't matter anyway. As he said so himself: you can't have the ups without the downs.
zerothehero123 1 year ago
@zerothehero123 That sounds like a rationalization. The whole point of spiritual practice is to control the mind, so as to attain mastery over one's desires, and ultimately transcend the lower nature. Many have done it, Watts did not. He was an adulterer who drank himself to death. Doesn't mean he wasn't a good man, worthy of love and respect. Or that he wasn't skilled in delivering the teachings (even if he fell short in their practice). But he was no master. That's all.
Silenus6 1 year ago
@Silenus6
If you really think that the mind can be controlled then you have missed the point. plain and simple
MrPontiusPilate 1 year ago
@MrPontiusPilate Don't get fixated on the words. The point is, there is such a thing as spiritual practice, and one does not practice for nothing. There is a particular object in sight. It concerns the process of not identifying with mind. And, by awakening to the present moment, anchoring ourselves to a much larger, much deeper, and more peaceful center within ourselves. However you articulate it. If a man were truly accomplished in this practice, would he be an alcoholic and a cheater?
Silenus6 1 year ago
@Silenus6
Don't get fixated on the words? What are you talking about? Do you even try to speak sensibly?
MrPontiusPilate 1 year ago
@Silenus6 Best spiritual practice - cruel conflict or love, when conflict is resolved - mind feels a shock and becomes silent by itself, naturally, because of horror or ecstasy ( it depends on a situation).
For this ability is necessary to admire something for much time - of beauty, arts,nature, thus these emotional intense states of consciousness ...gradually become norm in life, and the person easily enters into silence of mind by natural vital impulses instead of spiritual practice.
10axyz 1 year ago
my former self
baskerdjarnis 1 year ago
The video is in a rectangle...
This guy is the truth. I feel blessed to have stumbled upon him.
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lutherarao 1 year ago
Simply awesome.
cadranaline 1 year ago
uhhh, this is beautifully profound. He just put into words what I think about every single godamn day,.
questionsleadtotruth 1 year ago
So inspiring, I am glad I found Alan Watts Video.
I find it as an enrichment.
Thank you
romy12387 1 year ago