Alan Watts - Work As Play Pt 1/3

[IlRezzonico]

Thank God that by the miracle of technology we can see and hear the Buddha of Chislehurst all these years later. Thanks for uploading!

[TheClassof88]

i actually wash dishes for a living, awesome fun XD

[mattbugden91]

This is actually the best advise i've heard to date

[MultiSteini]

hmm... ok, but what if u get really tired of the game? how can u keep on enjoying.

[NextLevelBeatsTV]

@MultiSteini keep your inner child and you cant really get tired of the game, you rest to only play again. Notice the "Weee" @ 0:20 when he shoots the arrow. inner child

[noncontradiction]

@MultiSteini Well there you have. You're presuming that there was at one point when you enjoyed the game, and then you wonder why you aren't enjoying it now. The point is you wouldn't know how to enjoy live if you didn't also know how not to enjoy it.

[avedic]

I love drunk Alan Watts :)

[eg6roll]

707. Smoking something and bumping Alan is so much fun.

[willie1490]

@eg6roll ALLLLLLLLLLLL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[McDicker96]

love this guy

[Bremerxxxx]

I'd love to see Alan Watts talking to the puppets on Sesame i Street.

[reemanmusic]

AHHHHHHH

[draksus]

“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and ... SNAP! The job's a game!”

[IlRezzonico]

What if washing the one dish is so abhorrent that you cannot do it?

[bambamfuzzled]

@IlRezzonico you have to look at what makes it abhorrent to you. What is it that makes you feel so despising and disgusted that you cant swipe your hand across a dish with a wet soapy towel? Why do you feel it is unworthy to touch your skin? Do you not wipe your bottom when you use the restroom? What is the worse of the two?

[IlRezzonico]

@bambamfuzzled I was continuing the analogy - if one really hates one's job, it it impossible to get through it by making a game of it.

[09dearprudence]

This is awesome! Cheers!

[Slicc7]

He is telling me stuff that in my mind I think "I know this stuff this is so simple", but yet in my heart I feel like I am flowering just by listening to these words.

[Alexanduhr]

@sootyfoots Hahaha, very funny. But honestly its not about that. In your life time your going to have to work. Whether its minimum wage, poverty level, or a bit higher up on the chain. Alans just trying to make it easier for you.(:

[tombstoneSHARK]

there is only now, so simple, yet so deep.

[MissJMusique]

i LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[jazzaste123]

Orignalkous. Same here brother aha but we have found him now which means we are really ready to hear him yayyyy

[orignalkous]

I can't fucking believe its taken me this long to find this guy! he reads my fuckin mind! perfect.

[SincereCreature]

@AnontoBiswas You cannot play on demand. Well, that's the hardest lesson of life... :D So, you can, basically, but as I said...

[sootyfoots]

Zen and the art of enjoying wage labour for the rest of your life

[JimmyIDUB]

WEEE!

[2brothersofstrength]

nice way to convince people to do the dishes

[freedomfromthemind]

Thank you Alan ..... Namaste

[Jayoung1000]

The man himself!

[ashman9992]

this man helped me see

[skeletonmeister]

heheh, his dishwashing dance is cute :)

[Razzics]

Eccentric, but eye opening.

[Jayoung1000]

@Razzics I couldn't have said it better myself! :)

[DmitrijJazunov]

I like his reference to some big daddy xD

[jockejocke80]

Funny stuff. The best part is when he sings to the flower. You can see he really has some connection to it that very few people have, Very few people would take such an interest in a plant.

[jockejocke80]

0:29



[Unison8]

This man saved my life.

[thintopia]

so is he saying suicide is okay or at least a good option if life sucks?

[Unison8]

@thintopia He's not saying suicide is okay or good. He's also not saying that suicide isn't okay or bad. He's implying that some of our current beliefs create unnecessary stress and unhappy people. He's asking us to reexamine our beliefs and to consider a different way of thinking about things.

[thintopia]

@Unison8 thanks. I think I got the point. I just wonder how someone who already has suicidal thoughts would take these ideas. I agree completely that our beliefs create unnecessary stress and unhappiness. It really is as simple as choosing to be happy no matter your situation.

[SincereCreature]

@thintopia Yep :D

[Slance1Himself]

He is such an extraordinary person!

[christuimbirek]

he kinda looks and speaks like c. manson heheh

[erickpas]

Serious subject - playful speaking. He lives up to his speech perfectly.

[xanildo2]

good stuff...