Alan Watts on Drug Abuse - Part 1 of 5

Alan Watts (1915-1973) on Drug abuse, there is some of the intro and end missing but its basically the entire lecture.

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[Miazma]

OK, minor gripe here:

I see this in a lot of Alan Watts videos. He'll be talking about something unrelated to religion yet there are Buddhist/Hindu/Taoist images sprinkled all over these videos. This talk has nothing to do with Buddhism and while I know that Watts was very well versed in Eastern religions and philosophies don't you think that posting images of Buddha in a video about drug use is sort of misappropriated?

I'm not a Buddhist or anything and I adore Watts. I'm just sayin', I guess.

[djdnauk1977]

@Miazma i dont see the problem with mixing the concept of freedom to use drugs, with buddhist philosophy which supports the concept of individual autonomy/choice etc...

but honestly, theyre just images for the sake of something to look at... not something i put a lot of thought into

[Miazma]

@djdnauk1977 But don't get me wrong. It's a good vid, and I'm glad you put it up.

Peace be.

[djdnauk1977]

@Miazma no problem friend :) & thanks for commenting/watching! peace

[DeMarkieSade]

Legalize all of them, all right over the counter. Show an I.D. and buy anything you want.

[djdnauk1977]

@DeMarkieSade well i say decriminalise, not legalise, because legalisation implies the government can control/regulate & tax it, which would be awful news, as it would just be another thing our fascist governments use to control us... decriminalisation = its nto a crime & cant be taxed either WIN!

[CantWeedThis]

DEA just got owned by alan watts

[jazzaste123]

We should all have the free will the choice to ingest any drug we want we are free to do what the governments choose for us well they can kiss my arse I like to take drugs of all kinds as long as your safe and informed what's the big bloody deal lol

[rahphunk]

@Miazma I don't think this is his channel, someone else had to of had posted this and put those pics to it.

[sc2LEGEND]

Does any one know where i can get the dialogue to this audio?

[Miazma]

@djdnauk1977 If anything, this talk has more commonalities with Tao. "Throw away morality and justice, and people will do the right thing."

I'm not actually that frustrated about it. But I'm sure Buddhists that actually follow the precepts and scriptures must get annoyed when they are associated with drug culture. It's an entire culture that, where I live, has been absorbed and--dare I say--stolen by a group that has nothing to do with them.

[Miazma]

@djdnauk1977 Most Buddhists actually take a vow not to partake in substances that will alter their state of mind. If anything it's much like Hindu in the sense that enlightenment comes from realizing the god (or in this case Buddha-nature or bodhisattva) in oneself by *removing* the concept of autonomy and rejecting the concept of the ego.

[Miazma]

@djdnauk1977 Let's not forget that the point of this section of the talk isn't to debate the morality of drugs, but that the policing of them is not only futile and damaging but that it is also immoral.

[straty01]

The Chinese Opium wars clearly demonstrated how the ruling class utilize drugs. The same game is being played today. Opium production has increased in Afghanistan under US occupation. Who is making all that money on imported heroin in the US?

The Mexican drug cartels are making a lot of money from the USA because marijuana is illegal. The only ones to 'win' from legalization of drugs are the people. Those private jails would go broke and bribed politicians would suffer, poor dears.