Alan Watts - Determinism and Karma

Here is another inspirational video from the great Alan Watts. I added some music and special effects. Eventually I would like to create some videos of my own but for now I am just experimenting.

Alan Watts, modern day philosopher, provides a fresh look at the Buddhist & Hindu concept of Karma. Watts suggests that Karma can apply to the cycle of suffering within a lifetime as opposed to between lifetimes. Such a position sits more comfortably with the modern mind not comfortable with the concept of previous lives.

*Use headphones for a better listening experience :)

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• Alan
• Watts
• Karma
• Determinism
• Ying&Yang
• Determination
• 2012
• Peace
• Zen
• Meditation
• Abstract
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[peacefulfatguy]

funny thing is this lecture was from the past...and im hearing it now

[Brandonian3030]

@peacefulfatguy

Nice , I like that ;)

[haerverk]

Never thought I'd say this... but this guy all of a sudden seems full of s**t : / I just lost another hero

[Brandonian3030]

Really? How so?

[aniak17]

I'll tell you a secret: being full of shit doesnt mean that you dont have anything to contribute.

[AtomicBobBomb]

Thank you for uploading this. This has officially become my favorite YouTube video as of right now. Because of this I am going to drop what I am doing (procrastinating) and become what I am. :)

[robertbrennanaa]

@novaflo339 LOL, Wattsy FTW

[TheIgnoramus]

@haerverk only because the people you are surrounded by are very "Yin".

[TheIgnoramus]

@aniak17 your 100% right. We can use there shit to grow food for people who have a shitless GI tract ;)

[Jcolinsol]

@haerverk

If you meet the buddha along the road, kill him.

[dukenotes]

@gromby What's in question is the assumption of "cause and effect." Looking at it in the "normal" way we could say that your hunger "causes" you to drive to the grocery store. But it would be just as valid to say the future event (buying groceries) is the "cause" of you getting into your car NOW. See? It's crazy either way you look at it and you may as well say that things arise mutually (although not necessarily at the same time.)

[gromby]

@dukenotes First the artist has to shoot light out of his eyes. Then he has to shoot enough light in the most irregular pattern required to make waves like the ones ships leave, sufficient to drive the ship. I think all this is impossible on many levels. How does the artist drive the ship? Does time move logically forward into the past? That would require that everything be going in reverse in the present. None of this seems tenable to me but maybe I do not understand.

[novaflo339]

ALAN WATTS FOR THE WIN!

[amn3h23h2]

but, dear alan watts, old friend, i'm not a unified field of organism-environment. for you see, i'm a banana

[dFalcStudios]

this is excellent



[pingupenguin]

@AtomicBobBomb Thanks buddy, I appreciate what you wrote!