Alan Watts - A Game That's Worth The Candle

"Out Of Your Mind" Lecture on "The Nature of Consciousness"

The Alan Watts Story While many in the 60′s played the stock market and paid their mortgages, Alan Watts lived aboard a colorful houseboat, writing, speaking, and inspiring a generation to re-assess their values. For more than forty years, Alan Watts earned a reputation as a foremost interpreter of Eastern philosophies for the West. Beginning at age sixteen, when he wrote essay for the journal of the Buddhist Lodge in London, he developed an audience of millions who were enriched through his books, tape recordings, radio, television, and public lectures. In all, Watts wrote more than twenty-five books and recorded hundreds of lectures and seminars, all building toward a personal philosophy that he shared in complete candor and joy with his readers and listeners throughout the world. His overall works have presented a model of individuality and self-expression that can be matched by few philosophers. His life and work reflects an astonishing adventure: he was an editor, Anglican priest, graduate dean, broadcaster, author, lecturer, and entertainer. He had fascinations for archery, calligraphy, cooking, chanting, and dancing, and still was completely comfortable hiking alone in the wilderness. He held a Master's Degree in Theology from Sudbury-Western Theological Seminary and an Honorary DD from the University of Vermont in recognition of his work in the field of comparative religions. He held fellowships from Harvard University and the Bollingen Foundation, and was Episcopal Chaplain at Northwestern University during the Second World War. He became professor and dean of the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco, made the television series "Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life" for National Educational Television, and served as a visiting consultant for psychiatric institutions and hospitals, and for the United States Air Force. In the mid-sixties he traveled widely with his students in Japan, and visited Burma, Ceylon, and India.

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[3Eternus]

What is the movie, with the quote 'all you have to do is listen?'  - Great stuff btw thanks.

[mugikuyu]

@3Eternus "August Rush"

[WarriorofDimensions]

@gjjackson1968 It is quite entertaining and beautiful to see others reflecting upon this philosophy. Even if I see another that dosn't quite understand themselves, they are closer to realization... having heard only this small section of Alan's work.

[Dragon33304]

Thank you for posting and for remembering our old friend, Alan.

[lspmd2]

"the well being of every cell in our body depends upon the well being of that which is next to it" -UG Krishnamurti From the cells in our body to the nations of the world and beyond! Thank you Alan! "^_^"

[jimvortex]

this is the stuff we forget to remember ..... and as i said to the person who woke me up on the train and stopped me waking up in the wrong county ..... thankyou

[smaskeriff]

what is the name of the movie with the boy in the field, playing with the wind?

[DescarteSilas]

Please, post more!

[a2000scott]

beautiful. Thank you!

[bradleyt1]

I must have watched this a 100 times.. Alan Watts is amazing.

[jaykaydee33]

your video and music combined with his word are very moving, thank you!

[rawrock24]

Does any one know the name or meaning of the three birds symbol Watts uses? Thanks

[freeadplanet]

YouHoo! Hello all you whirls pools out there! Hi