Alan Watts: Learning the Human Game - Being in the Way Ep. 17 - Hosted by Mark Watts

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @maximelagace
    @maximelagace Год назад +133

    "One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt." -Alan Watts

    • @SignalFifty
      @SignalFifty Год назад

      His message was, whatever you're feeling is alright. It flies in the face of the cancel culture we are living in today, a culture that tries to teach us that feelings are the enemy. They are part of the HUMAN experience. Without them, you are not a conscious entity.

    • @THOMAS_MHDS
      @THOMAS_MHDS Год назад +5

      Niiice.

    • @AlejandroUrsweetfriend
      @AlejandroUrsweetfriend Год назад

      😅😮😅😊😮😮❤

  • @juanotamendi8913
    @juanotamendi8913 2 года назад +147

    What a wonderful human !! I truly wish he would of seen the huge difference in the world !! Much love and respect Mr Alan watts, like the father I never had !!

    • @lovesoap
      @lovesoap 2 года назад +17

      Omg I consider him my father too! Like listening to your wise dad give you loving advice. He died before i was born and he has played a major role in my life. I love this man. ❤

    • @douglasholden3169
      @douglasholden3169 Год назад +6

      We all see 6th to 9th. What am I. OM Breath. Inner shh no i peace.

    • @jonathanweilbacher9714
      @jonathanweilbacher9714 Год назад +5

      That's awesome. He infuses every ounce of existence within itself. Truly amazing!

    • @lilysoulstar6221
      @lilysoulstar6221 Год назад +10

      He sees it 😍✨

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Год назад +8

      @@douglasholden3169 Inner Shh, hahaha love that:) Sushing yourself, "Why the heck can´t I be silent in my own head.. be quiet!" Reminds me of the "serenity now!" skit in Seinfeld.
      I try to take the thoughts as birds chittering. I don´t sush the birds, I don´t glue them to the ground and I don´t fly after them. And they migrate in their own time.

  • @realmc60
    @realmc60 Год назад +8

    Im slightly overwhelmed about how insightful this man is

  • @23cutemonkey
    @23cutemonkey Год назад +74

    When I listen to Alan Watts, I know that he is alive in me and I am alive in him in the timelessness that is where we all are, now, immortal. I love the joy he manifests and shares in speaking the truth of what is. What a gift he is to Life. What clarity, what simplicity, what wisdom. Thank you, Alan, always.

    • @piehound
      @piehound Год назад +1

      Nice words. But in my life i find clarity often lacking. Words alone . . . no matter how clear just don't clarify life itself. Same with wisdom. The words themselves may be very wise indeed. But that's only talk or text. Now try walking the walk instead of just talking the talk. I find trial and error is mostly what happens. The wise words only serve to remind me i've erred again . . . painfully.

    • @fernandaconceicao146
      @fernandaconceicao146 Год назад

      To listen to Allan is a knock on the door of perceptions and a reallity check out .He nurrish the intetectual and wakes you up for ineffavel nature that permeates all phenomena ,is joyful and painful to listen because he push a door but its the power of diligence and motivation( your own) that makes this Clarity a truth for us He have the power to shake us with his words , words are symbols showing directions,....I understand what you saying felt it many times
      But we always have the Present Moment to step On no matter how many we missed and we feel discouraged To judge ourselves to feel without resources is just more one trap.Never give up.

  • @moorzymoores
    @moorzymoores Год назад +11

    This bloke was a clever clever man. Everytime I listen he never fails to teach something.

  • @Ucayali267
    @Ucayali267 Год назад +86

    Thank you for these uploads. I visited Alan Watt's place of birth a couple of months ago. A little suburban village Chislehurst in south London. I’ve seen his house, the little high street, the church he attended, and the pub he made a birthday party for his then 80 yo father. I was strolling through the village, listening to his autobiography on my airpods and trying to find as many places as possible. It’s very easy to imagine how it was when Alan lived there and then visited when he moved to the States. The village didn’t change almost at all. Visiting Chislehurst was an amazing experience.

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Год назад +14

      He was an extraordinary man, that is for sure. Strange to think he came from the same type of background we all come from. Next time I am in the UK, Chislehurst is on the map :) Thanks for the idea.

    • @justdriveon
      @justdriveon Год назад +8

      I went to see the ferry boat in Sausalito while listening. 😉

    • @michaelbeede8436
      @michaelbeede8436 Год назад

      @@justdriveon lo

    • @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
      @The_New_Abnormal_World_Order Год назад +3

      Thank you for this comment... you have inspired me to make a pilgrimage!😊

    • @dgodiex
      @dgodiex Год назад +5

      @@justdriveon I had the privilege to live and work on the Vallejo for two months in 2016 (invited for an artist residence. They knew how much I loved Alan, so it was a surreal experience. Many things belonging to him and areas where many photos of him where taken are still intact on the boat).

  • @antoniovittorio4686
    @antoniovittorio4686 2 года назад +57

    'BALANCE' is the word that most characterized the game of life.Balance of the opposites. Like a game, life needs RULES & RANDOMNESS, CONTROL & RISK, otherwise it becomes a bore. A great speech, great because timeless and delivered by a passionate man who speaks for the sake of truth.

    • @mrsbethaniesmith
      @mrsbethaniesmith Год назад +1

      A bore, or pure chaos

    • @AubreyDuckworth
      @AubreyDuckworth Год назад

      You nailed it....well said I'm sure he is smiling at the kind gestures!!

  • @Earthangel63
    @Earthangel63 11 месяцев назад +2

    Please NEVER take his wonderful lectures away from us✌️☯️

  • @anneatmon188
    @anneatmon188 Год назад +34

    Alan Watts has such a calming and soul centering voice

    • @santaclase3410
      @santaclase3410 Год назад +1

      Santa Clase
      7 days ago
      🥰🥰🥰
      get well everbody🥰🥰🥰

    • @berthacheese8924
      @berthacheese8924 Год назад +4

      YES!!! So warm and relaxing. He feels like family. He was given that voice for a reason I think! I listen to him often and especially if I'm not in the best mood

    • @JillofAllTrades2
      @JillofAllTrades2 Год назад +1

      @@berthacheese8924I can see listening to his voice would be calming when I’m frazzled.

  • @GaryRSpicer
    @GaryRSpicer Год назад +9

    This is how anyone can change the world, question everything in the freeing human way

  • @doritoz98
    @doritoz98 2 года назад +38

    My absolute favorite speaker.

    • @Sherry1065
      @Sherry1065 10 месяцев назад +1

      If you don't know about Ted talks or Ted X there are some pretty good speakers over there as well, who speak about every subject imaginable! If you've already discovered them, more power to you! All the best to you and yours! ✌️❤

  • @reme7903
    @reme7903 Год назад +12

    This is just pure genius in its simplicity. This speech brilliantly conveyed the sublime balance in everything

  • @josephhebert1785
    @josephhebert1785 Год назад +2

    I've been listening to Alan Watts nearly every day for the past 8 years and it just dawned on me that while he has an English accent, he speaks like a west coast American.

  • @CSMcVay
    @CSMcVay Год назад +6

    What a perfect message for our times. Watts was an incredible, clear thinker.

    • @SignalFifty
      @SignalFifty Год назад +3

      He was a prophet. He wasn't speaking to the early 70's; he is addressing the 2020s: Right Now.

    • @angiebradley1356
      @angiebradley1356 Год назад +3

      Timeless.. that's true wisdom ✨👌

  • @frenchie9952
    @frenchie9952 Год назад +2

    Talking about rules of grammar - one can't say 'On which side of the road we should drive on' the 'on' can only be at one end of the sentence. Just an observation, not a criticism. I love this guy

  • @richardfinlayson1524
    @richardfinlayson1524 Год назад +17

    Gee it's amazing this was recorded in 1965 ,the year I was born, that's fifty eight years ago,he was certainly on the leading edge of the 60 s generation. Thanks for this guys,take it easy.☯️☮️❤️

    • @luciderr
      @luciderr Год назад +4

      It's also very comforting to see that his lessons aged well, proving the authenticity of his teachings.

    • @CiaofCleburne
      @CiaofCleburne Год назад +3

      I dig it. ❤

  • @Coldinferno8482
    @Coldinferno8482 4 месяца назад +1

    Hello. I just want to thank you for keeping your dad's thoughts going! I am far from being anything akin to a spiritual master? But your father speaks so well to how things are. It is amazing! Thank you for keeping his thoughts alive!

  • @nathaliechollet8848
    @nathaliechollet8848 Год назад +15

    Thank you ! I so adore this man! I feel like his voice and his laughter are a therapy for me❤

    • @JoseG-o5b
      @JoseG-o5b Год назад +1

      Settling words of applicable subject of interest

  • @danielhampton4292
    @danielhampton4292 Год назад +7

    The man is inspiring. ‘Nuff said!!

  • @bendouglas7097
    @bendouglas7097 Год назад +8

    Love alan watts, a personal hero of mine. I also give big thanks for this channel

  • @RenatasVilcinskas
    @RenatasVilcinskas Год назад +4

    I dig this ;)

  • @eliasbuchwald1064
    @eliasbuchwald1064 Год назад +19

    Fascinating. What a tremendous pleasure listening to his deep thoughts on life. Thank you for sharing this with us

  • @deadreckoning6288
    @deadreckoning6288 Год назад +7

    What an amazing talk. Concepts Ive thought deeply about through my life. It strikes at the heart of my Calvinist upbringing & the disturbing idea of original sin and all encompassing control.....which is utter bs. Its taking me a lifetime to decondition myself from this brainwashing. Thank you Alan.

  • @susanloforti4494
    @susanloforti4494 Год назад +2

    I used Alan Watts' boat in Sausalito, to document my journey toward Enlightenment in a blank book that was left there in the 1980's.
    My samadhi occurred on JUNE 15TH, 1992.
    DEEPEST THANKS TO ALAN.

  • @tassopicasso6123
    @tassopicasso6123 2 года назад +16

    Truly a remarkable man. Such insight is food for the soul. Thank you, Alan Watts channel.

  • @earthianmike
    @earthianmike Год назад +12

    I so dig Alan Watts and what his art could mean to people ✨💖

  • @meditatewithjames
    @meditatewithjames Год назад +4

    When we move out of our way, we can see who we truly are

  • @peymanghorbani6390
    @peymanghorbani6390 Год назад +1

    Alan is the voice of the universe.

  • @carenkurdjinian5413
    @carenkurdjinian5413 Год назад +2

    What a beautiful example brought ….🌞

  • @gongallah
    @gongallah 2 года назад +8

    I dig you = I'm gonna mine you for your wealth of experiences, knowledge and wisdom.

  • @gaaoui
    @gaaoui Год назад +1

    Ethical experimentation sounds so constructive, lifelike, in the vehicle of pure positivity, as a form art, as we be art in it, that we are as evolving beings!!! 🦋🦋🦋🤗🫶🌟✨ so beautiful, wishing so much peace, health, and happiness showers always higher growing

  • @apheshavaldez405
    @apheshavaldez405 Год назад +4

    I wish Mr. Watts was sitll around, I would feel blessed to have the opertunity to be in his presence. His work still proves to be very relevant today.

  • @JacksJ007
    @JacksJ007 Год назад +5

    Lmao
    "ya wanna go out and see at the stars bunched together? Would ya like that?
    No..!."
    cracks me right up every time

  • @Africanrose123
    @Africanrose123 Год назад +1

    Beautiful, real talk. Sending divine healing love to mama earth and all its habitants 💞

  • @jamesmcfarland1521
    @jamesmcfarland1521 Год назад +3

    Right on point with wizer growth 📝🛐

  • @marcosluna7792
    @marcosluna7792 2 года назад +16

    Exactly what I needed, when I needed it. Thank you! 🙏❤

    • @derbawah
      @derbawah Год назад

      i didnt understand the concept . what is he talking about , can someone please give me a quick summary or realisation from this video

  • @DarkManBeatzUrFace
    @DarkManBeatzUrFace Год назад +1

    When i listen to alan watts i feel like hes in me and im in him we are connected as one he expanded my mind

  • @busisiwecwati7918
    @busisiwecwati7918 Год назад +1

    Thank You...for the uploads. Alan truly gifted i'v learned a lot

  • @James-m8n8g
    @James-m8n8g Год назад +2

    Alan is still ahead of modern times.

    • @Earthangel63
      @Earthangel63 11 месяцев назад +1

      OR… Is it spooky he sounds like he is talking about these days? Have we learned anything?
      I heard him say that computers may help us out eventually….. if he only knew where they have brought us today. Help in the beginning…. But now 😞🥺

  • @willatno2
    @willatno2 Год назад +4

    Thank you for uploading …… brilliant stuff

  • @jeaninecaterisano8661
    @jeaninecaterisano8661 2 года назад +7

    He lives!

  • @pickle9753
    @pickle9753 Год назад +3

    These are beautiful, and very insightful thoughts. Fascinating stuff. I could listen all day. The tone and voice is very soothing.
    The pulls off the pipe in the background, and the occasional suppressed coughing, is the icing on the cake of making me feel comfortable and relaxed. 😂🥴❤️🤷🏻‍♀️☯️☮️
    Thank you very much for sharing.

  • @marquezgarrett1311
    @marquezgarrett1311 2 года назад +4

    Thank you Alan

  • @jeljel4037
    @jeljel4037 Год назад +9

    I could listen to him read the phone book. Such a pleasure to hear someone speak his mind without inserting the word "like" every 3rd or 4th word. Wayne Dyer is another oldie but goodie to listen and learn from.

  • @beach182
    @beach182 2 года назад +12

    The art of the controlled accident ❤

  • @derickd4665
    @derickd4665 2 года назад +8

    Thank you very much! Love the place were Alan's words point.
    Greetings from Bolivia!

  • @gr8ful818
    @gr8ful818 Год назад +2

    What a trip to have a dad like yours if this is a little Allen ❤

    • @davidc6003
      @davidc6003 Год назад

      Watch it, you're adding new language created by pot heads.

  • @MarinTvarog
    @MarinTvarog Год назад +1

    I've come to listen to Alan Watts after ive experienced (during meditation) the whole unity with everything that is, from humans, plants, animals, whole cosmos really. I did not know what has happened. I cried about 5,6 times per day for a month from pure love and joy. After reading and listening to primordial energy/God that took form of Alan Watts ive learned that what happend to me was satori, buddhahood, enlightment. ❤🎉😂 There is no one god on top of all, authority which created all this, and were the products of this entity because thats not what love is about. We are it, we are all gods. We are all one in form of many, and this existance, universe itself really is the celebration and "gathering" all possible experiences just for pure love and fun of it. ❤😂😊 From that day on, im no longer the nihilistic, cinical asshole who knew that science is the only way to explain our existance. 😅😂 Alan Watts explained everything and spoke nothing but truth of our universe. 😊

    • @dustinthompson764
      @dustinthompson764 Год назад +1

      Thanks for your testimony you're right check out neville Goddard if you haven't

    • @MarinTvarog
      @MarinTvarog Год назад +1

      @@dustinthompson764 Thank you, i will look into Goddard 😃

    • @dustinthompson764
      @dustinthompson764 Год назад

      @MarinTvarog this life is so amazing and Goddard has some good material

  • @renatehendricks5078
    @renatehendricks5078 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for these wise lectures from Alan Watts keep up the good work 🙏

  • @Midwesternreedneck
    @Midwesternreedneck Год назад +6

    I wish I had the oppertunity to smoke with Alan, I like to think he is with me now as I enjoy his voice speaking dharma as it is. He helped inspire me to quit drinking, a wonderful Bodisotva.

  • @chrispecora6223
    @chrispecora6223 2 года назад +3

    Thank you too Alan🌹🧿💧🌊🌕

  • @MsDeathGuy
    @MsDeathGuy Год назад +2

    I listen to these talks when the effects of psilocybin start to fade off.Really puts my thoughts in order.Doesn't really matter what he is talking about,is just the way and flow of his thoughts

    • @WILLed_into_Existence
      @WILLed_into_Existence Год назад

      I do the same, listen to him until I fall asleep after my trips. Ram Dass is also great for this

  • @KB.Emmanuel
    @KB.Emmanuel Год назад

    yessss i adore these uploads

  • @dgodiex
    @dgodiex Год назад +1

    4216 likes vs 1 dislike.
    This has to be one of the most succesful videos (in terms of ratio) of the whole YT.

  • @nathankaiser2511
    @nathankaiser2511 Год назад +2

    Thank you Sir Alan for sharing the wisdom Amen 🙏

  • @trevywevy802
    @trevywevy802 Год назад +1

    Man I dig you Mr Watts! 🥰

  • @fanpromotv9306
    @fanpromotv9306 2 года назад +6

    Happy new year's watts thank you 🙏🏽

  • @nukeheadman4266
    @nukeheadman4266 25 дней назад

    Almost 10 years ago I sat in the living room reading dictionaries and just as Alan stuttered, I came across the word "lexicographer" and "lexicography" in one dictionary, and in an older dictionary, the opening statements read lexicoNographer and lexicoNography. Can't remember what years they were but I think of that language "update" regularly.

  • @webbdepot4060
    @webbdepot4060 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this.

  • @rainbowguide5873
    @rainbowguide5873 Год назад

    What we feed our consciousness is what the embodiment of the earth is feeling so what we as the only conscious mind we need to feed ourselves positive so ot in essence will receive our vibration of the love of life on our abundant planet we are living and created from

  • @carenkurdjinian5413
    @carenkurdjinian5413 Год назад +2

    Amazing mind ….🌞

  • @kevinmalone6132
    @kevinmalone6132 2 года назад +10

    27mins in he absolutely nails where we are right now in society. This talk was late 60's. Humans (this go around) seem to be a predictable disaster...

  • @TheLove1Makes
    @TheLove1Makes Год назад +1

    Good Meaning

  • @WhiteApeMA
    @WhiteApeMA Год назад

    This reminds me of a saying, "balance is not a static state of things, but a rather arbitrary mixture of balances and imbalances of all kinds."

  • @SarahRickard
    @SarahRickard Год назад +1

    Alan ❤

  • @jimywebb23
    @jimywebb23 Год назад +9

    Mr Watts really had a way of articulating the meat and potatoes of life

  • @piehound
    @piehound Год назад +1

    Thanks. I dig it.

  • @kevindwan
    @kevindwan Год назад +3

    it is rumoured to be from the Irish phrase. Blindboy boatclub claims on his rubber bandits podcast that when the Irish and blacks were living in close quarters in the US cities in the 19th and early 20th century, the blacks picked up the cupla focal, and that that is where the term 'you dig' comes from!

  • @tomato1040
    @tomato1040 2 года назад +4

    ''I AM'' is more conscious than 'I Will' or 'I Was'.
    ''I AM'' = Present; 'I Was' = Past; 'I Will' = Future!

  • @danielleblanc8302
    @danielleblanc8302 4 месяца назад

    This is extremely relevant today given the difficulties we're having with gendered grammar, and pronouns, and soft language. We don't agree about the assumptions underlying the language. How are we to communicate?

  • @WulfDragon-sf5hx
    @WulfDragon-sf5hx Год назад

    Thx 🙏👍

  • @Arseface-X80
    @Arseface-X80 4 месяца назад +1

    In the beginning, there was the word...

  • @barryyoung6797
    @barryyoung6797 Год назад +6

    I would love to have an Alan Watts App!

  • @uprooy
    @uprooy Год назад

    Unbelievable.... whàt a wisdom....

  • @teeniequeenie8369
    @teeniequeenie8369 14 дней назад

    I just can’t believe how many channels play ads every few mins during Alan watts…like what the heck

  • @MyKelvin89
    @MyKelvin89 Год назад +2

    “The goody goody’s are the thieves of virtue”

  • @Timmerrr23
    @Timmerrr23 Год назад +2

    Allen Watts is still making me a better person in death. Literally. This video made me question something I said and back track and realize my ignorance on a subject and make an amends. We should all strive to walk in this mans impossible shoes, I believe 😊 I wonder if meeting him was like looking into the Sun.

  • @MeditationGate01
    @MeditationGate01 Год назад

    Very good

  • @carenkurdjinian5413
    @carenkurdjinian5413 Год назад

    Like it - and it is - beyond its control …..interesting ….🌞

  • @santaclase3410
    @santaclase3410 Год назад +1

    Santa Clase
    7 days ago
    🥰🥰🥰
    get well everbody🥰🥰🥰

  • @sandhyajoshi8475
    @sandhyajoshi8475 Год назад

    Aah that makes sense, thank you

  • @stevehaas9515
    @stevehaas9515 Год назад

    Origins of flow work.

  • @brendaclark4023
    @brendaclark4023 Год назад

    Im a true born cat. Leo in every way. Bring it ❤😂🇨🇦😊

  • @JesseJames-ig7gu
    @JesseJames-ig7gu Год назад

    There’s a law that says that you can request that 500 page form in Laymans terms
    Been listening to Alan for a long time but now that I’m finding enlightening I see a lot of holes in his speeches

  • @SenjiaMurtic
    @SenjiaMurtic Год назад

    where are Alan Watts original recordings?

  • @Ludifant
    @Ludifant Год назад +1

    How many pieces in three dimensional chess?? Seems the normal amount would be rather empty. Also I guess we could invent new pieces, like the depth-queen, that can move in more than one plane.. Because I presume a normal queen can move in one plane in every direction, but has three planes to choose from. Also we would need to eshtablish whole planes for the pawns to reach before promotion and en-passant would be a challenge... I would love to witness a full game :)

  • @nobahdy758
    @nobahdy758 Год назад +1

    2:17 start of vid

  • @HiGaia
    @HiGaia Год назад

    Contact as a verb 😂
    We use it all the time now

  • @HANNAHLUMERIA-it5rw
    @HANNAHLUMERIA-it5rw Год назад

    Means I dig you or appreciate you on more than a surface level.

  • @johnwrickel
    @johnwrickel Год назад +2

    ❤ Dolt by John Rickel ❤

    • @kayweiss7207
      @kayweiss7207 6 месяцев назад

      please dont put in music

  • @buskingkarma2503
    @buskingkarma2503 Год назад +1

    I'm fifty something years old now,and I used to have him on cassette player tapes and that my student friends would give me,and I'd smoke a joint and listen,40 odd years later,,I'm smoking a joint,drinking my cocoa with my slippers on getting ready and settled for my bed😆,,listening to him on RUclips! 👌

  • @salparadise1220
    @salparadise1220 Год назад +1

    'Grok' is even better than dig. Albeit closer than appreciate/enjoy/understand.
    From Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.

  • @jacobcarson3997
    @jacobcarson3997 Год назад +4

    Apparently Alan never saw a sleeping cat accidentally roll backwards off the back of an open staircase

  • @grantgoldberg1663
    @grantgoldberg1663 5 месяцев назад

    The irony that a guy who died when the Vietnam War ended is one of the most listened to in the 21st century.

  • @carenkurdjinian5413
    @carenkurdjinian5413 Год назад +1

    It’s so interesting that wanted to learn English because of 😂Shakespeare in some sense kind of one of the reason to be aquatinted by reading or learning somehow…..and because of linguistics to understand how the language is born ?…. How to understand another languages …another ways of thinking ….experience…🌞

  • @1078-y9n
    @1078-y9n 8 месяцев назад +1

    30:45 Anarchal poster boi it's considered the mother of what ( ? ) The complete absurdity of it all.

  • @philipmorrow247
    @philipmorrow247 8 месяцев назад

    Why put music in ruins it

    • @cyrus6379
      @cyrus6379 6 месяцев назад +2

      That’s an intro. Go to ~3 or 4 minutes for the start of the (musicless) lecture

    • @Arseface-X80
      @Arseface-X80 4 месяца назад

      Free dumb

  • @1078-y9n
    @1078-y9n 8 дней назад +1

    24:39

  • @VenusLover17
    @VenusLover17 Год назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @rainbowguide5873
    @rainbowguide5873 Год назад

    The fact is we all communicated and pulled together when COVID happened the answer is simply we all need to communicate and seek balance by a having the same mind set of the same manifestation of the highest good for all universes so as above so below as within the mind so without in body so al can be with all