Alan Watts - We As Organism
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“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the un-writable’. Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit. A fascinating entry into the deepest ways of knowing.” - Los Angeles Times
I'm of the opinion that Alan Watts was one of the most brilliant minds to ever live. Being able to listen to his speeches like this many years after he has passed is one of the great privileges of modern technology.
So was Tesla.
Some of what he says is a bit silly - for example, reality is not composed of parts and we only think there are parts because we cut it up into parts. This is not true. Take the human body, for example - everyone has bones that are about the same shape, that slide against one another in about the same way, and the same organs arranged in the same places. We have even gotten so advanced that we can sometimes transplant these parts from one person to another, but if it is not done correctly, it does not work. Even at the atomic and subatomic levels, reality seems to be composed of the same 'parts', like atoms which have the same number of protons in the centre and the corresponding number of electrons in their electron shells to result in a unit of the same element.
@@louisj2256 you could learn a thing from alan. im not the smartest tool in the shed but your message didn't convey very well, at all. as for alan sure he is great, but he is just a messenger.
No truer words spoken 😊
@@louisj2256you misunderstand what he meant by that is the problem. It went over your head, I don’t mean to be rude in saying that but the point is none of those “parts” exist by themselves but as if they were assembled. The point is it’s not parts assembled but one undivided whole that has distinct characteristics that make up that whole that we then can piece into parts for whatever reason we deem necessary. Follow?
I feel weird to be so moved by Watts. Nobody around me understands and I am incapable of explaining. So I do it alone. Anyone else?
In the words of Micheal Jackson, "You are not alone" my friend. Only those whos mind's eye is open enough to see beyond the vision of the two physical eyes can truly share these types of unexplanatory experiences. Consider yourself chosen in this the age of the awakening. Stay in tuned👁
People around me are interested but don’t get it yet. So like you, I practice alone. It’s not necessary for me to have others understand my perspective on nature. Doesn’t mean I won’t keep trying though.
@@commie281This reminds me of a quote I heard, not from Alan Watts but Ram Dass, about his response he often gives when he's asked 'how do we share our excitement and passion about these teachings with others?' and he says, "all you can do is become an environment, so when another person is ready they can come up for air." I sorta take on this philosophy when it comes to Alan Watts. I find that people listen better and have more insight when certain ideas come up naturally in conversation. And if people already know I enjoy listening to Alan Watts, they tend to come to me when they have questions in that domain and I do my best to help them find some ground so they can do their own introspection if they're willing.
Alan Watts got me into spirituality in a profound way just as how Aphex Twin got me into music. It seems as if they speak to us the very reality of our core being - as if they accessing our collective memories that only the higher self know - As if You and I were also Alan Watts reincarnation, separated in time space and forgetfulness. As if Alan Watts is also those artist whom he admired.. maybe even Bob Ross is also Alan Watts.
@@adrianbenedictmendoza6818 That is what I was thinking… because if you see almost all the teachings of religions and some philosophies its that you and I are the same when it comes to mind/human experience… just in different bodies and timelines perhaps. What do you think?
Boy don't I wish Alan Watts was around today even though it was about 50 years ago this message is timeless and relevant always. He has a calm reassuring and logical way to him.
Well, I guess in a way he still is around
If he hadn’t existed when he did, we wouldn’t appreciate him the way we do now.
It is with us.. in form of books and now even videos and youtube
I’m sure he is, he’s simply exploring the universe in a new way. “The ocean waves, the universe peoples.” But I totally understand what you mean. And I hope you’re well broseph
@@AceOfHearts817 it's not a new way, in fact it's a way at least 50 yes old....lol
This is soo good, I fell upon him by accident while listening to music as he was speaking to a techno beat, he helped me deal with the death of my son.
First time I heard him in music was in the Nuages song
I also found him by chance . Now I can't stop listening to him. So sorry for your loss, but now we know he is not lost, he's just vibrating in a different way now ❤ xx
INZO - overthinker
Peace Be With You ❤
wow that's really heavy. i'm grateful that you found one another in that way. I too lost a child. my daughter. my already deep self , delved into Mr. Allen Watts, all the way. i love it. i think a little differently each time even if it's the same material. perspective is most all things. good or bad. we can allow ourselves to choose. never that seamlessly or without tremendous effort sometimes, we can be open to new ways to see one another and loving ourselves and eachother. pain is never truly gone . But your love heart mind and body sort of carry it more effectively in my opinion. im aware there's nothing anyone can say or do, to change the one thing that's been and happend. still it weighs on me knowing you know what i know as well. i love you friend. i mean it!
I've listened to just about all of Alan's lectures on KZhead, multiple times over. It never gets old. This, however, is probably the best lecture that synthesizes his teachings in layman's terms. It's the perfect talk to introduce Watt's philosophy to first time listeners. He has a way to touch your soul like none other. So well spoken; he can take the complex and simplify it for what life actually is. Just amazing. His life will always live on with these recordings. I just wish more people heard his message. Love to all ❤
I have not heard all of his lectures nor have i heard this one before but this so far is my favorite.
I got a copy of his works on torrent, and they never get old.
Wasn't he an atheist ?
It's really you touching yourself- Alan Watts was and is a part of the eternal self. He didn't die because he was never born. 🤍🖤
Have you listen to Neville Goddard?If Not..do it
This should be taught in junior high and high school instead of the crap our children are being taught… can you just IMAGINE???
I loved listening to Alan Watts on the radio when I was a boy in the nineteen sixties. I'm happy to hear him again 🤠.
Have your thoughts on Alan changed over your period when you first listened to him on the radio?
@@EJV0013 I listen to him when I go to bed at night like I did when I was a kid. I find him relaxing. Especially in these times. I think Eliot Mince had him on his program.
Where did he speak?? Usa ?
Yes 👍. USA.
Alan Watts very cleverly picks up where Nietzsche left off, showing the West a potential path forward that N himself could not find to even his own satisfaction. Watts draws from Eastern philosophy to help fill in the holes in Western angst, and he does it in a very charismatic, entertaining, and non-preachy way. There's no sales pitch, no sky-high promises of self-improvement, just an outstretched hand offering to show us alternatives to how we were raised to think.
Why are you talking to yourself?
Hehehe
I grew up listening to Alan watts, he's probably the closest to what I viewed as a father figure ngl. I would say man saved me from darkness.
Who is Nigel?
One could say, u saved urself... another could say, there was nothing to save urself from. This other would say, what is this darkness u speak of, for darkness and lightness are two aspects of the same thing and cannot have one without the other... hmm, lots of things to think about, or even better, stop overthinking, for all ur troubles are caused by excess, in this case of excess thought.
@@CASTLE69exactly this
His speeches; Love of waters A conversation with myself On being God and Jesus his religion are also right up there for me
@@CASTLE69 Ah... You beat me to some ideas.
Only if my fellow brothers and sisters would give this a listen and a chance. Great thinker and non thinker. 🙏
Why? He has absolutely no message.
@@peterladetto708 you simply don't understand
He was way ahead of his generation. Way ahead of all of us even today. He is my guru. ❤
I find myself sobbing when I listen to hi. really cracks open my heart
Empty words🤷♂️
He'd likely tell you not to subscribe to Guru's & Idols
Mind blowing, he merges eastern philosophy and modern physics to paint perspectives of reality that are both more real and poetic than anything I have ever heard before Edit: furthermore he is a master at the lost art of analogy, in my mind the greatest tool for teaching understanding.
Oh come on. I’m way better at analogy than watts. He drank himself to death. My analogies make you crazy athletic in addition to enlightened
@@Aquaticphilosophia Who is it that gives Crazy athletic ability in addition to enlightenment? Who is the judge in this situation? Figure that out and we can talk lol.
@@lukeiffland424 oh stop with the non dual comment section bull shit. No one cares that your ego is aware of enlightenment.
@@Aquaticphilosophia what i understood here is how you try talking down watts without an argument. you may have skills and abilities, but when you let yourself be guided by judgement and comparing to others, these will hardly shine through friend. maybe it helps to understand why you feel like you need to defend yourself!
@@dondankleberg4965 not defending. If you like watts, then you’ll dig my videos on consciousness and water. Less alcoholism. I like watts but he’s obviously just offering nihilistic freedom. Feels good to hear that stuff. It has its place
I can never get enough of this guy
Ive listened to so much of Alan Watts, but this one made me cry at the end for some reason. Not frustrated, or sad. Just some feeling in the center of my being making its way out through tears. Im not sure I have ever been moved so much by a speech as this one.
Same here, actually with many of his videos.
You are beautiful
I have read several of his books, and I have followed him for several years. He is one of the most profound speakers of recent history. He may become a historical figure in the consensus of Jesus.
Alan Watts does not need a soundtrack. I repeat, Alan Watts does not need a soundtrack
Of course he doesn't. But when done properly a good melodic soundtrack in the background can ultimately compliment his speeches and provide the listener with an enhanced experience.
wait... "as to the catastrophic fact that you were born... well you had nothing to do with THAT! And you can spend all your life blaming your parents for putting you in a situation where you now find yourself".... Finally a talk directed straight to me :D
Exactly. Im so angry to my parents because not asking me if i want to be born or not :D
I think you both misunderstood what he is getting at. He is saying it's pointless to be mad about it. Parents are going through life for the only time, too. No matter how many books, experts, or wisdom exists about parenting, you only learn about parenting by actually being one. They didn't sit down and choose for "you" to be born. They didn't ask to be born any more than you did. They couldn't predict what their or your life would be like. It's amazing how many young people are mad because their parents weren't perfect when they have birth to them. You will never be perfect and neither will they.
What ???? This is pure quantum physics He is a true genius And he is also funny, a rare alignment of the stars
Sophisticated man, but he played it cool. A mystic but never announced himself
He is so peaceful and amazing I wished he was my dad😊❤❤❤
Since I was a boy I would tell my grandparents they would be at my wedding. I was about 8 they where probably in there mid to late 60s. They would say they hope so and joke a little to sooth my anxiety of death. My grandmother made it my grandfather just missed it. His death hit me hard. The closest person to me I have ever lost. Seeing him just a few hours before he passed. Knowing this would be the last time I spoke to him, I told him how much I loved him and what he meant to me and that I would keep his memory alive and tell my kids about him. I felt in that moment I made him realize he was dying that’s what I seen in his eyes and I feel terrible about that. Fear of death and search for reason of life has led me to find Alan Watts. His talks have helped but I still can not come to the grips with death I still feel stuck, trapped like I can’t get out.
Try some LSD might help some
If you knew it was your last conversation with your grandfather surely, he knew that he was dying. It’s entirely possible he was surprised by your emotional outpouring and was feeling a deep love and connection with you in that moment. Don’t let your assumption make you feel terrible about that beautiful conversation.
@@Flyer-SR-71 Thank you for that great outlook on that I never thought of it like that.
I feel your pain when it comes to loss, and understand your fear of transcendence. My grandfather was a strong foundation of my family and raised me through till I was 15. He had a stroke and this caused me to go off the rails. I'm 36 now and have a family, both of my grandparents live in my heart and I know that I shall meet them in the next dimension.
I just love his voice
I have listened to so many speeches by Alan, and this is by far one of the best...
Easily top 5
I was just thinking the same. This is a keeper
No matter how insignificant we may feel we are part of a chain.. remove even the smallest part, and it stops being a chain..
Alan Watts is 🔥🔥🔥
A hot fire makes steel, cool name and comment ironic combo well done. I am also a big fan of Alan Watts.
Yesss
All is there… for those who have ears. Thank you Alan.
even with the confines of language he finds a way to extract thought from us in such a manner i am infatuated with
Absolutely
for sure. truly profound @@dustynharris3345
Everything is a manifestation of everything and yet I go for long periods of time feeling totally alien, I’m sure it will pass. We need more Allan
Came across this last night. My mind is blown. I know I will listen again and again to absorb this incredible wisdom. Whst a gift. ✨
He was definitely a smart one...
I’ll be damned if there aren’t some days when Watts strikes chords so deep and true. I come to the end of my racing thoughts, my maundering proclamations are silenced and I finally become still. It doesn’t last. It’s like the peak of a parabola just before the downward inflection. Fleeting though the moment may be, it is most unregrettable.
form a daily meditation routine, be consistent, avoid overindulgence (drugs/alcohol/social media etc..) and you'll get there.. because you are there.
And he knew this 50 years ago? How amazing ❤️
You are ALL stars mirroring fractural reflections of the Light that came into existence upon it's own accord we are ALL mirroring reflections of each other ♀️ Love is that creates and binds ALL 🙏🏻♥️
I was listening to cassette tapes of Watts on the beach in L.A. in 94 and it helped open my mind to the point that my creative visualizations came to fruition, sometimes instantaneously. Please meditate!
He is absolutely brilliant! His wisdom sets me free - I find comfort and stillness by grasping his perception of reality - what is .... the universal dance.
I have BPD and when I really listen to and start to get what he means with the whole connectivity thing the dream like dissasociative feeling I live with gets a bit better and even for a moment I start to feel more clear and I think that alone speaks volumes to what we do in western society. Truly a great man for integrating this way of thinking.
I always smirk when hearing that church bell in his lectures and counting the rings.knowing what time it was exactly in his zone..
The Great Journey of Life doesn’t happen to someone. It’s happens for us, & because of us.
Have to say I'm not sure I've ever seen any videos that have ALL thumbs up and NO thumbs down! Almost seems impossible! Such incredible wisdom.
KZhead stopped showing viewers the thumbs down tally awhile ago.
Alan Watts puts things in prospective. Goosebumps...
Ive listened to Alan Watt's for 10 years this year. And im very very grateful for this mans life and wisdom. Whatever our belief systems, this man has touched the soul's of so many people. His respect and perspective for life and understanding is so magnificently helpful to survive this busy chaotic life. I truly wish i alive when he was, to sit, listen, and just be.
I find it fascinating, how, even when somebody’s trying to tell you something that resonates with every human being some will still have a negative response to it lashing out, I pity these people, because they refuse to think they stick to their biases and opinions, without a willingness to change. I feel bad for those who carry these negative emotions, constantly
Of all the Alan Watts lectures I've listened to, this one is the best. I'm so thankful for what he's done.
" he" didnt really do anyThing ;) consciousness in human fOrm , as "alanwatts" iow :
alan watts: sensei of the art of expression
Im an older guy, 62, and a newcomer to mr watts. I took philosophy and some other humanities in college, but this may take a while to absorb. Thank you for this wonderful insight.
The Energy from eating an apple and throwing an apple come from the same Organism/Environment Field. 🌌☯️🌌
😁As one of the immediate baby boomers after ww2 to drop in after the two big mushroom clouds blew up wandering the chaotic San Francisco Bay Area of his day I can finally grock what this guy was saying! What a treat! Kind of summarizes all the stuff we HU wo/mans have have Ben coming up with in the last 50 Plus years! Who says we are not eternal!?💝 Thanks Allen and Pals
Note for myself to come back n listen to the last 10 min again and again
The verbs describe the activities of the nouns. To think a man of such intensity and sharp wit even existed at all is just incredible. Not to mention his warm intellect and magnetic charisma. Such a gentleman, too. Oh, thank you to the universe for such a man.
We are the eyes through which the universe observes itself.
You got to love Alan watts, what a great man👍
I really wish I could live out these thoughts instead of just thinking them. I feel stuck in an endless loop of disappointing everyone around me.
Disappointment is just as brief as gaining one's approval for an action ... it's just purely moving on from the action of being judged and your need of the action being reviewed...in short it is in the past and moving on is growth. Find the fertilization (sports, hobbies, doing for others, etc.) To keep growing and those loops will become the endless process of growth in which is the best game to play...your game.👊🏾
Just wanted to help.
Hey friend… try giving Gabor Mate a listen on KZhead. I think like you often too, and he’s helped me understand that it’s rooted in childhood trauma experiences. You’re not alone ❤❤❤
Remove yourself from around the people who feel disappointed.
This was so good it almost made me cry
every alan watts lecture feels like reading an old very beloved book that was forgotten over time, but then rediscovered. a most satisfying momentary release from the cruel reality of physicality. the release from the material is the highest of freedoms.
Simplicity I use to survive. Many find it difficult because they've never heard priceless lectures that explain life in its simplest forms such as this. Just be... Give thanks...One Love to All!!!❤
Thank you for posting for us. Many of us are connected and listening with our hearts.
best one. last half sums it all up.
I love you Alan. I will always be grateful to you and all you have taught me. 🙏✨🌟
Alan' enumerational patterning simplicities platter before us to partake from life's complexities. I'm absorbed in understanding these patterned recurrences ever patterning recurrent as even when reabsorbed recollecting tentative bodhisattva times of consciousness and on and on and on. My sail is in the wind with Alan, cuz he'll always be the Man ! THANKS
Alan, always there when I need advice. I was asleep and POW, Alan kicked in via the algorithm. Learn to programme your reality people.
Thank you Alan Watts for everything. ❤ He explained to me what the heck happend to me year ago, and it was satori. 😂
Mother, I love you ❤😊
Listen to the waves 🙏🍀
Loud and clear!
What's the connection between waves and a clover
I listened to this many times. It is remarkable how I pick up new points of understanding. Like when he talks about vibration being constant. It made me think of how a heart beat is a beautiful metaphor for it.
Alan Watts lectures are the only ones that I've listened to more than one time. Some I have listened to many times. One of the best excerpts / videos on KZhead is called Sudden Enlightenment
@@PrimeNPCI really like that. I wish I knew of Alan Watts sooner. Thanks for the suggestion.
So so poignant. His talks make me think and think. Love it
A beautiful tapestry of wise swords and knowledge 🙏🏼❤️
I remember reading allan at age 27. It took 30 years of life for me to comprehend. So now. Im fine and the same age as him when he died. Party animal and lover of life. Salute!
This is bringing me back home to myself. Thank you Alan Watts, the music composer and the ones who put this video together.
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard
When I was in high school, I asked a speaker at a religious conference about this... I didn't know how to articulate my question. But I was asking why we agreed on how we describe what we are experiencing. I asked why do we agree to call the chairs we are sitting on chairs...and describe them as blue chairs... .Every little event is something this whole Cosmos depends on, and the reverse. The Universe depends on an arrangement of pattern and every little event is essential. The enormous depends not he tiny and the tiny on the enormous. I'm 70 now. Thank you, Alan Watts.
A Voice of reason in a world of confusion . Alan Watts , such a thought provoking man . There is something to learn or at least be reminded of from listening to this wise man. Like myself a true seeker . I can listen to Allan for hours .
I went to sleep and got woken up with his amazing talk. Thank you 🙏🏼
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May you find peace within and without.
Got emotional listening to this.... splendidly beautiful ❤️
I needed this though Im an information and knowledge nut and its hard for me to train myself to stop and know when to stop and go within. Im just soo passoniate about having a deep understanding on all things conspiracy and helping others understand them. But I know you cant have one without the other.
I actually mentioned to post this reply to a different video lol but autoplay changed video before I posted. I keep turning it off and it keeps turning itself back on super annoying. But hey this applies to this video aswell😇❤️🔥👍
Nuff Respect to the one who posted this. Allan brought the knowledge and you are making it powerful by sharing it. Salute to you my friend.👍🏿👍🏿
I absolutely love his messages!❤🙏😊
his voice is music enough... adding sound to cover it up is a mighty prickly move...
I'm still laying on my back in my Synapse.❤
Take Care Allan W.
Here's a question for ya. If you were infinitely powerful. You can create whatever you like and experience it entirely. Now, would you control it all manually? Or would you rather make some things procedural, so you dont waste your time on mundane things like beating 50 billion hearts at the same time? Would manual operation make it more, or less entertaining? How about moving 200 billion legs, 20 trillion muscles and tendons, just so things can move? Or would you rather make it all do itself, so you can focus on the experience? Like a child playing with dolls, waving them around, instead of doing each micromovement manually. Now that you've boiled life down to you as you exist. How do you convince yourself that things will be more entertaining doing more work? How do you convince yourself that 50 billion hearts and brains in unity, is more fun to control than just experiencing each individually, with no knowledge of the other? My understanding of how it all works, is that quite frankly, it's not worth the effort to be eternal and omnipotent. You want more potency, but not all of it, it it meant all that work. After all, you could spend a lifetime coding, making the perfect game, but you dont, because it's not worth the effort. It's more work, for very little gain. When you consider the universal constant of path-of-least-resistance, in other words, best price:performance is what happens. You are who you are, how you are, because any more effort would give diminishing returns and any less would be diminishing returns. As such, you have a lifespan, the day when you reach the singularity, where things will just continue downwards and require more effort for less entertainment. When I say we're trapped in our own mind, it's a conundrum of action vs inaction, gain vs effort. You do as you do, because anything else would be less efficient. When you die, your 'reincarnation', isnt you, it's simply the process that takes your place, which will be more entertaining for the same amount of effort. That's why we develop, we improve lives of the future, enjoy the lives in the present, so we maintain the best enjoyment : effort ratio. Infinity is a rather bothersome concept though. You wont be you when it's all done, you'll be all. Every leaf, every frog, every human, every planet. That's your inevitable future. Afterlife is like watching tv for the first time, discovering the internet, broadening horizons to levels you cant even imagine. The real question is what's next though... that's the scary part. Once you've experienced everything, what's left to enjoy?
Well said, good sir...
I, the speaker, have recently given my attention multiple times to Alan's educational talks on the internet video platform, KZhead. These talks, despite being experienced repeatedly, continue to hold my interest and never seem outdated. However, this particular talk stands out as likely the best in combining his ideas into a coherent whole, in a manner understandable to those without specialized knowledge. It's an ideal speech for presenting Alan Watts' study of fundamental nature of reality to people hearing it for the first time. His ability to affect the inner, immortal part of humans in a unique way is remarkable. So articulately and fluently, he manages to make complex concepts simpler and clearer, illuminating the true nature of existence. It's genuinely astonishing. His existence as an individual will perpetually continue through these audio captures. I deeply desire that a larger number of people would experience his verbal message. Sending deep affection to everyone. ❤
My God Alan what would you make of this world today? And then I realised I Am!
I have listened to myself for all my life. I have listened, and then I learned a word vibration .I'm smiling now cause I found another word energy. This energy has a physical sensation. Our vessels feel it is this sensation that leads you to find the ultimate answer .how to look inside and find your whole self waiting there the whole time
Timeless!!
from the 11th minute till the 18th, very illuminating
Pure intelligence. So succinct. Such beautiful clarity. The best ever lecture I have heard from Alan Watts.
I have a good collection of lectures on my Watts playlist. If you listen to "You do not exist," I'm willing to bet it will top this one as your favorite. 🖤🤍
He's a wonderful man,has touched so many hearts,is his son alive
Alan always calms my mind ❤ and gives me thrills ❤ Thanks 🙏
I sensed this when I was a lot younger. A sense that you will never be able to come up to Christianity. A sense of fear mongering do this or you go to hell. I wonder how many people would be apart of the Church if they didn’t fear they would go to hell? Control with fear. Fear of the unknown.
One of his best lectures ❤ amazingly eye-opening and empowering message delivered masterfully!
i fall alseep to this voice and accomplish amazing things
Its refreshing to put things into perspective from the matrix we built
Incredible information!!❤🎉❤🎉❤
I have listing to Allen Watts for the last few years. This is a wonderful talk. Top 10 perhaps. Thank you!
First! I love Alan Watts
Ahh dinna fash yoursel cuz I'm the best got newt on my side
Brilliant and inspiring ❤️Thank you. It’s all about perception
I love the way you articulate words. Although your dead.
Yes very few do reach this vision and claimed crazy when expressed.
Thank you.. .. .. Brilliant mate!!
Beyond brilliant!
Thank you for posting AW's talks!
I am so grateful for Alan Watts. What a beautiful mind. Thank you for making this available to listen to. So Amazing. I particularly loved 19 minutes in ❤.