Indigenous theory has a similar relationship to the 'Here and Now'. The manipulation of time, eg. competing to get to a successful place...up there. Or memorizing some decisions from the past and demanding compliance. It's the stillness of the 'Here and Now' that is able to accommodate 'Spirit'.
Love both these creatures. I met Studs just before he died and he was lit up inside in a way that inspired me to age like him. I came to Watts after reading a passage from the 60s in which he accurately describes social media, cell phones and how the positives would disguise the negatives… and here we are.
You're wasting your time with this 64 year old interview - these guys din't know jack back then. Not much insight in those days, just a lot of guessing. Cheers!
Thank you for pointing out that this lecture is, or could be enhanced, changed in some way by AI. Traps, fakes and hidden doorways, peekaboo haha! Fun 😂
put off by these new videos in the feed in the last year or so. First off, the thumbnails are just what weird and uncanny AI garbage does to a face these days, it's not good. And with that I start doubting if the words I'm hearing are his at all. We're at a turning point in the history of recorded information, that's for sure. We have to be diligent to not get everything mixed up.
@@GODHATESADOPTIONShame that you may miss out on the learned wisdom and humour of a very good man. But why would you denigrate someone that you don’t know and who actually contributes so much positivity to the world long after his death. I hope you can someday see the negativity that you convey online and be better.
Anyone else understand why im about to stop watching 'new' material despite how much it might appeal to me. Because they could possibly be created by someone using the new technologies and or AI
It's an understandable concern. The ability to be discerning of information you intake has always been important in pursuit for knowledge - especially in this space of spiritual ideas. Even more so now when you don't know if what you're absorbing is coming from the source you think it is. However the more you tune into your heart you will find it harder for any outside force to steer you astray. This is a practice which will help you be your own lighthouse as the world reflects everything back to you.
Wow, yea, remember this is what? 1960,. I'm nearing 69 years old, I'm blown away by this . I member a book called "Be here now" that was were I got this info. Also Carlos Constanta. Check this out by Carlos, "You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life." Thank you very much.
I read his "This Is It" in 1970. By 1971 I realized the "truth" of the title. If I had to live my life all over again and could read only one book, I'd want it to be that one. And today, it's still IT, whether or not I'm aware of it.
@@GODHATESADOPTION- Yes, never read any Alan Watts' books because that automatically means you are desiring something. It absolutely, specifically, means that previous to the purchase your thoughts (like every newly arrived Buddhist/Taoist/Zen monk to the temple) were a desire to attain enlightenment (become a Buddha). And even if happens unexpectedly, say while casually driving along some starry night while under the influence of a mild dose of LSD, and for no particular reason the title, "This Is It " traipses lazily through your head three or four times and then you smack your forehead, pull over and look up at the stars - but "you" aren't looking at the stars: your eyes and the stars are ONE. No division between sight and what is seen. Your feet, socks, sneakers, road, atmosphere, space are one. No difference . . it doesn't count because at some time before age 19 you MAY have had a thought, "a desire to attain Buddhahood." And therefore your experience is false and should be disregarded. As if you could ever forget.
Would it be fair say all of life is the hand and that we are all just fingers that believe that we are independent but know that we attached. It Would also be to beneficial training individual finger independence exercises and at the same time. We also need to learn how to be finger dependent, and to take care of her other fingers adjacent to us.
How can you be named Studs and never have learned to swim, ride a bike or even drive a car? From the American point of view that's a contradiction of terms. lol
"Enlightenment is not something that you have to attain, because that which is attained can be stolen. That which is attained can be robbed. That which is attained can be lost. I say unto you, you are enlightenment itself. I don't want you to attain enlightenment, I want you to live it. From this very moment, whatever you do, do it in the way enlightenment is bound to do it. I love one statement of one of the most important people of the West, Alan Watts. He was a drunkard, but he was the man who introduced to the West the most essential parts of Zen and enlightenment. He wrote not as a scholar, but as a master. Before he was dying, he was still drinking and a disciple asked him, "Have you ever thought... if Buddha had seen you drinking alcohol, what do you think he would have thought about it?" Alan Watts said, "There is no problem. I always drink in an enlightened way." The question is not what you do, the question is how you do it. Yes, I accept Alan Watts' statement. There is a possibility of a man to drink alcohol in an enlightened way. Enlightenment should not have any limits. And it should not have a particular formula, a particular pattern that you have to follow. Enlightenment should be an individual experience - the most individual experience, incomparable and unique to everybody. "
being an alcoholic is poison to the mind. It destroys the body. there is no redeeming quality in it. dont deify the man. Although extremely enlightening , he is not "it". .Nobody is. He was a flawed man like you. His alcohol abuse is just that...abuse.
As someone who has listened to watts everyday for 2 years, alot of my favorite watts talks are taken down from RU-vid. thank you so much for posting this!
The deep sigh in response to the question is not typical behavior for Allan Watts - 🤔 this video is too clear, its definitely enhanced or maybe even remastered using AI - maybe even a fake
Thanks for finding this buried gem and posting it. I love to find new words of wisdom from Watts. Shout out to the interviewer who is able to weave into the discussion Thoreau, Shakespeare, jazz, the Beats, Gandhi, Whitman, MLK, etc. When it comes to interviewers nowadays, they sure don't make them like they used to. He was respectful and did his research. A little more education and a little less confrontation always makes for a better interview.
If you don't know Studs Terkel, he is probably America's most famous interviewer. He wrote many books of his interviews, such as "Working." To find him interviewing Alan Watts is more than u could have hoped for!
@stevencolatrella3257 Thanks, I know of Studs Terkel, but I didn't know that was him, although the voice sounded familiar to me. Yes, he was a master interviewer, and I had one of his books at one time.
i got in touch with one on Alan’s children ( daughter) they look after all of his recordings. told her it must have been a privilege having such a father .
The spirit of the times is very clear in this interview. People were opening up to completely new ideas and philosophies in a sweetly innocent way. Loved hearing Terkel say "I really dig it."
You can’t go wrong with Alan Watts but not sure interviewers background but I don’t feel he could understand much of the idea of Zen but I too am very ignorant and would be exposed on any subject with Mr Watts in the discussion.
A new-to-me Watts talk is discovering an inheritance. Studs is a brilliant man, he catches on very quickly to each introductory sentence. He could have become a master of Buddhism---unless he did, privately. I know him from his book and video, "Working", and his union work. Always liked him. But Alan is nothing less than my only ever guru, even though he disdained the term. The introducer to my spiritual life starting at my age 18, or rather to my life enriched by the awareness and kindling of my being. I live humbly but feel wealthier than people mired in wasteful splendor. Akin to Thoreau, my favorite American author, "Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth." I am so lucky thanks to Alan.
Very interesting interview, with quite a few late 50’s references. Digging it, nuclear testing and fallout, DDT, Martin Luther King, Ghandhi, Kerouac and the Beat generation. The Zen comments are timeless though…
I managed to survive Catholic school and Alan Watts was probably the greatest healing medicine I ever found. If you want to live fully in THIS world now get hold of Watts' book "This Is It"
He says that it is 'un-natural' or sth like that to bild a monastery japenese style and practice in the US. But acknowledges G. Snyder. Going to a monastery inJapan. Is not that a contradiction?
I can’t tell if this is AI generated or some kind of voice altering system to sound like him, the script feels incredibly relative to what he says but nonetheless I find myself wondering how concrete such a work is truly his and not an alteration. Interesting publication nonetheless
What a wonderful and unexpected surprise to hear Studs Terkel's voice. He most likely never had a need to ride a bike, drive a car or swim growing up in Chicago. He certainly did a lot of reading, and his interviews were always exceptional. All of his books are worth reading - more than once. This was a REAL interview! Not AI. Thank you for making my day!
I love this man, given what he’s spoken about throughout it his time, I see no need it trying to explain why. He’s was a spectacular man in his field and I don’t know where I’d be without his conceptual speaking. ❤
He brought up an interesting point about the Western societies, where if you "lose yourself" and become an enlightened One, you'd be called a bum, hobo, vagrant, and any number of other arbitrary labels, which in many cases, are woefully inadequate to describe people such as those who truly lose themselves into the One. And rightly he mentions psychosis, and as such the homeless people in our society are in the throes of that type of derangement. Perhaps what we need to do is open convents for the homeless, and teach them the mysteries of the universe. What do we have to lose?
Giving them a place to live is relatively easy. Helping them find their way to purpose and dignity is not. Both cost tax money, which few these days are willing to part with.
50s to the 60s extreme responsibility (never forget that those in the fifties had been through extreme military training due to WW2 and we became because of that in many ways an extension of the military and the children started to squirm) to extreme irresponsibility.
