Alan Watts - Taoist Way Full Lecture - Alan Watts Organization Official

He is a genius, he talks about Taoism and Zen in a beautiful book he wrote called 'Become What You Are'. Life changing, especially for people interested in Eastern Philosophies.

Good Day, eh. Be mindful and take pleasure.

"But what makes it a problem is that you are dragging a past"

YOU ARE THE DEVIL

Gangstas move in silence 🤫

Love him brilliant ❤❤

Watts makes some good points but his sycophantic sinophilia can be a bit too much for me.

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Yup, people have only three days in their lives. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. The choice for yesterday is gone, at best there's just knowledge to be acquired. For today you have a choice. Tomorrow's choice only comes when tomorrow becomes today. Let's live today, shall we?

Shobogenzo

Karma =Memory

PERFECT !! no doodling or unnecessary Music!

Being a Chinese Taoism practitioner, I was highly recommended by a client about this lecturer. I was lost for the major part of this video because his references seemed random, now India Yoga, now Buddhism, now Tao, now Zen... I gather this is maybe that the lecturer was keen to recollect/record his studies, or it could help the video attract more interest groups, or even perhaps he did have in-depth talks elsewhere and this one is a chat for his mature followers. But it is not the way Taoist learn things. For Taoism beginner studies, everything can be explained in one book which has only 81 paragraphs. We read the book so well that the words jump out at us on occasions it is the right answer to our puzzles. Advanced Taoism studies will have to tackle "book of change" to be able to foresee what is coming and what has been the past, which are all in us at any one time. I unfortunately may never be able to master the wisdom in the "book of change". I thought to leave a comment here and hope you will find it constructive and begin to focus and really delve into and properly comprehend one book only, even just one paragraph of DaoDeJing, provided your prime interest is in Dao as well.

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I'm the only one I know on this path.

A path only exists for a path walker.

The Tao happens without knowing!
I enjoy listening to Mr Watts. I learn nothing from him.

So, what I got from this is that everything is one moment. This moment.

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I just so much love listening to Mr Watts. My my, people watch TV, scratch around for the latest pleasure fashion...but it's all around us, hanging on the low branches of the trees. Peace be unto you.

For me the most beautiful experience ever is the realization of being. It can vary strongly in intensitiy. I have also been to the place of "no self" and "the self". The "No-self" was completely without thought, sensory perception was extremely intense to the lack of thinking. But it didnt feel really pleasant whatsoever. Being "the self" feels extremely relaxing, thought is absent aswell, but you are still there. The whole body feels extremely comfortable and pleasent. But even this state is nothing compared to the realisation of being, which doesnt have anything to do with who you are or who you aren't.

Compassion / Empathy ☯️
Expectation / Reality ☯️
Being / Environment ☯️

I find this part about secretly going on day after day with stopping drinking absolutely hysterical. That's how people start too 🤣.

📌 I don't know who, but someone actually needs to hear this, you've got to stop saving all your money. Venture into investing some, if you really want financial stability.

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"There is no continuous you" I need to keep that in my mind. Great talk.

So basically we are basically fighting Thanos with his all his stones.

Every comment written, on the Internet, let's the Devil knows what we are doing. So, no more commenting. New Years resolution?

Is it really about Taoism? First 3-4 minutes he is talking about Karma and Hinduism, not thta it is not interesting. I am curious how he is going to link it to Taoism.

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Please continue spreading Watts’ talks. He’s amazing and unrivaled in explaining essence of Zen to all types of audiences. I would like to see something like Alan Watts centers or clubs pop up around the country and am willing to help in making it happen. Take care and live your lives like a musical.

The funny thing about karma and dao is that sometimes when you try to do good the result is disaster and when you try to do bad (by our definition of good and bad) something wonderful comes of it. More the former than the later. It's better to let things be. For Daoist fiction look to Ursula Le Guin's Lathe of Heaven.

These are very dangerous thoughts from Buddhism. These are the same thoughts that have led India where it is now: a poor over populated country with a not so great future for its citizens. This was a country which was once one of the greatest states in the world.

This is so nice to listen to. It is true about the karma coming to get you and asking you to pay its debts. Thank you Allen.

Kong Qui, Zhuang Zhou, LaoTzu, Alan Watts, nough said

I've been iniciated by a guru in India and since then, life as I knew it, fell apart. His explanation of karma debt being collected brought me some clarity and relief. Thank you.

This must be Alans only talk on taoism? Only one I can find anyways.

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

"Got to be Mystic" -Peter Tosh