The truth about WORK - Alan Watts
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Alan Watts was an incredible philosopher and speaker who had a unique way of exploring Eastern philosophy and spirituality. His captivating lectures and books have inspired countless people around the world.
Alan Watts was born in England in 1915 and developed a deep interest in Eastern philosophy from a young age. He studied Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism, and became a renowned interpreter of these philosophies for Western audiences. His ability to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western thought made him a popular figure in the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
One of the central themes in Watts' teachings was the concept of "the self." He explored the idea that our sense of self is an illusion, and that we are all interconnected with the universe. He encouraged people to embrace the present moment and find joy in the simple act of being alive.
Watts had a way of delivering profound insights with a sense of humor and playfulness. He believed that life should be approached with a sense of wonder and curiosity, and that we should not take ourselves too seriously. His lectures often included anecdotes, stories, and metaphors that helped illustrate his points in an engaging and relatable way.
In addition to his lectures, Watts wrote numerous books on topics such as Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and the nature of consciousness. Some of his most well-known works include "The Wisdom of Insecurity," "The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are," and "The Way of Zen."
Alan Watts passed away in 1973, but his teachings continue to resonate with people today. His ability to distill complex philosophical concepts into accessible and relatable ideas has made him a beloved figure in the world of spirituality and philosophy.
Speaker: Alan Watts
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Listening to this before my night shift is making me even more depressed
Undepress yourself
Not too dismiss this Alan Watts but did he not become a alcoholic?
He is a good word smith but is it realistic.
Work is terrible because we treat work like ita a serious thing.. if we look at work as play and have fun and take away the seriousness going in for that shift everyday becomes no problem at all.. coming from someone who used to hate work.
"Sadness Is Depression Being Happy"- Me (ICONIC)
The problem is rarely the "job".
It's the "work" of dealing with people.
Absolutely
It’s the NPCs. Once you find one single person with your mind set it changes it all.
YUP!
@@MatthewSmith-kd3mu What's an "NPC"? Don't assume people know the acronym you're using.
It Stands for Non-Player Character (NPC) Its used in video games to describe computer-controlled characters that are not controlled by human players aka souless automatons..@@suncat9
Literally yesterday I had a long train of thought about how at least in America, "Land of The Free." None of us are truly free. We're all slaves. Slaves to debt, loans, and bankers. Fucking crazy how this video also came out yesterday.
We have more power and control over our lives than we think we do! I'm working on fixing my life every day. One step at a time. I hope you are too!
I had the same awakening a few years ago. From prior military and having the words "Freedom", "independance" "liberty" take on new meaning. Keep these phrases and words in your front mind and you will hear them said, over and over and over, everywhere. We are gaslit to believe we are living those words, when in fact, its just the opposite. People working two jobs and still can't make ends meet. I feel ya.
America is full of paradoxes. Something ,1984 highlights - the propaganda machine is called ministry of truth; torture tactics ministry of love etc etc. 1984 coined doublethink long before it became ubiquitous amongst tiktokkers, though terming it gaslighting or cognitive dissonance. America being the land of the free is the exact same principle. Termed the land of the free because it is the most unfree place in the world.
Since we were born, we become slaves to the government and monetary system. Nothing is free in this world.
When you awakened, you can see the truth of the world.
Indeed🎉
We have become slaves on earth. Since we were born into this earth, we always be dictated by rules.
I would love for Mr Watts to come back and see what the world has become. And I'm certain his first words would be, "I told you so" 😊
Indeed🎉
Same old world. 😊
@@BassFever4Ever No afterlife. Teaching of impermanence. Also teaching of no self.
I know. It's friggin amazing!❤
July 2024 from Florida. 🌴🙏🪷
This is why I work at a ski resort in the winter and fish in Alaska during the summer 💪 gotta find happiness in what you do
That will not last many years...
@@markwilliamson2795 well I am lift maintenance at the ski resort which is a salaried career so it’ll last me my whole life, jack ass
Go Vegan.
@@markwilliamson2795 I’m lift maintenance salary pay full benefits…but keep thinking like that buddy 👍
@@markwilliamson2795why won’t it? Is that you projecting your own life onto someone else? Sounds to me like the guy has it figured out. It’s not about money it’s about enjoying how you spend your time.
We are enslaved by the system to get up at a certain time and to go to a job in which we depise just to survive and to keep a roof over our heads .How absured ,slavery was never abolished it became the 9 to 5 ! The Belfast poet Andrew Beattie. Food for thought...
The difficulty is finding another way
@@andrewbeattie9918 Are you a story making factory about experience? Chop wood, carry water has no stories in it. It's present awareness. Meditation train's one to come from a silent mind. No thoughts.
Except the hole 9 to 5 is hard to find. Most jobs require you to have a complete open schedule and a lot of business are open till 10pm or even later. God for bid you have kids that go to school and you have to work 2pm till 11pm
@@andrewbeattie9918 Do you see the suffering caused by thinking? Chop wood carry water has no novels in it. Start with meditation practice to train ones mind to stay in present awareness.
@@DesertSessions93 Yuttadhamo bikkinu how to meditate; ajahn sumedho also. TH-cam.
Love hearing background sounds and his uhs and ums. Lets me know its not AI watts lol
There is always a cougher😂
It's probably because everybody smokes weed
He’s right. It’s counterintuitive and it takes a lot of miracles to adapt your life to his reasoning. But it’s worth it
One of the best one from Alen watts.
Always spitting the truth and imparting wisdom for the rest of us and hopefully generations to come. An absolute legend ❤
This sort of lecture should be commonplace in secondary schools
Damn I wish I had known about Alan years ago. I feel so unbelievably disenfranchised with work and the state of society. For me, it's never been about wages. I just can't stand the treatment and expectations from our collective overlords.
Terrence McKenna is another voice that is fascinating and worth listening to
Stop whining about it and start your own company. Don't you believe in your own potential?
that deep-voiced chuckling at his own utterances. come off it, boy.
It's scary to separate yourself from the standard conditioning. It's a path that's hard but incredibly rewarding. That meditation book called 30 Days to Discover Who I Am by Harper Daniels is helping
I've been going through some beautiful, exiting but scary times and my mind was very loud. Then I started to listen to him and it's like a meditation, keeps me grounded and present. My mind slowed down a lot, thanks and rest in peace. 🙏
Loved listening to his voice for years❤
Job means persecuted in Hebrew
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I work because I enjoy it. I wish I made more for my time but I am grateful. But really grinds on me is that others say I must give them a portion of my earnings or face fines and punishment. Pay me or else, is morally wrong and that should be punished.
Do what you do because you LOVE IT, if you are doing it just for survival then you are a slave. It’s actually something very simple to understand ❤️💫
Tell that to literally every living being on this planet. We all have to hunt in our own way for survival, don't be a fool and think you are above it.
@@bcaching1442 I’m not a fool, I’m not a slave. If that’s your state of mind “enslavement” doesn’t mean it has to be anybody else’s, am I right?
@@bcaching1442 I am above slavery, it’s called Sovereignty.
@@gangstalkthis How you are above the slavery , explain?
@@tadeuszbazooka6498 Very simple, I say no and I step into my sovereignty. Just the fact that you are even asking me a question like that tells me that you are a slave.
Animals also do everything in Silence. 🙏🌈
A vocation or any task you enjoy doing to earn an income, is still a job. No matter how wonderful it is, over time, it still becomes a chore and "work" that you will eventually dread doing. It has the potential to burn you out like anything else.
Correct. Even parachuting became just more work to do after you've done hundreds and hundreds of jumps....all the exhilaration is gone.
He had a sense of humor I really dig!
Reimagining our relationship with money is crucial for harnessing technology's full potential and achieving equitable resource distribution. 💡
If only presidents thought this way
@@tyfife79instead of expecting someone else to think like this, why dont you ... 😊
@@robertaharvey2027
Oh you're so clever like I haven't thought of that already
@@tyfife79 Then do it or are you not so clever?? 😉
Distributing everything by force equitably is destructive. Thanks to capitalism. We are almost at the point where no one will ever have to work again. Machines will do everything, including making copies of themselves.
Tranquility is turmoil without a plan.
Goal is tranquility not the gold❤
Truth about being a slave
This is very timely
I cycle past people working in factorys atm and i just feel sorry for them slaves to there own downfall ive worked in that enviroment for a long time and if your natrally a happy person the place will drain you mentally then replace you better to be happy and homless than a slave to a dream that was never yours. And i never worked for money more routine
Put a community garden in every city for anyone who wants to help plant and can use it!
I've learned a lot from this lecture. Thanks for posting it.
There is a good point in this. If automation relieved us of having to work so hard, and the product of automation was distributed wealth as well as profit for the proprietorships, we would do well Instead, we have things like Amazon.
Very cool lecture. Thank you!
pure genious
this message only belongs to those who are free inwardly anyway and for others it does not matter whether you work or not.
I've always said " I'm on my way to the Plantation, or I'm at the Plantation. Not I'm on my way to work.. etc.
wish i'd heard this before i spent 20 years as a wall street derivatives trader. fvcking hell that was high-paid but miserable. we were all suicidal. but now we're retired in the tropics. were we wrong?
When you go to work work. When you go play play. IF you want to get paid for "playing" you best be creative. Or a criminal. Remember, nobody is forcing you to work at a job you hate. Leave! The true slave master IS "Fear". Conquer your fear, do what you love. And stop being a cry baby. 😊
What Allen fails to realize is that money is not the goal it is just an intermediary step towards the true goal which is to not be homeless
Blessings All be to thy Universe 🙏
1:27 wrong ((bell)). Not bill. The distinction matters. Pavlov discovered behavior conditioning, which applies to humans as much as animals.
It’s not that what Alan said was incorrect. It’s that the captioning is wrong. And it matters for the reason explained.
How timeless these words are that apply so perfectly to our current times, with the rise of AI, the 2020 money printing, and inflationary period that has followed. We’re still as psychologically stupid as a society.
Anyone can work and grow their own food and build their own homes etc.. but the problem is people think you gotta work 10-16 hours a day and slave away to be able to eat and afford a home. Like that is not work, that’s slavery, I hate the system when people say just work harder. Like mfer I could work and grow my own food and build my own shit, why do I need to “work hard” at a corporate office or a factory and never be able to own a home ?
Buy land and build a home
I've heard and seen it all. I watched my husband claim he was the devil and eat a magazine. Watch him lie and steal. And both of us were stone cold sober. I've fed the hungry the lazy and the poor. I had people try to make me feel guilty over actions that were not mine. Even tried to make me feel guilty for what I knew was right. I wash my hands of it all. As far as I'm concerned any more my journey was through social media sites and books was all waste. Because there will always be a coward or liar looking for a scapegoat. I have no guilt. I don't seek sympathy. Or have regret. What's done is done. And I'm tired of hearing whining from people that can't or don't want to admit to their own faults or sins or whatever they want to call it. And money well our governments have tried to make us pay for the freedom of our souls. And almost impossible to feed and sustain our bodies. Journey over I can't wait to leave this world. I spend my days hoping for the end. Truth. Every turn your going to take on your journey no matter if you walk the straight line. It's all a contradiction. None will agree. I've been called a people pleaser but what if the things I did for people pleased me? Then your labeled as an enabler. I'm done. Too many peoples perceptions have changed every belief system even if they practice the same. I just want left in peace and for some damn reason people can't except that. I'm told I haven't done or been enough. People tell lies and spread rumors to keep from that. Stay away from me and out of my life to everyone that has been apart of that negative impact on me.
Maybe you can find comfort int the nde stories, plenty videos out here
I am also a people pleaser. It's a very difficult life and I also find that a lot of people who claim to be people pleasers try to take advantage of me. as I grew older, I stayed away from negative people and the more they I do that the better I feel.
@@rogerforsythe5310 stay well, strong and healthy.
Those whom are unwilling to make mistakes can never become the best that they could be.
I have learned to live quite well with very little money and I only work at my own interests. I haven't worked for others for years.
God this is just the naked truth, where do we go from here it can't be anywhere good
The idea, that you can do anything you want has been thrown around for awhile, depending on your station in life, anything you want may not be realistic. Then you do what you have to. If you do nothing...you get nothing. That's not philosophy, that's fact!.. you can still take pride in what you do, and do it well.!
Having a job gives you something to get up and go and do everyday . Also gives me someone to talk too on a daily basis . I had a week off a few weeks ago, the weather was shite and there was literally nothing to do and noone to talk too as they were all at work 🤷🤷
Start gambling
@@leorodz9587 Gambling isn't a problem if you're winning.
The truth about work:
Simple...
We created industries that NEED to be healthy enough to hand out millions as bonuses to their top!
Therefor, we make products less durable than we could make them. As when we'd make products as durable as we could, then there would be an over-production if that industry kept producing as much as it needs to be able to keep handing out millions on bonuses.
The result:
We need to work more than needed, so we can buy more than we need because of the less durable products, so to keep the industries producing more than needed because of the less durable products, in order to keep the industries healthy enough to hand out millions in bonuses.
THE ENVIRONMENT ISN'T BEING WASTED FOR OUR NEEDS, BUT FOR THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM THIS RIDICULOUS WASTE OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES!!!
Alan Watts for president of the United States a country of the people by all the people for all the people who are worthy of existence in peace and harmony all the days of their lives.😊❤
That is what I realised all my life loving work becomes a passion,the reason why in an Anarki societies you are not a slave nor a master, probably at first it will be disorders,but with time if we want to survive we have to self organise,it is free chosen societie like animals with the difference that we chosen as so is not the case of animals they have no choice
Truth About ***words*** and how a body uses them .....
Im not. Im done. I don't want to be a disappointment to you All and myself anymore. I'm sorry for the shit I've put everyone through. I need help healing and I didn't know how. I was afraid to. I'm ready to be better.
Me too ❤
Indeed🎉🎉🎉😮
The problem with working for someone is if you're good at your job, they will pay well but keep you working without many days off. All work and no play make Johhny a dull boy? No, it makes Johnny postal.
To anyone whom this resonated with; I recommend Bullshit Jobs and Debt: The First Five-thousand Years by David Greaber. Great modern books on the ideas of work and credit which I think Mr. Watts would have thoroughly enjoyed.
What’s so confusing about making money to have a roof over your head , eating, having money just to exist! We are taxed beyond belief! HAVE TO WORK TO PLAY AND LIVE! THATS THE REALITY OF IT!! NO MONEY… NO LIFE!
Completely by design!! The USA is a corporation owned by the crown of England and all us peasants are representatives of our straw man dead entities
Loooved this!
When it comes to guilt throwing $ at someone and then going to the bar doesn't work.
Im making sure i use my annual leave n sick days ❤ my job pays bills, my side hustle pays for what i want.
Yea,agree with one’s comment on ai. I’m hoping that ai is not the end all and be all! We know that the game is to reduce human beings. Hopefully some good beings will survive the game!!!
Speak for yourself, Mr. Watts. I have a job in order to survive. Money is just the medium of exchange.
Social security at alltimes is the only way!
It's much simpler, if you have kids, you must work whether you like it or not, to provide food, shelter, safety etc. This is called man's responsibility. If you are alone, well, then yes, do whatever you want and medidate in mountains no problem.
Your missing the whole purpose of what he’s saying
Expand your knowledge and you expand how much your capable of making so you free yourself your time and do what’s most important in this lifetime enjoy people time and experiences instead of always just focusing on bills etc.
Yeah dude, you are missing the point. Just say fuck your job and let your wife and kids live off the PRANA in the forest. You just don't get it man. (I'm being sarcastic, let these fucking hippies buy this bullshit, see you at work).
Why then have kids in this rotten world ?
Alan Watts had kids.
You are confusing survival with happiness.
This is why I don’t work I live with my mom and I’m 40!
Why are you living off of her? Go somewhere else and live.
@@PrincessCashmonie I’m Eastern European look it up
Don’t tell anyone I want this a secret can it be safe with you?
@@enejkelecija7377no i told my therapist about you.
Depends on how you view society. If you see it as oppressing you, openly hating you as it siphons off your productivity to feed others, then NEET is a protest.
We smile while there's a war going on smh🙏🏾
Why shouldn't they. You want all people around the world crying and moaning when you have the worse day ever? If so, then we have unrealistic expectations about what the world is about. People should br laughing and smiling no matter what is going on around the globe. And rest assured it Has Been Rotten for many many many decades I'm sure in many or most places. As they say "the show must go on". Our job is to be ourselves, not to automatically all be martyrs, for better or worse 😂
You post on the internet I stead of actually doing something
How not to be a slave without Skills or talents… be homeless ?
I came to a lot of these conclusions myself so now I'm trying to figure out how to give away free houses. Now that I know Mr. Watts I will now live very happily trying to get this new system going.
Prove it
I could use a free house, put me on your list! Thanks have a good day.
I like a lot of Watts talks....
But sometimes it just seems outdated...
And that he likes the sounds of his own voice.
His train of thought seems to be like a rollercoaster sometimes.
People will always be People 😥
All good but what's the conclusion/solution ?
I'm open minded ......
#UniversalBasicIncome
@@LoveEarthHereAndNow thanks for the link.
Interesting.
Oh God no, come back please.
What does "advernacely" mean?
16:15 substitute for butter lol
Holy
The word "mistake" has been around a lot longer than I have...so I guess it happens a lot.
No difference between guilt and gold
The guilt lays in the belief of gold and not in god
Work to live, not live to work.
Like the poor have a freaking choice
The truth about work is you are paid for
Education is a work tool, it turns the wheels around a machine that wouldn't produce anything worthwhile if it were static, ofcourse! you'll have to educate yourself to understand that, everyone else accepts the tool.
Fall in love with your job and you won’t work another day in your life.
One can have fun with money,but can not be funny,original,with it
They are trying so hard to have AI take my job. I'm hanging in AI is not all it's cracked up to be. Wait and C.😮😅
Allan Watts wants to end the FED
I am who I am, I am sent me
Hell yeah brudder
Don’t be a slave but we need money so what to do ?
16:19seconds the text reads" butter" but should read "barter"
A.I. is still learning.
Is there a link to the full video of this talk?
can't believe he died in 73 and this is still all so relatable.. particularly the last bit about inflation hah,, if he only knew! if it weren't for credit cards,, we'd all be walking around with mounds of cash by now like dope dealers
1:01 Society entirely is absurd 🤣😳🙄
Holy_§h€T!!😮 This explains the economical global craziness, many working to keep roof over their heads & food on their table.
❤✨❤Love Alan Watts❤✨❤
We as One Human Family need to rise together and build safe, comfortable, sustainable life giving family community... religion call it a church, Buddhists call this a SANGHA. It's compassionate group care in service to its community members. 💞🫒✨🪷
To make money is the reason, but what is the intention? Because if work has no intention it's not work at all, it's an empty motion.
I wonder if we will have a world without money.World Govenment? World Parliament? Abolish money? Three steps to heaven?
Sounds like 3 steps to Hell.
Heaven is anything you want so… skip the 3 steps and you’re already there
Work or live in a street with no clothing, money or romantic partner. That is reality.
Why would the Japanese need to learn English? Same goes for Brits on speaking any language
correction: not "cow shells", but cowry shells.
🤫
There's only be a slave to money. Or work hard for it. Or not at all. Or work hard and not for money. Either way money don't care it's just a number. Your title should read don't be a slave to a number