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 😂
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.
@@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.
As someone who has listened to watts everyday for 2 years, alot of my favorite watts talks are taken down from TH-cam. thank you so much for posting this!
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."
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 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.
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.
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. ❤
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…
This is an absolute work of art! It is so calm, so chill and comforting. Thank you so much for digging this out and sharing it. The quality is outstanding too. Bravissimo!
"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.
What an inspirational conversation between two brilliant guys! The wisdom that Watts imparts from his vast and profound experience with Eastern philosophies and spirituality, is priceless; and so relevant for this day and age, in particular, the truth that we are all connected and one with nature, the universe. So good not to have distracting background music and moving images. Thank you!
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 .
It was interesting to hear the two of them discussing the role of zen in skills - Watts, the conssument teacher - Terkel, the conssument listener. Terkel's interviewing skills are astonishing, and as wonderful to take in as is great jazz.
He got a honorary doctorate from U Vermont, but normally you don't address people "Dr" if the title is honorary. Oh and at 11:49 it seems he is confusing him with another Englishman, "Dr Watson"... lol
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"
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'.
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!
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.
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.
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
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've never heard such a clear Watts interview! 😱 This sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday! How exquisite, thank you!
I was questioning the same haha
It’s been enhanced by ai
@@MikeHuntDIMO Really? 😯 And if so, how can you tell?
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 😂
@@MikeHuntDIMOhow do you know?
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.
He was a brilliant interviewer and writer@jenmdawg.
I love him so much.
Man I thought I had heard them all, thank you friend.
Alan has such a civilised, easy, and calming voice. On top of that, he is so learned and knowledgeable. I could listen to him all day.
Its all the booze he was alcoholic n died of it. Guy was drunk.
I often do listen to him all day…
@@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.
@@TiredOfAllOfThis cuz i know the drunk
@@TiredOfAllOfThis he abandoned his kids his daughter hates him why do you grovel at him?
Such an amazing interview with the beloved Alan Watts. Calms my anxious mind. Brings me hope. Gives me zest.
it is fascinating that there exists so many great quality recordings by Allan Watts
Love studs turkel .great interviewer he left such a great mark.
The host is the great StudsTerkel , ladies n
gentlemen
As someone who has listened to watts everyday for 2 years, alot of my favorite watts talks are taken down from TH-cam. thank you so much for posting this!
why are they taken down I wonder?
@@lauramowbray1226 Mark Watts is claiming copyright.
His son is obsessed with money and copyright
The ones where hes sober? ...oh wait there is none of those. Guys a drunk idiot.
@@dariusus9870his dad left him for a bottle its all he got is these dumb driveling drunk droning drab drum on sessions to milk
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."
Favorite quote by Alan Watts:
" Belief clings, but faith lets go "
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
More profound than apparent.
Thanks 4 that.
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.
Studs? That's awesome. His parents must've had a sense of humor.
Great audio quality! Thank you for uploading.
I have never heard him interviewed like this. Thank you for sharing this.
Hes drunk in all of em
@@GODHATESADOPTION people in glass houses.
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.
He was good at nothing. That old drunk could vomit word salad n make it seem like something but then you realize hes just a drunk loser.
Desire to be desireless=buddha fail
@@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.
This interviewer is great, I love when he reveals he hasn’t learned to swim or ride a bike
I read Studs great work " WORKING" in high school in the mid 70's. Loved all work and him the rest of his life.
So glad more of his radio talks are surfacing, thank you for this
I have never heared this interview, thanks!
*Heard*
@@mrnobodyz🤓
its fake
@@wdwdHenry9022Remember when your mum told you to stop smoking that crap!
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.
Silent is anagram for listen
Great find. Thanks for sharing.
Rest in peace 🙏
Alan Wilson Watts
6 January 1915 ~
16 November 1973⚘
Listening to Alan's talks since the 70s ❤
Watts would hate this, but his wisdom and disciples that follow long after his death, speak to his immortal non-self.
I'm glad you acknowledged that he would hate that phrase rather than just project a belief onto him which he wouldn't buy into.
Yea he was an angry hateful drunk fool
@@Robb3348he hated his own family thats why he left em for booze, and his son yanked the copyright on this silly drivel
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. ❤
❤ Thank you for sharing ❤
Bro. Thanks so much for posting this. You rule.
Thank you! Great interview. ❤
Studs Terkel-verdad?? Beautiful performance, both of them
It is rare that I come across a Watts-clip that I haven't heard; thank you!
And one that isn't riddled with emotive piano music! Great to just hear a conversation.
So true lol
In a year or less we’re not going to be able to distinguish from real Alan lectures and A.I. Alan talks.
Sadly.@@stephenburdess2914
Oh there’s a new word in the playground “AI” everyone’s using it!🤪
Wow, really cool. Thanks for this upload!
Thanks for this - one I haven't heard before. He did a few TV lectures when he was younger (and older).
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…
He identified the loneliness epidemic over 60 years ago 😮
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for posting this interview. And gratitude to the Universe for being everything and nothing.
Thank you for this.
thank u for uploading this
This is a treasure thank you
This is an absolute work of art! It is so calm, so chill and comforting. Thank you so much for digging this out and sharing it. The quality is outstanding too. Bravissimo!
Studs was an American treasure
Wow, what a treat to hear this!! Thanks!
Thank you!
That's good editing
"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.
Getting drunk was good. I decided I would always like getting drunk.
-Charles Bukowski
I love how the host says at the end "I think I'm close to digging zen"
Yea desire to be desireless a self refuting illogical thing zen meet trash pail, easy i dug it a hole thats where zen goes in the hole lol
Bury zen
Oh you beauty. Well done. Well done!
Brilliant. Thank you so much for finding this. I love Alan Watts’ British accent. I never knew he grew up in England.
Long time no seen, Mr. Watts
I wish they had a podcast together in the modern internet
His deep exhale in the very beginning is enough to understand all.
What an inspirational conversation between two brilliant guys! The wisdom that Watts imparts from his vast and profound experience with Eastern philosophies and spirituality, is priceless; and so relevant for this day and age, in particular, the truth that we are all connected and one with nature, the universe.
So good not to have distracting background music and moving images. Thank you!
Yea that old drunk driveled on for a while...
You gotta get real drunk like al so u can find peace
Same here. Great! Thanx! Highly appreciate! Finally sth. really novel :)
Studs Terkel is one of my favorite writters. His books Hard Times and The Good War are amazing.
Could he drink as much booze as Alan?
@@GODHATESADOPTION Who's that?
wonder if they had martinis with Royko at Ricardo's?@@GODHATESADOPTION
"Working" is also a great book. A collection of interviews with everyday working people.
@@dbarker7794 tuesdays with morrie
thank you. this was great
This guys got a cool podcast
I am absolutely amazed at the clarity.
Wonderful.
Love this interview what a beautiful gift to come across today. Just a cork floating in the water.☮️🐳🙏🧡
Thank you
Great interview, Thanks for uploading
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 .
He was an absent father. Not great.
This is pure gold, thankyou ❤
Very good🙏🏼
It was interesting to hear the two of them discussing the role of zen in skills - Watts, the conssument teacher - Terkel, the conssument listener. Terkel's interviewing skills are astonishing, and as wonderful to take in as is great jazz.
“conssument” - WTF ?? !!
Every time I listen to Alan Watts, my mind is blown. He had such a wonderfully calming persona, and yet provokes deep thinking.
First time hearing this one, and I've heard a lot of them, thank you for posting.
Terkel sure sounds like Joker! His laugh is strange, too. 😃 Thoroughly enjoyed this.
About six minutes in, Alan speaks about being here, now.
I bet Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass, liked this interview if he heard it back then. 🙂
Fantastic interview. Truly rare. I'm not sure Alan Watts was a doctor, but fantastic never the less.
I think he was awarded an honorary doctorate. Maybe this interview takes place after that?
Either way he’s a doctor of inner well being 😃
He got a honorary doctorate from U Vermont, but normally you don't address people "Dr" if the title is honorary. Oh and at 11:49 it seems he is confusing him with another Englishman, "Dr Watson"... lol
He would perhaps not like to be referred to that label as him ….. he’s not a doctor but he is…..all
Just as I
Just as you
Just as it
It is all
💚
Who's the interviewer? He's great
Studs Terkel. He has a huge library of recorded works from his career as an interviewer if you'd like to hear more
Its on the Studs Terkel archive as well
Wonderful. Thank you.
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"
great ASMR 😴
❤❤❤
What an amazing interview, may I ask who is the gentleman interviewing Mr watts?
Apparently, his name is Terkel Studs. It appears he was a popular and great interviewer.
The gift of love is a/the present wrapped up tidy with a bow.
Everything begis with singular consciousness and continues through self sacrifice.
24:38 is such a fine line
7:30
The future is an idea in our minds.
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'.
That 7 fingered ai created “ Alan Watts” on the right is stuff of nightmares
😂
How wonderful to hear 2 masters! ☺️👍👨🎨🎨🎉💫🥰☝️💫🎼🛎️
This was an absolute joy. Thank you to whoever dug this up.
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!
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.
What was the name Watts mentioned? Kojivsky?
❤ thanks 🙏
Good lord.
3:19 Korzybski : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski?wprov=sfla1
Fewer interruptions would help. Alan Watts is brilliant.
the sound of two hands,,,,,,missing
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.
Is our relationship to the universe, the same as our relationship to the Multiverse? How would Alan Watts answer that?
It doesn't matter
All mental stuff. BeAlready Happy by realising the Prior Condition of Reality. How? 😎
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
this is not AI
One of my favorite prophet
MashAllah
You are so missed
🙏🏼❤️
12:12 => I know large numbers. But what are complex numbers ?
10:11 also, a hospital is no place for a sick person!
amazing interview
Zen.
Delightful
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?