Alan Watts - Get rid of all Religion

[@aldozkyv3231]

My right ear became enlightened.

[@weaselscreamer]

Thank you so much for the beautiful drive and the wisdom. I had a very strong feeling of "Heimweh" as I was looking at all the buildings, signs and nature. I miss Germany very much.

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

Ich verstehe, Andrew. Kein Platz (Ort) ist wie Zuhause. Thanks for watching ✨

[@mrheckles6076]

Great, another video with audio for my right ear only, my preferred ear! How lucky am I?

[@Traeumer13]

Alan Watts is great. He very often showes the point.

[@scotnick59]

sadly, he succumbed to being a heavy smoker/drinker

[@Traeumer13]

@@scotnick59 It was his life.

[@meself349]

​@@scotnick59The archetypal "wounded healer"

[@gardinselmer1005]

My Religion/Cult is called Critical thinking combined with comon sense. I have a strong set of morals and understand right from wrong. I don't need a Pastor, Iman, Father, Minister to tell me how to live a good life.

[@TrisjensChronicles1203]

Hell yeah

[@normanhunter7]

Exactly!

[@kennethlauer4735]

I eat when im hungry I drink when im dry If a tree dont fall on me Ill live till i die

[@shanrobinson4329]

I perceive this context as arranged realy beautifully

[@galahaaad]

And if a tree does fall on you, you will live till you die anyway 😉

[@shanrobinson4329]

Wat if you are the tree that falls on itself ?

[@isleofarran7234]

But you are the tree, feed it.. with all the light you have been given.......

[@DaveTucker-ip3pg]

Ah the title is wrong, the point of the speech was never to get rid of religion, but how to not be overly dependent on religion Hinduism is a pluralistic religion which believes that there are multiple ways to achieve enlightenment, while Abrahamic religions believe in only one way and if u don't you are a heretic . The existence of religion isn't really bad at all but forcing everyone to follow it and not allowing them to question is dangerous

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

Hello Dave. This is only an excerpt from his lecture on Ways of Liberation on Yoga. Alan was speaking generally on Yoga and Religion and the need to get rid of it all- as the end goal. Alan did not imply that Religion was somewhat bad either. Appreciate your thoughts and thanks for watching✨

[@totaldestruction930]

As a Christian, we look forward to seeing the end of false religion, God has always defended his true worshippers through out the Bible.

[@ishaanmurarka9082]

As a "Christian" - This is the false. You are not a christian or anything. You just are.

[@bskm5322]

😮😮😮

[@vincentkeller4725]

Get a real job!

[@totaldestruction930]

@@vincentkeller4725 : Give me one.

[@nitishpandeyongoogle]

Nirvikalpa samadhi ❤

[@razony]

At least criminalize religion outside of the home and church and have them pay their taxes.

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

I get your point but to „criminalize“ may be a bit too harsh. Perhaps some kind of regulation could work? Not sure if there will ever be a perfect solution. But I think that this world was never designed to be perfect. Thanks for watching ✨

[@lepakshig5186]

That voice pierces everything

[@HRDougGeary]

Maybe he's talking about the biggest religion which is Government.

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

Maybe 🙂. The present (global) government and their policies feel indeed like some kind religion. Thanks for watching ✨

[@nealamesbury7953]

We cannot get rid of religion. You can get rid if you religion- but the questions remain, the religion remains.- so try harder.- and yet....

[@ud1235]

Jainism is very close to Buddhism. Being a jain - resonate it all.

[@t.c.494]

No, self-assured arrogance - get rid of it.

[@roellopez3737]

Humans are the only species that can be skinned by religion over and over again , doing away with learned behaviors is the path to spiritual freedom .

[@renesoucy3444]

The problem is that capitalism is also a religion and that one is celebrated by all with absolutely no second thoughts… making Trump a saint… talk about lucidity and vision.

[@joansaleh7909]

I am a muslim and me focusing on my creaters worship gives me power happiness, peace. Mentaly and physicaly

[@shanrobinson4329]

These arnt given they are. if you want to hold something responsible for you then you will loose your mind

[@zenon3021]

the problem is that you are basing your life around a fantasy book and confusing fiction vs reality. Christianity & Islam are based on the Old Testament - a fantasy book with talking trees, talking animals, zombies, magic, 950 year old people, mythical global flooding, and a hundred+ scientifically & morally BACKWARDS passages. That's the birthplace of your religion. Religion makes people happy though because thinking about god gives people dopamine, very similar to cocaine.

[@fishcrow2848]

I am a Christian, and I feel the same as you. Peace be on you.

[@shanrobinson4329]

@@fishcrow2848 sorry 🐛

[@zenon3021]

@@fishcrow2848 As a Christian, how many of these Bible verses do you agree with (morally): Ephesians 6:5 “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.” Leviticus 25: 44-46 “You may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you […] You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance.” Exodus 21:20 “If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished. If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken for he (the slave) is his property” Exodus 21:2 “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years, but on the seventh shall go out as a free man without payment” Exodus 21:7 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are” 1 Peter 2:18 “Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.” Psalm 137:9 “Happy/Blessed is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.” 1 Timothy 2:12 “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent” Deut. 25:11-12 “If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man, you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.” Deut. 22:28-29 “If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her. 1 Cor 14:35 “It is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. Lev 21:9 “If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father’s holiness, and she must be burned to death.” Deut 21:10-11 “When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman you may take her as your wife.” Numbers 31:17-18 “So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.”

[@josevasquez-ju8rb]

relegion became only a word . you agree.

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

It depends on the context. For some people, religion is everything. Thanks for watching✨

[@piehound]

Just a moment there Mr. Watts. Doctrine is an integral part of most Western religions including Islam. And what you give us is nothing else but more doctrine. I happen to like your teaching. But doctrine is doctrine . . . no matter who does it and no matter what the subject is. So get rid of YOU TOO ????? How nice !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheSimpleTruthOne]

All Judaic religions; Judaism, Christianity & Islam are just murderous crime syndicates operating under the guise of “priests of God”, and idiots (sheep) mindlessly follow their foolish “doctrines” of emptiness! “Faith” is to people, what blinders are to horses. ALL religions are LIES, therefore, ALL religious “doctrines” are also LIES! Wake up, all of you! Get rid of ALL RELIGIONS, and only then will we be FREE & like “God”.

[@mathias4851]

You know the guy is dead right? Alan just wants you to live in the moment free from organised dogma

[@shanrobinson4329]

He's not selling belief you retard think about what he's saying he's sharing his perception

[@piehound]

@@Raziel699 and YOUR personal truth is better than my personal truth ???? A better and bigger lie.

[@Joe-p6t2b]

Yes let's get rid of religion and also government., laws, taxes, individual rights, cars,trucks,airplanes, clothing,stores,houses,roads,buildings common sense and just live anyway we want. Does that make sense too. You wish against the God who created all things and for you not to recognize that is for you to be just plain ignorant thinking. You were made in the image of God with the ability to think and love and hate and to choose how you need to live on this earth. God granted you life so that you could worship and love God and accept his provision of salvation from your sins. You are responsible for your actions and thoughts. We din against the God who made us and He died so that you wouldn't have to but make no mistake, you can wishful think about things and reject Jesus and his message but you will not change what God has written in his word concerning you and the future that will come to pass. You need to repent which means you need to change your mind about sin, about God, about his word and about this present world. You only get one chance in life to make things right.

[@raulsimon2218]

Couldn´t you have driven a little more slowly?

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

I wasn’t the one driving, Raúl.

[@j-rad2613]

Some people need it. For some, like myself, being human is a miserable existence. Some of us long for something more. I think religion has been responsible for more good than bad, but it does make some people happy, so let them do what makes them happy.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

I disagree. Religion has demonstrably done far more harm than good. Even if some good people do some good in the name of religion doesnt make it true or justify all the evils brought down on mankind by religion.

[@j-rad2613]

@petyrkowalski9887 nah, it doesn't need to be abolished it needs to be fixed. People need their churches, this is a hopeless world, and it gives some people hope for something more. I do agree it is mostly evil, but people need something.

[@blue-ck9ns]

Psychedelics

[@UpfulWarrior]

I'm an Orthodox Christian and I'll will always be one. This is probably the only thing I disagree on with Alan.

[@TheUreka]

You are the Brahman

[@bskm5322]

Means?

[@TheUreka]

@@bskm5322 you are it.

[@GM-o6i]

(1) If we get rid of all religions, we will get a new religion that will worship some idol. So, the goal should be to improve the religious life of society, not to get rid of religion. (2) The ideal of yoga is to assist religion and healthcare. (3) When we are talking about yoga, we should take into account not only Hindu yoga but also Chinese yoga, especially Taoist Esoteric Yoga - the mother of Chinese medicine.

[@Ms_Scharfenort]

Your points are enlightening, Giorgi. Thanks for sharing them!✨

[@jeromedavid7944]

Always thought Limeys drive on the left not the right.

[@jackmabel6067]

Looks to be the Netherlands or northern Germany, not the UK.

[@youngjezy23]

We can’t even get rid of the word because it will always be with us

[@vilmaseusankar2401]

We are just like dry leaves being blown hither and thither by the "great creator", who created all this universal "jhanjhat" and who is "in charge" to keep us going from bad to worst, so that the "four ages" jazz can materialise. Anybody who tries to live a saintly life, will be tempted to make mistakes that will carry him/her back to sin.

[@MrTetsukobu]

Very enjoyable nonsense.

[@fishcrow2848]

I'm sure this fool thinks he is all-knowing, but he just totally doesn't get it.

[@kalords5967]

You are a greater fool by saying that he's a fool.

[@shanrobinson4329]

No one gets it that's the point you retard he's sharing his perception not saying its all fact .. if you are searching for answers the way to get them is think of the question then bang your head against a wall ..

[@corylyons1107]

The only religion I didnt forget was Amish, so I couldn't bear the thought of this car ride, so I left.

[@gracehillcolorado2668]

Getting rid of ALL religion? Is a religion.

[@js8270]

Gods are a unsubstantiated premise presented solely by bald assertion. The arguments for this belief are circular in nature presented by apologists arguing from ignorance. For the most part the belief is contingent on geographical location and cultural leanings of the people that raised them, the gods of latitude and longitude.

[@blueeyebandit]

Wish I could have paused the nonsense driving video and listen . Instead I closed my eyes to focus on the speech . I suggest editing a woman's volleyball tournament for the next video ...

[@giovannilevoci941]

I agree all religions need to be done away with, for after all Jesus is not a religion but a reality...

[@kalords5967]

Jesus never existed. He was created by religious people

[@shanrobinson4329]

Lol do you see all the Jesus's on tele also XD

[@razony]

I bet the church you go too is identified as a religion? Christianity was made into a religion. To say you don't believe in religion, is also saying you don't believe in Jesus. Word games are just that, a game people play.

[@giovannilevoci941]

@@razony I am a born again christian and an ordained minister and believe in the redeming blood of Christ and I don't attend any churches as they are all into religion of some demonic type...

[@shanrobinson4329]

@@razony religion is wat you rely on one god is impossible when instinct is real ffs think about wat your saying the church is a building existance wasn't chosen for you we are freak mutations along a line of instinct

[@hunterfishman7119]

Only 118 likes huh? However you see it, as long as you see it. We all work in unison. Weather we see it or not, Thats just how it is & when you realize it, you will see the reasoning for it.