Alan Watts on the Limits of Language - Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 28 - Hosted by Mark Watts

Taking a trip through the constructs of form and labeling, Alan Watts philosophizes about the limits of language.
This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit play.alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.
This time on Being in the Way, Alan Watts philosophizes about:
Unexamined systems of belief underneath language
Ideas that are built into our common sense
The substance of form, pattern, and organization
The profound mystery of matter
Limitations in trying to use language to define the ineffable
‘Matter’ as a root word for many things
Chinese views of nature
Why verbs do not necessarily need subjects
Being at peace with ourselves in a world of form
Recognizing the universe as a process
“When we divide the world into operations and agents, doers and doings, then we ask such silly questions as ‘who knows, who does it, what does it?’ When the what that is supposed to do it is the same as the doing. You could very easily see that the whole process of the universe may be understood as process, nobody is doing it.” - Alan Watts
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Alan Watts is greater than western culture itself for me. No other western Philospher is better than him when it comes to explaining and teaching.

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He grew from it tho, meaning that he would not be what he was If there was no western culture.

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[@lewwal8327]

Interesting rambles by a modestly focused polymath.

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He is one of my teachers amongst a small group of teachers who where humble enough not to refer to themselves as masters, their students do, that's how you recognize a Master. Nice fact: they recently found out and record how plants communicate through a to the human eye an invisible mist.

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[@ontheflyphil]

One of his best lectures ever?!

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Bless you, your siblings, relatives for keeping Alan's work out there. You're helping So many folk. Your father is up there with Jesus and Gautama Buddha. Magical messengers *

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Amazing talk, one of his best in my opinion and I ve been listening since I was 17 and I am 32 now. We need this now more than ever. Thank you for this Mark, much love!

[@Taldaran]

I have seen quite a few comments here to the distracting nature of the sounds of ice cubes clinking in a glass, So I will offer an alternate possibility. A lot of people jump to the conclusion that it's a highball that he's drinking, but quite often he wore beads and varieties of pendants.

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Very much before his time ❤

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Greetings all, thank you very much for these recording,l've been listening to Alan words and different prospectives for several years now ,very refreshing to say the least❤🙏

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why do i always fall asleep when listening to his podcast

[@Charles-allenGodwin]

We live in a word built Uni-verse (unified verses = narrative). Words are frequencies in resonant alignment with their referent frequencies. Words are the smallest atomic unit if narratives. Every perception is to some extent memory. Every memory is to some extent imagination. Perceived narratives are the outcome. Our world to view mirrors our worldview. Our worldview is a narrative. To change the narrative, change perspective. Every choice we make generates a corresponding timeline of experience. Is the resulting narrative a limit or a creative guideline? No wrong answer - only another choice.

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I've never herd this talk before.. absolutely amazing as usual!

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Yep probably saved my life numerous times , certainly saved my minds mental health thousands of times , thank You alan.

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Brilliant! Thank you Alan and Mark 🙂

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He was an inspiration a great guru great insight intelligence He would've been one hundred years old today. Listening from the 70s it's not dated whatsoever totally contemporary.

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1:48

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The best!

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It's true Alan the true Divine. does not differentiate.

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These recordings should be sent out to space

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Immortality

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My experience is my experience Though so many others Believe otherwise

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Way ahead of the politcally correct era

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What is the app called?

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🥰

[@MrMoneysonny]

The universe is infinite so what if it doesn't have a center. Instead infinite centers. That's why we feel stuck in the middle of it. Each living thing or atom or wave of light or sound all it's own center of an infinite conscious universe

[@gauriblomeyer1835]

Quite true. Languages have got a frame and this frame grew in the last centuries. There was a time when nobody had understood the meaning of plethora. Today all the Greek expressions have been included. But what is the meaning of Sachchidananda or Mahashakti ? The whole wisdom of Sanskrit is unknown in the English language today. This limitation of the English language will cease when the expressions of the Sanskrit language entered into the English language.

[@kevinbissinger]

No. You can't put the universe into words because the universe is not made of words.

[@user-lc3ic9lw2b]

There is something in this background that sounds very much like ice cubes in a glass and something in Dr Watt’s presentation and in his chuckle that cause me to imagine he might have been 3 sheets in the wind at the time of this lecture. I understand he was very fond of his scotch and his pipe. Do you see what I mean? Is it my imagination or is it possible…?

[@doncahooti]

..or perhaps it's a porcelain spoon cooling a steaming cup of green tea ?

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If you are interested in language, listen to Maximus Peperkamp

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

Does anyone else need a drink?

[@mikefox3939]

I want, but don't need

[@stevenloudermilk7036]

im pretty sure Alan had a couple during this recording

[@CaptainPhilosophical]

@@stevenloudermilk7036 yes, the clinking of ice was what spurred my comment.

[@MaximusPeperkamp]

He doesn’t get to the real deal…the difference between Disembodied Language (DL) and Embodied Language (EL) for that you have to go to Maximus Peperkamp

[@Zekearus53]

Whoever recorded this with that tea cup noise in the background really ruined it for me. Never had any issues before but that shit was driving me nuts

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Postmodern

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I rue the day youtube's algo suggested Alan Watts' videos. How can one reject all these useless recommendations?

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There's literally an option to tell youtube not to recommend a video. Here's an idea, stop clicking on the videos you don't want to watch, and definitely don't leave comments. It's not youtube doing that, it's you.

[@kevinbissinger]

Super appropriate username, Mr Moron.

[@user-js9dc2yl9m]

In other words There is not an objective reality

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His words don't make any sense, not wasting my data on this

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It's like the loving advices:"Make It Simple" & "Shut Up And Listen"!!! Thanks alot, for putting this on KZbin.❤🙏🏽🫂💐🎼🎶🆒 And you're his son! That must have been an awesome childhood😍