Alan Watts - The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a well-known British philosopher, writer and speaker, best known for his interpretation of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences. He left behind more than 25 books and an audio library of nearly 400 talks, which are still in great demand.
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[@rideordietheyretring2tranx382]

Wrong the road to hell is paved by your tax dollars Work harder tax slaves Millions on welfare depend on it

[@rideordietheyretring2tranx382]

Hasn't anybody seen Brave New World am I the only one that knows what is about to happen to humanity... should I even care.... we are atlanteans brought you animals Humanity we gave you civilization we taught you science and math and look what you have done with it just look what you have done with it

[@casediedwell5094]

Would you be good enough to mention the When and Where of these speeches, assuming you know, in the description?

[@TF-cn6oj]

We live in a fiat society, soon to be fixed, I'm not worried

[@uroboros_8563]

keep up the good work

[@bigredracingdog466]

“Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.” ― T.S. Eliot

[@celticandpenobscot8658]

"'Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.' "― T.S. Eliot" Thanks!!!

[@g0inturbo]

​@@celticandpenobscot8658 be more useless

[@Fiatlux2024]

Amen!

[@claudiotagini]

just like Alan Watts is doing, right?

[@user-6662HWY]

I feel people do what they do to feel loved. Everyone needs love. The more important one feels the more loved he feels.

[@jupiterisaak1004]

“ Plague of virtuous people” He predicted Twitter

[@eduardochavacano]

without expensive smart phone, no one would need more apps like Twitter.

[@alexcarrara8140]

@@eduardochavacano yeah, blame the phones for the idiocy of the average tardo. Big brain time, fellas.

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

And Reddit.

[@exudeku]

@@alexcarrara8140 reject modernity, return to monke

[@EBUNNY2012]

A lot of altruism is a passive-aggressive attempt to be the king of the hill and make those on the bottom of the hill love you for it. - brian padrick drake

[@quietspark8703]

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@neilreynolds3858]

Solzhenitsyn was one of the great ones. If people in the West could understand him, we might not be so rabidly anti-Russian.

[@lovelife1867]

he is not wrong there but it all comes down to the same thing. Whether we destroy all evil or let it be , it will return. Thru us or the other , that is the balance of the world. This is why buddhism has the golden path. The middle way. Something that Christianity adamantly opposes thru those words : " So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust]." Now , this is Abrahamic way of thinking. All or nothing. Since the AD is dominated with this mental positioning , we cannot overcome it. If the one that slaps people for his internal reasons understands he is alone and cannot get anything with that behavior, because no one reacts , the slapper stops and becomes enlightened.

[@Anasthera]

Good quote

[@brazil3207]

​@@lovelife1867 if buddism is real there is no objective good or evil. In Revelation, evil will be utterly and finally purged. Evil is persistent, but not eternal. All evil will be stuck in the lake of fire, and can never get out. It can no longer spread when it is burning forever, eternally.

[@lovelife1867]

@@brazil3207 And? You are saying because there isn't good or evil it is fake ? So much for your dogmatic views ..

[@keykosantana5172]

My dad was a Vietnam vet and told me as a young boy, “in war there’s no good guys and bad guys there’s only two sides that are right.” To this day I see it in every dichotomy of virtue and righteousness.

[@glenarmy1]

Your dad is a wise man good sir….that’s distilled truth right there.

[@prodigalpriest]

He used the past tense when speaking about his father. That doesn't detract from the words his father gave to him.

[@TheHockeySushi]

Akala said "There are two victims, one on either side of the gun"

[@beneddieaurora329]

With all respect but, did your father ask him self what was he doing far away from home in other people's land!?( ... most Vietnamese knew for sure why they were fighting that war in their home land ) 🤔

[@creatrixZBD]

That sums it up nicely.

[@jjj0309]

_"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."_ -H. L. Mencken

[@aydenr5467]

At its extreme, the notion to protect life is in itself authoritarian. Authoritarian over nature.

[@seedfromatree]

“I don’t come to bow. I come to conquer.” Bob Marley

[@allenchen5398]

Jesus

[@stevemarshall3986]

Sounds like our prime minister trudeau

[@TheRealRillo]

I just want to stop the world from killing itself - Donald Trump

[@themoxcast]

This reminds me of a quote: "The desire to become a politician should bar you for life from ever becoming one" - Billy Connolly

[@theprodigy222]

“I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.” Bill Hicks

[@marktaylor865]

Too true

[@marktaylor865]

@@theprodigy222 aren't there theories of what would happen if presidents were elected at random. I swear I've seen that. Tbh I'd be for it as at least then you'd get an accurate cross section of society generationally.

[@rokinz3270]

@@marktaylor865 back in Ancient Greece some cities had elections of officials based on chance, heck there was even a machine in Athens to pick people. I believe there were a few that didn’t want the jobs they were chosen to do.

[@marktaylor865]

@@rokinz3270 In the end, all efforts must be made to stop those who would cease power from ever ceasing it.

[@weaponizedmemes3461]

"Every man has two lives. The second one begins when we realizes he only has one." - Alan Watts.

[@gagahusband]

Hmm. I'd love to hear this exact lecture. I've followed Watts for about 8 years and this sounds like a fake quote. I've heard him say things similar but if you're going to quote please show me the excerpt.

[@gagahusband]

Bet ur a Chinese bit spreading misinfo or something shit pisses me off man

[@albuquerquehotspot7835]

Confucius said this not Watts

[@GajanaNigade]

He was quoting Confucius bro.

[@freddavis976]

Like all great lies the quote is half true. The fully true quote would be, "Every man has two lives. The second one begins when he realizes the first is only temporary." Watt's pride prevented him from seeing this.

[@major7thsmcgee973]

"The most harm of all is done when power is in the hands of people who are absolutely persuaded of the purity of their instincts-- and the purity of their intentions" - Milton Friedman

[@user-6662HWY]

Oh yes, what could life be now if benign divine love in the sense of do to other as to thyself was the highest aspect in humanity of value, in contrast to do as thou will which seems to be most popular? Perhaps if man could see God as Self and such as purity and wholeness or holy he could see other in same light?

[@djay6651]

He may have been gone for 47 years, but this speech is spot on.

[@artuvwar]

After all, we are still human....or are "we"?

[@rokinz3270]

Very much so

[@Freya27395]

truth always transcends time and space

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

Everything he says is more relevant than ever.

[@easy8077]

You can play this in 1000 years or could've played it 1000 years ago and it still would accord to the events of that time

[@suqma-dik8506]

“Most diabolical things that are done, were done in the name of righteousness” Shit hit me like a brick

[@michaelmoldenhauer5318]

Yep. That's why a psychopath is actually not the kind of human you need to be worried about. They're just more honest about what they are. Note how much fear mongering is made about psychopaths. See it? It's exactly what is mentioned in this video.

[@EBUNNY2012]

A lot of altruism is a passive-aggressive attempt to be the king of the hill and make those on the bottom of the hill love you for it. - brian padrick drake

[@notyou1877]

Yea? Soviets though they were doing good too...

[@ifeawosika966]

America and the UN think they are doing good don't they?

[@davidpeppers551]

@@michaelmoldenhauer5318 Many Psychopaths/sociopaths are not open and honest about it. This is how they get more of what they want. Anyway, Hannah Arendt talked of the banality of evil. Seemingly normal people are quite capable of tremendous evil. They make it happen or simply stand by and let it happen. It has has happened and can easily happen again.

[@siriusstar8245]

Can we recognize the talent of the person drawing ? He illustrates perfectly what is said and make it enjoyable, funny and easier to follow. That's a great channel

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Reminds me a bit of political cartoon in the art style, but without the obnoxious punditry

[@robertalkemade989]

is a computer program drawing

[@kathleenlovett1958]

​@@robertalkemade989I don't think so.

[@stevesalt9005]

I thought the same. Brilliant little sketches. Wish I could draw like that.

[@Sixty-Ten]

@@kathleenlovett1958try looking closer as the text is written 😜

[@invisiblecollege893]

"A plague of virtuous people" nailed it

[@fweddyfwintsone4491]

“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.” ― Albert Camus

[@jeffhorton2722]

I love that so much

[@Johnconno]

"That car mechanic was dodgy." - Albert Camus

[@justdev8965]

Camus is underrated. I like his short sentences.

[@Johnconno]

@@justdev8965 "NOBODY underrates Camus. Except a fool."- Albert Camus

[@haliaxlaclith1407]

Very similar to the quote by William Pitt - "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."

[@karinak09]

“We don’t change.....we can look back on those people and see how evil that was, but we can’t see it in ourselves....so therefore, beware of virtue.” Holy shit that part almost made me cry

[@TheWormzerjr]

There is another species on earth that run the world. Its about your soul.

[@patrickvalentino600]

Yes, it's almost like we humans have a universal and inherent defect... Some religion somewhere took this into account...

[@alexgoldbergbass]

Pretty intense looking back on this based on what we are seeing in this world now and the so called morality folks are using to justify insanity

[@docwillis1443]

It really did cut deep.

[@god5535]

Hi Karen

[@n8sterling727]

This man was truly awake. We desperately need a voice like this in our day and age.

[@tamelashafer8852]

Love him too There are many still And there will be more

[@SevenTheMisgiven]

Yeah and ironically the staggering majority of all these supposed ''woke'' people go against a lot of these teachings all the damn time. It's rather comical really.

[@likeagentlesir]

People like this exist everywhere, it’s just that most of them don’t give talks or have a massive fan base.

[@FiveByFiveDnD]

I heard James Lindsey put it this way, paraphrased… “When evil comes, it will weaponize your virtue for its own purposes.”

[@KADASUVA]

“A plague of virtuous people.” Oh Alan, you were able to predict the future. Luckily you didn’t have to be alive to see the horror of this example coming to life.

[@tashuntka]

I have been thinking that very same thought this last whole month oddly enough..

[@matthewdalton1196]

It's easy to predict the future when we repeat the past

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

"the future" This was what colonization was largely about. He was at least several centuries behind the mark if anything

[@christine9467]

@Echo Foxtrot I know a lot of people like this. 😢

[@hauntboy]

@Echo Foxtrot I understand what you're saying, but have far less respect for those, especially the so-called more intelligent, who refuse see what's happening and believe all of this virus nonsense. "It's safe to say that the section of society who have fallen most spectacularly for this scam are the pompous, university educated, BBC worshipping snobs who, despite their faux superiority and intellect, generally possess the critical thinking skills of a mouldy cabbage."

[@HIXHAM]

"We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.” - Alan Watts

[@hermannyambu8565]

@Dirty Joe alcoholics too

[@chickenjuice4841]

@Dirty Joe May I ask what led to the challenging experience you had? I’m interested in these uses for beneficial reasons and would like to learn from your experience what went “bad” in your view. I use quotes not to dismiss but to clarify.

[@howdareyu]

Interesting...

[@MrMate8869]

Darn 😃

[@MrMate8869]

@Dirty Joe I'm interested in your story too, you sound slot like me.

[@outofmind9222]

Everything this man ever said fits in today’s world as well as in his time.

[@alexgoldbergbass]

Probably more now. Pushing so called “morality” on people. It’s dark man.

[@giseledaytao3021]

@@alexgoldbergbass it’s gotten worse a year later

[@show_me_your_kitties]

That's because man doesn't change, hasn't changed, and never will. He is no prophet. Hewas a man of his time, which is the same as it now and how it's always been.

[@ManvsTrail]

“For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.”

[@SulaimanSaifi]

“We’re doing the same things today, but with different names” - Alan Watts

[@jasonlee8156]

Goes to show that human nature doesn't change. We really don't learn from history at all.

[@karmad.twelve6613]

@@jasonlee8156 I posit that it's less human nature and more the human condition that has yet to change. For years, throughout all of known history, mankind has been subjected to mind control and propaganda wielded like a weapon to keep the masses in line. It's no wonder things haven't changed! No one has bothered to say no, save for in stories told and passed down through generations (think Jesus, Horus, Krishna, etc)

[@jasonlee8156]

@@karmad.twelve6613 But maybe it's our human nature that creates our condition of servitude or bondage. It's human nature also to lord it over others. To control others. Tyranny has a long tradition. That unfortunately is a result of human nature.

[@lorrainecouch348]

@@karmad.twelve6613 I SAID NO!!! ...AND GOT THROWN TO THE WOLVES 😔

[@lorrainecouch348]

@@jasonlee8156 I STILL THINK THAT THOSE IN POWER ARE CHASING PROPHECY... THINK EGYPTIANS, MOSES, END OF DAYS. AMERICA KNOWS SOMETHING IT ISN'T TELLING THE REST OF US. TRUMP WAS OUT OF TIME... YOU CANNOT MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN UNTIL IT SOMEHOW FALLS. THIS FALL IS WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO MANIPULATE. THEY TALK ABOUT AMERICA'S SHAME... YET THE WORLD HAS YET TO HEAR WHY. I WAS TOLD I WAS AHEAD OF MY TIME... A NONCONFORMIST... PLUS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF WHICH MAY AS WELL HAVE PAINTED A BIG BULLSEYE UPON MY FOREHEAD. I DON'T APPRECIATE PEOPLE THINKING STUFF BEFORE I DO STUFF. MY REASONS HAVE BEEN CLEAR... I HAVE WARNED THEM THAT THEY ARE MESSING WITH THE WRONG ONE. YET STILL I GET BUTCHERED BY DIRECT ENERGY WEAPONS... I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT EXPERIMENT MY ENTIRE LIFE. I HAVE BEEN MICROMANAGED MY ENTIRE LIFE ALSO. I STILL TO THIS DAY MAKE PATHETIC EXCUSES ON THEIR BEHALF IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A FUTURE. NOOO!!!! SOMEHOW THEY LIKE TO TORTURE AND TORMENT ME. I AM PROPHECY. IF I DON'T GET JUSTICE ON THIS SIDE OF THE FENCE I WILL MOST DEFINITELY GET IT ON THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXISTENCE. IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW I FEEL LIKE I'M ON A BLUEPRINT I CAN'T GET OFF. MY OWN FAMILY THREW ME TO THE WOLVES WITHOUT WARNING ME THAT MY SOLUTION DEMOCRACY4ALL AND MY IDEOLOGY WAS DEEMED 1000% ANTI AGENDA. I EVEN LOST MY OWN FREEDOM IN ORDER TO WARN A JUDGE OF THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ON THE PEOPLE, PLANET AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I ALSO QUESTIONED WHY THE FOODCHAIN LOOKED DELIBERATELY TOXIC AND RIDDLED WITH CHEMICALS. I TOLD HER THE TAP WATER HAD PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN IT... WHICH BLOOMS UNDER ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. I ALSO MENTIONED ALGAE (THINK CYANOBACTERIA ETC) MOULD, MOSS ETC ALL BLOOM UNDER HIGH LEVELS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. I HAD A WEEPING STAPLER, A MELTED BATH MAT, COUNTLESS OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OR VIDEOS OF MOST OF THESE EFFECTS. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE... WHO ALL IGNORED MY MESSAGE. I AM BEYOND.... BEYOND.... UPSET. DEMOCRACY4ALL WAS ALL ABOUT CONTROL... BUT IT DID PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST... IT DID PUT THE PLANET AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I KNOW MY STUFF.... I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY... JUST BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT I HAVE A VOICE WORTH LISTENING TO. I THOUGHT I KNEW PEOPLE... GUESS NOT. FAKE VIRTUE SURROUNDS ME... THEY THINK I MAKE STUFF UP... I WAS DECLARED INSANE BY THAT JUDGE. OH THE IRONY LOL DEMOCRACY4ALL SCARED THE PANTS OFF THE AGENDA... I SHOULD KNOW... I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO GET MAXIMUM VOTES. IT'S NOW OFF THE TABLE. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTED ON. I HAD PLASMA BALLS FIRED INTO MY BRAIN IN 2005. I DO NOT TELL LIES LIGHTLY. THIS IS AMERICA'S SHAME!!!!! THANX FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT... PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY... BUT I DID FIND THE ANSWERS AND I WAS MORE THAN CAPABLE... IT WAS DOABLE

[@egcowling9657]

Why after School? Cuz that's where the real learning begins.

[@SimplyMalibu]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BrbHamza]

because that's what schools fail to teach us. So we have to go and seek true learning After Skool

[@gingeroats896]

My education began when my night clubbing ended bout 7-8yr ago, wish i knew then what i know now. I thought i was Alan Watts back then haha more you learn the more you realise you know f all.... Or is that just me sittin' here with a D on my pointy hat

[@izqwiz1746]

That part 👈

[@egcowling9657]

@@gingeroats896 I was the same way. I think it's that the things we thought we knew that seem like we didn't now just mean more and feel different. Maybe 🤔. Cuz to me the deep knowledge I've had all these years seems way more REAL and MEANINGFUL now. It also may be something to do with aging brains along with changes of perception. 🤔 🤹🕺

[@moviesfan5513]

His wisdom is timeless. He could have said this yesterday would be 100% relevant.

[@alexracea3519]

He’d most likely be cancelled in today’s society sadly

[@13LesTadO13]

Thank you for this. I think it was exactly what I needed to hear today. Real change comes from within.

[@youretheai7586]

Alan Watts is one of the wisest sages of recent time. He's able to see all of the common threads of religions, philosophies and bioethics and weaves them into a beautiful tapestry he shares with all those who seek it's warmth.

[@fieldandstream9362]

Why are so many philosophers typically male perspective?

[@kevinlaguna2023]

@@fieldandstream9362 hmm what's a man without a women feminine without masculine is impossible. Some people do see it but don't share

[@fieldandstream9362]

@@kevinlaguna2023 man's world, mankind, male gods, male counselors..stoics, philosophers, male technology, male medicine, men are more often chosen if a person can only have 1, name carried through males, dick pills but no abortions

[@Zen-vk2vl]

@@fieldandstream9362 that's just english I suppose, another language can made for women but what good does it do in the end. Calling something different would be the same if that language would be used for centuries men would feel undermined. It's a fool's game to please all.

[@perej329]

@Nate Vibez yeah he just repackages basic eastern philosophy for western audiences. he talks pretty but was basically a grifter

[@Eternalised]

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tzu

[@ifjkiydxd2814]

Master yourself, master the enemy - some monk

[@vladimirmakarov3058]

@@ifjkiydxd2814 Lee Sin

[@dru4670]

Ironically your page name is "Externalised" lol 😁.

[@__nastee]

Best way to lead people is by letting them take the lead. - Lao Tzu

[@usthem7172]

"Who ate the last cookie? Fucker. " - Lao Tzu

[@brandonwatson1801]

It's crazy how Alan Watts has been gone for nearly 50 years and his words are more relevant today than they were in the time he lived.

[@zim_christ_lion]

Our whole purpose in life is to be kind and spread love and compassion to all living beings. That is the greatest purpose and duty of us all. By being kind, we heal so much hurt and pain in our world. We stop hate and cruelty. I think what Alan was trying to say was do not be egocentric or vain when doing good. Do good solely for others' welfare. Always be kind and spread Loving Kindness every second of your life. Always Spread Love not hate. Spread Kindness and Compassion not cruelty. Spread Unity not division. Spread Forgiveness not resentment. Spread peace not war. Spread Loving-Kindness.

[@JeremySayers38]

How does that play to killing animals to eat meat and killing plants to eat fruit & vegetables? Just a thought exercise. Who do we spread the kindness to and who do we eat? Just humans?

[@HamiltonSurrey]

I think you missed the whole point of what he was saying. We do not know what is good for others.

[@HIXHAM]

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”

[@somerandomguy6977]

I like that one. I'm gunna start saying it lol. Thanks.

[@MetaKnight62]

❤

[@tomtom7955]

So things are working out for the elite because they are making the best of this "crisis".

[@richardlarson1636]

Great point. So it puts another point of view in the place of honour. Otherwise said, plan for what exactly. Ha, the petol companies should be worried about our next time of high demand, not us worried about their prices. Ride a horse.

[@cesarcarrillo2276]

💯💯🔥💪🏾

[@tjwoosta]

I'm almost 40 and in my lifetime humanity has never needed this message more than now.

[@jdoc3118]

Humanity has no need of messages . Thats the message .

[@brightearthmusic4989]

Amen to that!

[@alexgoldbergbass]

How about now nine months later….yikes man.

[@Sierrahtl]

Imagine being even older.. they are terrified.

[@GabeHelma]

Well shit, this message has been around for at least 47 years and people still aren't getting it! Lol

[@Ericlouthain]

We need this now more than ever.

[@AbrahamHicksPerspective]

THANK YOU FOR POST THESE. SUCH TALENT!!!

[@waltersstreet]

"The reason why you want to be better is the reason why you aren't." - Alan Watts

[@andyjcoop]

Ego

[@Steven_Segura]

This is more relevant than ever lol

[@stephenagbay9396]

“We could have a plague of virtuous people”..... yup, sounds about right

[@chills2447]

Take this $600 dollars kids....

[@Viewer444]

Not really

[@AcidSh33tz]

No it’s not

[@Viewer444]

@@getback2me789 dude stfu mike pence literally got the vaccine on live tv do you think he’d do that to himself? Stop pushing your shit

[@chris432t6]

Alan Watts and After Skool go together like bread and butter. Thank you!

[@neowolf09]

For a long time I was caught up with wanting to change the world for the better. Now I just want to change myself for the better. The only chaos one has any real control over is their own. A wonderful video, think I might share it with my father.

[@jimmoses6617]

Me too. I joined the Peace Corps, but learned early on to ignore the virtuous training and just live and make friends with those amazing people in my little village 😊

[@djmoocahking]

“When we interfere with the processes of nature...there’s always some way in which we have to pay for it.”

[@adampacittifan3298]

'the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be'

[@AfterSkool]

Love this!

[@Damons-Old-Soul]

"Religion and Belief are for those afraid of Hell; Spirituality and Faith are for those who have already been there." (I do not remember the source of the quote.)

[@Jkolby]

@@Damons-Old-Soul David Bowie

[@elsafigueredo4154]

🙏🏼❤️

[@Lunuwara]

Be open to Jesus

[@zazzyz4558]

How timely! How utterly perfect for this time!

[@bradseed66]

I never saw Alan Watts as a futurist until today. Great work!

[@d3vilmaycry25]

This is terrifying because how disturbingly accurate it is and it's happening RIGHT NOW!

[@joshparsons7631]

And has been from the dawn of time. People freak out like this is the end times, and may be...... Though they've thought that a few times in my lifetime already. So over a century the panic has probably hit pretty high numbers of end time hysteria. Being that "I", this 1 individual, cannot change the nature of our collective selves. I'll go on living as though this rock intends to keep right on spinning. I'll adapt to the collapse, if it comes, or die trying. Human nature.

[@Consciousness_of_Reality]

​@@joshparsons7631The idea of human nature is just an excuse for conformity, misanthropy and nihilism instead of actually looking at what drives opression and for solutions.

[@charllittle8861]

This is another example that shows that, the wiser we are we start to realise how much wisdom we lack. (Love the drawings, as he speaks)

[@juddmadden1937]

The more you think and examine, the more new questions will pop up and let the chaos of thoughts (which results in action) grow. It's a spiral.

[@waderands3393]

And the less we know, the more we think we know. This is the dunning kruger effect.

[@productivityplus]

The older I get, the less I know...

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

It becomes harder for the wise person to act, especially upon others, as he realises just how many unintended consequences his actions may have. Best, then, to act on the thing you have some control over: yourself.

[@TheClarityofTarotandMeditation]

Such a beautifully made film! You are really appreciated! 😊

[@KayFlowidity]

4:15 Circumstances 6:30 Problem solving 8:55 We don't change 9:20 Virtue 10:55 Righteousness

[@trufflefunk]

Almost makes me want to go back to social media so I can share this, thankfully nothing will actually make me go back. It hurts how relevant this is.

[@eliVII]

hi Liam, i hope you enjoy this lecture kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIXNaGSJnNB0hqM⌛🧠

[@LoulousCorner]

You realise KZbin is social media right?

[@trufflefunk]

Yep, hard not to. By using one social media website doesn't mean I use social media as a whole. I also don't utilise all the social media tools KZbin offers...hmmm, maybe I meant I almost want to go back to using social media the way I used to in order to share this video... interesting.

[@Jebusmike3]

@@LoulousCorner Technically yes. Effectively no. But you already knew that didn't you? Get outta here.

[@LoulousCorner]

@@Jebusmike3 nah I'm not getting out of anywhere because you're being pedantic and butthurt. KZbin is a social platform, that contains media, thus it is social media no matter how much it pains you to admit it and not nitpick 😉

[@ThierryTiramisu]

9:20 "we don't change. We're doing the same thing today but under different names." Amen, brother!

[@joleegarza]

Can you explain this, please?

[@d.j.brompton6794]

Look at the last people trying to live off the land in south America. If it's not illegal loggers and poachers driving them off the land, it's toxic chemicals destroying their water sources, meanwhile the missionaries line up offering "redemption". That's dogmatic mindsets for you. Talk about false virtue......

[@joleegarza]

@@d.j.brompton6794 still learning...thank you

[@nikitasidoryuk852]

In other words... Nothing new is under the sun

[@misterx6346]

Alan Watts is awesome. I've listened to him for hundreds or thousands of hours.

[@d33jaylyke]

Love your videos bro you meet everyone at eye level with these 🙏🏽

[@usarmyveteran177]

A person of good intention looks to change the world. A person of good character looks within.

[@rockgod2131]

When you change yourself, you change the world.

[@ZenfulHaze]

and what if one looks up to both?

[@digitt2]

I got taken down the garden path with "intention" a didn't understand why not the inside? "they thought they didn't need it" ohhh shit

[@ajl2232]

@@rockgod2131 Tell that to the people getting bombed in the middle East.

[@PA96704]

People who are way ahead of their time usually dies young 😌

[@jeffw5263]

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and it’s a superhighway.” -Thomas Sowell

[@jackhlms3116]

1 of thee most powerful afterskool episodes ive cn great job

[@olivierc335]

What a timeless piece of wisdom to watch in the middle of a biosecurity totalitarian coup!

[@wonderwoman.3766]

One of my college professors once told me, “You’re good, but you’re not that good.” I’ve always loved her for that.

[@TROOPERfarcry]

Alan Watts died in 1973 -- but he accurately predicted the "selfie-activism" 100% accurately.

[@linjubar]

How you marry up the words of Alan Watts with illustrations of what is happening today in our world is very creative, and a great skill.

[@Dyvirus33]

"We could have a plague of virtuous people." -Alan Watts

[@yptotheworld]

I like seeing the philosophical quotes in comment sections

[@seamac206]

Listening to this at the lowest point of my life was so helpful. As well as walking around the city for no reason.

[@o_manam]

Alan Watts was my best friend for a little while, these recordings are invaluable

[@gaycha6589]

I do that all the time.

[@Jim-gr2xc]

Yesterday my best friend called me a murderer for not getting vaccinated, even though I have an autoimmune disorder. Listening to this made me cry.

[@trekn8808]

Your friend no more will live with no friends in hell fire

[@mrdarren1045]

Yesterday you found out your best friend is an idiot.

[@annapachaclarke2392]

Your so called friend needs a padded cell, me thinks!

[@mrdarren1045]

I was recently given a positive covid diagnosis as I was literally on my down to the operating theatre to have an internal defibrillator fitted. That was 4 weeks ago now. In all that time I haven't experience one single symptom... not even the mildest symptom. Which told me one of two things... this covid 19 is far far less serious than they say or these covid tests are utterly bogus. And I have very serious underlying health problems as well and yet I never would have known I even had it had I not been told so.

[@felice9907]

@@mrdarren1045 i guess both were the case - which has happened countless times to countless other people. we have to learn the lesson to decide for ourselves. with some open mind you will find that all necessary information (also healthwise) is given on the internet, more often in the comment section than in the actual reports/articles.

[@someguyguy4019]

The whole world needs to hear this message.

[@ReynaSingh]

Alan Watts is so thought provoking. I love seeing him on this channel

[@aronklein8835]

Agreed

[@susansherlock7474]

A shame he didn't live very long.

[@artudo]

What a gem is this channel!

[@LukeyTim0]

As someone who never has much to say in regard to virtues, it feels like there’s something wrong with me. But this makes me feel so validated

[@neilreynolds3858]

Nope, nothing wrong with you. "God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy."

[@TheSpecterRanger]

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” Romans 1:22

[@w.8424]

What's this supposed to mean

[@TheSpecterRanger]

@@w.8424 Before the face of God, and even in the realm of our own reality, we are ignorant and unknowing. To profess yourself to be wise, you are only cementing your idiocy in the face of God. The smartest people on the planet will tell you that the more you come to know, the more you come to understand your own ignorance. "Science" will continue uncovering more information, but will never have the full picture, and therefor will come to premature false conclusions. The universe we live in is beyond our comprehension and it's reality is truly beyond our imagination. Those who profess to have it all figured out, have absolutely no clue about their ignorance of the beyond. Praise the Lord and ALL glory is His. I was an ignorant atheist for many years until I opened my own heart and mind to the TRUTH that is the spirit of God. He revealed Himself and showed me my ignorance. I owe everything to Him. We all do.

[@crazyanimeloveable]

@@TheSpecterRanger beautifully said my brother/sister in Christ. May our heavenly Father bless you in all your days for he is beyond our comprehensive mind. Amen to all you said 🙏 🙌 ❤

[@TheSpecterRanger]

@@crazyanimeloveable Thank you greatly

[@Tunnelvision1k]

@@TheSpecterRanger you know what you know👏🏽

[@Michaeloftheland]

“A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you. Do not consider what strangers say. Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence. Talking, no matter how humble-seeming, is really a kind of bragging. Let silence be the art you practice. #54, I SEE THE FACE” ― Rumi, Bridge to the Soul

[@voight-kampff7781]

Watching this, the first thing I thought of is all those psycho/sociopath/narcissist videos of themselves handing money to the homeless etc. as if it makes them some kind of incredible god or good person. It creeps me the HELL out. My aunt blocked me on all social media because I told her that all the videos she shared on facebook were not "good deed" videos, it was just a narcissist fueling his/her supply.

[@neilreynolds3858]

I've never watched videos like that. Do they talk to the people or just give them money and scurry away as fast as they can? I've been homeless and it doesn't ever go away no matter what else happens.

[@vexzusdragon8556]

Finally unpacked whats been in my head for years, I gotta look this philosopher up.

[@judysherry3122]

In 2021 this is a must listen, I'm really starting to rethink everything that is going on with the world.🌹

[@iainrobertson5194]

You are most definitely NOT the only one, for there are umpteen millions of others doing the exact same thing, let the real re-set begin

[@johnsmith-wc8gs]

I thought I was going off the rails on conspiracy theories a year ago. Sadly all of it is true today.

[@davidtay9347]

It's some sort of a series of contradictions against one another.Human intellect is not programmed for these.

[@TheDissidentTherapist]

I was red-pilled in 2021 too.

[@maevemaiden]

When you are introduced to a genius thinker like Alan Watts there’s no turning back. He said as and is and amazing mystic. I only wish I had been able to meet him✨❤️

[@PsychedelicActualization]

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." ~Alan Watts ❤️️

[@viggohansen5107]

Kinda like "Be like water" - Sun Tzu

[@daysnottime999]

What a lump of words.

[@catherineo6640]

Open our minds and eyes. The last two sentences are the best part, thank you Alan!

[@binaural_beets]

Alan Watts hits the mark, as always. This is EXACTLY what's going on now.

[@xionelectra]

Elaborate

[@XenIsWhen]

Never has something summed up why I avoid people so well. So glad I finally found this.

[@destinycantwait]

hate to break it to you but evil doesn’t lie out there but within yourself. Within all of us

[@samn3276]

@@destinycantwait🎤 drop! 🙏🏾

[@Alantexans888]

Alan watts. Criminally overlooked. Everyone needs to hear this mans words.

[@eduardochavacano]

Madonna has been saying shit like this since 1987.

[@capwlf]

bsolutely wonderful lectures! Alan Watts was absolutely above and beyond! I’m looking for Alan Watts friendships because everyone else is extremely dull

[@captainnima]

This is so excellent it is beyond description.

[@Tomsconcertvideos]

Another beautifully done piece of art. The illustrations are wonderfully done, beautiful, intelligent, and an appropriate addition. Alan Watts is the best and these videos are incredible. Thank you!

[@greggeverman5578]

The art's nice but the speaker...can't quite say as much. Had SOME good points but...

[@md1596]

@@greggeverman5578 But?

[@donaldjohnson1528]

Evil wears many masks and none so evil as the mask of virtue.

[@rileyrose7054]

I like that one .....

[@jacobbass6437]

God why are all these videos filled with these empty virtually corporate produced quotes that are vague enough to seem meaningful, but when you actually think about them, realize that they are crap.

[@skylark3922]

So how do you decide if its a mask or real virtue? :)

[@skylark3922]

@Ferny Panda easier said, then done...

[@skylark3922]

that's not really an helpfull answer.

[@komickaze85]

I wish this guy was still alive today. He'd be really old, but still so wise. So profound

[@oishi5518]

Thought provoking video🙏 I love your channel, thank u💜

[@colomtnhigh77]

I have been sensing this for years, but haven't been able to vocalize, and especially not at this level of clarity and completeness. Thank you.

[@bobofthestorm]

I always found the best way to explain Daoism's "action through inaction" is through this phrase : "When you stop trying to be virtuous, it is only then you find True Virtue."

[@joleegarza]

The harder I tried the more I failed.

[@CJ0101]

So when you make an effort, then you are virtuous.

[@bobofthestorm]

@@CJ0101 No, when you stop trying to make an effort to be virtuous it only then that you understand what virtue is. A lot of times people are caught in the trap of trying to be virtuous for the sake of appearing to be virtuous. We've all done that. It is only when you stop trying, that you realize that virtue can come naturally when you no longer concern yourself with how virtuous you look.

[@CJ0101]

@@bobofthestorm Thanks. My comment was not intended to be serious. My point being that you still have to make an effort to not be virtuous. Therefore you are still trying.

[@iancowan3527]

Bless your work and please know you're both entertaining and educating at a top notch level!

[@jamiemcdonald3435]

i get chills every time watts says lao tzu

[@wisdom-for-life]

We need variety because... "variety is the spice of life"

[@sickid41]

Variety is dangerous. Bland and boring is a good life.

[@greenleef7770]

Agreed nice and spicy haha

[@psylocibin9359]

Amen

[@MsZsc]

@@sickid41 what'd you think of diversity

[@fwalyfe4661]

@@sickid41 My friend please elaborate

[@FrancoCT15]

History repeats itself.

[@eliVII]

hi franco, i hope you enjoy this lecture 🌍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIXNaGSJnNB0hqM⌛🧠

[@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744]

It's not history repeats itself but it's human that not learn from history that doomed itself

[@cd6693]

Such an exciting youtube channel! Thank you for the video

[@DalesDeadBug]

Love the art work! Very nice looking at it while listening.

[@johnqpublic7191]

“We could have a plague of virtuous people” Queue the 2000’s

[@darkprince56]

*cue

[@klausmaccus4397]

@Brandon Neifert that's the point. That's what makes it bad having a ton of them. They definitely think they are virtuous.

[@marcussmart3275]

I would be so bold to say its been either set up very poorly, or intentionally with no forward thinking of the net resulf of such ways. Information is critical and we have put education last almost every time for decades. Spreading the gap between those who have and those who dont. Then stack on ignorance and tadaa, the internet told me its true so it has to be. How does every publication require citstion of information and yet the internet, most peoples source for information, does not abide by auch rules? How can this end in any good way? Theodore Geisel would not like it, no, he would not.

[@MGood-ij1hi]

I remember when plastic bags were a fantastic new product that ecologists loved because we would use less trees making paper bags and save our environment

[@mostafanajafzadeh]

We didn't know shit. But at least we know one thing, and that is the fact that we don't know of the future.

[@amber78100]

Now we have paper straws wrapped in plastic. Congratulations

[@theresedavis2526]

They didn't expect us to litter the environment with them. Recycling should've been implemented from the beginning.

[@superchuck3259]

Where I live, all my trash is burned, so nothing goes to waste, all makes energy. And paper straws are yucky!

[@richardclasby1762]

@@theresedavis2526 There is no recycling. That is a sad myth. Most trash goes to underdeveloped countries and they do "whatever" with it. Recycling old stuff still costs more than creating new stuff.

[@Music-lx1tf]

I used to listen Prof Watts every Sunday back in the 70's.

[@CabinC82]

A plague of virtuous people. Alan Watts and George Orwell definitely had time machines.

[@justchill4885]

This randomly popped up on my recommended list, literally the best video I have seen all year. Everything this video explained is what I have been trying to point out to my friends for years. I have never heard Alan Watts before, now I will have to look into his writings.

[@gustavostabe2490]

I've come to understand one thing in my time. It takes one second to make a mistake but it takes way longer to fix it.

[@majestictravler5717]

I don't believe in mistakes. They are all lessons. If you choose to learn from them the first time is the trick.

[@howdareyu]

Hmm...you both have good points!

[@josephferrer8780]

@@majestictravler5717 I believe that one should acknowledge their mistakes in order to learn from them. Everyone makes mistakes, nobody is perfect. But to better oneself and to change is what matters.

[@majestictravler5717]

@@josephferrer8780 yes that's basically what I said. Lessons to be learnt or not and repeat.

[@josephferrer8780]

@@majestictravler5717 well actually yes, we agree. I just misunderstood you where you said there are no mistakes.

[@moniqueengleman873]

I really enjoy Alan Watts any day. This was very good.

[@traceyrychewhite1874]

I'm a new subscriber and I love this channel!! Thank you 😊

[@Yusa_Beach]

Don't say I'll be better, just do it. Nothing to it. You don't have to be rich or have anything to make you happy, just live life. Experience, grow, and live, without letting ego or any limitations prevent you in doing so. You are enough, but if you wanna do something, just do it.

[@harribertschmalzkopf2799]

But where are the limits to this? For example - if I'd like to kill people - should I just do it?

[@Yusa_Beach]

@@harribertschmalzkopf2799 If that is what you desire then yeah, go ahead, but don't blame anyone for the consequences of your actions for you to come to that conclusion. (You can't blame anyone really tbh) In this world it is quite easy to be fooled by oneself or others. Desire and belief should really be considered the most important thing to be cautious about imo, because those things influence how you act. Which can come off as a Good thing or a bad thing to you. (Perspective) So watch what you desire and especially to what you believe, you can easily be trapped into a mindset if you don't learn to doubt it even if it does speak some things that are true. As for limitations, it is really just how far you want to go, yeah there are things that you truly cannot see pass, but that doesn't technically mean there's a limit to it even if there seems to be. There is always more. No matter how much you think you know, there will always be a certain level that you stand. I know this was a year ago since I made this comment, but even though The road to He'll is paved with Good intentions, we need to take into consideration to what "are" those *Good* intentions, because you can always justify that by killing others it decreases the population which is a good since we over consume or waste resources.

[@BenSmith-jw8zy]

@@Yusa_Beach THAT is INSANE, the world could have 100 billion, and support it. Stop believing media propaganda. The more you think you know the dumber you are. The people who claim to understand the earths weather, (and have the nerve to call it climate change) and think taxing CARBON is going to help, are unwittingly helping the financial prison and wealth gap to become more powerful.

[@HillbillyHippyOG]

Perfect. The solution to 2020 in one well-spoken speech by the amazing Alan Watts. ❤️

[@brightearthmusic4989]

Omg this video so applicable to our time it's stunning. It's like Alan had a time portal window open, looking in on our time while he gave this talk. Of course, all he was doing was speaking about an all but universal human nature to be unconscious about oneself.

[@mariadeleon5203]

Absolutely Brilliant!!