Don't Fall For This Trap - Alan Watts on Work and Play

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[@natashanonnattive4818]

FREEWILL NOT Anothers

[@zodiacfml]

Yes and I've known this probably since a student. However, in the work place and as adults at home, people assume or create in their little minds that you are enjoying the task anyway and think they don't need to do it despite it is supposed to be them doing it or they have a part on doing it.

[@bryanbrowning5746]

I found an Alan Watts book lying on a park bench a few days after high school graduation. In it, I found a note that said, “ Dear Finder, I have read this book, and I hope that if you choose to read it, your outlook on life may profoundly change. After reading, Please pass this book, and note, to someone whom you think may absorb its wisdom. From a fellow human friend”. I did read that book, and it really improved my outlook and made me appreciate the “now”! That was 45 years ago, and I’m still learning from Mr. Watts. I gave the book to a young lady that I met at that same park. We exchanged phone numbers, and have maintained a platonic friendship ever since.

[@glenndespres5317]

Love this story!

[@glenndespres5317]

Magnificent ending!

[@Jake-kg2jc]

Which book?

[@tamispotts9534]

This made my heart smile.....thanks for sharing. Which book was it?❤😊

[@matthewzielinski6937]

Well said, I would be interested in the name of it if you remember. Thank you.

[@streetballize]

I work at an indoor amusement park, and unlike many coworkers who complain and eagerly await the end of their shifts, I find joy in what I do. While others question why I'm consistently happy and encouraging, I explain that I take pleasure in motivating people to overcome their fear of heights, cheering them on during climbs, and urging them to conquer the zip line. Witnessing their triumphs brings me immense satisfaction, and the positive atmosphere translates to great customer satisfaction. It's a cycle of happiness and fulfillment that I cherish.

[@cjaria444]

We need more wholesomeness like this

[@streetballize]

Appreciate you all. I've experienced a lot of pain, and if I can brighten someone's day, it makes everything worthwhile. I understand there are others who've faced challenges as well. Here's hoping I've brought some joy, and that they'll pass it on in their own unique way!🙌🏿☀️❤️

[@niekr8694]

I love this, to find the heart and joy in what you do no matter what it may be is the ultimate wisdom

[@rachelh7079]

🥰🥰🥰

[@marianneellman1139]

Well all l can sa5y is you Sir are amazing 👏 🤩 😉...congratulations 🎉❤😅

[@asdf123311]

“Regard everything as play, and don’t imagine for one moment that you’ve got to be serious.”

[@victorhardin2186]

That's when you get fired. Trust me been doing it for years.

[@AEGISAOE]

the guys doing heart or brain surgery doesnt has to hear this

[@TusharSingh-h1j]

@@AEGISAOE 🤣🤣

[@bullyproofyomama]

I’ll try to remember that the next time I’m in excruciating pain .

[@Nomad1025]

Haha! During my working years, I was an over-the-road trucker. I often marvelled at how it was actually legal to do something so fun and even get paid for it! I loved what I did, and I met so many amazing people and had so many adventures! Our company was small, only 9 trucks, and the owner routinely gave the drivers all the same route, so we would drive together and talk and laugh over the radio the whole time. As a woman, this was particularly helpful to me, as I never felt alone at the wrong time, or unsafe. Well, I have to say though, i rarely met people who made me uncomfortable, and most of the time, everyone from the dock workers, to the truck stop employees were all friendly and pleasant to visit with. My co-workers were all really interesting people, and oh man did we see the scenery and sunsets/sunrises! What a beautiful life!

[@sludgerat444]

Trucking has a great appeal to me. What a dream to constantly be moving.... endless sights to see..... basking in America's glory. And the comfy cozy cabins!! Put a little TV a bed some charging ports and some good locks. A little piece of heaven right there.

[@carmeloferreri641]

My second career was in a big truck. After 30 years of being in management the serenity of the open road was beautiful. I'll never forget waking up in the middle of California farmland with the earthy smells that greeted me!

[@SuperBC10]

@@carmeloferreri641wow ❤

[@annwhetzel729]

Same...it was fun💛

[@GregS-em8tn]

Guess you didnt drive for yrc !😅

[@shadowsdad903]

My philosophy is the same. If you’re not having fun, you aren’t doing it right. And maintain an attitude of gratitude.

[@hecateswolf6007]

Good attitude

[@victorhardin2186]

Then you get fired for playing too much idiot

[@deathbyslime6725]

​@@hecateswolf6007gratitude: don't forget to be thankful for what you already have.

[@clivecarpenter2840]

His voice is so soothing and calming and his knowledge of life is heartwarming

[@sudhakarpalve9685]

Yes exactly....whose voice is it..name .please

[@kulturfreund6631]

A beautiful human he was.

[@witchypoo3535]

​@@sudhakarpalve9685 Alan Watts 😊

[@thomasmalone8216]

The point that Alan is making is that we should savour the moment. Alas, most of us live either in the past or in the future. We may never see tomorrow, and we definitely can't influence the past.

[@GingeRenee]

Yes power is in the moment of now.

[@HeartAwakeningLove]

Eckhart Tolle the power of ‘Now’ principle

[@AB87-rc9eb]

And what if now is shit and you're stuck in it?

[@tsaicio]

Kinda buddistic coclusion.

[@merimabrodarac6872]

Yes, the life is the game and why will you play it seriously if you can make it joyful…

[@dalepasswaters4898]

All my working life I used to say I can’t wait to retire. Longing for the time to come. It’s only now that I realize I wished my precious life away. Instead of living in the moments and cherishing each day I wished it away. What a dam fool I was. 😢

[@roxannerodriguez7075]

😔 💜 🤗

[@Tstorm-il5ih]

I ll sell you my time. lol sadly I mean it. Broken heart and betrayal is hard when you be sacrificed my whole life to my wife for nothing. I know no one cares. That’s what is the problem. Like millions of ppl suffering needlessly because no one cares. I understand your point.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes🎉🎉🎉🎉😮

[@thorodinloki]

It’s a system that not many break free from.

[@Gee-no]

Don't feel bad. So many of us do it.

[@jh06ok]

Former neighbour of Alan here. Whilst there is great wisdom in his words, who is going to pay for the holes in my trampoline?

[@christianmeyer9560]

Who started it?

[@paf268]

You are going to clean it up. Question answered.

[@Diwixy]

And dance at the same time ​@@paf268

[@siobhanrachel2969]

😂

[@jeffreya.8992]

Where were you neighbours

[@HangrySaturn]

This man is like no teacher I have ever heard in my life. I've heard various theists and atheists preach and debate on the meaning of life, but this man here makes it clearer than anyone I've heard.

[@nnajidaveed9896]

I agree completely, he is blessed I love christ and I love this guy too, I pray he made it to heaven... Please what exactly is his belief system

[@HangrySaturn]

@@nnajidaveed9896 As far as I know of him he holds to no religion . But he does not hold to atheism either. He's... I can't put my finger on it, but he's something of his own category.

[@nnajidaveed9896]

@@HangrySaturn He's me. 😭😭😭 Am in tears mahn. THANK YOU

[@anthonyholden5018]

He teaches you how to think, not what to think...

[@ChrisLitton]

Same

[@wiciuwiciu2783]

In my studies I learned that EVERYONE is a child pretending to be serious.

[@architectoftranquility]

"we are all children in some profound way" - Terence mckenna.

[@AEGISAOE]

daweaweawe awedae2 312 31232 3qdaw eae awe 12 34123 123 123 1rfa OPS? i did it

[@sunnybeach4837]

No

[@wiciuwiciu2783]

@@sunnybeach4837 of course :) Except You

[@megamanx87]

BINGO!

[@gourmetburger4604]

videos like this before and after spiritual awakening are fifth dimensional. Time to wake up you beautiful person reading this!

[@heretic5116]

Shut up and just take it in

[@sierramclaughlin1324]

Hey, how do you define awakening? Who is one that is awake? As opposed to someone sleeping?

[@Druidy0]

What does waking up mean?

[@turdeemi]

If you don't understand what awakening is, you probably aren't awake yet

[@thedailyremedy968]

Who started it? this waking up concept? is it useful? When did I fall asleep? What about time to wake in? What will having woken up do to my dishwashing? 😂

[@noreenebostick9593]

I told my mental therapist that doing household chores makes me happy and doing personal hygiene daily is sufficient for me and gives me peace, joy, happiness mainly because everything I do is to do it keeping it seriously simple. Others may find I go above and behind, but it really is the involvement of movement that is just like music in my ears. I grew up singing and playing instruments. I am 66 years, 8 months and 17 days as of my comments and still have instruments and have original, copyrighted songs made from my entire past life exoeriences and exposures of various sorts. I will be dancing till the end of time. Singing also. I get to tune out and tune in to beats if my heart, soul and mind. And it is not learned externally or in any school. I programmed my self to venture on earth. I use to think something was wrong with me not doing what others did. When I realized others did not do what I loved and did, that’s when I loved me for who and what I am and do. Thanks for reading my comments. Smiles

[@jDaniel5721]

You can't waste your life, it ends no matter what you do and you take nothing with you.

[@davesmith4614]

Depends how you look at it. If you have learned from you life experienced and become a compassionate and loving person helping people along the way when you leave you will have a higher vibration which will be reflected in where your next life will start. Your vibration on exit effects your onward journey, therefore you take knowledge with you in the form of a vibrational frequency.

[@SextusHempiryk]

@@davesmith4614 How do you know that?

[@kamilwezka3008]

@@SextusHempiryk He believes in it, but the only way you can leave behind is through sharing knowledge with other human beings - I studied physics (well at least I tried hard to understand the universe), and vibrations don't work that way, and there is something like conservation of energy. Anyway, it doesn't make sense. The other way to go something back is that your body elements will be decomposed and recycled in the biosphere. Individual life is primarily ephemeral, and the universe doesn't care whether you exist in the grand scheme. Similarly, few people care about my existence, and I don't care about many, but I care about people in my vicinity and myself (things I can affect), and I try to make the best of what I have and have developed. Species come and go on this planet; even if we all disappeared tomorrow, nothing would change in our universe. We are self-aware and try to put meaning to our existence - our brains work that way. But there is no higher meaning, purpose, or greater goal beyond our need to replicate and survive - we can only build systems that make it easier to do so, but we are animals and don't like sharing (unless it is on social media, but here someone else makes a living out of it). We exist because we do, and we can do things with life as much as our evolved capacity, social and economic circumstances, and current knowledge allow us to make out of it. Well, at least that's how I approach it, and it may be dry, but hey, it keeps my expectations more realistic.

[@davesmith4614]

@@SextusHempiryk Ancient Knowledge and I have a friend who was a Medium.

[@SextusHempiryk]

@@davesmith4614 And do you trust that Medium?

[@ChieuTran-s7s]

The point that Alan is making is that we should savour the moment. Alas, most of us live either in the past or in the future. We may never see tomorrow, and we definitely can't influence the past. You can't waste your life, it ends no matter what you do and you take nothing with you.

[@organichuman]

May as well enjoy the moment.

[@nathananderson8720]

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my KZbin channel 10 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,868 subs and > 2k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

[@iltwlal]

Well done you!! Keep going ❤

[@nathananderson8720]

@@iltwlal Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my KZbin channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a KZbinr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this KZbin thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)

[@user-ru1oj4bq6j]

stop commenting this shit eveywhere, nobody cares

[@TheRespect724]

I meditated to this video and it changed my life. Just this minute I don't have to suffer to live. Easy to say but the higher self opened my eyes thank you.

[@ivanduran8717]

Bro... thx This make me feel so Lucky

[@rajhajare4467]

'If you do it willingly, its will be heaven. If you do it unwillingly, it will be hell.' 'Life is involvement. Where there is no involvement, there is no life.' ~ Sadhguru

[@anujjagtap1604]

trap statement.

[@noreenebostick9593]

Willingly doing whatever makes it seriously simple. Going against the will makes it chaotic. Doing nothing makes it weakness on a regular basis.

[@deadspoonxxx]

Sadhguru is a hack.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

Willing obedience beats forced obedience - Xenophon

[@dawncopley5671]

Paradoxes represent spiritual experiences, I believe? Love your comment!🌅

[@hazelz1541]

The whole thing is just beautiful. It opened my mind up when Alan said that the champion runner identified his self-worth with his suffering - how strange indeed it is to believe that only by suffering could one achieve good things! The “must succeed” “must do” makes life deeply miserable, leaving us feeling powerless and tormented. We forget the beauty inherent in the process. I really like Alan - he is sincere and kind, and conveys words of wisdom in a poetic, simple, beautiful way.

[@surfrby8876]

He’s like a ghost that’s come back to teach us in these videos, it’s a gift to have them

[@DestiniesEnd23]

The phase of working for survival is coming to an end within this decade if we as species come to terms finally withourselves! Blessed those who will survive and continue the stageplay of everything! Wish everyone a Happy New Year! May you all have fun and enjoyment this fantastic year to come!

[@dwightschrute7021]

What in the hell are you talking about? You can't survive without doing some kind of work. What, do you depend on someone else to feed and clothe you??

[@followmonica]

I have believed this for a very long time. I had no idea it would actually take this long though. Human beings are so slow to change. We find it difficult to let go of the past for some odd reason. Even when it no longer makes sense, even when it isn’t working anymore, even when we HATE doing it, we’d rather not have to change a thing.

[@canadude6401]

Ya, 7 billion people just need to sit in a chair and look out the window and the world will be just fine.

[@markc17]

What an idiot.

[@sunkintree]

I don't think it will ever happen. We have enough automation that it is indeed within grasp (and feel free to laugh light-heartedly at people who have earnestly bought into the delusion that humanity is still in a possession that we need to work all the time -- they have been fed propoganda from the people who want them working for them, they are not awake) not to work anymore, but the catch is that all this automation has owners, and the owners of this automation will use it to serve their own selfish ends, not humanities. Sad way to look at our current state of life, but, realistic. And if you want it to change, the first thing you need to do is to understand this.

[@ovenkloven]

I've to this exact moment only half of the video already watched, but the explanation of him to dance while dishwashing fullfills me with pure joy and i have a big smile onto my face. Pure genius❤. Thank you so much Mr. Watts, i will go for my bow again and train this a little like in my youth.

[@conchbubbies9767]

Idk why it hit me so hard as well, just started laughing out loud in the office. Just seems so simple and straightforward, his way of explaining things really is something else.

[@greatestytcommentator]

I worked in a small shop.. a Vape shop.. about 10 years ago. One day, short staffed, and very busy.. the shop filled with people..a LOT of people. I pannicked, back then, it took quite some time to answer all the many questions, concerns, objections and complicated technology issues... I took a breath and evaluated the situation, I managed to get all of the customers into a situation where they all helped each other .. the experienced customers helped the new customers... and there was this communal party of chatting and support. It was a social and work party.. great times.

[@archaicminister2321]

And you kept all the money while they got nothing.

[@greatestytcommentator]

@@archaicminister2321 You think I should give my wage away because for a few minutes, people came together in a sense of community?

[@deadspoonxxx]

​@archaicminister2321 they worked in a vape shop, not owned the vape shop. kept all the $10 an hour haha.

[@cateisawake9066]

Vapes are very toxic and are damaging people’s health. You might be interested in learning about this.

[@thebluelight4498]

Thank you for this 🙏🏼 I needed this. I felt a weight lift off of me. I was feeling so depressed all day. And then I stumbled across this video. How could I have forgotten about Alan Watts 😌

[@joehughes5438]

Im coping much better with depression thinking this way. Never heard of this guy in my life but we came to the same conclusion and i feel a sense of achievement hearing someone put into words the things i cant.

[@mareeauld5778]

I'm very pleased to hear that...i treat everyday as a gift..cause some of my mates never got the chance... we're the lucky ones.. cheers from NZ

[@alisha.k.a]

"This where we are, we have only now" - Gold words

[@PaulMielcarz]

Yeah, like a fucking GOLDFISH. XD

[@kevingeorge5781]

Maybe-then again, maybe not. It may be that we are more than our flesh and bone, that who we really are is the being that animates the body. And that we have incarnated and lived many mortal lives before and many more to follow, each one a chapter of our unlimited existence. Each one a new opportunity to evolve, learn and grow. And in our consciousness we carry that past, present, and future all at the same time.

[@dennisokumu3759]

Life becomes beautiful when you listen and understand Allan

[@yabo2424]

Alan Watts is the greatest philosopher I have ever listened to. It's all about perception. The way we behave dictates our inner peace✨️✨️ Life and it's tasks are interpeted by the way we balance and behave.

[@MichaelWasag]

One of the most important philosophers of all time. And a rhetorical genius!

[@antiphlex]

That Dante quote at the end is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read.

[@itsame_th2283]

He was next level. Whatever your intentions, thank you for spreading his message and God bless

[@JoshDisher]

I discovered Alan Watts during the Napster years of the internet when people shared entire DRIVES instead of individual files. On one particularly fortunate dive into "Napster Land" I came across a drive with HUNDREDS of hours of Alan Watts lectures spanning his entire life! When 20-something year old me heard his "life is a dream" lecture for the first time, it catapulted me into a new version of myself who continues to evolve to this day! I'll never know who's computer I downloaded that from, but if I did, I would thank them from the bottom of my heart!

[@somekatontheinternet]

Dude - upload it - 😀

[@greatestytcommentator]

I used to share my "interesting stuff" folder on Hotline... God knows what was on it... but I thought it was all very cool

[@JoshDisher]

@@somekatontheinternet I just might...

[@WestminsterSean]

Amazing find! It’s difficult to find anything other than bits and pieces of his lectures now.

[@thesage4686]

@@JoshDishercan you share your treasure?

[@BlackyListon]

This has got to be the biggest challenge of my life. To make work fun, all the distractions can get to you fast.

[@Kingcobra6699]

Dancing through life, even if you feel a burden on your shoulders, sure is good advice.

[@NessBlanco-z4r]

I love you Allan ❤️ you have changed me and my life forever! 10 years later and I still crave your words everyday 🙏🏼 there will never ever be another you! You are amazing 💕🎨

[@Synic08]

I do all of this… making a game of things… becoming more efficient… i am a higher quality employee from it…. So i get to do more work that the less efficient workers cant do, and we get the same pay…. Well worth it.

[@keithparker1346]

Playing a game doesn't necessarily mean you have to be efficient...some people try different approaches to see what happens

[@Sarril101]

This is really incredible. Over the years I did came to some of those conclusions, but not all of them, and the way he put it is really something great, something magical. It's beautiful.

[@benmauger1441]

I felt the love just watching this. Especially the ending.

[@michaelchaplin866]

It's all about your mentality towards things in life. We must change our inside to change the outside.

[@tipoftheday64]

Yes. We cannot change things but we can change the way we see the things.

[@jeromeelston1092]

Thank you Alan Watts. I am so glad you recorded these videos . Good soothing message for right now.

[@kimmurray8478]

I will from now on and forever think of everything I do as PLAY .. thank you 🙏🏼 for uploading this and thank you Alan Watts

[@WickedlNl]

Never heard of this guy before. What a legend, he like Bob Ross of the mind.

[@KyraKyra-vq5zf]

i couldn’t find nothing on instagram, fb, not even movies or show that could keep my attention BUT YOU DID AND NOT ONLY DID YOU BUT YOU CHANGED MY THOUGHTS 💭 AND IM TRULY GREATFUL!! YOUR AMAZING❤ AND I THANK GOD FOR PPL LIKE YOU 😊 THANK YOU Mr. Watts 😊

[@johnfontana7256]

An unhappy cleaning person once told me “ I don’t want to be scrubbing toilets the rest of my life!” Albeit in not a cleaning person, I enjoy menial jobs now, especially scrubbing toilets! Thank you Allan!

[@jagord28]

I’ve been trying to explain the art of washing dishes for years. It’s amazing to see things you’ve put into practice not preached sincerely for the first time🫨

[@BreezyE-d3n]

For the vast majority of my life I've taught English as a second language, mostly in Japan. For the most part (there have been some terrible schools) it has been a very enjoyable experience. I never get that Sunday afternoon, Monday morning feeling and it's never the same day twice. For me it is a type of game. The pay generally isn't very good so I'm not rich. But when I do lie on my death bed looking back on my life I'll know that I didn't spend most of my life in a office doing a job I hate.

[@HaHawk]

My takeaway here is to indulge in fantasy in order to insulate (or even delude) oneself from the harshness of reality. This type of thinking can lead to problems like Stockholm Syndrome. Sometimes, the simplest answers hold the truth, namely that pleasure is pleasure, pain is pain, work is work, and leisure is leisure.

[@PuddinTime69]

I have always made work a game, no matter the job. I worked 6-12 hours a day as a kid and I needed a way to get through it. I try to do something really well to get to a tipping point where someone says- hey did you see what he did? And then I move to the next metric until someone notices the outlier. Variety is the spice of life they say. I look at data points or something I haven’t seen anyone I know accomplish. No one has a clue why I do what I do and why I am and have been happy most of the time doing jobs or tasks most people dislike. I am full of energy and it has brought me a lot more success and appreciation for life. I hope all seeing this video can apply it to their lives in any form at all. ❤🎉

[@theshammy00]

can i just say…this is perfectly edited! good job & thank you for these videos!

[@meafordhaunt]

Having JUST finished washing a load of dishes then finding this video...amazing. I luckily washed the dishes with a dance.

[@lupenieto5167]

One dish at a time. :)

[@theworld2754]

This video is like a classic movie. Its giving a different kind of positive vibe Old days TV, film kind of.

[@Donald_McE]

Excellent job of editing and image choices. I was completely unfamiliar with this film (?) presentation by Watts. Good stuff here! I loved the bit where he shot the arrow into the air.

[@techinzicht]

Thanks, i really needed this. Alan Watts is actually the wisest man ever!

[@MtQuail]

This is the kind of video my boss would have me watch..

[@cakensteak]

Oh, cushy job 😆

[@kwik8534]

Alan is one of the most fascinating humans . Such an amazing mind. Yet we listen to the ones guiding us down the wrong path

[@RichaChauhandreams]

So beautifully put .. thanks to Alan Watts for his timeless teachings ❤❤❤

[@MrPercussionPete]

Beautiful words from a wise man, they actually move me. It's so true... It's not what you do, it's how you do it.

[@mikemastrocola405]

Life is now ,imagine it like this and it will be!❤

[@JamesJamenson]

My father always told me do what u love for work that way it doesnt feel like a job. Man was he right i love my job and i dont dred getting up early for it.

[@projectphoniex]

If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

[@calum1741]

The present is shit to so that gives me anxiety and depression.

[@danielmoore1145]

​@@calum1741in present there is no thinking so you can be those things

[@maruthikaranth7152]

This man is incredible in the history of spiritual masters. Life has to be a play rather being serious. Allan Watts is genius and an enlightened master far ahead of his times. Our Krishna ( Hindu God) must have blessed him fully.

[@ForesterOchieng]

I don't think 'God' is for something specific. Christian God, Muslim God... Bla bla bla. There is more to that and it's all rounded it's everything in totality. Think about that.

[@mr12aT]

No gods. But the power of story is everything.

[@angelracing]

perfect!, Mr Alan Whatts with zero doubt perceives the Hindu legacy as no one else as i can remember, if He was on power , this planet should be a jewel of Peace!...💖

[@SextusHempiryk]

Oh no! It was Slavic God Perun that blessed him, not Krishna!

[@landrew56]

I love the vintage footage of Alan Watts. Been listening to him since i was 10. thank You !

[@donotwantahandle1111]

People who work in creative areas such as arts, dance, music etc see less os a work/play division. In using your inherent abilities you are fulfilling your purpose and will be supported by the Universe.

[@plantidentificationnewzeal9032]

Alan, you are the only other person I know who knows about your dishes dance theory. I call it water movement, the more I flow like water the more efficient the activity becomes

[@ChristopherDonegan-n6m]

Ah, once again, some great wisdom from Alan Watts. So cool to watch him also. Makes it all hit home even more. Really this is such crucial advice. Made my day!❤

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

Lighten up. We need more play in our lives even by playing doing your work and job.

[@iridradiant]

There are 3 things I gleaned from this video. One: that efficiency is what kills play. Can't dance to your work if you are endeavoring to minimize the time or effort spent on it. Two: that a lot of the drama from my favorite isekai anime is from taking the play away from the characters' games. They lose the ability to change the setting (going from real life to the game mindset and back again) and take things much more seriously. Three: the play can be in either the journey or the destination. Play in the journey like the dancing soccer players or dishwashers or shoe shiners. Play in the destination in the runner reducing their time and the joy they got in repeating that until their time improved. The problem arises when some people see the lower time and start assuming others should be able to do that and anything more than that is "wasting" time.

[@NathanDraxter]

I do understand, in the core it’s basically about living the moment and not spliting the moment that you live and that you don’t. Life is about perspective.

[@jasons7297]

Wow that was amazing glad I found this channel and have watched this several times. Majestic background music and voice

[@mentalmadness9783]

This is the story of my life, as soon as I take something too serious I get miserable, but when I regard it as a game or play I start to enjoying it, that's why I don't compete or do contests anymore unless I do it for myself, I was doing all of these competitions when I was young, pushing myself very hard and I didn't enjoy it even if I got great results. It just didn't make me happy, only misery you'll get when taking work too seriously and you will burnout fast.

[@PS-yi7yq]

Alan Watts words are timeless! What a gift.

[@lauramowbray1226]

I listen to him speak all the time, it’s nice to see him speak.

[@mephestopholes]

I will, but have not yet, listen to this. I enjoy almost everything Alan Watts does. I'm simply jumping in to say I think I've already wasted my life. Alan would tell me that's bullshit...and I'd agree with him while going right back to lamenting I made shit decisions, I'm better off than some and worse oh holy shit. This means nothing...I'm not okay, and that's okay. Fuck it all! Bless you immortal souls!!!

[@summeronjupiter]

😊

[@uniqueaerialvideoltd2863]

There's always the next one my brother.

[@claybrook32ify]

You’re still rising up each day which means it’s not over yet fam. Everything that’s happening is happening for your own advancement and learning. Forgive yourself and start loving life fam, everything is great 🤟🏾💯💚

[@LoveYourLuck]

Yes, there is such a thing as wasted opportunities..AND " it is never too late, to be the Man you 'might have been' " a wise man once told me.

[@kellyparkinson8594]

Or better yet, they weren't wasted opportunities at all...

[@patrickjenkins2788]

Great vid, that’s why multitasking is so simple, you do one thing at a time, then two, three and so on, rinse and repeat. Focus fully on one thing at a time it’s bonus if you enjoy it.

[@sliceofpie1741]

Watts was something else altogether ❤

[@blasiomuhinda]

I agree 100

[@Perkinslaurel]

I became a housewife after growing up hearing from my mom on repeat cooking and cleaning “for a man” is what happens when a young woman makes mistake after mistake and it’s the lowest station a woman can take. It occurred to me early on that ideally I will wash these same dishes thousands of times, I might as well learn to love it ❤ so happy to hear it echoed. There is the opportunity for joy everywhere

[@rajgurung7982]

Yes sir.First always comes the theory..thought flight...then formal discussion reading study..then philosophy..then doctorate PhD and the final invention..but while that difficult..can be made in acts like without any harm loss..in a democratic way.But the truth is we are made of nothing and finally going to nothing but as we live we live as something!!😊

[@itsmeyoufool37]

Living in the present moment is also very important, if you work and worry about future things then it's a nightmare. The sense of accomplishment when a job is done is far greater than playing games or watching TV. This is one of his best, that people suffer to achieve is a deep philosophy

[@Danjovisagat]

I feel very fotunate seeing this video. A key to life shared for all. I forsee a positive future, a way to find joy in the everyday. Thank you. ❤

[@thetnman9773]

We are all just visitors here...of our own device. As surely as we enter, we will exit. We may make an impact on others lives or we may not, but time will erase it in its entirety. No matter how we measure ourselves or others, it is immaterial for we are as smoke on the wind. Four score years...one score to grow, one score to live, one score to reflect on how two score were misspent, and one score filled with the aches and pains and ruminations of the end. You can't know how fruitless it all is until you're near the end of your story and you've read it to yourself. This is humanity's story...it is the same as the fruit flies just on a different scale.

[@3nite]

Thank you.Really love Alan Watts.I first saw him in my dream year ago and lately recognized him on some photo. From than I learn what he says.Thank you to my Guardians🙏🙏🤍Thank you for these videos with Alan Watts🙏🙏🙏🤍

[@angelracing]

how not Love a Man with such a sensible Heart?... 💖

[@Beherenow-p5e]

Alan Watts cheers me up. He is a breath of fresh air and brilliant. Life is but a dream. I believe it and love to play all along the way. What else is there?

[@ganiyuobagunlu5802]

Great words indeed, you're a genius ❤

[@ysahehre4316]

Play is never a waste. A celebration is done for the sake of it, for the joy of it, for the embrace of bliss. Bliss is never a waste. Its divine.

[@peacelovejoyandhappiness]

This was beautiful to listen to. I loved it. Thank you. I think I will listen again.

[@Masi.Capone]

I remember semi-jokingly, I used to say the purpose of life is to chill...but in my younger mind, I thought it meant we have a job so that we can make money to afford a home so after all the stuff we need to do to sustain ourselves, then we can be in that state where we can chill. Maybe watch a movie with a snack? Listen to music? Read a book? Something like that. But I realized before even listening to this, that we should be chill in everything. Our purpose is whatever we're doing in any given moment. If there's too much to do that you stress out, your whole life is a means to an end. If you have kids, I can only imagine how stressful that can be, and if I ever took on that life, I would wanna make the absolute best of it.

[@bealreadyhappy]

6:21 dancing can be mechanical, solely a technique. The Dance he is talking about is part of the Divine Dance which isn’t mechanical.

[@elspethcoogan1499]

Interestingly, ballet is a very rigid and disciplined dance technique. Yet, as an observer (in the audience) it can be seen as flowing effortlessly by the performers.

[@InfiniteGoddess971]

AW is infinitely in the now n he shows up everywhere anywhere any how. Absorb the essence of energies 💛

[@joshloney6849]

Loved every second ❤

[@reneyourlife]

True. Glad i found this out once. Play. You need to be able to let go.

[@Arikansinan]

You are a treasure Alan!

[@ChrisLitton]

Such a visionary, and a great philosopher.

[@PaulaWilson444]

I'm from England & this is how Men use to talk, Such elegance, I don't know anybody who speaks like this anymore💚

[@BVMS]

Yes, being an Indian & lived in Australia can say for sure few white people were like real good experienced, witty, joyful & pious beings, but we had lost them heaps & what we have now is just artificial men & women around

[@DamianSzajnowski]

You can :)

[@jdbranding7368]

AW is a favorite. Respect and admiration at the highest level. Thank you Alan..❤❤

[@blakewatson9695]

What matters is how many people you deem important cry and truly feel a loss when you are no longer here! This is truly all that matters!

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Oh I disagree. If no one cried, that would be perfect.

[@WaltersAssetProtection]

Life has proven to be short. Enjoy it. I have been blessed in that I have loved both of my careers in life thus far. I love what I do and i know that this is a blessing. I don't take it for granted.❤

[@rosaelunabruun6255]

Damn, that really took off... I've taken the whole "the world is an illusion" seriously. When infact illusion, ludere, means play... "Regard anything that you're doing as play - and dont imagine for one minute that you've got to be serious" "The angels fly, because they take themselves lightly"

[@Olaflokomjov]

Not really, illusion comes from illudere. Meaning against play. Maybe the Hindus don't think the world is against play but in this form that is what the sentence means.

[@o0lunchboxxx0o91]

Never heard of Allen watts until one night I was doing shrooms and I stumbled upon him listened to him the whole night lol

[@poojamitra3990]

Listening to him feels light and one feels at ease