This Video Will Make You See Things Differently - Alan Watts On A False Education

[@josephconsoli4128]

As Alan said once that life is like dancing. You're not doing it with intention of getting the dance over with. You're just immersed in the dance. Happiness is not something you find, it's something you are.

[@ahvavee]

Something you are, or in?

[@selwynleacock6601]

Very true

[@matthewmaguire3554]

We confuse easier with happy.

[@LiberPater777]

This "dance" is about to become a mosh pit.

[@NO-CHIT]

"I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers." John D. Rockefeller

[@saradolphin3242]

He got what he wanted didn't he?😢

[@tropicvibe]

Did he really say that? That's disgusting, selfish, and shortsighted.

[@Darewood.]

​@@tropicvibeYes,he did. Start with Prussian education videos and learn how they were brought here to the states. Then watch videos about Rockefeller and railways. Then you will start to see for yourself how our entire existence has been imposed upon us by conditioning.

[@nicmart]

“The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.” - H. L. Mencken

[@NO-CHIT]

@@saradolphin3242 yep

[@brows.]

I've always been pushed to be the best in society's measures of success until I hit the bottom and started aiming for authenticity and what truly matters. It's incredible how we make this living thing so difficult.

[@KosMik_Skul]

fuck man I know. I feel that. I dropped out of every class and the military when I was younger and then I fell into addiction. I got clean but that's just the start of a new life. which sounds amazing, and it is, but the reality is so hard bcuz of our society's values n systems. when we should be focusing on the path of knowledge, betterment, and actualization. which requires authenticity like you said. your comment resonated so strongly with me.

[@HyloWard]

👽 couldn't have said that better 👽

[@mr.spookylocon55]

You’re so far off, you didn’t even understand this video. Don’t comment unless you comprehend the post!! The best society measures?! Wtf, society and measures is exactly what he’s talking about. You’re the bottom feeders, freedom is the opposite of everything you said. Every thought you have in your head is planted their purposefully and evil, you’ve never created an original thought in your little brain.

[@dougiesweeny4833]

Once we reach rock bottom there's only one way left to go and that's back up. And so long as we learnt from the real life experience we can attain a more altruistic future respect 🙏

[@samfisher9413]

We don't make anything difficult. All of these problems he's outlining are problems that are caused by government. You know government a group of people who believe they own everyone else?

[@WadeWeigle]

Mind blown. The man is right. I worked in the ship building industry like my Dad did before me. I got very lucky and became a stay at home Dad. This gave me time to ponder and really see the world for the first time. I’m going to take my daughters out of the school system and home school them so there is real truths being taught and they won’t be conditioned for assembly line work as the schools structure is aimed at doing.

[@jeshurandianga1251]

Manh you are the top 1% when it comes to being a dad.

[@martinp3371]

I didn’t go to school I helped my family. I enjoyed my youth I didn’t care about anything!! I now think in a way that others don’t. I’m so thankful for that.

[@Crumbsoftotailtariansim]

I assume you also have better decision making skills than the highly educated.

[@martinp3371]

@@Crumbsoftotailtariansim a judge once told me, now you know. It’s a learning process… I don’t practice law but I know it now! So in some sense education comes in handy, from baking a pie to protecting your assets.

[@Crumbsoftotailtariansim]

@@martinp3371 I went through grade school and 6.5 years of college with my ears closed, I was not interested in education at all. I was an athlete and did not graduate college. When I became serious and interested in history and psychology early in 2020, I realized when it comes to certain things, how narrow a lens American education has put on things, to the point where people can’t even believe what are in “non approved” curriculum. As of now I consider it a blessing.

[@anAeijingBuffoon]

Alan Watts died in 1973. If we learnt Alan Watts in school instead of learning to be an idiot, the world would be a better place today.

[@theotherguy5516]

Well, of course we're not taught Watts in school. They want us to be idiots and, because we've been educated to be an idiot, we naturally oblige. A truly educated society would look very different from ours.

[@SeraiNephthys]

You could also look at it this way, perhaps if everyone was raised on Alan Watts, then discovering the philosophy of Alan Watts wouldn't be quite so interesting, and perhaps would have far less impact.

[@Nimuel]

@@SeraiNephthys That mean's it's measurable, why do nothing and be happy with just 'perhaps'? ;) ETA: Though i agree that these are mature topics, i'm sure there are things that can be done while raising kids to understand these things, this video is a good example of showing just what that is.

[@SeraiNephthys]

@@Nimuel Thanks for the reply, I guess my point was that we often don't appreciate things when they are commonplace, I struggle to think of anything useful that I learned at school; I learned all the really useful things once I left school and became an adult. I think perhaps this kind of wisdom only takes root when you are ready for it, as not everyone appreciates Alan Watts even when they are exposed to his work.

[@followurheart1112]

Bc the system/rulers have designed this struggle. Dont panic we’re leaving/left the dark ages, in comes the Golden age, liberation for humanity, do ur innerwork, connect to source, drop ur ego, listen to ur soul, use hindsight as ur guide- its an individual mission. The wakeup is now 2020 was kickoff, time is being sped up purposely for humanity has been through hell. The truth is all being revealed, the truth of the matrix will cause death by shock. It is an honour to be witnessing this ascension to a new dimension. The consciousness will be simple and pure. Just being, no struggle, no pressure, no pain, zero darkness. That was evil’s contribution and they succeeded to a degree but God wins. Im so blessed to have been able to question this time we call life since birth. The obvious we’re always a curiosity of purpose. Listen to ur fears, uncertainties, hurts, whys, how’s listens and ask for guidance. The puzzle is made to be completed, if one follows the patterns. Its an amazing journey. Best of all love to each on earth, some know some wont! 5D is this direction in time. 👏🏼🌎♥️🕊️🙏🏽💯. We were played by evil, the dark side now we live in light!!! Ur choice ❤🎉

[@johntaylor6211]

I had an education in fine art . I studied for eight years and finally got my degree. The hat was thrown up in the air . But then I found myself alone expected to be an Artist. Expecting myself to be an Artist.But education didn't teach me any Art . It taught me about art and the education of art. But not how to actually be an artist. So now if I want to actually become an artist im going to have to teach myself. So the years of studies and qualifications were totally worthless for me. If I had actually spent those years with a stone and a hammer and chisel By now I could actually be or probably be a master with my materials. And be able to actually call myself an Artist.

[@TheGabriel12341]

Degree in fine arts is not possible trurly said... Because comes from heart... Not by accumulation

[@j.bridges2921]

You might as well have gotten a degree in basket weaving. It would have been more beneficial.

[@johntaylor6211]

@@j.bridges2921 Haha 🤣 Totally agree. At least with a learned craft the possibility of turning it into an Artwork is a far better option. 👍 So anyway I've kinda gone back to the drawing board and starting to try and teach myself and find myself.

[@codniggh1139]

​@@johntaylor6211university system is flawed from the design It was meant to philosophers, and that works for them, but hey, when that system was designed thousand years ago, children at their ten years dominated laws astronomy philosophy, but they also had to be independent because in the monasteries they had to do their stuff. The problem is that we have made of children useless, like if they were not capable of anything besides taking garbage on Tuesdays at best. We as human have been degraded as what we can be, we think that children are stupid nad have to be happy like if they were disabled or something, and overprotecting neuroci mother's are the main obstacle.

[@deanjekic8201]

That's really deep,truthful,don't dwell,I learned how to be a chef without college,I know everything a top notch graduate knows,I've signed internships at a hotel for future graduates to be able to graduate,but I can work the trade really well,but I didn't learn and or be able to save money to be able to get my own restaurant, because that's the only way you won't be broke

[@KNOWHOPE72]

Brilliant advice from Alan Watts from minute 6:50. "There is no point whatsoever in making plans for the future except for those people who are capable of living in the present"

[@bitcoinjosh]

❤❤❤

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

🤍🤍🤍

[@BorealResilience]

Beautiful truth and what year was this? We all got screwed! Im 55 and it sounds like the story of my life and now I try to tell my kids this wisdom in their 20s and thy think Im nuts... Im at the point now to where I have let go of mostly everything and Im building my future in the woods off-grid away from all this mess.... Back to real basics. I wish you all inner peace before global peace ❤

[@conspiracytherapist2473]

The programming for this starts in kindergarten where our critical thinking skills are rearranged so you must look to the front of the class for an answer. It never ends and you are not the front of the class for your children any more. That is why they laugh at you and me. This video is so on point. The propaganda of the agricultural world encourages us to “move on up to the east side.” Who does that benefit?

[@ogre706]

@@BorealResilience This was likely in the 60's or 70's. But it's amazing how incredibly relevant this wisdom is even to this day. It's even more relevant, I would say, because it seems that most of the world hasn't heard the message, sadly, and continues chasing the carrot on the stick even more than before.

[@grahamluna6935]

Best of luck!!! Bring a dog with you. Have lots of fun

[@Hypnohealersarah]

Inner peace will be reflected externally. We all need to achieve that first in order to see it outside of us!

[@MatthewSmith-kd3mu]

Brother Im 36 and have been trying to deprogram my kids 11 -15 for a year. We also have a 5 year old this year and plan on home schooling. Once society takes hold it’s tough pressure on them but I believe putting the bug in their ear consistently and letting truth find them on their time is next best option. I mean I was 32 when I started my journey and the me then would think the me now was a nut case. Much love.

[@thesongwritersdropin2565]

This is priceless and very inspiring. Do the things you want to do in the present moment always as life will pass you by. Ive had jobs on occasions but have been a musician since i was 15 and now I'm 55 and it has never left me. I have no money but have always got through. Society in many ways in the west, doesnt value what Alan is speaking about and its makes alot of people unhappy and some times worse. Thankyou for these wonderful insights and videos.

[@undermuscled7381]

very true, we do not value anything that involves muscular labour.

[@Lecker_Pizza]

This is a fantastic comment 👏

[@dhughes6357]

I have lived for my own good, and one day I looked around and realized I was alone. The happiest I have ever been was living and doing for others, I just wish I had done it more when I still had the chance.

[@arkbirdarcher19]

Living equals. "the child participating in adult concerns." Gorgeous.

[@orlandoviera3898]

❤

[@Hereness]

The most revelation all words. Do not live for your children, live for yourself and your children will live truly as what they see in you. Brilliant Alan. Xx

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

💪🏻

[@chrisaranasmusic]

Love that it circled back to our children…Seems simple enough but yet we still get lost in chasing something we over value, money… Hope we can all make a living with our passions soon enough before it’s all said and done…

[@johnnysandiegoable]

“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.”-AW

[@alendooza]

The voice, the man, the truth... • Just imagine the difficulty putting this together in his head to put it out so simply for almost everyone to understand... • A true friend of many...

[@thebritishbushman8389]

It is only difficult for those that haven’t reached some level of enlightenment.

[@thebritishbushman8389]

@@alendooza I made no conclusions. I was simply observing the fact that, when one has become wise and learned at any stage of their journey, they can express themselves with ease. To criticise and make judgements with regard to another individual is your choice. You seem offended in some way with what I wrote and appear to be defensive. Turn inward and reflect, as you will then understand what I was actually saying.

[@waysofzen]

The man is brilliant, to say the least. He lives on in spiritual form to guide those who seek.

[@dmackenzie3528]

“For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatever in making plans for a future which you will never be able to enjoy. When your plans mature, you will still be living for some other future beyond. You will never, never be able to sit back with full contentment and say, "Now, I've arrived!" Your entire education has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now.” ― Alan Watts

[@christyis1270]

Wow, how many off us have felt this way for decades and felt alone, all the while this beautiful man had already said it all - all of it! Are we finally waking up? In comparison to where the world’s mindset was or seemed to be 40 years ago, yes! Very slowly but yes! 👍 🙏🕊️🙏

[@joelaichner3025]

Grandpa , Dad , Uncles , taught me from childhood , today , I’m a Master of many Crafts

[@noreenebostick9593]

Me too have various crafts as a female.

[@fritzwilhelm8258]

Jack of all trades. Master of none.

[@joelaichner3025]

@@fritzwilhelm8258 I’ve mastered all of them , but Tennis & Racketball , to much effort , no real reward

[@MatthewHolevinski]

@@fritzwilhelm8258I wouldn't have it any other way

[@user-bt2lx4gy7h]

​@@fritzwilhelm8258but often better than a master of one

[@robertescobar535]

I'm blown away how effortlessly Alan Watts can express his ideas , and how he can arrive at mind bending truths drawing only from the mundane side of life, and just his over all familiarity with his analytics and profound insights about the way humans over complicate the most fundamental and intrinsic needs like he metioned always preparing for what never comes because we already have it but for the most part remain clueless as humans we are always suggesting and we have to admit the power of suggestion is indeed powerful so much so that you dont need a special device,the sub-conscious stores all our subjective experiences or input thats why advertising is everywhere around us at all times, even when I wear an adidas Tee or Nike's shoe Im advertising, I get what he's saying about our education is ,not concerned with preparing you with the human side of life only the how to make money aspect.

[@Hondeer]

When I graduated highschool, right after we walked. I got in my car and drove to one of my favorite roads. I pulled over, and cried. I cried for two hours. I was so upset. I didn't know why, but I was. I did well, learned a lot, made a lot of things (industrial arts rat). I then went onto college etc... never had a plan really. Went to school for 9 years. Got a shit job. When covid hit, I learned that I had been cheated out of a large portion of my life. One thing I've learned though, is through racing. When you're new and don't know anything, you go buy everything you think you'll need. And it wastes a lot of money and effort earning that money. When in actuality, you only get what you need to do the job right. Whatever it is. TLDR: Elder Millennial yells at clouds and says school is a joke.

[@deanosphenos7960]

This message is VERY POWERFUL. Something we should all live by.❤

[@ronaldhogan8331]

Every bit of this video makes sense, all of it makes sense. The teachings of Alan Watts.

[@daddyebzy]

research the teachings of Audlus Huxley as well

[@johnreilly8672]

This should be shown and heard everywhere! Mr. Watt is a legend.

[@EB-73-]

Guys got to be one of the best speakers of the modern day. Wild how few people seem willing to listen.

[@j.d.leslie8458]

If he could only see the disaster we have created up to 2024.

[@danreyman]

Yes, I think AW would be surprised but not shocked.

[@anthonysantellan1861]

He knew this was coming. That's why he made these videos I think largely in part as a warning and yet only a tiny % ever hear one of his lectures.

[@hologramhouse729]

Hear hear. Bravo 🎩 🐷

[@mordie31]

Imagine him walking down the streets of London in 2024. He'd cry.

[@Mo_Ketchups]

I bet everyone felt that! 😅🤦‍♂️

[@CarolinConnecticut]

Perhaps the most powerful piece I've ever heard by Alan Watts. He's spot on.

[@toekneetogo]

What a super-blend of visuals to anchor in his perspective 👍 Humanity 101 for any culture 🌈

[@jacobmiller2454]

Life is really about experiencing all of the human emotions. And learning from them and passing on the knowledge to the next generation and on and on. Do what makes you happy and be kind to eachother. Kindness will always warm your heart

[@wzl25]

My grandpa used to say, "Live every day like its your last, cuz someday you'll be right.". Also, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. If you want to know what life is all about, what's really important, go to a corner bar during the day in a factory section of your town. If u can find one and just listen to the conversations. Take a moment and really listen to men who raised families, watched friends die and victories the fought, won or lost. I promise you, it'll put life into an entirely new perspective.

[@stmboat]

I'm pregnant. I needed this.

[@emilyc4840]

Congratulations 🎉 I wish your family, your partner and you abundance with so much love with such a joy.

[@stmboat]

Oh my God. I cannot even fathom the kindness you just offered to me. I'm crying from joy right now, the world needs more people like you. Thank you, sincerely.@@emilyc4840

[@sumeet3462]

You are blessed😇

[@gjg5789]

Please if at all possible do not subject your child to the soul crushing state institution that is public schooling. God bless you and your child.

[@JustReed]

It wasn't me... I swear! lol

[@ozenozmedia]

Absolutely marvelous the wisdom incited. Thanks for the feel good shot at the end! Bravo!

[@TattoosAndGin]

I am 57 and happy that I lived my life, not my parent’s life. Glad this us my world.

[@lunabeta3516]

Haven't heard this one before. Thanks for posting

[@sarahdeshay1394]

I’m glad that I as long as I can remember didn’t let corporate America tell me what wear, what to eat, who to admire, and who to hate. I was always somewhat different than every other child in school and always felt far superior although I was not able to afford the latest fashion, I am so grateful that was the case because I never felt the need to conform as I became an adult and now can afford most anything I want yet I only want what I need. The key to life is be a productive member of society, do not consume more than you need, and help others as this is where you find true joy. Life is simple, don’t complicate it with things you don’t need.

[@deborahonenow]

Prescient wisdom! Look where we are now. We're almost past time to change direction, but we CAN do it. Now.

[@noreenebostick9593]

I am doing it at 66 years, 8 months and 17 days. It is never too late to learn how to live on the face of this earth. The more bullshit, the more wiser I get. Staying ahead of bullshit by not following others is how to play the games of life. Bullshit causes stress. Wisdom brings peace within.

[@russriley3005]

this is an idea that came to mind for me at a young age. What you are saying is just the tip of the iceberg. for this reason, I never had kids. If ask why no kids, I say I'm too selfish to avoid explaining just what you're saying. most wouldn't understand this concept

[@jasontempleton2445]

No other speech on the entire internet explains masculinity better than this one. So many times do we go to work losing sight of WHY we do this. Getting frustrated with ourselves and the ones we love, and having to struggle and bring ourselves back to the understanding of its the system, and the way we see, or don't see what we do it for.

[@darktimesatrockymountainhi4046]

This is among the most important videos on the tube

[@Perseusgorgonslayer]

thought provoking indeed Mr.alan watts. RIP

[@dougiesweeny4833]

Our every action is a choice between doing the right thing and doing the wrong thing. And so long as we have the common sense to know the difference our life will be more fulfilled

[@scoop2448]

I was looking for this one... thanks for the re-upload

[@krzykris]

He was always such a brilliant forward thinker.

[@kathleenhillock9366]

Always looking for reasons why we fall short of perfection. Human existence has always been a painful struggle, whether now in the 21st century or 10,000 years ago. We have never gotten it right, nor will we.

[@samanthamcphie9520]

I Thank God every day for the Men in my life. 🤗

[@privatenoone8911]

The present, the past and the future are powerful illusions of the mind.

[@charlottesimone1855]

Yes, I've heard from many NDE, SURVIVORS that the past, present and future are all happening simultaneously at once. Together with all the , "Alternate realities in parallel universes as well." I'm a very open minded person, but past the fact that this is obviously hard to understand - I mean I understand it. What I don't understand about it is; if there are all these alternate versions of ourselves, why does our consciousness only reside in one? This one. Cuz IDK about you or anyone else but pretty sure I'm not consciously aware of playing out any other lives anywhere else. Although recently I have been getting flashes of memory that feels completely real but not at all from THIS LIFE. BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT IS....BUT I KNOW FOR SURE ITS NOT.... SOME ONE HELP!!!???

[@privatenoone8911]

@@charlottesimone1855 It is only the mind that sees many over time. In reality there is only one - in Eternity.

[@BorealResilience]

I think those other timelines are infinite possibilities of what could be. I also have been getting flashes, feelings, senses of something else. Not sure if they are childhood memories or from another time. This paradigm is shifting for those with the eyes to see ❤ @@charlottesimone1855

[@jimi6335]

What about the experience gained from those perceived time lines where do they sit in ur now mindset?

[@Lisa_M_V]

And the present the now is the only time. When the future arrives it’s ‘now’

[@dividedwefall5382]

I think it starts in a way that would disinterest most. But by the end it has an amazing message.

[@KimSenior]

He was spot on! I’m glad I opted out of the system, eventually, I wish I’d seen these talks earlier!

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

This Is One Of The Most Real Videos You Will Ever Watch & Listen To In Your Entire Life. & I Have Been Preaching These Points For Decades...

[@raymondpaller6475]

Listening to this is the most spot on thing I've ever heard. To this day I can remember being 4 years old, playing with excess construction face bricks and wanting real mortar mix/cement, not water mixed with sand that was "pretend" cement, and feeling cheated and frustrated inside, but knowing not to say anything lest I catch disapproval from adults.

[@nco_gets_it]

The greatest gift I ever received in life was working with my dad in his business. Although I did not go into that for my own life, the things I learned in that have been far more valuable in all my "education" through the years. I also have to credit the lessons learned in the military...honest, hands on, do it along with the experts learning, not some book written by people who have never done anything but read and write.

[@larryaldrich4351]

We are evolving into something contrary to our nature but we can't stop chasing dreams and new ideas.

[@sumeet3462]

This is said some dacades ago... What a phenomenal man Allan was.🙏🏻

[@TheAllstonians]

I wish there was a button for more than a thumbs up. Thank you!

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

Living in the PLEASANT tense!

[@grantfryer407]

enjoyed this immensely and then it struck me a lot of this practical wisdom is found throughout the bible 🤔.. time to start reading again..

[@Perseusgorgonslayer]

@@GregH-qk7cx - I agree with you wholeheartedly!!!!!

[@Perseusgorgonslayer]

Religion brainwashes and poisons the human mind. FORGET IT!

[@kborak]

These have been the most beautiful words I have heard in a long time.

[@Daniel-85]

Thank you Allen, God bless you and God speed. Thanks for the upload T&H.

[@hammerdownfabrication]

Very thankful I had a yearning to build ,And had a grandfather to teach me a trade from very young age ,those lessons are still providing for me and my family

[@nicolaestoiculescu6338]

Alan Watts - wonderful as always!

[@spanglestein66]

Wish I’d heard this before I’d had my children……heartbreaking wisdom painfully beautiful Why have we gone so wrong ….here is one of the fundamental reasons why ❤

[@mikehiers3332]

So sad to see kids being raised without a dad in the house or proper leadership. This man speaks truth.

[@kevinbrookes2032]

Fabulous video and lesson back in time to days when the world were philosophers - thinkers 🙂

[@jamesrowles9249]

This is so true. I've watched many men, some of them family and friends, who went into this institution of marriage and found themselves being taken advantage of. Meanwhile society tells everyone to laugh at us for working hard, and to hurry up and get married. You work hard, but you never earn enough, and when you do earn enough you aren't young enough anymore. Check out, drop out, and go live your life. Time is running out.

[@jim9337]

That was 10 min. well invested. It felt good to actually invest some time rather than just spending it.

[@sanji1259]

Very privileged point of view. For many, these days the absolute majority, the society doesn't allow that.

[@christinagarner8178]

When me and my wife hit financial rock bottom and had to start over instead of it destroying our marriage we scaled back and quit worrying about what we drive, where we lived and what we wore and started actually living and could not be happier, life is fantastic and the opposite of what I expected but thankful

[@dogrally]

❤ you are going to see me in court. Because I am going to copy and paste every thing that you have done and said on this video. I’m joking, the words are so true. They resonated in my soul. This is the same things that I have been saying for years. I love this video. 🎉

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@mikebeaudette2902]

Anytime in my growing years that I argued the world and its ways, my father would say "no your not wrong Mike, the world's all wrong" he was being a wise ass not realizing the very truth he was speaking.. seen this shit show for what it really is shortly after 911... may God bless us all some day🙏

[@ancientsoul5608]

Never heard so many facts in 1 video. Alan Watts was the true OG philosopher.... like many others people take for granted.

[@joelaichner3025]

Back in the Day , all the Masters of a Craft , had an Apprentice , to replace them when they got to old , then the Apprentice became the Master , and taught a new Apprentice ,

[@DubShack]

After all is said and done there is a reason we look to a creator, so create and fulfill the measure of your existence. Cookie cutter house, cars, jobs, life; cookies dissolve in milking for money. Make something, build something, achieve a skill and show our progeny there is more than a video game that resets ever 5 mins.

[@howardking3601]

Thanks for sharing. Makes a lot of sense.

[@GeoTactics]

Was headhunted and became SVP at 45 years old. I hated every moment. Was just there for the paycheck.

[@richavic4520]

I worked second shift hours because my wife got the corporate job with benefits, and child care is damned expensive, and having a parent at home was important for both of us. It seemed to work out. Everyone has difficulties along the path of life. There were times that I looked around and asked myself, "Is this all there is and will be?" I'm pretty sure you have asked yourself some form of the same question. Then life happens, and you're too damn busy to answer. Because you don't have time to throw your hands in the air and give up. There's people depending on you and your example. Even if it's wrong. You see it. They see it. You all learn from it and move forward because it's those mistakes are the seeds of learning and growth.

[@abhishakeification]

I admire Bhutan here.Born in wrong "civilization" just close of it.There religion is Buddhism just near to my "city". Born on a planet that is real and a World that is Made in China☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@knowledgeispower6192]

Thank you. I needed to hear this today...

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

facts.

[@jorgevasconcelosmadetomove]

ascended master Alan Watts , thank you

[@kevinbrown1893]

I'm not sure if I agree with everything that Watts is saying here. I do, however, agree with the implication that work and school can break up the family unit. Not living for your children could easily be misinterpreted because some "adults" may use that mantra as a way to justify their own selfishness. If the parent leads by example instead of just preaching to the child, or asking redundant questions such as "What are you going to do when you grow up, Johnny?," then I can understand where Watts is coming from. My own experience suggests otherwise. I've worked for my dad as a construction worker and carpenter. He was a general contractor with a degree in architecture. Most people cannot have a positive experience working for their father. In part, because they are working for him rather than with him. Almost needless to say, my own narcissistic father exploited me as if I were some slave working out on a plantation. I now hate construction and I am largely indifferent to architectural design. My advice to anyone who makes the mistake of working for their father: don't do it because you will regret it...unless you have a loving father. The issue which Watts speaks of is definitely not an easy fix for some individuals nor for societal structures.

[@Nature_Consciousness]

I think the real problem with the educational system isnt necessarily its structure, but its environment. Schools are the perfect totalitarian environment, where it is comparable to a prison and sudents are comparably treated as inmates. You must use uniform, ask the teacher If you can go to the bathroom, not use Cell phones during class, and If you do any of that you get yelled at. You must achieve a certain grade If you wish to progress further, not because you are interested in the subject, but because you have to. No wonder so many people hate school. Nobody really wants to be forced to be in a place every day where they are constantly controlled and must learn about so many boring subjects you couldnt care less, they must aways comply and behave, and you are expected to be perfectly disciplined even you yourself being just a kid. My solution is to just let people progress without any grade locking, and let them use cell phones, kids will learn playing instead of be sitting for hours been forced to hear the teacher speaking something you might even forget later, turn the educational system the freest and less totalitarian place possible. It isnt like people suddenly wouldnt do anything, quite the contrary, they would be much more interested since they arent forced to do it, Many wouldnt care less, but it isnt like otherwise would be better anyway, classes would be a free environment where you only participate If you want to and then the teacher will actually do what they want to do. People might only be interested in subjects they like, and It isnt like most people today are polymath anyway, those who want to become intellectuals have a Desire within them. With these changes, School becomes a great place for kids, they have fun, make friends, learn things they like, and they wont make messes like bothering the teacher anymore, since they wouldnt be annoyed and would respect the staff and the whole institution as well as learning much more than they do today.

[@peterwerner651]

Kevin I interpreted Watts as saying if the father is working in a trade that the father loves, the father's children will witness the example given and as years go by the child will emulate the act of working a trade that you love---- not necessarily working FOR your father. It is the example that the parent imprints on a young child that is the crucial element.

[@LAIRDO-]

I ended up working in the same factory that my Dad worked in. He was there for 41 years. I've been there for 17. Thankfully, I never had kids so I don't have to worry about them ending up there too. By the way, I live a happy and content life with my wife, each of us doing whatever makes us happy on a daily basis. We both make good money, but in the end, we live for ourselves.

[@waynec369]

Growing up, any time us kids f'ed up, my mother acted as if the world was falling in. It happened so often that I can't remember details such as dates, my age, what exactly I screwed up, etc. However, it seems I was 9 years of age when, after a screw up, I must have asked how was I supposed to know? And, the thing I remember very vividly above all else was her telling me, "You're just supposed to know!" In an effort to gain approval from both my parents, I hit the books. I did my best in school. Answering my father's taunts of, "Look what that man is doing. Don't you wish you could do that?" Whether it be repairing a T.V. set, house wiring, automobile repair, welding, plumbing, computer programming, machining parts, you name it. I studied that crap out of it all. I became proficient in it all. I wound up building two businesses and closing both. Not once did I gain approval. Only criticism, or comparison with others who do bigger, have bigger, own more. Now, with all this knowledge I gained outside of college, I find myself unemployable. Companies are afraid to hire me, it seems. Women absolutely do not give a damn about the struggle. They only stand at the finish line and sleep with the winners. Why did I even bother when everyone else is looking to anyone else to do the work? This world is f'ed up. Hard.

[@courtlaw1]

Wow, I wish I would have discovered Alan Watts in my 20's.

[@catchingupproductions]

God speaks through Alan Watts 🙏🏾 This is what eternity looks like

[@bettyhaines2570]

Thanks for this 😊❤🎉

[@Maureanna]

My husband was a deisal mechanic retired he wanted to teach my grandson all he knew but died to soon. Now I plant in the garden make jams as I teach him what I know.he says he wants to be a carpenter .he got so excited when I told him jesus was.

[@marshallodom1388]

When people asked me as a kid what did my father do I told them he makes money. I thought that was the only way to get it, you had to print it out and it had to be of the highest quality craftsmanship.

[@marshallodom1388]

But now I see why alot of business men jump out of windows, especially in Japan. This vid helped me to understand myself from a few years ago, and a root cause for alot of the anger I had. As a kid I saw the world traveling to many time zones, as an adult I saw the world cheated me, it robbed me of a happy life and was designed to so.

[@marshallodom1388]

Thank God I never had any kids. I always knew better.

[@markae0]

@@marshallodom1388 You believe this is a Hell and not a Heaven. You make the world what you believe it to be.

[@marshallodom1388]

I think the whole point of this video is the world is not what you expect or want or can create for yourself. The world is designed to use you and lie to you. And we all try to fool ourselves thinking all our hard work will pay off in the end. Hard work never got anybody anywhere. Doesn't mean hard work's not enjoyable or productive, just don't think that it will change things for you.

[@captainmeow2771]

We play the hand we are delt, and along the way we learn the lessons set aside for us on our journey. Also knowing the good Lord is with us along the way, this takes the stress and burdens off what would seem mundane or impossible and gives us the fulfillment we seek at our core, despite man's best efforts to undermine them.

[@NWOLFF9719]

I am a shepherd,my father was,his father was also ......but recently i noticed how my parents focused on money and how they "wanted" to give me opportunity to do something else which they couldn't not have a chance .....but i love what i do and now we have collision of values ....they became part of the system while i remained outside and saved myself from this big machine....im sorry but they ......

[@vezolf4313]

Thats why i share a tears for all this people who dont understans that...

[@robertescobar535]

The very reason we have to do this is because our system has us fulfilling or working for someone else's future and that someone is doing the same for someone else that also is doing the samething and so on and so on adinfinitum.

[@tdublove9558]

I hear this man and Neville Goddard in my head often

[@sthnwatch]

My Dad was always the joker. I never understood why he pushed it, and didn't layoff on the jokes and folly until Mum put her foot down. It wasn't until I was old enough to have children of my own and become that joker, then look at my Dad as a grandad, and then I was able to undertand "Dad, the joker". A good Dad can't help but behave this way because his children bring out a sense of absolute delight in him. Add to this the sense of wonder and delight, a sense of "I know I've brought home the bacon that feeds this lot and gets them thriving as they are.", which is also an awesome sense of magnified soul, and beyond fulfillment. The good Dad's self-confidence is not fantastical. He will fight and die for this family God has gifted him to maintain himself (and which soulful fulfillment provides a sense of god-like capability that is fantastical, but totally harmless in condoning). The Dad who becomes "the clown" is actually laughing at life's seriousness and saying "I'm not scared. No, that's nothing. Don't worry about that. It's nothing to worry about." He's also keeping himself from acknowledging the seriousness of anything until he's forced to... And good on him! His lifetime of daily hardworking effort and investment of his entire life's focus is deserving of the self-determination involved in deciding what he wants to laugh at and what he wants to take seriously. Leave him alone!

[@johnmuench6459]

Quite Excellent Indeed!!!!! 👍👍🙏🔥❤️💪💪✨✨✨🙌

[@gjg5789]

Everything I learned in my best years spent in institutions of the state have been rendered obsolete or proven to be false.

[@jaireidca]

This sets up a false dichotomy - that you can only live for your own good or for your children’s good. I believe in living for a higher purpose than either of those, and in the process it is good for me and my children.

[@rayakoth]

We suffer because we want the best, rather than what is good enough.

[@valerie-renay]

So incredibly inspiring!

[@janettomlin950]

We are so YOUNG

[@jumpshot1369]

Wow!!!! Amazing insight!!!

[@theaveragegamerno1589]

Im a man who works in food and game making. Both tasks take so much attention that it seems difficult let a child take part. I would rather struggle now to teach him for the sake of his children. That thought makes getting him to take part so easy.

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

yes it is