You can Now Listen to Alan Watts on: ∷ Spotify - spoti.fi/2NOVaEd ∷ Apple Music - apple.co/3YRs9wj ∷ Amazon Music - amzn.to/3Qsdjdw ∷ Deezer - bit.ly/2yaiUvl ∷ Tidal - bit.ly/2DStOMo Enjoy 💙
“If you awaken from this illusion and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death (or shall I say death implies life?), you can feel yourself - not as a stranger in the world, not as something here on probation, not as something that has arrived here by fluke - but you can begin to feel your own existence as absolutely fundamental.”
I have listened to & enjoyed Alan Watts' talks over the decades -- even arising early Sunday mornings to listen to the talks on the radio in the 1980s. These current recordings suffer in two ways, in my opinion: 1) the musical accompanyment ranges from superfluous to annoying. It comes across as an attempt to "gild the lilly". 2) Background "white noise" on the original recording media has not been removed by modern filtering techniques.
Fantastic commentary. I can see photography as a means of conveying the ideas in this video. In portraits, the person is in focus and the background is very much out of focus. By contrast, I can take a picture where the person and the background are in focus. In this respect, when I'm focusing on one aspect of an idea, I might be ignoring other aspects that can influence how I perceive that idea. I can apply this to people. If I focus on what someone is, black, white, tall, short, etc. I am ignoring WHO they are. In that sense, the WHO is out of focus and the WHAT is in focus. So, I am limiting myself on how I see that person. Of course, this can apply to many subjects and ideas in life. Not just people, but, other ideas, concepts, cultures, etc.
ding ding ding ding ding is all that I can hear lol I wish Alan would tell that confounded piano player to stop dinging those keys while he is talking.
The piano is trying to add some form of emotion. Musical instruments are used to trigger the brains senses, to allow the words to become spellbinding or even sound more powerful than usual.
You can Now Listen to Alan Watts on:
∷ Spotify - spoti.fi/2NOVaEd
∷ Apple Music - apple.co/3YRs9wj
∷ Amazon Music - amzn.to/3Qsdjdw
∷ Deezer - bit.ly/2yaiUvl
∷ Tidal - bit.ly/2DStOMo
Enjoy 💙
“If you awaken from this illusion and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death (or shall I say death implies life?), you can feel yourself - not as a stranger in the world, not as something here on probation, not as something that has arrived here by fluke - but you can begin to feel your own existence as absolutely fundamental.”
THANKYOU ALEN !!! WE'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU BROTHER !! THANKYOU ! THANKYOU !! THANKYOU !!😊😊
Thank you, please keep uploading all the old videos.
I have listened to & enjoyed Alan Watts' talks over the decades -- even arising early Sunday mornings to listen to the talks on the radio in the 1980s.
These current recordings suffer in two ways, in my opinion:
1) the musical accompanyment ranges from superfluous to annoying. It comes across as an attempt to "gild the lilly".
2) Background "white noise" on the original recording media has not been removed by modern filtering techniques.
It's a Beauty!! It's all about negotiations!!! Be to be clear!!!!
The best 8 minutes on UA-cam ☯️🙏❤️
Fantastic commentary. I can see photography as a means of conveying the ideas in this video. In portraits, the person is in focus and the background is very much out of focus. By contrast, I can take a picture where the person and the background are in focus. In this respect, when I'm focusing on one aspect of an idea, I might be ignoring other aspects that can influence how I perceive that idea. I can apply this to people. If I focus on what someone is, black, white, tall, short, etc. I am ignoring WHO they are. In that sense, the WHO is out of focus and the WHAT is in focus. So, I am limiting myself on how I see that person. Of course, this can apply to many subjects and ideas in life. Not just people, but, other ideas, concepts, cultures, etc.
Wonderful reminder of how to live in an unbiased way. Which lecture is this from?
Thank you 🙏
Thankyou for sharing !!!!!!!❤❤
great
ding ding ding ding ding is all that I can hear lol I wish Alan would tell that confounded piano player to stop dinging those keys while he is talking.
I love the piano. It makes the video
The piano is trying to add some form of emotion. Musical instruments are used to trigger the brains senses, to allow the words to become spellbinding or even sound more powerful than usual.
We only hear what we focus on.
Professing themselves to be wise they became fools. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. ✝️
Why 'fear' the Lord though??
The fear of the Lord is actually the beginning of foolishness. The only thing that should never be feared is the Lord.
@@felixmoyoedonmi Oh okay.
I thought you may have been referring to the line that 'God is a fearing God' .... etc.
There is no such thing as fear, what are fools going on about😅
Thank you for sharing