I've never heard such a clear Watts interview! 😱 This sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday! How exquisite, thank you!
@nabilsiddiqi687
5 ай бұрын
I was questioning the same haha
@MikeHuntDIMO
5 ай бұрын
It’s been enhanced by ai
@Annenigmatic
5 ай бұрын
@@MikeHuntDIMO Really? 😯 And if so, how can you tell?
@stutaylor2584
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for pointing out that this lecture is, or could be enhanced, changed in some way by AI. Traps, fakes and hidden doorways, peekaboo haha! Fun 😂
@davidbarnes6410
5 ай бұрын
@@MikeHuntDIMOhow do you know?
@jenmdawg
5 ай бұрын
Love both these creatures. I met Studs just before he died and he was lit up inside in a way that inspired me to age like him. I came to Watts after reading a passage from the 60s in which he accurately describes social media, cell phones and how the positives would disguise the negatives… and here we are.
@coreycox2345
4 ай бұрын
He was a brilliant interviewer and writer@jenmdawg.
@mongrelhearttv9315
4 ай бұрын
I love him so much.
@Stephen_Conley
5 ай бұрын
Man I thought I had heard them all, thank you friend.
@Aussie1964
4 ай бұрын
Alan has such a civilised, easy, and calming voice. On top of that, he is so learned and knowledgeable. I could listen to him all day.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Its all the booze he was alcoholic n died of it. Guy was drunk.
@TiredOfAllOfThis
4 ай бұрын
I often do listen to him all day…
@TiredOfAllOfThis
4 ай бұрын
@@GODHATESADOPTIONShame that you may miss out on the learned wisdom and humour of a very good man. But why would you denigrate someone that you don’t know and who actually contributes so much positivity to the world long after his death. I hope you can someday see the negativity that you convey online and be better.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
@@TiredOfAllOfThis cuz i know the drunk
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
@@TiredOfAllOfThis he abandoned his kids his daughter hates him why do you grovel at him?
@horvathmilcsi
4 ай бұрын
Such an amazing interview with the beloved Alan Watts. Calms my anxious mind. Brings me hope. Gives me zest.
@pot-8-o564
5 ай бұрын
it is fascinating that there exists so many great quality recordings by Allan Watts
@MD-bu3xc
4 ай бұрын
The spirit of the times is very clear in this interview. People were opening up to completely new ideas and philosophies in a sweetly innocent way. Loved hearing Terkel say "I really dig it."
@radhikaschwartz3499
5 ай бұрын
Love studs turkel .great interviewer he left such a great mark.
@stevenknoph711
5 ай бұрын
As someone who has listened to watts everyday for 2 years, alot of my favorite watts talks are taken down from KZitem. thank you so much for posting this!
@lauramowbray1226
4 ай бұрын
why are they taken down I wonder?
@MichaelYoder1961
4 ай бұрын
@@lauramowbray1226 Mark Watts is claiming copyright.
@dariusus9870
4 ай бұрын
His son is obsessed with money and copyright
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
The ones where hes sober? ...oh wait there is none of those. Guys a drunk idiot.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
@@dariusus9870his dad left him for a bottle its all he got is these dumb driveling drunk droning drab drum on sessions to milk
@paulaoh5306
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for finding this buried gem and posting it. I love to find new words of wisdom from Watts. Shout out to the interviewer who is able to weave into the discussion Thoreau, Shakespeare, jazz, the Beats, Gandhi, Whitman, MLK, etc. When it comes to interviewers nowadays, they sure don't make them like they used to. He was respectful and did his research. A little more education and a little less confrontation always makes for a better interview.
@stevencolatrella3257
5 ай бұрын
If you don't know Studs Terkel, he is probably America's most famous interviewer. He wrote many books of his interviews, such as "Working." To find him interviewing Alan Watts is more than u could have hoped for!
@paulaoh5306
5 ай бұрын
@stevencolatrella3257 Thanks, I know of Studs Terkel, but I didn't know that was him, although the voice sounded familiar to me. Yes, he was a master interviewer, and I had one of his books at one time.
@zovalentine7305
4 ай бұрын
Favorite quote by Alan Watts: " Belief clings, but faith lets go " 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@miniminamanmina3715
4 ай бұрын
More profound than apparent.
@nathanburget
3 ай бұрын
Thanks 4 that.
@naneeleo823
5 ай бұрын
The host is the great StudsTerkel , ladies n gentlemen
@bathwindow
5 ай бұрын
Great find. Thanks for sharing.
@joec8079
5 ай бұрын
So glad more of his radio talks are surfacing, thank you for this
@kyleadoup
5 ай бұрын
I have never heard him interviewed like this. Thank you for sharing this.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Hes drunk in all of em
@kyleadoup
4 ай бұрын
@@GODHATESADOPTION people in glass houses.
@zovalentine7305
4 ай бұрын
Silent is anagram for listen
@T_D_B_
Ай бұрын
Bro. Thanks so much for posting this. You rule.
@tiredironrepair
5 ай бұрын
Studs? That's awesome. His parents must've had a sense of humor. Great audio quality! Thank you for uploading.
@eduardomachadogoncales5292
5 ай бұрын
❤ Thank you for sharing ❤
@craigbhill
4 ай бұрын
A new-to-me Watts talk is discovering an inheritance. Studs is a brilliant man, he catches on very quickly to each introductory sentence. He could have become a master of Buddhism---unless he did, privately. I know him from his book and video, "Working", and his union work. Always liked him. But Alan is nothing less than my only ever guru, even though he disdained the term. The introducer to my spiritual life starting at my age 18, or rather to my life enriched by the awareness and kindling of my being. I live humbly but feel wealthier than people mired in wasteful splendor. Akin to Thoreau, my favorite American author, "Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth." I am so lucky thanks to Alan.
@c_monster429
4 ай бұрын
This interviewer is great, I love when he reveals he hasn’t learned to swim or ride a bike
@TerlinguaTalkeetna
4 ай бұрын
I read Studs great work " WORKING" in high school in the mid 70's. Loved all work and him the rest of his life.
@Unfamous_Buddha
5 ай бұрын
I read his "This Is It" in 1970. By 1971 I realized the "truth" of the title. If I had to live my life all over again and could read only one book, I'd want it to be that one. And today, it's still IT, whether or not I'm aware of it.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
He was good at nothing. That old drunk could vomit word salad n make it seem like something but then you realize hes just a drunk loser.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Desire to be desireless=buddha fail
@Unfamous_Buddha
4 ай бұрын
@@GODHATESADOPTION- Yes, never read any Alan Watts' books because that automatically means you are desiring something. It absolutely, specifically, means that previous to the purchase your thoughts (like every newly arrived Buddhist/Taoist/Zen monk to the temple) were a desire to attain enlightenment (become a Buddha). And even if happens unexpectedly, say while casually driving along some starry night while under the influence of a mild dose of LSD, and for no particular reason the title, "This Is It " traipses lazily through your head three or four times and then you smack your forehead, pull over and look up at the stars - but "you" aren't looking at the stars: your eyes and the stars are ONE. No division between sight and what is seen. Your feet, socks, sneakers, road, atmosphere, space are one. No difference . . it doesn't count because at some time before age 19 you MAY have had a thought, "a desire to attain Buddhahood." And therefore your experience is false and should be disregarded. As if you could ever forget.
@myonghunt8076
5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Great interview. ❤
@Blockwise2
5 ай бұрын
I have never heared this interview, thanks!
@mrnobodyz
5 ай бұрын
*Heard*
@paarkour83
5 ай бұрын
@@mrnobodyz🤓
@wdwdHenry9022
5 ай бұрын
its fake
@mrnobodyz
5 ай бұрын
@@wdwdHenry9022Remember when your mum told you to stop smoking that crap!
@MichaelYoder1961
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for this - one I haven't heard before. He did a few TV lectures when he was younger (and older).
@BRTeirnanLynch
5 ай бұрын
I love this man, given what he’s spoken about throughout it his time, I see no need it trying to explain why. He’s was a spectacular man in his field and I don’t know where I’d be without his conceptual speaking. ❤
@JacobClark93
5 ай бұрын
Wow, really cool. Thanks for this upload!
@Yaakov.
5 ай бұрын
thank u for uploading this
@alexclifford2485
4 ай бұрын
This is an absolute work of art! It is so calm, so chill and comforting. Thank you so much for digging this out and sharing it. The quality is outstanding too. Bravissimo!
@zovalentine7305
4 ай бұрын
Rest in peace 🙏 Alan Wilson Watts 6 January 1915 ~ 16 November 1973⚘
@zovalentine7305
4 ай бұрын
Listening to Alan's talks since the 70s ❤
@Dear_Avel
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this.
@charlessullivan5370
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for posting this interview. And gratitude to the Universe for being everything and nothing.
@ryanhall8326
5 ай бұрын
Watts would hate this, but his wisdom and disciples that follow long after his death, speak to his immortal non-self.
@Robb3348
5 ай бұрын
I'm glad you acknowledged that he would hate that phrase rather than just project a belief onto him which he wouldn't buy into.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Yea he was an angry hateful drunk fool
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
@@Robb3348he hated his own family thats why he left em for booze, and his son yanked the copyright on this silly drivel
@sejaleeuwen
5 ай бұрын
This is a treasure thank you
@austinalexander238
4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Michael----
5 ай бұрын
It is rare that I come across a Watts-clip that I haven't heard; thank you!
@TheWillHadcroft
5 ай бұрын
And one that isn't riddled with emotive piano music! Great to just hear a conversation.
@stevenknoph711
5 ай бұрын
So true lol
@stephenburdess2914
5 ай бұрын
In a year or less we’re not going to be able to distinguish from real Alan lectures and A.I. Alan talks.
@TheWillHadcroft
5 ай бұрын
Sadly.@@stephenburdess2914
@mrnobodyz
5 ай бұрын
Oh there’s a new word in the playground “AI” everyone’s using it!🤪
@Moltar0131
5 ай бұрын
Studs Terkel-verdad?? Beautiful performance, both of them
@charlesly
4 ай бұрын
He identified the loneliness epidemic over 60 years ago 😮
@briankleidon6295
4 ай бұрын
Wow, what a treat to hear this!! Thanks!
@judygoddard3869
4 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Thank you so much for finding this. I love Alan Watts’ British accent. I never knew he grew up in England.
@Kerome33
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting interview, with quite a few late 50’s references. Digging it, nuclear testing and fallout, DDT, Martin Luther King, Ghandhi, Kerouac and the Beat generation. The Zen comments are timeless though…
@JaiMitchell2014
5 ай бұрын
That's good editing
@nathanburget
3 ай бұрын
Thank you
@FelippeMedeiros
4 ай бұрын
Long time no seen, Mr. Watts
@nathanmarsh3172
4 ай бұрын
Great interview, Thanks for uploading
@PeacefulWarriorSpirit
4 ай бұрын
Love this interview what a beautiful gift to come across today. Just a cork floating in the water.☮️🐳🙏🧡
@CarldeFigueiredo-lf2gc
4 ай бұрын
What an inspirational conversation between two brilliant guys! The wisdom that Watts imparts from his vast and profound experience with Eastern philosophies and spirituality, is priceless; and so relevant for this day and age, in particular, the truth that we are all connected and one with nature, the universe. So good not to have distracting background music and moving images. Thank you!
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Yea that old drunk driveled on for a while...
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
You gotta get real drunk like al so u can find peace
@ahmetdogan5685
4 ай бұрын
His deep exhale in the very beginning is enough to understand all.
@DanDevey
4 ай бұрын
This is pure gold, thankyou ❤
@leilareginaleite3644
5 ай бұрын
Very good🙏🏼
@baptistemollicone5804
4 ай бұрын
First time hearing this one, and I've heard a lot of them, thank you for posting.
@willieluncheonette5843
4 ай бұрын
"Enlightenment is not something that you have to attain, because that which is attained can be stolen. That which is attained can be robbed. That which is attained can be lost. I say unto you, you are enlightenment itself. I don't want you to attain enlightenment, I want you to live it. From this very moment, whatever you do, do it in the way enlightenment is bound to do it. I love one statement of one of the most important people of the West, Alan Watts. He was a drunkard, but he was the man who introduced to the West the most essential parts of Zen and enlightenment. He wrote not as a scholar, but as a master. Before he was dying, he was still drinking and a disciple asked him, "Have you ever thought... if Buddha had seen you drinking alcohol, what do you think he would have thought about it?" Alan Watts said, "There is no problem. I always drink in an enlightened way." The question is not what you do, the question is how you do it. Yes, I accept Alan Watts' statement. There is a possibility of a man to drink alcohol in an enlightened way. Enlightenment should not have any limits. And it should not have a particular formula, a particular pattern that you have to follow. Enlightenment should be an individual experience - the most individual experience, incomparable and unique to everybody. "
@T-id8cs
4 ай бұрын
being an alcoholic is poison to the mind. It destroys the body. there is no redeeming quality in it. dont deify the man. Although extremely enlightening , he is not "it". .Nobody is. He was a flawed man like you. His alcohol abuse is just that...abuse.
@scotchdopole
4 ай бұрын
Getting drunk was good. I decided I would always like getting drunk. -Charles Bukowski
@rodrigo3732
Ай бұрын
I wish they had a podcast together in the modern internet
I love how the host says at the end "I think I'm close to digging zen"
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Yea desire to be desireless a self refuting illogical thing zen meet trash pail, easy i dug it a hole thats where zen goes in the hole lol
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Bury zen
@andreflavell3453
4 ай бұрын
i got in touch with one on Alan’s children ( daughter) they look after all of his recordings. told her it must have been a privilege having such a father .
@infelixscriptor3585
4 ай бұрын
He was an absent father. Not great.
@philipswain4122
4 ай бұрын
Every time I listen to Alan Watts, my mind is blown. He had such a wonderfully calming persona, and yet provokes deep thinking.
@oub4a
4 ай бұрын
Its on the Studs Terkel archive as well
@tunkamoose1981
3 ай бұрын
About six minutes in, Alan speaks about being here, now. I bet Richard Alpert, aka Ram Dass, liked this interview if he heard it back then. 🙂
@retiredguyadventures6211
5 ай бұрын
Studs Terkel is one of my favorite writters. His books Hard Times and The Good War are amazing.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
Could he drink as much booze as Alan?
@retiredguyadventures6211
4 ай бұрын
@@GODHATESADOPTION Who's that?
@greatmcluhansghost7134
4 ай бұрын
wonder if they had martinis with Royko at Ricardo's?@@GODHATESADOPTION
@dbarker7794
4 ай бұрын
"Working" is also a great book. A collection of interviews with everyday working people.
@GODHATESADOPTION
4 ай бұрын
@@dbarker7794 tuesdays with morrie
@b.jr.7816
4 ай бұрын
great ASMR 😴
@contrawise
4 ай бұрын
It was interesting to hear the two of them discussing the role of zen in skills - Watts, the conssument teacher - Terkel, the conssument listener. Terkel's interviewing skills are astonishing, and as wonderful to take in as is great jazz.
@MarkVickers1
4 ай бұрын
“conssument” - WTF ?? !!
@M-D-M-37
5 ай бұрын
Fantastic interview. Truly rare. I'm not sure Alan Watts was a doctor, but fantastic never the less.
@TheWillHadcroft
5 ай бұрын
I think he was awarded an honorary doctorate. Maybe this interview takes place after that?
@Trusamurai
5 ай бұрын
Either way he’s a doctor of inner well being 😃
@gabriel.knight
5 ай бұрын
He got a honorary doctorate from U Vermont, but normally you don't address people "Dr" if the title is honorary. Oh and at 11:49 it seems he is confusing him with another Englishman, "Dr Watson"... lol
@celestemetcalfe3527
4 ай бұрын
He would perhaps not like to be referred to that label as him ….. he’s not a doctor but he is…..all Just as I Just as you Just as it It is all 💚
@loveshoonya388
5 ай бұрын
What an amazing interview, may I ask who is the gentleman interviewing Mr watts?
@daodejing81
5 ай бұрын
Apparently, his name is Terkel Studs. It appears he was a popular and great interviewer.
@VenusLover17
4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@KJ-vc3sw
4 ай бұрын
Wonderful. Thank you.
@captain_finn
2 ай бұрын
24:38 is such a fine line
@TNTN1977
5 ай бұрын
Who's the interviewer? He's great
@AWelter713
4 ай бұрын
Studs Terkel. He has a huge library of recorded works from his career as an interviewer if you'd like to hear more
@VansHalham
3 ай бұрын
Indigenous theory has a similar relationship to the 'Here and Now'. The manipulation of time, eg. competing to get to a successful place...up there. Or memorizing some decisions from the past and demanding compliance. It's the stillness of the 'Here and Now' that is able to accommodate 'Spirit'.
@Michael_X313
4 ай бұрын
The gift of love is a/the present wrapped up tidy with a bow. Everything begis with singular consciousness and continues through self sacrifice.
@fairpoet81
5 ай бұрын
Terkel sure sounds like Joker! His laugh is strange, too. 😃 Thoroughly enjoyed this.
@jubelbrosseau7966
4 ай бұрын
This was an absolute joy. Thank you to whoever dug this up.
Is our relationship to the universe, the same as our relationship to the Multiverse? How would Alan Watts answer that?
@cmdrf.ravelli1405
4 ай бұрын
It doesn't matter
@Themultimediaguy
4 ай бұрын
7:30 The future is an idea in our minds.
@istvanheimer1845
5 ай бұрын
He says that it is 'un-natural' or sth like that to bild a monastery japenese style and practice in the US. But acknowledges G. Snyder. Going to a monastery inJapan. Is not that a contradiction?
@19Marc79
4 ай бұрын
12:12 => I know large numbers. But what are complex numbers ?
@alexandroriquelme8079
5 ай бұрын
I can’t tell if this is AI generated or some kind of voice altering system to sound like him, the script feels incredibly relative to what he says but nonetheless I find myself wondering how concrete such a work is truly his and not an alteration. Interesting publication nonetheless
@AaronDavison
4 ай бұрын
this is not AI
@37Dionysos
4 ай бұрын
I managed to survive Catholic school and Alan Watts was probably the greatest healing medicine I ever found. If you want to live fully in THIS world now get hold of Watts' book "This Is It"
@Viking5735
4 ай бұрын
What a wonderful and unexpected surprise to hear Studs Terkel's voice. He most likely never had a need to ride a bike, drive a car or swim growing up in Chicago. He certainly did a lot of reading, and his interviews were always exceptional. All of his books are worth reading - more than once. This was a REAL interview! Not AI. Thank you for making my day!
@matthewmaguire3554
5 ай бұрын
50s to the 60s extreme responsibility (never forget that those in the fifties had been through extreme military training due to WW2 and we became because of that in many ways an extension of the military and the children started to squirm) to extreme irresponsibility.
@tombotelevision2616
4 ай бұрын
the sound of two hands,,,,,,missing
@danielmagana8399
4 ай бұрын
Good lord.
@0FFICERPROBLEM
4 ай бұрын
put off by these new videos in the feed in the last year or so. First off, the thumbnails are just what weird and uncanny AI garbage does to a face these days, it's not good. And with that I start doubting if the words I'm hearing are his at all. We're at a turning point in the history of recorded information, that's for sure. We have to be diligent to not get everything mixed up.
@jdub2378
4 ай бұрын
Would it be fair say all of life is the hand and that we are all just fingers that believe that we are independent but know that we attached. It Would also be to beneficial training individual finger independence exercises and at the same time. We also need to learn how to be finger dependent, and to take care of her other fingers adjacent to us.
@meklitnew
4 ай бұрын
❤ thanks 🙏
@bealreadyhappy
4 ай бұрын
All mental stuff. BeAlready Happy by realising the Prior Condition of Reality. How? 😎
@robertdavison3738
4 ай бұрын
That 7 fingered ai created “ Alan Watts” on the right is stuff of nightmares
@davidderricott3968
3 ай бұрын
😂
@seliar7586
4 ай бұрын
One of my favorite prophet MashAllah You are so missed 🙏🏼❤️
@DouglasAbramskiOfficial
5 ай бұрын
Zen.
@VeganWithAraygun
3 ай бұрын
10:11 also, a hospital is no place for a sick person!
@dr.kenmiller4227
5 ай бұрын
How wonderful to hear 2 masters! ☺️👍👨🎨🎨🎉💫🥰☝️💫🎼🛎️
@kphat954
5 ай бұрын
Fewer interruptions would help. Alan Watts is brilliant.
@zandrokos
4 ай бұрын
This is fucking awesome. Also I hadn't been aware of Studs Terkel until now but he seems quite interesting himself.
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