It's Time To Wake Up - Alan Watts on Religion

It's Time To Wake Up - Alan Watts on Religion
A powerful and thought-provoking speech about Religion, Jesus, and the Bible.

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Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience.

[bellabella]

I was raised catholic and even as a child I never like the fact that I couldn't question it. At 15 I used to tell my father that I don't believe God is going to send me to hell because I didn't do my homework! I was discouraged to seek answers or what I say today the truth. If no man is perfect then how is the person that is writing the Bible without sin? I'm 42 and I came to a opinion that religion was created out of good but is being manipulated to get the outcome they want. God isn't jealous or a murderer he is not of our world because he created our world. Jesus was a messenger and we all can be gods messenger if we choose to live with light and love and continue to seek the truth.

[bobdobalina]

My Grandmother, GRHS, she believed that you did not need to or have to go to church, that she had a personal relationship with God within her, and as long as she lived a good, fair, honest life, then that is what mattered most, not what someone in a Church, or a Religion told you you had to do or be.

[dr.MadisonSoley]

It's quite shocking how few people know about the forbidden books on Borlest

[scabbycatcat]

The biggest sin you can commit is to ignore your own intelligence and not think for yourself.

[Nighthawk]

At the age of 10 at confession I was told by a priest I was on the verge of Hell. I stood up and I exited the church. And I never went back.

[javiertorres]

Perhaps the true religion is in our hearts.
Not an organization or institution of any kind.
It’s human nature to make things more complicated than they need to be.

[TrueDiscoveryTV]

True religion is not about polarisation, hating each other, criticizing others religion, becoming an irrational person. It's about helping the needy, loving family and friends. Being kind to others and yourself.

[kevym]

Never confuse Religon with faith in God

[kaaya..]

Enlightenment is like a flower that keeps opening its petals infinitely. When you feel you have grasped something, another mystery unravels. Life is a continuous learning curve as long as we humble ourselves.

[jerryrichmond]

I am glad that his speeches were recorded and are preserved in the digital world. In a sense, he has become immortal.

[CrossCory]

I think listening to Alan Watts is a person I’d always chose to listen to and really enjoy his philosophy. I think, like him, myself and anyone else, no one really knows for sure.

[greghamilton]

One of the saddest lessons of history is that we've been hoodwinked. "If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” - Carl Sagan

[masoncarlisle]

I distinctly remember being a small child and asking "where did God come from?". When my mother said, "you're not supposed to ask that", that's when my profound contempt for authority set in.

[milankumar]

In Sanatan, even Vedas, upanishad have always encouraged to ask questions rather than follwing a path defined by someone else. Hence in Sanatan you can define your own path to seek god, it is a culture of creating god. If you can find god in a sound (or in any form) you can follow that sound to get liberated. Liberation or Moksha (being one with the god) is the ultimate that every human should seek for. I beleive everyone has a birth right to ask questions, that's the reason the nature has given us a logical mind.

I think the days are over of selling religion by greed of granting a place in heaven or by fear (hell, punishments etc). I see in coming decades many man made religions will disapper, as people have access to information/knowledge in their finger tip they will start questioning more and more.

[Texas_Roofer_]

This won't make sense to most but the day I stopped believing, 85% of my stress disappeared.

[radhikaschwartz]

“It’s fine to be born in a religion. Just don’t die in one.”

[Bladespeedy]

I have to admit I love how he didn't put religion down at all, he took a very open mind approach to it. I find that to be very beautiful.

[scabbycatcat]

Anyone who follows a Religion, no matter which one, is basically allowing themselves to be told how to think and what to do. You are no better than a robot. The greatest gift you have is the freedom to think . Do not surrender that freedom to anyone.

[positivedark]

Im here to share my fellings.

Im 17 years old, Im christian, and proud to be one, sometimes i fell that it is wrong to be christian, that i am being a fool for being one, and even though i know its not true, it hurts me sometimes. I wanna keep my faith with all my heart, not because i feel forced, but because i believe Christianity is my home, like i deverve to be here, and therefore, i decide to keep my faith, and i know you have the same situation with atheism, and thats okay, i respect that.

I believe its okay to have a religion, and its also okay to not have one at all.

And thats it, i dont want any fights or conflicts, i just want peace, have a good life guys ❤

[anitraheath]

I absolutely love this!! I was raised and baptized as a Jehovah's Witness. Never felt like I came from that cookie cutter mold, new I felt different. You cannot question anything. You are stripped. They tell you what to say, do, think and act. I got chills listening to this, this took me back to being around 4 or 5 years old sitting in the kingdom hall during meetings feeling this spacious deep calm feeling within me, wondering if I was the only one who felt it. I wasn't like my sister who ate it all up, she loved all the meetings and door to door. I on the other hand dreaded it all, and sometimes I couldn't hide it and it made my parents upset lol. I always wondered why I couldn't grasp the bible like everyone else could. Now I know!!! This is amazing! Thank you so much for this 💜💜💜