Alan Watts - The Greatest Skill of All (Animated)

Alan talks about his revelation of harnessing the power of nature. Animated by "The Simpson's" Eddie Rosas and edited by Allison Faust.

Alan Watts (1915-1973) was a speaker of over 400 talks and wrote 25 books in his lifetime, most concerning eastern thought and philosophy. He was was profoundly influenced by the East Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism, and by Taoist thought, which is reflected in Zen poetry and the arts of China and Japan. Alan Watts taught at the Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco, and gave regular radio talks on KPFA, the Berkeley free radio station. In 1957, he published his bestselling Way of Zen which started his rise in popularity. He was an early subject in pioneering psychedelic trials, and, after recording two seasons of the public television series Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life, traveled to Japan several times and became a foremost interpreter of Eastern thought for the West.

[SnowyAshtree]

I like the very straightforward animation and how you didn't add cheesy inspirational music to a great insight.

[waedjradi]

If it comes. Let it.
If it goes. Let it...

[triplefvr]

all the knowledge you need in 1:19. Incredible after all these years Alan teaches still alive in every moment.

[ballshippin]

The main root of all problems in this world is us humans thinking we are separate from nature

[AquariusRevolution]

Imagine if we had teachers like this in school, I feel cheated that they wasted our time with useless BS when I could have known these concepts when I was 15. We could have become a different species full of compassion and love and creativity at a much larger scale. I won't dwell to much on what could have been as things happen all in good time but honestly Mr Watts what a great teacher and entertainer you are, you words resonate through time and to our hearts as if you are right here with us.

[DudeRevolution]

Basho wrote a haiku that relates to this a bit..
Sitting quietly
doing nothing
spring comes
the grass grows
by itself

[excessnetwork]

God bless you to the animator... Please keep them coming! Brilliant

[JarredG]

Holy fucking shit, Alan watts is a fucking genius

[hudson]

This is utterly magnificent. Tha animation, the colors no wierd music and Alan Watts logic. What away to start the day.

[UniversalAwakening]

Fantastic animation! Such a powerful teaching. "Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force" ~ Lao Tzu

[jamestait]

To receive without effort. The greatest skill of all. I like that.

[uncletony]

"let nature do it for me..." I like it!

[abinlalu]

I would say this is the most mindblowing speach ever by this genius

[kantrellebradford]

this guy is good man, he never fails.

[ProfQED]

I love alan watts; he really puts thoughts into the most minor things in his life, and I owe him lots of my learnings.
I think he lived what he said and meant what he said and said what he meant.

[sameerchaudhary]

I'm in complete awe for this man.

[nikkoandlee]

This is the premise of art. Without the use of human interaction yet created completely from a human.

[allgoodnamesarebusy]

The greatest skill is to catch that thing. It's so hard.

[scottwyckoff]

Beautiful, i wish more could see this

[irreduciblerascal]

I can never get enough of these sage words. Especially when feeling down.