Alan Watts | Human Consciousness | Education for Non-Entity (full)

"Education for Non-Entity" is an Alan Watts discussion from his Human Consciousness collection (link & details below). It is a thought-provoking critique of the education system and society's strong focus on materialism over the true enjoyment of life. Alan argues that we are often unjustly labeled as materialistic, primarily due to the emphasis on preparing students for careers rather than nurturing material competence and the joy of interacting with the physical world. There is a stark division between work and play, where people work for money and spend their leisure time passively, consuming bland, processed entertainment and food.

This materialistic perspective erodes the appreciation of the world around us and undermines our competence in handling the physical aspects of life, ultimately leading to unfulfilling experiences. The global homogenization of cultures and places result in a loss of diversity and uniqueness in our experiences. Additionally, the industrial family structure creates parents too often occupied with work, leading to children's disconnection. Children are offered artificial substitutes for genuine participation in their parents' lives.

Watts believes an educational shift towards helping individuals find genuine enjoyment and satisfaction in their work, rather than merely preparing them for jobs, is in order. He encourages us to reevaluate the value of authentic human experiences over the relentless pursuit of wealth.

“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the un-writable’. Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit. A fascinating entry into the deepest ways of knowing.” — Los Angeles Times

• Ecological Awareness (1-4)
• Education for Non-Entity
• Nature of Consciousness (1-3)
• Transformation of Consciousness (1-4)
Total Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

"Your skin does not separate you from the world. It’s a bridge through which the external world flows into you. And you flow into it." - Alan Watts

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[carolynscott]

I've always heard all my life; an artist can't make a living. This is usually said with a sneer and they look at you like you're hopeless. Value is in the material. I love cleaning, cooking real food and gardening. I don't make a living with it, but I enjoy my life. Alan Watts is my go to for the reminder of what's real in life.

[viktorvitovsky]

Thank you for uploading the lectures in full. Like life itself, Alan's ideas are free to unfold when left uncurated.

[Loenthall]

An excellent talk by Watts, as relevant today as when it was given--perhaps even more so.

[josephslinskey]

Listening to Alan Watts has helped SAVE MY LIFE 💯🫂☯️🦋

[portlandcurry]

Thank you for sharing this, it speaks directly to me at this time of life and is so important for modern millennials to hear. I will share it with my teens so they can understand.

[rkihfjx]

Good choice recording this over the U2 tape.

[Sunami-dyst]

Wow what a profound truth, especially but especially about the families with children. In Cuba since I was 8 yrs I learned the trades of working with my father in construction and mixing concrete with a shovel in the sidewalk, not some concrete machines oh no, we had to mixed it up with shovels, placed concrete in a bucket and Carry it up to the house to rebuild our whole house in concrete blocks, he also taught me how to crop Many of the plants we had for food in our yard and I used to LOVE to help him in mechanics as he repaired his Company Truck, as for my mother at10 yrs she taught me how to cook full meals and Sow and Wash the clothes with my hands for we didn't have, laundry machines like in the western country, it was all by hands and to clean the whole house well before me and my brother would go out to play, otherwise we would not be allowed to go out and play with the kids of our neighborhood street...
So I says Huge Amen to this Principles in which I will always Carry in my heart mind and soul for my kids.!!!
Beautiful speech of truth. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[gc]

He saw the coming catastrophe FIFTY YEARS AGO !!

[smallroaches]

So excited to see the AWP put up this channel!

[brienmaybe.]

Alan watts-the businessman to out business men.

[jokerjack]

If it’s meant to be, then so it shall be, wether you do or don’t contribute its already happening exactly how it’s suppose to! Even if what truth you see is everything you’ve denied it will be completely forced on you just like the sheer existence we question an deny to our own narrative! If you understand then be an example for those who reject the truth of our existence! We will never understand ourselves we just have to try an allow ourselves the option to give life to thoughts without weight of necessity an importance!

[davidderricott]

Any way of making the audio a little better? I love this lecture, but it's pretty hard to hear even with volume turned up all the way.

[tatata.]

U2 songs are in background or am I hallucinating Alan?

[georgiusvasingtonium]

What a pity the recording is quite muffled and definitely other sounds going on not related to the original recording. Excellent lecture.

[james]

Does anyone else hear Bono wailing quietly in the background?

[ericanderson]

did someone convert this to digital from a noisy cassette tape inside a primitive consumer all in one stereo system? I can hear a radio broadcast and U2 in the background...then someone starting and stopping a tape. A tape of a tape recorded with a microphone? Ah the journeys Watts stories must have went thru...

[carmenlidia]

I Have Always Enjoyed Listening To 🕊RIPOWER 🕊Mr. Alan Watts,
I need To Express My Sincerest Gratitude To Who Created This Channel and Posted The Many Videos.
Please Know You are Very Much Appreciated.

Have A Blessed Safe, Healthy, Content Life, Filled With Abundance In Positivity Health- Contentment with everlasting L💛VE - & Prosperity.
Peace,
Carmenlidia13

[Ninthxotic]

22:37 a synonom for "agrarian" is: relating to or constituting an ideal rural paradise: the region was not quite the Arcadian idyll he had depicted" Originating from Greek; so I assume here Plato. Play 1 of Socrates was played maybe 12 mins ago.

[Ninthxotic]

8:45 "supposed" WONDERFUL!!!

[slowwco]

Alan Watts quote highlights from this video: “The only jobs worth working at are those which you thoroughly enjoy.”

“The thing that has to be understood fundamentally in the whole process of education for life is that money is an abstraction. It cannot of itself buy any pleasure whatsoever because all pleasures involve skill and love—enough love to discipline yourself to enjoy the pleasure.”

“An education in the real sense is not preparation for life, it is actually living.”

“There is no point whatsoever in making plans for the future except for those people who are capable of living in the present.”