Video: Alan Watts on the Importance of Realizing the Present Moment |
| Published: July 27, 2008, 8:00 am |
| Tags: lifestyle and social commentary, alan watts, matt stone, michael music and life, mike, philosophy, south park, stubleupon, trey parker, youtube |
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Google image of Watts As of the past two months, I’ve come across the work and lectures of philosopher, theologian and overall all-star trippy dude Alan Watts. Watts’ work incorporates philosophies eastern and western, Socratic and zen-like into poignant lectures about what life might really mean. In this piece entitled Music and Life, Watts acknowledges how many of us are trained to be so goal fixated, so focused on the end result of our journeys that we miss all the little moments and “musical notes” along the way. Whether our goal is med school or Heaven, Watts believes we too often forget to dance to the music along our journeys while we nievely obsess over the final note. Is he correct? In my opinion, he is. Please watch the video and wax thoroughly with your comments! “Music and Life” (Animated by Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park) Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a naturalized American author and lecturer who [ Full article ] |
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