ALAN WATTS: What if money was no object? – Zen Pencils

please welcome Alan Watts what you

please welcome Alan Watts what you desire what makes you itch what sort of

desire what makes you itch what sort of

desire what makes you itch what sort of situation would you like I do this often

situation would you like I do this often

situation would you like I do this often in vocational guidance of students they

in vocational guidance of students they

in vocational guidance of students they come to me and say well we’re getting

come to me and say well we’re getting

come to me and say well we’re getting out of college and we haven’t the

out of college and we haven’t the

out of college and we haven’t the faintest idea of what we want to do so I

faintest idea of what we want to do so I

faintest idea of what we want to do so I always ask the question what would you

always ask the question what would you

always ask the question what would you like to do if money were no object how

like to do if money were no object how

like to do if money were no object how would you really enjoy spending your

would you really enjoy spending your

would you really enjoy spending your life it’s so amazing the results of our

life it’s so amazing the results of our

life it’s so amazing the results of our educational system that crowds of

educational system that crowds of

educational system that crowds of students say well we’d like to be

students say well we’d like to be

students say well we’d like to be painters we’d like to be poets we’d like

painters we’d like to be poets we’d like

painters we’d like to be poets we’d like to be writers I like to live an outdoors

to be writers I like to live an outdoors

to be writers I like to live an outdoors life and ride horses but everybody knows

life and ride horses but everybody knows

life and ride horses but everybody knows you can’t earn any money that way when

you can’t earn any money that way when

you can’t earn any money that way when we finally get down to something which

we finally get down to something which

we finally get down to something which the individual says they really want to

the individual says they really want to

the individual says they really want to do I will say to them you do that and

do I will say to them you do that and

do I will say to them you do that and forget the money because if you say that

forget the money because if you say that

forget the money because if you say that getting the money is the most important

getting the money is the most important

getting the money is the most important thing you will spend your life

thing you will spend your life

thing you will spend your life completely wasting your time you’ll be

completely wasting your time you’ll be

completely wasting your time you’ll be doing things you don’t like in order to

doing things you don’t like in order to

doing things you don’t like in order to go on living that is to go on doing

go on living that is to go on doing

go on living that is to go on doing things that you don’t like which is

things that you don’t like which is

things that you don’t like which is stupid better to have a short life that

stupid better to have a short life that

stupid better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a

is full of what you like doing than a

is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way and

long life spent in a miserable way and

long life spent in a miserable way and after all if you do really like what

after all if you do really like what

after all if you do really like what you’re doing it doesn’t matter what it

you’re doing it doesn’t matter what it

you’re doing it doesn’t matter what it is you can eventually become a master of

is you can eventually become a master of

is you can eventually become a master of it the only way to become a master of

it the only way to become a master of

it the only way to become a master of something is to be really with it and

something is to be really with it and

something is to be really with it and then you’ll be able to get a good fee

then you’ll be able to get a good fee

then you’ll be able to get a good fee for whatever it is therefore it’s so

for whatever it is therefore it’s so

for whatever it is therefore it’s so important to consider this question what

important to consider this question what

important to consider this question what do I desire Alan Watts