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Adapted from Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973)

No Objectwere?

STUDENTS COME TO ME ALL THE TIME AND SAY:

„We’re getting out of college and we haven‘t the faintest idea what we want to do.“

STUDENTS COME TO ME ALL THE TIME AND SAY:

SO I ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION...

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IF MONEY WERE NO OBJECT?

HOW WOULD YOU REALLY ENJOY SPENDING YOUR LIFE?

WHAT DO YOU DESIRE?

WHAT MAKES YOU ITCH?

WHAT DO YOU DESIRE?

WHAT SORT OF A SITUATION WOULD YOU LIKE?

WHAT MAKES YOU ITCH?

WHAT DO YOU DESIRE?

YOU SEE... AS A RESULT OF OUREDUCATIONAL SYSTEM CROWDS OF STUDENTS SAY:

“We’d like to be painters, we’d like to be poets, we’d like to be writers, ...

YOU SEE... AS A RESULT OF OUREDUCATIONAL SYSTEM CROWDS OF STUDENTS SAY:

... But as everybody knows you can’t earn any money that way.”

OR ANOTHER STUDENT SAYS:

OR ANOTHER STUDENT SAYS:

„I’d like to live an out-of-doors life and ride horses.”

I SAY: „You want to teach in a riding school?“

OR ANOTHER STUDENT SAYS:

„I’d like to live an out-of-doors life and ride horses.”

LET’S GO THROUGH WITH IT:

WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DO?

LET’S GO THROUGH WITH IT:

WHEN WE FINALLY GET DOWN TO SOMETHING

WHICH THE STUDENT SAYS HE REALLY WANTS TO DO

WHEN WE FINALLY GET DOWN TO SOMETHING

I WILL SAY TO HIM:

WHICH THE STUDENT SAYS HE REALLY WANTS TO DO

WHEN WE FINALLY GET DOWN TO SOMETHING

YOU DO THAT

AND FORGET THE MONEY

YOU DO THAT

BECAUSE, IF YOU SAY THAT GETTING THE MONEY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING...

THEN YOU WILL SPEND YOUR LIFE COMPLETELY WASTING YOUR TIME

BECAUSE, IF YOU SAY THAT GETTING THE MONEY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING...

YOU’LL BE DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE DOING

YOU’LL BE DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE DOING

IN ORDER TO GO ON LIVING, WHICH IS TO GO ON DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE DOING

WHICH IS STUPID

BETTER TO HAVE A SHORT LIFE THAT IS FULL OF WHAT YOU LIKE DOING

THAN A LONG LIFE SPENT IN A MISERABLE WAY

BETTER TO HAVE A SHORT LIFE THAT IS FULL OF WHAT YOU LIKE DOING

AND AFTER ALL

IF YOU DO REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU’RE DOING, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT IT IS,

AND AFTER ALL

YOU CAN EVENTUALLY BECOME A MASTER OF IT

IF YOU DO REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU’RE DOING, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT IT IS,

AND AFTER ALL

IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME A MASTER OF SOMETHING...

TO BE REALLY WITH IT

IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME A MASTER OF SOMETHING...

AND THEN YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD FEE FOR WHATEVER IT IS

SO DON’T WORRY TOO MUCH

AND THEN YOU’LL BE ABLE TO GET A GOOD FEE FOR WHATEVER IT IS

ANYTHING YOU CAN BE INTERESTED IN...

ANYTHING YOU CAN BE INTERESTED IN...

YOU WILL FIND OTHERS WHO ARE ALSO INTERESTED

BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY STUPID TO SPEND YOUR TIME...

BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY STUPID TO SPEND YOUR TIME...

...DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE

BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY STUPID TO SPEND YOUR TIME...

IN ORDER TO GO ON SPENDING MORE TIME

...DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE

DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE,

BUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY STUPID TO SPEND YOUR TIME...

IN ORDER TO GO ON SPENDING MORE TIME

...DOING THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE

...AND TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO FOLLOW IN THE SAME TRACK.

SEE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS

WE’RE BRINGING UP CHILDREN AND EDUCATING THEM TO LIVE THE SAME SORT OF LIVES WE ARE LIVING

SEE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS

IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY JUSTIFY THEMSELVES

AND FIND SATISFACTION IN LIFE

IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY JUSTIFY THEMSELVES

BY BRINGING UP THEIR CHILDREN...

AND FIND SATISFACTION IN LIFE

IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY JUSTIFY THEMSELVES

TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN...

BY BRINGING UP THEIR CHILDREN...

AND FIND SATISFACTION IN LIFE

IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY JUSTIFY THEMSELVES

TO DO THE SAME THING.

TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN...

BY BRINGING UP THEIR CHILDREN...

AND FIND SATISFACTION IN LIFE

IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY JUSTIFY THEMSELVES

SO IT’S ALL RETCH, AND NO VOMIT

IT NEVER GETS THERE

SO IT’S ALL RETCH, AND NO VOMIT

AND SO,THEREFORE

IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THIS QUESTION:

AND SO,THEREFORE

WHAT DO I DESIRE?

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