Alan Watts reveals the harmony of embracing our human role while also recognizing that we are the entire cosmos.
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This time on the Being in the Way podcast, Alan Watts discusses:
- Remembering our inherent oneness with all things
- Living on two levels at once: the relative world and the ultimate reality
- Understanding life as a “controlled accident” and learning to play our social roles on demand
- Pretending not to notice the fundamental light of existence
- Seeing life’s most serious predicaments as part of a cosmic game
- Recognizing how our fascination with details can cause us to lose sight of the bigger picture
- Engaging fully in the game of life while recognizing our true nature
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“Deep down, who are you? That’s the thing that’s been forgotten. That’s the underside of the tapestry, the thing that’s been left out because what we are carefully taught to ignore is that every one of us, fundamentally, deep, deep inside, is an act of, function of, performance of, manifestation of the works, the whole blinking cosmos with all its galaxies.” –Alan Watts
Listen to more Alan Watts talks:
Being in the Way Ep. 1: Alan shares a dharma talk on Taoism, the interdependence of nature, and dropping out of karma
Alan Watt’s son, Mark, shares background on Alan’s early life, before introducing two of his father’s specially curated dharma talks focused on karma, in Being in the Way Ep. 2
Therapy, religion, mystical experiences, & Jesus: Being in the Way Ep. 6
The connections between Taoism and relativity, technology and human evolution, culture and separation: Being in the Way Ep. 3