Anyone out there know of anyone who's writings are similar to Alan Watts'(same philosophy different way of putting it)...I love reading Alan's books but have read everything he has ever done including listening to all his lectures. I've already read all of J. Krishnamurti and Ram Dass too. I'd appreciate it.
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The prickle and goo talk is similar to my ideas on the mind. Although I can probably explain it better and add some more detail. Probably. The point is that either Alan Watts is on to something, or that Alan Watts and I are crazy.
I'm 43 and just discovered Alan Watts. I find that disappointing as I could be so much further ahead in life. But, all I can control is now. So, I am pleased that I'm a "fan".
I don't get why this is called "Atheist Spirituality." I'm a Christian and in my worldview, I can affirm a lot of what he says as Truth--as far as I'm concerned, it has less to do with the "spirituality of an Atheist" and more to do with "this is how things are." A much better title would be, "Something cool those South Park guys made!"
@unknownuser8838 I believe it may have to do with your perception of Atheist as a categorization of people, rather than an adjective, which can be applied to people, or other things.
The spirituality described does not exclude a god, but lacks a god.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
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@WhoKilledMickeyMouse Oh yes, it was a good one in hindsight. I guess it didn't strike as much because I have always felt this way. Everyone tries to always separate ourselves from the world when they argue free will or the existence of God or evolution. When in actuality we are the universe and the universe is us. As Carl Sagan once put it, we are the universe trying to understand itself.
@WhoKilledMickeyMouse lol unfortunately I never really touched or plan on taking any mind altering substances. If there is any awakening to be had, it will be by my thoughts alone.
@TomzzHaccer No but they skew and twist the thoughts that are mine into something they aren't. I take greater delight in reaching a state of awareness or having moment of eureka through raw critical thinking. Reasoning and logic are my drugs, best to chase it down with a swig of education though.
BTW, it's still a great video... Just a misguided title... and the message is awesome. I love how he describes life being like music. That we all have goals we feel we want/need to achieve. 'Now' is the only reality and experiencing it is the goal. I myself know his message well but I still have trouble with getting distracted by the distortion of life. Man, I love Alan Watts!
nothing to do with Aetheism. Rejecting Religion & ideology (which are both driven by ego) is definitely not the same thing as being an Atheist. To suggest that his views make him an Atheist just goes to prove a complete misunderstanding of what Atheism is in it's most basic form. We live in duality, to understand Atheism you have to at least understand that spiritualism and religion are not the same thing.
what Mr Watts is describing has nothing to do with atheism as it has emerged in the last decade and has morphed into "New Atheism", which is really just old positivism.
@IAMSpirituality I know Watts used the term "God" sometimes, but he still could of been considered an atheist.
Lets put it this way, as a "spiritual atheist" I see the connectedness of things and I somewhat grasp the concept of overcoming the ego. Yet, I don't feel the need to use the word God. Because it's a silly term, commonly used to reference a man-like creator deity that is seperate from the creation.
"The idea of the Dao being the Creator of the universe, is absurd." -- Watts
@DemonHermit Once you read all his works, & listen to the countless hrs of recordings he made, you'll understand how he knew the truth about God. Atheists need to release their neg attachment to the word God. It's equated with religion? Religion could not be farther removed from God. Like Alan, I passed through enlightenment, & after consuming every bit of his teachings, I can speak from experience to say that he wasn't an atheist in today's sense, tho he was certainly not a fan of religion.
@IAMSpirituality No, you need to release your attachment to the word God. The majority of the world doesn't believe in the "cosmic consciousness" that you call God.
The definition of God:
"the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe."
Is reality governed by a king or is it a totality that acts on it's own behalf? Watts used "God" in a metaphorical sense, much like Einstein. In the end, it's confusing and unnecessary, so I reject the term, and am henceforth still an atheist.
@DemonHermit I've never used the words "cosmic consciousness", & don't know where you got that. Your definition of God is false. Majority illusion does not make reality. Watts did not use God in a metaphorical sense. Read the first few chapters of "The Book", and you will see how Watts was not even close to being an atheist. He saw God differently than many religions, but he was very aligned w/Hinudism and Vedanta in particular. Atheists propose there is no God. Which is he closest to? God.
@IAMSpirituality Watts has used the word cosmic consciousness plenty of times, sir.
I'm going to end this conversation because you are starting to seem really ignorant. All atheism is, is the lack of belief in a supreme creator. All I'm saying is the term God does not hold water for what people like Alan Watts are talking about.
I never said anything about "Majority illusion" making reality, I have no idea where YOU got that.
@DemonHermit Alan Watts said verbatim, "There is nothing that is NOT God". And he said it multiple times. If you can explain how that is atheist, I'm all ears.
@IAMSpirituality The term "GOD" means CREATOR. A CREATOR is seperate from the CREATION. This is NOT what Watts is reffering too. Yes he has used the term God, but not in it's literal way, it's a term for a supreme deity that makes people think you believe in some supernatural googly moogly.
"There is nothing that is NOT God", is a mystical utterance reffering to a "totality" or ultimate reality. I ask you, WHY use the bastardized term God, which means creator, not creation itself.
@DemonHermit Because for us teachers of spirituality, it corrects thousands of years of misuse of the term, and forces people to think in new ways... which is exactly why Alan used the term God in almost every talk he gave in steering people toward Vedantic thinking.
@IAMSpirituality The difference between me (the spiritual atheist) and you (A pantheist I assume?) is I would rather just shed myself of the dogmatic baggage that is the word "God" and use more appropriate words like, the totality, the all, higher reality etc. Rather than having to explain my particular flavor of the word "God". It drags the spiritual community down, as most confuse us with the religious and supersticious because most of us still cling to words like "God".
@DemonHermit Not an any "ist". Just enlightened. God does exist... and I think calling it something else confuses people rather than making them try to grasp an idea like higher reality. The blind are being led by the blind in the churches, and if you're not talking about God, they won't listen. But there is a higher truth that they are missing in their search. And I did perceive a much higher intelligence during my experience. Episode 0020 of my podcast, which can be found through my name.
@IAMSpirituality I'm all about living life without labels, but this is how we communicate. If you believe that God is within everything, then you are considered a pantheist.
Call it what you will, then. But I'm telling you, it does nothing but cause misunderstandings. The secular community will see you as a religious nut, and the religious will view you as someone who just worships a different God than them, like Allah.
And, are you really claiming you have attained a buddha consciousness?
@IAMSpirituality "Alan Watts said verbatim, "There is nothing that is NOT God". And he said it multiple times. If you can explain how that is atheist, I'm all ears."
(Not directed at me, but consider this): "There is nothing that is not god" is the same as saying, "there is no god."
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he explains the educational system and its purpose very precise not only the educational system the whole intercourse high school graduate school job and suddenly you wake up about 40 years old and you realize that you've arrived at that point of sucses in your life and you don't really feel any different
addressing the statement in the description: to become again as a child, and realize we don't know anything, would also mean we cannot say there is not a higher power. it's just impossible to know. the problem in when people try to define god, or when people take a definition of god and take it apart like a strawman. we cannot define god or a higher power and we cannot know if there is or is not one for sure. i dont think that is athiesm. atheism is a believe in and of itself
@TDP788 yes but we have all that mind washing system somehow impaled into our brains that you MUST MUST suffer for you can experience Joy that you MUST WORK MUST have children and so on and so forth we are really missing the " music " of life
@TDP788 You're assuming there's a valid choice to be made between believing in god and not believing. Is there a valid choice in believing in a monster under your bed or in the wardrobe and not believing. Am I a believer in anamonsterism because despite the fact that there are no monsters and no evidence of them I don't believe in them, no I'm a sane adult. Giddy children believe in lots of things, then they grow up and can reason.
PS When they stole your nose, that was just a trick.
@feslerae Search I AM Spirituality on iTunes, or here. Although you should know Alan Watts was not an atheist, and what he was speaking to in all his comments against organized religion was the phenomenon of spiritual enlightenment.
I would have traded all my years in school for just 1 day listening to this man speak. It can save a person a lifetime of misdirection and confusion. Clarity is priceless
@happygoluckymikey , yes, Alan Watts had the ability to free others from confusion, didn't he? He still lives in these recordings and is still liberating people. Bravo, Alan!
Atheism is a Religion, because you believe, you have faith there is no God without proof. When you die, it is only then you see the truth.
Go back to the definition of faith. Faith is believing in something without proof. Religion is a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. Atheism is defined as the doctrine or belief that there is no God. Therefore Atheism is a religion.
@ThunderheadNebula No. Atheism is a position which simply states that there has never been any rational or empirical reason to suggest a God, just as there are no rational or empirical reasons to suggest the existence of Zooks. To claim it is a belief is nonsense; it is a lack of belief - just as it is nonsense to claim that baldness is a hair colour. Peace.
@ftwlvslwtf How do you explain mysticism and enlightenment? Did you know Alan Watts was enlightened, and when he spoke about the foibles of religion, it was enlightenment he was referring to, and not atheism?
Anti-unicornism is a Religion, because you believe, you have faith there are no unicorns without proof. When you die, it is only then you see the truth.
Go back to the definition of faith. Faith is believing in something without proof. Religion is a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. Anti-unicornism is defined as the doctrine or belief that there are no unicorns. Therefore anti-unicornism is a religion.
@rlueptow no, there isn't even such a thing as anti-unicornism in the real world, that being that I am sure that there are no cults that exist to rid the world of unicorns. People who do not believe in unicorns do so because of common sense, and common sense is not a religion... in reality
@hempartist420 And people who do not believe in god do so because of common sense, and common sense is not a religion... in reality. There is no reliable evidence for any god.
@ThunderheadNebula Yea, atheism is my religion, and my favorite sport is to not play field hockey. I live in a one story house and my staircase is horizontal and flat with no steps and it's indistinguishable from the rest of the floor. My new car is in my empty garage. Fido is the name of my lack of pets. derp a derp a derp derp derp...
Yea, I'm religious and I automatically believe that atheists have no spiritual connection; they are dry and drab, materialistic and unlike my noble, sin-cleansed self, are going to have a boring afterlife. derp a herp derp pray derp derp
@martrontroid Yes you believe those things automatically because you are closed minded and arrogant. Just because you believe in some hodgepodge book that says you are not those things if you follow the hodgepodge book, does not mean that the people who don't believe in the hodgepodge book are 'dry, drab and materialistic'.
The animation is great. However the points made are ego-centric, and do not consider anything more than how an individual may immediately perceive the world. Thinking to a higher degree voids the logic that there is an ego, and that the world is full of stupid people, plants and animals. I think that generalizations like the ones made in the video don't convey much more than faulty, ego-centric logic.
@GoneFantods That's eastern philosophy as defined by Alan Watts for you, knowledge of the ridiculous. From an outside perspective, this world is a perplexing predicament: A bunch of creatures running around making rules for themselves on how to act and behave whilst going about a strange cycle of learning-working-dying. When peeling away the outside layers of this onion, one finds there is much more to it than that, but, like artists, sometimes we must take a step back to see the whole picture.
the masons are the same way they keep you interested through illusion its the first pyramid scheme and it is the model for all goverment and all govt instituations the first degree leads the the second and then the third then they give you a choice between scotish rite and york rite which both contain 33 and 13 degrees respectivly the same applies to school, jobs and so on if you work for us you'll be a jr it analyst then a sr it analyst then maybe you'll earn the right to go to continue lol
listen the rocks came alive we are the rocks in fact we are the universe arguing with itself whether or not it should even exsist lol and we spend our time debating justin beiber and lady gaga lol we are fucking doomed
@Industrious420 That does not suggest that there is no God. It suggests along the Vedic traditions with which Watts was best aligned that God exists in everything and everywhere, and there is nothing that is NOT God... including you. Did you miss his entire book called "The Book"?
@gtayl1 I think the title reflects watt's position as an athiest who is spiritual. But yeah, I don't really like the title either. I think it should be called prickles and goo or something.
not to intrude on the psychedelic conversation, but does anyone know the name or style or indeed even the instrument of the music at the end of this clip? I love it.
If I had to guess I would say it's a type of south-east Asian plucking instrument...there's way too many to take an accurate guess as to which one specifically. Look around the 'Atlas of plucked instruments' website.
Anyway, I think we can all agree psychedelic experience and Alan Watts go together well. DMT is definitely one to try, if you're the type of person who allows yourself to try a psychedelic, then it's pretty profound.. low smoked doses can be fun, and a higher one will send you places inexplicable.. Prickly goo..
Yeah, I listen to a good amount of Alan Watts and Terence McKenna. Watts seems to provide more left-brain ideals whereas McKenna is more of a psychonaught. I'd say it's fair to classify me as a 'pussy' when it comes to exploration of different states of consciousness, I have done shrooms a few times (never more than 2-3g), and I smoke weed daily. I really want to follow McKennas advice of 5 dried grams in absolute darkness. I'm really drawn to Ayahuasca as well for some reason..
Yeah man you should look up Phalaris grass. It seems to grow everywhere around where I live. I'd like to get a wheat grass juicer someday and see if I can get oral doses of DMT extracted from it to work with MAOI's..
Even 5-MeO-DMT is in many plants and mushroom varieties, because it has the sort of chemicals the plant evolved in response to it's environment, and for some reason those chemicals make many mammals trip (and goats I think die when they eat DMT and no one knows why lol)
lol it wouldn't let me post with the link pasted in for some reason, so the confusion made me say "check this out" twice basically.
I can understand thinking Psilocybin metabolizes into DMT and the DMT is why it's active, sorta like codeine metabolizes into morphine.. I thought you kept literally saying DMT is the active in psilocybes, not that it in the long-run is.. That makes more sense. Sorry bout the confusion.
All good man, thanks for clearing it up. Pretty much what you're saying is that there is such a small amount of DMT inside the Psilocybin mushrooms that it's not the major contributor. All these chemicals mix upon ingestion to form into Psilocin/Psilocybin(which pass through the blood-brain barrier) and get you fucked out of your mind?
So technically you could make DMT extract from any plant matter that contains trace amounts of DMT?
Alright I see the confusion now.. and nah, it sounds like it'd take off like.. the first group and be DMT, but it turns to psilocin and it's the active. It's what plugs into the receptors. It doesn't turn to DMT then plug in.
DMT is found in trace amounts in those mushrooms because the mushrooms need similar chemical processes to make psilocybin, and it makes some of both. DMT is in many many living things. Check this out.
Check out Psilocin's entry on wikipedia under Pharmacology.
Industrious, DMT is not the active compound in "Psilocybin", the mushrooms contain psilocybin (4-PO-DMT), which converts to the more active psilocin (4-HO-DMT).
DMT and the actives in mushrooms are both tryptamines and very structurally similar, but the two experiences are very different subjectively, and DMT is deactivated in the gut by monoamine oxidase unless taken with an inhibitor of said enzymes, unlike psilocybin from mushrooms.
Next time measure yourself before you decide to act tall.
NO, DMT ISN'T the active compound in mushrooms, that is not what I was saying at all. DMT is found in trace amounts in the same mushrooms, but the active chemicals in mushrooms are different chemicals than DMT. They ARE however tryptamines like DMT, and similar subjectively, but generally very different in experience.
Also, you said "DMT is the active compound in Psilocybin". To that, I was saying, psilocybin is the active chemical in psilocybin mushrooms, not DMT.
Which is false. Psilocybin is the active in Psilocybin mushrooms. DMT is not. What you said was incorrect. That's all I'm trying to get across. Why is this so hard?
I do get what you're fucking saying. Read my last comment over one more time. I'm not repeating myself. You're the one who butted your way in half way through a conversation that was about psylocybin mushrooms and I said DMT was the psycho active ingredient. Good job putting on your teacher pants!
You seem to think that because psilocybin's chemical name has the letters DMT in it, you think that DMT is somehow the active. This is false. This is what I'm trying to get across to you.. Just because it has it in the name doesn't make it DMT, nor does it make the active component of mushrooms DMT..
By the logic you're using that I'm trying to correct, 5-MeO-DMT's active ingredient would be DMT. DMT isn't the active in psilocybin mushrooms.
So if Psilocybin/Psilocin are the psychoactive compounds, why do so many botanists claim that shrooms contain DMT? I've heard this from multiple sources, why is DMT even mentioned in the same breath if Psilocin is the psychoactive compound?
So say what you mean, don't pathetically attempt to correct me and then proceed to say it's "common sense". What was the point of your argument on a comment that was left like 3-4 months ago? I'm pretty sure the guy I was arguing with and myself were done with the argument, what brings you into it? Stay out like a good boy.
DMT is the active compound in Psilocybin...which is what my point was. Of course smoking pure DMT extract and taking shrooms isn't the same thing. Also, there is more than one strand of DMT.
@Rambonbon agree with u for the most part. but i would have to disagree regarding mdma. it is indeed a psychadelic/stimulant. look it up my friend, it has plenty of psychadelic properties and is classified as a psychadelic. however, compared to lsd, i can understand how you would think its not. thats why i always recommend mdma or shrooms to the novice... jus to introduce them to that world ya kno
i believe atheist spirituality is kind of a misleading title for this video, since alan watts wasn't an atheist by any means, except maybe beeing an atheist in the name of god.
the video is great anyway :) alan watts' thoughts are pretty fascinating
this makes so much sense. it's a lot like the weekend. all week you look forward to friday 5pm. then when it comes, it's an anti-climax, and you feel kinda robbed. anyone else feel like this sometimes?
Heaven: A place of bodily pleasures - Sex, food, drink, lying in the sun on the beach. No qualifications needed, just beg & grovel. Hit the lottery & u can have it all here on earth.
Moksha: Education, Enlightenment, Knowledge - a flowering of the mind. To compose music like Mozart, to think like Einstein, write beautiful poetry, to sing like MS SubbaLaxmi. It is not begged for nor given, it has to be EARNED! No amount of money can get u Moksha.
not only like a full grown child but its like you crystallized version of it that will always be a minor influence in life just the same as how smoking weed will allow you to take everything with a grain of salt no matter what, theres also a point in making a true effort to be decent not holy but decent, try honesty.
i my self dont belive in a god in the conventional sense...but yes there is a god the minute we idolize it as a symbol i.e religion we lose it setting our spiritual understanding 3000 years back...so maybe iam half atheist in a sense
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Anyone out there know of anyone who's writings are similar to Alan Watts'(same philosophy different way of putting it)...I love reading Alan's books but have read everything he has ever done including listening to all his lectures. I've already read all of J. Krishnamurti and Ram Dass too. I'd appreciate it.
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most of these concepts came from the Hindu Upanishads
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JezusSlave 1 month ago
Alan Watts always leaves me in awe !
sohaibthephilosopher 1 month ago
3:23 ... fun!
TheWisemonkey8 1 month ago
Alan Watts is indeed an entertainer. I am wary of people who consider him a philosopher/intellectual/authority.
Arcus2658 1 month ago
How did Dragonball Z clips lead me to this?
chrisjt86 2 months ago 2
I just love Alan Watts ~ such a beautiful and humorous way of explaining the world and our 'place in it'.
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jchijan 2 months ago
The prickle and goo talk is similar to my ideas on the mind. Although I can probably explain it better and add some more detail. Probably. The point is that either Alan Watts is on to something, or that Alan Watts and I are crazy.
br006DL 3 months ago
get parked.
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Jabulon88 3 months ago
Oh Trey and Matt. I just fell in love with you all over again.
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58 people can not, or will not, ever get it...shame
poboysix4 4 months ago
Trey Park & Matt Stone are also very wise, I'd love to interview them.
ChaseManhattan516 4 months ago
I didn't at all expect to see Trey Parker and Matt Stone's names their. Pleasant surprise.
HylianSpirit 5 months ago 15
@HylianSpirit Dude, i actually expected that they were into something like that. :)
rodrigojoseunb 5 months ago
I'm 43 and just discovered Alan Watts. I find that disappointing as I could be so much further ahead in life. But, all I can control is now. So, I am pleased that I'm a "fan".
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@CardinalJunky "I'm 43 and just discovered Alan Watts. I find that disappointing as I could be so much further ahead in life."
I can hear Alan reply to you with, "So is it a race you're in? You could be 'so much further ahead'?"
Perhaps what you mean is.... you could have been dancing. ;-)
And to that I'll add it's never too late.
xearther 4 months ago
I don't get why this is called "Atheist Spirituality." I'm a Christian and in my worldview, I can affirm a lot of what he says as Truth--as far as I'm concerned, it has less to do with the "spirituality of an Atheist" and more to do with "this is how things are." A much better title would be, "Something cool those South Park guys made!"
Sick video, though.
unknownuser8838 6 months ago
@unknownuser8838 I believe it may have to do with your perception of Atheist as a categorization of people, rather than an adjective, which can be applied to people, or other things.
The spirituality described does not exclude a god, but lacks a god.
That's how I see it anyways.
willowtreephoto 4 months ago
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
Alan Watts
BrainwashedHumanity 6 months ago
''We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively'' - comedian Bill Hicks
Didgedy 6 months ago 14
Yes.
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NOT RELIGION........... .....SPIRITUAL SALVATION is the gift of God. You cannot earn it. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves,it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."Ephesians 2:8,9. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, & shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,thou shall be saved". Romans 10:9. Godbless
LordJesusChristtruth 6 months ago
THANK YOU ALAN! entertain and be entertained! have opinions and consider them too. i like your style brochacho
slickslevin 7 months ago
Alan Watts just blew my mind with the last two skits.
DamienZshadow 7 months ago
@DamienZshadow I thought appling was the best one
WhoKilledMickeyMouse 2 months ago
@WhoKilledMickeyMouse Oh yes, it was a good one in hindsight. I guess it didn't strike as much because I have always felt this way. Everyone tries to always separate ourselves from the world when they argue free will or the existence of God or evolution. When in actuality we are the universe and the universe is us. As Carl Sagan once put it, we are the universe trying to understand itself.
DamienZshadow 2 months ago
@DamienZshadow Hehe, Alan watts is Badass :P
WhoKilledMickeyMouse 2 months ago
@WhoKilledMickeyMouse Most definitely. His words of wisdom continue to echo to this day and keep us thinking.
DamienZshadow 2 months ago
@DamienZshadow him... and good Acid lol
WhoKilledMickeyMouse 2 months ago
@WhoKilledMickeyMouse lol unfortunately I never really touched or plan on taking any mind altering substances. If there is any awakening to be had, it will be by my thoughts alone.
DamienZshadow 2 months ago
@DamienZshadow to each his own, that's the beauty of diversity :D
WhoKilledMickeyMouse 2 months ago
@WhoKilledMickeyMouse You got it, brother.
DamienZshadow 2 months ago
@DamienZshadow That'd still be your thoughts alone. Unless you're implying the drugs have thoughts.
TomzzHaccer 1 month ago
@TomzzHaccer No but they skew and twist the thoughts that are mine into something they aren't. I take greater delight in reaching a state of awareness or having moment of eureka through raw critical thinking. Reasoning and logic are my drugs, best to chase it down with a swig of education though.
DamienZshadow 1 month ago
This was awesome, thank you!
raveash 7 months ago
Lol I like yur name XD
PsychedelicGuide 7 months ago
what's the type of music at the end called? :)
easysketcher 7 months ago
BTW, it's still a great video... Just a misguided title... and the message is awesome. I love how he describes life being like music. That we all have goals we feel we want/need to achieve. 'Now' is the only reality and experiencing it is the goal. I myself know his message well but I still have trouble with getting distracted by the distortion of life. Man, I love Alan Watts!
materialismgonegaga 7 months ago
nothing to do with Aetheism. Rejecting Religion & ideology (which are both driven by ego) is definitely not the same thing as being an Atheist. To suggest that his views make him an Atheist just goes to prove a complete misunderstanding of what Atheism is in it's most basic form. We live in duality, to understand Atheism you have to at least understand that spiritualism and religion are not the same thing.
materialismgonegaga 7 months ago
what Mr Watts is describing has nothing to do with atheism as it has emerged in the last decade and has morphed into "New Atheism", which is really just old positivism.
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FYI, Alan Watts was not actually an atheist. He knew he was / IS God, as we all are.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
FYI, Alan Watts was not an atheist. He knew he was / is God, as we all are.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality True, but you didn't need to post this multiple times. ^_^
StevenErnest 7 months ago
FYI, Alan Watts was not an atheist. He knew he was / is God, as we all are.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
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IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality I know Watts used the term "God" sometimes, but he still could of been considered an atheist.
Lets put it this way, as a "spiritual atheist" I see the connectedness of things and I somewhat grasp the concept of overcoming the ego. Yet, I don't feel the need to use the word God. Because it's a silly term, commonly used to reference a man-like creator deity that is seperate from the creation.
"The idea of the Dao being the Creator of the universe, is absurd." -- Watts
DemonHermit 7 months ago
@DemonHermit Once you read all his works, & listen to the countless hrs of recordings he made, you'll understand how he knew the truth about God. Atheists need to release their neg attachment to the word God. It's equated with religion? Religion could not be farther removed from God. Like Alan, I passed through enlightenment, & after consuming every bit of his teachings, I can speak from experience to say that he wasn't an atheist in today's sense, tho he was certainly not a fan of religion.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality No, you need to release your attachment to the word God. The majority of the world doesn't believe in the "cosmic consciousness" that you call God.
The definition of God:
"the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe."
Is reality governed by a king or is it a totality that acts on it's own behalf? Watts used "God" in a metaphorical sense, much like Einstein. In the end, it's confusing and unnecessary, so I reject the term, and am henceforth still an atheist.
DemonHermit 7 months ago
@DemonHermit I've never used the words "cosmic consciousness", & don't know where you got that. Your definition of God is false. Majority illusion does not make reality. Watts did not use God in a metaphorical sense. Read the first few chapters of "The Book", and you will see how Watts was not even close to being an atheist. He saw God differently than many religions, but he was very aligned w/Hinudism and Vedanta in particular. Atheists propose there is no God. Which is he closest to? God.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality Watts has used the word cosmic consciousness plenty of times, sir.
I'm going to end this conversation because you are starting to seem really ignorant. All atheism is, is the lack of belief in a supreme creator. All I'm saying is the term God does not hold water for what people like Alan Watts are talking about.
I never said anything about "Majority illusion" making reality, I have no idea where YOU got that.
DemonHermit 7 months ago
@DemonHermit Alan Watts said verbatim, "There is nothing that is NOT God". And he said it multiple times. If you can explain how that is atheist, I'm all ears.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality The term "GOD" means CREATOR. A CREATOR is seperate from the CREATION. This is NOT what Watts is reffering too. Yes he has used the term God, but not in it's literal way, it's a term for a supreme deity that makes people think you believe in some supernatural googly moogly.
"There is nothing that is NOT God", is a mystical utterance reffering to a "totality" or ultimate reality. I ask you, WHY use the bastardized term God, which means creator, not creation itself.
DemonHermit 7 months ago
@DemonHermit Because for us teachers of spirituality, it corrects thousands of years of misuse of the term, and forces people to think in new ways... which is exactly why Alan used the term God in almost every talk he gave in steering people toward Vedantic thinking.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality The difference between me (the spiritual atheist) and you (A pantheist I assume?) is I would rather just shed myself of the dogmatic baggage that is the word "God" and use more appropriate words like, the totality, the all, higher reality etc. Rather than having to explain my particular flavor of the word "God". It drags the spiritual community down, as most confuse us with the religious and supersticious because most of us still cling to words like "God".
DemonHermit 7 months ago
@DemonHermit Not an any "ist". Just enlightened. God does exist... and I think calling it something else confuses people rather than making them try to grasp an idea like higher reality. The blind are being led by the blind in the churches, and if you're not talking about God, they won't listen. But there is a higher truth that they are missing in their search. And I did perceive a much higher intelligence during my experience. Episode 0020 of my podcast, which can be found through my name.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@IAMSpirituality I'm all about living life without labels, but this is how we communicate. If you believe that God is within everything, then you are considered a pantheist.
Call it what you will, then. But I'm telling you, it does nothing but cause misunderstandings. The secular community will see you as a religious nut, and the religious will view you as someone who just worships a different God than them, like Allah.
And, are you really claiming you have attained a buddha consciousness?
DemonHermit 7 months ago
@DemonHermit If you're not about living life with labels, quit using them.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
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@IAMSpirituality "Alan Watts said verbatim, "There is nothing that is NOT God". And he said it multiple times. If you can explain how that is atheist, I'm all ears."
(Not directed at me, but consider this): "There is nothing that is not god" is the same as saying, "there is no god."
mdiem 6 months ago
i pray to myself :)
xjoe1988x 8 months ago
@xjoe1988x You'll go blind with that carry on.
nilbud 8 months ago
@nilbud fuck you asshole
xjoe1988x 8 months ago
@xjoe1988x Don't be frightened, it's not your fault.
nilbud 7 months ago
@nilbud well dont be asshole, it makes you pithetic.
xjoe1988x 7 months ago
@xjoe1988x I didn't realise you were mentally challenged, have a great day on the short bus.
nilbud 7 months ago
@nilbud whatever... you suck at life.
xjoe1988x 7 months ago
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NDW21x 8 months ago
@NDW21x Capital letters denote insanity.
nilbud 8 months ago
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LOL @ Popping apples :D
VenomFrogX 9 months ago
now lets see the seth mcfarland version..and then we'll pray to richard dawkins...ha ha i rule!
NotoTruth 9 months ago
he explains the educational system and its purpose very precise not only the educational system the whole intercourse high school graduate school job and suddenly you wake up about 40 years old and you realize that you've arrived at that point of sucses in your life and you don't really feel any different
ashman9992 9 months ago
outstanding post. Thanks =)
gantonk 9 months ago
wth is this promoted bs? cant they stop?
archie977 9 months ago
addressing the statement in the description: to become again as a child, and realize we don't know anything, would also mean we cannot say there is not a higher power. it's just impossible to know. the problem in when people try to define god, or when people take a definition of god and take it apart like a strawman. we cannot define god or a higher power and we cannot know if there is or is not one for sure. i dont think that is athiesm. atheism is a believe in and of itself
TDP788 9 months ago
@TDP788 yes but we have all that mind washing system somehow impaled into our brains that you MUST MUST suffer for you can experience Joy that you MUST WORK MUST have children and so on and so forth we are really missing the " music " of life
ashman9992 9 months ago
@TDP788 You're assuming there's a valid choice to be made between believing in god and not believing. Is there a valid choice in believing in a monster under your bed or in the wardrobe and not believing. Am I a believer in anamonsterism because despite the fact that there are no monsters and no evidence of them I don't believe in them, no I'm a sane adult. Giddy children believe in lots of things, then they grow up and can reason.
PS When they stole your nose, that was just a trick.
nilbud 8 months ago
@nilbud actually, i am saying there is NO choice to be made. i am encouraging indifference. your comment was rather irrelevant
TDP788 8 months ago
rocks and apples are not intelligent. nor are republicans, or democrats
jffryh 10 months ago
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BibiyyAlyceej188 10 months ago
Brilliant! Love it!
itisitsits 10 months ago
this is a great collection! thx
FreshDumbledoreNr1 10 months ago
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xjoe1988x 10 months ago
why is the moon revolving around the sun
century172 10 months ago
@century172 because it does
dreamerflorida 10 months ago
@dreamerflorida... that was mercury I think. The moon revolves around earth
century172 10 months ago
@century172 Transitive property.
TwistedLemniscate 10 months ago
Thanks for posting these vids.
Does anyone know if there are people like Alan Watts today that I can listen to? Most of the stuff I find on the net or TV is just noise.
feslerae 10 months ago
@feslerae Today, no. But Bertrand Russel's always a good read.
TwistedLemniscate 10 months ago
@feslerae Dan Dennett
nilbud 8 months ago
@feslerae Search I AM Spirituality on iTunes, or here. Although you should know Alan Watts was not an atheist, and what he was speaking to in all his comments against organized religion was the phenomenon of spiritual enlightenment.
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
I would have traded all my years in school for just 1 day listening to this man speak. It can save a person a lifetime of misdirection and confusion. Clarity is priceless
happygoluckymikey 11 months ago 120
@happygoluckymikey you wouldnt understand what he was saying :P
CannibalCatfish 9 months ago
@happygoluckymikey Other great speaker who has a special way of explaning the unexplainable is Terence Mckenna.
tonytg909 9 months ago
@happygoluckymikey yeah. word.
JaDiEiJuSo 6 months ago
@happygoluckymikey , yes, Alan Watts had the ability to free others from confusion, didn't he? He still lives in these recordings and is still liberating people. Bravo, Alan!
tabletalk33 6 months ago
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happygoluckymikey 11 months ago
I don't understand how people can dislike this video....
paxtonhume 11 months ago 9
whats the song at the end
MarcusTheReverent 11 months ago
Alan is an entertainer.
thedeeliciousplum 11 months ago
The last point is very important! Thank you very much for uploading! ^.^ Much love all.
AstralPossibilities 11 months ago
Congratulations to the one who did the animations!
tudoralexe 11 months ago
awesome!!!!!!!!! fucccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk <3<3<3
hichaminou 11 months ago
the dialogue in the first minute is like saying religion is art...
Wedneswere 1 year ago
One of the recordings is cut short, and another is duplicated. And what does this have to do with Atheism?
underdonkey5 1 year ago
Atheism is a Religion, because you believe, you have faith there is no God without proof. When you die, it is only then you see the truth.
Go back to the definition of faith. Faith is believing in something without proof. Religion is a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. Atheism is defined as the doctrine or belief that there is no God. Therefore Atheism is a religion.
ThunderheadNebula 1 year ago
@ThunderheadNebula No. Atheism is a position which simply states that there has never been any rational or empirical reason to suggest a God, just as there are no rational or empirical reasons to suggest the existence of Zooks. To claim it is a belief is nonsense; it is a lack of belief - just as it is nonsense to claim that baldness is a hair colour. Peace.
ftwlvslwtf 1 year ago
@ftwlvslwtf Hey man, Zooks are real, how dare you!!!!
shandcunt 1 year ago
@ftwlvslwtf How do you explain mysticism and enlightenment? Did you know Alan Watts was enlightened, and when he spoke about the foibles of religion, it was enlightenment he was referring to, and not atheism?
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@ThunderheadNebula
Anti-unicornism is a Religion, because you believe, you have faith there are no unicorns without proof. When you die, it is only then you see the truth.
Go back to the definition of faith. Faith is believing in something without proof. Religion is a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. Anti-unicornism is defined as the doctrine or belief that there are no unicorns. Therefore anti-unicornism is a religion.
rlueptow 11 months ago
@rlueptow no, there isn't even such a thing as anti-unicornism in the real world, that being that I am sure that there are no cults that exist to rid the world of unicorns. People who do not believe in unicorns do so because of common sense, and common sense is not a religion... in reality
hempartist420 11 months ago
@hempartist420 And people who do not believe in god do so because of common sense, and common sense is not a religion... in reality. There is no reliable evidence for any god.
rlueptow 8 months ago
@ThunderheadNebula Yea, atheism is my religion, and my favorite sport is to not play field hockey. I live in a one story house and my staircase is horizontal and flat with no steps and it's indistinguishable from the rest of the floor. My new car is in my empty garage. Fido is the name of my lack of pets. derp a derp a derp derp derp...
theshredator 11 months ago 10
@theshredator Best comment ever... remember not to feed Fido :)
AbsoluteAnneElise 11 months ago
@AbsoluteAnneElise Fido's diet is very strict. He has to eat exactly nothing two times a day -- not more, and not less. :)
theshredator 11 months ago
@theshredator I was about to reply to your comment and say that atheism is not a religion.
Then I read the rest of your post.
Well played sir. Well played.
captwasabi 6 months ago
Yea, I'm religious and I automatically believe that atheists have no spiritual connection; they are dry and drab, materialistic and unlike my noble, sin-cleansed self, are going to have a boring afterlife. derp a herp derp pray derp derp
martrontroid 6 months ago
@martrontroid Yes you believe those things automatically because you are closed minded and arrogant. Just because you believe in some hodgepodge book that says you are not those things if you follow the hodgepodge book, does not mean that the people who don't believe in the hodgepodge book are 'dry, drab and materialistic'.
clubpenguinsux1 6 months ago
@clubpenguinsux1 It was sarcasm lol calm down Plato
martrontroid 5 months ago
The animation is great. However the points made are ego-centric, and do not consider anything more than how an individual may immediately perceive the world. Thinking to a higher degree voids the logic that there is an ego, and that the world is full of stupid people, plants and animals. I think that generalizations like the ones made in the video don't convey much more than faulty, ego-centric logic.
GoneFantods 1 year ago
@GoneFantods That's eastern philosophy as defined by Alan Watts for you, knowledge of the ridiculous. From an outside perspective, this world is a perplexing predicament: A bunch of creatures running around making rules for themselves on how to act and behave whilst going about a strange cycle of learning-working-dying. When peeling away the outside layers of this onion, one finds there is much more to it than that, but, like artists, sometimes we must take a step back to see the whole picture.
Mystrymeat 1 year ago
@GoneFantods
Gotta start somewhere.
mdiem 6 months ago
Thank you for bringing this to life. Love the animation
drewster108 1 year ago
sounds like hitchens
JACKSCHEESYSMILE 1 year ago
The "Life and Music" section is beautiful.
kyledavidbyron 1 year ago
Matt and Trey, huh? That explains a lot about the look of this piece. Alan did raise some very interesting points in his time on this planet.
gblpst81 1 year ago
My god... they're all canadians...
jackdeanvideo 1 year ago 46
the masons are the same way they keep you interested through illusion its the first pyramid scheme and it is the model for all goverment and all govt instituations the first degree leads the the second and then the third then they give you a choice between scotish rite and york rite which both contain 33 and 13 degrees respectivly the same applies to school, jobs and so on if you work for us you'll be a jr it analyst then a sr it analyst then maybe you'll earn the right to go to continue lol
atsmyth 1 year ago 2
listen the rocks came alive we are the rocks in fact we are the universe arguing with itself whether or not it should even exsist lol and we spend our time debating justin beiber and lady gaga lol we are fucking doomed
atsmyth 1 year ago 3
Good video, but I don't understand why there's any mention of atheism in the title/description. What is talked about is existentialism, not atheism.
gtayl1 1 year ago
@gtayl1
Maybe you missed the part about the intelligence being in the rocks? :)
Industrious420 1 year ago
@Industrious420 That does not suggest that there is no God. It suggests along the Vedic traditions with which Watts was best aligned that God exists in everything and everywhere, and there is nothing that is NOT God... including you. Did you miss his entire book called "The Book"?
IAMSpirituality 7 months ago
@gtayl1 I think the title reflects watt's position as an athiest who is spiritual. But yeah, I don't really like the title either. I think it should be called prickles and goo or something.
TDP788 1 year ago
not to intrude on the psychedelic conversation, but does anyone know the name or style or indeed even the instrument of the music at the end of this clip? I love it.
PapaWilk 1 year ago
@PapaWilk
If I had to guess I would say it's a type of south-east Asian plucking instrument...there's way too many to take an accurate guess as to which one specifically. Look around the 'Atlas of plucked instruments' website.
Industrious420 1 year ago
@PapaWilk It may be a sitar.
Mystrymeat 1 year ago
Anyway, I think we can all agree psychedelic experience and Alan Watts go together well. DMT is definitely one to try, if you're the type of person who allows yourself to try a psychedelic, then it's pretty profound.. low smoked doses can be fun, and a higher one will send you places inexplicable.. Prickly goo..
I'd have described it as crystalline waves..
xtimrs 1 year ago
@xtimrs
Yeah, I listen to a good amount of Alan Watts and Terence McKenna. Watts seems to provide more left-brain ideals whereas McKenna is more of a psychonaught. I'd say it's fair to classify me as a 'pussy' when it comes to exploration of different states of consciousness, I have done shrooms a few times (never more than 2-3g), and I smoke weed daily. I really want to follow McKennas advice of 5 dried grams in absolute darkness. I'm really drawn to Ayahuasca as well for some reason..
Industrious420 1 year ago
Yeah man you should look up Phalaris grass. It seems to grow everywhere around where I live. I'd like to get a wheat grass juicer someday and see if I can get oral doses of DMT extracted from it to work with MAOI's..
Even 5-MeO-DMT is in many plants and mushroom varieties, because it has the sort of chemicals the plant evolved in response to it's environment, and for some reason those chemicals make many mammals trip (and goats I think die when they eat DMT and no one knows why lol)
xtimrs 1 year ago
lol it wouldn't let me post with the link pasted in for some reason, so the confusion made me say "check this out" twice basically.
I can understand thinking Psilocybin metabolizes into DMT and the DMT is why it's active, sorta like codeine metabolizes into morphine.. I thought you kept literally saying DMT is the active in psilocybes, not that it in the long-run is.. That makes more sense. Sorry bout the confusion.
xtimrs 1 year ago
@xtimrs
All good man, thanks for clearing it up. Pretty much what you're saying is that there is such a small amount of DMT inside the Psilocybin mushrooms that it's not the major contributor. All these chemicals mix upon ingestion to form into Psilocin/Psilocybin(which pass through the blood-brain barrier) and get you fucked out of your mind?
So technically you could make DMT extract from any plant matter that contains trace amounts of DMT?
Industrious420 1 year ago
Alright I see the confusion now.. and nah, it sounds like it'd take off like.. the first group and be DMT, but it turns to psilocin and it's the active. It's what plugs into the receptors. It doesn't turn to DMT then plug in.
DMT is found in trace amounts in those mushrooms because the mushrooms need similar chemical processes to make psilocybin, and it makes some of both. DMT is in many many living things. Check this out.
Check out Psilocin's entry on wikipedia under Pharmacology.
xtimrs 1 year ago
Industrious, DMT is not the active compound in "Psilocybin", the mushrooms contain psilocybin (4-PO-DMT), which converts to the more active psilocin (4-HO-DMT).
DMT and the actives in mushrooms are both tryptamines and very structurally similar, but the two experiences are very different subjectively, and DMT is deactivated in the gut by monoamine oxidase unless taken with an inhibitor of said enzymes, unlike psilocybin from mushrooms.
Next time measure yourself before you decide to act tall.
xtimrs 1 year ago
@xtimrs
What you just said = DMT is the active compound. Thank you for explaining that inhibitors enhance the effect.
Industrious420 1 year ago
@Industrious420
NO, DMT ISN'T the active compound in mushrooms, that is not what I was saying at all. DMT is found in trace amounts in the same mushrooms, but the active chemicals in mushrooms are different chemicals than DMT. They ARE however tryptamines like DMT, and similar subjectively, but generally very different in experience.
Also, you said "DMT is the active compound in Psilocybin". To that, I was saying, psilocybin is the active chemical in psilocybin mushrooms, not DMT.
xtimrs 1 year ago
@xtimrs
Yes, I realize this. I didn't think I had to specify I was talking about Psilocybin mushrooms.
Industrious420 1 year ago
@Industrious420
You still somehow don't get what I am saying.
You said:
"DMT is the active compound in Psilocybin"
Which is false. Psilocybin is the active in Psilocybin mushrooms. DMT is not. What you said was incorrect. That's all I'm trying to get across. Why is this so hard?
xtimrs 1 year ago
@xtimrs
I do get what you're fucking saying. Read my last comment over one more time. I'm not repeating myself. You're the one who butted your way in half way through a conversation that was about psylocybin mushrooms and I said DMT was the psycho active ingredient. Good job putting on your teacher pants!
Industrious420 1 year ago
@Industrious420
Jesus christ, I give up.
You seem to think that because psilocybin's chemical name has the letters DMT in it, you think that DMT is somehow the active. This is false. This is what I'm trying to get across to you.. Just because it has it in the name doesn't make it DMT, nor does it make the active component of mushrooms DMT..
By the logic you're using that I'm trying to correct, 5-MeO-DMT's active ingredient would be DMT. DMT isn't the active in psilocybin mushrooms.
xtimrs 1 year ago
@xtimrs
So if Psilocybin/Psilocin are the psychoactive compounds, why do so many botanists claim that shrooms contain DMT? I've heard this from multiple sources, why is DMT even mentioned in the same breath if Psilocin is the psychoactive compound?
Industrious420 1 year ago
@Industrious420 DMT is in everything from humans to grass but that doesn't mean it's in a state where it's active.
theemusic92 11 months ago
@theemusic92
No sir, DMT is not in "everything". But thank you for the attempted education.
Industrious420 11 months ago
@Industrious420
From grass to humans. The term everything was kind of an exaggerated expression as in it's in a very large range of plants & also present in humans.
I figured that be common sense to already KNOW that it's not in EVERYTHING?
Obviously.
theemusic92 10 months ago
@theemusic92
So say what you mean, don't pathetically attempt to correct me and then proceed to say it's "common sense". What was the point of your argument on a comment that was left like 3-4 months ago? I'm pretty sure the guy I was arguing with and myself were done with the argument, what brings you into it? Stay out like a good boy.
Industrious420 10 months ago
@xtimrs
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* Psilocybin (4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine)
* Psilocin (4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine)
Industrious420 1 year ago
@xtimrs
Is it not correct to assume that the DMT molecule would be the 'punch' behind the effects of the Psilocybin high?
Industrious420 1 year ago
You've obviously never done DMT if you think it's the same as psilocybin.
It's NOT. Maybe it has trace amounts in it, so does tree bark, do you ever smoke tree bark?
Anyway, all truths are false truths, so we're all wrong. And right. Just do some acid.
Rambonbon 1 year ago
@Rambonbon
DMT is the active compound in Psilocybin...which is what my point was. Of course smoking pure DMT extract and taking shrooms isn't the same thing. Also, there is more than one strand of DMT.
Industrious420 1 year ago
Left and right brain!!!!!
electronicmedium 1 year ago
the animation was awesome
skelephile 1 year ago
wait the creators of southpark did the video....
deadkip 1 year ago
@Rambonbon agree with u for the most part. but i would have to disagree regarding mdma. it is indeed a psychadelic/stimulant. look it up my friend, it has plenty of psychadelic properties and is classified as a psychadelic. however, compared to lsd, i can understand how you would think its not. thats why i always recommend mdma or shrooms to the novice... jus to introduce them to that world ya kno
jordanmarcus 1 year ago
i believe atheist spirituality is kind of a misleading title for this video, since alan watts wasn't an atheist by any means, except maybe beeing an atheist in the name of god.
the video is great anyway :) alan watts' thoughts are pretty fascinating
thestonylein 1 year ago
this makes so much sense. it's a lot like the weekend. all week you look forward to friday 5pm. then when it comes, it's an anti-climax, and you feel kinda robbed. anyone else feel like this sometimes?
beatlegreg07 1 year ago 2
@beatlegreg07 I feel more robbed on Sunday 5pm.
LuminusX 1 year ago
@LuminusX haha, i know what you mean!
beatlegreg07 1 year ago
Heaven: A place of bodily pleasures - Sex, food, drink, lying in the sun on the beach. No qualifications needed, just beg & grovel. Hit the lottery & u can have it all here on earth.
Moksha: Education, Enlightenment, Knowledge - a flowering of the mind. To compose music like Mozart, to think like Einstein, write beautiful poetry, to sing like MS SubbaLaxmi. It is not begged for nor given, it has to be EARNED! No amount of money can get u Moksha.
Choose the higher Goal, choose Moksha.
ramaraksha01 1 year ago
not only like a full grown child but its like you crystallized version of it that will always be a minor influence in life just the same as how smoking weed will allow you to take everything with a grain of salt no matter what, theres also a point in making a true effort to be decent not holy but decent, try honesty.
atsmyth 1 year ago
Alan is talking about nonduality, look up Jeff Foster - nonduality, good luck
BoopidyBop 1 year ago
Wow! This is made by the guys who did south park.
drbroccoli 1 year ago
i my self dont belive in a god in the conventional sense...but yes there is a god the minute we idolize it as a symbol i.e religion we lose it setting our spiritual understanding 3000 years back...so maybe iam half atheist in a sense