The Trap Of Seeking- Alan Watts

An Excerpt from "do YOU do it, or does IT do you?" (Disc 3)

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[quimby85]

where is this picture from? Jhansi?

[hummingbirdSage]

@quimby85: Sorry, I forgot where I took this photo. I was traveling around these areas in India: Chennai, Tirruvanamali, Mumbai, Jaipur, Bundhi, Pushkar, Pondicherry, Aurovile. So if Jhansi is around any of those, then it may be so.

[janenjanes]

Boring

[hummingbirdSage]

@janenjanes: perhaps the ones with music would be more to your taste?

[TheGravygun]

Oh my im quite eager to smoke the green leaf on this wonderful eve..well?

[hummingbirdSage]

@TheGravygun : to each his/her own!

[Dragon33304]

Thank you very much and thanks for not adding a music track. Alan was one of the greatest minds of our time and he left us much too soon. Peace to all.

[asynkronos]

@QuietMule Watts wouldn't take your words with a grain of salt. He'd consider the source. It's hard to be humble, but wise to take the practice seriously and go deeper into yourself before judging others.

Shakespeare wrote, "Be true to thine own self and thou can'st not then be false to any man." He and Watts did enjoy the hippie life. So do many people who love them. They make us laugh at ourselves and the world. If something's wrong with that, it is in the eye of the beholder.

[sponsler]

I like his writing and talks, but never a resolution...ad nauseum.

[bootr0s]

@janenjanes perhaps the ones without information would be more to your taste?

[simonk512]

@janenjanes lol

[feztizieo]

@janenjanes it is boring isnt it? people generally come to these cause we are poor dears trying to make a satisfying consenses of our lives. but we're all better off listening to music. still this man is lovely.

[Miazma]

@hummingbirdSage He's right though. It is boring. Or rather, it should be. It should be obvious and boring, but it's not.

[libertylives2]

@hummingbirdSage hahahahaha I'm one of those but still can appreciate all this. Now I have no idea what was said previously but I have a good idea. none-the-less back to the topic .. This was of thinking (in the video) reminds me of the same dynamics in a person trying to find a life partner.. They seek and seek and mourn etc but its when they let go and begin to love life, it just happens. Not enough room to talk here but u get the idea I hope. if not no matter. peace!