Alan Watts - The System Hates an Outsider?

Came across this Alan Watts audio today.... and felt it kinda followed on from Fckuvrymch's thoughts on evolution from ego (fear) to a higher state of being, (for want of a better phrase)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYoBXpcKAE

and then StarrJaded did her vlog today on Revolutionist or Slave? ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arg-VtaUSUo
it confirmed to me that i oughta upload this... viva la string!!!

Alan Watts on the idea of Hermits and the System...

(very sparta)
;-)

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[astrotometry]

:-)

[TheSpartacat]

@astrotometry

:-P x

[anastasia81472]

I'm a consumer to a point. Kind of have to be when you have children, but I am a total hermit these days. The world has just gotten so insane.

[TheSpartacat]

@anastasia81472

It's hard not to be, isnt it? I guess the key to non compliance is to be noticeably not playing along, rather than just avoiding notice. I've been avoiding notice lately...but noticeably avoiding notice- been knee deep in soil, digging and growing veg.... its a non consumer revolution!! lol ...and it screws up your back!! ;-)

[tburke64]

Excellent!

[TheSpartacat]

@tburke64 TY for popping by to watch x

[rageunderground]

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself

great post spartacat

[ccodling]

@givebirthathome They're just ideas, do with them what you will! Personally I don't see that because there is a particular tradition amongst a particular group of people that that means we are "supposed" to do things that way, there'd never be any kind of progress if that were the case! To me externalising your power and handing it over to a guru or teacher is where the "danger" lies, this is in part because there is no "the way", it's all about finding your own way. Peace.

[B0rnles13]

Brilliant! I didn't know who it was narrating, and first thought it was Richard Burton, sounds very like him to my ear, but I'm really glad I found this today, this guy makes a lot of sense.

[UBER069]

great vid, had to fave it. The individual used to be the enemy of the masses, murderers, rapists, other scum. Now the masses are the enemy of the individual. You don't dare go against the grain, reject the flavour of the day. Perhaps it has always been that way, as the video purports.

[Kiddolinfen09]

It's kinda moot now though because Consumerism is dying out as the large swathe of consumers can no longer work due to out-sourcing, downsizing, technological advancement, Globalism, illegal immigration and high-turnover, low-paid work.

[rebelfrak]

@TheSpartacat you hit the nail on the head. just hearing this audio clip confirms something that i've been thinking alot about lately. my version of "rebelling against the system" actually keeps it going. but "to not play" is a much better idea. plus, i've been looking deeper into the life of the greatest "rebel" of them all (the messiah) and deep and beautiful doors have opened for me ... thanks again for the vid. it's a blessing!

[anastasia81472]

@TheSpartacat I had big garden plans this year, but two moves in two months have kind of shot that in the foot. That's okay, I have a large cannister of non-GMO seeds for next year, and a large, sunny yard to grow things in.

[TheSpartacat]

@rebelfrak

Hi there! Long time no see! I've got videos of yours to catch up on!

I know what ya mean- a rebel needs to be engaged with everything else in order to be in opposition- it has to play the game of opposites, which is a game of ego... whereas a hermit simply doesnt play. Looking at society, i feel that non-compliance and not playing is the way to bring the machine to its knees- which i guess is a form of rebellion too, on a deeper level- to not play at all.

[TheSpartacat]

@czarwright

Hello! I've only discovered Mr Watts fairly recently- I really like him- he has such enthusiasm for whatever he's talking about.... can kinda imagine that if he was still around I'd have a great chinwag with him- my brain hovers around similar lines of thought. :-)