Alan Watts: The Nature of Conciousness (Part 1 of 6)

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"Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 -- November 16, 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, speaker, and student of comparative religion. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience.

He wrote more than twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions or philosophies (Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism, etc.)"

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[EyeReckon]

A man went riding into town on his donkey, looking in every nook and cranny of the place, searching high and low, until finally someone asked him, "what on earth are you looking for?" He said, "I can't find my donkey." And so it is with consciousness; we can't see the eye that sees.

[TPKOLWi]

You just can't explain it using the symbols you have created called words. An electron does not exist until you observe it with a specific instrument which will always exist in the physical world or the "world of our own reality tunnel." Reality cannot be viewed in absolution because you are describing with symbols in a physical world way the things of your conscious that are not describable with words or symbols. Shame we feel we must "understand" everything-what do we really understand? haha..

[tatsumakisempyukaku]

Interesting. I think though watts is mistaken about one thing. This ceramic view that he states us based off God making Adam from pre-existing material, namely "dust of the earth". However, the universe was not made in this way. There was no pre-existing material from which God could use to fashion the universe. Instead, the universe comes from God himself

[truthseeker010101]

If we are God then of course we would choice to be the creator God who lives outside of this universe, why would we choice to not be conscience?

And if there is no designer, creator, "carpenter" or "potter" outside of the universe's that form eternally then what started the first Universe?

If I am God and I choice to put shards of my soul , or smaller pieces of myself then I would give them a choice to unite again and be part of the whole or to live eternally, or reincarnate. That;s just me

[tonytg909]

Alan Watts, Terence Mckenna and Jiddu Kristnamurti got there, i'm still trying....

[lonelydinosaur]

awesome.. how was i made.. where did i come from.. how did i grow.. different world views..

[avedic]

his voice is amazing. like a 19th century british explorer or something

[5104560711]

@SuzLa1 lol

[SuzLa1]

Genesis is based on the Sumerian stories of aliens creating humans with their DNA and controling humans so humans think of them as god. Jesus taught real spirituality so the two books shouldn't have been joined.

[EvolvingTruthSeeker]

@wholelover The myth is what is deluding our perception. Not the other way round.

[wholelover]

I would rather use "perception" than "myth", but maybe I missed the boat.