Alan Watts - The Unpreachable Religion, Part 1

"Many good works have I shown you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me?" The Jews answered him, saying, "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God."

Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods [quoting Psalms 82]? If He called those to whom He gave His word gods and you can't contradict the Scriptures how can you say of Him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme!' because I said, 'I am a son of God" [The original Greek says "a son," not "the son."]

In other words, the Gospel, or "good news" that Jesus was trying to convey, despite the limitations of his tradition, was that we are all sons of God. When he uses the terms I am (as in "Before Abraham was, I am") or Me (as in "No one comes to the Father but by Me"), he is intending to use them in the same way as Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita :

He who sees Me everywhere and sees all in Me; I am not lost to him, nor is he lost to Me. The yogi who, established in oneness, worships Me abiding in all beings, lives in Me, whatever be his outward life.

Video: Carl Sagan's Cosmos
Music: Harold Budd - As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (By Night)

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[james7300]

@executionator You said it fella. I'm off to listen to some early nineties dance tunes. 'Only Love Can Set You Free!!'.

[james7300]

He said #Twitter 06:20.

[james7300]

Mmmm barbecue.

[iliveon]

@MrSlapmeister Good for you man!

[MrSlapmeister]

Hey dude, I suffered clinical depression and listening to Alan in general - while not lifting me up - is certainly a source of power and hope! If he does depressed you then, I am afraid, you are still living in a bubble

[executionator]

alan watts sure has a knack for getting me incredibly depressed

the music helps too

great vid

[SincereCreature]

Brilliant, to say the least :)