Alan Watts: Taoism- Wisdom of the Ridiculous

This is an excerpt pulled from a 6 Cd set of Alan Watts Audio Collection.

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[cdphatty]

chuang-tzu, probably the greatest taoist philosopher

[superdiza]

This clip is too short to convey the point, poor edit.

More over, once can stream the game to his or other people's benefit. the complete purposelessness of the game eludes the power we have to Create.

That is our godliness.

[gadionson1]

this video is awesome

[benangela]

love to alan watts. A great speaker,

[yabits]

Beautiful ending that made me laugh. Thank you.

[alohaoliwa]

Thanks for posting this. The cliffhanger ending is cosmic!

[Dravoth]

@xmfcnrx Glad to see you've made this clip useful

[1spiritualalchemy1]

@cdphatty Indeed, as being one that has studied Tao for over 15 years, I find Chuang - Tzu's supposed teachings, as presented by Thomas Merton, to be way more enlightening than the works Ive seen on Lao Tzu.

[massage33316]

The practitioner of Tao has no attachment, no desire, and thus is able to experience full awareness of the moment, of the emptiness - empty of "busyness" as the speaker points out. The usefulness of anything is possible only because of the emptiness. This wisdom is understood from within. You are Tao.

[holm81]

@Kostly How didn't he accomplish it? I find this view of the Dao completely acceptable. If it's not, in what way does he/I miss the point?

[titurey2]

well, but even then it would have a purpose of being what it is, of being enjoyed for its so-called uselessness, so after all, it is not meaningless at all. So, one apparently must understand that meaning is created by the one who gives meaning. The same way, when someone says there is not absolute truth in life, in the universe or wherever, that again would be an absolute truth. So the mind creates all sorts of meanings and truths. Therefore create meaning! and look if it is useful for human,