Alan Watts - Reincarnation

In our desperate search for comfort, we often cling to ideas of reality that are the most serving to our ego. However, these concepts are often just silly rationalisations, with no reality outside our own mind. Therefore, many of our most well thought out convictions, will all too soon collapse and our cycle of suffering continues. To overcome suffering, Buddha taught no theory in which the ego could become attached. Buddha knew one could only ever escape suffering by transcending ego, not massaging it further.

Bobba (YinYangNature)

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[jjooeegg1]

HAPPY NEW YEAR Yingyangnature I love your channels and ideas for videos. Also that was a great idea posting the kung fu series lessons and taoist explanations that you put into words very well. Looking forward to your future vids. Peace

[yinyangnature]

@jjooeegg1 Thank you! All the best to you and the ones you love.

[FearThisChannel]

To add on top of all the other comments, I've always very much agreed with Huang Po, who was always objecting against conceptualizing or defining the Absolute. The Absolute is unlimited, a fact of which I think is very important. Whatever you say about the Absolute, no matter what word, is limiting it. Every word is a definition, and the Absolute cannot be defined. Even the word "Absolute" is a limit. About it, you cannot say it is "not this" or "it is this", since in every case you exclude.

[yinyangnature]

@FearThisChannel “The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?” Chuang Tzu - Ancient Taoist Sage

[bradley1107]

@KevinSolway LOL at least I think you're joking..my kind of humor

[jhon7416]

spirit never forget... the mind is new always

[jhon7416]

old spirit in young body is Reincarnation,,

[laffizzle]

bad editing much

[dbufi]

@FearThisChannel insightful. good attempt to explain that in a form acceptable to most. i always struggle with that as the irony of what i'm saying grows with each word i spew out of my mouth

[TheBanyanEmperor]

@yinyangnature I love how you argue by agreeing lol