Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow.

Many of you may receive my weekly Sunday commusings article where I address a breadth of issues from the spiritual to the physiological to the sociopolitical.

And on occasion, I will also record an audio version of these articles and release it here as a bonus episode. So over the past

five years, I have been immersed in two distinct yet increasingly convergent inquests. I appeared

toward the heavens to better understand the metaphysical,

while also turning my eyes inward to grok the physical. As is so often the case, I found the micro

reflected in the macro. Everywhere I looked, the immaterial was patterned in the material.

These findings have informed an evolving understanding of human physiology that I dubbed the Dow of Health.

My philosophical meandering took me deep into the universe of the British philosopher Alan Watts.

Now, Watts posited three primary understandings of the cosmos, the Hindu conception of life as a drama,

the West's mechanical model as influenced by Abrahamic religions and Newtonian physics.

And lastly, the spontaneous and organic model of the East as informed by Taoism, Buddhism,

and Zen.

On today's episode, I will briefly unpack his taxonomy. So I'm always here for feedback at

Jeff K at Onecommune.com and you can find me puttering about the internet on Instagram at

Jeff Krasno. Okay, without further delay, here is today's episode titled The Three Models of Nature. Model number one, the dramatic model.

The Hindu view is of the world as a stage.

There is a singular ultimate reality, the Brahman,

of which all beings are temporary modifications.

Individuals, manifestations of a greater supreme oneness,

act out a fantastic play, often called the Lila, as dramatist persona, getting lost in the illusion,

or Maya, of temporal reality.

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