Ep. 23 – Out of the Trap Pt. 2

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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Being In The Way, Taoism, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Alan Watts, Buddhism, Society & Culture, Education, Tao, Spirituality, Dao, Eastern Philosophy, Zen

4.9 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Picking up from our last episode, Alan elucidates faith versus belief, and how our individual existence is connected with the totality of the universe.

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From his houseboat in Sausalito, CA, Alan Watts explores:

The two great myths which underly our Western sense of identity: the Judeo-Christian myth of an overly intelligent universe founded by a cosmic king; and the material myth of a universe which is mechanical, un-intelligent, and empty
The problem of “believing” in God, versus the real attitude of faith which is being open to whatever reality is
Finding out who we are beyond social institutions like time, money, value, language, and survival
How you as an individual implies by your existence everything else in the universe

“The problem about believing in God, incidentally, is that believing is the wrong attitude. Believing is a form of mistrust, because it’s saying, ‘I fervently wish that you exist, and if you don’t, I don’t know what to do with myself.’ The real attitude of faith is not believing, but simply being open to whatever reality is, and to say you don’t know.” – Alan Watts

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0:00.0	This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.
0:04.8	With the new year here, so many of us have made resolutions about things we'd like to change.
0:11.1	But life isn't about resolutions that fade by February.
0:15.9	Life is about picking up the pen and becoming the author of your own story.
0:24.0	So what do you want your 2025 story to be?
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0:31.3	or you're ready for a surprising plot twist.
0:34.6	Think of therapy as your editorial partner,
0:39.5	helping you write new chapters and create the meaningful story you deserve to live.
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0:52.2	Learn to resolve conflict, increase self-awareness, develop healthy coping strategies, alter negative behaviors, build stronger relationships, and much more.
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1:34.1	You become aware vividly of the fact that you, as an individual imply by your existence everything else that exists
1:53.0	or ever has existed or ever will exist
1:57.0	you can't exist as the kind of person you are without all that.
2:05.6	Now that's the secret to the connection between you and the cosmos.
2:10.6	Just as a back doesn't exist without a front.
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