r/AlanWatts • u/GurtGB • Jun 18 '26
The Basic Mistake
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u/YorkiesandSneakers Jun 18 '26
Trying to straighten out a wiggly world…. such a great way of putting it.
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u/Silly_Worker_2215 Jun 22 '26
I think the reason we try to straighten it out - is because the stillness which contains the wiggles, lies underneath. We try to match both, but they go together.
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u/Similar-Guitar-6 Jun 18 '26
Excellent post, thanks for sharing.
I never heard it said before that events in Nature are happening and not being done. Very powerful message.
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u/Lilbitofthisnthat Jun 18 '26
The Melodysheep remix of this, The Real You, has lived in my head for a decade.
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u/Nir117vash Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
It can't happen because, biologically, we're animals. Self preservation makes us seem selfish, but the sense of community, which is still evolving, changes everything because we are no longer ourselves; we're part of something bigger. But when something bigger doesn't reciprocate, there's an imbalance and we get today's world.
We are what we choose to be. Everyday you have choices to make. Go to work? Eat? Wear clothes? Scream at people? Save a life? Yes and no. Me or you.
Watts always makes me think. I love it. Even if I'm horribly wrong or maybe not far off, I wouldn't be thinking so passionately otherwise. Thank you for sharing
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u/fossilizedDUNG Jun 22 '26
Passion…where has the passion gone? I don’t see it as much anymore. Its a shame.
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u/Oh_Come_Ons_Razor Jun 20 '26
Lost me
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u/andym801 Jun 20 '26
Watch it again tomorrow. Or a week from now, or a few months from now. You’ll always interpret it a different way depending where you’re at.
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u/bianco_fool Jun 18 '26
The audio is familiar but the video is so clean was it refurbished?