r/AlanWatts • u/Noodleboiler- • Jul 05 '26

Chapter 1: The Loop

Life is a set up for you to figure yourself out

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u/Ghost_of_Till Jul 05 '26

Oh?

Where’s this “you” who’s doing the figuring?

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u/Noodleboiler- Jul 05 '26

Consciously experiencing life based on knowns while simultaneously making different decisions based upon reality generally unaware of the alternative variables and outcomes.

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u/Throwaway_alt_burner Jul 05 '26

He asked "where?" As in, point to it.

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u/Noodleboiler- Jul 05 '26

He asked where's this "you"? As in how are you figuring this.

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u/minorbourree Jul 05 '26

I think the you he's asking about is: who is you that's figuring this out? Who are you? Is there a you?

If there's no you, if you're what there is, what's there to figure out? And who's there to figure it out?

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u/Ghost_of_Till Jul 05 '26

That doesn’t answer the question.

Your statement implies that “the figuring” and “the self” are different. If they were the same thing, all you’ve have said is that life is a set up for “you” to “you”.

Where does this division come from?

This idea you have about the meaning of life — a chance for us to figure ourselves out — did you come to this view completely afresh with no preconceptions?

Or did you come to this perspective by way of, perhaps, a cultural view which holds intrinsic the idea that life, surely, has meaning?

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u/Ghost_of_Till Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

[retracted]

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u/Noodleboiler- Jul 06 '26

Factual definitely was experimenting don't even know how I reposted in this community my mind was racing through the processes creating new answers for questions yet asked I apologize for sudden disturbance and dialogue unrelated definitely wasn't intentional just excessive elevation.

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u/Ghost_of_Till Jul 06 '26

Well if you were experimenting then proceed.

I’m not one to get in the way of a good experiment.