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How To Be Fully Alive Now - Alan Watts | After Skool

After Skool

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Embracing the Present: The Pitfalls of Abstraction

This chapter explores how language fails to encapsulate the depth of nature and existence, comparing the hunger for abstract concepts to the emptiness of consuming dollar bills. It emphasizes the need for mindfulness and living in the present to truly experience life and understand eternal fulfillment.

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