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Ep. 8 – Man and Nature
Alan Watts Being in the Way
The Chinese Organic Theory of Nature
There are three theories of nature: western mechanical, hindo dramatic and the chinese organic. Nature is a system of orderly anarchy - no bos in it but left alone to do its stuff. The best translation of le is organic pattern. When you look at the clouds, they aren't symmetrical. They don't form fours or come along in cubes. So that is a set of game rules that don't lead anywhere. It's totally self frustrating.
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