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Ep. 9 – Inevitable Ecstasy

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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What Is It That We Feel?

If i see clearly and my eyes are in functioning order, the eyes certainly are not conscious of themselves. So also, therefore, if my ego, my consciousness, is working properly, i ought not to be aware of it as something sort of there being a nuisance - cause your ego is awfully hard to take care of. Well, what is it then, that we feel? Well, i think i've discovered what it is. It's a chronic, habitual sense of muscular strain which we were taught in the whole process of doing spontaneous things to order. And when we try to control our emotions, we hold our breath, pull our stomachs in, or tighten our rectal muscles to

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