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Ep. 9 – Inevitable Ecstasy

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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Is Everything Meaningless?

Meditative exercises often involve a repetition process om or saying a phrase, or doing an act. After a while it becomes meaningless - you can say your own name like the su s do,. And finally, it doesn't mean anything at all. This is what mystics call ineffable. That is to say, you can't really talk about it. But there are states of consciousness in which you can listen to sound and realize that that is the whole point of being.

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