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Ep. 5 – Zen Bones

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Goal of Action Is Consciousness

In the western world, we have been running around far too much. There's quite a good deal of point to action if you know you're not going anywhere. One can act creatively except on the basis of stillness. And so this practice of sitting and may seem very difficult at first - it makes your legs ache. Most westerners find it very boring to sit for a long time. But the reason they find it boring is that they 're still thinking. If you weren't thinking, you wouldn't notice the passage of time. When you don't name things any longer, you start seeing them. The most ordinary sights and sounds and smells become amazingly interesting when looked at without

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