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Ep. 23 – Out of the Trap Pt. 2

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Myth of the Universe

Allen Watts: Out of the Trap Part 2. This morning I was discussing the two great myths which underlie Western man's sense of identity. The Judeo-Christian myth of a universe founded upon the personal decision of a cosmic king whose image is historically founded on people like Hammurabi and Amunhotep IV, in their turn David and Solomon. And so what we saw was this. You can talk the universe down by describing everything intelligent in it as a special form of unintelligence. On the other hand, you can talk it up by saying that all unintelligent things are merely low grade forms of intelligence, but intelligent nonetheless.

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