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Ep. 14 – Aesthetics and Mystical Vision

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Joker in the Deck of Cards Is Your Representative

When we get to the fool proof world, you see and have no fools, there's no joke left. The joker in the deck of cards is your representative. It's the wild man who can play any other card. When you meet real holy men, you cannot figure them out. They are often shocking people because they do things that holy men are not supposed to do. You never know what they're going to do next. Now be careful, though, one warning, you cannot be artificially weird. There is no programme for becoming spontaneous.

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