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Ep. 5 – Zen Bones

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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Zen Zen - The Most Real Thing There Is

In zen, things that sound pious are said to stink of zen. To live without hang ups is an almost exact translation of the anese bonno and the sanscrit claciera - worldly attachment. All life is a magnificent illusion, a playing of energy, and there is absolutely nothing, fundamentally, to be afraid of. Fundamentally, you will be afraid on the surface. Youill be afraid of getting sick et cete, but you will not be afraid of fear. Fear will pass over your mind like a black cloud will be reflected in the mirror. It's rather the same situation that you get between the speaker in a radio and all the various sounds which it

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