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Ep. 8 – Man and Nature

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Glory of God

When you dance, do you aim to arrive at a particular place on the floor? Is that the idea of dancing? We think life has a purpose. When i asked these cats what the purpose was, they never, never knew. They had a hymn, god is ing his purpose out. What's the glory of god? Well, they weren't quite sure. Catholics call it the beatific vision. The jews call it the shikina. All those angels are standing around it there, saying, alleluja, allalua, allaluja. Means nothing. Iis getting somewhere if it were.

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