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Ep. 4 – Our Place In The Universe
Alan Watts Being in the Way
The Tree Shows the Bodily Power of the Wind
Your senses and nervous organization allow you to perceive the world. Without them, the sky would not be blue, the sun would not be light, and vibrations in the air would not be sound. Just like a drum without skin makes no noise, vibrations in the air only become sound when they encounter an ear drum. The old problem of a tree falling in a forest is answered by the fact that it only makes vibrations in the air if there is something to measure them. Similarly, the wind is unnoticed unless it stirs up sand. In order to perceive nature and the external world, it takes both you as an individual with unique nerves and the world itself. Physicists may describe the external world as a system of electricity and quanta, but that is just their interpretation based on their instruments.
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