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Alan watts – Life and Death Inspirational Speech


just in the same way as you don’t focus

just in the same way as you don’t focus your attention on how you make your

your attention on how you make your

your attention on how you make your thyroid gland function

so in the same way you don’t have any

so in the same way you don’t have any attention focused on how you shine the

attention focused on how you shine the

attention focused on how you shine the Sun so then let me connect this with the

Sun so then let me connect this with the

Sun so then let me connect this with the problem of birth and death which puzzles

problem of birth and death which puzzles

problem of birth and death which puzzles people enormous Lee of course

because in order to understand what what

because in order to understand what what the self is you have to remember that it

the self is you have to remember that it

the self is you have to remember that it doesn’t need to remember anything just

doesn’t need to remember anything just

doesn’t need to remember anything just like you don’t need to know how you work

like you don’t need to know how you work

like you don’t need to know how you work your thyroid gland so then when you die

your thyroid gland so then when you die

your thyroid gland so then when you die you’re not going to have to put up with

you’re not going to have to put up with

you’re not going to have to put up with everlasting non-existence because that’s

everlasting non-existence because that’s

everlasting non-existence because that’s not an experience a lot of people are

not an experience a lot of people are

not an experience a lot of people are afraid that when they die they’re going

afraid that when they die they’re going

afraid that when they die they’re going to be locked up in a darkroom forever

to be locked up in a darkroom forever

to be locked up in a darkroom forever and it and sort of undergo that

but one of the most interesting things

but one of the most interesting things in the world this is a yoga this is a

in the world this is a yoga this is a

in the world this is a yoga this is a way of realization try and imagine what

way of realization try and imagine what

way of realization try and imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never

it will be like to go to sleep and never

it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up think about children think about

wake up think about children think about

wake up think about children think about it’s one of the great wonders of life

it’s one of the great wonders of life

it’s one of the great wonders of life what will it be like to go to sleep and

what will it be like to go to sleep and

what will it be like to go to sleep and never wake up and if you think long

never wake up and if you think long

never wake up and if you think long enough about that something will happen

enough about that something will happen

enough about that something will happen to

to

to you will find out among other things

you will find out among other things

you will find out among other things that it’ll pose the next question to you

that it’ll pose the next question to you

that it’ll pose the next question to you what was it like to wake up after having

what was it like to wake up after having

what was it like to wake up after having never gone to sleep

never gone to sleep

never gone to sleep that was when you were born

you see you you can’t have an experience

you see you you can’t have an experience of nothing nature abhors a vacuum so

of nothing nature abhors a vacuum so

of nothing nature abhors a vacuum so after you’re dead the only thing that

after you’re dead the only thing that

after you’re dead the only thing that can happen is the same experience or the

can happen is the same experience or the

can happen is the same experience or the same sort of experiences when you were

same sort of experiences when you were

same sort of experiences when you were born in other words we all know very

born in other words we all know very

born in other words we all know very well that after people die other people

well that after people die other people

well that after people die other people are gone and they’re all you only you

are gone and they’re all you only you

are gone and they’re all you only you can only experience it one at a time

can only experience it one at a time

can only experience it one at a time everybody is I you all know you are you

everybody is I you all know you are you

everybody is I you all know you are you and wheresoever beings exist throughout

and wheresoever beings exist throughout

and wheresoever beings exist throughout all galaxies it doesn’t make any

all galaxies it doesn’t make any

all galaxies it doesn’t make any difference you are all up and when they

difference you are all up and when they

difference you are all up and when they come into being that’s you coming unity

come into being that’s you coming unity

come into being that’s you coming unity you know that very well

you know that very well

you know that very well only you don’t have to remember the past

only you don’t have to remember the past

only you don’t have to remember the past in the same way you don’t have to think

in the same way you don’t have to think

in the same way you don’t have to think about how you work your thyroid gland or

about how you work your thyroid gland or

about how you work your thyroid gland or whatever else it is in your organism you

whatever else it is in your organism you

whatever else it is in your organism you don’t have to know how to shine the Sun

don’t have to know how to shine the Sun

don’t have to know how to shine the Sun you just do it like you breathe isn’t it

you just do it like you breathe isn’t it

you just do it like you breathe isn’t it doesn’t it really astonish you that you

doesn’t it really astonish you that you

doesn’t it really astonish you that you are this fantastically complex thing and

are this fantastically complex thing and

are this fantastically complex thing and that you’re doing all of this and you

that you’re doing all of this and you

that you’re doing all of this and you never had any education in how to do it

never had any education in how to do it

never had any education in how to do it never learn the picture this miracle

never learn the picture this miracle

never learn the picture this miracle well the point is that from a strictly

well the point is that from a strictly

well the point is that from a strictly physical scientific standpoint this

physical scientific standpoint this

physical scientific standpoint this organism is a continuous energy with

organism is a continuous energy with

organism is a continuous energy with everything else that’s going on and if I

everything else that’s going on and if I

everything else that’s going on and if I am my foot I am the Sun

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