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Alan Watts – Motivational 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

thyroid gland function

thyroid gland function so in the same way you don’t have any

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

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

people enormous Lee of course because in

people enormous Lee of course because in order to understand what what the self

order to understand what what the self

order to understand what what the self is you have to remember that it doesn’t

is you have to remember that it doesn’t

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

need to remember anything just like you

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

don’t need to know how you work your

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

thyroid gland so then when you die

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 I’m 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 that children think

wake up think about that children think

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

about it it’s one of the great wonders

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

of life what will it be like to go to

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

sleep and never wake up and if you think

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

long enough about that something will

long enough about that something will happen to you we’ll find out among other

happen to you we’ll find out among other

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

things that it’ll pose the next question

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

to you what was it like to wake up after

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

having never gone to sleep that was when

having 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 of the

can happen is the same experience of the

can happen is the same experience of 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 well

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

that after people die other people are

that after people die other people are born and they’re all you only you could

born and they’re all you only you could

born and they’re all you only you could only experience at one at a time

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 into

come into being that’s you coming into

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

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

like you breathe is there doesn’t it

like you breathe is there doesn’t it really astonish you that you are the

really astonish you that you are the

really astonish you that you are the fantastically complex thing and that

fantastically complex thing and that

fantastically complex thing and that you’re doing all of this and you never

you’re doing all of this and you never

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 well the

learn the picture this miracle well the

learn the picture this miracle well the point is that from a strictly physical

point is that from a strictly physical

point is that from a strictly physical scientific standpoint this organism is a

scientific standpoint this organism is a

scientific standpoint this organism is a continuous energy with everything else

continuous energy with everything else

continuous energy with everything else that’s going on and if I am my foot I am

that’s going on and if I am my foot I am

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

try and imagine what it will be like to

try and imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up think

go to sleep and never wake up think

go to sleep and never wake up think about that

about that

about that children think about it it’s one of the

children think about it it’s one of the

children think about it it’s one of the great wonders of life what will it be

great wonders of life what will it be

great wonders of life what will it be like to go to sleep and never wake up

like to go to sleep and never wake up

like to go to sleep and never wake up and if you think long enough about that

and if you think long enough about that

and if you think long enough about that something will happen to you propose the

something will happen to you propose the

something will happen to you propose the next question to you what was it like to

next question to you what was it like to

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

wake up after having never gone to sleep

wake up after having never gone to sleep that was when you were born

that was when you were born

that was when you were born [Music]

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