Ep. 16 – A Coincidence of Opposites

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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Zen, Eastern Philosophy, Dao, Spirituality, Tao, Education, Society & Culture, Buddhism, Alan Watts, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Self-improvement, Taoism, Being In The Way

4.9 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Contemplating the coincidence of opposites within the 'human game,' Alan ponders the simple yet thought-provoking question: is existence serious?

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In this episode of Being in the Way, Mark introduces a lecture from his father Alan Watts called 'Coincidence of Opposites' – the first talk in a seminar called 'Learning the Human Game,' given in 1965 at the University of Michigan to a small group of psychology and philosophy grad students.

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"One has to get used fundamentally to the notion that different things can be inseparable—that what is explicitly two, can at the same time be implicitly one." – Alan Watts

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1:34.1	We've simply cheated ourselves the whole way down the line.
1:37.7	We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose
1:43.7	at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was
1:44.8	to get to that end, success or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead.
1:50.8	But we missed the point the whole way along.
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