c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…myself to you. So this is in remembrance of me the me being the self in all of you the I am who was before Abraham was or rather the I am who is before Abraham was. I am the way see all these sayings contain this subtle meaning underneath them,…
…me the me being the self in all of you the I am who was before Abraham was or rather the I am who is before Abraham was. I am the way see all these sayings contain this subtle meaning underneath them, and in remembrance as I pointed out to you, the…
…at. It's like you can't bite your own teeth. You can never make I an object, but I am. Yahweh is the name of god before Abraham was. I am, but I is not ego. Ego is just your image of yourself which must be false because it's just an image. Thou…
…does not only point to his return to eternity but also to his coming from eternity. Truly, truly, I say to you: before Abraham was, I am. The Christ comes from another dimension than that in which the past lies. Those to whom he speaks misunderstand him…
…he makes himself hundreds of years old and they rightly take offense at this absurdity. Yet he does not say I was before Abraham, but he says I am before Abraham was. He speaks of his beginning out of eternity and this is the beginning of everything.…
…and they rightly take offense at this absurdity. Yet he does not say I was before Abraham, but he says I am before Abraham was. He speaks of his beginning out of eternity and this is the beginning of everything. That is not the uncounted billions of…
…there is absolutely no doubt about it for he said: I and the father are one he who has seen me has seen the father before Abraham was I am I am the way the truth and the life I am the resurrection and the life. He said all that according to this…
…there's the tree and you are the tree in the saying of jesus I am the vine, you are the branches, but that I am before Abraham was I am, is the self and is what the Hindus call the brahman and the Chinese call the tao. And the tao is curious. And…
…hand according to our scholars, the Jews were historically minded because they remembered the story of their descent from Adam and Abraham, the great event of the liberation from Egypt and then the triumphant reign of King David. And then things go sliding…
…hand according to our scholars, the Jews were historically minded because they remembered the story of their descent from Adam and Abraham, the great event of the liberation from Egypt and then the triumphant reign of King David. And then things go sliding…
…historical fact and that history as worked out in the Bible stories from the creation through the fall, to the doings of Noah and Abraham and the captivity of the israelites in Egypt and the giving of the law by moses all this was worked out as being…
…you know that what you really are is your one with the universe like jesus would say: I am the father of one before Abraham was I am, I am the way, the truth and the life that's what you really are. Only then the whole Christian Church managed…
…was such a heretic from the standpoint of Judaism, when jesus claimed that he was one with god, I and the father are one before Abraham was I am. I am the way the truth and the life I am the resurrection and the life. This was the reason why he…
…there is absolutely no doubt about it for he said: I and the father are one. He who has seen me has seen the father before Abraham was I am, I am the way the truth and the life. I am the resurrection and the life. He said all that according to…
…even though it would get him into trouble. But to his elect disciples, as recorded in st John, he came right out and said before Abraham was, I am. I am the way the truth and the life. I am the resurrection and the life. I am the living bread that…
…which is difficult to believe in, because that's a kind of a test of faith whether you can swallow it. It's like the story about Abraham being told to sacrifice his son Isaac and he was about to do it. Because you do what you're told, it's a test of…