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.
…had given us a commandment to love him, to love our neighbors, he would not have done so unless we could obey it. Saint Augustine countered and said: yes, but the commandment was not given in order for it to be obeyed. God never expected that it would…
…along in a straight line and this was one of the most disastrous ideas that was ever visited upon western civilization. Saint Augustine said, if time is cyclic, jesus Christ would have to be crucified again and again and there would not be therefore,…