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What Is Reality [Philosophy and Society]

Alan Watts
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Jonathan
Dec 15, 2024

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The transcript explores two dominant Western worldview myths: the ceramic model, portraying the universe as a crafted artifact, and the fully automatic model, viewing it as a mechanistic system governed by laws without a lawmaker. It challenges the notion of separateness, proposing an interconnected, pattern-based universe where humans are integral to the cosmic process, urging a shift from alienation to unity with the universe for meaningful existence.

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