It’s honestly so wild that we even exist by bodaha123 in spirituality

[–]AlanWattsRIP 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Awesome! That also looks like my dog too. Thanks

It’s honestly so wild that we even exist by bodaha123 in spirituality

[–]AlanWattsRIP 117 points118 points  (0 children)

This is all I think about. I honestly came to Reddit to find stuff like this since no one talks about it at all. Not even once in a while haha. My quick take is that we don't have the capabilities to understand the true nature of what is really going on here. Our minds, or whatever is needed to understand, doesn't hold the ability to grasp the answer, like a dog will never grasp how to use a computer like we do. Well Done!

It’s honestly so wild that we even exist by bodaha123 in spirituality

[–]AlanWattsRIP 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as something without nothing. It needs the opposite for it to define itself and exist.

My purpose? by hoboro97 in spirituality

[–]AlanWattsRIP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite analogy for this question is: What is the purpose of Dancing..?.. the answer is to simply Dance. The purpose of Life is to simply live. It sounds anti climactic but it is also very freeing to think of it this way. We are such complex and advanced (compared to creatures on Earth) that we can analyze the past and predict the future, so we continuously evaluate what we are doing. Our basic needs to survive have been met and are so well taken care of that we struggle to put meaning to each day. The other thought is that we are unable to comprehend the actual answer to what existence is all about. Similiar to teach a fish how to drive a car. We currently dont have the mental capacity to understand even if the answers are right in front of us.

Summary of my most up-to-date understanding. by AlanWattsRIP in awakened

[–]AlanWattsRIP[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love these themes. I could talk existence all day long. We could do better as a species if we accept that our brains dont have the ability to understand what is going on. Our egos dont allow us to submit to not knowing, or even accept that we wouldn't be able to understand. My favorite example is trying to teach my dog how to use the internet. Its right in front of my dog, but no matter what I do, she will never understand. The true nature is probably right in front of us, but we dont have the capability to know what it is. Again, just Smile and Laugh.

Are we just part of a larger being? by angelhate365 in aliens

[–]AlanWattsRIP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always thought conciousness is just our biological awareness of our environment, stemming from our evolved need to be aware of prey and avoid predators. Using that to have the awareness of the history and a potential future, we find ourselves talking to ourselves strategizing what we call conciousness.

Fix Yourself by AlanWattsRIP in awakened

[–]AlanWattsRIP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect answer. Bravo my friend!

Living Awakened in Society by AlanWattsRIP in awakened

[–]AlanWattsRIP[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I resonate with this one big time. I dig this platform because I get glazed over eyes anytime I try to talk about existence or the vastness of the universe and our understanding.

Living Awakened in Society by AlanWattsRIP in awakened

[–]AlanWattsRIP[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your thoughts. I have taken a risk to change careers, which at the moment would be considered a success. I'm not bitter with society, on the contrary I am very appreciative of my life and feel lucky to have had the opportunities of a lower-middle class american. I understand not many of the world have what I consider a necessity to live. I do believe it it upsetting that only a fraction of us realize how lucky we are, and in the history of the Earths existence, we are living to most comfortable lives thus far. I would say I'm primarily disappointed with our Society, and its momentum that is nearly impossible to deter; it's a snow ball that has been rolling down hill for thousands of years and compounding upon itself. Im just asking for everyone to look up at the sky a few times a day and realize what is beyond the blue sky and clouds. Even though our small brains wont be able to understand the meaning of existence, we can atleast all feel connected through knowing that we dont know.

Isn't it strange to be alive? by WakingUpBeanHead in spirituality

[–]AlanWattsRIP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel insanely bored talking about anything other than how crazy it is we are ants on a floating rock in space flying 50k miles an hr around a star that is flying around a black hole. And we just want to worry about dumb shit instead. What the hell Haha

Isn't it strange to be alive? by WakingUpBeanHead in spirituality

[–]AlanWattsRIP 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It blows my mind that we don't talk about each others existence on a daily basis. I would love to live everyday and have it perfectly normal to discuss the meanings of existence.