“What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a social convenience, as, for example, money ... but it is absurd to take money too seriously, to confuse it with real wealth ... In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things.”
― Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Alan Watts, for those not in the know is a British philosopher, orator and writer who was most active in this work during the late 1950s though to the 70s. Often described as the connection from east to west in terms of school of thought because of his books such as The Way of Zen.
This type of content has been disappearing from the web, many videos deleted and likewise with podcasts. I would simply like to share with you what was shared with me and I hope you enjoy listening!
PS: This is my first upload on Dtube so I'm not 100% on post format and all the rest of it but here goes... SUBMIT
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