It's always exciting to stumble on a new teacher or author. Sometimes they are new to the scene and other times they are just new to me. Either way, a fresh take on the subject of spiritual awakening is an excellent opportunity to hear it all again for the first time. There's nothing like the great a-ha moment you get when something you may have heard a 1000 times is said in just a slightly different way and suddenly a light goes on. That's how I felt when I watched this video. It is a very short clip from one of Alan Watts' lectures. Alan Watts died in 1973 but I just stumbled on him last week. He is greatly responsible for bringing Eastern thought (Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, etc) to the Western world in an accessible, relate-able way for us Westerners. Isn't it great that there can be so many different ways to view the universe? Isn't it wonderful that we don't have to settle for just one way; that we can find what resonates with us and dig deeper from there? If you have 4 minutes, check out this video and see if Alan Watts resonates with you like he did with me. :)
Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMRrCYPxD0I
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I felt that way about Ekart Tolle. His book "a new earth" was an awakening for me. Thanks for writing.
ReplyDeleteHi Shane. I feel that way about Eckhart too! :)
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