Alan Watts Mix

Alan Watts Mix

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• Author: Alan Watts Lectures
• Full_Title: Alan Watts Mix
• Category: podcasts
• URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/fca64d9b-9e3b-4a8d-9ff2-d630791607fc
• Last Highlighted Date: 2024-09-07 09:17:52.950563+00:00

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• Embrace the Subtlety of Liberation Summary: Embarking on a journey towards liberation often brings forth unseen challenges, as one’s karmic debts resurface. This can manifest as unexpected hardships, such as health issues and financial losses, reflecting the principle that declaring intentions may draw attention from those owed. The concept of ‘wu wei’ embodies the wisdom of non-interference and allowing events to unfold naturally, suggesting that sometimes one should act subtly without fanfare to navigate these karmic entanglements effectively. Transcript: Speaker 1 Off your karmic debts. And so the moment you set your foot on the path of liberation you are apt to find that all your karmic creditors will come to your door. And that’s why it’s often said that people who start out on a serious work of yoga suddenly get sick and lose their money and their best friends drop dead and all kinds of ghastly things Happen. That’s because you see they served notice that they were going to do this. And so all the creditors came around. If you’re gonna leave town and you own lots of money you know you mustn’t announce that you’re leaving or give a farewell party to your friends because the grocer will find out. So the art of the sly man is to make no contest but simply to leave without one word. In other words, that’s the meaning of wu wei in the technical vocabulary of Taoism. Wu wei, not to interfere, not to force things. That’s the best translation of wu wei, not to force things. But so
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