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There are two analogies of Alan Watts which I love. Whirpool analogy : You see, each one of us is like a whirlpool. The water changes but the shape remains. S
by passion__desire 3y ago
There are two analogies of Alan Watts which I love.
Whirpool analogy : You see, each one of us is like a whirlpool. The water changes but the shape remains.
Sense of Self as a "beacon signal" : In olden days, when the telephone conversation was recorded, it beeped at fixed intervals to remind both parties that this conversation is being recorded. Deep down in our subconscious we have the similar signal to indicate that all these experiences are happening to the same entity across space and time.
- rock8y 3y agoNot an analogy but he said in one of his speeches that "Preaching is moral violence", he said that in respect to religion but that that kind of helped me change my attitude whenever I talk to younger kids or cousins.