Ep. 23 – Out of the Trap Pt. 2

<p>Picking up from our last episode, Alan elucidates faith versus belief, and how our individual existence is connected with the totality of the universe.</p><p><strong>Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.betterhelp.com/alan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>betterhelp.com/</strong></a><a href="https://www.betterhelp.com/get-started/?go=true&amp;transaction_id=10258b0f6a2e5ccb045682cc927b61&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=281&amp;utm_medium=Desktop&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=ramdass&amp;not_found=1&amp;gor=start" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>alan</strong></a></p><p>From his houseboat in Sausalito, CA, Alan Watts explores:</p><ul><li>The two great myths which underly our Western sense of identity: the Judeo-Christian myth of an overly intelligent universe founded by a cosmic king; and the material myth of a universe which is mechanical, un-intelligent, and empty</li><li>The problem of “believing” in God, versus the real attitude of faith which is being open to whatever reality is</li><li>Finding out who we are beyond social institutions like time, money, value, language, and survival</li><li>How you as an individual implies by your existence everything else in the universe</li></ul><p><strong>“The problem about believing in God, incidentally, is that believing is the wrong attitude. Believing is a form of mistrust, because it’s saying, ‘I fervently wish that you exist, and if you don’t, I don’t know what to do with myself.’ The real attitude of faith is not believing, but simply being open to whatever reality is, and to say you don’t know.” – Alan Watts</strong></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">htt