The following is an excerpt from The World As Self by essayist Alan Watts. [1]

Just because something cannot be put into a logical category, does not indicate that it isn't real. The self, you see, bares somewhat the same relationship to the world as the diaphragm of the speaker in this radio bares to the music you've just been hearing.

None of the music was about the diaphragm and nobody said anything about there being a diaphragm. The diaphragm as such didn't come into the picture and yet it was everything in the picture. All of those noises were vibrations of this thin film of metal. So also with your ear drum. So also with the apparatus of your eyes.

So, one night ask then, just as you say "what is it on? What is the music on? Is it on tape? Is it on a speaker? Is it on a drum? Whatever the variations may be, we can ask the question, "What are you on?" What is all of this on?

And the Hindus answer, it's on the self. Like we say, "this one's on me."

This recording was shared with me by John Zdanowski as we continued a discussion about the potential gravity of Mythos One as a platform for Multi-Dimensional Communication.

See also

• Formless Communication

References

1. The World As Self, Alan Watts

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