A Hopeful Forebode
@MoStFeAr; Alan Watts; Alan Watts
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So here's the situation, you see
The whole idea of self-improvement
Is a will-o'-the-wisp and a hoax
That's not what it's about
Let's begin where we are
What happens if you know?
If you know beyond any shadow of doubt
That there is nothing you can do to be better
Well, it's kind of a relief, isn't it?
Now, you say, "Well, now what will I do?"
See, there's a little fidget comes up
Because we're so used to making things better
Leave the world a better place than when you found that sort of thing
I want to be of service to other people
And all these dreadfully hazy ideas
And so there's that little itch still
But supposing, instead of that, seeing that
There isn't really anything we can do to improve ourselves
Or to improve the world
If we realize that that is so
It gives us a breather in the course of which
We may simply watch what is going on
Watch what happens
Nobody ever does this, you know?
And therefore it sounds terribly simple
It sounds so simple that it almost looks as if it isn't worth doing
But ever just watched?
Watch what's happening
And watch what you are doing by way of reaction to it
Just watch it happen
And don't be in a hurry to think you know what it is
In other words: people look at it and say
"Well, that's the external world."
Oh? How do you know?
The whole thing, from a neurological point of view
Is a happening in your head
That you think there is something outside the skull
Is a notion in your nervous system
There may or may not be
But it's a notion in your nervous system. Hm
You think this is the material world
Well, that's somebody is philosophical idea
Or maybe you think it's spiritual
That, too, is somebody is philosophical idea
This real world is not spiritual
It is not material
The real world is simply