Sat, Feb 6, 2010 Weather, that idea's gaining a lot of ground these recent days in people's heads. Bout time!
"Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence."
I heard that first on butdoesitfloat.com, (An excellent gallery partly curated by folkert who I'm going to pass my many thanks on to right now, it's good stuff!), via Alan Watts. I then posted it on my facebook status. Looked into it a bit after someone asked where the quote was from exactly. Turns out it was from some russian dude standing in front of a bulldozer in Antactica in a Herzog movie paraphrasing watts:
Anyways, you're right. We are taking ourselves for granted, and we're generally not realizing our godlike potential to the fullest. So, besides observing these ideas, what do you got in mind for dealing with it?
Weather, that idea's gaining a lot of ground these recent days in people's heads. Bout time!
I heard that first on butdoesitfloat.com, (An excellent gallery partly curated by folkert who I'm going to pass my many thanks on to right now, it's good stuff!), via Alan Watts. I then posted it on my facebook status. Looked into it a bit after someone asked where the quote was from exactly. Turns out it was from some russian dude standing in front of a bulldozer in Antactica in a Herzog movie paraphrasing watts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwjjasLIdPY
Anyways, you're right. We are taking ourselves for granted, and we're generally not realizing our godlike potential to the fullest. So, besides observing these ideas, what do you got in mind for dealing with it?