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In this speech, Alan Watts expounds on the subtle implications of the true understanding of life’s essence, letting go of the need to actively seek meaning or even passively surrender to it. Instead, it involves a state of mind that transcends both these approaches.
The solution is to embrace a state of mind free from constant thinking, subvocal conversation, and conceptualization. This allows one to connect with the immediate, nonverbal, and unspeakable world. In this state, the usual distinctions between self and other, life and death, and pleasure and pain dissolve, revealing the interconnected nature of existence.
Both active and passive attempts to find meaning lead away from the immediate experience of life. True understanding arises when one stops thinking, ceases the inner chatter, and directly engages with reality beyond words and concepts.
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