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Alan Watts - The Real You

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    You're breathing
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    The wind is blowing
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    The trees are waving
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    Your nerves are tingling
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    The individual and the universe
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    Are inseparable
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    But the curious thing is
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    Very few people are aware of it
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    Everything in nature
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    Depends on everything else
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    So it's interconnected
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    We confuse ourselves as living organisms which are one with this whole universe
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    With something we call our personality
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    And what is our personality?
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    And our fundamental self is not something just inside the skin
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    It's everything around us with which we connect
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    When you look out of your eyes
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    At nature happening out there
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    You're looking at you
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    That's the real you-
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    The you that goes on of itself
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    When you look out of your eyes
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    At nature happening out there
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    You're looking at you
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    That's the real you-
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    The you that goes on of itself
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    Now listen!
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    It's absolutely necessary
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    That we let go of ourselves- and it can't be done,
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    Not by anything that we call doing it, acting, willing,
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    Or even just accepting things
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    It seems that the human being
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    Really has a very simple kind of mind
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    Nature is wiggly
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    Everything wiggles
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    And all this wiggliness is too complicated
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    Everything in nature
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    Depends on everything else
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    So it's interconnected
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    When you look out of your eyes
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    At nature happening out there
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    You're looking at you
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    That's the real you-
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    The you that goes on of itself
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    When you look out of your eyes
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    At nature happening out there
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    You're looking at you
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    That's the real you-
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    The you that goes on of itself
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    It's absolutely necessary
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    That we let go of ourselves- and it can't be done,
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    Not by anything that we call doing it, acting, willing,
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    Or even just accepting things
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    You're breathing
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    The wind is blowing
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    The trees are waving
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    Your nerves are tingling
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    [Thanks to Filipe Calvario for the captions!(123Calvario)]
Title:
Alan Watts - The Real You
Description:

mp3: http://melodysheep.bandcamp.com .

A philosophically oriented remix of the late Eastern Philosopher Alan Watts' 1971 special "A Conversation With Myself" combined with visuals from the great art film "Baraka".

Please consider watching the original here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aufuwMiKmE

For fans of Symphony of Science ( http://symphonyofscience.com ) Enjoy!

Lyrics:

You're breathing
The wind is blowing
The trees are waving
Your nerves are tingling

The individual and the universe
Are inseparable
But the curious thing is
Very few people are aware of it

Everything in nature
Depends on everything else
So it's interconnected

We confuse ourselves as living organisms which are one with this whole universe
With something we call our personality
And what is our personality?

And our fundamental self is not something just inside the skin
It's everything around us with which we connect

When you look out of your eyes
At nature happening out there
You're looking at you
That's the real you-
The you that goes on of itself

Now listen

It's absolutely necessary
That we let go of ourselves- and it can't be done,
Not by anything that we call doing it, acting, willing,
Or even just accepting things

It seems that the human being
Really has a very simple kind of mind
Nature is wiggly
Everything wiggles
And all this wiggliness is too complicated

[Refrain]
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:56
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