The Rules to the Game of Life - Alan Watts 

WTF..!!

Explain plz

It means if it's on your mind, it will shine with importance. When you put it on the back burner, it has reduced importance. When you no longer think about it, it has no importance. I'm referring to subjective importance opposed to objective importance. You still need to breathe if you don't think about it's significance, but basically it is the attention and intentions of the individual that determines importance and not the properties of what you find important. It's the relationship you have to the thing and how salient it is to you in the moment. For example, almost all people above a certain age have experienced a break up. In the moment of being broken up with it hurts so bad you can't stand it and you desire so badly for things to return to the way they used to be. Check in with that same individual 2 years later, and unless they've committed suicide or developed an unhealthy obsession or depression, they've likely moved on. Found someone or something else to give them purpose. In the moment of the break up that individual may say the pain is so unbearable and the break up was super significant but the same person 2 years later, if they deal with it in a healthy way, has probably boiled the relationship down to a few teachable moments and rarely considers the last person beyond that. Nothing changed about the events but the individuals attention and intentions changed, which changes what you find salient, and thus what was once the most significant moment in your life has been reduced to so much pillow talk.

@@paulettek8973 Kahn't do that here! ☝️

Absolutely true. Brilliant and concise. In fact the more I think about how great this quote is, it intensifies in my mind until it becomes the only piece of philosophy I will ever need…until I start thinking about something else. In fact, now that I think about that- I just realized I’m 42 years old and have no idea what I wanna be when I grow up? Back to square one.

Beautifully said!

its almost as if he talks about existential reality as if it were a game 😉

Have you heard of the Dualistic Unity Podcast w/ Andrew and Ray? If not, I recommend checking them out. Jaw Dropping conversations! 🤍

Although he said we're God playing hide and seek, when I listen to him, I feel like God is talking to me.

@@CleberHarrisonGuitar I can relate to that 💯

My friend, is because he speaks with Love and your Soul knows it.

For me too.

I had this philosophy since I was a kid. I see people around taking it seriously when I just slack around. It bounced back to me now I'm 27 and I'm taking life so seriously because I slacked off so easily that I didn't know I need to win the game. It sucks.

Seriously, you can't be serious. By not taking life seriously is being serious. You see!

@@needheartranken A game is supposed to be fun not serious. There’s nothing to win. Work can be play.

@@turtlerabbitart there is a LOT to win! I find being here in NOW chillin in the now so detremental. It's okay to use the power of Now as lubrication for the brain but there's a lot to win. 8th law is to CARE, to win!

@@needheartranken I can agree as long as CARE does not equal CLINGE. Clinging to anything will not result in more success, rather in slavery of your ego.

When you realize your dreaming, it’s called a lucid dream, but what if realizing you are in a dream is still part of the dream?

This

Yeah, well most people speak English thesedays.. ☝️🤣

AGREE! Not against background music but... this music TOO LOUD and therefore its not background... it is drowning music.

What you know is you, you know that you're everything right now and you know that everything is you right now, this is how you the Universe repeats itself to always write this same exact comment by always being proof of itself right now, again and again and again is you the whole reproductive Universe right now, to exist right now and to know you exist right now is also to always exist right now and to always know you exist right now, eternity is repeat as repeat is eternity, know is now as now is know, I always have and I always will rewrite this same exact comment verbatim.

@@theuniques1199 ‘Our personal universe’ (the one that we can understand) is mostly made up of past (stories from parents and grand parents), our experiences till NOW, and predictions 20 to 30 years from NOW. Like all others who have lived before us. More or less a 100 year bubble of familiarity that keeps humans sane and in an illusion of ‘control’.

@@garyinmarz8938 Till now is a belief of being right now, our Universe is a belief of being the Universe right now and you are the Universe fooling itself with the concepts of till now and our Universe but you are always the Universe that knows it always exists right now.

@@theuniques1199 When ‘now’ is no longer needed to proceed to another ‘now’, I may believe in something else if I am still able to ‘believe’.

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😂😂😂😂it's far too loud

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I don't want to be benighted thanks!

Im playing joker

I feel the editor is really doing some odd job cutting off full length lectures at odd conjectures

And way too loud. Drowning out his speaking. I’ll know not to follow this channel.

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Me too

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That's arrogance in believing your emotions were unable to be taken for granted. If you're playing the game, stay vigilant.

I've known better, lol!

Agree, probably re edit 🤔

And I hear the mangoes are doing fine this year... 🤣

all he said is about the seven principles from the small book the kybalion maybe not exact from that. but that book is about the same principles and explains them in simple. just as he says here.. (in a way)

@@dabiededoo 😒 *I wouLdn'T say iT's "siMpLe" aT aLL buT iT does coRReLaTe to this message in a loT oF waYs.!* ✌

Exactly. People are asleep to philosophy, I was for a while. But it's inescapable, and the biggest suckers are those who just go on in life accepting all they're told, all the norms, etc. Just some thoughts, I know there's no correct or most righteous answers. Most people tend to want to believe if they struck it rich, won the lottery, became a vice president, etc. It'd do Nothing But Good for their life. To hell with the simple way of life. More choices and power must equate to more happiness right??? Otherwise what the hell is this rat race even for, besides destroying nature and c0rrupting the otherwise admirable smartest animal on the planet....

Enjoy the game of life

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The music makes it more interesting. Without it he is kind of boring to listen to

​@@edholden3930 Then just listen to the music on its own. You've stumbled into the wrong area of RU-vid. An adult will be along to collect you shortly. Everything is going to be ok sweetie.

Who's coming to collect me? You, your probably one of the morons who took the vaxxs