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Reggie Watts

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Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

I'm glad you asked because it's super simple.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

No, I mean, I think about that all the time, especially when I go on my deep trips.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

I'm always going into these like,

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

awareness you know the tight awareness loops that we kind of have that are part of our identity like you know like noticing like why do i do that when i you know i drop something whatever and i'm always like kind of admonish myself or whatever you know it's like oh i should know i shouldn't have grabbed it better or you know whatever it is and like analyzing these like little tight loops

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

But which kind of leads to this idea of like, well, what about the suffering and the pain?

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Cause that's always a, that's a tough one.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Cause I mean, and even if you go in the traditional religious outlook of like, why would God and all ever loving God have pain?

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Why would they allow pain and suffering?

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

And, and if you go into that one, it's like, yeah, you're not really going to find a good answer for that one.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

But, you know, cause then the arrival is just like, because that is God and God is mysterious.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

You know, it's like,

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Yeah, that's true.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

You can believe that.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

That's fine.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

Yeah, totally.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

That's totally true.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

But as with paradox, everything is true and ultimately untrue.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

But I would say, like, I think that the pain and suffering is the challenge to...

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

understanding that that is not necessarily necessary.

Know Thyself
E179 - Reggie Watts: The Absurdity of Being a Human Being

It is just the antithesis of being in a dualistic, a binary reality.