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'Success' is an illusionary concept.

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'Success' is an illusionary concept.
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#21
RE: 'Success' is an illusionary concept.
December 18, 2015 at 10:16 pm
Am i missing something? It was just a nice little video talking about the rat race and stopping to smell the roses. Where are you guys getting the hate from?
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#22
RE: 'Success' is an illusionary concept.
December 18, 2015 at 10:45 pm
@ OP

You like Alan Watts? You legend.

There's a reason he's in my sig.
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#23
RE: 'Success' is an illusionary concept.
December 19, 2015 at 4:26 pm
(December 18, 2015 at 10:45 pm)Evie Wrote: @ OP

You like Alan Watts? You legend.

There's a reason he's in my sig.

I'm not really intimately familiar with him actually.
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RE: 'Success' is an illusionary concept.
December 19, 2015 at 4:31 pm (This post was last modified: December 19, 2015 at 4:33 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Me neither, but I'm very fond of some of the things he says.

Oh, and as for South Park.... massive, massive fan. Seen every single series.

I want to make a South Park Mafia game.
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RE: 'Success' is an illusionary concept.
December 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm (This post was last modified: December 19, 2015 at 4:37 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
When it comes to Alan Watts some of it is clearly woo that I don't believe in and his opinion on atheism was really crappy but some of the things he says I find very well explained, the secular stuff.

I think he has a good voice and is good at explaining stuff, and he has a certain warmth and charm.

He has his good moments that I find very pleasant and interesting amongst all the pseudo-scientific and spiritual bullshit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk5i4GX1BJY

I enjoy certain parts of the above video, although a lot of it is of course utter BS.
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