Alternative Philosophy

Your sat at the pub, a god walks in their avatar looks like a normal person-ish. They sit next too you what do you say?  Ask? Would you even understand the answer they give to your question?  Would you even understand the language they speak? 

This is not what it appears. It is about connection and how we feel the lack of it sometimes. A deep dive into that dynamic, the philosophy that can be applied to it. The title comes from the starting point of this idea. Come on in have a listen let me walk you through my thought process.     

This ones about the man Alan Watts he's got wisdom he's a bit of an outsider in academic turns and i think he has a lot of good stuff to say. Below are four of his quotes i'll talk about them what i think they mean, their practical applications and the deeper points that can be found in there, all that juicy goodness 

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The only Zen you’ll find on mountain tops is the Zen you bring up there with you.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them. Faith in life, in other people, and in oneself, is the attitude of allowing the spontaneous to be spontaneous, in its own way and in its own time. 

Here's a train of thought for you.

There are five parts to the mind and they are different parts of you that interact together. You can use four of them together and they help you make better decisions and that leads you to the fifth, have a listen to the episode to find out more. 

 Manas 

Buddhi 

Chitta 

Ahamkara

Ātman 

The first four are from Bangla and the last is from Sanskrit happy googling. 

The gunas are different types of energetic states. I'm going to be explaining how i interpret them and why its useful knowing about them for your day to day. 

They are; 
Sattva 
Rajas 
Tamas 

Also a man of note Shri Shantananda Saraswati he is the source of a lot of Philosophical knowledge. 

This is what it says on the tin, i noticed something i thought it would be interesting to get into and i have recorded my thoughts on it. I think applying philosophy to modern situations that weren't around when all the great philosophers were alive is important. We cant just stand still and always look to the past, so this is my first small attempt at this. 

This is an in depth look at pausing and why it is useful. This is also the first in a new series Apply This, these episodes will all be about smaller practical things from philosophy that i will expand upon as possible to give you the best chance of using them yourself if you so wish. 

He was a clever chappy, quite well remembered as a physicist, he had mad shock of hair. Oh and he actually has a lot of philosophical thoughts, quotes, poems, etcetera recorded. I think they are very practical by en large they're good for applying to yourself and you life.  In this episode i will expand on them and get those creative thought processes going. Well hopefully. . . 

This ones all about little words of wisdom from the sufi scholar and poet Rumi. I've found some of his work that resonates with me and wanted to share poetry it was a sticking point with me as i never liked poetry growing up. However philosophical inspiration can be found in strange places so why not go to the ordinary places where people find it as well. 

Knowing who you are and what you want helps in this subject and others. So in this episode i get into that and say a few things that can help you figure out who you really are, if you don't already know.