Ep. 35 – Dreaming the World
From Alan Watts Being in the Way by Be Here Now Network / Love Serve Remember Foundation
May 15, 2025 · 54 min · Episode 35
About this episode
Alan Watts explores the concept of reality as a divine dream and the complexities of existence.
Diving into the cosmic drama of reality, Alan Watts describes the world as a divine dream which is poetic, playful, and only sometimes serious. Being in the Way is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation . Visit Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts. On this episode of Being in the Way, Alan Watts: Exploring how we get caught in the cosmic game and drama of life Seeing the universe as the playful expression of divine energy Questioning identity: the tension between acting and simply being. Confronting the spiritual taboo of realizing the self as God— tat tvam asi . Indirect awareness of the networks and systems in the physical world Music and the pure delight in complex orders of sound Embracing the paradox of existence as poetic, musical, and playful, while still being serious. Considering all of the senses as forms of one, larger sense of touch The oneness of up and down, black and white, being and non-being Complexities of human culture that arise out of duality Today's podcast is sponsored by Betterhelp & Dharma Seed: Being in the Way is brought to you by BetterHelp . Give online therapy a try…
People in this episode
Host: Alan Watts
Topics covered
- cosmic drama
- divine dream
- identity
- spirituality
- duality
- human culture
Keywords
- cosmic game
- divine energy
- self realization
- spiritual taboo
- complex orders of sound
- poetic existence
Sponsors
BetterHelp, Dharma Seed
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Alan Watts Organization, Love Serve Remember Foundation
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