Alan Watts ~ Suppose You're God

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td4qmV04jU0

الملخص

TLDRThis narrative explores the idea of having infinite power and time to dream whatever you desire every night, dramatically extending your experiences across centuries in single nights. Initially, you would fulfill all your pleasures and fantasies, but as appeasement fades, the craving for challenges and adventures would emerge. You'd then dream of saving princesses, engaging in battles, and even immersing yourself in perilous situations for the thrill. Over time, seeking more intense experiences, you might trick yourself into believing your dream is reality, waking up in shock only to realize it was just a dream. The discussion subtly suggests that our existing life, with its complexities and troubles, may itself be a dream we've chosen to partake in, both a playful and thought-provoking outlook on life and existence.

الوجبات الجاهزة

  • 🌌 Exploring endless possibilities with infinite power and time.
  • 💭 Fulfilling all imaginable desires initially through dreams.
  • ⚔️ Introducing challenges and adventures to diversify experiences.
  • 🌀 Experiencing dreams as if they were reality for authenticity.
  • 🎭 Life as a metaphorical dream you might be currently living.
  • 🤯 Waking to a shock, realizing drastic experiences were dreams.
  • 👁️ Seeking intense contrasting experiences for thrill in dreams.
  • 💡 Using dreams as a perspective on handling real-life challenges.

الجدول الزمني

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    The speaker explores a philosophical idea about control over life and reality. Initially, one would satisfy every desire, experiencing the most delightful events and pleasures. However, after fulfilling all wishes and experiencing unimaginable joy, one might seek excitement through adventures and challenges. Over time, the desire for unpredictability would lead to dreams simulating real life, even including struggles and suffering, for the sheer relief of waking up and realizing it's a dream. Eventually, this raises the question of whether one's current life, with all its complexities, is already such a self-created dream.

الخريطة الذهنية

فيديو أسئلة وأجوبة

  • What is the central theme of the video?

    The central theme explores the concept of dreaming and having infinite possibilities with unlimited time and power.

  • What happens as you continue to dream all your wishes?

    Initially, you experience pleasure, but eventually seek challenges and unknown experiences to make it interesting.

  • How does the speaker suggest diversifying dreams?

    By introducing danger, adventure, and elements of surprise to make dreams exciting and unpredictable.

  • What is the potential realization at the end of the dreaming experience?

    You might wake up and realize it was all a dream, leading to a shocking but enlightening experience.

  • What is suggested as a method to enjoy dreams more?

    To not know you are dreaming initially can make the experience more genuine and intense.

  • How can dreaming serve as a metaphor for real life?

    Your current life situation may be akin to a dream you've chosen, offering a perspective on handling life's challenges.

  • What emotional response is emphasized on awakening from a dream?

    A sense of relief and amusement, realizing the dream was not reality.

  • How can switching dream scenarios impact the dreamer?

    Experiencing diverse scenarios, including negative ones, can increase appreciation and insights upon awakening.

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التمرير التلقائي:
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    suppose you
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    God suppose you have all time all
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    eternity and all power at your
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    disposal what would you
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    do I believe you'd say to yourself after
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    a while man get lost it's like asking
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    another question which is
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    supposing you were given the power to
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    dream Any Dream you wanted to dream
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    every
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    night uh naturally you could dream any
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    span of time you could dream 75 years of
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    time in one night 100 Years of time in
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    one night a thousand years of time in
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    one
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    night and it could be anything you
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    wanted you make up your mind before you
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    went to sleep tonight I'm going to dream
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    of so and so well naturally you would
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    start out by fulfilling all your wishes
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    [Music]
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    you would have all the pleasures you
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    could imagine the most marvelous meals
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    the most entrancing love affairs the
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    most romantic
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    Journeys you could listen to music such
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    as no mortal has heard and see
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    Landscapes beyond our wildest
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    dreams and for several nights oh maybe
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    for a whole month of nights you would go
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    on that way having a wonderful time but
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    then after a while you'd begin to think
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    well I've seen quite a bit uh let's uh
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    spice it
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    [Music]
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    up let's have a little
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    adventure and therefore you would dream
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    of yourself being threatened by all
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    sorts of dangers you would Rescue
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    Princesses from
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    dragons you would uh perhaps engage
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    in notable
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    baffles you will be a hero
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    and then as time went on you would bear
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    yourself to do more and more outrageous
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    things and at some point in the
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    game you would say
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    tonight I am going to dream in such a
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    way that I don't know that I'm
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    Dreaming so that you would take the
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    experience of the dream for complete
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    reality and what a shock when you woke
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    up and you really scare
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    yourself and then on successive nights
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    you might dare yourself to experience
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    the most extraordinary things just for
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    the contrast when you woke up you could
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    for example dream yourself in situations
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    of extreme poverty disease Agony you
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    could as it
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    were work on the vibration of suffering
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    to its most intense point and then
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    suddenly whip wake up and find it was
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    after all nothing but a dream and
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    everything perfectly okay and you would
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    say wow man that was a
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    gas well how do you know that that's not
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    what you're doing
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    [Music]
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    already you sitting there with all your
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    problems with all your whole complicated
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    life situation listening to me it may
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    just be the very dream you decided to
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    get into
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    if you like it crazy if you don't like
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    it what fun it'll be when you wake up
الوسوم
  • dreams
  • imagination
  • reality
  • adventure
  • power
  • wishes
  • experiences
  • philosophy
  • life
  • existence