Everything that Alan Watts says seems to be in some type form of a play on words. He makes metaphors the whole way throughout his 16 minute video. The whole thing is really hard to understand. When ever we went over Hinduism in class, I had a firm grasp on it. Now, listening to this video, it is much more complicated than I thought. He says that God is a myth, as an image. Does this mean that he is there, but he can not be defined as one single thing. I think we talked about this in class when we said that God is in everything. Watts also talks about God getting bored, along with us as people getting bored also. I agree with him when he says that no matter how far up in technology we get, we will still get bored no matter how far it comes along. We will adapt to it and get more bored with it.
He seems to go off a lot on the word 'play'. I do not know the reasoning for this, but it reoccurs a lot throughout the podcast, coming about mostly at the end. He talks about how the word play can be determined in many different ways. What is the reason for this? This podcast deffinitally made me more confused than I ever was before, on Hinduism.
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Does this mean that he is there, but he can not be defined as one single thing.
Yes I think that's right. God can't just be one object according to the Hindus.
Sorry you had such trouble with the podcast. Hinduism is a very complex set of ideas that can't be easily broken down or understood. Watts uses metaphors and analogies to try and help the listener relate. Many students said listening to the podcast a 2nd time really helped kids understand things better. Maybe that would help?
Mr. Farrell
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