“The only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together.” – Alan Watts
Happy Friday.
Before I left for retreat last week, a long-time Path member (and DeepGame graduate) sent me a folder full of his favorite DeepGame Forum posts.
(shout out to the Don, Adan Maldonado — we all thank you)
And, since the DeepGame Forum is now closed, it seems like a waste to let these posts disappear into the ether.
So I polished one up for you below — if you enjoy it, let me know (there’s more where this came from).
Why does suffering exist?
To answer that question (and it’s a good question), you might first ask:
Would I know what happiness is if sadness did not exist?
Would I feel pleasure if pain did not exist?
Would I perceive light if darkness did not exist?
There is no such thing as a single-sided coin:
Up exists because of down, right because of left, inside because of outside.
Remove one, and you remove the other.
Wanting reality to be one-sided is like wanting a painting to be nothing but a single color.
That’s not a painting, that’s a paint chip.
Art is an exercise in contrasts, and reality is the greatest work of art ever created.
Hit reply if you’d like to see more of these, and in the meantime:
Have an amazing weekend over there.
You deserve it.
T
P.S. The second half of this track (J Cole’s verse) has been on repeat all week.
