[Buddha-l] Theology among the Christians--may we be reminded of what Dogen said

[Curt Steinmetz]

Watts' point was that if aliens had come to earth too soon, they would 
have looked around and said, "huh - just a bunch of rocks." But if they 
came back later they would have said, "oh, we thought it was just a 
bunch of rocks, but now there are people." Watts then goes on to point 
out that:

"We grow out of this world ... if evolution means anything it means 
that.  But you see we curiously twist it: we say, well, first of all in 
the beginning there was nothing but gas and rock and then intelligence 
happened to arise in it, you know, like a sort of fungus or slime on the 
top of the whole thing. But we are thinking in a way, you see, that 
disconnects the intelligence from the rocks. Where there are rocks, 
watch out. Watch out! Because the rocks are eventually to come alive."

Watts starts talking about this in this video at 3:04 into it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5M8743a1s

The animation in the above is by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South 
Park fame. You can ignore the stupid title "Atheist Spirituality", which 
has nothing to do with anything.

Watts also talks about this in "The Book", but this recorded version is 
actually better than that written version, in my opinion.

Curt

jkirk wrote:
> Hmmmmmm--what was Alan getting at here, and in which book did he
> say it? 
>
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> "Where there are rocks, watch out. Watch out!"
> Alan Watts
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> jkirk wrote:
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>> http://williamlobdell.com/archives/264
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>> One of the contending parties has a fine sense of humor 
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