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Corporate Christmas (ft. Alan Watts)
If you want to find a true folk religion in our culture
Look at the rites of Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Even before the beginning of Advent
Which was supposed to be a three-to-four-week fasting period
In preparation for the feast
(In preparation for the feast)
Streets are decorated for Christmas
The shops, littered with tinsel and festive display of gifts
And public address systems warble electronic carols
So that one is sick death of "Venite Adoremus"
Long before Christmas Day
Trees are already baubled and illumined in most homes
And as the big buildup proceeds
They're surrounded by those shiny packages
With shimmering ribbons
Which looked as if they held gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
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Look at the rites of Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Even before the beginning of Advent
Which was supposed to be a three-to-four-week fasting period
In preparation for the feast
(In preparation for the feast)
Streets are decorated for Christmas
The shops, littered with tinsel and festive display of gifts
And public address systems warble electronic carols
So that one is sick death of "Venite Adoremus"
Long before Christmas Day
Trees are already baubled and illumined in most homes
And as the big buildup proceeds
They're surrounded by those shiny packages
With shimmering ribbons
Which looked as if they held gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
Gifts for princes
The Birth of a Baby (A Christmas Miracle) (ft. Jordan Peterson)
Course, that's a lot of what's celebrated
Symbolically at Christmas
The idea of the lights on the trees
Is the return of illumination, right?
Because the sun is starting to come back
All these things are layered on top of one another
And so, it's, it's, it's a remarkable
It's one of the things that's really made me so struck
As a consequence of studying Christianity
Is that so many
Levels of meaning
Stack on top of one another
In an isomorphic manner
And support one another
You know, there's a cosmic story
That's associated with Christmas
Which is the death and rebirth of the sun
I mean the, the actual solar orb
And
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Symbolically at Christmas
The idea of the lights on the trees
Is the return of illumination, right?
Because the sun is starting to come back
All these things are layered on top of one another
And so, it's, it's, it's a remarkable
It's one of the things that's really made me so struck
As a consequence of studying Christianity
Is that so many
Levels of meaning
Stack on top of one another
In an isomorphic manner
And support one another
You know, there's a cosmic story
That's associated with Christmas
Which is the death and rebirth of the sun
I mean the, the actual solar orb
And
Christmas Could Be a Dark Time (ft. Jordan Peterson)
Christmas was complicated for me
There's a personal element to it
There's a very vicious streak of familial depression
That runs in my family
My father was quite prone to that
[Chorus]
So, Christmas could be a dark time
For us
Christmas could be a dark time
For us
Although i-it, it, it was also
All of the positive things it was supposed to be
At the same time
My father had
Seasonal effective disorder
Of course, we didn't know what the hell was going on
When I was growing up
Nobody knew what that was
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There's a personal element to it
There's a very vicious streak of familial depression
That runs in my family
My father was quite prone to that
[Chorus]
So, Christmas could be a dark time
For us
Christmas could be a dark time
For us
Although i-it, it, it was also
All of the positive things it was supposed to be
At the same time
My father had
Seasonal effective disorder
Of course, we didn't know what the hell was going on
When I was growing up
Nobody knew what that was
Obviously Santa Claus Exists (ft. Jonathan Pageau)
One of the arguments we hear
Coming from the new type of atheist
"When I was a child, I believed in Santa Claus
When I was a child, I believed in the tooth fairy
But then, one day, I grew up
And I realized that Santa Claus doesn't exist
I realized that the tooth fairy doesn't exist
And in the same manner, one day, I grew up
And I realized that God doesn't exist"
(God doesn’t exist)
I've always found that line of argumentation rather funny
Because, to me, it seems
Completely absurd
To say, Santa Claus doesn't exist
Because, obviously, Santa Claus exists
There are Santa Clauses everywhere At Christmas
There are guys who dress up as Santa Claus
There are Santa Claus decoration, ornaments
We have stories, we have song We have of all these things
Which celebrate Santa Claus
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Coming from the new type of atheist
"When I was a child, I believed in Santa Claus
When I was a child, I believed in the tooth fairy
But then, one day, I grew up
And I realized that Santa Claus doesn't exist
I realized that the tooth fairy doesn't exist
And in the same manner, one day, I grew up
And I realized that God doesn't exist"
(God doesn’t exist)
I've always found that line of argumentation rather funny
Because, to me, it seems
Completely absurd
To say, Santa Claus doesn't exist
Because, obviously, Santa Claus exists
There are Santa Clauses everywhere At Christmas
There are guys who dress up as Santa Claus
There are Santa Claus decoration, ornaments
We have stories, we have song We have of all these things
Which celebrate Santa Claus
Look What’s Going On With Santa Claus (ft. Terence Mckenna)
Uh, an example of how a very ancient, uh
Folk way
Can be incorporated into our culture
Without us even realizing it
Is provided by discussing Amanita Muscaria
If you go to the Encyclopedia Britannica
And you look up Santa Claus
They'll tell you that it has do with Saint Nicholas
And it got started in the 11th century
But when you look at
The Santa Claus story
It's a perfect, uh, uh, mythologem
To analyze from this point of view because
[Chorus]
Look what's going on
With Santa Claus
Look what's going on
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Folk way
Can be incorporated into our culture
Without us even realizing it
Is provided by discussing Amanita Muscaria
If you go to the Encyclopedia Britannica
And you look up Santa Claus
They'll tell you that it has do with Saint Nicholas
And it got started in the 11th century
But when you look at
The Santa Claus story
It's a perfect, uh, uh, mythologem
To analyze from this point of view because
[Chorus]
Look what's going on
With Santa Claus
Look what's going on
A Game of Pretend (ft. Jordan Peterson)
Question
"I was wondering what you thought of Santa Claus
If it's a healthy thing for parents to practice
What's the psychological impact of lying to your child."
Look
I think lying
Is the wrong way of thinking about this
Santa Claus is a game
It's a game of
Pretend
And children play games of pretend all the time
You know, so
I don't see any harm in it at all
Now, ya know, ya don't wanna
Prolong that belief beyond its natural end point
But it's a, it's a massive game, and it's a lovely game
And I don't believe that there's anything harmful in it
In the least
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Santa Claus is a game
It's a game of
Pretend
Santa Claus is a game
It's a game of
Pretend
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"I was wondering what you thought of Santa Claus
If it's a healthy thing for parents to practice
What's the psychological impact of lying to your child."
Look
I think lying
Is the wrong way of thinking about this
Santa Claus is a game
It's a game of
Pretend
And children play games of pretend all the time
You know, so
I don't see any harm in it at all
Now, ya know, ya don't wanna
Prolong that belief beyond its natural end point
But it's a, it's a massive game, and it's a lovely game
And I don't believe that there's anything harmful in it
In the least
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Santa Claus is a game
It's a game of
Pretend
Santa Claus is a game
It's a game of
Pretend
THE WOLF (ft. Carl Jung & Alan Watts)
"Healing may be called," Jung says
"A religious problem
In the sphere of social or national relations
The state of suffering may be civil war
And this state is to be cured by the Christian virtue
Of forgiveness and love of one's enemies
That which we recommend
With the conviction of good Christians
Is applicable to external situations
We must also apply inwardly in the treatment of neurosis
This is why modern man has heard enough about guilt and sin
He is solely beset by his own bad conscience
And wants rather to know
[Chorus]
How he is to reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
To reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
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"A religious problem
In the sphere of social or national relations
The state of suffering may be civil war
And this state is to be cured by the Christian virtue
Of forgiveness and love of one's enemies
That which we recommend
With the conviction of good Christians
Is applicable to external situations
We must also apply inwardly in the treatment of neurosis
This is why modern man has heard enough about guilt and sin
He is solely beset by his own bad conscience
And wants rather to know
[Chorus]
How he is to reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
To reconcile himself with his own nature
How he is to love the enemy in his own heart
And call the wolf his brother
ANYTHING (ft. Alan Watts & Carl Jung)
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Condemnation does not liberate
It oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn
Not his friend and fellow sufferer
Fellow sufferer
I do not in the least need to say that we must never pass judgment
When we desire to help and improve
But if the doctor wishes to help a human being
He must be able to accept him as he is
And he can do this in reality
Only when he has already seen
And accepted himself as he is
As he is
Perhaps this sounds very simple
But simple things are always the most difficult
In actual life
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We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
Unless we accept it
We cannot change anything, unless we accept it
Condemnation does not liberate
It oppresses and I am the oppressor of the person I condemn
Not his friend and fellow sufferer
Fellow sufferer
I do not in the least need to say that we must never pass judgment
When we desire to help and improve
But if the doctor wishes to help a human being
He must be able to accept him as he is
And he can do this in reality
Only when he has already seen
And accepted himself as he is
As he is
Perhaps this sounds very simple
But simple things are always the most difficult
In actual life