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The Houseboat Summit, 1967 – Alan Watts, Tim Leary, Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder
An extended conversation between Tim Leary, Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder on the problem of whether to “drop out or take over” conducted on Alan Watts’ houseboat, the S.S. Vallejo, 50 years ago, in 1967… Alan Watts: This … Continue reading
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Zen & the Art of Living Deeply
“With traditional arts in Asia much emphasis is put on long-term practice and effort, so as to reach continuously higher levels of skill development. There is a deeper character training happening as well, to reduce the ego’s voice, let go … Continue reading
Buddhist View of Interdependence – Alan Watts
“The Buddhist principle that “form is void” does not mean that there are no forms. It means that forms are inseparable from their context- that the form of a figure is also the form of its background, that the form … Continue reading
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The Taoist View of the Universe – Alan Watts
“Taoists view the universe as the same as, or inseparable from, themselves so that Lao-tzu could say, “Without leaving my house, I know the whole universe.” This implies that the art of life is more like navigation than warfare, for what … Continue reading
Waking Up From Our Illusions – Alan Watts
“This is IT! So you don’t need to do anything at all… It’s just the way it is. What’s required is a sort of act of super relaxation.. It’s not just letting go. It’s being with yourself as you are without … Continue reading
Alan Watts – Everything is Interconnected & Inseparable
“I seem, like everything else, to be a center, a sort of vortex, at which the whole energy of the universe realizes itself.. Each one of us, not only human beings but every leaf, every weed, exists in the way … Continue reading
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“The Real ‘You’ Comes and Goes” – Alan Watts
“You have seen that the universe is at root a magical illusion and a fabulous game, and that there is no separate ‘you’ to get something out of it, as if life were a bank to be robbed. The only … Continue reading
Alan Watts ☮ The Way of Waking Up
The following is the transcript for the youtube video The Way of Waking Up, narrated by Alan Watts…. “So then, here’s the drama. My metaphysics, let me be perfectly frank with you, is that there is the central Self, you can call it God, … Continue reading
Alan Watts ☮ The Way of Waking Up
The following is the transcript for the youtube video The Way of Waking Up, narrated by Alan Watts…. “So then, here’s the drama. My metaphysics, let me be perfectly frank with you, is that there is the central Self, you can call it … Continue reading
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Become What You Are – Alan Watts
“It has been said that the highest wisdom lies in detachment, or, in the words of Chung-Tzu, ‘The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror; it grasps nothing; it refuses nothing; it receives, but does not keep.’ Detachment means … Continue reading
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