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“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the un-writable’. Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit. A fascinating entry into the deepest ways of knowing.” — Los Angeles Times

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[oozorwv]

If the world was more soft ... We would be stronger...

[Samofalov]

This explanation is more valuable than a week spent at school

[MrAirblown]

Wise old man, even when he was young.

[mattwarren]

Iblisten to Alan Watts lectures most nights . Relaxing.

[ethanfreeman]

truly one of the philosophers of all times

[ulrichenevoldsen]

This one message can be enough to liberate you 😊

[Ben-uzkj]

Could listen to Alan Watts all day’ relaxes you instantly

[FearJoanna]

look at that handsome, young Alan giving lectures so naturally ... and me, 45 now, make myself a fool everytime i try to explain just the smallest thing to my friends 🙇🏻‍♀️ what a talented man, full of passion and knowledge 🥰

[AlphaBravo]

It's the princeable of don't F around & find out. You must be chill to survive in the world. If you come out hard then your opposite will come at you with the opposite energy.

[wvbplyo]

surrendering to the current (universe). the more we try to fight it, the more psychologically jaded we become.

[dickyboyryw]

This man was an amazing, Guide, to life in real terms.

[Andre-Linoge]

Politicians are like that! They give and give until there is no one anymore dwelling in the body. Survival of the body not of the spirit! On the other hand an unbending spirit loses the body but not itself.

[CaptainSanchez]

Great reminder. In a simple guy, i see Alan Watts and i click

[noodleboi]

Alan's secretly explaining why One Piece is the strongest story, not unlike luffy it just keeps coming back, bouncy, going and getting with the flow of it kind 🤯

[DavidOm...]

Ip Man was teaching this too! I will never understand how people still think that rigidness is strength like in Kyokushin Karate. Soft forms will always overcome rigid forms, flexibility is key!

[danizlebizzle]

Thank you so much for all you share! I love Watts philosophical orations and his infectious passion for his work. If there I was able to meet just one person ever, it would be him. I also really love getting to watch video clips and getting to experience the nuisances of his talks in such a way. Thank you again!!

[darwinmonzingo]

love the man and his timeless messages

[stellarhexus]

I grew up with this teaching. Bend and Fold. I like to garden.

[Skyincognito]

I wish To be as free as a bird on a willow tree 🌴

[dougiesweeny]

Oak tree and the Reed is the version of this lesson I learnt yet reaches the same conclusion