Alan W Watts
”Would you rather live a long life doing what you don’t want to do, or live a short life doing what you want all the time?”
Who is Alan Watts?
A prolific author and speaker, Alan Watts was one of the first to interpret Eastern wisdom for a Western audience. Born outside London in 1915, he discovered the nearby Buddhist Lodge at a young age. After moving to the United States in 1938, Alan became an Episcopal priest for a time, and then relocated to Millbrook, New York, where he wrote his pivotal book The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety. In 1951 he moved to San Francisco where he began teaching Buddhist studies, and in 1956 began his popular radio show, “Way Beyond the West.” By the early sixties, Alan’s radio talks aired nationally and the counterculture movement adopted him as a spiritual spokesperson. He wrote and traveled regularly until his passing in 1973.
- Alanwatts.org
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Blog Posts
“If you do something you really desire, doesn’t matter what it is, you’ll become a master of it and then you can charge a fee for it.”
There are plenty of people traveling the world making money on the way. Making money by traveling of itself would be like making travelvlogs, travel guides and reviews. When I was traveling abroad I met alot of people working online. One was working with management in a bank actually, one was working with advertisement andContinue reading ““If you do something you really desire, doesn’t matter what it is, you’ll become a master of it and then you can charge a fee for it.””
Imagine Going to Sleep and Never Waking Up- Suicide- Alan Watts
He’s talking about the context and interplay of Life and Death. You can’t wake up having never gone to sleep because you have to sleep to wake up. You can’t ever die without having lived and you can’t live without having died. They imply each other. Therefore, to have anxiety that black might win overContinue reading “Imagine Going to Sleep and Never Waking Up- Suicide- Alan Watts”
Should You Commit Suicide? – Alan Watts
Suicide is incorrect. Alan Watts was not glorifying death or suicide. This isn’t Judas Priest “Suicide Solution” or a Mudvayne dirge. There is no subliminal or outwardly suggestive rhetoric about death in Everything, nor in the philosophy of Watts, nor in Hindu, Tibetan, or Buddhism. This is not Nihilism. Watts was a Buddhist / HinduContinue reading “Should You Commit Suicide? – Alan Watts”
