I wish Alan Watts was alive today. AI generated art of Alan Watts in a coffee shop.1yr ⋅ nuxx9 ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“You are under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“We’re all God in disguise. Jesus found that out, and they crucified him for saying so.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“The only zen you’ll find on mountaintops is the zen you bring up there with you.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
I came across this today and it served as a great reminder at the most perfect time and I wanted to share it with all of you.3yr ⋅ she-wonders ⋅ r/AlanWatts
'You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.'1yr ⋅ dont_kill_the_riot ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.” — Alan Watts7mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
You think, ah yes that is correct indeed, but now back to my problems.1yr ⋅ jungandjung ⋅ r/AlanWatts
You’re only making a mess by trying to put things straight. You’re trying to straighten out a wiggly world and no wonder you’re in trouble.1yr ⋅ StoneSam ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“God likes to play hide-and-seek, but because there is nothing outside of God, he has no one but himself to play with! But he gets over this difficulty by pretending that he is not himself.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Alan Watts thoughts on Christianity and the threat of fascism in the United States3yr ⋅ Maxwell-hill ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Solipsism is the idea that you are the only person who exists and everybody else is your dream. Nobody can prove this isn’t so, except I’d like to see a congress of solipsists arguing as to which one of them is really there.” — Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Shout out to Mark Watts, Alan Watts' son, who looked after his fathers works and digitalized it so that all may hear Alan's wisdom.4yr ⋅ Hammerheard ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“If you say making money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Kill that which cringes, then that which is cringe is no longer cringe1yr ⋅ dont_kill_the_riot ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to realize that you’re connected with everything.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
I used a neural network to upscale this photo of Alan Watts (couldn't find higher res than 500x500). Thought you guys would find it useful.2yr ⋅ HasFiveVowels ⋅ r/AlanWatts
One of my favourite Alan Watts quotes, from The Meaning of Happiness1yr ⋅ _temp_variable ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“I’m a philosopher. If you don’t argue with me, I don’t know what to think. So if we argue, I have to say thank you. Because, owing to the courtesy of your taking a different view, I now understand what I think and mean.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
We must abandon, completely, the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we’re in, and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back from the present; that NOW is the creative point of life1yr ⋅ StoneSam ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Get pissed, listen to charming British man explain the beauty of existence, forget, later, rinse, repeat11mo ⋅ positivethrowaway90 ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“All religion, incidentally, is an attempt to find a shortcut. Think that through.” — Alan Watts11mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“How many of us now realize that space is the same thing as mind or consciousness? That when you look out into infinity you are looking at yourself?” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” — Alan Watts2mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.3yr ⋅ jungandjung ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“The reason why you want to be better is the reason why you aren’t.” — Alan Watts1mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
There is no up without down. There are no criminals without laws. Got some definite Alan Watts / Taoist vibes from this.3yr ⋅ bicycle_for_the_mind ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Thrift store find! I have been wanting one of his books for awhile after watching his videos. What book should I get next?1yr ⋅ m34g4n_ ⋅ r/AlanWatts
You didn't come into this world You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean - Alan watts1yr ⋅ TheGod_2 ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Anyone familiar with Ram Dass? I think I’m late to the party but his teachings have been very refreshing. His documentary was amazing as well. I’m currently reading “be here now”.1yr ⋅ Vbogdanovic ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“You hear the sound of water, and that is quite as important as anything I’ve got to say.” — Alan Watts5mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. Furthermore, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.” — Alan Watts8mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
From Zen teacher Brad Warner’s newest book. I think Alan would dig the message and tone!2yr ⋅ Taoman108 ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves to an infinite stream of possibility.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Paragraphs like these make me so happy for some reason I do not know why...2yr ⋅ zinoknezinau ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Your skin does not separate you from the world. It’s a bridge through which the external world flows into you, as you flow into it.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things that you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things that you don’t like doing, which is stupid.” — Alan Watts3mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Alan Watts Podcasts kept me sane whilst making this Mandala, what do you guys think?!4yr ⋅ merlinmoriarty ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“All that you see out in front of you is how you feel inside your head.” — Alan Watts6mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Don’t take me too seriously. In all my writing and lecturing I exaggerate. Because if I don’t exaggerate...”8mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” — Alan Watts6mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
what I would call a really swinging human being is a person who lives on two levels at once. He’s able to live on the level of being his ordinary ego, his everyday personality and observe all the rules. But if he is only on that level if he’s only playing that kind of thing— it becomes a drag1yr ⋅ StoneSam ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Alan tod watts ( no offense) just something i made while listening to him on work.11mo ⋅ InfamousClient5498 ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“To the degree that you condemn others, and find evil in others, you are to that degree unconscious of the same thing in yourself.” — Alan Watts2wk ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Sleep, passivity, rest — these are all things which are neglected due to a fear of nothingness.3yr ⋅ jungandjung ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“And when you want to wake up, you will, just like that. If you’re not awake, it shows you don’t want to. You’re still playing the hide part of the game.”1yr ⋅ Spratster ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Nobody believes in God like an atheist: “There is no God, and I am His prophet.3yr ⋅ Overhere5150 ⋅ r/AlanWatts
MRW I realize there is no I, so as a result I start enjoying the everpresent a lot more because I have realized it's all just a happening that's just for funnsies, and it is fun, you know?3yr ⋅ bicycle_for_the_mind ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“When you ask: ‘How do I attain Nirvana?’ All I can say is it’s the wrong question. Why do you want to attain it? The very fact of you wanting to attain it is the only thing stopping you from getting there.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Found our favorite guru wondering around Venice Beach while listening to the Alan Watts Audio Experience.3yr ⋅ ansonyuhas ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“I am not trying to help you or improve you. I accept you as you are. I am not out, therefore, to save the world. Of course, when a stream or a bubbling spring flows out from the mountains, it is doing its thing. And if a thirsty traveler helps himself, well that’s fine.” — Alan Watts2wk ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“So, when the ego is about to be unmasked, it immediately identifies with a higher self. It goes up a level. “ —Alan Watts2yr ⋅ rlanthony ⋅ r/AlanWatts
This completely made me think of how I understand death as Alan explains it2yr ⋅ rlanthony ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Unlike most self-help gurus, Alan Watts prefers a no-bullshit approach to correctly conducting one's daily affairs.2yr ⋅ spiralintobliss ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“You see, if God were visible, nobody could see anything but God. But by virtue of becoming invisible, the world is created.“ — Alan Watts6mo ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
“But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.” - Alan Watts1yr ⋅ alanbwt ⋅ r/AlanWatts
Put “the universe experiencing itself” into midjourney. Thought I’d share1yr ⋅ Pondjamin ⋅ r/AlanWatts
After seeing some posts about Alan Watts books I decided to do a bit of shopping, excited to get through these1yr ⋅ scaptal ⋅ r/AlanWatts
