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Les deux mains de dieu
De même qu'il n'existe pas de tissu tissé sans l'interpénétration simultanée de la chaîne et de la trame, il n'existe pas de monde sans l'expiration et l'inspiration du Soi suprême. Bien que l'image de la respiration, distincte du tissage, rende les deux successives plutôt que simultanées, l'une implique toujours l'autre. Successives dans le temps, elles sont simultanées dans leur signification, c'est-à-dire sub specie aeternitatis (sous le couvert de l’éternité), du point de […] -
The Unspeakable World: Alan Watts on How to Touch the Pulse of Life
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/10/alan-watts-unspeakable-world/
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The Unspeakable World: Alan Watts on How to Touch the Pulse of Life
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/10/alan-watts-unspeakable-world/
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The Unspeakable World: Alan Watts on How to Touch the Pulse of Life
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/10/alan-watts-unspeakable-world/
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The Unspeakable World: Alan Watts on How to Touch the Pulse of Life
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/10/alan-watts-unspeakable-world/
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The Unspeakable World: Alan Watts on How to Touch the Pulse of Life
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/10/alan-watts-unspeakable-world/
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the 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, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the 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, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the 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, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the 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, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/10/alan-watts-love-of-waters/
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The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/10/alan-watts-love-of-waters/
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The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/10/alan-watts-love-of-waters/
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The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/10/alan-watts-love-of-waters/
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The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/10/alan-watts-love-of-waters/
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Indications de méditation
On pourrait dire que la méditation n’a besoin ni de raison ni de but.
Ainsi envisagée, elle se situe à l’opposé de toutes nos activités, exceptées peut-être la danse et la musique.
Quand nous faisons de la musique, ce n’est pas pour atteindre un certain point, qui serait, par exemple, la fin du morceau. Si tel était le but de la musique, le meilleur exécutant serait évidemment le plus rapide.
Et quand nous dansons, nous ne nous déplaçons pas pour atteindre un certain endroit, un lieu donné, comme en voyage. Quand nous dansons, c’est le voyage même qui est le but; quand nous faisons de la musique, c’est la musique qui est à elle-même sa propre fin.
Il en est exactement de même pour ce qui est de la méditation.
La méditation est découverte que le but est déjà là, dans le moment présent.
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Le mot « personne » en français comme en anglais, vient du latin persona, ce qui signifie ; ce au travers de quoi (per) le son (sona) passe. Il s’agit aussi des masques portés autrefois par les acteurs du théâtre classique. Ces masques étaient dotés de larges bouches faisant offices de mégaphone, ce qui permettait de porter le son plus loin. Ainsi le persona, la personne, c’est le masque, c’est à dire le rôle que vous jouez.
L’image que vous avez de vous-même est une institution sociale au même titre que, par exemple la division des jours en vingt-quatre heures ou du mètre en cent centimètres ou que le tracé purement imaginaire des latitudes et des longitudes à la surface de la terre.
Exactement de la même manière l’image que vous avez de vous-même est un concept imaginaire, pas autre chose en réalité qu’une caricature
Alan Wilson Watts (1915 – 1973) est l’un des pères de la contre-culture en Amérique. Philosophe, écrivain, conférencier et expert en religion comparée.
La conscience humaine est une forme de sensibilité et de compréhension, c’est aussi une forme d’ignorance. Notre conscience ordinaire de tous les jours élimine plus que ce qu’elle garde, des choses qui sont terriblement importantes.
Alan Watts dans L’envers du néant : Le testament d’un sage
Une pièce musicale de Peter Gabriel – Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c6Iac4AANc&list=OLAK5uy_mSwaG0kKJilN3R9tQkBQFgIsuKfHHZgC0
#24Heures #acteur #AlanWatts #AlanWilsonWatts #attention #écrivain #être #But #caricature #compréhension #conceptImaginaire #conférencier #conscience #conscienceHumaine #contreCulture #danse #découverte #division #endroit #entrainementDeLEsprit #envers #institutionSociale #latitude #masque #méditation #mégaphone #momentPrésent #musique #néant #persona #personne #philosophe #philosophie #Raison #rôle #Sage #testament #théâtre #théâtreClassique #tracé #Vivre #voyage -
Indications de méditation
On pourrait dire que la méditation n’a besoin ni de raison ni de but.
Ainsi envisagée, elle se situe à l’opposé de toutes nos activités, exceptées peut-être la danse et la musique.
Quand nous faisons de la musique, ce n’est pas pour atteindre un certain point, qui serait, par exemple, la fin du morceau. Si tel était le but de la musique, le meilleur exécutant serait évidemment le plus rapide.
Et quand nous dansons, nous ne nous déplaçons pas pour atteindre un certain endroit, un lieu donné, comme en voyage. Quand nous dansons, c’est le voyage même qui est le but; quand nous faisons de la musique, c’est la musique qui est à elle-même sa propre fin.
Il en est exactement de même pour ce qui est de la méditation.
La méditation est découverte que le but est déjà là, dans le moment présent.
*
Le mot « personne » en français comme en anglais, vient du latin persona, ce qui signifie ; ce au travers de quoi (per) le son (sona) passe. Il s’agit aussi des masques portés autrefois par les acteurs du théâtre classique. Ces masques étaient dotés de larges bouches faisant offices de mégaphone, ce qui permettait de porter le son plus loin. Ainsi le persona, la personne, c’est le masque, c’est à dire le rôle que vous jouez.
L’image que vous avez de vous-même est une institution sociale au même titre que, par exemple la division des jours en vingt-quatre heures ou du mètre en cent centimètres ou que le tracé purement imaginaire des latitudes et des longitudes à la surface de la terre.
Exactement de la même manière l’image que vous avez de vous-même est un concept imaginaire, pas autre chose en réalité qu’une caricature
Alan Wilson Watts (1915 – 1973) est l’un des pères de la contre-culture en Amérique. Philosophe, écrivain, conférencier et expert en religion comparée.
La conscience humaine est une forme de sensibilité et de compréhension, c’est aussi une forme d’ignorance. Notre conscience ordinaire de tous les jours élimine plus que ce qu’elle garde, des choses qui sont terriblement importantes.
Alan Watts dans L’envers du néant : Le testament d’un sage
Une pièce musicale de Peter Gabriel – Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c6Iac4AANc&list=OLAK5uy_mSwaG0kKJilN3R9tQkBQFgIsuKfHHZgC0
#24Heures #acteur #AlanWatts #AlanWilsonWatts #attention #écrivain #être #But #caricature #compréhension #conceptImaginaire #conférencier #conscience #conscienceHumaine #contreCulture #danse #découverte #division #endroit #entrainementDeLEsprit #envers #institutionSociale #latitude #masque #méditation #mégaphone #momentPrésent #musique #néant #persona #personne #philosophe #philosophie #Raison #rôle #Sage #testament #théâtre #théâtreClassique #tracé #Vivre #voyage -
Indications de méditation
On pourrait dire que la méditation n’a besoin ni de raison ni de but.
Ainsi envisagée, elle se situe à l’opposé de toutes nos activités, exceptées peut-être la danse et la musique.
Quand nous faisons de la musique, ce n’est pas pour atteindre un certain point, qui serait, par exemple, la fin du morceau. Si tel était le but de la musique, le meilleur exécutant serait évidemment le plus rapide.
Et quand nous dansons, nous ne nous déplaçons pas pour atteindre un certain endroit, un lieu donné, comme en voyage. Quand nous dansons, c’est le voyage même qui est le but; quand nous faisons de la musique, c’est la musique qui est à elle-même sa propre fin.
Il en est exactement de même pour ce qui est de la méditation.
La méditation est découverte que le but est déjà là, dans le moment présent.
*
Le mot « personne » en français comme en anglais, vient du latin persona, ce qui signifie ; ce au travers de quoi (per) le son (sona) passe. Il s’agit aussi des masques portés autrefois par les acteurs du théâtre classique. Ces masques étaient dotés de larges bouches faisant offices de mégaphone, ce qui permettait de porter le son plus loin. Ainsi le persona, la personne, c’est le masque, c’est à dire le rôle que vous jouez.
L’image que vous avez de vous-même est une institution sociale au même titre que, par exemple la division des jours en vingt-quatre heures ou du mètre en cent centimètres ou que le tracé purement imaginaire des latitudes et des longitudes à la surface de la terre.
Exactement de la même manière l’image que vous avez de vous-même est un concept imaginaire, pas autre chose en réalité qu’une caricature
Alan Wilson Watts (1915 – 1973) est l’un des pères de la contre-culture en Amérique. Philosophe, écrivain, conférencier et expert en religion comparée.
La conscience humaine est une forme de sensibilité et de compréhension, c’est aussi une forme d’ignorance. Notre conscience ordinaire de tous les jours élimine plus que ce qu’elle garde, des choses qui sont terriblement importantes.
Alan Watts dans L’envers du néant : Le testament d’un sage
Une pièce musicale de Peter Gabriel – Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c6Iac4AANc&list=OLAK5uy_mSwaG0kKJilN3R9tQkBQFgIsuKfHHZgC0
#24Heures #acteur #AlanWatts #AlanWilsonWatts #attention #écrivain #être #But #caricature #compréhension #conceptImaginaire #conférencier #conscience #conscienceHumaine #contreCulture #danse #découverte #division #endroit #entrainementDeLEsprit #envers #institutionSociale #latitude #masque #méditation #mégaphone #momentPrésent #musique #néant #persona #personne #philosophe #philosophie #Raison #rôle #Sage #testament #théâtre #théâtreClassique #tracé #Vivre #voyage -
Indications de méditation
On pourrait dire que la méditation n’a besoin ni de raison ni de but.
Ainsi envisagée, elle se situe à l’opposé de toutes nos activités, exceptées peut-être la danse et la musique.
Quand nous faisons de la musique, ce n’est pas pour atteindre un certain point, qui serait, par exemple, la fin du morceau. Si tel était le but de la musique, le meilleur exécutant serait évidemment le plus rapide.
Et quand nous dansons, nous ne nous déplaçons pas pour atteindre un certain endroit, un lieu donné, comme en voyage. Quand nous dansons, c’est le voyage même qui est le but; quand nous faisons de la musique, c’est la musique qui est à elle-même sa propre fin.
Il en est exactement de même pour ce qui est de la méditation.
La méditation est découverte que le but est déjà là, dans le moment présent.
*
Le mot « personne » en français comme en anglais, vient du latin persona, ce qui signifie ; ce au travers de quoi (per) le son (sona) passe. Il s’agit aussi des masques portés autrefois par les acteurs du théâtre classique. Ces masques étaient dotés de larges bouches faisant offices de mégaphone, ce qui permettait de porter le son plus loin. Ainsi le persona, la personne, c’est le masque, c’est à dire le rôle que vous jouez.
L’image que vous avez de vous-même est une institution sociale au même titre que, par exemple la division des jours en vingt-quatre heures ou du mètre en cent centimètres ou que le tracé purement imaginaire des latitudes et des longitudes à la surface de la terre.
Exactement de la même manière l’image que vous avez de vous-même est un concept imaginaire, pas autre chose en réalité qu’une caricature
Alan Wilson Watts (1915 – 1973) est l’un des pères de la contre-culture en Amérique. Philosophe, écrivain, conférencier et expert en religion comparée.
La conscience humaine est une forme de sensibilité et de compréhension, c’est aussi une forme d’ignorance. Notre conscience ordinaire de tous les jours élimine plus que ce qu’elle garde, des choses qui sont terriblement importantes.
Alan Watts dans L’envers du néant : Le testament d’un sage
Une pièce musicale de Peter Gabriel – Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c6Iac4AANc&list=OLAK5uy_mSwaG0kKJilN3R9tQkBQFgIsuKfHHZgC0
#24Heures #acteur #AlanWatts #AlanWilsonWatts #attention #écrivain #être #But #caricature #compréhension #conceptImaginaire #conférencier #conscience #conscienceHumaine #contreCulture #danse #découverte #division #endroit #entrainementDeLEsprit #envers #institutionSociale #latitude #masque #méditation #mégaphone #momentPrésent #musique #néant #persona #personne #philosophe #philosophie #Raison #rôle #Sage #testament #théâtre #théâtreClassique #tracé #Vivre #voyage -
Indications de méditation
On pourrait dire que la méditation n’a besoin ni de raison ni de but.
Ainsi envisagée, elle se situe à l’opposé de toutes nos activités, exceptées peut-être la danse et la musique.
Quand nous faisons de la musique, ce n’est pas pour atteindre un certain point, qui serait, par exemple, la fin du morceau. Si tel était le but de la musique, le meilleur exécutant serait évidemment le plus rapide.
Et quand nous dansons, nous ne nous déplaçons pas pour atteindre un certain endroit, un lieu donné, comme en voyage. Quand nous dansons, c’est le voyage même qui est le but; quand nous faisons de la musique, c’est la musique qui est à elle-même sa propre fin.
Il en est exactement de même pour ce qui est de la méditation.
La méditation est découverte que le but est déjà là, dans le moment présent.
*
Le mot « personne » en français comme en anglais, vient du latin persona, ce qui signifie ; ce au travers de quoi (per) le son (sona) passe. Il s’agit aussi des masques portés autrefois par les acteurs du théâtre classique. Ces masques étaient dotés de larges bouches faisant offices de mégaphone, ce qui permettait de porter le son plus loin. Ainsi le persona, la personne, c’est le masque, c’est à dire le rôle que vous jouez.
L’image que vous avez de vous-même est une institution sociale au même titre que, par exemple la division des jours en vingt-quatre heures ou du mètre en cent centimètres ou que le tracé purement imaginaire des latitudes et des longitudes à la surface de la terre.
Exactement de la même manière l’image que vous avez de vous-même est un concept imaginaire, pas autre chose en réalité qu’une caricature
Alan Wilson Watts (1915 – 1973) est l’un des pères de la contre-culture en Amérique. Philosophe, écrivain, conférencier et expert en religion comparée.
La conscience humaine est une forme de sensibilité et de compréhension, c’est aussi une forme d’ignorance. Notre conscience ordinaire de tous les jours élimine plus que ce qu’elle garde, des choses qui sont terriblement importantes.
Alan Watts dans L’envers du néant : Le testament d’un sage
Une pièce musicale de Peter Gabriel – Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c6Iac4AANc&list=OLAK5uy_mSwaG0kKJilN3R9tQkBQFgIsuKfHHZgC0
#24Heures #acteur #AlanWatts #AlanWilsonWatts #attention #écrivain #être #But #caricature #compréhension #conceptImaginaire #conférencier #conscience #conscienceHumaine #contreCulture #danse #découverte #division #endroit #entrainementDeLEsprit #envers #institutionSociale #latitude #masque #méditation #mégaphone #momentPrésent #musique #néant #persona #personne #philosophe #philosophie #Raison #rôle #Sage #testament #théâtre #théâtreClassique #tracé #Vivre #voyage -
"Better to be in detention than in the playground."
That was my outlook as a kid at school. I was bullied so much that the only escape I could find was to act out and bunk off.
My school reports are mostly "Was in isolation, had a great day", "47% attendance this year"
I achieved great results academically and was top of my class for most lessons, even French. No idea how.
But I was bullied so much that it led to poor behaviour from me as an escape and eventually to me being kicked out of school at 15 and home at 16.
The rest of my life has been a result of that trauma. Living in a hostel, drug use, dumb things. Until I eventually sorted myself and landed my first real job at 30 years of age, after 14 years of going from job to job.
A self taught software developer, finally found my thing.
Uhhh wrote that out and forgot what point I was going to make 😅
Kids are cruel? Life sucks? Maybe I just want attention 😬
Sometimes I wonder if I live off my past trauma as a reason to be angry. I'm still holding on to it.
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"Better to be in detention than in the playground."
That was my outlook as a kid at school. I was bullied so much that the only escape I could find was to act out and bunk off.
My school reports are mostly "Was in isolation, had a great day", "47% attendance this year"
I achieved great results academically and was top of my class for most lessons, even French. No idea how.
But I was bullied so much that it led to poor behaviour from me as an escape and eventually to me being kicked out of school at 15 and home at 16.
The rest of my life has been a result of that trauma. Living in a hostel, drug use, dumb things. Until I eventually sorted myself and landed my first real job at 30 years of age, after 14 years of going from job to job.
A self taught software developer, finally found my thing.
Uhhh wrote that out and forgot what point I was going to make 😅
Kids are cruel? Life sucks? Maybe I just want attention 😬
Sometimes I wonder if I live off my past trauma as a reason to be angry. I'm still holding on to it.
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"Better to be in detention than in the playground."
That was my outlook as a kid at school. I was bullied so much that the only escape I could find was to act out and bunk off.
My school reports are mostly "Was in isolation, had a great day", "47% attendance this year"
I achieved great results academically and was top of my class for most lessons, even French. No idea how.
But I was bullied so much that it led to poor behaviour from me as an escape and eventually to me being kicked out of school at 15 and home at 16.
The rest of my life has been a result of that trauma. Living in a hostel, drug use, dumb things. Until I eventually sorted myself and landed my first real job at 30 years of age, after 14 years of going from job to job.
A self taught software developer, finally found my thing.
Uhhh wrote that out and forgot what point I was going to make 😅
Kids are cruel? Life sucks? Maybe I just want attention 😬
Sometimes I wonder if I live off my past trauma as a reason to be angry. I'm still holding on to it.
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"Better to be in detention than in the playground."
That was my outlook as a kid at school. I was bullied so much that the only escape I could find was to act out and bunk off.
My school reports are mostly "Was in isolation, had a great day", "47% attendance this year"
I achieved great results academically and was top of my class for most lessons, even French. No idea how.
But I was bullied so much that it led to poor behaviour from me as an escape and eventually to me being kicked out of school at 15 and home at 16.
The rest of my life has been a result of that trauma. Living in a hostel, drug use, dumb things. Until I eventually sorted myself and landed my first real job at 30 years of age, after 14 years of going from job to job.
A self taught software developer, finally found my thing.
Uhhh wrote that out and forgot what point I was going to make 😅
Kids are cruel? Life sucks? Maybe I just want attention 😬
Sometimes I wonder if I live off my past trauma as a reason to be angry. I'm still holding on to it.
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"Better to be in detention than in the playground."
That was my outlook as a kid at school. I was bullied so much that the only escape I could find was to act out and bunk off.
My school reports are mostly "Was in isolation, had a great day", "47% attendance this year"
I achieved great results academically and was top of my class for most lessons, even French. No idea how.
But I was bullied so much that it led to poor behaviour from me as an escape and eventually to me being kicked out of school at 15 and home at 16.
The rest of my life has been a result of that trauma. Living in a hostel, drug use, dumb things. Until I eventually sorted myself and landed my first real job at 30 years of age, after 14 years of going from job to job.
A self taught software developer, finally found my thing.
Uhhh wrote that out and forgot what point I was going to make 😅
Kids are cruel? Life sucks? Maybe I just want attention 😬
Sometimes I wonder if I live off my past trauma as a reason to be angry. I'm still holding on to it.
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Mental Notes with Hilary Valdez: Dissent
Hilary Valdez (Photo by Hilary Valdez/Stripes Korea) When I look at Instagram, watch the news and other media…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #alanwatts #anxiety #babyboomer #Beatles #childhood #dissent #dylanthomas #emagoldman #family #GenerationX #graphicdepictions #instagram #love #memory #mentalhealth #nietzsche #televisiondramas #traumaticimpact
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Regarding my last post, there's a quote from Alan Watts which I quite like. It goes like this:
"“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
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Regarding my last post, there's a quote from Alan Watts which I quite like. It goes like this:
"“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
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Regarding my last post, there's a quote from Alan Watts which I quite like. It goes like this:
"“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
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Regarding my last post, there's a quote from Alan Watts which I quite like. It goes like this:
"“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
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Regarding my last post, there's a quote from Alan Watts which I quite like. It goes like this:
"“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
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(fascinating documentary about someone I've never heard of who spouted a load of bollocks which fascinated easily confused idiots (imho))
Alan Watts: The Brahman of Bromley
Archive on 4Jarvis Cocker wasn’t exactly enthusiastic when his bandmate suggested they listen to some old Buddhist lectures to while away the hours on their tour bus. But when the captivating voice of Alan Watts floated through the speakers, it transformed the way he saw the world.
Alan Watts is considered by many to have been a key translator of Eastern spiritual ideas in the 20th century. His books and lectures took the complex and often intangible concepts of Buddhism, Zen and Taoism, and unpacked them for Western ears with startling clarity and wry humour.
Born in Chislehurst in 1915, Watts moved to America just before the Second World War, where he became a popular public intellectual, “philosophical entertainer” and a thought-leader for the Beat Generation and emergent hippy counterculture.
In the years since his death in 1973, Watts’ reputation has only grown - first in esoteric New Age circles, and now with the millions of viewers online who take comfort from his archive of recorded lectures on YouTube and social media.
With access to his extensive recorded archive, Jarvis Cocker examines Watts’ life, work and digital legacy - featuring interviews with Watts enthusiasts and family members, historians and experts, as well as artists and filmmakers inspired by his work.
Access to Alan Watts' audio lectures provided by Mark Watts at the Alan Watts Organization.
Written and produced by Tom Harrad.
Executive producer: Ant Adeane
Sound mix: Alex PortfelixA Small Blue production for BBC Radio 4
Available now57 minutes
Last onYesterday
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BBC Radio 4 -
(fascinating documentary about someone I've never heard of who spouted a load of bollocks which fascinated easily confused idiots (imho))
Alan Watts: The Brahman of Bromley
Archive on 4Jarvis Cocker wasn’t exactly enthusiastic when his bandmate suggested they listen to some old Buddhist lectures to while away the hours on their tour bus. But when the captivating voice of Alan Watts floated through the speakers, it transformed the way he saw the world.
Alan Watts is considered by many to have been a key translator of Eastern spiritual ideas in the 20th century. His books and lectures took the complex and often intangible concepts of Buddhism, Zen and Taoism, and unpacked them for Western ears with startling clarity and wry humour.
Born in Chislehurst in 1915, Watts moved to America just before the Second World War, where he became a popular public intellectual, “philosophical entertainer” and a thought-leader for the Beat Generation and emergent hippy counterculture.
In the years since his death in 1973, Watts’ reputation has only grown - first in esoteric New Age circles, and now with the millions of viewers online who take comfort from his archive of recorded lectures on YouTube and social media.
With access to his extensive recorded archive, Jarvis Cocker examines Watts’ life, work and digital legacy - featuring interviews with Watts enthusiasts and family members, historians and experts, as well as artists and filmmakers inspired by his work.
Access to Alan Watts' audio lectures provided by Mark Watts at the Alan Watts Organization.
Written and produced by Tom Harrad.
Executive producer: Ant Adeane
Sound mix: Alex PortfelixA Small Blue production for BBC Radio 4
Available now57 minutes
Last onYesterday
20:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(fascinating documentary about someone I've never heard of who spouted a load of bollocks which fascinated easily confused idiots (imho))
Alan Watts: The Brahman of Bromley
Archive on 4Jarvis Cocker wasn’t exactly enthusiastic when his bandmate suggested they listen to some old Buddhist lectures to while away the hours on their tour bus. But when the captivating voice of Alan Watts floated through the speakers, it transformed the way he saw the world.
Alan Watts is considered by many to have been a key translator of Eastern spiritual ideas in the 20th century. His books and lectures took the complex and often intangible concepts of Buddhism, Zen and Taoism, and unpacked them for Western ears with startling clarity and wry humour.
Born in Chislehurst in 1915, Watts moved to America just before the Second World War, where he became a popular public intellectual, “philosophical entertainer” and a thought-leader for the Beat Generation and emergent hippy counterculture.
In the years since his death in 1973, Watts’ reputation has only grown - first in esoteric New Age circles, and now with the millions of viewers online who take comfort from his archive of recorded lectures on YouTube and social media.
With access to his extensive recorded archive, Jarvis Cocker examines Watts’ life, work and digital legacy - featuring interviews with Watts enthusiasts and family members, historians and experts, as well as artists and filmmakers inspired by his work.
Access to Alan Watts' audio lectures provided by Mark Watts at the Alan Watts Organization.
Written and produced by Tom Harrad.
Executive producer: Ant Adeane
Sound mix: Alex PortfelixA Small Blue production for BBC Radio 4
Available now57 minutes
Last onYesterday
20:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(fascinating documentary about someone I've never heard of who spouted a load of bollocks which fascinated easily confused idiots (imho))
Alan Watts: The Brahman of Bromley
Archive on 4Jarvis Cocker wasn’t exactly enthusiastic when his bandmate suggested they listen to some old Buddhist lectures to while away the hours on their tour bus. But when the captivating voice of Alan Watts floated through the speakers, it transformed the way he saw the world.
Alan Watts is considered by many to have been a key translator of Eastern spiritual ideas in the 20th century. His books and lectures took the complex and often intangible concepts of Buddhism, Zen and Taoism, and unpacked them for Western ears with startling clarity and wry humour.
Born in Chislehurst in 1915, Watts moved to America just before the Second World War, where he became a popular public intellectual, “philosophical entertainer” and a thought-leader for the Beat Generation and emergent hippy counterculture.
In the years since his death in 1973, Watts’ reputation has only grown - first in esoteric New Age circles, and now with the millions of viewers online who take comfort from his archive of recorded lectures on YouTube and social media.
With access to his extensive recorded archive, Jarvis Cocker examines Watts’ life, work and digital legacy - featuring interviews with Watts enthusiasts and family members, historians and experts, as well as artists and filmmakers inspired by his work.
Access to Alan Watts' audio lectures provided by Mark Watts at the Alan Watts Organization.
Written and produced by Tom Harrad.
Executive producer: Ant Adeane
Sound mix: Alex PortfelixA Small Blue production for BBC Radio 4
Available now57 minutes
Last onYesterday
20:00
BBC Radio 4 -
(fascinating documentary about someone I've never heard of who spouted a load of bollocks which fascinated easily confused idiots (imho))
Alan Watts: The Brahman of Bromley
Archive on 4Jarvis Cocker wasn’t exactly enthusiastic when his bandmate suggested they listen to some old Buddhist lectures to while away the hours on their tour bus. But when the captivating voice of Alan Watts floated through the speakers, it transformed the way he saw the world.
Alan Watts is considered by many to have been a key translator of Eastern spiritual ideas in the 20th century. His books and lectures took the complex and often intangible concepts of Buddhism, Zen and Taoism, and unpacked them for Western ears with startling clarity and wry humour.
Born in Chislehurst in 1915, Watts moved to America just before the Second World War, where he became a popular public intellectual, “philosophical entertainer” and a thought-leader for the Beat Generation and emergent hippy counterculture.
In the years since his death in 1973, Watts’ reputation has only grown - first in esoteric New Age circles, and now with the millions of viewers online who take comfort from his archive of recorded lectures on YouTube and social media.
With access to his extensive recorded archive, Jarvis Cocker examines Watts’ life, work and digital legacy - featuring interviews with Watts enthusiasts and family members, historians and experts, as well as artists and filmmakers inspired by his work.
Access to Alan Watts' audio lectures provided by Mark Watts at the Alan Watts Organization.
Written and produced by Tom Harrad.
Executive producer: Ant Adeane
Sound mix: Alex PortfelixA Small Blue production for BBC Radio 4
Available now57 minutes
Last onYesterday
20:00
BBC Radio 4 -
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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
-- Alan Watts (The Wisdom of Insecurity) -
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
-- Alan Watts (The Wisdom of Insecurity) -
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
-- Alan Watts (The Wisdom of Insecurity) -
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
-- Alan Watts (The Wisdom of Insecurity) -
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
-- Alan Watts (The Wisdom of Insecurity) -
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Anyone else enjoying the #AlanWatts sample in this track, the full piece is here: https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind-12#ch2
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By This Time Tomorrow - Fires in the Distance https://musiccloud.io/QHeWc
Anyone else enjoying the #AlanWatts sample in this track, the full piece is here: https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind-12#ch2
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By This Time Tomorrow - Fires in the Distance https://musiccloud.io/QHeWc
Anyone else enjoying the #AlanWatts sample in this track, the full piece is here: https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind-12#ch2
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By This Time Tomorrow - Fires in the Distance https://musiccloud.io/QHeWc
Anyone else enjoying the #AlanWatts sample in this track, the full piece is here: https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind-12#ch2
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By This Time Tomorrow - Fires in the Distance https://musiccloud.io/QHeWc
Anyone else enjoying the #AlanWatts sample in this track, the full piece is here: https://www.organism.earth/library/document/out-of-your-mind-12#ch2
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Reality is this. - videos.trom.tf/w/wfXp5jDDHcVyQ…
Alan Watts about what reality is. A short clip I made with some footage I recorded with the Osmo Pocket 3.
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