21K views · 150 reactions | Alan Watts quote from his talk ‘Image of Man’ in the Myth & Religion collection. “Supposing you knew the future and could control it perfectly, what would you do? You’d say: ‘Let’s shuffle the deck and have another deal.’” Available at https://alanwatts.com/ | Alan Watts | Facebook

Alan Watts talk ‘Not What Should Be But What Is’ In this talk, Alan presents how true meditation comes from letting go of the idea that you control your thoughts. When your thoughts quiet on their own, you experience a deeper reality where there's no separation between yourself and the universe. This "eternal now" is where true creation happens, and it allows you to take responsibility for your present experience without blaming the past. “See, reality isn’t material. That’s an idea. Reality isn

Alan Watts talk, “On Buddhism” from the “Ways of Liberation” audio series - available to stream for supporting subscribers. https://play.alanwatts.org/videos/on-buddhism Listen to over 90 more remastered talks (and growing) at PLAY.ALANWATTS.ORG and in the Alan Watts App… links in bio. From the talk: “The word “Buddha” literally means “the awakened one” in Sanskrit. It comes from the root “budh,” which means “to wake” or “to know.” So, we could say that a Buddha is someone who has woken up to th