Diventa ciò che sei

Whatever else I may have found to absorb during my now several years of practice I am both glad and grateful that I found Alan Watts, the self proclaimed "spiritual entertainer". His grasp of the essence of practice as it has at least presented to me, is both incisive and insightful and he is always Leggi tutto

Become what you are and stop trying so hard to become what you are not. :)

I really enjoyed this book a lot although not the best Watts. The book is basically just a short collection of essays about becoming what you are collected from mostly magazines. A lot of the essays, since not originally intended to be put in a book form, make some of the same points over and over a Leggi tutto

The title perfectly captures the essential truth of this book, but echoes something more akin to the self-help genre rather than philosophy, which will naturally put off a lot of the people who should read it. Additionally, as I have felt compelled to say in the past when reviewing some books on Eas Leggi tutto

“Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone, and yet it persists forever.”

“The unenlightened man keeps a tight hold on himself because he is afraid of losing himself; he can trust neither circumstances nor his own human nature; he is terrified of being genuine, of accepting himself as he is and tries to deceive himself into the belief that he is as he wishes to be. But

《همان شو که هستی》✍🏼 آلن واتس/نشر فلسفه "معنا وصف شدنی نیست.تنها زمانی می‌توان تجربه‌اش کرد که بین خود فرد و دنیا چنان عشقی وجود داشته باشد که آنچه باهم میسازند بیش از هرکدامشان باشد.همانطور که برای زن و شوهر فرزند بیش از خودشان است." "زندگی فقط در همین لحظه وجود دارد، و در این لحظه بی نهایت و ابدی است Leggi tutto

Five star thoughts with a three star delivery. Watts is too brilliant at times - his methods of delivery often get muddled into over explaining without rhythm.