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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/watts-alan/77350/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Alan Watts</b></a></p><blockquote>Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.</blockquote><p><b>Alan Watts</b> (1915-1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer<br><i>The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are</i>, ch. 3 “How to be a Genuine Fake” (1966)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/watts-alan/77350/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/watts-alan/77350/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=alanwatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alanwatts</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=approach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>approach</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=insoluble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insoluble</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=problem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>problem</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=solution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solution</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>An amazing read- 'You are both the poison and the antidote' (and huge thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nerdculture.de/@Catlynn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Catlynn</span></a></span> for tipping me off to it): <a href="https://www.printmag.com/creative-voices/a-broad-view-you-are-both-the-poison-and-the-antidote" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">printmag.com/creative-voices/a</span><span class="invisible">-broad-view-you-are-both-the-poison-and-the-antidote</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlanWatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanWatts</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>But if I were ever tempted to use AI, it would be to generate Ms. Bitters quotes from Invader Zim read in Alan Watts' voice, and vice versa. </p><p>"Where that squirrel is, there was NOTHING. Where your head is, there was NOTHING!"</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AlanWatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanWatts</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/InvaderZim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvaderZim</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/TN2OkuXrm5k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/TN2OkuXrm5k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>Alan Watts has been a huge influence on me, and his way of putting concepts in English has really helped me to understand enlightenment and eastern philosophies. It's a vibe I've always had a knack for (the Tao just exists and anyone can discover it independently), and I'd read some of the texts, but he pulls it together. </p><p>His ideas really helped me get through long periods of severe isolation and illness, to find meaning after my lifelong meaning-comes-via-productivity worldview fell apart.</p><p>I've primarily only consumed him via music samples. His lectures are perfect for short profound snippets, and chillout music is a lovely vehicle for passively absorbing and pondering the messages. (One of these days I'll be able to focus on the full recordings.)</p><p>But for now, there's this playlist I've been curating:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0TLK5jdOTXK8TDXBgBIsJr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/playlist/0TLK</span><span class="invisible">5jdOTXK8TDXBgBIsJr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AlanWatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanWatts</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.”</p><p> – Alan Watts</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/alanwatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alanwatts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/selfcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wellbeing</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” </p><p>– Alan Watts <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/alanwatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alanwatts</span></a></p>
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formuchdeliberation<p>“Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.”</p><p> – Alan Watts</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/alanwatts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alanwatts</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PresentMoment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresentMoment</span></a></p>
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