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Sharing eastern wisdom stories exemplifying how one can get free from karma while still taking part in the action of the world, Alan expresses how one can ‘drop out from karma’ without challenging it. Sometimes referred to as ‘the easy way’ of dealing with karma, Alan offers Taoism as a shortcut, a distinct path of enlightened liberation that uses cleverness instead of muscle. From this perspective, Alan poses the question: Can you find a way that sees into your own nature - the Tao - immediately?
“When you know that this moment is the Tao, and this moment, considered by itself, is without past, without future, eternal, neither coming into being, nor going out of being: there is nirvana.” - Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a British writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Watts gained a following while working as a volunteer programmer at the KPFA radio station in Berkeley. He wrote more than 25 books and articles on religion and philosophy, introducing the emerging hippie counterculture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. He also explored human consciousness and psychedelics in works such as "The New Alchemy" (1958) and The Joyous Cosmology (1962).
However, many people are inspired by his raw and inspiring lectures / speeches, which is what we aim to archive and to bring to a whole new generation! His wisdom is truly timeless.
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