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prodipbd · 2 months

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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

#exams #change #growthmindset #personalgrowth #lifequotes #motivasi #inspiration #selfimprovement #positivevibes #lifelessons #alanwatts #watts #alanwattsquotes #philosophy #easternphilosophy

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wecreatys · 2 years

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“Hayat bir büyü, bir cazibe, bir harikalık, öylesine büyüleyici bir ritmin karmaşası ve öylesine ilgi çekici bir konu ki...” Alan ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #baekhyun #buddhistteachings #chen #consciousness #deepakchopra #eckharttolle #enlightenment #epictetus #higherconsciousness #igwriters #intuition #kai #laotzu #lay #lightworker #meditation #mentalhealth #mindset #philosophy #powerofnow #ramdass #rumi #spiritualjourney #spiritualquotes #suho #synchronicity #wisdom #writeaway https://www.instagram.com/p/CjgXoibLJi5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2lovepoetry · 1 year

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The awakening process is not for the weak. Because you will think you are going crazy until, it gets beautiful where you find that peace within.

#alanwattsquotes #awakening #recognizewhatalreadyis #haveyoulostyourmindyet

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pneumanomads · 1 year

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You cannot take hold of it, nor can you get rid of it. In not being able to get it, you get it. When you are silent, it speaks. When you speak, it is silent. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #baekhyun #buddhistteachings #chen #consciousness #deepakchopra #eckharttolle #enlightenment #epictetus #igwriters #intuition #kai #laotzu #lay #lightworker #meditation #mentalhealth #mindset #philosophy #powerofnow #ramdass #rumi #sacred #spiritualjourney #spiritualquotes #suho #synchronicity #wisdom #writeaway (at Saint Petersburg, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn1tDYmOf0M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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inge-universe · 2 years

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Alan Watts - Weg van het denken @alanwattsofficial #alanwatts #wegvanhetdenken #alanwattsquote #alanwattsquotes #outofyourmind Mijn mening: #mijmening #review Een boek met interessante zienswijzen en dingen om over na te denken. Mooi maar niet voor iedereen. Spiritueel, zen en filosofisch. Zet aan tot denken. En moet zeker meer dan 1x gelezen worden. Voor mij een 'flirt met het ontwaken' Ik vond het een bijzonder boek. Moest mijn hoofd er wel bijhouden en af en toe even stoppen met lezen om het tot me door te laten dringen. Een boek waar je bij stil moet staan. Voor mensen die interesse hebben in andere denkwijzen dan de standaard manier van denken. Ik ga het zeker nog een keer lezen. 4⭐ #quotes 'Tijdverspilling bestaat niet want waarvoor is tijd anders dan t te verspillen.' 'Om belangrijk te zijn hoeft het bestaan niet verder te gaan.' Wie heeft dit boek gelezen? En? ............ Bedankt voor het #recensieexemplaar #leesexemplaar @ankhhermes #ankhhermes ............ Inhoud: 'Weg van het denken' van Alan Watts bevat de teksten van enkele van zijn beste lezingen, gebaseerd op de succesvolle audioserie 'Out of your mind'. Om de dingen helder te kunnen zien, moeten we soms weggaan van ons denken, is een bekende uitspraak van Alan Watts. Misschien wel meer dan enige andere Westerse spirituele leraar was en is Alan Watts in staat om ons uit ons beperkte Westerse denkkader te laten stappen. Hij biedt alternatieve wegen uit ons denken en leidt ons langs de grote spirituele thema's. Wat gebeurt er als doorkrijgen dat ons lichaam en ons ego slechts een illusie zijn? Hoe kan het omarmen van de chaos ons helpen om ons levensdoel te ontdekken? En welke wonderen kunnen we verwachten als we stoppen met alles zo serieus te nemen? Volg deze briljante denker op deze zoektocht en je zult tot antwoorden komen! ............ #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookstagramnl #bookstagrammers #boekstagram #instabook #dutchbookstagram #instaboek #nonfictie #quote #zen #filosofie #boeddha #dutchbookstagrammers #dutchbookstagrammer #boekenwurm #booktrovert #bookmail #boekenpost @alanwattsorg @alanwattss @alanwattsquotebook @alanwattsphilosopher @alanwatts @alanwatts.vibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZ329irkBn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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quotestoday · 1 year

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Alan Watts: The thinker who changed your life!

Alan Watts was a British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker who is best known for his quotes popularising Eastern philosophy and spirituality in the West. Alan Watts was born in 1915 in England and later moved to the United States, where he became a prominent figure in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Watts wrote more than 25 books and gave countless lectures and talks on a wide range of topics, from Zen Buddhism to the nature of consciousness.

Throughout his life, Alan Watts had a profound impact on many people, and his teachings continue to inspire and influence individuals around the world. Here are some of Alan Watts' most memorable quotes:

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

This quote emphasises the importance of embracing change and being open to new experiences. Rather than resisting change, Watts encourages us to flow with it and to see it as an opportunity for growth.

"We do not 'come into' this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree."

This quote reflects Alan Watts' belief that we are not separate from the world around us but are instead interconnected with it. We are not isolated individuals but are part of a larger whole.

"The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless."

Watts believed that life is inherently impermanent and that this impermanence is what gives it its vitality. He encourages us to embrace change and to avoid becoming stagnant or fixed in our ways.

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."

This quote highlights the difficulty of truly knowing oneself. We are constantly changing and evolving, and attempting to pin down a fixed identity can be a futile task.

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone."

Sometimes, the best course of action is to simply let things be. Trying to force a solution or fix a problem can often make things worse. Instead, we should allow things to unfold naturally and trust in the process.

"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."

This quote emphasises the idea that we are all interconnected and that we each contain the potential for infinite possibility. Rather than seeing ourselves as small and insignificant, we should recognise the immense power and potential within us.

"The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there."

This quote emphasises the idea that true wisdom and understanding come from within. We cannot simply seek out external sources of knowledge or enlightenment; we must cultivate these qualities within ourselves.

These are just a few examples of Alan Watts' insightful and thought-provoking quotes. His teachings continue to inspire and influence individuals around the world, and his legacy as a philosopher and spiritual leader remains as strong as ever. Click Here

#spirituality #alanwatts #motivationalquotes #thethinker #alanwattsquotes

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johnnybhazard · 3 years

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I have been reading and listening to Alan Watts for 20 years now and I felt it was time to update my take on his likeness. His description of the Chinese principle of li was in the back of my mind while I worked this painting: "I have practiced Chinese calligraphy for many years, and am not yet a master of the art, which could be described as dancing with brush and ink on absorbent paper. Because ink is mostly water, Chinese calligraphy - controlling the flow of water with the soft brush as distinct from the hard pen - requires that you go with the flow. If you hesitate, hold the brush too long in one place, or hurry, or try to correct what you have written, the blemishes are all too obvious. But if you write well there is at the same time the sensation that the work is happening on it own, that the brush is writing all by itself - as a river, by following the line of least resistance, makes elegant curves. The beauty of Chinese calligraphy is thus the same beauty which we recognize in moving water, in foam, spray, eddies, and waves, as well as in clouds, flames and weavings of smoke in sunlight. The Chinese call this kind of beauty the following of li, an ideogram which referred originally to the grain in jade and wood, and which Needham translates as "organic pattern," although it is more generally understood as the "reason" or "principle" of things. Li is the pattern of behaviour which comes about when one is in accord with the Tao, the watercourse of nature. The patterns of moving air are of the same character, and so the Chinese idea of elegance is expressed as feng-liu, the flowing of wind." -excerpt from p.15 of Alan Watts' beautiful book Tao: The Watercourse Way (Pantheon, 1975) “Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.” -excerpt from Chapter 9 of the Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell’s translation #AlanWatts #Taoism #ProcreateArtwork #caricatureartist #texturedart #taoteching #Gouche #TrueGritTextureSupply #digitalcaricature #digitalportraitpainting #MaxPacks #AlanWattsQuotes #chinesephilosophy #painttexture #AlanWattsWisdom #cometoyoursenses #AlanWattsPhilosophy #MaxPacksBrushes #FireflyTattooCollective #workasplay #playforaliving (at Johnny B. Hazard Tattoo Art & Illustration) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL9l2u0C5Ex/?igshid=10ewjhk9is5w

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scientificphilosopher · 4 years

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As it is, we are merely bolting our lives—gulping down undigested experiences as fast as we can stuff them in—because awareness of our own existence is so superficial and so narrow that nothing seems to us more boring than simple being. If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted yesterday, I am likely to get nothing more than the thin, sketchy outline of the few things that you noticed, and of those only what you thought worth remembering. Is it surprising that an existence so experienced seems so empty and bare that its hunger for an infinite future is insatiable? But suppose you could answer, “It would take me forever to tell you, and I am much too interested in what’s happening now.” How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such a fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself as anything less than a god? And, when you consider that this incalculably subtle organism is inseparable from the still more marvelous patterns of its environment—from the minutest electrical designs to the whole company of the galaxies—how is it conceivable that this incarnation of all eternity can be bored with being? –Alan Watts, born on this day in 1915

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chexawe · 3 years

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Reposted from @thematrixisreal Treat life like a game and you may just win. . #thematrixisreal #thematrix #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #motivationalquotes #quotes #health #wealth #play #111 #1111 #lightworker #higherconsciousness #higherknowledge #highervibrations #raiseyourvibration #knowledgeispower #lifehacks #spiritualawakening #awake #wokebreed #wokeaf #staywoke #wokememes https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd2pp3Hd7ZM39mChTtkKomyRhKcw2pUJrkddc0/?igshid=1v3hvu9dyul17

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handelinamandalina · 3 years

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"Eğer güzel bir uyku çekmek, tertemiz bir bilinçaltı yüklemesi yapmak istenilirse, uyku öncesi okuduğunuz kitaplar, izlediğiniz filmler, söylediğiniz sözler hayati derecede önemli. O yüzden kitap oku ama her önüne geleni değil" denmişti bana bir zamanlar // Alan Watts uyanıkken ve de uykuya yatarken her daim okunması gereken bir filozof. Bu da yeni kitabım, haydi başlayalım💃💃💃 // (Yazar tanıtımı yapmaya, kitap tavsiyesi vermeye bayılıyorum) #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #deepakchopra #philosophy #felsefe #aydınlanma #enlightenment #bestbooks #bestauthor #alanwattswisdom #alanwattsphilosophy https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDe8YyBBIY/?igshid=11zz5gljqda18

#alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #deepakchopra #philosophy #felsefe #aydınlanma #enlightenment #bestbooks #bestauthor #alanwattswisdom #alanwattsphilosophy

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starr-medicine · 4 years

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By going out of your mind, you come to your senses. -Alan Watts #alanwattswisdom #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #energywork #reikipractitioner #jamesriver #rva #healing #healthandwellness #rvawellness #meditation #walkingmeditation (at Lakeside) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_K7qy6l9vP/?igshid=7grfl8jvv058

#alanwattswisdom #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #energywork #reikipractitioner #jamesriver #rva #healing #healthandwellness #rvawellness #meditation #walkingmeditation

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sed-boi · 4 years

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"My brain has no heart, and my heart has no brain. That’s why, when I speak my mind, I appear heartless, and when I say what’s in my heart, I appear thoughtless." . . .. . . .. . . . .. .#selfcarequotes #selflovequotes #growthquotes #alanwatts #todaysmantra #animequotes #bodypositivity #adobedraw #quotestagram #lifequotesoftheday #quotesaboutlifequotesandsayings #quarantineartclub #quotesaboutlife #poetsofinstagram #showerthoughts #artistsoninstagram #alanwattsquotes #artoftheday #artistofinstagram #goodreads #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationartists #humanbody #artstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #artsupporters #mentalhealthquotes #aesthetic_photos #aestheticquote #sedboi https://www.instagram.com/p/CAA0feXDuaj/?igshid=1xgay8qfnr27y

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wecreatys · 1 year

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“We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.” ― Alan Wilson Watts ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #alanwatts #alanwattsquotes #baekhyun #buddhistteachings #chen #consciousness #deepakchopra #eckharttolle #enlightenment #epictetus #higherconsciousness #igwriters #intuition #kai #laotzu #lay #lightworker #meditation #mentalhealth #mindset #philosophy #powerofnow #ramdass #rumi #spiritualjourney #spiritualquotes #suho #synchronicity #wisdom #writeaway https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4Naq1onEA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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woman-like-her · 4 years

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It's like you took a bottle of ink and you threw it at a wall. Smash! And all that ink spread. And in the middle, it's dense, isn't it? And as it gets out on the edge, the little droplets get finer and finer and make more complicated patterns, see? So in the same way, there was a big bang at the beginning of things and it spread. And you and I, sitting here in this room, as complicated human beings, are way, way out on the fringe of that bang. We are the complicated little patterns on the end of it. Very interesting. But so we define ourselves as being only that. If you think that you are only inside your skin, you define yourself as one very complicated little curlique, way out on the edge of that explosion. Way out in space, and way out in time. Billions of years ago, you were a big bang, but now you're a complicated human being. And then we cut ourselves off, and don't feel that we're still the big bang. But you are. Depends how you define yourself. You are actually--if this is the way things started, if there was a big bang in the beginning-- you're not something that's a result of the big bang. You're not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are. When I meet you, I see not just what you define yourself as--Mr so-and- so, Ms so-and-so, Mrs so-and-so--I see every one of you as the primordial energy of the universe coming on at me in this particular way. I know I'm that, too. But we've learned to define ourselves as separate from it.

Alan Watts

#womanlikeher #alan watts #higherself #inspirational quotes #higherconsciousness #alanwattsquotes

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pneumanomads · 1 year

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“I am depressed, and want to get “I” out of this depression. The opposite of depression is elation, but because depression is not elation, I cannot force myself to be elated. I can, however, get drunk. This makes me wonderfully elated, and so when the next depression arrives, I have a quick cure. The subsequent depressions have a way of getting deeper and blacker, because I am not digesting the depressed state and eliminating its poisons. So I need to get even drunker to drown them. Very soon I begin to hate myself for getting so drunk, which makes me still more depressed—and so it goes.” #alanwattscommunity #mentalhealth #abstinence #depressionhelp #alanwattsquotes #mentalhealthawareness #somber #blackandwhiteart #midjourneyart #theaiowl (at Saint Petersburg, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnT4CKOFl7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#alanwattscommunity #mentalhealth #abstinence #depressionhelp #alanwattsquotes #mentalhealthawareness #somber #blackandwhiteart #midjourneyart #theaiowl

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inge-universe · 2 years

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#verderinditboek Alan Watts - Weg van het denken @alanwattsofficial #alanwatts #wegvanhetdenken #alanwattsquote #alanwattsquotes #outofyourmind Een boek met interessante zienswijzen en dingen om over na te denken. Mooi maar niet voor iedereen. Voor mij een 'flirt met het ontwaken' Zet aan tot denken. En moet zeker meer dan 1x gelezen worden. Wie heeft dit boek al gelezen? Wat vond je er van? #quotes 'Tijdverspilling bestaat niet want waarvoor is tijd anders dan t te verspillen.' 'Om belangrijk te zijn hoeft het bestaan niet verder te gaan.' ............ Bedankt voor het #recensieexemplaar #leesexemplaar @ankhhermes #ankhhermes ............ Inhoud: 'Weg van het denken' van Alan Watts bevat de teksten van enkele van zijn beste lezingen, gebaseerd op de succesvolle audioserie 'Out of your mind'. Om de dingen helder te kunnen zien, moeten we soms weggaan van ons denken, is een bekende uitspraak van Alan Watts. Misschien wel meer dan enige andere Westerse spirituele leraar was en is Alan Watts in staat om ons uit ons beperkte Westerse denkkader te laten stappen. Hij biedt alternatieve wegen uit ons denken en leidt ons langs de grote spirituele thema's. Wat gebeurt er als doorkrijgen dat ons lichaam en ons ego slechts een illusie zijn? Hoe kan het omarmen van de chaos ons helpen om ons levensdoel te ontdekken? En welke wonderen kunnen we verwachten als we stoppen met alles zo serieus te nemen? Volg deze briljante denker op deze zoektocht en je zult tot antwoorden komen! ............ #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookstagramnl #bookstagrammers #boekstagram #instabook #dutchbookstagram #instaboek #nonfictie #quote #zen #filosofie #boeddha #dutchbookstagrammers #dutchbookstagrammer #boekenwurm #booktrovert #bookmail #boekenpost @alanwattsorg @alanwattss @alanwattsquotebook @alanwattsphilosopher @alanwatts @alanwatts.vibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CgG4vRhLmd7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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