Essays inspired by Alan Watts — reflections on life, self, and awareness for the modern world. Timeless wisdom in the age of noise and speed.
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
An opening reflection on the most essential truth: you are not separate from life — you grew out of this world and are an expression of it. This series invites you to rediscover what has always been here.
2003-09-10
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
A reflection on the false belief that we are separate from the world, exploring how this illusion forms, why it hurts, and how glimpses of truth reveal our deeper unity with life.
1999-08-14
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
An exploration of the illusion of separateness, showing that we are not visitors in this world but expressions of it — like leaves from a tree or waves from the ocean.
2010-05-01
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
An exploration of why the endless search for identity never succeeds, and how turning inward reveals that you were never lost — you are the awareness itself.
1996-05-21
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
A reflection on awareness as the ground of all experience — not a tool or effort, but the open space in which life unfolds, revealing unity between the observer and the observed.
2018-12-19
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
An exploration of how modern technology creates endless noise and the illusion of connection, and how rediscovering presence restores the true sense of belonging we crave.
2004-09-13
01. The One Thing Everyone Should Learn
A reflection on what it means to dissolve the illusion of separation and live as life itself — seeing work, relationships, and challenges as expressions of the same flow.
1984-10-13
02. The Art of Living
An opening reflection on Alan Watts’ idea that life is not a project or a task to complete, but an art to be lived — like a song or a dance, valued moment by moment.
2000-07-27
02. The Art of Living
An exploration of Alan Watts’ insight that life is not a journey with a final destination, but music — meant to be lived, listened to, and danced to in each moment.
2007-03-10
02. The Art of Living
A reflection on the modern obsession with self-optimization, showing how the endless chase for 'better' creates anxiety and how true growth arises naturally from presence.
1991-09-26
02. The Art of Living
A reflection on why stillness feels threatening in modern culture, and how the simple act of pausing reveals clarity, presence, and the fullness of life.
2000-08-27
02. The Art of Living
A reflection on Alan Watts’ teaching that life is not a march toward a finish line, but a dance — an improvisation with change, flow, and the unexpected.
1996-11-24
02. The Art of Living
A reflection on the inevitability of change, why we fear it, and how embracing impermanence reveals the beauty and lightness of life.
2004-02-12
02. The Art of Living
A reflection that brings together the themes of life as art, presence, stillness, and impermanence, showing that living well is not about control or achievement, but about noticing what is already here.
2008-03-27