Sleep to Alan Watts - Lecture Compilation

Sleep to Alan Watts - Lecture Compilation

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• Author: Alan Watts Lectures
• Full_Title: Sleep to Alan Watts - Lecture Compilation
• Category: podcasts
• URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/ceab8477-3251-4c6d-8e16-0a131f708e35
• Last Highlighted Date: 2024-08-15 09:31:43.299221+00:00

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• Embrace the Flow Summary: Embracing the natural flow of life allows for greater strength and direction in one’s actions. By aligning with the prevailing forces, individuals can harness their power while skillfully navigating their own path. This approach is akin to sailing, where one can adjust course against the wind while still utilizing its momentum. True mastery lies in the ability to work with these currents, symbolizing a harmonious and intelligent strategy that embodies the essence of Taoism. Transcript: Speaker 1 You can swim against it and pretend not to be flowing with it, but you still are. So, but a person who is not making that pretense anymore, who knows that you have to go with the river and swim with it, suddenly he acquires behind everything that he does, the power of The river. The person swimming against the river, you see, does not by his action express the force of the river. The person swimming with it, he goes along and he has that whole river behind him, but he’s subtly directing it because you can change direction in the course of the river. You can go to the left or to the right as a ship can use a rudder and still go along with the current or more skillful still as a sailboat can tack. Because when a sailboat tacks and goes in a direction contrary to the wind, it still is using the wind to blow it along. Now that is the most highly skillful art of all. That is Taoism in perfection, the art of sailing. Very intelligent. I remember once I was
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