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Alan Watts on the art of living

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the … Continue reading →

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Alan Watts on our collective fugue state

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘One can only draw the conclusion that the assumption underlying this is that expressions of physical love are far more dangerous than expressions of physical hatred. And it seems to me that a culture that has that sort of … Continue reading →

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Alan Watts – You’re It

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Alan Watts doing what he does…. On the nature of reality, and on fear. Deep and thoughtful. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling Exeter since 1994

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There is nothing wrong with you

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://beyondmeds.com/2014/07/06/there-is-nothing-wrong/ Very helpful post, as so often, from Monica Cassani’s rich collection of resources, links, articles and reflections: http://www.beyondmeds.com Monica’s body of work is invaluable to anyone engaging with what it is to be human, anyone working in our own … Continue reading →

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Alan Watts on our preoccupation with past and future

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“We are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future. We have no … Continue reading →

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Alan Watts – ‘Music and Life’

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

As You Tube tells us, a short animated clip made by Trey Parker & Matt Stone featuring a small segment of an Alan Watts lecture. This is really lovely. Thanks to Yaacov Darling Khan on Facebook for drawing our attention … Continue reading →

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An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness & How to Live with Presence – Maria Popova

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/06/alan-watts-wisdom-of-insecurity-1/ Useful article from Maria Popova at http://www.brainpickings.org on Alan Watts and ‘The Wisdom of Insecurity’. The writer especially liked Alan’s observations about awareness and thought:- ‘While you are watching this present experience, are you aware of someone watching it? … Continue reading →

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I Will Always Find You: The Homing of Human Connection – Drake Spaeth

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://www.saybrook.edu/newexistentialists/posts/02-26-15 Profound post from Drake on the wonderful Saybrook University site, about intuitive, embodied connection in relationship with ourselves/others, and within the web of life/our experiencing – and the support this offers us in finding our way:- ‘All of us … Continue reading →

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Alan Watts on The Mind

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Alan Watts on stilling the mind and meditation – which he gets to at the end of this short film, after a reflection on worry, and our monkey minds….As always, he is worth listening to, both for what he says … Continue reading →

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Existence – Alan Watts

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Alan Watts being himself, on existence, wonder, respect and ‘materialism’. ‘…respect is…based on wonder’. Yes. Wonder, and gratitude. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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