Re: Accessing Cosmic Intelligence.

Posted on May 5th, 2009 by blewbird in Questions & Reflections: The Group

Many years ago I started reading books by Alan Watts and Ram Dass. From reading Alan Watts it came to me to start doing a mantra, but I didn't know what mantra to use. I... More »

Re: Finally Instant "Enlightenment" Can Be Yours! (for $597)

Posted on Apr 22nd, 2009 by Frans in Fully Engaged

Alan, I have a question:  if you need to take on other jobs, so that you can do your spiritual work for free, how much time do you waste doing non-spiritual work? Here is my... More »

Re: RAW & E-Prime

Posted on Apr 15th, 2009 by theurj in Integral Post-metaphysical Spirituality

Here’s the Preface to RAW’s 1986 Edition of Cosmic Trigger . It exemplifies what he calls “neurological agnosticism.” Many of our postemetaphysical themes are contained therein. From his homepage :    Cosmic Trigger was originally published... More »

Re: The Only Way (2)

Posted on Apr 7th, 2009 by Nicole in God Pod or Life, the Universe and Everything

Alan - ego is light trying to make a circle - ah, the way you put things! hugs mary - clearly enjoying the breakfast was what you needed at the moment, and I hope it... More »

Re: Meditation

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2009 by Nicole in One Light Many Windows

"We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music... More »

Re: Resonance

Posted on Feb 16th, 2009 by Juliee in The Integral Pod

So Genpo Roshi or Alan Watts for me is it? :)       I saw a very short clip (maybe 5 minutes) of Genpo on IN guiding an audience to the non-seeking mind, all... More »

Re: Resonance

Posted on Feb 16th, 2009 by Juliee in The Integral Pod

I tried this http://www.conscious.tv/consciousness.html  and got 4 minutes and then it switched to Genpo Roshi and I got 25 seconds of him!! Maybe I'll go back to Alan Watts :)   Julie

Re: Resonance

Posted on Feb 15th, 2009 by Mascha in The Integral Pod

OM, could you say a little more about the pre/trans fallacy you suspect there? I don't want to assume I get what you mean, even though I think I do. Jane, yeah, you've been celebrating... More »

Re: January 5

Posted on Jan 4th, 2009 by FastDart in Living Metaphysics

Helen, I was just about to post this in the Quotations but decided to experience a little serendipity first. He who understands the Way is certain to have command of basic principles. He who has... More »

Re: January 5

Posted on Jan 4th, 2009 by helenrscp in Living Metaphysics

  SOM Magazine Daily Guide for 1/5/09 By Rev. Ron Fox AM I WILLING?                                                 Our best opportunities to practice the presence of God are in situations in which we don't think He is.  If... More »

A Fire in the Mind

Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Sean

'A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell' by Stephen and Karen Larsen "Campbell nonetheless urged us to see through life metaphorically, and to celebrate the myths as if they were alive in... More »

Changing Earth

Posted on Feb 25th, 2009 by zen17

Did you ever have a thought deep in the back of your mind that there just might, possibly be a better way of living than the way that is forced upon us by the hectic,... More »

what kind of day is today?

Posted on Feb 23rd, 2009 by business voodoo

or, "By the Light (by the light) of the Silvery  Moon (not the sun by the moon) . . . . " or, "lunar basics." sometimes, to contemplate the future is a scary thing. and... More »

Alan Watts - On Nothingness

Posted on Dec 31st, 2008 by Miri

Life and Music - Alan Watts

Posted on Dec 30th, 2008 by Miri

More Alan Watts

Posted on Dec 19th, 2008 by Wonderer

A Conversation With Myself

Posted on Dec 17th, 2008 by localmc

               Fullscreen info : http://evolver.net/user/localmc/blog/alan_watts_conversation_myself

What is the most difficult thing about love?

Posted on Dec 13th, 2008 by rugged_gurl1

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. Alan Watts All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love... More »

What is your wish for this month?

Posted on Dec 1st, 2008 by Jordan

I wish to know who I am in the direct experience of things. "The experience is the experiencer"- Alan Watts. To understand the constructs of the creation of our reality and the reification of illusory... More »

"Being here now" with Ram Dass

Posted on Nov 24th, 2008 by MS

Ever go to someone's house and see a book on their shelf that you happen to have? That's what happened the other night when a friend of mine and I hung out in my living... More »

No one's mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing.

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

We must see that consciousness is neither an isolated soul nor the mere function of a single nervous system, but of that totality of interrelated stars and galaxies which makes a nervous system possible.

We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves.

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

No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Saints need sinners.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.