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| backwards law alan watts: The Wisdom of Insecurity Alan Watts, 2011-02-08 An acclaimed philosopher shows us how—in an age of unprecedented anxiety—we can find fulfillment by embracing the present and living more fully in the now. He is the perfect guide for a course correction in life (from the Introduction by Deepak Chopra). The brain can only assume its proper behavior when consciousness is doing what it is designed for: not writhing and whirling to get out of present experience, but being effortlessly aware of it. Alan Watts draws on the wisdom of Eastern philosophy and religion in this timeless and classic guide to living a more fulfilling life. His central insight is more relevant now than ever: when we spend all of our time worrying about the future and lamenting the past, we are unable to enjoy the present moment—the only one we are actually able to inhabit. Watts offers the liberating message that true certitude and security come only from understanding that impermanence and insecurity are the essence of our existence. He highlights the futility of endlessly chasing moving goalposts, whether they consist of financial success, stability, or escape from pain, and shows that it is only by acknowledging what we do not know that we can learn anything truly worth knowing. In The Wisdom of Insecurity, Watts explains complex concepts in beautifully simple terms, making this the kind of book you can return to again and again for comfort and insight in challenging times. “Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” —Los Angeles Times |
| backwards law alan watts: The Relevance of Alan Watts in Contemporary Culture Peter J. Columbus, 2021-03-31 Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of Alan Watts’ contributions to psychology, religion, arts, and humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the ongoing criticisms which surround Watts’ life and work. Offering rich examination of as yet underexplored aspects of Watts’ influence in 1960s counterculture, this volume offers unique application of Watts’ thinking to contemporary issues and critically engages with controversies surrounding the commodification of Watts’ ideas, his alleged misreading of Biblical texts, and his apparent distortion of Asian religions and spirituality. Featuring a broad range of international contributors and bringing Watts’ ideas squarely into the contemporary context, the text provides a comprehensive, yet nuanced exploration of Watts’ thinking on psychotherapy, Buddhism, language, music, and sexuality. This text will benefit researchers, doctoral students, and academics in the fields of psychotherapy, phenomenology, and the philosophy of psychology more broadly. Those interested in Jungian psychotherapy, spirituality, and the self and social identity will also enjoy this volume. |
| backwards law alan watts: Never Say Die Mike Fallat, Never Say Die: The Mindset for Life by Mike Fallat is a powerful guide for those who refuse to accept defeat in any aspect of their lives. Drawing from his own experiences and the stories of relentless individuals, Fallat outlines the key principles of a resilient mindset that thrives on challenge and perseveres through adversity. This book is not just about overcoming obstacles but about cultivating an unbreakable spirit that turns every setback into a stepping stone for success. Through practical advice, motivational insights, and real-life examples, Fallat empowers readers to embrace a 'never say die' attitude, ensuring they live life on their own terms, no matter what challenges they face. |
| backwards law alan watts: Tao of Philosophy Alan Watts, 1999-10-15 The Tao of Philosophy is a literary adaptation of talks selected to introduce the new Love of Wisdom series by Alan Watts to today's audiences. The following chapters provide rich examples of the way in which the philosophy of the Tao is as contemporary today as it was when it flourished in China thousands of years ago. Perhaps most significantly, these selections offer modern society a clearer understanding of what it will take for a successful reintegration of humans in nature. |
| backwards law alan watts: Life Is Setting Me up for Success Victor Levy, 2021-11-15 What is success? What does it look like? How does one achieve it? In Life is Setting Me Up for Success, author Victor Levy takes an in-depth look at success, discussing what it is and what it isn’t. Levy offers thirty-three insights from day-to-day life, relationships, consciousness, yogic philosophy, society, and modern science to shift your perspective from living a life of constraints to expand to full possibility. He explores a variety of themes including goal setting, love, change, fear, and worry against the backdrop of success. Life is Setting Me Up for Success shares a wealth of philosophy, advice, and tips to help you expand your awareness from subconscious limitations to accessing your full intelligence. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Antidote Oliver Burkeman, 2012-11-13 From the author of the New York Times-bestselling Four Thousand Weeks, a totally original approach to self-help: success through failure, calm through embracing anxiety Self-help books don't seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth—even if you can get it—doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as much stress as joy. We can't even agree on what happiness means. So are we engaged in a futile pursuit? Or are we just going about it the wrong way? Looking both east and west, in bulletins from the past and from far afield, Oliver Burkeman introduces us to an unusual group of people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. Whether experimental psychologists, terrorism experts, Buddhists, hardheaded business consultants, Greek philosophers, or modern-day gurus, they argue that in our personal lives, and in society at large, it's our constant effort to be happy that is making us miserable. And that there is an alternative path to happiness and success that involves embracing failure, pessimism, insecurity, and uncertainty—the very things we spend our lives trying to avoid. Thought-provoking, counterintuitive, and ultimately uplifting, The Antidote is the intelligent person's guide to understanding the much-misunderstood idea of happiness. |
| backwards law alan watts: Thinsanity Glenn Mackintosh, 2019-12-31 We are becoming more and more obsessed with being thin ... as we get fatter and fatter! The craziest part is that most weight loss 'solutions' are actually part of the problem. Diet and exercise programs fail 97% of people in the long-term, resulting in short term weight loss, medium term regain, and long-term gain approximately 10 to 15% above starting weight. Scientists have known this reality for decades - the entire diet industry is based on it - yet we keep on falling for promises of fast, easy, permanent weight loss (and other fictional tales), putting ourselves through rebranded versions of the exact same thing ... and expecting different results. Some might call this insanity - weight management psychologist Glenn Mackintosh calls it Thinsanity. Glenn's book, Thinsanity, aims to transform the way we approach weight management of the body, by starting with the mind. New scientific developments are offering insights into a compassionate way to make peace with food, fall in love with physical movement, and learn to LOVE your body healthy. Glenn takes all those new scientific developments and expresses them the way he does with his clients: clearly and with lots of understanding. This book is right for anyone who wants to learn to love their body and be healthy in it. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Wisdom of Insecurity Alan Watts, 2011-11-16 An acclaimed philosopher shows us how—in an age of unprecedented anxiety—we can find fulfillment by embracing the present and living more fully in the now. He is the perfect guide for a course correction in life (from the Introduction by Deepak Chopra). The brain can only assume its proper behavior when consciousness is doing what it is designed for: not writhing and whirling to get out of present experience, but being effortlessly aware of it. Alan Watts draws on the wisdom of Eastern philosophy and religion in this timeless and classic guide to living a more fulfilling life. His central insight is more relevant now than ever: when we spend all of our time worrying about the future and lamenting the past, we are unable to enjoy the present moment—the only one we are actually able to inhabit. Watts offers the liberating message that true certitude and security come only from understanding that impermanence and insecurity are the essence of our existence. He highlights the futility of endlessly chasing moving goalposts, whether they consist of financial success, stability, or escape from pain, and shows that it is only by acknowledging what we do not know that we can learn anything truly worth knowing. In The Wisdom of Insecurity, Watts explains complex concepts in beautifully simple terms, making this the kind of book you can return to again and again for comfort and insight in challenging times. “Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” —Los Angeles Times |
| backwards law alan watts: Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life Itayi Garande, 2023-06-22 Many of us go through life making choices that we think are 'our choices', but they are not. They are choices that we have been conditioned to make. So when we decide not to speak to someone, we think it is our choice. We do not realise that we have been influenced by someone else, by some toxic belief system that we hold, or by some toxic environment we grew up in. Empowerment Broken Families:How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life is aimed at empowering you, not the toxic person that has a noose on your neck, to solve your problems and live your life in a purposeful way. This is very important because it takes a lot of financial, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy to reach your goal, so you have to run with those people who nurture you, not drain you. What is the main message in the book? The main message in this book is that, in order to deal with toxic people, you have to change, not them, and live with no resentment. No matter how people have treated you in the past, if you live with resentment and pain, you are adding to the toxicity that you are trying to run away from. There are no justified resentments in life. You have to let go of resentments. If you carry around resentments inside you, about anything or about anyone, those resentments will end up harming you. They will create a sense of despair in you. Practical tools The book ends with practical tools that can help you to move from toxic relationships with family members and friends to a truly purposeful and successful life. From the back cover Toxic relationships are relationships with people that always criticise you and always finding fault. All they can do is exploit your weaknesses and remind you of the mistakes you made in the past. These people are bad for your health. Toxic relationships are more painful if they happen to be with family members. This amazing book explains why and how to deal with toxic family members and friends. Reviews This book is a definite game changer - Martin D. Cole, Motivational speaker This book is essential reading for all coaches and inspirational leaders. - Professor John Muridzo, London South Bank University |
| backwards law alan watts: I Believe in Me Cheng Chi Sing, 2020-08-11 Learn about self-love and self-care with Soolooka and this collection of illustrations and comics to cheer you up when life has you down. No one is all darkness or all light. But sometimes it can feel like we’re walking with a dark cloud over our heads. So, how can we find a spark of joy? Follow author Soolooka through 150 hopeful illustrations to help you overcome bad days and negative thoughts. Featuring old and new comics from Reiki master and Instagram illustrator Cheng Chi Sing (a.k.a Soolooka), this short and sweet guidebook is here to help you find joy when you are feeling lonely or anxious. Self-help manuals are often overwhelming and intimidating for someone who just needs a boost during stress. This friendly companion helps you cheer up with quick tips and easy exercises that encourage positive thinking. Beloved Soolooka characters help you: Recognize the spectrum of your emotions, because it’s okay to not be okay See a different perspective of the same situation, along with new solutions Take that small, first step into a healthier frame of mind Great for readers of How to Be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad), You Can Do All Things, or Hyperbole and a Half Praise for I Believe in Me “An honest and encouraging companion for anyone seeking inspiration on the journey to self-love.” —Tori Press, author of I Am Definitely, Probably Enough (I Think) “Soolooka’s drawings are the highlight of my Instagram feed. Her insightful drawings are full of empathy and compassion and capture what it is to be human. Her beautiful pictures and the messages in them fill me with joy. I am sure they will bring happiness to your world too and leave you with a warm feeling inside. This book will be one I return to again and again.” —Dr. Emma Hepburn, author of A Toolkit for Modern Life: 30 Ways to Look After Your Mind “Soolooka’s work sparks a joy in you you didn’t even know how much you needed. She ignites that light through the magic of her art.” —Prudence Geerts, author and illustrator of Bad at Adulting, Good at Feminism |
| backwards law alan watts: Lessons to Inspire Gary Batara, 2024-07-04 Are you looking for an emotional uplift, perhaps a bit of inspiration? If so, you just found it with Lessons to Inspire. Dive into this book by Gary Batara. This book crystallizes the wisdom gained from over 5,000 hours of immersion in the works of personal development, psychology, and philosophy experts.The gleaning of these messages was a transformative journey for Batara. His learning not only turned his life around, but propelled him to unimaginable heights. From becoming a vice president at a Y-Combinator Top 100 Start-Up to founding a thriving six-figure consultancy within months. Beyond these triumphs, lies a deeper narrative— his journey to becoming the husband, father, brother, and son he aspired to be.Lessons to Inspire is more than a title: it' s a promise. Through resonant quotes and narratives, Batara harnesses the power of neural coupling to turn storytelling into a tool for connection and growth. Through insightful quotes and personal anecdotes, Batara invites you to unearth practical wisdom and kindle a fire of inspiration in your life, empowering you to reach for your dreams just as he did. |
| backwards law alan watts: Hard-Earned Lessons from Counselling in Action Windy Dryden, 1992-09-08 `This is a very honest book and should be essential reading for anyone beginning training as a counsellor. It will also be useful for experienced therapists to stimulate reflections on their own practice... to examine their work and to learn from errors. It is refreshing to witness the honesty and openness of the writers - especially so in the present culture, where many therapists set themselves up as flawless experts... I would recommend this book... it provides an informed and open discussion on the problems encountered by therapists′ - Clinical Psychology Forum Counsellors often struggle in their work with clients, convinced that their more experienced colleagues have not encountered similar problems and worries. In this volume, some of Britain′s leading counsellors give the lie to this myth. Writing openly and frankly, they share the painful lessons they have learned over the course of their careers as practitioners. The contributors′ combined experience proves that all counsellors, no matter how expert or well-known, have made mistakes, or faced challenges, and from them have had to learn aspects about the process of counselling - the hard way. The five `lessons′ from each contributor are placed in the context of the counsellor′s own particular circumstances, and a concluding section in each chapter links the connecting themes that emerged throughout their learning process. |
| backwards law alan watts: Real-World Enlightenment Susan Kaiser Greenland, 2024-07-16 “In Real-World Enlightenment, Susan Kaiser Greenland offers wisdom and practical advice for living a more meaningful, purposeful, and joyful life.”—Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global 50 practical tools from mindfulness, psychology, science, and time-honored traditions to help you ease anxiety, overwhelm, and stress. Beloved mindfulness teacher, best-selling author, and longtime Buddhist practitioner Susan Kaiser Greenland explores time-honored themes that tap into the enduring sense of love, connection, and well-being that is with us regardless of our circumstances. These universal themes—including Change, Humility, Interdependence, Concentration, Joy, Kindness, and Discernment, among many others—help us find emotional and psychological freedom by lessening our reactivity, broadening our perspectives, and deepening our relationships. Drawing from science, psychology, Buddhism, wisdom traditions, and personal stories, Kaiser Greenland gives us strategies to shift from a narrow survival-driven frame of mind to one that is grounded and expansive. She offers valuable methods to apply these themes daily, including: Robust tools to manage stress and develop attention, like tapping into sensory pleasures or focusing on a single image or phrase. Catchy slogans that promote emotional balance when you feel overwhelmed, like “drop the baggage,” or “don’t play the scene before you get there.” These and other phrases can interrupt spiraling thoughts and move you back into your comfort zone. Accessible meditations to experience greater equanimity, slow down your thinking process, and heighten awareness of the natural movement of your mind. Time-tested life hacks to care for yourself and others with greater kindness and compassion. Strategies that bring greater ease and effortlessness into your life and relationships by helping you remain flexible and creative, even in challenging situations. And much more. |
| backwards law alan watts: Decision Time Laurence Alison, Neil Shortland, 2021-10-07 Should I change careers? Is it time to end my relationship? Can I move halfway across the world? We have to make choices everyday, big and small, but it's the life-changing ones that often cause us to freeze or react too quickly, without thinking. What can we do differently? Laurence Alison and Neil Shortland have spent over 20 years helping soldiers, police officers, doctors and other professionals in high-stakes environments make tough decisions when lives are on the line. In Decision Time, they show us how those same decision-making techniques apply to everyday life, whether that's deciding to take a new job or change career later in life, end a relationship, move across the world or declaring your undying love for your best friend. With tips, studies, interviews and observations from their training with police officers together with role-play scenarios for you to try, this book will help you identify and fight off the common enemies of good decision-making - inertia, procrastination and indecision - and empower you to make the choices that matter the most. Highly accessible and interactive, Decision Time will guide you through each step of the decision-making process so next time you a find yourself at the crossroads, you'll be able to make your way with confidence. |
| backwards law alan watts: Energy Vampires: The Human Energy Vampire Within You (How to Protect Yourself From Toxic People With Narcissistic Tendencies) Jeffery Lamar, Those people, on the surface at least, should be the people that love and support you the most. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and the polar opposite can happen. We can feel attacked, used, and emotionally abused in a variety of different ways. Many times these people can be a family member, friend or even a work colleague which can make your life much more difficult. In the book find out: · How to spot an “energy vampire” · What to do if you if you are surrounded by negative people · How to tell if you are an empath! · What effects “energy vampires” have on your spiritual and physical health · How to live in a world filled with “energy vampires” · And the very important…energy vampire first aid! Energy vampires are for anyone curious about interpersonal communications and mindful living. Whether you’re feeling oppressed by someone in your life or you’re suspecting you might be oppressing someone, the insights and techniques in this book can set you up for healthy, lasting relationships in all areas of life. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Good-Enough Life Avram Alpert, 2023-09-19 How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all. Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in stress and anxiety, damage to our relationships, widespread political and economic inequality, and destruction of the natural world. He describes how to move beyond greatness to create a society in which everyone flourishes. By competing less with each other, each of us can find renewed meaning and purpose, have our material and emotional needs met, and begin to lead more leisurely lives. Alpert makes no false utopian promises, however. Life can never be more than good enough because there will always be accidents and tragedies beyond our control, which is why we must stop dividing the world into winners and losers and ensure that there is a fair share of decency and sufficiency to go around. Visionary and provocative, The Good-Enough Life demonstrates how we can work together to cultivate a good-enough life for all instead of tearing ourselves apart in a race to the top of the social pyramid. |
| backwards law alan watts: Musings Rachitha Poornima Cabral, 2023-09-01 Behind smiling faces, we hide our broken hearts. Today in the world of instant messages, instant food, and instant relationships, we don't find the time to be there for one another. We end up being lonely, frustrated, bitter, and angry. Musings, a collection of short stories and articles is an attempt at sharing a few simple truths of life. The book tells you that you have two ways of looking at life- the cynical way or the grateful way. Which one do we usually choose? Hope the reading of this tiny book helps you in some way or the other. Hope this book guides you in creating your own happy story this year. Cheers to having a loving heart in an Instant World. |
| backwards law alan watts: Alan Watts David Stuart, Edwin Palmer Hoyt, 1976 |
| backwards law alan watts: Conflict Neil D. Shortland, Laurence J. Alison, Joseph M. Moran, 2019-01-02 Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all outcomes are potentially negative. The authors draw on interviews conducted with soldiers about the situations they faced and the decisions they made at war. These are vivid and sometimes distressing stories. They form the data from which the authors explore the cognitive processes associated with choice, commitment to action and (sometimes) error, as well as goal directed thinking, innovation and courage. By referring to real cases, Conflict invites readers to consider their own responses under extreme circumstances and ask themselves how they would choose between difficult options. In doing so this book will go some way to helping readers understand what it feels like when choosing between least-worst decisions. |
| backwards law alan watts: Free Your Joy Lisa McCourt, 2023-08-22 Bestselling author and creator of Joy School Lisa McCourt outlines her unique formula for sustainable happiness, offering a year's worth of activities, prompts, and techniques that raise your “joy setpoint” so you can cultivate authentic, lasting peace and fulfillment in your daily life. 2024 Finalist, International Book Awards, Self Help: General Category and Spirituality: General Category Unprecedented global events have left many of us feeling depleted, depressed, isolated, and disconnected from many of the things that made us happy. Lisa McCourt, host of the Do Joy! podcast and founder of Joy School, helps people raise their joy setpoints regardless of what is happening around them. Learning about joy is one thing, but it’s the doing that actually shifts your energy. McCourt offers a unique approach to joy and emotional wellness, outlining a year-long adventure in happiness that can be started on any day of the year. Joy is not an elusive fantasy to be chased; it is simply a skill to be learned, practiced, and mastered. McCourt takes readers, month by month, through the life-altering principles of vibration elevation that she has taught for 20 years through her Joy School. Each of the 12 “keys” to experiencing sustainable, authentic joy builds sequentially upon the previous one to create a progressive shifting of the reader's inner landscape to one of joy and ease. As the inner landscape transforms, transformation of the external reality inevitably follows. McCourt offers weekly “homeplay” for the reader to take into their daily experience which, when followed, upgrade their thought patterns and default reactions into beneficial new habits of thought and behavior. Upon completion of the final key, the reader is invited along the “spiral,” cycling through the keys again from their newly elevated joy setpoint. Our journey toward ever greater realms of joy and personal freedom is never concluded; we can spiral through the steps, year after year, always recalibrating our lives to ever more fulfilling levels. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Supreme Identity Alan W. Watts, 1950 |
| backwards law alan watts: Ambivalent Zen Lawrence Shainberg, 1997-03-25 Seeking help with his basketball game, Shainberg embraced Zen Buddhism in 1951 and was catapulted on a life-long spiritual journey. Alternately comic and reverential, Ambivalent Zen chronicles the rewards and dangers of spiritual ambition and presents a poignant reflection of the experiences faced by many Americans involved in the Zen movement. |
| backwards law alan watts: Keshav Vinay Sutaria, 2021-12-07 The age-old questions: Why am I not happy? Why am I not satisfied in life? Why is everything falling apart? In this book, Vinay Sutaria challenges everything you might think you know about the path to happiness, peace and fulfilment. With hard-hitting truths, anecdotes and stories, Vinay draws on a vast body of work, from the ancient seers to modern science, to show us why we are dissatisfied in life. Through an insightful three-part journey into our being, exploring the terrains of the body, mind, and soul, we learn how we can live the focused life. You will learn to: - Understand the roots of suffering and alleviate pain. - Refresh your outlook on life and others. - Redefine your goals to align with your purpose. - Take back control of your life. The question now is: Are you ready to live the focused life? |
| backwards law alan watts: The Paradox of Intention Marvin C. Shaw, 1988 This book examines the paradox of intention, the simple idea that we may reach a goal by giving up the attempt to reach it or, conversely, that we may be prevented from reaching a goal by our intentional efforts to achieve it. The nature of this paradox is explored through an examination oftexts from ancient and existential philosophy, psychotherapy, and the sacred texts of Buddhism, Christianity, and Taoism. Shaw then subjects the paradox to systematic study by pursuing a series of questions arising from it. A clearly written and accessible study, The Paradox of Intention adds an intriguing chapter to both comparative ethics and the cross-cultural study of the philosophy of religion. |
| backwards law alan watts: Life is a Video Game, This is How You Win! DL Bailey, 2024-08-26 Life is a Video Game, This is How You Win! Psychology and philosophy both point to life being a video game. Dopamine is the reward, goals are the quests, and the challenges are what make it all worth it (if you've learned and practiced the necessary skills). In this book, you'll understand how to turn your life into an enjoyable game by combatting anxiety and boredom. |
| backwards law alan watts: 管他的 馬克•曼森, 2017-04-01 原汁原味‧戳破假象‧讓人眼睛一亮 【美國超人氣部落客，讀者超過兩百萬】 #紐約時報暢銷書 #到達成功與幸福彼岸的另類思考法 #一本寫給從不看勵志書讀者的勵志書 再怎麼樣，也要「管他的」！ ★人生彷若織布，少不了疼痛這條織線。 ★一個人學會只操心真正值得操心的事，就叫作成熟。 ★到哪都躲不掉五百磅重的屎等著你。 重點不是遠離屎，而是找到你樂於打交道的屎。 ★改善生活，關鍵不在於有沒有能力把檸檬變成檸檬汁，而是能不能學著提高胃的耐酸度。 ★生活中，我們可他╳的在意的東西有限，所以你得聰明地篩選。 ★正視生命有盡很重要，因為有助於丟掉蹩腳、脆弱、膚淺的價值觀。 ＊＊＊ 「管他的」是一門高深工夫。 在這本劃世代的勵志書裡，超紅部落客毫不廢話，直截了當告訴我們，停止隨時隨地「保持正向」，而是要更懂得因應逆境。 數十年來，我們一再被灌輸，正面思考是快樂充實人生的關鍵。不過馬克．曼森說：「去他╳的保持正向。我們就別再裝了，人生遜斃了，但我們不能坐以待斃。」他在人氣紅不讓的部落格裡，既不會粉飾太平，也不會含糊其詞。他如實說出了真相。這些原汁原味、讓人眼睛一亮、戳破假象的內容，正是今日社會所欠缺的。本書意在協助大家克服只想得到呵護的冀求，以及自我感覺良好的心態，這種心態已影響了現代社會，寵壞了一個世代，讓他們覺得只需出場就有金牌可拿。 曼森根據學術研究，加上適時冒出的屎屁尿笑話，來支撐他的論點。他認為，我們若要改善生活，關鍵不在於有沒有能力把檸檬變成檸檬汁，而是能不能學著提高胃的耐酸度。人類會犯錯，能力也有限。他說：「並非每個人都很傑出，社會上有贏家也有輸家，有時候輸贏並非公平競賽的結果，輸贏也並非你的錯誤造成。」曼森勸大家認識自己的能力，瞭解自己力有未逮之處，並坦然接受這樣的自己。一旦願意擁抱自己的恐懼、缺陷、變來變去，不再逃跑躲開，願意正視痛苦的真相，我們才找得到一直在尋覓的勇氣、毅力、誠實、責任感、好奇心與寬容。 人生有太多事可讓我們在意，所以我們得學會取捨，決定輕重緩急之別。曼森明白告訴大家，有錢固然好，但是比不上關心自己怎麼過生活，因為生活的點點滴滴才是真正的財富。這番抓著你肩膀、直視你眼睛的實在談話，來得正是時候。言談間不乏逗人開心的故事、不登大雅之堂的粗言粗語、戳人要害的冷酷幽默。本書猶如迎面甩了我們一巴掌，讓我們覺醒，開始過得更知足、更腳踏實地。 「管他的」讚詞 ■「柔韌、開心、自由，來自於知道自己該在意什麼，但更重要的是，知道自己不該在意什麼。這本充滿哲理又實用的大作，提供讀者這方面的智慧。」 ──萊恩．霍利得（Ryan Holiday），《紐約時報》暢銷書《障礙就是道路》作者 ■「曼森深入探討，對人生的諸多挑戰提供了深思熟慮的了不起洞見，因此他是我最欣賞的作家之一，本書是他迄今最讚的一本。」 ──麥特．凱普尼斯（Matt Kepnes），《紐約時報》暢銷書《一天50美元周遊世界》作者 ■「讀完本書，猶如被最好的朋友當面打臉。全書讓人捧腹、粗話連篇、發人深省。除非你願意拋開一切藉口，積極採取行動，邁向他╳的更好人生，否則讀了等於白讀。」 ──史帝夫．坎姆（Steve Kamb），暢銷書《升級你的人生》作者、書呆子健身網（NerdFitness.com）創辦人 ■「完全是其他書籍的反面教材：別勉強自己、放棄、要犯錯、降低自己的標準、停止自以為是、順著痛。每個論點都再真實不過，相較於慣常的正面思考，不僅實用也很有影響力。簡短卻深入，我一個晚上就讀完了。」 ──德瑞克．席佛斯（Derek Sivers），CD Baby創辦人、《想要什麼有什麼：新一代企業人士的四十堂課》（Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur）作者 ■「超打臉的勵志書，指導你如何活得正直而完整。有時人得在痛苦的環境才覓得到幸福快樂……本書不乏違反常理與直覺的建議，出人意表卻又極富道理。本書讀來愉快，非常值得推薦，亦可作為評鑑其他心靈勵志書的標竿。」 ──柯克斯評論（Kirkus Review） |
| backwards law alan watts: Beyond Theology Alan Watts, 2022-10-11 A radical reinterpretation of Christianity by one of the twentieth century’s leading philosophers Today, Alan Watts is remembered mainly as an eloquent interpreter of Eastern philosophies such as Taoism and Zen Buddhism. Not everyone knows that Watts was also a formidable scholar of Christianity who worked as an Episcopal chaplain early in his career. He eventually left the church to find his own spiritual path, but his time there fueled a burst of literary creativity that culminated in Beyond Theology, originally published in 1964 and now back in print. In this landmark work, Watts asks whether a “rigorous, imperious, and invincibly self-righteous” religion such as Christianity can stay relevant in our modern, multicultural world. To answer that question, he deconstructs Christianity by using concepts borrowed from psychology, linguistics, science, and Eastern philosophy. In the process, he solves difficult problems of theology, traces the impact of Christianity on Western culture, and points the way to a new form of nondualistic spirituality. Playing the role of a philosophical jester, Watts artfully deploys paradoxes, riddles, and gently subversive humor to overturn conventional wisdom. His intention is not to hold sacred things up to ridicule but rather to expand our definition of the sacred. The ultimate aim is to help us see beyond the external trappings of religion — beyond ritual, myth, doctrine, and theology itself — to experience the divine within ourselves. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Illustrated Catechism Christopher Gaffney, 1980 |
| backwards law alan watts: The Collected Letters of Alan Watts Alan Watts, 2018-12-11 Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915–1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings. The Collected Letters of Alan Watts reveals the remarkable arc of Watts’s colorful and controversial life, from his school days in England to his priesthood in the Anglican Church as chaplain of Northwestern University to his alternative lifestyle and experimentation with LSD in the heyday of the late sixties. His engaging letters cover a vast range of subject matter, with recipients ranging from High Church clergy to high priests of psychedelics, government officials, publishers, critics, family, and fans. They include C. G. Jung, Henry Miller, Gary Snyder, Aldous Huxley, Reinhold Niebuhr, Timothy Leary, Joseph Campbell, and James Hillman. Watts’s letters were curated by two of his daughters, Joan Watts and Anne Watts, who have added rich, behind-the-scenes biographical commentary. Edited by Joan Watts & Anne Watts |
| backwards law alan watts: Power Negotiating for Salespeople Roger Dawson, 2019 Previously published in hardcover in 1999 by Career Press...Originally published as Secrets of Power Negotiating for Salespeople.--Title page verso. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium Martin Gurri , 2018-12-04 How insurgencies—enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere—have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. Originally published in 2014, The Revolt of the Public is now available in an updated edition, which includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump’s improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit. The book concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence. |
| backwards law alan watts: "On the Path, Off the Trail" Mark Gonnerman, 2003 |
| backwards law alan watts: The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k Sarah Knight, 2015-12-31 The word-of-mouth bestseller * Published in more than 30 countries * 3 million copies sold worldwide Are you stressed out, overbooked and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else before you please yourself? Finding it hard working from home? Then it's time to stop giving a f**k, and care less to get more. This irreverent and practical book explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations, shame, and guilt - and give your f**ks instead to people and things that make you happy. From family dramas to having a bikini body, the simple 'NotSorry Method' for mental decluttering will help you unleash the power of not giving a f**k and will free you to spend your time, energy and money on the things that really matter. 'The anti-guru' Observer 'Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it.' Mail on Sunday 'Genius' Cosmopolitan 'I love Knight's book even before I start reading . . . Works a charm' Sunday Times Magazine 'Life-affirming . . . The key practice she advocates is devising for yourself a fuck budget . . . It's a beautiful way of streamlining your psyche' Lucy Mangan, Guardian ALSO AVAILABLE FROM SARAH KNIGHT: YOU DO YOU: how to be who you are and use what you've got to get what you want AND Get Your Sh*t Together - the New York Times bestseller helping you organise the f**ks you want and need to give |
| backwards law alan watts: My Secret Garden Alan Titchmarsh, 2012-10-25 After moving from the Barleywood garden where he hosted BBC Gardeners' World for seven years, Alan Titchmarsh set up home in an old farmhouse a few miles down the road, and went about planting his own private eden away from the public eye. In this horticultural memoir Alan finally reveals all about this secret garden, explaining with his trademark warmth the personal stories behind its design and evolution. Accompanied by beautiful photographs taken by Jonathan Buckley throughout the eight years in which the garden has been made, My Secret Garden allows us access to all of the successes and failures of this diverse and ambitious project. Comprising many different styles and spaces - from an acre of formal beds and ponds to wild flower meadows and a stunning winter garden - Alan's tales of development and cultivation will be applicable to all gardeners. With the plot encompassing fruit trees, a handsome greenhouse and wildlife-friendly plantings, gardeners of all styles and levels of expertise will find something to enjoy. Driven by Alan's infectious and informative style, My Secret Garden is a fascinating, amusing and inspiring book. |
| backwards law alan watts: The Philosophies of Asia Alan Watts, 1999-04 This book offers an overview of the major traditions of eastern thought. |
| backwards law alan watts: My Heart Cries Out Paul David Tripp, 2020-08-17 This ebook edition contains artwork adapted from the print edition to fit the digital format. My hope is that this volume will help you to see the Savior more clearly, to understand his grace more deeply, to confess your struggle more honestly, to worship him more fully, and to find in these meditations the motivation to continue to follow the Savior even when he's leading you into unexpected and hard places. —Paul David Tripp Best-selling author Paul David Tripp invites you into his personal reflections on his experience of God's ever-present grace through the ups and downs of his life. He shares his celebrations, disappointments, cries for help, confessions, and confusions in the form of 120 meditations that were written over many years through various joys and struggles. Vulnerable yet pastoral and wise, these meditations in the form of verse showcase how God's amazing grace intersects with the mundane, unexpected, messy, and beautiful moments of everyday life. |
| backwards law alan watts: Law of Love & the Mathematics of Spirituality Raju Sitaram Chidambaram, 2011-11-21 In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord has thus ordained : ye yatha mam prapadyante tanstathaiva bhajamyaha ? | mama vartmanuvartante manu?ya ? partha sarvasa ? || Tr: The way they approach me, I too approach them in the same (reciprocating) manner. O Partha, all human beings follow paths leading to me. To the seers of the Rigveda, the Brahma revealed Itself in the form of Rcs; to the saints as all powerful deities manifesting in different forms; to the philosophers as dual existence dealt in the sankhya philosophy; while to a mathematician It is manifested in the form of mathematical equations. Dr. Chidambarams work ushers readers into the mathematical landscape of spirituality. It is simple enough to understand with some basic knowledge of mathematics. It will pave way for coming generations of mathematicians to chart novel ways to understand the Ultimate reality, the Supreme Brahman, through mathematics as laid down here. Dr. Pramod Pathak, Author and Indologist, Panaji,Goa |
| backwards law alan watts: Models Mark Manson, 2017-09-11 You can become irresistibly attractive to women without changing who you are. So says Mark Manson, superstar blogger and author of the international bestseller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a self help book that packs a punch. Mark brings the same approach to teaching men what they need to know about attracting women. In Models he shows us how much it sucks trying to attract women using the tricks and tactics recommended by other books. Instead, he says, men need to focus on seduction as an emotional process not a physical or social one. What matters is the intention, the motivation, the authenticity. To improve your dating life you must improve your emotional life - how you feel about yourself and how you express yourself to others. Funny, irreverent and confronting, Models is a mature and honest guide on how a man can attract women by giving up the bullsh*t and becoming an honest broker. A detailed guide to modern sexual ethics Sydney Morning Herald There's nothing subtle about Mark Manson. He's crude and vulgar and doesn't give a f*ck . . . He's as painfully honest as he is outrageously funny Huffington Post |
| backwards law alan watts: Just One Step Jeff Nischwitz, 2020-03-15 Just One Step takes you on an unforgettable journey on the Camino de Santiago with author Jeff Nischwitz. Like the trek itself, this book is filled with wonder and wistfulness, happiness and heartache, pain and progress. And Jeff's pain became his greatest teacher and led him to radical action - literally walking backwards on the Camino trail. Just One Step is the story of Jeff's Camino journey - the people he met, the experiences he had, and the lessons he learned about himself and about life. Just One Step guides, encourages, beckons and empowers you with the heart, soul and lessons of the Camino without ever leaving your home. As Jeff shares, presence is a journey, but it's not a journey forward. It's a journey back to the present. Walk backwards with Jeff Nischwitz and take this amazing Camino journey back to the present and to your UNSTOPPABLE YOU! |
| backwards law alan watts: 艱難的軍事決策 蕭特蘭, 莫蘭, 艾利森, 2025-04-22 軍人在軍旅生涯中無可避免會面臨必須做出艱難決策，也就是在一堆爛選項中挑選一個最不爛的決策過程。為了解決策當下面臨的真實情況與下達是項處置作為的決策緣由，本書藉由訪談法與理論決策法來探究箇中原因，並以心理學概念來解釋軍人決策行為背後的邏輯。此外，軍人在被迫做出最不爛決策後，有些人甚至因此罹患創傷後壓力症後群(PTSD)。本書對艱難軍事決策之研究，可讓外界一窺軍人的決策圖像，並有助於找出軍人未來面對類似決策困境時的解方。 |
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