On the other hand, the more we are forced to admit that we actually live in the real world, the more we feel ignorant, uncertain, and insecure about everything.”
Really interesting book and really well written. Are you so future focused that your life is slipping past?Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 26. For better or for worse I needed to be grounded in more traditional authorities. Slightly delusional. The Wisdom of Insecurity underlines the importance of our search for stability in an age where human life seems particularly vulnerable and uncertain. However, he writes: 'there is no reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly. I find him not in conflict with the authority of many of the mystics of all Faiths, and also as one who brings light to many scriptures of those Faiths. “The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security. If you try to capture running water in a bucket, it is clear that you do not understand it and that you will always be disappointed, for in the bucket the water does not run. The believer will open his mind to the truth on condition that it fits in with his preconceived ideas and wishes. To me it partly felt like reading my own diary from when I was 12 - so many thoughts that anyone of us already had once in their lives but without any deep insights or (like another reviewer already mentioned) concrete instructions for translating ideas to everyday life. Oktober 2017
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 22. “To remain stable is to refrain from trying to separate yourself from a pain because you know that you cannot. Our western way of thinking is governed by dualism (body-mind, matter-form, good-evil, cause-effect), eschatology (salvation in pre-modern times, technological perfection in modernity) and the illusion of an immutable ego (soul, person). The intellectual who tries to escape from neurosis by escaping from the facts is merely acting on the principle that “where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise.” Not long ago I read his book "The Way of Zen" and was compelled to recognise just how authentic it was. We fail to live because we are always preparing to live - sometime in the future. By remembering the past we can plan for the future. Verkauf und Bereitstellung durch Audible, ein Amazon Unternehmen “He who thinks that God is not comprehended, by him God is comprehended; but he who thinks that God is comprehended knows him not. Its interest is not in itself, but in the people and problems of which it is aware; these are “itself.” It acts, not according to the rules, but according to the circumstances of the moment, and the “well” it wishes to others is not security but liberty.” Elegantly reasoned and lucidly written, this philosophical achievement contains all the wisdom and spirit that distinguished Watts' long career and resonates with us still. This book simply fantastic. Running away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared. Alan Watts managed to express complicated philosophical issues in an accessible way. “The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not know how to adapt himself.
The knowledge it contains is dense, yet the language is clear and easy. After having been recommended this book by a friend I started reading it with high expectations but was quickly left disappointed and had to struggle my way through the rest of the book hoping the best would still be to come. Whether you ...Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 9. It has been quite a long walk. Belief, as I use the word here, is the insistence that the truth is what one would “lief” or wish it to be. us. There is no other reality than present reality, so that, even if one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly.” Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. “You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meanings of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.” Faith, on the other hand, is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Leider ist ein Problem beim Speichern Ihrer Cookie-Einstellungen aufgetreten. In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things.” Really interesting book and really well written. ― Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety. “To look at life without words is not to lose the ability to form words- to think, remember, and plan.