We often project our own faults or flaws onto others. However, these mistakes have their origin in an inner dissatisfaction and can help us to understand ourselves better. Carl G. Jung also noticed this. "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl...
Far Eastern philosophies often contain concepts of not forcing, staying flexible and not stiffening. People who have grown up in the West often have a hard time with these. Our cultural way of thinking and seeing things is too different. Yet there is a lot of potential in these. In this article we will take a closer look at where these concepts appear, how...
Epicurus was the founder of the Epicurean school, which was parallel to the Stoic school. Epicurus himself was misjudged as a lecher because his teachings placed a strong emphasis on the principle of pleasure. For a long time, this was primarily related to the sexual and intemperance as a whole. However, this was actually not at all that...
Who doesn't know it, you wish for nothing more than permanent happiness, permanent health or permanent satisfaction. However, there is no such thing as permanence in real life. But even if it did exist, would it make life more beautiful? Alan Watts once said that the more a thing tends to be permanent, the more...
Often we feel small and insignificant in the big game of the universe, but Alan Watts explains why our actions are nevertheless connected with everything that happens. I will explain this connection with the help of a quote. In fact, the quote I'm going to cover in this post is one of the first I've heard from Alan Watts....
"Life is not the problem to be solved, but an experience to be had": These words of Alan Watts not only clearly show his closeness to Eastern philosophies. In his books and lectures he often points out that there is a crucial difference between western and eastern ideas. "Life is not a...
The English philosopher Alan Watts inspired during his lifetime by his talent to introduce Eastern philosophies to Westerners. Through his simple and easy to understand explanations, he managed to reach thousands. One of his most famous quotes is the following: "Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone." - Alan Watts He used...
As with many other topics, Alan Watts had a very interesting view on dealing with pain. One should not close oneself in front of the pain, but go with it and observe it. We'll take a look at exactly how that works in this article. Each of us will have experienced pain at one time or another in our...
When I find myself in turbulent times, I often wish that life would go a little more my way - that it would bring fewer surprises or that there wouldn't be so many stones in your path. However, it is precisely these stones, or rather the removal of these stones, that one grows....
If this isn't your first visit to our blog, or if you're already interested in philosophy, you've probably come across the school of stoic philosophy before. But what does stoic mean anyway? In this post, we'll get to the bottom of that question. The stoic philosophy can be traced back to Zeno of Kition....
EN 
DE