<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:51:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/alanwatts/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Life and Death | The Question We Always Tend To Ask.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moment and the Present If anyone could ever know the mystery of life, they would be those who are dead and never the living. We live in a world that even on our death bed and last dying breath, we will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180391/@sensiblecast/life-and-death-or-the-question-we-always-tend-to-ask</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180391/@sensiblecast/life-and-death-or-the-question-we-always-tend-to-ask</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180391]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sensiblecast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 18:13:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUi4oa8yTU7QwSHZ29mRt9qof85ejCza2BUyKUtmTmDUHnFpgrmkA4cjTGpV4BBFJyQtAG95bsRAEBWqdkDZ8GXkZT?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Love Anxiety! Twitter/X Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twitter Space 24 July 2025 In this episode, I critically examine the philosophical ideas of Alan Watts, questioning the relevance of his insights on anxiety, childhood, and personal responsibility. I challenge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/how-to-love-anxiety-twitter-x-space</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/how-to-love-anxiety-twitter-x-space</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:34:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmw3Y3ebiYW61dkW16qTycFmNCFLPLbnvtQXy71nBJAWPvaSGZLRqdCdDYeMHEdj7BondzGqoRPNdEZjtkNqeUgwyFDJUkdnjWeVQAsm9ZC7iRmYwQLrctzJUn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[## Alan Watts (1915 - 1973)
#AlanWatts is one of a kind . . very funny ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Watts (1915 - 1973) #AlanWatts is one of a kind . . very funny, but true. #Spontaneous #Action #JesusChrist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@loving-kindness/2xumvtismxmes9xi9okkun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@loving-kindness/2xumvtismxmes9xi9okkun</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[loving-kindness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:17:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5Xev3US1HMjbiuhRr41kQAnHVZPVL4t7Ga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[## The Logic of Surrender.
This is a recording by #AlanWatts from 1971 ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Logic of Surrender. This is a recording by #AlanWatts from 1971. It's about: Surrender. Getting out of one's own way. The flow state. #TheWay #Taoism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@loving-kindness/oqe4dh072ikp0d7cvw6wyy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@loving-kindness/oqe4dh072ikp0d7cvw6wyy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[loving-kindness]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:50:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e98RaxC5AsvpE8FmRkHFeKDkZCLZbfj53Rp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q. "Do we need a Guru or teacher in order to grow spiritually?" QOTW]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: Here is my answer to this week's Question of the Week. Do we need a Guru? Or a teacher? I'd like to start by defining these two terms, in order to differentiate between them. Guru is an old word.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-123046/@orlev/q-do-we-need-a-guru-or-teacher-in-order-to-grow-spiritually-qotw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-123046/@orlev/q-do-we-need-a-guru-or-teacher-in-order-to-grow-spiritually-qotw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-123046]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[orlev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgeEaFWfHYaH9Yv3321oX6UKmZNE6wHp3VY5xowgH1sXZ9FNHRVSfums4oJowNvZo3r8154Smmg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[deeper.endel.io At generated soundscapes used by Alan Watts, Grimes and Plastikman.... AI Lullaby]]></title><description><![CDATA[Endel × Artists Future music experiences Experience soundscapes from visionary artists together with Endel’s science-backed technology – personalized for you. Deeper Focus is the second in our series of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142013/@ackza/deeper-endel-io-at-generated-soundscapes-used-by-alan-watts-grimes-and-plastikman-ai-lullaby</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142013/@ackza/deeper-endel-io-at-generated-soundscapes-used-by-alan-watts-grimes-and-plastikman-ai-lullaby</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142013]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ackza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2riBPsyLGP9S7nWeEMwdyWw8oVQDmod1t2cFB8Mk3aRgWAsVrS1UZsBnraahLFKuntyHNu8bq89U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Watts Audiobook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen to Alan Watts Lecture Looking for more? Go to ▶️ 3Speak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130636/@brccvideos/fstefshy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-130636/@brccvideos/fstefshy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-130636]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brccvideos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDnPi7unoyebf82PrctVf3ygNzCmTovq2i3eq3d4dyRpTecVS98yCKfUTm6CGiEDtio8q1goCHU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world we perceive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello beautiful people I'm gonna write about the most fundamental filter we see the world through, the operating system that helps us use our minds. It's important because it can mislead you to interpretations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-183196/@navidazad/the-world-we-perceive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-183196/@navidazad/the-world-we-perceive</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-183196]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[navidazad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:23:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can not argue with this]]></title><description><![CDATA["See, I am a philosopher [… and] if you don’t argue with me, I don’t know what I think. If we argue, I say ‘thank you’. Because owing to the courtesy of you taking a different point of view, I understand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ocd/@goatmanfu/i-can-not-argue-with-this</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ocd/@goatmanfu/i-can-not-argue-with-this</guid><category><![CDATA[ocd]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goatmanfu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:17:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your thoughts are not your own]]></title><description><![CDATA[“We seldom realise, for example, that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ocd/@goatmanfu/your-thougts-are-not-your-own</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ocd/@goatmanfu/your-thougts-are-not-your-own</guid><category><![CDATA[ocd]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goatmanfu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:08:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Joker by Alan Watts (audio)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Watts (1915-1973) was a philosopher, writer, and speaker. Although best known for popularizing Zen and Buddhist teachings to a Western audience, Watts wrote on a variety of other topics including]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@andreiarshavin/the-joker-by-alan-watts-audio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@andreiarshavin/the-joker-by-alan-watts-audio</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andreiarshavin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:05:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8gWrkxWPouWPnfEbqbRXBE4M4pP7EtkcqL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beating my inner bitch and becoming the better me]]></title><description><![CDATA[From this day foward, I WILL start trying to become the better me and beating this inner bitch in me that has been stuck there for a while now. I have started making preperations for the next days for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivational/@zharl/beating-my-inner-bitch-and-becoming-the-better-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivational/@zharl/beating-my-inner-bitch-and-becoming-the-better-me</guid><category><![CDATA[motivational]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zharl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 02:24:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJnMhL2oUNEAG8FhskQYjEeXDKmfCRZuf1p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[POEM:  ETERNAL MOMENT]]></title><description><![CDATA[I asked you like an ocean waves massages into sand my requests became inquiries and the tide clothed my hands The last thing I remember you saying passed like a moon changing cloudy wardrobes thinking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@rubenalexander/poem-eternal-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@rubenalexander/poem-eternal-moment</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rubenalexander]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 01:41:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrU6KTuuW27Tq6en5JYHcVeXL6fAJ1RujUw3NULjf8Ndi8mrAdwqXi8hGb1hs5MU2ZEsgxXRKBLM36yUTa4tF8PfS6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Ways To Get What You Want Out Of Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you get what you want? Do you doggedly pursue a dream single-mindedly without any safety net whatsoever? Or so you keep your options open to the unexpected opportunities that present themselves?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/alanwatts/@answerswithjoe/three-ways-to-get-what-you-want-out-of-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/alanwatts/@answerswithjoe/three-ways-to-get-what-you-want-out-of-life</guid><category><![CDATA[alanwatts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[answerswithjoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:37:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mindfulness 0229]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thought is a means of concealing truth, despite the fact that it's an extraordinarily useful faculty #AlanWatts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thought/@helices/mindfulness-0229</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thought/@helices/mindfulness-0229</guid><category><![CDATA[thought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mindfulness 0201]]></title><description><![CDATA[To try to get rid of what isn't there is only to prolong confusion #AlanWatts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/only/@helices/mindfulness-0201</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/only/@helices/mindfulness-0201</guid><category><![CDATA[only]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:33:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mindfulness 0198]]></title><description><![CDATA[Others have learned that the art of the thing is to swim with it. You have to flow with the river. There is no other way #AlanWatts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/swim/@helices/mindfulness-0198</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/swim/@helices/mindfulness-0198</guid><category><![CDATA[swim]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Watts- controlling the ego]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been around the block more times than i care to count. Injoy.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@weirdheadaches/alan-watts-controlling-the-ego</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@weirdheadaches/alan-watts-controlling-the-ego</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[weirdheadaches]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:56:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQRpfocZu8G7o7Y2sbcvTkGFvRUg93uTysc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Wats ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This quote from I picked up reading The subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, I been a nervous reck this pass years and I am finally taking the steps I need to take in or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@brainonair/alan-wats-fakpxp1r</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@brainonair/alan-wats-fakpxp1r</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brainonair]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVtYhc8EyUCS1n2TpsbpKuDhBkZTQTi2NsGVP3cuDYfbsXixDgBBLA6iqHcQveY5AdaSujtjpgqVTGmzeaNhkoCTL9U3xfGkSjzqVa3NvkQE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance Of Human Connection Featuring Alan Watts | Answers With Joe Short (Repost)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Watts says that "Existence is a function of relationships." That we crave connection not because it's something we need to build, it's a discovery of something that already exists. Scientific]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humanconnection/@answerswithjoe/the-importance-of-human-connection-featuring-alan-watts-or-answers-with-joe-short-repost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humanconnection/@answerswithjoe/the-importance-of-human-connection-featuring-alan-watts-or-answers-with-joe-short-repost</guid><category><![CDATA[humanconnection]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[answerswithjoe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>