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Alan Watts

6 key ideas, each explained in our own words.

The Wisdom of Insecurity

  1. IDEA 1

    Security is impossible

    Life is constant change. Chasing total security only produces more anxiety.

  2. IDEA 2

    Live now

    The present moment is the only reality. Living for an imagined future means missing life.

  3. IDEA 3

    The ego is an idea

    The sense of a separate self is a mental construct. You are part of the flow of everything.

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