Stories from Alan Watts’s students

My favorite thing about Alan Watts is that he calls himself an entertainer. He is equal parts scholar, preacher, guru, artist and storyteller yet he leads with entertainer. He absolves the listener of any obligation to believe what he believes. He simply articulates the different spiritual lineages with a level of…

I first saw Alan Watts video a long time ago, heard him ask me, "What makes you itch? What sort of a situation would you like?". I listened to him. He certainly wasn't the first to tell me to follow my bliss, to pursue my dreams. [...] We need people like Watts and others to remind us that we don't have to settle. We…

Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of 'writing beautifully the un-writable'. Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit. A fascinating entry into the deepest ways of knowing.

People's associations with my father's works tends to be unique to their own experience, and they are not directly in contact with us about 'results. I was thinking that the course itself is actually five real world case studies, as each of the speakers embodies and talks about their own unique experience in that way…

One of my favorite Alan Watts quotes is: "Unlearn something daily". I look at it every day and think about what I need to let go and release so that I can consciously create awareness and move myself toward living in alignment with my soul's purpose. I also listen to his lectures at night when I cannot sleep. His voice…

After these last 4+ years living a nomadic life, often under vast skies of burning stars deep in nature, it has become difficult to distinguish clear lines of what has been Alan's whispering words of ultimate truths, and the wisdom whispers of the universe itself when it can be heard among the deafening silence. Then…

Alan Watts was perhaps the single greatest influence on my own intellectual development that I can think of. He also taught me how to write-I literally copied out, by hand, entire books of his, watching to see how he put words together. He was a pioneer of East-West integration of stunning originality. He was also a…

I discovered Alan Watts in my early 20s as I was becoming immersed in a meditative life. His words played in me like a harp, so many beautiful, resonant notes. Recently, I came back to him as my world was upended by a business failure and I move through depression and anxiety issues in its wake. There are many…

Alan Watts was the first inspiring personal growth teacher I came across years ago. Without even knowing it at the time, listening to his videos led me to falling in love with coaching and positive psychology. It was wonderful to learn how the same world and life could be seen from such a different and most importantly…

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I have colossal respect for Alan Watts as he impacted my life in so many ways. For many years I often wondered why hasn't anyone revived this mans buried legacy? I [can't] think of anyone better than Mindvalley bringing his legacy and body of work alive in the true light it deserves. Alan wasn't just a gifted man, but…

Alan Watts's wisdom, laughter and vibrant voice were so transformative for me, that the first time I heard his words I literally felt lighter on my feet. I have nothing but love for this man.