Alan Watts: The Trap of Trying Too Hard (How Not To Use The Mind)

You can’t force awakening any more than you can force yourself to fall asleep. In this lecture, Alan Watts dismantles the illusion of “trying” to be mindful, alert, or liberated. He shows how forcing awareness only creates tighter binds—while true liberation comes from letting go, like water flowing freely from a barrel.

In The World As Self (Part 2) from his legendary series Out of Your Mind, Watts weaves stories of Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff, Zen sword training, and yoga practice to reveal the paradox: you cannot “use” the mind to control the mind. Real freedom comes when you trust life enough to stop forcing it.

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➡️ Speaker: Alan Watts
➡️ Series: Out of Your Mind
➡️ Chapter: The World As Self (Part 2)
➡️ Section: How Not To Use The Mind
➡️ Themes: Ego traps, false mindfulness, Zen paradoxes, trusting life, liberation without forcing.

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