Sometimes I just want to... you know, like just... I feel like...

you know what I mean?

Part of why I created this account on Twitter, and now on Nostr, is I was tired of seeing the same dozen or so Alan Watts quotes posted over and over, and only being able to find those on search. So, I started posting the ones I find noteworthy as I read his books and listen to his lectures. I now also cite where each of his quotes come from, so it’s easy for others to verify and source. nostr:note1gpfgcr2dwqzv9mewl6nfm74u7zmwfax0mrg5ju6d42lfazg37zvs9yw0vz

Centralization never ends well

What if, thanks to the Federal Reserve, credit events have essentially been replaced by debasement events?

Can major, traditional credit events even occur in the age of central bank manipulation?

(H/t to Jordi Visser and Raoul Pal)

A profound awakening in life is recognising that Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Scientology, Liberalism, Conservatism, Environmentalism, and every other ideology you can think of are paths of life that offer valuable insights, some may be good, some may be bad.

Most religious traditions contain profound wisdom and guidance, such as Christianity, which holds its dogma as essential to its structure. However, I believe true freedom lies in engaging with these teachings deeply and personally, rather than being confined by rigid interpretations.

One of my favourite quotes by Terence McKenna captures this perfectly: "I think ideology is toxic, all ideology. It’s not that there are good ones and bad ones. All ideology is toxic because ideology is a kind of insult to the gift of human free thinking."

Carl Jung similarly warns, "Our blight is ideologies — they are the long-expected Antichrist." Jung isn’t dismissing the value or sacred truths within traditions like Christianity or Buddhism, after all, they are ideologies in themselves. Instead, he is cautioning us about the dangers of dogma or ideology when they become inflexible, reducing spiritual richness to systems that suppress individual thought and personal experience. Jung recognised that ideologies, while containing valuable archetypal wisdom, can hinder the individual’s deeper journey toward self-realisation if they are followed rigidly.

Even though Christianity, for example, contains dogma, it also offers profound spiritual teachings. Christ himself wasn’t a Christian, just as Buddha wasn’t a Buddhist. They were vessels of divine wisdom, and true liberation comes when we engage with these teachings authentically, transcending the limitations of ideology while still appreciating the sacred truths within them.