By: Alan Watts
Intro:
The Wisdom of Insecurity is the book that I — as an agnostic, scientifically-trained human with an inkling there might be “something more” but was put off by the dogma of most religions — was looking for.
It uproots many western culture’s most foundational assumptions, from individualism and future focus to our egoic sense of soul, and offers how to aim our awareness in a very different way at this eternally present moment (which, as Watts so poignantly points out, is really all there is).
This book is a maker of mystics, hurling a monkey wrench into vital cogs of the mental mechanics of the cultural approach. Riddled with paradox, it explains why those who have the most feel the least secure, moves purpose from future-focused to present-found, and offers a shift identity from individual to All.
More than any book I’ve ever read, The Wisdom of Insecurity makes it so plain and obvious: here and now is where it’s at.