Writing about life and arts

alan watts

Alan Watts on the law of reversed effort

โ€”

by

in

โ€œWhen you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you floatโ€™ and that โ€˜insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.โ€

Alan Watts on the ‘law of reversed effort’, also known as the ‘backwards law’ when doing what’s right make things wrong (as featured in The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking)


Comments

4 responses to “Alan Watts on the law of reversed effort”

  1. wells baum aka bombtune Avatar
    wells baum aka bombtune

    My pleasure. Great roundup post as well!

  2. Great attractive and informative story, i got huge of important idea from your post. A big thanks for sharing with us !!
    https://blog.mindvalley.com/alan-watts/