English philosopher Alan Watts suggests ‘You don’t exist’. ‘I wonder what you mean when you use the word I?’ he goes onto ask. Alan says we don’t really have an ego. Or rather, it is a hallucination. And also that we can’t get rid of our ego even if we wanted to… there’s nothing more egotistical than a person trying to get rid of their ego. This always makes me chuckle. Hold on hold on back up, I hear you say. First, you tell me I don’t exist, the cheek of it. Then

The very first Alan Watts newsletter has landed! This newsletter summarises the key insights and points from a given Alan Watts' lecture. The newsletter is to help us recall with greater ease his timeless wisdom. We also suggest actionable strategies to use in daily life based on these insights. Here we go 1. You Are Not In the World — You Are Something the World Is Doing We often feel like strangers on Earth. As if we’ve been dropped here, wandering around inside a foreign