Alan Watts and the Art of Taming the Dragon

Alan Watts once said, “The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” It sounds easy, doesn’t it? But if you’ve ever been dragged into the depths by the chaos of your own mind, you know that just “being alive” can feel like fighting a dragon with no sword, no armor—just your raw, trembling will.