Agree with ya on Watts being problematic (Although so is Nietzche...), there's a whole lot of the usual woo in his thinking that you find with so many popular philosophers who verge into the mystical. I've always had a sense that most 'guru' types are really just on the take, but anyway...
To my mind it was a different framing of Amor fati, or other ideas within the Stoic virtues, not in so much that things are 'fated' as such, moreso that it's pointless to fight against the duality of life, and that there is a kind of peace in accepting that which we can't control.
This is honestly one of my favourite topics.
Agree with ya on Watts being problematic (Although so is Nietzche...), there's a whole lot of the usual woo in his thinking that you find with so many popular philosophers who verge into the mystical. I've always had a sense that most 'guru' types are really just on the take, but anyway...
To my mind it was a different framing of Amor fati, or other ideas within the Stoic virtues, not in so much that things are 'fated' as such, moreso that it's pointless to fight against the duality of life, and that there is a kind of peace in accepting that which we can't control.
I can definitely relate to this article. Like you, I have come to terms with air travel & even get bored at times!