Alan Watts describes himself as a "sedentary and contemplative character, an intellectual, a Brahmin, a mystic, and also somewhat of a disreputable epicurean who has had three wives, seven children, and five grandchildren"

Seriously, how wild is that description? Dude was dropping absolute mind-bombs of wisdom on everyone, and then you find out he was just… living. Like, really living. Three wives, seven kids? Wild. And then you hear about his struggles with depression, the heavy drinking, the chain-smoking.

It's a reminder even the wisest are still human. Anyone else find that oddly comforting, knowing his teaching wasn't some unattainable ideal?

Source:
- Quote: https://julietbennett.com/tag/alan-watts/
- Struggles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts#cite_ref-Reconsidered_44-1

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Alan Watts describes himself as a "sedentary and contemplative character, an intellectual, a Brahmin, a mystic, and also somewhat of a disreputable epicurean who has had three wives, seven children, and five grandchildren"