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November 20, 2025 (Gregorian calendar/Day 323)
Thursday, 11 Hidar 2018 (Ethiopian calendar/3rd month)
Būl (Bul) לב 28 (Enochian calendar/8th month/ Rain for crops)
November 16, 2025 (International Fixed calendar)
Overtone Moon 5, Limi 6 (13 Moon calendar/New Moon)
~ Overtone Peacock Moon of Radiance, November 15th – December 12th
Reed Moon: October 28 – November 23 (Celtic 13 Moon calendar/12th month)
Day 1, 9th lunation at 0-1%, 6012 (lunisolar calendar/New Moon Day)
13.0.13.1.17 2 Caban 15 Keh (Mayan Long Count calendar)
Use Less Stuff Day, in 1945 The Nuremberg war trials begin

The danger of wanting nothing anymore
~ Alan Watts Way ~

…an 18 minute video

“Discover the hidden trap that awaits spiritual seekers: the belief that enlightenment means wanting nothing. In this profound lecture, Alan Watts reveals why “desirelessness” can become spiritual death, and why healthy desire is essential to being truly alive.

Key Insights:

• The difference between natural desire and neurotic craving
• Why wanting nothing is actually wanting to be dead
• How spiritual communities confuse numbness with peace
• The trap of spiritual anesthesia and emotional flatness
• Why life itself is a form of wanting
• How to want deeply without clinging desperately
• The difference between detachment and suppression
• Why authentic desires are your inner navigation system

“This transformative teaching challenges common spiritual misconceptions and reveals the path to genuine freedom: not the death of desire, but desire without desperation. Learn why the enlightened person wants everything and nothing at the same time. Perfect for spiritual seekers, meditation practitioners, those interested in Eastern philosophy, and anyone navigating the balance between desire and attachment on their spiritual journey.”

“This is the most powerful and necessary clarification of non-attachment I have ever heard. Watts brilliantly exposes the trap of ‘spiritual anesthesia,’ where we confuse apathy and resignation with true enlightenment. The crucial distinction between ‘clinging (Tanha)’ and ‘healthy, passionate desire’ is everything. ​The true goal is not to become a stone that doesn’t suffer, but to be fully engaged—to want everything and nothing at the same time, pursuing goals with passion but holding the outcomes lightly. We are meant to be a conduit for life’s creative energy, not a blockage. ​A profound call to stop sitting life out and start dancing with total commitment!” (Watts Daily/comment)

The truly free person isn’t someone who wants nothing
The truly free person is one who can want anything
without being enslaved by that wanting
~ Alan Watts

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