Alan Watts - Act As If Nothing is Impossible - Angels Are Among Us’s Podcast

Alan Watts approached the idea that “nothing is impossible” in a way that was philosophical, paradoxical, and deeply liberating. He didn’t mean it as a motivational slogan, but as a shift in how we understand reality, possibility, and the self.

🌌 Possibility Depends on the Story You’re Telling

Watts taught that what we call “impossible” is usually based on assumptions, not reality itself.

“The universe is not a thing; it’s an event.” — Alan Watts

Because reality is a living process—not a fixed object—what appears impossible within one mental framework may be entirely possible within another. When the story changes, the limits dissolve.

🧠 The Mind Creates the Walls

According to Watts:

The intellect divides reality into categories
Categories create boundaries
Boundaries create the illusion of impossibility

When you believe “I can’t”, you are usually defending an idea of who you think you are.

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”

Impossibility, then, is often a self-imposed rule, not a cosmic law.

🌀 When You Stop Trying, the Impossible Happens

Watts repeatedly emphasized that effort blocks flow.

Examples he used:

You cannot force sleep
You cannot will relaxation
You cannot chase enlightenment

Yet all of these happen when striving stops.

This is where “nothing is impossible” becomes experiential:
When the ego stops interfering, life expresses itself freely.

🌱 You Are Not Separate from the Universe

One of Watts’ central insights is that you are not in the universe—you are the universe happening at one point.

If this is true:

You are not a limited fragment trying to succeed
You are the same process that grows trees and forms galaxies

From this view, the idea of impossibility loses meaning. The universe is not working against you—it is acting as you.

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