Tao for Now

Remastered Audio Series • 4 hrs, 29 min

• Philosophy of the Tao Pt. 1: The Course of Nature – 50:06

• Philosophy of the Tao Pt. 2: Taoist Way – 40:30

• Philosophy of the Tao Pt. 3: Existence is Relativity – 45:50

• Philosophy of the Tao Pt. 4: Nature that is ‘Self-So’ – 44:43

• Flow Pt. 1: Meditation and Flow – 31:36

• Flow Pt. 2: Symbolic Reality vs. ‘Real’ Reality – 22:19

• Flow Pt. 3: The Spirit of Buddhist Chanting – 34:40

Tao for Now is a contemplative audio journey into the heart of Taoist philosophy, curated and remastered for modern listeners seeking timeless insight. In this seven-part collection, Alan Watts invites us into the gentle rhythms and profound paradoxes of the Tao - the Way of nature, spontaneity, and harmonious living.

The series begins with the three-part Flow sequence, where Watts meditates on the nature of symbolic thought, the fluidity of reality, and the spirit embedded in Buddhist chanting. These talks set the tone for the second half, Philosophy of the Tao, a four-part unfolding of core Taoist teachings: the course of nature, the illusion of separateness, the relativity of existence, and the power of what is “self-so” -effortless, unforced, true to its own nature.

Accessible yet profound, poetic yet practical, Tao for Now is more than a listening experience - it’s an invitation to realign with the living pulse of the present.