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Ep. 6 – On Being God

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Art of Psychotherapy Is Not Qualified

We do not know really how musical, artistic and literary genius is done. You can put the tools for doing these things into people's hands but whether they will use those tools with genius is quite unpredictable. And this is, above all, true of the art of psychotherapy. We don't know how it's done. We've got some vague ideas. There probably are some people who, by reason of their mental derangement, are probably not qualified to perform it,. because they maybe out just to make other people into messes. But to say that there are certain standards and certain examinations that can be passed and certificates that cal be issued, which do indeed qualify people for this work

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