The devil within

Alan Watts's framing, picked up by both speakers, that the oppositional force resisting our change is ourselves: we are both the fixer and the problem, so the task is to befriend the devil rather than banish it.

Where it appears 1

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  how to win at pinball & lifeEp 3 · with Ian Coll

Connections

References

• Alan Watts

Mentioned alongside

• Alan Watts: the devil is also youTamir Barzilai · Ep 3 · 31:44

  Tamir's paraphrase of Watts: you privately declare 90 days free of a bad habit to keep the devil away, then wonder why resistance peaks the next day. Who do you think the devil is? You are…

Related

• The Shadow
• Self-sabotage

Explored through

• The sooner that you can accept that, you can start to integrate it, and you can start to be like a friend to it, start to become friends with the devil.Ian Coll · Ep 3 · 35:47
• Who do you think the devil is? The devil is also you. You are both the fixer and the problem.Tamir Barzilai · Ep 3 · 33:20