What is human life: the search for harmony or a strategy for survival? How to avoid conflict with the world and discord with yourself? Does Western psychotherapy know the answer, which has been struggling with the problems of the "civilized" personality since the days of Freud and Jung, or is it closer to the truth that Eastern teachings have in their arsenal not only traditional wisdom, but also such complex practices as yoga or Zen? Alan Watts, an American philosopher, theologian, interpreter of Zen Buddhism, boldly and extraordinary reflects on this and many other things. By asking original questions, the author finds unconventional answers using a broad comparison of Western psychotherapy and Eastern liberation teachings. Perhaps, delving into the secrets of human being-in-the-world with the author, the reader will be able to take a fresh look at his own problems.