In this collection of writings, Watts displays the intelligence, playfulness of thought, and simplicity of language that has made him so perennially popular as an interpreter of Eastern thought for Westerners. He draws on a variety of religious traditions and covers topics such as the challenge of seeing one's life "just as it is," the Taoist approach to harmonious living, the limits of language in the face of ineffable spiritual truth, and the psychological symbolism of Christian thought. As Mark Watts writes in the preface- "As the title suggests, Become What You Are is a collection of Alan Watts's writing that touch on the dilemma of the person who seeks his or her true self, a quest so often undertaken at the expense of seeing one's life 'just as it is.'" In other words, if we want to discover our true self, why would we look elsewhere, outside of us?.