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Alan Watts – The Problem of Life

From Wikipedia – Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 — November 16, 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. He wrote more than 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness. In his books he relates his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religion, spirituality and philosophy. In 1957 when 42, Watts published one of his best known books, The Way of Zen, which focused on philosophical explication and history. Besides drawing on the lifestyle and philosophical background of Zen, in India and China, Watts introduced ideas drawn from general semantics (directly from the writings of Alfred Korzybski and also from Norbert Wiener’s early work on cybernetics, which had recently been published). Watts offered analogies from cybernetic principles possibly applicable to the Zen life. The book sold well, eventually becoming a modern classic, and helped widen his lecture circuit. In his mature work, he presents himself as “Zennist” in spirit as he wrote in his last book, Tao: The Watercourse Way. Child rearing, the arts, cuisine, education, law and freedom, architecture, sexuality, and the uses and abuses of technology were all of great interest to him. In looking at social issues he

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Alan Watts Self as Play

Alan Watts Speaks Enter Here: deoxy.org
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Alan Watts is God for 10 Minutes

In this excerpt from a lecture, Alan Watts plays the role of a “delusional patient” who thinks he’s God. He gets his students to ask him any question they please. The results are fascinating.
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Alan Watts: A Conversation with Myself- Part 2

A 1971 television recording with Alan Watts walking in the mountains and talking about the limitations of technology and the problem of trying to keep track of an infinite universe with a single tracked mind. Video posted by Alan’s son and courtesy of alanwatts.com.

Alan Watts — The Life of Zen Part 2/2

Recorded in San Francisco, California in the early 1960s. www.alanwatts.com
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