Cristine Karapetyan: This is my favorite book by Alan Watts! Just such an insightful, accurate read of the universe!
United States on Jun 26, 2023
Chris machado: Very beautiful book brings you closer to god and truth
Canada on Dec 24, 2022
Placeholder: The Title of the Book really sums up everything in it...I would recommend one to buy this if you're really ready for what Alan Watts has to offer....
India on Dec 03, 2020
Ang: Amazing. Simply unplug your mind, let it flow.
IT IS CONFUSING, it will leave you questioning life, but let it settle in your mind and it will make sense in a few days after putting the book down.
Flip your inside outside, and get wiggly with it
Canada on Nov 15, 2020
Ricardo Castillo Olivares: pero la calidad es excelente
Mexico on Oct 04, 2019
Virginie Storm: In diesem Buch sind sechs Vorträge von Alan Watts zusammengefasst.
Die Themen reichen von Mythen und Modellen zur Entstehung der Welt, über das Ego und dem Streben nach Erleuchtung bis zu Buddhismus und Hinduismus.
"The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. It’s like radar on a ship — it’s a troubleshooter. Conscious attention is a designed function of the brain to scan the environment for trouble. And if you identify yourself as the troubleshooter, you define yourself as living in a perpetual state of anxiety. The moment you cease to identify with the ego and become aware that you are the whole organism, you realize how harmonious it all is."
Watts erläutert in einfachen Worten und eingängigen Beispielen das Selbst und das 'höhere Selbst', Nirvana, Absichtslosigkeit, Unbeständigkeit und das Wesen von Gedanken, um einige Beispiele zu nennen.
"People who think that in order to be awakened you have to be heartless and beyond feelings — that you couldn’t possibly lose your temper or feel annoyed or depressed — those people haven’t got the right idea at all."
Bevor man sich in Konzepten und Interpretationen...
Germany on Jul 28, 2019
Shannon Verbal: Excellent philosophical work from one of my favorite authors on the philosophy of religion. He has Western and Eastern perspectives that seem to provide a balanced look at each to form a complete paradigm shift for the reader. I recommend this for Zen students especially.
United States on Apr 27, 2017
GHB: I was thrilled to discover this set of recordings, which are both informative and entertaining. I don't know that someone with little or no knowledge of eastern religions and/or Buddhism would benefit as much as someone who does have some background because the talks were recorded specifically for those with an assumed familiarity to the subject. Still, for me, they not only helped clarify and expound upon some teachings, but also offered historical reasoning. I enjoyed hearing Alan Watt's speak. He has a great sense of humor, a very easy to follow way of teaching and expounding on each subject, and the material presented here is fairly comprehensive. I've listened to the entire set and intend to do so again. It's perfect for long distance air travel, or any kind of travel (since you can load the CDs onto your iPod, or your car stereo, etc.). But if you copy them to your iPod, you'll have to be careful to add a preface numbers and Disc titles in your iTunes playlist so that all the lectures play back in their proper order (001.01 for Disc One, talk one, etc.) and will advance automatically through the series. Don't let the fact that these lectures were recorded in the late 1960's...
United States on Mar 10, 2017
shopper 101: Its hard to believe these lectures are 50+ years old. There is absolutely no sense of these tracks being dated in any way. I can listen to the same lecture/episode/track over and over again; like others, I just like listening to his voice. I was already familiar with AW as I used to have some of his tapes in my car in a previous era.
Very few lemons in this bunch, in fact, perhaps only two or three out of the 100+ sections. Best investment I've made in some time.
Its difficult to summarize the content. Perhaps a simple table of contents would be useful (sure wish amazon would make a habit of publishing these!).
CD 1. The nature of consciousness, Part 1
1. Intro
2. Our image of the world
3. The myth of the ceramic construct
4. The myth of the automatic universe
5. A wiggly world
6. A game that's worth the candle
7. An independent system
8. Whose game is it?
9. The world as a drama
CD 2. The nature of consciousness, Part 2
1. Intro
2. Being aware of awareness
3. Captivated by the drama
4. The game of hide and seek
5. Consciousness beyond awareness
6. How do we define ourselves?
7. What it is to see
8. The...
United States on Feb 01, 2014
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United States on Dec 22, 2023