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Cosmiccontinuum (24 March 2013). "The Ego Illusion ~ Alan Watts" . Retrieved 17 August 2017– via YouTube. If you have ever had an interest in Chinese Taoism, then this best rated book from Alan Watts is what I would recommend to you. It is a provocative look into humanity’s place in the natural world and how the human spirit relates to human flesh, and Watts considers this in the light of Chinese Taoism.

Watts, Alan, In My Own Way. New York. Random House Pantheon. 1973 ISBN 0-394-46911-9 (his autobiography). Watts was a heavy smoker throughout his life [43] and in his later years drank heavily. [43] In popular culture [ edit ]Wandering… the best way to discover surprise and marvels. Watts see this as the only real reason to not stay home.

Watts proposes a thought experiment of imagining that one has total control over the content of each night's dreams. He uses this thought experiment to make a case for the self as the ultimate reality. [2] What if money were no object? [ edit ] In the book, he talks about how important a balance in life is, as we would not know what is good without bad, what love feels like without knowing how it feels to hate someone, how important and good it feels like to be happy without suffering through something tragic and feeling sad. Understanding the Balance

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Watts, Alan W. (1937). The legacy of Asia and Western man: a study of the middle way. London: John Murray. Radio interview. Alan reads from his auto biography "In My Own Way" and discusses his life and philosophy with Lex Hixon; host of “In the Spirit” on WBAI Radio. ( Transcript). The Modern Mystic: A New Collection of the Early Writings of Alan Watts, ed. John Snelling and Mark Watts He also maintained relations with Jean Burden, his lover and the inspiration/editor of Nature, Man and Woman. [65] Alan Watts – Life and Works". Archived from the original on 2 August 2014 . Retrieved 25 July 2014.

Watts's biographers saw him- after his stint as an Anglican priest- as representative of not so much a religion but as a lone-wolf thinker and social rascal. In David Stuart's biography, Watts is seen as an unusually gifted speaker and writer driven by his own interests, enthusiasms, and demons. [60] Elsa Gidlow, whom Watts called "sister", refused to be interviewed for the biography, but later painted a kinder picture of Watts's life in her own autobiography, Elsa, I Come with My Songs. According to critic Erik Davis, his "writings and recorded talks still shimmer with a profound and galvanizing lucidity." [61]But there are always gonna be ones who think they’re above you in their rather earthy pursuit of questionable possessions & peccadilloes! I read this based on the numerous, quite intelligent, quotes that can be found on the Internet attributed to Mr. Watts. Reading this book was a very different experience though.