2022 | October | 31 | Audio Transcripts, Comparative Philosophy, Inevitable Ecstasy Meditations
Alan discusses ways in which Western civilization confuses symbols with reality and introduces meditation and its associated gadgets as tools to get in touch with reality. Then he encourages his audience to cast off their reliance on symbols by guiding them through various mantra in a half-hour demonstration of this intelligent mindlessness.
2022 | October | 31 | Audio Transcripts, Comparative Philosophy
https://alanwatts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mysticism-and-morality.mp3 00:03 I’m referring to a kind of experience, a kind of—shall we say—state of consciousness which seems to be as prevalent among human beings as measles. It’s something that simply happens, and...
2022 | October | 31 | Audio Transcripts, Comparative Philosophy
https://alanwatts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mind-over-mind.mp3 00:00 The general title of these talks that I’m giving here is Mind over Mind, and I’m going into all the various problems which have to do with the control of the mind. And so I might introduce what...
2022 | October | 31 | Audio Transcripts, Comparative Philosophy
After discussing the nature of consciousness, the human mind, and the philosophical viewpoint that every person is God, Alan Watts assumes the role of God himself for the latter half of this lecture, answering each question his audience serves with wit and insight.
