Alan Watts
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- flyingnowhere
I started reading some of Alan Watts' stuff back in college. I really enjoy it and am looking for some authors that are similar. Anyone have any ideas? Anyone ever read any Alan Watts?
- Khurram0
ha, yeah, i have. I got into Eckhart Tolle two years ago. So you should check that out.
Obviously take with a pinch of salt and extract the positive, but yeah, Tolle rocks too IMO, and Oprah loves him :D
- ha, you said Oprah, thanks though, actually i think my mom gave me one of his books, ill have to lookflyingnowhere
- Mimio0
I like Watts. You might like "Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity " by Soko Morinaga.
- Mal0
there some good Watts mp3's out there too
http://www.alanwattspodcast.com/…
- Khurram0
also Osho, whose a total cultist dickface, nevetheless has a good book on creativity and the now.
- Khurram0
Actually, fuck all that shit.
"I am that" by Sri Nisgardatta Mahraj (or something) is amazing. I love it so much.
- Greedo0
Guy here at the office is a HUGE fan and is constantly trying to get everyone to listen to all these alan watts talks he has on his itunes, here's his playlist. If some tickle your fancy, i could upload them someplace, his fan would be thrilled:
Buddhism as Dialogue
The Coincedence of Opposites
Following the Middle Way
Intellectual Yoga
Intro to Zen
Introduction to Buddhism
Journey from India
Limits of Language
Man and Nature
Myth of Myself
Mythology of Hinduism
Not what should be, But what is
Relevance of Oriental Philosophy
Religion of No Religion
Seeing Through The Net
The Sense of Nonsense
Taoist Way
Who Am I?
Wisdom of The Mountains
Karma of Christianity
World as Just So
1969 Lecture to IBM Engineers
Taoist Way II
Philosophy of theTao
Male Female Duality Symbolism
Who am I? Myth of Myself II
Images Of God
An Unintelligent Universe
Argument Against All Kinds of Do-Gooding
On Being God
Seminar On Tibetan Buddhism - Wisdom of the Mountains
The Tea Ceremony
Uncarved Block - Unbleached Silk
What is the source of spiritual authority
I Think
The Silent Mind
Zen Clues- oops just realized he probably got 90% of those from that podcast ^ up there...Greedo
- ha, thanks though
flyingnowhere - feel free to upload them anyway :]JG_LB
- Greedo0
And what about Bertrand Russell and Joseph Campbell?
- Khurram0
You should also read the original sources, the Gita is a great book.
- fourthgen0
anyone like Thich Nhat Hanh?
- GeorgesII0
I'm currently reading "I misteri del tempo" i think its called "About Time" in english by Paul Davies, Alan Watts did a talk about the flow of time which is quite similar. btw anyone listen to his pre-matrix concept, google it, its pretty nice
- GeorgesII0
this entire video is very important if you are interested in self discovery.
watch it from 20"43 (its better to watch it all though) this is the part that explains my comment above
- Rand0
tolle, krishnamurti... no idea if any similarity to Alan Watts, though
- Mal0
PD Ouspensky
Gurdjieff
- nilsnihil0
Gary Snyder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar…
- styleplus_amillion0
There are two guys with very similar names...
Alan Watt and Alan Watts.
I happen to be familiar with both of them. I have several mp3s from both individuals.
I happen to particularly value the material that Alan Watt puts out.Alan Watt (cutting-through-the-matrix):
http://www.google.com/search?q=a…Alan Watts (eastern mysticism):
http://www.google.com/search?hl=…
- JG_LB0
I'm reading "The Book" by Watts right now as well as "The Strangest Secret" by Earl Nightingale.
Listen to "Success" by DJ Hype
- mikotondria30
haha :). I just listened to the Images Of God 4 on the alanwattspodcast site, just in the background - what an awesome great sideways critique of traditional 'faith' he makes, thats brilliant :)
- JG_LB0
i thought podcasts were supposed to be free