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Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

Collected Talks: 1960-1969

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Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

By: Alan W. Watts
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Alan Watts introduced millions of Western listeners to Zen and other Eastern philosophies, but he’s also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas — and lifestyle — of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of controversial lectures, delivered at American universities throughout the decade, Watts challenges listeners to reevaluate Western culture’s most hallowed constructs. Watts treads familiar ground, interpreting Eastern traditions, and also covers new territory, exploring the counterculture’s basis in the ancient tribal and shamanic cultures of Asia, Siberia, and the Americas.

In the process, he addresses some of the era’s most important questions: What is the nature of reality? And how does an individual’s relationship to society affect this reality? Filled with his playful, provocative style, the talks show the remarkable scope of a philosopher in his prime, exploring and defining the '60s counterculture as only Alan Watts could.

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If you research the life of Mr. Watts. You’ll soon realize he was like all of us. Just had the decency to share what he found out.

Wise words from a broken man

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I was surprised to hear youtube videos in this collection, some of the content was repeated.

pretty good.

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This audio book messed up is excellent talks by adding music. His words are enough.

Watts is wise

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This audiobook is not what it claims to be. It’s not a collection of lectures given at universities in the 1960s. It’s a collection of bad recordings stolen from YouTube. The person who stole these recordings didn’t even bother to edit out the YouTubers asking you to subscribe to their YouTube channel. The stolen recordings are chopped up into confusing segments and then lumped together with no context. And about half of the recordings have awful music playing in the background. It’s obvious that whoever did this has no respect for Alan Watts and his work. This audiobook is fake and fraudulent and should not be on Audible. Don’t waste your time or your money.

Fake and Fraudulent

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I'm not sure why there isn't original recordings at some points, there seems to be a video downloaded from youtube and audio extracted. I guess the Watts family lost the original???

some recordings were taken from youtube

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