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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts - Season 1

Series: Essential Lectures of Alan Watts
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Episodes
12
Rating
NRC
Year
1972
Language
English
Publisher
Gaiam TV

About

The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts video series was recorded in 1971 above Muir Woods, California, and in 1972 aboard the ferryboat the SS Vallejo in Sausalito. Produced by his son Mark and directed by long-time archivist Henry Jacobs, the series explores core philosophical themes that spawned over Watts' career.

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Episodes

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1. Nothingness

28m

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Basing his ideas on sensory perception and physical experience, Alan Watts makes a compelling argument that everything actually depends upon nothing for its very existence.

2. Ego

29m

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Alan Watts was concerned with the way we trap ourselves in words. He considered it unfortunate that we separate the "I" from reality and think of "I" in terms of how others see us or the image that we want to project. What is the answer?

3. Meditation

30m

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As Alan Watts explains, "A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts and loses touch with reality." He covers basic mediation techniques, including listening without naming and mantras or sonic meditations.

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Artists

Harold Pokieserdirector
Alan Wattsactor

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