Alan Watts | Tao of Philosophy | Seeing Through the Net (1-2)

In "Seeing Through the Net" from the Tao of Philosophy series (link & details below), Alan Watts discusses the comparative method of juxtaposing perspectives through triangulation, the wiggly world of nature that encompasses us, and the net of ideas and labels we cast over it.
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“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the un-writable’. Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit. A fascinating entry into the deepest ways of knowing.” - Los Angeles Times
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• Not What Should Be (1-2)
• Sense of Nonsense
• Coincidence of Opposites
• Seeing Through the Net (1-2)
• Myth of Myself (1-2)
• Man and Nature (1-2)
• Limits of Language (1-2)
Total Length: 5 hours 1 minute
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“Your skin does not separate you from the world. It’s a bridge through which the external world flows into you. And you flow into it.” - Alan Watts
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[@Themultimediaguy]

I’ve listened to hours upon hours and repeated listening of Alan Watts. I have to mention that this is one of his greatest and most modern era relevant talks I’ve ever heard from him. Thank you for bringing this to the world.

[@wssometimesavowel3639]

You should listen to the one where he talks about internet on smartphones and online shopping where people can have everything they could possibly want a fingerpress away. . It,s a rare episode on Mark Watts' channel. Not sure which title. But you're 💯% right I was thinking the same thing, sometimes I almost feel like he's communicating through time and sometimes his talks are just as alive today as when they were recorded. I love his speech style in this one, the first I've noticed him argue both sides and overrule himself with the latter real mind of God and the Universe. 😮❤

[@wssometimesavowel3639]

When I find it I'll link it here

[@111Benzie]

Seriously? This guy says alot about absolutely nothing!

[@Themultimediaguy]

@@111Benzie Nothing to you perhaps.

[@luckyrabbit4355]

@@Themultimediaguy no no. He's right. The entire talk, is a ramble of what is already natural to you. Therefore it's all about nonsense. Alan always says, "I have nothing to teach you, nothing to sell you..." I forget the rest, but that guy's right.

[@lainecolley1414]

"You don't underestimate the basic assumptions of of your culture if your own culture is the only culture you know."

[@lainecolley1414]

Gah kindle crap. I can't edit or copy..

[@schrodinger7265]

I wish he was still alive he knows nothing and that’s the most coolest thing ever I think

[@ritterscustomupholstery3309]

He is,in all of us that listen

[@MohammedZadjali]

I think he's seen it all in his mind.

[@dennisw8166]

@@MohammedZadjali Yes? And?

[@MohammedZadjali]

@@dennisw8166 dear Dennis, I will only write this once. If you keep this bitch energy, people will fly away from you.

[@PedroDoderoEscalante]

Oh how I wish we could have his insights regarding the oncoming age of Ai.

[@yobsta1]

We do. I can't recall Alan describing any limits on what he discusses as not applying to AI.

[@ThisThing435]

Knowing we don’t know and letting go is hard but listening to him talk helps.

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Do you watch p*rn ?

[@josephslinskey]

Listening to Alan Watts has helped SAVE MY LIFE 💯🫂☯️🦋

[@patrickd430]

Prickley Goo!!🙃

[@msgingerjourney]

My friends and I read him when we were kids in HS. 50 some years later it's so lovely to listen to him anytime. He's an old friend.❤

[@dongdo7168]

He is you and me 😂

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[@asmodeus0454]

Just as relevant today as the day Alan Watts spoke it. In fact, more so now than then. The Truth is of course timeless.

[@garyhehir3582]

Watts would have loved McGilchrists work on the different kinds of attention provided by the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The metaphors of the spotlight and the floodlight and of the prickly and the gooey are prescient introspections.

[@vkmusial72]

His bless your Father Alan Watts. He is my favorite philosopher. I listen to him regularly for years now. He’s helped me get through tough times. 🙏🏼

[@Seeker76543]

Same 👍🌞

[@iuyhu9304]

Great recording! Thanks so much for the upload ❤️🙏

[@MiBackpacking]

I can see your vision of this being a cozy little hut as weather whips about outside, maybe a peaceful heavy snowfall would work with that tarp if there was a way to angle it. I know you can concur this challenge 🎉

[@garyhynes]

The last part about trust is hilarious. How do we trust we can't be trusted? Just like how are we absolutely sure there is no absolute truth? Watts talks are always great, this is is particularly. We need wisdom always but probably especially now.

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[@ayhamshekha1358]

Honestly Alan Watts is so honest 🤗🥰

[@peterdaley1984]

Who let this man's voice be use to sell cruise ships 😭. When he was flying higher than any space ship we've apparently sent to space.... only a few touch the stars and hearts of our minds ☯️my Ying

[@AlanWattsFans]

Watts Up

[@d.b.624]

We have faster calculators, but our minds still move at the same speed. Wonder what he'd make of machine learning.

[@mattsaunders8577]

I wish we could hear him talk about today's issues. ❤️ He'd make me feel better about the whole thing.

[@hunterallsup2951]

Superbly enterprised by ourselves… selves….selves… selves… selves… selves 23:27

[@catisdeadwizard4082]

Alan! Long Time no See buddy. Talking to the military again? Oh, you cad ;"D

[@karoakestream]

They are the nuscience. Pressure unwanted.

[@WRX4]

Anyone know what year this was recorded?

[@rtd1409]

He was talking about the dawn of AI and now we are facing it.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Creation

[@bryanlafferty6279]

I agree Alan was the best

[@daveash2896]

Selves, selves, selves, selves

[@daveash2896]

On eating menus. On eating menus. On eating menus.

[@lloydbradly307]

No one guards the guards cause they have armour on

[@siyabongasibeko5515]

That's a view. 11:48

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[@RISERefuge]

The thing is No-Thing

[@RISERefuge]

And therein is no-thing. Everything is no-thing, when you probe it deeply.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

East meets west

[@stanleymunro1500]

Rationalize or los angelize....lpl he called the state of ca 40 years before it turned to shit lol. Thats what happens when u see the reality of tjings and not the practical