Order Over Chaos, Part One: Essential Compilation of Alan Watts | Lecture
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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, speaker and in this Lecture Alan Watts discusses Order Over Chaos and Eastern Philosophy
He was a British philosopher, writer and speaker, who held both a Master's in Theology and a Doctorate of Divinity. He was well known for his research on comparative religion, and was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience.
He wrote over 25 books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, the meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness. In his books he relates his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religion and philosophy.
In his lectures he talks about Zen, Meditation, Buddhism, Hinduism, Pantheism, Christianity, Religious naturalism, Taoism, and Theology, Personal identity, Higher Consciousness, Aesthetics, Cultural criticism, and Public ethics.
Overall Alan Watts developed an extensive audio library of nearly 400 talks and wrote more than 25 books during his lifetime, including his final volume, Tao; the Watercourse Way. Alan died in his sleep in November of 1973 after returning from an intensive international lecture tour.
🕧 KEY MOMENTS IN THIS AUDIO 🕧
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:30 - Philosophical Instruments
00:03:51 - Man in Nature
00:06:31 - The Fraudulent Self
00:11:56 - Willing the False Self
00:14:49 - A Dead End
00:17:26 - Illusionary nature of Self
00:18:40 - icons
00:21:22 –Awareness of Death
00:23:07 –Life (continued in part 2)
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