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OAITW r.2.0

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21. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 07:38 PM

Mar 2024

I read this back in the 70's and it has had a profound impact on how I perceive the world and my interaction with it. As did, Doors of Perception (A. Huxley) and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig).

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Any fans of Allan Watts here? [View all] multigraincracker Mar 2024 OP

Why has he sold himself to a car commercial? Ocelot II Mar 2024 #1

He passed away many years ago. multigraincracker Mar 2024 #3

A bit incongruous? SarahD Mar 2024 #4

I'm sure most will never tie them together. multigraincracker Mar 2024 #6

Now that I think of strange juxtaposition. SarahD Mar 2024 #15

Takes me back. SarahD Mar 2024 #2

Were those drug trips real or not. multigraincracker Mar 2024 #5

If I remember right he was being given psycheledics at the end Doc Sportello Mar 2024 #10

Once upon a time Alan Watts set me off on many thoughtful journeys. Biophilic Mar 2024 #7

Television codfisherman Mar 2024 #8

My eldest sister... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #9

He turned me onto the Tao te Ching. multigraincracker Mar 2024 #11

I came to... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #16

Love these personal anecdotes Doc Sportello Mar 2024 #12

He was... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #17

Heard his taped talks in the Boston area usonian Mar 2024 #13

I remember listening to many cassettes of his teachings. I was looking into Buddhism at the time mitch96 Mar 2024 #14

Alan Watts spoke of many things, nature, man, woman, making non-zens of of our sense of what is sanatanadharma Mar 2024 #18

Recently acquainted with BootinUp Mar 2024 #19

He opened the door to Eastern religions for many. Basic LA Mar 2024 #20

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2024 #21