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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts

Name: The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Talk, Reality
Rating: 10
Cast: Alan Watts

1972 1 season 12 eps TV-Y7

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30 min

S1 · E1 · Dec 31, 1972

Nothing Episode 1

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.

30 min

S1 · E2 · Dec 31, 1972

Ego Episode 2

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?

30 min

S1 · E3 · Dec 31, 1972

Meditation Episode 3

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.

30 min

S1 · E4 · Dec 31, 1972

God Episode 4

To many of us the image of God as a gray-bearded omnipotent and omnipresent supreme being has become implausible, yet the common sense notions of divine authority surrounding that image persist.

30 min

S1 · E5 · Dec 31, 1972

Cosmic Drama Episode 5

Alan Watts further explores the Hindu dramatic view of the universe, in which God plays all of the parts - all the while pretending not to know who he/she/it is!

30 min

S1 · E6 · Dec 31, 1972

Time Episode 6

Here Alan Watts points out that our insistence that the past determines the present is nonsensical.

30 min

S1 · E7 · Dec 31, 1972

Work & Play Episode 7

Alan Watts swirls an orange on a string and shoots an arrow high into the air before explaining why the art of living is being paid to play - and to the extent that we feel compelled to work and survive, life becomes a drag.

30 min

S1 · E8 · Dec 31, 1972

Death Episode 8

Alan Watts comments on the circle of life and our response to the surprising event of being born in the first place.

30 min

S1 · E9 · Dec 31, 1972

The More It Changes Episode 9

Alan Watts speaks on our fascination with reproduction through media, and on the far out notion that human beings may just be one star's way of becoming another star!

30 min

S1 · E10 · Dec 31, 1972

Clothing Episode 10

After talking about growing up near London, Alan Watts demonstrates a variety of cultural garb and points out how each influences the way we live and feel. His choices of attire include a western business suit and a kimono.

30 min

S1 · E11 · Dec 31, 1972

Do You Smell? Episode 11

Alan Watts speaks about our most repressed sense. Here he introduces viewers to the intricacies of incense in front of a small Buddhist altar, while commenting on the types of incense used in Church rituals and all across Asia.

30 min

S1 · E12 · Dec 31, 1971

Conversation with Myself Episode 12

While walking in a field above Muir Woods, Alan Watts points to humankind's attempts to straighten out a wiggly world as the root of our ecological crisis.

12 episodes in Season 1

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The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts