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In My Own Way

By: Alan Watts
Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
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Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts's acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio.

In this audiobook, Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution from a child of religious conservatives in rural England to a freewheeling spiritual teacher who challenged Westerners to defy convention and think for themselves. From early in this intellectual life, Watts shows himself to be a philosophical renegade and wide-ranging autodidact who came to Buddhism through the teachings of Christmas Humphreys and D. T. Suzuki.

Told in a nonlinear style, In My Own Way wonderfully combines Watts’ own brand of unconventional philosophy and often hilarious accounts of gurus, celebrities, psychedelic drug experiences, and wry observations of Western culture. A charming foreword written by Watts’ father sets the tone of this warm, funny, and beautifully written story of a compelling figure who encouraged seekers to “follow your own weird” — something he always did himself, as his remarkable account of his life shows.

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Is any of this even real...."try to live in such a way where nothing is seen as either an advantage or disadvantage".
If today is all there ever can be, I heard the thunderous silence.

100Listens, still my favourite book ever.

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I loved it. You can’t get enough of Watts on YouTube and hearing his life story puts into perspective just how amazing, rich of a life he did live. Look past the problems (what we call problems) and see into this mans life. A relatively normal person can have such a beautiful life with the assistance of Zen.

A full look into a masters life

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