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  • By: Alan Watts
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In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertainer was responsible for igniting the passion of countless wisdom seekers to the spiritual and philosophical delights of Asia and India.

Now, with Out of Your Mind: Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives, you are invited to immerse yourself in 12 of this legendary thinker's pinnacle teaching sessions about how to break through the limits of the rational mind and begin expanding your awareness and appreciation for the Great Game unfolding all around us.

Whether you're completely new to Alan Watts or familiar with his work, here is a rare opportunity to experience him at his best, improvising brilliantly before a live audience on Out of Your Mind: Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives.

©2005 Alan Watts (P)2005 Alan Watts

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Could be so much better

The lectures in this audio book are basically copied from material freely available elsewhere. Somebody has simply and randomly downloaded some of this material and presented it here. There has been no effort to edit the material into any sort of meaningful order. They have added a bit of “funky” guitar and a female narrator who introduces each section. Some of the sections in this audiobook just peter out, almost mid sentence. There is so much missing material here. It is a shame because the work of Alan Watts was truly significant. Many of his ideas still resonate today. If you want to study the social and cultural upheaval of the 1960’s you need to study this man and his writings. He was massively influential. His material also resonates very strongly with today’s Millenials who see in his philosophy a way of reshaping the political and social materialism that has ensnared their generation. If audible wish to cash in on the work of Alan Watts they need to at least re-edit the material and remove the infamous background noise of watts’ lapel microphone. They should also pay an editor to put the material into some kind of thematic order. Finally, Watts actually wrote several books as well as recording his lectures and interviews and these would benefit from being produced in an audiobook format. I’d certainly buy them if they had a decent narrator. The material in this ‘audiobook’ should be seen as a taster of the total work produced by Alan Watts during his lifetime. Don’t let the dreadful quality and complete absence of editing herein discourage you from finding out more about the material generated by this remarkable and visionary man.

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I’ve listened 10 times

The best book I’ve ever listened to. Best book ever.
I think I’ve listened 10 times.
I can randomly turn it on anytime and it blows my mind.

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starting point

this is a fantastic starting point for alan watts admirers and studiers of his philosophy

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Entertainment and mentoring

i struggled to stop listening every time I started! this lecture series have a life changing power.

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One of the only things you'll ever need to hear

One of the only things you'll ever need to hear. Right up there with 'you look great in those jeans'.

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Zen, Buddhism and Hindu Philosophy done well

Alan Watts is wonderful to listen to and his style of presentation is just brilliant. He treats the subject matter with great humour and insight. Listening to him speak is also a joy and I have gained much from this particular work of his.

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Annoying interruptions

Loved Watts' lectures. Hated the section announcements accompanied by that same guitar music. If there could be a version that does not have these interludes, that would be preferable.

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Great thought provoking content

Alan has a majestic voice to listen to, for me he’s like listening to David Attenborough, just made for it. I’m not really a spiritual person but this book was a great listen, and provided some really good thought provoking content. Alan explains his theory of cause and effect and the universe, and then goes on to talk about Zen, and finally impermanence. Some of the things he mentions I have picked up on similar messages in other books which is also great

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Out of Your Mind

A peaceful and relaxing listen at the end of the day before going to sleep.

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Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!!

Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!! Awakening, enlightening, freeing. The kind of book that gives you aha moments. I definitely recommend

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