Alan Watts
Andromedan
I came across thes Alan Watts recordings and am pleased to offer them for
sale at very reasonable prices:
Zen and the Beat Way" by Alan Watts (1997) - 2 Audio Cassettes - 2 hours.
"The New York Times Book Review, Philip Zaleski: In these lectures, Watts
displays his famous breezy, devil-may-care style as he states his case for a
hip, uninhibited Eastern spirituality to replace what he sees as the
calcified dogmas and practices of the West.... Alas, there's less here than
meets the eye.... it's obvious now that in many ways Watts got his facts
about as wrong as is humanly possible.... Watts comes off as a genial
huckster, the Johnny Appleseed of American Buddhism--but certainly not its
George Washington."
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"Zen Clues" by Alan Watts (1996) - 2 Audio Cassettes - 2 hours.
Customer review at Amazon.com: "Zen Clues is a finger pointing to Moon's
rising on the back of Mt. Fuji, cricket on a stalk of swaying yarrow, Ching
thrown by Rosemary as she relaxes with the brush now & zen. Hiking with her
the well-worn path -- leaves crunch like a symphony, concerto for boots &
woods. Every step unfolding. Thanks Alan!"
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"Out of Your Mind" by Alan Watts (1998) - 2 Audio Cassettes - 2 hours.
"Out of Your Mind presents a philosophical tour de force from this legendary
self-described "spiritual entertainer" ? 12 lucid sessions sparking insights
into the nature of reality; death and rebirth; the dilemma of polarity; the
suspension of judgment; the art of contemplation; and much more."
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Another item is of interest too:
"Paths of Well Being" by Deepak Chopra et al (1998) - 2 Audio Cassettes - 2
hours.
"Paths To Well Being" provides insights and ideas from Deepak Chopra, Andrew
Weil, and Joan Borysenko, leading experts in the field of alternative health
and healing. The speakers each share their vision of a more affective
medical system and provide creative, practical ideas listeners can use today
for a better, healthier life."
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While you are checking these out, you are very welcome to check the other
titles on offer:
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These books do not reflect my personal political, religious or social
viewpoints at all but I could not help wondering about the adage - there is
no smoke without fire.
Thanks for looking.
Live Long and Prosper. Damn the Vulcans for stealing our line.
Andromedan
Mice In the Cupboard
things.
"Andromedan" <andro...@galaxy.nebula> wrote in message
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: Hi,
:
Crowfoot
<mo...@house.net> wrote:
> Pity he was an alcoholic though. Writing and practice can be two
> different things.
> "Andromedan" <andro...@galaxy.nebula> wrote in message
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Was he? Ah, poor bastard. But old souls are often alcoholic -- they're
bored out of their skulls half the time, having been around the bloody
course a couple hundred times at least and seen it ALL, more than once.
They know it (life on the physical plane) can't be "fixed", and they
long to complete their last business here and get the hell out.
That, at least, is what I've gathered from observing a number of these
people, most of whom knew they were old souls and would admit it if you
got them in the right mood . . .
--
Crow
Allen L. Barker
There is at least one "traditional" Zen story about a monk and
an older monk who drank. I wish I could remember it (no joke
intended) well enough to comfortably paraphrase it. At some
level it was "yes, we know" and at another it was "that's just
him" and at another it was "focus on your own mind and actions."
Maybe someone else will recall it. (Remember, also, that these
were monks in a monastic setting, as opposed to lay-practitioners.)
There is another Zen story that I read somewhere, sometime and
can't re-locate in any of my books or on the web. It involved
a Zen master who some supernatural creatures couldn't "see,"
until one day he went out and noticed that some monk had spilled
grain on the ground. On seeing the spilled grain he thought
something like "what a wasteful monk" and suddenly was visible
to them. I know, it loses something in the vaguely remembered
re-telling. Maybe someone remembers that story also, along with
the names and a source.
--
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Allen Barker
dkots...@yahoo.com
> <mo...@house.net> wrote:
>
> > Pity he was an alcoholic though. Writing and practice can be two
> > different things.
> > "Andromedan" <andro...@galaxy.nebula> wrote in message
> > news:1109096176.0686ff84632a3297deb71ff7a963bbb9@teranews...
>
> Was he? Ah, poor bastard. But old souls are often alcoholic --
they're
> bored out of their skulls half the time, having been around the
bloody
> course a couple hundred times at least and seen it ALL, more than
once.
> They know it (life on the physical plane) can't be "fixed", and they
> long to complete their last business here and get the hell out.
>
> That, at least, is what I've gathered from observing a number of
these
> people, most of whom knew they were old souls and would admit it if
you
> got them in the right mood . . .
Well there's always that finger pointing at the moon, not the moon
itself. He was a great scholar, great at explaining things. It also
didn't hurt that he's one of those people that could say just about
anything and make it sound intelligent.
I've gotten into this wierd habit, if I read something that I'm not
getting, I stand up in my livingroom and pretend I'm Alan Watts and I
give a talk on the subject matter. It almost always works. I just
pretend I know what I'm talking about (with slight English accent) and
keep going and it starts to make sense. haha, maybe it's channeling.
-DaveK
Crowfoot
> There is at least one "traditional" Zen story about a monk and
> an older monk who drank.
I like the one about the two monks who reach a stream and find a
luscious young woman dithering about on the bank, desperate to get
across. Monk A shrinks back from "temptation", but Monk B picks her
up, carries her across, sets her down on the other side, and walks on
without further ado.
For a mile or so as the the two monks walk along, Monk A berates his
companion for having touched the woman; until Monk B turns to him and
says, "Look to the state of your own soul, Brother. I put her down on
the far side of the stream; you are still carrying her."
Also the one about the old master who, attacked by bandits in the
forest, runs screaming to the monastery in a wild-eyed panic. Younger
monks rebuke him for not serenely accepting the threat to his life, but
he replies, "Running through the forest screaming for help is exactly
the correct response to being attacked by bandits!"
Lots of others -- I used to sit in Central Park or Riverside Park and
read these little stories out a slim book of Zen tales to my stepkids
when they -- and I -- were younger, many years go. They are stored in
my mind, and I still admire and enjoy them.
--
Crow
Crowfoot
"dkots...@yahoo.com" <dkots...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Maybe; I've always found that the best way to understand anything
complex was to teach it in a lesson. There was very little that I
couldn't get my head round if I had to teach it the next day. On the
other hand, not much of that understanding stays around afterward.
--
Crow