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This Is It

and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

By Alan Watts

By Alan Watts

By Alan Watts

By Alan Watts

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Mar 12, 1973 | ISBN 9780394719047

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Sep 28, 2011 | ISBN 9780307784322

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    About This Is It

    Six revolutionary essays from “the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise” (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us.

    With essays on “cosmic consciousness” (including Alan Watts’ account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and matter, This Is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience is a truly mind-opening collection.

    About This Is It

    Six revolutionary essays from “the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise” (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us.

    With essays on “cosmic consciousness” (including Alan Watts’ account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and consciousness; and the false opposition of spirit and matter, This Is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience is a truly mind-opening collection.

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    About Alan Watts

    The philosopher ALAN WATTS (1915‒1973) is best known for popularizing Zen Buddhism in the United States and Europe. During his lifetime he wrote more than twenty-five books, including the bestsellers The Way of Zen and The Wisdom of Insecurity. Born in England, Watts immigrated to… More about Alan Watts

    About Alan Watts

    The philosopher ALAN WATTS (1915‒1973) is best known for popularizing Zen Buddhism in the United States and Europe. During his lifetime he wrote more than twenty-five books, including the bestsellers The Way of Zen and The Wisdom of Insecurity. Born in England, Watts immigrated to… More about Alan Watts

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy | Personal Growth

    Mass Market Paperback | $12.95
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 12, 1973 | 160 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780394719047

    Category: Philosophy | Personal Growth | Religion

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 28, 2011 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9780307784322

    Praise

    “Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” —Los Angeles Times

    Table Of Contents

    Preface

    1.)  This Is IT
    2.)  Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety
    3.)  Zen and the Problem of Control
    4.)  Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen
    5.)  Spirituality and Sensuality
    6.)  The New Alchemy

    Bibliography

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