false 60551 13 Modern Western culture and technology is inextricably tied to the belief in the existence of a self as a separate ego, separated from and in conflict with the rest of the world. In this classic book, Watts provides a lucid and simple presentation of an alternative view based on Hindi and Vedantic philosophy. 58910 1967 The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are total:635|5:316|4:217|3:77|2:21|1:4| 635 2725 973 77 5 1 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jul 24 14:59:24 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 15:06:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Sep 28 07:36:41 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 07:38:56 -0700 2007
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Mother introduced me to Watts and, thus, Eastern philosophies. Actually, they were covere...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Feb 16 19:31:35 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 19:38:36 -0800 2009 3
As an as...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 10:43:46 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 15:47:18 -0800 2009 Piles and piles of quotes -- one that I thought was particularly noteworthy was

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I love his explanation of seeming opposites as being two sides of the same coin: you can't have "up" without "down;" or "good" without "bad" -- they define each other. Other exa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:06:38 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 22:24:43 -0700 2009
I really like what the book said. It makes me feel more complete. Alan Watts has chane...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 22 10:02:36 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 30 19:22:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 07:52:55 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 17:47:03 -0700 2009
"...the soul is not in the body, but the body in the soul, and the soul is the entire network of relationships and processes which make up your environ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 17:23:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 17:24:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 22 14:46:43 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 14:48:32 -0700 2009 a great summation of the Hindu Vedanta.

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