Alan Watts - Myth of Myself Full Lecture Part 1 - Alan Watts Organization Official

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Essential Lectures Collection

Tao of Philosophy
Not What Should Be
Sense of Nonsense
Coincidence of Opposites
Seeing Through the Net
Myth of Myself
Man and Nature
Limits of Language

Philosophies of Asia
Relevance of Oriental Philosophy
Mythology of Hinduism
Introduction to Buddhism
Eco-Zen
Taoist Way
Intellectual Yoga

Myth & Religion
Images of God
Jesus: His Religion
Spiritual Authority
Image of Man
Democracy in Heaven
Religion & Sexuality

Philosophy & Society
Veil of Thoughts
Divine Madness
We as Organism
On Being God
Mysticism & Morality
What Is Reality

Comparative Philosophy
Mind Over Mind
Philosophy of Nature
The Cosmic Drama
Spectrum of Love
Love of Waters
Game of Yes and No
The Smell of Burnt Almonds
Spiritual Alchemy

Eastern Wisdom Collection
Ways of Liberation
Introduction to Oriental Philosophy
On Buddhism
On Taoism
Way of Liberation

Introduction to Hinduism
On Hinduism
On Yoga
Religion of No Religion
Journey to India

The Middle Way
Buddhism as Dialogue
Religion of No Religion
Wisdom of the Mountains
Diamond Web
Transcending Duality

Eastern & Western Zen
Introduction to Zen
Early Chinese Zen
Uncarved Block
Zen Bones
Biting an Iron Bull
World As Just So

Taoism
Swimming Headless
Wisdom of the Ridiculous
Philosophy of the Tao
Way Beyond Seeking
Landscape, Soundscape

Zen & Meditation
Democratization of Buddhism
The Controlled Accident
Meditation
Zenrin Poems
Art of Meditation
Why Not Now?
Introduction to a Contemplative Ritual
A Contemplative Ritual

Extended Seminars Collection

Comparative Religion
Four Ways to the Center
Worldly Religions

Buddhism
Net of Jewels
Problems in Meditation
Thusness
World as Consciousness
Zen Reconsidered

Early Radio Talks
Aldous Huxley
Art of Psychoanalysis
Bang or Whimper
Bhagavad Gita
Buddhist Mysticism
Constitution of Nature
Daylight Savings
Fundamentals of Buddhism
G.K. Chesterton
Gateless Gate
Ghosts
Humor in Religion
Laws of Karma
Man is a Hoax
Parallel Thinking
Play & Sincerity
Problems of Preaching
Reconciliation of Opposites
Return to the Forest
Seeing Through the Game
Study of Asia
Symbolic and the Real
Tribute to Carl Jung
Un-Preachable Religion

Human Consciousness
Ecological Awareness
Education for Non-Entity
Nature of Consciousness
Transformation of Consciousness

Psychedelics
The Psychedelic Experience
The Psychedelic Explosion
Turning the Head or Turning On

The Arts
Bushido
The Importance of Space
The Way of Tea

The Future
Future of Communications
Future of Politics
Future of Religion
Time and the Future

The Self
Birth, Death and the Unborn
Pursuit of Pleasure
World as Play
World as Self
The Universe
Individual and the World
Power of Space

Don't forget to not take anything too seriously. Happy listening!

Some great Quotes from the works of Alan Watts:

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

I owe my solitude to other people.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.