Alan Watts – The way of waking up
A beautiful summation of existential dilema as seen by Alan Watts. How we define ourselves is everything. Do you define yourself as a victim of the world or as the world.
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The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, esp. those affecting behavior in a given context.
Scilla Elworthy – Fighting with non-violence
Scillia Elworthy speaks on the subject of fighting with non-violence. Interestingly the talk also involves the subject of fear, individual and cultural as well as meditation as a solution to violence.
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Christopher Ryan – How Darwin Can Save Your Marriage
This short video from BigThink and Christopher Ryan is a quick synopsis of his research findings of Monogamy and long term relationships. His understanding and explanation on this subject matter is quite excellent (especially in his longer 55Min presentation here). Ryan explains the structure and makeup of relationships among our ancient and not so ancient [...]
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Alan Watts – A Lullaby For Big Kids (examining the state of ego consciousness)
Alan discusses the experience of coming into life as a human being. This examination and direction in thought examines natural and cultural conditioning we experience as our environment to experience ourselves as separate from all other things. He puts forth some thoughts which allude to ways in which we may be able to escape the paradigm [...]
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Aldous Huxley – The Ultimate Revolution [1h22m]
The amazingly profound Aldous Huxley outlines his vision of the ‘ultimate-revolution’ to an audience at U.C. Berkeley in 1962. Huxley was able to observe and intelectualize the incalculable possibilities of current events and trends in human history into a clear vision of the future 50 years before it would come to be. Half a century after this presentation, we are easily able to see how powerful his foresight was.
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You are what you think – Quotations on thought [slideshow]
You are what you think – Quotations on thought The mind is everything. What you think you become. – The Buddha A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes – Mahatma Gandhi With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world [...]
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Graham Hill – Less stuff, more happiness
Writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? He makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life.
Read Full ArticleAlan Watts – What Buddhism is all about
In this dynamic series of lectures recorded in 1965 and 1969, Alan Watts joyfully takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India over 2,500 years ago to the explosion of interest in Zen and the Tibetan tradition in the West. These lectures have been transcribed and edited by the author’s son, [...]
Read Full ArticleAlan Watts – Social Conformity
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. – Alan Watts “The Culture of Counter-Culture” About Alan Watts
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