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On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

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Publisher Description

A revelatory primer on what it means to be human and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence, by “perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West" (Los Angeles Times).

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
1972
September 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
1.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Luke Fry ,

A great read on what “I” really is

Alan Watts never ceases to amaze me with his lectures, essays, and books. His combination of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, and general understanding of the eastern thought form his own beliefs, which some may agree with and some may not. He is able to combine all of these things into something relatively easy to understand for the average person, albeit he may use some unfamiliar sophisticated vocabulary. Another great read.

Rain Control ,

Alan Watts The Book

Great read!

blisterinbiscuit ,

You’re, IT.

I can not put to words how thought provoking and eye opening this book is. Buy it, read it, and then read it again.

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