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Just So
- An Odyssey into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure
- Narrated by: Alan Watts
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
"If you were God," asked Alan Watts, "what kind of universe would you create? A perfect one free of suffering and drama? Or one filled with surprise and delight?"
With Just So, the celebrated philosopher and self-described "spiritual entertainer" invites us to explore the hidden dimensions that shape both the cosmos and our personal experience of it.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Eastern spiritual philosophies ignited in the West profound new ways of perceiving ourselves and the mysteries of life. And from the beginning, Alan Watts was at the forefront - sparking insight after insight at live gatherings and radio broadcasts. Today Alan Watts' books and recordings bring perennial delight to new listeners of all ages and beliefs.
Here the luminary author and speaker explores three often overlooked yet essential universal dynamics: connection, play, and pleasure. This exceptional collection of sessions includes three complementary seminars:
The Cosmic Network - a journey into the interconnected web of the personal and the infinite
Ecological Awareness - reflections on how humanity and nature evolve through discovery and "purposeless" play
The Pursuit of Pleasure - how a true materialism connects us fully through our senses with others and to the natural flow of the cosmos.
Along the way you'll explore many other themes, at turns humorous, prophetic, and more relevant today than ever. What unfolds is a liberating view of life that arises from possibility and the unpredictable - perfect and "just so" not in spite of its messy imperfections but because of them.
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- Davie
- 02-09-17
Brilliant
I loved listening to this so much! Well worth a credit! Extremely entertaining all the way through.
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- Terry
- 23-02-17
love Alan Watts. Its a trip.
These collections of lectures take the listener and an objective and subjective adventure into the workings of human culture. I would recommend all Alans work.
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- Jenna
- 29-03-17
I love Alan Watts :)
Was going to love it anyway because have already read his books. Quality of audio is great considering when it was recorded.
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- JPB1970
- 24-03-17
Helps me sleep
Alan Watts knew. Thankfully he liked talking about it rather a lot. The world could do with another Alan, but he'd probably say that the present state of affairs is perfect.
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- Customer
- 05-07-18
Mind-opening
The first step of a mental journey of personal realisation for me. I gained most from this when I really listened and engaged with it, not listening while doing something else. Thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening.
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- Mike
- 10-05-18
Worth a listen.
I enjoyed this series of lectures, all-though it seems incomplete in part and ended before the speech had finished in some chapters, which makes me wonder what parts have been left out.
Not ground breaking then but worth a listen.
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- Luc McCutcheon
- 04-02-18
Worth a listen
It won't be for everyone but if you enjoy being enlightened or have any interest in practical phycology, theology, philosophy or linguistics its definitely worth a listen.
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- Carl Loftus
- 07-01-18
Brilliance
Exactly what we as a race should be listening to when the walls are crumbling all around us
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- morag farrell
- 27-01-17
tripe
thought it was awful, modernist rubbish by someone who loves himself.no wonder that the level of discussion in the. media is so banal if he is an expert
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- Marie M.
- 04-07-18
An inspiration
Everyone should listen to Alan Watts. He's an inspiration that allows you to make some sense of the world and our place in it.
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