Alan Watts Being in the Way
Take a deep dive into the collected recordings of Alan Watts with Alan’s son, Mark Watts. Being in the Way is a podcast series that explores the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour tape collection - including recordings not heard in 40 years. We will meet some of the people being influenced by the works of Alan Watts today and learn a little of the history behind how these remarkable recordings were made. Mark and his guests offer reflections on Alan’s ideas— ideas that were radically innovative and groundbreaking in the sixties and seventies, and yet seem to have come of age today. Being in the Way is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization, in partnership with Ram Dass' Be Here Now Network. Check out all of the Alan Watts Organization's offerings at alanwatts.org.
Episodes
Breaking free from cause-and-effect and the formal ideas of Confucianism, Alan Watts describes mutual arising as the key idea of the Tao.
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This time on Being in the Way, Alan Watts describes:
- Chinese philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism
- Our roles in social life and ...
Re-familiarizing us with Zen traditions, Alan Watts inspires listeners to move beyond going through the motions of practice.
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In this episode of Being in the Way, Alan Watts explains:
- Our lack of awareness of the basic structure of the world
- The world itself as meaning...
Focusing on cosmic balance, Alan Watts outlines the fundamentals of Taoism and how to skillfully interfere with our environment.
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This time on Being in the Way, Alan Watts shar...
Explaining the delicate balance of religiousness, Alan Watts lectures on the principle of leaving no trace.
“Religion of No Religion” is part of the Japan Tour 1965 series of talks that you can listen to in full over at the Alan Watts Streaming Channel
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In a lecture on symbolic reality versus real reality, Alan Watts explains the importance of total sensory awareness and looking at our motivations.
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Join us on a journey of contemplation and enlightenment in this captivating introduction to Taoism.
Discover the profound wisdom of Taoist philosophy with Alan Watts as he invites us to embrace the course of nature. Through insightful exploration, he delves into the timeless significance of Yin and Yang, illustrating their inseparable connection and guiding us toward a deeper understanding of harmony and balance in existenc...
Taking a trip through the constructs of form and labeling, Alan Watts philosophizes about the limits of language.
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In celebration of the waters that bring life to all things, Alan Watts reflects on the separation between human civilization and the natural world.
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Using wisdom from Eastern philosophies, Alan Watts explains why Westerners should let go of any preconceived notions of God.
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This Alan Watts lecture features a discussion on:
- Comparative studies on religion
- The absurdity of Christian imperialism
- Superiority ...
Bringing awareness to ecstatic grace, Alan Watts enlightens us on the sexual archetypes formed by religion.
Two cultural icons. Two unique perspectives... One understanding of the presence of the way.
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This time on the Being in the Way Podcast, Alan Watts delves into questions of identity, purpose and buying into the ‘Myth of Myself’.
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In this episode, Alan Watts explores:
- The question of our own identity and our place in the world
- Myths of the self handed down throu...
Picking up from our last episode, Alan elucidates faith versus belief, and how our individual existence is connected with the totality of the universe.
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From his houseboat in Sausalito, CA, Alan Watts explores:
- The two great myths which underly our Western sense of id...
Delving into the historically complicated human relationship to divinity, Alan Watts describes the trap of separateness.
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In this episode, Alan Watts explores:
- The sensation of our own existence
- Jewish Christian mythology
- Identifyin...
Offering us the possibility of waking up, Alan Watts contemplates the joyous cosmology that we are God playing the roles of ordinary people.
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In this episode, Alan Watts explores:
- If there could be a theory of the world that justifies and makes worthwhile the difficul...
Sifting down behind the cultural myth of man as separate, Alan explores how we are all actually Earth, the Universe, and the Big Bang.
In this episode of Being in the Way, Alan takes us on a journey from childhood to adulthood, highlighting how we are trained into separation from a young age, and forced to focus on the never-arriving “future,” rather than being present in the moment. Through this lens, he further spelu...
In this unique episode of Being in the Way, Alan Watts offers tribute to the life, humor, magic and ‘nonsense wisdom’ of writer, G. K. Chesterton.
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Exploring modern culture as actually anti-materialistic, Alan tackles matters of sedentariness, sensuousness, isolation, work, play, God, and sexuality.
Host, Mark Watts, returns to introduce another thought-provoking talk from his father, Alan Watts. In this powerful lecture—one of his earlier field recordings, entitled ‘The Unpreachable Religion,’—Alan turns our common idea of modern materialism on its head.
Today's podcas...
Alan Watts pulls back the veil of ‘the human game,’ digging into language, ethics, finding balance, and the art of the controlled accident.
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In this episode, Mark Watts introduces Alan Watts in ‘Learning the Human Game’ – originally recorded at a seminar at the Uni...
Contemplating the coincidence of opposites within the 'human game,' Alan ponders the simple yet thought-provoking question: is existence serious?
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In this episode of Being in the Way, Mark introduces a lecture from his father Alan Watts called 'Coincidence of Opposites' ...
Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, & Allen Cohen join Alan Watts on his houseboat to discuss change, the evolution of society, and the practicality of 'dropping out.'
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In this episode of Being in the Way, Mark Watts introduces a truly legendary discussi...
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