Alan Watts Teaches Meditation [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Alan W. Watts (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 1992

Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe.

Alan Watts has become known as the West's foremost interpreter of Eastern thought, and one of the most original philosophers of this century. Fortunately for us, he is also witty, articulate, insightful, very entertaining, and a pleasure to listen to.

Alan Watts is also featured demonstrating the relationship of music and sound to meditation through the use of gongs, instruments, and the recitation of a mantra. The demonstration is designed to give the listener the opportunity to experience a mantra meditation with Alan Watts and a group of friends who were brought together especially for this recording.

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Alan Watts has become known as the West's foremost interpreter of Eastern thought, and one of the most original philosophers of this century.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition (November 15, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559272139
• ISBN-13: 978-1559272131
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,685,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > Books on Cassette > Health, Mind & Body > Relaxation & Meditation

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alan Watts brings insight, depth, and wit to meditation., February 17, 1999

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(Stephanie Hairston) [e-mail] (Bristol, Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alan Watts Teaches Meditation (Audio Cassette)

Alan Watts not only teaches you how to meditate; he also teaches you what meditation is, why it is important, and what good it can bring to your life. This tape is a must for beginners and meditators with varying levels of experience alike. I recommend this for beginners especially because tapes are easier to follow in meditation than books, and, in my opinion, this is one of the best tapes available. Beyond that, Alan Watts makes meditation easy, although this is not his goal. Instead of insulting the listener by attempting to "dumb down" meditation in order to make it easier for the inexperienced to follow, he makes it easy by showing that meditation, by nature, <i>is</i> easy. He explains the Eastern traditions of meditation, how to do it, and why it is so important in profound, yet accessible and understandable ways. The tape itself is laid out well; the various sections on it are culled from various recordings, from Watts's instructions on the basics of meditation to lectures on its importance. This tape is especially wonderful due to Alan Watts's wonderful personality and sense of humour; you'll find yourself nodding your head in agreement with him and laughing at his idiosyncratic wit. His insight will help you see the world in a different way, and will help you to understand human nature and the roots of our collective problems. He uses concepts learned and understood through meditation, such as self-awareness, inner peace, and lack of ego (in the Freudian sense) to explain issues as diverse as conflict, competition, war, religious traditions, philosophical and religious ideas, and much more. The wisdom and the peace this tape will bring you is priceless. If you are open to new ideas that are radical even today, and new ways of seeing and experiencing the world, you will find this tape a wonderful breath of fresh air. I could go on and list plenty of other reasons that this tape is wonderful and a must for those interested in meditation, but I feel that to truly appreciate it, you'll have to listen to it yourself. You won't regret buying it, and I promise you will find it a wonderful addition to your tape collection and your life.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Insights, October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alan Watts Teaches Meditation (Audio Cassette)

This tape gave me great insight into meditation, particularly the use of chants. I alternate between using this and using Joyce Levine's tape on Meditation that uses the chakra system. The balance keeps me in tune with myself

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Feel" the shift into the Eternal, Right Here, Right NOW!, July 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Alan Watts Teaches Meditation (Audio Cassette)

Alan Watts walks your consciousness to the threshold of "Experential Reality" rather than leaving you to ponder on an intellectual level. I have a library of Spiritual Growth literature and only a few have had a profoundly immediate impact. If your heart feels unsatisfied and is yearning for "that Something more", this discourse on meditation points to "That" which all souls seek after.

Alan's presentational format is comfortable, witty and there is no chance of falling off to sleep during this energetic meditation. Your ego will never be the same, that is if you can find whats left of it.