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The Death of Alan Watts

jimgandhi — Fri, 20 May 2005 09:34:20 GMT

Anyone know what Alan Watts died of. He seemed to have died at a young age but I cant find any info on this...Can anyone help?

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The Life Of Alan Watts

greg — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:14:00 GMT

The life of Alan Watts was brief, but keep in mind that in the final analysis we are all searching for truth. His thoughts and words left those of us still remaining with much to ponder, and to hopefully contribute more towards the beauty of evolving human consciousness.

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Videos

marvindublin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:29:04 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIX3r1_ZPRE&feature=related - To Speak the Truth

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Out Of Your Mind

misterjellyfish — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:24:03 GMT

I've been going to sleep at night with the CD audio disks from the new "Out Of Your Mind" compilation released by Watt's son and Sounds True.

There is something about listening to him lecture that gives me a deeper understanding and it's a great way to get ready for dream state. Anybody else dig it?

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New to Alan Watts

maramyfriend — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:10:55 GMT

Hi all, I stumbled upon the works of Alan watts by accident. I was trying to find out if I had everything possible by Jack Kornfield and somewhere on my travels Alans name was given to me.
I have listened to his Meditation for Beginners, well, half way through and I have a couple of books by him.
The Wisdom of Insecurity
and
Become What You Are

I haven't begun them yet but will do soon.

As I'm new to both Alan Watts and Tribe can I ask a few quick questions:
1. How did you find out about Alan watts?
2. What is your favourite book/audio piece?
3. How does he inspire you (for want of a different phrase)

Thanks,
Paul

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His books.

marvindublin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:09:47 GMT

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=alan+watts

Which of these do any of you recommend?
I want this audio cd.

http://www.amazon.com/Do-You-Does-Universe-Meditate/dp/1591793572/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225040994&sr=1-6

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Links to Alan Watts Lectures

Steve — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:10:20 GMT

http://www.quangduc.com/audio/alanwatt/

The link below is my favorite:
http://pages.cthome.net/tobelman/page13.htm

After listneing or reading Alan Watts...there is no questions left.

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free alan watts podcasts

Amped — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:33:05 GMT

go to itunes.

type in alan watts.

voila! FREE podcasts.

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the Way of Zen

Christine 16 — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:33:47 GMT

My brother recently let me borrow this book and I am going to start it soon. Has anyone here read it and if so, what are your thoughts?

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Alan watts to music

Maxwell — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:48:54 GMT

http://www.orbitfiles.com/download/id1980266860.html
check it out

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Alan Watts - The Middle Way

ari — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:19:34 GMT

Wherever you are, there you go:

Alan Watts - The Middle Way
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3522045

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fun little watts animations

Stephanie — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:01:03 GMT

have you all seen these animations created by south park creators matt stone and trey parker? It was linked from boingboing.net last week I think, at any rate they are fabulous!

http://www.freshminds.com/animation/alan_watts_theater.html

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A Place to Browse?

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:37:39 GMT

I’d like to find a place in the Bay Area where I could browse a rich collection of Watts’ books – the best selling ones and the odd, out-of-print ones. Does anyone have a suggestion?

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The Houseboat Summit

Buc — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:16:41 GMT

i'm listening to the 'out of your mind' series and just found this. its a transcription of the houseboat summit that took place on the houseboat valejo - its actually on a website run by someone who lives on there. its in three pages, the links are on the bottom of the page.

The Houseboat Summit
Featuring Timothy Leary, Gary Snyder, Alan Watts & Allen Ginsberg

This event took place in February 1967, Sausalito, Calif. on the Vallejo at the time Alan Watts owned it. It was recorded and published in the San Francisco Oracle magazine, issue 7.

http://www.vallejo.to/articles/summit_pt1.htm

njoy

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Zen for you.

lodha — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:41:00 GMT

If you want to be free, get to know your real self.
It has no form, no appearance, no root,
No basis, no abode, but is lively and buoyant.
It responds with versatile facility, but its function
Cannot be located; when you look for it you become
Further from it. When you seek it
You turn away from it all the more.

- Rinzai ( d.867?)

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Out of Your Mind

Danny Albertson — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:15:42 GMT

I received the whole 12 disc set after seeing some of Watts' discussions and instantly thought his talks would be awsome for late-night down windings...So I tried it and I agree with the person who posted the thread.
Nothing better than falling asleep to some Watts. Your dreams will lead you in bizarre directions if you take his verbal lead...

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BIBLICAL use of MAGIC-MUSHROOMS.

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:35:26 GMT

MANNA AMBROSIA/SOMA/TEONANACATL
Hell-Low from Heaven-High; I am author/publisher of "MANNA" the book documenting the
BIBLICAL use of MAGIC-MUSHROOMS.
“Manna” Explores the evidence that Christ was the leader of a Pagan Cult teaching a revival/renaissance of an ancient mushroom ritual learned in Egypt by Moses and Christ, a mushroom religion known also to the Maya of ancient Mesoamerica, and around the world. The Manna-Book asks if this knowledge was kept secret by an elite caste of priests within the Kabalistic Jewish Rabbis until such a time as Christ came and taught it to the masses.

Exodus 16:14-24 indicates that MANNA was inevitably a MUSHROOM.
It was a small round thing in the morning dew, it bred larva, and would melt to mush if not dried. KING JAMES VERSION.
All mushroom pickers know that fly’s eggs cause larvae/worms in mushrooms. The one food most notorious for being full of worms.

Daniel 5:3-5 with Exodus 16:32 and Hebrews 9:4
indicates that the mushroom was a DRUG. After sacking the temple in Jerusalem and stealing the Ark-of-the-Covenant, the King of Babylon and his table drank from the golden cup containing the holy “MANNA” they had visions within the hour….. Psilocybin takes 30-40 minutes to induce visions.

Hebrews 9:4 makes it clear that MANNA was the most holy thing to Israelites, kept in A POT OF GOLD in the ARK OF THE COVENANT, in the MOST HOLY OF HOLYS. So sacred is the Manna that only the High Priest has access to it and only on one day of the year (Yom Kippur), which comes 3 days before the harvest moon (Hallows Eve).

Psalm 78:24-25 calls MANNA FOOD OF ANGELS, just as MAYAN/INCA PRIESTS from Meso-America called it TEONANACATL FOOD OF THE GODS.
MANNA is an Egyptian word, not Hebrew or Aramaic, meaning;
The BREAD OF GOD. This is what Moses called it in Exodus 16:15.
“Bread Of God” means “FOOD OF GOD”, which is the same meaning of TEONANACATL (Mayan), and AMBROSIA (Greek), and SOMA (Hindu) a word for mushroom tea, all these words mean “Spiritual Food”.
Coca and Tobacco Leaves found in Pharaohs tombs suggest it was ancestors of Mayan/Inca Priests who brought MUSHROOMS to Egypt.

John 2:6-9 indicates that Jesus made water into wine by boiling mushrooms (Mushroom-Tea), the waterpots were made of stone, not clay, (stone pots were used for cooking, clay pots used for storing water). These pots already contained 2-3 firkins of a substance before the pots were filled with water.
A “Firkin” is an Old-English measurement meaning a fourth part. Half to three-quarters of fresh mushrooms with water makes a potent tea. Tea is the safest way to consume field mushrooms, killing dangerous bacteria like E. Coli. In the Atharva Veda, the Hindus called this Tea SOMA. Greeks called mushroom jelly AMBROSIA.
Those who drank the water made into wine said it was the most potent intoxicant (St. John 2:10). The Bible tells us that Jesus making water into wine was the “beginning of miracles” … in other words no one saw any miracles until drinking the wine made from water. (St. John 2:11).

“MANA” is an EGYPTIAN WORD, not HEBREW or ARAMAIC, Meaning; “The BREAD OF GOD”. Moses, Christ, and Joseph, The favorite son of Israel, were all educated in Egypt. Solomon married Pharaoh’s daughter, and Abraham found his God at a place called SHECHEM (Sekhem), which is another Egyptian word for MANNA. TEONANACATL [Maya] = SOMA [Hindu] = AMBROSIA / BROMA-THEON [Greek] = MANNA [Egyptian/Hindu] It can be no coincidence that the MAYAN, EGYPTIAN, GREEK, HINDU, and ISRAELITE words for the mushroom all mean exactly the same thing: “THE BREAD OF GOD”.

MANNA was round, was found on the ground in the dew, would melt to mush if not dried or collected on time, and would breed larvae. All unique characteristics of mushrooms. When dried it was like “WAFERS OF BREAD” and it’s color was like “CORIANDER SEED”, the consistency and color of dried mushrooms, as described in Exodus Ch. 16.
Other psychedelics used in the Bible include, of course, Cannabis, Mandrake and others. This book focuses on Mushrooms: “The Global Sacrament”.
Be advised that the author does not advocate the non-ritual use of mushrooms or in any way place their importance above that of love, “Seek first the kingdom of love and all other things shall be added to you” [Christ].
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Second Attention

! Rob — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:40:08 GMT

http://www.secondattention.org/main/media.aspx
Fx

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limerick

Aphrodeus — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:07:02 GMT

"There once was a man who said though,
It seems that I know that I know,
What I'd like to see,
Is the I that knows me,
When I know that I know that I know."

-A.W.

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Psy News

! Rob — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:51:29 GMT

http://www.psychedelicnews.com/
; )

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British Troops testing Sid (circa late 1950s early 1960s)

! Rob — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:39:37 GMT

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=517198059628627413
; 0 )

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The Future of Communication

Marcin — Sat, 27 May 2006 11:06:30 GMT

Hi!

Does anybody have the last (4th) part of "The Future of Communication" seminar (preferably in mp3)?

M.

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question

Amped — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:02:12 GMT

does the universe/god/self etc. know how it got here?

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herzog on space exploration reminds me...

podp — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:34:39 GMT

greetings watts tribe,

i just watched werner herzog's film "wild blue yonder" , and it reminded me of one of Watts incredible lectures,
which in his humorous and at times annoyed style ... was poking fun at the (military) exploration of space.
I have vague memories about it , but essentially it was describing it like shooting a big penis out into space, and questions
the external quest vs. inner exploration.

does anyone remember this lecture , and/or any views about space exploration??

I am writing an blog and articles on the SF Film festival currently running...and would be fun to include this reference as it has some
interesting parallels to this new Herzog venture, which is mesmerizing , deep and expands on his new directions of humor.

btw , if you'd like a few tips and/ or odd rants about the festival films, check my tribe plog.

respex,

podp

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Something close to my heart / mind (the 60s mystery)

! Rob — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:58:43 GMT

http://www.levity.com/aciddreams/tripguide.html
Fx

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i just have to ask

Amped — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:53:25 GMT

is the tribe picture really tom waits dressed as alan?

comic relief. he he

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back to life

Amped — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:15:49 GMT

let's bring this tribe back to life. tribe.com is losing lots of people and lots of tribes after the new rollout. i've been listening to the mp3 downloads and rekindled my enthusiasm for alan. i left all the tribes i wasn't that interested in. this one is in my top 10. i grew up with allan in my backyard and his books in my bedroom. i love him.

any other "selves" out there interested in creating a more active tribe?

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alan on cd with music and chanting

Amped — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:50:17 GMT

Zoe! and any others interested. i ordered these from amazon.

1 Om: The Sound of Hinduism $15.98 1 $15.98
1 This is It $15.98 1 $15.98

they are reissues of very difficult to find 60's lps with alan and friends. drums. chants, alan "rapping'". you can go to amazon and listen to the previews. if you can't afford to buy, i will burn cd's for you for postage.

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Quotes from Allan Wats... Post your favorites!!!

sound_hearer — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:30:47 GMT

God likes to play hide-and-seek, but because there is nothing outside God, he has no one but himself to play with. But he gets over this difficulty by pretending that he is not himself. This is his way of hiding from himself. He pretends that he is you and I and all the people in the world, all the animals, all the plants, all the rocks, and all the stars. In this way he has strange and wonderful adventures, some of which are terrible and frightening. But these are just like bad dreams...
?When the game has gone on long enough, all of us will wake up, stop pretending, and remember that we are all one single Self--the God who is all that there is and who lives for ever and ever.?

Alan Watts
The Book
(On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are)

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allan ON entheogins

Amped — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:30:59 GMT

if you are interested in allans descriptions of his psychedelic experiences and haven't already read or heard him on this subject, then check this out.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LSD/jcbody.htm

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I miss hearing him speak and will love him till ..............

redhand9 — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:14:21 GMT

I miss the old Hip FM station outta SF I think it was KSAN that use to broad cast his lectures on Sundays...Any stations out there broadcasting his lectures...?

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allen watts mp3 download

Amped — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:49:27 GMT

if you didn't see this in the out of your head thread.

www.spacetruckingmogul.com/mindfieldtv/

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tweedledee and tweedledum agreed to have a battle

Stephanie — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:47:53 GMT

"God likes to play hide-and-seek, but because there is nothing outside God, he has no one but himself to play with. But he gets over this difficulty by pretending that he is not himself. This is his way of hiding from himself. He pretends that he is you and I and all the people in the world, all the animals, all the plants, all the rocks, and all the stars. In this way he has strange and wonderful adventures, some of which are terrible and frightening. But these are just like bad dreams...
When the game has gone on long enough, all of us will wake up, stop pretending, and remember that we are all one single Self--the God who is all that there is and who lives for ever and ever.?"- Alan Watts

kenosis is the word for jesus humbling himself to take the form of man. i find this significant, because it implies active choice and a remembering of his former state.

So, as god, we seek kenosis in order to experience anything at all. As god, you are all things and all experiences at once, and lacking contrast or persepective, you experience nothing. we need our human state to know bliss: the times when we are truly conscious of being the universe, of being a god who chose this state.

Is an awareness of our true god-state on some level part of every human experience of bliss?

ecstasy: ex-stasis: former (or outside) state

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Alan Watts and the Modern Zen circles

jimgandhi — Mon, 23 May 2005 23:45:05 GMT

It is quite funny to me to he Dharma teachers time and time again speak of the exact same things that Alan Watts spoke of decades ago and yet give little worth to his teachings or books. For me his books were far more concise than the founder of the school of Zen I currently study under so I dont know what the hesitation that these Teachers have in mentioning any of his books and or lectures..... All they ever come up with is that he was a drunk. But, I am sure that if I look into the past of my own school of Zen I will find the same if not worse. Does anyone else run into this with there teachers?????

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The reading that elevated me to create this tribe.

Don — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 05:16:18 GMT

Alan Watts

…"by whose direction is the mind aware of objects? By whose command does life first move? By whose will is this speaking uttered? And what god empowers the eye and the ear? “It” is the hearing of the ear, the awareness of the mind, the very sound of speech, the life of the breath, and the sight of the eye. Therefore the wise, surrendering themselves, go beyond this world, and are immortal.

But “it” is beyond the reach of sight, speech, and thought and we neither know or understand how “it” can be taught. “It” is other than the known and beyond the unknown; thus we have heard from the wise.

“It” is that which cannot be spoken, but by which we speak. “It” is that which cannot be thought, but by which we think. “It” is that which cannot be seen, but by which we see. “It” is that which cannot be heard, but by which we hear. “It” is the breath which cannot be held, but by which we breathe. “It” is known to those who do not know it. To those who know it, it is unknown. “It” is not understood by those who understand it. “It” is understood by those who understand “it” not.

There was never a time when I was not, nor you, nor these others. Nor will there ever be a time to come when we shall cease. As one passes in this body, through childhood, youth, and old age; even so is the taking on of other bodies. This does not trouble the wise. Of the non existent there is no coming to be. Of the existent, there is no ceasing to be. That by which all this is pervaded, cannot be destroyed.

As one casts off worn out clothes and puts on others that are new; even so the self casts off worn out bodies and assumes others that are new. Weapons cannot cut this self, fire cannot burn it, water does not make it wet, nor the wind dry. “It” is eternal, all pervading, changeless, and unmoved, “it” is the same forever, “it” is said to be unmanifest, inconceivable and without change; knowing “it” thus, you should not breathe.

The Noah, the central self, is not born and does not die. “It” is not produced from anything, and produces nothing apart from itself. “It” is unborn, eternal, enduring, primordial.

“It” is not slain when the body is slain. If the slayer thinks he sleighs or if the slain thinks he is slain, neither understands. “It” neither sleighs nor can be slain.

Smaller than the small, greater than the great, “it” is the self in the heart of all beings.

Bring here a fruit from that fig tree!
Here it is Sir.
Break it.
Sir, it is broken.
What do you see inside.
There are Sir, these minute seeds.
Break one of them.
It is broken Sir.
What do you see there.
Sir, I see nothing at all.
My son, that subtle essence which you do not see, is the self of the whole universe.
That is the real, that is the self, and you are
“it.”

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Prickles and Goo - Alan Watts animation free on his website.

Mike-108 — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:02:44 GMT

http://www.alanwatts.com/media.php

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where is he now?

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:11:36 GMT

think about these things

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Allan Watts Blues lyrics

sound_hearer — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:08:12 GMT

Well I'm taking some time with my quiet friend
Well I'm takin' some time on my own.
Well I'm makin' some plans for my getaway
There'll be blue skies shining up above
When I'm cloud hidden
Cloud hidden
Whereabouts unknown

Well I've got to get out of the rat-race now
I'm tired of the ways of mice and men
And the empires all turning into rust again.
Out of everything nothing remains the same
That's why I'm cloud hidden
Cloud hidden
Whereabouts unknown

Bridge
Sittin' up on the mountain-top in my solitude
Where the morning fog comes rollin' in
Just might do me some good.

Well I'm waiting in the clearing with my motor on
Well it's time to get back to the town again
Where the air is sweet and fresh in the countryside
Well it won't be long before I get back here again

By Van Morrison

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ham bone

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:02:30 GMT

Stop repeating yourself

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ham bone

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:53:35 GMT

you heard me right.

ham bone.

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Saturday night

Sun, 06 Feb 2005 04:41:38 GMT

I got my freak going on.

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Alan Watts's topics - tribe.net

The Death of Alan Watts

The Life Of Alan Watts

Videos

Out Of Your Mind

New to Alan Watts

His books.

Links to Alan Watts Lectures

free alan watts podcasts

the Way of Zen

Alan watts to music

Alan Watts - The Middle Way

fun little watts animations

A Place to Browse?

The Houseboat Summit

Zen for you.

Out of Your Mind

BIBLICAL use of MAGIC-MUSHROOMS.

Second Attention

limerick

Psy News

British Troops testing Sid (circa late 1950s early 1960s)

The Future of Communication

question

herzog on space exploration reminds me...

Something close to my heart / mind (the 60s mystery)

i just have to ask

back to life

alan on cd with music and chanting

Quotes from Allan Wats... Post your favorites!!!

allan ON entheogins

I miss hearing him speak and will love him till ..............

allen watts mp3 download

tweedledee and tweedledum *agreed* to have a battle

Alan Watts and the Modern Zen circles

The reading that elevated me to create this tribe.

Prickles and Goo - Alan Watts animation free on his website.

where is he now?

Allan Watts Blues lyrics

ham bone

ham bone

Saturday night

tweedledee and tweedledum agreed to have a battle