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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
challenging
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
When I was 14 and chronically online a man who had taken acid sent me this book, along with Ishmael, and i finally read it, and I thought it was maybe gonna be some woo woo bullshit but I jived with it a lot. It made me think!
also good on that man for not being a creep and j sending me some cool books
also good on that man for not being a creep and j sending me some cool books
Two words for the book: Mind Blowing! Some of the concepts discussed by Watts are highly thought provoking and enlightening in many ways. A brilliant philosopher! Need to read the book again and again to grasp it entirely.
The central idea of this book is amazing and profound, but it’s just a restatement of the upanishads. Watts tries to give you an experience of the idea in “modern” language, and I would say he fails, but maybe it’s bc this book is 50 years old and the world has changed sufficiently for his telling to seem a bit quaint.
Wow, this was such a complex and beautiful read! It was no easy feat to comprehend, but I loved every second of it. I swear I could feel my brain expanding with each sentence. Definitely read this if you’re into looking at things from a new perspective - namely the universe, the self, how we came to be, etc.
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I really, really enjoyed this. It caused me to think a lot about the ego and my place in the world.
Watts explains complicated ideas in simple, page turning language.
challenging
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mysterious
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20% of this book is actually the philosophy Watts set out to write about, the other 80% is rambling tangents which dampen the impact and grandiosity of the topic at hand. I wouldn’t call it a bad book, just not what I was looking for.
A lot of Watt’s statements I disagreed with, but this was such a headache to read I can’t actually remember what they were. I think it’s about time American white men stopped writing poor expressions of eastern faiths if I’m being quite honest. Watts presents himself as an interpreter of Hinduism and Taoism but how can a man as wealthy as him be a purveyor of this knowledge when his very existence as a wealth hoarder contradicts the core elements of these faiths.... annoying. Whatever. Just read the Bhagavad Gita.
A lot of Watt’s statements I disagreed with, but this was such a headache to read I can’t actually remember what they were. I think it’s about time American white men stopped writing poor expressions of eastern faiths if I’m being quite honest. Watts presents himself as an interpreter of Hinduism and Taoism but how can a man as wealthy as him be a purveyor of this knowledge when his very existence as a wealth hoarder contradicts the core elements of these faiths.... annoying. Whatever. Just read the Bhagavad Gita.