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by djedr 1972 days ago
He would definitely dig that. Curiously, I was drawn to this thread because I was just listening to him today, talking about crystals and the nature of reality. He would go thru so many topics in such detail and clarity, it's incredible.
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jes 1971 days ago
Same. I often notice the precision with which he used language. Such a joy to listen to.

I especially like the chill-step YouTube videos some people assemble and publish. I download them with youtube-dl and listen to them on my phone at night while drifting off to sleep.

At 61 years of age, the philosophy he describes (Advaita Vedanta / Zen Buddhism / Taoism) brings me great comfort.

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djedr 1971 days ago
> I often notice the precision with which he used language.

Indeed. Hard to find an inaccuracy, even when he's talking about some details of technical subjects. He had an exceptional ability to translate between the spiritual and the technical in a way which seems to make complete sense.

> Such a joy to listen to.

A true spiritual entertainer. Never boring. I imagine he could be a stand-up comedian today.

> I especially like the chill-step YouTube videos some people assemble and publish. I download them with youtube-dl and listen to them on my phone at night while drifting off to sleep.

Similar, I went thru a lot of the material on youtube. High-quality material with transcripts can also be found here: https://www.organism.earth/library/author/alan-watts A lot of it I listened to many times over and I keep getting new insights out of it, it's so densely packed.

> At 61 years of age, the philosophy he describes (Advaita Vedanta / Zen Buddhism / Taoism) brings me great comfort.

Definitely helps to know these philosophical perspectives, especially if one gets tangled up in some harmful model of reality.

Somehow the basic (non-religious, just philosophical) Taoism seems to most align with me at the moment. I credit the Dao for solving a very tough naming problem for me. ;)

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thepace 1971 days ago
Out of the many people I have heard talk about vedanta, Alan Watts is one of the most original ones.
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