The Book

On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Hinduism, Philosophy, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Self Improvement
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Author: Alan W. Watts ISBN: 9780307807878
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: September 28, 2011
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Alan W. Watts
ISBN: 9780307807878
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: September 28, 2011
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence.

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In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.

At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence.

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