"Veil of Thoughts Part 1" is an Alan Watts discussion from the Philosophy & Society collection (link & details below). This seminar delves into how thoughts can sometimes conceal the truth, despite being a valuable human faculty. Alan touches on how society has been deceived by abstract concepts, like money and wealth, with a particular focus on the confusion surrounding these symbols. Alan highlights the way in which the abstraction of money has led to various societal issues, including poverty, and how people's obsession with it has disconnected them from practical, real-world matters. The talk also criticizes the obsession with abstract ideologies like communism and capitalism, which often overshadow environmental concerns and the physical world. Watts points out the importance of distinguishing between symbols and reality and challenges conventional notions of what constitutes the "physical world."

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“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the un-writable’. Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit. A fascinating entry into the deepest ways of knowing.” — Los Angeles Times

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• Veil of Thoughts (1-3)
• Divine Madness
• We as Organism
• On Being God (1-2)
• On Being God Q&A (1-2)
• Mysticism and Morality (1-2)
• What is Reality (1-2)
Total Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

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"We do not 'come into' this world; we grew out of it – just as an apple tree apples, the earth peoples." - Alan Watts

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