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Title: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Wilson Watts ISBN: 0-394-70468-1 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1951 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Just wanna be happy?
Comment: The path is simple, but walking it is more difficult than it sounds. This book was a gift to me from a friend whose sanity, insight and wisdom I've always admired.
This book, although written in very basic, simple but elegant language, is a challenging read merely because the ideas that are expressed are so powerful that you may well find yourself reading the same sentence several times over before you feel like you've completely taken it in.
Its been absolutely instrumental in helping me navigate through a particular instable period in my life. Everyone knows the key to happiness boils down to a simple, hackneyed cliche: 'Don't Worry, Be Happy.' But this books explains very rationally, yet gently, why this is so. I keep it on my bed at all times, and pick it up on certain difficult nights, read a few paragraphs, and remember: the future is out of my hands, and the past is both out of my hands and distorted by my own interpretation of it. The past can never be usefully compared to the present. NOW is the time to focus on. Wake up! Look around! Everything is before you...NOW.
Rating: 5
Summary: Short but good
Comment: This book is an excellent place to start reading philosophy. _The Wisdom of Insecurity_ was obviously written for the layman, making it ideal for those who are new to this type of nonfiction. In it, Alan Watts explains to us various ways of accepting and dealing with anxiety and insecurity in spiritual matters. This technique of acceptance was clearly derived from the Hindu and Buddhist methods of establishing a calm and mellow outlook on life. Like these great Eastern religions, Alan Watts does not try to tackle issues of theological truth head-on, but instead sidesteps the eternal questions. This is not because he is incapable of dealing with more complex metaphysical issues - he does so in great depth in his other, longer works. Neither is this method of sidestepping our sources of anxiety an evasion of rational, empirical truth. This book is not a rigorous empiricist study, and never claimed to be. It is instead a psychotheapeutic work verging on the anti-intellectual, but at the same time embracing meditation and contemplation. Watts shows us ways to act out our love for wisdom and enlightenment by concentrating on the positive and accepting (but not dwelling on) disturbing questions which he considers to be unanswerable. This is not an atheistic work nor is it a tale of despair. This is a work infused with hope, while being mindful of the truth. It succeeds in treading a sort of middle ground between the love of knowledge and anti-intellectualism.
The only problem with this book is its short length, although some might consider this an advantage. If you are looking for a more in-depth and rigorous study, try _Behold the Spirit_ or _Psychotherapy East and West_, also by Alan Watts.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is the bible for seekers of enlightenment.
Comment: This was the first book recommended to me by a wise friend who is into zen. It is the real ultimate gate to get your mind into the right place to find the big E. Watts and Suzuki are really the top of the heap. With this book I found myself starting to slip into that magic space where the lines of reality blur as I read it. Any book that can take you on a nice little trip into bliss while you are reading it is one I will recommend here to my fellow cyberspace searchers. I've read a lot of books by Watts but this is by far his best. A MUST!
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Title: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts ISBN: 0679723005 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Nature, Man and Woman by Alan W. Watts ISBN: 0679732330 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Way of Zen (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Alan Watts ISBN: 0375705104 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Become What You Are : Expanded Edition by ALAN W. WATTS ISBN: 1570629404 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Behold the Spirit; A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion by Alan Wilson Watts ISBN: 0394717619 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 March, 1972 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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