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The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts (Paperback, 2009)
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The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are explores an unrecognised but mighty taboo - our tacit conspiracy to ignore who, or what, we really are. Alan Watts, key thinker of Western Zen Buddhism, explains how to reconsider our relationship with the world.We are in urgent need of a sense of our own existence, which is in accord with the physical facts and which overcomes our feeling of alienation from the universe. In The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, Alan Watts asks what causes the illusion of the self as a separate ego which confronts a universe of physical objects that are alien to it. Rather, a person's identity binds them to the physical universe, creating a relationship with their environment and other people. The separation of the self and the physical world.
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We are therefore in urgent need of a sense of our own existence, which is in accord with the physical facts and which over comes our feeling of alienation from the universe. In The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, Alan Watts asks what causes the illusion of the self as a separate ego, housed in a bag of skin, which confronts a universe of physical objects that are alien to it. Rather, a person's identity (their ego) binds them to the physical universe, creating a relationship with their environment and other people. The separation of the self and the physical world leads to the misuse of technology and the attempt to violently subjugate man's natural environment, leading to its destruction. Explaining man's role in the universe as a unique expression of the total universe, and interdependent on it, Alan Watts offers a new understanding of personal identity. It reveals the mystery of existence, presenting an alternative to the feelings of alienation that are so prevalent in Western society, and a vision of how we can come to understand the cosmic self that is within every living thing. The foremost Western expert on Eastern thought, Alan Watts urges against the idea that we are separate from the world. Nowhere is this idea more apparent than in the concept of cultural taboos. The biggest taboo of all is knowing who we really are behind the mask of our self as presented to the world. Through our focus on ourselves and the world as it affects us, we have developed narrowed perception. Alan Watts tells us how to open our eyes and see ourselves not as coming into the world but from it. Alan Watts takes us through our daily lives, explaining how our goal-oriented selves leave something missing. In tackling technology and consumerism from the 1960s, Alan Watts demonstrates ways of thinking that have become increasingly urgent in the time since The Book was first published. In our increasingly adversarial times, The Book offers a way out of conflict by reckoning first with who we are before defining us against others. Alan Watts overturns the illusion that individuals are merely 'egos' contained within their bodies who are separate from the rest of the universe. Drawing on the Vedanta religion, Alan Watts explains how a person's identity makes them the centre of the universe, and outlines that the universe has meaning only if each individual places himself at the centre of it. The separation of the Self from the physical universe has led to Mankind's hostile attitude to the environment, and a destructive attitude to Nature. In coming to understand the individual's real place in the universe, Alan Watts presents a critique of Western culture and a healing alternative.Product Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139780285638532
eBay Product ID (ePID)90860579
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Publication Year2009
TopicPopular Psychology
Book TitleThe Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorAlan Watts
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight153 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlan Watts
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- 14. Sep. 2022
Zen and the art of Alan Watts
There's been a few books strung together from interviews and lectures that are OK, but this was written by the man himself. This is one of the best book on this subject matter.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Okt. 2019
Book I bought for my brother
I bought this book for my brother I know he will love itBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 13. Feb. 2020
No 1 book by Alan Watts
Should be read by all.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 27. Sep. 2024
Great book
Just a fabulous thought provoking bookBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Mai. 2024
Quick and easy many thanks
Quick and easy many thanksBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Jul. 2016
So good
We are the universe. Not separate. The ego thinks it's separate. But that's all ego... Seriously, though. This book dives deep! I will probably read it several times more over the course of my life. (Who's life?)Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 13. Mai. 2024
Very happy with purchase
Very happy with purchaseBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 17. Jan. 2018
PAPER
ITS MADE OF TREES.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 13. Mai. 2024
Value for money
Value for moneyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 18. Jan. 2017
No review as it was a gift and therefore I ddn't read it
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