Reality is Gorgeous -- ALAN WATTS

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. Pursuing a career, he attended Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, where he received a master’s degree in theology. Watts became an Episcopal priest in 1945, then left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.

Watts gained a large following in the San Francisco Bay Area while working as a volunteer programmer at KPFA, a Pacifica Radio station in Berkeley. Watts wrote more than 25 books and articles on subjects important to Eastern and Western religion, introducing the then-burgeoning youth culture to The Way of Zen (1957), one of the first bestselling books on Buddhism. In Psychotherapy East and West (1961), Watts proposed that Buddhism could be thought of as a form of psychotherapy and not a religion. He also explored human consciousness, in the essay "The New Alchemy" (1958), and in the book The Joyous Cosmology (1962).

Towards the end of his life, he divided his time between a houseboat in Sausalito and a cabin on Mount Tamalpais. His legacy has been kept alive by his son, Mark Watts, and many of his recorded talks and lectures are available on the Internet. According to the critic Erik Davis, his "writings and recorded talks still shimmer with a profound and galvanizing lucidity."[3]
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With Subtitles in Spanish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehrmFaHk8M0
in Turkish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZyhnU9KSw

CREDITS
Narration — Alan Watts
Captivated by the Drama [2/8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzoyaVGcIc
The Religion of No Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKkfe4X9HM
You are a Miracle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sitd9-NR2A
Life is A Hoax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66iq40acSGM

Music — Faux Tales
Atlas (Acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWeOfXMFQTQ

Video
The Feynman Series: “The Key to Science” by Reid Gower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD_XAX–Ono
The Ramayana: Where Science and Ancient Myths Collide by Dr. Rita Louise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppWG0atCV8A
Planet Earth by BBC: E1 “From Pole to Pole”, E2 “Mountains”, E9 “Shallow Seas” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/
The Prince of Egypt (1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ds9y3lJGig
Into the Wild (2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/
How the Universe Works http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832668/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
TEDxSF: Gratitude by Louis Schwartzberg (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXDMoiEkyuQ
VTL (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage by Stephane Guisard, ESOHD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ
Japanese Fireworks : Fireworks Festival of New Year @ Twin Ring Motegi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_a-8T1fCM
The Sagan Series: “Decide to Listen” by Reid Gower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHuve33yOVY
Shibuya Crossing Full HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NLe4syTWgQ
The Shadow Campaign “Sun Dog” by DPS SKIS http://vimeo.com/111085476
Peaking a Big Wave Surfers Perspective “Carlos Burle” by Redbull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4bQA3PXov4
Incredible Human Machine by National Geographic (2007) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhRpxkJnsKA
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