Alan Watts "being in the way" Series

Alan Watts Being in the Way Podcast
Take a deep dive into the collected recordings of Alan Watts with Alan’s son, Mark Watts.

Being in the Way is the official Alan Watts podcast series and will take you through a tour of the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour tape collection – including recordings not heard in 40 years. We will meet some of the people being influenced by the works of Alan Watts today and learn a little of the history behind how these remarkable recordings were made.

Mark and his guests offer reflections on Alan’s ideas— ideas that were radically innovative and groundbreaking in the sixties and seventies, and yet seem to have come of age today.

Being in the Way is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization, in partnership with Ram Dass’ Be Here Now Network.

Check out all of the Alan Watts Organization’s offerings at alanwatts.org.

Alan Watts - Being in the Way Podcast

Dharma Talks

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Archival - 11 Tracks numbered 25-35 
https://archive.org/details/alan-watts-10-eastern-wisdom-zen-and-meditation-01-democratization-of-the-esoteric/Alan+Watts+-+03+Essential+Lectures+-+Myth+and+Religion+-+01+-+Images+of+God.mp3

Alan Watts - Myth & Religion / Images of God

In the premiere episode of Being in the Way – an Alan Watts podcast – Mark Watts and Raghu introduce a dharma talk on Taoism, the interdependence of nature, and dropping out of karma.

This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.

Discussion with Mark Watts & Raghu Markus (0:00)
Eastern Philosophy: Taoism & Confucianism (10:40)
Mutual Arising: Polarity, Nature, & Interdependence  (24:32)
Dropping Out From Karma: The Way Through Now (33:16)

"The world is a system of interrelated components, none of which can survive without each other. Just as in the case of bees and flowers, you will never find bees around in place where there aren't flowers, and you will never find flowers around in a place where there aren't bees. What that tells us secretly, is that although bees and flowers look different from each other, they're inseparable. To use an important Taoist expression: they arise mutually." – Alan Watts

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 1 – Following the Taoist Way: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-watts-being-in-the-way-ep-1-following-the-taoist-way/

Alan Watts: Following the Taoist Way – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 1 – Hosted by Mark Watts

Uncovering how we arise mutually with all things, Alan Watts examines our place in the universe and how very natural it is to be human.

This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.

Patterns of Energy: Being in the Way Pt. II (0:00)
It Takes Two: You Arise Mutually with the Universe (16:30)
Our Place In The Universe: Each One Contains Everything (28:35)

“The world that you see outside you is a state of your own nervous system. In other words, it is because you have senses and a nervous organization of a certain particular structure, that the sky is blue, the sun is light, and vibrations in the air are sound. You turn them into color, light, sound, etc.” – Alan Watts

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 4 – Our Place In The Universe: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-watts-being-in-the-way-ep-4-our-place-in-the-universe/

Alan Watts: Our Place In The Universe – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 4 – Hosted by Mark Watts

Alan Watts talking about Jesus Christ and I must say, Alan Watts is so on point it's ridiculous.  ESSENTIAL WISDOM

Alan Watts--Jesus His Religion- (whoa!)

In the second episode of Being in the Way – an Alan Watts podcast exclusively on the Be Here Now Network – Alan’s son, Mark Watts, shares background on Alan’s early life, before introducing two of his father’s specially curated dharma talks: Taoist Way of Dropping Out From Karma (Part III), and Wisdom of the Ridiculous.

This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.

Beginners Mind, Zen Mind (0:00)
Taoist Way of Dropping Out From Karma (7:40)
Wisdom of the Ridiculous (34:45)

“The whole conception of nature is as a self-regulating, self-governing, democratic organism. But it has a totality; it all goes together. This totality is the Tao.” – Alan Watts

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 2 – Dropping Out From Karma: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-watts-being-in-the-way-ep-2-dropping-out-from-karma/

Alan Watts: Dropping Out From Karma – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 2 – Hosted by Mark Watts

Alan Watts illuminates the connections between Taoism and relativity, technology and human evolution, culture and seperation, Saints and rascals, you and not-you, as well as difference and unity.

This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.

Taoism & Relativity, Technology & Human Evolution (0:00)
Seperation & Culture, Saints & Rascals (15:25)
You & Not-You, Difference & Unity (28:10)

“The principle of relativity is absolutely fundamental to an understanding of Taoist philosophy. That is to say, that wherever you are, whoever you are, and whatever you are: you’re in the middle.” – Alan Watts

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 3 – In Your Own Way: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-watts-being-in-the-way-ep-3-in-your-own-way/

Alan Watts: In Your Own Way – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 3 – Hosted by Mark Watts

Alan Watts illuminates the nuances of Zen and the Unspeakable World in this dynamic ‘Zen Bones’ talk adorned with Buddhist chanting, chimes, and gongs.

This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.

Zen Bones (0:00)
10,000 Things, One Suchness (10:08)
The Unspeakable World (22:22)

“Zen is a way of life, a state of being that is not possible to embrace in any concept whatsoever. So that any concepts, any ideas, any words that I shall put across to you this evening will have as their object showing you the limitations of words and of thinking.” – Alan Watts

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 5 – Zen Bones: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-watts-being-in-the-way-ep-5-zen-bones/

Alan Watts: Zen Bones – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 5 – Hosted by Mark Watts

In ‘On Being God,’ Alan shares on therapy, religion, mystical experiences, & Jesus, before playing the hilarious and light-shedding role of a clinical patient who realizes they’re God.

This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts.

Mystical Experiences // Humanity & Nature // Psychiatry & Religion (0:00)
Jesus & The Great Heresy // Democracy in the Kingdom of Heaven // Karma & Responsibility (23:23)
On Being God: Alan Watts Clinical Experience (38:38)

“To know that you are God is another way of saying that you feel completely with this universe, you feel profoundly rooted in it and connected with it, you feel that the whole energy which expresses itself in the galaxies, is intimate. It is not something to which you are a stranger, but it is that with which you are intimately bound up, that in your seeing, your hearing, your talking, your thinking, your moving, you express that which it is that moves the sun and other stars.” – Alan Watts

Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 6 – On Being God: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-watts-being-in-the-way-ep-6-on-being-god/

Alan Watts: On Being God – Being in the Way Podcast Ep. 6 – Hosted by Mark Watts

NoSound

A collection of Dharma talks from Jack Kornfield

The Bodhisattva Way - Jack Kornfield

Listening to the song of the present moment, Jack uncovers how to dance with life’s dynamic rhythms along the harmonizing path to inner-freedom.

This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.

“The rhythm of your breath is no different than the rhythm of the stars.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

- The art of listening to the song of life, birth and death
- Why it can be so tough to actually “Be Here Now” like Ram Dass
- How love connects to the present moment
- Alan Watts, music, dance, and harmonizing to the universe
- Feeling the rhythms of your breath and body
- Learning to dance to life’s dynamic music
- Staying open and avoiding spiritual bypass
- Looking at our body and life clearly and directly
- The power of attention, noting, and spaciousness for diffusing our judgements and emotions
- Buddha’s discovery of the Middle Way, and why he stopped fighting himself
- Dealing with the unfinished business of grief, loss, loneliness, wounds
- How to handle worries or fantasies that keep looping over and over
- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the tenderness and fearlessness of an Awakened Heart
- Why Buddha focused on humans as ‘five processes,’ rather than personalities
- Letting go of our rigid sense of self and diving into the fluidity of life
- Non-grasping and how even enlightenment is a problem
- Discovering the true path to liberation
- Death, dying, and a reading from the Tibetan Book of the Dead

“To listen is to be awake in the present without moving away from or running away from what’s actually here.” – Jack Kornfield

“The only place to actually love another person, or a tree, or a living creature, or the earth itself, is when we’re here in the present.” – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma talk originally recorded in 1991 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

Discover your great joy and love in Jack’s life-changing new online journey – The Awakened Heart: Discovering Great Joy and Love – dive in at bit.ly/TheAwakenedHeart

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 255 – Listening To The Song Of The Present Moment

- How do we move beyond our desire to perpetuate experiences into a place where we can be free to enjoy the present moment?
​- How do we recognize moments of awakening and move into a place of identifying with the soul?
- How do we learn to embrace simplicity and spaciousness and move into harmony in a way that benefits those around us?
How do we learn to honor our incarnations while remaining free of attachment?

From tragedy to elation, moments of awakening come in many forms. When we recognize that we were born in order to work through attachments in ourselves that keep us bonded to our separateness, the meaning our of lives change. We see the potential for our souls to awaken to their true nature. From then on, everything in our life becomes a vehicle for awakening and we are free to open ourselves to all forms of the universe...

From Separation To Source

In Joseph's first podcast for the Be Here Now Network he clearly brings to light the sometimes very difficult convoluted notion of emptiness.  As the high Lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says,"When you recognize the empty selfless nature of phenomena the energy to bring about the good of others dawns uncontrived and effortless."

Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 1 - Zero Centre Of Emptiness

5. Myth And Religion 1 - Not What Should Be But What Is

The 20th century starts in an incredibly peaceful in contrast in the western world it's calming storm. Yet energetic and static if we see world connecting within a heartbeat, so rapid that we yet to discover the repercussions it already had and further will. 

From a different perspective we should be aware of the similarity that aspects of the political polarities and instruments draw imaginary tales while the other end of the spectrum keeps growing, leading us into the time of the cold war. Old habits die hard, although information never were as directed among past centuries where specifically the impulse of effect and reaction was rather slow. 

I leave it here with the beloved readings and examples of Kali. Not for clarity but alteration of contests shaping the customs and traditions that corner moral, ethics and law into our society while mediating the cost of change for methods and techniques.

Alan Watts - Nature Of God

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