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Originally Posted by pbradley
Ugh, I utterly distaste Alan Watts and I'm not precisely sure of why. In fact, I think I have a general skepticism about Western-appropriated Eastern spirituality. Maybe it's because Eastern metaphysics feels claustrophobic to me. There's not enough room in the attic (or, more accurately, basement) for me.
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Some Frenchies I can't recall have argued that it's impossible for Westerners to get Eastern spirituality, but I think nobody has the monopoly on ways of thinking-- it can be absorbed with enough study and/or exposure to it. What's lacking is the social aspect of it-- so while everyone can understand, it's a lot harder to live it. And hippies are a joke.
You probably dislike Watts because he was a writer of popular books, not a "serious" philosopher. I mean, he wrote in plain non-technical English.
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Originally Posted by pbradley
Temporary madness is not necessarily an ill. It maybe be, even, the symptoms of the cure.
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Oh, I never said "don't read it", I merely warned him of the effects. It's like a good emetic that cures indigestion-- but the puking can be intense.