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===1. This is IT===
===1. This is IT===


Chapter one is an attempt to work out the nature of [[Connection Experience]] what Watt calls "It." In this chapter he descibes "It" as best he can, including [https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php/Talk:Alan_Watts his own connection experiences]. The chapter has some useful insights and characterizations, describes quite a few [[Connection Outcomes]], and even dives into a condemnation of [[Normal Consciousness]], but lacks theoretical coherence and is really just a jumble of "wow, isn't this cool" statements.
Chapter one is an attempt to work out the nature of [[Connection Experience]] what Watt calls "It." In this chapter he descibes "It" as best he can, including [https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php/Talk:Alan_Watts his own connection experiences]. The chapter has some useful insights and characterizations, describes quite a few [[Connection Outcomes]], and even dives into a condemnation of [[Normal Consciousness]], but lacks theoretical coherence and is really just a jumble of "wow, isn't this cool" statements. There are also useful arguments against the use of spiritual truths to justify inequality and injustice.


===2. Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety===
===2. Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety===

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This is It is a book by Alan Watts which


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1. This is IT

Chapter one is an attempt to work out the nature of Connection Experience what Watt calls "It." In this chapter he descibes "It" as best he can, including his own connection experiences. The chapter has some useful insights and characterizations, describes quite a few Connection Outcomes, and even dives into a condemnation of Normal Consciousness, but lacks theoretical coherence and is really just a jumble of "wow, isn't this cool" statements. There are also useful arguments against the use of spiritual truths to justify inequality and injustice.

2. Instinct, Intelligence, and Anxiety

3. Zen and the Problem of Control

4. Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen

5. Spirituality and Sensuality

6. The New Alchemy