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Alan Watts, Iain McGilchrist, and Awakening, Part 4, Equating Attentions

Greetings, Friendlies. Shall we play a little What If? What if Watts is correct that a mystic [awakened being] is one who has experienced a permanent perspective shift such that they now dwell “fully aware of … floodlight consciousness”? And what if McGilchrist (et al) is correct that focussed attention is the “view” of the […]

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Alan Watts, Iain McGilchrist, and Awakening, Part 3, Watts’ “Mystic”

Greetings, Friendlies! In The Tao of Philosophy [1] Watts says, “People, who by various methods become fully aware of their floodlight consciousness, have what is called ‘a mystical experience,’ or what the Buddhists call bodhi, an awakening. …they discover that the real deep, deep self, that which you really are fundamentally and forever, is the […]