The Meaning of Happiness, Alan Watts
The Meaning of Happiness, Alan Watts
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The Meaning of Happiness
The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East

Author: Alan Watts

Narrator: Kern Schmidt

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/03/2018

Synopsis

Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts’s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and paradoxes, an attitude that Watts calls the “way of acceptance.” Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Western mysticism, and analytic psychology, Watts demonstrates that happiness comes from accepting both the outer world around us and the inner world inside us — the unconscious mind, with its irrational desires, lurking beyond the awareness of the ego. Although written early in his career, The Meaning of Happiness displays the hallmarks of his mature style: the crystal-clear writing, the homespun analogies, the dry wit, and the breadth of knowledge that made Alan Watts one of the most influential philosophers of his generation.

About Alan Watts

Alan Watts, one-time professional meteorologist, spent considerable time studying wind changes and short-term alterations in the weather. This, combined with his enthusiasm for sailing which began with the sea scouts, enabled him to assist people to read the weather from the signs in the sky. He died in May 2020.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlotte on May 12, 2009

THIS WAS FANTASTIC. In the top five books I've ever read. I need to go back and knock everything else on here down a star. I've been listening to alan watts' lectures since I was 17 and, still, this book blew me away with wit and clarity. Not for everybody, though. If you are interested in the crosso......more

Goodreads review by Pajtim on March 25, 2021

Happiness is seeing an old Alan Watts book brought back to life! And this one happens to be about happiness. How to be as happy as your dog, or at least as happy as our author, whom we are happy to meet again. As I open the book with anticipation, I realize that back in the day when Mr. Watts was wi......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on November 02, 2020

This book talks about human happiness from the perspective of Christianity, psychology, and eastern philosophy. In linking all three, Alan Watts explains how non-dualism, true acceptance, and freedom in the present moment can lead a person to a happier life. I've listened to a couple lectures from Al......more

Goodreads review by Julien on May 01, 2020

This is is a book I have many, sometimes complicated thoughts about. On one hand, I agree with the core thesis - that you essentially have to accept the hand that life deals you in order to truly be free and happy, both the good and the bad - but I take a little issue with the religious aspect of it......more

Goodreads review by Galibkaan on June 17, 2019

benim okuduğum versiyonu bu değil, benimki butik yayıncılıktan çıkan versiyonu, çevirmeni pınar savaş. daha önce de butik yayıncılıktan birkaç kitap okuma bahtsızlığı yaşayan biri olarak bu kitabın katbekat iyi hazırlandığını, çevirisinin anlaşılır olduğunu hatta çevirmen notlarının tadında ve yerin......more

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