Just So: Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe Paperback – February 25, 2020

Highly recommend anything by Alan Watts. His theories can be a little esoteric, but that just means you need to read his works more than once. He was truly a genius at bringing eastern mindfulness to our chaotic western culture. Highly recommended Just So as a starting point--as well as his lectures on Youtube.

If like me, you like listening to the lectures of Alan Watts for fun (I even do it while working out at the gym, especially put to some music), then you'll like this book. It is basically excerpts from various lectures that Watts delivered over his lifetime.You'll find the typical Watts themes, such as the ego doesn't exist, wealth isn't the same as money, the present is all there is, and that everything is a part of one whole. While this isn't as coherent overall as books that Watts wrote himself, this collection of transcribed speeches has a lot of great food for thought, and is classic Watts.I wish the various lectures the material is from would have been referenced. I found a lot of them by searching keywords, but it would have been easier to find the audio had the original talks been referenced. Overall, a great book.

A mind altering experience reading this well written, insightful book.