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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
by Alan Watts
Watts's clearest statement: the self as separate ego is a social hallucination; you are the universe looking at itself. Vedanta for Westerners, delivered with wit.
Read it if…
you want Watts's central idea in one book.
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Skip it if…
you dislike metaphysics.
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Three things you will actually use
- You are not a stranger in the universe.
- The ego is a convention.
- Play, do not strive.
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Read the first two chapters.
Our verdict
Watts's central idea.
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