.fm/theenthusiasts/support1e:T41c,Alan Watts continues the discussion on the philosophy of the Tao. His calming voice, ability to simplify complex subjects, and his insightful, yet concise style of lecturing about Chinese and Eastern Philosophy is beyond powerful. He fosters and creates an easy, yet extremely eye opening and paradigm shifting experience for the listener. This is part of the Alan Watts lecture series being released on this podcast, but original content will be released on a regular basis, on many different subjects, mainly focusing on new age concepts, philosophers and philosophies, including Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, among others. It will also feature past philosophies such as the ideas of Alan Watts, Tao, Free Will, Existentialism, and others. We will also be delving into the past and done so an easy to follow linear type order, moving from Western and Classical Philosophy, Greco-Roman Philosophers, Medieval, Modern, Post Modern and then into the New Age. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theenthusiasts/support1f:T478,

The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius remains one of the great works of spiritual and ethical reflection, as well as one of the key works of Stoicism.

It is perhaps the only document of its kind ever made, the private thoughts of the world’s most powerful man. Today Marcus Aurelius is considered as the quintessential Stoic.

The Meditations can be best seen as “spiritual exercises” written as reflections against the stress and confusion of everyday life, a sort of self-help book. He had clearly no expectation that anyone but himself would ever read his Meditations. It seems unlikely that he gave the work a title at all.

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