Alan Watts: Drugs: Turning the Head or Turning On – Being in the Way Ep. 7 (Black Screen Series)

(Black screen format for bedtime and nighttime listening) Can you get mysticism in a bottle? Alan Watts explores the drug question, in this psychedelically infused episode of Being in the Way. This series is brought to you by the Alan Watts Organization and Ram Dass’ Love Serve Remember Foundation. Visit https://Alanwatts.org for full talks from Alan Watts. Mysticism in a Bottle // The Smell of Burnt Almonds (0:00) Psychedelics, Mystical Experiences, & Western Culture (28:18) Psychedelics as Instruments // Set & Setting (45:35) Morality & Legislation // Policing, Preaching, & Hypocrisy (49:25) “Lo and behold, I had what I simply could not deny being an experience of cosmic consciousness, the sense of complete fundamental total unity forever-and-ever with the whole universe. And not only that, but that what this thing was fundamentally—despite every thing and every kind of appearance in ordinary life to the contrary—that the energy behind the world was ecstatic bliss and love.” – Alan Watts ================ Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 7 – Drugs: Turning the Head or Turning On:    • Alan Watts: Drugs: Turning the Head or Tur...   Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 7 – Drugs: Turning the Head or Turning On: https://beherenownetwork.com/alan-wat... ================ Make sure not to miss a single video podcast from Be Here Now Network! Click here to Subscribe:    / @beherenownetwork   Follow Be Here Now Network: Facebook:   / beherenownetwork   Twitter:   / beherenownet   Instagram:   / beherenownetwork   ================ Be Here Now Network Podcasts, Courses, and Articles to help you live a Life in Balance. Heart-Centered wisdom from Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das + many more! Get a Free Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg when you first sign up at: https://beherenownetwork.com/