The Ego Does Not Exist | Alan Watt's Complete Philosophy | For Sleep

You think you're a separate self trapped in a body. Alan Watts's complete philosophy on the skin-encapsulated ego, the menu mistaken for the meal, Zen koans that break the verbal mind, wu wei as the power of not forcing, and why the universe is playing at being you. Philosophy to sleep to for those who suspect they are not who they think they are. 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:35 - Part 1: The Problem of the Separate Self 00:27:09 - Part 2: The Map and the Territory 00:43:55 - Part 3: The Zen Encounter 01:00:18 - Part 4: The Way of the Tao 01:16:39 - Part 5: The Vedantic Vision 01:33:02 - Part 6: The Illusion of Time 01:50:02 - Part 7: The Nature of Consciousness 02:06:04 - Part 8: The Critique of Western Religion 02:22:40 - Part 9: The Universe as Organism 02:38:52 - Part 10: The Philosophy of Play 02:54:48 - Part 11: The Art of Living 03:10:51 - Part 12: The Coherence of the Vision 03:27:04 - Part 13: Conclusion