A Contemplative Ritual [Zen and Meditation]
Alan Watts
Michaelthorn
Dec 16, 202418 April 1971Grand Ballroom, Hotel Diplomat, New York, NY (Esalen East Coast Weekend)
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The transcript guides a meditative practice focusing on sound and breath awareness, encouraging listeners to enter a state of present-moment mindfulness without judgment or naming. It emphasizes natural breathing, relaxed attention, and the dissolution of conceptual distinctions such as self and other to deepen conscious experience.
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