[joe-frank-list] Jack Kornfield

[Tom McDonald]

That's my experience too Robert. Except for the part
about vicodin, which I've never taken, so I'll just
take yr word for it.

Watts is fascinating to read about, a brilliant and
colorful character to be sure, but his writing and the
one or two podcasts I listened to didn't do it for me.
Is it the kind of thing that appeals to you when yr in
your early 20s but not so much afterwards? (OK. I did
read a book of his during my early 20s, and had a kind
of panic attack. Something about fear of never
escaping ego or something like that. A true panic
attack. Never happened before, never happened again. I
guess that's a sign of powerful writing (or a
vulnerable young man) but in any case going back to
him some 20 years later it was a bit of a let down.
Usually when I go back to things I watched or read 20
years ago I find more there, not less.)

Oh, speaking of brilliant and colorful characters,
have any of you folks seen The Cruise (the documentary
about a bloke who leads tourist bus cruises in New
York City)? What did you think? 

--- KneeCha at aol.com wrote:

> If you search Alan Watts via iTunes, you can find
> free podcasts.
>  
> It's difficult to like Alan Watts after hearing
> Kornfield. Watts is smart  
> and might make you think, but sometimes, I don't
> know, I feel like slapping him. 
>  
> Listening to Kornfield can be like taking Vicoden.
>  
> Robert Wright
> San Jose
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