I felt that the Alan Watts recording that we listened to in class on Tuesday was actually pretty interesting. After he went through the Western, Chinese, and Indian cultures views towards nature and the body, I couldn’t help but notice I had mixture of these ideas for my own view. Watts used the phrase “human nature” to explain how western civilization sees humans as an artifact created by God. It is a product which can betray itself with a libido that can cause man to temporarily behave in a certain negative manner. As for the eastern philosophies, I find their theories and thoughts towards nature and the body much more appealing. Indian culture believes that nature unfolds itself as a drama that stems through eternities and that the ultimate reality is the Universe itself. Chinese culture feels that the course of the nature is spontaneous and of itself. Also that virtues and human heartedness are important in understanding and connecting with surrounding nature.