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We know that from time to time, there arise among human beings, people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.

Alan Watts

Only doubtful truths need defense.
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Deep Defense Doubt Need One Liner
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.
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Black Statement Universe World
People become concerned with being more humble than other people.
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Concern Humble People Spiritual
In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
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Forget Look Reality Universe World
There is no other reality than present reality.
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Life Present Reality
You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.
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Ocean Physical Universe Wave
You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
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Explore Look Philosophy Universe
The present is always changing the past.
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Change Inspirational One Liner Past Present
Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.
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Discover Explore Home Reason Requirement Schedule Stay Surprise Travel
A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
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Anxiety Dead Each Other Equality Laugh Priest Religion Transformation
We must abandon completely the notion of blaming the past for any kind of situation we’re in and reverse our thinking and see that the past always flows back form the present.
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Abandonment Blame Follow Past Present Reverse Situation Thinking
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
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Communication Experience Share Words
Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot.
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One Liner Reality
I am what happens between the maternity ward and the Crematorium.
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Happen Maternity Sarcastic
The ego-self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories.
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To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
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Faith Float Freedom Grab Relaxation Swim Trust Water Yourself

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