Like too much alcohol, self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double.
ALAN WATTSWe do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
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The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
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People can’t be talked out of illusions.
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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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Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.
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Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
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If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
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The frightened mind that runs away from everyday terrors meets the seeking mind that wants a better world.
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The past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
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You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up.
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You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
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The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from the giant pine, which lives for a thousand years.
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What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it.
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The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security.
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My death will be the disappearance of a particular pattern in the water.
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