In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.
ALAN WATTSThe mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
More Alan Watts Quotes
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A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.
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You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.
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Jesus was not the man he was as a result of making Jesus Christ his personal savior.
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The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.
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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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Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
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If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.
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Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
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If one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly.
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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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The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
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The source of all light is in the eye.
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Only doubtful truths need defense.
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