Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot.
ALAN WATTSReal 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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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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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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Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
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The relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
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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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Try to imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up, now try to imagine what it was like to wake up having never gone to sleep.
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This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
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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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The art of meditation is a way of getting into touch with reality, and the reason for it is that most civilized people are out of touch with reality.
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Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
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You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
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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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You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
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We confuse money with actual wealth.
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